US10766869B2
The invention relates to triazole compounds of formula I and I′ or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as modulators of demyelinating diseases: The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of the invention, methods of using the compositions and kits thereof in the treatment of various demyelinating and neurodegenerative diseases, including multiple sclerosis.
US10766865B2
Compounds having activity as PKM2 activators are disclosed. The compounds have the following structure (I): including stereoisomers, tautomers, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of such compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, are also disclosed.
US10766864B2
The present invention relates to compounds and their use as ligands for mu opioid receptors. Also included are methods for preparing the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds. In one or more embodiments of the invention, a compound according to Formula I is provided: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1-R11 are as described herein.
US10766855B2
Triterpenoid derivatives and compositions comprising said triterpenoids derivatives of Formula (I) are described, wherein R═—C(O)NHOH. Said triterpenoids and compositions show capacity to bind PHD2, stabilize HIF-1α and HIF-2α proteins, activate the HIF pathway in different cell types, induce angiogenesis in human endothelial vascular cell, show neuroprotective activity in vitro and in vivo, antidiabetic activity and reduce the levels of lipids in vivo, and increase the plasma levels of Erythropoietin in vivo. The triterpenoid derivatives described act also in a selective manner and do not induce Nrf2 activation, NF-κB inhibition, STAT3 inhibition, and TGR5 activation, which are known activities of the natural triterpenoid precursors. Said triterpenoid derivatives are useful in the treatment of conditions and diseases which are responsive to HIF activation such as stroke, cerebral palsy, traumatic injuries and neurodegenerative diseases; and also IBD, myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury, acute lung injury, diabetic and chronic wounds, organ transplantation, acute kidney injury or arterial diseases.
US10766847B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing methyl methacrylate, comprising the following steps: A) producing methacrolein and B) reacting the methacrolein obtained in step A) in an oxidative esterification reaction to give methyl methacrylate, characterized in that the two steps A) and B) take place in a liquid phase at a pressure of from 2 to 100 bar, and step B) is carried out in the presence of a heterogeneous noble-metal-containing catalyst comprising metals and/or comprising metal oxides.
US10766845B2
The present invention generally relates to processes for converting acrylate esters or a derivative thereof to difluoropropionic acid or a derivative thereof. This process is generally performed using fluorine gas in a hydrofluorocarbon solvent.
US10766843B2
Disclosed is a method for purifying phenol, by which the loss of a heat source is minimized, the amount used of steam is decreased, and efficiency of energy consumed in a process may be maximized. The method for purifying phenol includes a step of passing impurities including phenol, acetone and hydrocarbon, which are prepared using cumene as a raw material, via a plurality of distillation columns one by one, and performing azeotropic distillation, wherein the ratio of phenol and water at the uppermost end of the distillation column where the azeotropic distillation is performed, is from 60:40 to 65:35, for the optimized separation of the hydrocarbon.
US10766827B1
A composition including at least about 50 wt % basalt and no more than about 20 wt % binding agent, wherein the composition is in the form of a plurality of particles. The composition can find applications in agriculture, horticulture, and gardening, and can be used, e.g., as soil amendment.
US10766825B2
A composition comprising a self-dispersible mixture additive composition comprising a alkylalkoxysilane of formula (RO)4-nSiR′n, or its hydrolysate or mixture thereof, where, R is same or different C1-C20, R′ is same or different C1-C20; mixture of non-ionic emulsifier of HLB value between 8 and 20. The self-dispersible mixture additive composition is obtained by mixing the alkyltrialkoxysilane with a mixture of non-ionic emulsifier. The emulsion of the self-dispersible mixture additive composition is formed by mixing appropriate amount of an aqueous solvent to the self-dispersible mixture additive composition, and addition of thus formed emulsion to a porous product preferably dry cement to render uniform and long lasting hydrophobic property of the final product made of the porous product.
US10766813B2
A variety of systems, methods and compositions are disclosed, including, in one method, providing a foamed cement composition comprising a hydraulic cement, water, a foaming surfactant, a gas, and a nanocellulose foam stabilizing additive; placing the foamed cement composition in a selected location; and allowing the foamed cement composition to set.
US10766810B2
Components of an electronic device, such as glass articles, are susceptible to breakage, especially in regions where machining a glass article has created flaws. Chemical strengthening can be performed to create deeper compression layers at regions of a glass article that have been machined, include and/or are adjacent to an edge feature, have greater surface roughness, and/or have more or deeper cracks.
US10766803B2
A method for producing a bent glass article includes a heat treatment step of heat-treating a bent glass. The bent glass includes a first main stir-face, a second main surface and an end face. In the heat treatment step, the bent glass is supported by a support jig with one of the main surfaces facing downward. The support jig supports at least a part of one of the main surfaces or the end face in a higher position than the lowest position of one of the main surfaces.
US10766800B2
The present invention relates to a process for the selective removal of nitrates from ground water using a hybrid nanofiltration (NF)—reverse osmosis (RO) filtration system. The process generates product water that is low in nitrate and can be used for drinking, irrigation and other purposes, as well as waste water that is relatively low in salinity and can be safely discarded to sewage systems and recycled, e.g., for irrigation purposes.
US10766797B2
This invention relates to a method for monitoring and controlling the relative concentration of bromide ion used in the cyclic process for enhanced sanitation and oxidation of aqueous systems at aquatic facilities.
US10766796B2
A method of automatically controlling chloramine concentration in a body of water contained in a reservoir includes: (a) determining residual chloramine concentration in a first water sample obtained from the body of water; (b) automatically engaging a supply of chlorine to add chlorine to the body of water when the residual chloramine concentration in the first water sample is determined to be below a residual chloramine concentration set-point or a first chloramine concentration percentage; (c) determining residual chloramine concentration in a second water sample obtained from the body of water after step (b); and (d) automatically engaging a supply of ammonia and the supply of chlorine to add both ammonia and chlorine to the body of water if the residual chloramine concentration in the second water sample is determined to be below the residual chloramine concentration in the first water sample or a second chloramine concentration percentage.
US10766795B2
Various aspects described herein relate to electrochemical devices, e.g., for separation of one or more target organic or inorganic molecules (e.g., charged or neutral molecules) from solution, and methods of using the same. In particular embodiments, the electrochemical devices and methods described herein involve at least one redox-functionalized electrode, wherein the electrode comprises an immobilized redox-species that is selective toward a target molecule (e.g., charged molecule such as ion or neutral molecule). The selectivity is based on a Faradaic/redox-activated chemical interaction (e.g., directional hydrogen binding) between the oxidized state of the redox species and a moiety of the target molecule (e.g., charged molecule such as ion or neutral molecule).
US10766788B2
Disclosed is a waste water treatment system with a buffering device, the system comprising a waste water pretreatment device, an evaporator, a circulating crystallizer, a crystal filtration device and a water removal device which communicate with each other in sequence, and further comprising a primary buffering device and a secondary buffering device, wherein one end of the primary buffering device is in bi-directional communication with the circulating crystallizer, and the other end thereof is connected to the evaporator; and the secondary buffering device is in bi-directional communication with the circulating crystallizer. Further disclosed is a waste water treatment method for a waste water treatment system with a buffering device.
US10766784B2
A method of preparation of semiconductor material. The method includes: adding an organic substance containing a benzene ring and dodecacalcium hepta-aluminate (12CaO.7Al2O3 or C12A7) to a test tube, and sealing the test tube; heating the test tube to a temperature of 200-300° C., and holding the temperature for 1 to 3 hours; and continuously heating the test tube to a temperature of 900-1300° C., and holding the temperature for 10-120 hours.
US10766783B2
Provided is a magnesium oxide-containing spinel powder capable of producing a ceramic sintered body having high strength and excellent strength stability. In the magnesium oxide-containing spinel powder, a 50% particle diameter (D50) is 0.30 to 10.00 μm, a ratio (D90-D50)/(D50-D10) of a difference between a 90% particle diameter (D90) and the 50% particle diameter (D50) and a difference between the 50% particle diameter (D50) and a 10% particle diameter (D10) is 1.0 to 5.0, and a composition ratio of Mg and Al in terms of an oxide equivalent content is 50 to 90% by weight of MgO and 10 to 50% by weight of Al2O3.
US10766781B2
A process for preparing a tin-containing zeolitic material having framework type BEA, comprising providing an aqueous synthesis mixture comprising a boron source, a silicon source, and a BEA structure directing agent; subjecting the synthesis mixture provided in to hydrothermal pre-crystallization conditions; adding the tin source to the obtained mixture; subjecting the obtained aqueous synthesis mixture to hydrothermal crystallization conditions, obtaining a tin-containing zeolitic material having framework type BEA comprised in its mother liquor.
US10766780B2
As disclosed herein, the viscoelastic performance of boron nitride nanotube (BNNT) materials may be enhanced and made into useful formats by utilizing purified BNNTs, aligned BNNTs, isotopically enhanced BNNTs, and density controlled BNNT material. Minimizing the amounts of boron particles, a-BN particles, and h-BN nanocages, and optimizing the h-BN nanosheets has the effect of maximizing the amount of BNNT surface area present that may interact with BNNTs themselves and thereby create the nanotube-to-nanotube friction that generates the viscoelastic behavior over temperatures from near absolute zero to near 1900 K. Aligning the BNNT molecular strands with each other within the BNNT material also generates enhanced friction surfaces. The transport of phonons along the BNNT molecules may be further enhanced by utilizing isotopically enhanced BNNTs.
US10766774B2
Provided are a method for producing a graphite oxide derivative capable of simply producing a high-quality graphite oxide derivative, and a high-quality graphite oxide derivative. The present invention relates to a method for producing a graphite oxide derivative, the method including the steps of oxidizing graphite; and preparing a graphite oxide derivative by reacting graphite oxide in a reaction liquid containing graphite oxide obtained in the oxidation step or graphite oxide in a graphite oxide-containing composition that is separated from the reaction liquid with a compound reactive with an oxygen-containing functional group of the graphite oxide, the method not including the step of purifying and drying the graphite oxide-containing reaction liquid between the oxidation step and the graphite oxide derivative preparation step.
US10766763B2
The present disclosure relates to a microphone. In some embodiments, the microphone may comprise a substrate, a diaphragm, a backplate, and a sidewall stopper. The substrate has an opening disposed through the substrate. The diaphragm is disposed over the substrate and facing the opening of the substrate. The diaphragm has a venting hole overlying the opening of the substrate. A backplate is disposed over and spaced apart from the diaphragm. A sidewall stopper is disposed along a sidewall of the venting hole of the diaphragm and thus is not limited by a distance between the movable part and the stable part. Also, the sidewall stopper does not alternate the shape of movable part, and thus will less likely introduce crack to the movable part. In some embodiments, the sidewall stopper may be formed like a sidewall stopper by a self-alignment process, such that no extra mask is needed.
US10766754B2
A method for packaging liquid products under pressure in thermoplastic containers includes blow-molding a container from a sterilized preform, exposing an exterior of the container to a mixture that includes liquid coolant and either a sterilizing agent or a disinfectant, pressure-filling the container with liquid product, and sealing the filled container.
US10766752B1
A pail separation device comprised of two halves, each half having a wedge at the end of an exterior brace, an interior brace having a curved face, and which is attached to the exterior brace, and a handle attached to the interior brace and to the exterior brace. Also included is a fastener for locking the two halves together. The two halves further include ridged surfaces that mesh together to reduce slipping. The first and second wedges are dimensioned to fit between pails in a stack of pails such that force applied to the first and second handles can push the first wedge and the second wedge between the pails of a stack of pails so as to separate those pails.
US10766751B2
Provided are systems and methods for a public standard interface including a Battery Management System that allows for communication between an alternative energy source and a material handling vehicle. The alternative energy source may be a Lithium Ion Battery, a fuel cell, or another non-lead acid based battery. The Battery Management System is coupled with a CAN bus that allows for communication between the material handling vehicle and the alternative energy source. The CAN bus communicates information such as a type of the energy source, energy output limits, electric current limits and information such as an energy demand profile of the vehicle. Also included is an interface between the Battery Management System and Charger Control System.
US10766750B2
A vertically movable workpiece support device has a drive chain bendable to only one side which supports a workpiece support base in a vertically linear path section. The drive chain extends from one end portion coupled to the workpiece support base to an intermediate portion engaging with a driving sprocket wheel. A chain guide plate which sandwiches, with the driving sprocket wheel, a link-to-link roller of the drive chain is arranged on an outer side of the driving sprocket wheel. A mark is displayed, on the side surface of the chain guide plate, in a position separated a certain distance outward from a turning path of links in the drive chain, and an opening portion for visually checking the mark is provided in a side wall which pivotally supports the driving sprocket wheel.
US10766741B2
A method for monitoring a conveying system with a monitoring device includes recording a signal pattern progression in relation to a functional unit of the conveying system. A reference signal progression is stored in a database as is a correlation data set for the reference signal progression, the correlation data set including instants or time segments in the reference signal progression and reference to the functional unit. The reference is linked to each instant or time segment, the recorded signal pattern progression is compared with the reference signal progression by a processing unit, and in the event of deviation between the signal progressions an entry in the correlation data set belonging to the reference signal progression is determined by the processing unit on the basis of an instant or time segment of such a deviation, and the functional unit referenced there is output as a cause.
US10766731B2
A sheet storage apparatus (for example, a banknote storage mechanism) includes an entering unit (for example, a pushing unit) configured to enter into a storage bag (for example, a banknote storage bag) supported by a supporter (for example, holding members) and a controller configured to control the driving unit (for example, a motor) for driving the entering unit. The controller controls the driving unit such that the entering unit enters into the storage bag supported by the supporter and comes in contact with the sheet stored in the storage bag to detect an upper end position of the sheet stored in the storage bag.
US10766724B2
A sheet conveyance device includes: a container that accommodates loaded sheets; a feeding mechanism that continuously feeds the sheet from the container; a conveyance path on which the sheet is conveyed; and a pitch adjustment mechanism provided on the conveyance path and which adjusts a pitch of a preceding sheet and a subsequent sheet, wherein the pitch adjustment mechanism includes a pitch adjustment roller pair including a first pitch adjustment roller and a second pitch adjustment roller that sandwich the conveyance path and are in pressure contact with each other, the first pitch adjustment roller is driven and rotated in a direction following a sheet conveying direction, the second pitch adjustment roller is driven and rotated in the direction following a sheet conveying direction, and the second pitch adjustment roller is connected to a drive shaft that drives the second pitch adjustment roller via a one-way clutch.
US10766710B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a vehicle-mounted conveyor system, and more specifically a maneuverable and mobile system interconnected to a motor vehicle, such as a truck, for conveying products and material. In some embodiments, the conveyor system comprises: a first conveyor; a second conveyor; a conveyor mount, wherein the first conveyor is interconnected to the conveyor mount; a first plate; a second plate; a post interconnected to the first plate; an arm member interconnected on one end to the post and interconnected on a second end to the second plate; a first hydraulic cylinder interconnected to the post and the arm member; a rotator gear interconnected to the second plate and the conveyor mount; a second hydraulic cylinder interconnected to the conveyor mount and the rotator gear; and a vehicle stabilizer, wherein the conveyor system has a first travel position and a second deployed position.
US10766706B2
A spiral conveyor and methods for positively driving a conveyor belt along a helical path. The spiral conveyor includes a rotating cylindrical tower with parallel drive members extending from the bottom to the top of the tower on its periphery. Each drive member includes an outwardly protruding ridge that varies in height from the bottom to the top of the tower. The variations in height facilitate the belt's entry onto and exit from the tower and robust, positive driving engagement with the inside edge of the belt along the majority of its path along the tower.
US10766705B2
A spiral conveyor for positively driving a conveyor belt along a helical path. The spiral conveyor includes a rotating cylindrical tower with parallel drive members extending from the bottom to the top of the tower on its periphery. Each drive member includes an outwardly protruding ridge that varies in height from the bottom to the top of the tower. The variations in height facilitate the belt's entry onto and exit from the tower and robust, positive driving engagement with the inside edge of the belt along the majority of its path along the tower.
US10766697B2
A rack body includes a first supporting portion, a second supporting portion, and a third supporting portion, and is configured to be able to support a plurality of articles aligned in a depth direction from below. Assuming that, an article storage place on the backmost side of the rack body is a first storage place, and an article storage place on the frontmost side of the rack body is a second storage place, the first supporting portion, the second supporting portion, and the third supporting portion respectively include first engaging parts that engage with the recesses of the article that is stored at the first storage place, and the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion respectively include restricting parts that are arranged opposing side faces of the bottom of the article that is stored at the second storage place, and are configured to restrict horizontal movement of the article.
US10766693B2
This disclosure provides a discharge actuation apparatus that is configured to not only fully open and close a sliding gate of a bulk material container, but also move the gate pin to a neutral position with respect to a keeper slot of the bulk container and a receiver slot of the discharge actuation apparatus to ensure proper alignment of the receiver slot and the keeper slot with the gate pin of the bulk container to reduce the likelihood of damage to the receiver or the bulk container during the container's replacement on to the receiver.
US10766690B2
Exemplary embodiments pertain to a combined shipping and expansion device for shipping a roll of unexpanded slit sheet material and for expanding the slit sheet material. In some examples, the device includes: a container made with recyclable paper or board; a roll of slit sheet material wound around a core member and positioned within the container; the roll of slit sheet material having a slit pattern that forms open cells upon expansion; the core member being made with recyclable paper or board and having a length greater than a width of the roll of slit sheet wound around the core member and having protrusions that extend beyond each side of the roll of slit sheet material; a plurality of yoke members within the container, including at least one yoke member that rotatably receives a first of the protrusions and at least one yoke member that rotatably receives a second of the protrusions; and the container having a dispensing opening through which the slit sheet material wound around the core member can be extended and pulled, causing the core member to rotate relative to the yoke members via rotation of the roll of slit sheet material. The combined shipping and expansion device is made from substantially entirely recyclable paper or board materials, whereby after complete dispensing of the slit sheet material from the shipping and expansion device, the combined shipping and expansion device can be recycled in a paper recycling facility.
US10766686B2
A paint dispenser that continuously dispenses paint to a paintbrush is described herein. In one embodiment, the paint dispenser can comprise a body and a fastening device. The body can be capable of containing paint. The body can comprise a paint tube, and a button. The paint tube can be at the front end section of the body. The paint tube can comprise an opening wherein the paint can be dispensed. The button on the body can be capable of controlling the flow of the paint from the container to a paintbrush. The fastening device can be capable of mounting the body to the paintbrush.
US10766685B2
A box-type transport container has a box-type outer container with a base, four side walls and at least one lid. The lid is hinged on a side wall. Sheet-type vacuum insulation panels are arranged in the outer container to cover the surface of the side walls. At least one carrying opening, which can be gripped by hand in order to carry the transport box, is provided in each of two opposing, side walls. The material of the side wall is weakened above and to the side of the carrying opening, such that the material can be easily separated from the surrounding material of the side wall and together with the carrying opening can be folded out of the side wall. Alternatively, the vacuum insulation panels of the side wall are secured in their relative positions by at least one peripheral tensioning means.
US10766684B2
A temperature regulating liquid crystal panel packaging box is provided, including a box body and a temperature regulator, the box body includes an accommodating part, the temperature regulator is arranged in the accommodating part to release or absorb heat as an outside temperature changes to keep an internal temperature of the box body balanced. In the liquid crystal panel packaging box, by disposing a temperature regulator on the periphery of the box body, when the outside temperature changes, the temperature regulator may spontaneously absorb heat or release heat to regulate the temperature inside the box body, thereby reducing the temperature difference between the inside and outside the box and preventing the water vapor in the air from condensing inside the box.
US10766683B2
Hot-fillable plastic bottle including a finished portion, a body portion with at least one circumferential rib configured to resist radial distortion, and a base portion. The base portion comprises a base sidewall, a bottom support surface extending radially inward from the base sidewall and defining a reference plane, an inner support wall extending upwardly from the bottom support surface, and a diaphragm extending radially inward from the inner support wall. The diaphragm comprises an inner wall having an arcuate shape with a radius r1 and a central conical structure, where the diaphragm is in an initial as-formed position with the conical structure above the reference place. The diaphragm is configured to move from an initial as-formed position toward a second position when an internal pressure relative an external pressure exceeds a threshold value.
US10766677B2
A tamper-evident attachment for a cable tie includes a ratchet head cover configured to couple to a ratchet head of the cable tie such that the ratchet head cover covers at least a portion of a head opening of the ratchet head to inhibit access a pawl in the ratchet head. The ratchet head cover defines at least one slot-shaped opening configured to align with the head opening of the ratchet head when the ratchet head cover is coupled to the ratchet head. The at least one slot-shaped opening is sized and shaped to receive a strap of the cable tie therethrough.
US10766676B2
A product includes a use indicator carried by a container so that, upon removal of a closure from the container or upon removal of flowable product from within the container, a coloration of the product changes irreversibly to indicate to a user that the package has been used, wherein the container includes a wall recess and the use indicator is carried in the wall recess.
US10766675B2
Provided is a container assembly including a storage container and a catalyst container. The catalyst container includes a reservoir for holding a second material, such as a reactive hardener or activator as used in 2K coating systems, or a catalyst, the reservoir having a spacer extending therefrom, and a top member removably secured to the reservoir. The top member is secured to a spout of the storage container and is movable with the spout. The spout of the storage container is movable from a closed position to an open position thereby moving the top member away from the reservoir and separating the reservoir from the top member, which causes the reservoir to drop into the storage container to mix the catalyst with a material in the storage container.
US10766669B2
The present disclosure relates to a plastic or polymeric container (100) with reclosable zippers or reclosures (10) which make the package child-resistant. In one typical embodiment, this is achieved by a zipper or reclosure (10) including a first profile (12) with a first lower interlocking element (28) and a first upper interlocking element (29), wherein the first profile (12) is severed through the first upper interlocking element (29) to form a lower first profile (12′) and an upper first profile (12″). This severing forms at least one tab (18) extending from an upper edge of the lower first profile (12′) and including a portion of the first upper interlocking element (29′). The second profile (14) includes a second web portion (30) with a second lower interlocking element (44) and a second upper interlocking element (46).
US10766668B2
A dried food fresh-keeping packaging bag structure is provided. When the user wants to pack a dried food, a pull portion of a fresh-keeping exhaust valve is pulled outwardly toward the outside of the mouth of the packaging bag to tear a first sealing film to open a filling chamber. Then, the dried food is placed into the packaging bag, and the mouth of the packaging bag is closed. The exhaust valve blocks the outside air from returning to the interior of the packaging bag to provide a non-return exhaust effect. A preservative in the filling chamber communicates with the interior of the packaging bag to dehumidify or deoxidize the air remaining in the packaging bag.
US10766665B2
The present disclosure provides a chemical container and a method for manufacturing the same. The chemical container comprises a head portion having a top wall and a head sidewall extending from an edge of the top wall, as well as a body portion jointed with the head portion and defining a chamber together with the head portion. The top wall has a mouth structure configured for one or more pipelines to pass through and connect with the chamber. The manufacturing method is simple and of low cost, and the resulted chemical container is able to withstand a greater internal pressure and is configured to collect any leaking liquid chemicals.
US10766656B2
A film wrapping apparatus includes a shaft member having two holding portions coaxially aligned with each other, a roll locker for releasably locking two film rolls at the holding portions respectively in a free-rotating manner, and a dispensing handle transversely extended from the shaft member at a position between the holding portions thereof, wherein the dispensing handle provides a holding point for being held by an operator to unroll the film rolls in a concurrent and controllable manner so as to wrap stretch films of the film rolls around the load.
US10766653B2
The invention provides a method of introducing a sterilized product into a controlled environment. The sterilized product is enclosed in a substantially hermetically sealed first layer, which is enclosed in a substantially hermetically sealed second layer, which is enclosed in a substantially hermetically sealed third layer, which is enclosed in a substantially hermetically sealed fourth layer. The method includes removing the fourth layer in a first environment (having a first sterility), removing the third layer in a controlled second environment (having a predetermined second sterility that is higher than the first sterility), removing the second layer in a controlled third environment (having a predetermined third sterility that is higher than the second sterility), and removing the first layer in a controlled fourth environment (with a predetermined fourth sterility that is higher than the third sterility) to expose the sterilized product.
US10766647B2
A system and corresponding method for charging an aerosol can with a compressed gas charge includes a base that is adapted for receiving a can that (i) houses a product and (ii) includes a means for injecting gas, such as a grommet or valve on the bottom of the container, and includes a compressed gas source, such as a pre-charged canister of compressed air, and air compressor, and/or an automatic or manual air pump. The can may be filled with at atmospheric pressure and then shipped while the can contains approximately atmospheric pressure. Upon receipt of the can, a user may charge the can with a compressed gas and repeat charging if needed after some of the product has been dispensed.
US10766621B2
A method for manufacturing an overhead storage compartment for an aircraft cabin, including providing a shell part extending between a first end and a second end, wherein the shell part has a first edge at the first end and a second edge at the second end. A first end wall and a second end wall are provided. The shell part and the first and second end walls are assembled, wherein the first edge is attached to the first end wall and the second edge is attached to the second end wall, such that the shell part, the first end wall and the second end wall together surround an interior space. An object, to provide a simple and fast method for manufacturing an overhead storage compartment, wherein possibly little handwork is required, is achieved in that the first end wall and/or the second end wall include an undirected long fiber reinforced plastic material.
US10766620B2
The invention relates mainly to a seat intended to be installed in an aeroplane, having: a backrest having a front face against which a passenger is intended to lean, and a rear face on the opposite side from the front face, a tray, notably a retractable tray, known as a meal tray, positioned on the rear face of the backrest, characterized in that said seat also has a device for supporting a portable screen, comprising a support element that is positioned on the rear face of the backrest and movable between a folded position and a deployed position in which it is able to support a portable device.
US10766617B2
Methods and apparatus to grasp an object with an unmanned aerial vehicle are described herein. An example unmanned aerial vehicle includes a gripper having a claw to grasp onto an object and an active material disposed on the claw. The example unmanned aerial vehicle further includes a material activator to: (1) apply an activation signal to the active material to soften the active material while the claw grasps the object with the active material, and (2) allow the active material to harden in a shape substantially matching a surface of the object.
US10766609B2
A wheel assembly includes a wheel portion comprises a web having an inboard surface. The web may define a torque bar retention slot that extends from the inboard surface of the web. The wheel assembly may also include a bushing disposed in the torque bar retention slot, wherein the bushing comprises an open end and a closed end. Still further, the wheel assembly may include a torque bar coupled to the wheel, and the torque bar may include a boss extending into the bushing through the open end of the bushing such that the boss of the torque bar is at least partially disposed within the torque bar retention slot of the wheel portion.
US10766606B2
A landing gear arrangement may comprise a lever configured to be coupled between an axle and a strut piston of a shock strut, a load damper configured to be externally coupled between the shock strut and the lever, wherein the load damper is configured to increase a length of the landing gear arrangement in response to an extension force of the load damper increasing above a ground force reacted through the landing gear arrangement. The load damper may be located externally from the strut piston.
US10766605B2
An aircraft emergency control system comprises at least one sensor (104A, 104B, 104C) configured to output an electronic signal relating to detection of incapacitation of at least one aircraft crew member. A processor (108) is configured to receive and process the electronic signal to determine whether emergency action is to be taken. A control unit (114) is configured to communicate, in use, a control signal to an avionics system (116) of the aircraft (100) in relation to the emergency action if the processor determines that emergency action is to be taken.
US10766603B2
A system changes the pitch of blades of a turbine engine propeller having a plurality of blades. The system includes a plurality of links, each link being connected to one of the propeller blades at a first interface, and a control means acting on the link and having a body movable in translation along a longitudinal axis. A load transfer module is arranged between the links and the control means and is connected to the links at a plurality of second interfaces. A first adjustment element is configured to adjust an axial position of the second interfaces along the axis to provide adjustment of the pitch of all of the blades simultaneously. A plurality of second adjustment elements are configured to adjust an axial distance between each first interface and the corresponding second interface to allow the pitch of each blade to be adjusted individually.
US10766597B2
A privacy door assembly for installation in an aircraft relative to a flight deck door of the aircraft includes a door frame having a first post and a second post, where the second post comprises a latch recess. The privacy door assembly also includes a privacy door rotatably coupleable to the first post via a set of hinges, where the privacy door comprises a decompression latch arranged to engage the latch recess when the privacy door is in a closed position within the door frame, and where the decompression latch is configured to disengage from the latch recess in response to a decompression detected on a forward side of the privacy door.
US10766594B2
A vehicle body may have an internal skeleton, and a skin fabricated in-situ over the internal skeleton. The skin may include a matrix material, and a plurality of continuous fibers encased within the matrix material. The plurality of continuous fibers may include at least one electrically conductive wire interwoven with others of the plurality of continuous fibers. The at least one electrically conductive wire may be configured to function as at least one of a heater and a strain gauge.
US10766586B2
A retractable thruster assembly for a marine vessel has a propeller unit, a motor, a housing and a drive shaft linking the motor with the propeller unit. An actuator is operable to move the propeller unit from the storage configuration to a deployment configuration in a direction from inboard to outboard, the propeller unit being extended from the hull for use in the deployment configuration. The drive shaft comprises a motor-side universal joint for attachment to the motor and a propeller-side universal joint for attachment to the propeller unit. The universal joints permit folding of the drive shaft at least in the storage configuration. A motor-side telescopic section is disposed adjacent the motor-side universal joint. A propeller-side telescopic section is disposed adjacent the propeller-side universal joint. An intermediate telescopic section is disposed between the motor-side telescopic section and the propeller-side telescopic section.
US10766584B2
A rotating machine with a fluid rotor comprises a set of blades (4) mounted on arms (2) rotating about a main axis (1) of the rotor, the rotor being held by a support structure (5) in an orientation such that said axis (1) is essentially perpendicular to the direction of the flow of fluid, each blade (4) being mounted pivoting about a respective axis of rotation (3) parallel to the main axis (1), the machine comprising a linkage (13, 7, 14) for generating a relative rotational movement of each blade (4) relative to the arm (2) of same at the axis of rotation (3) thereof, in order to thus vary the tilt of the blade relative to the flow of fluid in an angular range. According to the invention, the machine comprises means for collectively modifying the geometry of the linkages (13, 7, 14) from a movement generated at the main axis of the rotor in order to vary the amplitude of the angular range.
US10766578B2
We have invented a floating platform with 3 canted columns, a new type of fairlead, and a new method of mooring line makeup and installation method, that can be used for canted columns. The platform includes 3 columns having upper ends projecting above water surface. The columns are canted or inclined inward from the corner of hull toward the central vertical axis. The 3 columns converge at the top of column such that each column will lean against the other 2 columns. Each column has two connection points to the other 2 columns. Horizontally disposed pontoons interconnect adjacent columns at the lower ends. The columns and pontoons form a closed structure hull to support a foundation structure directly above the top of column.
US10766576B2
Mooring systems and methods are provided. One system may include at least one object partially or fully submerged in a body of water. The system may also include a semi-rigid outer ring that is adrift or moored to at least one sea anchor or to the sea floor by at least one mooring line. At least one object may be connected or tethered by bridle lines to the semi-rigid outer ring to form an array.
US10766574B2
A fairlead that is intended to equip a towing device that can be installed on the deck of a ship and includes a winch, a cable passing through the fairlead under the action of the winch, the fairlead comprising: an open-section channel extending in a main direction for guiding the cable, a movable bolt closing a section of the channel, a force sensor that is situated in front of the bolt in one sense of the main direction and is configured to detect an external force, and a trigger configured to open the bolt when a force exerted on the sensor and oriented along the main axis in the sense exceeds a predetermined force, and to close the bolt when this force ceases.
US10766568B1
A snowmobile has a frame, a ski connected to the frame, a seat connected to the frame for accommodating a driver of the snowmobile, a rear suspension assembly operatively connected to the frame, an endless track supported by the rear suspension assembly, a motor supported by the frame, and a continuously variable transmission (CVT) operatively connecting the motor to the endless track. The rear suspension assembly has a suspension assembly drive axle defining a drive axle rotation axis, and a drive sprocket mounted to the drive axle. The motor has a shaft rotatable about a shaft rotation axis. The drive axle rotation axis is positioned forwardly of the shaft rotation axis. The seat is positioned above the motor.
US10766566B2
Propulsion unit for an electric, pedal-assisted bicycle comprising an electric machine having a stator and a rotor, rotatable about a motor axis, said rotor being operatively connected to a crank pin, defining a crank axis, mechanically connected to pedals, and coaxial with the motor axis, wherein the rotor is coaxial and external with respect to the stator so as radially enclose the rotor. The propulsion unit comprises at least one electronic unit for operating and controlling the functioning of the electric machine, and at least a pair of housings that define a containment space which houses the electric machine and at least partially the crank pin.
US10766549B2
A disclosed lift axle is suitable for a vehicle that has a first wheel for supporting the vehicle on a road surface. The lift axle system includes a lift mechanism that is coupled to the vehicle and is configured to reciprocate an axle between a stowed position and deployed position. The lift axle system further includes a second wheel coupled to the axle. The second wheel engages the road surface when the lift mechanism is in the deployed position, and the second wheel is disengaged from the road surface when the lift mechanism is in the stowed position. The second wheel has a lower rolling resistance than the first wheel.
US10766546B2
An apparatus is provided for retaining a spare tire in a storage position on a motor vehicle. The apparatus includes a retainer assembly and a cooperating post. The retainer assembly includes a housing and a first actuator, a first retainer and a first biasing element carried by the housing. The post includes a retainer receiver wherein the first biasing element biases the first retainer into engagement with the retainer receiver. A related method of removing a spare tire from a storage position in a motor vehicle is also presented.
US10766544B2
Various embodiments of an airfoil and machines with airfoils are disclosed. The airfoils include a thicker leading airfoil portion and a thinner trailing airfoil portion. In one embodiment, the leading airfoil portion is formed by bending a body of the airfoil back toward itself. In another embodiment, the leading airfoil portion has a solid geometry and includes two elliptic surfaces. To prevent detachment of airflow, the leading airfoil portion includes at least two arc portions or surfaces that act to direct the airflow down to the trailing airfoil portion in a manner that stabilizes vortexes that may form in the region of changing thickness.
US10766538B2
A vehicle auxiliary storage compartment comprising a floor, a back wall that extends upward from the floor, and a front wall that extends upward from floor opposite the back wall, and a pair of opposing sidewalls disposed at opposing ends of the front wall and the back wall. The front wall is defined by a back side of a seating structure of a vehicle in which the auxiliary storage compartment is disposed.
US10766536B2
A vehicle including a lateral energy absorption system which includes a first side beam that defines a first chamber. The first side beam extends between a front and a rear of the vehicle. A second side beam that defines a second chamber. The second side beam extends between the front and the rear of the vehicle. Further, a first carbon structure within the first chamber, and a second carbon structure within the second chamber, are included. The first and second carbon structures absorb energy from an impact on a side of the vehicle.
US10766534B2
An All-Terrain Vehicle with a frame, shocks, and A-Arms. The A-Arms have an arcuate shape to accommodate a shock attached below a centerline connecting front wheel(s). The A-Arms on one end arc around the shock and attach to a spindle and on a second end attach to the frame. The arcuate shape provides additional clearance, beyond a non arcuate shaped A-Arm, when a wheel is turned.
US10766533B2
A vehicle includes a plurality of ground-engaging members, a frame assembly supported by the plurality of ground-engaging members, and a seating area supported by the frame assembly and configured to support at least an operator and a passenger. The vehicle also includes a cargo area positioned rearward of the seating area and including a floor configured to support cargo thereon. Additionally, the vehicle includes a powertrain assembly including an engine and a transmission operably coupled to at least one of the plurality of ground-engaging members. A heat exchanger is fluidly coupled to the engine. The heat exchanger is angled relative to the floor of the cargo area and positioned along a lateral side of the cargo area.
US10766523B2
Provided is a steering device which allows continued safe travel in the event of a fault during automatic steering control. The steering device is equipped with an electric drive device composed of a plurality of systems of electric motors and has an assist control function for assisting a driver in steering and an automatic steering control function for automatically controlling the steering angle of steered wheels on the basis of a steering angle instruction value. In the event a fault occurs in one of the electric motor systems of the electric drive device during control under automatic operation control, a controller in the steering device maintains automatic operation control S36 using the electric motor of a normally operating system not suffering from a fault, and then, upon shifting to assist control S21, the controller sets the output limit value of the electric motor to a fault-time output limit value, which is less than a normal-time output limit value set when all electric motor systems are operating normally.
US10766521B2
Systems and methods for controlling the speed and direction of vehicles such as tractors.
US10766518B2
A rotation control system for a steering wheel is provided. The rotation control system includes a steering wheel and a steering shaft operatively coupled to the steering wheel. The rotation control system also includes at least one component operatively coupled to the steering shaft configured to switch the steering wheel between a rotational condition and a non-rotational condition.
US10766516B2
A modular cart assembly includes a first cart and an identical second cart. Each cart has a latching assembly that vertically slides along the cart and a coupling arm spaced apart from the latching assembly. The first cart is coupled to the second cart by positioning the first cart next to the second cart, vertically sliding the latching assembly of the first cart along the first cart until the latching assembly of the first cart couples to the coupling arm of the second cart, and vertically sliding the latching assembly of the second cart along the second cart until the latching assembly of the second cart couples to the coupling arm of the first cart.
US10766511B2
A railroad switch indicator, that operates independently of the mechanism for operating the switch, for signaling the position of the switchpoints via a flexible mechanical cable connected to a railroad switch amplifier mechanism. The railroad switch amplifier mechanism has linkage members attached to a crossbar connecting inner stockrails and to a pivoted lever arm, the output arm of which is attached to the mechanical cable. The flexible mechanical cable allows the railroad switch indicator to be positioned remotely from the switchpoints and switch amplifier mechanism in a highly visible and easily serviced location.
US10766510B1
A system for performing ultrasonic inspection of a rail including a sensing wheel arranged to roll along the top of the rail, and a plurality of ultrasonic transducers in the sensing wheel. The sensing wheel is aligned perpendicular to a vertical plane extending from the rail, detecting horizontal defects in a head area of the rail. The ultrasonic rail inspection system is designed to detect and classify horizontal defects in the head of the rail which will propagate in the longitudinal direction that will eventually result in defects component that will propagate in the transverse plane of the rail head area. The capability of detecting and classification of this type of defect will enable compliance to the FRA subpart 213.113 Defective rails specification, that is currently not being met by the existing technology.
US10766509B2
A longitudinal support and a transverse support for a chassis frame of a rail vehicle, wherein the longitudinal support includes a first box-shaped connection portion having a sectionally straight first circumferential edge for connection to the transverse support, where the transverse support has a second box-shaped connection portion having a sectionally straight second circumferential edge for connection to the longitudinal support within a transverse direction of the chassis frame, respectively on the end side, and where the first and second circumferential edges are each configured as four first and second connection edges to achieve a reduction of the weight of the longitudinal support and of the transverse support, and to lower the twisting rigidity of the chassis frame, where the connection edges are separated from each other by first and second recesses.
US10766508B2
A railcar bogie includes a cross beam, an axle box, a supporting member, a plate spring, and an axle beam. The axle box accommodates a bearing rotatably supporting a wheelset. The supporting member is provided at an upper portion of the axle box. The plate spring supports a car width direction end portion of the cross beam and extends in a car longitudinal direction, and the plate spring includes a car longitudinal direction end portion supported by the supporting member. The axle beam couples the axle box and the cross beam in the car longitudinal direction and is opposed to the plate spring in an upward/downward direction. An installation seat is provided at an upper surface of the axle beam and includes an installation surface on which a pushing-up device configured to push up a lower surface of the plate spring can be placed.
US10766502B2
An amusement ride such as a roller coaster, more in particular to booster drives mounted on a track of such a ride, are disclosed. The booster drives each include at least one booster drive motor for driving booster wheels, and for engaging a drive fin of a passenger vehicle to propel that vehicle along the track. The booster drive further includes a base mounted to the track structure, a frame that supports the at least one booster drive motor and the two booster wheels, and a mobile carrier that connects the frame to the base via a left and a right carrier arm. These carrier arms are non-flexible arms pivotably connected to the base and the frame or they are flexible arms, such that in use they enable movement of the frame relative to the base. A biasing device resiliently forces the frame towards a predetermined position.
US10766500B2
A sensory stimulation system within an interior of an autonomous vehicle (AV) can obtain maneuver data representing one or more maneuvers to be performed by the AV. For each respective maneuver of the one or more maneuvers, the system can determine one or more visual outputs to provide a passenger of the AV with a sensory indication of the respective maneuver, and then output the one or more visual outputs via the display system.
US10766493B2
Methods and vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems for determining a gap in traffic between two transportation vehicles for a lane change of a transportation vehicle. The method includes identifying the gap in traffic based on a first detection operation and based on a second detection operation. The first detection operation is based on at least one vehicle-to-vehicle status message of at least one other transportation vehicle. The second detection operation is based on an on-board sensor system of the transportation vehicle.
US10766482B2
A method and device for stabilizing a tractor vehicle-trailer combination during travel, in which tractor vehicle and trailer are connected via at least one pivot joint, including: ascertaining a setpoint buckling angle for a driving-stable setpoint movement of the combination, and/or a setpoint buckling angle velocity for a driving-stable setpoint movement of the combination, between the combination or between two trailers; ascertaining an actual buckling angle for the effective actual movement of the combination, and/or an actual buckling angle velocity for the effective actual movement of the combination, between the tractor vehicle and trailer or between multiple trailers; ascertaining a deviation between the setpoint and actual buckling angles and/or between the setpoint and actual buckling angle velocities, and if the deviation exceeds a threshold value, generating a control signal to activate at least one vehicle component to control movement of the combination in a direction toward a driving-stable movement state.
US10766478B2
A through the road (TTR) hybridization strategy is proposed to facilitate introduction of hybrid electric vehicle technology in a significant portion of current and expected trucking fleets. In some cases, the technologies can be retrofitted onto an existing vehicle (e.g., a trailer, a tractor-trailer configuration, etc.). In some cases, the technologies can be built into new vehicles. In some cases, one vehicle may be built or retrofitted to operate in tandem with another and provide the hybridization benefits contemplated herein. By supplementing motive forces delivered through a primary drivetrain and fuel-fed engine with supplemental torque delivered at one or more electrically-powered drive axles, improvements in overall fuel efficiency and performance may be delivered, typically without significant redesign of existing components and systems that have been proven in the trucking industry.
US10766469B2
A braking control device is provided to automatically control a main braking device normally used to brake a host vehicle during travel and a second braking device used to maintain the host vehicle in a stopped state. The braking control device has a slip degree prediction unit and a braking device switching unit. The slip degree prediction unit predicts a possibility that the host vehicle will slip. The braking device switching unit is configured to delay a timing with which to start a reduction in a braking force of the main braking device if the slip degree prediction unit predicts a slip when switching the main braking device to the second braking device.
US10766466B2
Method for operating an automated hand brake comprising at least one first actuator and one second actuator for a motor vehicle, wherein each of the actuators is activated for an operation using a defined amperage, is characterized in that, in a first phase, the actuators are operated essentially synchronously until a defined first amperage is reached and, in a subsequent phase, the actuators are sequentially operated until a defined second amperage is reached.
US10766465B2
A wheel and lug nut cleaning device that includes a static central spine defining a front portion and a rear portion, a shape-retaining core encircling the front and rear portions, and a sheath removably coupled to and encircling the core spanning from the rear portion of the static central spine to the distal end of the static central spine, wherein the sheath has a plurality of spaced-part microfiber flanges continuously spanning from the rear portion of the static central spine to the distal end of the static central spine and each extending in a direction outwardly away from an outer surface of the sheath and the core and having a rounded external end, wherein the spine, core and sheath are operably configured to bend in a position to dispose and orient the front portion in a shape-retaining angle relative to the rear portion.
US10766456B2
A powered mobility vehicle including a keyless activation system, wherein the keyless activation system includes a control module carried by the vehicle and a remote operation transmitter, wherein the control module includes an electrical input which is connected to the electrical power supply of the vehicle, an electrical output connected to a motor controller of the vehicle, a switch electrically connected between the electrical input and the electrical output, and a signal receiver electrically connected to the switch, wherein the switch has an active configuration in which electrical power is supplied to the electrical output from the electrical input via the switch and an inactive configuration in which the switch electrically isolates the electrical output from the electrical input, and the configuration of the switch is controlled by signals from the signal receiver; and wherein the transmitter communicates wirelessly with the signal receiver.
US10766454B2
An ignition start system in which authentication of a key is carried out twice, first to activate the ignition switch to allow starting the engine and second at the time prior to moving the vehicle from a parked position. The two step authentication prevents driving off in a car that has been started without having the key for security purposes and also to avoid inconvenient situations that can otherwise occur.
US10766452B2
A self-locking seat belt retractor includes a blocking system for a seat belt winding shaft that is actuated in an at least vehicle-sensitive manner, in which, in the event of triggering, a sensor mass mounted in a vehicle-sensitive manner moves a locking lever with its engagement tip into a trigger position in engagement with the toothing of a control disk, as the result of which the control disk in its joint rotational motion with the belt winding shaft is stopped and the blocking system is activated. The sensor mass is situated in a support part on a contact surface, and when vehicle accelerations occur the sensor mass in the support part is movable on the contact surface by inertial control from a neutral position into the trigger position. The support part together with the sensor mass situated therein is situated in a housing that includes the control disk. The housing with the support part and the sensor mass situated therein is fixable on the seat belt retractor in various rotational angle positions with respect to the control disk.
US10766449B2
An airbag module assembly has an airbag cushion with at least one vent, a housing structure for receiving the airbag cushion, a housing cover for attachment to the housing structure, a vent connector connected to the vent, a pin puller mechanism with a retractable pin, and a flexible conduit extending from the airbag cushion adjacent the vent to the pin puller mechanism. The vent connector extends inside the conduit to a looped end for attachment to the retractable pin. The vent connector can be a rope or wire. The vent is initially in a closed position during deployment of the airbag. The airbag cushion is folded about the conduit during assembly and the vent connector is configured to pass through the flexible conduit when the airbag cushion is folded.
US10766448B2
A side inflatable airbag assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. Inflatable airbag assemblies may provide protection for an occupant in a vehicle collision event. In a side collision event, or other event producing lateral movement of the occupant relative to the vehicle, the disclosed inflatable airbag assembly may receive and support the occupant during ride down so as to prevent or minimize injury resulting from impact with a vehicle door, sidewall, center console, or other vehicle structure disposed lateral to the vehicle seating position. The disclosed airbag may differentially support the occupant buy providing varied degrees of support for the shoulder and pelvis, and the torso, which may be particularly beneficial to an elderly occupant whose bones may be more susceptible to some injury types and modes as a result of age-incident health issues.
US10766441B2
A charging rate monitoring apparatus for in-vehicle power supply configured to monitor charging rates of both a first power storage device and a second power storage device that supply power to a load via a power line, the apparatus including: a first switch connected between the power line and the first power storage device; a second switch connected between the power line and the second power storage device; a first monitoring circuit configured to output on/off signals to the first switch; and a second monitoring circuit configured to output on/off signals to the second switch.
US10766437B2
Systems, components, and methodologies are provided for improvements in operation of automotive vehicles by enabling monitoring analysis and reaction to subtle sources of information that aid in prediction and response of vehicle control systems across a range of automation levels. Such systems, components, and methodologies include wheel-turn detection equipment for detecting a wheel angle of another vehicle to trigger a vehicle control system to perform an operation based on the detected wheel angle of the other vehicle.
US10766429B2
A selectively openable and closable, outdoor storage bag that is at least water-resistant includes a body portion made of a flexible, waterproof, bag material, the bag material comprising a plurality of waterproof welded seams that define a predetermined shape of the body portion and an opening, the body portion defining an interior space within the body portion; a closure mechanism joined to the body portion by a welded seam proximate a periphery of the opening, the closure mechanism configured to selectively open and close the opening and provide a seal that is at least water-resistant when the opening is closed; a flap of the bag material that extends from the body portion and covers the closure mechanism; and a plurality of anchor points attached to an exterior surface of the body portion, wherein the body portion of the bag is waterproof and the seal is at least water-resistant.
US10766426B2
A roof rail connectable to a roof of a vehicle includes a substrate connected to the roof of the vehicle, and a modular cover having a first cover connected to the substrate and a second cover connected to the substrate, wherein the modular cover covers the substrate.
US10766415B2
A computer in a vehicle includes a processor programmed to apply, on the vehicle, upon detecting an occupant alertness level below a first threshold, a first periodic component to a first torque applied to one or more first-end wheels and a second periodic component to a second torque applied to one or more second-end wheels.
US10766407B2
A motorcycle including a body having a front part, a tail part and a central part between the front part and the tail part, front and rear wheels constrained to the body, a traction engine constrained to the body and operatively connected to at least one of the two wheels; a braking system, at least one front headlight fixed to the front part, at least one rear tail light fixed to the tail part, and at least one brake light fixed to the tail parts, an electronic control unit of the brake light operatively connected to the brake light adapted and configured to turn on the brake light upon the activation of the braking system, where the electronic control unit is adapted and configured to detect whether the speed of the motorcycle is either lower than or equal to a first threshold speed, and in that case turn on the brake light intermittently.
US10766391B2
A pneumatic device for the variation of a contour of a seat bearing surface of a vehicle seat is disclosed. The pneumatic device includes a first foil portion, a second foil portion which is connected to the first foil portion along at least one connecting seam such that a bladder for the variation of the contour of the seat bearing surface, having a bladder chamber which can be filled with pressure medium and having an inflow opening for the inflow of the pressure medium, is formed, and a throttle element, which is arranged in the interior of the bladder chamber and which is designed to throttle a pressure medium flow flowing in through the inflow opening.
US10766388B2
A vehicle seat frame includes a back panel and a load carrier component attached to the back panel. The back panel includes a first polymeric matrix and a first plurality of fibers disposed therein. The load carrier component includes a second polymer matrix and a second plurality of fibers disposed therein.
US10766379B2
A charging apparatus for a vehicle includes a housing accommodating a charging portion, a case mounted to the housing, a PCB disposed inside the case and having a light source, a light guide plate configured to guide light emitted from the light source, a reflection plate configured to reflect the light through the light guide plate, a lens coupled to the case to form a region for accommodating the light guide plate and the reflection plate, and a cover hinged to the housing to open or close the housing.
US10766373B2
To minimize excessively high output or increases in magnetic-flux leakage by controlling power feeding on the power-feeding side if an unforeseen situation occurs. This power-feeding device (100) feeds power to an external power-receiving device (150) in a contactless manner. A power-feeding coil (103) uses electromagnetic power to feed electrical power to a power-receiving coil (154) in the power-receiving device (150). While power is being fed from said power-feeding coil (103), a power-feeding-side control unit (107) determines the amount of displacement of the power-feeding coil (103) and, on the basis of the determined displacement amount, controls the amount of electrical power being fed.
US10766369B1
A system for using the Earth's magnetic field to provide supplemental power to a machine having a motor, the system comprising: a computer; wires; and energy storing devices all in controlled electrical communication with each other; wherein the wires can collect electrical energy from the Earth's magnetic field while the machine is put in motion by a power source powering the motor; wherein the collected electrical energy is stored in the energy storing devices or used to power the motor; and wherein each wire from the wires is folded and placed radially in a cylinder, to extend across a diameter of the cylinder, to achieve a maximum length for each of the wires, a maximum total length of the plurality of wires, and such that at least a wire has a correct position relative to the Earth's magnetic field lines of flux at any given time.
US10766366B2
An operating method in a vehicle having a menu of an operating structure displayed on a display surface arranged in the vehicle. The operating structure includes a main menu and additional menus. Inputs can be detected, by which a change of the displayed menu can be caused and by which switching elements of the menus can be actuated. A special switching element is displayed at the edge of the display surface which can be actuated by a swipe gesture and, if the swipe gesture associated with the special switching element has been detected, the main menu is displayed. Also disclosed is an operating device for performing the operating method.
US10766363B2
A surface panel is attached to an instrument panel so as to cover a display surface of a display unit disposed on the instrument panel of a vehicle. When the display unit is turned on, light L from the display unit is projected toward the driver's seat side via a thin hole formed in the surface panel.
US10766359B2
The fuel filler neck device is attached to a filler pipe and is opened and closed by a fueling nozzle. The device has a cover member which has an introduction opening for the fueling nozzle and which is engaged with the filler pipe side with engagement parts formed on the filler pipe side being fitted in window holes. Insertion parts are respectively formed adjacent to the engagement parts in the circumferential direction of the filler pipe. The engagement parts can be each disengaged by deforming or breaking the cover member side by inserting a portion of a tool into the insertion part.
US10766356B2
An active grille shutter arrangement having an assembled modular frame with a plurality of primary frame pieces formed by extrusion. Each one of the plurality of primary frame pieces has a first end, a second end and at least one key slot extending between the first end and the second end. Each of the plurality of frame pieces also includes a hollow bore extending through the each one of the plurality of primary frame pieces forming an aperture at the first end and an aperture at the second end. When the modular frame is assembled there is an upper frame portion and lower frame portion, both formed from one of the plurality of primary frame pieces. The arrangement also includes a number of alternate frame and vane pieces that allow several different active grille shapes and configurations to be formed.
US10766349B2
A powertrain for a vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and a transfer case. The transfer case includes a primary output shaft, an electric motor, and a planetary gear set. The primary output shaft receives engine torque from the internal combustion engine. The electric motor includes a rotor and a stator. The planetary gear set includes a sun gear rotatably fixed to the rotor, a ring gear, planet gears arranged radially between and engaging the sun gear and the ring gear, and a planet carrier coupled to the planet gears and rotatably fixed to the primary output shaft. The ring gear is selectively groundable for selectively transferring torque between the electric motor and the primary output shaft.
US10766342B2
A shading device comprises: a shading member formed using a dimming glass plate capable of changing light transmittance, the shading member having a plate shape; a display apparatus being capable of transmitting light and disposed on a surface of the shading member, the surface being to face an operator during use of the shading member, in such a manner that a display portion faces the operator; an image pickup device to pick up, as an image, a region which an opposite surface of the surface faces, and generate image pickup data; a data processing circuit to generate display image data to be displayed on the display portion during use of the shading member, based on the image pickup data generated by the image pickup device; and a switch to change light transmittance of the dimming glass plate.
US10766338B2
An HVAC system of a vehicle includes: a battery line configured to thermally interconnect a first radiator and a high-voltage battery core and provided with a first pump; a refrigerant line having a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator; an indoor cooling line interconnecting an indoor HVAC cooling core and the evaporator and having a second pump; an indoor heating line thermally interconnecting an indoor HVAC heating core and a condenser and having a third pump; battery cooling lines branching from opposite side points of the high-voltage battery core in the battery line, respectively, and connected to the indoor cooling line; battery heating lines branching from the opposite side points of the high-voltage battery core in the battery line, respectively, and connected to the indoor heating line; and a first valve disposed at one of the opposite branching points in the battery line.
US10766335B2
A work vehicle includes a cabin to cover an operator's seat on a traveling body. A cabin frame that constitutes a framework of the cabin includes a pair of left and right front pillars, a pair of left and right rear pillars, a front beam, a rear beam, and side beams. The front beam couples upper end portions of the front pillars to each other. The rear beam couples upper end portions of the rear pillars to each other. Each of the side beams couples to each other upper end portions of each of the front pillars and each of the rear pillars that stand at a front and rear. The rear beam is formed to have a U-shaped cross-section by presswork of a metal plate material.
US10766328B2
The invention is directed to a spring strut support mount, including a damper element and a mount housing having a first and a second housing member, wherein the housing members can be threadably engaged by a thread so as to encompass the damping element. The housing members have a detent arrangement which permits a screwing action but prevents a loosening of the thread connection. The invention provides for improving a spring strut support mount such that the housing members cannot loosen from one another during operation. The housing members have a detent arrangement which permits a screwing action but prevents a loosening of the thread connection.
US10766326B2
A first bracket supporting a first lower arm includes a front wall part and a rear wall part that face each other in a vehicle longitudinal direction. Respective insertion holes, through which a supporting bolt pivotably supporting the first lower arm is inserted, are formed in the front wall part and the rear wall part so as to face each other. Furthermore, the front wall part includes a fracture starting point formed in a region on an outside, in a vehicle width direction, from a center position of the insertion hole. Consequently, it is possible to separate a front wheel from a vehicle body at the time of collision without providing any fragile part such as a cutout in the lower arm.
US10766322B2
The mounting system may be utilized for towing vehicles wherein the mounting system may selectively accommodate either a fifth wheel hitch or a gooseneck hitch. The mounting system may include a structural frame member including at least one rail capable of being connected to a vehicle frame, wherein the rail includes at least one socket. The socket may be engaged with a receiving member, wherein the receiving member may be engaged with a leg of a fifth wheel hitch. A mid rail may be connected to the rails and may include a hitch ball socket that is capable of engagement with a hitch. Also provided is an underbed hitch mounting system having at least one socket and receiving member exposed above a bed of a vehicle. The system includes trim and ring brackets configured to cover the exposed socket and receiving members along the bed of the vehicle.
US10766321B2
A disclosed trailer hitch device includes an upper member to restrain the movement of the trailer hitch and a lower member to connect to the upper member and to connect to a vehicle. The upper member is rotatably connected to the lower member. The upper member is substantially U-shaped. The lower member is also substantially U-shaped and substantially symmetrical to the upper member. The upper and lower members include a respective side section, a respective arm section and a respective connecting plate configured to restrain the upper member from rotating with respect to the lower member. The upper connecting plate is connected to the lower connecting plate with a fastening device. A single component step washer includes a flanging washer concentric with a collar washer, the flanging washer comprising a ball mounting surface. The collar washer is configured to fit rotatably inside the hitching aperture of the lower member.
US10766319B2
A chain holder includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion connecting the first portion with the third portion, a first hook portion extending from the first portion, and a second hook portion extending from the second portion. The first portion and the second portion may be disposed substantially in parallel with each other. The third portion may be disposed substantially perpendicular to the first portion and the second portion. A chain holder may include a first projection and a second projection. The first projection may extend inward from the first portion and the second projection may extend inward from the second portion. The first projection and the second projection may be substantially aligned with each other. A distance from the first projection to the third portion corresponds to a height of a trailer assembly component.
US10766314B2
A load derivation method includes: a distance measurement step of measuring, by a displacement meter attached to a rim, a distance from the displacement meter to an inner surface of a tire; an internal pressure measurement step of measuring an internal pressure of the tire, by a sensor attached in a chamber of the tire; and a load derivation step of deriving, by a derivation section, a load on the tire during running, based on the measured distance and the measured internal pressure.
US10766305B2
The present invention provides a pneumatic tire that achieves a balanced improvement in fuel economy, wet grip performance, handling stability, abrasion resistance, fatigue resistance, and tensile strength. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition having after vulcanization rubber properties satisfying certain values.
US10766304B2
A polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomer including a hard segment and a soft segment, wherein the hard segment contains polyamide 612 and the soft segment contains a polyamine.
US10766299B2
A vehicle wheel assembly includes a wheel. A tire is disposed around the wheel. A wheel cap is coupled to the wheel and includes a polymeric base. A substantially transparent cap is positioned on the base which defines a first surface and a second surface. The second surface integrally defines an optical grating.
US10766298B2
A system that aesthetically dispenses melted wax includes a plurality of elongated heating cases, a plurality of wax cartridges, and a plurality of transfer canisters. The plurality of elongated heating cases is used to heat up wax or similar crayon material which is placed inside of the plurality of wax cartridges. The plurality of wax cartridges is used to hold wax or similar crayon material. The plurality of transfer canisters is used to store the plurality of wax cartridges when not in use and to transfer a wax cartridge from the plurality of wax cartridges into an elongated heating case of the plurality of elongated heating cases.
US10766294B2
A value document has a security marking in the form of at least two luminescing substances which are present in a defined relative quantitative share and are jointly excitable by one excitation pulse. The time courses of the intensities are different and at least one luminescing substance has a non-monoexponential time course. In a method for identifying the security marking, the time course of the total intensity is detected and a linear combination of a formula is adapted including time courses of the intensities of the luminescing substances. The security marking is identified on the basis of the linear coefficients.
US10766290B2
A bookbinding machine calculates a rotational speed coefficient, which represents the percent change of a rotational speed of a pump 6 relative to the reference rotational speed of the pump, depending on a thickness of a book block P to be bound and a conveying speed of a clamper by use of a first function defining a relationship between the thickness of the book block and the rotational speed coefficient and a second function defining a relationship between the rotational speed coefficient and the conveying speed of the clamper, calculates the set value of the rotational speed of the pump based on the rotational speed coefficients and the reference rotational speed, and sets the rotational speed of the pump according to the set value of the rotational speed.
US10766288B2
A method and device for producing a target image having pixels (2) juxtaposed in a substrate (1) presenting thickness and producing an image presenting thickness such that each pixel (2) produces a shadowing effect on its neighboring pixels. The method includes: determining a production setpoint from the target image; and producing an image made by the device using the production setpoint. The determining operation replaces the production setpoint with an improved production setpoint that is determined by modeling the image production device using a transfer function for transforming a production setpoint into a predicted image; and determining an improved production setpoint in which the image produced by the transfer function is as close as possible to the target image, so as to reduce the consequences of the shadowing effect in the resulting image. Also included is the image produced by such a method.
US10766287B2
Aspects are directed to printing a garment and include a method having steps of providing a fabric panel containing polyester, applying an ink layer to a first area of the fabric panel, curing the ink layer, and applying a sublimation dye to the first area and a different second area of the fabric panel. Application of the sublimation dye causes the first area and the second area to have different color saturations. Other aspects include a garment with a fabric panel containing polyester that has a first surface with a first area and a different second area. The garment also includes an ink layer on the first surface and located at the first area and a sublimation dye absorbed by a portion of the fabric panel at the second area and on a surface of the ink layer at the first area.
US10766285B2
A printing apparatus includes a transporting unit that transports a printing medium, a transporting unit encoder that outputs a movement amount information indicating a movement amount of the printing medium, a medium winding unit disposed downstream of the guide member with respect to the transporting unit and winds the printing medium, a tension applying unit including a tension bar that presses the printing medium at a location between the transporting unit and the medium winding unit while the tension bar is moving between an upper limit position and a lower limit position and applies tension to the printing medium, a tension applying unit encoder that outputs a rod member location information indicating a position of the tension bar, and a control unit that determines a movement state of the printing medium at the tension applying unit, based on the movement amount information and the rod member location information.
US10766284B2
A tape cassette includes: a cassette casing; and a tape roll that is a roll of a tape extending in a lengthwise direction and a widthwise direction. The tape includes: a subject surface exposed in a thickness direction; and a first image provided on the subject surface and indicating first information. The tape roll has: a first end portion located at an inner portion of the tape roll in a radial direction of the tape roll; and a second end portion located at an outer portion of the tape roll in the radial direction. The first information relates to an amount of a portion of the tape which is located on a first-end-portion-side of a reference position in the lengthwise direction. The reference position is located on the first-end-portion-side of the first image in the lengthwise direction on the tape at a particular distance from the first image.
US10766283B2
The tape cartridge including a roll body around which the tape is wound in a roll shape, a cartridge case in which the roll body is accommodated and which is common to the plurality of types of the tape cartridges, a spacer portion that is provided between the cartridge ease and a first end surface which is one end surface of the roll body, and has a varying size in a tape width direction depending on the type of the tape cartridge such that a position of the center of the tape is common to the plurality of types of the tape cartridges in the tape width direction, and an urging member that is provided between the cartridge case and a second end surface which is another end surface of the roll body and urges the roll body and urges the roll body to a first end surface side.
US10766278B2
A printing press has at least two units in the form of modules, at least one of which is in the form of a non-impact coating module and has at least one print head. The at least two modules each have at least one dedicated drive which is used to effect transport of a substrate through the module or through an effective region of the module. Along an intended transport path, there is at least one first application point, provided for the application of a color coating agent, an effective region of at least one drying device assigned to the first application point and at least one further application point provided for color coating agent application, and further oriented towards the same side, of at least one non-impact coating module, and an effective region of at least one further drying device assigned to the further application point. At least one print head is preferably one of connected and connectable to at least one positioning device. The at least one positioning device preferably has at least one positioning drive.
US10766277B2
A printer table for supporting a substrate during a printing operation comprises a substrate support surface comprising a plurality of apertures. The apertures are arranged such that a substrate placed on the printer table covers at least one of the apertures. The printer table comprises a plurality of ball valves arranged in fluidic connection with the apertures, where each of the ball valves has an open configuration and a closed configuration and is biased to the open configuration. The printer table also comprises a negative air pressure source configured to apply a negative air pressure through the plurality of ball valves to the plurality of apertures.
US10766273B2
An object is to improve image quality in panoramic printing using a thermal printer. The thermal printer includes a seam shape calculator and a controller. The seam shape calculator determines the position and shape of a seam between images on the basis of an index of inconspicuousness to human eyes, in panorama printing where a panoramic image longer than a specified printing size is divided into the images as small as or smaller than the printing size, and is printed multiple times so that the images are joined to each other. The controller controls a printing medium, an ink ribbon, and a thermal head so that the images divided based on the position and shape of the seam are thermally transferred onto respective continuous regions of the printing medium using unit printing regions of the ink ribbon, so as to be joined to each other.
US10766271B2
In a color inkjet printing apparatus using an ink circulation system, there is provided an inkjet printing apparatus capable of making appropriate circulation control for individual inks without resulting in cost increase. To achieve this, an inkjet printing apparatus includes a plurality of diaphragm pumps for circulating ink within a print head, a sub-tank, a supply flow path, and a collection flow path. The plurality of diaphragm pumps are configured by mounting control members of different types which can press against diaphragm units of a same type.
US10766266B2
There is provided a liquid consuming apparatus including: a liquid consuming section; a tank having a liquid storage chamber and an inlet port; a cap; and a casing having a cover movable with respect to the tank between a closed position and an open position. The cover has an inner surface and a projection projected from the inner surface toward the tank. The projection of the cover is provided with a pressing portion facing the outer surface of the cap at a predetermined spacing distance, under a condition that the liquid consuming apparatus is in a normal state in which the cover is in the closed position and that the cap is installed in the inlet port, and the pressing portion abuts firstly against the outer surface, under a condition that the cap is moved in the insertion direction for allowing the cap to be removed from the inlet port.
US10766263B2
A maintenance unit includes a wiper for wiping off ink on a recording head and a wiper carriage. A holding metal plate holds the wiper and includes a communication portion which connects together an upper space and a lower space. The communication portion has an ink guide member. The ink guide member has an upper opening and a lower opening. The length of the upper opening in the direction perpendicular to the wiping direction is larger than the length of an ink ejection face. The length of the communication portion is smaller than the length of the ink ejection face.
US10766257B2
There is provided a liquid discharge head including: a communication plate formed with a descender connected to a nozzle, a pressure chamber plate including a plurality of pressure chambers aligning in an array direction, a piezoelectric element, and a discharge common channel. The discharge common channel extends in the array direction, is connected to the plurality of pressure chambers, and has a first discharge portion and a second discharge portion. The discharge common channel is configured to discharge liquid toward one side in the array direction. The second discharge portion includes an expansion portion to expand beyond the first discharge portion in a width direction orthogonal to the stacking direction and to the array direction.
US10766256B2
Provided is a liquid ejection head substrate having a base, a heat generating resistor layer formed on or above the base and including an electrothermal conversion portion, a wiring electrically connected to the heat generating resistor layer and defining the electrothermal conversion portion and a protecting film covering at least the electrothermal conversion portion and the wiring of the heat generating resistor layer. In the liquid ejection head substrate, the wiring is made of an alloy containing Al as a main component and Cu and having an average crystal grain size of 300 nm or less.
US10766246B2
In one example, a non-transitory processor readable medium with instructions thereon that when executed cause an additive manufacturing machine to partially or completely bury a part in layers of molten build material.
US10766240B2
A lamination machine has at least one material source for material to be laminated. The lamination machine has at least one lamination unit. The lamination machine also has at least one lamination source for at least one web-shaped lamination material, and has at least one drawing assembly which can be moved along at least one drawing path. The drawing assembly is arranged, or can be arranged, at least temporarily at least within the lamination unit, in order to draw the lamination material. Sections of the at least one drawing path are arranged at a distance of at least one centimeter in an axial direction from each part of the transport path which is provided within the lamination unit for the at least one lamination material.
US10766237B2
The polyester film is formed with a polyester resin whose main constituent component is ethylene terephthalate. The polyester film has two or more layers that include at least one fold holding layer, which is present on at least one of the film surfaces and has a total of at least one monomer component that can form an amorphous component of 12-30% by mol in all monomer components of the fold holding layer and a difference in amount of an amorphous component of 4-30% by mol obtained by deducting an amount of an amorphous component in a layer other than the fold holding layer from the amount of the amorphous component in the fold holding layer. The polyester film has a fold holding angle of 20-70 degrees and a heat shrinkage rate of 0-15% in the longitudinal and width directions when treated in 80° C. hot water for 10 seconds.
US10766231B2
Disclosed is a multilayer film comprising a first surface layer comprising a cross-linked, partially neutralized copolymer of ethylene and one or more α,β-unsaturated C3 to C8 carboxylic acid, and a second surface layer comprising a polyamide; a use of such multilayer film for, for example, decorating a substrate such as for example a ski, snowboard or skate board; as well as a ski comprising such coextruded multilayer film. Also disclosed is a process for decorating a substrate comprising coextruding a multilayer film comprising the first surface layer and the second surface layer comprising a polyamide; irradiating the coextruded multilayer film to cross-link the film; printing a decorative element on the second surface layer comprising a polyamide; cutting the multilayer film; contacting the second surface layer of the multilayer film with a surface to be decorated on a substrate; laminating, e.g., by heat, the multilayer film to the surface to be decorated.
US10766226B2
A multilayer release liner for use in a roofing system. that includes a roofing membrane and an asphalt or bitumen adhesive. The multilayer release liner contains a core layer including PET, surrounded by several outer layers including at least two tie layers adhered to the core layer, and at least two polyolefin layers adhered to the tie layers. The multilayer release liner of the present invention is highly compatible with silicone and does not contain any ingredients that may interfere with the adhesion or cure of a silicone coating. The liner of the present invention also provides an effective oil barrier and minimizes oil migration and discoloration of the multilayer release liner from the adhesives used in roofing systems.
US10766222B2
In a glass substrate for extracting therefrom a plurality of cover glasses to protect a protection object, plural concave portions are provided in a front surface or back surface of the glass substrate. The glass substrate includes plural thin portions formed by providing the plural concave portions and a thick portion connecting to the thin portion, and a haze value of the thin portion is 8% or less.
US10766220B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a cushioning product (88), comprising the following steps: providing a flat, longitudinal, two- or multilayered paper strip (10), wherein the individual layers (12, 14) of the paper strip (10) are connected to one another in at least some sections in a middle area (18) extending in the longitudinal direction, and wherein the individual layers (12, 14) of the paper strip (10) comprise marginal areas (20, 21, 22, 23) which are not connected to one another, opening adjacent marginal areas (20, 21, 22, 23) to form a paper strip (10) having a star-shaped cross section, and crumpling the paper strip (10) along the middle area (18).
US10766219B2
A pressing device having an endless conveyor which includes conveying elements connected to each other to form and endlessly revolving track. Adjacent conveying elements are pivotally connected together via pins forming pivot axes. A press roller is provided in a pressing zone to apply pressure to the material to be pressed, which is conveyed on the endless conveyor. Adjacent conveying elements of the endless conveyor have intermeshing fingers, and the pin connecting the conveying elements penetrates these fingers, such that in the pressing zone the conveying elements assume a pivot position with respect to each other in which the outer side of the endless conveyor forms a closed, plate-like surface without protrusions of recesses. The pressing zone follows a break open zone in the circumferential direction of the endless conveyor, and in the break open zone the endless conveyor is deflected such that the outer side thereof is concavely bent.
US10766215B2
An adjustable tire mold for use with molds of various diameters and widths is provided. In one embodiment, an adjustable tire molding system is provided, the adjustable tire molding system, comprising: an annular mold assembly including at least one mold segment; an adjuster ring assembly including at least one adjuster engaged with the at least one mold segment, wherein the adjuster ring assembly is oriented radially outwardly of the annular mold assembly; and an outer side plate, wherein the at least one mold segment and the adjuster ring assembly are operatively connected to the outer side plate.
US10766212B2
A plurality of segments of radius filler is positioned onto a radius filler forming tool. The plurality of segments of radius filler is applied to a stringer in a single placement step.
US10766209B2
The method for forming from a round shaped cylinder to a square shaped cylinder or flat sheet which can be inserted in a square or rectangular shape metal pipe includes initiating turning of a heated mandrel, extruding heated polymer, wrapping while compressing a first layer of heated polymer or mesh, disposing a mesh or polymer layer over the cylinder encapsulating the cylinder on the turning mandrel while simultaneously laying a second layer of heated polymer over the turning mandrel and compressing the layer of heated polymer into the mesh layer and the mesh layer into the first layer of heated polymer simultaneously, and repeating the layering of the heated polymer and mesh layer until a desired wall thickness is reached.
US10766208B2
An electronic device and an information processing method are provided. The electronic device includes: a maintaining body configured to maintain a relative position relationship between the electronic device and the at least one part of the body of the user in a case that the electronic device is in a maintained state; a display connected to the maintaining body and including at least two display regions; a first sensor configured to sense a motion parameter of the at least one part of the body in a case that the at least one part of the body of the user moves; and a processor configured to determine a motion state of the at least one part of the body based on the motion parameter and adjust a display mode of the display based on the motion state according to a first adjusting strategy.
US10766206B2
In a manufacturing method of a resin composite plate for manufacturing a resin composite plate by heating under pressure a resin sheet group having a plurality of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin sheets stacked together, and thereby integrating the resin sheet group into one resin composite plate, the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin sheets each containing fibers arranged in one direction, the resin composite plate having a desired thickness is manufactured by stacking the plurality of fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin sheets having different thickness.
US10766197B2
A method of producing an object from a polymer powder using a laser sintering system, whereby the laser sintering system introduces heat energy to solidify select points of a layer of polymer powder according to build data of the object and adjusts the heat energy according to solidification of select points of other layers.
US10766189B2
A container (140) for receiving a manufactured object (160) from a 3D printer is disclosed. A method for cooling and unpacking 3D printed objects using that container. (140) is also disclosed. The container has a wall forming the sides of the container, a top extending to the sides of the container, a connector (142) for connection to a vacuum source and a guillotine member (150). The lower portion of the container has support members to slidably receive the guillotine member (150) to form a base of the container. The guillotine member is selectively configurable between an apertured configuration having a plurality of through holes (152) to allow passage of air and/or build material, and a closed configuration in which the through holes are closed so as to prevent build material from falling out of the container.
US10766187B2
A device for laminating panels that includes a base that includes an upper surface, a front edge and a rear edge, and a folding assembly that includes a first surface that is generally perpendicular with the upper surface of the base, a folding portion having an inner surface, a front edge and a rear edge. A folding path is defined from the front edge of the folding portion to the rear edge of the folding portion. An angle that is defined between the inner surface of the folding portion and the first surface decreases along the folding path.
US10766186B2
A method of integrating a first fibrous web with a second fibrous web, said method comprising the steps of: a. providing a first absorbent fibrous web material; b. providing a topsheet comprising a second fibrous web material; c. providing an integrating means; and d. integrating said first absorbent fibrous web material and said second fibrous web material by processing through said integrating means. The step of integrating said first absorbent fibrous web material and said second fibrous web material comprises inter-entangling fibers from the first absorbent fibrous web and fibers from the second fibrous web.
US10766177B2
Disclosed is a guide bushing for the guiding and sealing of a closing needle of a needle valve nozzle of an injection moulding apparatus, the guide bushing having a main part and a fastening element, wherein the main part has a through-opening for the closing needle, wherein the through-opening comprises at least one guiding portion, which encloses the closing needle with slight movement play, wherein the through-opening comprises at least two expansion portions, whose diameter in each case is larger than that of the at least one guiding portion. The guide bushing moreover comprises a fastening element, which is securable to the main part, wherein a seal element is arranged between the fastening element and the main part, bearing against the entire circumference of a closing needle inserted into the through-opening.
US10766174B2
A failure module includes a support element. A reinforcing element is disposed on the support element. The support element is chemically compatible with the reinforcing element. A homogeneous chemical bond is formed between the support element and the reinforcing element.
US10766169B2
To provide a resin mold which is excellent in adhesion to a substrate, excellent in release properties from a transfer material resin, further excellent in durability of the resin mold itself, and which endures repetition transfer to the transfer material resin, a resin mold of the invention is a resin mold having a fine concavo-convex structure on the surface, and is characterized in that the fluorine element concentration (Es) in a resin mold surface portion is the average fluorine element concentration (Eb) in the resin forming the resin mold or more.
US10766162B2
When the protruding length of a cutting blade 11 protruding below a lower surface of a base 2 of a portable machining device 1 is set to its maximum length, at least a part of a controller 31 for controlling an electric motor 12 is configured to be located behind a handle 14 in the front-to-rear direction. Furthermore, the controller 31 is disposed so as to be tilted in the left-to-right direction or in the up-to-down direction with respect to the cutting blade 11. Because of this configuration, the height of the handle 14 can be restricted and at the same time the controller 31 can be disposed in a compact manner.
US10766161B2
What is disclosed is an improved method of sawing wood and an improved sawmill capable of producing vertical grain lumber. Vertical grain lumber is a preferred lumber for use, for example, in trim applications. The improved method and improved sawmill both utilize a track having a carriage, the carriage has a vertical blade and a horizontal blade. The vertical blade and the horizontal blade travel on the carriage down the track. The log is then rotated for another length of lumber to be cut. In a preferred embodiment the sawmill utilizes a skewer for adjusting the log. In a preferred embodiment the log is held by a lathe that can be moved. In a preferred embodiment the log is placed on a skewer before it is engaged by the lathe.
US10766154B2
A treating system includes a controller and a treating device having a treating unit for treating a part of a body of a subject. An imaging arrangement is configured to obtain image data. The controller is configured to analyze the image data to identify a boundary between the part of the body of the subject and the environment around the part of the body; and determine the position of the treating device relative to the part of the body of the subject based on a position of the boundary in the image data.
US10766147B2
A buoyancy module for use with a water environment robotic system of the type having an underwater robotic vehicle having a winch has a buoyancy configuration which can be selectively altered. The system includes a module that is configured to be repeatedly, selectively buoyantly engaged and buoyantly disengaged with the underwater robotic vehicle. A tether is connected to the module and is extendable and retractable in response to operation of the winch. Extending and retracting the module can buoyantly engage or buoyantly disengage the buoyancy module with the underwater robotic vehicle according to the operation of a state controller. By engaging and disengaging the buoyancy module, the buoyancy of the underwater robot can be selectively altered. A method is also disclosed.
US10766145B2
A robot includes a gripping member configured to move and pick up the object, a camera affixed to the gripping member such that movement of the gripping member causes movement of the camera, the camera configured to measure and store data related to intensity of light and direction of light rays within the environment, an image processing module configured to process the data to generate a probabilistic model defining a location of the object within the environment, and an operation module configured to move the gripping member to the location and pick up the object.
US10766143B1
Techniques for systems and methods that provide for utilizing a robotic system to type commands that correspond to voice commands using a keyboard of a device are described herein. In embodiments, an image of a device may be received from a camera. A keyboard region of the device may be determined based on a keyboard detection algorithm that uses the image. One or more characters in a portion of the image that corresponds to the keyboard region of the device may be detected based on a character detection algorithm. The one or more characters may be grouped into one or more groups based on the portion of the image. A character of a portion of character associated with a group may be edited based on an error detection algorithm.
US10766134B2
The invention relates to a back module (2) for an exoskeleton structure, comprising a spinal column segment (21) designed to extend along a spinal column of a user, the spinal column segment (21) comprising a plurality of vertebral elements (211), stacked on one another, and a flexible connecting element (212) connecting the vertebral elements (211) to one another, the spinal column segment (21) having a stable equilibrium position in which the flexible connecting element (212) holds the vertebral elements (211) supported against one another, and the flexible connecting element (212) being elastic so that, during a movement of the back of the user, the flexible connecting element (212) allows a movement of the vertebral elements (211) with respect to one another, while exerting a return force tending to return the spinal column segment (21) the stable equilibrium position.
US10766133B2
A legged robotic device is disclosed. The legged robotic device can include a mechanism formed at least in part by a plurality of support members coupled together for relative movement defining a plurality of degrees of freedom, at least some of the plurality of degrees of freedom corresponding to degrees of freedom of a human leg. The legged robotic device can also include a primary drive actuator operable to apply a force or a torque to the support members in a first of the plurality of degrees of freedom. In addition, the legged robotic device can include a second actuator operable to apply a force or a torque to the support members in a second of the plurality of degrees of freedom. The mechanism can be configured to move in a gait-like motion that emulates human gait. The primary drive actuator can be sufficient to actuate the mechanism to move the mechanism in the gait-like motion. The mechanism can be dynamically modified by actuating the second actuator.
US10766127B2
A nosepiece assembly includes a first nosepiece portion including a fastener guide. The fastener guide has a support ledge to position a first fastener of a collated strip of fasteners in a drive channel. The nosepiece assembly also includes a second nosepiece portion connected to the first nosepiece portion opposite to the fastener guide with the first and second nosepiece portions defining the drive channel therebetween and defining a debris ejection passage therebetween. The debris ejection passage extends between the drive channel and a debris ejection aperture on an exterior surface of the nosepiece assembly.
US10766125B2
A ratchet screwdriver includes a mounting seat, a fixing ring, a control member, a driving shaft, two pawls, two springs, a fixing ring, a control member, a bead, a positioning spring and a bolt. The mounting seat has a front with a first slot, a second slot, a first extension slot, a second extension slot, a passage, a first hole and a second hole. The driving shaft has a ratchet portion. Each pawl is biased by one spring so as to be engaged with the ratchet portion. The control member is rotatably mounted to the mounting seat and the driving shaft to pivot the pawls to engage or disengage with the ratchet portion.
US10766124B2
A ratchet wrench (1) has a flexible clutch ring (500) that forms the mid part of a laminate-like structure comprising a wrench head (200), the clutch ring (500) and a drive element (40). When under load, the compression forces applied to the clutch ring (500) are substantially dissipated around its circumference (508) and inner surface (509), this inward force clamping upon the inherently strong drive outer surface (45). The laminate-like construction enables a reduction in the width or depth of the wrench head without a loss in strength.
US10766113B2
A machine tool is configured so that: a first frequency band comprising the main shaft characteristic vibration frequency and a second frequency band comprising the mechanical structure characteristic vibration frequency are set; thresholds are stored for each of the set frequency bands; vibration components are extracted for each of the frequency bands from the output of a vibration sensor; and when the vibration amplitude exceeds a threshold in either of the frequency bands, an alarm is sounded.
US10766106B2
A simplified drive press system is operable to press-fit a pair of first workpieces into a second workpiece. The drive press system uses a simplified mechanical arrangement to translate an input torque into movement of a pair of drive arms toward and away from one another. Yokes of differing configurations may be attached to the drive arms to accommodate a variety of different workpieces. A nut runner may be used to supply a drive torque to the gear assembly and provide a controlled input torque and control the movement of the drive arms. An overall reduction may be utilized that balances a desired movement resolution with the desire to detect changes in input torque. The nut runner may be programmable to provide a desired movement of the drive arms while monitoring the input torque to detect when a fully press-fitted condition is realized.
US10766099B2
A friction stir welding apparatus that includes a rotary tool and a heating device. The heating device is placed in front of the rotary tool to heat steel sheets that are used as a workpiece. The rotary tool is moved in the welding direction so that steel sheet is softened by frictional heat. Additionally, the surface temperature, the area, and the position of the heated region during the heating process are strictly controlled. The heating of the steel sheets by the welding apparatus provides sufficient strength and good welding workability by advantageously eliminating plastic flow defects generated due to insufficient heating of workpieces.
US10766097B2
A manifold structure has at least one flow passage and a center manifold section that has at least one machined cavity. The manifold structure includes a plurality of ultrasonically additively manufactured (UAM) finstock layers arranged in the flow passage. After the finstock is formed by UAM, the finstock is permanently joined to the center manifold section via a brazing or welding process. Using UAM and a permanent joining process enables joining of the UAM finstock having enhanced thermal features to a vacuum brazement structure. UAM enables the finstock to be formed of dissimilar metal materials or multi-material laminate materials. UAM also enables bond joints of the finstock to be arranged at angles greater than ten degrees relative to a horizontal axis by using the same aluminum material in the UAM process and in the vacuum brazing process.
US10766091B2
The amount of manganese in the weld fumes generated by an arc welding process can be reduced without reducing the concentration of manganese in the weld deposit ultimately obtained by supplying the manganese to the weld site by the hot wire welding electrode of a hot wire welding process.
US10766087B2
The present invention provides a unique and novel, low-cost external assembly that can be used to add a pulsed current functionality to a continuous welding machine. The external assembly is located in series between a pedal for controlling the welder and the welder itself. The external assembly includes a controller that modifies the pedal input signal typically entering directly into the welder. The modified signal converts the continuous welding machine such that it operates as a pulsed welding machine.
US10766081B2
The invention relates to a finishing device for removing the weld bead generated during welding of a window or door frame or frame section at the mitered surfaces, wherein the finishing device comprises a support surface for the frame or frame section and a processing arm for supporting a tool holder, and the processing arm consists of a plurality of arm elements that move in hinged fashion relative to one another but can also be fixed in place, wherein the tool holder comprises at least two cutting tools driven by a rotational drive, said tools rotating about a tool axis and at least one tool laterally next to the blade of the tool, contact sides.
US10766080B2
A cutting tool and method of manufacturing a tool including determining desired flowrates to cutting edges. The method includes calculating pressure drop and passage dimensions for each of an nth-number of passages to the cutting edges based on In=(Pn*Ann)/(ρn*Ln), wherein In is nth-passage flow rate, Pn is nth-passage pressure drop, Ann is nth-passage cross-sectional area raised to a power n, the power n being equal to 1 or 0.5, ρn is nth-passage resistivity, and Ln is nth-passage length. The method includes forming the nth-passages in the tool open to each cutting edge based on the nth-passage dimensions.
US10766076B2
A coated cutting tool comprising a cemented carbide and a coating layer formed on a surface of the cemented carbide, wherein: an average thickness of the coating layer is from 5.0 μm or more to 30.0 μm or less; and in the cemented carbide, when regarding a region thereof which ranges from the surface of the cemented carbide to a depth of 20.0 μm in a direction opposite to the coating layer as a surface region, and also regarding a region thereof on a side opposite to the coating layer across the surface region as an inner region, an average value of KAM values in the surface region KAMs and an average value of KAM values in the inner region KAMi satisfy a condition represented by formula (1) below. 0.00°≤|KAMs−KAMi|≤0.10° (1)
US10766075B2
A grooving insert includes a front surface and an opposite rear surface, a first side surface and an opposite second side surface, and a top surface and an opposite bottom surface. The top surface includes a top front portion and a top rear portion, the top front portion having a cutting edge arranged symmetrically relative to a first plane. The bottom surface is symmetrically arranged in relation to a second plane, the first plane and the second plane forming an angle (α) of 0.5-5.0° relative to each other.
US10766073B2
After a chuck portion chucks a workpiece holding body which aligns and holds a plurality of workpieces on which components are to be placed, the posture of the workpieces held in the workpiece holding body is adjusted due to rotation mechanism by rotating the chuck portion around an axial line which extends in an aligning direction of the plurality of workpieces held in the workpiece holding body. Then, a placing head places the components on each of the plurality of workpieces which are subjected to posture adjustment.
US10766072B2
Provided is a method for producing high density nickel powder particularly having a median diameter of 100 to 160 μm by controlling a particle size of nickel powder. The method includes: performing an initial operation by charging a pressure vessel equipped with a stirrer with a nickel ammine complex solution containing nickel in the concentration of 5 to 75 g/L together with seed crystals in the amount of 5 to 200 g per liter of the solution, increasing the temperature of the solution, and performing a reduction reaction with hydrogen by blowing hydrogen gas into the pressure vessel, thereby obtaining the nickel contained in the nickel ammine complex solution as nickel powder; and thereafter, performing a specified operation A repeatedly at least once to obtain the nickel powder having the median diameter of 100 to 160 μm and a bulk density of 1 to 4.5 g/cm3.
US10766065B2
A component is formed from a component material introduced into a mold assembly. The mold assembly includes a mold that has a cavity defined therein by an interior wall. The cavity receives the component material in a molten state to form the component. A multiple component core assembly is positioned with respect to the mold and has a first core component attached to a second core component at a core split line. A core connection component is attached to each of the first and second core components at the core split line, such that the first core component is held adjacent the second core component at the core split line. The core connection component is formed from a connection component material that is at least partially absorbable by the component material.
US10766051B1
An apparatus for wetting one or more absorbent strips with a solution can comprise a solution tray and a dispenser tray, each comprising a base that defines opposing upper and lower surfaces and one or more openings and a sidewall extending away from the upper surface and disposed along a periphery of the base. One or more dispensers can each include a tube extending between first and second ends, the first end being coupled to the dispenser tray's base such that the tube is configured to receive solution from a respective one of the opening(s) of the dispenser tray. An applicator tray can be configured to receive the strip(s). The solution, dispenser, and applicator trays are positionable to permit solution to flow through the solution tray's opening(s) onto the dispenser tray's base, through the dispenser tray's opening(s) into the dispenser(s), and through the dispenser(s) onto the applicator tray.
US10766041B2
A fluid application device having a flow diverter is provided. The fluid application device includes an applicator head having an internally formed manifold having a fluid input conduit, two or more fluid output conduits and a chamber disposed between the input conduit and the two or more output conduits. An external attachment surface is formed on the applicator head and is configured to have two or more nozzles selectively and removably secured thereto. A flow diverter is removably disposed in the chamber and includes a plug having two or more channels, each channel in fluid communication with the fluid input conduit and a respective fluid output conduit of the two or more output conduits. The fluid input conduit is configured to receive a fluid from a supply source and the two or more fluid output conduits are configured to discharge the fluid from the applicator head to respective nozzles.
US10766033B2
Systems and methods are described herein for improved droplet generation within microfluidic apparatuses. Electrowetting forces of varying configurations may be used to separate droplets from a fluidic reservoir in a reproducible and rapid manner. In many embodiments, separation of droplets from the fluidic reservoir is performed without the use of highly specialized surfactants.
US10766032B2
Devices, systems, and their methods of use, for generating droplets are provided. One or more geometric parameters of a microfluidic channel can be selected to generate droplets of a desired and predictable droplet size.
US10766029B2
Devices are for assessing the migration response in the presence of a stable encapsulated gradient of a factor or factor combination, and quantifying the adherence response inside micro-channels in the presence of different factors. A platform is for obtaining information relating to migration score or the quantification of adhered cells through use of the devices, and it allows this information to be used to assess therapeutic potential. A method quantifies the cells migration response and the cell adherence response.
US10766024B2
A multicomponent photocatalyst includes a reactive component optically, electronically, or thermally coupled to a plasmonic material. A method of performing a catalytic reaction includes loading a multicomponent photocatalyst including a reactive component optically, electronically, or thermally coupled to a plasmonic material into a reaction chamber, introducing molecular reactants into the reaction chamber, and illuminating the reaction chamber with a light source.
US10766023B2
Provided are a novel form of AFX zeolite, a novel synthesis technique for producing pure phase small pore zeolites, a novel synthesis method for producing a zeolite with an increased Al pair content, a catalyst comprising the AFX zeolite in combination with a metal, and methods of using the same.
US10766011B2
The present disclosure is directed to a blending system including a blending mechanism, wherein said blending mechanism comprises a mixing chamber including at least a submersible motor, at least a high shear mixer, at least an impeller and at least a multistage retention time cup.
US10766005B2
Nanostructured polyelectrolyte bilayers deposited by Layer-by-Layer deposition on nanoporous membranes can be selectively crosslinked to modify the polyelectrolyte charge density and control ionic selectivity independent of ionic conductivity. For example, the polyelectrolyte bilayer can comprise a cationic polymer layer, such as poly(ethyleneimine), and an anionic polymer layer, such as poly(acrylic acid). Increasing the number of bilayers increases the cation selectivity when the poly(ethyleneimine) layer is crosslinked with glutaraldehyde. Crosslinking the membranes also increases the chemical and mechanical strength of the polyelectrolyte films. This controllable and inexpensive method can be used to create ion-selective and mechanically robust membranes on porous supports for a wide range of applications.
US10766002B2
A reverse osmosis system and a method of operating the same includes a membrane housing comprising a reverse osmosis membrane therein. The membrane housing has a feed fluid inlet, a brine outlet and a permeate outlet. A first turbocharger has a first pump portion and a first turbine portion. The brine outlet is coupled to a first pipe directing a first portion of brine to the first pump portion. The first pump portion is in fluid communication with the feed fluid inlet. A feed pump communicates feed fluid to the feed fluid inlet. The brine outlet is coupled to a second pipe directing a second portion of brine away from the first pump portion.
US10765987B2
An air filter medium includes a first porous PTFE membrane and a second porous PTFE membrane. An average fiber diameter of fibers included in the first porous PTFE membrane is 0.24 to 0.45 μm, an average fiber diameter of fibers included in the second porous PTFE membrane is 0.04 to 0.23 μm, the air filter medium has a first main surface and a second main surface, and the first porous PTFE membrane and the second porous PTFE membrane are arranged so that an air flow moving from the first main surface to the second main surface passes through the first porous PTFE membrane and subsequently through the second porous PTFE membrane.
US10765982B2
A water extractor including: an inlet; an outlet; a body including a helical passageway having an exit proximate the outlet and an entrance; an elbow connector enclosing a fluid passageway that fluidly connects the inlet to the entrance of the helical passageway, the elbow connector being bent at a selected angle and including an inner radius and an outer radius opposite the inner radius; and a baffle extending from proximate the inlet to the entrance and located within the fluid passageway of the elbow connector, the baffle being configured to partition the fluid passageway into a first fluid passageway proximate the inner radius of the elbow connector and a second fluid passageway proximate the outer radius of the elbow connector.
US10765980B2
An inertial particle separator for an aircraft engine inlet, including inlet, intermediate and bypass ducts. The intermediate duct extends generally transversally from the inlet duct to the engine inlet, and communicates with the inlet duct adjacent its downstream end. The bypass duct extends downstream from the inlet duct and intermediate duct, and defines an outlet communicating with the environment of the engine. A wall of the intermediate duct intersects a wall of the inlet duct on an engine side of the wall of the inlet duct. The engine side of the wall of the inlet duct defines an engine-side inlet air flow line of the inertial particle separator. A wall of the bypass duct intersects the wall of the intermediate duct closer to a central axis of the engine than an extension of the engine-side inlet air flow line into the bypass duct.
US10765972B2
The invention provides an apparatus and method for purification of a fluid, the apparatus comprising: a vessel (1) for receiving, in operation, a filter bed (2) with granular filter material; a transport system (8) configured to, during operation, transport filter material from a cavity (5) underneath the filter bed (2) to a location (17) above the filter bed; a fluid inlet (14) for introducing fluid to be purified into the apparatus; a mixing section (3) adapted to, in operation, provide a mixture of fluid from the fluid inlet and granular filter material from the filter bed in a part of the vessel beneath the mixing section; and a plurality of gas lift injectors (4), wherein each gas lift injector (4) is configured to, in operation, transport the mixture of fluid from the fluid inlet (14) and granular filter material from the filter bed (2) to the cavity (5).
US10765968B2
Provided is a supercritical fluid chromatography method, system, and components comprising such a system wherein a non-polar solvent may replace a portion or all of a polar solvent for the purpose of separating or extracting desired sample molecules from a combined sample/solvent stream. The method and system are designed to eliminate or reduce the amount of polar solvent necessary for chromatographic separation and/or extraction of desired samples to less than or equal to twenty percent polar solvent within the total volume concentration of the total solvents used, and the technique may include one or more of a supercritical fluid chiller, a supercritical fluid pressure-equalizing vessel, and a supercritical fluid cyclonic separator. The supercritical fluid chiller and the use of the chiller allow efficient and consistent pumping of liquid-phase gases employing off-the-shelf HPLC pumps in the supercritical chromatography system using liquid-phase gas mobile phase. The pressure equalizing vessel allows the use of off the shelf HPLC column cartridges in the supercritical chromatography system. The cyclonic separator efficiently and effectively allows for separation of sample molecules from a liquid phase or gas phase stream of a supercritical fluid. The technique may further incorporate the use of one or more disposable cartridges containing silica gel or other suitable medium for use as a chromatographic separation column. The technique may also utilize an open loop cooling circuit using fluids with a positive Joule-Thompson coefficient.
US10765956B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a plurality of word strings in a first language, each received word string comprising a plurality of words, identifying one or more named entities in each received word string using a statistical classifier that was trained using training data comprising a plurality of features, wherein one of the features is a word shape feature that comprises a respective token for each letter of a respective word wherein each token signifies a case of the letter or whether the letter is a digit, and translating the received word strings from the first language to a second language including preserving the respective identified named entities in each received word string during translation.
US10765954B2
A broadcast augmentation computing system comprises a logic machine and a storage machine. The storage machine holds instructions executable by the logic machine to receive dynamically-updating state information reported by an application providing an interactive virtual event. The dynamically-updating state information at least indicates positions of avatars and objects within a virtual environment of the interactive virtual event, such positions being generated by the application. Based at least on the state information, a plurality of insights for review by a broadcaster are identified. Based on one or more relevance filtering parameters, the plurality of insights is filtered to identify insights as relevant for the current state of the application. The relevant insights are presented to the broadcaster for deliver to one or more viewers of a broadcast of the interactive virtual event.
US10765953B1
An example of an information processing system includes a plurality of information processing terminals and a server. One terminal outputs an inaudible sound, thereby transmitting a user ID to the other terminal. The other terminal senses the inaudible sound and distinguishes the user ID of the one terminal in accordance with the inaudible sound. Based on the distinguished user ID, the other terminal acquires user information from the server and displays the acquired user information. The other terminal transmits a friend request to the server. When receiving friend requests from both terminals, the server stores the user IDs of both terminals in association with each other.
US10765952B2
A system and method for providing system-level multiuser matchmaking is provided. A user selection specifying a multiuser activity associated with an interactive content title is received. An activity template associated with the selected activity is retrieved and the retrieved activity template includes activity requirements required to launch the selected activity. A new multiuser session having session requirements is established, and the session requirements are based on at least the activity requirements. The user device and at least one peer device identified based on the session requirements is added to the new multiuser session. The selected activity is launched in the new multiuser session.
US10765946B2
Goods available to be obtained for use by a game character in a video game are displayed in stacks of icons indicative of the goods. The icons may be stacked such that goods of greater immediate use to the game character are higher in the stacks.
US10765944B2
An animation system and method generates predictive models that are deployed in animations, such as an animation associated with a video game, to predict outcomes resulting from events occurring in the animation, such as interactions between two or more objects in the animation. These predictive models may be generated based at least in part on training data that is generated by running the animation, such as playing a video game, generating parameter values associated with events in the animation, and determining an outcome of the events. The training data may be used to generate predictive models, such as by using machine learning algorithms. The predictive models may then be deployed in the animation, such as in a video game, to make real time or near real-time predictions of outcomes based at least in part on events in the animation.
US10765942B2
A server device includes: a set information acquisitor, a first storage, a set information request receiver, and an output controller. The set information acquisitor is configured to acquire from a first terminal device a set information which indicates a set of objects and which is associated with a first user. The first terminal device is configured to process a game by using the set information and to proceed with reference to the set of objects extracted from the set information. The set information request receiver is configured to receive an output request related to the set information from a second terminal device corresponding to a second user. The output controller is configured to cause, on the basis of the set information stored in the first storage, an output device to output at least one of the set information corresponding to the output request and information related to the set information.
US10765932B1
A maze capable of changing rolling paths contains: a rotatable three-dimensional block formed in a six-sided cube shape and defined by twenty-six square cube units for matching with a central fixing element. The rotatable three-dimensional block includes nine of the twenty-six square cube units formed in a 3 by 3 grid arranged on the rotatable three-dimensional block, and each square cube unit has three sets of rotary layers so as to form twelve rotary layer units. The rotatable three-dimensional block includes at least one path having at least one visible window formed on the at least one path respectively. The at least one path is formed in any one of a T shape, a cross shape, and an arc shape on each square cube unit, and the at least one path includes a ball rolling therein and at least one channel which communicates with one another.
US10765928B2
The invention is to a protective pad for protection from impact and a protective garment using the same. The protective pad includes a foam part and a plate part. The foam part includes a plurality of channels, a plurality of cutout portions, and a plate accommodating section for receiving the plate part. The channels are formed in a first surface of the foam part and the plate accommodating section is formed in a second surface opposite to the first surface. The cutout portions of the foam part are through-holes formed in the foam part from the first surface to the second surface. The plate part is arranged on the plate accommodating section of the foam part, and the plate part includes a plurality of cutout portions that are substantially aligned with the cutout portions of the foam part.
US10765927B2
The sports ball catapult driven by mechanical means disclosed herein may comprise a main body, an arming mechanism, a drive mechanism, a cradle mechanism, and a firing mechanism. The system is designed to operate by purely mechanical means and without power, and is launch speed and launch angle adjustable. The action of the system is such that the arming mechanism may be engaged by a user to apply tension on the cradle mechanism and drive mechanism. The user may then place a ball into the cradle mechanism, and may launch the ball from the system by engaging the firing mechanism. The engaging of the firing mechanism releases the tension in the system, causing the cradle mechanism to accelerate the ball into the air. The entire system is contained within the main body, which is designed to provide an easily moveable, lightweight, and low maintenance solution for achieving such a purpose.
US10765924B2
Embodiments provide a lacrosse head with a pinched ball containment area. The head includes a juncture, a stop member adjoining the juncture, first and second sidewalls extending from the stop member in a forward direction, and a transverse wall connecting the first and second sidewalls opposite to the stop member. The adjoining transverse wall and first sidewall may form a first shoulder portion and the adjoining transverse wall and second sidewall may form a second shoulder portion, with the first and second shoulder portions defining an inside widest point perpendicularly across the bisecting line. Within a certain distance from the widest point in a rearward direction, the first sidewall and the second sidewall define a ball containment width that places the frame of the lacrosse head closer to a ball than an opposing lacrosse head during a draw.
US10765914B1
An individual isokinetic pull force time performance exercise training system for monitoring power on each repetition in a workout on a piece of exercise equipment with a load cell and rotary encoder integrated into the equipment with wireless data transfer and signal processing for a display to provide relevant exercise measurements viewable to a trainer or trainee in a graphical format.
US10765911B1
A core exercise assembly includes a rack, a ball positioned in the rack, a cup that is positionable on top of the ball and a pair of knee pads that is each coupled to the top surface of the cup. Each of the user's knees can be positioned in a respective one of the knee pads for kneeling on the ball. A collar is closable around the ball having the collar being aligned with an equator of the ball. A plurality of bottom cords is each coupled between the collar and the rack. Each of the bottom cords is comprised of a resiliently stretchable material for strengthening core muscles. A shirt is wearable by the user and a plurality of top cords is each coupled between the shirt and the rack. Each of the top cords is comprised of a resiliently compressible material for exercising core muscles.
US10765906B2
A weight collar for retaining a weight on a bar, comprising a bar engaging section having an opening for receiving the bar therethrough and a weight engaging section having proximal and distal ends, the weight engaging section extending from the bar engaging section so as to extend at least partially toward the weight when the bar engaging section receives the bar through the opening, the bar engaging section being configured to engage the bar with a gripping force as the weight exerts a rotational force on the distal end of the weight engaging section so as to prevent the weight from sliding off the bar, the distal end of the weight engaging section being orthogonally spaced at least 1 inch from a central axis of the opening, a center of gravity of the collar being orthogonally spaced at least 0.1 inches from the central axis toward the distal end.
US10765901B2
A programmable range of motion system has a frame, a range of motion device, a controller, a computer and sensors. The frame has a seat to support a rehab patient. The range of motion device is attached to the frame. The actuator, servo or alternate mechanism selectively rotates the range of motion device through a range of motion for a rehab patient's limb. The controller controls the actuator, servo or alternate mechanism. The computer is connected electronically to the controller. The computer has a software, program or application including a plurality of programmable range of motion movements for exercising the limb. The sensor detects movements of the actuator, servo or alternate mechanism and records data back to the computer. The term actuator as used hereafter includes servo or alternate articulating mechanism.
US10765898B2
An elongated hollow component includes a body extending from a first end to a second end and defining a longitudinal axis. The body includes a plurality of layers each circumscribing the longitudinal axis. The plurality of layers includes a base layer including a first steel material, and an inner surface coating coupled to a radially inner surface of the base layer. The inner surface coating includes a second steel material.
US10765889B2
At each step of a workflow performed by an operator that involves a plurality of input mechanisms in a radiation therapy system, the operator is assisted in the process of selecting the next input mechanism in a way that greatly reduces the number of possible input mechanisms that can be chosen. A first subset of input mechanisms is made visually prominent via a first visual technique and a second subset of the input mechanisms is made visually prominent via a second visual technique. The first subset includes input mechanisms that are available for selection at that particular step in the workflow and the second subset includes recommended input mechanisms that are the most likely to be the next input mechanism that should be actuated by the operator at that particular step in the workflow.
US10765887B2
A phototherapy device comprising an outer garment wrap and a lamp assembly. The outer garment wrap has an inner surface. The lamp assembly has a base layer and a frame defining a plurality of inner chambers. A LED lamp assembly is positioned within each of the plurality of inner chambers. The lamp assembly is positioned on the inner surface of the outer garment wrap. A protective lamp envelope for receipt of the lamp assembly and attachment thereof to the outer garment wrap is likewise disclosed.
US10765868B2
The present application discloses am electrical stimulation device for electrically stimulating at least one target zone of an organism. The electrical stimulation device comprises a control unit and an electrical stimulation unit. The electrical stimulation unit includes a frequency synthesizer, an amplifier, a variable resistor, at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode. The frequency synthesizer is coupled to the control unit and generates a frequency signal. The amplifier is coupled to the frequency synthesizer. The variable resistor comprises a resistance and is coupled to the control unit and the amplifier. The first electrode and the second electrode are coupled to the amplifier. The amplifier outputs an electrical stimulation signal according to the frequency signal of the frequency synthesizer and the resistance of the variable resistor to impel the first electrode and the second electrode to generate an electric field.
US10765866B2
An example a system includes a neuromodulation generator that may be configured to use electrodes to generate a first modulation field over a test region of neural tissue along the electrodes to prime the neural tissue throughout the test region and a second modulation field to test targeted locations within the test region for therapeutic effectiveness. A memory may be configured to store a first modulation field parameter for generating the first modulation field and a second modulation field parameter set for generating the second modulation field to modulate a targeted location within the test region. The second modulation field parameter set is programmable for modulating other targeted locations. The controller may be configured to control the neuromodulation generator to use the first modulation field parameter set to deliver the first modulation field and to use the second modulation field parameter set to deliver the second modulation field.
US10765857B2
A cutaneous electrode device intended for being connected to an electrical pulse generator including a planar body and an electrically insulating material on which at least one electrode, at least one means for connecting to the electrical pulse generator and at least one conductive element electrically connecting said electrode to said connection means are formed. The at least one electrode ends at an inner surface of the body and the at least one connection means ends at an outer surface of the body. The body also has at least one projecting portion that is mechanically connecting an electrode and a connection.
US10765855B2
A breaker device (1) for acting onto a closure element (40) of a medical tubing (4) comprises a drive arrangement (2) having an electric drive device (20) and a drive element (23) driven by the drive device (20), and a breaker module (3) which is arrangeable on the drive arrangement (2). The breaker module (3) comprises a housing (30), a movable part (31) movably arranged on the housing (30) and a breaking element (315) for acting onto the closure element (40) of the tubing (4), wherein the breaker module (3) in an attached state is placed on the drive arrangement (2), the drive element (23) being in operative connection with the movable part (31) in the attached state such that a movement of the drive element (23) causes the movable part (31) to move for actuating the breaking element (315). A control device (5) serves for controlling the electric drive device (20) for driving the drive element (23). Herein, the control device (5) is constituted to control, during a detection routine, the electric drive device (20) to drive the drive element (23) in order to move the movable part (31), wherein the control device (5) is further constituted to analyse at least one feedback signal received during the detection routine for determining a type of the breaker module (3), the feedback signal being indicative of a movement of the movable part (31) during the detection routine.
US10765854B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include a connector that is suitable for connecting medical suction tubing with at least two different types of fluid ports of a medical fluid collection system. In certain aspects, the connector includes a generally cylindrical body portion having a cylindrical outer surface extending generally parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the body portion, and an inner surface defining a primary conduit extending through the connector. At least one lateral closure wall extends radially outward from the outer surface of the body portion. At least one annular skirt wall extends longitudinally from the at least one lateral closure wall, including a first annular skirt wall that serves to receive an open mouth of a first fluid port having a relatively small diameter, and a second annular skirt wall that serves to receive an open mouth of a second fluid port having a relatively larger diameter.
US10765843B2
A method may include accessing an artery in communication with an ophthalmic artery of a subject, and advancing a microcatheter along the accessed artery so as to align a distal end of the microcatheter with an ostium of the ophthalmic artery, wherein the microcatheter includes a lumen having a guidewire positioned therein. In addition, the method includes proximally withdrawing the guidewire relative to the microcatheter so as to enable a distal portion of the microcatheter to assume a curved relaxed configuration, and cannulating the ostium with the distal portion of the microcatheter when the distal portion is in the curved relaxed configuration.
US10765828B2
A cushion tension assembly for a respiratory interface device is provided. Cushion tension assembly includes an adjustment assembly and a number of tension members. Each tension member is operatively coupled to the adjustment assembly and is operatively coupled to the cushion body. In this configuration, the adjustment assembly is structured to move cushion body between a first configuration in which the cushion body provides a generally continuous seal, and a second configuration in which the cushion body provides a more complete seal.
US10765817B2
Devices, systems, and methods that may be used to controllably deliver alcohol to a subject using an inhaler, wherein the inhaler may include a housing having a flow channel coupled to an ethanol-containing inhalant reservoir, an actuator configured to facilitate release of the inhalant, a constituent sensor, and a control unit. The control unit may accept parameters associated with the subject, create an inhalant delivery regime, and control operation of the actuator based at least partially on a sensed constituent level to facilitate release of an ethanol-containing inhalant from the reservoir into the flow channel in accordance with the regimen.
US10765813B2
A self-injection device (100, 200), including a pen body (108, 208) connectable to a pen needle (10), and a cap (104, 204) selectively connectable to the pen body (108, 208) in a first orientation with respect to the pen body (108, 208) to minimize the length or volume of the self injection device (100, 200), and in a second orientation to provide sufficient length or volume in an interior of the cap (104, 204) to house a pen needle (10) connected to the pen body (108, 208).
US10765802B2
A medical system includes an input assembly for receiving one or more user inputs. The input assembly includes at least one slider assembly for providing an input signal. Processing logic receives the input signal from the input assembly and provides a first output signal and a second output signal. A display assembly is configured to receive, at least in part, the first output signal from the processing logic and render information viewable by the user. The second output signal is provided to one or more medical system components. The information rendered on the display assembly may be manipulatable by the user and at least a portion of the information rendered may be magnified.
US10765800B2
An infusion pump assembly includes an enclosure assembly. A reservoir assembly is positioned at least partially within the enclosure assembly and is configured to contain an infusible fluid. A pump assembly is positioned at least partially within the enclosure assembly and is configured to effectuate the dispensing of the infusible fluid contained within the reservoir assembly. Processing logic is positioned at least partially within the enclosure assembly and is configured to control the pump assembly. A removable cover assembly is configured to releasably engage the enclosure assembly. A combination of the removable cover assembly and at least a portion of the enclosure assembly defines a power supply cavity configured to prevent a removable power supply assembly from being reverse-polarity electrically coupled to the processing logic.
US10765798B2
In one aspect, a system is provided for administering a formulated food solution. The system includes a syringe body having a collar, a barrel, and at least one protrusion. The system includes a handle configured to be hung on a support and a holder body connected to the handle. The holder body has a central opening sized to receive the syringe body. The holder body includes at least one alignment portion configured to engage at least one protrusion of the syringe body and resist turning of the syringe body in the central opening of the holder body.
US10765797B2
A device for controlling delivery of a fluid to a patient is disclosed having an injector device having a cylindrical body and a plunger having a head having a valve, the valve capable of opening and closing, the plunger for insertion into the cylindrical body of the injector device. A device for controlling delivery of a fluid to a patient is also disclosed having an inlet end, an outlet end, a side having a portion of elastic material, the elastic material capable of expanding or contracting with the device for insertion between an injector device and a manifold or an injector device and a catheter.
US10765795B2
Apparatus for use in dialyzing a patient comprising a hemodialysis catheter comprising an elongated body having a proximal and a distal end, wherein the distal end terminates in a substantially planar distal end surface; first and second lumens extending from the proximal end to the distal end, wherein the lumens terminate on the distal end surface in first and second mouths, arranged in side-by-side configuration, and further wherein the lumens are separated by a septum; and first and second longitudinal slots formed in the distal end of the elongated body and communicating with the interiors of the lumens, the slots opening on the distal end surface; wherein the slots each have a length and a width, relative to the dimensions of the lumens and the rate of blood flow to be passed through the hemodialysis catheter, so as to minimize undesirable recirculation of dialyzed blood.
US10765793B1
A spectroscopic detection system includes a sensor configured to reflect light of a first wavelength associated with a presence of a reference substance on the sensor and configured to reflect light of a second wavelength associated with a presence of a monitored substance on the sensor, wherein the monitored substance flows to the sensor from a circulating fluid. The spectroscopic detection system further includes a detector that has first and second channels for respectively receiving the light of the first and second wavelengths reflected from the sensor and one or more processors in electrical communication with the detector and configured to identify an excess condition of the monitored substance with respect to the circulating fluid based on a ratio of a second amount of the light of the second wavelength received at the detector to a first amount of the light of the first wavelength received at the detector.
US10765791B2
The systems, devices, and methods presented herein use a blood pump to obtain measurements of cardiac function. The system can quantify the functioning of the native heart by measuring certain parameters/signals such as aortic pressure or motor current, then calculate and display one or more cardiac parameters and heart function parameters, such as left ventricular pressure, left ventricular end diastolic pressure, or cardiac power output. These parameters provide valuable information to a user regarding current cardiac function, as well as positioning and function of the blood pump. In some embodiments, the system can act as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool. Providing cardiac parameters in real-time, along with warnings about adverse effects and recommendations to support cardiac function, such as increasing or decreasing the volumetric flow rate of blood pumped by the device, administering pharmaceutical therapies, and/or repositioning the blood pump allow clinicians to better support and treat cardiovascular disease.
US10765781B2
Systems and methods related to polymer foams are generally described. Some embodiments relate to compositions and methods for the preparation of polymer foams, and methods for using the polymer foams. The polymer foams can be applied to a body cavity and placed in contact with, for example, tissue, injured tissue, internal organs, etc. In some embodiments, the polymer foams can be formed within a body cavity (i.e., in situ foam formation). In addition, the foamed polymers may be capable of exerting a pressure on an internal surface of a body cavity and preventing or limiting movement of a bodily fluid (e.g., blood, etc.).
US10765764B2
Provided are imaging agents comprising a compound of Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of their use.
US10765763B2
A radioligand for labeling myelin includes a fluorescent trans-stilbene derivative.
US10765755B1
A delivery system of coated and uncoated nanoparticles (NP) for delivery of methylene blue (MB). The delivery system was developed using PLGA-based polymer that was repeatedly shown to be biocompatible and biodegradable. The parameters of synthesized NPs were within the suitable range for BBB permeation—specifically, the NPs were monodispersed, with slight negative charge, and with the size within 100-150 nm range suitable for intravenous delivery and delivery to the brain. The coating on the nanoparticle did not have a significant impact on the nanoparticle size and zeta potential. Based on the immunoblotting experiments using AD cellular model, the GSH coated NPs were better in reducing tau levels compared to MB solution. In vitro BBB Transwell permeation study showed eight fold higher MB-NP permeation compared to the MB solution over 24 hours.
US10765751B2
A method for treating tumor or inflammation in a patient in need thereof by administering a pH sensitive drug which includes a pH sensitive carrier including at least one amphipathic substance, and a physiologically active substance supported in the pH sensitive carrier to induce the pH sensitive carrier to develop a membrane disruptive function and to deliver the physiologically active substance to the site. The pH sensitive carrier can include at least one of deoxycholic acid, cholic acid, ursodeoxycholic acid, chenodeoxycholic acid, hyodeoxycholic acid, C27 bile acid, glycodeoxycholic acid, glycyrrhizic acid, glycyrrhetinic acid and salts thereof, and the amphipathic substance can include at least one of a phosphatidylcholine having 10 to 12 carbon atoms, a polyoxyethylene sorbitan monofatty acid ester having 12 to 18 carbon atoms, a sorbitan fatty acid ester having 16 to 18 carbon atoms, glycerol monooleate, glycerol dilaurate, glycerol distearate, glycerol dioleate, polyoxyethylene castor oil and α-tocopherol.
US10765741B2
This document provides methods and materials related to treating cancer (e.g., skin cancer). For example, methods and materials relating to the use of a composition containing albumin-containing nanoparticle/antibody complexes (e.g., Abraxane®/anti-VEGF polypeptide antibody complexes) to treat cancer (e.g., skin cancer) are provided.
US10765738B2
The present invention relates to the amelioration of toxic effects that are caused by therapies aimed at FGFR4-inhibition. In particular, the invention relates to the combination of FGFR4 inhibitors and agents capable of reducing bile acid levels and to the use thereof in the treatment of diseases.
US10765728B2
Method for generating immune cells resistant to arginine and/or tryptophan depleted microenvironment
The present invention pertains to engineered immune cells, method for their preparation and their use as medicament, particularly for immunotherapy. The engineered immune cells of the present invention are characterized in that at least one gene selected from a gene encoding GCN2 and a gene encoding PRDM1 is inactivated or repressed. Such modified Immune cells are resistant to an arginine and/or tryptophan depleted microenvironment caused by, e.g., tumor cells, which makes the immune cells of the invention particularly suitable for immunotherapy. The invention opens the way to standard and affordable adoptive immunotherapy strategies using immune cells for treating different types of malignancies.
US10765727B2
Described herein are compositions and methods for treating a disease, particularly a cancer, with primed dendritic cells recognizing a tumor antigen. The methods may comprise storing, shipping and/or culturing dendritic cells, where the dendritic cells are stored on a hard surface. Lysis protocols are described where the lysis does not result in complete lysis of cells in order to provide cell surface molecules maintained in a cell surface-embedded state. Non-lethal Dengue virus strains are also provided for therapeutic purposes.
US10765726B2
The present invention relates unit dose formulations of antidotes to anticoagulants targeting factor Xa. Disclosed herein are methods of stopping or preventing bleeding in a patient that is currently undergoing anticoagulant therapy with a factor Xa inhibitor.
US10765725B2
Disclosed are methods of treating pain in a mammal, which may include the step of administering human growth hormone to a mammal in need thereof. The pain treated by the disclosed methods may be of a type caused by inflammation induced mechanical and/or thermal hypersensitivity, and may include, for example, a pain type resulting from one or more conditions selected from peripheral injury pain, post-operative pain, cutaneous inflammation, cutaneous incision, muscle incision, or chronic pain. Disease states in which the disclosed methods may be used include fibromyalgia, sickle cell anemia, epidermolysis bullosa, erythromelalgia, complex regional pain syndrome, or generalized muscle pain.
US10765723B2
The present invention relates to novel therapies for treating autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. More specifically, the present invention relates to a use of low dose interleukin-2 for the treatment of type I diabetes and other autoimmune and/or inflammatory diseases.
US10765719B2
Prophylactic and/or therapeutic antipathogen agents are provided that disrupt or prevent the formation of at least one homotypic and/or heterotypic protein-protein interaction that has at least one CEA-family protein and that is involved in the establishment and colonization of a pathogen in a suitable host.
US10765717B2
The present invention relates to a detoxifying composition containing a new green extract, which is a medicinal herb, as an active ingredient. Thus, toxicities in the human body can be efficiently removed without side effects by activating an enzyme necessary for detoxification.
US10765710B2
The present invention provides a combination comprising at least an oncolytic virus and one or more immune checkpoint modulator(s) for use for the treatment of a proliferative disease such as cancer. It also relates to a kit comprising an oncolytic virus and one or more immune checkpoint modulator(s) in separate containers. It also concerns a pharmaceutical composition comprising effective amount of an oncolytic virus and one or more immune checkpoint modulator(s).
US10765707B2
A honey based composition is described. The composition includes a mixture of honey, a short chain fatty alcohol and a fatty ester or wax. The composition has applications for use in wound dressings and in one embodiment may be a gel. The composition has a higher than expected storage stability, remaining stable for many weeks when held at elevated temperatures and retains all of the other desirable characteristics including anti-microbial activity.
US10765697B2
Assays, methods and kits for predicting a subject's (e.g., human) risk of primary glomerulopathy, secondary glomerulopathy or recurrence (e.g., post-transplant recurrence) of any glomerular disease include examining cells for the presence or absence of cytoskeletal disruptions or rearrangements and examining cells for modulation of expression and/or activity of markers such as SMPDL-3b. Assays for predicting if a diabetic subject will develop kidney disease or a patient with FSGS will develop recurrent disease after transplant also include examining cells for the presence or absence of cytoskeletal disruptions or rearrangements and examining cells for modulation of expression and/or activity of markers such as SMPDL-3b. Also described herein are compositions and methods for treating and preventing the aforementioned disorders.
US10765688B2
The present invention provides a composition for lipolysis, for example a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating obesity including localized fat deposits (LFD), comprising certain phosphocholine derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention shows an excellent lipolytic activity as well as a uniform lipolytic activity. And also, the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can minimize side effects such as inflammation, tissue necrosis, etc., at the administered site. In addition, the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention has excellent storage stability.
US10765672B2
The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical formulations of [(4-hydroxy-1-methyl-7-phenoxy-isoquinoline-3-carbonyl)-amino]-acetic acid and methods of use thereof.
US10765669B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition the prevention or treatment of DYRK-related diseases containing a pyridine-based compound as an active ingredient, a pyridine-based compound of the present invention which is used as an active ingredient of the pharmaceutical composition inhibits the activity of DYRK1A with very high efficacy and selectivity, thereby can be used effectively in the prevention or treatment of DYRK-related diseases, such as Down syndrome, degenerative brain diseases, cancer, and metabolic diseases.
US10765660B2
A pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment of cancer with specific flavanoid-based compounds selected from among the groups of Flavone, Flavanone and Flavanol, a method for the prevention and treatment of cancer and inflammation using the specific flavonoid-based pharmaceutical compositions, a method for isolating the flavonoid-based pharmaceutical compositions from raw plant material, and a method for synthesizing said specific flavonoid-based pharmaceutical compositions.
US10765653B2
The present invention provides dietary formulations comprising polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E. The present invention further provides methods of treating various conditions, generally involving administering to an individual in need thereof an effective amount of a subject dietary formulation.
US10765640B2
[Problem]If lidocaine is composed of non-aqueous patch, the adhesive power of the preparation tends to get lower, as the composition amount of lidocaine is higher. It is popular to solve lidocaine in dissolving agent in order to compose lidocaine in patch and release effective amount into skin. However, if the amount of dissolving agent gets higher, the adhesive power gets extremely lower, so that an long-time attachment is difficult.[Solution]A non-aqueous patch comprising lidocaine and/or its reactant, and a dissolving agent which are contained in a base of plaster, the plaster being hold by a support, of which strength of 50% stretched to longitudinal direction is less than 2,000 g/50 mm and of biaxially-oriented stretch cloth.
US10765638B2
Compositions and methods for efficient delivery of therapeutic agents in vivo are provided. Typically, the compositions are in the form of polymeric particles formed from one or more therapeutic agent complexed with a polycationic polymer which is further encapsulated in one or more amphiphilic polymers, preferably diblock copolymer of a polyalkylene oxide and a polyester such as poly(D,L-lactide)-poly(ethylene glycol) (PLA-PEG). In the preferred embodiments, the chemotherapeutic agent reduces, or inhibits N-glycosylation of one or more receptor tyrosine kinases of cancer cells. Methods of using the particles to treat cancer are also provided.
US10765633B2
A formulation comprising liposomes, wherein the liposomes comprise, based on the liposome, 0.7 to 3.0 mol % of eritoran or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and 0.5 to 3.0 mol % of a PEGylated phospholipid.
US10765628B2
The present disclosure describes a vaginal system comprising segesterone acetate and ethinyl estradiol configured for thirteen 28-day product-use cycles that is compatible with male condoms comprising natural rubber latex, polyisoprene, or polyurethane and a method of providing birth control using the vaginal system wherein a secondary contraception is employed when the vaginal system is removed or expelled from the vagina for specified amounts of time during any of the product-use cycles.
US10765623B2
The present specification discloses a composition for preventing hair loss or promoting hair growth comprising, as an active ingredient, extracellular follicles derived from lactic acid bacteria, and a method for preparing the extracellular follicles derived from lactic acid bacteria. The composition has an effect of preventing and prohibiting hair from falling off from the scalp or becoming thin or tapered. In addition, the composition has an effect of implementing a hair growth function for generating new hair, or a function for promoting the hair growth, as well as a function of promoting a delay from an anagen to a catagen phase of a hair cycle and a function of growing the existing hair healthy.
US10765621B2
New extracts are suggested of Halimione portulacoides or sea purslane, and related species of Halimione, obtainable by treating the said plant with a solvent selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 aliphatic alcohols, ethyl acetate, water or their mixtures, removing the dissolved extracts from the residues and recovering the pure extracts from the solvent. The extracts show excellent properties particularly in modulating the metabolism of human skin and hair follicles.
US10765619B2
A silicone resin represented by formula (1) and having a Mw of 1,000-8,000 is useful in cosmetics. [(C6H5)3SiO1/2]a[R13SiO1/2]b[R22SiO2/2]c[R3SiO3/2]d[SiO4/2]e (1) R1 is a C1-C8 alkyl group, C6-C12 aryl group (exclusive of phenyl) or C1-C8 fluorinated alkyl group, R2 and R3 are each independently a C1-C8 alkyl group, C6-C12 aryl group or C1-C8 fluorinated alkyl group, a=0-0.2, b=0.1-0.5, c=0-0.2, d=0.01-0.5, e=0-0.6, a+b+c+d+e=1.0, at least one phenyl group is included in the molecule. A film of the silicone resin has a refractive index of at least 1.48.
US10765615B2
The present invention relates to the use of one or more particular pyridinium salts for the treatment of keratin substances, particularly human keratin fibres such as hair. The invention also relates to a method for the treatment of keratin substances using said salts and optionally one or more chemical oxidizing agents. The invention also relates to a composition for lightening keratin substances comprising one or more pyridinium salts as defined hereinafter and one or more chemical oxidizing agents. The present invention also relates to one or more particular pyridinium salts and also to compositions containing them, especially compositions comprising a physiologically acceptable medium.
US10765613B2
A lotion emulsion composition comprising a preservative enhancing agent and a rheology modifier, wherein the preservative enhancing agent comprises one of sorbitan caprylate, glyceryl caprylate/caprate, or a combination thereof, the rheology modifier comprises a hydrocolloid, the pH of the lotion emulsion composition is less than about 4.2, and the combined amount of preservative enhancing agent and rheology modifier is less than about 0.3% by weight of the total lotion emulsion composition.
US10765609B2
The present invention is directed to an oral composition having an improved ability to incorporate fluoride ions into tooth enamel and an enhanced remineralization effect.
US10765608B2
The present invention relates to a sprayable composition for providing a translucent, transparent, semi-transparent or opaque sprayable hair product which exhibits a high level of hold and rigidity to hair such that hair can be held in a particular position for prolonged periods of time without unnatural hardness, superior retention of shape in conditions of heat and humidity, and imparting thickness and body compared to current hairsprays; the composition comprising: a propellant and at least one binder, wherein at least one binder comprises an ethylene vinyl alkanoate copolymer with a weight percent of vinyl alkanoate in the copolymer within the range of 19 wt % to 42 wt %. The invention is also related to the apparatus comprising a container containing the sprayable composition, the methods for forming a coating on a surface and, particularly, the corresponding methods for styling hair, as well as the use of at least one binder in a manufacture of a sprayable composition for styling hair, wherein at least one binder is an ethylene-vinyl alkanoate copolymer with a weight percent of vinyl alkanoate in the copolymer within the range of 19 wt % to 42 wt %.
US10765601B2
Presented herein are embodiments of septum holders for use in syringe connectors that are used to connect syringes to other elements of liquid transfer apparatuses. The septum holders comprise a septum holder body, at least one resilient elongated arm that terminates with a distal enlarged element attached to the sides of the body, and a septum. The septum holders of the invention are characterized in that they comprise at least one bore that is created in the septum or in an insert fixed in either the body of the septum holder or in the septum that functions as the seat of a needle valve and in that the septum is attached to the bottom of the body of the septum holder projecting downwards parallel to the at least one elongated arm.
US10765600B2
An adapter for a jar for use with a planetary mixer, the adapter securing a dispensing container having a body and a removable cap, the adapter having a central aperture through which a longitudinal axis of the jar passes when the adapter is inside the jar. When the dispensing container is secured to the adapter and the adapter is inside the jar: (i) the adapter maintains the container spaced from an inner wall and from a bottom of the jar; (ii) a gap is provided between a top of the jar and the container; (iii) a point on the cap of the container extends further from the bottom of the jar than does a point on the body of the container; (iv) the body of the container crosses the longitudinal axis of the jar; and (v) the container extends over more than half the diameter of the jar.
US10765593B2
A method for therapeutically affecting the circulation of blood in a person in combination with or with medication to treat a medical condition includes the steps of administering a composition for treating a circulatory condition, providing a source of high pressure air in fluid communication with a plurality of air pressure actuated valves, each of the valves mounted on, and in fluid communication with, an inflatable bladder disposed within a cuff removably attached about at least one of the feet, calves, thighs, buttocks of the person; providing a source of low pressure aft in fluid communication with the plurality of valves, wherein a constant pressure is exerted against said valves; and controlling inflation of the bladders in a predetermined sequence, magnitude of inflation pressure and period of time during a cardiac cycle of the person and as a function of the person's physiological reaction to said composition.
US10765590B2
A foam generator is configured such that liquid contents pumped by an internal pressure as a result of directly compressing an inverted compression receptacle, having the liquid contents stored therein, are mixed with air in a gas-liquid mixing chamber and, at the same time, directly discharged in the form of foam. That is, direct compression of the inverted compression receptacle allows the liquid contents to be instantly discharged in the form of foam, thereby further improving product responsiveness.
US10765589B2
A therapeutic device and method for using the same. The therapeutic device has a supportive body and a pressure applicator extending from the body that is configured to apply pressure to suboccipital muscles of a patient. The pressure applicator may be altered to adjust a position and points through which to apply pressure to the suboccipital muscles. The body may be positioned at an angle relative to the patient's neck and the pressure applicator is applied to the suboccipital muscles. The pressure can be applied for a duration of time to relieve and/or prevent headaches and migraines in patients.
US10765585B2
A system is disclosed which includes a walking assistance robot for assisting a smooth start of a user's action after standing up from a chair. A system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a walking assistance robot and an automatic elevation chair that moves a seating surface where a user sits. The automatic elevation chair detects a consciousness level of the user and transmits consciousness level information on the detected consciousness level of the user to the walking assistance robot via the network. The walking assistance robot, including a body and a rotor that moves the walking assistance robot, receives the consciousness level information via the network and controls resistance force to rotation of the rotor based on the received consciousness level information.
US10765571B2
A tampon disposing system, including a tampon, a wrapper to encase the tampon therein, and a bag attached to an inner side portion of the wrapper to store the tampon and at least a portion of the wrapper therein.
US10765566B2
An absorbent article has a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction, and a depth direction and includes absorbent article opposing first and second longitudinal ends, and absorbent article opposing lateral side edges extending between the absorbent article opposing first and second longitudinal ends. The absorbent article comprises a liquid permeable first topsheet layer having first topsheet layer opposing lateral side edges, and first topsheet layer opposing longitudinal ends as well as a liquid permeable second topsheet layer subjacent to the liquid permeable first topsheet layer. The liquid permeable second topsheet layer has second topsheet layer opposing lateral side edges, and second topsheet layer opposing longitudinal ends, and is attached at or along two opposing attachment zones to the liquid permeable first topsheet layer along or adjacent the first topsheet layer opposing lateral side edges.
US10765557B2
A method and apparatus for delivering energy during a surgical procedure such as phacoemulsification is provided. The method and apparatus include applying energy during at least one pulsed energy on period, typically sufficient or intended to rapidly induce and beneficially employ transient cavitation. Applying energy during the pulsed energy on period comprises applying energy during a first high energy period, and applying energy during a second nonzero lower energy period.
US10765550B2
An apparatus for fixing bad posture includes a support rod, multiple length-adjustable straps, and multiple strap-attachment points. The apparatus for fixing bad posture prevents the user from slouching by affixing the support rod to the user's back with the straps. The support rod is a rigid member that is placed against a user's back. The support rod has a rod body, a mounting face, and a bracing face. The rod body is the structural component of the support rod. The bracing face and mounting face are positioned on opposite lateral surfaces of the rod body. Thus positioned, the bracing face is pressed against the user's back when correcting posture. The strap-attachment points are connection mechanisms for the length-adjustable straps that are distributed along the length of the support rod. As such, each of the length-adjustable straps is attached to the support rod by a corresponding strap-attachment point.
US10765546B2
A device that is inserted through the abdominal wall and into the digestive tract of a human is disclosed. The device may be placed through a method such as percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). The device includes a gastrostomy style structure that provides fluid communication with the external environment of the patient with the internal contents of the stomach. The device is produced with a series of slotted collection channels that preferentially, when connected to a source of negative relative pressure, directs a significant volume of the high calorie fluidic components of the chyme out of the digestive tract, preventing exposure to the absorptive tissues of the digestive tract when simple sugars and carbohydrates are consumed.
US10765542B2
Described herein are flexible implantable occluding devices that can, for example, navigate the tortuous vessels of the neurovasculature. The occluding devices can also conform to the shape of the tortuous vessels of the vasculature. In some embodiments, the occluding devices can direct blood flow within a vessel away from an aneurysm or limit blood flow to the aneurysm. Some embodiments describe methods and apparatus for adjusting, along a length of the device, the porosity of the occluding device. In some embodiments, the occluding devices allows adequate blood flow to be provided to adjacent structures such that those structures, whether they are branch vessels or oxygen-demanding tissues, are not deprived of the necessary blood flow.
US10765537B2
A tunable actuator joint module of a robotic assembly comprises an output member and an input member, where the output member is rotatable about an axis of rotation. A primary actuator (e.g., a motor) is operable to apply a torque to rotate the output member about the axis of rotation. A quasi-passive elastic actuator (e.g., rotary or linear pneumatic actuator) comprising an elastic component is tunable to a joint stiffness value and is operable to selectively release stored energy to apply an augmented torque to assist rotation of the output member and to minimize power consumption of the primary actuator. The tunable actuator joint module comprises a control system having a valve assembly controllably operable to switch the quasi-passive elastic actuator between an elastic state and an inelastic state during respective portions of movement of the robotic assembly (e.g., a hip or knee joint of an exoskeleton). Associated systems and methods are provided.
US10765536B2
Catapult ankles and related methods are disclosed. An example ankle prosthesis for operation in a swing phase and in a stance phase includes a motor, wherein the motor is configured to store energy with a first spring during the swing phase and plantarflex the ankle prosthesis during a push off portion of the stance phase.
US10765531B2
Disclosed is a cage which is inserted between vertebral bodies of a cervical vertebra or spine during an operation for treating a cervical disc disease, myelosis, or fracture of the cervical vertebra or spine, and more particularly, to a cage with spikes, including upper and lower spikes which are attached to a clip inserted into a main body of the cage, unfolded upward and downward from the main body, and locked to vertebral bodies of a cervical vertebra or spine positioned at the top and bottom of the cage such that the cage is fixed and locked between the vertebral bodies.
US10765528B2
A spacer for separating bones of a joint includes a frame and a carriage. The carriage has ramped surfaces, and is slideably moveable in relation to the frame. A screw support is moveably connected to the frame to form a changeable angular orientation with respect to the frame. An actuating screw is supported by the screw support, and is connected to the carriage to cause the carriage to slideably move in relation to the frame when the actuating screw is rotated. Opposing endplates are configured to engage opposing bone of the joint, and each has ramped surfaces mateable with the ramped surfaces of the carriage. When the carriage is moved by rotation of the actuating screw, the ramped surfaces of the carriage and the endplates slide against each other, causing the endplates to move relatively apart, to increase the height of the spacer.
US10765526B2
An implant strip is disclosed. In some cases, the prosthesis can take the form of an implant strip that may be implanted through the use of a surgical procedure that minimizes incision sizes and may be considered less invasive than typical spinal implant procedures. The implant strip includes provisions for implantation, including teeth, spacing provisions, and various shapes.
US10765523B2
The prosthesis component (10), comprising a substrate (11) made of a polymeric material and a coating (12), characterized in that said coating (12) comprises titanium. The method for manufacturing the prosthesis component (10) comprising the stages of forming a polymeric substrate (11) and depositing a coating (12) on said polymeric substrate (11) comprising titanium by means of physical vapor deposition sputtering. It enables providing a prosthesis component that improves the fixation thereof, based on the formation of a bioactive layer to improve the degree of osseointegration and, therefore, the fixation thereof to the bone.
US10765518B2
The disclosure relates to a device for supporting functions of a heart valve and methods for making and using the same. The device includes a flow optimizer configured to be located in the valve and having a cross sectional area that reduces a regurgitation orifice of the valve during systole. The device includes an anchoring mechanism coupled to the flow optimizer and configured to fix a position of the flow optimizer relative to the valve. The flow optimizer allows hemodynamic flow during diastole, minimizing risk of inducing atrioventricular pressure gradient and thrombogenesis, and seals or minimizes the regurgitation orifice during systole and reinstates efficacy of the valve. The anchoring system requires no traumatic interaction with the valve, atrium and ventricle. Implantation of the device can be achieved without invasive surgery. The device permits intra-procedural optimization of the positioning of the flow optimizer.
US10765515B2
Described herein are devices and methods for mitral valve repair. The devices and methods implant a plurality of distal anchors at an annulus of the mitral valve (e.g., the posterior annulus) and tension artificial chordae to pull the portion of the annulus toward an opposite edge and inward into the ventricle. This can effectively reduce the size of the orifice and increase coaptation. The anchor points of the artificial chordae can be offset from the apex of the heart to achieve a targeted force vector on the annulus. In addition, some embodiments include distal anchors implanted in the posterior leaflet in addition to those at the posterior annulus. This allows differential tensioning to be applied to provide for greater flexibility in treating various configurations of mitral valves to improve coaptation.
US10765499B2
A method for bleaching teeth comprising applying a first bleaching composition having a first concentration of a bleaching agent to teeth to be bleached immediately followed by applying a second bleaching composition having a second concentration of a bleaching agent to teeth to be bleached. The second concentration of the bleaching agent is less than the first concentration of the bleaching agent.
US10765496B2
The invention relates to glass-ceramics based on the lithium silicate system which can be mechanically machined easily in an intermediate step of crystallisation and, after complete crystallisation, represent a very strong, highly-translucent and chemically-stable glass-ceramic. Likewise, the invention relates to a method for the production of these glass-ceramics. The glass-ceramics according to the invention are used as dental material.
US10765495B2
A dental device comprises: a dental implant comprising a core enveloped by an expandable anchor comprising a plurality of joined segments. Prior to insertion of the core into the expandable anchor a carrier apically displaces within the expandable anchor, generating an expansion force causing the plurality of joined segments to be displaced linearly away from the central axis of the implant where the coronal and apical ends of each joined segment are displaced in parallel paths normal to the central axis of the implant. The core inserts into the expandable anchor to lock the plurality of joined segments in their expanded configuration. At least a first rail on the core is received by a corresponding expandable anchor slot to align the core and expandable anchor and at least a first core and expandable locking lodge engage to lock the core into the expandable anchor.
US10765485B2
There is provided a medical support arm device including a multi-joint arm having a distal end configured to host a medical device, said multi-joint arm configured to have a higher degree of freedom than a degree of freedom necessary for controlling a spatial position and pointing direction of the medical device. The multi-joint arm is configured to controllably displace at least one of a plurality of joints of the multi-joint arm while the spatial position and the pointing direction of the medical device are controlled.
US10765481B2
Devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure are directed to generating three-dimensional surface representations, of an anatomic structure such as a heart cavity. More specifically, a three-dimensional surface representation of the anatomic structure is constrained relative to one or more anchor portions corresponding to received input regarding the location of anatomic features of the anatomic structure. The resulting three-dimensional surface representation includes salient features of the anatomic structure and, therefore, can be useful as visualization tool during any of various different medical procedures, including, for example, cardiac ablation.
US10765477B2
An antenna system is provided. The antenna system includes a coaxial cable, an antenna, and an impedance matching structure. The coaxial cable includes a center conductor extending a length of the coaxial cable, a dielectric material surrounding the center conductor along the length of the coaxial cable, and a conductive shield surrounding the dielectric material along the length of the coaxial cable. The antenna includes a conductor having an electrical length of half a wavelength at a selected operating frequency. The impedance matching structure includes a second center conductor mounted between an end of the center conductor of the coaxial cable and a feed end of the antenna. The impedance matching structure is configured to match an impedance of the coaxial cable to an impedance of the antenna.
US10765476B2
A medical device is disclosed, including a handle assembly; an elongate body coupled to the handle assembly, the elongate body defining a guide wire lumen therethrough; and a substantially semi-circular electrode array coupled to the elongate body. The device may include a substantially rigid shaft extending distally from the elongate body and defining a lumen therethrough, the shaft including a substantially rigid segment, and a flexible coil coaxial with and extending distally from the shaft.
US10765469B2
A branch is produced by means of an additive 3D production process for producing a metal part, which comprises at least two parts, namely a support section and a functional section. The metal part is a single-pieced part, in which the support section and the functional section are seamlessly interconnected by means of corresponding connecting webs. After the material is applied, the connecting webs are removed.
US10765466B2
Methods and devices are provided for using a bone anchor driver for driving inner and outer set closure mechanisms or set screws into a bone anchor assembly. In one embodiment, a bone anchor driver is provided that includes an outer shaft configured to engage an outer set screw coupled to a bone anchor assembly, an inner shaft disposed within the outer shaft and configured to engage an inner set screw coupled to the bone anchor assembly, and a torque limiting mechanism configured to automatically switch between a first position in which it is disengaged from the inner shaft and is engaged with the outer shaft, and a second position in which it is disengaged from the outer shaft and is engaged with the inner shaft.
US10765463B2
One aspect relates to a device for producing a bone cement paste from a monomer liquid and a cement powder and for delivering the bone cement paste, the device having a cartridge with a cylindrical interior, the interior of the cartridge being closed at the front side apart from a delivery opening for discharging the bone cement paste from the interior. A delivery plunger is arranged in the interior of the cartridge and mounted so as to be pushable in the direction of the delivery opening. The cement powder is arranged in the interior of the cartridge between the delivery opening and the delivery plunger. A closure closes the delivery opening and is mounted so as to be movable relative to the delivery opening. A line element is arranged at the front side of the delivery opening and includes a closure receptacle for receiving at least part of the closure. The closure is pushable into the closure receptacle by pressure on the bone cement paste such that the delivery opening is opened, when the closure has been pushed into the closure receptacle, the line element provides a free line cross-section through which the bone cement paste is pushable out through the delivery opening and out of the device.
US10765462B2
A patella fracture fixation system includes a bone plate that is configured to be implanted along an anterior approach. The bone plate has a fixation hub and a plurality of fixation nodes that are connected to the fixation hub. The fixation hub and the fixation nodes can define respective fixation holes. The bone plate can further include legs that are configured to be bent around respective inferior aspects of the patella.
US10765460B2
A system for applying a manipulative force to a target region of a spinal column during a surgical procedure is provided with at least four pedicle screws, at least four elongated levers configured to temporarily engage with the pedicle screws, a linking member configured to link at least two of the elongated levers in a axial direction such that they move in unison, and a cross-linking member configured to link at least two of the elongated levers in a transverse direction such that they move in unison. When the system is assembled, it permits an operator to move the at least four elongated levers in unison to simultaneously rotate the at least four pedicle screws about a spinal column roll axis. Related methods are also provided.
US10765457B2
An orthopedic connection assembly is described that comprises a housing member for receiving an implant that is operably connected to a receiving member for receiving an anchor member. The connection assembly is configured to have a locking mechanism that secures and fixes the relative orientation between the implant and the anchor member. The connection assembly can comprise a plate member receivable within the housing member. When a securing member such as a set screw is introduced downwardly into the housing member to secure the implant, the securing member applies a lateral force to the plate member, which presses against an interference member within the receiving member. The interference member presses against the anchor member, such that the anchor member is fixed in a position relative to the implant.
US10765449B2
Provided is an endoscopic surgical device and an overtube with which a surgeon can easily obtain a desired image and operability is high. The overtube includes a slider within an overtube body, which guides an endoscope and a treatment tool into a body cavity. An endoscope-coupled part and a treatment tool-coupled part are provided inside the slider, and the slider has a dead zone where the forward and backward movement of either the endoscope or the treatment tool does not interlock with the movement of the other and a sensing zone where the forward and backward movement of either the endoscope or the treatment tool interlocks with the movement of the other. F1>F2 is satisfied when a fixing force for fixing the endoscope-coupled part to the endoscope tool is defined as F1 and a fixing force for fixing the treatment tool-coupled part to the treatment tool is defined as F2.
US10765443B2
A needlescopic scissors end effector assembly includes a pair of jaws or blades pivotable to perform a cutting or shearing operation. The scissors end effector assembly includes a cannula having a diameter between about 1 mm to 5 mm and a needle tip configured for percutaneous operation. The pair of jaws or blades includes cam profile surfaces to interact with an opening defined with the needle tip to actuate opening and closing of the pair of jaws or blades and to prevent backlash effect during the opening and closing of the pair of jaws or blades.
US10765438B2
Described herein is an anti-skid surgical instrument for use in preparing holes in bone tissue. The disclosed surgical instrument provides the ability to prepare a precise hole in bone tissue during surgery (e.g., spinal surgeries and pedicle screw placement, intramedullary screw placement). The disclosed surgical instrument accomplishes precise hole placement regardless of whether the angle between the drill axis and surface of the bone tissue is perpendicular. The disclosed technology includes a flat drilling surface which is perpendicular to the surface of the body of the surgical instrument. This reduces the likelihood of the surgical instrument skidding on the surface of the bone tissue and thereby increases the precision of the hole.
US10765431B2
A reposable surgical clip applier (10) includes a handle assembly (100) and an endoscopic assembly (200, 300, 400). The handle assembly (100) includes a housing (110) defining a body portion (111) and a fixed handle portion (112) extending from the body portion (111) and a trigger (122) pivotably connected to the housing (110) and movable relative to the fixed handle portion (112) between an un-actuated position and an actuated position. The endoscopic assembly (200, 300, 400) includes a proximal hub (210, 310, 410) configured to be selectively engageable with the housing (110) of the handle assembly (100), an elongated shaft (340) extending distally therefrom, an end effector (350) supported at a distal end of the elongated shaft (340), and an inner drive assembly (320) including a proximal portion (323) and a distal portion (325). The proximal portion (323) may advance within the distal portion (325) upon a blockage of the end effector assembly (350) to permit the trigger (122) to return to an un-actuated position.
US10765423B2
Suture delivered patches adapted for interposition, augmentation or repair devices for use in tendon and ligament repair, including rotator cuff repair, have been developed as well as methods for their delivery using suture guided arthroscopic methods. The repair patches may be provided from suitable biocompatible materials. The patches may be delivered using anchored sutures already in use during a surgical repair including, open, minimally invasive, endoscopic, and arthroscopic repair procedures. Additionally, fixation of the suture delivered repair patch is secured along with the normal suture securing workflow of the one or more sutures used to deliver the patch.
US10765421B2
A pushing tool of the present invention includes a tissue pushing part having a shaft portion that is formed in a rod-shape, a linear portion including a pressing portion that is connected to the shaft portion and extends in a longitudinal direction, and a stopper maintaining an angle between the shaft portion and the linear portion at a desired angle when the pressing portion is closely pressed against an outer surface of a hollow organ.
US10765420B2
The present disclosure concerns a surgical instrument for manipulating suture. In particular, the present disclosure relates to an instrument for passing suture through tissue. There is described a surgical instrument having a shaft and a handle connected to the proximal end of the shaft. The shaft is formed from a tubular member having a proximal end and a distal end, with a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends, and a tip distal to the tubular member. The shaft also includes a distal portion having an opening in a sidewall, proximal to the tip. The opening is in communication with the lumen through a side channel. The instrument further includes a suture snare, the snare being slidably receivable within the lumen and side channel, and movable between extended and retracted positions for capturing suture.
US10765418B2
Two spaced bodily tissues are approximated with a surgical tensioning device comprising a resilient member and a pressure locking device. The method comprises a step of routing one end of a length of suture through both spaced bodily tissues and inserting the suture end into and through the pressure locking device. The suture is then tensioned by pulling on the suture end passing through the pressure locking device. Responsive to tension changes in the suture, the pressure locking device is actuated by moving at least one surface in the pressure locking device to clamp the suture in position.
US10765416B2
A left atrial appendage occluder, including a closure disc and a bracket connected to the closure disc; the closure disc includes a frame; the frame includes a proximal-end disc face and a distal-end disc face; the proximal-end disc face includes flexible proximal-end support rods arranged radially; the distal-end disc face includes flexible distal-end support rods arranged radially; the floating end of each of the flexible proximal-end support rods is connected to the floating end of the adjacent flexible distal-end support rod The flexible proximal-end support rod at the point of largest diameter of the closure disc is arranged independent of the distal-end support rod; thus the degree of freedom of deformation at the point of largest diameter of the closure disc is increased, ensuring that the outer edge of the closure disc may adapt to fit the openings of various irregular left atrial appendages.
US10765413B2
A surgical instrument made from flexibly resilient sheet metal has a handle formed into a sheet metal beam having a convex shape for improved strength. Raised uninterrupted arcuate protrusions on the outer surface of the handle of the instrument are provided to add additional strength and to provide improved grip retention when the surgical instrument is being used during surgical procedures. The improved handle is shown integrally as part of a needle holder capable of clamping surgical needles of varying diameters.
US10765412B2
The invention relates to an endoscopic instrument (1) having an elongate body with a distal end (4) designed to be introduced into the body of the patient so as to come into proximity with an internal organ, the distal end carrying a tool (7) for intervention on the internal organ. The endoscopic instrument has a fool (10) rigidly connected to the distal end and designed to bear on the internal organ, and also controllable means (13) for conferring movements on the tool, at least in directions transverse to a longitudinal axis (X) of the distal end of the endoscopic instrument, when the foot is bearing against the internal organ.
US10765411B2
A syringe is coupled to a biopsy needle through a coupling structure that includes a motor-driven element such as a gear to rotate the needle. The motor can oscillate back and forth to cause the needle to oscillate. Structures are described to permit one-handed operation of the device and automatic motor activation based on attaining a desired plunger position.
US10765408B2
A user-defined range of dates is displayed within a first region, and an interactive cursor is displayed at a first location within the first region, the first location corresponding to a first date within the range of dates. Based at least in part on the first date, a first estimated fertility is determined and displayed in a second region of the display area. A user input is detected at a second location distinct from the first location, the user input corresponding to a user selection of a second date in the range of dates distinct from the first date. In response, the interactive cursor is dynamically moved from the first location to the second location. Based at least in part on the second date, a second estimated fertility is determined, and the first estimated fertility in the second region is replaced with the second estimated fertility.
US10765406B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a device for obtaining information about one or more living beings. The device comprises an actuator, a sensor and an evaluator. The actuator is configured to output an excitation signal for exciting the living being(s). The sensor is configured to detect a signal generated by the living being(s) in reaction to the excitation signal, to obtain a detected signal. The evaluator is configured to evaluate the detected signal so as to obtain the information about the living being(s).
US10765391B2
A dynamic analysis system includes a hardware processor. A first plurality of frame images showing a dynamic state of a chest of an intubated first examinee is obtained by radiation imaging of the chest of the first examinee. Based on the first plurality of frame images, the hardware processor calculates a signal value change amount and/or a shape change amount of a predetermined structure of the chest in the first plurality of frame images. Based on the calculated signal value change amount and/or shape change amount, the hardware processor generates assessment information to assess a respiratory status of the first examinee at time of intubation or extubation.
US10765390B2
A control unit of a console performs a first correction process for generating a diagnosis image for a second radiographic image captured by a second radiation detector and generates the diagnosis image, using the second radiographic image subjected to the first correction process and a first radiographic image captured by a first radiation detector. The control unit performs a second correction process for deriving a quantitative value for the second radiographic image captured by the second radiation detector and derives bone density, using the second radiographic image subjected to the second correction process and the first radiographic image captured by the first radiation detector.
US10765389B2
A detector device includes a cooling air pathway for cooling an X-ray detector. The detector device furthermore includes a detector interior space surrounding the X-ray detector. The cooling air pathway runs through at least one subregion of the detector interior space. The detector device includes a pressure limitation unit with a limitation device arranged along the cooling air pathway. The limitation device is designed, based on an incoming cooling air flow, to route a limited volume flow along the cooling air pathway at the X-ray detector.
US10765382B2
Method for mixed tracers dynamic PET concentration image reconstruction based on stacked autoencoder
The present invention discloses a method for reconstructing dynamic PET concentration distribution image of dual-tracer based on stacked autoencoder. The invention introduces deep learning into dynamic tracer PET concentration distribution image reconstruction, and the process is mainly divided into two stages of training and reconstruction. In the training phase, train multiple autoencoders using the concentration distribution images of mixed tracers taken as input, and the concentration distribution images of the two tracers taken as labels to build the stacked autoencoder. In the reconstruction phase, the concentration distribution images of the individual tracer can be reconstructed by inputting the concentration distribution images of the mixed traces to the well trained stacked autoencoder. The present invention realizes the reconstruction of the dynamic PET concentration distribution images of mixed tracers from the data-driven point of view, and effectively solves the problems of poor reconstruction effect and inability of simultaneous injection.
US10765379B2
Systems and methods for managing machine-generated medical alerts associated with physiological events detected from one or more patients are described herein. An alert management system may receive medical events detected from a patient and physiological data associated with patient historical medical alerts. The system comprises an alert prioritizer circuit to generate an event priority indicator for the detected medical event, using a comparison between the detected medical event and the physiological data associated with patient historical medical alerts. The system can identify prolific alert patients using the information about the historical medical alerts. The alert prioritizer circuit can adjust a priority of the detected medical event, and an output circuit can present a priority to a user or a process using the event priority indicator and the identification of prolific alert patient.
US10765374B2
A client device includes a display and a processor configured to obtain a data stream from a remote sensor via a communication protocol. The remote sensor is a physiological sensor monitoring a subject and/or an environmental sensor monitoring an environment in a vicinity of the subject, and the data stream includes a sensor metric, a metric identifier, and dynamically updated integrity information about the sensor metric. The processor is also configured to identify a statistical distribution function associated with the remote sensor via a function selector associated with the communication protocol, and display, via the display, the sensor metric with statistical information about the sensor metric using the identified statistical distribution function.
US10765372B2
Various embodiments of a sealed package and a method of forming such package are disclosed. The package can include a non-conductive substrate that includes a cavity disposed in a first major surface. A cover layer can be disposed over the cavity and attached to the first major surface of the non-conductive substrate to form a sealed enclosure. The sealed package can also include a feedthrough that includes a via between a recessed surface of the cavity and a second major surface of the substrate, and a conductive material disposed in the via. An external contact can be disposed over the via on the second major surface of the non-conductive substrate, where the external contact is electrically connected to the conductive material disposed in the via. The sealed package can also include an electronic device disposed within the sealed enclosure that is electrically connected to the external contact.
US10765366B2
An appliance includes a belt that is worn by being wound around a wrist. The appliance includes: at least a first display region that is positioned in an area of the belt that corresponds to a volar-side surface or a radius-side surface of the wrist; and a second display region that is positioned in an area of the belt that corresponds to a back-side surface of the wrist. During a blood pressure measurement period, first control for displaying ongoing blood pressure measurement information only on the first display region is performed, and during a period other than the blood pressure measurement period, second control for displaying information that needs to be displayed on the first or second display region is performed.
US10765363B2
A headgear for placing sensors on a subject's head includes a centerpiece; a plurality of arms attached to and radiating outward and generally downward from the centerpiece; and sensor tips attached to the dorsal ends of at least some of the arms. At least one of the plurality of arms is a lower arm that is elastic and/or spring-like. When the headgear is placed on a subject's head, the at least one lower arm is so disposed in relation to the maximum circumference of the subject's head that the at least one lower arm must be bent outward for placement of the headgear on the subject's head and thereby provide a reactive force toward the head that causes the at least one lower arm to grasp at least a portion of the head that is at and/or below the maximum circumference of the head.
US10765359B2
Sensing circuitry of an implantable medical device (IMD) system may sense a cardiac signal that varies according to a cardiac cycle of a patient. Processing circuitry of the IMD system may determine a series of consecutive cardiac cycle length metric values based on the sensed cardiac signal, identify a plurality of pairs of the cardiac cycle length metrics, each of the pairs of cardiac cycle length metrics separated by an integer ‘n’ of the cardiac cycle length metrics, and construct a distribution of the pairs of cardiac cycle length metrics based on values of the cardiac cycle length metrics for each of the pairs. The processing circuitry may detect a sleep apnea episode of the patient based on one or more characteristics of the constructed distribution, and control communication circuitry of the IMD system to transmit an indication of the detected sleep apnea episode to the external computing device.
US10765355B2
This disclosure describes methods, systems, and devices configured to determine a timing of a future bladder related event of a patient. For example, a system includes processing circuitry configured to identify a timing of a plurality of bladder related events of a patient, determine, based on the timing of the plurality of bladder related events of the patient, a probability to experience a bladder related event function for the patient, the probability to experience a bladder related event function indicating a probability that the patient will experience a bladder related event at an elapsed time after a previous bladder related event, predict, based on the probability to experience a bladder related event function, a timing of a future bladder related event, and control delivery of a therapy to the patient based on the predicted timing of the future bladder related event.
US10765352B2
A multi-sensor non-invasive blood glucose monitoring instrument based on impedance spectroscopy-optical method, which belongs to a blood glucose measuring instrument for human body. The blood glucose monitoring instrument comprises a detection probe, a microprocessor, a display unit and a storage unit. The detection probe comprises a temperature and humidity sensor, an LED array, a photoelectric sensor, a pair of low-frequency electrodes, and a pair of high-frequency electrodes. The high-frequency electrode employs parallel electrodes, a matching inductor is directly soldered to the positive electrode or negative electrode of the electrode, and a shielding electrode is provided around the high-frequency electrode. The distance between the two low-frequency electrodes is 1 cm-2 m, and the low-frequency electrodes can test the low-frequency impedance of the tissue stably. The temperature and humidity sensor and the tested part of human body form an enclosed space, and slits or pores are arranged in the wall of the enclosed space to form a balanced heat and moisture storage structure. The non-invasive blood glucose monitoring instrument incorporates the impedance spectroscopy method and the optical method, and can obtain more accurate blood glucose levels with improved sensor design.
US10765348B2
A medical sensor device includes a sensor assembly including an underside surface for attachment against a patient's skin, a sensor portion to detect a characteristic of the patient, and sensor assembly contacts which in operation carry signals representing the detected characteristic. The device also includes a transmitter assembly removably engageable with the sensor assembly and including circuitry to take the signals from the sensor assembly contacts and to transmit readings of the detected characteristic to external equipment. The device also includes mechanical interface components on the sensor assembly and the transmitter assembly which allow the transmitter assembly to be brought into abutment with the sensor assembly at a first angular position via relative axial movement between them, and then allow a relative rotation of the assemblies with respect to one another towards a second angular position and presents axial separation of the assemblies in the second angular position.
US10765338B2
An electrical impedance tomography device (1) includes an electrode array, including a plurality of electrodes (33) arranged spaced apart from one another, a signal feed unit (51) and a signal acquisition unit (50). A calculation and control unit (70) is configured to determine a situation with an axial twist angle of the electrode array on a thorax (34) of a human being and to provide a control signal (79), which indicates the situation with axial twist angle of the electrode array. The calculation and control unit (70) may be configured as a central unit or an array of distributed units (cloud computing) in order to determine and to provide the axial twist angle.
US10765335B2
To provide a biomedical electrode which is capable of restraining displacement or release of the electrode even if a living body takes a hard action, and which is mountable without an occurrence of discomfort. This biomedical electrode has conductive gels 11, 11, retaining members 12, 12 to retain the conductive gels 11, 11, and an adhesive surface 31a, and comprises a sheet-shaped adhesive member 30 to adhere the conductive gels 11, 11 to a living body surface S via the retaining members 12, 12, and further, the adhesive member 30 is formed in an enough size to cover substantially all regions of the retaining members 12, 12, and is configured to have liquid through holes 30b to 30b, 30c, 30c to discharge sweat which is accumulated in internal spaces R, R formed between the living body surface S and the retaining members 12, 12.
US10765333B2
A system that assesses health condition by measuring pulse includes: a pulse measuring device that measures an artery of a user who receives assessment of health condition; a terminal that has a function that transmits measured-value data on pulse measured by the pulse measuring device to a health assessing administrator and receives information from the health assessing administrator; an administrative server that is administered by the health assessing administrator, analyzes the measured-value data transmitted from the terminal, and stores various data on health condition that is necessary to assess and analyze health condition. The user transmits the measured-value data on measured pulse from the terminal to the health assessing administrator, and the health assessing administrator transmits assessment information on health condition analyzed by the administrative server to the terminal.
US10765328B2
A method and system for determining anaerobic threshold intensity (AnT) of a user in a freely performed physical exercise. A physiological response of a user is measured by heart rate and measured heart rate values are recorded as heart rate data. An external workload values are recorded and are each associated with one measured heart rate values to form a plurality of data points. The data points are filtered to form accepted data points, which are classified within a plurality of heart rate segments representing a heart rate within an anaerobic threshold (AnT) of the user. A data point with highest probability is stored for each segment. A first probability factor for each accepted data point is calculated. The calculated first probability factor is compared to a stored probability factor in each segment, and the higher probability factor is retained. AnT is calculated using the stored probabilities in each segment.
US10765320B1
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and/or devices for determining a baseline for an individual. The methods, systems, apparatuses, and/or devices may include a first memory device for computer storage. The methods, systems, apparatuses, and/or devices may include a processing device coupled to the first memory device, where the processing device is configured to: receive profile information for a user; generate a user profile based on the profile information; query a set of baseline profiles stored at the first memory device or a second memory device to identify a subset of baseline profiles; aggregate baseline profile information from the first baseline profile and baseline profile information from the second baseline profile to obtain an aggregated baseline profile; and set a baseline for a physiological parameter of the user from which to measure against for the physiological parameter, wherein the baseline is based on the physiological parameter of the aggregated baseline profile.
US10765317B2
An ophthalmological imaging device comprising an objective lens, an interference optical system, an image forming unit, an optical member, and an analyzer. The interference optical system divides light from a light source into measurement light and reference light, causes the measurement light to become incident on a subject's eye via the objective lens, and detects interference light between the reference light and return light of the measurement light that has exited from the subject's eye and passed through the objective lens. The image forming unit forms an image of the subject's eye based on a detection result of the interference light which are acquired by the interference optical system. The analyzer analyzes a first detection result and a second detection result of the interference light to eliminate noise in the second detection result or in an image based on the second detection result.
US10765312B2
In an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a handheld vision tester for vision self-testing by a user. The handheld vision tester comprises a touchscreen display, a control, and an interface port. The touchscreen display is configured to present different shapes, either statically or dynamically, to the user for the vision self-testing. One of the different shapes may be a modulated version of another similar shape displayed at the same time and includes a modulated edge. The control is configured to allow a user to trigger operations of the tester and allow the user to select one of the different shapes. The handheld vision tester is configured to determine results of the vision self-testing from the user selections and store the results in the handheld vision tester. The interface port is configured to transmit the stored results to a healthcare provider who uses the results to enhance treatment routines.
US10765308B2
A tracking system for a target anatomy of a patient can include a medical device having a body (281) having a distal end (290) and at least one channel (292) formed therein, where the body is adapted for insertion through an anatomy (105) to reach a target area (430); an accelerometer (185) connected to the body and positioned in proximity to the distal end; an imaging device (295) operably coupled with the body; and a light source (297) operably coupled with the body, where the accelerometer is in communication with a remote processor (120) for transmitting acceleration data thereto, where the imaging device is in communication with the remote processor for transmitting real-time images thereto, and where an orientation of the medical device and calibration of direction with respect to the anatomy is determined by the processor based on the acceleration data.
US10765306B2
An improved endoscopic device for obtaining 3-dimensional human vision simulated imaging with real dynamic convergence in therapeutic, diagnostic, and other applications. Imaging probes are mounted on a tubular shaft and a simple/sleek slider moves back-and-forth on the shaft, with slider movement optionally modified and redirected to affect imaging probe convergence/divergence. Imaging probe convergence/divergence can be optionally manual for visual target selection, and the probe arms upon which the imaging probes are mounted may also be moved through a combined 180 degree movement range using a manual control. The first and second movement transmitting means respectively adapted to cause slider-initiated convergence, or manual convergence, of the imaging probes each share at least one integrated movement element with the control means adapted for engaging and disengaging the first and second movement transmitting means. The endoscope can be fitted with different diagnostic and therapeutic systems, and can be adapted to work with robotic systems.
US10765298B2
A processor includes: a generation unit that generates first-performed-examination identification information in correlation with reserved-examination identification information and generates second-performed-examination identification information in correlation with the reserved-examination identification information, the first-performed-examination identification information being for identifying a first performed examination, the second-performed-examination identification information being for identifying a second performed examination; a recording medium that records a first-performed-examination result accompanied by the first performed-examination identification information and a second-performed-examination result accompanied by the second performed-examination identification information; and a memory that records first count information and second count information, the first count information being related to the number of pieces of data obtained in the first performed examination and associated with the first-performed-examination identification information, the second count information being related to the number of pieces of data obtained in the second performed examination and associated with the second-performed-examination identification information.
US10765296B2
A scanning endoscope system includes an optical fiber configured to guide illumination light, and to emit the illumination light from an end portion, an actuator configured to shift an irradiation position of the illumination light, by swinging the end portion of the optical fiber, a drive signal generator configured to generate and supply a drive signal for driving the actuator, a current measurement section configured to measure, as a current measurement value, a current value of the drive signal supplied to the actuator, and a scan control section configured to perform control such that an amplitude value of the drive signal is switched, and to switch a threshold for detecting the current measurement value from a first threshold to a second threshold, when detecting that the current measurement value gradually changes and reaches the first threshold.
US10765295B2
An image processing apparatus configured to perform averaging processing on pixel values of pixels having different color filters to obtain a signal value, and generate motion detection images based on the signal value in such a way that, in WLI, a weight of a pixel value for a filter for passing light of a luminance component of a captured image in WLI is set to be larger than or equal to a weight of a pixel value for a different filter while in NBI, a weight of a pixel value for a filter for passing light of a luminance component of a captured image in NBI is set to be larger than or equal to a weight of a pixel value for a different filter. Based on the captured images at different points in time, the image processing apparatus detects motion between two of the generated motion detection images.
US10765293B2
A dishwasher includes a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, at least one dish rack in the treating chamber, and a rack height adjustment assembly. The rack height adjustment assembly includes an adjuster plate slidably coupled to the at least one dish rack and fixed vertically relative to the tub, the adjuster plate including at least one adjuster detent, a locking lever having a catch end that is biased to engage the adjuster detent to hold the dish rack in place in either a lowered or raised position, the locking lever being pivotally movable relative to the at least one dish rack between an engaging position where the catch end engages the adjuster detent and a release position where the catch end does not engage the adjuster detent and the dish rack is vertically movable between the lowered and raised positions, and an actuator configured to move the locking lever to the release position when the actuator is moved from an undepressed position to a depressed position.
US10765291B2
A dishwasher and method for operating the same utilize a check valve in a rotatable docking port to control the flow of fluid such as wash fluid or pressurized air to a rotatable conduit supported in the rack of a dishwasher.
US10765288B2
Disclosed herein are a vacuum cleaner including: a base including a suction opening; a main frame including a dust collecting apparatus configured to remove dust from air sucked through the suction opening; and a wheel assembly including a forward wheel and a reverse wheel, and rotatably coupled with the base, wherein when the main frame slides with respect to the base, any one of the forward wheel and the reverse wheel contacts a floor. Therefore, the vacuum cleaner may understand a user's intention without adding a senor and a control circuit, and travel actively according to the user's intention.
US10765276B2
According to one embodiment, a handy-type vacuum cleaner has a vacuum cleaner main body, a gripping part for use for gripping the vacuum cleaner main body, and a blower attachment to be attached to/detached from the vacuum cleaner main body. The vacuum cleaner main body includes an electric blower, a dust-collecting device, a main body connecting port, a suction air path, and an exhaust air path. The dust-collecting device stores the dust and dirt sucked by driving of the electric blower. The blower attachment is inserted into/extracted from the main body connecting port. The suction air path communicates between the main body connecting port and the dust-collecting device. The exhaust air path communicates with the exhaust side of the electric blower. The exhaust air path communicates with the blower attachment when the blower attachment is inserted into the main body connecting port.
US10765275B2
A hand dryer includes a nozzle for blowing out an airflow toward a drying space, which is open at the front and the left and right sides so that hands can be freely inserted and withdrawn, and a wind direction changing part that changes a direction of the airflow blown out vertically downward from the nozzle. The wind direction changing part is so positioned as to be shifted rearward in a front-back direction from a position on an extension of a blow direction of the nozzle. While the airflow is being blown out vertically downward from the nozzle, the wind direction changing part and the nozzle do not directly face each other.
US10765272B2
A method of dispensing a user-determined length of sheet product from a roll of sheet product via a sheet product dispenser is provided. The method includes the steps of providing the roll of sheet product rotatably supported by the sheet product dispenser for dispensing sheet product therefrom, wherein the roll of sheet product rotates in response to a pull force applied to a tail portion of the roll of sheet product; and providing, via the sheet product dispenser, a pull force resistance opposing the rotation of the roll of sheet product, wherein the pull force resistance is between 36 grams-force and 96 grams-force throughout a majority of a life of the roll of sheet product.
US10765270B2
Automatic toothpaste dispensing device for due tooth care comprises device holder, which can be divided into a control box, and a toothpaste rack. There are installed a camera, display and a control panel respectively in central, upper and lower part of the said control box. Said toothpaste rack with several toothpaste drums fixed thereon is located to the right side of the control box. Said toothpaste drums include housings, and in the middle of the inner wall of the housings are mounted fixing brackets. On the fixing brackets are installed toothpaste extrusion pumps, above them are toothpaste entrances, and below them toothpaste exits. Below the fixing brackets are installed toothbrush hangers, and on the bottom of inner cavity of the toothbrush hangers squeezing buttons are fixed. The present invention analyzes the teeth images, estimates teeth conditions, and subsequently obtains an appropriate tooth care plan with the processor.
US10765267B2
The shower installation kit includes an elongated drain adapted to be arranged at an inclined shower floor and at least one elongated side member adapted to be arranged at right angles to the elongated drain and at a side of the inclined shower floor. Each elongated side member has a longitudinal flange adapted to define a slope of the inclined shower floor and adapted to be positioned under a floor covering of the inclined shower floor. The drain is adapted to be mounted at a distance from a subfloor structure of the inclined shower floor before installation of the inclined shower floor. The drain is provided with a front flange adapted to be positioned under the floor covering, and the longitudinal flange of the at least one side member is connected to and arranged flush with the front flange of the drain.
US10765253B2
A siphon for use in a brew basket includes a first portion formed from a first material and a second portion formed from a second material. The first portion has a first passageway and an outlet. The first passageway is fluidly coupled to said outlet. The second portion has a second passageway and is removably coupled to the first portion. The first passageway and said second passageway form a flow path extending from an interior of the brew basket to the outlet.
US10765252B2
Provided is a portable, self-contained beverage apparatus. The beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly.
US10765246B2
An alignment bracket for a roller blind, comprising a base and a roller tube support securable to the base. First and second coupling members on the base and roller tube support permit an adjustment of the alignment of the roller tube support, and the end of a roller tube mounted thereon, relative to the base. Also provided is a blind fabric alignment device for a roller tube of a multi-tube roller blind. The alignment device comprises a drive coupling body securable to an end of a roller tube of the blind, a driven member mounted to the drive coupling body, a torque transfer mechanism secured to the driven member, and an adjuster. The torque transfer mechanism transfers rotational torque from the driven member to the drive coupling body through the adjuster. The adjuster permits an alteration of the rotational position of the driven member relative to the drive coupling body.
US10765244B2
Apparatus and associated methods may relate to an artificial tree apparatus having a plurality of trunk segments that couple together to provide a plurality of information or command signals to load devices connected thereto. In an illustrative example, one or more branch segments having light emitting devices are connected to the trunk segments to independently receive the electrical power and command signals via a control system. In some implementations, each command signal generated by the control system may include data pertaining to light color and illumination pattern. In some embodiments, each branch segment and associated light emitting devices may be independently controlled via a multi-channel arrangement. In some implementations, each group of light emitting devices may be manually configured via one or more user-interfaces. In various implementations, each trunk segment may include an axial electrical connector which permits adjacent trunk segments from being connected in any radial orientation relative to each other.
US10765241B2
An improved tableware stand with a cylindrical base providing vertical elevation of an adapter for use to receive and retain tableware, the cylindrical base including a circumferential sidewall adapted for receiving a removable, reversable tableware adapter which securely engages the food service item with misaligned receiving structure. The receiving structure includes a plurality of concentric channels for securely receiving and retaining different sized, dimensioned, configured, or shaped food service items while providing a substantially planar platform elevated from an underlying support surface.
US10765240B2
A quilt usable as a sleeping bag has inner and outer sets of fasteners arranged on slanted paths from each side edge to the bottom edge and fasteners along the bottom edge. The fasteners hold the quilt in a wrapped, overlapping arrangement. With the fasteners engaged, pulling a draw cord across the quilt bottom edge gathers the bottom edge and forms a closed, wrapped footbox of the sleeping bag. A sheet for use with a sleeping bag quilt include two sets of fasteners arranged to engage corresponding fasteners on the quilt to attach the quilt to the sheet in an expanded-footbox arrangement. Pulling a draw cord across the quilt bottom edge gathers the bottom edge and forms a closed, expanded footbox of the sleeping bag.
US10765236B2
A food shield having a panel defining a slot through the panel and a panel support structure. The panel support structure includes a panel clamp. A portion of the panel clamp may extend through the slot, and the slot provides for the panel to be moved relative to the panel clamp, along the length of the slot, from a first position to a second position. Thus, the panel clamp provides for the position of the panel relative to the panel clamp to be selectively adjusted, clamped into place, and released for movement along the length of the slot.
US10765232B2
A rotary display hanger is provided, including a base, including a first receiving room and a hollow portion, the first receiving room being adapted for receiving a rotary device, the hollow portion being adapted for receiving the driving head; a position-limiting member, the position-limiting member and the base at least forming a second receiving room which is adapted for receiving the torque wrench; an index portion, received in the hollow portion, including a base portion being configured to connect with the driving head of the torque wrench and an identification portion protruding radially from the base portion, the identification portion being freely rotatable about an axis of the base portion together with the base portion and the driving head in the hollow portion; wherein each of the base portion and the identification portion is radially distanced from an inner face of the hollow portion.
US10765227B2
A mattress is described, comprising an ergonomic layer made of foam material and a breathable layer made of three-dimensional polymeric material. The ergonomic layer and the breathable layer are mutually coupled. The breathable layer is individually wrapped in a casing made of a three-dimensional breathable fabric. The combination between the breathable layer and the respective casing, which is also manufactured with a three-dimensional breathable type of material, allows to obtain the maximum breathable characteristics for the mattress.
US10765220B2
A seat cushion assembly that includes a first foam pad defining a plurality of water drainage columns disposed therethrough. A second foam pad is disposed below the first foam pad where the second foam pad and the first foam pad define at least one flow channel in fluid communication with the at least one water drainage column. A topper pad is disposed over the first foam pad and the at least one water drainage column.
US10765216B1
A hinged chair having a seat, a fold-down back and a base that is detachable from the bottom of the seat to enable the chair to be shipped disassembled in a compact container. The fold-down back is hingedly coupled to the seat by pivots that extend through frame posts at opposite sides of the back. To reduce the profile of the chair, the fold-down back is rotatable at the pivots between a vertical position standing upwardly from the seat and a horizontal position lying over and in opposite facing alignment with the seat. With the chair removed from its shipping container and the chair back rotated to its vertical upstanding position, locking pins are pushed through the frame posts of the back above the pivots to lock the back in the vertical position ready for use.
US10765214B2
A guide spring for a seating device has an inner portion, an outer portion, and a spiral coiled portion extending more than one convolution between the inner portion and the outer portion. The inner portion is firmly attached to a rod and the outer portion is firmly attached to a body. The guide spring thereby secures a radial position of the rod within the body, allowing the rod to move axially relative to the body when a load is placed onto the seating device. When in use, the guide spring deforms from a flat spiral shape to a conical spiral shape with axial movement of the rod relative to the body.
US10765208B2
A drawer glide mechanism can include a first elongate guide member, a second elongate guide member, a ball bearing component, a v-notch socket, a release mechanism, and/or a roller support. The first elongate guide member can include a distal end that is configured to fit within an opening in the v-notch socket. The drawer glide mechanism can further include one or more floating members and fixed members. In some cases, the drawer glide mechanism includes a release member configured to facilitate separation of the first and second elongate guide members when actuated and to inhibit or prevent accidental separation of the first and second elongate guide members.
US10765195B2
Shoulder support for a motor includes: a back-plate which is adapted for being associated with the back of an operator through shoulder straps and includes a shaped body to contact with the back of the operator to which a frame is fixed, the frame being substantially L-shaped and includes a first portion, fixed to the back-plate, and a second portion undercut with respect to the first portion and comprising a through opening with substantially vertical through axis, the motor being connected at the top the of second portion; a connection body adapted for being rigidly connected to the motor; and a resilient support element adapted for connecting the connection body to the frame in a floating manner inside a seat defined by the through opening. The resilient support element includes a plurality of springs, having axes, which lay on a plane adapted for being arranged transversally to a vertical direction.
US10765193B2
A rotating cosmetics case, including a cap or crown (1) mounted in the lower portion, in the extension of a sheath (2) with slide(s) (10) including in the upper portion an upper stopping element (8) protruding outwardly, in which is mounted a slideable cursor (3), intended to receive a cosmetics product, such as a stick of lipstick or lip cream, the cursor (3) being equipped with at least one lug (7) engaged in the slider (10) and extending into a spiral groove (6) of a spiral covering (4), the covering being fitted on the sheath (2), while the crown (1) comprises a body piece (16), supporting an upper portion including flexible strips (14) whose ends interact with the inner wall of the spiral covering (4), while the crown (1) further includes at least one flexible tab (15) whose upper end is assembled with the lower end of the spiral covering (4).
US10765184B2
A device supported by a vertical support and vertical support frame including an upper section that is configured to engage the vertical support. The upper section includes an opening segment configured to encircle a vertical support, pocket with cinching device and a tab implement configured to secure said upper section to the vertical support, and a first closure mechanism that is configured to close a divide(s)/open side(s) on said upper section. A lower section is configured to extend a coverage of the upper section including a closure mechanism that is configured to close an open side(s) of said lower section(s). A closure/connection mechanism that is configured to connect said upper and lower sections together and a rib pocket segment disposed on an outside edge of the lower section for engaging an end portion of a rib section of a support frame.
US10765178B2
An element is configured to be installed together with a tape to form a fastener stringer, and includes: a main body including an upper main body and a lower main body; an installing portion for installing the tape; a head; and a neck connecting the main body and the head, wherein at least one of the upper main body and the lower main body includes a convex portion and a base portion, the convex portion protrudes from the base portion and extends in the left-right direction at an intermediate position in the front-rear direction. An inclined portion inclined downward along the left-right direction is formed on at least one side of the head along the upper-lower direction, and protrusions extending in the front-rear direction are formed on both sides of the convex portion.
US10765174B2
A shoe fastening device and/or technique used to fasten a shoe is disclosed herein. A shoelace can be laced into a shoe in any number of lacing patterns. The two ends of the shoelace may be secured to the shoe. An overhand knot may be present when the shoelace is in a loosened configuration.
US10765173B2
An article of footwear includes a sole, an upper, and a reconfigurable fastening system. The upper is coupled to the sole and includes medial and lateral quarters. Disposed on the medial and lateral quarters are a plurality of eyelets. Each of the eyelets includes a pair of openings disposed in the upper. The plurality of eyelets further includes at least one elongate member threaded through the pair of openings of each eyelet. The elongate member includes a series of first, or unexposed, portions that are disposed on an inner surface of the upper, and a series of second, or exposed, portions that are disposed on the outer surface of the upper. As fastener or lacing may be selectively threaded through an eyelet of the plurality of eyelets, where the fastener may be threaded between the second portion of the elongate member and the outer surface of the upper.
US10765172B2
An article of footwear may include an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure includes a midsole, an outsole secured to the midsole, and one or more plates positioned within the midsole. Each of the plates has a downwardly-facing concave side and an upwardly-facing concave side. The downwardly-concave side may be positioned on a medial side (or a lateral side) of the footwear, and the upwardly-concave side may be positioned on the lateral side (or the medial side) of the footwear. The undulating medio-lateral configuration of each plate may increase the overall support provided to a wearer's foot during a side-to-side or “banking” movement.
US10765171B2
A shoe comprising a sole and an upper secured to the sole. The sole has a lower sole member, a heel member, a shank member, a heel cushion, and a foot pad. The heel member extends downwardly from the lower sole member. The heel member includes a heel outer peripheral surface and an open top heel cavity. The lower sole member includes a top surface and a lower sole cavity extending downwardly from the top surface. The shank member has a shank midfoot portion and a shank heel portion. The shank midfoot portion is in the lower sole cavity and the shank heel portion is in the heel cavity. The heel cushion is in the heel cavity. The shank heel portion is sandwiched between the heel cushion and the heel member.
US10765159B1
A head mask, configured to cover the head of a wearer, includes a shell that includes bendable foam and a soft fabric on the exterior of the shell. The head mask further includes a cushioned collar at the bottom of the head mask to prevent discomfort when the head mask impacts the wearer. The collar may be cushioned, for example, by making the collar thicker than the combined thickness of the shell and decorative fabric, such as by folding the bendable foam of the shell and the soft fabric inwardly and attaching the folded bendable foam and soft fabric materials to the shell, or by increasing the thickness of the bendable foam or fabric layer used in the collar. The head mask further includes one or more openings for the eyes and for breathability, where the openings may be covered with a one-way mesh.
US10765158B2
Aspects herein relate to apparel items and apparel systems that utilize applied or printed foam nodes to provide, among other things, stand-off between an apparel item and a wearer's skin surface. One or more of the foam nodes, or areas of the textile surrounding the foam nodes, may be perforated to provide a fluid communication path between an inner-facing surface and an outer-facing surface of the apparel item. The communication path may be used to facilitate air exchange between the external environment and the wearer's body and/or to provide an exit path for moisture vapor generated by the wearer.
US10765156B2
A lower back entry body suit consists of a one piece body having a front, a back, a torso covering upper portion and a lower portion that extends from waist to ankle dividing to define a first leg and a second leg. An access entry is provided into the body suit extending part way up the first leg, across the back, and part way down the second leg. This is the only access entry location on the body for the user to don or doff the body suit.
US10765144B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. The aerosol delivery devices may include a housing and a cartridge including an atomizer and a reservoir configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition. The cartridge may be configured to move relative to at least a portion of the housing between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration. Related assembly methods are also provided.
US10765139B2
One or more embodiments of the disclosure relates to an electrical servo knock out assembly for use with knock out cups in a food forming machine using an electrical linear servo motor and a return spring. The combination of the linear servo motor and return spring provides for a knock out assembly without the need for complex hydraulics or gearboxes.
US10765134B2
The invention relates to a foodstuff, containing: a) juice, pith, flesh, skins; or other constituents of at least one citrus fruit, b) at least one 4-hydroxyflavanone of the formula (I), in which R1 represents hydrogen or a hydroxy group a or methoxy group and the carbon atom at the position (C2) designated by * is present in a (2S) or a (2R) configuration or in any mixture of the two configurations, and also, if applicable, c) further flavorings or flavoring preparations, with the proviso that the constituent (b) is present in a sufficient quantity to improve the acidic and/or bitter taste of the constituent (a).
US10765121B2
The invention relates to a bread dough, and a bread obtained by baking the dough, where the dough includes: one or more fructans having two or more fructosyl moieties linked by a beta(2,1) bond, one or more inulinases (EC 3.2.1.7 and EC 3.2.1.80), and one or more invertases (3.2.1.26), the bread dough having a total added sugar content of 0-5 wt. %, based on dry weight.
US10765118B2
Methods of improving the growth of a plant by applying a plant growth effective amount of a plant growth composition that includes a hydrated aluminum-magnesium silicate and at least one dispersant selected from the group consisting of a sucrose ester, a lignosulfonate, an alkylpolyglycoside, a naphthalenesulfonic acid formaldehyde condensate and a phosphate ester to plant propagation material in the absence of insect pest pressure.
US10765115B2
The present invention provides a method for suppressing a decrease in the concentration of an isothiazoline compound, wherein even if an addition concentration of the isothiazoline compound used as an antibacterial agent is low in a water system, the decrease in the concentration thereof can be suppressed so that the residual rate thereof after 24 hours can be raised. The method is carried out in a manner wherein to a water system, an isothiazoline compound is fed with an addition concentration of 0.2 mg/L or more and less than 1 mg/L, and a combined chlorine agent consisting of a chlorine stabilizer and a chlorine-based oxidant is added so as to maintain a concentration thereof at 0.3 mg/L as Cl2 or more and 6 mg/L as Cl2 or less therein.
US10765112B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising microcapsules, which comprise a polyurea shell and a core, wherein the core comprises a water-insoluble pesticide and the shell comprises a polymerization product of a tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate, an cycloaliphatic diisocyanate, and an aliphatic diamine; to a method for preparing the composition comprising the steps of contacting water, the pesticide, the tetramethylxylylene diisocyanate, the cycloaliphatic diisocyanate, and the aliphatic diamine; and to a method of controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired insect or mite attack and/or for regulating the growth of plants, wherein the composition is allowed to act on the respective pests, or the crop plants to be protected from the respective pest, on the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or on the crop plants and/or on their environment.
US10765107B2
The invention herein is a duck-shaped decoy that floats upon a body of water. The decoy may also be formed into the shape of a goose, wild turkey, or other fowl. The decoy includes a mechanism that produces a motion that simulates the motion of a wild duck, or other fowl. The decoy also includes a mechanical can call activating device that mechanically manipulates a can call producing a noise that attracts ducks, or other fowl.
US10765103B2
A spray nozzle system includes a nozzle body and an adaptor coupled to the nozzle body. The adaptor has a first region and a second region angled at a non-zero angle relative to the first region. The spray nozzle system also includes a nozzle cap coupled to the second region of the adaptor. The nozzle cap includes a nozzle outlet to spray a liquid.
US10765101B2
The disclosure provides a container for trapping insects. The container includes a base defining a cavity configured to receive a lure pod, and a lid removably coupled to the base. The base includes at least one base shoulder for supporting a lure pod within the cavity. The lid includes a nozzle including a tube defining a passageway for insects to enter into the cavity. The lid and the base are moveable between an open configuration configured to receive a lure pod and a closed configuration configured to secure the lure pod within the cavity.
US10765096B2
A dual-bearing reel includes a reel body, a cover member and a casting control mechanism. The cover member is disposed to cover the reel body from a first side plate side, and includes a cover part, a bulging part and a first boss part. The cover part is located outside a first side plate of a reel body of the dual-bearing reel in an axial direction. The bulging part bulges outward from the cover part in the axial direction. The first boss part has a shape protruding outward from the bulging part in the axial direction, and causes a spool shaft to be inserted therethrough. The casting control mechanism includes an operating member that is attached to the first boss part so as to be movable in the axial direction and protrudes at part of an outer periphery thereof from the bulging part as seen in the axial direction.
US10765090B2
Provided is an animal weighing scale that automatically measures a weight of an animal by a simple configuration. The animal weighing scale includes a breeding container for laboratory animals and a scale including a weighing pan supported by a weight sensor, the weighing pan is disposed inside a breeding space of the breeding container, and the weight sensor is disposed inside or outside the breeding space, and accordingly, based on a measurement value change when an animal inside the container is placed onto the pan, a weight change of the animal can be continuously recorded.
US10765080B2
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PHKH06 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PHKH06, cells from soybean variety 5PHKH06, plants of soybean 5PHKH06, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PHKH06. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PHKH06 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PHKH06, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PHKH06, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PHKH06. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PHKH06 are further provided.
US10765070B2
A system for sowing seeds in cells of a germination tray or other container and related methods of operation. The system may include a conveyor configured to move the germination tray in a conveying direction, a seed storage container configured to hold a plurality of seeds, a seed sowing machine, and a seed diverting mechanism. The seed sowing machine may be configured to transfer the seeds from the seed storage container along at least one seed transport path and into respective cells of the germination tray as the conveyor moves the germination tray in the conveying direction. The seed diverting mechanism may be configured to selectively divert seeds from the at least one seed transport path such that the diverted seeds are not deposited in cells of the germination tray during operation.
US10765069B2
Embodiments include a computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for supplementing sub-optimal environmental conditions for plant growth, the embodiments include receiving plant data for a plant, and extracting optimal growth condition data from a database based at least in part on the plant. Embodiments also include obtaining sensor data from sensors monitoring current growth conditions of the plant and comparing the current growth conditions of the plant to the optimal growth condition data from the database to estimate a current cytoplasmic streaming rate. Embodiments include responsive to the comparison, calculating, by the calculation engine, a sound wave frequency to stimulate cytoplasmic streaming in the plant, transmitting the sound wave frequency to a speaker, and providing the sound wave frequency to the plant.
US10765065B2
A telescopic reel includes a telescopic supporting frame and a central module including at least one bracket constrained to the supporting frame and connectable to a bearing and guide through a fastener. The bearing and guide is adapted to bear and guide, during its rotary motion, at least one transversal intersection element of the reel. The bearing and guide is positioned on the at least one intersection element at a first distance from a longitudinal central shaft of the reel, the first distance being greater than or equal to a second distance between the central shaft and a crosspiece of the reel.
US10765061B2
A lawnmower includes a belt cover attached to a cutter housing via one or more interlocking tabs and pockets. The lawnmower may include a cutter mounted to a shaft oriented in a vertical direction. The lawnmower may include a rear axle oriented in a horizontal direction. The lawnmower may include a cutter housing defining a lower opening below the cutter, a belt opening between the shaft and the rear axle, and at least one discharge opening. The lawnmower may include a belt cover including a ring portion at least partially surrounding the shaft above the cutter and a guard portion extending toward the belt opening. The belt cover may include at least one tab that engages a corresponding pocket on the cutter housing adjacent the belt opening.
US10765059B2
A feedback assembly for a harvester includes a chassis, at least one rod coupled to the chassis, and at least one tine rotatably coupled to the at least one rod. The at least one tine defines an elongated body including a linear section extending from the at least one rod, and an angled section extending at an angle from the linear section. The at least one tine configured to hang substantially perpendicularly relative to a direction of travel of the harvester when in a non-actuated position and configured to rotate away from the direction of travel of the harvester when in an actuated position.
US10772250B2
Component mounting system 1 includes electronic component mounting device 10, control device 100, image processing device 110, memory device 115, and display 120. Electronic component mounting device 10 includes mounting head 26, supply device 28, and component camera 90, and is configured to use mounting head 26 to pick up an electronic component supplied by supply device 28 and to image the held electronic component using component camera 90. When saving the captured image data on memory device 115, it is determined whether a condition for using a first format is satisfied (S1, S2). When the conditions for using the first format are satisfied (S2: yes), the captured image data is saved on memory device 115 in the first format that is a lossless compression format (S5). When conditions for using the first format are not satisfied (S2: no), the captured image data is saved on memory device 115 in the second format, which is a lossy compression format.
US10772246B2
The present invention relates to the use of additive manufacturing as applied to radiation shielding. In particular, additive manufacturing formulations are described which provide shielding for neutron and photon radiation and which can extend the useful operation life of remote sensing devices utilized to conduct surveillance and inspection work where such radiation fields are present.
US10772243B2
A display system including an upright housing meeting IP56 weatherproofing standards and including a first vent and a second vent positioned vertically above the first vent, a mounting arm coupled to the upright housing, an industrial PC mounted within the upright housing between the first vent and the second vent, a fan mounted within the upright housing adjacent the first vent, a thermostat mounted within the upright housing and controlling the fan continuously at or above a non-zero minimum speed so that a positive pressure is maintained within the upright housing between the first vent and the second vent, and a large format display mounted to the mounting arm and receiving signals from the industrial PC.
US10772241B2
Cooling system of modular data center (MDC) has air handling unit (AHU) that circulates cooling air through information technology (IT) module(s). Transducer(s) sense first air characteristic value of cooling air directed to IT module(s) of MDC, the value being selected one of: (i) temperature value; and (ii) humidity value. AHU controller determines whether first air characteristic value satisfies first air characteristic criterion of one of: (i) a temperature value equal to or greater than minimum temperature threshold; and (ii) a humidity value equal to or less than maximum humidity threshold. In response to determining that first air characteristic criterion is not satisfied, AHU controller triggers supplemental heater to warm cooling air before cooling air comes into contact with IT module(s) inside of MDC to at least one of: (i) provide cooling air above minimum operating temperature of components within IT module(s); and (ii) prevent condensation.
US10772238B1
A cooling apparatus for a container-based data center includes an air handling housing, at least one movable louver, a filter and a fan. The housing is configured for suspending from a ceiling of the container and comprises at least one heat exchanger. The louver is movable to direct air flow along different paths within the housing according to a selected operating mode. The fan is positioned in the housing and controllable according to the selected operating mode. The heat exchanger is configured in a self-contained water chilling circuit positioned within the container for use in a closed loop mode. The apparatus is convertible for use in an economizer mode that draws outside air into the container. An optional auxiliary heat exchanger element has a cold side heat exchange portion positioned outside the container and a connection through the ceiling to a hot side heat exchange portion positioned within the housing.
US10772231B2
Some embodiments are directed to a patch panel including a frame, at least one plug-in module including connectors, arranged in such a way as to slide between a pushed-in position in which the plug-in module is placed in a housing in the frame and an extracted position in which the plug-in module is outside the housing, the panel further including a device for attaching the plug-in module to the frame, the attachment device including: at least one flexible elongate body arranged in such a way as to slide with respect to the frame and/or to the plug-in module; a first end designed to attach the plug-in module to the attachment device when the plug-in module is in the extracted position; and a second end designed to attached the attachment device to the frame when the plug-in module is in the extracted position.
US10772230B1
The present disclosure relates to an electronic device. A test board having improved reliability according to the present disclosure includes a main board, a storage device connector positioned at an upper section of the main board and configured to vertically combine the main board and a storage device with each other, an analysis signal output terminal positioned at the upper section of the main board and configured to output an analysis signal for testing the storage device or communication between the storage device and a host, a host connector connected to a first side section of the main board and configured to combine the main board and the host with each other; and a first sub board detachably connected to a second side section of the main board.
US10772223B2
A cable retractor enclosure having a weighted cable pulley and cable pulley guide rails. The cable pulley is rotatable about a pivot and configured to translate along grooves when a cable wrapped underneath is extracted from the cable retractor enclosure. The cable extends outside of the retractor enclosure from its upper end and provides a cable end plug that sits within a retractor module insert. Weights may be attached to the cable pulley in order to leverage gravitational forces, which result in a bias causing the cable to retract back into the enclosure. Friction forces against the extracted cable can be used to prevent the gravitational bias the cable pulley exerts (retraction forces) on the cable by bending the cable to lay flat onto a table surface.
US10772218B2
A one-step react-on-demand (RoD) method for fabricating flexible circuits with ultra-low sheet resistance, enhanced safety and durability. With the special functionalized substrate, a real-time three-dimensional synthesize of silver plates in micro scale was triggered on-demand right beneath the tip in the water-swelled PVA coating, forming a three-dimensional metal-polymer (3DMP) hybrid structure of ˜7 μm with one single stroke. The as-fabricated silver traces show an enhanced durability and ultralow sheet resistance down to 4 mΩ/sq which is by far the lowest sheet resistance reported in literatures achieved by direct writing. Meanwhile, PVA seal small particles inside the film, adding additional safety to this technology. Since neither nanomaterials nor a harsh fabrication environment are required, the proposed method remains low-cost, user friendly and accessible to end-users. the RoD approach can be extended to various printing systems, offering a particle-free, sintering-free solution for high resolution, high speed production of flexible electronics.
US10772214B2
A manufacturing method for a circuit board in which a pin inserted in a through-hole of a land is welded to the land is disclosed. The land is covered with a white layer, and an irradiation angle of a laser beam with respect to the circuit board is adjusted so that reflected light of the laser beam emitted to the pin reaches the white layer on the land. As the reflected light of the laser beam is allowed to reach a white region provided on the land, the reflected light is scattered on the white region. A rate of absorption of the laser beam by the land is decreased, and a temperature increase of the land is restrained. As a result, a damage of an insulating part around the land is restrained.
US10772211B2
Disclosed are a cartridge nozzle assembly and an apparatus for injecting ink including the cartridge nozzle assembly. In the ink injecting apparatus for forming a pattern by adhering the ink injected from a nozzle onto a substrate, the ink injecting apparatus includes a cartridge nozzle assembly, in a cartridge type, including a chamber sealingly accommodating the ink, and the nozzle for discharging the ink accommodated in the chamber; and a cartridge nozzle fixing member for replaceably fixing the cartridge nozzle assembly.
US10772209B2
Apparatus, comprising fabric (62) formed from fibers (74); and an electrical component (20) having first and second perpendicular fiber guiding structures, wherein a first of the fibers is soldered in the first fiber guiding structure and a second of the fibers is soldered in the second fiber guiding structure.
US10772203B2
A flat data transmission cable includes a plurality of juxtaposed wires, a plastic layer enclosing on the wires integrally and a metallic layer formed by a metal material belt arranged on an outer side of the plastic layer in a spiral winding way, each wire has a conductor. The metallic layer has at least an aluminum foil layer and a bonding layer arranged on the side of the aluminum foil layer facing to the plastic layer, the metallic layer is bonded to the outer side of the plastic layer by the bonding layer.
US10772202B2
A flat data transmission cable includes a plurality of juxtaposed wires, a plastic layer enclosing on the wires integrally and a metallic layer formed by a metal material belt arranged on an outer side of the plastic layer in a spiral winding way. In the length direction of the data transmission cable, the data transmission cable has at least one bending portion, the data transmission cable is formed with a first section and a second section on both sides of the bending portion, and a stable bending angle is formed between the first section and the second section.
US10772198B2
An organic insulator is composed an organic resin phase as a main component. The organic resin phase includes a weather-resistant stabilizer. The organic resin phase includes an inner region and a surface region formed in at least one surface of the inner region. The surface region has a higher content ratio of the weather-resistance stabilizer than the inner region. A metal-clad laminate includes the organic insulator and a metallic foil laminated on at least one surface of the organic insulator. A wiring board includes a plurality of insulating layers composed of the organic insulator, and a metallic foil disposed between the insulating layers.
US10772188B1
An apparatus for providing a stiffener and cooling to a printed circuit board includes a printed circuit board coupled to a top surface of a stiffening cooling structure, where a lower surface of the printed circuit board is opposite the top surface of the stiffening cooling structure. One or more channels of the stiffening cooling structure defined by the top surface of the stiffening cooling structure, a bottom surface of the stiffening cooling structure, and one or more support members, where the one or more support members are positioned between the top surface of the stiffening cooling structure and the bottom surface of the stiffening cooling. One or more apertures in the top surface of the stiffening cooling structure directs airflow from the one or more channels of the stiffening cooling structure to one or more components disposed on a top surface of the printed circuit board.
US10772185B1
A modular beam amplifier for use in generating high power beams of particles in systems such as a spacecraft propulsion engine, comprising a distributed DC power generator including a plurality of DC generator cells connected in series to each other and a plurality of power taps at different points between the DC generator cells, an ion injector producing a particle beam and a plurality of amplifier modules in series with each other and coaxial with the particle beam. Each amplifier module in the plurality of amplifier modules includes a focus lens and a plurality of annular amplifier plates. Each amplifier plate pairs with and connects to a power tap. The plurality of DC generator cells is physically arranged in a serpentine arrangement of connected rows to minimize the physical length of the distributed DC power generator.
US10772174B2
Some embodiments include a method of operating a tunable light module. The method can include driving a lamp in the tunable light module, having lamps of at least two colors, to produce a colored light according to the color mixing plan that corresponds to a correlated color temperature (CCT); measuring a light characteristic of the lamp using a light sensor; detecting a degradation level by comparing the measured light characteristic against an expected light characteristic; and adjusting a current level for driving the lamp at the CCT by referencing the color mixing plan and an alternative coefficient corresponding to the degradation level.
US10772168B2
An LED driving circuit and a driving method thereof. The LED driving circuit comprises a rectifying circuit (40), a filter circuit (20), a current limiting circuit (10), a detection and control circuit (30), and an LED lamp string. The rectifying circuit is connected to an alternating-current power supply, and the negative electrode of the rectifying circuit is connected to the second end of the filter circuit and the second end of the detection and control circuit; the input end of the current limiting circuit is connected to the positive electrode of the rectifying circuit, the first output end of the current limiting circuit is connected to the positive electrode of the LED lamp string and the input end of the filter circuit, and the second output end of the current limiting circuit is connected to the third end of the detection and control circuit.
US10772167B2
A waveguide flange system connects a pair of microwave components each having a flange attached thereto. Each flange includes a waveguide central bore, a knife edge surrounding the central bore on one side of the flange, and a weld plate extending orthogonal to the central bore in all directions. A deformable gasket is placed between the two flanges and engages the knife edges. A waveguide clamp assembly applies a uniform compressive force to clamp the flanges together to deform the gasket and to form the RF seals. The weld flanges are tack welded, the clamp removed, and the weld completed to form the vacuum seal. A venting trough through the knife edges provides a path for gasses from the region between the weld and the knife edge to vent to the central bore. The clamp may optionally be replaced after the welding for added strength and protection.
US10772165B2
An electromagnetic cooking device and cooking method to perform zone cooking is disclosed. The method includes scanning a resonant cavity in which a food load has been placed with RF feeds that are coupled to respective high power amplifiers; identifying resonant frequencies and corresponding phases of the RF feeds; storing a resonance map; classifying symmetries in the resonant map; determining paths defining stirring routes between poles of different symmetries; determining midpoints in the paths with a maximum unbalance between reflected powers of the respective high power amplifiers; classifying the unbalance in terms of power steered to the left and right sides of the food load; synthesizing a heating strategy for zone cooking using the classified unbalance; and implementing the heating strategy by causing the plurality of high power amplifiers and RF feeds to introduce electromagnetic radiation at specific selected frequencies and phases into the cavity based on the heating strategy.
US10772164B2
The invention relates to a hob comprising a transparent or semi-transparent hob plate (2) and multiple heating elements (3) arranged below said hob plate (2), the hob further comprising illumination means arranged below said hob plate (2) for providing light markings (4) at the upper side (2.1) of the hob plate (2), said light markings (4) indicating heating zones (5) associated with the heating elements (3), wherein the illumination means comprise a light box (10) with at least a bottom wall portion (11) and a pair of side wall portions (12), said light box (10) including one or more lighting elements (13) for illuminating an interior space (14) of the light box (10), wherein the light box (10) further comprises an upper portion (15) being adapted to emit light towards the hob plate (2) in order to provide said light marking (4) at the upper side of the hob plate (2).
US10772159B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to channel estimation for coordinated access point (AP) transmissions. A device may identify of one or more access points associated with a coordinated basic service set. The device may determine to transmit one or more packets to a station device in coordination with the one or more access points. The device may determine one or more first training fields associated with one or more antennas of the device. The device may cause to send the one or more first training fields to the station device on one or more first communication links between the device and the station device.
US10772148B2
Provided is a method for managing a packet data unit (PDU) session between a base station and a core network in a next generation/5G radio access network (hereinafter, also referred to as NR (New Radio)). The method may include determining whether a requirement of a quality of service (QoS) flow for a terminal is satisfied, transmitting, to a core network entity, a PDU session resource notification message indicating that the requirement is not satisfied when the requirement is not satisfied, receiving one of a PDU session resource modification message and a PDU session resource release message from the core network entity, and transmitting a processing result on one of the PDU session resource modification message and the PDU session resource release message to the core network entity.
US10772145B2
A user equipment (UE) may experience poor communication with a network access device, and the network access device may configure the UE to connect to, and route communications through, one or more relay nodes (e.g., which may be another UE, a network operator-deployed relay, etc.). Techniques are described whereby these relay nodes may autonomously form a wireless backhaul network. Sequential implementations are considered such that the size of the wireless backhaul network may scale efficiently. In some examples, the wireless backhaul network may form by reusing existing connectivity establishment procedures. Importantly, the proposed techniques enable a relay to possess (e.g., be configured with) functionality that may traditionally be associated with a UE, base station, and gateway. Such multi-faceted functionality may enable the described sequential formation of wireless backhaul networks with tree topology.
US10772144B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for switching flow separation in dual connectivity. In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method that includes suspending, at the user equipment, at least one bearer and corresponding quality of service filter, when an access node is added as a secondary base station providing dual connectivity to the user equipment; switching, by the user equipment and in response to the added secondary base station, one or more packets to at least a secondary bearer at the added secondary base station; and reverting, by the user equipment, to the suspended at least one bearer and corresponding quality of service filter, when the added secondary base station is released as a connection at the user equipment. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also described.
US10772135B2
A contending radio node (200) is configured for attempting contention-based random access. The contending radio node (200) obtains a timing advance sequence that is susceptible to contention. The contending radio node (200) transmits, using the same transmission advancement timing, the timing advance sequence and a contention-resolving identity to a recipient radio node (250). Responsive to that transmission, the contending radio node (200) receives a response signal that indicates a contention-resolving identity and a timing advance. The contending radio node (200) resolves any contention in its favor when the contention-resolving identity indicated by the response signal corresponds to the contention-resolving identity that the contending radio node (200) transmitted. The contending radio node (200), responsive to resolving the contention in its favor, adjusts its transmission advancement timing according to the timing advance indicated by the response signal.
US10772132B2
Physical random access channel (PRACH) configuration on new radio unlicensed (NR-U) networks is disclosed. A UE may perform PRACH transmission either with a transmission opportunity (TXOP) or outside of a TXOP. The UE monitors for a control signal, such as a preamble or common control signal, identifying a TXOP. The UE may obtain an autonomous random access configuration for communications outside of the current TXOP that identifies a random access slot includes a plurality of random access occasions. If the UE fails to detect the control signal, it transmits an autonomous random access signal in a random access occasion corresponding to a beam direction of its location in relation to the base station. Otherwise, upon detection of the control signal and receipt of a trigger signal, the UE may transmit a random access request within the TXOP.
US10772131B2
An apparatus implements methods for random access in a wireless communication system using beamforming. A Subscriber Station (SS) measures a best downlink transmission beam among downlink transmission beams transmitted from a Base Station (BS), and transmits Random Access Channel (RACH) information, which includes indication information indicating the best downlink transmission beam, to the BS. The BS receives RACH information which includes indication information indicating a best downlink transmission beam among downlink transmission beams, and detects an RACH sequence and the best downlink transmission beam from the received RACH information.
US10772129B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for controlling wireless communication between a first wireless access point and one or more user devices, the first access point having an interface for communication with the user devices on one or more wireless communication channels in a predetermined frequency range, and also being configured to communicate with one or more other wireless access points. The access points each have a radar detector operable to detect possible radar signals within the frequency range, and are configured to provide information indicative of whether or not possible radar signals have been detected. The first access point receives communications relating to information provided by the other access points, and starts or stops wireless communications with its user devices on a particular channel based on whether or not it has detected possible radar signals together with whether or not the other wireless access points have detected possible radar signals.
US10772125B2
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium at a transmitting network device or a target network device in a listen-before-talk (LBT) session that employ a spatial LBT procedure is disclosed. The spatial LBT procedure takes into account multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) configuration information in measuring an effective interference. Accordingly, the spatial LBT procedure enables the transmitting network device or the target network device to more accurately measure an interference and make a more accurate decision on whether a channel is clear, and thus improves the system-wide performance. Also, the spatial LBT procedure allows the transmitting network device or the target/receiving network device to adaptively adjust the LBT power detection threshold when the MIMO configuration is not available. This also enables the network devices to more accurately measure interference and make a more accurate decision on whether the channel is clear, especially when advanced MIMO technologies are deployed in 5G or beyond.
US10772124B2
A method for a terminal transmitting an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information indicating a contention-based transmission scheme or a contention free-based transmission scheme; and transmitting uplink data according to the transmission scheme indicated by the information received, wherein when the indicated transmission scheme is the contention-based transmission scheme, the terminal transmits, in addition to the uplink data, information for identifying the terminal, wherein the terminal may prioritize transmission success of the information for identifying the terminal that is additionally transmitted over transmission success of the uplink data transmission.
US10772121B2
A technique for transmitting uplink scheduling grant information (702) from a network node to a wireless device in unlicensed spectrum is described. As to a method aspect of the technique, a listen before talk (LBT) process is performed (202) on each of at least one carrier in the unlicensed spectrum. The uplink scheduling grant information is transmitted (304) on one of the at least one carrier in response to a positive result of the LBT process on the one carrier. The uplink scheduling grant information (702) is indicative of an uplink scheduling grant on multiple carriers in the unlicensed spectrum.
US10772118B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving scheduling information for one cell (a particular cell) from among a plurality of cells under a carrier aggregation condition in which a plurality of cells are aggregated. One embodiment according to the present invention transmits/receives a downlink grant for the particular cell from a first cell from among the plurality of cells, and transmits/receives an uplink grant for the particular cell from a second cell, from among the plurality of cells, which is different from the first cell. The particular cell may be a different cell from the first and second cells, or may be the same cell as the first cell or the second cell.
US10772102B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a wireless communication node that receives instructions in a control channel directing it to utilize a spectral segment at a first carrier frequency to communicate with a mobile communication device. Responsive to the instructions, the wireless communication node receives a modulated signal in the spectral segment at a second carrier frequency from the base station, the modulated signal including communications data provided by the base station. The wireless communication node down-shifts the modulated signal at the second carrier frequency to the first carrier frequency, and wirelessly transmits the modulated signal at the first carrier frequency to the mobile communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10772090B2
The present invention provides a method for a user equipment to receive downlink data. Particularly, the method includes: receiving information related to one or more control resource sets for downlink control information; receiving rate matching information related to whether or not to receive downlink data in each of the one or more control resource sets; and receiving the downlink data in each of the one or more control sets on the basis of the rate matching information, wherein, if the rate matching information includes first information, the downlink data are not received in the control resource set in which the downlink control information has not been detected.
US10772088B2
Wireless communication method where a wireless network transmits a control channel message to a terminal. At the wireless network side: configuring a plurality of search spaces, each of the plurality are configured from a plurality of control channel elements within a sub-frame by using a pseudorandom function; determining one or more control channel elements to use for transmission of the control channel message from the plurality of search spaces; and transmitting the control channel message. At the terminal side: decoding the control channel message by making a selection of locations for blind decoding the search space within the sub-frame, using the pseudorandom function. The pseudo-random function is a function based on a sum of a first value and a second value. The first value is a pseudo-random factor, and the second value is based on an aggregation level and a total of control channel elements in the sub-frame.
US10772087B2
Techniques are provided that enable signaling of physical layer parameters in a shared radio frequency spectrum band or a dedicated radio frequency spectrum band (or any available radio frequency spectrum band). One or more physical layer channels may be used to transmit physical layer parameters, and different portions of the channel(s) may carry physical layer information for different groups of UEs. A base station may configure a UE into a UE group that monitors particular channel resources based on the UE group. In this manner, a base station may transmit physical layer parameters that may be received by a UE for receiving wireless communications for one or more subframe. A base station may transmit physical layer parameters to be monitored by the use using a physical hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) indicator channel (PHICH), a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH), a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), or combinations thereof.
US10772077B2
A cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI) allocation method and device are disclosed. The method includes: when UE accesses a serving cell, randomly determining, by an entity at which the serving cell is located, a start position for selecting a C-RNTI, selecting a C-RNTI for the UE within a C-RNTI interval range starting from the start position, and allocating the selected C-RNTI to the UE. So the entity at which the serving cell is located randomizes the start position of allocation performed by the entity and uses the start position as a start position of an allocation interval, so that allocation of the C-RNTI is randomized.
US10772076B2
A communication method, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a target resource pool from at least two resource pools according to a condition parameter of each resource pool in the at least two resource pools, wherein the condition parameter is used for indicating a resource usage condition of the resource pool; and communicating, by the terminal device, with a network device by using a resource of the target resource pool.
US10772065B2
A method and a device for supplying location information to an apparatus connected to a network access point. The a method is implemented by a network access point, which is capable of providing the apparatus with access to a communication network to which the access point is connected when the apparatus is connected to a local network of the network access point. The network access point obtains, from a server of the communication network, information on the location of the network access point, the location information being location information certified by the operator of the communication network. The network access point receives, from the apparatus, a request for location information and sends the certified location information obtained to the apparatus.
US10772063B2
A method, an apparatus, and a system for processing registration backup data are disclosed. A Serving Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) receives a request from a User Equipment (UE) and judges whether the request carries multi-registration information so as to decide whether to add multi-registration indication information into a Server Assignment Request (SAR) message sent to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS). The HSS performs operations according to whether the SAR message carries the multi-registration indication information, therefore avoiding unnecessary signaling interactions, reducing the signaling load, avoiding unnecessary data processing between the HSS and the S-CSCF, and saving system resources.
US10772061B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques provide for determining to not transmit a portion of a second signal that overlaps in time with a first signal. A user equipment (UE) may identify a first signal to be communicated during a first time duration using a first beam pair link (BPL) and identify a second signal that is scheduled to be communicated during a second time duration using a second BPL. The UE may identify a misalignment between timing advance values for the BPLs, the misalignment causing an overlap in time between the first signal scheduled during the first time duration and the second signal scheduled during the second time duration. The UE may determine whether to drop part of the second signal and communicate the first signal and a remaining portion of the second signal based at least in part on the determining.
US10772060B2
A remote radio head (RRH) of a distributed radio access network (RAN) is equipped with a co-located user equipment (UE). The UE can be a chipset integrated into the RRH, which is connected to other parts of the RAN via a fronthaul network. The UE can be used to relay information, such as management information to and/or from the RRH. Timing information obtained by the UE can be provided to the RRH and used as an indication of fronthaul latency. The RRH can then adjust its operation in response to the indication of fronthaul latency.
US10772054B2
One disclosure of this specification provides a method for receiving a synchronization signal block (SSB) by a user equipment (UE). The method may include: determining frequency locations of multiple SSBs; and receiving at least one SSB among the multiple SSBs. The multiple SSBs may be configured to be arranged spaced apart from each other by a predetermined offset. The at least one SSB may be located at an interval of 1.2 MHz on a frequency axis.
US10772037B2
In a communication system (1), when there is no access destination corresponding to a service type to be used by a piece of UE (50) in one of cellular communication and non-cellular communication, a retrieval unit (13) of a DB server (10) selects an access destination by referring to correspondence information in the other of the cellular communication and the non-cellular communication. Thus, when there is no access destination corresponding to the service type to be used by the UE (50) in one of the cellular communication and the non-cellular communication, the access destination corresponding to the service type is selected in the other of the cellular communication and the non-cellular communication. Therefore, it is possible to select an access destination suitable for the service type from both the cellular communication and the non-cellular communication.
US10772036B2
Systems and methods related to a multi-server pull-based HTTP request-response structure over ICN systems. In one embodiment, a method comprises: publishing an ICN content request from a cNAP with identification CIDURI; receiving at the cNAP a response from at least one sNAP indicating the availability of the requested content at the at least one sNAP; identifying at the cNAP an optimal segment number, k*, and a set I* of the server IDs, i*, to participate in a network coding based transmission; transmitting the optimal segment number k* from the cNAP to each sNAP identified in the set I*; receiving, at the cNAP, network coding based transmissions from the sNAPs identified in the set I*, and performing decoding of an overall message at the cNAP.
US10772034B2
A core network to which a cell of a base station can be connected may not be specified to be one. For example, a cell may be connected to an EPC, may be connected to a next-generation core network, or may be connected to both an EPC and a next-generation core network. The base station may transmit core network information relating to a core network to which the cell is connected, on the cell. A user equipment may determine whether to camp on the cell on the basis of the core network information.
US10772023B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a triggering event based on a monitoring of utilization of a target cell within a cellular network system. A configuration policy including a handover configuration parameter set is determined, responsive to the triggering event. A target cell of a plurality of neighboring cells of the source cell is identified and a handover procedure of a user equipment from the source cell to the target cell is configured based on the handover configuration parameter set. The source cell provides the handover configuration parameter set to the user equipment connected to the source cell. The user equipment, while connected to the source cell, performs handover measurements from the source cell to the target cell based on the handover configuration parameter set, and a handover of the user equipment from the source cell to the target cell is based on the handover measurements. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10772021B2
Certain aspects relate to methods and apparatus for discovering whether one or more enhanced capabilities are supported by devices (e.g., user equipment (UE), base station (BS), etc.) in a network. The enhanced capabilities may include, for example, the ability to support certain low latency procedures, enhanced component carrier (eCC) capability, and the like. The devices in the network may perform one or more handover-related procedures (e.g., cell selection/reselection, make-before-break handover, etc.) and/or other procedures (e.g., QoS negotiation, etc.) based, at least in part, on support for the one or more enhanced capabilities.
US10772019B2
A method for changing a communication network for video communication is provided. The method includes performing, by a user equipment (UE), video communication through a mobile communication network; searching for whether there is a wireless local area network (WLAN) accessible by the UE; displaying, if a WLAN accessible by the UE is found, the accessible WLAN; and when the displayed WLAN is selected by a user, changing a communication network for the video communication to perform the video communication through the selected WLAN.
US10772018B2
To configure a UE for handover between a source evolved Node-B (eNB) and a target eNB using aerial communications in a cellular network, the UE processing circuitry is to decode measurement configuration information from the source eNB. The measurement configuration information includes a plurality of height thresholds associated with aerial height of the UE. A measurement report is encoded for transmission to the source eNB. The measurement report includes the aerial height of the UE and the measurement report generation triggered based on one or more triggering events associated with the plurality of height thresholds. RRC signaling from the source eNB is decoded, the RRC signaling including a handover command. The handover command is based on a handover decision by the source eNB using the measurement report. A handover from the source eNB to the target eNB is performed based on the handover command.
US10772009B2
A wireless communication system includes a plurality of baseband processing apparatuses each of which performs baseband signal processing and outputs a baseband signal, and a wireless apparatus which makes connections to the plurality of baseband processing apparatuses and transmits a radio frequency signal that is obtained by performing radio frequency signal processing on the baseband signal that is output from one of the plurality of baseband processing apparatuses.
US10772004B2
A QoS control method and a device are disclosed. In the method, a session management function SMF entity obtains service data flow SDF-level QoS control information; the SMF entity sends the SDF-level QoS control information to a terminal; and the terminal performs QoS control on an uplink data packet based on the SDF-level QoS control information, or deletes the SDF-level QoS control information. In the foregoing method embodiments, the terminal can perform the QoS control on the uplink data packet based on the SDF-level QoS control information.
US10772000B2
There is provided user equipment of a radio communication system including a base station and the user equipment, the user equipment including a receiver that receives, from the base station, measurement band information indicating a frequency range in which received quality is measured in a system bandwidth; and a measurer that measures the received quality in the frequency range indicated by the measurement band information.
US10771997B2
Techniques for radio resource measurement (RRM) that support directionality, as well as scheduled media access techniques are described. For instance, a measurement request may be transmitted from a first device to a second device. This measurement request directs the second device to take one or more measurements of a wireless channel. Various characteristics for the one or more measurements may be included in the measurement request. For example, the measurement request may indicate at least one directional parameter and at least one timing parameter for the one or more measurements. In response to the request, the first device receives a measure report that includes measured values for each of the one or more measurements.
US10771989B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for an adaptive self-optimizing network using closed-loop feedback are disclosed. A method for sharing network resources comprises receiving, by a network operations center (NOC), access requests for users subscribed to an external network. The method further comprises receiving, by the NOC, a summary of key performance indicators from at least one internal network. Also, the method comprises determining, by the NOC, whether at least one internal network has available resources by analyzing the summary of key performance indicators and user demand from the access requests. Further, the method comprises allowing, by the NOC when the NOC determines that there are available resources, at least some of the users from the external network to connect to at least one internal network according to the available resources.
US10771986B2
The present disclosure provides a clear channel assessment detection method and apparatus. The method includes: acquiring a clear channel assessment (CCA) detection pattern or a Muting pattern; and performing a CCA detection to an unlicensed carrier channel on resources corresponding to one of the CCA detection pattern or the Muting pattern.
US10771985B2
Methods are provided to perform multiple-connectivity operation in the heterogeneous network. In one novel aspect, multiple-connectivity is configured with one microwave macro cell and multiple small cells. UE establishes control plane connectivity with the microwave macro cell, where the S1-MME interface is terminated. Multiple small-cell base stations provide traffic data together to the UE and are connected with Xn interfaces. One small-cell base station in the set of the configured small base stations is an UP anchor small-cell base station, where S1-U interface is terminated. Other small base stations are UP assistance small base station. In one embodiment, the set of small base stations and the UP anchor small base stations can be changed based on the measurement report/results of the different cells as well as the cell loading status. The anchor base station can be changed either by the UE or through network configuration.
US10771984B2
Aspects described herein relate to a network for providing air-to-ground wireless communication in various cells. The network includes a first base station array, each base station of which includes a respective first antenna array defining a directional radiation pattern that is oriented in a first direction, wherein each base station of the first base station array is disposed spaced apart from another base station of the first base station array along the first direction by a first distance. The network also includes a similar second base station array where the second base station array extends substantially parallel to the first base station array and is spaced apart from the first base station array by a second distance to form continuous and at least partially overlapping cell coverage areas between respective base stations of the first and second base station arrays.
US10771982B2
A system may include a pool of heterogeneous compute units configured to execute an electronic design automation (EDA) application for design or verification of a circuit, wherein the pool of heterogeneous compute units includes compute units with differing computing capabilities. The system may also include a resource utilization engine configured to identify an EDA operation to be performed for the EDA application, select a compute unit among the pool of heterogeneous compute units to execute the EDA operation based on a determined computing capability specific to the selected compute unit, and assign execution of the EDA operation to the selected compute unit.
US10771978B2
A method of transmission scheduling for one or more process devices (P1, P2, P3, P4) in an industrial application (IA), such as a sensor, an actuator and/or a process controller, capable of wireless communication, implemented by a radio control unit (LRC, GRC), is proposed, the method comprising: determining with respect to the industrial application (IA) whether a licensed shared access spectrum (LSA) is available and assigning to the one or more process devices (P1, P2, P3, P4), based on a traffic type of the data to be transmitted by the one or more process devices (P1, P2, P3, P4), an access spectrum within the licensed shared access spectrum (LSA).
US10771961B2
A method for processing signals by a user equipment in a V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) communication system is disclosed. The method includes steps of receiving, from a network, a counting request message including information about at least one V2X service type and at least one V2X UE type; and transmitting a counting response message to the network, when a V2X UE type of the UE is included in the at least one V2X UE type, wherein the counting response message includes information about at least one of a location of the UE, a direction of the UE or a velocity of the UE.
US10771948B2
A system and method for monitoring a spatial position of a mobile transmitter is provided. In particular, the mobile transmitter may be attached to or included in an object of interest. By analyzing the signal strengths of radio frequency signals emitted by the transmitter, a spatial position of the mobile transmitter can be determined, and it is possible to detect whether or not the spatial position of the mobile transmitter is outside an allowable area. By applying the monitoring of the spatial position to a radio frequency system on a vessel, a reliable man-over-board detection can be achieved.
US10771932B1
In one embodiment, a server computing device receives a message indicating a current notification mode of a mobile computing device of a user. The received message comprises information from one or more sensors of the mobile computing device. The current notification mode is based at least in part on the information from the one or more sensors of the mobile computing device. The activity of the user is determined based at least in part on sensor information of the mobile computing device. The current notification mode of the mobile computing device is determined based on the user activity or the information from the one or more sensors of the mobile computing device. The server computing device determines whether to transmit a communication to the mobile computing device based on the current notification mode of the mobile computing device.
US10771929B2
Provided are a method for performing, by a multi-cell coordination entity (MCE), a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for supporting the same. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from an MME, information on a cell group and an indication which instructs the MCE to perform either of a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) operation or a single-cell point-to-multipoint (SCPTM) operation; determining to perform either of the MBSFN operation or the SCPTM operation on the basis of the indication; and transmitting, to a base station, the information on the cell group received from the MME, on the basis of the information on the cell group and the determined operation, wherein the information on the cell group may be information related to a cell group to which a V2X message is to be delivered, and the base station may be a base station that manages cells which belong to the cell group to which the V2X message is to be delivered.
US10771926B1
A package tracking system method utilizes a GPS-enabled tracking device which is securable within a given package to be shipped. The tracking device is configured to permit the device to be followed online by an authorized user. The tracking device further permits deep penetration of the tracking signal through a given unit of packaging material and also incorporates a tampering indicator.
US10771916B2
It is presented a method for determining a position of a wireless device within a single radio cell served by a plurality of remote radio heads. The method is performed in a position determination node and comprises the steps of: receiving a measured power signature comprising at least two, in time separated, power measurement values of a downlink signal, the measured power signature originating from the wireless device; comparing the measured power signature with a set of reference power signatures, wherein each one of the plurality of remote radio heads is associated with a reference power signature and the reference power signatures differ for at least two of the plurality of remote radio heads; and determining a position in that the wireless device is in the vicinity of one of the at least one remote radio head whose reference power signature best matches the measured power signature.
US10771915B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of a car stereo audio expanding method. The method performs delay processing on sound channel signals in a loudspeaker twice to counteract signals reflected by door glass, such that the sound field performs better. The sound field processing method of the present invention can enable the sound field of sounds heard by the driver to be centered and the diffusion of both sides to be symmetric. Also the sound field can be expanded to the outside of the vehicle, resolving the problem that the car audio, in a car environment, has a sound field weighted toward one side, has a narrow sound field width, and has poor hearing effects due to the confined sound field. The invention enables sound heard to be authentic rather than empty.
US10771912B2
A method for generating loudspeaker signals associated with a target screen size is disclosed. The method includes receiving a bit stream containing encoded higher order ambisonics signals, the encoded higher order ambisonics signals describing a sound field associated with a production screen size. The method further includes decoding the encoded higher order ambisonics signals to obtain a first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing dominant components of the sound field and a second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals representing ambient components of the sound field. The method also includes combining the first set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals and the second set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals to produce a combined set of decoded higher order ambisonics signals.
US10771910B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal, which synthesize an object signal and a channel signal and effectively perform binaural rendering of the synthesized signal.To this end, provided are a method for processing an audio signal, which includes: receiving an input audio signal including a multi-channel signal; receiving truncated subband filter coefficients for filtering the input audio signal, the truncated subband filter coefficients being at least some of subband filter coefficients obtained from binaural room impulse response (BRIR) filter coefficients for binaural filtering of the input audio signal and the length of the truncated subband filter coefficients being determined based on filter order information obtained by at least partially using reverberation time information extracted from the corresponding subband filter coefficients; obtaining vector information indicating the BRIR filter coefficients corresponding to each channel of the input audio signal; and filtering each subband signal of the multi-channel signal by using the truncated subband filter coefficients corresponding to the relevant channel and subband based on the vector information and an apparatus for processing an audio signal by using the same.
US10771898B2
Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for location-tracking wireless devices. In an embodiment, a method performed by an electronic device comprises: playing, or initiating the playing of, a sound through a loudspeaker of an accessory device via a communication link. The sound is played at a specified frequency that utilizes a frequency response of the loudspeaker (or loudspeaker plus speaker enclosure). The sound is received through two or more microphones of the electronic device and filtered by one or more filters. The one or more filters are configured to pass the sound at or around the specified frequency and to reduce masking of the sound by ambient noise. The filtered sound is associated with direction data generated from sensor data provided by one or more inertial sensors of the electronic device. In another embodiment, the specified frequency is higher than the maximum human hearing range.
US10771892B1
A submersible sound system may include a housing, an end piece, an elastic membrane, an end cap affixed to the elastic membrane, and a subwoofer speaker system disposed within the housing and supported by a speaker support. A bubble sound source may be defined by the speaker support, the speaker diaphragm, an anterior end of the housing, the elastic membrane, and the end cap. The housing, end piece, and a posterior surface of the speaker support may form a sealed enclosure. The sound system may include a tuning pipe disposed between the sealed enclosure and the bubble sound source. A Helmholtz resonator may be disposed anteriorly of the speaker system. Multiple sound system may be assembled to form a cluster. The cluster may be defined by the vertices of regular polyhedron. The sound systems may be controlled to maintain the speaker systems within acceptable thermal limits.
US10771887B2
In one example, a headset obtains, from a first microphone on the headset, a first audio signal including a user audio signal and an anisotropic background audio signal. The headset obtains, from a second microphone on the headset, a second audio signal including the user audio signal and the anisotropic background audio signal. The headset extracts, from the first audio signal and the second audio signal, using a first adaptive filter, a reference audio signal including the anisotropic background audio signal. Based on the reference signal, the headset cancels, using a second adaptive filter, the anisotropic background audio signal from a third audio signal derived from the first and second audio signals to produce an output audio signal. The headset provides the output audio signal to a receiver device.
US10771882B2
Implementations generally relate to a user interface for an earbud device. In some implementations, a method includes detecting contact of a finger of a user on a touch user interface of an earbud device. The method further includes determining a contact pattern based on movement of the finger on the touch user interface. The method further includes mapping the contact pattern to a predetermined command. The method further includes executing the predetermined command based on the mapping.
US10771877B2
A system, method and device for a set of wireless earpieces anatomically conformed for wearing in the same ear is disclosed. Each wireless earpiece includes an earpiece housing, a speaker disposed within the earpiece housing, a memory device disposed within the earpiece housing, a transceiver disposed within each earpiece housing; and a processor disposed within each earpiece housing and operatively connected to the speaker and the transceiver.
US10771876B1
Headphones are disclosed that include a first earcup assembly and a second earcup assembly. The headphones include a headband extending between the first and second earcup assemblies. The headband includes opposing ends attached to the first and second earcup assemblies, respectively. The first earcup assembly includes a first cushion coupled to an earcup. The first cushion includes a first portion that is acoustically open. The first cushion also includes a second portion acoustically sealed from the first portion.
US10771869B2
A radio and advanced metering system. In an example, a multi-device module includes a host device interface configured to connect to a host device. The host device interface includes a communications interface that can send communications to and receive communications from the host device. The multi-device module includes a radio that can to connect to a wireless network and a microcontroller configurable to perform different functions.
US10771867B1
Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for video generation. An input video can be provided to a video server that is coupled to a video database storing hundreds, thousands, millions, or billions of video clips. Each stored video clip includes content that is known to the video server. The video server identifies aspects of the content of the input video and identifies matching video clips stored in the video database, using a trained machine-learning engine. The machine-learning engine can also modify some aspects of the input video while maintaining other aspects of the input video.
US10771865B2
A playback application seamlessly advances playback of and interactive media title in response to user selections in a manner that minimizes latency and preserves user immersion in a narrative. The playback application buffers an interstitial segment included in the interactive media title and feeds portions of the interstitial segment to a media player only when those portions are needed for display. When the user selects an option displayed during the interstitial segment, the playback application begins buffering a subsequent media segment and stops feeding portions of the interstitial segment to the media player. The playback application starts feeding blocks of the subsequent media segment to the media player and then seamlessly advances playback to the subsequent media segment.
US10771864B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to monitor media are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a media identifier to determine a first media identifier and a first timestamp based on media monitoring information obtained from a content publisher, the first media identifier and the first timestamp from the content publisher, the first media identifier to identify media accessed by a media device, map the first media identifier and the first timestamp to a second media identifier and a second timestamp in a look-up table, the second media identifier and the second timestamp generated by an AME media analyzer before the media device accessed the media, and credit access of the media to the media device based on the mapping, and a report generator to generate a media crediting report based on the crediting.
US10771863B2
The described methods, systems, and computer program products enable media composition editors to tag compositional objects with editorial rendition rules that specify how rendering decisions are to be made and how source media assets are to be selected and processed to generate an output rendering of a media composition that adheres to the editor's rendition-related choices. The editorially-specified rendition rules include spatial-type rules, temporal-type rules, and color-type rules, and generally pertain to the spatial, temporal, and color ranges and resolutions to be included within a rendition. When a rendition of a media composition is to be generated, a rendition engine interprets and applies the editorial rendition rules to generate and output the rendition in accordance with rendition parameters supplied to the rendition engine by a rendition profile, and, in some cases, by the media composition and the source media assets.
US10771861B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating links to points in a video stream corresponding to actual programming events of a show playing, played, or about to be played in the live video stream, improving the utility of streaming by enabling viewers to view information specifically related to a story and easily navigate to the start of the story within the video stream.
US10771858B2
A processing device can execute instructions to query a database to determine a top-ranked avail for a target audience, to generate a target avail, determine the target avail is not within a sell CPM price for the target audience, and determine that demand for the target avail as addressable television (ATV) impressions is beyond a predetermined threshold sufficient to discount the CPM price of the target avail for the target audience. The ATV impressions can be derived from directly addressable replacement ads. The processing device can further determine that the target avail is within the sell CPM price for the target audience with a determined discount and discount the sell CPM price for the target avail by the determined discount that decreases a margin for an ad campaign when filling the target avail with a broadcast ad. Also, ATV sell CPM price can be adjusted according to programmable TV campaign performance.
US10771856B2
A computerized method is disclosed including but not limited to determining on a processor, a tendency of an end user's to respond to one of a plurality of advertising data types in a video data stream wherein the plurality of advertising data types comprise at least two of audio, video, text and image data types. A computer readable medium containing a data structure is disclosed providing a functional and structural interrelationship between a processor in the system and data in the data structure.
US10771848B1
Methods and systems are provided to create a media consumer-personalized database table of selectable actions related to media content of interest to a media consumer that is being displayed on a media device. The media content of interest is identified by the media consumer by recording an indication of the media content of interest via a signal received from a user input device when the media content of interest is being displayed or presented. The database table of selectable actions is then presented to the media consumer who can initiate one of the actions.
US10771846B2
A display apparatus includes a communication interface configured to receive a broadcasting image from a broadcasting transmission apparatus; a display configured to display the broadcasting image; a memory configured to store an application for displaying a substitutional advertisement image on the display instead of the broadcasting image; and a processor configured to: determine whether a state of the display apparatus satisfies a specified condition for displaying the substitutional advertisement image on the display; and if the state of the display apparatus satisfies the specified condition, execute the application to thereby cause the substitutional advertisement image to be displayed on the display instead of the broadcasting image.
US10771845B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus that obtains information of a voice input of at least one user and estimates an attribute of the user based on the information of the voice input. The information processing apparatus further controls a display apparatus to display a layout image for the information of the voice input based on the estimated attribute of the user.
US10771835B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for controlling configurable lights using color metadata of a media stream. In one embodiment, an example method may include sending a request for media content for presentation at a user device, the media content comprising video content, receiving a media stream comprising in-band data and out-of-band data, the in-band data comprising video content data, and the out-of-band data comprising color metadata, determining, based at least in part on the color metadata, one or more first lighting parameters for one or more configurable lights associated with an environment of the user device, the one or more first lighting parameters corresponding to a first portion of the video content, causing a presentation of the first portion of the video content at the user device, and causing, based at least in part on the one or more first lighting parameters, the one or more configurable lights to output one or more first colors during the presentation of the first portion of the video content at the user device.
US10771834B2
A media switch enables a terminal to access content by receiving a content request from a terminal for a first piece of content to be distributed over a cable system, identifying a personal channel within resources available in the cable system to distribute the first piece of content to the terminal, transmitting access information to the terminal to enable the terminal to access the first piece of content through the personal channel, and interfacing with a cable headend to provide the first piece of content on the personal channel.
US10771832B2
[Object] To stably supply an application processed together with broadcast content.[Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes a broadcast content processing unit that receives and processes broadcast content, and a controller that acquires, for each request for acquiring an application capable of being processed together with the broadcast content from a server, an application information table in which first information for calculating a random timing is stored, and calculates, based on the first information, a timing at which the request for acquiring the application is transmitted.
US10771825B2
An embodiment of the invention simplifies management of the “video lifecycle”. An embodiment includes one of more modules that streamline the video publishing process by abstracting technical steps such as video publishing, updating video, unpublishing video, retrieval or statistics concerning video, authorization to process video, validation of video, video metadata processing, video transcoding, and/or video transmission. Other embodiments are described herein.
US10771818B2
An encoder encodes pixels representative of a picture in a multimedia stream, generates a first approximate signature based on approximate values of pixels in a reconstructed copy of the picture, and transmits the encoded pixels and the first approximate signature. A decoder receives a first packet including the encoded pixels and the first approximate signature, decodes the encoded pixels, and transmits a first signal in response to comparing the first approximate signature and a second approximate signature generated based on approximate values of the decoded pixels. If a corrupted packet is detected, the multimedia application requests an intra-coded picture in response to the first approximate signature differing from the second approximate signature. The second signal instructs the decoder to bypass requesting an intra-coded picture and to continue decoding received packets in response to the first approximate signature being equal to the second approximate signature.
US10771806B2
A method and device for deriving at least one motion information predictor for encoding of an image portion by motion compensation. At least two distinct first and second subsets of motion information predictors of a first set of motion information predictors are provided. Processing of the first subset of motion information predictors and processing of the second subset of motion information predictors is performed to obtain a final set of motion information predictors usable for predicting said image portion from the reference image portion. Processing of the second subset may comprise removing duplicates from among the motion information predictors of said second subset, and may be performed so as to exclude temporal predictors. At least part of the processing of the second subset of motion information predictors may be performed concurrently with at least part of the processing of the first subset of motion information predictors.
US10771797B2
Techniques are provided for sending and receiving digital video in high-quality compressed form over a network. Such techniques may include (a) performing chroma subsampling on an original video stream to yield an altered video stream; (b) applying video compression to the altered video stream to yield a compressed base layer (BL) stream; (c) creating an enhancement layer (EL) stream based on differences between the original video stream and a decompressed version of the BL stream, the EL stream including additional chroma information, which, when combined with the BL stream, encodes a video stream that has higher chroma fidelity to that of the original video stream than does the BL stream alone; and (d) sending both streams to a receiver device across the network to enable the receiver device to generate a version of the original video stream by combining the BL stream with the EL stream's additional chroma information.
US10771792B2
When encoding an array of data elements, or a stream of such arrays, using an encoder comprising encoding circuitry operable to encode the array(s) of data elements as a plurality of independent segments, wherein each independent segment can be decoded independently; a header is generated for output with an encoded data stream including the plurality of independent segments wherein the header contains information indicative of the location of each of the plurality of independent segments within the encoded data stream. When an encoded data stream associated with such a header is to be decoded, a decoder may thus read the header to identify the location of the independent segment within the data stream and then read and decode the identified segments from the identified location(s) in the data stream.
US10771790B2
In a video decoding device, a quantization step size decoding unit calculates a quantization step size that controls a granularity of the inverse quantization by, based on an image prediction, selectively using a mean value of at least a quantization step size assigned to a leftwardly adjacent neighboring image block already decoded and a quantization step size assigned to a upwardly adjacent neighboring image block already decoded or a quantization step size assigned to an image block decoded immediately before.
US10771779B2
A video encoding method and apparatus and a video decoding method and apparatus are provided. The video encoding method includes: prediction encoding in units of a coding unit as a data unit for encoding a picture, by using partitions determined based on a first partition mode and a partition level, so as to select a partition for outputting an encoding result from among the determined partitions; and encoding and outputting partition information representing a first partition mode and a partition level of the selected partition. The first partition mode represents a shape and directionality of a partition as a data unit for performing the prediction encoding on the coding unit, and the partition level represents a degree to which the coding unit is split into partitions for detailed motion prediction.
US10771770B2
A 3D display device and the driving method for the 3D display device are provided. The 3D display device includes a liquid crystal display panel for monochrome display, and an electroluminescence display panel for color display disposed under the liquid crystal display panel; the electroluminescence display panel includes a plurality of regions arranged in a matrix, the plurality of regions form columns of bright regions and columns of dark regions, which are arranged alternately the liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of first sub-pixels arranged in a matrix; each bright region of the electroluminescence display panel corresponds to at least two first sub-pixels adjacent in row direction of the liquid crystal display panel.
US10771769B2
To provide a distance measuring apparatus, a distance measuring method, and an imaging apparatus that can satisfactorily measure a distance. A distance measuring apparatus includes an imaging unit capable of acquiring a plurality of images having view points different from one another and a controlling unit configured to perform control to acquire the plurality of images with the imaging unit in a state in which a patterned light is projected on any region using a projecting unit disposed in a position optically conjugate to the imaging unit and measure a distance on the basis of the plurality of images acquired by the imaging unit.
US10771767B2
Systems, devices, and techniques related to projecting dynamic feature patterns onto a scene for use in stereoscopic imaging are discussed. Such techniques may include implementing a dynamic transmissive element in an optical path between a projector and the scene to modify a static pattern emitted from the projector to illuminate the scene with a dynamic pattern.
US10771761B2
An information processing apparatus includes one or more memories storing instructions, and one or more processors executing the instructions to determine, among a plurality of captured images obtained by a plurality of image capturing apparatuses, a display target image related to a virtual viewpoint image, based on a position of a virtual viewpoint and a view direction from the virtual viewpoint, the virtual viewpoint image being generated based on the display target image and the position of the virtual viewpoint and the view direction from the virtual viewpoint, and to cause a displaying unit to display the determined display target image in a displaying mode according to a degree of contribution of the determined display target image to generation of the virtual viewpoint image.
US10771757B2
A stereoscopic control method includes: establishing a specific mapping relation between a specific disparity value and a specific set of a first focal setting value of a first sensor of a stereo camera and a second focal setting value of a second sensor of the stereo camera; and controlling stereoscopic focus of the stereo camera according to the specific mapping relation. Besides, a stereoscopic control apparatus includes a mapping unit and a focus control unit. The mapping unit is arranged for establishing at least a specific mapping relation between a specific disparity value and a specific set of a first focal setting value of a first sensor of a stereo camera and a second focal setting value of a second sensor of the stereo camera. The focus control unit is arranged for controlling stereoscopic focus of the stereo camera according to the specific mapping relation.
US10771756B2
The present disclosure relates to a signal transmission device, a signal transmission method, and a program that are capable of reducing the influence of a quantization error. A quantization error notification unit notifies the stage after a bit precision constraint region of a quantization error generated in a quantization processing unit that performs a quantization process on a signal to be transmitted via the bit precision constraint region that is a region where a bit precision constraint occurs. A quantization error reception unit receives the quantization error, and supplies the quantization error to an inverse quantization processing unit that performs an inverse quantization process on the signal transmitted via the bit precision constraint region. The present technology can be applied to an image signal transmission device that transmits image signals, for example.
US10771750B2
A projector including a projection section that projects image light, a power supply section that supplies the projection section with electric power, a first enclosure that accommodates the projection section, and a second enclosure that accommodates the power supply section, wherein the second enclosure is fixed to a ceiling joist receiver that serves as a support member that supports a ceiling plate that partitions a space into a living room space and a space behind a ceiling, and the first enclosure and the second enclosure are configured to be separate from each other.
US10771729B2
Systems and methods for dual-screen electronic devices are provided in which, at a dual-screen electronic device having a first housing and a second housing attached by a hinge, a first processor, a first display mounted to the first housing, where the first display includes a first touch-sensitive surface, a second display mounted to the second housing, and a first memory contained within the first housing, a first user interface is displayed on the first display and a second user interface, different from the first user interface, is displayed on the second display. While displaying the first and second user interfaces, a user input is detected on the first display and, in response, a display of the second user interface, displayed on the second display, is changed. Separately is presented a user-adjustable-keyboard software-application.
US10771718B2
An imaging device includes pixels including a photoelectric conversion unit, a holding unit holding charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion unit, and an amplifier unit outputting signal based on the charge. The pixels output a first signal based on charge generated in a first exposure period and a second signal based on charge generated in a second exposure period of different length. In the first exposure period, the photoelectric conversion unit accumulates the generated charge, and charge held by the holding unit is transferred to the amplifier unit. The second exposure period includes a period of accumulating the generated charge only in the photoelectric conversion unit and a period of holding the generated charge in the photoelectric conversion unit and the holding unit. In the period of accumulating the generated charge only in the photoelectric conversion unit, the charge held by the holding unit is transferred to the amplifier unit.
US10771716B2
A monitoring system includes a plurality of cameras and a control device. The control device includes device storage, an output device, and an input device. The device storage stores therein an image captured by each camera of the plurality of cameras. The output device displays an image exhibiting a positional relationship of the plurality of cameras. The input device sets tracking information for tracking a specific tracking target in the captured images to one camera among the plurality of cameras. When an imaginary movement line is input on the image exhibiting the positional relationship of the cameras, the input device sets the tracking information to one or more cameras corresponding to the imaginary movement line among the plurality of cameras other than the one camera.
US10771712B2
Generating a time-lapse is disclosed. A method includes acquiring, using a camera, a first frame of the time-lapse; acquiring, using the camera, one or more preview images, the preview images are not included in the time-lapse; determining an exposure setting for a second frame of the time-lapse using the one or more preview images; and acquiring, using the camera, the second frame of the time-lapse using the exposure setting. A camera includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to acquire a first frame of the time-lapse; acquire one or more preview images, the preview images are not included in the time-lapse; determine an exposure setting for a second frame of the time-lapse using the one or more preview images; and acquire the second frame of the time-lapse using the exposure setting.
US10771710B2
A shutter assembly comprises a base coupled to a photosensor assembly, a flexure device supported by the base, and a shutter arm rotatably coupled to the base via the flexure device. An actuation mechanism is coupled to the shutter arm via the flexure device, and is operable, upon application of an electric field, to rotate the shutter arm from a first position to a second position (or to a third position) to manage light relative to a photosensitive device of the photosensor assembly. Upon rotation of the shutter arm to the second position, the flexure device stores energy such that, upon removal of the electric field, the flexure device releases the stored energy to return the shutter arm to the first position. A keeper magnet can be provided to maintain the shutter arm in the second (actuated) position, so that the electric field can be removed while the keeper magnet maintains a magnetic force to keep the shutter arm in the second position.
US10771706B2
An electronic device includes a camera, a memory storing first unit information and second unit information to be used to move a lens driving part, and a processor. The first unit information is configured such that the camera causes a first focus sharpness variation and the second unit information is configured such that the camera causes a second focus sharpness variation. The processor is configured to receive a signal for adjusting a focus associated with an external object by using the camera, to verify a state of the electronic device associated with the reception of the signal, to select corresponding unit information among the first unit information and the second unit information, based at least partly on the state, and to move the lens driving part depending on the corresponding unit information to adjust the focus associated with the external object.
US10771703B2
An information processing apparatus that includes a camera unit including an imaging sensor that captures an image; a display that displays an image; and a processor that: clips an image region having a size corresponding to a photography zoom power from an image captured by the camera unit; adjusts a clipping position at a time of clipping the image region from the image; and controls the display to display the clipped image region on the display.
US10771701B2
Provided are a blur detection device, an imaging device, a lens device, an imaging device main body, a blur detection method, and a blur detection program capable of appropriately detecting blurring of an imaging device. An angular velocity of a digital camera and a posture of the digital camera with respect to an Earth's rotation axis are detected. An Earth's rotation angular velocity component superimposed on a detection result of the angular velocity is calculated. The Earth's rotation angular velocity component is subtracted from the detection result of the angular velocity, and a blur amount of the digital camera is calculated based on the subtracted angular velocity.
US10771698B2
Techniques and systems are provided for machine-learning based image stabilization. In some examples, a system obtains a sequence of frames captured by an image capture device during a period of time, and collects motion sensor measurements calculated by a motion sensor associated with the image capture device based on movement of the image capture device during the period of time. The system generates, using a deep learning network and the motion sensor measurements, parameters for counteracting motions in one or more frames in the sequence of frames, the motions resulting from the movement of the image capture device during the period of time. The system then adjusts the one or more frames in the sequence of frames according to the parameters to generate one or more adjusted frames having a reduction in at least some of the motions in the one or more frames.
US10771697B2
Techniques are disclosed for managing image capture and processing in a multi-camera imaging system. In such a system, a pair of cameras each may output a sequence of frames representing captured image data. The cameras' output may be synchronized to each other to cause synchronism in the image capture operations of the cameras. The system may assess image quality of frames output from the cameras and, based on the image quality, designate a pair of the frames to serve as a “reference frame pair.” Thus, one frame from the first camera and a paired frame from the second camera will be designated as the reference frame pair. The system may adjust each reference frame in the pair using other frames from their respective cameras. The reference frames also may be processed by other operations within the system, such as image fusion.
