US10337131B2
Reconfigurable fabric frame for a maneuverable sewing machine. In one example embodiment, an example reconfigurable fabric frame may include a take-up pole, an idler pole, a backing pole, a quilt-top pole, and side rails. The side rails may include take-up pole attachment locations, idler pole attachment locations, backing pole attachment locations, and quilt-top pole attachment locations. The side rails may be reconfigurable between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the backing pole attachment locations may be higher than the quilt-top pole attachment locations. In the second configuration, the backing pole attachment locations may be lower than the quilt-top pole attachment locations.
US10337127B2
A textile machine with a plurality of similar workstations 1, 36, 53, as well as display means and a central control device 26, 38, 67, wherein the display means is connected to the central control device 26, 38, 67 and/or a workstation control device 24, 39. The textile machine comprises a display means, which is designed as an LED light bar 15, 32, 52, 69, 84, a section of the LED light bar 15, 32, 52, 69, 84 is assigned respectively to a workstation 1, 36, 53, and the LED light bar 15, 32, 52, 69, 84 displays the respectively produced yarn batch and/or operating states of the respective workstation 1, 36, 53.
US10337123B2
A flash-spun plexifilamentary fiber strand having a BET surface area of less than 12 m2/g, a crush value of at least 0.9 mm/g wherein said fiber strand comprises predominantly fibers formed from polyethylene, said fibers having a total crystallinity index of less than 55%, said fiber strand having an elongation at break greater than 55% and sheets made thereof.
US10337121B2
An induction furnace assembly comprising a chamber having a mold; a primary inductive coil coupled to the chamber; a susceptor surrounding the chamber between the primary inductive coil and the mold; and a shield material contained in a reservoir coupled to or proximate the mold between the susceptor and the mold; the shield material configured to attenuate a portion of an electromagnetic flux generated by the primary induction coil that is not attenuated by the susceptor.
US10337114B2
A process for recycling glass from screens deriving from the disposal of cathode-ray tube television sets with quantitative recovery of the lead in metal form, is described.
US10337106B2
A process for continuous manufacturing of steel strips for packaging coated with a passivation layer is provided. The layer is an aqueous passivation solution, the thickness of which is less than 3 μm and the viscosity of which is less than 1.5·10−3 Pa·s at 20° C., and is deposited on one of the faces of the strip. This depositing is carried out by a transfer roller in contact with the strip and with a second coating roller, the surface of which has a plurality of hexagonally shaped cells, the line count of which is between 50 and 200 lines per centimeter, and the total volume of which is between 5·10−6 and 10·10−6 m3 per square meter of roller surface. The coating roller is fed with aqueous passivation solution by dipping in a tank equipped with wiping means and the strip runs at a speed greater than or equal to 400 m/m. An apparatus for implementation of the process is also provided.
US10337105B2
A valve assembly is provided that comprises a vacuum valve including a body and an electrically grounded surface on at least a surface of the body and an electrode extending substantially parallel to the electrically grounded surface and adjacent to the vacuum valve. The vacuum valve assembly also includes a barrier dielectric, a least a portion of which is located between the electrode and the electrically grounded surface. The vacuum valve assembly further includes a dielectric barrier discharge structure formed from the electrically grounded surface, the electrode, and the barrier dielectric. The dielectric barrier discharge structure is adapted to generate a plasma on the electrically grounded surface to clean at least a portion of the vacuum valve.
US10337099B2
An apparatus and a method for coating an inner wall of a metal tube are provided. The apparatus for coating an inner wall of a metal tube includes mounting posts on which both end openings of a metal tube are mounted and configured to block the inside of the metal tube from the ambient air so that a pressure in the metal tube is adjustable by the vacuum exhaust and inflow of process gases, a sputtering target metal tube installed inside the metal tube coaxially with the metal tube, a pulse electromagnet installed around an outside perimeter of the metal tube coaxially with the metal tube to apply a pulse magnetic field in an axial direction of the metal tube, an electromagnetic pulse power supply unit configured to apply pulse power to the pulse electromagnet, and a sputtering pulse power supply unit configured to synchronize a negative high-voltage pulse with the pulse power applied to the pulse electromagnet and apply to the sputtering target metal tube.
US10337098B2
A method of growing carbon nanotubes is related. A reactor is provided. The reactor includes a reactor chamber and a carbon nanotube catalyst composite layer suspended in the reactor chamber. The carbon nanotube catalyst composite layer includes a carbon nanotube layer and a number of catalyst particles dispersed in the carbon nanotube layer. A mixture of carbon source gas and carrier gas is introduced into the reactor chamber to penetrate the carbon nanotube catalyst composite layer. The carbon nanotube catalyst composite layer is heated.
US10337090B2
The present invention provides a method for the fabrication of a steel sheet with a completely martensitic structure which has an average lath size of less than 1 micrometer and an average elongation factor of the laths is between 2 and 5. The elongation factor of a lath is defined as a maximum dimension 1max divided by and a minimum dimension 1max. The steel sheet has a yield stress greater than 1300 MPa and a mechanical strength greater than (3220(C)+958) megapascals. A composition of a semi-finished steel product includes, expressed in percent by weight, is, 0.15%≤C≤0.40%, 1.5%≤Mn≤3%, 0.005%≤Si≤2%, 0.005%≤Al≤0.1%, 1.8%≤Cr≤4%, 0%≤Mo≤2%, whereby: 2.7%≤0.5 (Mn)+(Cr)+3(Mo)≤5.7%, S≤0.05%, P≤0.1%, optionally: 0%≤Nb≤0.050%, 0.01%≤Ti≤0.1%, 0.0005%≤B≤0.005%, 0.0005%≤Ca≤0.005%. The semi-finished product is reheated to a temperature T1 in the range between 1050° C. and 1250° C., then subjected to a roughing rolling at a temperature T2 in the range between 1000 and 880° C., with a cumulative rate of reduction εa greater than 30%, to obtain a sheet with a completely recrystallized austenitic structure with an average grain size less than 40 micrometers and preferably less than 5 micrometers. The sheet is then partially cooled to prevent a transformation of the austenite at a rate VR1 greater than 2° C./s to a temperature T3 between 600° C. and 400° C. in the metastable austenitic range, and subjected to a finishing hot rolling at the temperature T3 of the partially cooled sheet, with a cumulative rate of reduction εb greater than 30% to obtain a sheet that is then cooled at a rate VR2 which is greater than the critical martensitic quenching rate.
US10337086B2
A magnesium alloy suitable for use as a corrodible downhole article. The alloy has a corrosion rate of at least 50 mg/cm2/day in 15% KCl at 93° C. and a 0.2% proof strength of at least 50 MPa when tested using standard tensile test method ASTM B557-10.
US10337083B2
The processes can comprise feeding a furnace with a raw material. These materials can contain impurities and valuable metals (base metals, precious metals, platinum group metals, minor metals). The processes can allow the volatilization of arsenic and indium contained therein. Before volatilizing the material, composition of the material is optionally modified so as to obtain a ratio % S/(% (Cu/2)+% Ni+% Co) of about 0.5 to about 2. The processes can comprise feeding a melting device with the depleted material, and with a source of carbon in order to obtain a multi-layer product and an off gas. Before melting the depleted material, the depleted material composition is optionally modified so as to obtain a ratio % S/(% (Cu/2)+% Ni+% Co) of about 0.5 to about 2. Thus, it is possible to recover Cu, Ni and Co as well as several other metals, including In, Ge, Pb, Bi, precious metals and platinum group metals.
US10337079B2
The present invention relates to a maraging steel containing, in terms of mass %, 0.20≤C≤0.35, 9.0≤Co≤20.0, 1.0≤(Mo+W/2)≤2.0, 1.0≤Cr≤4.0, and a certain amount of Ni, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which in a case where the contents of V and Nb satisfy V+Nb≤0.020 mass %, the amount of Ni is 6.0≤Ni≤9.4, and in which in a case where the contents of V and Nb satisfy 0.020 mass %
US10337070B2
The present invention relates, in part, to methods and kits for treating cardiovascular disease.
US10337053B2
The present invention provides for novel methods for regulating and detecting the cytosine methylation status of DNA. The invention is based upon identification of a novel and surprising catalytic activity for the family of TET proteins, namely TET1, TET2, TET3, and CXXC4. The novel activity is related to the enzymes being capable of converting the cytosine nucleotide 5-methylcytosine into 5-hydroxymethylcytosine by hydroxylation.
US10337048B2
The present invention concerns diagnostic methods for coagulation testing involving determining anticoagulant activity elicited by a first anticoagulant in a sample comprising measuring a first Factor Xa activity in a body fluid test sample of said subject, measuring a second Factor Xa activity in at least one calibrator sample comprising a predefined anticoagulation activity for a second anticoagulant, calculating an universal parameter for the anticoagulation activity comprised in the test sample based on the first and the second measured Factor Xa activities and comparing the said parameter for the anticoagulation activity with predefined ranges of expected anticoagulation activity for at least three anticoagulants. Further provided is a computer program code assisting the method as well as a system for carrying out the said method as well as a kit.
US10337039B2
The invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of chiral 2-(4-aminophenyl) morpholines of the formula wherein R1 is hydrogen an amino protecting group. The chiral 2-(4-aminophenyl) morpholines of the formula I are key intermediates for the preparation of compounds that have a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs).
US10337037B2
A method of producing lipids, containing the steps of: culturing a transformant in which the expression of a gene encoding the following protein (A) or (B) is enhanced, and producing long-chain fatty acids or the lipids containing these fatty acids as components, wherein: protein (A) is a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1; and protein (B) is a protein consisting of an amino acid sequence having 70% or more identity with the amino acid sequence of the protein (A), and having β-ketoacyl-ACP synthase activity.
US10337030B2
A method for producing metal chalcogenide nanoparticles, the method comprising: (i) producing hydrogen chalcogenide-containing vapor from a microbial source, wherein said microbial source comprises: (a) chalcogen-reducing microbes capable of producing hydrogen chalcogenide vapor from a chalcogen-containing source; (b) a culture medium suitable for sustaining said chalcogen-reducing microbes; (c) at least one chalcogen-containing compound that can be converted to hydrogen chalcogenide vapor by said chalcogen-reducing microbes; and (d) at least one nutritive compound that provides donatable electrons to said chalcogen-reducing microbes during consumption of the nutritive compound by said chalcogen-reducing microbes; and (ii) directing said hydrogen chalcogenide-containing vapor into a metal-containing solution comprising a metal salt dissolved in a solvent to produce metal chalcogenide nanoparticles in said solution, wherein said chalcogen is sulfur or selenium, and said chalcogenide is sulfide or selenide, respectively. The invention is also directed to metal chalcogenide nanoparticle compositions produced as above and having distinctive properties.
US10337029B2
The present disclosure provides a DNA-targeting RNA that comprises a targeting sequence and, together with a modifying polypeptide, provides for site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA. The present disclosure further provides site-specific modifying polypeptides. The present disclosure further provides methods of site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA The present disclosure provides methods of modulating transcription of a target nucleic acid in a target cell, generally involving contacting the target nucleic acid with an enzymatically inactive Cas9 polypeptide and a DNA-targeting RNA. Kits and compositions for carrying out the methods are also provided. The present disclosure provides genetically modified cells that produce Cas9; and Cas9 transgenic non-human multicellular organisms.
US10337025B2
Disclosed herein are the nucleotide sequences of the Chromobacterium subtsugae genes. In addition, the amino acid sequences of proteins encoded by the C. subtsugae genes are provided. Nucleic acids, vectors and polypeptides comprising the aforementioned sequences are also provided. Homologues, functional fragments and conservative variants of the aforementioned sequences are also provided. Compositions having pesticidal, bioremedial and plant growth-promoting activities comprising C. subtsugae genes and proteins, and methods for the use of these compositions, are also provided.
US10337022B2
The invention provides methods and materials for increasing root biomass in a plant, by increasing the expression of at least one PEAPOD protein, or fragment thereof, in the plant. The invention also provides methods and materials for producing a plant increased root biomass, the method comprising the step of increasing the expression of at least one PEAPOD protein, or fragment thereof, in the plant.
US10337019B2
Fungal artificial chromosome (FAC) vectors are disclosed. A vector can be replicated in a bacterial or a fungal host, and can comprise an insert of heterologous DNA up to about 500 kilobases. A vector can be used for cloning and expressing a secondary metabolite (SM) gene cluster. An insert sequence can be modified by homologous recombination. A vector can be a plasmid comprising bacterial and fungal origins of replication, as well as bacterial and fungal selection marker genes. Also disclosed are vectors that can be integrated into a fungal genome, and dual function vectors which can be replicated in a bacterial or a fungal host and can also be integrated into a fungal genome. Also disclosed are methods of generating plasmid libraries including vectors comprising intact SM gene clusters.
US10337017B2
A method of stimulating a TLR9-activated immune response or enhancing a TLR9-activated immune response to an antigen is disclosed herein. TLR9 is the cellular receptor for CpG-ODN, and current developed CpG-ODN has low activity to rabbit TLR9. Here, the method of stimulating TLR9-activated immune response by administering an effective amount of immunogenic composition comprising an antigen and a CpG-ODN comprising GACGTT or AACGTT motif was demonstrated to have potent immunostimulatory activity to rabbit TLR9, and capable of boosting a less toxic and potent antibody response in rabbits.
US10336998B2
The present disclosure provides a HTP microbial genomic engineering platform that is computationally driven and integrates molecular biology, automation, and advanced machine learning protocols. This integrative platform utilizes a suite of HTP molecular tool sets to create HTP genetic design libraries, which are derived from, inter alia, scientific insight and iterative pattern recognition. The HTP genomic engineering platform described herein is microbial strain host agnostic and therefore can be implemented across taxa. Furthermore, the disclosed platform can be implemented to modulate or improve any microbial host parameter of interest.
US10336989B2
This disclosure provides Chlamydomonas violaxanthin de-epoxidase (CVDE) gene, polypeptides, and variants thereof as well as host cells that are genetically modified to express a CVDE polypeptide or variant. The disclosure additionally provides methods of producing such a genetically modified host cell and methods of using the cells , e.g., to increase zeaxanthin production.
US10336988B2
A method of purification of non-enveloped or pseudo-enveloped virus produced in vitro uses a composition with at least one detergent. A method of purification can use multiple detergents, and a method of determining the presence and/or level of a non-enveloped or pseudo-enveloped virus in a sample includes treating with at least one detergent.
US10336986B2
The disclosure provides a cell culturing article. The cell culturing article includes a substrate having a surface, a hydrophilic copolymer layer positioned on the surface of the substrate, and a plurality of peptide chains individually conjugated to a surface of the hydrophilic copolymer layer. The hydrophilic copolymer layer is copolymerized by a plurality of polyvinyl alcohol units, a plurality of polyvinyl alcohol derivative units, and a plurality of units containing at least one carboxyl group. A method for manufacturing the cell culturing article, a method for culturing undifferentiated stem cells and a method for regulating stem cell differentiation are also provided herein.
US10336985B2
Provided is a method of inducing transdifferentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), the method including (a) culturing MSC in a first culture medium including a growth factor selected for allowing formation of neuralized MSC (NMSC); (b) allowing the NMSC to proliferate for a sufficient time during which said culture medium is renewed at least once; and (c) culturing the NMSC of (b) in a second culture media including cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for a time sufficient for the NMSC to differentiate into a population of cells including terminally differentiated neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. Also provided by the present invention is the use of MSC or NMSC for providing a composition including said population and to kits including MSC or NMSC and instructions for use of same.
US10336982B2
This disclosure describes techniques for creating stable, targeted mutations in Spirulina (Arthrospira) and Spirulina having stable, targeted mutations.
US10336980B2
A portable apparatus useful for collection and processing of human biological material, such as adipose or cancellous bone material, to prepare a concentrated product (e.g., stromal vascular fraction). The apparatus has a container with a containment volume with a tissue retention volume and a filtrate volume separated by a filter and with a pellet well for collecting concentrate product in the form of a pellet phase from centrifuge processing. The pellet well is accessible only from above when the apparatus is in an access orientation. Collected pellet phase material may be removed from the pellet well by direct aspiration, without suspending the material in a suspension liquid within the container. Access ports may be configured for access only from above the container. The apparatus may include a tissue collector disposed in the disuse retention volume to engage and collect collagen or other stringy tissue. A method of processing adipose tissue to concentrate leuko stromal vascular cells includes multi-step processing using a portable container.
US10336979B2
A specimen processing system includes a culture vessel, a spatula, a robot, and a robot controller. The culture vessel is open on a top surface and includes a circular culture surface on which cells are culturable. The spatula includes a blade to remove the cells off the culture surface. The robot includes a hand to hold the culture vessel and/or the spatula. The robot controller includes an operation controller to control the robot to: move the spatula relative to the culture vessel with a first end of the blade on a circumference of the culture surface to remove first cells that are nearer the circumference of the culture surface; and move the spatula relative to the culture vessel to remove second cells that are inner than the first cells on the culture surface.
US10336978B2
The disclosure provides systems and methods for producing a cannabinoid product, which comprises contacting a cannabinoid precursor in a first phase with a cannabinoid synthase in a second phase, wherein the first phase and the second phase are substantially immiscible or immiscible. The disclosure also provides a composition comprising the cannabinoid precursor in a first phase and a cannabinoid synthase in a second phase, wherein the first phase and the second phase are substantially immiscible or immiscible.
US10336976B2
A photosensitive resin composition for cell culture substrates that enables the low-cost manufacture of a cell culture substrate, that can easily form patterns of various shapes when providing a pattern on the surface of a cell culture substrate, has low cytotoxicity, and that can form a cell culture substrate; a cell culture substrate that is formed using the photosensitive resin composition; and a cell culture substrate manufacturing method that uses the photosensitive resin composition. The photosensitive resin composition includes a photopolymerizable monomer and a photopolymerization initiator. The photopolymerizable monomer contains a defined amount of a polyfunctional monomer that is at least trifunctional, and the content of the photopolymerization initiator is within a prescribed range.
US10336968B2
Storage-stable compositions comprising soil release polymers. Compositions are described comprising A) of from 45 to 55% by weight of one or more polyesters according to the following formula (I) wherein R and R2 independently of one another are X—(OC2H4) n—(OC3H6)m wherein X is C1-4alkyl, the —(OC2H4) groups and the —(OC3H6) groups are arranged block-wise and the block consisting of the —(OC3H6) groups is bound to a COO group or are HO—(C3H6) n is based on a molar average a number of from 12 to 120, m is based on a molar average a number of from 1 to 10, and a is based on a molar average a number of from 4 to 9, and B) of from 10 to 30% by weight of one or more alcohols selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, 1,2-propylene glycol, 1,3 -propylene glycol, 1,2 -butylene glycol, 1,3 -butylene glycol, 1,4 -butylene glycol and butyl glycol and C) of from 24 to 42% by weight of water, the amounts in each case being based on the total weight of the composition. The compositions may advantageously be used in laundry detergent and fabric care products. Process for making laundry liquid compositions comprising said active blend.
US10336964B2
The invention provides a grease composition suitable for being packed in roll bearings to be lubricated at elevated temperatures and a bearing in which the above-mentioned grease composition is packed. In the grease composition containing a base oil, a urea-containing thickener and an additive, the additive includes an overbased metal sulfonate and the amount of the overbased metal sulfonate is 0.05 to 1.00 mass % with respect to the total amount of the grease composition. The bearing has the above-mentioned grease composition sealed therein.
US10336961B2
The present invention provides a viscosity index improver having an excellent viscosity index improving effect, a lubricant composition having excellent low-temperature viscosity in which the viscosity reduction due to long-term use is small, and a method for producing the lubricant composition. A viscosity index improver of the present invention contains a copolymer (A) containing, as monomer units, an alkyl (meth)acrylate (a) whose alkyl group contains 5 or more carbon atoms, and an alkyl (meth)acrylate (b) whose alkyl group contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms, wherein the alkyl group of the alkyl (meth)acrylate (a) whose alkyl group contains 5 or more carbon atoms has a molar-average carbon number (Q) of 29 or more, and the alkyl (meth)acrylate (b) whose alkyl group contains 1 to 4 carbon atoms is contained as a monomer unit in an amount of 38 to 75% by weight based on the weight of the copolymer (A).
US10336953B2
A process for producing a composition as a feed for producing carbon black starting from an atmospheric residue, in which said atmospheric residue is vacuum distilled in order to produce at least one vacuum distillate fraction and at least one vacuum residue fraction, said vacuum distillate fraction being treated in accordance with at least the following two steps in succession: a step 1) for fluid catalytic cracking, producing a FCC residue, a step 2) for filtration of the fine solid particles contained in said FCC residue obtained from cracking step 1), resulting in a filtrate containing less than 300 ppm of particles below 10 microns, and in which, said vacuum residue fraction is supplied to a deasphalting step, resulting in a deasphalted vacuum residue fraction, at least a portion thereof being mixed with at least a portion of said filtrate from the filtration step 2) to form said composition.
US10336949B2
A process for the removal of residual sulfur compounds from rich liquid caustic is disclosed where a single column containing two reaction zones catalytically oxidizes mercaptans to disulfide oils. The second reaction zone utilizes a bundle of vertical hanging fibers and is maintained as a gas continuous phase comprising from about 20% to about 100% by volume vapor. This process is especially useful as part of a hydrocarbon desulfurization process flow scheme.
US10336944B2
A hydrocarbon generation system that combines a solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) and a Fischer-Tropsch unit in a single microtubular reactor is described. This system can directly synthesize hydrocarbons from carbon dioxide and water. High temperature co-electrolysis of H2O and CO2 and low temperature Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) process are integrated in a single microtubular reactor by designation of a temperature gradient along the axial length of the microtubular reactor. The microtubular reactor can provide direct conversion of CO2 to hydrocarbons for use as feedstock or energy storage.
US10336928B2
New compositions, for example, corrosion inhibited compositions, and the like compositions and new methods of using such compositions are disclosed. Such compositions may be liquid solutions, for example, substantially without solid material formation and/or crystal formation, and may include different concentrations of organic acid components and/or different combinations of organic acid components relative to previous compositions. The present compositions may be used as antifreeze coolant compositions or formulations, for example, in the cooling systems of internal combustion engines.
US10336926B2
Adhesive formulations and methods for making adhesive formulations are provided. An adhesive formulation includes at least one oxazoline polymer and casein. Methods of making adhesive formulations include combining at least one oxazoline polymer and casein to form the adhesive formulation. Glue sticks made using these adhesive formulations and methods are also provided.
US10336922B2
Disclosed are compositions which include an ethylene polymer derived from at least one polar monomer with one or more ester groups, which polymerize with ethylene, (e.g., a copolymer derived from ethylene and vinyl acetate or a copolymer derived from ethylene and n-butyl acrylate) and a rosin ester. The rosin ester can have a low hydroxyl number (e.g., a hydroxyl number six or five or less), a low acid number (e.g., an acid number of ten or less), a low PAN number (e.g., a PAN number of eight or less), or combinations thereof. The compositions can exhibit improved viscosity stability and/or color stability and/or a decreased amount of char particle formation upon thermal aging.
US10336920B2
The invention relates to a foamable hot melt adhesive composition, method of foaming the foamable hot melt adhesive composition, and method of using the foamed hot melt adhesive composition. The foamed hot melt adhesive provides a reliable adhesion with high heat resistance for packaging applications. The present invention provides an environmentally and economically sound adhesive that provides sufficient adhesion to the packages upon which it is being applied.
US10336906B2
Thermally stable built-up roofing asphalt (“BURA”) composition comprising a paving grade asphalt is disclosed. The paving grade asphalt has been over-blown to a first softening point and an additive is included in an amount to achieve a second softening point. The additive comprises at least at least one ester. The BURA composition is thermally stable at processing temperatures of at least 450° F.
US10336905B2
Provided are an organic silicon resin composition, prepreg and laminate using the same. The organic silicon resin composition glue solution contains a condensation silicon resin, a catalyst, an auxiliary agent, a white filler and a solvent as necessary components, and is impregnated in a reinforced material such as a sheet-like fiberglass fiber base material and then dried to prepare the prepreg. The prepreg has a net structure via crosslinking of the silicon resin using a condensation reaction. Since the organic silicon resin has ultrahigh heat resistance and yellowing resistance, the present invention applies the silicon resin to a white LED copper-clad laminate instead of a traditional organic resin, satisfying the demand for high heat resistance, and replacing the ceramic substrate to be a new heat-dissipating substrate base material.
US10336903B2
The present invention relates to a polyannide composition comprising polyamide, polyketone, and rubber, wherein the polyketone is present in an amount of no more than 5 wt %, based on the total weight of the polyamide composition. The inventive polyamide composition has and exhibits improved mechanical properties and chemical resistance both to Zinc salt and glycol, and thus is particularly useful in the manufacture of articles for automotive application.
US10336902B2
Polycarbonate blend compositions are disclosed. The compositions include at least one polycarbonate useful for high heat applications. The compositions include at least one poly(aliphatic ester)-polycarbonate. The compositions can include one or more additional polymers. The compositions can include one or more additives. The compositions can be used to prepare articles of manufacture.
US10336901B2
A polycarbonate composition having a flammability rating of V0 measured according to the UL 94 Vertical Burning Test at a thickness of 3 millimeters is disclosed. The composition comprises a linear polycarbonate, a branched polycarbonate, sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, and a linear phenyl-containing siloxane, a cyclic siloxane or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing siloxanes.
US10336897B2
Methods, compounds, and compositions described herein generally relate to hemiaminal organogel networks (HDCNs) and methods of forming HDCNs. In some embodiments, a hemiaminal organogel has a plurality of first polymers, each having a first end and a second end, a plurality of second polymers, each having a first end and a second end, and a plurality of trivalent aminal-hemiaminal linkages. The first end of each polymer of the plurality of first polymers may be covalently bonded to a first trivalent aminal-hemiaminal linkage. The second end of each polymer of the plurality of first polymers may be covalently bonded to a second trivalent aminal-hemiaminal linkage. The first end of each polymer of the plurality of second polymers may be covalently bonded to one of the plurality of trivalent aminal-hemiaminal linkages. The second end of each polymer of the plurality of second polymers may be non-covalently bonded.
US10336890B2
Provided by the present invention are a rubber composition for studless winter tires capable of improving performance on snow and ice while maintaining good abrasion resistance, and a studless winter tire including the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for studless winter tires containing a rubber component and bionanofibers, the bionanofibers having an average fiber diameter of 0.1 μm or less, the rubber component having a combined amount of natural rubber and polybutadiene rubber of 30% to 100% by mass based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition containing the bionanofibers in an amount of 1 to 10 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.
US10336887B2
A building material comprising a substrate layer and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, where the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes expandable graphite.
US10336881B2
The present invention relates to a monolith for processing fluid samples, and methods of making and using the monolith. The monolith can contain certain monomers or combinations of monomers that can be polymerized to give a polymeric monolith that can efficiently self-wick fluid. The self-wicking polymeric monolith can be used as a convenient tool for point of care/on site diagnostics and analytics. The monolith is easily stored and transported, comparatively cost-efficient to make, permits good detection of analyte molecules and is readily functionalizable by impregnation of and/or covalently grafting additional chemical moieties to either the whole monolith or in zones.
US10336878B2
A composition for the manufacture of temperature resistant and sound attenuating automotive parts includes polyethylene terephthalate resin, basalt fibers, and mica. The basalt fibers and mica may be between 35 and 40% of the composition by weight of the total composition. The basalt fibers may be between 20 and 30% of the composition by weight and the mica may be between 5 and 15% of the composition by weight. The basalt fibers may be 25% of the composition by weight and the mica may be 10% of the composition by weight. A method is disclosed for molding a temperature resistant and sound attenuating part by blending a foaming agent with a thermoplastic olefin, basalt fibers and mica to form a resin mixture. The resin mixture is injected under pressure into a die to fill the die. The pressure is reduced to allow the foaming agent to form a microcellular core.
US10336875B2
A halogen-free resin composition and a prepreg and a laminate prepared therefrom. The halogen-free resin composition comprises the following ingredients in parts by weight: 50-100 parts of an epoxy resin, 20-70 parts of benzoxazine, 5-40 parts of polyphenyl ether, 5-30 parts of styrene-maleic anhydride, 5-40 parts of a halogen-free flame retardant, 0.2-5 parts of a curing accelerator, and 20-100 parts of a filler. The prepreg and the laminate, which are manufactured from the halogen-free resin composition, have the comprehensive properties of low dielectric constant, low dielectric loss, excellent heat resistance, adhesive property and wet resistance and the like, and are suitable for being applied to halogen-free high-frequency multilayer circuit boards.
US10336873B2
A functional polymer membrane of the present invention contains a polymer containing at least a structure represented by the following Formula (I), a method for producing the membrane, and an ion exchange apparatus: wherein R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group; R3 to R6 each represent a substituent; R3 to R6 may be bonded to each other and form a ring; A1 to A4 each represent a single bond or a divalent linking group; M1 represents a hydrogen ion, an organic base ion, or a metal ion; J1 represents a single bond, —O—, —S—, —SO2—, —CO—, —CR8R9—, or an alkenylene group, and R8 and R9 each represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or a halogen atom; and k1, k2, k3, k4, n1, n2, m1, m2, p, and q each represent a particular integer.
US10336862B2
Amide compounds are defined and are polymerized to create polyesters and polyurethanes having amide units bearing a pendant functional group, where the nitrogen atom of the amide group is part of the polymer backbone. The pendant functional group of the functionalized amide polymer may be modified or added by post polymerization functionalization of the functionalized amide polymer. The pendant functional group of the functionalized amide polymer may include a protecting group that may be removed after polymerization. The pendant functional groups of the functionalized amide polymers may be used to modulate the physical, chemical and biological properties of the polymers.
US10336856B2
An alkoxysilane-functionalized and allophanate-functionalized coating material including a) a binder component of 10-99 wt % of at least one reaction product of I. and II. wherein I includes A) at least one alkoxysilane-containing monourethane A) of the formula 1 Rn(OR1)3-nSi—R2—NH—(C═O)—OR3 wherein R, R1, R2 and R3 represent hydrocarbon radicals having 1-8 carbon atoms, and n represents 0-2, and B) at least one diisocyanate B), and II includes the subsequent reaction of C) with at least one diol and/or polyol C), in a ratio of NCO groups of reaction product I to OH groups of the diol and/or polyol II. C) of 1.0:1.5 to 1.0:0.6; b) 1-90 wt % of at least one further binder component distinct from a) a hydroxyl-containing or amino-containing binder component, c) 0-50 wt % of at least one polyisocyanate having an NCO functionality of at least 2, d) 0-5 wt % of at least one catalyst, wherein components a)-d) add up to 100 wt %.
US10336847B2
The present invention relates to a vinyl chloride-based polymer containing an unsaturated fatty acid ester at a specific ratio, a method for preparing the same, a thermoplastic resin composition containing the same, and a thermoplastic resin molded article produced from the composition. The vinyl chloride-based polymer may have good processability, and thus, the thermoplastic resin molded article produced from the thermoplastic resin composition containing the vinyl chloride-based polymer may have high impact strength and improved appearance characteristics.
US10336842B2
The present disclosure provides a novel transition metal compound having excellent structural stability together with polymerization reactivity, and thereby is useful as a catalyst in preparing an olefin-based polymer, particularly, a high molecular weight and low density olefin-based polymer, and a catalyst composition including the same.
US10336831B2
The present application relates to compositions of humanized and deimmunized anti-endoglin antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof. One aspect relates to antibodies having one or more modifications in at least one amino acid residue of at least one of the framework regions of the variable heavy chain, the variable light chain or both. Another aspect relates to anti-endoglin antibodies which inhibit or treat fibrosis.
US10336826B2
Antibodies that specifically bind to VLA-1 integrin and methods of using these antibodies to treat immunological disorders in a subject. Also included are crystal structures of complexes formed by VLA-1 antibodies and their ligands, and VLA-1 antagonists and agonists identified by using the structure coordinates of these structures.
US10336824B2
The invention relates generally to antibodies that bind programmed death ligand 1 (PDL1), activatable antibodies that specifically bind to PDL1 and methods of making and using these anti-PDL1 antibodies and anti-PDL1 activatable antibodies in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
US10336815B2
Disclosed herein are phage-displayed single-chain variable fragment (scFv) libraries, which comprised a plurality of scFvs with a specific sequence in each CDR. The present scFv libraries could be used to efficiently produce different antibodies with high binding affinity to H1 hemagglutinin of influenza virus. Accordingly, the present disclosure provides a potential means to generate different antigen-specific antibodies promptly in accordance with the need in experimental researches and/or clinical applications.
US10336811B2
The disclosure relates to a recombinant membrane span protein complex, comprising (1) a fusion protein, comprising a membrane span protein fused to a kinase domain, preferably a constitutive kinase and (2) a reporter construct comprising a polypeptide, interacting with the membrane span protein, fused to a reporter phosphorylation domain. The disclosure relates further to the uses of such membrane span protein complex for the detection of compounds that interact with the membrane span protein and for the screening and/or detection of inhibitors of the compound-membrane span protein interactions. In a preferred embodiment, the membrane span protein is a G protein coupled receptor (GPCR) and the method is used for the screening and/or detection of inhibitors of the ligand-receptor binding.
US10336806B2
The present invention discloses cryopreserved recombinant cells for screening drug candidates that transiently overexpress one or more drug transporter proteins and/or drug metabolizing enzymes. Advantageously, such cells provide a cost-efficient consumable product that streamlines the process of screening whether drug candidates are substrates or inhibitors of drug transporter proteins and/or drug metabolizing enzymes.
US10336804B2
The present invention relates to chimeric immune receptor molecules for reducing or eliminating tumors. The chimeric receptors are composed a C-type lectin-like natural killer cell receptor, or a protein associated therewith, fused to an immune signaling receptor containing an immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif. Methods for using the chimeric receptors are further provided.
US10336803B2
This document provides methods and materials related to insulin secreting polypeptides. For example, polypeptides having the ability to induce insulin secretion and methods and materials for using use such polypeptides to induce insulin secretion and to treat diabetes are provided.
US10336802B2
The invention provides materials and methods for the treatment of obesity and excess weight, diabetes, and other associated metabolic disorders. In particular, the invention provides novel acylated glucagon analog peptides effective in such methods. The peptides may mediate their effect by having increased selectivity for the GLP-1 receptor as compared to human glucagon.
US10336789B2
The invention provides peptides that can reactivate p53 mutants efficiently and specifically, as well as methods that allow the identification, selection and isolation of such peptides, in a precise, cost and time effective manner. In particular, there are provided mutant p53 reactivating peptides that can restore the native wild type p53 folding, and hence the tumor suppressor activity, to the mutant p53 protein. Such peptides are useful for treating various conditions and diseases in which p53 is mutated.
US10336786B2
Cyclic-GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) and cyclic-GMP-AMP (cGAMP), including 2′3-cGAMP, 2′2-cGAMP, 3′2′-cGAMP and 3′3′-GAMP, are used in pharmaceutical formulations (including vaccine adjuvants), drug screens, therapies and diagnostics.
US10336784B2
The present disclosure relates to novel modular methods for generating a diversity of N-glycans of high mannose, hybrid and complex types. The present disclosure also relates to exemplary arrays of the synthesized N-glycans spotted onto aluminium oxide coated slides. These arrays can be used to detect and analyze binding interactions between the synthesized N-glycans and glycan binding molecules, such as HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies. The present disclosure also relates to methods for identifying agents that bind to various types of molecules on the arrays and to defining the structural elements of the molecules on the arrays that bind to those agents. The arrays and methods provided herein may be used for general epitope identification, drug discovery and as analytical tools. The present disclosure also provides useful glycans and epitope determinants that are useful in detecting, diagnosing, recurrence monitoring and preventing pathological diseases such as HIV.
US10336780B2
The invention provides compounds of the formula: R1 is OR11, or NR5R5′;R2 is H or F;R5 is H, C1-C6alkyl, OH, C(═O)R6, O(C═O)R6 or O(C═O)OR6;R5 is H or C1-C6alkyl;R6 is C1-C6alkyl or C3-C7cycloalkyl;R13 is H, phenyl, pyridyl, benzyl, indolyl or naphthyl wherein the phenyl, pyridyl, benzyl, indolyl and naphthyl is optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 R22;and the other variables are as defined in the claims,which are of use in the treatment of cancer, and related aspects.
US10336774B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: in which p, q, Y1, Y2, R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5a, R5b, R7 and R8 are defined in the Summary of the Invention; capable of inhibiting the activity of SHP2. The invention further provides a process for the preparation of compounds of the invention, pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds and compositions in the management of diseases or disorders associated with the aberrant activity of SHP2.
US10336763B1
The present invention relates to crystal forms B, C and D of Ribociclib succinate salt and derivatives thereof, and their preparation method and composition. The crystal forms B, C and D of Ribociclib succinate salts are obtained by adding 7-cyclopentyl-N,N-dimethyl-2-(5-(piperain-1-yl)pyridin-2-ylamino)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-6-carboxamide solution into succinic acid solution for reaction, stirring the solution under high temperature, filtering the solution after cooling off.
US10336759B2
The present application provides processes for preparing (R)-4-(3-((S)-1-(4-amino-3-methyl-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-1-yl)ethyl)-5-chloro-2-ethoxy-6-fluorophenyl)pyrrolidin-2-one, which is useful as an inhibitor phosphoinositide 3-kinase-delta (PI3Kδ), as well as a salt form and intermediates related thereto.
US10336752B2
The present invention provides compounds useful as inhibitors of Tyrosine Kinase 2 (Tyk2), solid forms and compositions thereof, methods of producing the same, and methods of using the same in the treatment of Tyk2-mediated diseases.
US10336746B1
This application is directed to inhibitors of RAD51 represented by the following structural formula, and methods for their use, such as to treat cancer, autoimmune diseases, immune deficiencies, or neurodegenerative diseases.
US10336744B2
The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, combinations and medicaments containing said compounds and processes for their preparation. The invention also relates to the use of said compounds, combinations, compositions and medicaments, for example as inhibitors of the activity of RIP2 kinase, including degrading RIP2 kinase, the treatment of diseases and conditions mediated by the RIP2 kinase, in particular for the treatment of inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US10336742B2
The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing thiazole derivatives.
US10336740B2
New compounds of formula I are described. The compounds have potentially valuable pharmaceutical properties in the treatment of some central and peripheral nervous system disorders.
US10336739B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): wherein all variables are as defined in the specification, and compositions comprising any of such novel compounds. These compounds are APJ agonists which may be used as medicaments.
US10336738B2
Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, which modulate the activity of store-operated calcium (SOC) channels. Also described herein are methods of using such SOC channel modulators, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating diseases or conditions that would benefit from inhibition of SOC channel activity.
US10336735B2
Described herein are compounds and compositions for the treatment of a fibrotic disease.
US10336731B2
Provided is a compound having formula (I): wherein R2 is selected from —C1, —Br and —CN; R1 and R4 are independently selected from H and —F; R631, R632, R641 and R642 are independently selected from —H, —F and substituted or unsubstituted C1-C3 alkyl groups; and R651 and R652 are independently selected from H and substituted or unsubstituted C1-C3 alkyl groups and substituted or unsubstituted phenyl groups; and wherein at least one of R631, R632, R641, R642 and R652 is not —H, or wherein when all of R631, R632, R641, R642 and R652 are —H, R651 is not Me or Et.
US10336730B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): (I) or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein all the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are selective factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of FXIa and plasma kallikrein. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating thromboembolic and/or inflammatory disorders using the same.
US10336729B2
The invention relates to new benzonitrile derivatives of the formula (I) wherein R1 to R3 and A are as defined in the description and Claims, to their medicaments, to methods for their therapeutic use and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
US10336725B2
The present invention provides a compound of a formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a process for preparing such a compound; and to the use of such a compound in the treatment of an ENaC mediated disease state (such as asthma, CF or COPD).
US10336713B2
Triazole-based molecules, methods of making and using the same are provided. Triazole-based molecules may be used as reading molecules and incorporated into or operatively-linked with electrodes, for example, and used in recognition tunneling systems to identify individual and/or sequences of molecules (e.g., DNA bases, carbohydrates, proteins, peptides, and/or amino-acids).
US10336708B2
A novel imidazole compound that yields a surface treatment liquid that is very effective at suppressing migration and oxidation of a wiring surface; a metal surface treatment liquid that contains the imidazole compound; a metal surface treatment method that uses the metal surface treatment liquid; and a laminate production method that uses the surface treatment liquid. A metal is surface-treated using the surface treatment liquid which includes a saturated fatty acid or a saturated fatty acid ester of a specific structure, in which a prescribed position is substituted by an aromatic group of a prescribed structure and an imidazolyl group that may have a substituent group.
US10336705B2
An electrically conducting organic oligomer comprising 4-nitro-1H-pyrazole-3-yl-amine, 4-trifluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl-amine, 4-trichloromethyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl-amine, 4-tribromomethyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl-amine, 4-ammonium-1H-pyrazol-3-yl-amine, 4-trimethylammonium-1H-pyrazol-3-yl-amine, 4-triethylammonium-1H-pyrazol-3-yl-amine, or 4-tripropylammonium-1H-pyrazol-3-yl-amine. An electrically conducting organic oligomer made from the steps of preparing an acidic aqueous solution with a monomer, preparing the acidic aqueous solution by mixing water with a monomer (3-amino-1H-pyrazole-4-carbonitrile), forming a solution preparing a second aqueous solution, mixing the acidic aqueous solution with the second aqueous solution, and allowing a reaction to proceed at about 40° C.
US10336686B2
Provided is a fluorine atom-containing compound represented by formula (1) below (In the formula, Z represents a predetermined divalent group, each Ar independently represents a predetermined aromatic ring-containing group, and each ArF independently represents a predetermined fluorine atom-containing aryl group).
US10336674B2
The present disclosure relates to chemical synthesis. Various embodiments of the teachings thereof may include the synthesis of methanol, generated from hydrogen and a carbonaceous gas. For example, a method may include: compressing gaseous starting materials to an operating pressure of at least 200 bar; supplying the starting materials to a synthesis reactor; removing a product mixture from the synthesis reactor in a liquid state; withdrawing mechanical energy from the product mixture by reducing a pressure of the product mixture; and using the mechanical energy to compress the gaseous starting materials.
US10336668B2
A process for preparing trans-enriched MDACH, including: distilling an MDACH starting mixture in the presence of an auxiliary, which is an organic compound having a molar mass of 62 to 500 g/mol, a boiling point at least 5° C. above the boiling point of cis,cis-2,6-diamino-1-methylcyclohexane, and 2 to 4 functional groups, each of which is independently an alcohol group or a primary, secondary or tertiary amino group. The MDACH starting mixture includes 0 to 100% by weight of 2,4-MDACH and 0 to 100% by weight of 2,6-MDACH, based on the total amount of MDACH present in the MDACH starting mixture. The MDACH starting mixture includes both trans and cis isomers. Trans-enriched MDACH includes 0 to 100% by weight of 2,4-MDACH and 0 to 100% by weight of 2,6-MDACH, where the proportion of trans isomers in the mixture is higher than the proportion of trans isomers in the MDACH starting mixture.
US10336663B2
The present invention discloses processes for oligomerizing an olefin feedstock containing C4 to C20 alpha olefins using a catalyst system containing a metallocene compound, an organoaluminum compound, and a suspension of a chemically-treated solid oxide. The liquid medium for the suspension of the chemically-treated solid oxide can be an alpha-olefin oligomer product formed by the oligomerization process.
US10336659B2
Improved agriculturally useful products are provided, including solid materials such as nitrogenous fertilizers (e.g., urea), together with a polycarboxylated polymer selected from the group consisting of a salts of copolymers containing individual quantities of maleic and itaconic moieties. The polymer composition also includes from about 10-60% by weight of an organic drying agent such as a lower alcohol which enhances the quick drying properties thereof. The compositions may also include an amount of boron, and bimodal vinylic polymer made up of quantities of high and low molecular weight (MW) vinylic polymers such as PVA.
US10336647B2
A UV-blocking glass material having precipitated cuprous halide crystals and including by weight percent, on an oxide basis: from 30 wt % to 65 wt % SiO2; from 12 wt % to 25 wt % B2O3; from 3 wt % to 10 wt % Al2O3; from 0 wt % to 7 wt % Na2O; from 0 wt % to 10 wt % K2O; from 0 wt % to 5 wt % Li2O; from 0.5 wt % to 10 wt % Ho2O3; from 0.25 wt % to 1.50 wt % CuO; and from 0.5 wt % to 5.0 wt % halogens.
US10336645B2
A method for producing rare earth metal-doped quartz glass includes the steps of (a) providing a blank of the rare earth metal-doped quartz glass, and (b) homogenizing the blank by softening the blank zone by zone in a heating zone and by twisting the softened zone along a rotation axis. Some rare earth metals, however, show a discoloration of the quartz glass, which hints at an unforeseeable and undesired change in the chemical composition or possibly at an inhomogeneous distribution of the dopants. To avoid this drawback and to provide a modified method which ensures the production of rare earth metal-doped quartz glass with reproducible properties, during homogenization according to method step (b), the blank is softened under the action of an oxidizingly acting or a neutral plasma.
US10336630B2
A reverse osmosis system and method includes a pump pressurizing a feed stream, a first and second membrane array that generates permeate and brine streams. A first energy recovery device uses first energy from the second brine stream to pressurize the first brine stream. A first and second auxiliary and bypass valves are associated with the first and second energy recovery device. A second energy recovery device uses second energy from the second brine stream to increase a second pressure of the feed stream. A first flowmeter generates a first flow signal for the first permeate stream. A second flowmeter generates a second flow signal for of the second permeate stream. A third flowmeter generates a third flow signal for the second brine stream. A motor drives the first energy recovery device. A controller controls the in response to the flow signals.
US10336626B2
A method for producing a nickel cobalt complex hydroxide includes first crystallization of supplying a solution containing Ni, Co and Mn, a complex ion forming agent and a basic solution separately and simultaneously to one reaction vessel to obtain nickel cobalt complex hydroxide particles, and a second crystallization of, after the first crystallization, further supplying a solution containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese, a solution of a complex ion forming agent, a basic solution, and a solution containing said element M separately and simultaneously to the reaction vessel to crystallize a complex hydroxide particles containing nickel, cobalt, manganese and said element M on the nickel cobalt complex hydroxide particles crystallizing a complex hydroxide particles comprising Ni, Co, Mn and the element Mon the nickel cobalt complex hydroxide particles.
US10336623B2
Method for revamping a multi-bed ammonia converter, wherein said converter comprises a plurality of adiabatic catalytic beds including a first catalytic bed and one or more further catalytic bed(s), said catalytic beds being arranged in series so that the effluent of a bed is further reacted in the subsequent bed; at least a first inter-bed heat exchanger arranged between said first catalytic bed and a second catalytic bed to cool the effluent of said first bed before admission into said second bed, and optionally further inter-bed heat exchanger(s) arranged between consecutive beds; said method involves the conversion of said first catalytic bed into an isothermal catalytic bed.
US10336620B2
A method of making a graphite film is provided. The method is characterized in that a polyimide film is used as a precursor, and a carbonizing heat treatment is performed, in which the carbonizing temperature ranges from 500 to 800 degrees Celsius and the heating rate is equal to or lower than 2 degrees Celsius per minute. The highest carbonizing temperature is equal to or higher than 1000 degrees Celsius. The method is also characterized in that the graphitizing temperature ranges from 2200 degrees temperature to the highest graphitizing temperature in which the average heating rate is equal to or lower than 3 degrees Celsius per minute. The highest graphitizing temperature is equal to or higher than 2500 degrees Celsius.
US10336617B2
A method of synthesizing soluble polyphosphides using shelf-stable reagents and common organic solvents is presented. A reaction between an alkali metal alkoxy compound or alkali metal alkyl thiolate compound, such as potassium ethoxide, and shelf stable red phosphorus generated soluble polyphosphides in a variety of organic solvents with the 31P NMR spectrum being used to detect the species of polyphosphides produced.
US10336616B2
A method of generating soluble polyphosphides using solution chemistry is presented. A reaction between potassium ethoxide and shelf stable red phosphorus generated soluble polyphosphides in a variety of organic solvents with the 31P NMR spectrum being used to detect the species of polyphosphides produced.
US10336612B2
An ozone generator unit includes a housing with a first half having a first recess and a second half having a second recess. The ozone generator unit further includes an inlet and an outlet in the housing, a first dielectric disc arranged within the first recess in contact with an inner surface of the first half, a second dielectric disc arranged within the second recess in contact with an inner surface of the second half, and a high voltage electrode, having a gas passage, arranged between the first and second dielectric discs. The high voltage electrode is spaced apart from the first and second dielectric discs using a first spacer and a second spacer to constitute a first gas chamber and a second gas chamber on either side of the high voltage electrode.
US10336604B2
A fluid dispensing system including a support structure, a hose configured to dispense fluid therethrough, and a support cable coupled to the hose. The hose is directly or indirectly releasably coupled to the support structure via the cable. The system further includes an extension and refraction mechanism configured to provide an adjustable effective length to the support cable.
US10336600B2
Present invention relates to a locking and emptying system of a refill cartridge containing nutrients or chemicals, said system comprising at least one replaceable refill cartridge, at least one receiving socket for the refill cartridge, in every receiving socket a locking mechanism of the refill cartridge, discharge means of the refill cartridge and control means of the locking system and for each refill cartridge a emptying container. The control means of the locking system are set to release the empty refill cartridge from the receiving socket only when the emptying container has enough free volume to receive the content of the next refill cartridge.
US10336598B2
The apparatuses described herein provide a portable, pod-based beverage maker, such as an apparatus that makes smoothies and other similar beverages from pod-based ingredient mixtures. The apparatus provides an easy and simple way to combine ingredients in pods with water, ice, and other mixing liquids.
US10336586B2
Image data is generated from a load stack in the operating area of a load handling apparatus. The image data includes a sight apparatus having several lines that are set in relation to each other such that the lines correspond to at least two sides of the lowest load in the load stack and at least two sides of a load set on top of the lowest load in the load stack.
US10336583B2
A traffic barrier lifter mountable on a boom and having a gearbox with a first and a second rotating axis; a pair of opposing arms directly mounted to the first and second rotating axis and a rotator capable of rotating the lifter relative to the boom, wherein the gearbox is capable of moving the pair of opposing arms from an open position to a closed position such that the arms can clamp onto a traffic barrier. The rotator being capable of rotating the arms and traffic barrier relative to the boom.
US10336573B2
A method for allowing pre-allocation of an elevator call in an elevator system with destination control is provided. A first signal is received at an elevator group controller of an elevator system with destination control. The first signal indicates that a passenger including a passenger is detected to be approaching the elevator system at one of multiple floors associated with the elevator system. In response, allocation of an elevator call for the detected passenger is initiated, wherein the one of the multiple floors is assigned as the departure floor for the elevator call.
US10336572B2
A compact inflator is described herein. The inflator may include a rotatable drum, an air pump disposed within the drum, a fixed securing mechanism that provides structural support to, and enables rotation of, the drum, a power supply, and an electric power transmission mechanism. The drum may draw in and let out a hose. The hose may have a first end and a second end, the first end having a connection mechanism that connects the hose to an inflatable object. The air pump may be connected to the second end of the hose. The power supply may provide power to the motor, and may be coupled to the pump or the power supply. The power transmission mechanism may include a slip ring assembly or a pair of parallel inductors, one which rotates with the drum about the other.
US10336569B1
A packing device for organizing objects with cords attached includes a tube and a pulling assembly operatively coupled to the tube. The pulling assembly is adapted to pull the cords inside the tube to avoid tangling and assist managing the objects. The pulling assembly includes a pulling string with a puller attached at one end and a fastener attached at the other end. The fastener attaches the cords to the pulling assembly. The fastener can be attached to different position on the string to accommodate cords of different lengths. The puller is pulled and then placed in a locked position. The puller can be a different fastener that is attached to an anchor of the tube in the locked position. Alternatively, the puller moves in a track incorporated in the tube. The track can further incorporate a lip for locking the puller in position.
US10336568B2
A system for dispensing weld wire comprises a container including walls and inside corners, a coil of weld wire within the container, and a de-coiling cone on the weld wire. The coil includes inner and outer circumferences, and the de-coiling cone includes an inner ring smaller than the inner circumference of the coil, an outer ring larger than the inner circumference and smaller than the outer circumference of the coil, and a plurality of legs extending radially outward from the inner ring to positions adjacent respective inside corners of the container. Each leg includes a first leg portion connecting the inner and outer rings, a second leg portion extending radially outwardly from the first leg portion, and a backwardly bent leg portion adjacent a corresponding inside corner of the container.
US10336567B2
A manufacturing system for manufacturing folding boxes or labels from a web of printing material, includes a web unwinding device, a flat-bed diecutting and/or stamping/embossing unit disposed downstream thereof, and a product delivery disposed downstream thereof. The flat-bed diecutting and/or stamping/embossing unit is deactivatable and at least one rotary processing module for processing the web of printing material, in particular a rotary diecutting module, is provided between the flat-bed diecutting and/or stamping/embossing unit and the product delivery. This construction of the manufacturing system advantageously allows the planar elements to be processed either by the flat-bed diecutting and/or stamping/embossing unit or by a rotary diecutting module. Thus, the manufacturing system may be operated at high productivity. A method for operating the manufacturing system is also provided.
US10336563B2
The sheet feeding apparatus includes a first cursor. The first cursor comes in contact with a side face of a stack of sheets, and can move between a restriction position and a retracted position. The lift plate includes a fixed plate and a movable plate. The stack of sheets is movable together with the movable plate in the push-in/pull-out direction. When the sheet storage unit is pushed into the apparatus body, the first cursor moves by inertia of the stack of sheets, against an urging force of an urging member, toward the retracted position. After the sheet storage unit has reached the accommodated position, the first cursor pushes the stack of sheets by resilience of the urging member to move to the restriction position.
US10336562B2
A robotic carton unloader for unloading cartons in a carton pile has a mobile body and a movable robotic arm attached to the mobile body that has an end effector at a movable end thereof to unload cartons from the carton pile. A conveyor system is attached to the mobile body and extends from front to rear of the carton unloader to convey cartons received thereon by the moveable robotic arm. The conveyor system comprises a central portion carried on the mobile body and a front portion extending therefrom towards the carton pile. The front portion is configured to change width from narrow to wider to act as a shield to catch and then move falling cartons received thereon.
US10336560B2
A transfer apparatus comprises a first rod-shaped member comprising a magnetic material; a first terminal member configured to allow insertion of a first end portion of the first rod-shaped member; a second terminal member configured to allow insertion of a second end portion of the first rod-shaped member; a second rod-shaped member comprising a magnetic material; a third terminal member configured to allow insertion of a first end portion of the second rod-shaped member; a fourth terminal member configured to allow insertion of a second end portion of the second rod-shaped member; a coupling member coupling the second terminal member and the third terminal member; and an opposite member facing a part of side surfaces of the first and second rod-shaped members, wherein the first rod-shaped member and the first terminal member are not fixed, the first rod-shaped member and the second terminal member are fixed to each other.
US10336553B2
The invention is a method and device for reducing bundles (2) being conveyed in a transport direction (TR) in n rows (3) to a smaller number of continuing transport rows, in particular to (n−1) or (n−2) or (n−3) continuing transport rows (3-1, 3-3). A space (8) is formed at least between the individual bundles (2) of at least one incoming and continuing transport row (3-1, 3-3). The size of the space (8) corresponds to at least the value of a longitudinal extent of an individual article or of an individual group (2) in transport direction (TR). At least two bundles (2) of the at least one row (3-2) are transferred simultaneously by a gripper (10) into a number of consecutive spaces (8) between bundles (2) of a continuing transport row (3-1, 3-3) adjacent to the row (3-2).
US10336538B1
The invention relates to a portable side-loader system which is built as a kit and can be retrofitted on to any container. The adjustable side loader may be detached from a fixed position and moved along the container as it fills up. The side-loader includes an integral bucket which may be activated to dump debris into the container. The side loader kit is a standalone system with its own hydraulics and 12 volt battery with an on board charging system. A control box holds the electrical components including the switches that activate and control the hydraulic system.
US10336537B1
A device and associated method for lifting leaves from a pile in larger quantities that is traditionally possible using a shovel or rake is described. Broadly, the device comprises a plastic or fabric flexible rectangular sheet having at least a pair of parallel elongated rods affixed to opposing sides of the sheet. At least some embodiments further include an elongated handle, often in the form of a rod, connected with and extending outwardly from one of the elongated rods.
US10336535B2
The present invention relates to improvements for the manufacturing of a wave-cut bag of polymeric film, more specifically a wave-cut bag with a body having improved shock, tear and puncture resistance. The polymeric film has an embossed pattern of a plurality of embossed regions that are comprised of a plurality of parallel, linear embosses. Further disclosed is a process for intermittently applying the embossed pattern to a collapsed tube of a blown film extrusion process. The collapsed tube with the intermittently applied embossed pattern is particularly well suited for constructing wave-cut trash bags with the embossed pattern applied to a central body of the wave-cut bags.
US10336526B1
A sparkling wine sprayer configured to spray a sparkling wine for recreational activities includes a bottle top sealing system pivotally and operatively coupled to a quick release lever to provide an airtight seal to a sparkling wine bottle. The bottle top sealing system is further connected to a tube that carries a sparkling wine through the sprayer. To use the sprayer, a top of the bottle is sealed by pulling the lever towards a user, attaching a top of the bottle to the bottle top sealing system and then pushing the lever back. The trigger is then pressed to that opens a valve in the tube and aligns the tube sections, allowing the sparkling wine to flow through the tube and spraying the sparkling wine through the nozzle. On the other hand, depressing the trigger stops spraying of the sparkling wine.
US10336525B2
A retail planogram display includes a series of display cards of varying heights, having a protruding hole at the top for inserting the cards on a hook, but where cards of varying heights can be provided so that the longest one is the most interior one, with a medium sized one in front of that and a third smaller one on top of the two cards, wherein the actual product, such as toy cars, are in exposed, transparent bubble boxes, then nest one on top of each other on the same hook. In an alternate embodiment, a dispensing storage sleeve can be provided, where the packages of varying heights can be dispensed from the sleeve, wherein the sleeves have retaining means, such as coil springs or other flexible detents to keep the display cards in place until pulled out by a consumer.
US10336518B2
An apparatus includes a cap assembly and a container assembly. The cap assembly may be unscrewed from the container assembly by simultaneously pressing a predetermined combination of buttons available on the top of the cap assembly. If the predetermined combination of buttons is not precisely and exclusively selected, the cap assembly resists being unscrewed from the container assembly and a beverage inside remains inaccessible. A user of the apparatus who knows the correct combination of buttons will thereby be able to readily access the beverage in the container assembly, but one without that knowledge will not. Tampering is avoided.
US10336513B2
A lid includes a lid lever and a seal arm assembly that stage opening of a vent hole relative to a drink hole so that vapor within the liquid container may be vented to the atmosphere before the drink hole is opened. As the lid lever is rotated a first direction, beginning from a closed position, the lid lever rotates a small amount independently of the seal arm assembly to open a vent hole before contacting the seal arm assembly to open a drink hole. As the lid lever is rotated in a second direction, from an open position, the lid lever and the seal arm assembly rotate in unison until the drink hole is closed.
US10336509B2
A two piece thermoformed container comprising a tray and a lid for holding a product or products is provided. The container is portable, recloseable and provides easy access to the contents. The tray includes a front wall, rear wall and opposing side walls. The lid is moveable in a sliding fashion between a fully closed position in which the lid is substantially aligned with the tray and an opened position in which the contents of the tray are accessible. The tray has a flat top wall that can be sealed with flexible film.
US10336505B2
A package for a product has a rigid package body and a handle for carrying the package. The rigid package body has at least six faces and a reclosable opening on a face of the rigid package body. The handle is positioned over the reclosable opening and has a first strap, a second strap, and a connection portion. The first strap includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the first strap is attached to one face of the package body. The second strap includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the second strap is attached to another face of the package body that is opposite to the face that is attached to the first strap. The connection portion is located on the second end of the second strap and is detachably engaged to the second end of the first strap.
US10336500B2
A tray for holding a food product. The tray includes a plurality of panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the tray. The plurality of panels includes a bottom panel, a side panel foldably connected to the bottom panel, and an end panel foldably connected to the bottom panel. The tray includes a reinforcing structure having a first reinforcement panel foldably connected to at least one panel of the plurality of panels, and a second reinforcement panel foldably connected to the first reinforcement panel. The tray further includes a gusset panel foldably connected to the side panel. The gusset panel and the end panel at least partially overlapping one another.
US10336488B1
A pressure sealing apparatus includes a hermetically sealable bag having an exit valve that allows air to exit the bag once sealed, and which prevents air from entering the bag. An item placed in the bag is vacuum sealed in the bag by the pressure sealing apparatus. The bag can be placed in, or integrally formed with a pressure container. The pressure container includes an exit port through which the exit valve passes, and is also sealed so that the interior of the pressure container can be pressurized. When pressurized, the pressure in the pressure container acts on the bag to squeeze air out of the bag through the exit valve, thereby vacuum sealing the item in the hermetically sealable bag.
US10336481B2
An improved display pack that can hold products during shipping and display products at the point of sale. The display pack is separable into a display section and a removable upper section. The removable upper section is removed to expose the product, allowing the packaged product to be displayed in the remaining display section. A joined in-the-flat blank unit that can be assembled into the display pack is also provided.
US10336468B2
An aircraft vertical stabilizer illumination light unit, configured for being arranged in a rotatable horizontal stabilizer of an aircraft and for being oriented towards a vertical stabilizer of the aircraft for illuminating the vertical stabilizer, includes an LED group, having a plurality of LEDs, and an optical system, having at least one optical element, the optical system being associated with the LED group for shaping an output light intensity distribution from the light emitted by the LED group.
US10336467B2
A warning method for an aircraft includes receiving a first parameter indicative of an aircraft's flight path, calculating a stable approach value based on the first parameter, receiving a second parameter indicative of the aircraft's turbulence, calculating a turbulence factor based on the second parameter, calculating a safe landing value based on the stable approach value and the turbulence factor, comparing the safe landing value to a threshold value, and providing an aircraft warning when the safe landing value fails to meet the threshold value.
US10336449B2
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is provided and includes a fuselage, wings extending outwardly from opposite sides of the fuselage, nacelles supportively disposed on the wings and reversely oriented, axial flow engines disposed in each of the nacelles to generate mechanical energy for driving lift and thrust generating prop-rotor rotations.
US10336441B2
Disclosed is a drone. The present invention includes a plurality of propellers creating a lift to prevent inclination and overturn of the drone due to a lift difference generated from uneven ground, a power driving unit providing a rotation power to each of a plurality of the propellers, a ground sensing unit measuring a distance to a first region of the ground and a shape of the first region, and a controller controlling the power driving unit to differentiate rotation ratios of a plurality of the propellers based on the measured distance and shape if receiving an input signal for landing at the first region.
US10336438B2
A flight control system includes a pilot control module configured to receive commands from a pilot, a flight control module operable to transmit an instruction to change at least one operating condition of an aircraft, and a flight control computer in communication between the flight control module and the pilot control module. The flight control computer is configured to receive a pilot command to change a first flight characteristic, wherein changing the first flight characteristic would result in an expected change to a second flight characteristic. The flight control computer may instruct the flight control module to transmit an instruction to change a first operating condition of the aircraft and instruct the flight control module to transmit an instruction to change a second operating condition of the aircraft to at least partially offset the expected change to the second flight characteristic.
US10336436B2
A method for controlling a propeller of an aircraft, comprises receiving, with a processor, one or more signals indicative of commanded collective pitch of the propeller; receiving, with the processor, one or more sensed signals indicative of propeller axial speed, propeller rotational speed, and air density; estimating, with the processor, a propeller torque and propeller thrust from one or more of the propeller axial speed, the propeller rotational speed, and the air density; determining, with the processor, information indicative of an error value between a desired torque and a measured torque in the propeller; determining, with the processor, information indicative of a corrected pitch command in response to the determining of the error value; combining, with the processor, the corrected pitch command with the propeller rotational speed into an adjustment solution; providing, with the processor, the propeller with the adjustment solution.
US10336428B1
A marine propulsion device has an internal combustion engine, an exhaust manifold that conveys exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine, and a cooling water sprayer that is configured to spray a flow of cooling water radially outwardly toward an inner diameter of the exhaust manifold. The cooling water sprayer has a sprayer body that is configured to convey the flow of cooling water radially into the exhaust manifold and a nozzle configured to spray the flow of cooling water radially outwardly in a fan-shaped pattern toward the inner diameter of the exhaust manifold.
US10336425B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods associated with a variable rate of turn trolling motor are provided. An example system includes a trolling motor assembly having a propulsion motor and a steering actuator, a navigation control device having a user input assembly and a processor. The processor may be configured to determine a rate of turn based on user activity detected by the user input assembly and generate a steering input signal. The steering input signal may be an electrical signal indicating a rate of turn. The processor may be further configured to direct the steering actuator, via the steering input signal, to rotate the propulsion motor at a desired rate of turn based on the rate of turn indicated in the steering input signal.
US10336414B1
An embodiment includes an open/non-closed hull collar assembly that is shaped to increase encapsulated volume of a hull. The hull collar assembly may include a hull collar structure and a foam module. The hull collar structure may include a gunwale, an outboard boundary, and an inboard boundary. The outboard boundary extends in an outward lateral direction from a lower hull portion and extends in a longitudinal direction from the lower hull portion such that at least a portion of the hull collar structure is at least partially included in a freeboard portion of a boat hull. The inboard boundary extends from the gunwale a portion of a distance to a deck such that the hull collar structure is at least partially open or non-closed to an inner hull volume. The foam module is comprised of a non-expansive, closed cell foam. The foam module is shaped for disposition within the hull collar structure.
US10336412B2
A kite includes a frame including a leading edge support and a plurality of struts extending rearward from the leading edge support, a flexible main canopy attached to the frame and at least one flexible kite sizing section adjustably attached to the flexible main canopy. The at least one flexible kite sizing section is adjustable to change an area of the kite, including an area of at least a first wing tip section of the kite.
US10336408B1
A method for locking the rope winch which is characterized by the fact that the locking bolt is inserted when the rope drum of the rope winch is stopped, first, through one of two holes in the first lug, then through one of the arched cuttings on the wheel of the rope drum of the rope winch, and finally through one of two holes in the second lug, Then the locking bolt is secured in position with a nut.
US10336397B2
A motorcycle having a motorcycle frame that includes one or more frame members with an adjustable mechanism for increasing or decreasing the stiffness of the frame member. By adjusting the stiffness of one or more frame members, the overall stiffness of the motorcycle frame may be increased or decreased. The adjustable mechanism may be controlled by an actuator, such as a hydraulic pump, that is, in turn, controlled by a computer control system. The control system may include sensors for determining performance parameters while the motorcycle is in use. For example, a speedometer may sense motorcycle speed and a gyrometer may sense the orientation of the motorcycle when in turns. Thus, in one example, the stiffness of the motorcycle frame may be increased if the motorcycle speed reaches a threshold speed. Further, the stiffness may be increased if the gyrometer senses that the motorcycle is engaged in a power slide.
US10336391B1
A steering apparatus of a small mobility is provided. The steering apparatus is applied to one of a front wheel portion and a rear wheel portion connected to a body thereof. The apparatus includes a main link member that is connected to the body through a plurality of main link arms to move left and right casters in the forward and backward directions due to link movement of the main link arms when the body center of gravity is moved to the left and right directions. A sub link member is connected to the caster through a hub shaft when connected to the main link member through a plurality of sub link arms and changes a steering angle of the left and right casters moved by the main link member through link movement of the respective sub link arm.
US10336390B2
A two-wheeler vehicle comprising a steerable front wheel of at least 16″ (df), a fixed back wheel smaller than or equal (db) to df. A distance between the back wheel ground contact point and the front wheel contact point is smaller than or equal to (12″+√(dfdb). A steering mechanism defines a steering axis ground contact point. A trail distance between the steering axis ground contact point and the front wheel ground contact point is between 5% and 10% of the df. The steering mechanism comprises a fork, a yoke and a handlebar. A frame interconnects the yoke and the center of the back wheel and comprises a standing mechanism providing at least one footboard, below the back wheel center, extending laterally from the frame.
US10336389B2
A windscreen assembly (10) for a vehicle 1 is described, comprising:—a windscreen panel group (11, 12) comprising a windscreen panel (11) and a support structure (12) to support the windscreen panel (11); and—a wiper group (20. The wiper group (20) comprises a wiper (13), a drive motor group (14) for actuating the wiper (13), a tank (15) for a liquid and a pump (16) operationally connected to the tank (15). The wiper group (20) is supported by the windscreen panel group (11, 12) and said windscreen assembly (10) is configured to be removably coupled to said vehicle.
US10336378B2
A vehicle includes a bed and a tailgate. The bed has first and second side panels. The tailgate is rotatably secured to the bed along a horizontal axis and has a plurality of extruded sections that are arranged in a longitudinally extending chain. Each section extends laterally between the first and second side panels. Adjacent sections are secured to each other via hinges that rotate about axes that are substantially parallel to the horizontal axis.
US10336373B2
A lateral energy absorption system includes a first carbon structure. The first carbon structure includes a first plurality of carbon tubes. The first plurality of carbon tubes have a first end with a first width and a second end with a second width. The first plurality of carbon tubes define a first taper between the second end and the first end that facilitates crumpling of the first plurality of carbon tubes during an impact. A first plurality of carbon flanges connects the carbon tubes together.
US10336370B1
A frame structure for an all-terrain vehicle includes upper main frame members and lower main frame members extending in a longitudinal direction of the frame structure. The lower main frame members have forward and rearward portions mounted to the upper main frame members and central portions extended in a lateral direction of the frame structure outward of the upper main frame members. A component mounting bracket is mounted to a forward end portion of the upper main frame members, upper forward suspension sub-frame members, and second sub-frame members disposed bridgingly between the upper main frame members and the upper forward suspension sub-frame members. A battery pack charger is mounted to the component mounting bracket in a space between component mounting bracket and a grille.
US10336364B2
A vehicle control device is provided, which includes an engine, an engine control mechanism configured to control torque generated by the engine, a processor configured to execute a vehicle attitude controlling module to control attitude of a vehicle by controlling the engine control mechanism to reduce the torque so as to decelerate the vehicle, when a condition that the vehicle is traveling and a steering angle related value that is related to a steering angle of a steering device increases is satisfied, and a torque reduction amount setting module to set the reduction amount of the torque to be larger as a combustion frequency of the engine per unit time decreases. The vehicle attitude controlling module controls the engine control mechanism to reduce the torque based on the set reduction amount.
US10336331B2
A vehicle includes a hydraulic control unit (HCU) having a set of electrically-actuated valves configured to open/close to accumulate a pressurized hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic apply circuit of a first clutch of a transmission; a hydraulic fluid pump mechanically driven by an engine and configured to provide the pressurized hydraulic fluid to the HCU; and a controller configured to: prior to temporarily stopping the engine, control the engine and the HCU such that the pressurized hydraulic fluid accumulates in the hydraulic apply circuit of the first clutch to a desired hydraulic fluid pressure, and upon restarting the engine, control the set of electrically-actuated valves of the HCU to provide the pressurized hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic apply circuit first clutch to a hydraulic apply circuit for a second clutch of the transmission to apply the second clutch and shift the transmission into drive.
US10336326B2
Example lane detection systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method received an image from-facing vehicle camera and applies a geometric transformation to the image to create a birds-eye view of the image. The method analyzes the birds-eye view of the image using a neural network, which was previously trained using side-facing vehicl camera images, to determine a lane position associated with the birds-eye view of the image.
US10336323B2
A system for preventing accidents includes an eye gaze detector for receiving an eye gaze vector from a driver. The system additionally comprises a proximity sensor for detecting locations of nearby objects and their velocities. A risk is determined based on the nearby object location and velocity. Additionally, the driver's knowledge of vehicle circumstances is determined based on the nearby object location and velocity as well as the eye gaze location. Responsive to the driver's knowledge and the risk, an alert is activated.
US10336319B2
A method, device and computer-readable storage medium are provided for parking a self-balancing vehicle. The method includes: determining whether there is a target parking spot for parking a self-balancing vehicle when the self-balancing vehicle needs to be parked; controlling, when there is a target parking spot for parking the self-balancing vehicle, the self-balancing vehicle to park at the target parking spot.
US10336318B2
A vehicle parking assist system includes at least one processor configured to establish communication with a parking automation system external to a vehicle to assist in a parking maneuver. The parking automation system includes at least one sensor to provide a measured distance value from an object to the vehicle. The processor is further configured to control a brake system of the vehicle based on the measured distance value via the sensor. The processor is further configured to control the vehicle to come to a stop based on the measured distance value being less than a first predefined threshold via the brake system.
US10336307B2
An electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) overlay control valve can selective switch between a conventional pneumatic mode and an ECP mode. In ECP mode, the overlay control valve shunts the brake cylinder pressure of the pneumatic control valve which allows a relay valve to build or exhaust pressure in the brake cylinder in response to an electronically controlled apply/release circuit. In conventional pneumatic mode, the overlay control valve disconnects the relay valve and allows a conventional pneumatic control valve to control the pressurization and exhausting of the brake cylinder.
US10336298B2
A transparent pane with a conductive coating extending at least over a part of the transparent pane surface, in particular over a visual field of the transparent pane is described. The conductive coating is electrically connected to at least two strip-shaped bus bars such that after application of a supply voltage, a current flows over a heating field formed by the conductive coating. The conductive coating has an electrical resistance such that upon application of a supply voltage in the range from more than 100 volts to 400 volts, a heating output from the heating field is in the range from 300 watt/m2 to 1000 watt/m2. The at least two strip-shaped bus bars have a maximum width of less than 5 mm and are dimensioned such that a maximum electrical power loss per unit of length is 10 watt/m. Moreover, the at least two strip-shaped bus bars have a specific resistivity ranging from 2 μohm·cm to 4 μohm·cm.
US10336296B2
A locking/unlocking system includes: a power reception device having a vehicle coil provided in a vehicle and receiving power at a first frequency in a non-contact manner from a ground coil provided on the ground; an operation switch outputting an operation signal in response to a user operation; a locking/unlocking controller that, in response to an input of an operation signal, conducts wireless communication with a key device located within a predetermined distance at a second frequency close to the first frequency and that, in response to successful wireless communication with the key device, locks/unlocks a lock provided in the vehicle; a signal determining part that outputs an input operation signal to the locking/unlocking controller; and a wiring switch that connects wiring so that the operation signal output from the operation switch is input into the signal determining part during a power reception operation of the power reception device.
US10336295B2
The invention relates to an emblem (80) for a motor vehicle (1), comprising an optical sensor system (30) which is suitable for a) monitoring a detection region (21) lying outside of the motor vehicle (1), b) triggering a signal for starting an authentication check between an ID transmitter (13) and the motor vehicle (1) in the event that a user (10) is detected in the detection region (21), c) monitoring an actuation region (22) which lies outside of the motor vehicle (1) and which differs from the detection region (21), and d) providing an operating signal for the motor vehicle (1) in the event that a user (10) is detected in the actuation region (22).
US10336286B2
The present disclosure provides filtration devices for use in automotive airbag applications and related methods. For example, a filtration device for use in automotive airbags can be provided that includes a body comprising at least one of a reticulated metal foam or a reticulated ceramic foam. In some embodiments, the body can have between about 35 pores per square inch and about 65 pores per square inch through which air passes that is generated upon activating a pyrotechnic charge in an air bag inflation mechanism. In some embodiments, the body can include interconnected struts that define pores within the body through which gas passes that is generated upon activating a pyrotechnic charge in an air bag inflation mechanism.
US10336275B2
A vehicle includes a floor having a front portion, a rear portion, and a middle portion between the front and rear portions. A partition is supported on the floor between the front and middle portions, extending in a cross-vehicle direction. An airbag housing supported by the partition has an airbag inflatable from the housing to an inflated position. In the inflated position, the airbag extends from the housing in a vehicle-rearward direction.
US10336268B2
A method for operating a vehicle, the vehicle being guided in fully automated fashion, and if an error is detected during the fully automated guidance, a safe state being selected from a plurality of safe states as a function of one parameter, the vehicle being guided in fully automated fashion into the selected safe state. Also described is an apparatus for operating a vehicle, as well as to a computer program.
US10336267B2
In a vehicle control apparatus, one or more control units, each configured to perform an arithmetic operation process in accordance with a program stored therein in advance to individually control an operating state of an activator mounted in a vehicle, are connected to a network communication path to form a vehicle network. The vehicle control apparatus includes an external communication unit and a monitoring unit. The external communication unit is connectable to or disconnectable from the network communication path and is configured to allow the vehicle to communicate externally. The monitoring unit is configured to determine a state of each of the one or more control units while the external communication unit is disconnected from the network communication path.
US10336266B2
An assembly for sealing a space between a secondary structure movable into and out of a primary structure includes a base member mountable to an outer surface of the secondary structure and a flange member. The flange member includes a main flange portion and a coupling portion extending from the main flange portion. The main flange portion includes a first portion and a second portion. The second portion is on the opposite side of the coupling portion from the first portion. The coupling portion is couplable to the base member such that the first portion is adjacent a rear wall of the secondary structure and the second portion extends beyond the outer surface of the secondary structure when the coupling portion is coupled to the base member. The second portion is configured to engage an interior surface of the primary structure when the secondary structure is in the extended position.
US10336259B2
An accessory component for a vehicle is disclosed which may incorporate an elongated frame element having an elongated channel formed there along. The elongated frame element is adapted to be fixedly secured to a portion of the vehicle. A resilient metallic applique having a contour generally in accordance with at least a portion of the elongated frame element may be incorporated. The applique may have a feature adjacent a first end for engaging with the elongated channel, and a second end of the applique may be shaped to engage with a different portion of the elongated frame element such that the applique is secured to the elongated frame element without adhesives or mechanical fasteners.
US10336248B2
An illuminated engine cover assembly including an engine attachment system and an illuminated engine cover is disclosed. The illuminated engine cover assembly comprises an attachment element attached to the engine and an illuminated engine cover composed of polymerized foam. The illuminated engine cover has a recessed area and a receptacle for releasable attachment to the engine attachment element. An illuminated feature is attached to the cover's recessed area. A contact element is fitted within the receptacle. A flexible printed circuit for providing contact between the illuminated feature and the contact element of the receptacle is embedded within the engine cover. A support lattice is optionally embedded within the cover. The support lattice has ends and an intermediate portion to which the illuminated feature is attached. Grommets are attached to each end of the support lattice. The releasable attachment receptacles are formed in the grommets.
US10336246B2
A tow bar assembly for towing a load with a vehicle providing a lighted region to warn other motorists on the road that the load is being towed and provide indications of the mode of operation of the towing vehicle. The integrated lights may be connected to the towing vehicle control signals indicating a turn signal, braking, or reverse. The tow lights also clearly display the tow bar that may otherwise be difficult to see at night and that the tow bar is towing a load.
US10336242B2
A lighting device of a vehicle includes at least one lighting device for a road scene in front of the vehicle arranged to form a first light beam defined by a first lighting. A device for generating a second light beam defined by a second lighting is configured to superimpose the second beam on the first light beam. A sum of the first lighting and of the second lighting is greater than the first lighting, the second light beam forms driving assistance information.
US10336238B2
A load securement apparatus for a vehicle incorporating a cargo bed and a tailgate movable between a raised configuration and a lowered configuration to open and close the cargo bed. The load securement apparatus includes at least one tie-down engagement structure connected to another portion of the vehicle in a position located such that a tie-down member is engaged with the tie-down engagement structure by extending a portion of the tie-down member into a gap formed between an end of the cargo bed and the tailgate when the tailgate is in the lowered configuration.
US10336234B2
In one aspect the invention provides a boat support frame loading and unloading apparatus configured to draw a boat on to and off a boat support frame. This boat support frame has a loading end and a terminal end opposite to the loading end. The apparatus provided includes at least one roller assembly mounted to the support frame adjacent to the loading end of the support frame, said at least one roller assembly incorporating at least one roller element. The apparatus also includes at least one drive mechanism configured to rotate one or more roller elements to draw a boat onto and off the support frame through the loading end of the support frame. The roller assembly also includes a hull contact surface formed by a flexible belt which has a circumference greater than the circumference of the said at least one roller element incorporated into the roller assembly.
US10336226B2
A listing bead fastening tool has a body that defines a guiding recess shaped to receive a listing bead, and a guide rib extending from the body. The guide rib has a neck and a head that is connected to the body of the tool by the neck. The head has a width to allow it to pass through a retention channel defined by opposing rows of fastener elements extending from a base of a fastener strip to which the listing bead is to be fastened. The guiding recess of the body of the tool defines a listing bead insertion path that is angled with respect to the retention channel. Moving the tool along the retention channel causes the listing bead, which is retained within the guiding recess, to be progressively inserted into the retention channel and retained between the rows of fastener elements.
US10336220B2
According to an illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a vehicle seat including: a seat cushion that serves as a seating portion which receives a load of an occupant; an ottoman that is connected to a front portion of the seat cushion; a base that supports the seat cushion from a vehicle floor in a seating position at which the seat cushion receives the occupant and in a tip-up position at which the seat cushion is tipped up rearward from the seating position; and a folding mechanism that moves the ottoman between an initial position at which the ottoman is positioned at the front portion of the seat cushion and a folding position at which the ottoman is retracted beneath the seat cushion in accordance with a movement of the seat cushion from the seating position and the tip-up position.
US10336216B2
Vehicle access seating supports a user seat unit using a mounting assembly, a fore-aft slide assembly, a swivel assembly and an extension/retraction assembly. The seat unit moves from a secured drive position on either side of the motor vehicle to an access position wherein at least part of the seat is outside the vehicle, facilitating user vehicle access. Moving from the drive position to the access position, the seat moves linearly along two axes—one (static) defined by the mounting assembly, and a second axis (pivotable) defined by the seat itself—increasing the seat occupant's legroom by reducing the clearances between the seat and the vehicle B-pillar and between the seat and the vehicle transmission tunnel. A vertical mounting recline angle improves the occupant headroom inside the vehicle. Moving between the drive and access positions, the seat can move through a narrow transition corridor in the motor vehicle.
US10336202B2
A drone receiving apparatus is provided including a landing area including a platform, a lighting system, and/or a surface on which a drone is receivable, a charging plate for providing electrical power to charge the drone received by the landing area, and a communication system by which a signal is communicable to exchange data with the drone that is within a communicable proximity to the communication system. A method to receive a drone is also provided.
US10336192B2
Provided are a projection type display device and an operation assistance method that enable an operator to enjoy an operation assistance function even in the case of occurrence of abnormality in an optical modulation unit or an image information input unit during operation of a vehicle. A system control unit 47 of a HUD, if sensing abnormality in an optical modulation device 44 and a drive unit 45, stops a light source unit 40 and, furthermore, in the case of image information generated by a projected image information generation unit 52 including image information that calls attention of the operator to the front field of view, displays an alert image based on the image information on a liquid crystal display device 61 in a meter cluster.
US10336182B2
A canister mounting arrangement includes a vehicle frame having a plurality of base members for supporting at least one seat in an occupant area, a pair of front upright members extending in an upward direction with respect to the base members and positioned at a forward portion of the occupant area, and a pair of rear upright members extending in an upward direction with respect to the base members and positioned at a rearward portion of the occupant area. The arrangement includes a fuel tank and a canister for receiving vapor from the fuel tank. The canister is mounted in a location above the base members, behind the front upright members and in front of the rear upright members.
US10336178B2
A final drive for a motor vehicle. A drive assembly having a drive shaft, the drive shaft is coupled via a gear stage to an output shaft of the final drive. The drive shaft is coupled to the gear stage via an intermediate shaft that is arranged offset with respect to it. The intermediate shaft is present on a first side of a conceptual plane that incorporates an axis of rotation of the drive shaft, and a power electronics unit is electrically connected to the drive assembly via connection terminals arranged at its front end on a second side of the plane, which lies opposite to the first side.
US10336177B2
A drive device includes a first drive unit and a second drive unit. A transmission unit includes a primary shaft for connection to the first drive unit, a secondary shaft, and at least one gear pair via which the primary and secondary shafts are operatively connectable to one another. Mounted in coaxial relationship to the secondary shaft is a driving gear which is operatively connected to the second drive unit, and mounted in coaxial relationship to the primary shaft is an output gear which meshes with the driving gear. A secondary-shaft coupling device can couple the driving gear directly with the secondary shaft, and a primary-shaft coupling device can couple the output gear directly with the primary shaft.
US10336172B2
A bag is disclosed for covering an endless track or chain of a tracked heavy equipment vehicle during transport. The bag includes an outer segment for covering an outer portion of the track extends laterally beyond side edges of the trailer flatbed. Forward and rearward lobes of the bag, respectively engage and cover forward and rearward ends of the track. An inner bag segment engages and covers the track between the side edges of the flatbed trailer supporting the tracked vehicle. A recess in an inside segment of the bag accommodates a track and allows the track to directly engage the supportive trailer. Tensioning straps and cords are used to further secure the bag to the track.
US10336171B2
A roof mounted retractable car cover. The cover includes front and rear cover portions independently extended and retracted into a housing. The housing preferably includes a springed retractions mechanism and the front and/or rear portions include folded panels to cover side windows of a vehicle. The housing may be integrated into a roof rack to utilized a single mounting system.
US10336168B2
An apparatus for covering an open top of a transportation trailer container, such as a chip train carrying wood chips, is provided. A flexible cover (e.g., tarp) is deployed and retracted using a roller moved overtop of the container using pivotable arms. A recessed region houses the base of the arm and associated components. A secondary cover covers the recessed region and is biased toward a cover closed position. An actuating surface associated with the arm pushes the secondary cover to a cover open position. Other features include inwardly angled container sides, a foam sealing member integral with the flexible cover, the secondary cover closing when the flexible cover is both fully opened and fully closed, channels between the recessed region and the container, narrow and/or sloped surfaces, and a retaining hook for capturing a roller connected to the arm.
US10336160B2
A vehicular cooling system is provided which includes a water tank, a cooling unit, a vent unit, a closed loop conduit assembly, and a water pump. The cooling unit includes an evaporative media in the shape of a closed loop structure having a center hole. The evaporative media is gas porous and preferably made of bactericidal wood shavings. The water pump pumps water from the water tank to saturate the evaporative media to provide water-saturated-air. The cooling unit includes an air pump for sucking air through the evaporative media into a vehicle's interior. Advantageously, the vehicular cooling system requires minimal modification of a vehicle structure.
US10336148B2
A method for controlling vehicle motion is described. The method includes accessing a set of control signals including a measured vehicle speed value associated with a movement of a vehicle. A control signal associated with user-induced input is also accessed. The method compares the measured vehicle speed value with a predetermined vehicle speed threshold value to achieve a speed value threshold approach status, and then compares the set of values to achieve a user-induced input threshold value approach status. The method monitors a state of a valve within the vehicle suspension damper, and determines a control mode for the vehicle suspension damper. The method also regulates damping forces within the vehicle suspension damper.
US10336144B2
An inflatable electronics band for use in a tire features an annular, flexible, inflatable, tubular body configured to contact an inner portion of a tire opposite the tread surface, such as an innerliner. The inflatable electronics band further features an inflation valve, disposed on the tubular body. The tubular body is configured to inflate to a pressure at least 10% greater than the recommended tire inflation pressure.
US10336142B2
Provided is a device for detecting a low-pressure state of a predetermined tire, comprising an index value calculation unit, a resonance frequency calculation unit and a low-pressure detection unit. The index value calculation unit calculates a low-pressure index value from wheel speed information of front and rear tires, the low-pressure index value being obtained by comparing rotation speeds of the front and rear tires. The resonance frequency calculation unit calculates a resonance frequency from wheel speed information of a tire. The low-pressure detection unit eliminates an influence of an imposed load on a vehicle and detects the low-pressure state of the predetermined tire based on: a predetermined parameter that indicates a linear relationship between the resonance frequency and the low-pressure index value under a low-pressure condition of the predetermined tire; the low-pressure index value thus calculated; and the resonance frequency thus calculated.
US10336140B2
The present invention concerns tire treads having projecting features comprising wear indicators, stone ejectors, and/or noise suppressors arranged within voids submerged below the top, outer side of a tread. Particular embodiments of the invention provide a tire tread having a submerged void extending into to the tread thickness from the bottom side of the tread to a terminal location spaced below the tread top side, the top side forming a ground-engaging side of the tread. Such embodiments further include a plurality of projecting features arranged within the submerged void below the terminal location of the submerged void, the plurality of projecting features being further arranged in a spaced arrangement along a length of the submerged void, each of the plurality of projecting features extending partially across a width of the submerged void, which may comprise a groove, for example. The invention includes methods of forming the tread and a treaded tire.
US10336139B2
A tire is provided having a body ply that is displaced from the conventional equilibrium curve along the shoulder and upper side wall region of the tire in a manner that provides more uniform inflation growth along the crown region so as to reduce differences in rigidity between the center and shoulders of the tire, reduce load sensitivity, and/or decrease the propensity for cracking. A method for designing or constructing such a tire is also provided.
US10336137B2
A polymeric article includes an electrorheological (ER) fluid in a polymer medium. In some applications, the polymer medium forms a body ply of a tire. The ER fluid can be incorporated into the polymeric article in a number of particular ways. The ER fluid may simply fill a pocket in the polymeric article or may be part of an electrorheological composite or electrorheological microsphere. The ER fluid is responsive to the application of an electric field to change the apparent viscosity or elastic modulus of the polymeric article.
US10336134B2
Vehicle rim for mounting of a tire, comprising: an axially central part (20) comprising a disc; two lateral parts (31, 32), at least one of the lateral parts being separate from the axially central part, each of the lateral parts having a rim seat to receive a bead of a tire, the axially central part and the two lateral parts being made from a rigid matrix; an intermediate part (41, 42) that forms the only mechanical link between the axially central part and each lateral part that is separate from the axially central part, this intermediate part being made of a flexible matrix, the Young's modulus of uniaxial extension of the flexible matrix being greater than and equal to 50 MPa and less than or equal to 400 MPa; wherein the Young's modulus of uniaxial extension of the rigid matrix is greater than or equal to 5 GPa.
US10336131B2
The present disclosure is directed to a framed canvas. The framed canvas includes a frame including at least two sides, each of the at least two sides including a front surface and a rear surface, the rear surface of at least one of the at least two sides including a cavity, a canvas sheet contacting each of the at least two sides, and at least one support, the at least one support including a first end and a second end, the first end configured to extend into the cavity, the second end configured to contact a base.
US10336122B2
Innovative animated paper (100) that includes fold lines (300) each of which consists of two or more parallel fold grooves (301). The bottom (302) each fold groove (301) is narrow compared with its upper part (303). In addition, a system and process for the manufacture of animated papers products using digital printing, which includes the following components and stages: software that offers a selection of three-dimensional paper product models. The software enables the user to choose a specific model from the selection of models, to design graphics for the selected model, and to send the graphic design to the printing house as a ready-for-print file. The printing house maintains a stock of pre-prepared paper for these models, which has already undergone processes of cutting. The printing house then receives the ready-for-print file from the software and prints the graphics on the relevant pre-prepared paper for the selected model.
US10336121B2
Provided is a lenticular printed material including: a lenticular lens in which a plurality of convex lenses respectively having a semicylindrical surface are arranged in parallel; and a lenticular image which is disposed on a side opposite to the semicylindrical surface of each convex lens and includes character information to be displayed in a plurality of languages independently from each other, in which the languages for displaying the character information are switched between one another according to an observation angle in a case where the lenticular image is observed through the lenticular lens.
US10336110B2
The liquid ejection apparatus includes: a liquid ejection head; a carriage that moves in the X direction; a supply roller that is provided at a position closer to a side of the carriage in the −Y direction than to a side thereof in the +Y direction; and a discharge roller that is provided at a position closer to the side of the carriage in the +Y direction than to the side thereof in the −Y direction. A plurality of cartridge slots are provided in the bottom of the carriage on a side in the +Z direction. The plurality of cartridge slots are arranged in the Y direction. The liquid ejection head is provided in the bottom of the carriage on a side in the −Z direction, at a position between the supply roller and the discharge roller, the position being closer to the supply roller than to the discharge roller.
US10336104B2
A tape printing apparatus includes a cartridge mounting portion in which a tape cartridge is mounted, the tape cartridge including a first case that has a peripheral wall portion in which a first hook projects from a tip end surface, and for which, on an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion, depths of recessed parts of a first base-end-side part, which is a site that is further on a base end side than a base end portion of the first hook, are different for a plurality of types of tape cartridge, and a second case that has a first hook receiving portion with which the first hook engages, and a first base-end-side part detection sensor, an output of which changes depending on the depths of the recessed parts at the first base-end-side part in a state in which a tape cartridge is mounted in the cartridge mounting portion.
US10336103B2
A tape printing apparatus includes a cartridge mounting portion in which a tape cartridge is mounted, the tape cartridge including a first case that has a first hook, a length of which is different for a plurality of types of tape cartridge, and a second case that has a first hook receiving portion with which the first hook engages is mounted, and a first hook detection sensor in which the output changes depending on the length of the first hook in a state in which a tape cartridge is mounted in the cartridge mounting portion.
US10336087B2
A liquid container is enabled to contain a liquid therein. An outer wall of the liquid container has a first surface, a second and a third surfaces are adjacent to the first surface, and the second surface and the third surface face each other. The first surface has a space in which a storage element storing the information on the liquid container is contained. The first surface and the second surface have a first recessed portion that crosses a boundary between the first surface and the second surface, and the first surface and the third surface have a second recessed portion that crosses a boundary between the first surface and the third surface. The first recessed portion and the second recessed portion face each other across the space.
US10336075B2
A liquid jetting apparatus jetting a liquid onto a recording medium conveyed in a first direction includes head units arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. One head unit includes nozzle chips; one nozzle chip has a nozzle arrangement area wherein nozzles are aligned in a third direction crossing the first and second directions. The nozzle chip is arranged to be shifted relative to another nozzle chip in a direction crossing the first and second directions and different from the third direction. The head unit has a first overlapping portion wherein nozzle arrangement areas of first and second nozzle chips included in the nozzle chips partially overlap with each other in the first direction. The liquid jetting apparatus has a second overlapping portion wherein nozzle arrangement areas of third and fourth nozzle chips included in the head units partially overlap with each other in the first direction.
US10336072B2
A liquid ejection head includes a recording element board, a support member that supports the recording element board, and includes a first surface having a plurality of first openings that communicate with a first supply port and a second supply port, a second surface contacting a supply member and having a second opening that communicates with a supply path, and a flow path through which the plurality of first openings and the second opening communicate with each other. The support member includes a beam that is provided between the plurality of first openings and extends from the first surface to middle of the flow path, and in an arrangement direction of the plurality of first openings, a length of the second opening is shorter than a sum of lengths of the plurality of first openings and a length of the beam on the first surface.
US10336071B2
A print head (1) for depositing a liquid on a substrate comprises a layer structure including a stop layer (5) made of a dielectric material, an electrically conducting device layer (6), and an insulator layer (7) made of a dielectric material. A nozzle (3) is formed in the layer structure. The nozzle has a nozzle opening (34) for ejecting the liquid. A ring trench (31) is formed around the nozzle. The nozzle opening and the ring trench are radially separated by an annular nozzle wall (32). An ejection channel (37) is formed adjacent to the ring trench along the direction of ejection. An extraction electrode (8) is arranged on the insulator layer (7) and surrounds the nozzle.
US10336066B2
A printer including: a first printhead and a second printhead configured to eject ink to a print medium; a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the print medium; a camera configured to photograph the print medium; a carriage configured to carry and move the first printhead, the second printhead, and the camera; and a processor configured to print a third mark by the first printhead, photograph the third mark by the camera, adjust driving the conveyance mechanism and the carriage based on a result of the photograph, print a first mark and a second mark by the first printhead and the second printhead respectively, photograph the first mark and the second mark by the camera, and based on the result of the photograph, adjust the ink ejection timing of the second printhead.
US10336059B2
Method and apparatus for coating selected regions of a surface of a substrate with a film. A cyclically moveable transfer member has an imaging surface which is coated with individual particles formed of, or coated with a thermoplastic polymer, and substantially all particles that are not in direct contact with the imaging surface are removed so as to leave a uniform monolayer particle coating on the imaging surface. Selected regions of the imaging surface are exposed to radiation to render the particles tacky within the regions, and the coated imaging surface and the substrate are pressed against one another to cause transfer of only the tacky particle coating, such that only the particles in the tacky regions form a film on the substrate. The monolayer on the imaging surface of the transfer member is replenished with fresh thermoplastic particles and the cycle repeats.
US10336058B2
The invention provides for the use of pharmaceutical compositions comprising a thiazolide in the stimulation of the immune system in a subject in need thereof, thereby preventing and/or treating viral diseases, cancer and diseases caused by intracellular protozoan infections.
US10336057B2
An apparatus and method for printing directly onto print media including smooth non-absorbent media substrates (e.g., polymer films) inks having a wide range in viscosity, so that flexographic, gravure, and lithographic inks can all be contemplated. The proposed method is able to print with variable data/imaging. Dampening fluid may be patterned onto an imaging roll by coating the imaging roll with a layer of the dampening fluid and selectively evaporating off a patterned portion via a laser imaging device. The imaging roll then contacts the print substrate and transfers the patterned dampening fluid onto the substrate via film splitting. The substrate then passes through an inker station where ink is deposited directly to the substrate for attachment thereto except where rejected by the dampening fluid.
US10336049B2
A machine for continuously forming heat-reflective blanks is provided. The heat-reflective blanks each include a blank of sheet material and a thermal film patch coupled to the blank. The machine includes an intake station configured to align a first blank of sheet material and a second blank of sheet material for application of a first thermal film patch and a second thermal film patch, respectively. The intake station is further configured to maintain a spacing between the first blank and the second blank. The intake station includes adjustable hold-down bars for maintaining an alignment and the spacing of the first and second blanks. The machine also includes an applicator station configured to apply the first and second thermal film patches to the first and second blanks, respectively, to form a first heat-reflective blank and a second heat-reflective blank, and an ejection station configured to eject the heat-reflective blanks.
US10336048B1
According to the utility model, there is provided a film laminator for cell phones, useful for film lamination on a surface of a cell phone, including: a cell phone fixing plate, on which a through hole for receiving the cell phone is established, and a top surface of which is a horizontal face; with at least one position limiting plate for abutting the cell phone within the through hole being also fixed on the top surface. The film laminator for cell phones further includes: a film laminating plate for fixing a cell phone film; one end of which is hinged to the cell phone fixing plate, and the other end of which is movable freely so that the film laminating plate is bonded with the top surface of the cell phone fixing plate. With respect to the film laminator for cell phones according to the utility model, because the position limiting plate is provided on the cell phone fixing plate, the surface of the cell phone to which a film is to be attached can handily be kept in flush with the top surface of the cell phone fixing plate. Upon film lamination, the film laminating plate can contact with the top surface of the cell phone fixing plate and the surface of the cell phone to which a film is to be attached at the same time, so that the stress that is laid on it in the course of film lamination is very even, and a good effect of film lamination is obtained.
US10336046B2
A self-adhering tape is described comprising a substrate layer having a first major surface and opposing major surface; an adhesive layer disposed on the first major surface of the polyolefin substrate, the adhesive layer comprising a polyolefin polymer and optionally further comprising a tackifying resin; an outer layer disposed on the opposing major surface of the polyolefin substrate, the outer layer comprising a polymer comprising at least 50 wt-% C2-C3 alkylene and at least 20 wt-% C4-C20 α-olefin. The self-adhering tape is suitable for use as a grip tape or an electrical tape. Methods of making and using the tape are also described.
US10336039B2
This invention pertains to a laminate structure suitable for use as electrical insulation, comprising a first paper layer comprising 90 to 99 weight percent uniformly distributed calcined mica and 1 to 10 weight percent supporting material, a majority by weight of the supporting material being in the form of a floc; and a support layer comprising unidirectional filaments or unidirectional yarns or woven yarns; wherein the support layer is bound to the first paper layer; the laminate structure having a dielectric strength of 15 kV/mm or greater, a Gurley porosity of 400 seconds or less, and total mica content of 60 weight percent or greater. The laminate structure can further comprise a second paper layer bound to the support layer, the second paper layer comprising 90 to 99 weight percent uniformly distributed calcined mica and 1 to 10 weight percent supporting material, a majority by weight of the supporting material being in the form of a floc.
US10336032B2
Method for producing a printing substrate for direct printing onto a decorative panel, comprising the steps of providing a plate-shaped carrier; applying a resin layer onto the plate-shaped carrier; applying a paper or non-woven fabric layer onto the plate-shaped carrier; and calendering the resulting layered structure at a temperature between ≥40° C. and ≤250° C.; wherein after the calendering process a resin composition is applied, which comprises between ≥0.5 wt.-% and ≤85 wt.-% of a solid material having a mean grain diameter d50 between ≥0.1 μm and ≤120 μm.
US10336025B2
A compound lens and a related method of manufacture are provided. The compound lens includes a first lens element and a second lens element such that a light emitting surface of the first lens element is integrally joined to a light receiving surface of the second lens element, the first and second lens element being in optical alignment with each other. The first and second lens element are molded from optical grade silicone and can achieve complex illumination objectives not possible with single lens constructions. The method of manufacture includes injecting a silicone resin molding compound into a mold cavity having the desired shape of the compound lens. The method of manufacture can include over-molding a lens holding member onto the compound lens and adding electro-optically active particles to a surface of the compound lens or to the silicone resin forming the compound lens.
US10336007B2
A system for additive manufacturing a component includes an additive manufacturing machine for building a component layer by layer and a first sensor configured to collect a first physical property data for each layer of the component as each layer is formed by the additive manufacturing machine. The system also includes a second sensor configured to collect a second physical property data for each layer of the component as each layer is formed by the additive manufacturing machine. A computing device is operatively connected to the first and second sensors and configured to receive the first physical property data and the second physical property data of the component and configured to compare the first physical property data with the second physical property data to determine a potential failure mode in the component.
US10336001B2
A suture device including an improved welded fixation device at its distal end, to provide improved holding strength during and after implantation of the suture in tissue.
US10335999B2
A system is disclosed for use in manufacturing a composite structure. The system may include a support configured to move in a plurality of directions during manufacturing of the composite structure, and a head coupled to the support. The head may have a housing that is configured to receive a liquid matrix and at least one continuous fiber and configured to discharge a tubular structure. The head may also have a nozzle operatively connected to the housing and configured to deposit a material layer onto a surface of the tubular structure as the tubular structure is discharging from the housing, and a squeegee associated with the nozzle and configured to wipe over the material layer. The head may further have a first cure enhancer operatively connected to the housing and configured to cure the liquid matrix in the tubular structure during discharge, and a second cure enhancer configured to cure the material layer deposited by the nozzle.
US10335991B2
A method of operating a multi-nozzle extrusion printhead includes operating with a controller a first actuator to produce relative movement between the printhead and an image receiving surface along a predetermined path for one layer of a three-dimensional printed object. The method further includes first printing an outline of a given layer and then printing the interior of the given layer using a plurality of extrusion nozzles. The method further optionally includes extruding material through a portion of the plurality of nozzles and turning on or off individual nozzles to ensure the swaths printed in the interior conform to the profile of the outline.
US10335990B2
A composite floor comprises a coextrusion layer compression molded using a coextrusion process. The layer comprises a first stone-plastic layer, a stone-plastic foaming layer, and a second stone-plastic layer sequentially arranged from top to bottom. The stone-plastic foaming layer is used as the main material layer, which reduces a whole weight of the floor; and the first stone-plastic layer and the second stone-plastic layer are arranged at two sides of the stone-plastic foaming layer, respectively, so that the composite floor is more stable. It is more environmentally friendly and simple in manufacturing to use the coextrusion process for compression molding by avoiding bonding using glue. Use of the coextrusion process makes various layers bond more compact, with little delamination and warpage due to effect of environmental changes. The composite floor has a low expansion rate and shrinkage rate, excellent in performance and long in service life.
US10335981B2
A display apparatus includes a first substrate including a display region and a peripheral region, where the peripheral region surrounds the display region, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a resin layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where the resin layer covers a surface of the second substrate, a first member disposed at a bottom surface of the second substrate corresponding to the peripheral region of the first substrate, where the first member covers a portion of the resin layer, and a second member which surrounds the first substrate, the second substrate, the first member and the resin layer, where the second member is disposed at opposing side portions of the second substrate, the second member is spaced apart from the first substrate, and the second member surrounds opposing side portions of the resin layer.
US10335975B2
A cellulosic material is treated by providing a cellulosic material such as wood or a wood composite, which is impregnated with an aqueous dispersion comprising a polymer, the polymer comprising an olefin-carboxylic acid copolymer. The cellulosic material is then impregnated with a modifying agent, the modifying agent comprising a polyamine having greater than or equal to 2 amine groups. The modifying agent at least partially crosslinks the polymer within the cellulosic material.
US10335966B2
The present invention relates to motorized clippers for hairs growing in the nose and ear cavities, comprising a shaving head with a moving blade (5) and a stationary blade (6), the stationary blade having slots (7) for penetration of the hairs on the front face (2) and on the side face (3) viewed in the direction of introduction of the shaving head into the cavity to be clipped, and said stationary blade also comprising slots for the penetration of hairs on the rear face (4) allowing cutting also of the hairs during withdrawal of the shaving head from the cavity to be clipped.
US10335965B2
A knife includes a knife blade having a tang and an RFID transponder which is fixed to the tang. A knife handle surrounds the tang and the RFID transponder. The knife blade is produced from metal, in particular steel. The RFID transponder has an antenna and at least a portion of the antenna of the RFID transponder is constructed in a planar manner and is arranged parallel with a planar lateral face of the tang. In another embodiment, the antenna of the RFID transponder is galvanically connected to the tang. The knife having the RFID transponder increases the reliability of the reading by an RFID reading device.
US10335961B2
A support arm system (10) has at least one lockable articulated connection (16). A locking device (20) is associated with the articulated connection (16). The locking device (20) includes a passive drive (32) as well as an actuating device (36) associated with the locking device (20) with an active drive (38). The active drive (38) acts in the same plane as the passive drive (32).
US10335958B2
A robotic end effector quick change coupling apparatus employs a drive motor assembly having a center drive interface. A coupling component having a magnetic element extends from the drive motor assembly concentric with the center drive interface. An end effector tool has a drive connection adapted to removably receive the center drive interface. A mating coupling component having a mating magnetic element extends from the end effector tool concentric with the drive connection. The magnetic element and mating magnetic element are separably engaged by mutual magnetic attraction to couple the end effector to the drive motor assembly.
US10335954B2
A computer-implemented method of handling an audio dialog between a robot and a human user comprises: during the audio dialog, receiving audio data and converting audio data into text data; in response to text data, determining a dialog topic, the dialog topic comprising a dialog content and a dialog voice skin; wherein a dialog content comprises a plurality of sentences; determining a sentence to be rendered in audio by the robot; receiving a modification request of the determined dialog sentence. Described developments for example comprise different regulation schemes (e.g. open-loop or closed-loop), the use of moderation rules (centralized or distributed) and the use of priority levels and/or parameters depending on the environment perceived by the robot.
US10335952B2
A computer-implemented method includes monitoring a current location of a mobile robot in a physical space, which includes a first area separated from a second area by a selectively permeable virtual membrane, and a software requirement corresponding to the mobile robot with regard to the second area. The method further includes identifying a software state of the mobile robot that matches the software requirement, determining whether the software state of the mobile robot meets the software requirement, and allowing the mobile robot to move from the first area to the second area through the selectively permeable virtual membrane in response to determining whether the software state of the mobile robot meets the software requirement.
US10335932B2
A braking structure of a ratchet wrench comprises: a wrench head, having an operating portion, a rear end thereof being a head pivoting portion, a peripheral of the head pivoting portion having plural urging grooves; a wrench handle, a front end thereof having a handle pivoting portion pivotally connected with the head pivoting portion, the handle pivoting portion having a pivoting room, an acting through hole at a rear end of the pivoting room and extending toward the wrench handle, a positioning device being neighbor to a rear end of the handle pivoting portion and having a slim acting slot, a hole being in the acting slot and being perpendicular to an extension direction of the wrench handle; an urging device, having an urging rod; an operation device, having a pushing member that has an inserting rod, the inserting rod having a positioning through hole vertical to the inserting rod.
US10335928B2
The present invention provides a wrench comprising a handle, having a cylindrical inner surface as a first surface; a torque output member, arranged within the first surface of the handle, the torque output member having a cylindrical outer surface as a second surface; one or more wedging member(s), arranged between the first surface and the second surface; varied distance being between the first surface and the second surface, so that the wedge members can prevent the rotation of the first surface relative to the second surface in a predetermined direction. The wrench according to the present invention adopts wedge member to prevent the rotation of the handle relative to the torque output member. When the handle idles relative to the torque output member, only the wedge member will leave the stop position and no sound will be made. Such a wrench is a quiet wrench. Adopting such a configuration not only can reduce wearing of the wrench, extend the service life of the wrench, and improve the user's experience. Providing pre-tightening force can effectively reduce the interval and make the operation smoother.
US10335927B2
A clamp apparatus including first and second clamp arms, which are supported rotatably on a body, with a cover being installed to cover outer sides of the body. The cover includes openings through which portions of the first and second clamp arms are inserted and rotatably operated. An unloading tray is arranged in the body at a position below the openings in the direction of gravity. Spatter, which invades into the clamp apparatus from the openings when a welding operation is carried out on a workpiece that is clamped by the first and second clamp arms, is deposited on the unloading tray, and the spatter is eliminated by taking out the unloading tray to the exterior of the clamp apparatus.
US10335922B2
A method for forming track(s) on low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) substrate, the method comprising the steps of, forming a layer of coating material on an operative face of the LTCC substrate, disposing a stencil on the layer of coating material thereby covering a selected portion of the layer of coating material while leaving exposed a portion of the layer of coating material corresponding to the track(s) to be formed and forming an assembly of the LTCC substrate, the layer of coating material and the stencil, eroding the exposed portion of the layer of coating material by propelling an abrasive material using a blasting gun towards the assembly on the face on which the layer of coating material is formed and the stencil is disposed and separating the stencil from the abraded assembly, wherein the abrasive material has a composition that is compatible with that of the LTCC substrate.
US10335918B2
A workpiece processing apparatus including: a center drum that is rotatable around a rotation axis and has at least one first groove formed in the axial direction on the peripheral surface, a carrier having a holding hole to insert and hold a workpiece to be processed, an upper and lower turn table that are rotatable around the rotation axis in a state wherein the carrier holding workpiece is interposed, at least one hook fitted in the upper turn table's internal circumference, with the tip being inserted into the first groove and movable along first groove; wherein the center drum has at least one second groove formed in the axial direction on peripheral surface, and second groove has a length different from that of the first groove and has a supporting surface to support the hook from below at a position above a position where upper turn table processes the workpiece.
US10335916B2
A method of forming a workpiece having machinability rating not greater than a machinability rating of Inconel 718. The method may include removing material from the workpiece by moving at least one grinding tool relative to the workpiece and may be conducted at a specific grinding energy of not greater than about 7 Hp/in3 min (about 19 J/mm3) for a material removal rate of at least about 2.5 in3/min·in (about 25 mm3sec/mm).
US10335912B2
In a radiating structure for a main spindle having a tapered bore formed at a distal end of the main spindle, into which a tapered portion of a tool holder is mounted, a key fixing member provided with a drive key is fixed to the distal end of the main spindle, and the drive key is fit into a key groove formed in the tool holder. This configuration prevents a phase shift in rotation direction of the tool holder arising from rotation of the main spindle. A radiating member which exchanges heat with an ambient atmosphere is provided to the key fixing member provided with the drive key.
US10335911B1
A tool holder assembly includes a holder body, a pull stud and a flow adjustment unit. The holder body has a holder coolant channel extending through a first end and a second end thereof. The pull stud has an insertion portion, a grip portion, and a longitudinal passage extending through the insertion portion and the grip portion, and fluidly communicating with the holder coolant channel. The flow adjustment unit includes a connection tube that extends into the longitudinal passage and projects outwardly from the grip portion, a resilient member urging the connection tube to project outwardly from the grip portion, and a flow guide channel extending through the connection tube and fluidly communicating with the holder coolant channel.
US10335910B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a sealing member for machine tools which has excellent reliability because excellent sealability can be maintained for a long period of time and which can be manufactured efficiently at low cost. The sealing member for machine tools of the present invention includes a supporting member; a plate-shaped elastic member; and an adhesive layer which bonds the elastic member to the supporting member. The supporting member has a shape of a bent plate-like body, the elastic member is bonded to the supporting member via the adhesive layer laminated on a part of a front face of the elastic member so as to be curved along the bent shape of the supporting member, and a corner portion formed by a back face and one side face of the elastic member is assumed to be an edge portion in contact with an opposite material, and the one side face is formed by cutting.
US10335908B2
A rotary table device for a machine tool includes a main shaft that is rotatably supported in an insertion hole formed in a frame; a table that is secured to an end side of the main shaft, and on which a workpiece, serving as an object to be processed, is mounted; a clamp piston that is provided so as to be movable in an axial direction of the main shaft in the insertion hole; and a bearing that is provided between the table and the frame, and that directly supports the table with respect to the frame. The main shaft has a clamp surface facing the table. A pressure chamber is defined by the frame and the clamp piston. When an operating fluid is supplied to the pressure chamber, the clamp piston is caused to press-contact the clamp surface, so that the table is brought into a clamped state.
US10335906B2
System and methods are provided and include a compressor operable in a refrigeration circuit, a first sensor detecting high-side data indicative of a high-side operating condition of a high-pressure side of the refrigeration circuit, a second sensor detecting low-side data indicative of a low-side operating condition of a low-pressure side of the refrigeration circuit, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives the high-side data and the low-side data, determines a high-side fault, a low-side fault, a severe high-side fault, or a severe low-side fault based on the high-side data and the low-side data, operates the compressor in a limp-along mode by restricting power to the compressor or reducing a capacity of the compressor in response to determining at least one of the high-side fault and the low-side fault, and shuts down the compressor in response to determining at least one of the severe high-side fault and the severe low-side fault.
US10335900B2
This disclosure provides a shield for use in a liquid guided laser system and related method of use. The shield comprises a rigid body with a target facing surface. The rigid body defines a through hole with a diameter that accommodates a liquid guided laser path. The rigid body has a thickness that defines a length of the liquid guided laser path through the rigid body. The thickness of the rigid body is at least twice the diameter of the through hole. The rigid body is positioned in the liquid guided laser path of the liquid guided laser system between a discharge nozzle of the liquid guided laser system and a target.
US10335894B2
A joining method includes a butting process configured to butt a first metal member and a second metal member each having a front surface with various heights to form therebetween a butt portion with various heights; and a welding process configured to apply a friction stirring to the butt portion by a stirring pin of a rotation tool while only the stirring pin of the rotation tool contacts with the first metal member and the second metal member of the butt portion. The welding process may be configured to insert the stirring pin of the rotation tool into the butt portion from front surfaces of the first metal member and the second metal member and apply the friction stirring to the butt portion while an insertion depth of only the stirring pin is kept approximately constant.
US10335885B2
A method and apparatus for teaching a programmed controlled robot at least one of two set up position coordinates by use of a tool having a first surface aligned with the end of a stud welding gun collet when the tool is mounted in the collet, a second surface on the tool spaced from the first surface by a predetermined set up distance. A probe carried by the stud welding engagable with the second surface on the tool to establish a predetermined set up distance. A third surface on the tool spaced from the first surface and engagable with a work piece to establish a minimum stud-welding gun set up dimension. The coordinates of the stud-welding gun when the third surface is engaged with the work piece are transmitted to a robot control program to establish the predetermined stud weld gun travel distance dimension.
US10335884B2
Strip cladding heads and strip cladding systems are disclosed. A disclosed example strip feeder for a strip cladding system includes; a drive roller to advance a cladding strip along a strip feed path through contact plates; a first guide rail having a first slot extending across an entirety of the strip feed path; a first adjustable bearing and a second adjustable bearing located within the first slot, the first adjustable bearing and the second adjustable bearing capable of being secured at positions within the first slot using corresponding first and second strip width adjusters; a second guide rail having a second slot extending across an entirety of the strip feed path and positioned at a different location than the first guide rail along the strip feed path; and a third adjustable bearing and a fourth adjustable bearing located within the second slot, the third adjustable bearing and the fourth adjustable bearing capable of being secured at positions within the second slot using corresponding third and fourth strip width adjusters, the first, second, third, and fourth strip width adjusters to, when secured, define a location and a width of an effective strip feed path.
US10335877B2
A method may include positioning a multilayer braze tape at a joint between a first part comprising a ceramic or CMC and a second part comprising at least one of a ceramic, a CMC, a metal, or an alloy. The multilayer braze tape may include at least one layer comprising a silicon-containing braze material and at least one layer comprising a reinforcement material. The method also may include applying pressure to compress the multilayer braze tape between the first part and the second part, and heating the multilayer braze tape to melt the silicon-containing braze material and join the first part and the second part.
US10335873B2
An alignment device for a portable motorized miter saw may allow a user to easily reproduce cuts of the same length, even when the miter saw is taken off and replaced back on a portable miter saw stand. The alignment device includes a three piece connector that allows for easy set-up of wings on either side of the saw, which are used to support the material being cut. Because the wings attach directly to the saw itself, the wings stay in exactly the same relationship to the saw blade. Thus, when a stop is attached to the wing, material can be cut to the same size lengths, even though the saw may be taken down one day and set up another day.
US10335861B2
Indexable, double-sided turning inserts for turning operations and and a turning tool are provided with cutting edges at alternating corners on opposite sides of the insert. Chipbreaker structures can be provided without interfering with providing large supporting surfaces. When the insert is used in a cutting operation, chips from one of the cutting edges in use are unlikely to damage cutting edges that are not in use but are on adjacent corners.
US10335853B2
A mold assembly for use in forming a component having an outer wall of a predetermined thickness is provided. The mold assembly includes a mold that includes an interior wall that defines a mold cavity within the mold. The mold assembly also includes a jacketed core positioned with respect to the mold. The jacketed core includes a jacket that includes an outer wall. The jacketed core also includes a core positioned interiorly of the jacket outer wall. The jacket separates a perimeter of the core from the mold interior wall by the predetermined thickness, such that the outer wall is formable between the perimeter and the interior wall.
US10335851B2
A sand casting apparatus, a method of forming a sand casting apparatus, and an automotive component are provided. The sand casting apparatus includes a sand casting base including a sand mold and/or a sand core having a base sand mixture, where the base sand mixture includes a sand material and a binder material. The sand casting apparatus further includes an outer layer disposed on the sand casting base. The outer layer includes silicon, magnesium, calcium, zirconium, manganese, carbon, aluminum, and iron. The automotive component has portions defining an aperture therein. The automotive component is formed of cast iron and has a nodular graphite structure from interior matrix to surface, where the nodular graphite structure on the surface is formed by a sand core having an outer layer that has reacted with the cast iron automotive component to form the nodular graphite structured surface.
US10335829B2
There is disclosed a mechanical-vibration-generating-device for generating a mechanical vibration, the mechanical vibration having a vibration direction. The mechanical-vibration-generating-device comprises: rigid bushings comprising at least a beginning rigid bushing and a end rigid bushing, at least one axial piezoelectric stack positioned between the beginning rigid bushing and the end rigid bushing, the at least one axial piezoelectric stack having an imaginary axis; the imaginary axis being aligned with the vibration direction, a coupling for interconnecting the beginning rigid bushing and the end rigid bushing, a common internal channel defined in the rigid bushings and the piezoelectric stack, the first connective passage and the second connective passage defined in the rigid bushings providing a fluid path between the common internal channel and an ambient environment, the first connective passage having a first valve and the second connective passage having a second valve, the first valve being configured as an inlet valve and the second valve being configured as an outlet valve.
US10335823B2
An applicator, for applying a glutinous substance to a seam between a first part and a second part, comprises a roller, comprising a circumferential surface, and a housing, comprising a delivery port, a scraper, and a shaper. The roller is coupled to the housing and is rotatable relative to the housing about an axis. The circumferential surface of the roller is communicatively coupled with the delivery port. The intersection of the circumferential surface and a virtual plane, passing through the axis, is a non-linear segment. The scraper is geometrically complementary at least with the non-linear segment. The shaper is communicatively coupled with the scraper.
US10335820B2
After completion of a preceding painting in a preceding painting area, by an action of a preceding painting robot, a painting object (object to be painted) is caused to be held together with a holder by a transfer section near two painting areas. In succession, with maintaining connection between the painting object and the holder, connection between an arm leading end portion of the preceding painting robot and the holder is released. Thereafter, by an action of a subsequent painting robot, an arm leading end portion of the subsequent painting robot with keeping its connection to the painting object is connected to the holder held to the transfer section. With this, in the course of transfer of the painting object between the painting robots for displacing the painting object relative to a spraying means, a relative positional relation between the arm leading portions of the painting robots and the painting object can be maintained same.
US10335818B2
A dual dispenser having two pumps and an outlet channel that is fed with the fluids coming from both pumps. The two pumps include respective actuator rods that are movable axially over strokes of different lengths, namely a first actuator rod having a long stroke, and a second actuator rod having a short stroke. The common dispenser head includes a pivot member that forms two bearing elements that are constrained to move together, so as to move both actuator rods simultaneously over an axial height that corresponds to the short stroke, with one bearing element then continuing its movement so as to terminate its long stroke by pivoting and turning the pivot member about the bearing element that is blocked in position as a result of the second actuator rod already being fully depressed.
US10335814B2
A container includes a reservoir holding a non-pressurized product. A metering device and valve assembly are within the reservoir. The valve assembly includes a product intake conduit and a spring biased valve stem. The valve stem is at least one of an upwardly extending conduit or reciprocating conduit, which is in fluid communication with the product intake conduit.
US10335813B2
A push-type nozzle assembly includes a cylinder, a check valve, a plunger, a piston, a spring, a rotating member, a locking member, an upper push rod, a suction valve and a push head. When pushing the push head downward, and the outer chamber contact the locking member, the liquid in the cylinder is pushed out. When releasing the push head, the piston moves back by the spring to create a vacuum suction force to suck the liquid left in the nozzle back. When the outer chamber locks with the locking member, the bottom end of the piston rod seals the plunger to seal the cylinder so as to prevent leakage. When the outer chamber is separated from the locking member, the upper push rod seals the suction valve to avoid liquid from leakage. The inlet valve avoids the liquid from being accumulated in the cylinder and the top of the piston.
US10335797B2
A heavy duty drive arrangement (1, 1′) having a first spur gear including a first gear wheel (4; 4′, 4″) meshing with a pinion (3) of a motor (2) and a second spur gear comprising a gear wheel (8; 8′, 8″). A drive pinion (9; 9′, 9″) configured to mesh with a ring gear (10) of the working equipment is coupled to the gear wheel (8; 8′, 8″) of the second spur gear and has an axis of rotation (E) which is essentially parallel to the rotor axis (A). The first spur gear and the second spur gear are coupled by means of a dynamic coupling (5; 5′, 5″), preferably an elastic or a hydrodynamic coupling. A mill (20) may include the heavy duty drive arrangement (1, 1′).
US10335793B2
The invention generally relates to a connector for fluid chromatography, such as gas chromatography and liquid chromatography, having a female assembly including a receiving member being designed and configured to receive, and releasably interlock with, a male assembly. The connector is particularly suited for high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) applications.
US10335792B2
A reagent bottle includes an outer cap and an inner closing cap. The inner closing cap has a recess for gripping the cap. In addition, a system for handling closures is provided wherein a method removes a closing cap from a reagent bottle and a related gripper.
US10335791B2
Methods for detecting target analytes utilizing an array of wells are advantageous for detection of low concentrations of target analytes. Use of an array of wells requires sealing of the wells. The methods provided herein utilize digital microfluidics to seal wells of an array with a fluid that is immiscible with the aqueous liquid present in the wells to prevent evaporation and contamination of the aqueous fluid during analysis of signals from the wells. The disclosed method include generating a biphasic droplet composed of the immiscible fluid and an aqueous fluid. The immiscible fluid present in the biphasic droplet is moved over the array of wells to seal the wells by electrically actuating the aqueous fluid present in the biphasic droplet which in turn pulls the immiscible fluid.
US10335785B2
The present invention is directed to methods, devices and kits for separating, accumulating, characterizing and/or identifying microorganisms in a test sample. The method of the invention includes optionally lysing non-microorganism cells and/or particulates that may be present in a test sample, followed by a subsequent filtration step for isolation and/or accumulation of microorganisms. The filtration and sample transfer device may be used for isolation and/or accumulation of microorganisms by filtration. Once the microorganisms have been filtered for isolation and/or accumulation, the microorganisms can be analyzed to acquire measurements for the characterization and/or identification of said microorganisms.
US10335780B2
A method for regenerating an NOx removal catalyst, which includes connecting an upstream fixing member (10) to one end of a member to be ground, and connecting a downstream fixing member (20) to the other end; connecting a mixing part (40) for mixing an abrasive with a gas to an upstream portion of the upstream fixing member, and disposing a screen member in the expanded part, and connecting a classification part (70) and a dust-collecting part (80) to the downstream fixing member; and transferring the abrasive which has been mixed with the gas from the mixing part to the upstream fixing member, reducing the flow rate of the mixture in the expanded part, subsequently, causing the mixture to pass through the through-hole of the NOx removal catalyst and the downstream fixing member, and then collecting dust by means of the dust-collecting part via the classification part.
US10335771B2
An aqueous dispersion of an embodiment includes visible-light responsive photocatalytic composite microparticles containing tungsten oxide and zirconium oxide, and an aqueous dispersion medium in which the photocatalytic composite microparticles are dispersed. In the photocatalytic composite microparticles, a ratio of a mass of the zirconium oxide to a mass of the tungsten oxide is in a range of from 0.05% to 200%, and a D50 particle size in particle size distribution is in a range of from 20 nm to 10 μm. The aqueous dispersion has pH in a range of from 1 to 9.
US10335763B2
A carbon pyrolyzate material is disclosed, having utility as an adsorbent as well as for energy storage and other applications. The pyrolyzate material comprises microporous carbon derived from low cost naturally-occurring carbohydrate source material such as polysaccharides. In adsorbent applications, the carbon pyrolyzate may for example be produced in a particulate form or a monolithic form, having high density and high pore volume to maximize gas storage and delivery, with the pore size distribution of the carbon pyrolyzate adsorbent being tunable via activation conditions to optimize storage capacity and delivery for specific gases of interest.
US10335761B2
A reactor and process for the production of bio-diesel. The reactor includes one or more coiled reaction lines. The lines are positioned within a tank containing a heat transfer media such as molten salt, maintained at about 750° F. A pump circulates the media within the tank. An emulsion of alcohol; refined feed stock, including glycerides and/or fatty acids; and preferably water is pumped through the reaction lines at temperatures and pressures sufficient to maintain the alcohol in a super-critical state. The curvature of the coils, pump pulsing, and the flow rate of the emulsion keep the emulsion in a turbulent state while in the reactor, ensuring thorough mixing of the alcohol and feed stock. The alcohol reacts with the glycerides and fatty acids to form bio-diesel. The reaction is fast, efficient with regard to energy input and waste generation, and requires minimal alcohol.
US10335755B1
A reaction apparatus includes a hollow chamber with a stirring shaft. The chamber is maintained at a predetermined pressure and accepts at least two reactants from two storage tanks. The stirring shaft rotates around an axis and creates a reaction product. Taylor vortexes are created while the pressure minimizes the volume possession of the gas phase. The reaction product of micron and sub-micron particles is removed from the chamber and depressurized.
US10335752B2
A pouring shield for a stand mixer includes an upper collar for mounting to a mixer head of the stand mixer in a friction-fit manner without the need for clamps or other mounting accessories. The stand mixer is configured to receive a mixing bowl with an open top, and the pouring shield is configured to cover the open top of the mixing bowl at an upper rim of the mixing bowl using a seal member which is disposed around an outer perimeter of the pouring shield. The seal member is a flexibly resilient member configured to close the open top of the mixing bowl when the stand mixer is in a closed position, and includes a wide surface for accommodating mixing bowls of various sizes.
US10335751B2
A bioreactor includes a flexible container and an impeller assembly having a hollow tube. The impeller assembly is coupled to the flexible container. At least one mixing element is removably disposed on the hollow tube. A drive shaft is adapted to engage the hollow tube of the impeller assembly and facilitate rotational movement of the hollow tube.
US10335748B2
The invention relates to a stirring device (1) which has at least one stirring element (4) which is driven by a stirring drive (2), contacts a stirring medium (3) in the use position, can be moved relative to the stirring drive (2) and to the stirring medium (3), and can be at least partly immersed into the stirring medium (3) in the use position. The invention is characterized in that stirring drive (2) is arranged in the interior of the stirring element (4). The stirring device (1) is and/or can be supported by the stirring medium (3), in particular without a holder and/or without a stand, whereby a separate mounting, a stand for a stirring element and/or for a stirring drive, and/or a stirring drive housing can be omitted.
US10335745B2
The present invention provides a semipermeable membrane having enhanced alkaline stability and a method of forming a semipermeable membrane having enhanced alkaline stability, comprising steps of: providing an ultrafiltration (UF) base membrane, immersing said UF membrane in a solution comprising at least one substance selected from the group consisting of a polymer preferably polyethylenimine (PEI), a condensate solution and a mixture thereof, thereby forming reactive moieties upon said UF membrane, and forming at least one first layer upon at least portion of said UF base support membrane by immersing said UF base support membrane of step (b) in a solution comprising at least one ingredient selected from the group consisting of polymer preferably polyethylenimine (PEI), condensate solution and a mixture thereof thereby forming a cross-linked skin on the surface of said base membrane.
US10335740B2
Disclosed is a submerged-type compact filtration apparatus of minimized footprint which can be installed easily, maintained safely and conveniently, and operated with substantially reduced energy. The submerged-type filtration apparatus of the invention comprises a filtration bath disposed over a ground; a filtration membrane cassette configured to be installed in the filtration bath; and a first guide disposed in the filtration bath and configured to guide the filtration membrane cassette when the filtration membrane cassette is inserted into the filtration bath so as to be installed therein.
US10335736B2
An exhaust gas purification material according to the present invention is provided with a particulate filter 10 that traps particulate matter in exhaust gas and contains an SCR catalyst for adsorbing ammonia and reducing NOx in the exhaust gas. A maximum allowable adsorption amount of ammonia adsorbable by the filter 10 differs between an upstream portion 10a of the filter 10 including an exhaust gas inlet-side end 10c, and a downstream portion 10b of the filter 10 including an exhaust gas outlet-side end 10d. The SCR catalyst contained in the upstream portion 10a and the SCR catalyst contained in the downstream portion 10b are qualitatively different. A ratio (B/A) of a maximum allowable adsorption amount of ammonia A in the upstream portion 10a and a maximum allowable adsorption amount of ammonia B in the downstream portion 10b satisfies the relationship 1.1≤(B/A)≤2.
US10335732B2
An apparatus for recovering volatile liquid vapor from an air-volatile liquid vapor mixture includes a vapor blower unit having a first inlet and a first outlet. In addition the apparatus includes a vapor adsorption unit including a second inlet and a second outlet and a solid adsorbent adsorption unit including a third inlet and a third outlet. Further the apparatus includes a vapor regeneration unit including an intake port and a discharge port as well as a conduit system. The conduit system connects the first outlet to the second inlet, the second outlet to the third inlet, the third outlet to the intake port and the discharge port to the first inlet.
US10335730B2
A filter cartridge, a safety element and fluid cleaner assembly are described. The fluid cleaner assembly generally includes a housing having a cover and a primary fluid cleaner section. The filter cartridge generally comprises z-filter media, arranged in a straight through configuration. Preferred cartridges include a seal gasket positioned to extend continuously around at outer perimeter of the straight through flow construction. The fluid cleaner assembly can have a precleaner positioned therein. Preferred features are described. Methods of assembly and use are also provided.
US10335727B2
The present invention provides a honeycomb filter including a honeycomb fired body including porous cell partition walls, exhaust gas introduction cells each having an open end at an exhaust gas inlet side and a plugged end at an exhaust gas outlet side, exhaust gas emission cells each having an open end at the exhaust gas outlet side and a plugged end at the exhaust gas inlet side, and an outer wall on the periphery thereof. The cross-sectional shape of each exhaust gas introduction cell in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof is entirely uniform from the end at the exhaust gas inlet side to the end at the exhaust gas outlet side excluding the plugged portion. The cross-sectional shape of each exhaust gas emission cell in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof is entirely uniform from the end at the exhaust gas inlet side to the end at the exhaust gas outlet side excluding the plugged portion. The exhaust gas emission cells, except for the cells adjacent to the outer wall, are each adjacently surrounded fully by the exhaust gas introduction cells across the porous cell partition walls. The cells adjacent to the outer wall include the exhaust gas introduction cells and the exhaust gas emission cells. A substantial ratio of the number of the exhaust gas introduction cells to the number of the exhaust gas emission cells (exhaust gas introduction cells:exhaust gas emission cells) is 4:1. All the exhaust gas introduction cells, except for the cells adjacent to the outer wall, have the same cross-sectional area in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof, the cross-sectional area of each exhaust gas introduction cell being smaller than that of each exhaust gas emission cell in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction thereof.
US10335725B2
A tool-less air filtration device having a two-piece housing with a filter. The tool-less air filtration device is simple, is totally tool-less for removing and replacing HEPA air filters and cleaning the interior of the air filtration device, and allows for quick, seamless filter changes in the field, while providing the convenient accessibility required to fully clean all surfaces of the unit.
US10335723B2
A filter device has a filter element (17) that is exchangeably disposed in a filter housing (1). The filter element (17) is provided on one end with an end cap (23) that forms a surround for a rim of a filter material (31). The end cap (23) has a connector (43) attaching the filter element (17) in an operating position to an element seat (19; 45) inside the filter housing (1) such that a fluid-impermeable connection is formed between filter housing (1) and filter element (17). The connector (43) enables the positionally fixed mounting of the filter element (17) and the formation of a fluid-impermeable connection in conjunction with element seats (19; 45) of filter housings (1) of different designs.
US10335719B2
A multi-component end cap is provided. The multiple components combine to form one or more seal carriers where each seal carrier is formed in part by at least two different ones of the components. Methods of manufacturing an end cap having multiple components are also provided.
US10335694B2
A system, apparatus, and method for constructing or providing a ride surface for an amusement attraction, such as an inflatable surfing attraction. The ride surface may be formed via the connection of a plurality of ride surface portions or segments. The ride surface may be connected via fastening elements that are disposed at an elevation different from that of the top or other surface that is to be used by riders during operation. Cut-outs and/or extrusions within one or more of the ride surface portions or segments may aid in preventing disruptive forces from fluid or water during operation from acting to separate the ride surface portions of segments making up the ride surface. Additional fastening mechanisms may be employed in addition to such fastening elements to further aid in increasing durability.
US10335691B2
A computer-implemented system and method are described for managing audio chat for an online video game or application. For example, a system according to one embodiment comprises: an online video game or application execution engine to execute an online video game or application in response to input from one or more users of the video game or application and to responsively generate audio and video of the video game or application; and a chat subsystem to establish audio chat sessions with the one or more users and one or more spectators to the video game or application, the chat subsystem establishing a plurality of audio chat channels including a spectator channel over which the spectators participate in audio chat and a user channel over which the users participate in audio chat.
US10335686B2
A program that may cause an information processing apparatus that executes a game to execute: storing, in a storage unit, a first parameter associated with a first game content arranged in virtual space and a second parameter associated with a second game content arranged in the virtual space; starting a match between the first game content and the second game content; automatically changing a third parameter regarding a positional relationship between the first game content and the second game content in the virtual space to be closer to a first target value at a certain time change rate; changing the second parameter associated with the second game content, on the basis of the third parameter and the first parameter associated with the first game content; and determining that a user wins the match when the second parameter becomes a second target value.
US10335683B2
Provided is a method for controlling a computer, etc., which makes it possible to improve the usability of city building games. The computer is provided with a storage unit configured to store game contents arranged within a game space, positions of the game contents, and a template defining positions of one or more of game contents, and progresses a game by arranging the game contents within the game space based on a command by a player. The method includes when the template is applied to a predetermined area within the game space based on the command by the player, moving, by the computer, the game contents arranged within the game space to the positions of the game contents defined by the template.
US10335681B2
A computer implemented method of controlling a user interface of a computer device which is responsive to user engagement with displayed player objects on the interface. The method comprises steps implemented by computer executable code (executed by one or more hardware processors on the computer device) and encompassing, but not limited to, displaying a game area with a number of game objects in a static player graph as well as providing a player object which can be selected to target and shoot game objects in response to player behavior or to contribute directly to a game objective. A boost action is triggered when game objective is fulfilled.
US10335677B2
A system and method of operation of an augmented reality system includes: a position sensor for calculating a current location; an orientation sensor, coupled to the position sensor, for calculating a current orientation; and a control mechanism, coupled to the position sensor, for presenting a system object based on the current location, the current orientation, an object location, an object orientation, an access right, a visibility, and a persistence.
US10335670B2
A table game system for detecting special arrangements of shuffled playing cards having: a shuffle card set made up of a predetermined number of decks; a computer; and a card shoe apparatus, which is communicably connected to the computer, for storing the shuffled playing cards and manually dealing the cards housed in the card shoe apparatus one by one onto a game table, the card shoe apparatus that stores rules of a card game, the card shoe apparatus having: a card housing unit for housing the shuffled playing cards; an opening for drawing out the cards from the card housing unit one by one; a card reading unit that reads information from the card being drawn from the card housing unit; a restriction unit for preventing any cards from moving in a slot; and a motion sensor for detecting movement of any cards travelling through the slot.
US10335663B2
A golf putting training device with a portable golf hole cut through a unique multidimensional triangular shaped device, in which the longest edge of the triangle is flat and can lay flush on an underlying surface and receive a golf ball smoothly. The device will have one corner of the triangle that is elevated creating one highest point sloping down to two low or flat points, or one flat edge. The device has two functional faces or bases that are the mirror images of each other. The device can be flipped over and rest on either of the two largest faces (or triangular surface areas) to allow a practicing golfer to practice striking putts that break right to left, or left to right. The device can be positioned relative to the practicing golfer in such a manner that many different slope degrees or angles can change the break of the putt, even a slope that provides for a perfectly straight putt.
US10335660B1
A ball return device having a frame and an elastic reflector supported on the frame. The elastic reflector has a first open end that is connected to a rim, and an opposite second end that is downwardly tapered from the first end to form a vertex at the second end. The elastic reflector is connected at the second end to the frame by a tension cord that supplies tension to the elastic reflector. The degree of tension in the tension cord, as well as the location of the attachment point of the tension cord on the frame, are adjustable.
US10335654B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to a golf club head which includes a wood type golf club head body including a ball striking face portion at a front side thereof, a rear side opposite the front side, a crown portion, and a sole portion. Further, the sole or crown or rear portion of the golf club head body may be configured so that the golf club head body includes a bump portion which protrudes from the sole or crown or rear portion and an indented portion which recedes into the sole or crown or rear portion and creates a recess in the sole or crown or rear portion of the golf club head body. Further, the bump portion and the indented portion may be configured so that a center of gravity of the club head body is nearer to one of the heel edge of the club head body and the toe edge of the club head body.
US10335651B2
In general, aspects of this invention relate to blade-type iron golf clubs or golf club heads. The blade-type golf club head may comprise a body forged of a metal material. The body may include a hosel, a top surface, a sole, a heel, a toe, a ball striking surface, and a rear surface opposite the ball striking surface. The rear surface may have recess in which a dual-density insert is affixed. The dual-density insert may have a first portion or first insert with a density greater than a second portion or second insert with a lesser density located closer to the toe than the first portion or first insert located closer to the heel. The mass distribution of the dual-density insert moves the center of gravity of the club head closer or substantially coincident to the face center location.
US10335649B2
A golf club having unique mass properties and all the benefits afforded therefrom.
US10335647B2
A method of manufacturing a golf club head having a plurality of structural connectors, and particularly solid rods proximate the face, is disclosed. The method includes the steps of preparing a wax of a golf club head body, the body having first and second through-holes, a hollow interior, and first and second receiving pockets, preparing waxes of first and second solid rods, inserting the first solid rod wax into the first through-hole and seating its lower end in the first receiving pocket, inserting the second solid rod wax into the second through-hole and seating its lower end in the second receiving pocket, bonding each of the first and second solid rods to the body with an adhesive material to form a combined wax mold, and casting a golf club head from the combined wax mold.
US10335642B2
A golf ball (2) includes a core (4), an inner cover (6), a main cover (8), and an outer cover (10). X=Hc×Rc×0.05, S=Hs×Rc×0.05, M=Hm×Tm, I=Hi×Ti, O=Ho×To, and Q=(I+O)/2 that are calculated from a radius Rc of the core (4), a Shore C hardness Hc at a central point of the core (4), a Shore C hardness Hs at a surface of the core (4), a thickness Tm of the main cover (8), a Shore C hardness Hm of the main cover (8), a thickness Ti of the inner cover (6), a Shore C hardness Hi of the inner cover (6), a thickness To of the outer cover (10) and a Shore C hardness Ho of the outer cover (10), satisfy 15≤M−S≤100, 0.25
US10335639B2
An installation tool for tree steps is disclosed allowing for one-handed operation through inserting the tool onto the tree step in either a perpendicular or parallel orientation to the tree step, with the orientation of the tree step to the tool chosen based on the amount of torque desired when installing and removing a tree step. The tool is placed onto the tree step in a parallel orientation by placing the platform portion of the tree step inside the tool's central cylindrical cavity. The tool is placed onto the tree step in a perpendicular orientation by placing the platform portion of the tree step inside the tool's slot-and-lock system and securing the lever portion of the tree step against one of the slots using a groove cut into the tool's main body. This perpendicular orientation effectively extends the lever portion of the tree step and provides additional leverage to the user. The tree step is additionally ergonomic through the use of such features to aid in gripping the tool as a thermoplastic polymer to reduce friction between the user and the tool, a palm swell, and a textured handle surface.
US10335636B2
A system that monitors user activity includes a wrist device including a curved body and an electronic circuitry supported by the body. The electronic circuitry includes a first set of light emitting diodes arranged in a matrix form and forming a display unit, at least one motion sensor configured to measure physical motion caused by a user to the wrist device, and at least one processor configured to acquire motion measurement data from the at least one motion sensor, to process the motion measurement data into a motion activity metric, and to cause the display unit to display the motion activity metric. The at least one processor is further configured to acquire heart activity measurement data from a heart activity sensor, to process the heart activity measurement data into a heart activity metric, and to cause the display unit to display the heart activity metric.
US10335633B2
A detachable speed determining device includes an optical detecting module, an energy generating module and an energy storage module. The optical detecting module is adapted to determine axial rotational displacement of a bike component by detecting a movement of a pattern on the bike component. The energy generating module is adapted to generate energy. The energy storage module is sealed inside a housing of the detachable speed determining device in a water-resistance manner and electrically connected with the optical detecting module and the energy generating module. The optical detecting module is powered by the energy storage module, and the energy storage module is charged by the energy generating module. The detachable speed determining device further includes a bolted joint and a quick releasing handle, the bolted joint passes through an axle of the bike component, and the quick releasing handle is foldably disposed on the bolted joint.
US10335628B1
The rolling dumbbells is a continuation in part of USPTO non-provisional application U.S. Ser. No. 14/969,138. The present disclosure presents an alternate attachment mechanism for attaching the first wheel and the second wheel of the cited disclosure to the grip of the cited disclosure. The rolling dumbbells comprises a threaded rod, a first nut, and a second nut. The grip of the cited disclosure is modified to further comprise a third axial aperture. The threaded rod forms a threaded connection with the first nut, a first threaded center, the third axial aperture of the grip, a second threaded center, and the second nut to attach the first wheel and the second wheel to the grip.
US10335617B2
Respiratory protection hood comprising a flexible envelope and a reservoir of pressurized oxygen comprising an outlet orifice that leads into the internal volume of the envelope, the outlet orifice being closed off by a removable stopper, characterized in that the reservoir of oxygen comprises, upstream of the orifice, a passage for the pressurized gas and a needle that is able to move in a given direction of displacement in said passage, the needle being subjected to two opposite forces in the direction of displacement, said forces being respectively generated on the one hand by the pressure of the gas in the reservoir and the other hand by a return member, the needle having a section with a defined profile that is variable in the direction of displacement in order to modify the degree of closure of the passage depending on the position of said needle relative to the passage so as to regulate the flow rate of gas allowed to escape via the passage towards the orifice as a function of time and the pressure of gas in the reservoir.
US10335614B2
Various embodiments are directed to a method of driving an end effector coupled to an ultrasonic drive system of a surgical instrument. The method comprises generating at least one electrical signal. The at least one electrical signal is monitored against a first set of logic conditions. A first response is triggered when the first set of logic conditions is met. A parameter is determined from the at least one electrical signal.
US10335613B2
Beam configuration data obtained during the commissioning and/or quality assurance (QA) testing of a radiation therapy device can be validated against other radiation therapy devices within the radiotherapy community. Data and parameters from previously commissioned or QA-tested devices can be compiled and analyzed at a remote module. At the remote module, data and parameters obtained from a radiation therapy device undergoing commissioning or QA testing can be compared to the previously compiled data and/or parameters, to factory data and/or parameters, and/or to predetermined device limits, in order to provide an indication to an end user of potential issues or errors. Warnings, feedback, and/or suggestions can be provided to the end user of the radiation therapy device based on the comparison.
US10335599B2
An example of a neurostimulation system may include a storage device to store a stimulation waveform, a programming control circuit to generate a plurality of stimulation parameters controlling delivery of neurostimulation pulses according to the stimulation waveform, and waveform definition circuit configured to create and adjust the stimulation waveform. The waveform definition circuit includes a charge recovery module that may include a stimulation to receive the stimulation waveform including charge injection phases, a charge recovery scheme input to receive a charge recovery scheme, and a waveform adjuster configured to identify a need for recovering charges injected during the charge injection phases and adjust the received stimulation waveform by automatically inserting charge recovery phases into the received stimulation waveform based on the identified need for recovering the injected charges and the received charge recovery scheme.
US10335597B2
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system having a recharging system with self-alignment, a system for mapping current fields using a completely wireless system, multiple independent electrode stimulation outsource, and IPG control through software on Smartphone/mobile device and tablet hardware during trial and permanent implants. SCS system can include multiple electrodes, multiple, independently programmable, stimulation channels within an implantable pulse generator (IPG) providing concurrent, but unique stimulation fields. SCS system can include a replenishable power source, rechargeable using transcutaneous power transmissions between antenna coil pairs. An external charger unit, having its own rechargeable battery, can charge the IPG replenishable power source. A real-time clock can provide an auto-run schedule for daily stimulation. A bi-directional telemetry link informs the patient or clinician the status of the system, including the state of charge of the IPG battery. Other processing circuitry in current IPG allows electrode impedance measurements to be made.
US10335594B2
The desensitizing device contains an electrical stimulation member optionally configured on a support member. The electrical stimulation member contains a control circuit and at least two electrodes. The control circuit generates a stimulating current to the electrodes. By configuring the electrodes contacted with the skin, the stimulating signal produced by the control circuit is conducted to the electrodes and provides a subcutaneous nerve stimulation through the skin. The subcutaneous nerve is as such temporarily numbed and desensitized.
US10335591B2
Methods, systems, and devices for processing an auditory signal to generate auditory prosthesis electrode stimuli in response to an incoming acoustic signal are disclosed. An example method includes dividing the incoming acoustic signal into one or more frequency envelopes. The example method also includes determining which auditory prosthesis electrodes to stimulate. The example method additionally includes determining a temporal reference point to which auditory prosthesis electrode stimuli are referenced. The example method further includes determining a delay for each of the auditory prosthesis electrode stimuli from the temporal reference point. The example method yet further includes determining amplitudes of the auditory prosthesis electrode stimuli. The example method also includes determining a wait period length before each successive temporal reference point.
US10335587B2
The present invention relates to a wearable band for low frequency therapy and, more specifically, to a wearable band for low frequency therapy, the wearable band enabling a wearer to connect to a low frequency therapy device while wearing, on a body part, a cylindrical wearable band in which knitted pile yarn is formed from conductive fiber, thereby providing low-frequency stimulation to the part of the wearer's body such that the wearer can receive physical therapy.
US10335584B2
Cap and cleaning devices antiseptically maintain patient fluid line access valves to minimize the risk of infection via catheters. The devices have a cap that may contain a dry pad impregnated with an antimicrobial agent. The cap covers the access portion of the access valve when not in use. The devices have a hood that contains a wet pad impregnated with a cleaning solution and, optionally, an antimicrobial agent. The wet pad cleans the access portion of the access valve prior to and optionally, after the access valve is utilized to access the patient fluid line.
US10335582B2
The present invention is an improved applicator comprising an applicator body having a top portion, a bottom portion and a central portion, a bladder positioned between the bottom portion and the central portion of the applicator body and designed for holding alcohol solution, a hinge lever extending from an inner side of the central portion and extending outwards from the top portion of the applicator body and a hinge door positioned on the central portion of the applicator body. The cartridge of swabs can be easily loaded by opening the hinge door and rests between the bottom portion and the central portion of the applicator body. The used swabs can be easily discarded by clicking the hinge lever. The improved applicator allows easy application of alcohol solution to the patient's skin in a simple and safe manner and provides a safe and convenient hand-held method for safe preparation of skin.
US10335567B2
The present invention provides a system and method for delivery of nitric oxide to the upper respiratory tract without resulting in nitric oxide delivery to the lungs. In certain embodiments, the invention comprises the use of a flow sensor to sense the exhalation of the subject, and delivering a nitric oxide containing gas upon sensed exhalation.
US10335560B2
A dry-powder inhaler comprising a housing comprising at least one air inlet to a first air passage and a second air passage extending from the first air passage and terminating in a mouthpiece; the housing thereby providing a continuous air passage through the at least one air inlet, the first and second air passages, and the mouth piece; a rigid, fixed, powdered-medicament reservoir comprising a base, the reservoir being associated with the first air passage, and together with the first air passage forming a powder chamber; wherein air passing through the powder chamber travels substantially parallel to an upper surface of the reservoir and powdered-medicament positioned on the base in the reservoir, the upper surface of the reservoir having a surface area, and the reservoir having a volume.
US10335558B2
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to methods, compositions and apparatus for administering active agents to the lungs of a subject.
US10335557B2
A patch-sized fluid delivery device may include a reusable portion and a disposable portion. The disposable portion may include components that come into contact with the fluid, while the reusable portion may include only components that do not come into contact with the fluid. Redundant systems, such as redundant controllers, power sources, motor actuators, and alarms, may be provided. Alternatively or additionally, certain components can be multi-functional, such a microphones and loudspeakers that may be used for both acoustic volume sensing and for other functions and a coil that may be used as both an inductive coupler for a battery recharger and an antenna for a wireless transceiver. Various types of network interfaces may be provided in order to allow for remote control and monitoring of the device.
US10335546B2
An apparatus for optimizing a patient's insulin dosage regimen over time, comprising: at least a first computer-readable memory for storing data inputs corresponding at least to one or more components in a patient's present insulin dosage regimen and the patient's blood-glucose-level measurements determined at a plurality of times; a processor operatively connected to the at least first computer-readable memory, the processor programmed at least to determine from the data inputs corresponding to the patient's blood-glucose-level measurements determined at a plurality of times whether and by how much to vary at least one of the one or more components of the patient's present insulin dosage regimen in order to maintain the patient's future blood-glucose-level measurements within a predefined range; and a display operative to display information corresponding to at least the patient's present insulin dosage regimen.
US10335536B2
Disclosed is a medical injection device (1) comprising a needle assembly (20) having a cannula (21) and a telescopic shield (30) for covering the distal tip (23) in a no use situation. The telescopic shield further carries a cleaning reservoir (40) for cleaning the needle cannula between two subsequent injections. The cleaning reservoir is provided with an opening (43) connecting to an overflow reservoir (51/55) such that the cleaning liquid contained in the cleaning reservoir can retract and expand upon temperature changes and does not enter the needle lumen instead. In one example, the overflow reservoir is formed as a channel (51).
US10335530B2
An extracorporeal system for lung assist includes a system housing, which includes a blood flow inlet and a blood flow outlet and a fiber bundle housing movably positioned within the system housing. The fiber bundle housing includes a gas inlet and a gas outlet. A fiber bundle is in operative connection with the fiber bundle housing. The fiber bundle includes a plurality of hollow gas permeable fibers, wherein lumens of the plurality of hollow gas fibers are in fluid connection with the gas inlet at a first end thereof and in fluid connection with the gas outlet as a second end thereof. The system further includes an actuator to impart oscillatory motion to the fiber bundle housing and thereby to the fiber bundle.
US10335529B2
An extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus having a fluid system and a pump for conveying fluid in the fluid system, wherein the pump is a non-occluding pump, and a method for shutting off or reducing the speed of rotation of a non-occluding pump in a fluid system of an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus. The apparatus and the method are characterized in that before the speed of rotation is reduced or the pump is shut off, the fluid flow into the feed line and out of the discharge line is first interrupted, and after a predetermined time interval after interruption of the fluid flow has elapsed, the speed of rotation of the pump is reduced or the pump is shut off. The time-delayed shut-off of the pump prevents a reverse flow of fluid, particularly of blood into the arterial blood line, even in the absence of occlusion. As a result of the time-delayed shut-off or reduction in the speed of rotation of the pump, however, an excess pressure is produced in the fluid system. Therefore the blood treatment apparatus and the method provide for counter-measures to prevent uncontrolled fluid flow when the shut-off elements are opened, due to the excess pressure.
US10335527B2
An implantable anastomotic assembly, which is configured to be attached to cardiovascular tissue, includes a connection interface, a plurality of outer plates, and a plurality of connectors configured to extend between and interconnect the connection interface and the plurality of outer plates, respectively, according to various embodiments. An outer plate of the plurality of outer plates is configured to be engaged against the cardiovascular tissue before a respective connector of the plurality of connectors is interconnected between the connection interface and the outer plate of the plurality of outer plates, according to various embodiments.
US10335524B2
Systems and methods can be used improve the efficacy of tube thoracostomy. For example, this document provides devices and methods for confirming the proper placement of a chest tube within the pleural space.
US10335521B2
Described generally herein are tissue therapy devices, which may comprise a sealant layer and a suction apparatus. The sealant layer functions so as to create a sealed enclosure between it and the surface of a patient by forming, preferably, an airtight seal around an area of tissue that requires negative pressure therapy. The tissue therapy device may comprise a suction apparatus. The suction apparatus is typically in fluid communication with the sealant layer and functions so as to reduce the amount of pressure present underneath the sealant layer. The reduced pressure is self-created by the suction apparatus. Together the sealant layer and the suction apparatus preferably create a closed reduced pressure therapy system. Preferably, the pressure under the sealant layer is reduced by expanding the volume of the enclosure space and thereby decreasing the density of the air molecules under the sealant layer.
US10335520B2
A device for moving contents of a tube by acting on the exterior of the tube is provided. The device includes a housing having a top portion and a bottom portion, the top portion including a tube passageway extending along a length thereof for holding a tube therein. A roller housed within a roller chassis contacts the tube and is configured to move between a first position in which the tube is disengaged and a second position in which the tube is engaged. A second roller is rotatably coupled to an actuator for rotatably energizing the second roller and is moveable between a first position in which the tube is disengaged and a second position in which the tube is engaged. A lever is operably coupled to the housing and configured to actuate a motor to move the second roller to the second position. The first roller and the second roller are configured to compress the tube to move contents within the tube.
US10335518B2
A method to prepare a catheter locking formulation, comprising in a first step, dissolving trimethoprim in propylene glycol at a temperature greater than room temperature, and in a final step, adding absolute ethanol at about room temperature to a solution of trimethoprim, propylene glycol, EDTA Calcium Disodium Hydrate, phosphate buffered saline, and glycerin.
US10335508B2
Systems and methods for sanitization of surfaces, such as hands, are provided. In general, the described techniques utilize a system including a housing having an active agent receptacle in fluid communication with at least one nozzle, and an air pump in fluid communication with the at least one nozzle. The system also includes a control module configured to control the delivery of an active agent as an aerosol spray through the at least one nozzle in a delivery dose. The delivery dose is expelled onto the surface as a thin uniform layer and dried such that the entire surface sanitization process is completed in less than or equal to 5 seconds. The active agent receptacle can be configured to receive a removable and replaceable cartridge carrying the active agent.
US10335507B2
A fill assembly sterilization system for a blow/fill/seal machine utilizes a closed loop circulation of sterilant containing gas. A typical sterilant is nitrogen dioxide. The closed loop includes a shroud that defines a plenum and encloses the fill system. Optionally, at least one high efficiency particulate absorption (HEPA) filter is provided in the closed loop. Sterility assurance level of 10−6 can be achieved by subjecting the fill system to the sterilizing gas for at least 20 minutes at a temperature in the range of about 18° C. to about 30° C.
US10335500B2
A major challenge in non-viral gene delivery remains finding a safe and effective delivery system. Colloidally stable non-viral gene vector delivery systems capable of overcoming various biological barriers, are disclosed. The gene vectors are biodegradable, non-toxic and highly tailorable for use in specific applications. The vectors include a mixture of biodegradable copolymers, such as PBAE, and biodegradable polymers conjugated with hydrophilic, neutrally charged polymer, such as PEG. The gene vectors demonstrate broad vector distribution and high transgene delivery in vivo, providing an efficient non-viral gene delivery system for localized therapeutic gene transfer. Methods of using the vectors to overcome biological barriers including mucus gel and extracellular matrix are provided. Methods of formulating the vectors are also provided.
US10335478B2
Chimeric flaviviruses that are avirulent and immunogenic are provided. The chimeric viruses are constructed to contain amino acid mutations in the nonstructural viral proteins of a flavivirus. Chimeric viruses containing the attenuation-mutated nonstructural genes of the virus are used as a backbone into which the structural genes of a second flavivirus strain are inserted. These chimeric viruses elicit pronounced immunogenicity yet lack the accompanying clinical symptoms of viral disease. The attenuated chimeric viruses are effective as immunogens or vaccines and may be combined in a pharmaceutical composition to confer simultaneous immunity against several strains of pathogenic flaviviruses.
US10335477B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for preventing, treating and diagnosing infection by Salmonella enterica serovar typhi (S. typhi) and/or S. paratyphi, i.e., typhoid fever.
US10335468B2
A safe and effective vaccine to prevent, slow, halt or reverse progression of Alzheimer's disease in human patients is disclosed. The vaccine includes Aβ1-42 or an beta amyloid self epitope (e.g. Aβ1-15, or other 7-mer or 15-mer peptide epitopes derived from Aβ1-42) conjugated to an immunogenic carrier (e.g. DT) formulated in a water-in-oil Th2-biased adjuvant/delivery system.
US10335456B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for increasing telomere length in one or more human cells and/or increasing genome stability of one or more human cells, for example by contacting one or more human cells with an agent that increases expression of Zscan4 in the one or more human cells. Methods of treating a subject in need of telomere lengthening, treating a disease or condition associated with a genomic and/or chromosome abnormality, of rejuvenating one or more human cells, of rejuvenating tissues or organs, and of rejuvenating a subject in need thereof, for example by contacting one or more human cells in the subject with an agent that increases expression of Zscan4, or by administering to a subject in need thereof, an agent that increases expression of Zscan4 are also provided.
US10335455B2
An object of the present invention is to provide methods for preventing or treating a steroid-resistant or steroid-dependent inflammatory bowel disease. The object can be achieved by a method for preventing or treating a steroid-resistant or steroid-dependent inflammatory bowel disease in a patient in need of the prevention or treatment of the inflammatory bowel disease, comprises administering an effective amount of adrenomedullin, a modified product thereof having an activity of suppressing steroid-resistant or steroid-dependent inflammation, or a salt thereof having an activity of suppressing steroid-resistant or steroid-dependent inflammation, to the patient.
US10335450B2
The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for the transdermal delivery of the heptapeptide ZW1. In some aspects, ZW1 may be contained with a composition comprising a lecithin, such as phosphatidylcholine. In certain embodiments, the lecithin is present in liposomes, micelles, liquid crystals, or other configurations. The composition can take the form of a gel, a cream, a lotion, an ointment, a solution, a solid “stick,” etc., that can be rubbed or sprayed onto the skin. Other aspects of the present invention are generally directed to methods of making or using such compositions, methods of promoting such compositions, kits including such compositions, or the like.
US10335436B2
A medical implant comprising in components from a tooth and stem cells harvested from at least one tooth. Pluripotent stem cells, other cells, and biologic constituents of the dental pulp may be harvested from the dental pulp of mammalian teeth, such as unerupted third molars in humans. After the stem cells are removed and isolated from the other teeth tissue, the hard tooth may be ground into a base material for the manufacture of a porous matrix into which the pluripotent stem cells, other cells, and biologic constituents of the dental pulp can be added. Additionally, soft tissue from the harvested tooth may be used as a carrier scaffold for soft tissue applications such as meniscal or cartilage repair.
US10335431B2
A method for preparing polycondensation products of guanidine, aminoguanidine or diaminoguanidine G with one or more benzyl or allyl derivatives BA according to the following reaction scheme is provided: wherein X, R1, Gua, Y and Z are as defined in the specification. In the disclosed method, at least one benzyl or allyl derivative BA is subjected to a polycondensation reaction with excessive guanidine, aminoguanidine or diaminoguanidine G upon elimination of HX.
US10335420B2
An aqueous tumor-targeting liposome nanoparticle composition comprises an aqueous dispersion of liposome nanoparticles. The nanoparticles preferably encapsulate an anti-cancer chemotherapeutic agent, which can be added to a pre-formed liposome composition or can be incorporated in the liposomes during the formation of the liposomes. The liposome nanoparticles comprise a legumain-targeting lipid admixed with one or more other micelle or vesicle-forming lipid materials in the form of nanoparticulate liposomes dispersed in an aqueous carrier. A preferred tumor-targeting liposome nanoparticle composition comprises a legumain-targeting lipid component and polyethylene glycol-conjugated lipid component. The legumain-targeting lipid component comprising a hydrophobic lipid portion covalently attached to a legumain-binding moiety.
US10335417B2
The invention belongs to the technical field of medicines. In particular, the invention relates to a thiazideamide derivative compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, a method for preparing the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, and a use of the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. For example, the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof according to the invention can be used to prevent and/or treat a neurodegenerative disease or a neuropathic disease caused by a physical trauma or a related disease.
US10335411B2
Disclosed are methods for the treatment of cancer in patients in need of such treatment. The methods comprise administering to such a patient an ubiquitin-activating enzyme (UAE) inhibitor such as ((1R,2R,3S,4R)-2,3-dihydroxy-4-(2-(3-(trifluoromethylthio) phenyl)pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-ylamino)cyclopentyl)methyl sulfamate (Compound 1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt in combination with radiation. Also disclosed are medicaments for use in the treatment of cancer.
US10335409B2
Compounds of Formula I are disclosed As well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Methods of using said compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds are also disclosed.
US10335405B1
Described herein are controlled release oral pharmaceutical compositions and methods for making the same. These pharmaceutical compositions provide a non-burst release of one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients. In particular, a non-burst controlled release oral pharmaceutical composition comprising a capsule and an abuse deterrent controlled release matrix comprising one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients are described.
US10335404B2
The present invention relates to the field of molecular biology and cancer biology. Specifically, the present invention relates to methods of treating a subject with a farnesyltransferase inhibitor (FTI) that include determining whether the subject is likely to be responsive to the FTI treatment based on genotyping and expression profiling of certain immunological genes and RAS mutation status in the subject.
US10335393B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I, and methods of using the compounds, salts and compositions in the treatment of various disorders associated with CRM1 activity.
US10335391B2
The present invention provides stabilized cream formulations of oxymetazoline and uses thereof. The present invention also provides a method of treating facial erythema associated with rosacea in a patient in need of such treatment, comprising topically administering once or twice daily to the site of erythema on the face of the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising 0.5%, 1.0% or 1.5% oxymetazoline or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as the sole active ingredient.
US10335384B2
An anxiolytic composition includes a synergistic combination of one or more of an extract of magnolia, an extract of phellodendron, an L-theanine, a whey protein composition, and/or an s-adenosylmethionine (SAMe).
US10335380B2
The present findings point to mutant HSCs as the cause of BM neuroglial damage that compromises MSC survival and function, critically contributing to MPN pathogenesis. In this sense, the present invention shows that the niche damage triggered by the mutant HSC is essential for the development of a haematopoietic malignancy previously considered to be caused by the HSC alone. Targeting HSC niche-forming MSCs and their neural regulation paves the way to more efficient therapeutic strategies in MPN. For this purpose, the present invention shows that an efficient therapeutic strategy for the treatment of MPN lies on the administration of neuroprotective compounds, such as 4-methylcatechol, capable of protecting BM sympathetic nerve fibers. Additionally, another efficient therapeutic strategy is shown herein as the administration of selective β3-adrenergic agonists such as BRL37344 or Mirabegron, since this strategy will compensate for deficient sympathetic stimulation of nestin+ MSCs.
US10335378B2
Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use therefor for reducing the desire to engage in smoking are disclosed. More specifically, the pharmaceutical composition utilizes an active ingredient to reduce the side effects of smoking cessation and to limit the molecular feedback caused by nicotine-mediated activation of acetylcholine receptors.
US10335377B2
The invention relates to a medical product for a fastening duration of at least 7 days having good skin compatibility. The medical product includes a central adhesive compartment (3) and an over-patch. The over-patch is free of active ingredients and is formed from a water-vapor-permeable back layer (1) and an adhesive polymer layer (2) that is free of active ingredients. The invention further relates to a method for the production of the foregoing medical product, and to kits of parts containing laminates of layers 1 and 2.
US10335375B2
Described herein are abuse deterrent oral pharmaceutical compositions, methods for making the same, and methods of treatment using such compositions. In particular, oral pharmaceutical compositions that mitigate the risk of overingestion of one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients are described.
US10335370B2
The present disclosure provides a controlled release composition comprising a plurality of microparticles and a matrix, wherein: the plurality of microparticles comprises a first material; the matrix comprises a second material; and the melting temperature of the first material is higher than the melting temperature of the second material. Also provided are methods of making and using the same.
US10335361B2
A cosmetic process for making-up and/or caring for skin and/or lips, includes the application to skin and/or lips of a cosmetic composition including, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one supramolecular polymer and at least one hydrophobic film-forming polymer. Particular compositions may be used in the process.
US10335360B2
A disposable toothbrush having a toothpaste composition distributed over the bristles of the toothbrush without the use of metal graft initiators and catalysts, and in which the toothpaste and the flavoring is maintained for an extended period of time.
US10335359B2
A hair fixative composition includes at least one carboxylated cellulose ester based polyglucose polymer, an alcohol based solvent system, and a cosmetically acceptable additive. The polyglucose polymer is obtained by reacting at least one cellulose ester with a non-aromatic cyclic anhydride and neutralizing the reaction product thereof. The polyglucose polymer is soluble in the alcohol based solvent system.
US10335341B2
A walking assistance method and apparatus, in detail, a control device that may estimate a gait motion of a user based on pressure data indicating information on a pressure applied to a sole of the user, and provide a feedback corresponding to the gait motion to the user by controlling a vibrator to apply a vibration to the sole of the user, is provided.
US10335332B2
A walker standing aid accessory package consists of a lower attachment and an upper attachment. The lower foot bar piece allows the caregiver to utilize body weight to pin the walker's front legs to the floor or ground surface securely. The upper part incorporates multiple hand placement stabilization choices for both the patient and the caregiver. This invention increases the patient's self help and reduces most of the caregiver's exertion. Once the patient is standing upright, the caregiver may step aside and monitor said patient's immediate ambulation. The accessory package converts an existing walker into a device that not only helps the patient to stand but also reduces the strain on the caregiver. The walker with the accessories installed offers no interference or compromise to the existing walker's integrity, mobility or storage.
US10335330B2
A motor-driven chair has a central drive wheel located beneath the seat and linked so as to be aligned with the facing direction of the seat. A user turns the direction of motion by rotating the seat relative to a surrounding stabilizer assembly so as to turn the seat and the drive wheel towards a direction in which he wishes to move. A suspension arrangement maintains a desired distribution of user load between the drive wheel and the stabilizer assembly. A combination of fixed-axis wheels with castered wheels provides angular anchoring of the stabilizer assembly to facilitate the seat steering process. The entire structure is preferably foldable for easy transportation and storage.
US10335328B2
A harness system for a patient transport apparatus. The harness system comprises one or more harness assemblies. Each harness assembly comprises a flexible restraint member formed of a coated fabric and comprising one or more joints in which stitches join sections of the coated fabric. Covers are attached to the coated fabric over the stitches to provide a barrier to outside contaminants and to ease cleaning of the flexible restraint member.
US10335327B2
A spine board including a backboard wherein at least a portion of the backboard is transparent, and a removable mirror having a reflective surface facing the backboard when the mirror is coupled to an underside of the backboard.
US10335318B2
An assembly is configured to include an elongate eye covering portion and optionally a pillow portion. The pillow portion includes an enclosure which can contain a pillow therein. The elongate eye covering portion is preferably configured as a sleeve divided into multiple adjacent cells filled with beads or other media. The cells on the sleeve are spaced apart by a distance similar to a spacing between eyes of an adult. Adjacent cells can thus cover eyes and optionally also ears of the user. Seams divide the cells from each other and define a contour of the cells. This contour preferably includes notches between adjacent cells to provide relief for a nose of the user between adjacent cells. Opposite sides of the sleeve can have different heat transfer characteristics so one side feels cooler than the other, allowing selection of a preferred side to contact the wearer.
US10335314B2
An apparatus having an inserter device with a shaft disposed in an interior space and an intraocular implant adapted to self-retain to an inner wall of Schlemm's canal. The intraocular implant has a proximal portion sized and shaped to reside within an anterior chamber of the eye, the proximal portion having a proximal opening; a distal portion sized and shaped to reside within Schlemm's canal of the eye, the distal portion having a distal opening, and a passageway extending in a straight line from the proximal opening to the distal opening to conduct fluid from the anterior chamber to Schlemm's canal. The shaft of the inserter device is adapted to advance the intraocular implant out of the interior space and through an inner wall of Schlemm's canal.
US10335309B2
Disclosed is an adaptable ostomy base plate comprising a flexible top film (1), at least one elastic adhesive disposed on the top film and at least one release liner, the base plate having at least a first convex section that can be inverted to a concave section to be used for especially demanding skin surface conditions, such as in ostomists suffering from hernia.
US10335302B2
The disclosed electrical stimulation system generates interventions to assist patients in complying with a diet. The wearable device includes a microprocessor, electrical stimulator and at least one electrode configured to deliver electrical stimulation to the epidermis, through a range of 0.1 mm to 10 mm or a range of 0.1 mm to 20 mm of the dermis, of a T2 dermatome to a T12 dermatome or meridian of the patient, a C5 to a T1 dermatome across the hand and/or arm, and/or the upper chest regions. The device is adapted to provide electrical stimulation as per stimulation protocols and to communicate wirelessly with a companion control device configured to monitor and record appetite patterns of the patient and generate interventions. The control device is also configured to monitor, record, and modify stimulation parameters of the stimulation protocols.
US10335300B2
A system for deploying a shape memory catheterization device within a patient, includes a catheter for endovascular insertion of the shape memory catheterization device. A heat source heats the shape memory catheterization device above the transition temperature. A transformation data generator includes a circuit driver for driving a circuit that includes at least one capacitive element of the shape memory catheterization device and a detection circuit for generating transformation data based on a capacitance of the at least one capacitive element, wherein the transformation data indicates a shape transformation of the shape memory catheterization device from a catheterization shape to a transformed shape.
US10335289B2
An angled fixation device, such as an angled screw. This angled fixation device may be used by the surgeon to secure a spacer to a spinal disc space. The proximal end portion of the angled fixation device is driven perpendicular to the anterior wall of the spacer, and so is parallel to the vertebral endplates and in-line with the inserter. The distal end portion of the angled fixation device is oriented at about a 45 degree angle (plus or minus 30 degrees) to the vertebral endplate it enters.
US10335287B2
The present invention relates generally to medical devices, systems, and methods for use in surgery. In particular, the disclosed system and methods relate to an intervertebral spinal implant sized and dimensioned for the lumbar spine implantable via a posterior approach. The system includes an implant, instruments for delivering the implant.
US10335281B2
Compositions comprising a cartilage sheet comprising a plurality of interconnected cartilage tiles and a biocompatible carrier are provided. Methods of manufacturing cartilage compositions comprising a cartilage sheet comprising a plurality of interconnected cartilage tiles are also provided.
US10335278B2
Devices and methods for implantation at a native mitral valve having a non-circular annulus and leaflets. One embodiment of the device includes a valve support having a first region configured to be attached to a prosthetic valve with a plurality of prosthetic leaflets and a second region. The device can further include an anchoring member having a longitudinal dimension and including a first portion configured to contact tissue at the non-circular annulus, a second portion configured to be attached to the valve support, and a lateral portion between the first portion and the second portion. The second portion of the anchoring member is attached to the second region of the valve support while in a low-profile configuration in which the anchoring member and the valve support are configured to pass through vasculature of a human. The lateral portion is transverse to the longitudinal dimension. The anchoring member and the valve support are configured to move from the low-profile configuration to an expanded configuration in which the first portion of the anchoring member at least partially adapts to the non-circular annulus of the native mitral valve and the first region of the valve support is spaced inwardly from the first portion of the anchoring member relative to the longitudinal dimension of the anchoring member such that a shape of the first region of the valve support is at least partially independent of a shape of the first portion of the anchoring member.
US10335271B2
Systems, dies, and methods are provided for processing pericardial tissue. The method includes positioning a die-cut assembly over the pericardial tissue, the die-cut assembly including a die having a plate, a the pattern, and an opening, the die pattern attached to the plate, the opening formed in the plate to provide access to the pericardial tissue, and measuring a thickness of the tissue through the opening. The die-cut assembly may be mounted for automated vertical movement, and a platen on which the tissue is placed is capable of automated horizontal movement. Different target areas on the tissue can be assessed by measuring the thickness through the die, and when an area is deemed suitable the die pattern cuts a shape therefrom. The system is useful for cutting uniform thickness heart valve leaflets, and can be automated to speed up the process.
US10335268B2
An accommodative hydraulic intraocular lens system (AHIOL) has a cylindrical actuator contained within which is a hydraulic lens assembly. The hydraulic lens assembly has a transparent elastically reconfigurable membrane coupled to a fixed focus lens by a bellows and a refractive hydraulic fluid contained in the space defined by the membrane, the bellows and the lens, and is maintained at the upper range of its diopter power by the elastic properties of the bellows, springs, or both.
US10335262B2
The invention provides an embolic protection device for removing emboli from a blood vessel in a patient's body. The device comprises an elongate host element, an embolic protection element having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, and a flexible tether connected to a distal end of the host element and to a proximal portion of the embolic protection element. The tether allows the host element to move axially and laterally relative to the embolic protection element over a limited range of motion when the embolic protection element is in an expanded configuration. The embolic protection device has a landing zone of 4 cm or less.
US10335260B2
Vascular treatment devices and methods include a woven structure including a plurality of bulbs that may be self-expanding, a hypotube, for example including interspersed patterns of longitudinally spaced rows of kerfs, and a bonding zone between the woven structure and the hypotube. The woven structure may include patterns of radiopaque filaments measurable under x-ray. Structures may be heat treated to include various shapes at different temperatures. The woven structure may be deployable to implant in a vessel. A catheter may include a hypotube including interspersed patterns of longitudinally spaced rows of kerfs and optionally a balloon. Laser cutting systems may include fluid flow systems.
US10335257B2
Resorbable three-dimensional implants that can be temporarily deformed, implanted by minimally invasive means, and resume their original shape in vivo, have been developed. These implants are particularly suitable for use in minimally invasive procedures for tissue reinforcement, repair of hernias, and applications where it is desirable for the implant to contour in vivo to an anatomical shape, such as the inguinofemoral region. In the preferred embodiment, the implants are made from meshes of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate monofilament that have reinforced outlying borders that allow the meshes to form three-dimensional shapes that can be temporarily deformed. These implants can resume three-dimensional shapes after being temporarily deformed that contour to the host's tissue or an anatomical shape, for example, in the repair of a hernia, and particularly a hernia in the inguinofemoral region. The implants can contour to the host's tissue for example, of the inguinofemoral region, without the implants wrinkling, bunching or folding.
US10335256B2
Described are pelvic implants and methods of surgically placing pelvic implants, that provide treatment for pelvic floor disorders by support of the levator.
US10335255B2
The invention relates to a straw comprising a tube (11) extending between a first end (13) and a second end (14) and comprising a stopper (12) placed in the tube near the first end thereof and extending between a first end (17) facing the first end of the tube, and a second end (20) facing the second end of the tube, said stopper and said tube being configured such that, after a liquid substance (22) has come in contact with the stopper via the second end thereof, the stopper blocks the passage of the liquid substance therethrough and is, by pushing on the first end thereof, slidable into the tube toward the second end thereof. Moreover, the stopper comprises, on the side of the second end of the tube, a barrier pad (16) consisting of hydrophobic threads over the entire cross-section of the tube.
US10335244B2
A medical cart having a chassis with a plurality of wheels attached thereto; a plurality of drawers supported on the chassis; a temperature-regulated compartment in the chassis; a locking bar pivotally attached to the chassis; a headwall mount attached to the chassis; a display mounted on the chassis; and a positionable task light attached to the chassis. Each drawer includes a drawer lock shiftable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The locking bar is shiftable between a locked position and an unlocked position so that the locking bar serves as a secondary safety lock for all the drawers and the door of the temperature-regulated compartment.
US10335236B1
A system and method creates a patient-specific surgical plan for use during a surgical procedure. The plan may reference an instrument for registering a portion of a patient during the procedure. The plan may be based on a computer-generated model of a portion of the patient's anatomy. The plan may be provided to a surgeon who uses the registration instrument to register the portion of the patient's anatomy according to the plan. Spatial location data for a plurality of points on the instrument and/or on the patient's anatomy may be obtained, and a patient-based coordinate system may be established using the registration instrument, the captured spatial location data or combinations thereof. The coordinate system may be used to attach one or more prosthetic components to the patient at locations and/or orientations specified in the plan.
US10335235B2
A steerable laser probe may include a handle having a handle, a housing sleeve, a first portion of the housing sleeve having a first stiffness, a second portion of the housing sleeve having a second stiffness, an actuation control of the handle, an optic fiber disposed in an inner bore of the handle and the housing sleeve, and a shape memory wire having a pre-formed curve. An actuation of the actuation control may be configured to gradually curve the housing sleeve and the optic fiber. An actuation of the actuation control may be configured to gradually straighten the housing sleeve and the optic fiber.
US10335232B2
A new configuration of Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) equipment includes a handpiece that allows the application of IPL directly to the eye and eyelid. The handpiece is sized and configured for precise digital manipulation. The invention also includes a distance guide for maintaining precise distances between the area to be treated and a crystal mounted in the handpiece. Eye shields protect the cornea and surrounding sclera during the application of IPL.
US10335231B2
A method of forming a microwave applicator comprising forming a body comprising dielectric material so that there is a void in the dielectric material, and depositing conductive material in the void to form a feed for coupling energy into the dielectric material.
US10335224B2
An apparatus and method for performing non-invasive treatment of the human face and body by electroporation in lieu of cosmetic surgery is provided. The apparatus comprises a high voltage pulse generator and an applicator having two or more electrodes in close mechanical and electrical contact with the patient's skin for applying the pulses to the patient's skin. The applicator may consist of two pieces with one electrode having a sharp tip and another having a flat surface. High voltage pulses delivered to the electrodes create at the tip of the sharp electrode an electric field high enough to cause death of relatively large subcutaneous fat cells by electroporation. Moving the electrode tip along the skin creates a line of necrotic subcutaneous fat cells, which later are metabolized by the body. Multiple applications of the electrode along predetermined lines on the face or neck create shrinkage of the skin and the subcutaneous fat volume underlying the treated area.
US10335221B2
Methods and devices for treating nasal airways are provided. Such devices and methods may improve airflow through an internal and/or external nasal valve, and comprise the use of mechanical re-shaping, energy application and other treatments to modify the shape, structure, and/or air flow characteristics of an internal nasal valve, an external nasal valve or other nasal airways.
US10335212B2
The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to orthopedic implantable device technology, and more specifically to variable angle implantable devices, systems, and methods.
US10335209B2
A rod inserter tool for inserting a rod into a surgical site, and a rod inserter tool assembly is provided. The tool includes a handle disposed at a proximal end of a shaft. An interior rod actuates the rod so as to rotate the rod generally 90 degrees. In one embodiment, the rod inserter tool includes a rack-and-pinion mechanism that is configured to slide out of the shaft and to rotate the rod about an axis orthogonal to the shaft. In another embodiment, the interior rod is rotatably coupled to the rod so as to rotate the rod when driven axially. In one embodiment, the handle is threaded to an interior of the shaft.
US10335206B2
Devices and methods for coupling first and second adjacent vertebrae. The device includes a first coupling element and a second coupling element. The first coupling element has a first body portion for receiving a first bone fastener and an elongate rod portion extending transversely from the first body portion. The second coupling element has a second body portion for receiving a second bone fastener and an extension portion extending transversely from the second body portion. The extension portion defines a recess sized and configured to receive the rod portion of the first coupling element. When unlocked, the rod portion is moveable in the recess to allow for rotational and translational movement of the first and second coupling elements. When locked, the relative position of the first and second coupling elements is fixed.
US10335201B2
A bone fastener comprises a first member defining an implant cavity. A first part is disposed with the implant cavity and engageable with an implant. A second member is configured to penetrate tissue and includes a mating surface engageable with the first member such that the members are expandable. Implants, spinal constructs, systems, instruments and methods are disclosed.
US10335200B2
A pivotal bone anchor assembly includes a shank, a receiver with an open channel in communication with a central bore, and a pressure insert with an upwardly-facing seating surface for receiving an elongate rod. The receiver bore includes a downwardly-facing surface below a closure top mating feature and one or more integral structures protruding inwardly toward a central longitudinal axis. The insert includes one or more notches formed into an outer side surface and an upwardly-facing surface positioned radially outward from the seating surface. Upon installation into the receiver bore, the insert is rotatable about the longitudinal axis until the insert upwardly-facing surface is rotated under the receiver downwardly-facing surface to inhibit upward movement of the insert within the receiver bore along the longitudinal axis and the receiver inwardly-protruding structures become positioned within the insert outer notches to prevent further rotation of the insert within the receiver bore.
US10335194B2
An impact or extension handle for a needle assembly such as a Jamshidi needle can include an attachment portion and a handle portion. The impact or extension handle can also include an impact strikeplate. The attachment portion is configured to couple to the Jamshidi needle. A user can use the impact or extension handle to manipulate the position or angle of the needle assembly. A user can tap a mallet or similar instrument on the impact strikeplate to drive the needle assembly into a target location in a patient's body. The impact or extension handle can allow the user to hold his or her hands out of the way of equipment used during the procedure and away from potentially harmful radiation from imaging equipment used during the procedure.
US10335193B2
A Retrograde Entry Antegrade Placement (REAP™) method and apparatus facilitate the antegrade (i.e., in the direction of blood flow) placement of endovascular devices for treatment of lower extremity arterial disease. Initially, a retrograde entry is made into the arterial system of a patient at an entry point with a curved needle, which then exits at an exit point proximal to the entry point, with a first wire then passed through the lumen of the curved needle. From the skin exit point, a Dual-Lumen Access Director (DAD) device is advanced in the antegrade direction down the first wire in a first lumen and enters the CFA 1 lumen. A second wire is passed down a second lumen in the DAD device and follows the SFA lumen in the antegrade direction. The DAD device is removed, and a standard dilator and sheath is inserted over the second wire and the endovascular treatment begins.
US10335192B2
A monitoring apparatus for monitoring an ablation procedure applied to an object comprises an ultrasound signal providing unit for providing an ultrasound signal. The ultrasound signal is produced by sending ultrasound pulses out to the object, by subsequently receiving dynamic echo series after the ultrasound pulses have been reflected by the object, and finally by generating the ultrasound signal depending on the received dynamic echo series, whereby ultrasound scattering properties of the object are determined that represent blood perfusion. The monitoring apparatus further comprises an ablation depth determination unit for determining an ablation depth from the provided ultrasound signal.
US10335183B2
A control system for a surgical robot is disclosed. The control system includes a controller, a sensor, a feedback device, a first socket, and a stand-alone input device. The handheld user interface may control a function of a robotic surgical system and is coupled to the sensor and the controller. The sensor is coupled to the controller. The feedback device is coupled to the controller and is configured to provide feedback associated with the robotic surgical system to a user. The controller is communicatively coupleable to the robotic surgical system and is configured to send robot control signals to the robotic surgical system, to receive feedback signals from the robotic surgical system, and to send feedback control signals to the feedback device to control the feedback provided to the user. The controller is configured to couple to a stand-alone input device through the first socket.
US10335182B2
Various embodiments are directed to articulatable surgical instruments and surgical systems comprising articulatable surgical instruments. Some embodiments comprise an end effector to treat tissue, where the end effector comprises an ultrasonic blade. A hollow shaft may extend proximally from the end effector along a longitudinal axis. A waveguide may extend through the hollow shaft and may be acoustically coupled to the ultrasonic blade. The waveguide may comprise a distally positioned flange positioned within the hollow shaft proximally from the ultrasonic blade and may be held stationary at a first pivot point positioned within the hollow shaft proximally from the flange. A reciprocatable wedge may be configured to interact with the flange to cause the ultrasonic blade to pivot about the first pivot point in a first direction.
US10335179B2
Methods and devices are provided having a locking mechanism configured to selectively prevent actuation of the surgical device, e.g., opening and closing of jaws at a distal end of the device, moving a cutting element of the device, etc. In an exemplary embodiment, a device is provided having a closure lever actuator that can move between an open position and an actuated position, thereby opening and closing, respectively, jaws at the distal end of the device. In addition, the device can include a knife trigger that is configured to move a cutting element through the jaws. The device can further include a knife lockout feature that can prevent actuation of the knife trigger until the closure lever is in the actuated position.
US10335178B2
A surgical grasping instrument is provided which includes a body portion having an elongate tubular member extending from the body portion and a jaw assembly movably mounted on a distal end of the elongate tubular member. The jaw assembly includes first and second jaws having arcuate grasping portions for securely grasping a circular surgical stapler anvil shaft. The jaw assembly is mounted on a movable head portion which is movable relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongate tubular member to rotate and articulate the jaw assembly relative to the longitudinal axis to manipulate the anvil within the body of a patient.
US10335169B2
An orthopedic driver includes a drivetrain having a driven end and a second end opposite the driven end, the drivetrain defining a first axis; an instrument connector rotatably coupled to the second end of the drivetrain and defining a second axis angled relative to the first axis; an angling bushing associated with the instrument connector; and a housing having a straight portion covering at least a portion of the drivetrain and an angled portion connected to the straight portion, the angled portion interacting with the angling bushing to hold the instrument connector angled relative to the drivetrain.
US10335166B2
A surgical bur including flutes and lands. Each of the flutes includes a cutting edge, rake surfaces and a clearance surface. The rake surfaces of one of the flutes are decoupled from each other. Each of the lands is disposed between a pair of the flutes.
US10335163B2
An orthopedic surgical instrument includes a polymer 4-in-2 cutting instrument having a number of metallic cutting guides secured thereto. An A/P femoral cutting block of the instrument is removably secured to the instrument's chamfer femoral cutting block.
US10335160B1
A tourniquet belt including a first, second, third, fourth, and fifth elongate fabric member, belt fastener, and windlass. The second elongate fabric member having a stiffness greater than the stiffness of the first elongate fabric member and affixed to the first elongated fabric member along a tourniquet portion. The third elongate fabric member secured to the first elongate fabric forming a first pocket with an opening proximate the tourniquet portion. The fourth elongate fabric member secured to the first elongate fabric member forming a second pocket having an opening proximate the tourniquet portion. The fifth elongate fabric member carried within the first pocket, extending through the first and second pocket openings, across the tourniquet portion, and carried within the second pocket. The belt fastener secured to the first end of the first elongate fabric member. The windlass carried by the fifth elongate fabric member along the tourniquet portion.
US10335156B2
An embolic coil configured with a self-adaptive floating diameter in a relaxed condition substantially assuming the shape of the inner surface of the vessel at the site of an embolization procedure. The embolic coil comprises a distal end having an anchoring loop for anchoring at the site, a proximal end with a loop for detaching from a gripper assembly adapted to deliver to the site, a primary framing coil formed of a plurality of primary omega curves extending between the proximate and distal ends, and a secondary filling coil arrangement formed from a plurality of secondary omega curves that follow the trajectory of the plurality of primary omega curves along the longitudinal length of the embolic coil between the proximate and distal ends. The embolic coil conforms to the diameter of the aneurysm sac enabling retractability and rapid disconnect detachment for such embolic coil advantageously requiring fewer embolic coils.
US10335154B2
An embolization device may include a fiber section having a plurality of polymeric electrospun fibers and, optionally, a contrast agent. An embolization device may further include a plurality of fiber sections, wherein each fiber section is separated by a linker. A method of deploying such an embolization device may include inserting the embolization device into a vessel. The method may further include applying an electrical current to one or more of the linkers, applying electrothermal heat to at least a portion of the device, or applying force to at least a portion of a delivery vehicle for the device. A method of manufacturing the device may include electrospinning a fiber section, and processing the fiber section by straining, twisting, heating, or shaping it.
US10335149B2
A surgical stapling instrument comprising an elongate shaft that includes a surgical end effector that is operably coupled thereto by an articulation joint. The surgical instrument may include a central firing beam support member that extends across the articulation joint and is coupled to the surgical end effector and the elongate shaft assembly. A longitudinally movable flexible firing beam assembly may be configured to traverse the articulation joint. The firing beam assembly may comprise a plurality of beam layers that are supported relative to each other such that at least one of the beam layers is configured to movably pass on one lateral side of the central firing beam support member and at least one other of the beam layers is configured to movably pass on another lateral side of the firing beam support m member.
US10335147B2
A surgical instrument comprises a body, shaft, and end effector. The shaft couples the end effector and body together. The end effector comprises an anvil and lower jaw configured to receive a surgical staple cartridge. The anvil is configured to pivot toward and away from the staple cartridge and lower jaw. The shaft assembly comprises a knife member configured to longitudinally translate to thereby substantially simultaneously cut clamped tissue and staple the severed tissue. The end effector may comprise lockout features configure to prevent longitudinal translation of the knife member. The end effector or staple cartridge may comprise lockout bypass features configured to prevent lockout of the knife member. These lockout bypass features may operate to permit longitudinal translation of the knife member once or multiple times. The end effector may comprise features configured to ensure proper alignment of the anvil relative to the staple cartridge.
US10335143B2
The present invention, in accordance with various embodiments thereof, relates to a surgical device for at least one of cutting and stapling a section of tissue. The surgical device includes a housing including at least two drivers. The surgical device also includes an anvil mechanically attachable to the housing and moveable relative to the housing between an open position and a closed position. The first driver operates to move the anvil relative to the housing to an intermediate position between the open position and the closed position. The second driver operates to move at least a portion of the housing relative to the anvil between the intermediate position and the closed position.
US10335142B2
A tissue closure device includes a needle and a suture extending therefrom, a proximal head including a proximal slot and a proximal locking mechanism for releasably engaging a first end of the needle in the proximal slot in a first configuration, and a distal head movably coupled to the proximal head so that the proximal and distal heads are movable relative to one another between an open configuration, in which a target tissue is received therebetween, and a closed configuration, in which the target tissue gripped therebetween. The distal head includes a distal slot and a distal locking mechanism for releasably engaging a second end of the needle in the distal slot in a second configuration, the needle movable between the first and second configurations by rotating the needle, the needle alternatingly passed between the proximal and distal heads to thread the suture through the target tissue.
US10335135B2
A fixing device for suture threads to be inserted into a bone tissue comprises: a first portion (11) provided with at least a first eyelet (10), slot or eye, through which at least a first suture thread (4) can be threaded; at least a second portion (12) destined to be coupled stably in a transosseus seating or hole (5) afforded in a cortical part thereof. The second portion (12) is elastically deformable in order to enable effective coupling to the seating or hole (5).
US10335125B2
A sterile cover assembly is for a biopsy device. The biopsy device includes a reusable holster including a housing and driving mechanism. The driving mechanism is for driving a cutter in a needle of a probe. The housing is adapted to releasably couple to the probe. The sterile cover assembly includes a sleeve and a flexible sterile cover. The sleeve is configured to receive at least a portion of the housing of the reusable holster. The sterile cover is coupled to the sleeve and is configured to cover the housing of the holster.
US10335122B2
A biopsy device includes a body, a needle, a cutter, and a tissue sample holder. The needle extends distally from the body. The cutter is longitudinally translatable relative to the needle and defines a cutter lumen. The tissue sample holder includes a rotatable member, an individual sample tray, and one or more bulk sample trays. The rotatable member defines a single chamber partially divided by a plurality of tray protrusions extending radially inwardly from a cylindrical wall of the rotatable member. The individual sample tray includes a single sample chamber that is configured to receive a single tissue sample. The bulk sample tray is configured to receive a plurality of tissue samples.
US10335121B2
A receiver for urine whether for taking sample or disposing thereof, includes an open-topped of saddle shape which approximates the configuration of thighs, labia or other convenient zone.
US10335098B2
In a panoramic imaging apparatus, a panoramic image is displayed on a monitor. The panoramic image is an image in which an overall dentition is in optimal focus, or an image in which a region of interest that is a portion of the image of the overall dentition is in optimal focus. Both images are reconstructed from frame data that has been collected by an initial first scan. Feature points of one or more teeth and a supporting portion that supports the tooth in the dentition in the panoramic image displayed on the monitor are designated. A length based on the positions of the designated feature points is measured in the panoramic image. The degree of loss in alveolar bone that supports the tooth is analyzed based on the measured length. The analysis information is provided to a dentist as check information regarding periodontal disease.
US10335095B2
A method is for local improvement of the image quality of an imaging X-ray acquisition. In an embodiment, the method includes localizing an imaging region of a structure; selecting an environment of the imaging region; setting an acquisition parameter for the environment of the imaging region, wherein the acquisition parameter for the environment of the imaging region is different from a region outside of the environment of the imaging region; and acquiring an image dataset.
US10335094B2
Methods, devices, apparatuses and systems are disclosed for performing mammography, such as utilizing tomosynthesis in combination with breast biopsy.
US10335092B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for creating a probabilistic healthcare value profile for a patient. One of the methods includes obtaining a current medical history including multiple current characteristics of a first patient having a first current age, obtaining multiple sets of age-correlated characteristics, each set corresponding to a different second patient, determining, for one or more sets of the age-correlated characteristics, that characteristics in at least a threshold portion of the respective age-correlated characteristics match one of the multiple current characteristics of the first patient, and generating a future probabilistic medical profile of the first patient, the future probabilistic medical profile including an aggregation of at least a portion of the age-correlated characteristics in the one or more sets, the aggregation including at least one non-matching age-correlated characteristic that does not match any of the current characteristics of the first patient.
US10335091B2
An apparatus for determining a non-apparent attribute of an object having a sensor portion with which the object makes contact and to which the object applies pressure. The apparatus has a computer in communication with the sensor portion that receives signals from the sensor portion corresponding to the contact and pressure applied to the sensor portion, and determines from the signals the non-apparent attribute. The apparatus has an output in communication with the computer that identifies the non-apparent attribute determined by the computer. A method for determining a non-apparent attribute of an object.
US10335089B1
Biocompatible stiffness enhanced pliable electrically conductive filaments configured for contact with living tissue and electrical communication with such tissue. The pliability of the filaments allows the distal end of the filaments to remain at the original site of penetration into the tissue despite the movement of the tissue relative to their surrounding environment. To temporarily stiffen the filaments, a soluble stiffness enhancing coating is disposed over the filaments. The coating may be in the form of a liquid which dries to a solid state after being applied to the filaments and renders the filaments sufficiently rigid such that under appropriate force, the filaments are capable of penetrating into dense tissue. Once in place, the stiffness enhancing coating dissolves due to contact with body fluids, the filaments, in the absence of such a coating, return to their initial pliability.
US10335088B2
A biometric information detecting apparatus includes a bio-signal measurer including a light-emitting unit and a light-receiving unit, the light-emitting unit configured to emit an optical signal and the light-receiving unit configured to detect the optical signal that is modulated by a target object; a low-frequency signal obtainer configured to obtain a low-frequency signal from the bio-signal measured by the bio-signal measurer; and a signal processor configured to analyze biometric information from the bio-signal in response to determining that the low-frequency signal obtained from the bio-signal is within a reference range.
US10335083B2
A system for monitoring biosignals of a user includes a first end region, positionable proximate a first ear of a user and including a first sensor array; a second end region, positionable proximate a second ear of the user and including a second sensor array; an intermediate region, positionable on a neck region of the user; a coupling element configured to couple the first and second end regions to the intermediate region; and a first attachment element and a second attachment element. The first attachment element couples the first end region to a head-mounted accessory and the second attachment element couples the second end region to the head-mounted accessory. The first end region includes a first electrode and the second end region includes a second electrode, such that there is a fixed distance between the first and second electrodes.
US10335072B2
A patient monitor has multiple sensors adapted to attach to tissue sites of a living subject. The sensors generate sensor signals that are responsive to at least two wavelengths of optical radiation after attenuation by pulsatile blood within the tissue sites.
US10335066B2
An inserter assembly for continuous glucose monitoring with medication delivery capability where the assembly has a deployment button containing a needle deployment mechanism having a sharp held in a pre-release position, a housing body in which the deployment button is movably received within a top end of the housing body, the housing body having a sensor deployment assembly containing a lumen and a sensor disposed within the lumen and extending out of the lumen to a circuit board that is part of the sensor deployment assembly, the sensor deployment assembly matingly connected to the sharp where the sharp extends beyond the sensor deployment assembly and contains the sensor not fixedly attached to the sharp, and a sensor housing releasably received within a lower end of the housing body, the sharp extending into a sensor deployment assembly recess within the sensor housing and directly above a sensor opening in a bottom of the sensor housing.
US10335062B2
An electronic device is provided which includes a housing including a first face that faces a first direction and a second face that faces a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, the housing including a transparent cover that forms at least a portion of the first face, a display disposed between the first face and the second face of the housing and exposed through the transparent cover, a fingerprint sensor disposed between the transparent cover and the display, a touch sensor disposed between the fingerprint sensor and the display, and a pressure sensor disposed between the display and the second face of the housing.
US10335061B2
A sensor system detects hand-to-mouth behavior. The system includes an electrical bio-impedance spectrometer and an inertial measurement unit. The sensor system may be worn on the forearm. The sensor system recognizes hand-to-mouth behavior in real-time, facilitating monitoring and immediate interventions An electrode positioning strategy optimizes the device's sensitivity and accuracy. Machine learning algorithms are leveraged to infer the hand-to-mouth detection. A prototype of the sensor system achieves 92% detection accuracy for recurrent usage by a single user and 90% accuracy for users that have not been previously encountered.
US10335057B2
Provided are, among other things, systems, apparatuses methods and techniques for performing a semi-autonomous and/or autonomous measurement of the depth of a hole drilled into bone during a medical/surgical procedure. One such apparatus is activated by a tactile command, provides a digital readout of hole depth, and includes a controller module, a stepper/encoder unit, a linear actuator, and a position sensor.
US10335047B2
In some examples, processing circuitry of a medical device system determines, for each of a plurality of periods, a plurality of heart rates of a patient based on a cardiac electrogram signal, and identifies a first subset of the plurality of heart rates as nighttime heart rates and a second subset of the plurality of heart rates as resting heart rates. The processing circuitry determines a representative nighttime heart rate based on the first subset of the plurality of heart rates, determines a representative resting heart rate based on the second subset of the plurality of heart rates, and determines a nocturnal dip base on the representative nighttime heart rate and the representative resting heart rate. The processing circuitry compares at least one of the representative nighttime heart rate, the representative resting heart rate, and the nocturnal dip in heart rate to a respective threshold value, and determines whether to generate an alert indicating a change in the cardiac function of the patient based on the comparison.
US10335024B2
The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to procedural space maintenance devices, medical device positioning devices, and devices that provide both procedural space maintenance and device positioning. Further embodiments relate to medical device insertion and/or retraction devices.
US10335023B2
An intubation assembly rod is configured to have an endotracheal tube carried thereon and includes an elongated body having a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end of the intubation assembly rod body is tapered, rounded, or spherical, and defines a leading end of the intubation assembly rod. The intubation assembly rod includes a longitudinally extending channel configured such that an elongated member of a device to which the intubation assembly rod may be attached may be inserted into the channel.
US10335016B2
The present invention relates to a reflective optical objective (1) comprising: —a first reflecting element (3) including a front surface (3a) and a hack surface (3b), the front surface (3a) including a convex reflecting surface (11); and —a second reflecting element (5) including a concave reflecting surface (13) facing the convex reflecting surface (11) of the first reflecting element (3), the second reflecting element (5) including a transmissive section (7) permitting electromagnetic radiation to pass through the concave reflecting surface (13) of the second reflecting element (5) to the first reflecting element (3). The reflective optical objective (1) is characterized in that the reflective optical objective (1) includes a carrier material (9) embedding at least the front surface (3a) of the first reflecting element (3) and defining the distance (d) between the first (3) and second (5) reflecting elements.
US10335008B1
The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for rinsing and disinfecting utensils, on demand, with a controller operating the components that deliver a pro-determined volume or timed flow of water, and exposure time of sanitizer(s) to the intended objects. The spray embodiment has high performance conical spray nozzle(s) controlled by a controller that reduces water usage and that may vary depending on the viscosity of the material to be eliminated. The recirculating embodiment has a recirculating water system, with a controller operating the components that recirculate water throughout the system until the turbidity exceeds a chosen threshold, and displace with fresh water until the turbidity returns to a lower threshold. The water resumes recirculation until it again exceeds the chose turbidity threshold and the water in the system is again displaced by fresh water. Both spray and recirculating embodiments can contain multiple rinse stations.
US10335006B2
A container may include a body portion having opposing open and closed ends, and a trapezoid-shaped longitudinal side extending laterally between the open and closed ends. The open end may include a latch portion extending laterally and being opposite to the trapezoid-shaped longitudinal side. The container may also include a handle coupled to the open end, and switchingly coupled to the latch portion.
US10335005B2
A robot cleaner includes a body to travel on a floor; an obstacle sensing unit to sense an obstacle approaching the body; an auxiliary cleaning unit mounted to a bottom of the body, to be extendable and retractable; and a control unit to control extension or retraction of the auxiliary cleaning unit when the obstacle is sensed. The control unit prevents the auxiliary cleaning unit from extending if a signal is received from a charger.
US10335003B2
Method for an autonomous cleaning apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: scanning a vicinity of an autonomous cleaning apparatus by means of at least one sensor; detecting an unreachable area, being unreachable by the autonomous cleaning apparatus; detecting a door in proximity to the unreachable area; detecting that the unreachable area is unreachable due to the positioning of the door wing; automatically moving the door wing, by the autonomous cleaning apparatus, in order to obtain access to and clean the unreachable area.
US10334995B1
The decorative cover for a paper towel roll and holder is configured for use with a paper towel roll. The decorative cover for a paper towel roll and holder is placed over the paper towel roll for decorative purposes. The paper towel roll may be mounted on a paper towel holder. The decorative cover for a paper towel roll and holder comprises a cylinder, a top cap, and a slot. The cylinder is defined with a vertical face, a superior base, and an inferior base. The vertical face encloses the paper towel roll. The top cap encloses the superior base of the cylinder. The slot is an aperture formed in the vertical face. The free end of the paper towel roll is threaded through the slot such that paper towels may be drawn out of the paper towel roll without removing the decorative cover for a paper towel roll and holder.
US10334994B1
A body scrubber holder apparatus including a rigid handle portion, a flexible body portion, and a holder portion including a holding aperture and designed to receive and retain a body scrubber. The holder portion includes retention pins extending transversely away from the body of the holder portion and into the holding aperture, such that the retention pins can fit into slots on a body scrubber or other device. The holder apparatus is shaped such that the strain force experienced by the apparatus is concentrated on the flexible body portion, which can flex when experiencing strain, and rebound to an original orientation when no longer experiencing strain. The strain force being concentrated on the body portion (as opposed to on the connection between the holder and the cleaning device) provides an advantage the strain force does not risk the breakage of the retention mechanism of the holder portion.
US10334993B1
A method of manufacturing a customized shower pan or floor includes the steps in which the desired shower stall area is measured to determine an outer periphery with regard to the existing drain in situ and then a shower pan mold is constructed with both an outer and a drain periphery. In a first embodiment, a resin/filler is poured partway in to the mold and then pre-cut tiles are placed in a desired manner on top of the resin while it cures. In a second embodiment, a single slab is poured with a resin/filler mixed with crushed or powdered stone, metal, or the like. The set shower pan is then placed and the drain periphery is grouted to the existing drain and plumbed.
US10334990B2
A cutting board with removable drip pan system includes at least one drip pan and a cutting board. The cutting board includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a back edge, and a pair of opposing sides, and is constructed from materials suitable for direct contact with food. A pair of guides is positioned along the bottom surface of the cutting board to receive the edges of the drip pan. A plurality of channels each having at least one aperture are positioned along the top surface to direct liquids from the top surface into the drip pan.
US10334978B1
A cutting tool is provided having a cupped, double-edged blade and a handle. The knife blade is configured to be generally “C”-shaped in cross-section, curving upwardly on opposing longitudinal sides from a central portion. A longitudinal edge of the curved blade may have a serrated cutting edge. A protective handle is disposed at a rear of the blade.
US10334975B2
A method and device for hanging a storage bag having a re-sealable mechanical seal having a clip with a generally elongate enclosure of the storage bag proximate the re-sealable mechanical seal. The clip arms are flexibly connected to a living hinge for enclosure of a storage bag which may be slid into and out of the rack via the interiorly positioned opposing parallel rails by contact between the lower side of the clip arms and the upper surface of the opposing rails. The clip arms and opposing parallel rails of the rack may be configured with recesses or ridges to lock the position of the clips within the rack during use. A top carrier aperture allows insertion of a carrier rod allowing multiple racks to be adjacently positioned. The rack may be configured with a fastener aperture to allow attachment of the rack to other structures.
US10334972B2
A modular poster print stretch frame for displaying a variety of sizes of poster prints. The modular poster print stretch frame may comprise a plurality of modular frame sections, each having a section body and two or more connectors disposed on at least two faces of the section body, each connector being configured to link the modular frame section to at least one other modular frame section. Modular frame sections may also include a plurality of retaining structures which may be used to retain a fabric sheet, such as a poster print. Some or all of the modular frame sections may be substantially identical to and interchangeable with each other, allowing for simple and easy assembly of the modular poster print stretch frame to a variety of sizes.
US10334964B2
A holder assembly for hanging goods to be displayed at a point of sale includes at least one elongated holding member at which goods are to be hanged and to be arranged in a row of goods one behind the other so that the hanging goods may be slid along the at least one elongated member to a removal position at an end of the at least one elongated member where a good may be removed from the at least one elongated holding member. The assembly further includes a carrier to which the at least one elongated holding member is mounted and at which an electronic detection element is provided. An electronic detection element of the holder assembly is configured to detect a displacement of the at least one elongated holding member from a first position to a second position for emitting at least one signal.
US10334960B2
A system and method for incorporating occupancy-detecting technology into furniture is provided. More particularly, the invention relates to detecting occupancy in a recliner using a sinuous wire detection array incorporated into a seat. Further embodiments of the invention are directed to a system and method for incorporating capacitance detection technology with one or more conductive features of a recliner mechanism. In some aspects, a sensor is provided based on coupling one or more conductive features to a control component of the capacitance detector control component. A controller may determine the corresponding response based on occupancy detection and/or presence detection. A processor may receive information regarding changes in capacitance and determines when a change in voltage satisfies a threshold. Based on a determination of occupancy and/or presence, a variety of corresponding features of the adjustable recliner may be activated.
US10334958B2
A pocketed spring assembly comprises first and second sheets of fabric and a plurality of parallel rows of springs held in place with the sheets. Longitudinal seams joining the first and second sheets extend generally the same direction as the rows of springs. Pockets are formed along a strand of springs by aligned separating seams. At least one spring is positioned in each pocket. Each separating seam joins one of the sheets to itself and keeps the spring in its pocket. Ends of aligned separating seams are spaced from each other, thereby improving airflow between pockets. Openings between adjacent longitudinal seams further improve airflow.
US10334956B2
The invention relates to a one-piece suspension device for interposing between a mattress and a support structure. The device includes a platform defining a bearing plane for the mattress, a fastener point for fastening to the support structure, and a resilient section. The resilient section is more resilient than the platform in a direction perpendicular to the bearing plane and it is interposed between the platform and the fastener point in the direction perpendicular to the bearing plane to absorb compression forces. The one-piece suspension device is shaped such that any axis perpendicular to the bearing plane and passing through the one-piece suspension device intersects the one-piece suspension device along a single intersection segment. The resilient section has at least two elastic hinges with different flexibilities.
US10334955B2
A modular mattress foundation comprises multiple sections which may be secured together quickly and easily so that the mattress foundation may be easily broken down into pieces for storage or transportation. Each section has a ladder-like shape. In one embodiment, each side section is generally L-shaped having curved members. A middle ladder extends parallel the sides and may be secured to the outer frame in any known manner. Deck members extend transversely and pass through the middle ladder.
US10334944B2
A shelving system includes first and second side members. A cross member is coupled to the side members. A guide member is coupled to the cross member such that the guide member is movable relative to the cross member. A container including a rail is coupled to the guide member. The rail includes a first locking element and a second locking element that is connected to the first locking element. The container includes a handle having a third locking element that engages the first locking element. The locking elements are configured to move the container between a first orientation in which the container is provisionally fixed to the guide member and a second orientation in which the container can translate relative to the guide member.
US10334943B2
A table for concealing one or more power adapters, each power adapter having a power cord, includes a frame, at least one table top supported by the frame, a volume at least partially concealed by the table top, at least one power outlet disposed within the volume for receiving the one or more power adapters, and at least one cord organizing member operably associated with one or more power cords, each cord organizing member being disposed at least partially within the volume for organizing the one or more power cords.
US10334930B2
This invention is a product used in the delivery of a sanitization agent for sanitizing the under-the-fingernail (UTF) region. This product allows for: the keeping of a sanitization agent to be applied through the use of a nib; access to disposable nibs and a digger to remove objects in the UTF region. The sanitizing agent is applied through the nib for sanitization and disinfection of bacteria, viruses, common germs and other bodily-infecting agents.
US10334923B2
A carrier apparatus for supporting a garment includes a hanger having first and second arm elements that project radially outwardly from a central hanging axis and which are connected by a hinged coupling which allows the first and second arm elements to be folded around said central axis or axes parallel to said central hanging axis to thereby substantially overlie one another.
US10334920B1
An umbrella holder and stabilization system for hands-free holding of an umbrella includes a housing having a plurality of walls that, collectively, define an interior space, and a top wall defining an opening for receiving the handle of the umbrella into the interior space. The system includes a neck strap having opposed ends and a fastener coupling the ends so to form a loop. At least one clamp is coupled to the neck strap that is slidable along an extent of the neck strap and is operable to releasably capture the pole of the umbrella. A belt includes a strap having opposed ends that is selectively attachable about one of a user's chest or a user's waist. A connector strap may extend between the torso belt and neck strap. Thus, an umbrella is secured in the housing and held upright without use of a user's hands.
US10334907B2
A shoe having a bio foot pad, including a plurality of circumferential elastic fibers surrounded by a viscoelastic material; wherein said fibers impart a biphasic characteristic to said viscoelastic material; and wherein said fibers under compression develop a plurality of hoop stresses to facilitate load conversion and distribution of axial forces exerted against a heel area of a user.
US10334906B1
Presented are intelligent electronic footwear and apparel with controller-automated features, methods for making/operating such footwear and apparel, and control systems for executing automated features of such footwear and apparel. A method for automating a collaborative operation between an intelligent electronic shoe (IES) and an intelligent transportation management (ITM) system includes receiving, via a detection tag attached to the IES shoe structure, a prompt signal from a transmitter-detector module communicatively connected to a traffic system controller of the ITM system. In reaction to the received prompt signal, the detection tag transmits a response signal to the transmitter-detector module. The traffic system controller uses the response signal to determine a location of the IES's user, and the current operating state of a traffic signal proximate the user's location. The traffic system controller transmits a command signal to the traffic signal to switch from the current operating state to a new operating state.
US10334902B2
Attachment systems for releasably securing an accessory to an article, such as a helmet, are disclosed. In one embodiment, an attachment system includes an attachment plate that includes engaging features which engage corresponding engagement features on an attachment base. At least one of the engaging features on the attachment plate is associated with a flexible member, and is movable between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration via deformation of the flexible member. A pair of grips are provided on opposing ends of the flexible member, and the grips are pressed toward one another to move the movable engaging feature between the locked and unlocked configurations.
US10334900B2
A releasable closure having a first structure that encapsulates a magnetic composition based on magnetic particles, such as a smart fluid of the group electrorheological fluid, magnetorheological fluid, ferrofluid, or that is formed of a printable composition with dispersed magnetic particles. The first structure is magnetically attracted and thereby joinable to an opposing, second structure, with the first and second structures forming the releasable closure.
US10334897B2
A formulation for coating surfaces, for example gloves, with a tacky film comprises a hydrophobically modified biopolymer, where the hydrophobic modifications of the biopolymer correspond to between 1 and 90% of available functional groups, a plasticizer, and a volatile solvent. The formulation quickly dries into a tacky film that provides an enhanced friction of the surface.
US10334875B2
A filter for a cigarette comprises a porous fitter rod and a material sheet wrapped around the filter rod and a cellulose acetate thread formed from substantially uncrimped cellulose acetate filaments. The cellulose acetate thread is positioned within the filter rod and extends along the central axis of the filter rod.
US10334869B2
Methods for increasing the levels of avenanthramides in oats through false malting is disclosed. Oats are first subject to induction or enhancement of a secondary dormancy, and then malted for up to 5 days at an elevated temperature. The malted but not germinated oats are then dried and used as is, or further processed or milled to produce food, feed, nutraceutical or personal care products and ingredients. Methods are also provided for rendering non-dormant oats dormant and thus suitable for false malting.
US10334856B2
The present specification discloses pest control compositions, articles of manufacture, containers or kits comprising such compositions, and methods and uses to control a population of invertebrate pests from a mammal, location, plant, structure treated of such pest control compositions.
US10334855B2
Methods for improving the ability of a population of biological agents to compete and survive in a field setting are provided. The improved, modified population of agents is able to grow, compete with other microbial strains and fungi, and provide protection for plants from pathogens. Modified biological agents and modified populations of such agents that are herbicide tolerant or resistant are selected or engineered. In this manner, the protection from disease-causing agents is enhanced. Such modified populations can be added to soils to prevent fungal pathogens and the associated diseases thereby promoting plant growth. The present invention is useful for enhancing the competitiveness of modified biological agents particularly over other microbial agents which are not herbicide resistant. Disclosed compositions include selected or engineered herbicide resistant biological agents and modified populations of biocontrol agents. These modified biological agents can be used as an inoculant or seed coating for plants and seeds.
US10334853B2
Compositions suitable for topical use to treat ectoparasite infestations are described. The compositions are suitable for use on the hair of humans or animals, without the need for pharmaceuticals or medicaments. The compositions are essentially nonaqueous and non-Newtonian, such that the compositions can be controllably delivered either manually or through use of a dispensing means. One such exemplary dispenser/applicator is described. Although the compositions are otherwise substantially free of water, they exhibit good risibility characteristics and pseudoplastic rheology. Methods for the use of the nonaqueous compositions and kits containing the compositions are also presented.
US10334852B2
This disclosure relates to pyrido-1,3-oxazine-2,4-diones of Formula I and their use as fungicides.
US10334847B2
The present invention provides antifungal compositions, and in particular, to antifungal formulations comprising a combination of an antifungal active agent and an AOX inhibitor for use in treating fungal infections in plants and animals.
US10334845B2
The invention provides analogs of (S)-germacrene D analog which have improved insect repellent properties compared to (S)-germacrene D analog or which have insect attractant properties.
US10334841B2
An electrical deterrent system including a pulse generator, power source, and substrates with accompanying electrodes for attaching to different types of surfaces and supports on various manufactured structures to repel pinnipeds from a manufactured or man-made structure that otherwise is not intended for pinniped use.
US10334836B2
An insect trap is provided. The insect trap includes a flexible bag having a first edge and a second edge that are connected together at a seam. The insect trap also includes a nozzle secured between the edges adjacent the seam. The nozzle has a tube defining a passageway for insects into the bag and a fin providing a transition for the edges extending over the tube from the seam.
US10334834B2
The disclosed technology includes an apparatus and method for applying a fishing sinker directly to a fishing line. In one implementation, the apparatus comprises a lower lever, an upper lever configured to rotate around an axis of a hinge in a direction toward the lower lever, and a jaw located on a first end of the upper lever and terminating with a tooth, the tooth configured to move into an aperture in the lower lever to compress the fishing sinker located in the lower lever into a closed position around a fishing line.
US10334832B2
A fishing reel that may be used in connection with bowfishing is disclosed having a housing with a generally cylindrical first portion with an aperture disposed about a center top portion of the cylindrical first portion. The housing has a generally cylindrical second portion disposed about a bottom of the first portion. The second portion of the housing has an outer perimeter that is less than an outer perimeter of the first portion of the housing. A crank arm is disposed about a side of the housing, said crank arm having a mount that is disposed perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the housing. A handle is disposed about a bottom of the second portion, said handle having a post disposed coaxial with a center of the aperture and a grip coupled to the post and disposed perpendicular to the post.
US10334831B2
A fishing net includes a hoop formed of a section of tubing bent to a loop-like configuration, the hoop defining a net opening. An elongate handle is secured to the hoop at a proximal portion thereof, and a net bag is supported on the hoop. The hoop is formed with a cross-sectional profile that varies along at least a portion of the length of the section of tubing. A method of forming a hoop for a fishing net is also provided.
US10334829B2
The present invention features a knock-in mouse comprising a mutation in an endogenous CRBN locus and methods of use thereof.
US10334827B2
A combination night light and aquarium is disclosed having a bowl including a body portion, a bottom portion connected to the body portion, and a neck portion at a top of the bowl defining an opening at the top of the bowl, wherein the bottom portion is dimensioned to fit on the central portion when the bowl is placed on top of the base; a lid dimensioned to fit over the first opening at the top of the bowl, wherein the lid includes an inner edge portion defining an opening through the lid; and a hollow member removably or fixedly attached to the lid, the member extending into the bowl and dimensioned to receive light emitted by the one or more lighting elements when the lid is placed on top of the bowl.
US10334825B2
A harness (10) for pets, typically for dogs (30), comprises a first elongate and shaped front strap (11) designed to be fitted on the chest area, a second elongate and shaped rear strap (12) designed to be fitted on the abdominal area, and an element (13) connecting the above-mentioned first (11) and second (12) straps, designed to be fitted on the animal's back. Each end of the front strap (11) is connected to a corresponding end of the rear strap and to an end of the connecting element (13) at a pin (16, 17) which allows the straps (11, 12) to move relative to each other adapting anatomically to the body of the animal and thus forming a harness suitable for animals of different sizes.
US10334823B2
The present invention is a functional communication lexigram device and training method for operation thereof that animals autonomously operate to initiate communication to “voice” their choices to (a) the people around them using recorded spoken words or sounds (or other detectable cue) and/or to (b) wired, wireless or internet connected accessory devices receiving an output signal from the device. The invention includes the method for training the human and the animal how to operate the device using operant conditioning techniques. Using the training method, the animal is taught to press or touch button-like modalities that are identified by visual-tactile-auditory cues and by position in a fixed array and to associate pressing each of the particular button-like modalities with particular positive consequences. The device is used by animals to initiate a communicative interaction with humans; it provides humans with an easily understood cue to meet an animal's needs to improve caregiving, and it provides the animal with more autonomy, choices, and control over environmental features important to it.
US10334822B2
A behavioral training aid comprising: (a) a body; (b) a tract including: (i) a tract locking mechanism that secures the tract to an outer surface of the body; and (ii) a tract insert removably attached to the tract locking mechanism; (c) one or more legs extending from the body; and (d) one or more base supports extending from a distal end of the one or more legs; wherein the tract insert is configured to receive a receptacle so that the receptacle is elongated and forms a depository within the body.
US10334817B2
A bed for at least one animal is provided. The bed includes a strip of belting having a front end, a back end, and opposing sides, an animal bed having a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber. The first fluid chamber is provided within the strip of belting and includes a first width extending between a first side and a second side of the first fluid chamber. The second fluid chamber is provided within the strip of belting and includes a second width extending between a first side and a second side of the second fluid chamber. A first fluid supply tube is in fluid connection with the first chamber, and a second fluid supply tube is in fluid connection with the second chamber, wherein the first and second chambers are fluidly isolated from one another. A method of preparing for use a bed for at least one animal is also provided. In addition, a system for using a bed for at least one animal is also provided.
US10334788B2
A baler having a compression system for forming a bale. The baler also has a feed system having a pack mode for accumulating the crop in a pre-compression chamber and a lift mode for conveying the crop to the compression system. The baler also has a sensor arrangement having at least one sensor generating a signal, the at least one sensor being coupled to the feed system. The signal corresponds to a crop load on the feed system. A control unit is configured to receive the signal from the sensor arrangement and initiate the lift mode based on at least the signal.
US10334787B2
A device for controlling an outlet flap of a baler in at least one manual and one automatic mode includes an outlet flap drive, a first and a second pressure line via which the outlet flap drive is selectively charged with pressure, a first pressure measuring apparatus operatively connected to the first pressure line, and a second pressure measuring apparatus operatively connected to the second pressure line. A distributor valve is connected to the first and second pressure lines downstream of the first and second pressure measuring apparatus. The distributor valve is disposable in a first pass-through position, a second pass-through position, and a shut-off position. In an automatic mode, the distributor valve is disposed in a predetermined position dependent on a pressure difference between the pressures in the first and second pressure lines.
US10334784B2
A stripper plate system includes a first stripper plate movably mounted to a frame, a second stripper plate movably mounted to the frame in an opposing orientation to the first stripper plate, and an elongated gap in-between the first and second stripper plates. A first tensioning mechanism biases a proximal end of the first stripper plate toward a center of the elongated gap, a second tensioning mechanism biases a distal end of the first stripper plate toward the center of the elongated gap, a third tensioning mechanism biases a proximal end of the second stripper plate toward the center of the elongated gap, and a fourth tensioning mechanism biases a distal end of the second stripper plate toward the center of the elongated gap. A biasing force of the first and third tensioning mechanisms is lower than a biasing force of the second and fourth tensioning mechanisms.
US10334782B2
A grass collection chute fastener includes a lever that tensions a strap that engages the grass collection chute and mower deck. A hook attached to the strap is insertable into a hole adjacent a side discharge opening of a multi-blade mower deck to secure the grass collection chute over the side discharge opening by rotating the lever to an over center position.
US10334779B2
A hand-held cutting device (10) may include an elongated member (45) graspable along a portion thereof by an operator, a trimmer head (25) disposed at one end of the elongated member (45) and configured to be rotatable to perform a cutting function using trimmer line (70) held at a portion of the trimmer head (25), a power unit operably coupled to the trimmer head (25) to selectively cause rotation of the trimmer head, and a trim shield (65) disposed to extend away from the elongate member (45) to a position radially outward relative to the trimmer head (25) proximate to at least a portion of a path traced by a distal end of the trimmer line (70) when the trimmer head is rotated. The trim shield (65) may include a first housing portion (100) disposed on one side of a longitudinal centerline (120) of the device, a second housing portion (110) disposed on an opposite side of the longitudinal centerline (120) and substantially symmetrical relative to the first housing portion, a cutter mount (130) and a cutter member (140). The cutter mount (130) may be disposed at the longitudinal centerline (120) on an interior portion of the trim shield (65) proximate to an intersection of the first housing portion (100) and second housing portion (110). The cutting member (140) may be operably coupled to the cutter mount (130) with substantially equal portions of the cutting member (140) extending to respective opposing sides of the longitudinal centerline (120).
US10334778B2
A hand-held cutting device (10) including an elongated member (45) graspable along a portion thereof by an operator, a trimmer head (25) disposed at one end of the elongated member, and a power unit operably coupled to the trimmer head to selectively cause rotation of the trimmer head, wherein the trimmer head comprises a line holding assembly (110) to hold and selectively release the trimmer line (70) and a housing to house the line holding assembly, wherein the line holding assembly includes a core (340) having a first portion (342) and a second portion (350), and a spool (130) configured to hold trimmer line that is operably coupled to the core, and wherein the second portion of the core is non-rotatably fixed to the first portion of the core when the trimmer head is in an at-rest state, and is rotatable with respect to the first position of the core when the trimmer head is in an in-use state and rotating.
US10334775B2
A metering and mixing system of solid particulates for a rotary seed dispenser in agricultural equipment for sowing, wherein the rotary seed dispenser is mounted under a seed feeder. The rotary seed dispenser is driven at the bottom by a planter drive system, which provides rotation to a spinning disc provided with a number of calibrated orifices through which the seeds housed in the disc orifices fall on a given point of the agricultural equipment. The metering and mixing system of solid particulates includes a solid particulate feeder that is positioned between the seed feeder and the rotary seed dispenser.
US10334773B2
A single seed dispenser for a precision automatic sower includes a cover for seeds to be distributed joined to a body containing a cavity in communication with an aspirator of the seeds via a conduit inserted in a hole on the body, a distribution disc with holes contained in a compartment delimited by the body and by the cover; a driving disc joined through pins to the distribution disc, both discs being put into rotation by a shaft actuated by an actuator for commanding rotation of the discs; and a selector device for the seeds pivoted on the edge of the body. The selector device includes a plate which presents at least two toothed portions, having teeth of different sizes and a curved sector mounted against the surface of the distribution disc opposite to the plate and has protrusions having inclined surface facing the distribution disc.
US10342167B2
A rearview assembly having a circuit board. A grounded heat sink is proximate the circuit board. A thermal pad is disposed between and in abutting contact with the circuit board and the grounded heat sink. An electromagnetic shield includes a plurality of spring tabs disposed about a periphery of the electromagnetic shield.
US10342163B2
A data center cooling system includes a plurality of server racks aligned within a row in a human-occupiable workspace of a data center, the server racks supporting a plurality of heat-generating computing devices; a warm air aisle positioned adjacent the server racks opposite the human-occupiable workspace and including a warm air inlet adjacent to a back side of the row of server racks and a warm air outlet in fluid communication with a warm air plenum; a plurality of cooling modules each including at least one fan and a cooling coil; and a controller to perform operations including controlling the plurality of fans in the plurality of cooling modules to operate at a specified fan speed, and controlling a plurality of valves fluidly coupled to the plurality of cooling coils in the plurality of cooling modules to modulate to a specified valve position.
US10342159B2
A liquid heat-dissipating assembly has a heat-guiding tube assembly, multiple heat-dissipating units, and at least one heat-dissipating tube. The heat-guiding tube assembly has a first tube, a second tube, and a separating segment. The first tube has at least one first channel. The second tube has at least one second channel. The separating segment is mounted between the first tube and the second tube. The heat-dissipating units are connected with the heat-guiding tube assembly, and each heat-dissipating unit has a heat-dissipating body, a first pipe, and a second pipe. The heat-dissipating body has a passage. The first pipe is connected with the passage and the at least one first channel. The second pipe is connected with the passage and the at least one second channel. The at least one heat-dissipating tube is connected with the at least one second channel of the second tube.
US10342145B2
Disclosed is a substrate holding structure including: a cylindrical side wall portion that forms an accommodating space; a holding wall portion protruding inward of the accommodating space from the side wall portion; a plurality of press fit terminals held by the holding wall portion, protruding toward an opening of the side wall portion, and pressedly inserted into holes of a substrate accommodated in the accommodating space; and a flexible arm portion protruding toward the opening from a position closer to the side wall portion than the press fit terminals of the holding wall portion, have flexibility, and having a hook portion configured to lock a surface on the opening side of the substrate, wherein distal end positions of the press fit terminals and the arm portion are closer to the holding wall portion than an end surface on the opening side of the side wall portion.
US10342138B2
A chip part includes a substrate having a first main surface on one side thereof and a second main surface on the other side thereof, a functional device famed at a first main surface side of the substrate, an external terminal formed at the first main surface side of the substrate and electrically connected to the functional device, and a light diffusion reflection structure formed at a second main surface side of the substrate and diffusely reflecting light irradiated toward the second main surface of the substrate.
US10342130B2
A mounted structure includes an electronic component including external electrodes, a wiring substrate including lands, and joint portions composed of a solder joint material and configured to join the external electrodes and the lands. The external electrodes respectively include coatings that cover a principal surface of a body, which is opposed to the wiring substrate, and coatings that cover end surfaces of the body, which are opposed to each other in the length direction. A distance De between the coatings in the length direction and a distance Dl between the lands in the length direction satisfy a condition of 0.91≤Dl/De≤1.09.
US10342125B2
A multilayer substrate includes a laminate, signal conductors, and external connection conductors. The signal conductors are at different positions in a lamination direction of the laminate. The external connection conductors are provided on a back surface of the laminate. A first signal conductor is connected at one end to one of the external connection conductors by a first wiring conductor. A second signal conductor is connected at one end to one of the external connection conductors by a second wiring conductor. The first signal conductor is closer to the back surface than the second signal conductor. The first wiring conductor includes wiring adjusting conductors each having a length corresponding to a distance difference in the lamination direction between the first and second signal conductors.
US10342124B2
Provided is a display device or an input/output device in which reflection of outside light is reduced. The display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first surface. A transistor is over the first surface. The second substrate includes a second surface. A first structure having a projection, a second structure having a projection, a black matrix covering the first structure and the second structure, and a color filter are over the second surface. The first surface faces the second surface. The black matrix has a plurality of projections reflecting the projection of the first structure and the projection of the second structure. A planar shape of the first structure is different from a planar shape of the second structure.
US10342110B1
A plasma power generator wherein a plasma is generated by subjecting oxygen (O2) to a strong electromagnetic field. The oxygen plasma enters a chamber and is combined with free electrons from an electron-donation element thereby producing heat.
US10342106B1
A smart dimming system includes: a server communicated with a control device; a Bluetooth series interface control module; a first series dimming control module electrically connected to a first light-emitting diode lamp module; and a second series dimming control module electrically connected to a second light-emitting diode lamp module. One of the first series dimming control module and the second series dimming control module is electrically connected to the Bluetooth series interface control module. A dimming control signal is transmitted to the server, the server provides a Bluetooth control signal to the Bluetooth series interface control module according to the dimming control signal, and the Bluetooth series interface control module provides a series dimming signal to one of the first series dimming control module and the second series dimming control module to dim light of the first light-emitting diode lamp module and the second light-emitting diode lamp module.
US10342100B2
Systems and methods described herein provide examples of an electrical panel (e.g., a modular electrical panel) that is configured to control a plurality of electrical loads. The electrical panel may include a control circuit, memory, a communication circuit, and an alternating current (AC) line feed and/or a direct current (DC) line feed. The electrical panel may also include a plurality of power supplies and a plurality of control modules, where more than one control module is associated with each of the plurality of power supplies. Each control module may configured to receive DC power from the associated power supply and provide an output voltage to at least one electrical load. The electrical panel provides flexibility as to whether each stage of conversion, regulation, and/or control is performed at a control module located within the electrical panel or performed at an accessory module located at an electrical load.
US10342099B2
A load regulation device is adapted to control an electrical load. The load regulation device may be in a low power state, a ready state, and/or an on state. The low power state is characterized by the electrical load being unenergized. The ready state is characterized by a load control device and/or the load regulation device using more power than the low power state and the electrical load being unenergized. The on state is characterized by the electrical load being energized. The load regulation device is configured to receive an indication of a user's presence when the load regulation device is in the low power state. The load regulation device is configured to change from the low power state to the ready state in response to receiving the indication. The load regulation device is configured to wait in the ready state for a change state instruction.
US10342094B1
A LED lighting device includes a temperature sensitive component having a temperature limit. A driver controls current delivered to the at least one LED and includes a temperature sensor for determining a temperature of the driver. A controller stores a correlated temperature limit of the driver, the controller controls the driver to reduce the current delivered to the LEDs when the correlated temperature limit is reached. The correlated temperature limit is the temperature of the driver when the temperature of the temperature sensitive component reaches its temperature limit.
US10342081B2
An LED driver is provided. The LED driver has a constant current power source. In some embodiments, the constant current power source is an electrical input configured for connection to a source of power at a constant current. In some embodiments, the source of power is a constant current regulator. The LED driver also includes a switch electrically connected to the constant current power source. The switch has at least two outputs wherein the switch is configured to selectively connect the constant current power source to each of the at least two outputs. The switch is configured to connect each of the at least two outputs for a pre-determined period of time.
US10342078B2
An LED tube lamp comprises a tube, an LED light strip inside the tube, a plurality of LED light sources on the LED light strip, a power supply, and a first and a second end caps. The power supply comprises a circuit board, a plurality of electronic components and a heat-dissipating element. The plurality of electronic components and the heat-dissipating element are on the circuit board. The first end cap and the second end cap are respectively attached at two ends of the tube. The first end cap comprises a lateral wall and an end wall having an opening. The lateral wall is substantially coaxial with the tube and connected to the tube. The end wall is substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the lateral wall and connected to an end of the lateral wall away from the tube. At least some of the plurality of electronic components and the heat-dissipating element are disposed inside the first end cap. The heat-dissipating element is closer to the opening on the end wall of the first end cap than the electronic components in the end cap are.
US10342064B2
Methods and systems for formatting and transmitting a wake-up signal for electronic devices having a wake-up receiver circuit. A low-power wake-up signal is transmitted, the wake-up signal comprising a wake-up frame including a legacy preamble decodable by legacy electronic devices and a wake-up packet decodable by the wake-up receiver circuit in a non-legacy electronic device. The legacy preamble includes information detectable by at least one of the legacy electronic devices indicating that the wake-up frame is not a valid frame for the at least one legacy electronic device, such as where the legacy electronic device is a IEEE 802.11n/ac/ax device.
US10342061B2
A radio communication system is disclosed that includes at least one user equipment and multiple base stations including a first base station configured to execute radio resource control of the user equipment through a control path and a second base station configured not to execute radio resource control of the user equipment. The system includes multiple gateways, including a first gateway connected with the first base station and a second gateway connected with the second base station, and a switching station that controls the establishment of user paths among nodes.
US10342058B2
Observation assisted bandwidth management techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a request is received at a terminal to initiate a call with another terminal. Responsive to the request, a communication is formed to be communicated to a service provider for bandwidth parameters, the request including network parameters associated with the terminal. The bandwidth parameters, received form the service provider, are used as part of a model to estimate an amount of bandwidth that is available for the call. The call with the other terminal is initiated, the call configured to at least initially consume the estimated amount of bandwidth.
US10342031B2
A data transmission method and a device are disclosed and relate to the field of communications technologies, so that a channel resource preemption probability of a device can be effectively increased by reducing a CCA interval at which a CCA is performed on a channel resource. The method includes: determining, by a first device, a CCA start moment at which a clear channel assessment CCA is performed; determining, by the first device, a CCA interval, where the CCA interval is a time interval between two adjacent CCAs, and a time interval between any two adjacent CCAs is less than a preconfigured data frame period; performing, by the first device, a CCA process according to the CCA start moment and the CCA interval; and sending, by the first device, data at an end moment of the CCA process. The method and the device are used for data transmission.
US10342027B2
In accordance with the present disclosure, embodiments of an exemplary scheduling controller module or device implement and improved scheduling process such that the targeted reduction in schedule length can be achieve while incurring minimal energy penalty by allowing for a large rate (or duration) selection alphabet.
US10342026B2
The present invention relates to transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system employing time division duplex, and in particular to a rate matching for the channels which are mapped onto special subframes such as uplink/downlink switching subframes in TDD. Accordingly, at the transmitter, a data block is stored in a memory unit which is to be operated as a circular buffer, the data block is transmitted in a plurality of subframes including special subframes, a special subframe containing an uplink portion and a downlink portion separated from each other by a switching portion; and before the transmission a rate matching is performed by mapping the stored data block onto the plurality of subframes using the circular buffer, wherein the mapping of bits onto two different special subframes starts from different respective positions in the circular buffer. Moreover, a corresponding receiving apparatus and a transmitting and receiving method are provided.
US10342025B2
The present invention relates to a dynamic delay scheduling method and base station for voice data. The dynamic delay scheduling method includes the following steps: judging whether semi-persistent scheduling manner is started, and whether the UE supports semi-persistent scheduling manner; if semi-persistent scheduling manner is started, and the UE supports semi-persistent scheduling manner, implementing scheduling in semi-persistent scheduling manner; else if semi-persistent scheduling manner is not started, or the UE does not support semi-persistent scheduling manner, judging whether dynamic delay scheduling manner is started, if yes, implementing scheduling by binding two consecutive voice data packets in dynamic delay scheduling manner; else if not, implementing scheduling in dynamic scheduling manner. By adopting the dynamic delay scheduling method and base station provided by the present invention, the PDCCH resource overhead is reduced by half, meanwhile, higher level of modulation and encoding is kept, and flexibility of voice service scheduling is improved, which is beneficial to reasonable allocation of channel resources and improving user capacity of the base station.
US10342022B2
There is provided a method including generating, by a network element, at least one transmission gap within data transmission performed by the network element, transmitting a control message to at least one terminal device, wherein the control message includes a first request to perform, by the at least one terminal device, a first interference measurement during the at least one transmission gap, and wherein the control message further includes a second request to perform, by the at least one terminal device, a second interference measurement during the said data transmission, receiving, from the at least one terminal device, an interference report including information that is at least partly based on the first and the second interference measurements, and providing communication resources on the basis of the received interference report.
US10342020B2
A user equipment, radio control node, method and computer program are disclosed. The user equipment is configured to communicate with other devices across a wireless communication network comprising a plurality of radio coverage cells, the user equipment being configured to respond to receipt of a message from the network, the message comprising a wait time, to not transmit a connection request until after expiry of the wait time; wherein the user equipment is configured during the wait time to receive paging requests from the network; and is configured to respond to at least some of the paging requests, the user equipment being configured to select the at least some of the paging requests to respond to in dependence upon paging information received from the network.
US10342017B2
Wireless communication under IEEE 802.11 standards utilizing carrier specific interference mitigation where an AP or UE employs an ultra-wideband tuner to evaluate available spectrum between several communication bands. Rather than being constrained to communicate in a single communication band, the AP and UEs may utilize more than one communication band to communicate with one another. In doing so, the AP and UE search across several bands and measure interference on a carrier-by-carrier basis across those bands. Either of the AP and UE may select a cluster of carriers for communication, where the cluster of carriers may comprise 1) contiguous carriers in a single sub-channel, 2) contiguous carriers spanning across more than one sub-channel, 3) discontinuous carriers in a single sub-channel, or 4) discontinuous carriers spanning across more than one sub-channel. The mapping between a cluster and its carriers can be fixed or reconfigurable.
US10342014B2
A method, and associated equipment, for dynamically allocating resources in a satellite network comprising at least one satellite configured to form a plurality of satellite beams and terminals, comprises the steps of: clustering the beams into groups of beams, allocating frequency resources to each of the groups of beams, determining geographical zones in which these frequency resources can be used simultaneously, determining a hop frame comprising first timeslots, in which the frequency resources are allocated to the whole set of terminals of one of the beams of the group, and second timeslots, in which the frequency resources are allocated to a subset of terminals of at least one beam of the group, identifying the subset of terminals and allocating to the terminals of the frequency resources, and uploading of information relating to the overall loading of each of the beams.
US10342003B2
To enable low latency uplink to be used in a more preferable mode can be provided. A device includes: a communication unit configured to perform radio communication; and a control unit configured to perform control such that control information is transmitted from the communication unit to a terminal, the control information indicating that a communication scheme in which data non-orthogonally multiplexed for a plurality of layers is demodulated through cancellation of interference between the layers and in which the data is transmitted from the terminal to a base station through a predetermined uplink resource, is available.
US10341984B2
The flight control part 201 makes the unmanned aerial vehicle fly along a flight path in a predetermined area. The radio wave acquisition part 202 acquires radio wave information including a radio wave intensity when the radio unit of the unmanned aerial vehicle detects a short-distance radio wave of the user terminal during the flight of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The flight position acquisition part 203 acquires GPS position information of the unmanned aerial vehicle when the radio unit detected the short-distance radio wave, as a flight position of the unmanned aerial vehicle based on a GPS unit of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The terminal position calculation part 204 calculates a presence position of the user terminal in the area based on a radio wave intensity of the acquired radio wave information, and the acquired flight position of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The user attribute analysis part 205 arranges the calculated presence position of the user terminal in the map information corresponding to the area, and analyzes user attribute information of the user terminal based on place attribute information indicating a characteristic of the place where the presence position is arranged.
US10341983B2
A device may receive, from a base station, a wireless signal. The device may determine, based on the wireless signal, at least one of a signal quality value associated with the wireless signal or information indicative of a location of the base station relative to the device. The device may output a positioning notification, indicative of a manner in which the device is to be positioned, based on at least one of the signal quality value or the information indicative of the location of the base station.
US10341977B2
The present specification provides a method for obtaining downlink synchronization in a machine type communication (MTC) apparatus. The MTC apparatus may comprise the steps of: receiving an MTC-dedicated synchronization signal from a base station on the subframe before a subframe which attempts to receive a paging message; obtaining a downlink synchronization of the base station through the synchronization signal; and after obtaining the downlink synchronization, attempting to receive the paging message. Here, the MTC-dedicated synchronization signal may be received on the same sub-band as a sub-band on which the paging message is received, from among the entire system band of the base station.
US10341976B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication. In one method, a method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a synchronization signal. The synchronization signal may be common to a plurality of cells within a network. The method further includes acquiring a timing of the network based on the synchronization signal, and transmitting a pilot signal in response to acquiring the timing of the network. The pilot signal may identify the UE and be concurrently receivable by the plurality of cells within the network. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are also claimed and described.
US10341973B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a paging method, a core network device, a base station, and user equipment. The method includes: determining, by the core network device, reference frame information when the core network device determines that a synchronization occasion arrives, where the reference frame information includes a radio frame number; and sending, by the core network device, the reference frame information to a base station in a paging area, so that the base station synchronizes a radio frame in the base station according to the reference frame information. The embodiments of the present invention can reduce problems that UE cannot listen for a paging message.
US10341969B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmitter, a receiver and methods of operating a transmitter and a receiver. In one embodiment, the transmitter includes a synchronization unit configured to provide a primary synchronization signal and a secondary synchronization signal having first and second segments. The transmitter also includes a secondary scrambling unit configured to provide a scrambled secondary synchronization signal, wherein scrambling agents for the first and second segments are derived from a primary synchronization sequence of the primary synchronization signal. The secondary scrambling unit is further configured to provide an additional scrambling of one of the first and second segments, wherein a second scrambling agent is derived from the remaining segment of a secondary synchronization sequence of the secondary synchronization signal. The transmitter further includes a transmit unit configured to transmit the primary synchronization signal and the scrambled secondary synchronization signal.
US10341967B2
A system for wireless power delivery including one or more transmitters and receivers. A method for wireless power delivery, preferably including: determining transmitter-receiver proximity; determining transmission parameter values, preferably including determining initial parameter values, evaluating candidate transmission parameter values, performing one or more local optimum searches, and/or performing one or more global optimum searches; and transmitting power based on the transmission parameter values.
US10341963B2
Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things). For example, a communication network implemented in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure may support transmission power adaptation in a network of moving things comprising various fixed nodes, mobile nodes, and/or a combination thereof, which are selectable to achieve any of a variety of system goals.
US10341962B2
A wireless device (12) is configured to transmit a signal simultaneously from a group (104) of physical antenna ports (106), based on associating disjoint frequency sub-bands with respective ones of the physical antenna ports (106). The frequency sub-bands collectively span a frequency bandwidth and each physical antenna port (106) supports transmission over the frequency bandwidth and has a per-port transmit power associated therewith. The wireless device (12) is configured to transmit the signal further based on allocating the per-port transmit power of each physical antenna port (106) in the group (104) only to frequency elements of the signal that fall within the frequency sub-band associated with the physical antenna port (106). A radio network node (10) in a network (16) is configured to perform channel estimation based on receiving a reference signal from the wireless device (12) and its channel estimation accounts for channel changes that may appear at the border between two frequency sub-bands.
US10341959B2
Uplink transmission power levels may be adjusted in response to changes in a directional beam used for wireless communications. A beam change may be identified, wherein the beam change includes a transition from a first transmission configuration based on a first beam direction of a cell to a second transmission configuration based on a second beam direction of the cell. A downlink (DL) message associated with the beam change may be received, wherein the DL message comprises a transmission power indication. An uplink (UL) message may be transmitted at a power level based at least in part on the transmission power indication.
