US10655308B2
The booster pump system includes a base pump module and one or more expansion pump modules connected to the base pump module. Each pump module has suction and discharge manifolds extending between the pump module sides and at least one pump connected between the manifolds. The expansion pump module suction and discharge manifolds connect to the base pump module manifolds, respectively. The pump modules are bilaterally symmetrical such that either side may be connected to the piping system or to another pump module. A bypass module is connected between the pipes of the piping system. The size of the manifolds is larger than the size of pipes that would normally be used with a pump having the capacity of the pump to which the manifolds are connected. Pump modules are connected to each other and to the piping system by quick release connectors.
US10655305B2
A work vehicle includes a work implement, a main body, a display device, and a display controller. To the main body, the work implement is attached, and the main body has a cab. The display device is provided in the cab and configured to overlay and thus display work assistance information on an actual view of a work site. The display controller causes the display device to display target design topography as work assistance information. When a work starts, the display controller causes the display device to display final target design topography that is achieved after the work is completed, and subsequently, switches to displaying target design topography to be achieved depending on a working step performed.
US10655299B2
A handheld trenching apparatus and method of forming a trench in ground using the apparatus. The apparatus has a frame, a cutting head, and a drive. The cutting head has a ground penetrating portion with a plurality of cutting members that are caused to be moved in a controlled path by the drive. The frame has an elongate frame part with the cutting head at one frame part end. The frame further has at least one graspable region spaced lengthwise of the elongate frame part from the first elongate frame part end. The ground penetrating portion is directed into the ground and while engaging the at least one graspable region the ground penetrating portion is moved in a trench forming direction as the drive is operated to thereby form a trench.
US10655297B2
A hydraulic system for moving an implement of a working machine includes a hydraulic cylinder with a cylinder and a piston which is adapted to move in the cylinder to thereby move the implement relative to a body structure of the working machine, and an actuator pump arranged to provide hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic cylinder, the hydraulic cylinder having a first port and a second port adapted to be in fluid communication with the actuator pump, the hydraulic cylinder and the actuator pump being arranged so that the hydraulic cylinder is directly controlled by the actuator pump so that the rate of movement of the piston of the hydraulic cylinder is purely pump controlled, the hydraulic system further including a hydraulic accumulator for suspension of the implement, which hydraulic accumulator is arranged to be selectively connectable to the first port, the hydraulic system further including a further pump in addition to the actuator pump, the hydraulic accumulator being arranged to be pressurised by the further pump.
US10655293B2
A method and device for freezing the ground are disclosed, including a freezing lance which extends along a longitudinal axis and has a pipe mantle that encloses an interior space, wherein the ground surrounding the freezing lance can be cooled by the refrigerant present in a first section of the interior space, a line for supplying the liquid refrigerant in the first section of the interior space, wherein the device has a first end section with a first opening for removing an exhaust gas formed by evaporation of the refrigerant from the interior space, wherein the interior space has a second section for holding the exhaust gas, wherein heat is exchangeable between the exhaust gas and the pipe mantle in the second section, so that the exhaust gas can be heated by heat exchange with the ground adjacent to the freezing lance.
US10655290B2
Migrating fish often want to travel between different bodies of water, which may be positioned at different heights. To overcome these heights, water passages may be used that provide a water path at a slope over which a fish is able to swim up. A compact housing is provided by allowing a water guide over which the water flow flows to rotate around an axis parallel to gravity in a helical shape. The fish lock may be provided with a resting chamber which comprises a volume of water with a low flow velocity. Sensors and a controller may be provided to control a flow rate of the water through the fish lock according to for example the type of fish passing through the fish lock and an administrator may monitor the fish lock at a distance and may be contacted in case of malfunction.
US10655289B1
A pet waste collection system has a main housing with a recessed wall area adapted for nesting of a collapsible frame, and at least one orifice on said back wall for movement of a portion of a sliding pole. At the far end of the sliding pole is a collapsible frame for a holding a waste receptacle, which is formed of at least two unconnected frame sections, wherein these unconnected frame sections have a first, collapsed position and a second, extended, open position. One frame section of said at least two unconnected frame sections is a leading linear frame section for positioning closest to the rear of a pet to create a wide linear edge area for efficient pet waste collection. Another embodiment pet waste collection system has a fixed handle, a main housing and a separate telescopic pole which moves the connected frame to and from the main housing.
US10655283B2
This invention relates to a method to determine the quality of an asphalt pavement, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing and initializing at least one sensor (1) connected to a processor arrangement (2) comprising at least one processor (20A, 20B) connected to at least one memory (21A, 21B), for recording at least the temperature values (Tn), time (t) and/or position (X) momentarily for the entire width (W) of an asphalt pavement (4) in connection with its production along a pavement path (X) b) scanning and registering a number (P) individual temperature ranges (TIn) for a number (P) of the section ranges (ΔX′) in a section (ΔX) c) compiling said temperature ranges (TIn) in said section (ΔX) distributed along said width (W) d) determining and storing in said memory (21) an average temperature range (TIm) presenting an average temperature range (TIm) for the said number (P) of compiled temperature ranges (TIn) distributed along said width (W) of said section (ΔX), e) repeating steps b) to d) until all of said pavement distance (X) is produced, wherein said stored average temperature ranges (TIm), in said memory (21), are processed by said processor (20A, 20B) determining a quality value (V) for said pavement distance (X) based on a relationship value (PDIn) which is related to the dispersion of the average temperature ranges (TIm) widthwise of said path (X).
US10655280B1
A design and construction method for using modified phosphogypsum in a roadbed and slope, where the method includes preparing a phosphogypsum-containing roadbed mixture, setting moisture content of the roadbed mixture, preparing a phosphogypsum-containing slope mixture, and construction of a roadbed and slope. The preparation of the phosphogypsum-containing roadbed mixture includes 90 parts by weight of phosphogypsum and 10 parts by weight of cement, and uniformly mixed and stirred to obtain a base material mixture; and 2-4 parts by weight of sodium silicate is dissolved in water, and the obtained solution is added to the base material mixture to obtain the phosphogypsum-containing roadbed mixture. The design and construction method are simple, can satisfy roadbed strength and rebound modulus requirements, and can be widely applied to filling-deficient areas with a high yield of phosphogypsum solid wastes.
US10655279B2
A cold saw module may be a rail saw module that includes a cold saw configured to cut a railway rail along a cutting path, a rail alignment clamp configured to grip the railway rail near the cutting path, a feed actuator to drive the cold saw along the cutting path, and a module coupling element configured to selectively couple to a mating module coupling element of an articulated arm and/or a tool adapter. Cold saw modules may be used to cut metal workpieces such as a railway rail. Cutting a railway rail may include positioning the cold saw module at a cutting site along the railway rail installed in a railway, clamping the cold saw module to the railway rail, and cutting the railway rail at the cutting site with the cold saw module while the cold saw module is clamped to the cutting site.
US10655278B2
A method for enabling elevated trains for travel both above as well as below a vertically-tiered pair of tracks by having wheels both in the upper and lower area of the train with the ability to switch from traveling on the upper tracks using lower wheels to traveling on the lower track using upper wheels, where the said method of switching between upper and lower tracks enables trains to be moved between multiple levels serving as passing loops as well as vertical depots.
US10655277B2
A coating for paperboard includes polylactic acid and an inorganic material. The inorganic material may be talc. The presence of the talc has a beneficial effect on extrusion processing behavior including lower melt temperature, lower head pressure, and lower motor load. Additionally, the presence of talc reduces edge weave and neck-in during extrusion coating processes.
US10655268B2
A laundry treatment apparatus includes a cabinet having first and second washing apparatuses that treat laundry introduced through a front opening and through a top opening, respectively. The second washing apparatus includes: a tub that holds water and has an opening at a top that is accessible through the second opening; a drum inside the tub that rotates about a vertical shaft; an agitation unit protruding upward from a center bottom surface of the drum that agitates water and laundry inside the rotating drum; a heater that heats water in the tub; a water supply valve controlling a flow of water into the tub; and at least one processor that controls the heater to heat a first amount of water in the tub to a first temperature; and controls the water supply valve to additionally supply, to the first amount of water, incremental amounts of water to into the tub.
US10655254B2
A knitting machine may include a needle bed and a carriage that is movable along the needle bed. The carriage may be configured to engage at least one feeder to move a dispensing area of the feeder along the needle bed while dispensing a yarn, where the carriage includes an interface for providing power to an auxiliary component.
US10655246B2
The present invention provides a method for successively introducing water soluble fibers into natural fibers (e.g. cotton) to produce a hollow and ultra soft structure, by introducing water soluble slivers into the center of a multi-hole feeder with multiple cotton fiber slivers arranged around the water soluble fiber in a pre-drawing process via a multi-hole sliver feeder. A cloth, e.g., made using the method.
US10655238B2
A method for manufacturing metal oxide-grown carbon fibers including immersing carbon fibers in a solution for forming a metal oxide seed layer and electrodepositing a metal oxide seed on the surfaces of carbon fibers, or irradiating microwave thereto to form a metal oxide seed layer, and irradiating microwave to the metal oxide seed layer-formed carbon fibers to grow metal oxide. The method for manufacturing metal oxide-grown carbon fibers can reduce process time, and improve process energy efficiency and production efficiency. The method for manufacturing metal oxide-grown carbon fibers can offer metal oxide-grown carbon fibers with improved interfacial shear stress.
US10655236B2
The present invention relates to an electrode structure which can detect the electric current and optionally activate alarm signals in electrolytic cells for the electrodeposition of non-ferrous metals, for example for electrowinning of metals, in particular for the electrolytic production of copper and other non-ferrous metals proceeding from ionic solutions. The present invention further relates to a data acquisition system to be used in connection with said electrode structure.
US10655232B2
An additive, such as an aminal, a dibutylamine, or combinations thereof, may treat a system having a corrosion inhibitor in the form of at least one sulfur species and/or at least one phosphorous-containing compound. The additive may be introduced or added to the corrosion inhibitor within an aqueous system, an aerobic system, and/or an anaerobic system to inactivate the sulfur species and/or the phosphorous-containing compounds.
US10655231B2
Provided is an etchant composition for a multilayered metal film comprising both a layer comprising copper and a layer comprising molybdenum, the etchant composition: being capable of etching en bloc a multilayered metal film comprising a layer constituted of copper or an alloy including copper as the main component and a layer constituted of molybdenum or an alloy including molybdenum as the main component; being effective in preventing the molybdenum layer from being undercut; making it easy to regulate the component concentrations so as to accommodate the cross-sectional shape control and cross-section; and being stable. Also provided are a method of etching using the etchant composition and a method for prolonging the life of the etchant composition. The etchant composition according to the present invention is an etchant composition for use in etching en bloc a multilayered metal film comprising a layer constituted of copper or an alloy including copper as the main component and a layer constituted of molybdenum or an alloy including molybdenum as the main component, and comprises hydrogen peroxide, an organic acid, an amine compound, an azole, and a hydrogen peroxide stabilizer (no inorganic acid is contained therein).
US10655226B2
Apparatus and methods to deposit a film using a batch processing chamber with a plurality of heating zones are described. The film is deposited on one or more substrates and the uniformity of the deposition thickness is determined at a plurality of points. The heating zones set points are applied to a sensitivity matrix and new temperature or power set points for the heating zones are determined and set. One or more substrates are processed using the new set points and the thickness uniformity is determined and may be adjusted again to increase the uniformity.
US10655217B2
A method of forming a passivation layer on a substrate includes providing a substrate in a processing chamber. The substrate includes a metallic surface which is a copper, tin or silver surface, or an alloyed surface of one or more of copper, tin or silver. The method further includes depositing at least one organic layer onto the metallic surface by vapour deposition, the organic layer formed from an organic precursor. The organic precursor includes a first functional group including at least one of oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, or silicon, and a second functional group selected from hydroxyl (—OH) or carboxyl (—COOH). The first functional group is adsorbed onto the metallic surface. The method further includes depositing at least one inorganic layer onto the organic layer by vapour deposition, wherein the second functional group acts as an attachment site for the inorganic layer.
US10655207B2
The Invention relates to an atmospheric-pressure acetylene carburizing furnace, comprises a reaction chamber, an acetylene intake duct, an exhaust gas duct, a control and metering apparatus, an exhaust gas measurement apparatus, and a computer controller. The computer controller calculates a total amount of carbon in the furnace and an enrichment rate of a workpiece, and adjusts an acetylene intake volume according to the calculation result until process requirements are met. The Invention realizes carburizing with acetylene under atmospheric pressure and reduces the usage costs while improving the equipment efficiency.
US10655206B2
Disclosed herein is a surface treatment method of a ceramic powder using microwave plasma in order to enhance flowability. The surface treatment method can be applied to a ceramic powder having a small particle size of 45 μm or less and can significantly enhance flowability while reducing an influence on a particle size compared to a conventional method. Consequently, the ceramic particles surface-treated by the above-described surface treatment method can be formed to have a smooth and dense coating film without pores during spray coating.
US10655205B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for removing top dross of a plating pot where a snout and an air knife are arranged, the snout being arranged between the front end region and the rear end region of a plating pot. The present invention provides an apparatus for removing top dross of a plating pot, the apparatus comprising: a first wiping means which is mounted on the plating pot and is arranged between the snout and the air knife so as to be movable in the width direction of the plating pot; a second wiping means which is mounted on the plating pot and is rotatably arranged between the air knife and the first wiping means so as to transfer, to the rear end region, the top dross transferred by the first wiping means; and a third wiping means which is mounted on the plating pot and is rotatably arranged between the air knife and the front end region so as to transfer the top dross to the front end region. Thereby, the present invention provides an advantageous effect of effectively removing dross.
US10655202B2
The method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member includes a forming step to heat an aluminum (Al) alloy containing magnesium (Mg) at 1.6% by mass or more and 2.6% by mass or less, zinc (Zn) at 6.0% by mass or more and 7.0% by mass or less, copper (Cu) or silver (Ag) at 0.5% by mass or less provided that a total amount of copper (Cu) and silver (Ag) is 0.5% by mass or less, titanium (Ti) at 0.01% by mass or more and 0.05% by mass or less, and aluminum (Al) and inevitable impurities as the remainder at 400° C. or higher and 500° C. or lower and to form the aluminum alloy and a cooling step to cool the formed aluminum alloy at a cooling speed of 2° C./sec or more and 30° C./sec or less and preferably 2° C./sec or more and 10° C./sec or less.
US10655195B2
The disclosure is to provide a martensitic stainless steel excellent in strength, workability and corrosion resistance. The martensitic stainless steel comprises a chemical composition containing, in mass %: C: 0.020% or more and less than 0.10%, Si: 0.01% or more and 2.0% or less, Mn: 0.01% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.050% or less, S: 0.050% or less, Cr: 10.0% or more and 16.0% or less, Ni: 0.01% or more and 0.80% or less, Al: 0.001% or more and 0.50% or less, and N: more than 0.050% and 0.20% or less, satisfying N % C %, and the balance containing Fe and incidental impurities, where C % and N % indicate respectively the contents of C and N (mass %) in the steel.
US10655192B2
A hot-rolled steel sheet including predetermined components, in which the amounts of Cr and Al added satisfy Expression (1) below, a metallographic structure has, by % by volume, a ferrite fraction of more than 90% and 98% or less, a martensite fraction of 2% to less than 10%, and, a fraction of a residual structure made of one or more of pearlite, bainite, and residual austenite being less than 1%, the ferrite has an average circle-equivalent diameter of 4 μm or more and a maximum circle-equivalent diameter of 30 μm or less, and the martensite has an average circle-equivalent diameter of 10 μm or less and a maximum circle-equivalent diameter of 20 μm or less. [Cr]×5+[Al]≥0.50 Expression (1) Here, in Expression (1), [Cr] represents an amount of Cr (mass %), and [Al] represents an amount of Al (mass %).
US10655190B2
Methods for the rapid detection of the presence or absence of Zika virus in a biological or non-biological sample are described. The methods can include performing an amplifying step, a hybridizing step, and a detecting step. Furthermore, primers and probes targeting Zika virus and kits are provided that are designed for the detection of Zika virus.
US10655186B2
Provided herein are methods of treating a subject having a cancer, methods of selecting a treatment for a subject having a cancer, methods of selecting a subject having a cancer for a treatment that does not include a Trk inhibitor, methods of determining the likelihood that a subject having a cancer will have a positive response to a treatment with a Trk inhibitor, methods of predicting the efficacy of a Trk inhibitor in a subject having cancer, methods of determining a subject's risk for developing a Trk inhibitor-resistant cancer, and methods of determining the presence of a Trk inhibitor-resistant cancer in a subject, based on the detection of a cell from a sample from the subject that has at least one of the point mutations in NTRK1 and/or NTRK2 and/or NTRK3.
US10655172B2
Methods of producing substrates having selected active chemical regions by employing elements of the substrates in assisting the localization of active chemical groups in desired regions of the substrate. The methods may include optical, chemical and/or mechanical processes for the deposition, removal, activation and/or deactivation of chemical groups in selected regions of the substrate to provide selective active regions of the substrate.
US10655162B1
The present disclosure, in some aspects, provides compositions, systems and methods for proximity-based detection of target biomolecules of interest.
US10655159B2
A locating method and system of determining a microorganism concentration of a fluid in a Petri dish is disclosed. The Petri dish includes a culture medium on which a seeding device is rotatable relative to the Petri dish. The seeding device distributes the fluid and includes at least one point of contact with the culture medium. The point of contact is associated with a contact zone.
US10655155B2
The present invention relates to the co-production and isolation of mycoprotein and ethanol from carbohydrate feedstock material (e.g cereals). The present invention also provides a fermentation system for the co-production of mycoprotein from a carbohydrate feedstock material.
US10655137B2
Provided is an influenza mucosal vaccine composition and preparation and application thereof. This composition contains an antigen fusion protein which includes an influenza virus antigen and a Type IIb heat-labile enterotoxin A subunit from Escherichia coli. Immunization with this antigen fusion protein induces cellular and humoral immune responses, including systemic and mucosal immune responses, against a specific influenza virus in a subject, and therefore protects the subject from viral infection.
US10655128B2
Aspects of the invention provide single stranded oligonucleotides for activating or enhancing expression of MECP2. Further aspects provide compositions and kits comprising single stranded oligonucleotides for activating or enhancing expression of MECP2. Methods for modulating expression of MECP2 using the single stranded oligonucleotides are also provided. Further aspects of the invention provide methods for selecting a candidate oligonucleotide for activating or enhancing expression of MECP2.
US10655125B2
The invention relates to novel polypeptide libraries that are conformationally constrained in an anti-parallel, helix-turn-helix arrangement. The invention further relates to methods of generating and screening such libraries for biological, pharmaceutical and other uses.
US10655124B2
The invention provides methods for identifying binding partners (e.g., peptide ligands) that binds to a target protein (e.g., a cellular receptor). The methods entail co-localized expression of the target protein and candidate binding partners, and selection of binding partners based on their proximity in the plasma membrane.
US10655119B2
The present invention relates to mutated factor (FX) polypeptides and uses thereof for the treatment of haemophilia. In particular, the present invention relates to a mutated factor X (FX) polypeptide which comprises a heavy chain wherein at least one amino acid residue at position 441 and/or 448 of SEQ ID NO: 1 is mutated.
US10655113B2
The present invention relates to novel methods of generating and screening for chimeric polypeptides, which can be used in the treatment and prophylaxis of pathogenic bacterial contamination, colonisation and infection. The novel methods are based on random recombination of protein domains, and the chimeric polypeptides obtainable by the methods according to the invention are characterized in that they comprise at least one enzymatic active domain (EAD) and at least one cell binding domain (CBD). The present invention also relates to a library of chimeric polypeptides obtainable by the methods of the present invention.
US10655108B2
The present invention relates to vaccine products for the treatment or prevention of viral infections. Further provided are methods of reducing contaminants associated with the preparation of cell culture vaccines. Residual functional cell culture DNA is degraded by treatment with a DNA alkylating agent, such as β-propiolactone (BPL), thereby providing a vaccine comprising immunogenic proteins derived from a virus propagated on cell culture, substantially free of residual functional cell culture DNA.
US10655106B2
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, kits, and agents useful for inducing β cell maturation, and isolated populations of SC-β cells for use in various applications, such as cell therapy.
US10655101B2
Methods of preparing ovarian tissue for primordial follicle growth are presented comprising the steps: providing an ovarian tissue sample comprising cortical tissue and stromal tissue; removing damaged tissue from the ovarian tissue sample where present; removing excess stromal tissue from the ovarian tissue sample where present; and then mechanically stretching the ovarian tissue sample along at least one dimension of the ovarian tissue sample, such that the size of the ovarian tissue sample along the at least one dimension is increased by at least 10%. Methods of growing viable oocyte in vitro, and methods of preparing individual ovarian follicles for growth are also presented.
US10655096B2
A method, apparatus, and system are provided for the printing and maturation of living tissue in an Earth-referenced reduced gravity environment such as that found on a spacecraft or on other celestial bodies. The printing may be three-dimensional structures. The printed structures may be manufactured from low viscosity biomaterials.
US10655094B2
One embodiment of the present invention is a nested fermentation method for making a beverage, such as an alcoholic or non-alcoholic beer, a wine, or the like, the method comprising the steps of: creating a first solution, wherein creating the first solution comprises fermenting first fermentation ingredients; creating a second solution, wherein creating the second solution comprises removing a first portion of alcohol from the first solution; creating a third solution, wherein creating the third solution comprises removing a first portion of water from the second solution; creating a fourth solution, wherein creating the fourth solution comprises adding second fermentation ingredients to the third solution and fermenting the second fermentation ingredients in the third solution.
US10655085B2
A cleaning composition including a primarily C12 quaternary functionalized alkyl polyglucoside selected from the group consisting of stearyldimoniumhydroxypropyl laurylglucosides chloride and lauryldimoniumhydroxypropyl cocoglucosides chloride, a water conditioning agent, an acid source, a solvent, and water. In one embodiment, the cleaning composition is substantially free of alkyl phenol ethoxylates. The cleaning composition is capable of removing soils including up to 20% proteins. The cleaning compositions include a biorenewable, environmentally friendly alternative to nonyl phenol ethoxylates and exhibit superior cleaning of food soils.
US10655079B2
A lubricant composition includes a base oil present in an amount of greater than 70 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the lubricant composition and an antioxidant. The antioxidant has the structure: wherein each X is independently CH or N, so long as at least one X is N. A is an electron donating group that (1) has an atom having at least one lone pair of electrons that is bonded directly to the aromatic ring or (2) is an aryl or alkyl group. Z is chosen from a hydrogen atom and an electron donating group that has an atom having at least one lone pair of electrons that is bonded directly to the aromatic ring or is an aryl or alkyl group.
US10655073B2
The present invention relates to novel crude oil demulsifier comprises a copolymer of styrene with pyridine or a carboxylic acid or its salt selected from methacrylic, acrylic, maleic or fumaric acid with molecular weight in the range of 10000 to 600000 Daltons, dose in the range of 20-1000 ppm. The invention further relates to a process for demulsification of crude oil by treating crude oil with the copolymer in the range of 20-1000 ppm in the temperature range of 25-40° C. by shaking to obtain demulsified crude oil having crude oil with <1% water, and Water <100 ppm oil.
US10655072B2
The invention relates weldments useful as heat transfer tubes in pyrolysis furnaces. The invention relates to tubes that are useful in pyrolysis furnaces. The weldments include a tubular member and at least one mixing element. The tubular member comprises an aluminum-containing alloy. The mixing element comprises an aluminum-containing alloy. The mixing element's aluminum-containing alloy can be the same as or different from the tubular member's aluminum-containing alloy. Other aspects of the invention relate to pyrolysis furnaces which include such weldments, and the use of such pyrolysis furnaces for hydrocarbon conversion processes such as steam cracking.
US10655056B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to guanidine- or guanidinium-containing clay or shale stabilizers for treatment of subterranean formations. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation that can include placing a composition including a clay or shale stabilizer including at least one of a substituted guanidine group and a substituted guanidinium group in a subterranean formation.
US10655053B2
A method for isolating a first region and a proximate second region of a subterranean formation is disclosed that includes introducing an asphaltene composition into the first region of the subterranean formation, the asphaltene composition including asphaltene dissolved in a solvent, and after introducing the asphaltene composition, introducing an aqueous composition to the first region to precipitate the asphaltene in the first region. The precipitated asphaltene forms a barrier that isolates the second region from at least a portion of the first region.
US10655050B1
A method for controlling loss circulation. The method includes introducing into a wellbore a nanosilica drilling fluid comprising water and an alkaline nanosilica dispersion. The method further includes introducing into the nanosilica drilling fluid an amount of a chemical activator comprising a water soluble hydrolysable polyester to produce a convertible drilling mud where the convertible drilling mud has an initial pH between 8 and 11 upon formation. The method also includes allowing the chemical activator to hydrolyze to produce an acid and reduce the pH of the convertible drilling mud to less than a gel pH, thereby converting the convertible drilling mud into a solid gel lost circulation material. A convertible drilling mud operable to convert into a solid gel lost circulation material is also provided.
US10655049B1
A method for controlling loss circulation in a subterranean formation. The method includes circulating in a wellbore a nanosilica drilling fluid having a pH in a range of from about 8 to about 11 and a gel pH of less than 8, where the nanosilica drilling fluid includes an aqueous-based drilling mud and an alkaline nanosilica dispersion. The method also includes introducing into the nanosilica drilling fluid an amount of a chemical activator sufficient to produce a convertible drilling mud where the chemical activator is an acid and the pH of the convertible drilling mud is less than the gel pH. The method also includes allowing the convertible drilling mud to convert into the solid gel lost circulation material. A convertible drilling mud operable to convert into a solid gel lost circulation material is also provided.
US10655036B2
Provided is a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet including a resin layer on a substrate or a release material, at least a surface (α) of the resin layer on the side opposite to the side thereof on which the substrate or the release material is provided having pressure sensitive adhesiveness, wherein a concave portion and plural flat faces having an irregular shape exist in a region (Dc) surrounded by an arbitrarily predetermined circle on the surface (α) of the resin layer; and with respect to one or more flat faces (S) among the plural flat faces, the one or more flat faces (S) excluding flat faces having a cumulative relative frequency of 30% or less determined by adding the relative frequency from the respective flat faces with a smaller area, an rMAX value of the flat faces (S) calculated from specified operations is 0.60 or less.
US10655033B2
A floor coating composition that has a long pot life and dries fast, and a coating made therefrom having good slip resistance and high adhesion strength to the floor.
US10655032B2
Provided is an ink jet recording method, including a step of jetting, on a substrate, an ink composition A that contains a microcapsule having at least a polymerizable compound within the microcapsule, a high boiling solvent, water, and a colorant, and an ink composition B that contains a microcapsule having at least a polymerizable compound within the microcapsule, a high boiling solvent, water, and carbon black; and a step of heating the ink composition A and the ink composition B which have been jetted on the substrate, in which absorbance ABSA of the ink composition A and absorbance ABSB of the ink composition B satisfy Formula (1), and a concentration MA of the high boiling solvent contained in the ink composition A and a concentration MB of the high boiling solvent in the ink composition B satisfy Formula (2). ABSA
US10655028B2
An ink jet recording method includes a reaction liquid attaching process of attaching a reaction liquid containing a coagulant having solubility of 120 g or less in 100 g of water as a coagulant which coagulates components of an ink composition to a low absorbent recording medium or a non-absorbent recording medium to form a first recorded region, and an ink composition attaching process of attaching the ink composition containing water and a resin having a percentage of water absorption of 0.3% or less to at least one part of the first recorded region to form a second recorded region.
US10655026B2
The present invention is directed to a water-based printing ink or coating composition comprising an acrylic resin emulsion and an epoxy ester resin dispersion. The present invention also provides a process for preparing the printing ink or coating composition comprising forming an emulsion of an acrylic resin having the general formula I by copolymerizing monomers in water, forming an epoxy ester resin dispersion by adding the epoxy ester resin to a solvent and combining the acrylic resin emulsion and the epoxy resin ester dispersion to provide the composition. Finally the present invention provides a process for preparing an article with a coating or an ink printed thereon which comprises applying the ink or coating composition to a surface of an article and drying the composition. The compositions exhibit a high degree of alkali resistance, acid resistance and/or water softener resistance.
US10655021B2
A method of fabricating an electrically conductive loaded powder of thermoplastic polymers. The method comprises the steps of making an original powder containing cores made of thermoplastic polymers and of making the loaded powder by using electrically conductive submicrometer filaments and wax, forming a plurality of particulate compounds each comprising one of the cores together with at least one of the filaments and a protective membrane of the wax.
US10655020B2
The present disclosure provides supercapacitors that may avoid the shortcomings of current energy storage technology. Provided herein are electrochemical systems, comprising three dimensional porous reduced graphene oxide film electrodes. Prototype supercapacitors disclosed herein may exhibit improved performance compared to commercial supercapacitors. Additionally, the present disclosure provides a simple, yet versatile technique for the fabrication of supercapacitors through the direct preparation of three dimensional porous reduced graphene oxide films by filtration and freeze casting.
US10655014B2
Addition curable silicone resin compositions have excellent processing characteristics, and can be used to encapsulate electrical and electronic devices.
US10655007B2
Disclosed are: a polyalkylene terephthalate resin composition comprising (A) a polyalkylene terephthalate resin and (B) an acrylic-based core-shell polymer which has an average particle size of 2 μm or greater and in which an amount of the core layer component is more than 80% by mass but less than 100% by mass relative to a total mass of the core layer component and a shell layer component; and a molded article which is obtained by molding the polyalkylene terephthalate resin composition.
US10655005B2
An epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin (A), a curing agent (B) and a phosphorous-containing compound (C) indicated by the following general formula (1) and also, if necessary, a flame retardant (D), and a laminated plate comprising said resin composition; wherein m indicates an integer from 2 to 10, R1 to R4 each independently indicate a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, R5 indicates a hydrocarbon group that may contain an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a nitrogen atom, X indicates an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, Y indicates an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —NR6—, and R6 indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group.
US10655002B2
Provided are a resin blend for forming a layer-separated structure, a pellet, a method of preparing a resin article using the same and a resin article. The resin blend may include a first resin, and a second resin that comprises a resin to which at least one organic functional group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, an alicyclic group having 5 to 40 carbon atoms and an aromatic group having 6 to 40 carbon atoms is introduced, that has a difference in melt viscosity from the first resin of 0.1 to 3000 pa*s at a shear rate of 100 to 1000 s−1 and a processing temperature of the resin blend, and that has a difference in glass transition temperature from the first resin of 10° C. to 150° C. The resin blend can improve mechanical and surface characteristics of a resin article.
US10655001B2
A thermoplastic composition includes: from about 5 wt % to about 70 wt % poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA); from about 15 wt % to about 50 wt % of a first poly(carbonate-siloxane) copolymer having a siloxane content of from about 35 wt % to about 45 wt %; and from about 10 wt % to about 45 wt % of a second poly(carbonate-siloxane) copolymer. The second poly(carbonate-siloxane) copolymer has a siloxane content of from about 15 wt % to about 25 wt % or from about 4 wt % to about 8 wt %.
US10655000B2
An organic/inorganic composite hydrogel can be prepared only through mixing at a room temperature and that has high modulus of elasticity and a self-supporting property that allows a shape to be maintained in water, and a method produces the hydrogel. A hydrogel forming composition that is capable of forming a hydrogel having a self-supporting property, includes: a water-soluble organic polymer having an organic acid structure, an organic acid salt structure, or an organic acid anion structure; a silicate salt; a dispersant for the silicate salt; and a compound having or generating divalent or higher valent positive charge; a hydrogel formed of the composition, and a method for producing the hydrogel.
US10654998B2
The present invention relates to a moulding composition comprising polypropylene, inorganic filler and mould release composition, wherein the mould release composition comprises maleic anhydride modified polypropylene and glycol or glycerol ester of a fatty acid.
US10654991B2
The present invention is a granular material that can be well recoated regardless of the type of the granular material, and enables a refractory aggregate in an unprinted portion to be used without any regeneration process, in the manufacture of a three-dimensional laminated and shaped mold. This granular material is a granular material for use in three-dimensional laminated mold shaping, and obtained by adding a material that causes a hydration reaction having a moisture absorbing function and generates a catalytic effect to a coating material mixed with or coated with an acid as a catalyst which activates and hardens an organic binder for binding the granular material.
US10654984B2
A process comprises placing a first foamable material inside of a first region of a mold space, and a second foamable material inside of a second region of the mold space, the first foamable material and the second foamable material comprising a physical, chemical or quantitative difference or any combination thereof. Both the first and the second foamable materials are concurrently foamed inside of the mold space to produce a heterogeneous foam comprising a first portion that differs from the second portion.
US10654975B2
A tire including a tire skeleton body that is made of a resin material containing a polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomer and has a ring shape, wherein the polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomer includes a hard segment, a soft segment consisting of a constituent unit derived from polypropylene glycol, and a binding portion that binds two or more segments and that consists of a constituent unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid of from 6 to 20 carbons, the polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomer having a weight average molecular weight of from 20,000 to 250,000.
US10654948B2
An ethylene polymer having a density greater than about 0.930 g/ml and a level of long chain branching ranging from about 0.001 LCB/103 carbons to about 1.5 LCB/103 carbons as determined by SEC-MALS. An ethylene polymer having a level of short chain branching ranging from about 0 to about 10 mol. % and a level of long chain branching ranging from about 0.001 LCB/103 carbons to about 1.5 LCB/103 carbons as determined by SEC-MALS. An ethylene polymer having a polydispersity index ranging from about 8 to about 25 and a level of long chain branching ranging from about 0.001 LCB/103 carbons to about 1.5 LCB/103 carbons as determined by SEC-MALS.
US10654944B2
The present disclosure is broadly concerned with the field of cancer immunotherapy. For example, the present disclosure generally related to a binding molecule comprising antibody variable light (VL) regions, variable heavy (VH) regions, constant heavy 1 (CH1) regions, and light chain constant (CL) regions that are configured to form two antigen binding Fab regions and an antigen binding Fv region so that the binding molecule binds to two different antigens.
US10654937B1
An isolated monoclonal antibody that specifically binds human CD40. A nucleic acid molecule encoding the antibody, an expression vector, a host cell and a method for expressing the antibody are also provided. The present invention further provides an immunoconjugate, a bispecific molecule, a chimeric antigen receptor, an oncolytic virus and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody, as well as a treatment method using an anti-CD40 antibody of the invention.
US10654935B2
The present invention relates to anti-human OX40L antibodies, new medical uses and methods.
US10654932B2
The disclosure relates to antibody-polymer conjugates comprising one or more anti-Factor D antibody variants, their production and their use in the preparation of compositions and medicaments for treatment of diseases and disorders associated with excessive or uncontrolled complement activation.
US10654931B2
Provided is an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for treating myeloma. Specifically, provided is an antibody whose epitope is present in the region of the amino acid residue positions 20 to 109 of human integrin β7.
US10654925B2
The present disclosure provides chimeric, humanized and human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and fragments thereof that specifically bind to marinobufagenin (MBG) with high affinity. The anti-MBG mAbs and fragments thereof can be used to treat MBG-associated disorders, including hypertensive disorders and fibrotic disorders, optionally in combination with an additional therapeutic agent. Furthermore, the anti-MBG mAbs and fragments thereof can be used for diagnostic purposes, including to detect MBG in biological samples and to diagnose MBG-associated disorders.
US10654924B2
Binding molecules to IL-17A. The binding molecules are useful in the treatment of disorders, for example psoriasis.
US10654921B2
The present invention relates to an antigen-binding protein, preferably a monoclonal antibody, against annexin A2 (ANXA2), comprising (i) a heavy chain variable domain comprising a VHCDR1 of sequence GYSITSGYSWH, a VHCDR2 of sequence YIHYSGSTKYNPSLKS and a VHCDR3 of sequence GSNYGFDY; and (ii) a light chain variable domain comprising a VLCDR1 of sequence KSSQSLLYSNDQKNYLA, a VLCDR2 of sequence WASIRES, and a VLCDR3 of sequence QQYYIYPLT. Also provided is an ANXA2 binding protein comprising (i) a heavy chain variable domain comprising a VHCDR1 of sequence VYSITSGYSWH; a VHCDR2 of sequence YIHYSGSTKYNPSLKS, and a VHCDR3 of sequence GTDNAVDY; and (ii) a light chain variable domain comprising a VLCDR1 of sequence KSSQSLLYSSNQKNYLA, a VLCDR2 of sequence WASSRES, and a VLCDR3 of sequence QQYYIYPLT. The antibodies preferably bind to an N-linked glycan on ANXA2, and are internalised upon binding. They may be conjugated with cytotoxins and may be used in the treatment or detection of cancer.
US10654918B2
Anti-cytokine therapy has revolutionized immunological disease treatment, but is not always effective and subject to treatment resistance as the cytokine cascade is highly redundant and multiple cytokines are involved in inflammation. Targeting a critical common regulator of inflammatory effectors is desirable. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-responsive beige-like anchor (LRBA) is a master regulator of multiple genes important for inflammation. Subcellular localization shows that LRBA translocated to the nucleus upon LPS stimulation and colocalized with multiple proteins associated with the endosome membrane system, indicating a critical role in membrane/vesicle trafficking essential for deposition, secretion and signal transduction of immune effectors. Deregulation, deficiency, down-regulation and overexpression of LRBA causes defective trafficking and signaling of immune effector molecules, resulting in immunodeficiency and autoimmunity diseases associated with a broader spectrum of severe symptoms when compared to other CVID genes. Modulating LRBA through antibodies, dominant negative mutants, or small interference RNA can be used to treat inflammatory diseases.
US10654907B2
Provided is a method for determining a TCR polypeptide chain that can form a TCR specific for a peptide of interest. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing a cell expressing a T cell receptor (TCR) specific for a peptide of interest, methods and compositions for producing a TCR chain nucleic acid and/or pair of TCR chain polypeptides and/or nucleic acids encoding a TCR, a cell population comprising the cell harboring the nucleic acids encoding a TCR obtained by said method, and a method for treating a disorder comprising administering to the subject said cell population.
US10654903B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10654893B2
The present disclosure provides peptide compositions (e.g., of self-assembling peptides) with particular attributes (e.g., peptide identity, peptide concentration, pH, ionic strength [including salt identity and/or concentration), etc. that show particularly useful material properties. The present disclosure also provides technologies for selecting and/or formulating particular peptide compositions useful in specific contexts. In some embodiments, provided peptide compositions have an elevated pH within the range of about 2.5 to about 3.5 and/or an ionic strength that is above that of a corresponding composition of the same peptide, at the same concentration, in water, but is below a critical salt point for the peptide (e.g., so that the composition is not cloudy).
US10654892B2
The present invention relates to a method for activating helper T cells, which includes the step of activating helper T cells by adding a WT1 peptide to antigen presenting cells, wherein the WT1 peptide has the ability to bind to any MHC class II molecule of an HLA-DRB1*0101 molecule, an HLA-DRB1*0401 molecule, an HLA-DRB1*0403 molecule, an HLA-DRB1*0406 molecule, an HLA-DRB1*0803 molecule, an HLA-DRB1*0901 molecule, an HLA-DRB1*1101 molecule, an HLA-DRB3*0202 molecule, an HLA-DRB4*0101 molecule, an HLA-DPB1*0201 molecule or an HLA-DPB1*0301 molecule, and the like.
US10654883B2
The present invention relates to inorganic salts of nicotinic acid mononucleotides and compositions of Formula I, useful in the treatment of disorders and diseases associated with deficiencies in NAD+: wherein A, M1, M2, k, R1, R2, and R3 are as described herein.
US10654877B2
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.
US10654876B2
The present invention provides a new method for making TH-302 and solid forms thereof. The compound in its solid form is an effective anti-cancer agent and may be used in various pharmaceutical compositions, and are particularly effective for the treatment of cancer. The invention also provides a method for preparing such compounds and forms and for treating cancer in a mammal comprising the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a solid form of TH-302 thereof.
US10654874B2
Provided is a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof, which has an AMPA (α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid) receptor potentiating action. The compound of the present invention is useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic drug for depression, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and the like.
US10654868B2
Provided is a dihydropyrazole azepine compound serving as an Akt inhibitor; specifically disclosed is a compound as represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10654864B2
The present disclosure generally provides compounds useful for treating cancer. In some aspects, the disclosure provides small-molecule cytotoxins that are chemically modified to include one or more moieties that include hydrophobic portions. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides small-molecule cytotoxins that are chemically modified with fatty acid-containing moieties. In some aspects, the disclosure provides compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, that include such modified small-molecule cytotoxins and a protein. In some embodiments, the protein is albumin or an albumin mimetic. Further, the disclosure provides various uses of these compounds and compositions.
US10654858B2
The present invention provides tricyclic compounds having cytostatic and cytotoxic activity in a single molecule having receptor tyrosine kinase(s), dihydrofolate reductase, thymidylate synthase and/or dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitory activity, which are useful as anti-angiogenic and anti-tumor agents. Also provided are methods of utilizing these inhibitors to treat tumor cells and other proliferative diseases and disorders.
US10654857B2
Compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, A, W, m, n, p and q are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds as autotaxin inhibitors.
US10654856B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine compound (the compound represented by formula I), and corresponding intermediates.
US10654841B1
This invention claims processes that comprise the appending of nucleotides having a 3′-ONH2 moiety to the 3′-ends of oligonucleotide primers using 3′-deoxynucleoside triphosphates of 2′-deoxynucleoside derivatives that have, instead of a 3′-OH moiety, a 3′-ONH2 moiety, where the nucleotides contain non-standard nucleobases.
US10654831B2
This invention is in the area of pyrimidine-based compounds for the treatment of disorders involving abnormal cellular proliferation, including but not limited to tumors and cancers.
US10654821B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a compound having an anti-inflammatory activity or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.The solution of the present invention is a compound of general formula (1) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. wherein the symbols in the formula are defined below: R1: e.g., a C1-C6 alkyl group; R2: a C1-C6 alkyl group; A: e.g., an oxygen atom; and R3: e.g., a C1-C6 alkyl group.
US10654808B2
The present invention relates to a tyrosine kinase inhibitor and a pharmaceutical composition comprising same. The tyrosine kinase inhibitor of the present invention has the structures as shown in the following formula (I) or (II):
US10654806B2
Disclosed is a process for preparing menthyl nicotinate with high purity and yield, which consists of a transesterification reaction of menthol with a C1-C4 alkyl ester of the nicotinic acid, in the presence of an alkaline catalyst belonging to the class of C1-C4 alkoxides, linear or branched, and a vacuum distillation of the mixture of reaction products, in the presence of activated carbons.
US10654799B2
The present invention relates to methods, formulations, and compositions for the treatment of biofilms. In particular, the application discloses isothiocyanate functional surfactants either alone or combination with adjunct agents to treat biofilms. One suitable isothiocyanate functional surfactant is represented by the following chemical structure:
US10654796B2
Provided is a method capable of preparing high-purity aliphatic isocyanate, particularly, xylylene isocyanate in a high yield in a simple manner without an additional separate process, wherein when aliphatic isocyanate is prepared using phosgene, a side-reaction inhibitor capable of inhibiting side-reactions is introduced during phosgenation.
US10654793B2
1-Aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid non-hydrate can be obtained bytreating 1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid hydrochloride with a tertiary amine in the presence of a C3-C4 alcohol and water,keeping the reaction mixture at 50° C. or below,collecting the precipitated crystal of 1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid 0.5 hydrate by filtration, andheating the obtained crystal to 80 to 245° C.
US10654791B2
There are provided ester polyols prepared from the esterification of ozone acids and branched primary polyols. There are also provided ester polyol esters prepared from an ester polyol of the invention and further esterifying the ester polyol with at least one carboxylic acid to produce at least one ester polyol ester. There are also provided rigid or flexible foams prepared using the ester polyols and/or ester polyol esters of the invention. There is also provided a coating prepared from the ester polyols and/or ester polyols esters of the invention.
US10654785B2
Conversion of vegetable-derived triglycerides to fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) is a popular approach to the generation of biodiesel fuels and the basis of a growing industry. Drawbacks of the strategy are that (a) the glycerol backbone of the triglyceride is discarded as waste in this synthesis, and (2) many natural triglycerides are multiply-unsaturated or fully saturated, giving inferior performance and causing engine problems with long-term use. Here, we show that catalysis by iridium complex 1 can address both of these problems through selective reduction of triglycerides high in polyunsaturated fatty esters to FAMEs with high oleate concentration. This is realized using hydrogen imbedded in the triglyceride backbone, concurrently generating lactate as a value-added C3 product. Additional methanol or glycerol as a hydrogen source enables reduction of corn and soybean oils to >80% oleate.
US10654774B2
Systems for purifying 1,3-butadiene are provided. An exemplary system includes a first distillation column, a second distillation column, and interconnections between the first and second distillation columns. A first interconnection can feed a liquid stream from the second distillation column to the first, while a second interconnection can feed a gas stream from the second distillation column to the first. Processes for purifying 1,3-butadiene are also provided.
US10654773B2
The present invention is related to an integrated process for enhancing the yields of propylene and other light olefins from Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process in combination with Oxidative propane dehydrogenation (OPDH) where in a hydrocarbon stream from Propylene recovery section consisting of propane predominantly, is converted to high value light olefins primarily C3 and C2 olefins by catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation using carbon dioxide from FCC flue gas exiting the regenerator. Several process configurations for the conversion of C3 and C4 alkanes to their respective alkenes separately or simultaneously by integrating with FCC are provided.
US10654767B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing alkylated aromatic hydrocarbons such as ethyl benzene or cumene from a mixed hydrocarbon feedstream comprising subjecting C6 cut separated from said mixed hydrocarbon feedstream to hydrocracking to provide benzene and subjecting said benzene to alkylation.
US10654764B2
Alkylated aromatic products are produced in a process comprising the steps of pyrolysing a pyrolysable raw material in a pyrolysis process to obtain a pyrolysis product stream containing a phenolic product and aromatics products; separating the pyrolysis product stream into a first product stream containing phenolic products and a second product stream containing aromatics products; subjecting the first product stream to a hydrogenation reaction to hydrogenate the phenolic product to obtain an aliphatic alcohol; then reacting the aliphatic alcohol with the aromatics products in the presence of a transalkylation catalyst comprising a solid acid catalyst to form an alkylated aromatic product. The alkylated aromatic product may be subjected to further treatment such as hydroprocessing. The alkylated aromatics product may be used in the production of fuels from biomass.
US10654763B2
The invention relates to a process for producing butadiene from an ethanol feedstock comprising a step of converting ethanol into butadiene, a step of separating the reactants into a hydrated butadiene effluent, an impurities effluent and an ethanol-butadiene effluent, a separation step that separates the ethanol-butadiene effluent into a butadiene distillate and a contaminated reactants effluent, a step of purifying the butadiene by extractive distillation and an effluent treatment step.
US10654755B2
An outer peripheral coating member contains first particles containing titanium oxide, second particles containing zirconium oxide, third particles containing niobium oxide or aluminum oxide, and a dispersion medium. It is preferable for the first particles to have at least two peak values R1 in a distribution of particle sizes of the first particles. One of the peak values R1 is within a range of 1 to 50 nm, and the other peak value R1 is within a range of 100 to 500 nm.
US10654750B2
Chemically temperable glass sheet The invention relates to a glass sheet having a boron-, strontium- and lithium-free glass composition comprising the following in weight percentage, expressed with respect to the total weight of glass: 65≤SiO2≤78% 8≤Na2O≤15% 1≤K2O<6% 1≤Al2O3<3% 2≤CaO<10% 0≤MgO≤6%; as well as a total iron (expressed in the form of Fe2O3) in a content ranging from 0.002 to 0.02% by weight and a K2O/(K2O+Na2O) ratio which is ranging from 0.1 and 0.7. The invention corresponds to an easy chemically-temperable soda-lime-silica type glass composition, which is more suited for use in electronic devices applications.
US10654743B2
A burner head actuator for lubricating glassware molds of a glassware forming machine includes a base mount and a guide post carried by the mount. A gearbox housing carried on the guide post carries a gear train including drive and driven gears. A servomotor is coupled to the gearbox. A burner head arm is carried by the gearbox housing and coupled to the driven gear for rotation relative to the gearbox housing about an arm axis. The arm includes a burner head leveling gear train including a drive sprocket direct-driven by the driven gear about the arm axis and a driven sprocket driven by the drive sprocket via a chain. The servomotor rotates the gearbox drive gear, thereby rotating the gearbox driven gear and burner head arm, and thereby rotating the leveling gear train so that the burner head remains level as the arm is rotated about the arm axis.
US10654737B2
There are provided systems and processes which enable the efficient biological treatment of high salt concentration fluid streams, e.g., spent caustics, to reduce COD concentrations in the fluid streams.
US10654735B2
A wastewater treatment system includes a contact tank having a first inlet configured to receive wastewater to be treated, a second inlet configured to receive activated sludge, and an outlet, a dissolved air flotation unit having an inlet in fluid communication with the outlet of the contact tank, a biological treatment unit having a first inlet in fluid communication with an effluent outlet of the dissolved air flotation unit and an outlet, an anaerobic digester having an inlet and an outlet, a floated solids conduit providing fluid communication between the solids outlet of the dissolved air flotation unit and the inlet of the anaerobic digester, and a thickener having an inlet in fluid communication with the outlet of the anaerobic digester, a first outlet in fluid communication with the inlet of the anaerobic digester, and a second outlet.
US10654730B2
A liquid processing apparatus includes a processing tank, a first electrode, an insulator, a liquid introduction port, a discharge portion, a second electrode, an opening portion, and a power supply. The first electrode is disposed at the first end of the processing tank. The insulator covers at least a part of a side surface of the first electrode disposed to protrude from an inner wall of the first end of the processing tank into the processing tank. The liquid introduction port causes a liquid to swirl by introducing the liquid in a tangential direction of the processing tank and generates a gas phase in a swirling flow of the liquid. An outer diameter of the insulator is smaller than an outer diameter of a gas-phase generating space where the gas phase is generated in the processing tank.
US10654723B2
This invention relates to methods of producing aerogels and composites thereof. In particular, the invention relates to methods of producing silica aerogels and composites thereof. The invention also relates to doped aerogels and doped silica aerogels. The method involves the use of alkaline solutions, and particularly aqueous alkaline solutions, during the aerogel drying process. The method is more energy efficient and cheaper than prior art methods.
US10654722B2
Methods for making carbon materials are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the method can include combining one or more polymer precursors with one or more liquids to produce a mixture. The mixture can be an emulsion, dispersion, or a suspension. The liquid can include hexane, pentane, cyclopentane, benzene, toluene, o-xylene, m-xylene, p-xylene, diethyl ether, ethylmethylketone, dichloromethane, tetrahydrofuran, mineral oils, paraffin oils, vegetable derived oils, or any mixture thereof. The method can also include aging the mixture at a temperature and time sufficient for the polymer precursor to react and form polymer gel particles having a volume average particle size (Dv,50) of the polymer particles in gel form greater than or equal to 1 mm. The method can also include heating the polymer gel particles to produce a carbon material.
US10654719B2
Disclosed is a process for the concurrent production of hydrogen and sulphur from a H2S-containing gas stream, with zero emissions. The method comprises the thermal oxidative cracking of H2S so as to form H2 and S2. Preferably, the oxidation is conducted using oxygen-enriched air, preferably pure oxygen. The ratio H2S/O2 in the feedstock is higher than 2:1, preferably in the range of 3:1-5:1.
US10654716B2
At least one semiconductor component is packaged by covering at least one partial surface of the at least one semiconductor component with at least one chemically or physically dissoluble sacrificial material; surrounding the at least one semiconductor component at least partially with a photoablatable packaging material; exposing the sacrificial material on the at least one partial surface of the at least one semiconductor component at least partially by forming at least one trench through at least the packaging material using a light beam; and exposing the at least one partial surface of the at least one semiconductor component at least partially by at least partially removing the previously exposed sacrificial material using a chemical or physical removal method to which the packaging material has a higher resistance than the sacrificial material.
US10654712B2
A micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) microphone includes a base including a port extending through the base, a shim assembly, an ingress protection element, and a MEMS device. The shim assembly is disposed on the base and over the port. The shim assembly has a plurality of walls that form a hollow interior cavity. The shim assembly also has a top surface and a bottom surface coupled to the base. The ingress protection element extends over and is coupled to the top of the shim assembly to enclose the cavity of the shim assembly. The shim assembly elevates the ingress protection element above the base and is effective to prevent the passage of contaminants there through. The MEMS device includes a diaphragm and a back plate and is disposed over the ingress protection element.
US10654706B2
A saddle tree comprising a back engaging element (3) for engaging and sitting on the back of an animal and a seat forming element (4) resiliently coupled to the back engaging element (3) adjacent the pommel (5) by a pair of resilient mounting members (8). A limit strap (17) is anchored to the back engaging element (3) and is adjustably coupled to the seat forming element (4) by a ratchet mechanism (20). The limit strap (17) terminates in a grippable element (32) which is releasably grippable by the ratchet mechanism (20). By urging the grippable element (32) in the direction of the arrow A through the ratchet mechanism (20), the limit of upward travel of the seat forming element (4) relative to the back engaging element (3) is reduced, thereby effectively hardening the saddle.
US10654702B2
A beverage dispensing machine includes a valve body configured to receive a first fluid and a second fluid and dispense the first fluid through a first orifice and the second fluid through a second orifice. A first valve seal is movable to open and close the first orifice, and a second valve seal is movable to open and close the second orifice. An arm is pivotally coupled to the valve body, and pivoting of the arm relative to the valve body moves the first valve seal and the second valve seal and thereby opens the first orifice and the second orifice. The machine also includes a solenoid valve configured to pivot the arm, and a handle with a leg that is pivotable into and between a rest position in which the valve seals are closed and an active position in which the valve seals are open. As the handle moves from the rest position to the active position, the leg acts on the solenoid valve such that the arm pivots and the valve seals open.
US10654700B2
A method of dispensing fluids with variable carbonation. The method includes receiving a selection of a carbonation level of a beverage and determining a valve timing scheme to achieve the selected carbonation level.
US10654697B2
A method of self-stabilizing a forklift having a volume dimensioning device, a weight sensor, and a gyroscopic disc when the forklift is lifting an object, comprises: determining dimensions and volume of the object with the volume dimensioning device; determining a weight of the object with the weight sensor; calculating an approximate center of gravity of the object; and stabilizing the forklift when lifting the object by rotating the gyroscopic disc at a rotational speed based on the determined weight and calculated approximate center of gravity of the object.
US10654696B2
A hydraulic jack capable of quickly lifting a load includes a frame (1) mounted with a lifting arm (2), a long connecting rod, a tray (4), a bracket and a hydraulic oil pump (3) for driving the lifting arm (2), and further includes a large pump (11) and a small pump (12) for supplying high pressure oil to the hydraulic oil pump (3). An inner cavity of the large pump (1) and a small pump core are axially connected to a hand press (8) respectively. The inner cavity of the large pump (11) is in communication with a first pressure regulation mechanism (9), and the inner cavity of the small pump (12) is in communication with a second pressure regulation mechanism (10). The first pressure regulation mechanism (9) comprise a first upper valve body (90) mounted on a lower valve body (33), a first oil outlet (91) of a communicating oil compartment (32) provided on a side wall thereof, and a first oil inlet (92) provided at a bottom thereof, the first oil inlet (92) being in communication with the inner cavity of the large of the large pump (11). A central hole of the first upper valve body (90) is sequentially provided from bottom to top with a first lower steel ball (93) capable of blocking the first oil inlet (92), a first ball valve base (94), a first pressure spring (95), a first valve core (96) and a first valve rod (97), the first pressure spring (95) being disposed between the first ball valve base (94) and the first valve core (96). The second pressure regulation mechanism (10) and the first pressure regulation mechanism (9) have the same structure.
US10654692B2
A system and computer-implemented method is used for operating a crane on an offshore unit on which entities (e.g., personnel and/or equipment) operate. A dimensional map of the unit is created so locations of the entities can be tracked in the dimensional map of the unit. For example, wireless monitoring is received from wireless devices associated with both the entities and the offshore unit to perform the tracking. Dynamic operating parameters of the crane are also obtained while the crane is operating on the unit. These parameters can be received remotely from the crane. A programmable control device calculates a lifting zone that moves dynamically in the dimensional map based on the parameters, detect a conflict of a tracked location interfering with the zone, and outputs the detected conflict for appropriate action.
US10654686B2
The present disclosure relates generally to a selectively operable safety brake including a magnetic brake operably coupled to a rod and disposed adjacent to a metal component, the magnetic brake configured to move between an engaging position and a non-engaging position, said magnetic brake, when in the engaging position contemporaneously with motion of the machine, moving the rod in to thereby move the safety brake from the non-braking state into the braking state, and an electromagnetic component including a retention apparatus, the electromagnetic component configured to move the magnetic brake from the engaging position to the non-engaging position upon receipt of a resetting signal.
US10654668B2
A sweep auger system having a driveshaft with auger flighting and a backboard extending a length from an inward end to an outward end. An input of a gearbox is connected to an outward end of the drive shaft and a sweep wheel having a plurality of notches, arms and feet is connected to an output of the gearbox. A drive shield is placed around a rearward side of the sweep wheel that forms a channel that is configured to capture grain agitated by the drive wheel. A guide plate is connected to the gearbox and covers a portion of the gearbox. The guide plate angles from an upper outward edge downward and forward to a lower inward edge that is configured to urge the grain captured within the channel of the drive shield to move in front of the sweep auger system reducing grain left in the grain bin.
US10654667B2
A silo, a chemical delivery system, and a method. The silo includes a housing and a vessel positioned within the housing and configured to contain a mud chemical. The vessel includes a discharge port and a discharge valve that controls discharge of the mud chemical through the discharge port. The discharge port is configured to connect to a skid by placing the silo on the skid, and the silo has a plurality of configurations for different types of mud chemicals.
US10654656B2
A measuring device serves for acquiring measurement values for measuring a tension in a conveying system. The measuring device is designed to guide a conveying member from a first section of the measuring device to a second section of the measuring device, to effect a deflection of the conveying member with regard to a straight-lined connection between the first and the second section and to detect measurement values corresponding to a reaction force according to this deflection. The measuring device includes surfaces for guiding rollers of the conveying member. One of these surfaces is a deflecting surface for deflecting the conveying member. The deflecting surface is formed on a deflecting element of a measuring element, and the reaction force is a force which acts upon the measuring element.
US10654650B1
A barrel rolling safety device and a method relating to using the barrel safety rolling device are disclosed herein. The barrel safety rolling device includes a base plate having a plurality of apertures, a stopping arm having at least a first end, a second end, and a stopping arm aperture, and a pin having at least a removal ring. Each of the apertures may be configured to receive the pin, and one or more bushings allow the stopping arm to rotate between various positions based on which aperture of the apertures receives the pin. In various embodiments, the stopping arm may allow a barrel to traverse a dunnage in a first direction, but prevent the barrel from traversing the dunnage in a second direction. In various embodiments, the stopping arm may prevent the barrel from traversing the rack in both the first direction and second direction.
US10654639B2
A container cover for storage container includes a rotary device, an outer cover member, an inner cover member, a first guide block, second guide block, a pumping piston and a piston seat so arranged that when the rotary device is driven by a user to rotate the first guide block, guide rods of the first guide block are moved along a first continuous wave-shaped track of the second guide block, causing the second guide block and the pumping piston to move alternatively up and to further pump air out of the storage container through an air-pimping hole of the piston seat to create a negative pressure. Further, a first spring member an upper rail seat can be provided to balance the movement of the pumping piston and to stabilize the rotation of the first and second guide blocks. A relief valve rod can be selectively used for giving a visual indication indicative of the presence of a negative pressure in the storage container.
US10654623B2
A beverage bottle may include a vessel portion configured to contain fluid. The vessel portion may include an open end and a closed end. A cap may be configured to mate to the open portion of the vessel portion. The cap may include a butterfly valve configured to prevent the fluid from exiting the bottle when in a closed position and to enable the fluid to exit the beverage bottle when in an open position.
US10654619B2
A fluid bottle is disclosed, having a phone retention portion, a key retentions portion, a card retention portion, and a cap and handle assembly. The bottle allows a user to better organize personal items, such as a phone, keys, credit cards or money, and/or headphones.
US10654610B2
Embodiments of a reusable stackable shipping box are provided herein. The reusable stackable shipping box may be reused and cleaned without causing harm to the integrity of the box. In addition, the box is slightly tapered in shape such that the box may be stacked upon and within other boxes for ease in shipping and organization.
US10654609B2
A container may have a base, a sidewall connected to the base, a bell connected to the sidewall, and a finish connected to the bell. The base may have strap ribs to resist deformation of the base. The sidewall may have recessed columns to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The strap ribs and recessed columns may vertically line up along a central axis of the container to communicate forces on the container vertically along the container to continuously resist deformation in the base and the sidewall.
US10654606B2
The invention relates to labeling and/or printing devices, methods and systems for applying coding and/or labeling to containers that are stacked or otherwise organized in a group (e.g., containers stacked on a pallet). In embodiments of the invention, labeling and/or printing devices are mounted on carriages that are capable of moving in a vertical direction to apply labels as they move. Horizontal movement is imparted either by moving such carriages in a horizontal direction adjacent to the containers, or by moving the containers themselves (or the pallet holding them) in a horizontal direction adjacent to such carriages. Multiple carriages with labeling devices may be provided to provide simultaneous labeling to more than one side of a group of stacked containers. Embodiments of the invention are capable of providing labeling of containers that are uniformly or non-uniformly grouped or stacked.
US10654604B2
A tape closure system is shown and described herein. The tape closure system includes a first tape component having a pressure sensitive adhesive and a second tape component having a pressure sensitive adhesive, where at least one of the pressure sensitive adhesives has a modified surface to reduce the tack of the surface such that when the first and second pressure adhesives are brought into contact with one another they may sufficiently adhere to one another to form a seal but are still separable from one another and able to be repeatedly opened and sealed. Such a tape may be manufactured through high speed manufacturing processes and wound into large master rolls. In the roll configuration, the modified surface contacts the backside of the liner and experiences compressive forces in the roll. Due to the compressive forces, a part of the modified surface may get pushed into the PSA, thereby affecting the properties of the modified adhesive. An embodiment of this invention provides an embossed liner with spacers that nest the modified adhesive surface when it is self-wound, thereby preventing the deterioration of the adhesive properties. An embodiment of the invention is a method by which the adhesive-based closure system can be applied on to a flexible packaging material on a Form Fill Seal packaging machine in one of three ways: (1) In a form of a tape from a spool. (2) In a form of an adhesive dispensed directly on to flexible packaging material. (3) In form of a tape dispensed from a roll of pressure sensitive adhesive roll. Another embodiment of the invention is a double sided tape with the detack layer on both sides. An embodiment of the present invention can also be used for temporary closure with no damage done to the underlying system.
US10654602B2
An insertion apparatus for placing a packaging object in a packaging bag, includes: a bag support unit that holds the packaging bag in a state where a bag mouth of the packaging bag is opened; a transfer mechanism that places the packaging object at a supply position; a first intermediate holding unit provided to be able to ascend and descend; an elevation mechanism that elevates or lowers the first intermediate holding unit so as to place the first intermediate holding unit at a first elevation position and a second elevation position; a first placement mechanism that moves the packaging object placed at the supply position in a horizontal direction so as to place the packaging object on the first intermediate holding unit placed at the first elevation position; a horizontal movement mechanism that moves the first intermediate holding unit placed at the second elevation position in the horizontal direction so as to insert at least a part of the first intermediate holding unit in the packaging bag via the bag mouth; and a second placement mechanism that moves the packaging object, placed on the first intermediate holding unit at least partially placed in the packaging bag, in the horizontal direction so as to place the packaging object outside the first intermediate holding unit and inside the packaging bag.
US10654601B2
The present invention relates to a method and a device of managing a set (42) of lids, stacked and inserted in a packaging, including the steps of pressing said set (42) and displacing it, with a transport device (1), keeping the lids in the packaging; pressing a second portion (44) of the set (42) with a handle (23); moving the handle (23) so as to take at least a part of the second portion (44) towards the first portion (43); displacing the handle (23) so as to place the second portion (44) against the first portion (43); immobilizing the second portion (44) against the first portion (43) with an immobilizing device (9); opening the handle (23) and moving it away from the set (42). The invention also relates to a system for producing palletized sets of lids.
US10654582B2
An inert gas generating system includes a source of a gaseous mixture, and a fuel separation unit configured to receive a portion of the gaseous mixture from the source. The fuel separation unit includes a reverse selective membrane configured to separate the gaseous mixture into a condensable gas portion and a permanent gas portion. The inert gas generating system further includes a catalytic oxidation unit configured to receive and react hydrocarbon vapors within the condensable gas portion to produce an inert gas.
US10654580B2
The present invention includes a rotorcraft drive system, method, and aircraft comprising a fixed engine; a rotating spindle that rotates a proprotor gearbox and rotor pylon between a hover and forward flight position, wherein the rotating spindle rotates about a rotation bearings on two inboard ribs of a wing member; and an interconnect drive shaft connected to the fixed engine, wherein the interconnect drive shaft passes through an aft cove of the wing member and connects to the engine via a forward-aft drive shaft, wherein the forward-aft drive shaft is connected to the proprotor gearbox to provide power to a proprotor.
US10654577B2
The present disclosure is directed to a gas turbine engine defining a radial direction, a longitudinal direction, and a circumferential direction, an upstream end and a downstream end along the longitudinal direction, and an axial centerline extended along the longitudinal direction. The gas turbine engine includes a low pressure (LP) turbine defining an outer flowpath. The outer flowpath defines a first outer flowpath radius at an upstream-most end of the LP turbine, a last outer flowpath radius disposed at a downstream-most end of the LP turbine, a middle outer flowpath radius disposed therebetween along the longitudinal direction. The middle outer flowpath radius is greater than the last outer flowpath radius.
US10654571B2
A system includes a drone including an onboard entity; and a control entity for controlling the drone and situated remotely from the drone. The control entity enables an operator to select data for sending to the onboard entity, the onboard entity being adapted to execute actions as a function of the received data. The onboard entity is arranged to generate a message on the basis of the data as produced by the control entity and as received by the onboard entity, and to transmit the message to the control entity. The control entity acts via warning means to generate an information signal representative of said message. The operator can then act via validation means to cause an intention message to be transmitted that authorizes or does not authorize execution of said actions by the drone.
US10654570B2
A vehicular alert system includes an autonomous aerial vehicle and a central computer. The autonomous aerial vehicle includes a processor, a display, and a detector. The processor controls a data transceiver. The detector detects one or more vehicular condition. The central computer communicates with the autonomous aerial vehicle via the data transceiver. The central computer includes a memory device. The memory device stores vehicular condition data and road condition data. The central computer communicates one of a vehicular condition or a road condition to the autonomous aerial vehicle. The processor of the autonomous aerial vehicle displays the received condition on the display.
US10654564B2
An aircraft assembly having a first region, a second region spaced from the first region by a flexible region, and a deflection sensor. The first region has greater positional stability than the second region such that the second region deflects further from its default position than the first region during in-use loads. The deflection sensor includes a first gyroscope at the first region to generate a first signal representing rotation of the first region about one or more orthogonal axes, and a second gyroscope at the second region to generate a second signal representing rotation of the second region about the one or more axes. The second gyroscope is synchronised in time with the first. A controller subtracts one of the first and second signals from the other to obtain a differential signal representing deflection of the second region relative to the first due to flexing of the flexible region.
US10654560B2
One embodiment is a method including defining a maximum deflection for a first axis of a control surface axis of an aircraft; defining a maximum deflection for a second axis of the control surface; and creating a graphical representation of the maximum deflection for the first and second control surface axes. The method further includes determining an angle of rotation of a structure on which the control surface is carried, wherein the angle of rotation is relative to a body of the aircraft; rotating the graphical representation in accordance with the determined angle of rotation; calculating a distance between a point representing a selected combination of roll moment and yaw moment and each edge of the graphical representation; and calculating a control surface deflection based on the calculated distances.
US10654541B2
Foldable electrical vehicles and related charging infrastructure are described. The foldable electrical vehicle generally includes three structural members (front and rear wheel-bearing structural members and a seat-bearing structural member) that are pivotally interconnected along their lengths such that they may be pivoted between a closed position wherein the three structural members are disposed roughly parallel to each other in a compact folded configuration, and an open riding configuration wherein an angular relation is formed between the structural members.
US10654540B2
A cycle carrier structure mounted on a cycle comprises an integral bifurcated structure comprising a pair of limbs which are connected at their ends to complementary projections (6, 13) mounted on the ends of a skewer (12) by way of quick release connectors. The bifurcated structure (1) is pivotably connected at the interconnection between the limbs to one end of an adjustable strut (2). The strut (2) is connected at its other end to a seat post (10) by a quick release coupling (3). The bifurcated structure (1) has apertures (7) which can receive a pin (34) of a pannier (29) to secure the pannier (29) to the carrier frame (1). A hook (36) engages a limb of the bifurcated structure (1) to provide additional stability. The bifurcated structure (1) may be an integral component, for example a moulded, hollow component of composite material or alloy.
US10654539B2
A bicycle child seat includes a seat body for accommodating a child therein and a fixation adapted to couple the bicycle child seat to a bike. The seat body includes a multi-layer structure with at least a first layer and a second layer made from different materials. The first layer is adapted to at least partially cover the second layer and to at least partially support the second layer.
US10654532B2
A vehicle body structure includes a strake provided in the rear of a front end of a tire, and the strake includes a displacement part displaced to a direction coming close to the tire as going rearward. The strake as a whole is located between right and left tires and between the front end and a rear end of the tire. The strake is mounted on a rear suspension that suspends the tire from a vehicle body. The strake includes a horizontal part formed nearly horizontally on a lower end thereof. The rear suspension includes a cover overlapping with the rear suspension in an up-down direction, and the strake is provided on a lower surface of the cover and at a position on a rear side of a lower end of the cover. The strake is provided in front of a silencer that muffles exhaust from the vehicle body.
US10654531B2
An exemplary automotive vehicle includes a body having a wheelhouse, the wheelhouse including a wheelhouse edge defining a wheelhouse opening, and a wheel disposed in the wheelhouse opening, a suspension system including a suspension component adjacent to the wheelhouse, the suspension component configured to vertically deflect during vehicle operation, an aerodynamic system including an aerodynamic member disposed within the wheelhouse opening and coupled to the suspension component, the aerodynamic member having a first position with respect to the wheelhouse edge and the wheel and a second position with respect to the wheelhouse edge and the wheel, wherein the aerodynamic member moves from the first position to the second position with deflection of the suspension component such that a distance between the aerodynamic member and the wheel is greater when the aerodynamic member is in the second position than when the aerodynamic member is in the first position.
US10654526B2
A vehicle body structure comprises a windshield and a cowl top garnish provided along a lower end portion of the windshield. The cowl top garnish includes a first shield glass abutment portion abutting against a back surface of the windshield and engaging portions engaging with engaged portions provided in the vehicle body. The engaging portions are provided in at least part in a direction along the lower end portion of the windshield. The first shield glass abutment portion occupies a range wider than a range where the engaging portions are provided. The engaging portions are provided at positions farther away from the back surface of the windshield than the first shield glass abutment portion, and engage with the engaged portions in a direction from the back surface to a front surface of the windshield.
US10654522B2
A system for monitoring a steering angle of a wheel of a steering assembly of a vehicle may include a sensor cap configured to be coupled to a steering knuckle of the steering assembly at an open end of a bore defined by the steering knuckle such that the sensor cap is mounted for rotation with the steering knuckle about a kingpin. In addition, the system may include a kingpin sensor configured to be coupled between the sensor cap and the kingpin. The kingpin sensor may be configured to detect relative rotation between the steering knuckle and the kingpin.
US10654516B2
A steering column may include an inner casing tube in which a steering spindle is rotatably mounted, an outer casing unit that retains the inner casing tube, and a clamping device that secures the outer casing unit relative to the inner casing tube in a fixing position and enables adjustment in an enabling position. The clamping device comprises an arresting element supported longitudinally on the outer casing unit and, in the fixing position, is connected in a longitudinally non-displaceable manner to an engagement element connected to the inner casing tube and, in the enabling position, is released from the engagement element and enables movement of the inner casing tube relative to the outer casing unit in a longitudinal direction. A plastically-deformable energy absorption device, which includes at least two energy absorption elements and a coupling means, may couple the inner casing tube and the outer casing unit.
US10654515B2
A height-adjustable steering column for motor vehicles may include an outer sleeve that receives a steering spindle and is connected to an actuating unit. The actuating unit can be mounted pivotably by way of two pivot bearings on a retaining unit, which can be fixedly connected to a vehicle chassis. The two pivot bearings may be disposed at a horizontal distance to one another on a pivot axis and may each comprise a dihedron projection and a recess that engages with the dihedron projection. Each recess may comprise an introduction region for introduction of the respective dihedron projection in a radial direction with respect to the pivot axis. An inner span of the introduction region may correspond to a smaller outer diameter of the dihedron projection and may form a transition into a partially circular bearing region, an inner diameter of which may be adapted to a larger outer diameter of the dihedron projection so that the dihedron projection is mounted pivotably in the bearing region after a rotation about the pivot axis by approximately 90°.
US10654511B1
An exemplary method for controlling a vehicle includes providing a vehicle steering system including a moveable steering column assembly and a moveable steering wheel assembly, a first actuator and a second actuator, the first and second actuators configured to move vehicle steering system from a first position to a second position, providing a plurality of sensors, the sensors configured to measure a force characteristic, providing a controller electronically connected to the sensors and the vehicle steering system, monitoring first sensor data received from the first sensor and second sensor data received from the second sensor, generating a reference model based on a desired output displacement and the first and second sensor data, calculating, a revised output displacement based on the reference model, and automatically generating a first control signal to control the first actuator and a second control signal to control the second actuator.
US10654509B2
An adjustment drive for a steering column adjustable by motor includes a threaded spindle with an axis. The threaded spindle engages in a spindle nut, a drive unit and a gear wheel connected to the spindle nut or the threaded spindle for rotation therewith, which is driveable to rotate about the axis by the drive unit and rotatably mounted about the axis in a bearing housing in an arrangement between two outer bearing rings axially supported at the bearing housing. The outer bearing rings each have, on their facing sides, a circumferential outer bearing face coaxial to the axis, the outer bearing face in each case lying opposite a bearing face on the end side at the gear wheel. At least one outer bearing ring is axially resiliently supported at the bearing housing by an elastic preloading element that axially braces the two outer bearing rings together.
US10654507B2
A steering apparatus for adapting a push-from-behind transportation device having a push bar for steering through pulling in an abreast or leading position. The steering apparatus includes a telescopic bar to selectively adjust the length as the steering apparatus extends forward from the pushing bar. The connection of the steering apparatus to the pushing bar may be integrated thereto, facilitated by a removable load bearing device as well as pivotal connection so as to increasing the steering and navigating of the push-from-behind transportation device by pulling from either side or the front thereof.
US10654506B2
A gyroscopically-responsive power assisted moment arm is disclosed for use in connection with vehicles such as load carrying devices. A moment arm extends to a pivot point such that when a longitudinal force is applied at the moment arm, a sensor senses such force and outputs an energizing signal to a motor to drive a wheel. If a rotational or vertical force is applied to the moment arm, the motor need not be driven. According to the invention, therefore, a power assist can be provided to a user to drive a wheel in a desired direction of transport while not causing drive during tipping or unloading of the load carrying portion of the vehicle. Such an apparatus can be advantageously applied to a power assisted wheelbarrow, as one exemplary application.
US10654504B1
A dish cart includes a top with a slot for receiving a lift arm that may be lifted up through the slot to raise or lower dishes. Lobe openings emanating from the slot receive lobes of a lift paddle secured to the lift arm. The cart may define a gap below the top for permitting insertion of the lift paddle and the lift arm. The cart may be adjusted to receive differently sized dishes by means of rails of different sizes or adjustable vanes. A dish drop station includes the lift arm and lift paddle and a lift mechanism for raising and lower the lift arm. The dish drop station may include a cart present sensor and include a lock for retaining the cart. The controller may be programmed to the lower the lift arm to an unlock position that disengages the cart lock.
US10654500B2
An arrival time and location targeting system for a train, the system including at least one computer programmed or configured to: (a) receive at least one target location associated with a forward route of the train; (b) determine required time of arrival at the at least one target location based at least partially on the current location of a leading edge of the train; (c) determine an estimated time of arrival of the leading edge of the train at the at least one target location based at least partially on the current location of the leading edge of the train and the current speed of the train; and (d) based at least partially on the difference between the determined required time of arrival and the determined estimated time of arrival, generate a target speed of the train. A computer-implemented arrival time and location targeting method is also provided.
US10654497B2
A block, towing system, and a method for towing rail cars is provided. The block includes a first channel, a second channel, a third channel and a fourth channel. The first channel is located on a first side of the block. The second channel is located adjacent to the first channel on the first side of the block. The third channel is located on an opposite side of the block from the first channel. The fourth channel is located adjacent to the third channel on the opposite side of the block from the second channel.
US10654492B2
A method for displaying in a transportation vehicle braking operations of transportation vehicles driving ahead wherein the transportation vehicles driving ahead are detected; data are collected on the acceleration of the transportation vehicles driving ahead; and, from the data on the acceleration, first transportation vehicles driving ahead with a first acceleration are determined, the first acceleration being a negative acceleration, the magnitude of which is greater than or equal to a specified threshold value. On a display area, first graphical objects are generated, each first transportation vehicle driving ahead being assigned a first graphical object which indicates that the first transportation vehicle driving ahead assigned to the first graphical object has the first acceleration. Also disclosed is a device for displaying accelerations of transportation vehicles driving ahead in a transportation vehicle.
US10654486B2
Steering wheel sensor systems are described in which a sensor array is attached to or integrated with a steering wheel and provides information about the forces exerted on the steering wheel for interacting with or controlling other vehicle systems.
US10654484B2
A starting strategy for a power train of a motor vehicle including an internal combustion engine fitted with a drive shaft extending along a longitudinal axis, an alternator-starter, a first pulley that is designed to be driven in rotation by the drive shaft, a pulley that is rigidly connected to a shaft of the alternator-starter, a belt encircling said two pulleys, and a coupling/decoupling system between the first pulley and the drive shaft of the engine, characterized in that the starting strategy includes a preparation procedure for said belt in cold weather.
US10654482B2
A system includes an acquisition unit that acquires an operation amount or a duration count, and a switching unit that switches a driving state. The switching unit switches the driving state to the cooperative driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than an intervention threshold and less than a start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold during the autonomous driving state, switches the driving state to the autonomous driving state when the operation amount is less than the intervention threshold or the duration count is less than the first threshold during the cooperative driving state, and switches the driving state to the manual driving state when the operation amount is equal to or greater than the start threshold or the duration count is equal to or greater than the second threshold.
US10654475B2
Based on a detection information from a plurality of sensors detecting a surrounding object in different fashions, a vehicle control apparatus configured to perform vehicle control for avoiding or mitigating a collision with the object determines an occurrence of a detection capability impaired state in which a detection capability for detecting the object is impaired at any of sensors, based on the detection information about the sensor or the other sensors. The vehicle control apparatus shortens an actuation time until implementing the vehicle control, in comparison with a time when the sensor detects the object without causing the detection capability impaired state, if the object is detected by the sensor in which the detection capability impaired state has been eliminated within a predetermined time after determining that the detection capability impaired state has been eliminated.
US10654474B2
A vehicle control apparatus and a vehicle control method are disclosed. The vehicle control apparatus includes an inputter, a setting module, a determiner, and a controller. The inputter receives at least one collision avoidance operation signal from a collision avoidance device, and receives information about a current object detected by a sensing device. The setting module establishes a collision sensitive region for each driver upon receiving an ON mode signal from among the collision avoidance operation signals. The determiner determines whether the received current object information is present in a range of the established collision sensitive region for each driver. If the current object information is present in the range of the established collision sensitive region for each driver, the controller controls the collision avoidance device to perform a collision avoidance operation at a target time point earlier than a predetermined reference time point.
US10654473B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for preventing a collision. The apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect another vehicle located at a rear side of both lateral sides through a detection sensor including one or more radar sensors disposed at a rear side of a driver's vehicle to monitor the rear side of both lateral sides and one or more ultrasonic sensors disposed at the rear side of the driver's vehicle to monitor the rear side of both lateral sides; a determination unit configured to determine a movement direction of the other vehicle based on the location, select the other vehicle that moves in one direction including a transverse direction from the driver's vehicle as a target vehicle, and determine whether the target vehicle approaches or moves away from the driver's vehicle by tracking a driving trace of the target vehicle; and a controller configured to, when it is determined that the target vehicle approaches the driver's vehicle, select a fusion target vehicle based on track information of the other vehicle by output values of the radar sensors and distance information of the other vehicle by output values of the ultrasonic sensors, calculate a time of collision with the fusion target vehicle and, when the collision time is within a preset threshold time, make a control to operate one or more of a warning display device, an alarm output device, and a braking system.
US10654469B2
A method for accelerating a vehicle driving forward, in which the vehicle has a propulsion system including a combustion engine with an output shaft (2a), a gearbox (3) with an input shaft (3a), an electric machine (9) comprising a stator and a rotor, and a planetary gear comprising a sun gear (10), a ring gear (11) and a planet wheel carrier (12). When accelerating the vehicle the torque of the electric machine is controlled and the rotational speed of the combustion engine is controlled until the components of the planetary gear have the same rotational speed and may be interlocked.
US10654464B2
A method for compensation of a support torque at a combustion engine and transmission which provide an overlay of combustion engine and electric machine. The combustion engine, the electric machine, and a transmission gearset are connected with each other via a planetary gearset, which is positioned in front of a downstream transmission gearset. The invention concerns a transmission gearset of a three-shaft transmission, each with a transmission input shaft for the electric machine, and for the combustion engine, and an output shaft. For the connection or disconnection of the transmission input shaft of the electric machine while driving, the electric machine is used for the synchronization of the input shaft of the electric machine, and the created support torque at the combustion engine is determined, based on this support torque, to match a combustion engine torque and thus to compensate the support torque.
US10654460B2
A novel, particularly rationally designed, modular parking brake actuator for an electric drum brake system. An axle A1 from the motor, including a screw gear pinion coupled in a rotationally fixed manner, and an axle of the spindle arrangement, including a screw gear which is coupled in a rotationally fixed manner to the drive nut, define under a deflection of 90° a single wheel gearbox stage of the parking brake actuator.
US10654455B2
The electric brake device includes a control device for performing follow-up control such that a braking force estimated value estimated by a braking force estimator follows a given braking force command value. The control device includes an angle-sensorless control function section for determining a phase of phase current of an electric motor irrespective of an actual angle of the electric motor and controlling the electric motor to have a current value that is based on the determined phase of the phase current. The angle-sensorless control function section includes a current phase determination section for determining a current phase that is the phase of the phase current of the electric motor on the basis of a deviation between the braking force command value and the braking force estimated value.
US10654454B2
A vehicle brake system, wherein an electric brake device is configured such that a clearance exists between a friction member and a rotary body when no braking force request is made, and wherein a controller is configured to: execute, for a hydraulic brake device, from a time point of generation of the request, a braking-force-request-dependent control for generating a hydraulic braking force in accordance with a degree of the request; and execute, for the electric brake device, (a) a clearance removing control for removing the clearance, which is executed from the time point of generation of the request till a time point when the degree increases up to a threshold degree, and (b) a braking-force-request-dependent control for generating an electric braking force in accordance with the degree of the request, the control being executed after the time point when the degree becomes equal to the threshold degree.
US10654453B2
Systems and methods for implementing a low-latency braking action for an autonomous vehicle are provided. A computing system can include a vehicle autonomy system comprising one or more processors configured to determine a motion plan for an autonomous vehicle based at least in part on sensor data from one or more sensors of the autonomous vehicle. The computing system can further include a low-latency braking system comprising one or more processors configured to determine that the autonomous vehicle has a likelihood of colliding with an object in a surrounding environment based at least in part on a previously-determined motion plan obtained from the vehicle autonomy system. In response to determining that the autonomous vehicle has a likelihood of colliding with the object in the surrounding environment, the low-latency braking system can further be configured to implement a braking action for the autonomous vehicle.
US10654451B2
The on-vehicle optical sensor cleaning system includes a washer pump that feeds a cleaning liquid, an air pump, a nozzle member, and a controller. The air pump includes a discharge valve and discharges air through the discharge valve. The discharge valve opens when air is compressed in the air pump. The nozzle member includes an ejection port that ejects a gas-liquid mixture toward a sensing surface of an on-vehicle optical sensor to remove foreign matter from the sensing surface. The cleaning liquid from the washer pump and the air from the air pump are mixed in the gas-liquid mixture. The controller controls the washer pump and the air pump. The controller is configured so that the gas-liquid mixture is ejected by storing the cleaning liquid in the nozzle member to cover the ejection port and then feeding the air to the nozzle member.
US10654436B2
One example of a sliding device for a vehicle seat that can reduce false detection by a sensor is disclosed. The sliding device includes a fixed rail fixed to a vehicle; a movable rail, to which the vehicle seat is directly or indirectly fixed, that is slidable relative to the fixed rail; a mounting bracket having a fixed portion directly or indirectly fixed to the movable rail, and an extending portion extending from the fixed portion to a front side of the seat; a sensor fixed to the mounting bracket and displaced with the movable rail to detect a position of the movable rail; and a restrictor located closer to the front side of the seat than the fixed portion is. The restrictor restricts a displacement of the sensor by contacting the mounting bracket or the sensor when the extending portion is displaced in excess of a predefined extent.
US10654428B2
A power supply control device that includes a switch control unit that is configured to switch on and off a first switch and a second switch and receive a supply of power from a battery, the first switch and the second switch being respectively provided in a plurality of power supply paths through which power is supplied from one end of a battery to one end of a first load and one end of a second load; an output terminal from which current that flows from the battery via the switch control unit is output; a diode whose anode is connected to the output terminal, and whose cathode is connected to one end of the second load; an opening detection circuit; and a voltage detection circuit.
US10654422B2
A view friendly monitor system provides a monitor and a sequence of views that are regions of interest. The monitor can display a region of the camera view; the system is configured such that the displayed region of the camera view is a region of interest to the user. The displayed portion of the camera view changes to match the changing interests of the user. For example, a user that is interested to see a view in a direction beyond a certain edge of the monitor would move her head generally in an opposite direction. To see farther outside the edge, she needs to move her head farther in the opposite direction. In response to her head movement, the view friendly monitor system would change the region of interest based on the direction and the length of her head movement and display the new region of interest on the monitor.
US10654421B2
A watercraft carrier includes a central hub having an upper surface configured to receive a watercraft, an upright rotatably coupled to the central hub and configured to be disposed in a plurality of positions, and a locking assembly coupling the upright with the central hub and configured to secure the upright in the plurality of positions. The locking assembly is disposed below the upper surface of the central hub. A portion of the upright is disposed above the upper surface of the central hub in a first position and the upright is disposed below the upper surface of the central hub in a second position.
US10654419B2
A luggage compartment screen apparatus of a vehicle may include a moving housing movable along guide rails; a push mechanism to be drawn out or drawn in from the moving housing toward the luggage compartment and be rotatable and formed to have a step in a rotation direction thereof; and a locking mechanism rotatably disposed on the moving housing to be configured to be selectively locked to the guide rail, formed to have a step in a drawn-out and drawn-in direction of the push mechanism, and having a stepped portion in contact with a stepped portion of the push mechanism to be rotated to be locked to the guide rail at the time of a drawn-in operation or a rotation operation of the push mechanism and be rotated to be separated from the guide rail at the time of a drawn-out operation of the push mechanism.
US10654417B2
The electric retractable view device for a vehicle includes a view device rotating section including a view section body mounted therein, a rotation support section that supports the view device rotating section so as to be rotatable relative to a predetermined rotation axis, and an electric driving mechanism that electrically moves the view device rotating section to either of a retracted position and an extended position. The electric driving mechanism includes a motor, and a power transmission mechanism that transmits a drive force of the motor to the view device rotating section to rotate the view device rotating section in the direction around the rotation axis. The power transmission mechanism includes a double-threaded worm, and one or more motor-side worms disposed on the motor side relative to the double-threaded worm. Each of the one or more motor-side worms is a single-threaded worm.
US10654415B2
A system according to the present disclosure includes an edge detection module, a hitch identification module, a guidance line module, and a display control module. The edge detection module detects edges of an object within an image of a cargo bed of a vehicle. The hitch identification module identifies at least one of a type of a trailer hitch attached to the cargo bed and a size of the trailer hitch based on the detected edges of the object. The guidance line module determines a starting point of a guidance line for connecting a trailer to the trailer hitch based on at least one of the type of the trailer hitch and the size of the trailer hitch. The display control module controls an electronic display to display the image of the cargo bed and to display the guidance line on the image of the cargo bed.
US10654413B2
A system for monitoring vehicle dynamics and detecting adverse events during operation is presented. Position sensors attached to a vehicle are configured to identify a vehicle orientation (heading) as well as the vehicle's direction of travel (trajectory). A system controller connected to these position sensors can detect the difference between these two measurements. When the difference between these two measurements exceeds a safety threshold, it can be an indication of a slip event. A slip event can be caused by compromised traction or stability and may lead to a loss of vehicle control. The system controller can be configured to monitor various vehicle dynamics to detect these slip events. The system controller may be configured to track geolocations of slip events to create a database of historical slip events for determining location-based risk factors and prevention of future events.
US10654383B2
A structure of wadded-up seat trim cover, having a plurality of trim cover pieces sewn together at one end, each composed of a wadding member and a skin member, includes a bonded portion formed by bonding the skin member to the wadding member made shorter than the skin member, at a position remote, by a prescribed distance, from the end of the wadding member overlapping the skin member; a first sewn portion formed by bending that portion of the skin member, not overlapping the wadding member, along the end of the wadding member and then by sewing the portions of the adjacent skin members together; and second sewn portions formed by bending each end of the adjacent skin member to the back of the trim cover piece at the first sewn portion and then by sewing the adjacent skin members together at overlapping portions.
US10654382B2
A structure of wadded-up seat trim cover, having a plurality of trim cover pieces sewn together at one end, each composed of a wadding member and a skin member, includes a bonded portion formed by bonding the skin member to the wadding member made shorter than the skin member, at a position remote, by a prescribed distance, from the end of the wadding member overlapping the skin member; a first sewn portion formed by bending that portion of the skin member, not overlapping the wadding member, along the end of the wadding member and then by sewing the portions of the adjacent skin members together; and second sewn portions formed by bending each end of the adjacent skin member to the back of the trim cover piece at the first sewn portion and then by sewing the adjacent skin members together at overlapping portions.
US10654370B2
An apparatus for flexible DC fast charging of an electrified vehicle includes a charge receptacle and a vehicle charging controller programmed to establish a wireless communication with a charging station. The apparatus further includes a reconfigurable energy storage system selectively and electrically connected to the charge receptacle. The reconfigurable energy storage system includes a first rechargeable energy storage device selectively and electrically connected to the charge receptacle, a second rechargeable energy storage device selectively connected to the charge receptacle, and a plurality of low-loss switching devices selectively connected to the first rechargeable energy storage device and the second rechargeable energy storage device. The vehicle charging controller is programmed to selectively actuate the plurality of low-loss switching devices based on the charging voltage of the charging station such that a nominal voltage of the reconfigurable energy storage system matches the charging voltage of the charging station.
US10654356B2
The invention relates to a tank cover for mounting on a filler neck of a container, including a grip cap, a threaded part and a locking mechanism which is provided between the grip cap and threaded part, wherein the locking mechanism is formed by latching noses and by elastically deformable latching lugs interacting therewith, the latching lugs are integrally formed on the threaded part and the latching noses are integrally formed on the grip cap, or the latching lugs are integrally formed on the grip cap and the latching noses are integrally formed on the threaded part. Here, the latching lugs are formed on or in the vicinity of a thread turn of the threaded part.
US10654355B2
A filling nozzle of a fuel tank including a receiving pipe and a liquid-vapor separator, includes a hollow body communicating with an intake pipe for a stream of vapors from the fuel tank, an emptying pipe flowing into the receiving pipe, and a vapor outlet pipe. The hollow body includes a separation mechanism extracting droplets and including at least one wall movable between first and second configurations. In the first configuration the movable wall forms, together with walls of the hollow body, a maze in which stream of vapors passing from the intake pipe towards the outlet pipe is forced to circulate. In the second configuration the movable wall allows the stream of vapors to pass from the intake pipe to the outlet pipe following a path that avoids all or part of the path travelled by the vapors when the movable walls are in the first configuration.
US10654351B2
A roll rod for a vehicle includes: a bracket including a front insulator, which is connected to a power train, installed on one end portion; and a rear insulator assembly installed on the other end portion of the bracket. The rear insulator assembly comprises a rear insulator disposed on an inner side of a rear mounting portion formed on the other end portion of the bracket, and a core penetrating the rear insulator and fastened to a vehicle body.
US10654348B2
A lid member of a vehicle roof is disclosed having a plate-like lid body having an inner and an outer large face, to which a moulded plastic portion has been moulded. The moulded plastic portion can be configured to receive an insert which is embodied as a hollow body, and which rests against the inner large face of the lid body. The insert may have an abutment flange, which limits a hollow space opening and which is provided with a circumferential sealing rib which rests against the inner large face of the lid body.
US10654343B2
A wireless power transfer system for a vehicle door glass may include a power transmitter including a first converter converting DC power from a battery into AC power, a transmitting coil wirelessly transmitting the AC power received from the first converter, and a transmitter controller controlling a power level to be output from the first converter; and a power receiver including a receiving coil wirelessly receiving the AC power from the transmitting coil, a second converter and a third converter connected to the receiving coil, and a receiver controller controlling a power level to be output from the second converter and the third converter, wherein the power transmitter is mounted on a vehicle door, and the power receiver is mounted on a door glass.
US10654341B2
A system including mode, engine, and battery modules, where the mode module determines whether to operate in an engine mode or a battery mode based on parameters. The engine module, while operating in the engine mode, runs a compressor at a first speed based on a temperature within a temperature controlled container of a vehicle and permits passage of refrigerant through eutectic plates independent of the temperature. A battery, while in the engine mode, is charged based on power received from an electrical source. The battery module, while operating in the battery mode and based on the temperature, runs the compressor at a second speed and prevents passage of the refrigerant through the eutectic plates. While in the battery mode, the battery is not being charged based on power from a shore power source and the electrical source from which power is received during the engine mode.
US10654337B2
Methods and systems for controlling an accessory powered by an auxiliary power unit of a vehicle are provided. The method includes a control module determining when a primary power source of a vehicle is deactivated. The method also includes the control module determining when an auxiliary power unit is activated after deactivation of the primary power source. Also, the method includes the control module automatically controlling the accessory powered by the auxiliary power unit when the control module determines that the primary power source is deactivated and the auxiliary power unit is activated.
US10654333B2
A method for regulating an active chassis of a motor vehicle as a function of road elevation profile data which lie within a prognosis for a trajectory of the motor vehicle. The prognosis of the trajectory is calculated by a mathematical model at least on the basis of steering angle data of a steering angle sensor of the motor vehicle. The prognosis of the trajectory is assigned to the road elevation profile data detected by at least one environmental sensor. Based on the prognosis, at least one actuator of the active chassis is controlled, and the prognosis of the trajectory is then used exclusively to control the active chassis when the trajectory lies in an area that was classified as navigable based on the environmental data that was detected by at least one environment sensor.
US10654332B2
An automatic tilting vehicle comprises left and right front wheels and a rear wheel. A control unit controls a vehicle tilting device so that the tilt angle of the vehicle becomes the target tilt angle. The control device is configured to swingingly vibrates the vehicle in the lateral direction by tilting the vehicle by the vehicle tilting device, to estimate a height of the center of gravity of the vehicle based on a resonance period of swinging vibration of the vehicle, and to correct the target tilt angle such that a perpendicular passing through the estimated center of gravity passes within a range of a triangle formed by connecting grounding points of the left and right front wheels and a grounding point of the rear wheel.
US10654327B2
A receiver pin lock for insertion into first and second sized opposed engaging apertures of first and second hitch receivers is shown and described. The receiver pin lock may include a stem, a first stepped portion extend from the stem, and a lock member selectively engageable with the stem, the lock member preventing removal of stem from either of the first and second hitch receivers. The receiver pin lock may also include a second stepped portion positioned on the lock member and extending from the stem, where the stem is configured to operatively engage the first sized engaging apertures of the first hitch receiver and the first and second stepped portions are configured to operatively engage the second sized engaging apertures of the second hitch receiver.
US10654323B2
A method and associated apparatus for uniquely identifying tyres for wheels of vehicles as part of wheel maintenance processes. The method envisages that a vehicle wheel is mounted on a support of a wheel maintenance apparatus, said wheel comprising a rim and a tyre. Moreover, a digital code is created to uniquely identify the tyre. Finally, via a marking system, preferably of the optical type, at least one marking is created on the surface of one side wall of the tyre of said wheel, corresponding to the previously created digital code.
US10654322B2
Each of at least two layers of a carcass reinforcement has a breaking force per unit width higher than 2250 daN/dm. The minimum strength per unit width, measured for an elongation of less than 10%, of a second layer of carcass reinforcement is strictly greater than a value equal to 20% of the minimum strength per unit width, measured for an elongation of less than 10%, of a first layer of carcass reinforcement. The reinforcing elements of the two layers of carcass reinforcement have a thread count of less than 750 tex. The elongation of the reinforcing elements of the second layer of carcass reinforcement is greater than 4% under a force of 20 daN, and the secant elastic modulus values under tension at 10% elongation, Mt, Mj, satisfy the relationship Mt/Mj≥1.
US10654319B2
A motorcycle tire 1 comprises a tread portion 2, sidewall portions 3, bead portions 4, a carcass 6 extending between the bead portions, and a tread reinforcing layer 7 disposed radially outside the carcass in the tread portion. The tread reinforcing layer 7 is composed of a helically wound strip 10 of parallel reinforcing cords 11 coated with topping rubber 12. The winding pitch Pm of the strip 10 in middle parts Mi of the tread reinforcing layer is less than the winding pitch Pc of the strip 10 in a central part Cr, and less than the winding pitch Ps of the strip 10 in shoulder parts Sh.
US10654314B2
The bicycle hub assembly includes a hub axle, a hub body, a bearing unit, a lock member, and a tool engagement member. The bearing unit is configured to rotatably support the hub body around the hub axle with respect to the rotational center axis. The bearing unit includes an outer race, an inner race and a plurality of rolling members. The lock member prevents the inner race of the bearing unit from rotating relative to the hub axle. The tool engagement member is configured to rotate the inner race of the bearing unit relative to the hub axle.
US10654312B2
A wheel cover unit for front wheels of trucks or buses includes a wheel cover, two attaching members and a cover. The wheel cover is provided with an outer convex platform having a central hole, and the periphery of the central hole is annularly provided with a plurality of nut convex covers and a plurality of through holes. The inner edge of the central hole is vertically and backwardly provided with a hole ring having corresponding two pairs of slots, wherein each slot extends to the central hole with a lock tab. Each attaching member is provided with a connecting portion and two connecting pieces. The connecting portion is locked with the bolt of the wheel and the connecting piece is locked with the lock tab via a screwed element, so as to assemble the wheel cover to the front wheel of the truck or bus.
US10654308B2
A unisometric reflection display has a light transmissivity and includes reflectors included in a reflector holding layer of a thin film form. The reflector holding layer has a plurality of sections divided in a direction of a plane of the reflector holding layer. In each of at least two of the sections, reflectors inside incline in a fixed direction and a fixed angle. A direction and/or an angle in which reflectors incline differ between the two sections.
US10654307B2
The present invention is related to the filed of optically variable security elements comprising a region based on a single cured ink comprising a cholesteric liquid crystal polymer, said region having at least two, preferably at least three, patterns exhibiting, at at least one viewing angle, a different CIE (1976) color index parameter and/or a different position of the selective reflection band for protecting security documents against counterfeiting and/or illegal reproduction. In particular, the present invention relates to processes for manufacturing said features, when the processes comprises the steps of a) applying on a substrate by a rotogravure process with the use of a gravure cylinder having at least two, preferably at least three, different engravings a single cholesteric liquid crystal precursor composition, b) heating the applied composition to bring said composition to a cholesteric liquid crystal state, and c) curing the composition so as to form the region based on a single cured ink comprising a cholesteric liquid crystal polymer.
US10654305B2
Provided is a binding apparatus enabling easy removal of a sheet bundle, which has been subjected to binding, from clamping teeth. The binding apparatus includes: a sheet placement portion on which sheets are placed; an alignment unit configured to align the sheets placed on the sheet placement portion; a binding member configured to bind the sheets placed on the sheet placement portion by deforming the sheets without using a staple; and a separating member configured to apply a rotational force to the sheets which are bound by the binding member to separate the sheets and the binding member from each other, the alignment unit and the separating member being constructed by different members.
US10654304B2
A method for manufacturing the panel element (1) according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a process of printing a printed layer (4a) formed of an ink that does not transmit light on a front side of a resin sheet (3); a process of superimposing and printing a printed layer (4b) on an upper surface of the printed layer (4a) to form a laminated printed layer (4); and a process of irradiating the laminated printed layer (4) with laser light on a front side thereof to remove a part of the laminated printed layer (4) and to form a hole portion having a vertical end face in the laminated printed layer (4).
US10654298B2
A tape cartridge is detachably installed on a cartridge installation portion of a tape printing apparatus. A first shaft and a second shaft are disposed on the cartridge installation portion. The tape cartridge includes a printing tape that is wound on a tape core, a platen roller in which a first shaft is inserted when the tape cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation portion, and a guided portion which is guided by the second shaft when the tape cartridge is installed in the cartridge installation portion. When seen from an attaching direction of the tape cartridge, the guided portion is disposed at an opposite side of the tape core with respect to the platen roller and the guided portion is recessed on an outer peripheral surface of a cartridge casing that forms an outer shell of the tape cartridge.
US10654297B2
A web printing system has a loading tool to aid in the loading of new wide format web media. The loading tool is pivotable between a first position for loading a leading edge portion of the web onto the loading tool and a second position wherein an end portion of the loading tool extends above a print surface when in use. The end portion of the loading tool includes a beam element protruding from the loading tool in its pivoting direction towards the print surface, wherein in the second position the beam element is positioned with respect to the turn element, such that an S-shaped curve is formed in a web held on the loading tool. The curvature in the web significantly enhances the friction exerted by the beam element on the web, thereby stably holding the web in place.
US10654296B2
A printing apparatus, including: a head holder; a platen roller; a first support shaft; a roller holder; a moving mechanism configured to move the roller holder; and a biasing member configured to bias the roller holder in an inclined direction inclined with respect to a first direction which is substantially orthogonal to a conveyance direction and in which the roller faces a thermal head toward a second direction side, the second direction opposite to the conveyance direction, wherein, in a state in which the roller holder is located at a pressing position, the roller is held in contact with the head while receiving a biasing force in the first direction from the biasing member, and a first contact portion of the roller holder is held in contact with the head holder in the second direction while receiving a biasing force in the second direction from the biasing member.
US10654291B2
A printing apparatus includes a support member including a curved surface that supports a recording medium conveyed in a predetermined conveyance direction, a discharging head that discharges liquid from a nozzle of a nozzle surface disposed in a position facing the support member to print an image on the recording medium on the curved surface, an irradiation section that includes a housing and a light emitting section and that irradiates the recording medium on the curved surface with light emitted from the light emitting section via an irradiation port, and a light-shielding plate disposed between the discharging head and the irradiation section. The housing of the irradiation section is disposed in a position farther from the curved surface than a virtual tangent plane that passes through a portion of the nozzle surface being farthest from the irradiation port and that contacts a lower end of the light-shielding plate.
US10654288B2
To provide an ink jet recording method using facedown discharge and capable of obtaining a recorded matter being suppressed a generation of minus curl. The method provided is an ink jet recording method including a step of recording an image on a recording medium having a first surface and a second surface by ejecting an aqueous ink from a recording head. This method further includes, after the recording step, a step of discharging the recording medium while placing the first surface or the second surface on which the image has been recorded last on a gravitationally lower side. In this method, the aqueous ink has a viscosity η1 of 5.0 mPa·s or more and a difference η2−η1 between a viscosity η2 of an evaporated ink obtained by evaporating 20% by mass of the aqueous ink and the viscosity η1 of the aqueous ink is 4.0 mPa·s or more.
US10654284B2
In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a fluid storage device is described. The device includes a fluid reservoir to store fluid. The fluid reservoir includes a free fluid chamber and an overflow chamber in fluid communication with the free fluid chamber. The reservoir also includes a seal assembly to, when in a first position, seal a refill port of the free fluid chamber and open an air vent of the overflow chamber. When in a second position, the seal assembly opens the refill port and seals the air vent.
US10654278B2
An inkjet recording apparatus of the present disclosure includes a recording head, a supply unit, a supply path, and a circulation path. The supply unit supplies liquid to the recording head. The liquid passes through the supply path to be supplied from the supply unit to the recording head. The liquid passes through the circulation path to return from the recording head to the supply unit. The supply path is provided with a supply coupling, and the circulation path is provided with a circulation coupling. Such part of the supply path as is located on an upstream side with respect to the supply coupling and such part of the circulation path as is located on a downstream side with respect to the circulation coupling are connected to each other by the bypass path which is switchable between a communicating state and a cut-off state.
US10654277B2
This printing apparatus is provided with a discharge head, a movement unit for moving a recording medium in a prescribed direction relative to the discharge head, a support member for supporting the recording medium in a position of facing the discharge head, a light-emitting unit for emitting light downstream in the prescribed direction from the discharge head, a first opposing unit disposed between the discharge head and the light-emitting unit in the prescribed direction, a second opposing unit disposed downstream of the discharge head in the prescribed direction, and an optically transparent member that is disposed between the first opposing unit and the second opposing unit and that covers the light-emitting unit from the support member. The optically transparent member is provided between the light-emitting unit and an opening defined between the support-member-side end of the first opposing unit and the support-member-side end of the second opposing unit, light emitted from the light-emitting unit is radiated from the opening onto the recording medium after transmitting through the optically transparent member, and the distance from the opening to the optically transparent member is greater than or equal to 40% of the width of the opening in the prescribed direction.
US10654269B2
A liquid ejection head includes an element substrate including an energy-generating element that applies ejection energy to liquid, a first electric wiring board electrically connected to the element substrate, and a second electric wiring board on which an integrated circuit element is mounted and which is electrically connected to the first electric wiring board. An electric signal is supplied to the integrated circuit element mounted on the second electric wiring board through the first electric wiring board, processed by the integrated circuit element, and supplied to the energy-generating element through the second electric wiring board and the first electric wiring board.
US10654262B2
A stopper for assuredly preventing shifting of a cylindrical printing plate mounted on a plate cylinder is provided. A plate cylinder 1 has a plate-mounting surface 12 on which a cylindrical printing plate 3 is fitted from the front end side and mounted. A front stopper 4 is provided on the end portion of the front end side. The front stopper 4 is configured so as to be able to switch between a protruding orientation in which at least a portion of the stopper is positioned so as to protrude to the outside of the plate-mounting surface 12 in the radial direction and a retracted orientation in which the entire stopper is positioned to the inside of the plate-mounting surface 12 in the radial direction.
US10654259B2
A method is provided. The method includes preparing a surface to receive a 3D printed layer, 3D printing a conductive layer comprising a plurality of overlaid layers of conductive material to the surface, and 3D printing conductive diamonds to the conductive layer. Preparing the surface includes one or more of texturing the surface and chemically treating the surface. The texturing is performed in order to not adversely impact regularity of the surface and limit variations in the height from the surface of conductive diamonds. Chemically treating the surface reduces films or coatings that may impact adhesion between the surface and the conductive layer, without degrading the conductive layer.
US10654248B2
The present invention provides a conductive structure and an electronic device comprising same. The conductive structure comprises a first hafnium oxide layer, a metal layer, a second hafnium oxide layer and satisfies mathematical formula 1.
US10654243B2
The present invention relates to a honeycomb sandwich sheet or panel, based on thermoplastic polypropylene, comprising a structure consisting of two flat outer films, at the top and bottom (10, 12), welded to an inner or central film (11) blister thermoformed (13), with blisters repeated in a regular and continuous pattern, wherein said inner or central film (11) is thermoformed on both sides or faces.
US10654242B2
An insert is assembled to a base interior part at either an edge or a corner of the part that is later wrapped with a cut and sewn jacket cover. The assembly comprises a substrate, an insert and a cover. The substrate has a base edge and the insert has a contour defining edge attached to the substrate with the contour defining edge aligned with the base edge. The cover is wrapped over the insert and the substrate to provide a wrapped edge that covers over the contour defining edge. A method of manufacturing a covered interior part of a vehicle comprises securing an insert having a contour defining edge to the interior panel and wrapping the insert and the interior panel with a cover.
US10654234B2
A tire building drum (10) is used to build a large green tire. The tire building drum (10) comprises: a cylindrical drum main body (12) having an outer peripheral surface (14) a diameter of which is capable of being increased and reduced; and a coating (16) formed on the outer peripheral surface of the drum main body. The coating (16) includes a silicon layer (26) defining a surface of the coating (16), and the silicon layer has a surface roughness Ra of 10 μm or greater. The tire building drum (10) requires no application of stearic acid onto the surface thereof in release of the green tire.
US10654224B2
Various device embodiments perform a sealing operation on a moving web, and comprise, among other things a plate assembly with an air cylinder assembly. The air cylinder assembly comprises a mount, a back plate, at least one air cylinder positioned between the mount and the back plate. The first plate assembly further includes a linear servo motor for linearly moving the air cylinder assembly with respect to the first base, and a first tooling plate with a sealing surface area. The first tooling plate coupled to the back plate.
US10654222B2
Provided are a manufacturing device and a manufacturing method, for a one-side metal-clad laminated sheet (E), enabling: manufacturing a one-side metal-clad laminated sheet (E) without a thermoplastic resin layer (B) surface, on the side on which metal foil (D) is not laminated, being fused with a metal roller or a protective film even if the thermoplastic resin layers (B) are provided on both sides of a heat-resisting film (A) that is a core layer; and inexpensively and easily obtaining a one-side metal laminated sheet in which warpage is inhibited from occurring.
US10654220B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, facilitate creation and use of 3D models of objects with different material properties. In one aspect, a method includes specifying a continuous data format representation for a first property of an object and a discretized data format representation for a second property of the object, wherein the first property and the second property are different from each other; producing a 3D model of the object within a 3D space using the continuous and discretized data format representations, which overlap with each other in all three dimensions in at least a portion of the 3D space; and using at least one common access method into the 3D model of the object to obtain data from both the continuous and discretized data format representations, within the portion of the 3D space, to manufacture the object using one or more manufacturing processes.
US10654211B2
A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament which, in various embodiments, comprises: (A) grinding recycled PET bottles into a group of flakes; (B) washing the flakes; (C) identifying and removing impurities, including impure flakes, from the group of flakes; (D) passing the group of flakes through an expanded surface area extruder while maintaining a pressure within the expanded surface area extruder below about 25 millibars; (E) passing the resulting polymer melt through at least one filter having a micron rating of less than about 50 microns; and (F) forming the recycled polymer into bulked continuous carpet filament that consists essentially of recycled PET.
US10654192B1
A concrete washout and water recycling apparatus has a water tank with a capacity of at least 250 gallons, having an input aperture in a top portion of the water tank, and an outlet aperture on a bottom portion of the water tank, which has a release valve. The apparatus further includes a mounting structure for mounting the water tank on the cement truck, and a water channeling system. The system has a first pipe and a second pipe, the first pipe having a proximal end, a distal end, and a diameter, the proximal end being connected to the input aperture of the water tank. The second pipe has first end, a second end, and a diameter, the first end being connected to the distal end of the first pipe, and the second end having a connector valve.
US10654190B2
A stapler includes a staple cartridge in which a staple is stored, a storage unit to which the staple cartridge is detachably attached, a staple ejecting unit which ejects the staple to penetrate a paper sheet, a cutting unit which cuts a staple leg of the staple penetrating the paper sheet, a binding unit which bends the staple leg of the staple penetrating the paper sheet to bind the paper sheet, a cut staple storage unit which stores a cut staple that is cut by the cutting unit, a cut staple quantity detection unit which detects a quantity of the cut staple stored in the cut staple storage unit, and a discharge unit through which the cutting unit and the cut staple storage unit communicate with each other to guide the cut staple to the cut staple storage unit. The cut staple storage unit is attachable to and detachable from the stapler.
US10654183B2
The present disclosure relates to a hair cutting appliance (10), a blade set (20), and to a stationary blade (22) for said blade set (20). Said stationary blade (22) may comprise a first wall portion (100) arranged to serve as a skin facing wall when in operation, a second wall portion (102) at least partially offset from the first wall portion (100), such that the first wall portion (100) and the second wall portion (102) define therebetween a guide slot (96) arranged to receive a movable cutter blade (24), an intermediate wall portion (44) arranged between the first wall portion (100) and the second wall portion (102), at least one toothed leading edge (30) jointly formed by the first wall portion (100) and the second wall portion (102), wherein the at least one toothed leading edge (30) comprises a plurality of teeth (36), wherein the first wall portion (100) and the second wall portion (102) are connected at a frontal end of the at least one leading edge (30), thereby forming tips (86) of the teeth (36), wherein the stationary blade (22) is an integrally formed metal-plastic composite stationary blade (22), wherein the first wall portion (100) is at least partially made from metal material, wherein the second wall portion (102) is at least partially made from plastic material, wherein the intermediate wall portion (44) defines a central offset (lco) between the first wall portion (100) and the second wall portion (102), and wherein the intermediate wall portion (44) is adapted to a respective opening (46) of a to-be-mounted movable cutter blade (24). The disclosure further relates to a method for manufacturing a respective blade (22).
US10654181B2
A surface-coated cutting tool includes a base material and a coating formed on the base material. The coating includes an α-Al2O3 layer. The α-Al2O3 layer contains a plurality of α-Al2O3 crystal grains and chlorine, and has a TC(006) of more than 5 in texture coefficient TC(hkl). The α-Al2O3 layer includes lower and upper layers, the lower layer is located closer to the base material than the upper layer is, and the upper layer is located opposite to the base material across the lower layer, in a thickness direction of the α-Al2O3 layer. The lower layer has a thickness of 1.0 μm. The upper layer has a thickness of 0.5 μm or more. The chlorine in the lower layer has a concentration distribution in which an atomic concentration CCl of the chlorine decreases in a direction away from the base material, in a thickness direction of the lower layer.
US10654180B2
A folding knife can include a handle portion, a pivot element, a blade, a locking element, a cap, and a rotatable wheel. The handle portion can comprise a first side portion and a second side portion. The blade can pivot about the pivot element between an open position and a closed position. The locking element can prevent disassembly of the first and second side portions when the locking element is in a locked position and allow disassembly of the first and second side portions when the locking element is in an unlocked position. The cap can be coupled to the first side portion adjacent the locking element. The pivot element can extend into the cap. The rotatable wheel can be disposed between the first and second side portions and can rotated to selectively retain the first and second side portions together.
US10654176B2
Finger assemblies at the end of a robotic arm end effector includes talon that are retractable. Retraction may be accomplished by a vertical or horizontal barrel cam, a paddle and spin assembly, and/or a resilient plate.
US10654171B2
An operation device which can reliably prevent any motion of a robot in the real space unintended by the user. An operation device includes a touch screen to display an image of a robot model and to receive a touch input, a model motion execution section to cause the robot model to make a motion in response to a touch input made by touching a surface of the touch screen, a robot motion button for causing the robot to make a motion in the real space, a motion input detection section to detect an input to the robot motion button, and a real machine motion command section to output a command to cause the robot to make an identical motion in the real space to the motion of the robot model executed by the model motion execution section as long as inputs to the robot motion button are continuously detected.
US10654162B2
Systems and methods for thermal management are provided. Thermal management components may include an electrical source and a cooling source. The electrical source may supply electricity to an electrical apparatus. In addition, the thermal management components store thermal energy. A controller may cause the electrical apparatus to be cooled by the cooling source and delay or suspend cooling the electrical source with the cooling source while a state of charge of the electrical source is greater than a predefined value for the electrical source. The state of charge of the electrical source may include a measurement of cooling capacity available by the electrical source.
US10654160B2
A recoil bumper for a nail gun having a body, an axially elongated cylinder disposed within the body of the nail gun, a piston slidably movable in the cylinder, and a driver having a multi-sided cross-sectional configuration, in plan, axially extending along at least a lengthwise portion thereof. The recoil bumper includes a hollow elastomeric member through which the lengthwise portion of the driver endwise passes. The elastomeric member has first and second end faces axially spaced from each other. The first end abuts with the nail gun body while the piston impacts against the second end face during operation of the nail gun. The first end face of said elastomeric member defines a first opening. The second end face of the elastomeric member defines a closed marginal edge for a second opening. The closed marginal edge of the second opening generally corresponds in size and shape to the multi-sided cross-sectional configuration of the lengthwise portion of the driver passing therethrough such that an impact area defined by the second end face of the bumper is optimized to absorb energy imparted thereto by the piston during operation of the nail gun.
US10654153B2
In order to provide an impact tool which is capable of increasing a striking force in a rotational direction of being applied from a hammer to an anvil, the impact tool includes: an electric motor; an anvil which supports a work tool and is driven by the electric motor; and a hammer which applies the striking force in the rotational direction to the anvil. The impact tool is provided with: a spindle which is arranged to be concentric with the anvil, supports the hammer to be movable in an axial direction and the rotational direction with respect to the anvil, and transmits motive power of the electric motor to the anvil; and a control unit which controls rotation speed of the electric motor. The number of strokes of the anvil due to one rotation of the hammer differs in response to rotation speed of the electric motor.
US10654152B2
A press type automatic screwdriver includes a press member, a drive link, a screwdriver bit, and a screw thread pair including a screw rack and a gear engaged with the screw rack. The press member and the screwdriver bit are secured to opposite ends of the drive link, the press member and the drive link are connected by the screw thread pair, and the screw rack is resisted by the press member. The gear is secured on an end of the drive link. When the press member is pressed, the press member pushes the screw rack, the screw rack drives the gear to rotate, the gear drives the drive link to rotate, and the drive link drives the screwdriver bit to rotate.
US10654146B2
The present disclosure includes charging members for charging abrasive particles into the surface of a lapping plate. The charging members include one or more channels to permit abrasive slurry to flow through when the charging member is in contact with the lapping plate.
US10654139B2
A displaceable carriage (10) and a linear guide for guiding the carriage, which includes a first guide path slideway (13, 31) and a second guide path slideway (32). To form the first slideway (13, 31), the carriage (10) includes at least one pocket (13), which slides along the first guide path part (31) and can hold lubricant under pressure to create a relieving force on the carriage (10). The second guide path part (32) includes an island-shaped surface to create a frictional force on the carriage (10). A pressure medium held in the at least one pocket (13, 14, 15) creates the relieving force, whereby the first slideway (13, 31) relieves the load on the second slideway (11a, 12a, 12b, 32).
US10654131B2
Modified low emissivity (low-E) coated glass, so that windows using the processed glass allow uninterrupted use of RF devices within commercial or residential buildings. Glass processed in the manner described herein will not significantly diminish the energy conserving properties of the low-E coated glass. This method and apparatus disrupts the conductivity of the coating in small regions. In an embodiment, the method and apparatus ablates the low-E coating along narrow contiguous paths, such that electrical conductivity can no longer occur across the paths. The paths may take the form of intersecting curves and/or lines, so that the remaining coating consists of electrically isolated areas. The method and apparatus are applicable both to treating glass panels at the factory as well as treating windows in-situ after installation.
US10654128B2
Method and laser device for forming grooves in bearing surfaces, and bearings including such grooves
A laser cutting device (100) is configured to etch an inner surface of a journal bearing (18). The laser cutting device (100) includes a laser (102); a beam directing tool (130) that receives a beam (108) emitted from the laser (102) and selectively changes the direction of travel of the beam (108); a fixture (170) that supports the journal bearing (18) in a desired position relative to the beam directing tool (130); an actuator (148) connected to one of the beam directing tool (130) and the fixture (170), the actuator (148) providing relative movement between the beam directing tool (130) and the fixture (170); and a controller (180) that controls the intensity and duration of the beam (108) emitted from the laser (102); and the actuator (148), whereby material can be removed from a surface of the journal bearing (18) to a precise width and depth, and in any pattern.
US10654120B2
A method includes heating a brazing material in a braze chamber of a first component to a braze temperature to melt the brazing material. The brazing material flows from the braze chamber, through at least one internal channel of the first component, and into a braze gap between the first component and a second component to braze the first component to the second component. A brazed article includes a first component having a braze chamber and at least one internal channel extending from the braze chamber to an external surface, a second component having at least one braze surface separated from the external surface of the first component by a braze gap, and a braze material in the braze gap. A braze assembly includes a first component, a second component, and a brazing material in the braze chamber.
US10654110B2
The present application relates to a cutting tool (2), in particular a boring bar (2) for machining holes (16) separated from each other in an axial direction (4) by a given spacing distance (a), comprising a main body (10) extending in an axial direction (4) with an axis of rotation (R) with at least one cutting element (12), as well as with a number of guide elements (14) for guiding the main body (10) within a guide hole (16A), wherein the guide elements (14) for the axis of rotation (R) are separated by a guide radius (r1), wherein viewed in a cross-section, the main body (10) is divided into a functional region (19) and an eccentric region (20), wherein the cutting elements (12) and the guide elements (14) are arranged distributed over the circumference of the main body (10) over an angular region (α) of less than 180°.
US10654088B2
An outlet cutter for cutting an outlet opening in an eavestrough has a frame including a trough opening therein arranged to receive the eavestrough therethrough. A female die including a die opening is supported on the frame directly below the trough opening so as to be arranged to be located directly below an eavestrough received through the trough opening. A male die is supported on the frame so as to be movable relative to a female die between a disengaged position spaced above the female die and a punching position fully received within the die opening in the female die using a screw. The frame is self-supported on the eavestrough for sliding. The male die has four corner portions, each formed by two side cutting edges which are sloped downwardly and outwardly towards a respective apex, with two opposed apexes protruding beyond a remainder of the die.
US10654087B2
A machine can form a work piece into a bowl subcomponent of a steel pan musical instrument. The machine includes a pressure lid and a die mold. The die mold may be formed of non-metal layers stacked between metal layers. In example operation, a blank or work piece is inserted between the lid and die mold. The lid is pressed down (e.g., by a hydraulic ram), forcing a portion of the blank into a face groove of the die mold for sealing. Pressurized water or other fluid introduced between the lid and the blank exerts pressure on the sealed portion of the blank and stretches the blank to conform to a bowl shape of the die mold. Note regions can be introduced by this machine-performed shaping and/or by subsequent manual operations to further prepare the work piece for incorporation into a steel pan musical instrument.
US10654086B2
A tensioning device for a sheet of material that includes a first ring with protrusions, a second ring, and a shaft. The first ring and the second ring are positioned such that the sheet of material can be clamped between the first ring and the second ring. The shaft has an outer surface, the outer surface includes a spiral race such that the protrusions of the first ring follow the spiral race, allowing the first ring and the second ring to displace linearly causing the sheet of material to be stretched. The spiral race includes a plurality of notches that correspond to the protrusions.
US10654085B2
Apparatus to guide a metal product, the apparatus includes a support body (11). A plurality of support arms (12) are associated with the support body (11). A plurality of guide rolls (13) are installed rotating in an idle manner on the support arms (12) and define between them a roller guide gap (14) for the metal product. Adjustment devices (24) associated with the support arms (12) and adjust, independently from each other, the position of each of the guide rolls (13. Detection devices (19) detect the stresses induced by the metal product on the guide rolls (13).
US10654077B2
The utility model discloses a dual-purpose rotating spray gun for dust removal and cleaning, comprising a gun body (1), a trigger switch (2), a pot body assembly and a rotating spray apparatus, wherein the rotating spray apparatus comprises a bidirectional connector (3), a spray nozzle (4), a connecting sheath (7), a hollow rotating shaft (5), a rotating spray head (10), a spray pipe (9) and a cleaning solution suction pipe (13); one end of the bidirectional connector (3) is fixed to an air passage outlet of the gun body (1); the other end is fixed to the connecting sheath (7); the hollow rotating shaft (5) is arranged in the connecting sheath (7); the spray nozzle (4) is fixed to an outlet of the bidirectional connector (3); the spray head of the spray nozzle (4) is matched with the hollow rotating shaft (5); the rotating spray head (10) is fixed to the hollow rotating shaft (5) and is provided with a rotating spray track (18); the spray pipe (9) is fixed to the rotating spray track (18); an inlet of the spray pipe (9) is communicated with the hollow rotating shaft (5); and an outlet of the spray pipe (5) is positioned on an outer end surface of the rotating spray head (10). After the structure is adopted, the utility model has the characteristics of simple structure, convenient production and processing, stable quality, low operating conditions, good dust removal and cleaning effects, long life and the like.
US10654072B2
Disclosed is a vibrating material sorting screen with a substantially variable tilt angle and a tilt angle measuring device where the screen has a gear box which is horizontal when the screen is horizontal and inclined when the screen is inclined and further where the gear box has a plurality of oil level sensors or indicators therein which are sized, placed and configured to provide proper oil volume while the screen is oriented horizontally or at various inclines.
US10654071B2
An ultrasonic element array includes a first piezoelectric element, a second piezoelectric element, a third piezoelectric element, and a fourth piezoelectric element each having a piezoelectric material sandwiched by a first electrode and a second electrode, a first wire connecting the second electrode of the first piezoelectric element and the second electrode of the second piezoelectric element, a second wire connecting the second electrode of the third piezoelectric element and the second electrode of the fourth piezoelectric element, a third wire connecting to the second wire over the first wire, and an insulating film located between the first wire and the third wire, wherein the insulating film has an inorganic insulating film made of an inorganic material and an organic insulating film made of an organic material, and the inorganic insulating film covers the piezoelectric elements.
US10654065B2
Cleaning fixtures for a component(s) are disclosed. The cleaning fixtures may include a first and second component recess configured to receive a first and second component, respectively. Each component recess may be defined between a first and second member of the cleaning fixture. The cleaning fixture may also include a first solvent conduit in fluid communication with the first component recess, and a second solvent conduit in fluid communication with the second component recess. The first and second solvent conduit may include physical characteristic(s) configured to control delivery of solvent into the respective component recess at desired fluid parameter(s). The cleaning fixture may also include a first gas conduit in fluid communication with the first component recess, and a second gas conduit in fluid communication with the second component recess. Each of the first and second gas conduit may deliver a pressurized gas to the respective component recess.
US10654057B2
A fluid dispenser having a reservoir (1), a dispenser head (T) provided with a dispenser orifice (62), a dip tube (22), a pusher (6) axially movable over a determined stroke, an electric pump (4) that delivers air into the reservoir (1) so as to force the fluid through the dip tube (22) and actuated by the pusher (6), and a fluid outlet valve (7). All of the air coming from the electric pump is delivered into the reservoir. The electric pump (4) is activated by the pusher (6) as soon as it leaves its high rest position, and the outlet valve (7) is opened only in the proximity of the low depressed position, such that the electric pump (4) is electrically powered before the outlet valve (7) is opened and delivers air into the reservoir (1) with an increase in pressure that is less than 1 Bar.
US10654052B2
A discharge device main body having a flow tube through which contents from a container flow inside and which is mounted on the container, a support body extending along the flow tube and fitted to the inside of the flow tube, and a nozzle tip having a nozzle tip body formed in a cylindrical shape with a top including a circumferential wall portion fitted to an outer circumferential surface of the support body and a top wall portion in which a discharge hole of the contents is formed, the nozzle tip being mounted on a distal end portion of the flow tube in a state of being combined with the support body in which a discharge path to communicate the inside of the flow tube and the discharge hole with each other is formed, and the support body is formed separately from the flow tube and the nozzle tip.
US10654051B2
A droplet dispensing assembly includes a spray-to-droplet converter attachment, a cross wall, and a spray delivery tube. The converter attachment is a tubular wall with a passageway between its front and rear ends. The cross wall is disposed in the passageway, spaced from the tubular wall front and rear ends, and extends in a transverse relationship to, and connected with, the tubular wall to define an obstruction in a path of liquid travel through the passageway from the rear end to the front end such that liquid spray impacts the obstruction and converts into liquid droplets that are dispensed from the front end. The spray delivery tube has an exit end mated with the tubular wall upstream of the cross wall relative to the path of liquid travel through the passageway.
US10654045B2
A winching apparatus adapted for horizontal rotational mounting behind the chipping feed rollers on a chipping machine. It has a rotatable vertical stanchion, that is pivotally coupled to first end of a horizontal boom arm that may be vertically adjusted between its ends so as to raise or lower its second end. At the second end of the boom arm is a swivel mounted plate that houses a high speed continual line uptake winch that is thus adjustable for simultaneous alignment of the rope puller with the line in both the horizontal and vertical planes. The device is capable of compensating for a constantly changing directional pull as well as feeding the downed foliage directly into the chipper.
US10654042B2
A device for pipette tips having a refill pack, a plate having holes, pipette tips, a shell below the plate, an inner lid above the plate which has a base and side walls and a latch; a holder having a bottom; an outer lid having a base and side walls; a pivotal connection for the lid and holder; a support projecting from a side wall engaging the bottom of a lid side wall; a second latch having a support which latches with the first latch; an unlocking button having an actuator on the outside of the second lid side wall and a pressing element on the inside of the second lid side wall which may be pressed against the outside of the first lid side wall to deform the first lid side wall and undo the latching between the first and second latches.
US10654035B2
The present disclosure provides an air-soak containing regeneration process reducing its time. The process includes (i) removing surface carbon species from a gallium-based alkane dehydrogenation catalyst in a combustion process in the presence of a fuel gas; (ii) conditioning the gallium-based alkane dehydrogenation catalyst after (i) in air-soak treatment at a temperature of 660° C. to 850° C. with (iii) a flow of oxygen-containing gas having (iv) 0.1 to 100 parts per million by volume (ppmv) of a chlorine source selected from chlorine, a chlorine compound or a combination thereof; and achieving a predetermined alkane conversion percentage for the gallium-based alkane dehydrogenation catalyst undergoing the air-soak containing regeneration process using (i) through (iv) 10% to 50% sooner in air-soak treatment than that required to achieve the same predetermined alkane conversion percentage for the gallium-based alkane dehydrogenation catalyst undergoing the air-soak containing regeneration process using (i) through (iii), but without (iv).
US10654034B2
The invention relates to the method of forming a platinum-based catalytic coating on electrodes for using in electrochemical devices such as fuel cells or electrolysis cells. According to the invention, to produce a platinum-based catalyst, the carrier is preliminary cleaned by ion etching and the catalytic coating is applied onto the cleaned surface from at least one target based on platinum in vacuum in the primary gas plasma with addition of reactive gas, sputtering being done at the power density on the magnetron sputtered target within (0.004-0.17)*105 W/m2 and the ratio of concentrations of the primary and reaction gas of 75-99%. Technical result: increased specific catalytic activity of the electrode's catalytic coating for electrochemical devices (fuel cells and electrolysis cells).
US10654030B2
The present invention provides exhaust gas purification catalyst for an internal combustion engine, and exhaust gas purification method using the catalyst. The present invention provides the exhaust gas purification catalyst including a support, a first catalyst layer on an upstream side, a second catalyst layer on a downstream side, and a third catalyst layer. In the exhaust gas purification catalyst, the upstream portion of the third catalyst layer is present on the first catalyst layer, the downstream portion of the third catalyst layer is present on the second catalyst layer, and in the middle portion between the upstream portion and the downstream portion of the third catalyst layer is present between the first catalyst layer and the second catalyst layer.
US10654029B2
Disclosed are novel bridged bi-aromatic phenol ligands and transition metal catalyst compounds derived therefrom. Also disclosed are methods of making the ligands and transition metal compounds, and polymerization processes utilizing the transition metal compounds for the production of olefin polymers.
US10654025B2
The core-shell type amine-based carbon dioxide adsorbent including a chelating agent resistant to oxygen and sulfur dioxide according to the present invention is an adsorbent which includes a chelating agent to inhibit oxidative decomposition of amine and has, as a core, a porous support on which an amine compound is immobilized and has, as a shell, an amine layer resistant to inactivity by sulfur dioxide, and a method of preparing the same. The amine-based carbon dioxide adsorbent including a chelating agent exhibits considerably high oxidation resistance because an added chelate compound functions to directly remove a variety of transition metal impurities catalytically acting on amine oxidation. In addition, the sulfur dioxide-resistant amine layer of the shell selectively adsorbs sulfur dioxide to protect the amine compound of the core and, at the same time, the amine compound of the core selectively adsorbs only carbon dioxide. In addition, sulfur dioxide adsorbed on the shell is readily desorbed therefrom at about 110° C. and thus remarkably improved regeneration stability is obtained during the temperature-swing adsorption (TSA) process containing sulfur dioxide.
US10654024B2
Disclosed are novel, as-crystallized RHO zeolite compositions with improved uniformity in morphology. These RHO compositions are useful for preparing cation-exchanged RHO zeolites that can be used as adsorbents for oxygen and/or nitrogen with improved properties. The adsorbents can be used in pressure swing adsorption processes for selectively adsorbing oxygen and/or nitrogen from feed streams such as an air stream or crude argon stream. Also disclosed are novel methods of preparing RHO zeolites with improved morphology control.
US10654023B2
A system for producing liquid fuel including a hydrocarbon source, a fuel cell unit configured to output anode exhaust gas containing a predetermined amount of C02, and a reformer configured to receive a first hydrocarbon feed portion from the hydrocarbon source and the anode exhaust gas from the fuel cell unit, such that the reformer is configured to output a syngas having a first H2/CO ratio of at most 2:1.
US10654015B2
In a rapid stirrer that stirs sludge and a flocculant in a tank with a stirring blade, the rotation speed of the stirring blade is increased at a set rate with an increase in the amount of charged sludge, the rotation speed of the stirring blade is reduced at the set rate with a decrease in the amount of charged sludge, and flocculated flocs having a fixed floc diameter are stably generated even when operating conditions change so as to fluctuate the amount of charged sludge.
US10654013B1
An automatic fluid mixing and dispensing apparatus using a minimum of two powered actuating mechanisms to retrieve fluids from a plurality of fluid containers, mix said fluids, and dispense said fluids into a plurality of dispensed fluid containers. Fluids are stored until requested and mixed in accordance with operator input.
US10654009B1
A Venturi draft tube spouted bed and method are disclosed that enables scale-up with small particles and improves heat and mass transfer by increasing material turnover rate. A Venturi-style eductor has been incorporated into the spouted bed draft tube to provide suction at the bottom of the bed to better entrain material and reduce the propensity for dead zones at the bottom of the narrow conical section.
US10654001B2
A method is disclosed for preventing carbon nanotube degradation in ionizable environments. The method includes immersing a porous thin-film nanotube (CNT)/polymer composite Joule heating element in an ionizable environment; and applying an alternating current at a frequency of at least 100 Hz to the porous thin-film nanotube (CNT)/polymer composite Joule heating element in the ionizable environment.
US10654000B2
A network of cell processing systems including a plurality of cell processing instruments and a server computer. Each cell processing instrument includes a control circuit configured to operate the cell processing instrument according to a modifiable process parameter, a component of the cell processing instrument and a sensor configured to measure a characteristic of the component. The server computer is disposed remotely from the cell processing instruments, and is configured to transmit a request message for a value measured by the sensor, receive a response message based on the request message, and generate a notification message based on the response message.
US10653990B2
A control unit is provided for monitoring the efficacy of an air filter in the ducting of an operating HVAC system. Specifically, the control unit monitors airflow velocity in the ducting to evaluate and control the power requirements that are necessary for the HVAC system to maintain a constant airflow velocity in the ducting of the system. In accordance with the present invention, the power requirements are measured and evaluated during the duty cycle of an air filter, to thereby determine when the air filter needs to be removed or replaced.
US10653981B2
A filter element for fluids, in particular for hydraulic fluid, has a foldable filter casing (10) with at least one filter layer (18, 20, 22, 24) extending between two end caps (26, 32). To vary in regions the thickness of the filter casing (10), the height (h1) of each filter fold (12, 44) increases from one end cap (26) to the other end cap (32). Alternatively, with the filter fold height (h1) being maintained, the outer diameter (40) of the filter casing (10) varies in the direction of one of the end caps (26, 32).
US10653978B2
Wastewater or effluent treatment systems and methods that employ filtering skimmers and/or beaches for separating water from solids and/or other wastes are provided. In some embodiments, the systems include: at least one tank defined by a bottom wall and at least one side wall; a beach including a ramped surface disposed near a side wall of the tank, the ramped surface having a base end disposed at a first elevation relative to the bottom wall of the tank, and a top end opposite the base end at a second elevation relative to the bottom wall of the tank, the second elevation being greater than the first elevation; and a skimmer disposed in the tank that is configured to move material at a surface of the tank toward the beach, wherein (a) at least a portion of the skimmer, (b) at least a portion of the ramped surface of the beach, or (c) at least portions of both the skimmer and the ramped surface of the beach includes a filter material.
US10653974B2
The invention is directed to a combined naphtha hydrotreating (NHT) and isomerization process scheme, which includes dividing wall columns (DWC) that replace multiple distillation columns and allow optimized heat integration within the system. The disclosed design provides reductions in both capital and energy costs compared to conventional schemes.
US10653961B2
An information processing method includes selecting at least one character from a plurality of characters possessed by a user according to the user's operation, adding an attribute related to an additional character to the selected character, causing one or more of the plurality of characters possessed by the user to appear in a game, and executing the game, and if the characters appearing in the game include the additional character and the selected character having the added attribute, changing a setting in the game such that an advantage is given to the user.
US10653957B2
An interactive video game system includes an array of volumetric sensors disposed around a play area and configured to collect respective volumetric data for each of a plurality of players. The system includes a controller communicatively coupled to the array of volumetric sensors. The controller is configured to: receive, from the array of volumetric sensors, respective volumetric data of each of the plurality of players; to combine the respective volumetric data of each of the plurality of players to generate at least one respective model for each of the plurality of players; to generate a respective virtual representation for each player of the plurality of players based, at least in part, on the generated at least one respective model of each player of the plurality of players; and to present the generated respective virtual representation of each player of the plurality of players in a virtual environment.
US10653953B2
A player terminal displays a list including a plurality of candidate stamps and sends a stamp selected therefrom by a player to another player terminal. A stamp-metadata management unit of a server manages each of the plurality of candidate stamps in association with metadata indicating a certain situation in a game. A stamp-display-order determining unit controls the listing order for displaying the plurality of stamps on the player terminal on the basis of individual correlations between the plurality of metadata individually associated with the plurality of candidate stamps and situation data indicating a current situation in the game being executed. A metadata updating unit updates the content of the metadata for each of the plurality of candidate stamps on the basis of the result of selection of an item to send by the player.
US10653951B2
A game lighting controller detects implicit triggers in the video games, each based on analysing audio and/or video content output during gameplay and/or an effect on one or more players invoked by the content. Each implicit trigger corresponds to a respective one of a set of predefined event types. Based on detecting one of these triggers in a video game, the controller identifies an event occurring within that video game as being of a certain one of the predefined event types. The controller also reads metadata specifying a classification of the video game from amongst a set of predefined classifications. Based on identifying the event as being of the particular predetermined type, and in dependence on the classification of the video game specified in the metadata, the controller controls illumination emitted by one or more luminaires to produce a lighting effect to accompany the first event during gameplay.
US10653947B2
A technique for allowing a user to easily understand an operation method of an input apparatus is disclosed. An example of non-transitory storage medium having a game program stored therein is performed by a computer of an information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus is connected to a display apparatus and an input apparatus and performs game processing on the basis of an operation performed by a user. When the game processing is in a predetermined situation, the game program causes the computer of the information processing apparatus to perform outputting an operation model video showing a model of an operation of the input apparatus together with a video related to a content of the game to the display apparatus. In the outputting, an animation video, which indicates an animation occurring in the game when an operation indicated by the operation model video is performed, and the operation model video are displayed side by side.
US10653946B2
An information processing apparatus, which may include a display unit that displays a virtual space, an operating unit that outputs input operation data associating an input operation of a user with coordinate information, and a storage unit that stores the input operation data and may execute a game where a character moves based on the input operation. The information processing apparatus may retrieve the input operation data from the storage unit, perform control including moving the character in a predetermined direction when the input operation is determined to be a first input operation and when the input operation is determined to be the second input operation, and may determine that the input operation is the second input operation when a distance, in the predetermined direction, between an intermediate point and an end or start point is larger than a distance in the predetermined direction between the start and end point.
US10653945B1
A method, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium that, in one embodiment, interprets a user motion sequence comprises beginning a session, capturing the user motion sequence via a motion capturing device during the session, processing, via a processor, the user motion sequence into a predetermined data format, comparing the processed user motion sequence to at least one predetermined motion sequence stored in a database and determining whether to perform at least one of interpreting the user motion sequence as a universal command and registering the user motion sequence as a new command.
US10653939B2
According to the various features characteristics and embodiments of the present invention which will become apparent as the description thereof proceeds, the present invention provides partially fingered gloves intended to increase the overall performance in sports activities including but limited to golf. Primarily because of its unique finger configurations, and/or grip enhancers, and/or apertures, the present invention makes a glove more operable in various sports activities, including for those who play Golf using the conventional interlocking grip.
US10653938B1
An athletic training system includes one or more panels having a rigid front surface covered by a translucent material behind which is an illumination or light source and one or more pressure sensors that can detect and measure the pressure caused by impact against the front surface. A control device communicates with and controls the panels according to a selected exercise regimen that is designed to develop particular skills for an athletic or sporting endeavor by commanding the panel or panels to illuminate or display information. While illuminated or displaying, each panel actively monitors its pressure sensor for an indication of an impact, and upon detecting an impact, reports the detection of the impact to the control device, and turns off its illumination. The process of turning panels on and off and detecting impact can be used to construct various regimens for training and developing skills.
US10653936B2
A display device for displaying a marking in the form of a distance to be kept between game equipment, in particular a football, and a participant on a playing field of a sports facility, includes a display device for projecting light beams representing the marking onto the playing field. The projected light beams display the distance to be kept, and can be projected at least in sections in the shape of a circle, for example at a distance of 9.15 m, around the game equipment on the playing field. The display device is jointly movable with a transport device that is movable above the sports facility.
US10653931B2
A putter head is provided. The putter head includes a putter face defining a groove pattern extending in a heel-to-toe direction of the putter face. The groove pattern includes multiple sets of grooves spaced apart from one another in a vertical direction of the putter face. The sets of grooves have different cross-sectional configurations to adjust a launch angle of a golf ball based on an impact location of the golf ball along the vertical direction of the putter face.
US10653923B2
A channelless basketball includes a bladder body without projection ribs and a bladder body which includes a plurality of cover panels attached on the bladder body in edge to edge manner to completely cover the bladder body. At least some of the cover panels are provided with gripping bands each of which is provided along the peripheral adjoining edge of the respective cover panel for providing good gripping and holding ability for the channelless basketball.
US10653913B2
A stepping exercise machine includes a base and a pedal. The base is provided with an undulating slide rail. A top end of the slide rail is defined as a peak. Bottom ends of two sides of the peak are defined as troughs. The two sides of the peak or the bottom ends of the troughs are provided with stop blocks, respectively. An underside of the pedal is pivotally connected with rollers. Two sides of the underside of the pedal are fixedly connected with a pair of stretchable elastic members. The other ends of the pair of stretchable elastic members are fixed to two sides of the base. The rollers support and drive the pedal to reciprocate along the undulating slide rail ups and downs by means of the stretchable elastic members.
US10653904B2
A method of suppressing a wild fire raging towards a target region of land in a direction determined by prevailing winds and other environmental and weather factors. Prior to a wild fire reaching a target region of land, a GPS-guided system is used to apply an anti-fire (AF) chemical liquid mist over a GPS-specified fire break region, in advance of the wild fire and containing molecules that cling onto vegetation and form a fire break region, while providing a non-treated region of sufficient size between the front of the wild fire approaching the target region of land and the fire break region. When the wild fire reaches and moves through the GPS-specified fire break region, the molecules clinging onto the vegetation reduce the free-radical chemical reactions raging in the combustion phase of the wild fire. This reduces the destructive energy of the wild fire, thereby suppressing the wild fire and protecting the GPS-specified target region of land.
US10653902B2
A stowage device of emergency equipment for aircraft crewmember, the stowage device comprising a housing, the housing extends along a longitudinal direction and has side walls, a back wall and an opening opposite to the back wall, the side walls and the back wall define an internal space adapted to stow a respiratory mask in a stowage position, the side walls extend along the longitudinal direction up to a front edge delimiting the opening. One of the side walls is an adjustable wall. The housing comprises a frame and a movable element. The movable element is mounted on the frame and is movable between a retracted position and a protruding position. The movable element comprises a main movable panel and the adjustable wall includes the main movable panel.
US10653892B2
An example device for trimming a particle beam includes: structures made of material that blocks passage of the particle beam, with the structures being configurable to define an edge that is movable into a path of the particle beam; and linear motors that are controllable to configure the structures to define the edge.
US10653884B2
A controller for implementing a method, device and/or system for generating arbitrary waveforms of a desired shape that can be used for generating a stimulation pulse for medical purposes such as for spinal cord stimulation therapy, where such arbitrary waveforms can also be used for charge balancing purposes.
US10653879B2
Needleless connectors are described. An example needleless connector includes a housing and a compressible valve. The housing may define an internal cavity and may include a body section having a first port and one or more internal contact tabs and a base section having a valve mount and a second port. The compressible valve may be disposed within at least a portion of the internal cavity and be movably retained within the housing. The compressible valve may include a flange portion for securing the compressible valve within the housing. A central longitudinal axis of the housing may be defined by a coaxial arrangement of the first and second port. The one or more internal contact tabs may be arranged to contact an outer side surface of the flange portion such that a radial force substantially orthogonal to the central longitudinal axis is provided for securement.
US10653878B2
An apparatus or method for forming a sterile connection. The apparatus includes at least two sterile tubes each disposed within a flange. Each flange has an external face that completely covers the mouth of the tube. Each flange is designed to be displaced when force is applied to the tube to move the tubes toward one another such that the external face of each flange is displaced radially or axially outwards away from the mouth of the tube. When the external faces are displaced, the external face of each flange opens and tubes connect and form a sterile connection therebetween.
US10653874B2
An apparatus for mechanically manipulating hollow organs within the body of a subject, or an organ manipulation apparatus, includes a manipulation section. The manipulation section may include a substantially two-dimensional element, which may have a width that exceeds a distance across a portion of the interior of a hollow organ within which the manipulation section is to be positioned. The manipulation section is configured to manipulate at least a portion of a hollow organ from within, which may modify at least one of a shape, orientation, or location of at least part of the hollow organ. Methods for manipulating hollow organs are also disclosed, as are operating techniques, such as left atrial ablation, in which the shapes, orientations, and/or locations of hollow organs are manipulated to move the hollow organs away from the site of the medical procedure, reducing the potential for damage to the hollow organs.
US10653870B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a catheter (1) having a proximal segment, a distal segment, and an expandable element (2) arranged in the distal segment, it being possible to bring the expandable element (2) from a contracted state into an expanded state by supply of a fluid and there being arranged around the expandable element (2) in the contracted state a removable protector in the form of a tube (5), and the tube (5) being pulled over the expandable element (2) and being guided with the catheter (1) through one or more nozzles (6), stretching the tube (5) and reducing the inner diameter of the tube (5). Furthermore, the invention relates to a corresponding catheter (1) having a tube (5) pulled over the expandable element (2). The invention provides a catheter (1) having a particularly small cross section in the region of the distal segment.
US10653862B2
A delivery apparatus includes a steerable shaft having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a pull-wire conduit that extends through the proximal and distal portions. A pull wire extends through the conduit and has a distal portion that is fixed to the shaft. An adjustment mechanism is connected to the proximal end portion of the pull wire and configured to increase and decrease tension in the pull wire to adjust the curvature of the shaft. The distal portion of the shaft has a steerable portion including one or more layers. A compression-resistance portion is incorporated into a layer of the steerable portion, and extends angularly along a portion of a cross-section of the layer. The layer of the steerable portion into which the compression-resistance portion is incorporated has a first hardness, and the compression-resistance portion has a second hardness that is greater than the first hardness.
US10653859B2
Disclosed herein is a delivery catheter for implanting a leadless biostimulator. The delivery catheter includes a shaft and a tubular body having a lumen and an atraumatic end. The atraumatic end includes at least one of a braided, woven or mesh construction configured to facilitate the atraumatic end changing diameter. When a distal portion of the shaft is coupled to a proximal region of the leadless biostimulator, at least one of distally displacing the tubular body relative to the shaft or proximally displacing the shaft relative to the tubular body causes the leadless biostimulator to be received in the volume of the atraumatic end and the atraumatic end to encompass the leadless biostimulator. Conversely, at least one of proximally displacing the tubular body relative to the shaft or distally displacing the shaft relative to the tubular body causes the leadless biostimulator to exit the volume of the atraumatic end.
US10653855B2
A respiratory assistance apparatus (4) is provided, adapted to deliver gases to a user or patient (1). The apparatus (4) comprises a housing (10) provided with a chamber (5) and a heater (25), the chamber (5) comprising at least one gas port (15) connected to, or arranged to be connected to, at least one intermediate passageway (12). The apparatus (4) is operative according to a disinfection mode of predetermined profile in which the heater (25) heats liquid in the chamber (5) to produce vapour at or above a target dewpoint temperature and/or humidity level. The apparatus (4) is arranged such that the vapour is delivered to the intermediate passageway (12) to disinfect the intermediate passageway (12) with moist heat throughout a predetermined duration of the disinfection mode. Associated attachments and methods are also provided.
US10653854B2
An interface assembly comprises a nasal mask that includes a seal having a rolling portion. The rolling portion of the seal rolls over a portion of a clip that secures the seal to a frame. The frame has a ball and socket connection to a connector. The connector comprises an elbow having integrally formed exhaust holes and a swivel.
US10653853B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for monitoring the disconnection of a patient interface system during the ventilation, in which values which are indicative for the time curve of the respiratory gas flow are established and subjected to data evaluation, and wherein an alarm is triggered on the basis of the data evaluation if at least one value which is indicative for the time curve of the respiratory gas flow deviates from a specific limit value for a specific period of time.
US10653845B2
Coverings for syringe plunger tips, as well as syringes and syringe components including such coverings, are disclosed. A material of the covering may have at least one different material property than a material of the plunger tip. The coverings may provide a reduced coefficient of friction between the covering and a surface of the syringe relative to the coefficient of friction between the plunger tip and the syringe surface. The coverings may also isolate a substance loaded in the syringe from the plunger tip. Methods for manufacturing a syringe assembly including such coverings, as well as methods for isolating a substance in a syringe from a syringe component, are also disclosed.
US10653843B2
Container holder assembly for use in a medicament delivery device, comprising a tubular body elongated in an axial direction, said tubular body having a proximal end and an opposite distal end, and a retaining member releasably arranged to said tubular body for securing an elongated container placed inside the tubular body, wherein said retaining member comprises a resilient structure capable of exerting an axial force on said container in said tubular body for holding the container in a fixed position inside the tubular body and thereby avoiding displacement or breakage of the container and wherein a distal end of said container protrudes from a distal end of said tubular body.
US10653841B2
A drive mechanism suitable for use in drug delivery devices is disclosed. The drive mechanism may be used with injector-type drug delivery devices, such as those permitting a user to set the delivery dose. The drive mechanism may include a housing, a dose dial sleeve, and a drive sleeve. A clutch is configured to permit rotation of the drive sleeve and the dose dial sleeve with respect to the housing when the dose dial sleeve and drive sleeve are coupled through the clutch. Conversely, when the dose dial sleeve and drive sleeve are in a de-coupled state, rotation of the dose dial sleeve with respect to the housing is permitted and rotation of the drive sleeve with respect to the housing is prevented. In the de-coupled state, axial movement of the drive sleeve transfers force in a longitudinal direction for actuation of a drug delivery device.
US10653839B2
The present disclosure concerns a needleless injection device including a body forming a housing, a gas generator, a tubular reservoir which contains an active ingredient to be injected, and a generally T-shaped elastically deformable membrane. The membrane includes a tubular portion which extends axially in the reservoir and is designed to lie axially in the reservoir under the effect of the pressure generated by the gas generator. A nozzle for injecting the active ingredient is arranged at the lower end of the reservoir. The device further includes a sock which wraps the tubular portion of the membrane, at least partially. The sock is adapted to limit the friction between the tubular portion of the membrane and the reservoir.
US10653835B2
Systems and methods for integrating a continuous glucose sensor 12, including a receiver 14, a medicament delivery device 16, a controller module, and optionally a single point glucose monitor 18 are provided. Integration may be manual, semi-automated and/or fully automated.
US10653831B2
A medicament delivery device including a first container having a delivery outlet at a front end thereof and a first stopper axially moveable in the first container, the first stopper defining and separating a first chamber and a second chamber in the first container, where the first chamber is axially forwards of the first stopper and the second chamber is axially rearwards of the first stopper. The medicament delivery device further includes a second container having a second stopper axially moveable in the second container, the second stopper defining and separating a third chamber and a fourth chamber in the second container, where the third chamber is axially forwards of the second stopper and the fourth chamber is axially rearwards of the second stopper, and where the third chamber has a vent outlet in fluid communication with a venting chamber.
US10653826B2
Dialysis systems that remove air from a blood circuit are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a dialysis system includes a dialysis fluid circuit, a blood circuit including an arterial line, a venous line, and an enclosure in fluid communication with the venous line, the enclosure configured to release air through a hydrophobic vent for priming the blood circuit, a blood pump configured to pump fluid through at least the arterial line, a first valve operable with the arterial line and a second valve operable with the venous line, and a pumping and valving algorithm operated after priming to remove air from the blood circuit to control the first and second valves and the blood pump to replace priming fluid with blood from a patient.
US10653818B2
Various examples are provided for magnetic particle imbedded nanofibrous membranes. In one example, among others, a nanofibrous membrane includes one or more electrospun nanofibers forming form a layer of nanofibers, and a plurality of magnetic nanoparticles embedded in the one or more electrospun nanofibers. In another example, a method includes generating one or more electrospun nanofibers including magnetic nanoparticles from one or more nozzles positioned over a substrate to form a magnetic nanofibrous layer, and affixing the magnetic nanofibrous layer to a support structure. In another example, a system includes a magnetic nanofibrous membrane affixed to a support structure, and a magnetic field generator configured to generate a magnetic field that passes through the magnetic nanofibrous membrane.
US10653807B2
System, method and process for disinfection of internal surfaces in aseptic tanks and pipelines by flooding with sanitizing fog in facilities designed to store liquids in general, such system comprising an external equipment with means to generate sanitizing fog, controlling means of gases flow rate, in-line detectors and draining means of gases inside the tank, input means of fog carrying means comprising inert gases. Disinfection process comprises introduction of a sanitizing fog with droplets with a maximum size of 10 μm, preferably with maximum size of 5 μm, simultaneously with removal of gases enclosed inside such tanks and pipelines, maintaining a positive pressure inside such tanks and pipelines, such method providing reduction of oxygen concentration inside the tanks in two steps, the first one comprising reduction to near 10% and the second a reduction to a value below 1%, filling the tank with a sanitizing fog during the second step.
US10653800B2
The present invention relates to a rapid detection of microbial-associated nuclease activity with chemically modified nuclease (e.g., ribonuclease) substrates, and probes and compositions useful in detection assays.
US10653797B2
Disclosed are methods and compositions for selectively targeting sites of traumatic brain injury (TBI). A brain injury-specific 4-amino acid peptide (sequence CAQK), identified by in vivo phage display screening in mice with acute brain injury, shows selective binding to mouse and human brain injury lesions, and when systemically injected, specifically homes to sites of injury in penetrating and non-penetrating (controlled cortical impact) brain injury models. Also disclosed are methods and compositions for delivering therapeutic compounds to such sites. CAQK-coated nanoparticles containing silencing oligonucleotides provide an alternative to local delivery of therapeutics, which is invasive and can add complications to the injury.
US10653790B2
The disclosure provides, among other things, compositions that bind to and inhibit the biological activity of soluble biomolecules, as well as pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compositions may comprise a plurality of particles that specifically bind a target, such as a soluble biomolecule or a biomolecule on the surface of a pathogen, to inhibit the target (or pathogen) from interacting with other molecules or cells.
US10653778B2
The present specification discloses pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions, and methods and uses of treating a chronic inflammation and/or an inflammatory disease in an individual using such pharmaceutical compositions.
US10653776B2
Drug delivery formulations, uses thereof and methods of making same are provided in order to reduce the potential for abuse, misuse or improper administration of an addictive substance or any active substance and to prevent, reduce, inhibit, or delay purposeful or accidental overdose of an active substance by ingesting too many dosage forms at once, for example.
US10653775B2
The present invention is directed to a monoclonal antibody that binds specifically to a Staphylococcus aureus glucosaminidase and inhibits in vivo growth of S. aureus. Also disclosed are monoclonal antibody binding portions, recombinant or hybridoma cell lines, pharmaceutical compositions containing the monoclonal antibody or binding portions thereof, and methods of treating S. aureus infection and osteomyelitis, and methods for introducing an orthopedic implant into a patient using the monoclonal antibody, binding portion, or pharmaceutical composition of the present invention.
US10653768B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a liquid composition comprising a nanoparticle comprising at least one RNA and at least one cationic or polycationic compound, advantageously on a large scale suitable for pharmaceutical applications. The present invention further concerns the use of the inventive method in the manufacture of a medicament or a vaccine. Furthermore, the invention relates to compositions containing the RNA-comprising nanoparticle, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same.
US10653765B2
The present invention relates to a life attenuated Bordetella pertussis vaccine which is deficient for tracheal cytotoxin (TCT), pertussis toxin (PTX), and dermonecrotic toxin (DNT) for prophylaxis or treatment of an allergen-driven airway pathology.
US10653753B2
In one aspect, methods of treating hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia comprising administration of an effective amount of a derivative of an exendin-4 peptide are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises subcutaneously administering to a patient having hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia a therapeutically effective amount of exendin(5-39).
US10653752B2
Methods and compositions for the use of long-acting hematopoietic factor protein analogs for accelerating hematopoietic recovery in subjects who have been or will be exposed to radiation are disclosed.
US10653749B2
The invention provides cell-permeable Ga-Interacting Vesicle associated protein (GIV)-derived peptides and their use for treatment of diverse diseases. The invention further provides C-terminus of Ga-Interacting Vesicle associated protein (GIV-CT)-based peptides and GIV-CT encoding vectors and methods of use thereof, for successfully manipulating the diverse pathophysiologic processes in which GIV has been implicated. In one aspect, the invention provides cell-permeable peptides PTD-GIV-CT comprising (i) a peptide transduction domain (PTD) and (ii) a C-terminus of Ga-Interacting Vesicle associated protein (GIV-CT) or a mutant thereof. In one embodiment, said peptides are capable of activating Gi downstream of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs). The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of the peptides of the invention as well as vectors encoding such peptides.
US10653746B2
A medicament for use in treating gout, the medicament being a glycoprotein, a mixture of polysaccharide and protein, a polypeptide or a protein.
US10653745B2
Provided herein are, inter alia, methods for treating rhinosinusitis with P-glycoprotein inhibitors. A subject having rhinosinusitis is identified and then treated by administration to the subject an effective amount of a P-gp inhibitor. The subject having rhinosinusitis can be identified by one of skill in the art based on known methods, e.g., based on detection of the presence of symptoms, by endoscopy, or by computed tomography. The efficacy of the treatment can be monitored by methods known in the art, e.g., by monitoring symptoms, by endoscopy or computed tomography. The P-glycoprotein inhibitor can be delivered to the subject's nasal passage and sinuses by an inhalation device, by flushing, by spraying, or by an eluting implant surgically placed in the subject's nasal passage or sinuses. The P-glycoprotein inhibitor can also be administered in combination with one or both of a corticosteroid and an antibiotic.
US10653739B2
Phytoceutical compositions from organic extracts of the Ambrosia maritima or Ambrosia hispida plants and uses thereof for treatment of cancers is described.
US10653738B2
Topical medications to treat the physical effects of bruises and burns. For bruises, the topical medication preferably includes therapeutically effective amounts of vasoconstrictor, such as phenylephrine HCL USP, an anti-inflammatory, such as Arica, and compounding agents. In one embodiment, the compounding agents are a Versabase® gel which includes water, ammonium acryloyldimethyltaurate copolymer, aloe barbadensis leaf juice powder, allatoin, disodium EDTA, methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone. For burns, the topical medication preferably combines therapeutically effective amounts of an active anti-bacterial compound, such as silver sulfadiazine, an anesthetic, such as lidocaine, and a histamine blocker, such as diphenhydramine, with suitable compounding agents, such as Versabase® gel. Both the anti-bruise and anti-burn medications of the present invention can advantageously be formulated in solutions, lotions, creams, ointments, gels, foams or transdermal patches.
US10653736B2
A topical formulation comprising a Cannabis derived botanical drug product, wherein the concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabidiol, or both in the topical formulation is greater than 2 milligrams per kilogram.
US10653734B2
The document provides compositions such as dietary supplements. Such compositions can be used to reduce pain, inflammation, stiffness, and/or discomfort associated with inflammatory conditions such as arthritis. The document also provides methods for reducing pain, inflammation, stiffness, and/or discomfort associated with inflammatory conditions such as arthritis.
US10653733B2
The present invention provides nutritional compositions that are employed as oral supplementation to the human diet. The compositions of the present invention provide for supplementation to the diet of the cancer patient, as well as preventative dietary supplementation aimed at supporting the human immune system for those not currently suffering from cancer. The present invention is comprised of specific combinations of selected forms of unique sets of certain vitamins, minerals, protein, carbohydrates and phytochemicals.
US10653725B2
The present invention provides methods for treating and preventing viral disease in farmed fish. In particular, the present invention relates to compositions and methods for improving heart health in farmed salmon.
US10653724B2
Isolated extracellular matrix from marrow adherent stromal cells and their descendents, which stimulates the growth and survival of a number of different neural cell types, is provided, along with methods for preparation and uses.
US10653718B2
The invention relates to a specific composition for oral administration of magnesium, for use in the treatment of type 2 diabetes or the complications thereof, in association with a composition for treating type 2 diabetes or the complications thereof.
US10653715B2
The present invention relates to methods for attenuating aging, of health maintenance, and/or treating, or delaying the onset of, an age-related condition or disorder, in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of (a) one or more compounds that sustain pharmacological activation of xenobiotic metabolism or induce fermentation by gut bacteria to produce substances that activate xenobiotic metabolism enzymes and/or stimulate xenobiotic excretion and (b) one or more chelators. A further aspect of the invention is a composition comprising (a) and (b).
US10653693B2
Described herein are methods of treating cancer using one or more PRMT5 inhibitors, for example using one or more compounds of Formulae (1-5) or (A-F), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and/or pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Described herein are methods of treating cancer using one or more PRMT5 inhibitors, for example using one or more compounds of Formulae (1-5) or (A-F), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and/or pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US10653690B1
There is provided a solid pharmaceutical composition formulation for nasal delivery of an opioid antagonist. The pharmaceutical composition includes a pharmacologically-effective amount of an opioid antagonist and a pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical composition is preferably in the form of a powder produced by spray-drying, which is subsequently loaded into single use nasal applicators. Preferred pharmaceutically-acceptable carriers include disaccharides (e.g. lactose or trehalose) and dextrins (e.g. cyclodextrins or maltodextrins), preferably spray-dried together in combination. The pharmaceutical composition may further comprise an alkyl saccharide, preferably a sucrose ester, such as sucrose monolaurate. The compositions and applicators may be employed in the treatment of opioid overdose in subjects.
US10653688B2
Isoquinoline compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present disclosure concerns the use of an isoquinoline compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, Alzheimer's disease, lung disease, inflammation, auto-immune diseases and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as neurological conditions/disorders/diseases linked to overexpression of DYRK1A.
US10653682B2
The present disclosure is concerned with oxadiazole and thiadiazole analogs that are capable of inhibiting TGF-β and methods of treating cancers such as, for example, multiple myeloma and a hematologic malignancy, and methods of treating fibrotic conditions using these compounds. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US10653678B2
The present invention relates to synergistic combination of active ingredients for use in the treatment of fibrotic diseases.
US10653676B2
Provided are small molecule inhibitors of ubiquitin specific protease 1 (USP1) activity and methods for their use in treating and characterizing cancers. The small molecule USP1 inhibitors of the invention are particularly useful in the treatment of cancers that are resistant to DNA cross-linking agents.
US10653675B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating or preventing arthropod infestations of poultry animals and methods of controlling arthropod infestations in poultry animal's environment by administering an isoxazoline compound of formula (I) via drinking water.
US10653662B2
Methods of preventing early awakenings, and improving sleep efficiency in hours 7 and 8 of a period of sleep, by administration of low doses of doxepin (e.g., 1-6 mg).
US10653654B2
Pentacyclic triterpene weight loss agents are provided herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical formulations containing a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the weight loss agents, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, in combination with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The pharmaceutical formulations can be administered to a pre-obese, obese, or morbidly obese patient to induce weight loss, reduce body fat, reduce food intake, improve glucose homeostasis, prevent obesity, or a combination thereof. The weight loss agents can also be co-administered with leptin or a leptin analog.
US10653652B2
Methods of treating tinnitus, acute sensorineural hearing loss, Meniere's disease, Tourette's syndrome, ADHD or addiction with (1S,3S)-3-amino-4-(difluoromethylidene) cyclopentane-1-carboxylic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are provided. Methods of treating tinnitus, acute sensorineural hearing loss, Meniere's disease, Tourette's syndrome, ADHD or addiction with (S)-3-amino-4-(difluoromethylenyl)cyclopent-1-ene-1-carboxylic acid are provided. Also provided are therapeutic compositions that may be used to improve one or more symptoms of tinnitus, acute sensorineural hearing loss, Meniere's disease, Tourette's syndrome, ADHD or addiction.
US10653649B2
The invention discussed in this application relates to hydroxamic acid-based compounds that are useful as imaging agents when bound to an appropriate metal centre, particularly for the imaging of tumours.
US10653646B2
The inventive subject matter provides ready-to-administer, preferably anti-oxidant free, epinephrine compositions with improved stability, and methods for preparing the same. Contemplated compositions can be packaged using blow-fill-seal technology or packaged into flexible IV bags and maintain degradation of the epinephrine at a level of less than 5 wt % when stored over at least one months at between 2-40° C.
US10653637B2
The present invention relates to a preventive or a therapeutic agent for hepatopathy, comprising, as an effective ingredient, a polypeptide derivative having an activity of binding to growth hormone secretagogue receptor and thus elevating intracellular calcium ion concentration, and having one amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 22, or an amino acid sequence in which one to several amino acids are deleted, substituted or added at the amino acid residues other that the first to forth amino acid residues from the amino-terminus in the said amino acid sequence, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. The preventive or the therapeutic agent for hepatopathy in accordance with the present invention is useful as a drug suitable for treating or preventing hepatic diseases such as hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatic insufficiency. Further, the preventive or the therapeutic agent for hepatopathy in accordance with the present invention is also useful as an agent of promoting hepatic regeneration and hepatic function recovery after hepatectomy.
US10653628B2
The present invention relates to treating malignancies such as tumors or cancers by orally administering lyophilized compositions comprising arsenic to a subject in such need. Malignancies include various hematological malignancies, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) including acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), multiple myeloma (MM) and lymphomas and solid tumors including glioblastoma multiforme and breast cancer. Arsenic treatment has shown great promise in the treatment of several cancers but requires daily intravenous (IV) administration. This invention relates to a novel formulation comprising a lyophilized compositions comprising arsenic. As a result, the formulation facilitates a systemic bioavailability comparable to that of intravenous (IV) administration of arsenic trioxide currently practiced. The present invention also relates to a method for lyophilizing the arsenic trioxide, preparing the oral formulation comprising lyophilized compositions comprising arsenic, and a method for treating a subject with malignancies using the oral formulation.
US10653627B2
The present invention relates generally to the fields of immunology and vaccine technology. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods for vitrifying biological preparations, including peptides, antigens, antibodies, cells, and the like.
US10653623B2
The present invention relates, in various embodiments, to formulations comprising hydrocortisone and silicon dioxide. In additional embodiments, the invention relates to suppositories comprising hydrocortisone and silicon dioxide. The formulations of the present invention are useful for administration to patients who have gastrointestinal diseases and disorders such as, for example, inflammatory bowel disease.
US10653616B2
Disclosed in the present specification are: a composition for preventing hair loss or promoting hair growth, containing ginseng-derived exosome-like vesicles; and a method for preparing the composition. The ginseng-derived exosome-like vesicles can have a diameter of 20-500 nm and can be isolated from ginseng root. The composition contains ginseng-derived exosome-like vesicles as active ingredients, thereby having an effect of inducing hair growth by activating dermal papilla cells (DPCs).
US10653614B2
A cosmetic composition comprises a coffee cherry preparation, and most preferably an extract from a sub-ripe quick-dried coffee cherry. Particularly contemplated cosmetic compositions are formulated as a shampoo, lotion, cream, balm, or ointment, and will have at least one of an antioxidant effect, an anti-inflammatory effect, a UV-protective effect, an antimutagenic effect, a chemoprotective effect, a scar reducing effect, a skin-lightening effect, a moisturizing effect, a wrinkle reduction effect, and an antibacterial effect.
US10653613B2
Trp-containing peptides, preferably from hen's egg hydrolysate can increase the Cys levels in blood serum. This results in increased keratin production, and enhances growth, appearance, and/or volume in keratin-containing tissue including skin, hair, and/or nails.
US10653605B2
A dentifrice, such as toothpaste, containing chitosan or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof with fluoride ions, for use against erosive tooth demineralization, and kits containing chitosan or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof with fluoride ions, wherein one of the two active agents is comprised in a dentifrice, are described. The dentifrice in the form of toothpaste may furthermore comprise dissolved tin, in particular stannous ions. Toothpastes containing chitosan or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof with fluoride ions are tested in the treatment or prevention of erosive tooth demineralisation caused by citric acid.
US10653603B2
Methods of treating aging related skin changes and of increasing skin thickness with topical administration of N-acyldipeptide derivatives are described. Compositions comprising N-acyldipeptide derivatives, are therapeutically effective for increasing skin thickness, and for treating extrinsic and intrinsic aging and aging related skin changes, such as fine lines, wrinkles, photoaging, hyperpigmentation, laxity, age spots, lentigines, mottled skin, and cellulite.
US10653602B2
Disclosed is a foam booster that is capable of producing or increasing the amount of foam in any given composition. The foam booster includes a saccharide blend having 30 wt. % to 50 wt. % of an aldohexose or mixture of aldohexoses, 20 wt. % to 55 wt. % of a ketohexose or mixture of ketohexoses; and 10 wt. % to 20 wt. % of a disaccharide or mixture of disaccharides.
US10653593B2
Shell-structured particles for sunscreen applications are provided herein. A method includes selecting one or more particles to serve as a core material in a sunscreen composition, wherein each of the one or more particles comprises a band gap within a predetermined range, and wherein said selecting is based on a desired absorption spectrum of the sunscreen composition; coating the one or more particles with at least one layer of zinc oxide.
US10653592B2
According to the present invention, there are provided microcapsules comprising an emulsion droplet encapsulated by a metallic film, wherein the emulsion droplet comprises an emulsifier disposed around a liquid core material. The present invention also provides processes for preparing the microcapsules, as well as formulations comprising the same. The present invention further provides for certain consumer products comprising: an adjunct material; and a plurality of microcapsules, said microcapsules comprising: an emulsion droplet encapsulated by a metallic film, wherein the emulsion droplet comprises an emulsifier disposed around a liquid core material.
US10653585B2
A palladium-based alloy having a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of about 12.0 to about 13.0 and having one or more of the following additive metals: platinum, gallium, chromium, molybdenum, tin, silicon, ruthenium, rhenium, indium, tungsten, niobium, boron and lithium.
US10653584B2
A dispensing assembly which includes a case having a superior component and inferior component, the superior component and inferior component operatively arranged to form a first cavity therebetween. A tablet disc is arranged within the first cavity having a plurality of tablets disposed about a circumference of the tablet disc, where the tablet disc is arranged to rotate about a central axis and within the case. The assembly further includes a lock to prevent rotation of the tablet disc in a first rotational direction during a first predetermined time interval. The lock includes a first component and a second component. The first component includes a display and a first circuit connected to the display. The second component includes an actuator, a catch, a plurality of teeth on an outer circumferential surface of the second component, and a ratchet operatively arranged to engage with the plurality of teeth and the case.
US10653575B2
Improved patient-support apparatuses and methods for rapid mattress inflation and pressure-compensation for changes in patient position.
US10653573B2
A high-performance, low-cost modular cushion using range of novel dynamically responsive materials has been designed and developed for use in seating pressure relief. The use of individual contained spheres creates a localized area of gel to minimize both flattening under pressure, and inflating in areas without contact while the elastic nature of the polymers creates a durable system that recovers rapidly from deformation. Gel balls of varying densities have been developed to optimize performance. Quantification of individual ball mechanical properties has been completed which provides load-deflection curves to inform optimal ball array layout based on user interface pressure distributions. A fitting algorithm is proposed which will employ the patient's seating interface pressure distribution to design a personalized modular cushion layout which will evenly distribute contact pressure across seating support interface and maximize contact pressure area.
US10653571B2
Absorbent articles comprising odor control compositions that are not visible from the outside of the article due to placement on or next to the absorbent core wrap.
US10653570B2
An absorbent article including a wearer-facing topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, characterized in that the absorbent core includes: a first absorbent layer comprising a first substrate, a layer of first superabsorbent polymer particles deposited on the first substrate, and a fibrous layer of thermoplastic adhesive material covering the layer of first superabsorbent polymer particles; a second absorbent layer, the second absorbent layer comprising a second substrate and a mixed layer deposited on the second substrate, the mixed layer comprising a mixture of second superabsorbent particles and cellulosic fibers, the first absorbent layer and the second absorbent layer being combined together such that at least a portion of the fibrous layer of thermoplastic adhesive material of the first absorbent layer contacts at least a portion of the mixed layer of the second absorbent layer, and wherein the first absorbent layer is placed closer to the topsheet than the second layer.
US10653569B2
An absorbent article includes a front portion, a rear portion, a center portion located between and bordering to the front and rear portions, and a liquid pervious topsheet bonded to an underlying layer by a plurality of large and small binding points. The small binding points have a surface area in the range of 0.01-2.5 square millimeters and the large binding points have a surface area above 2.5 square millimeters. A color printing pattern is visible on a topsheet side of the absorbent article. All printed surface area of the color printing pattern onto which a disc with a diameter of 1.5 millimeters can be mapped without extending beyond a periphery of the printed surface area defines one or more continuous colored regions, and each continuous colored region within at least the center portion of the absorbent article is substantially free from large binding points.
US10653565B2
Methods of separating discrete articles from continuous webs are disclosed. The methods use a separation assembly. The present disclosure further includes a cutting assembly and a pair of cutting rolls for use in the separation assembly.
US10653564B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacture of an absorbent article, with which it is possible to form a desired coloring pattern upon an absorbent article and to reliably manage the quality of said coloring pattern. Provided is a method for manufacture of an absorbent article, in which: microcapsules, which are provided upon a substrate and in which coloring agents are enclosed, are destroyed in a prescribed pattern, and the coloring agents discharged upon the substrate; and the substrate is coated with a developer, causing the coloring to be expressed in the prescribed pattern via a reaction between the coloring agents and the developer.
US10653560B2
A transparent laminate including: transparent substrate; and structure layer which contains protrusion portions, depression portions, or both on a surface thereof, average distance between the protrusion portions adjacent or the depression portions adjacent being equal to or less than wavelength of visible light; the structure layer including polymerized product of active-energy-ray-curable resin composition including composition of (meth)acrylate-based-polymerizable compound; the composition including at least any of the following (A) and (B), and the following (C) and (D): (A) ester (meth)acrylate of trihydric alcohol having main and side chain each including alkyl chain; (B) ester di(meth)acrylate of ethylene-oxide-modified bisphenol A; (C) polyalkylene glycol di(meth)acrylate; and (D) ester di(meth)acrylate of dihydric alcohol having main chain including linear alkyl chain; water contact angle on the surface of the structure layer being 26° or more and 74° or less; and storage elastic modulus at 180° C. of the structure layer being less than 0.5 GPa.
US10653559B2
Shading goggles having a function of double protection comprises a goggle body having an LCD lens panel therein for protecting the eyes of a worker by blocking harmful light, and a soft skirt coupled to the rear side of the goggle body and being worn on a worker with an end being in close contact with the face of the worker to for an inside space, the goggles further comprises a protective lens having a gasket continuously disposed around the edge of the front side thereof and pressed on the rear side of the LCD lens panel and having an anti-fogging coating layer on the rear side exposed to the space.
US10653555B2
An inserter for treating glaucoma can comprise a housing, a needle, a plunger, a slider component, and a drive component. The drive component is disposed within a cavity of the housing and rotatable within the cavity to result in movement along a longitudinal axis of the inserter to the needle and the plunger upon rotation of the drive component. The slider component is coupled to the housing and slidable along an elongate groove of the drive component such that movement of the slider component along the axis rotates the drive component within the housing.
US10653554B2
An injector apparatus comprises an elongate structure having one or more openings positionable near a penetrable barrier of an implantable device so as to receive fluid of the implantable device. The apparatus comprises a needle and a sheath extending over at least a portion of the needle. The elongate structure may comprise a distal tip to penetrate tissue and the penetrable barrier, and a distal opening near the tip to release therapeutic fluid into the implantable chamber. In many embodiments the distal tip, the distal opening, and the plurality of openings are separated from a stop that engages a tissue of the patient and limit penetration depth such that the distal opening and the plurality of openings are located along an axis of the implantable device to increase an efficiency of the exchange.
US10653539B2
The disclosed invention is an innovative, cost-efficient driving mechanism for the prosthetic hand industry that makes the use of only one motor to individually control each digit on a prosthetic hand separately. The use of the novel electromagnetic actuation system, locking mechanism, and spline nut and shaft configuration coupled with the single motor greatly reduces the weight, size and power usage of the prosthetic, increases functionality, minimizes noise, increases and speeds and forces, and orients the parts of the device in a manner that creates an aesthetically appealing design.
US10653534B2
An acetabular cup detaching apparatus for an artificial hip joint, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a body part that rotates with power transmitted thereto; and a cutting part brought in close contact with the inner circumferential surface of the acetabular cup and rotating together with the body part to cut the surface of the acetabular cup. According to the present invention, an operation can be easily performed by rotating a blade, together with a rotary shaft part, along the outer circumferential surface of the acetabular cup in the radial direction of the acetabular cup through electric control, which makes it possible to rapidly and accurately detach the acetabular cup from an acetabular bone irrespective of an operator's skill. In addition, it is possible to prevent damage to the blade in advance, minimize damage to an acetabular bone, and accurately detach only the acetabular cup from the acetabular bone by forming a supporting cup and the blade in sizes corresponding to the outer circumferential surface and inner circumferential surface of the acetabular cup and gradually cutting the acetabular bone part, to which the acetabular cup is attached, by rotating the blade at a predetermined angle according to predetermined steps.
US10653532B2
An intervertebral prosthesis or disk prosthesis comprising a front side, a rear side, an upper side which can be placed on the base plate of vertebral body, a lower side which can be placed on the base plate of a vertebral body, a right side, a left side, a cavity which can receive a fluid hydraulic osteocementum, an opening in the cavity and several outlets out from the cavity. The total of the transversal surfaces of the outlets SV on the front side, the total of the transversal surfaces of the outlets SH on the rear side, the total of the transversal surfaces of the outlets SR on the right side and the total of the transversal surfaces of the outlets on the left side satisfy the following conditions: SL>SR or SR>SL or SH>SV or SV>SH.
US10653531B2
A prosthetic device for replacing at least part of one vertebral body, the prosthetic device being expandable from a fully collapsed state to a fully expanded state and comprising an upper endplate, a lower endplate and an expandable support structure extending between the two endplates, said expandable support structure being configured to displace the two endplates relative to one another along a longitudinal axis of the prosthetic device and to hold the two endplates at a minimum axial distance that corresponds to the height of at least one intervertebral disc and half a vertebral body, wherein the expandable support structure includes an anterior post and a posterior post, wherein the length (L1/L2) of each post is individually adjustable and is lockable independently from one another to hold the two endplates with an inclination of 0° to 40° relative to each other.
US10653530B2
An expandable vertebral body device, system, instrument, and methods of assembly and using the device, system, and instrument are disclosed. The vertebral body device includes a body with a first end and a second end, a first rotating member rotatably coupled to the first end, a second rotating member rotatably coupled to the second end, a first extension member moveably coupled to the first end, and a second extension member moveably coupled to the second end. The expandable cage system comprises a vertebral body device and an insertion instrument. Methods for assembling and using the vertebral body device and instrument are also disclosed.
US10653529B2
Surgical implant systems, methods, and components are described herein. More particularly, the disclosure relates to joint arthroplasty systems, methods, and components. Particular embodiments described herein can be used to modify the subtalar joint (e.g., posterior facet of the subtalar joint), calcaneocuboid, talonavicular, and any other suitable joint. An exemplary implant system comprises a first implant component, a second implant component, and an insert.
US10653527B1
Fired magnesium oxide stabilized zirconia ceramic body having a highly smooth, polished or otherwise equivalent surface has, on at least part of the surface, a metal/metal alloy coating. The fired ceramic body can be a magnesium oxide stabilized tetragonally toughened zirconia. The coating can be from a metal or metal alloy other than by tantalum vapor deposition, and can include a titanium metal or alloy. The coating can be a macro coating, up to less than about 0.015 of an inch in thickness. The coated magnesium oxide stabilized zirconia ceramic can be a tool or an orthopedic implant or component for an orthopedic implant, which can be a load bearing implant or component for a load bearing implant having an articular surface and a nonarticular surface where the metal or metal alloy coating is on at least part of the nonarticular surface. Plasma arc spraying under vacuum may be employed.
US10653521B2
Described embodiments are directed toward centrally-opening leaflet prosthetic valve devices having a leaflet frame and a mechanically coupled leaflet. The described leaflet frames have projections that are configured to couple with apertures located within the leaflet attachment region of a leaflet. Some embodiments are further directed toward pulmonary valved conduits incorporating such leaflet and leaflet frame constructs. Methods of making and using such prosthetic valve devices are also described amongst others.
US10653519B2
An implant and method for repairing and/or replacing functionality of a native mitral valve are in various embodiments configured to reduce or eliminate mitral regurgitation and residual mitral valve leakage. A coiled anchor with a central turn that reduces in size upon implantation is used to approximate the amount of reduction in the size and the reshaping of the native mitral annulus to reduce valve leakage. A clip can be further applied to the native valve leaflets to reduce the size of the native mitral annulus and leakage therethrough. A prosthetic heart valve can be implanted in the coiled anchor to replace and further improve functionality of the valve. In some cases, the prosthetic valve can be implanted in a clipped valve, where the clip is detached from one of the native valve leaflets to provide space for the prosthetic valve to expand.
US10653516B1
An artificial muscle including an internal electromechanically charged rod extending beyond two attach points. A plurality of mesh cylinders having a mesh cylinder top and a mesh cylinder bottom surrounding the charged rod. A fiber surrounding the mesh cylinders and mechanically attached to the mesh cylinders at an attachment spacing and wherein an electromagnetic source activates the artificial muscle through at least one microprocessor. The artificial muscle fiber may be nylon and the attach points may be titanium. The artificial muscle fiber may be coated with nylon. The artificial muscle fiber may contain a viscous fluid.
US10653511B2
A stent or other prosthesis may be formed by coating a single continuous wire scaffold with a polymer coating. The polymer coating may consist of layers of electrospun polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Electrospun PTFE of certain porosities may permit endothelial cell growth within the prosthesis.
US10653502B2
Method and system including receiving one or more parameters associated with an orthodontic condition, receiving a treatment goal information associated with the orthodontic condition, and providing a predefined template associated with the received treatment goal information, wherein the predefined template includes at least one orthodontic condition related information, are provided.
US10653497B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a surgical robot system may include an end-effector element configured for controlled movement and positioning and tracking of surgical instruments and objects relative to an image of a patient's anatomical structure. In some embodiments the end-effector and instruments may be tracked by surgical robot system and displayed to a user. In some embodiments, tracking of a target anatomical structure and objects, both in a navigation space and an image space, may be provided by a dynamic reference base located at a position away from the target anatomical structure.
US10653494B2
The invention relates to a handle device for a surgical light, which comprises a handle element, prepared for attachment to a receiving body of the surgical light and forming a handle surface in an exterior region. A voice control module that has at least one acoustic sensor is detachably connected to the handle element. The invention further relates to a surgical light having said handle device.
US10653491B2
A surgical manipulator includes an internal working end having an internal joint, and an external control interface linked to the internal working end for controlling the internal working end. The external control interface includes at least one lever defining a grip volume for a surgeon's hand when gripping and operating the at least one lever, and an external joint linked to the internal joint for controlling the internal joint. The external joint is positioned substantially within the grip volume.
US10653489B2
A surgical system for selective connection to a robotic arm includes an instrument drive unit and a surgical instrument detachably coupled to the instrument drive unit. The instrument drive unit includes a first actuator, a linkage member having opposing first and second portions, and a drive member. The first portion of the linkage member is operatively coupled to the first actuator such that actuation of the first actuator moves the first portion in a first direction and the second portion in a second direction opposite of the first direction. The drive member is operatively coupled to the second portion of the linkage member. The surgical instrument includes a driven member operatively associated with the drive member of the instrument drive unit and an end effector operatively coupled with the driven member, wherein translation of the driven member effects a first function of the end effector.
US10653488B2
A robotic surgery method for cutting a bone of a patient includes characterizing the geometry and positioning of the bone and manually moving a handheld manipulator, the handheld manipulator operatively coupled to a bone cutting tool having an end effector portion, to cut a portion of the bone with the end effector portion. The handheld manipulator further comprises a manipulator housing and an actuator assembly movably coupled between the manipulator housing and the bone cutting tool. The method further includes causing the actuator assembly to automatically move relative to the manipulator housing to maintain the end effector portion of the tool within a desired bone cutting envelope in response to movement of the manipulator housing relative to the bone.
US10653466B2
The present invention is directed to a bone plate and its method of use for reducing a bone fracture, the bone plate having a longitudinal axis, the bone plate comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, a first hole for engaging a head of a first bone anchor. The first hole is configured and adapted to fix a shaft of the first bone anchor along a first axis. A second hole is spaced apart from the first hole along the longitudinal axis. The second hole is for engaging a head of a second bone anchor, and is configured and adapted to fix a shaft of the second bone anchor along a second axis. The first hole and the second hole are configured such that the first axis and the second axis define a single plane and intersect at a point below the lower surface. The shafts of the first and second bone anchors may touch or nearly touch at the point of intersection, such that the first and second bone anchors form a truss.
US10653465B2
A metatarsal fixation device is provided for fixation of osteotomy or fracture of a distal metatarsal metaphysis bone of the human foot and for fixation of an associated capsule to the metatarsal head. The device includes a metallic bone plate with a series of screw holes along an elongated portion of the plate and a combination of a singular screw hole and a resilient clamp on an end of the elongated portion. The resilient clamp has two arched resilient arms extending laterally outward from an end of the elongated portion. Each arm has a plurality of spikes on an inner surface thereof providing points of contact that compress and attach a metatarsal phalangeal joint capsule portion to the medial and/or lateral aspect of the metatarsal head, thereby facilitating realignment of the metatarsophalangeal joint and respective digit. The resilient arms are biased to grasp lateral sides of a metatarsal head and any associated capsule portion.
US10653464B2
A foot bone plate provides both fixation of two bones or bone portions and compression across their juncture. The foot bone plate has a plurality of bone screw bores positioned to receive and hold a bone screw on both sides of the two bones/bone portions (i.e. fixation), and a lateral flange positioned to receive and hold a bone screw across the foot bones/foot bone portions juncture (i.e. compression). The foot bone plate has an elongate body having a plurality of bores along its length configured to receive and hold a bone screw generally perpendicular to the foot bone plate and into the two foot bone portions. A flange is positioned at a side of the plate and includes a bore to receive and hold a bone screw. The flange and flange bore positions and holds the bone screw such that it extends through the juncture of the two bones/bone portions.
US10653461B2
A rod reducer including a housing defining an opening, a body member defining an opening and a slot, a shaft disposed through the opening of the housing and coupled to the opening of the body member, an anvil including a linkage extending therefrom, the linkage coupled to the body member and the anvil, a plurality of arm members, and a biasing element disposed between the body member and the anvil. A pin of the linkage is slidably disposed within the slot, and the biasing element is configured to bias the anvil distally with respect to the body member. Rotation of the shaft translates into linear movement, relative to the housing, of the shaft, the body member, and the anvil. The arm members are coupled to the housing and movable towards a parallel configuration as the anvil is advanced away from the housing to engage a bone screw.
US10653457B2
Multi-function driver instruments and related methods are disclosed herein, e.g., for applying a fastener to a bone anchor. In some embodiments, a single instrument can include features for driving multiple different types of fasteners, independently driving multiple different components of a single fastener assembly, and so forth, with the instrument being switchable between multiple operating modes to select the feature needed for a particular function. The instrument can include features for retaining a fastener to the instrument, e.g., during initial insertion of the fastener.
US10653450B2
According to an aspect, a medical device includes a base member and an adjustment member. The adjustment member is movably coupled to the base member. The adjustment member has a body portion and a coupling portion. The coupling portion is configured to couple a medical tool to the adjustment member.
US10653448B2
Powered drivers, and kits and methods including or using powered drivers, having a driveshaft extending from a distal end of the housing and configured to slide responsive to a force applied to a distal end of the driveshaft and activate a motor to rotate the driveshaft. Some of the present powered drivers include a housing having a distal end and a proximal end; a motor disposed in the housing; a driveshaft extending outward from the distal end of the housing (e.g., in a direction away from the proximal end); a gearbox coupled to the motor and to the driveshaft such that activation of the motor will cause rotation of the driveshaft; and a battery configured to power the motor; where the gearbox is slidably disposed in the housing and configured such that, upon application of a threshold force on the driveshaft in the direction of the proximal end of the housing, the driveshaft and gearbox will slide toward the proximal end of the housing and thereby close an electrical circuit between the motor and the battery.
US10653447B2
The present invention provides for a method and apparatus for inserting and using, dermal interstitial sensors in, for example, an analyte monitoring system. The present invention permits the proper positioning of a cannula tip and/or sensor(s) within the reticular dermis.
US10653442B2
Drug delivery systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a drug delivery system can be configured to deliver a drug to a patient in coordination with a physiological parameter of the patient (e.g., the patient's natural cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pulsation or the patient's heart or respiration rate). In some embodiments, a drug delivery system can be configured to use a combination of infusion and aspiration to control delivery of a drug to a patient. Catheters, controllers, and other components for use in the above systems are also disclosed, as are various methods of using such systems.
US10653439B2
A pump module with a casing having at least one pump piston is mounted in a reciprocatingly movable manner and may include a sealing element which, in pumping operation, abuts in a sealing manner against a cylinder. An embodiment of a pump module, which is easy to produce and can be disinfected or sterilized in a simple manner, includes a pump piston that can be fixated in a parking position in which the sealing element does not abut against the cylinder.
US10653436B2
A medical device including an elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end and an end-effector disposed at the distal end of the elongate member is disclosed. The end-effector further includes a plurality of arms, which may pivot or move relative to one another. Further, each arm includes an inner edge defining a cutting edge, and an outer edge having at least one geometric feature for manipulating tissue.
US10653434B1
A system for removing embolic material from an intravascular site is disclosed. The system includes an elongate, flexible tubular body, having a proximal end, a distal end, and a tubular side wall defining at least one lumen extending axially there through; an axial restraint carried by the side wall and exposed to the lumen; a rotatable core wire extendable through the lumen, the core wire having a distal end; a limit carried by the core wire, the limit having a bearing surface for rotatably engaging the restraint; and an agitator tip on the distal end of the core wire. The limit and the restraint are engageable to permit rotation of the core wire but limit distal advance of the tip relative to the tubular body.
US10653433B2
Provided is a medical device designed to be inserted into a lumen of a living body, the medical device including: a long shaft part; and a cylindrical hollow body. The shaft part has a center axis at position which differs from a center axis of the hollow body on a cross section perpendicular to the center axis of the shaft part. The hollow body has a housing part extending along the center axis of the hollow body, the hollow body being a groove depressed from an outer peripheral surface to an inner peripheral surface or a slit penetrating from an outer peripheral surface to an inner peripheral surface. The shaft part is positioned between inner surfaces facing from the outer peripheral surface to the inner peripheral surface in such a way that at least a portion of the shaft part constitutes the slit or the groove of the housing part.
US10653431B2
Drill assemblies and methods for drilling into bone are provided. In general, a drill assembly can have a flexible distal portion configured to move between a substantially straight configuration, in which a longitudinal axis of the distal portion is aligned with a longitudinal axis of a proximal shaft portion of the drill assembly, and a curved configuration, in which the longitudinal axis of the distal portion is angularly offset from the longitudinal axis of the proximal shaft portion. The drill assembly can include a proximal shaft, a drill tip, and a plurality of segments located between the proximal shaft and the drill tip. The drill assembly can include a connecting element extending from the proximal shaft, through the segments, and to the drill tip at a distal end of the drill assembly. The drill assembly can include a conformal covering on the distal portion thereof that is configured to curve.
US10653417B2
A surgical instrument. The surgical instrument has an end effector and a trigger in communication with the end effector. The surgical instrument also has a first sensor and an externally accessible memory device in communication with the first sensor. The first sensor has an output that represents a first condition of either the trigger or the end effector. The memory device is configured to record the output of the first sensor. In various embodiments, memory device may include an output port and/or a removable storage medium.
US10653415B2
Devices for attaching a sheet-like implant to a target tissue include a sheath and a staple push rod. The sheath has a distal end configured to be pressed against the target tissue. The staple push rod is disposed within at least a portion of the sheath and is slidable relative thereto. The staple push rod includes a pair of stakes. Each stake is dimensioned to abut a surface of a staple to apply pushing forces thereto. The stakes are biased to assume a bow-like shape such that an intermediate portion of a staple extends tautly between the first stake and the second stake when the stakes are extending beyond the distal end of the tubular member. Methods for attaching a sheet-like implant to a target tissue are also disclosed.
US10653413B2
A surgical instrument that comprises an elongate shaft assembly that defines a shaft axis. A surgical end effector is pivotally coupled to the elongate shaft assembly for selective pivotal travel about an articulation axis that extends transversely relative to the shaft axis. An articulation driver is supported for selective longitudinal travel relative to the elongate shaft assembly in a distal direction and a proximal direction. A central articulation link is movably coupled to a distal end of the elongate shaft assembly. The central articulation link is operably coupled to the articulation driver and an end effector driver link. The end effector driver link is operably coupled to the surgical end effector for selective pivotal and axial travel relative thereto.
US10653412B2
Sutures with pre-tied knots for use in percutaneous surgical procedures and devices for easily and quickly tying complex suture knots are disclosed.
US10653408B2
A method facilitates the treatment of the spine of a patient by providing simultaneous access through at least a first opening and a second opening formed in the patient. For example, the method can include the acts of positioning the patient on a surgical table, providing the first opening into a posterior portion of the patient, providing the second opening into a lateral portion of the patient, inserting a first device through the first opening into the patient to contact the spine in a first direction that is transverse to the coronal plane of the patient, and inserting a second device through the second opening into the patient to contact the spine in a second direction that is transverse to the sagittal plane of the patient, where the first and second openings are accessible simultaneously, and, when the first and second devises are inserted into the patient, the position of the patient is stationary with respect to a portion of the table.
US10653405B2
The device can include a first member connected to a second member via junctions. The members can be statically or pivotally connected at the junctions via arms extending from cross-beams of the members. The junctions can be configured to provide a biasing force. Methods of using the device may include collapsing the device and inserting it through an incision, allowing the biasing force to cause continuous traction and counter-traction adjacent to a leading dissection edge so that retraction of the skin from the tissue can be facilitated during a surgical procedure.
US10653400B2
A specimen retrieval device includes a deployment assembly and a specimen retrieval bag supported by the deployment assembly. The deployment assembly includes an insertion tube, a shaft slidably receivable through the insertion, a handle disposed on a proximal end portion of the shaft, and a support assembly disposed on a distal end portion of the shaft. The specimen retrieval bag includes a pouch portion supported by the support assembly, a tail portion extending from the pouch portion and secured to the handle, and a closure cord extending through the pouch portion for cinching the pouch portion.
US10653398B2
An adapter assembly includes a base member, a housing, and a locking mechanism. The base member defines a longitudinal axis. The housing is rotatably secured to the base member and is rotatable in relation to the base member between a plurality of positions. The locking mechanism is supported on the housing and includes a locking member and a button. The locking member is moveable from a locked position in which a lock of the locking member is engaged with the base member to secure the housing in one of the plurality of positions to an unlocked position in which the housing is rotatable in relation to the base member. The button is positioned on the base member and is depressible to translate the locking member in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis from the locked position to the unlocked position.
US10653396B2
A multi-synchronization power supply and an ultrasound system with the same are disclosed. The multi-synchronization power supply includes a microprocessor configured to receive frequency information indicative of a plurality of frequencies and to output a control signal based on the frequency information; a clock signal generating unit configured to receive a reference synchronization clock signal and to generate a plurality of synchronization clock signals corresponding to the plurality of frequencies by frequency-dividing the reference synchronization clock signal based on the control signal; and a plurality of DC-DC converters configured to receive the plurality of synchronization clock signals and a reference DC voltage, and to generate a plurality of DC voltages from the reference DC voltage based on the plurality of synchronization clock signals.
US10653389B2
An ultrasonic diagnosing device is provided for diagnosing a state of a to-be-examined part based on echo signals caused by ultrasonic signals. The device includes a container body containing liquid and capable of coming in close contact with a to-be-examined body, an ultrasonic wave penetrating part having ultrasonic penetrability and covering an opening formed in the container body, a probe having an ultrasonic wave transmitting part configured to transmit the ultrasonic signals, and a drive mechanism configured to move the probe inside the container body and change a position of the ultrasonic wave transmitting part. The probe being soaked in the liquid inside the container body in a state where the ultrasonic wave transmitting part is separated from the ultrasonic wave penetrating part, and the ultrasonic signals being transmitted to the to-be-examined body through the liquid and the ultrasonic wave penetrating part by the ultrasonic wave transmitting part.
US10653369B2
An apparatus, method, and machine-readable medium for health monitoring and response are described herein. The apparatus includes a processor and a number of sensors configured to collect data corresponding to a user of the device. The apparatus also includes a health monitoring and response application, at least partially including hardware logic. The hardware logic of the health monitoring and response application is to test the data collected by any of the sensors to match the collected data with a predetermined health condition, determine a current health condition of the user based on the predetermined health condition that matches the collected data, and automatically perform an action based on the current health condition of the user.
US10653367B2
In various embodiments, a haptic system comprises at least one acoustic sensor; an amplifier for receiving electronic signals from the acoustic sensor and amplifying the received signals; at least one actuator, operatively connected to the amplifier, for vibrating in accordance with the amplified signals; and a support including at least one actuator, operatively connected to the amplifier, for vibrating in accordance with the amplified signals and conferring vibrotactile sensations corresponding thereto.
US10653360B2
Disclosed is a system and method of directing a biosignal detector arrangement. The system for directing a biosignal detector arrangement may include a biosignal detector configured to detect a biosignal of an object, a measurer configured to obtain, in real-time, information including surface data of the object and position data associated with an arrangement of the biosignal detector relative to the object based on the surface data, a processor configured to set initially obtained information of the obtained information as reference information for a surface registration and compare the reference information to finally obtained information of the obtained information, and a display configured to display the reference information and the finally obtained information.
US10653355B2
A system for visualizing melanin present in tissue can include an imaging system to record a signal based on a presence of melanin in tissue and a display device to display an image based on the signal. A first laser source can emit a Stokes pulse train and a second laser source can emit a pump pulse train. Both the first laser source and the second laser source comprise a tunable center wavelength or frequency. An energy difference between a frequency of the Stokes pulse train and a frequency of the pump pulse train is from 1750 cm−1 to 2250 cm−1. The Stokes and the pump pulse train overlap in space and time. A scanning mechanism focuses the combined Stokes pulse train and pump pulse train within the tissue and scans across the tissue. A detector detects the signal based on a presence of melanin within the tissue.
US10653354B2
A medical testing apparatus and method of use for for penetrating a patient's tissue with an agent, the apparatus comprises an arcuate rail having spaced first and second sides supported by upper and lower arcuate surfaces and an arcuate handle having first and second ends extending from the upper surface of the arcuate rail. A plurality of tips extend substantially from and normally outward as the lower arcuate surface. The plurality of tips comprises alternating blunt tips and reed tips.
US10653353B2
Embodiments include methods, systems and computer program products for monitoring a person for a traumatic brain injury. Aspects include monitoring a gait of the user with one or more accelerometers embedded in the uniform and analyzing, by a processor, one or more characteristics of the gait of the user. Aspects also include determining whether the one or more characteristics of the gait indicate that the user may have suffered the traumatic brain injury and creating an alert that the user of the helmet may have suffered the traumatic brain injury.
US10653345B2
A blood processing apparatus includes a measurement device having at least one chamber element extending along a longitudinal axis and including a circumferential wall extending about the longitudinal axis, a bottom wall and a top wall together defining a flow chamber. The blood processing apparatus further includes a holder for the measurement device, the holder including a base having a reception opening for receiving the measurement device and a closure element movably arranged on the base for locking the measurement device in an inserted position in the reception opening. An ultrasonic sensor of the holder is arranged on the base. The ultrasonic sensor, in the inserted position of the measurement device, faces the bottom wall of the at least one chamber element, wherein the bottom wall extends transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis.
US10653341B2
Generally, a method performed by one or more processing devices includes generating a graphical user interface that when rendered on a display of the one or more processing devices renders a visual representation of an environment and a visual representation of an object in the environment; retrieving an auditory stimulus with one or more auditory attributes indicative of a location of a virtual target in the environment; receiving information specifying movement of the object in the environment; determining, based on the movement of the object, a proximity of the object to the virtual target; adjusting, based on the proximity, one or more values of the one or more auditory attributes of the auditory stimulus; and causing the one or more processing devices to play the auditory stimulus using the adjusted one or more values.
US10653334B2
A system for performing at least one impedance measurement on a biological subject, the system including a measuring device having a first housing including spaced pairs of foot drive and sense electrodes provided in electrical contact with feet of the subject in use, a second housing including spaced pairs of hand drive and sense electrodes provided in electrical contact with hands of the subject in use, at least one signal generator electrically connected to at least one of the drive electrodes to apply a drive signal to the subject, at least one sensor electrically connected to at least one of the sense electrodes to measure a response signal in the subject and a measuring device processor that at least in part controls the at least one signal generator, receives an indication of a measured response signal from the at least one sensor and generates measurement data indicative of at least one measured impedance value and a client device in communication with the measuring device, the client device being adapted to receive measurement data allowing the client device to display an indicator associated a result of the impedance measurement.
US10653328B2
A biological information detection device includes a light source, an image capturing device, and one or more arithmetic circuits. The light source projects dots formed by light onto a target including a living body. The image capturing device includes photodetector cells and generates an image signal representing an image of the target onto which the dots are projected. The one or more arithmetic circuits detect a portion corresponding to at least a part of the living body in the image by using the image signal and calculate biological information of the living body by using image signal of the portion.
US10653327B2
A biological information detection device includes: a light emitting unit which irradiates a subject with light; a first light receiving unit which receives light from the subject; a second light receiving unit which receives light from the subject; and a beam which is provided between the first light receiving unit and the second light receiving unit, in a plan view in a vertical direction of a light receiving surface of the first light receiving unit.
US10653326B2
Methods and systems are described for detecting the likelihood of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in an infant using electrocardiogram and photoplethysmographic pulse signals obtained from the upper body and foot of the infant.
US10653309B2
Provided is an ophthalmologic apparatus including: an acquisition unit configured to acquire tomographic information of an eye to be examined using information on interference light between return light from the eye to be examined, which is irradiated with measurement light, and reference light; and a vitreous structure detection unit configured to detect a vitreous structure of the eye to be examined using tomographic information of the eye to be examined that is acquired after at least one of the difference in optical path length between the measurement light and the reference light and the in-focus position is controlled, wherein the acquisition unit is configured to acquire tomographic information of the vitreous structure.
US10653300B2
A method is provided for joining at least two components of a medical instrument, the at least two components are held so as to form at least one soldering gap between mutually assigned joining areas of the components, a solder material is arranged for filling the at least one soldering gap, and the arrangement of the at least two components and of the solder material is heated to a soldering temperature of the solder material, wherein the solder material is an iron-based solder. A use of an iron-based solder and a medical instrument, in particular a laryngoscope spatula, are also provided.
US10653297B2
Systems and methods are provided for injecting one or more agents into tissue within a patient's body that includes a catheter. A needle guide extends from a distal end of the catheter and terminates at a distal tip, e.g., including a foot with an atraumatic contact surface, the needle guide having a cross-section smaller than the distal end and being biased to a curved shape. The needle guide includes a passage communicating from a lumen of the catheter to an outlet at the distal tip, and a needle device is disposed within the passage that may be deployed from the outlet to inject one or more agents into tissue. The catheter also includes an imaging assembly on the distal end configured to acquire images of tissue adjacent the needle guide distal tip.
US10653290B2
A pump (8) is disclosed. The pump (8) includes a partition wall (84) configured to divide the interior of a body into two spaces, a first chamber (C1) located under the partition wall (84), the first chamber (C1) having an introduction portion (841), through which water is introduced, a second chamber (C2) located above the partition wall (84), the second chamber (C2) having a discharge portion (849), through which water is discharged, a communication hole (86) formed through the partition wall (84) to allow the first chamber (C1) and the second chamber (C2) to communicate with each other therethrough, an impeller (85) provided in the second chamber (C2) to move water to the discharge portion (849), a housing configured to define the bottom surface of the first chamber (C1), the housing being made of a conductor, a heater (H) configured to heat the housing (81), and a steam discharge (843) port formed through the first chamber (C1) to allow steam to be discharged therethrough.
US10653284B2
A mist generating system for a cleaning implement is adapted to generate a finely atomized liquid mist for suppressing dust, allergens, and other airborne particulates. The mist generating system can be adapted to fit many cleaning implements such as vacuum cleaners, wet extraction cleaners, floor mops, and dusters to suppress airborne dust and particulates generated during operation and the cleaning process.
US10653282B2
A cleaning robot includes a top cover, a bottom cover provided below the top cover, traveling parts provided in the bottom cover, a suction module provided in the bottom cover to suck in foreign materials on the ground, a recessed part formed to be recessed inward between the top cover and the bottom cover, and a first sensor located in the recessed part.
US10653277B2
Exemplary embodiments of manual dispensers and actuating mechanisms are disclosed herein. An exemplary dispenser includes a housing, a receptacle for receiving a container of fluid and an actuating mechanism for causing fluid to be dispensed from the container. The actuation mechanism has a first pivot arm having a pivot point on a first end and a cam on a second end and a second pivot arm having a pivot point a first end and a curved contact surface on a second end. The actuating mechanism includes a pushbar. One of the first and second pivot members is connected to the pushbar. When the pushbar is pushed inward, the cam is configured to travel along the curved contact surface. Movement of the cam along the curved contact surface moves the engagement mechanism upward and downward in a substantially linear motion when the engagement mechanism is connected to a pump to cause the pump to prime with fluid and dispense the fluid.
US10653263B2
A system for securely depositing an item includes: a deposit box with a door configured to provide selective access to an interior space in the deposit box; a lock mechanism configured to attach to the deposit box to selectively block the door from opening; a first proximity sensor operatively connected to the lock mechanism to operate the lock mechanism to block the door or allow the door to open; a second proximity sensor configured to be attached to at least one of: a delivery person and a piece of delivery equipment; a third proximity sensor; and a first transmitter operatively connected to the lock mechanism and configured to transmit a signal indicative of operating information regarding the lock mechanism, and wherein the deposit box is at least 18 inches wide and 24 inches long.
US10653255B1
A container cap with integrated straw includes a cap body which carries a drinking straw and is attachable to a beverage container. The container cap engages a neck of the beverage container in a watertight seal to prevent spillage of the beverage from the beverage container during use. A cap retainer can embrace the container cap for enhancing the watertight fitting of the container cap against the neck of the beverage container. The drinking straw can include a distal closed end that opens in the event of user aspiration on the straw. The distal closed end can be provided on the straw or on a disconnectable straw extension.
US10653249B2
A chair including a subframe, a seat element, a back element, a spring mechanism and an adjustment device. The spring mechanism includes a leaf spring, which is clamped on one side in the subframe, and a support, which is movable on a track between the leaf spring and the subframe. The adjustment device includes an adjustment member and a transmission mechanism. A movement of the adjustment member is translated into a movement of the support at a transmission ratio of between 1:0.5 and 1:4.
US10653238B1
“The Portable, Collapsible, Free-Standing Bar” is an improved portable and compact free-standing bar. Its distinctive features include its ease of assembly, stability, well-crafted finished-wood appearance, collapsible design, compact storage, and ease of transport and shipping. It can be assembled easily without tools, and is designed meticulously to minimize weight, maximize stability and portability, and minimize the space that it occupies when collapsed and stored. These user-friendly features make the bar a useful contribution to an improved social experience in many venues, including weddings, tailgate parties, etc. The bar design is comprised of a bartop formed by a plurality of selectively adjoining bartop pieces and a plurality of frames pivotally interlocked by at least one hinge, which allow the bar to be collapsed into a space-efficient unit on wheels for storage, transport, or shipping. The bar can be alternately be assembled in an open position for using the bar and disassembled to a closed position for transporting or storing the bar, wherein in the closed position the bartop pieces are nested within the frames, and wherein said frames are collapsed to a compact folded configuration forming a parallelepiped. Another aspect of the bar's design is a swivel footing rotatably attached to a base support of each frame that adds significant stability to the bar when in the open position without adding to the width, or overall size of the collapsed bar is the closed position.
US10653232B1
The hand sanitizer holster is a garment. The hand sanitizer holster comprises a belt, a fastening structure, and a plurality of primary holsters. The fastening structure secures the belt to a healthcare worker. The plurality of primary holsters attach to the belt. Each of the plurality of primary holsters contains a chemical container filled with a sanitizer. The sanitizer is an anti-microbial chemical used for cleaning the hands of the healthcare worker. Each holster contained within the plurality of primary holsters is configured such that the sanitizer dispenses from the chemical container without removing the chemical container from the holster. In a second potential embodiment of the disclosure, the hand sanitizer holster further comprises a shoulder harness. The shoulder harness further comprises one or more straps and one or more secondary holsters.
US10653231B2
A retention device includes a body having a first surface and a second surface and defined by a perimeter wall. The second surface is configured to be coupled to an article of clothing. A first retention element is releasably coupled to the body and is configured to be coupled to a weapon system to maintain the weapon system in a fixed position with respect to the body.
US10653215B2
The present invention is an ergonomic silicone wedding ring comprising of 3 bands which are designed not to separate easily and are thinner, more ergonomic and comfortable than prior silicone tri-band rings.
US10653206B2
A sole designed for attachment to an article of footwear, made of a hard polymer outsole connection plate affixed to a flexible polymer outsole that has a series of threaded imbed anchors housed therein for the attachment of various designs of interchangeable cleats. The cleats reside in detents formed on planar channels across the width of the outsole and extend above a series of tapered raised pads formed on the bottom face of the outsole.
US10653203B2
A closable drainage system for a sole of a shoe, the closable drainage system including a drain configured to communicate between sole top and bottom surfaces of the sole, the drain having opposing drain upper and lower faces; at least one drainage aperture element disposed within the drain, the drainage aperture element defining a drainage channel which communicates between the drain upper and lower faces; and a movable member overlaying the drain upper face, the movable member movable over the drain upper face to provide open and closed conditions of the drainage channel; whereby in the open condition, the movable member disposes to allow passage through the drainage channel and correspondingly, between the sole top and bottom surfaces; and whereby in the closed condition, the movable member disposes to preclude passage through the drainage channel and correspondingly, between the sole top and bottom surfaces.
US10653197B2
A hard hat with air flow system includes a hard hat with an air flow passage for passing air through the hard hat and out exits ports at the front of the hat to provide a shield of air downward across the face of a user. The system includes an air filtration system, a blower assembly for drawing air through the air filter and pushing the filtered air into the air flow passage of the hard hat, and a power supply for powering the blower. The filtration system, blower assembly and power supply being supported on a harness such as a belt or backpack, external from the hard hat.
US10653186B2
Vaporizer and/or electronic cigarette chargers useful for the recharging of rechargeable vaporizer or electronic cigarette power supplies such as batteries, compatible vaporizers and/or electronic cigarettes, their components, charging contacts, methods of their use and kits containing such chargers are disclosed.
US10653182B2
A liquid storage portion for an aerosol-generating system includes a container configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The container has an opening for dispensing the liquid aerosol-forming substrate, and includes at least one transparent wall portion, such that the liquid level in the container can be visually monitored by the vaper. The container is further configured such that the liquid aerosol-forming substrate is held in a contiguous volume area of the container. The aerosol-forming substrate in the contiguous volume is confined near the dispensing opening of the container without regard to the orientation of the liquid storage portion.
US10653180B2
A cartridge for use with a vaporization device comprising a first heating element, a first compartment for containment of a first vaporizable material, and a second compartment for containment of a second vaporizable material, wherein the device generates an aerosol for inhalation by a subject by heating the first vaporizable material or the second vaporizable material.
US10653174B2
Improved methods and apparatus for dry hulling or dry peeling harvested crops, particularly pistachio nuts, are disclosed. The methods and apparatus of the present invention provide crop harvesting with great efficiency resulting in consistently high percentages of hulled or peeled crops and low percentages of nut breakage, without increasing processing times regardless of the sizes of the crops being hulled or peeled. The methods and apparatus of the present invention also provide for a relatively small overall machine footprint, plus easy and efficient removal and replacement of the impingement drum to accommodate for different drum speeds, different crop sizes, different bolt patterns, different bolt sizes, and other variations allowing embodiments of the invention to be used on a wide range of nuts and vegetables of different varieties, sizes and shapes.
US10653171B2
A popcorn popper having a heat source transferring heat to a heating surface and also having a reflective surface for focusing the heat radiated by the heat source toward the heating surface. The popcorn popper can include a mechanical stirrer on the heating surface for shifting the kernels during heating and evenly distributing the kernels across the heating surface. The popcorn popper can have a cover with an integrated reservoir for holding toppings for the popcorn, wherein the reservoir is adapted to drain the topping through the cover without fouling the cover air vents and evenly distribute the topping onto the kernels.
US10653170B1
Systems and methods for treating large quantities of potatoes, other tubers, vegetables, produce, and/or other crops are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a crop storage facility configured in accordance with the present technology includes a treatment system configured to distribute a treatment agent configured to inhibit spoilage of the crops. The treatment system can include a combination of two or more chemical compositions configured to release different concentrations of the treatment agent to produce a desired level of the treatment agent in the storage facility.
US10653167B2
A method of making a gel-type livestock feed includes initially forming a feed mixture by mixing feed nutrient components, water, alginate, and a calcium component insoluble in water or a sequestrate to inhibit the calcium component from reacting with the alginate. Once the feed mixture is formed, the calcium component is solubilized or the sequestrates affecting the reactivity between the alginate and the calcium component is removed such that a gel feed is formed that includes a gel matrix containing the feed nutrient components. The gel feed may then be fed to the livestock. In another aspect of the present invention, piglets are weaned by feeding the gel feed for at least seven days directly after weaning. The gel feed may also include protein derived from blood with or without egg protein.
US10653164B2
A method for making variegated ice cream, comprising the following steps:preparing container for processing the basic ice cream product;cooling and stirring a basic preparation inside the processing container to make the basic ice cream product;preparing a hermetically sealed capsule containing an additional flavor;opening the capsule;simultaneously transferring a portion of basic ice cream product from the processing container to a serving container and transferring the additional flavor from the open capsule to the basic ice cream product to produce a variegated ice cream product, which is defined by combining the basic product and the additional flavor.
US10653144B2
The present invention relates to pesticidal and parasiticidal isoxazoline of formula (I) and salts thereof: wherein variables B1, B2, B3, R1, P1, P2, Y and Q are described herein are as defined in the description. The invention also relates to parasiticidal and pesticidal compositions comprising the isoxazoline compounds of formula (I), processes for their preparation and their uses to prevent or treat parasitic infections or infestations in animals and as pesticides.
US10653141B2
Compositions and methods for affecting dipteran hematophagous parasites. The compositions contain at least one dipteran semiochemical and at least one phagostimulant. The compositions may further include a pesticide. The semiochemical may be a floral attractant and the phagostimulants may be sugar-based. The compositions may be useful in attracting mosquitoes and/or repelling sand flies.
US10653134B2
Disclosed herein is a stable, encapsulated reactive amine composition, having a particle size about 100 microns or less comprising; water soluble amine; polymeric surfactant/stabilizer; polyisocynate; and fumed silica; wherein, the reactive amine is released from the encapsulated amine in aqueous and non-aqueous environment, for use in industries such as painting, cosmetics, paper, lubricants, printing, plastics, petrochemicals etc. Further, the invention provides process for the preparation of stable microcapsule composition, without converting the water soluble amine into its salt or adduct and its characterization thereof.
US10653133B2
A solid material adapted to kill bacteria in planktonic, spore and biofilm states is lethal toward a wide spectrum of gram positive and gram negative bacteria as well as other microbes. The solid material includes a significant amount of one or more surfactants entrained in a crosslinked polymeric network.
US10653119B2
The present invention solves the problem of flipping floating oyster cages by using a rotating system that lifts one side of the oyster cage while depressing the other side. The resulting rotation torque is able to invert the oyster cage to allow the cage and the oysters to temporarily dry out as a way of controlling marine biofouling. The invention may be mounted on a boat or between two boats and can sequentially flip the oyster cages along an anchored string.
US10653109B2
A farrowing system including a farrowing pen adapted to receive a sow, a feed dispenser adapted to dispense feed to the sow received in the farrowing pen according to a first feeding pattern, at least one heating element providing heat to a portion of the farrowing pen, a birth detection sensor for detecting a birth of a piglet from the sow, and a controller operatively connected to the birth sensor, to the feed dispenser and to the at least one heating element for switching from the first feeding pattern to a second feeding pattern and for activating the at least one heating element upon detection of the birth. There is also provided a method for operating a farrowing system and a method for dispensing feed to a farrowing sow.
US10653108B2
An automatic locking joint for use with a reconfigurable device to permit the device to be selectively reconfigurable between various configurations.
US10653107B2
A reconfigurable pet potty system that is selectively configurable between use and storage configurations. In the use configuration, the system is operable to be used as a toilet by a pet. In the storage configuration, the system is collapsed, with its footprint minimized, thereby facilitating transport and/or storage of the system. The system includes a plurality of different types of joints including a pivot joint that is operable to automatically lock the system in either of the configurations to prevent unintentional transformations of the system between the different configurations.
US10653102B2
An apparatus includes a carriage, a foundation, a pivot coupler, a platform, a coupler, a linear actuator, an extension member, a spray tool member, and a controller. The carriage moves along the track. The foundation is coupled to the carriage. The pivot coupler is coupled to the foundation. The coupler is coupled to the platform. The coupler couples the platform to the pivot coupler. The extension member is coupled to the linear actuator. The spray tool member is coupled to the extension member. The controller is configured to cause the carriage to move along the track, the platform to pivot, and the extension member to move in the lengthwise direction to position a spray tool coupled to the spray tool member at a spray position from which the spray tool may discharge a solution to a teat of a dairy livestock.
US10653100B1
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated R410M324. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety R410M324. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety R410M324 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety R410M324 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10653096B1
A novel maize variety designated PH41MH and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH41MH with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH41MH through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH41MH or a locus conversion of PH41MH with another maize variety.
US10653093B1
A novel maize variety designated PH40SW and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH40SW with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH40SW through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH40SW or a locus conversion of PH40SW with another maize variety.
US10653081B2
A decoder-based irrigation controller comprising a controller housing; a first microcontroller within the controller housing; a decoder interface coupled to the first microcontroller; a first connector coupled to the first microcontroller; a removable cartridge configured to removably and detachably coupled to the first connector to fit into the controller housing, wherein the removable cartridge comprises a second microcontroller; and a handheld barcode reader, wherein the handheld barcode reader comprises an optical reader configured to read an optically readable pattern from each of the plurality of decoder units, wherein the handheld barcode reader is configured to transfer data read from the optically readable pattern of the plurality of decoder units to the second microcontroller of the removable cartridge, and wherein the data read comprises an address of each of the plurality of decoder units.
US10653076B2
The invention relates to a method for the cultivation of a number of plants (9), comprising providing a carrier with apertures for said plants (3, 13) and providing a water supply (8), wherein said carrier can be provided on said water supply in a floating manner and wherein a growth medium containing the roots of said plant or the precursor thereof are placed in an air-containing intermediate space (10) in the apertures in said carrier at such a distance from said water supply that said roots of said plant or the precursor thereof are situated at a vertical distance (a) from said water supply, wherein at least two horizontally opposing sides of an upper part of the growth medium are sideways supported along a height (h) by corresponding sides of a removable side support structure (18), removably arranged on top of the carrier.
US10653074B2
A flowerpot made of waste tires, includes: a suspended tire, a circular bottom plate, a hose clamp, a fixed disk and a supporting tube; wherein the fixed disk is fixed on a ground, the supporting tube is set up from a center of the fixed disk, the circular bottom plate has through holes for matching with the supporting tube; the suspended tire, the circular bottom plate and the hose clamp pass through the supporting tube, and the hose clamp tightly clamps a top portion of the supporting tube on the circular plate without any slip; the suspended tire is provided above the circular plate; the suspended tire, the circular bottom plate and the hose clamp form a flowerpot body structure suspended on the supporting tube; the suspended tire is filled with soil for planting plants.
US10653069B2
An agricultural harvester includes a threshing and separating system for separating grain from non-grain crop material, and a residue handling system for receiving at least a portion of the non-grain crop material. The residue handling system includes a chopper and a windrow arrangement, each having an inlet. A door is movable between a closed position which directs the non-grain crop material to the chopper and an open position which directs the non-grain crop material to the windrow arrangement. A feed roller is positioned adjacent to and between the inlet of the chopper and windrow arrangement. The feed roller is rotatable in a first direction which directs the non-grain crop material to the chopper when the door is in the closed position, and a second direction which directs the non-grain crop material to the windrow arrangement when the door is in the open position.
US10653057B2
A lawn mowing robot includes a body, a driving unit driven such that the body moves within an operation region, and a controller setting first information related to at least one reference line using coordinate information corresponding to vertices included in a polygon forming an operation region and setting second information related to a plurality of regions such that the operation region is divided into the plurality of regions using the first information, wherein the controller controls the driving unit such that the body moves according to a preset movement pattern by the plurality of divided regions using the second information.
US10653053B2
A coulter assembly for an agricultural implement. The coulter assembly includes a support structure and a disc blade rotatably mounted to the support structure. The coulter assembly also includes a spring assembly coupled to the support structure and configured to urge the disc blade into soil. The spring assembly includes a variable rate spring.
US10660251B2
In an inspection device, components are separated and collected after electrical characteristics have been measured. The inspection device includes holding table, pair of measuring elements and configured to grip a component held on holding table and measure electrical characteristics of the component; and a relative movement device configured to relatively move holding table and the pair of measuring elements. The components are separated and collected by the relative position of movable element and holding table being changed based on measurement results of the electrical characteristics of the component.
US10660230B2
An electronic control device includes a relay including a relay case and an electromagnet and a contact part. The relay case is structured to contain the electromagnet and the contact part. The contact part is structured to be opened and closed by action of the electromagnet. A connector terminal is electrically connected to the relay. A circuit board is structured to mount the relay and the connector terminal thereon. An exterior shell is structured to contain the circuit board such that the connector terminal is exposed outside the exterior shell. A thermal mass element is disposed in a wiring route between the relay and the connector terminal.
US10660228B2
A storage card insertable into a host system is provided that includes a plurality of storage devices connectors. The storage card include slot offset features to offset a circuit board of the storage card from a host system slot alignment. This offset provides for storage device connector placement on both sides of the storage card. The storage card also can include a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) switch circuit configured to communicatively couple the PCIe signaling of the plurality of storage device connectors and PCIe signaling of a host connector of the storage card, where the PCIe switch circuit is configured to receive storage operations over the PCIe signaling of the host connector of the storage card and transfer the storage operations for delivery over the PCIe signaling of selected ones of the plurality of storage device connectors.
US10660224B2
A head-mounted display device including a front element, a pair of extending portions, an adjustable fixing assembly, a top adjustable fixing assembly, a rear adjustable fixing assembly, and a rotatable adjusting mechanism is provided. The front element is adapted to be placed or be installed with a display device and is adapted to cover eyes of a user. The top adjustable fixing assembly is adapted to be in contact with a parietal bone of the user. The rear adjustable fixing assembly is adapted to be in contact with an occipital bone of the user. The adjustable fixing assembly and the top adjustable fixing assembly are adjustable according to head shapes of different users. The rotatable adjusting mechanism adjusts the rear adjustable fixing assembly so that the rear adjustable fixing assembly is adapted to head shapes of different users.
US10660208B2
A system and method for providing a packaged electronics module having a dry film battery incorporated therein is disclosed. The packaged electronics module includes a first dielectric layer, at least one electronic component attached to or embedded in the first dielectric layer, a dry film battery formed on the first dielectric layer, and metal interconnects mechanically and electrically coupled to the at least one electronic component and the dry film battery to form electrical interconnections thereto. Electronic components in the form of a MEMS type sensor, semiconductor device and communications device may be included in the module along with the battery to provide a self-powered module capable of communicating with other like packaged electronics modules.
US10660207B2
A circuit module includes a substrate on which a first electrode and a second electrode are provided, a first electronic component, and a first resin layer. The first electrode includes a first electrode base body and a first plating film. The second electrode and the first electronic component are covered with the first resin layer. The second electrode includes a second electrode base body, a metal column, whose one end is directly connected to the second electrode base body and another end is positioned in an inner side relative to an outer surface of the first resin layer, a second plating film with a cylindrical shape covering a side surface of a connection body of the second electrode base body and the metal column, and a covering portion connected to the other end of the metal column.
US10660202B1
A carrier structure including a glass substrate, a buffer layer, and an inner circuit layer is provided. The glass substrate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and at least one through hole penetrating through the glass substrate. The buffer layer is disposed on the first surface and the second surface of the glass substrate. The inner circuit layer is disposed on the buffer layer and in the through hole of the glass substrate. The inner circuit layer exposes a part of the buffer layer.
US10660200B2
The invention provides an electronic device that includes a first functional body, a second functional body, and at least one connection member connecting the first functional body to the second functional body. The at least one connection member has a spiral pattern, and is suspended in air to allow for stretching, flexing or compressing.
US10660194B2
A heat conducting member includes: a magnetic substance-containing layer containing a magnetic substance, the magnetic substance being oriented along a predetermined orientation direction; and a metal-containing layer containing a metal body including a surface crossing the orientation direction of the magnetic substance.
US10660187B1
A lighting system and its method of operation that enables multiple independent light assemblies to be simultaneously controlled. The light assemblies contain a matrix of LEDs that are capable of generating different color profiles throughout a range of intensities. The light assemblies also contain a control module that controls the color profiles and the range of intensities being produced by the LEDs. A custom software application is run on a smartphone. The software application enables manual selection of the color profiles and the range of intensities, and the smartphone generates command signals that are transmitted to the light assemblies for execution. The software application generates a control screen on the smartphone that plots the color profiles against the range of intensities. The color profiles and the range of intensities are selected by touching a point on the control screen.
US10660185B2
A visible light sensor may be configured to sense environmental characteristics of a space using an image of the space. The visible light sensor may be controlled in one or more modes, including a daylight glare sensor mode, a daylighting sensor mode, a color sensor mode, and/or an occupancy/vacancy sensor mode. In the daylight glare sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to decrease or eliminate glare within a space. In the daylighting sensor mode and the color sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to provide a preferred amount of light and color temperature, respectively, within the space. In the occupancy/vacancy sensor mode, the visible light sensor may be configured to detect an occupancy/vacancy condition within the space and adjust one or more control devices according to the occupation or vacancy of the space. The visible light sensor may be configured to protect the privacy of users within the space via software, a removable module, and/or a special sensor.
US10660184B2
A light-emitting diode (LED) luminaire comprising a normally operated portion and an emergency operated portion is used to replace a luminaire operated only in a normal mode with alternate-current (AC) mains. The normally operated portion comprises LED arrays and a power supply whereas the emergency operated portion comprises a rechargeable battery, a charging circuit, an LED driving circuit, a self-diagnostic circuit, and a charging detection and control circuit. According to availability of the AC mains, the LED luminaire can auto-select to work in an emergency mode when a line voltage from the AC mains is unavailable. The self-diagnostic circuit comprises multiple timers and is configured to provide multiple sequences and to auto-test battery discharging current according to the multiple sequences. During an auto-test period, a terminal voltage on the rechargeable battery and an LED forward voltage across the LED arrays are examined with test results displayed in a status indicator.
US10660183B2
Position indicating devices, systems and methods useable for signaling the positions of pedestrians or vehicles.
US10660181B1
A controllable silicon light regulation apparatus without a driving power element receives an alternating current (AC) from an AC source comprising a first light emitting diode (LED) source module and a second LED source module. The controllable silicon light regulation apparatus stores specified color temperatures. A difference between adjacent specified color temperatures is 100K. Under a segment dimming mode, the controllable silicon light regulation apparatus sets a segment value and selects a number of the specified color temperatures based on the segment value. A color temperature of the controllable silicon light regulation apparatus is gradually regulated in a loop of target color temperatures based on a counted number of turn-on times in a specified time duration of the AC source.
US10660175B2
Enhancements to ornamental or holiday lighting are disclosed including remote control ornamental illumination with color pallet control whereby a user can vary the color/intensity/appearance of an individual bulb or entire light string by selecting the electronic address of the bulb and selecting its attribute. Further disclosures include: motion responsive lights which respond to sensed movement, gesture controlled lights, adjustable white color/white led sets, connectable multi-function lights, controller to sequence lights to music or other input source, rotating projection led light/tree top/table top unit, and remote controlled sequencing icicle lights and ornament lighting system.
US10660163B2
An induction humidification system is disclosed. The induction humidification system includes a base having a circumferential induction coil and a removable and replaceable cartridge received within the interior space defined by the induction coil. The canister has a nonmetallic housing, such as a plastic housing, within which a ferromagnetic member having a circumferential sidewall is disposed. When the canister is received within the base, the ferromagnetic member sidewall and the induction coil are radially overlapping such that a current applied to the induction coil causes the ferromagnetic member to be heated which in turn causes water held within the canister to be converted to steam. Once the ferromagnetic member has reached the end of its useful life, the canister can be simply replaced with a new canister that can be received by the original base.
US10660153B1
A device may connect to a first wireless network; determine whether the first wireless network provides a particular service for determining a position of the device; select the first wireless network as a primary network if the first wireless network provides the particular service for determining a position of the device, or select the second wireless network as the primary network if the first wireless network does not provide the particular service for determining a position of the device. If the device selects the first wireless network as the primary network, the device may send a first request to the first wireless network to make a first emergency call to an endpoint over the first wireless network.
US10660146B2
A Device to Device (D2D) user equipment (UE) is configured to support synchronization in a D2D network. The D2D UE includes an antenna configured to communicate via a D2D communication. The D2D UE also includes processing circuitry configured to enter a communication Mode 2 when certain conditions are met. The certain conditions include: when a first timer (T310) for detecting radio link failure is running, a second timer (T311) for initiating the connection reestablishment is running, or a third timer (T301) for requesting connection reestablishment is running. In communication Mode 2, the D2D UE, on its own, selects resources from resource pool(s) to transmit D2D data and D2D control information. The processing circuitry further configured to exit the communication Mode 2 and enter a communication Mode 1 when the certain condition is no longer met. In communication Mode 1, the D2D UE uses resources configured by another station.
US10660144B2
Systems and methods for managing mobility in a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide systems and methods for managing mobility in a network in which at least a portion of the network access points are moving.
US10660139B2
Provided is a wireless communication terminal that wirelessly communicates. the wireless communication terminal includes: a transceiver for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal; and a processor for processing the wireless signal. The processor is configured to perform a transmission based on a transmission opportunity (TXOP) limit which is a maximum value of a TXOP, which is a time interval in which a wireless communication terminal has a right to initiate a frame exchange sequence in a wireless medium.
US10660114B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform simultaneous uplink activity for multiple RATs in the same carrier using frequency division multiplexing. The wireless device may establish a first wireless link with a first base station according to a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second wireless link with a second base station according to a second RAT. The first base station may provide a first cell operating in a first system bandwidth and the second base station may provide a second cell operating in a second system bandwidth. The wireless device may determine whether the wireless device has uplink activity scheduled according to both the first RAT and the second RAT. If so, the wireless device may perform uplink activity for both the first RAT and the second RAT in the first system bandwidth using frequency division multiplexing.
US10660111B2
A device receives network condition information. The network condition information is indicative of network resource availability at a plurality of locations. The device processes the network condition information to associate network resource availability identified in the network condition information with one or more airspace voxels that represent one or more three-dimensional (3D) portions of airspace corresponding to the plurality of locations. The device receives flight parameters relating to a proposed flight plan of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) through airspace represented by a set of airspace voxels, and network performance parameters associated with the proposed flight plan. The device determines that the network resource availability that is associated with the set of airspace voxels fails to satisfy the network performance parameters, and performs one or more actions to enable the UAV to access network resources that satisfy the network performance parameters.
US10660100B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for providing robust downlink control information with flexible resource assignments for wireless devices that operate in a restricted bandwidth compared to the system bandwidth. A base station may determine a resource assignment for a wireless device. The base station may transmit downlink control information to the wireless device. The downlink control information may include an indication of a resource assignment for the wireless device. The indication of the resource assignment may include an indication of a first narrowband associated with the resource assignment, and an indication of whether one or more additional narrowbands are associated with the resource assignment. The base station and the wireless device may communicate data according to the resource assignment.
US10660089B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide various mechanisms for protection of MU transmissions, such as UL MU MIMO and UL OFDMA. The mechanisms may allow for various NAV setting options for UL MU MIMO or UL OFDMA. Aspects of the present invention relate to a processing system configured to generate a first frame configured to trigger multiple transmissions from multiple devices, wherein the first frame has a duration field set to a value corresponding to a duration that covers at least the multiple transmissions, and an interface configured to output the frame for transmission.
US10660088B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an ACK/NACK feedback method in a wireless communication system, including: determining, by a UE, number of public sub-frames, all of which are uplink sub-frame in PCC and any SCC sub-frames of any radio frame in frame structure configurations according to the frame structure configurations of the PCC and any SCC; selecting, by the UE, a configuration, uplink sub-frames of which merely include sub-frames corresponding to the determined number of public sub-frames from existing seven kinds of frame structure configurations; and feeding back, by the UE, to a eNB ACK/NACK information corresponding to PDSCH in the SCC on the PCC adopting a timing relationship between the PDSCH and the ACK/NACK corresponding to the selected configuration. With the ACK/NACK feedback method of the present invention, the UE may adaptively feed back the ACK/NACK according to the configured frame structure configuration of the CC, the carrier aggregation between Bands of different frame structure configurations is effectively supported and the coexistence and performance optimization of different communication systems is implemented without limiting the number of amplifiers of the UE.
US10660073B2
A network node and a user device are provided. The network node comprises: a processor configured to allocate a plurality of Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) for a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) having a PUCCH format defined for two or more PRBs, wherein the allocated plurality of PRBs are associated with a user device; a transceiver configured to signal allocation information to the user device, wherein the allocation information comprises a frequency location and a number of allocated plurality of PRBs. The user device comprises: a processor configured to determine uplink control information for one or more network nodes; a transceiver configured to transmit the uplink control information in a PUCCH to the one or more network nodes, wherein a plurality of PRBs are allocated for the PUCCH and wherein the PUCCH has a PUCCH format defined for two or more PRBs.
US10660072B2
A method of performing uplink mobile communications may include identifying a first uplink data and a second uplink data, wherein the first uplink data has a higher transmission priority than the second uplink data, and evaluating a plurality of candidate uplink channels to generate a plurality of uplink channel quality measures. Each of the plurality of uplink channel quality measures may be associated with one of the plurality of candidate uplink channels. The method may further include performing a comparison between one or more of the plurality of uplink channel quality measures to select a first uplink channel from the plurality of candidate uplink channels, transmitting the first uplink data using the first uplink channel, and transmitting the second uplink data using a second uplink channel of the plurality of candidate uplink channels.
US10660070B2
A device includes a reception unit configured to receive first information, second information, and third information; a physical downlink control channel reception unit configured to receive a physical downlink control channel; and a physical downlink shared channel reception unit configured to receive a physical downlink shared channel. When joint coding is configured by the third information, the physical downlink control channel reception unit monitors the physical downlink control channel of a cell configured by the second information, and the physical downlink shared channel reception unit receives physical downlink shared channels of downlink cells indicated by the first information, on the basis of a result of decoding the physical downlink control channel.
US10660067B2
A system described herein may provide a mechanism for efficiently delivering messages to a User Equipment (“UE”) associated with a wireless telecommunications network, such as a UE that is frequently in an inactive state. A message for the UE may be received and buffered. Once the network determines that the UE has transitioned from the inactive state to the active state (e.g., as detected by a Mobility Management Entity (“MME”) or an Access and Mobility Management Function (“AMF”)), the buffered message may be provided to the UE using control plane signaling.
US10660059B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure include an efficient method for identifying receiving devices with similar attributes and displaying their respective locations to each other using data packets receiving from transmission associated with beacons. The system can receive unique beacon identifiers from a first receiving device, determine its location, receive a request for a match comprising a set of attributes, query a database and identify a second user associated with a second receiving device based on the received set of attributes, determine a location for the second receiving device, and generate/transmit a graphical user interface to the first receiving device informing the first user about the location of the second user.
US10660056B2
Various aspects described herein relate to techniques for timing control with filtering in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based wireless communications systems. In an aspect, the method includes determining whether time-domain filtering or frequency-domain filtering is used for a transmission signal waveform, and identifying a time delay based on a determination that the time-domain filtering is used for the transmission signal waveform. The method further includes applying a timing correction based on the identified time delay. The techniques described herein may apply to different communications technologies, including 5th Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) communications technology.
US10660049B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for controlling transmission power in a wireless communication system. A wireless device is connected to a first serving cell utilizing a licensed band and a second serving cell utilizing a non-licensed band. The transmission power from the second serving cell is determined by considering the clear channel assessment (CCA) coverage of the wireless device or the second serving cell.
US10660046B2
Embodiments are provided for implementing network adaptation schemes, including small cell on/off adaptation and transmission power control. In an embodiment method for supporting network adaptation, a network component receives a discovery reference signal (DRS) from a network controller that is in a switch-off transmission mode. The network component then performs measurements according to the DRS, and reports the measurements to a network associated with the network controller. In return, the network component receives a radio resource control (RRC) signaling from the network. The RRC signaling includes configuration information allowing a connection between the network component and the network controller. The network component then connects with the network controller in accordance with the configuration information.
US10660036B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as a long term evolution (LTE). A method for performing a paging process by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes identifying that paging for a mobile station (MS) is initiated, and transmitting a paging indicator including a first part indicating a paging identifier (ID) and a second part indicating a group in which at least one MS which needs to receive a paging message is included.
US10660029B2
Technology for improving the selection, transfer, and storage of user equipment (UE) radio capability information is disclosed. A cellular mobile network can be configured to identify radio-access-technology (RAT)-specific radio-capability information relating to RATs supported in the cellular mobile network and communicate the RAT-specific radio-capability information to a UE. The UE can use the RAT-specific radio-capability information to help determine which UE radio capability information to send to the network. In addition, the UE may store a list of supported frequency bands and/or supported frequency-band combinations (LOSB) indexed by network operators and use the list to help determine which UE radio capability information to send to the network. A network node may also selectively remove unnecessary information from UE radio capability information before storing the UE radio capability information at a mobility management entity (MME).
US10660025B2
A communication device for handling dual cellular system aggregation includes a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The communication device connects to a network via a first radio access technology (RAT); transmitting a “first RAT-second RAT” joint aggregation capability and at least one of a first RAT sole aggregation capability and a second RAT sole aggregation capability to the network; receiving a second RAT configuration configuring a “first RAT-second RAT” joint aggregation; connecting to the network via a second RAT according to the second RAT configuration; and receiving a first data via the first RAT and a second data via the second RAT, after connecting to the network via both of the first RAT and the second RAT.
US10660019B2
An example device for processing a query for a physical asset includes a processor and a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations may include receiving a query for a physical asset from a requesting device, determining a near field communication node that detects the physical asset, and providing to the requesting device an identification of a communication device that is associated with the near field communication node in response to the query.
US10660016B2
An AMF sends a first request message to an NSSF for at least one network slice information for a wireless device. The AMF receives from the NSSF, location based network slice coexistence rule(s) for location(s) of the wireless device. The location based network slice coexistence rule(s) are for allowed network slice information that is a subset of the network slice information. The AMF receives from the wireless device being at a first location, a second request message for a first network slice for the wireless device. The AMF determines to accept the first network slice based on the first location and the location based network slice coexistence rule(s). The AMF sends to the wireless device, a first response message indicating acceptance of the first network slice.
US10660014B2
Wireless communications services on a wireless communications device are selectively restricted in accordance with a location of the wireless device and specific permission and/or restrictions assigned to the wireless device while within/at the location. Services can be selectively blocked (denied), selectively modified, or selectively allowed on a wireless device based on lists indicating permissibility for specific services for specific devices at/within specific locations. A location can be a zone of coverage of a cellular tower, micro/pico/Femto cell or wireless access point, a sector of a zone of coverage, a geographic region within a zone of coverage, or any appropriate combination thereof.
US10660007B2
A mobile communication network system comprising a core network including a core device and at least one static base station; base stations; and Mobile stations communicating via antennae with the base stations; The base stations including at least one moving base station which communicates via antennae with the mobile stations and has a physical e.g. Ethernet back-connection to a co-located radio manager having a physical connection with a co-located mobile station communicating via antennae with at least one selectable static base station, wherein each individual co-located radio manager comprises a radio resource manager; and functionality for receiving information from, and sending information to, other respectively co-located radio managers regarding qualities of their respective connections back to the core network, quality of its own connection back to the core network and channel quality which other base stations are able to provide and which its own base station is able to provide, to mobile stations in the vicinity of the individual co-located radio manager, and for using the information to determine whether to reject at least one mobile station seeking to be served by an individual base station associated with said individual co-located radio manager.
