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| US10087415B2 |
Cell tray and device, method and system for producing cell structure
Provided are: a cell tray provided with a concave part for supporting a cell aggregate and a hole formed on the bottom of the concave part; and a device for producing a cell structure, said device being provided with the cell tray and a puncture part passing through the cell tray and the cell aggregate, characterized in that the puncture part passes through the cell aggregate supported by the concave part until the tip thereof intrudes into the hole. Also provided is a system for producing a cell structure, said system comprising: a determination part that examines the characteristics of cell aggregates; a fractionation part that classifies the cell aggregates depending on the results of the examination by the determination part; a discharge part that disposes the cell aggregates in a cell tray depending on the results of the classification by the fractionation part; a puncture part that pass through a plurality of cell aggregates disposed in the cell tray; and a holding part that aligns and holds a plurality of puncture parts passing through a plurality of cell aggregates. |
| US10087413B2 |
Thin film cell encapsulation devices
Thin film devices, e.g., multilayer thin film devices, that encapsulate cells for transplantation into a subject are provided. Also provided are methods of using and methods of preparing the subject devices. The thin film devices include a first porous polymer layer and a second porous polymer layer that define a lumen therebetween and encapsulate a population of cells within the lumen. The thin film devices can promote vascularization into the lumen of the device via the pores in the first polymer layer and/or second polymer layer; limit foreign body response to the device; limit ingress of cells, immunoglobulins, and cytokines into the lumen via the first and the second polymer layers; and release from the first polymer layer and/or the second polymer layer molecules secreted by the population of cells. |
| US10087412B2 |
In vitro propagation of Babesia microti
A method for continuous in vitro propagation of Babesia microti and microti-like species is disclosed. The method comprises incubating B. microti in culture medium comprising host erythrocytes in the presence of a source of complement and a source of anti-B. microti IgM antibody. In one embodiment, the source of anti-B. microti IgM antibody is substantially free of IgG antibody. In one embodiment, the source of complement is a cell or cell line that secretes complement. |
| US10087409B2 |
Cell-culturing vessel and cell-culturing device using same
Provided is a cell culturing vessel for holding and culturing cells. It has a first vessel that stores a culture medium and cells or only a culture medium, a second vessel that is placed above the first vessel and stores a culture medium and cells or only a culture medium, a main vessel that holds the first vessel and houses the second vessel, and a lid member that engages with the main vessel. The main vessel has a pressing member that fixes and holds the first vessel in the main vessel and the second vessel is eccentrically held in the first vessel by the pressing member. |
| US10087407B2 |
Methods, devices and systems for vibration induced tissue engineering
Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for vibration induced tissue engineering. Apparatuses, devices, systems and methods are provided for engineering a tissue from stem cells using vibratory signals. A tissue engineering apparatus, device, or system can include a transmitter configured to transmit a signal to a receiver, a receiver configured to receive a signal from a transmitter, a holding structure configured to hold one or more mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), and a vibratory actuator in communication with the receiver and configured to generate a vibratory signal that is applied to the MSC. |
| US10087405B2 |
Wipe with a guanidinyl-containing polymer
A wipe article includes a substrate, a cationic coating disposed on a surface of the substrate, distributed throughout the substrate, or both. The cationic coating contains a guanidinyl-containing polymer that is crosslinked and bound to the substrate. The substrate includes sponge, nonwoven fabric, or woven fabric. The wipes are useful for removing microorganisms from a microorganism-contaminated surface and also for reducing re-contamination of the cleaned surface or transfer to another surface of the removed microorganisms. |
| US10087402B2 |
Stable liquid detergent composition containing a self-structuring surfactant system
A stable liquid detergent composition containing a self-structuring surfactant system, where without using external structurants, the liquid detergent composition exhibits good shear thinning properties while maintaining stability under high shear. A liquid detergent composition that includes a linear alkyl benzene sulfonate, an amine oxide surfactant and little or no alkoxylated alkyl sulfate and unalkoxylated alkyl sulfate. |
| US10087396B2 |
Oil extraction method and composition for use in the method
A composition is disclosed for aiding extraction of an emulsified oil from an oil and water emulsion. The composition includes silicon containing particles at a level of 0.1 wt. % to 30 wt. %; an emulsifying agent at a level of 1 wt. % to 30 wt. %; and water at a level of 40 wt. % to 99 wt. %. A method of extracting oil from an oil and water emulsion in a material is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of (a) dispersing silicon containing particles into the material using a mechanical blending device; and (b) separating the oil from the material. A method of extracting oil from an oil and water emulsion in a material is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a dispersion of silicon containing particles in water; (b) metering the dispersion into the material; and (c) separating the oil from the material. |
| US10087394B2 |
Method and system for reducing residual soap in crude tall oil
The present invention relates to a method and system for reducing residual soap in crude tall oil, wherein crude tall oil is supplied via piping to at least one vessel, soap number of the crude tall oil is determined using on-line measuring technique and sulphuric acid is added to the crude tall oil at a site of blending, where the dosing of the sulphuric acid is adjusted on-line to provide soap number of not more than 2. |
| US10087392B2 |
Lubricant composition and lubricant oil composition containing same
The present invention relates to a lubricant composition including a molybdenum dithiocarbamate (A) represented by the general formula (1) and a copolymer (B) that includes, as essential constitutional units, a unit (a) represented by the general formula (2) and a unit (b) represented by the general formula (3), has a weight-average molecular weight of from 5,000 to 150,000, and has a composition ratio of the unit (a) to the unit (b), i.e., (a)/(b), of from 50/50 to 90/10 by mole, and a lubricant oil composition including same. |
| US10087390B2 |
Lubricant additive for reducing timing chain wear
A lubricant composition is provided which mitigates the negative effect of zinc in ZDDP with respect to wear on timing chains by using in contact with the timing chain a lubricant composition comprising an ashless zinc-free organophosphorus compound and optionally zinc dialkyldithiophosphate, together providing about 50 to about 1000 ppm phosphorus, preferably about 300-800 ppm phosphorus, and more preferably about 500-750 ppm phosphorus; less than about 350 ppm to lower than <1 ppm zinc from ZDDP; and at least about 100 ppm molybdenum from an organomolybdenum compound (preferably molybdate ester); wherein the Mo:Zn ratio is at least about 0.2:1 and the Zn:P ratio is lower than or equal to about 1.1:1; or in the alternative an organomolybdenum compound providing between about 300-700 ppm molybdenum, in combination with ZDDP providing zinc between about 200-800 ppm zinc, wherein the ratio of Mo:Zn ratio is at least about 0.4:1 to about 3:1. |
| US10087389B2 |
Lubricating oil composition
A lubricating oil composition containing a lubricating base oil and on the basis of the total mass of the composition, (A) a boron-containing ashless dispersant in an amount of 100 to 500 ppm by mass as boron, (B) a phosphorous additive in an amount of 300 to 800 ppm by mass as phosphorus, (C) an amide- and/or imide-based friction modifier in an amount of 1 to 4 percent by mass, and (D) an alkali metal- and/or alkaline earth metal-based detergent in an amount of 100 to 300 ppm by mass as metal, and having a 40° C. kinematic viscosity of 30 mm2/s or lower is provided. The lubricating oil composition, which has a low viscosity to improve fuel efficiency, also has superior anti-wear, anti-seizure, and anti-shattering properties, even when the composition is degraded by oxidation or by the elution of compounds from sealing materials after long term use. |
| US10087381B2 |
Process for conversion of a feedstock comprising solid carbonaceous particles into at least a gaseous compound
The invention relates to a process for conversion of a feedstock comprising solid particles into at least a gaseous compound in a reactor comprising a vertically extending swirl chamber comprising a conical upper part with a decreasing diameter in upward direction, at least one tangential inlet at the bottom of the swirl chamber, and an outlet at the upper end of the swirl chamber, wherein the process is selected from pyrolysis, allothermal gasification or carbonization of a carbonaceous feedstock. The invention further relates to a process for conversion of a feedstock comprising solid particles into at least one or more gaseous compounds in such reactor. |
| US10087379B2 |
Process for producing naphthenic base oils
A process for producing naphthenic base oils from low quality naphthenic crude feedstocks. The naphthenic base oils produced by the process have improved low temperature properties at high yields based on feedstock. |
| US10087377B2 |
Oxidative desulfurization of oil fractions and sulfone management using an FCC
Embodiments provide a method and apparatus for recovering components from a hydrocarbon feedstock. According to at least one embodiment, the method includes supplying a hydrocarbon feedstock to an oxidation reactor, wherein the hydrocarbon feedstock is oxidized in the presence of a catalyst under conditions sufficient to selectively oxidize sulfur compounds and nitrogen compounds present in the hydrocarbon feedstock, separating the hydrocarbons, the oxidized sulfur compounds, and the oxidized nitrogen compounds by solvent extraction, collecting a residue stream that includes the oxidized sulfur compounds and the oxidized nitrogen compound, supplying the residue stream to a fluid catalytic cracking unit, and recycling liquid products produced by the fluid catalytic cracking unit to the oxidation reactor to selectively oxidize sulfur compounds in the liquid products, the portion of the liquids products including at least one of light cycle oils and heavy cycle oils. |
| US10087375B2 |
Methods for enhancing heavy oil recovery
Novel catalysts comprising nickel oxide nanoparticles supported on alumina nanoparticles, methods of their manufacture, heavy oil compositions contacted by these nanocatalysts and methods of their use are disclosed. The novel nanocatalysts are useful, inter alia, in the upgrading of heavy oil fractions or as aids in oil recovery from steam-assisted well reservoirs. |
| US10087374B2 |
Conversion of triacylglycerides-containing oils to hydrocarbons
A process for converting triacylglycerides-containing oils into crude oil precursors and/or distillate hydrocarbon fuels is disclosed. The process may include: reacting a triacylglycerides-containing oil-water-hydrogen mixture at a temperature in the range from about 250° C. to about 525° C. and a pressure greater than about 75 bar to convert at least a portion of the triacylglycerides and recovering a reaction effluent comprising water and one or more of isoolefins, isoparaffins, cycloolefins, cycloparaffins, and aromatics; hydrotreating the reaction effluent to form a hydrotreated effluent. |
| US10087358B2 |
Use of synthetic smectite in set-delayed cement compositions comprising pumice
Disclosed herein are cement compositions using set-delayed cement compositions in subterranean formations. The composition may comprise a set-delayed cement composition comprising pumice, hydrated lime, a cement set retarder, a synthetic smectite, and water. |
| US10087357B2 |
Cement compositions comprising particulate foamed elastomers and associated methods
Methods of subterranean cementing involving cement compositions comprising particulate foamed elastomers and associated methods are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise introducing a cement composition into a subterranean location, wherein the cement composition comprises a hydraulic cement, a particulate foamed elastomer, and an aqueous fluid; and allowing the cement composition to set in the subterranean location. |
| US10087351B2 |
Materials including thermally reversible gels
Materials are disclosed that include or are based on thermally reversible gels, such as thermally reversible gelled fluids, oil gels and solvent gel resins. In an exemplary embodiment, a material includes at least one filler in a thermally reversible gel. |
| US10087348B2 |
Pellicle including a water-soluble adhesive and photomask assembly including the pellicle
A pellicle including a water-soluble adhesive and a photomask assembly including the pellicle are provided. A pellicle may include a membrane, a pellicle frame, and a water-soluble adhesive disposed on the pellicle frame. The water-soluble adhesive may be prepared by a mixture including a water-soluble acrylic adhesive material in an amount of about 40% to about 55% by weight of the mixture, water or a solution of water and alcohol in an amount of about 40% to about 55% by weight of the mixture, and an additive in an amount of about 1% to about 5% by weight of the mixture. |
| US10087342B2 |
Method of sealing surfaces
The present invention relates to an article whose surface has been at least partly sealed and to methods of its sealing, the sealing layer comprising a reactive melt layer and a coating layer. The invention provides a method of sealing at least part of the surface of an article, comprising the steps of: (a) applying a reactive melt layer based on polyurethane to at least one part of the surface of the article; (b) smoothing the reactive melt layer; and (c) applying a coating material to form a coating layer on the reactive melt layer, the coating layer being applied before the full curing of the reactive melt layer. |
| US10087341B2 |
Chemical vapor resistant epoxy composition
A two part, curable, epoxy composition useful for potting or sealing electrical devices for use in hazardous locations. Cured reaction products of the epoxy composition meet most or all UL 674 requirements and are useful to seal apertures in electrical equipment. Equipment sealed with the disclosed compositions can meet the UL 674 requirement. |
| US10087340B2 |
Hard coating film
The present invention relates to a hard coating film, and, more particularly, to a hard coating film having hardness and excellent physical properties. According to the present invention, the hard coating film has high physical properties including hardness, fouling resistance, slip resistance, scratch resistance, transparency, durability, light resistance, and light transmittance.Thus, the hard coating film can find useful applications in various fields thanks to its excellent physical properties. |
| US10087339B2 |
Structural colorants that do not exhibit iridescence
According to some embodiments, a structural colorant is provided including a semi-continuous structure formed by multiple layers of a first polymer. In some embodiments, air gaps are interspersed between the layers of the first polymer. In some embodiments, a second polymer is interspersed between the layers of the first polymer. In some embodiments, the semi-continuous structure has a center and at least two planes of symmetry through its center. |
| US10087338B2 |
Aqueous green inkjet ink compositions
An aqueous organic pigment dispersion contains a green copper phthalocyanine pigment and an azo-coupled β-ketoamide pigment. It also includes an organic pigment dispersant at 40 weight % to 100 weight %, based on the sum of the weights of the organic pigments. The weight ratio of the green copper phthalocyanine pigment to the azo-coupled β-ketoamide pigment is from 1:1 to 10:1. The median particle diameter of each of the green copper phthalocyanine pigment and the azo-coupled β-ketoamide pigment is less than 85 nm. At least 95% of the total particles of each of the green copper phthalocyanine pigment and the azo-coupled β-ketoamide pigment have a particle diameter of less than 150 nm. This dispersion can be used to prepare aqueous green inkjet ink compositions that can be used in various inkjet printing methods. |
| US10087334B2 |
Anti-slip coating and preparation, application method thereof
The present invention relates to anti-slip coatings comprising resin, diluent, PMU particles and photo-initiator. The present invention also relates to the preparation of anti-slip coatings, methods for applying anti-slip coatings, and substrates coated with such anti-slip coatings. |
| US10087331B2 |
Methods for forming and using silver metal
A method for providing electrically-conductive silver-containing metal in a thin film or one or more thin film patterns on a substrate. Electrically-conductive metallic silver is provided from a non-hydroxylic-solvent soluble silver complex represented by the following formula (I): (Ag+)a(L)b(P)c (I) wherein L represents an α-oxy carboxylate; P represents a 5- or 6-membered N-heteroaromatic compound; a is 1 or 2; b is 1 or 2; and c is 1, 2, 3, or 4, provided that when a is 1, b is 1, and when a is 2, b is 2. A photosensitizer can also be present. The reducible silver ions in the photosensitive thin film or photosensitive thin film pattern can be photochemically converted to electrically-conductive metallic silver in the thin films or thin film patterns by irradiation with electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength within the range of at least 150 nm and up to and including 700 nm. |
| US10087330B2 |
Mesoporous carbon black and processes for making same
The invention is directed to processes for increasing the surface area of a carbon black starting material and for forming mesoporous carbon black. The process includes the step of contacting a carbon black starting material having a first BET nitrogen surface area with an oxidant in a fluidized bed under conditions effective to form a carbon black product having a second BET nitrogen surface area greater than the first BET nitrogen surface area. The invention is also directed to carbon black product formed by this process. |
| US10087326B2 |
Aqueous-based hydrolytically stable dispersion of a biodegradable polymer
Embodiments of an aqueous-based dispersion of a hydrolytically unstable polymer comprise particles of said hydrolytically unstable polymer and a stabilizing agent in water. The dispersion is substantially free of volatile organic solvents. |
| US10087319B2 |
Polypropylene composition
The invention is directed to a polypropylene composition, to a three-dimensional article comprising said polypropylene composition, and to the use of said polypropylene composition. The polypropylene composition of the invention comprises a) a multimodal polypropylene homopolymer comprising at least the following fractions i) 10-30% by total weight of the polypropylene composition of a fraction with a melt flow index of 5-45 g/10 min; ii) 10-30% by total weight of the polypropylene composition of a fraction with a melt flow index of 50-200 g/10 min; and iii) 3-10% by total weight of the polypropylene composition of a fraction with a melt flow index of 250-900 g/10 min; wherein the melt flow index is as measured according to ISO 1133 using a 2.16 kg weight and at a temperature of 230° C.; b) 1-8% by total weight of the polypropylene composition of a first C2/C3 phase having an intrinsic viscosity at 135° C. of 1.5-2.5 dl/g, of which the ethylene content in the xylene cold soluble fraction is 45-65% by total weight of the xylene cold soluble fraction; c) 1-8% by total weight of the polypropylene composition of a second C2/C3 phase having an intrinsic viscosity at 135° C. of 2.6-4.0 dl/g, of which the ethylene content in the xylene cold soluble fraction is 45-65% by total weight of the xylene cold soluble fraction; d) 10-25% by total weight of the polypropylene composition of a C2/C8 phase having an intrinsic viscosity at 135° C. of 1.2-2.1 dl/g and a density of 0.85-0.89 g/cm3; and e) 10-30% by total weight of the polypropylene composition of a mineral filler. |
| US10087318B2 |
Ethylene polymer composition and use thereof in polyolefin compositions
Ethylene polymer composition comprising, all percent amounts being by weight: A) 30-60% of an ethylene polymer containing 10% or less, referred to the weight of A), of a fraction XSA soluble in xylene at 25° C.; B) 40-70% of a copolymer of ethylene with at least one olefin of formula HC2═CHR, where R is a alkyl radical, linear or branched, having from 2 to 8 carbon atoms, containing 65-90% of ethylene and 55-15% of a fraction XSB soluble in xylene at 25° C., both the ethylene of the copolymer and XSB amounts being referred to the weight of B), the intrinsic viscosity [η] of the XSB fraction ranging from 0.8 to 3.2 dl/g; wherein the amounts of A) and B) are referred to the total weight of A)+B). |
| US10087310B2 |
Associative polymers and related compositions, methods and systems
Described herein are associative polymers capable of controlling one or more physical and/or chemical properties of non-polar compositions and related compositions, methods and systems. |
| US10087308B2 |
Vulcanization composition for unsaturated polymers
The present invention relates to the field of vulcanization of unsaturated polymers, in particular halogenated, and more particularly chlorinated, unsaturated polymers, such as, for example, polychloroprene, using as vulcanization agent a mixture of bis(2,5-dimercapto-1,3,4-thiadiazole) and at least one organic base. The present invention relates to the process for vulcanization of said polymers with said vulcanization mixture. |
| US10087304B2 |
Composition for protecting beta-carotene
A composition to protect beta-carotene from visible light photo-oxidation is disclosed. The composition uses a combination of a quinophthalone dye, a pyrazolone dye, and a methine dye to protect the beta-carotene from visible light in the range of 400-500 nm. |
| US10087299B2 |
Polyolefin resin foam particles and production method for same
An expanded polyolefin resin particle is obtained by expanding a polyolefin resin particle using water and/or an inorganic gas as a foaming agent. The polyolefin resin particle includes a polyolefin resin, a product obtained by heating and kneading a mixture, and a water absorbing substance, wherein the mixture includes a first polypropylene resin, a polypropylene wax, a polyorganosiloxane including at least one silicon-atom-bound radical polymerizable functional group per molecule, and an organic peroxide. |
| US10087295B2 |
Films and membranes of poly (aryl ketones) and methods of casting the same from solution
A method of manufacturing a film or membrane includes: (a) dissolving at least one polymer comprising a poly(aryl ketone) in at least one solvent to form a dope; (b) depositing the dope on a substrate to form a coated substrate at appropriate conditions; and (c) drying the coated substrate to form the film or membrane. The dope may also include additional polymers or fillers, such as carbon nanotubes. |
| US10087292B2 |
Method for producing rubber composition, and rubber composition
Provided is a method for producing a rubber composition that includes a rubber component (A) including natural rubber, at least one filler (B) selected from an inorganic filler and carbon black, and a monohydrazide compound (C) supported on a solid. The monohydrazide compound (C) is represented by general formula (I): R—CONHNH2, where R represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having from 3 to 30 carbon atoms, or an aryl group. The method comprises compounding in an optional preliminary compounding stage and a plurality of compounding stages, and adding the monohydrazide compound (C) supported on the solid and kneading in the preliminary compounding stage and/or a first compounding stage. Also provided is a rubber composition produced with this method. |
| US10087290B2 |
Particles comprising polytetrafluoroethylene and perfluoropolyether
Novel PTFE/PFPE particles and method for making the same are disclosed. The PFPE is absorbed into the PTFE particles. The PTFE/PFPE particles find utility as additives to be combined with other polymers. |
| US10087288B2 |
Silicone skeleton-containing polymer compound, chemically amplified negative resist composition, photo-curable dry film and method for producing same, patterning process, layered product, substrate, and semiconductor apparatus
The present invention provides a silicone skeleton-containing polymer compound containing a repeating unit shown by the general formula (1). There can be provided a silicone skeleton-containing polymer compound suitable used as a base resin of a chemically amplified negative resist composition that can remedy the problem of delamination generated on a metal wiring such as Cu and Al, an electrode, and a substrate, especially on a substrate such as SiN, and can form a fine pattern without generating a scum and a footing profile in the pattern bottom and on the substrate. |
| US10087287B2 |
Reactive polyoxazolines having a perfluorinated group
A compound of the formula: wherein: R1 is selected from H, an alkyl group, an aryl group, and combinations thereof; R2 is Rf—(CH2)x—; R3 is selected from a vinyl group, a vinylether group, a (meth)acryloyloxy group, a (meth)acryloylamino group, a trialkoxysilylalkylthio group, and a trialkoxysilylalkylamino group; Y is selected from a bond, and —(CH2CH2O)y—; n is greater than 10; x is 2 to 20; and y is at least 1. |
| US10087284B2 |
Fluorine-containing polymerizable monomer and polymer compound using same
Disclosed in the present invention are a fluorine-containing polymerizable compound of the general formula (1) and a polymer compound obtained therefrom: where A represents a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, SO2, CH2, CO, C(CH3)2, C(CH3)(CH2CH3), C(CF3)2, C(CH3)(C6H5), CH2—C6H4—CH2 or a divalent organic group obtained by elimination of two hydrogen atoms from benzene, biphenyl, naphtharene, cyclohexene or fluorene; and a and b each independently represent an integer of 0 to 2 and satisfy a relationship of 1≤a+b≤4. The thus-obtained polymer compound combines adequate hydrophilicity and high transparency with low water adsorption of fluorine-containing compound. |
| US10087281B2 |
Branched polymers, their preparation process, and uses therof
A polymer is provided having at least one repetitive unit represented by the following formula: And, preferably at least one, preferably at least two, repetitive units represented by the following formula: |
| US10087277B2 |
Polyurethane foam and production method for the same
Polyurethane foam is formed by foaming raw materials that includes either an aliphatic isocyanate or a melamine derivative, a urethane emulsion, and an anionic foam stabilizer. The compression set (JIS K6401) of the polyurethane foam, specifically, the compression set (JIS K6401) after the polyurethane foam being allowed to stand for 22 hours in a state of 50% compression under condition of 70° C., is 40% or less. By this, it is possible to obtain polyurethane foam that is low density, pliable and resistant to collapse, i.e., polyurethane foam having high recovery properties. |
| US10087271B2 |
Polymer, polymer dispersion, and aqueous ink
A polymer includes 2-carboxyethyl (meth)acrylate and alkyl (meth)acrylate as constituent units and having an acid value of 7 mg KOH/g to 100 mg KOH/g. |
| US10087265B2 |
Method for producing dimethyl polyvinylphosphonate and polyvinylphosphonic acid
A method for producing poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) from a monomer component mainly containing dimethyl vinylphosphonate by anionic polymerization in the presence of an anionic polymerization initiator, the method being characterized in that an aliphatic ether is used as a polymerization solvent, and a method for producing poly(vinylphosphonic acid) characterized in that the poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) obtained by the former method is hydrolyzed in the presence of an acid are provided. The methods make it possible to easily produce a poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate) which has a high molecular weight and in which the molecular weight is controlled, and make it possible to produce a poly(vinylphosphonic acid) which has a high molecular weight and in which the molecular weight is controlled corresponding to the poly(dimethyl vinylphosphonate). |
| US10087259B1 |
Depleting tumor-specific tregs
The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for diagnosing and/or treating cancer by targeting CCR8. In particular, the present invention provides technologies for depleting Treg cells, and particularly tumor-infiltrating Treg cells. |
| US10087256B2 |
Method of making an anti-CD40 antibody
The present invention includes compositions and methods for the expression, secretion and use of novel compositions for use as, e.g., vaccine and antigen delivery vectors, to delivery antigens to antigen presenting cells. In one embodiment, the vector is an anti-CD40 antibody, or fragments thereof, and one or more antigenic peptides linked to the anti-CD40 antibody or fragments thereof, including humanized antibodies. |
| US10087252B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating and preventing disease associated with αvβ5 integrin
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating and preventing disease associated with αvβ5 integrin by blocking binding to αvβ5 integrin. In particular, antibodies specific for αvβ5 integrin are useful for preventing, treating, and reversing sepsis. |
| US10087237B2 |
Isoform enriched antibody preparation and method for obtaining it
Herein is reported a method for producing an antibody preparation comprising the steps of a) applying a buffered solution comprising different isoforms of an antibody to a cation exchange chromatography material, b) applying a first solution with a first conductivity to the cation exchange chromatography material, whereby the antibody isoforms remain bound to the cation exchange chromatography material, and c) applying a second solution with a second conductivity to the cation exchange chromatography material and thereby obtaining the antibody preparation, whereby the conductivity of the second solution exceeds the conductivity of the first solution by not more than 10%. |
| US10087229B2 |
Peptide compound
The present invention provides a novel peptide compound having an activating action on GLP-1 receptors and GIP receptors and use of the peptide compound as a medicament. Specifically, a peptide containing a partial sequence represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof and a medicament comprising the same are provided. P1-Tyr-Aib-Glu-Gly-Thr-alphaMePhe-Thr-Ser-Asp-Tyr-A11-A12-A13-Leu-Asp-A16-A17-Ala-Gln-A20-Glu-Phe-Val-Lys-Trp-Leu-Leu-Lys-A29 (I) wherein each symbol is as defined herein. |
| US10087228B2 |
Chimeric leptin polypeptide and method of using the same
The disclosure provides chimeric polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding chimeric polypeptides. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment for diseases and disorders including lipodystrophy, dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, overweight, obesity, hypothalamic amenorrhea, Alzheimer's disease, leptin deficiency, fatty liver disease or diabetes (including type I and type II). Additional diseases and disorders which can be treated by the compounds and methods described herein include nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), metabolic syndrome X and Huntington's Disease. |
| US10087222B2 |
Polynucleotides encoding angiopoietin-2 (ang-2) binding polypeptides
Complexes containing one or more modular recognition domains (MRDs) and MRDs attached to scaffolds including antibodies are described. The manufacture of these complexes are the use of these complexes to treat and diagnose diseases and disorders are also described. |
| US10087214B2 |
Sterile chromatography and manufacturing processes
Provided herein are methods of performing chromatography with gamma-irradiated chromatography resin that include providing a chromatography column including a gamma-irradiated chromatography resin; performing a first cycle of chromatography through the column, where the cycle includes exposing the chromatography resin to a denaturing buffer; and performing at least one additional cycle of chromatography through the column. Also provided are integrated, closed or substantially closed, and continuous processes for manufacturing of a recombinant protein that include the use of at least one chromatography column including gamma-irradiated chromatography resin, where the gamma-irradiated chromatography resin is exposed to denaturing buffer during each cycle in the process, and reduced bioburden buffer is used in the process. |
| US10087212B2 |
Crystal form of Abiraterone propionate and preparation method therefor
The present invention relates to the field of pharmaceutical chemistry, and particularly to a crystal form of Abiraterone propionate and a preparation method therefor. Characteristic diffraction peaks occur at positions, where the 2θ value is 5.7°, 11.9°, 12.4°, 14.9°, 15.8°, 16.7°, 18.5°, 19.1°, 21.7°, 22.4°, and 39.9°±0.2°, in an X-ray powder diffraction spectrum of the crystal form of Abiraterone propionate. |
| US10087209B2 |
Antiviral compounds, a process for their preparation, and their use for treating viral infections
The present invention relates to novel pro-drugs of L-2′-deoxythreose nucleoside phosphonates, such as phosphoramidate, phosphorodiamidate and phospho-diester pro-drugs. The invention also relates to a process for preparing these novel prodrugs of nucleoside phosphonates. The invention also relates to the use of these novel phosphonate-modified nucleosides to treat or prevent viral infections and their use to manufacture a medicine to treat or prevent viral infections, particularly infections with viruses belonging to the HBV family. |
| US10087207B2 |
Nucleotide analogs for real-time sequencing method for single molecule
This invention is to describe nucleotide analogs used in a method for the determination of a nucleic acid sequence. The method involves an enzyme, an enzyme complex or plural number of enzymes with more than one enzymatic activity and a set of nucleotide analogs, to achieve high signal readout accuracy in nucleic acid sequencing by making each signal to have a long signaling time span which allows a higher signal clarity. |
| US10087205B2 |
Metal organic frameworks comprising a plurality of SBUS with different metal ions and/or a plurality of organic linking ligands with different functional groups
The disclosure provides for metal organic frameworks (MOFs) which comprise a plurality of SBUs comprising different metals or metal ions and/or a plurality of organic linking moieties comprising different functional groups. |
| US10087202B2 |
Chiral aziridine phosphoramidate compounds
The invention includes processes for the synthesis of amphetamine, dexamphetamine, methamphetamine, derivatives of these, including their salts, and novel precursors and intermediates obtained thereby, by synthesizing aziridine phosphoramidate compounds in specified solvents at specified temperatures, and then converting to a novel aryl or aryl-alkyl phosphoramidate precursors using an organometallic compound such as a copper salt, where the novel aryl or aryl-alkyl phosphoramidate precursor is then easily converted to the target compounds using known reactions. |
| US10087200B2 |
Silylated imine and carbamate polymeric benzoate compounds, uses, and compositions thereof
The present invention relates to organosilicon polymers containing benzoic acid esters in form of particles, process for their preparation, cosmetic or dermatological composition comprising them, as well as their use for protecting a human or animal living body from UV radiation. |
| US10087199B2 |
Super-resolution imaging compositions and methods using same
The invention provides compositions that may be used for imaging intracellular structures. The invention further provides methods of imaging intracellular structures. In certain embodiments, the compositions of the invention include trans-cyclooctene-containing ceramide lipids and tetrazine-containing rhodamine-related dyes. |
| US10087196B2 |
Polymorphs
The invention relates to a polymorphic forms of (S)-3-(3-(1-methyl-2-oxo-5-(pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine-3-yl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine-3(2H)-yl)piperidin-1-yl)-3-oxopropanenitrile and their use as a therapeutic agent for the treatment of respiratory diseases. |
| US10087192B2 |
2-(het)aryl-substituted fused bicyclic heterocycle derivatives as pesticides
The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) in which the R1, R2a, R2b, R3, A1, A2, A3, A4 and n radicals are each as defined above, to their use as acaricides and/or insecticides for controlling animal pests and to processes and intermediates for their preparation. |
| US10087191B2 |
Piperidine derivative and preparation method and pharmaceutical use thereof
The present invention relates to a piperidine derivative and the preparation method and a pharmaceutical use thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to the piperidine derivative as shown by general formula (I) and the preparation method thereof and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same, and the use thereof as an estrogen receptor modulator in the treatment of estrogen receptor mediated or dependent diseases or conditions, the diseases preferably being breast cancer. In the abstract, the definition of each substituent of the general formula (I) is the same as that in the description. |
| US10087181B2 |
Compound as WNT signaling inhibitor, composition, and use thereof
The present invention related to a compound having the structure of Formula I as inhibitor of WNT signal transduction pathways, as well as a composition comprising the compound. Further, the present invention relates to the use of the compound and the method of inhibiting the WNT signal transduction pathways. |
| US10087179B2 |
Fused tricyclic imidazole derivatives as modulators of TNF activity
A series of fused tricyclic imidazole derivatives, in particular dihydro-1H-cyclopenta[4,5]imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives, and analogues thereof, being potent modulators of human TNFα activity, are accordingly of benefit in the treatment and/or prevention of various human ailments, including autoimmune and inflammatory disorders; neurological and neurodegenerative disorders; pain and nociceptive disorders; cardiovascular disorders; metabolic disorders; ocular disorders; and oncological disorders. |
| US10087173B2 |
Substituted aminothiazoles as inhibitors of cancers, including hepatocellular carcinoma, and as inhibitors of hepatitis virus replication
Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise substituted aminothiazoles derivatives having a disease-modifying action in the treatment of diseases associated with unregulated cell growth that include hepatocellular carcinoma, and infection with a hepatitis virus. |
| US10087172B2 |
Compounds and their methods of use
Provided are compounds of formula (I), which can inhibit glutaminase. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and uses as glutaminase inhibitors for treating cancers thereof are also provided. |
| US10087170B2 |
Compound, photosensitive resin composition including the same, and color filter
A compound, a photosensitive resin composition including the compound, and a color filter manufactured using the photosensitive resin composition, the compound being represented by Chemical Formula 1: |
| US10087166B2 |
Cyclic amine azaheterocyclic carboxamides
The invention provides novel cyclic amine azaheterocyclic carboxamide according to Formula (I), Formula (II) and Formula (III) their manufacture and use for the treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer. |
| US10087163B2 |
Process for preparing cyclic acetals which can be used as fuel components
The present invention relates to a process for preparing cyclic acetals having general formula (I) wherein Y and Y′, equal to or different from each other, are selected from H and a group OR, R being a linear or branched alkyl containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, comprising at least the following phases: (i) providing a reaction mixture comprising at least one vicinal diol having formula (II) Z—CH2—CHOH—CH2OH wherein Z is selected from H and a group OR′, R′ being a linear or branched alkyl containing from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, said mixture being substantially free of aldehydes having general formula RI—CHO, wherein RI is a linear or branched alkyl containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, possibly substituted by an alkoxide group OR111, wherein RIII is an alkyl containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; (ii) thermally treating said reaction mixture at a temperature within the range of 100° C.-300° C. in the presence of at least one acid catalyst, obtaining said compound having formula (I). The acetals having formula (I) can be used as fuel components. |
| US10087156B2 |
Methods and compositions related to retinoid receptor-selective pathway
Provided herein are methods and compositions related to a retinoid receptor-selective pathway. As described herein, this pathway can be targeted to manipulate a tumor microenviroment. For example, the methods and compositions described herein can be used to induce apoptosis in a cancer cell. Further, the compositions described herein, including Sulindac and analogs thereof, can be used to target this pathway for the treatment or prevention of cancer in human patients. |
| US10087153B2 |
Method of preparing diaminophenothiazinium
Disclosed herein are methods for preparing ultrapure diaminophenothiasinium compounds with high solubility in solutions, e.g., water, and the compositions provided therefrom. |
| US10087150B2 |
Heterocyclic compound
The present invention provides a compound having a cholinergic muscarinic M1 receptor positive allosteric modulator activity, which may be useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic drug for Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia, pain, sleep disorder, Parkinson's disease dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies and the like. The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein each symbol is as defined in the attached DESCRIPTION. |
| US10087146B2 |
Pyrazole compound
The present invention relates to a novel serotonin reuptake inhibitor which also exhibits 5-HT2C antagonistic action (antidepressive and anxiolytic effects), in particular, 5-HT2C inverse agonistic action comprising Compound (1): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl etc.; R5 is C4-7 alkyl or —(CR8R9)r-E; R6, R7, R8 and R9 are independently hydrogen, fluorine or C1-6 alkyl; A is C6-10 aryl or heteroaryl etc.; r is 1, 2, 3 or 4; E is C3-8 cycloalkyl or C6-10 aryl etc.; L is oxygen, sulfur or —NR10—; n is 1, 2 or 3; R10 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl etc.; and X is hydrogen or halogen etc. |
| US10087144B2 |
Agents for use in the treatment of cardiovascular and inflammatory diseases structurally based on 4(1 H)-quinolone
The present invention provides a compound of formula I, a tautomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or N-oxide thereof for use in the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular disease or of an inflammatory disease or condition: wherein: V is N or CR3; X is N or CR4; Y is N or CR5; Z is N or CR6; B is —(C═O)R1, a 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl group, or a group L′″-NRR′, wherein R and R′ are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group or a C1-C6 haloalkyl group; R1 is a 5- to 10-membered heterocyclyl group, or —OR′, wherein R′ is a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group or a C1-C6 haloalkyl group, or R1 is a proteinogenic α amino acid, which is linked to the carbonyl moiety in the compound of formula (I) via the α amino group, which amino acid is optionally esterified at the α carboxylic acid group with a C1-C6 alkyl group or a C6-C10 aryl group, or R1 is —NR″R′″, —NRIV-L′″-CONR″R′″, or —NRIV-L′″-COOR, wherein R, R″, R′″ and RIV are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group or a C1-C6 haloalkyl group; either (a) W is N and R9 and R2 together form a bond, or (b) W is CR8, R8 and R9 together form a bond and R2 is a hydrogen atom, or a C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 haloalkyl, C6-C10 aryl, 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl, 5- to 10-membered heterocyclyl, -L′-A2, C3-C10 cycloalkyl, or —COOR′ group, wherein R′ is a hydrogen atom or C1-C6 alkyl group, or, when Z is a moiety CR6, R2 may form, together with R6 and the carbon and nitrogen atoms which connect R2 and R6 in the formula (I), a 5- to 6-membered heterocyclic ring; R3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a hydroxy, C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C6 haloalkyl, C1-C6 haloalkoxy, nitro, or —NR′R″ group, wherein R′ and R″ are the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or C1-C6 alkyl group; R4 and R5 are the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a hydroxyl, C1-C8 alkyl, C1-C8 haloalkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C6 haloalkoxy, nitro, —NR′R″, —CO2R′″, C6-C10 aryl, 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl, 5 to 10-membered heterocyclyl, or —CO—(C1-C6 alkyl) group, wherein R′, R″ and R′″ are the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or C1-C6 alkyl group, or R4 and R5 and the carbon atoms bonded to R4 and R5 together form a 5- to 6-membered heterocyclic ring; R6 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 haloalkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C1-C6 haloalkoxy or —CO2R′ group, wherein R′ is hydrogen or C1-C6 alkyl, or, when W is a moiety CR8, R6 may form, together with R2 and the carbon and nitrogen atoms which connect R6 and R2 in the formula (I), a 5- to 6-membered heterocyclic ring; R7 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a C1-C6 alkyl, or C1-C6 haloalkyl group, A2 represents a C6-C10 aryl or 5- to 10-membered heteroaryl group; L′, and L′″ are the same or different and each represent a C1-C6 alkylene, C2-C6 alkenylene, or C2-C6 alkynylene group; said aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl and heterocyclyl groups being unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from halogen, hydroxy, C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C4 hydroxyalkyl, C1-C4 alkoxy, C1-C4 haloalkyl, C1-C4 haloalkoxy, —SOR, —SO2R, —NR′R″, —NR′(C═O)R″, —COOR, nitro and cyano substituents, wherein R, R′ and R″ are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or C1-C4 alkyl group. |
| US10087141B2 |
Synthesis of [18F]-fluoroalkyl tosylate
[18F]-fluoralkyl tosylates are useful building block for the radiosynthesis of a number of small molecules. A method of purifying [18F]-fluoroalkyl tosylates using an automated radiosynthesis apparatus (e.g. FASTlab module) is described. A method of purifying [18F]-fluoroalky tosylates using a FASTlab module that includes a solid phase extraction (SPE) purification system is described. |
| US10087140B2 |
Process for the production of formaldehyde
A process is described for the production of formaldehyde, comprising (a) subjecting methanol to oxidation with air in a formaldehyde production unit thereby producing a formaldehyde-containing stream; (b) separating said formaldehyde-containing stream into a formaldehyde product stream and a formaldehyde vent gas stream; wherein the vent gas stream, optionally after treatment in a vent gas treatment unit, is passed to one or more stages of: (i) synthesis gas generation, (ii) carbon dioxide removal, (iii) methanol synthesis or (iv) urea synthesis. |
| US10087134B2 |
Process for the preparation of esters by means of carbonylation of ethers
The invention relates to a process comprising the process steps of: a) initially charging an ether having from 3 to 30 carbon atoms; b) adding a phosphine ligand and a compound comprising Pd, or adding a comprising Pd and a phosphine ligand; c) feeding in CO; d) heating the reaction mixture, with conversion of the ether; wherein the phosphine ligand is a compound of formula (I) where m and n are each independently 0 or 1; R1, R2, R3, R4 are each independently selected from —(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —(C3-C12)-heterocycloalkyl, —(C6-C20)-aryl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl; at least one of the R1, R2, R3, R4 radicals is a —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl radical; and R1, R2, R3, R4, if they are —(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —(C3-C12)-heterocycloalkyl, —(C6-C20)-aryl or —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl, may each independently be substituted by one or more substituents selected from —(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —(C3-C12)-heterocycloalkyl, —O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —O—(C1-C12)-alkyl-(C6-C20)-aryl, —O—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —S—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —S—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —COO—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —COO—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —CONH—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —CONH—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —CO—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —CO—(C3-C12)-cycloalkyl, —N—[(C1-C12)-alkyl]2, —(C6-C20)-aryl, —(C6-C20)-aryl-(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C6-C20)-aryl-O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl, —(C3-C20)heteroaryl-(C1-C12)-alkyl, —(C3-C20)-heteroaryl-O—(C1-C12)-alkyl, —COOH, —SO3H, —NH2, halogen; and wherein no alcohol is added to the reaction mixture. |
| US10087133B2 |
Process for providing dihalogen substituted salicylic acid derivatives
The present invention relates to a process for providing dihalogen substituted salicylic acid derivatives of formula (II): |
| US10087130B2 |
Polyethylene terephthalate depolymerization
The present invention relates to the depolymerization of polymers and the recovery of the starting materials used for the production of the polymer. The present invention also relates to the depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and the recovery of terephthalic acid and ethylene glycol. |
| US10087128B2 |
Fluorinated aromatic compound, method for its production, curable material, its cured product, and optical member
To provide a novel fluorinated aromatic compound having at least two carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds, a method for its production, a curable material comprising the fluorinated aromatic compound, a cured product thereof, and an optical member. The fluorinated aromatic compound is represented by formula (A), wherein n is an integer of 0 to 6, a is an integer of 0 to 5, b is an integer of 0 to 4, c is an integer of 0 to 4, a+c+n is 2 to 6, a+b is 2 to 9, Z is a single bond, —O—, —S—, —CO—, —C(CH3)2—, —C(CF3)2—, —SO—, or —SO2—, Rf1 is a C1-8 fluoroalkyl group, Y1 and Y2 are each independently a group represented by formula (1) (s is 0 or 1, and R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom), and F in the aromatic ring indicates that hydrogen atoms in the aromatic ring are all substituted by fluorine atoms. |
| US10087121B2 |
Production of hydrocarbon liquids
A process to efficiently convert organic feedstock material into liquid non-oxygenated hydrocarbons in the C5 to C12 carbon skeleton range is disclosed. The process can utilize gaseous, liquid or solid organic feedstocks containing carbon, hydrogen and, optionally, oxygen. The feedstock may require preparation of the organic feedstock for the process and is converted first into a synthesis gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The synthesis gas is then cleaned and conditioned and extraneous components removed, leaving substantially only the carbon monoxide and hydrogen. It is then converted via a series of chemical reactions into the desired liquid hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbons are suitable for combustion in a vehicle engine and may be regarded a replacement for petrol made from fossil fuels in the C5 to C12 carbon backbone range. The process also recycles gaseous by-products back through the various reactors of the process to maximize the liquid hydrocarbon in the C5 to C12 carbon skeleton range yield. |
| US10087120B2 |
Crowd dispersing composition
A crowd dispersing composition includes a mixture including limburger cheese, rotten eggs, sulfur compounds having a smell of rotten food, rotten fish and rotten meat. The mixture is to be sprayed into a crowd of people to disperse the crowd. |
| US10087119B2 |
Methods and systems for an explosive cord
Methods and systems for an explosive cord are disclosed. An explosive cord may comprise a tubing comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, a reactive material comprising hexanitrostilbene and/or boron potassium nitrate coupled to the inner surface of the tubing, and a hollow or solid core through the center of the explosive cord. |
| US10087117B2 |
Explosive compositions and related methods
Explosive compositions are disclosed herein. The compositions include a diesel fuel and a vacuum gas oil. Some compositions disclosed herein include an emulsion that includes an oxidizer in a discontinuous phase and a blend of diesel fuel and vacuum gas oil in a continuous phase. Methods of manufacturing explosive compositions are also disclosed herein. |
| US10087114B2 |
Biocatalytic composition for treatment of substrates
Biocatalytic composition to be used in the agricultural, zootechnical and environmental recovery fields, to transform substrates which is reacted with, to non-polluting substances, including a component with coenzymatic activity including Vitamin A, Vitamin D3, Vitamin E, Propylgallate, Raw fats, Raw proteins; a component with enzymatic activity including Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacillus SPP, Aspergillus Oryzae, Aspergillus Niger, Lactobacillus bifidus, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Amylase, Protease, Lipase, Cellulase, Gumase; and a component including substances regulating pH, including Humic acids, Fulvic acids, Crenic acids, Apocrenic acids, Vitamin A, Vitamin D3, Vitamin PP, Arthrospira maxima, among others. |
| US10087113B2 |
Composition for fertilizing agricultural land, a method for producing the composition and the use of said composition
The present invention relates to a composition for fertilizing desert land and making it agricultural, characterized in that it comprises animal excrement, plant waste, bentonite in an amount greater than 10%, essential macronutrients, essential micronutrients, agricultural sulphur, algae and effective microorganisms. The invention will be of use in agriculture, in particular for increasing the yields of soils that are not very fertile, such as deserts which form most of the countries of North Africa and the Middle East. Deserts are among the only lands which are not polluted because of overgrazing and the exhaustive use of chemical fertilizers. It is therefore essential to respect these lands and to limit the pollution thereof. The composition according to the invention comprises animal and plant waste. The recycling of this agricultural waste contributes to improving atmospheric and soil pollution by limiting the burning of waste that is harmful to the environment and to human health. The composition also makes it possible to combat global warming, in particular by recycling the waste and saving water, 80% of the use of which is for agriculture in developing countries. By creating new agricultural lands, it will be possible to create jobs and the food sufficiency of this country will be improved. The use of the present composition falls within an approach of sustainable development and green technology. |
| US10087105B2 |
Lightweight concrete formulations
A lightweight concrete formulation containing Portland cement, aggregate, glass particles, water and metakaolin. At least 80% of the glass particles have a grain size of less than 2 mm. The glass particles contribute between 3% and 20% of the total weight of the concrete formulation. The metakaolin contributes between 4% and 12% of the total weight of the concrete formulation. The glass particles are preferably expanded glass particles. Also provided is a lightweight grout formulation containing Portland cement, glass particles, water and metakaolin. At least 80% of the glass particles have a grain size of less than 2 mm. The glass particles contribute between 3% and 15% of the total weight of the grout formulation. The metakaolin contributes between 7% and 15% of the total weight of the grout formulation. |
| US10087103B2 |
Seal compositions, methods, and structures for planar solid oxide fuel cells
A seal composition includes a first alkaline earth metal oxide, a second alkaline earth metal oxide which is different from the first alkaline earth metal oxide, aluminum oxide, and silica in an amount such that molar percent of silica in the composition is at least five molar percent greater than two times a combined molar percent of the first alkaline earth metal oxide and the second alkaline earth metal oxide. The composition is substantially free of phosphorus oxide. The seal composition forms a glass ceramic seal which includes silica containing glass cores located in a crystalline matrix comprising barium aluminosilicate, and calcium aluminosilicate crystals located in the glass cores. |
| US10087101B2 |
Formulations for oxidation protection of composite articles
The present disclosure includes carbon-carbon composite articles having oxidation protection coatings for limiting thermal and catalytic oxidation reactions and methods for applying oxidation protection coatings to carbon-carbon composite articles. |
| US10087095B2 |
Ballast water treatment system
The present invention relates to a ballast water treatment system. The ballast water treatment system comprises: a filter and electrolysis unit for receiving ballast water from the outside, and filtering and electrolyzing the ballast water; a first sensor unit for measuring seawater characteristics of the ballast water passing through the filter and electrolysis unit; a control unit for determining a contamination level of the ballast water according to the measured seawater characteristic values so as to generate control signals for determining the strength of electrolysis and the input amount of chlorine dioxide; a chlorine dioxide generation unit for generating the chlorine dioxide; a UV/TiO2 system which includes a TiO2-coated plate, generates an OH radical through an interaction between ultraviolet rays and TiO2 so as to enable the OH radical to sterilize residual microorganisms included in the ballast water passing through the filter and electrolysis unit; an automatic neutralization treatment device which includes a neutralizing agent, receives a neutralizing agent discharge signal from the control unit, and neutralizes the ballast water passing through the filter and the electrolysis unit; and a second sensor unit for measuring a TRO concentration of the ballast water neutralized in the automatic neutralization treatment device and transferring the measurement result to the control unit, wherein the control unit generates a control signal for controlling an amount of the neutralizing agent discharged from the automatic neutralization treatment device according to the measurement result received from the second sensor unit. Thus, the sterilization efficiency for the ballast water satisfies the USCG standards during the ballasting step for the ballast water. |
| US10087093B2 |
Fluid treatment apparatus
A fluid treatment apparatus for treating a target fluid is provided. The fluid treatment apparatus includes a cylindrical reactor and one or more catalyst members each having a rod-like or plate-like shape extending in a longitudinal direction within the reactor. The cylindrical reactor decomposes an organic substance contained in a mixed fluid of the target fluid with an oxidant by an oxidation reaction under heat and pressure. The cylindrical reactor has an introduction port on one end and a discharge port on the other end. An upstream end surface, relative to a direction of flow of the target fluid, of each of the catalyst members is located in a downstream vicinity of or upstream from an inflow position where the target fluid flows into the reactor through the introduction port. Each of the catalyst members is suspended with the upstream end surface being fixed. |
| US10087074B2 |
Process for producing ammonia synthesis gas
A process for producing ammonia synthesis gas from a hydrocarbon-containing feedstock, with steps of primary reforming, secondary reforming with an oxidant stream, and further treatment of the synthesis gas including shift, removal of carbon dioxide and methanation, wherein the synthesis gas delivered by secondary reforming is subject to a medium-temperature shift (MTS) at a temperature between 200 and 350° C., and primary reforming is operated with a steam-to-carbon ratio lower than 2. A corresponding method for revamping an ammonia plant is disclosed, where an existing HTS reactor is modified to operate at medium temperature, or replaced with a new MTS reactor, and the steam-to-carbon ratio in the primary reformer is lowered to a value in the range 1-5−2, thus reducing inert steam in the flow rate trough the equipments of the front-end. |
| US10087068B2 |
Stress relieved microfabricated cantilever
A micromechanical device has a functional layer. One or more layers are provided between the functional layer and the micromechanical device to provide stress relief. |
| US10087067B2 |
Fluid transfer apparatus
A fluid transfer apparatus for transferring fluids such as hydrocarbon fuel is disclosed. The fluid transfer apparatus comprises a support member and at least one catenary hose, wherein a proximal end of each catenary hose is suspended from the support member. A distal end of each catenary hose is coupled to a transfer manifold. A tensioning member is arranged for applying a tensile force to the transfer manifold during a transfer operation. |
| US10087064B2 |
Management of vehicle fueling safety
A method and associated system for managing vehicle fuel safety. Input from at least one sensor is received. The input indicates that a fuel pump nozzle of a fuel pump is disengaged from the fuel pump or inserted into a vehicle's tank enclosure. The vehicle adjacent to the fuel pump is monitored to detect when the vehicle is preparing to move or is starting to move away from the fuel pump. An alarm is activated indicating that the fuel pump nozzle is disengaged from the fuel pump, or inserted into the vehicle's tank enclosure, and the vehicle is preparing to move or is starting to move. |
| US10087063B2 |
Internet of things (IOT) system and method for monitoring and collecting data in a beverage dispensing system
A Internet of Things (IoT) system and method for a beverage distribution system. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: a set of Internet of Things (IoT) devices configured at different locations within a beverage distribution system, each IoT device having a sensor to detect a current condition at its respective location within the beverage distribution system, each of the IoT devices having a wireless network interface and configured to transmit data associated with the current conditions over a network; and an IoT cloud service to receive the data transmitted by the set of IoT devices and to implement a set of rules specified for maintenance, problems and failure conditions associated with the beverage distribution system, the IoT cloud service to determine, based on the rules, whether the data indicates a compliance violation, problem, or failure condition and, if so, to generate a notification and/or recommendation for an action to be taken with respect to the compliance violation, problem, or failure condition. |
| US10087062B2 |
Container and set of preforms for forming a container
Container of a bag-in-container type, wherein a neck region of the container is provided with at least one opening extending substantially radially there through, into a space between the outer container and an inner container adjacent thereto, wherein: the neck region is provided with coupling elements, preferably at opposite sides of the at least one opening, seen in circumferential direction, for coupling of a connecting device to the container for introducing a pressure fluid through the at least one opening into a space between the inner and outer container; and/or the at least one opening is provided with or forming part of a first coupler for coupling a pressure fluid feed line to the opening, for pressurizing a space between the inner and outer container. |
| US10087059B1 |
Double column boom attachment for a lift truck
A lift truck is configured to suspend a load above the ground and includes a self-propelled vehicle and a boom assembly. The vehicle defines an operator station to support an operator during lift truck use. The boom assembly includes a bifurcated, upright support frame attached relative to the vehicle and an elongated transverse boom. The transverse boom extends longitudinally to present a proximal mounting end and a distal lifting end configured to support the load in a space below the lifting end. The support frame includes a pair of upright supports that are attached relative to the mounting end to cooperatively support the transverse boom. The supports are laterally spaced apart to cooperatively define an upright support opening that permits an operator to view the load from the operator station by looking through the support opening along a longitudinal line of sight. |
| US10087053B2 |
Manual marine winch with safety knockout override preventing release of winch tension without the handle in the stowed position
A manual marine winch includes a safety knockout override preventing release of winch tension without the handle in stowed position. The winch includes a housing; a rotating drum on the housing; a winch line on the drum; a control for spooling and un-spooling the winch line on the drum, wherein the control includes a handle for selectively tensioning the drum and moveable between a position engaged with the drum and a disengaged stowed position; a tension holding mechanism on the housing comprising a ratchet gear coupled to the drum, a pawl selectively engaged with the ratchet gear, and a knockout configures to selectively disengage the pawl from the gear to allow for release of winch tension; and a safety knockout override coupled to the housing and selectively engaged by the handle and configured to prevent release of winch tension when the handle is not in the stowed position. |
| US10087052B2 |
Overhead crane and assembly of at least two overhead cranes
An overhead crane (21, 22) for hoisting and moving containers (2) includes a rail track (23, 24) which rests on the ground via columns (25), and a frame (31, 32) which is displaceable along the rail track (23, 24) and is provided with elements for picking up and hoisting containers (2). In particular, the frame (31, 32) is suitable to accommodate at least one container (2) completely. In an assembly (20) of at least two overhead cranes (21, 22), the rail tracks (23, 24) of the overhead cranes (21, 22) extend at different levels with respect to the ground, substantially parallel with respect to each other, and rest on the ground via common columns (25). One of the advantages of this arrangement is the fact that the overhead cranes (21, 22) can pass each other. |
| US10087049B2 |
Method of testing an optical sensor
There is disclosed a method of testing an optical door sensor 100 having an emitter 102 for emitting a light signal 104 and a receiver 106 for detecting the light signal 104, the optical door sensor 100 having at least one sensor operating parameter and further having a baseline state in which the receiver 102 can detect a light signal from the emitter 106. The method comprises setting the optical door sensor in an offset state 204, 304, in which a sensor operating parameter is offset from a baseline setting by an offset amount, the baseline setting corresponding to the baseline state of the optical door sensor; conducting a signal test 206 with the optical door sensor in the offset state; and generating an alert 216 when the signal test result is negative for the offset state and the offset amount is less than or equal to a limit margin. The signal test comprises: emitting a light signal from the emitter 208 and determining whether the light signal is detected by the receiver 210. The signal test has a positive result if the light signal is detected by the receiver and a negative result if the light signal is not detected by the receiver. |
| US10087046B2 |
Intelligent building system for altering elevator operation based upon passenger identification
The disclosure herein includes a method for controlling elevators by an intelligent building system. The method includes receiving, by the intelligent building system, elevator calls initiated by passengers. Each elevator call can include a passenger identification corresponding to a passenger initiating the elevator call. The method further includes procuring passenger preference information based on the passenger identifications in response to the elevator calls and grouping the passengers with respect to the passenger preference information to produce passenger groups. The method further includes controlling the elevators to collect the passenger groups. |
| US10087045B2 |
System, machinery brake and method for controlling the machinery brake
The system for controlling the opening and/or closing of a normally-closed machinery brake opening by means of at least one magnetizing coil and closing by means of at least one closing spring comprises: at least one estimation and control loop according to the invention and at least one measuring and control circuit according to the invention, which are connected or can be connected to each other, and of which a) the estimation and control loop is configured to use an input (I(t)) produced by the measuring and control circuit, and b) the measuring and control circuit is configured to use the modulation reference (UGE) produced by the estimation and control loop for connecting the voltage (U9) to be connected over the magnetizing coil. |
| US10087044B2 |
Enhanced deceleration propulsion system for elevators
An elevator system includes a first propulsion system for imparting linear motion to an elevator car. The elevator system includes a controller generating control signals for the first propulsion system. The elevator system includes a brake for holding the elevator car. The elevator system includes an energy storage unit. The elevator system includes a second propulsion system. The controller is configured to at least one of (i) access the energy storage unit to power at least one of the first propulsion system and second propulsion system upon a fault during upward travel of the elevator car (ii) power the second propulsion system upon a fault in the first propulsion system during upward travel of the elevator car and (iii) delay applying the brake until the elevator car speed is less than a threshold upon a fault during upward travel of the elevator car. |
| US10087043B2 |
Moving media in reverse duplex direction along media duplex path
A method includes guiding the media n a forward simplex direction by a simplex media path of a media transport assembly of the printing apparatus to position a respective side of the media across from a toner applicator to receive toner thereon and a fuser to fuse the toner thereon. The method also includes guiding the media in a forward duplex direction to the simplex media path by the duplex media path of the media transport assembly so that another side of the media is positioned towards the toner applicator to receive the toner thereon. The method also includes selectively moving the media in a reverse duplex direction opposite from the forward duplex direction to direct the media along the duplex media path to an output area outside of the media transport assembly by the control module in response to a media flushing event. |
| US10087042B2 |
Tank manufacturing method, helical winding device, and filament winding apparatus
In a tank manufacturing method using a helical winding device that winds fiber bundles around a mandrel, the device includes: a first guide ring having an opening to pass the mandrel therethrough and placed around the mandrel with an axial center of the mandrel being taken as a center; and a plurality of first guide portions placed in the first guide ring along a circumferential direction around the axial center and configured to supply first fiber bundles to the mandrel. The method includes: moving the mandrel relative to the first guide ring along an axial center direction along the axial center such that the mandrel passes through the opening; and winding the fiber bundles around the mandrel while relatively moving the mandrel in the moving, by the first guide portions supplying the first fiber bundles to the mandrel with the first guide portions swinging in the circumferential direction. |
| US10087040B2 |
Retractable cord storage reel assembly
A retractable cord reel assembly comprises a reel rotatably supported within a frame or housing for rotation about an axis; a biasing spring engaged with the reel; and a single unitary electrically conductive cord having a distal end portion affixed to the housing, and a movable proximal end, wherein the cord is wound about the reel in a plurality of contiguous segments. The cord reel comprises separate coaxial cord-take-up and cord-storage compartments, having, in an initial cord configuration, a fixed-length segment of cord wound in a spiral around a hub in the cord-take-up compartment, and a segment comprising helical windings of the cord in the cord-storage compartment. The cord reel assembly described herein can be used in modern electronic data and power transmission applications without the significant losses of signal integrity or power, commonly associated with conventional cord reel assemblies. |
| US10087036B1 |
De-coiling cone
A system for dispensing weld wire comprises a container including walls and inside corners, a coil of weld wire within the container, and a de-coiling cone on the weld wire. The coil includes inner and outer circumferences, and the de-coiling cone includes an inner ring smaller than the inner circumference of the coil, an outer ring larger than the inner circumference and smaller than the outer circumference of the coil, and a plurality of legs extending radially outward from the inner ring to positions adjacent respective inside corners of the container. Each leg includes a first leg portion connecting the inner and outer rings, a second leg portion extending radially outwardly from the first leg portion, and a backwardly bent leg portion adjacent a corresponding inside corner of the container. |
| US10087033B2 |
Paper post-processing apparatus and paper post-processing method
A post-processing apparatus comprises a first processing tray on which fed paper is placed; a paper binding section configured to bind a plurality of sheets of paper stacked on the first processing tray into one bundle; a second processing tray which a plurality of paper bundles bound on the first processing tray are sequentially conveyed to and placed on; a paper bundle gluing section configured to coat glue at a given position of the top surface of a first paper bundle placed on the second processing tray before a second paper bundle is placed on the first paper bundle; a pressing section configured to press and bind the first paper bundle with the second paper bundle between which glue is coated; and a control section configured to control the timing for conveying the second paper bundle onto the first paper bundle after the glue is coated. |
| US10087031B2 |
Paper ejection tray assembly with ribs
A paper ejection tray assembly for ejecting paper in an ejecting direction in an image reading device includes a tray body including a stacking surface for stacking an ejected paper, and a pair of movable ribs which are arranged a predetermined distance apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to the ejection direction of the paper and which project out from the stacking surface of the tray body at least when paper is ejected from an ejection slot, the pair of ribs respectively have first inclined surfaces with heights from the stacking surface gradually becoming higher from the downstream side toward the upstream side of the ejection direction of the paper so as to guide the paper ejected from the ejection slot. |
| US10087030B2 |
Sheet discharge device and image forming apparatus including the same
A sheet discharge device of the present invention includes discharge rollers configured to transport a sheet in a predetermined transport direction and to discharge the sheet to a discharge tray, and an upper discharge tray disposed above the discharge tray with a space being interposed therebetween. A bottom face of the upper discharge tray that faces the discharge tray includes a guide rib extending in an oblique direction inclined relative to the transport direction. |
| US10087028B2 |
Arrangement in a perforated roll of a fiber web machine and prefabricated sensor sheet for a perforated roll of a fiber web machine
A perforated roll (10) of a fiber web machine includes a roll shell (19), holes (13) extending through the roll shell, and a sensing system (14) arranged in the roll shell. The sensing system (14) includes at least one pair of leads (16), to which one or more sensors (15) have been connected. At least one pair of leads is composed of flat leads (17.2, 17.2), which are arranged in the roll shell side by side. A prefabricated sensor sheet (26) may be prepared for a perforated roll of a fiber web machine, such that holes may be drilled therethrough to communicate with the roll shell holes (13). |
| US10087024B2 |
Envelope feeder with selective suction cup assist
The novel solution provides a method for feeding of individual envelopes from a stack of envelopes in a hopper for an inserter machine. At the downstream end of the hopper, a friction feeder serially feeds individual envelopes from the stack. A suction cup is selectively actuated to engage with the envelope to pull a leading portion of the envelope away from the stack to assist the friction feeder in feeding envelopes. Selective actuation is based on monitoring downstream movement of fed envelopes. The suction cup is engaged when the envelopes travel a shorter distance than would be expected based on the movement of the feeder. |
| US10087022B2 |
Method and device for synchronized channeling of piece goods on a sorting conveyor
Method for synchronized channelling of piece goods onto a respective receptacle of a sorting conveyor, wherein the sorting conveyor has conveying units with in each case at least one receptacle for piece goods, which at a pre-determined conveying speed run past a synchronization conveyor system, and wherein the synchronization conveyor system has a synchronization conveyor and a channelling conveyor adjoining the synchronization conveyor, whereby, whenever a fault condition of a piece good on the synchronization conveyor system is recognized, the conveyor, synchronization or channelling conveyor, on which the piece good is located, is stopped and then the conveyor transporting the piece good is reversed, until the piece good is located in a pre-determined start position, and the synchronization conveyor and the channelling conveyor are moved forward, and sorting device to carry out the method. |
| US10087021B2 |
Secure tote for order fulfillment and method of operation thereof
One aspect of this disclosure provides a tote that has first and second sidewalls that define the tote's length and height and are laterally offset by the tote's width. Third and fourth substantially planar sidewalls are coupled to the first and second sidewalls to form a frame. A plurality of parallel belt guides are located within an interior space of the tote and is coupled to the frame. A belt that has at least half the tote's width is supported by the plurality of the belt guides and defines at least a portion of a ceiling of the tote. The belt is movable about the interior space of the tote, such that the aperture can be positioned within the tote in one of a plurality of positions. |
| US10087019B2 |
Load lock system and method for transferring substrates in a lithography system
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for transferring substrates into and from a vacuum chamber in a lithography apparatus. The load lock system comprises: a load lock chamber provided with an opening for allowing passage of a substrate in and out of the load lock chamber, and a transfer apparatus comprising a sub-frame at least partially arranged in the load lock chamber, an arm which is, with a proximal end thereof, connected to the sub-frame, and a substrate receiving unit which is connected to a distal end of the arm. The arm comprises at least three hinging arm parts, wherein a first and a second arm part are hingedly connected to the sub-frame with a proximal end thereof. A third arm part is hingedly connected to the distal ends of the first and second arm parts. The arm parts are arranged to form a four-bar linkage. |
| US10087016B2 |
Article supply device
An article supply device has: a transport part that transports transported objects, and a movable block. The movable block is provided with a storage part that can store one of the transported objects in a reception position that communicates with a downstream end of the transport part. The movable block is capable of reciprocal movement in a direction that intersects the reception direction of the transported object. At one end of the reciprocal movement, the storage part is in the reception position. At the other end of the reciprocal movement, the storage part is in a dispensation or retrieval position from which the transported object can be dispensed or retrieved. |
| US10087015B2 |
Roller assembly and transmission device
The present disclosure provides a roller assembly including: a support base provided with a shaft hole; and at least two circular arc segments that are detachably mounted on the support base, wherein the at least two circular arc segments constitute a roller and a vertical distance from any point on periphery of the roller to an axis of the shaft hole is larger than a vertical distance from any point on periphery of the support base to the axis of the shaft hole. The present disclosure also provides a transmission device including a roller assembly described above. |
| US10087010B2 |
Check-out stand with telescoping take-away conveyor
A check-out stand having a take-away conveyor extending in between a front module and a rear module. The take-away conveyor includes a receiving frame, a conveyor base, and a safety plate mounted on the conveyor base. For ease of installation, safety purposes and servicin, the take-away conveyor may be removed easily with tools. Further, a wire harness system is configured with that provides an AC power supply to the take-away conveyor. |
| US10087004B2 |
Material handling hopper
A material handling hopper includes an integrally formed handling body that defines an inlet, an outlet, and an axis. The handling body has a seamless sidewall extending between the inlet and the outlet. The sidewall is circular in cross section in a plane perpendicular to the axis. The sidewall is curvilinear and defines a first height between an axial location of a first inner diameter and an axial location of a second inner diameter. |
| US10087003B2 |
Direct coil transfer system
A rolling mill coil handling system includes a downender for rotating a coil between a vertical position supported on a pallet, and a horizontal position suspended from a hollow stem projecting from the pallet. A hook carrier system includes a C-shaped hook with a horizontally projecting arm. The hook is manipulated by carrier system components to axially insert its arm into the stem, then to raise the arm through a slot in the stem and into contact with the coil, thereby raising the coil to a level at which it is no longer in contact with the stem, and then to axially withdraw the coil from the stem. |
| US10086996B2 |
Container for receiving multiple flexible bag assemblies
Containers are described which can accommodate a variety of flexible bag assemblies used for containing waste. Internal accommodating structures are designed to accommodate and secure various types of bag assemblies, including single bag assemblies and cassettes. |
| US10086995B2 |
Landscaping lawn tarpaulin and system
In accordance with the invention, a landscaping lawn tarpaulin and system is provided which boasts the ability to provide a unique way of loading and transporting landscaping debris and other objects by utilizing one or more compact sized tarpaulins in which the user can easily load, pick up, transport, and dump objects. The invention generally comprises a loading surface formed by a flexible substantially rectangular sheet of material having four corners; and a flexible handle extending laterally outward and integral with the loading surface at each corner. The tarpaulin is fabricated from a flexible material such as a shade mesh or a shade cloth which enables the tarpaulin to flex into a unique pod shape while transporting its content. |
| US10086989B2 |
Packaging unit for hygiene articles and a method of forming a packaging unit
A packaging unit for hygiene articles, the unit being formed from a sheet of material having an inner surface, said inner surface comprising an edge portion being provided with a resealable adhesive for closure of the packaging unit. The sheet has a longitudinal center line and at least one transversely extending folding axis dividing the sheet into a first region and a second region. A tab is arranged at an edge portion of the first region. The tab extends in a longitudinal direction from said edge portion so that an extension of the tab along or parallel to the center line from a tab base to an outer edge of the tab is 0.5 cm or more. A method of forming the packaging unit is also provided. |
| US10086979B2 |
Edible paste dispenser
An edible paste dispenser for applying decorative icing to cakes and other foods includes a tip assembly that connects paste containing chambers of a dual-chamber pastry bag and directs edible paste into a common extrusion nozzle. The tip assembly includes a pair of mating tubes secured via a locking nut to the extrusion nozzle. The tubes each have a sidewall portion that is generally S-shaped in cross-section and permits stable assembly and cooperative engagement of one tube with the other tube. After insertion of a tube into each pastry bag chamber, the tubes are attached to a common extrusion nozzle. The resulting extruded paste can include two different colored decorations, which can appear swirled S or other curvilinear shape provided by the two engaged cones. The tips of the cones, and paste containing bags, terminate just above the exit portal of the common nozzle. |
| US10086978B2 |
Container with synthetic resin window, preform, and preform injection molding apparatus
To solve a problem associated with formation of a transparent window portion in a biaxially stretch blow molded container by a nozzle structure of an injection molding apparatus, provided is a biaxially stretch blow molded container that is formed with a clearly transparent window portion in a longitudinal strip shape by effectively preventing mixture and cut-in of a colored resin to the window portion. In a predetermined range extending from an upstream end to a predetermined downstream position of a flow path including a cylindrical flow path and a reduced-diameter flow path formed in a nozzle portion, a pair of guiding ribs in the form of longitudinal ridges is arranged in line to partition the flow path in a circumferential direction, and a longitudinal groove flow path is formed between the pair of guiding ribs. A molten B resin is supplied to the longitudinal groove flow path, and a molten A resin is supplied to the cylindrical flow path excluding the longitudinal groove flow path. Thus, the longitudinal strip-shaped flow path of the B resin interrupts the cylindrical flow path of the A resin in the circumferential direction. |
| US10086977B2 |
Holding device for fluid medium
A fluid medium holding device may include a holder body having a plurality of side walls, a bottom wall and an opening defined by the side walls that allows access to an interior space of the holder body. The holding device may also include a first handle attached to the first wall of the holder body and pivotable about a first pivot axis; and a second handle attached to the second wall of the holder body and pivotable about a second pivot axis. The first and second handles can be folded on an upper edge of the holder body with the first and second handles positioned generally parallel to each other. |
| US10086975B2 |
Container for rubber or surgical gloves with magnetic mounting device
A container (100) includes a first side (101) defining an aperture (107), a second side (102), and a plurality of other sides (103,104,105). The first side, the second side, the plurality of other sides defining an interior volume (106) of the container. A plurality of gloves (110) is disposed within the interior volume such that one or more gloves may be drawn from the container through the aperture. A magnetic device (112) is proximately located with the second side. When the second side is proximately located with a ferrous object, the magnetic device magnetically couples the container to the ferrous object. |
| US10086973B2 |
Pallet and dolly with bail arm
A pallet having a deck with a generally planar upper surface with a peripheral edge defining a first area, and a ground engaging structure connected to the deck is provided. A mechanism is connected to the pallet and is moveable from a stowed position to a deployed position. When in the deployed position, a portion of the mechanism defines an overhang area adjacent the first area to increase a total support area of the pallet. |
| US10086971B2 |
Container having a tamper-indicating component
A tamper-evident product and related methods of production. A container includes a neck, and a tamper-evidencing component separate from the container and carried by the neck of the container in direct contact with a corresponding portion of the container neck. The component is composed of material that has higher thermal conductivity than that of a material of the container so as to concentrate heat in the corresponding portion of the container neck. The neck is thermally responsive to application of heat pursuant to tampering with the product by at least one of the following responses: an irreversible change in visual appearance of the corresponding portion of the container neck, or fracture of the container neck at the corresponding portion of the container neck. |
| US10086970B2 |
Package
The present disclosure relates to a package including a floor and a side wall extending upwardly from the floor. The package is configured to receive a high-temperature fluid during a container-filling activity at a container-filling factory. |
| US10086967B2 |
Retractable bagging station
Described is a retractable bagging station for use in a retail store. The bagging station includes a frame and a bag dispenser retractably coupled to the frame. The bag dispenser holds and dispenses shopping bags. The bag dispenser is retractably coupled to the frame such that the bag dispenser extends out of and retracts into the frame. The bagging station is retractable into the frame so that the bagging station can be stored in a retracted position under a counter, for example, when the bagging station is not needed. When the bagging station is needed, it can be extended out from the frame to be used. The bagging station can be mounted under a counter of a checkout station, for example, so the bagging station can be used at the checkout station when needed. |
| US10086962B2 |
Assembly table for building air separation units remotely
An assembly table for use in a remote manufacturing yard is provided. The assembly table is configured to be collapsible thereby allowing for a reduced footprint during transportation. The assembly table can include a central support base; a plurality of arms attached to the central support base; a secondary support member attached to each arm configured to provide support for and give height to the assembly table when in use; and a centering guide attached to each arm, the centering guide configured to receive a bottom portion of a partial shell, the centering guide located at a predetermined location of its own arm. |
| US10086958B2 |
Control moment gyroscope module for satellites
A control moment gyroscope (CMG) module for use in a satellite comprising a CMG, the CMG comprising a flywheel assembly mounted on a gimbal assembly, the flywheel assembly comprising a flywheel rim, a flywheel spokes member and a flywheel shaft, the flywheel rim circumscribing the flywheel shaft, and the flywheel spokes member extending between the flywheel shaft and the flywheel rim. The gimbal assembly comprises at least one gimbal and a spin motor, the spin motor for rotating the flywheel assembly about a first axis. The CMG further comprises a torque shaft and a torque motor for rotating the at least one gimbal about a second axis. The CMG module further comprises a hermetic first shell housing; and a hermetic second shell housing; wherein the second shell housing is joined to the first shell housing by a hermetic seal to form an airtight interior of the CMG module, the interior of the CMG module containing the CMG. |
| US10086957B2 |
System for adjusting the profiles of aeronautical structures
A method for assembling a first component to at least one second component, includes attaching a plurality of interface fittings to the first component, placing the first component on an assembly jig in such a way that the first component bears on the assembly jig through the interface fittings, and assembling said at least one second component to the first component placed on the assembly jig. Before the first component is placed on the assembly jig, at least one adjustable spacer member incorporated in at least one of said interface fittings is adjusted to bring at least one surface of the first component into a predetermined tolerance range. |
| US10086955B2 |
Pattern-based camera pose estimation system
A camera pose estimation system is provided for estimating the position of a camera within an environment. The system may be configured to receive a 2D image captured by a camera within the environment, and interpret metadata of the 2D image to identify an estimated position of the camera. A synthetic 2D image from a 3D model of the environment may be rendered by a synthetic camera within the model at the estimated position. A correlation between the 2D image and synthetic 2D image may identify a 2D point of correlation, and the system may project a line from the synthetic camera through the 2D point on the synthetic 2D image rendered in an image plane of the synthetic camera such that the line intersects the 3D model at a corresponding 3D point therein. A refined position may be determined based on the 2D point and corresponding 3D point. |
| US10086954B2 |
UAV flight display
Methods, systems, and devices are provided for displaying flight information related to a UAV. The UAV may carry a payload via a carrier that may permit the payload to move relative to the UAV. UAV related information including UAV state information and payload state information can be provided to a remote display terminal. The UAV state information can include position information as well as attitude information of the UAV. The payload state information can include attitude information of the payload relative to the UAV. The remote display terminal can be configured to simultaneously display the UAV state information and the payload state information so as to provide the user with an intuitive, comprehensive, yet efficient user interface. |
| US10086944B2 |
Reversible upholstery dress cover
A reversible upholstery dress cover article includes a fabric web, an obverse finish layer covering an obverse face of the web, a reverse finish layer covering a reverse face of the web, a relatively flexible tape attached around an edge of the web, and a relatively stiff ribbon attached in the tape. The tape spaces the ribbon apart from the edge of the web and the tape can be folded to bring the ribbon against either the obverse finish layer or the reverse finish layer without folding the web. The tape is folded around the ribbon in a first fold so that the ribbon extends along a midline of the tape, then each edge of the tape is folded back in a second fold to form flaps that extend beyond the first fold, with the ribbon protruding from the folded tape. |
| US10086942B2 |
Aircraft stores transport system
A system comprising: a low observable aircraft (2) having its external surfaces oriented at a limited number of directions; a device (12) mounted to the aircraft (2) outside the external surfaces of the aircraft (2); and a fairing (10) located outside the external surfaces of the aircraft (2), the fairing (10) being releasably coupled to the one or more external surfaces of the aircraft (2), at least part of the fairing (10) being spaced apart from one or more of the external surfaces of the aircraft (2) so as to define a chamber between the fairing (10) and that one or more external surfaces of the aircraft (2). The device (12) is wholly located within the chamber. One or more external surfaces of the fairing (10) are oriented in the same direction as at least one external surface of the aircraft (2). |
| US10086940B2 |
Method and system for delivering biodegradable shelled portions
A method of delivering over the air, shelled portions of fluids or granular substances containing effective ingredients, to a target, includes the following stages: selecting a type and a size of the shelled portions containing the required effective ingredients, based on mission parameters and physical data of a scene containing the target; conveying the shelled portions to a delivery point, based on the mission parameters and the physical data; and ballistically delivering the shelled portions towards the target, wherein the shelled portions comprise fluids or granular substances covered by shells that provide the shelled portions a ballistic coefficient that is significantly higher than a ballistic coefficient of similar portions without the shells. |
| US10086939B2 |
Plug-and-play multifunctional attachment of remote control rotorcraft
A plug-and-play multifunctional attachment of a remote control rotorcraft, which includes: an attachment body that includes a device board and a remote control receiver unit. The device board has a top surface to which a first coupling member is mounted. The remote control receiver unit is mounted to and electrically connected to a bottom surface of the device board. Wireless transmission of a signal is enabled between a remote control device and the remote control receiver unit. A second coupling member is mounted to a bottom of an unmanned aircraft to enable selective engagement and coupling between the second coupling member and the first coupling member. |
| US10086937B2 |
Observation device
A observation device includes an aircraft and an observation unit attached to the aircraft that observes a target within a predetermined view angle. The aircraft includes a base, at least two thrusters that generate a propulsion force including lift, actuators that change a direction of the propulsion force generated by the thrusters with respect to the base, an inertial measurement unit (IMU) that detects an orientation of the base with respect to a ground surface, and a controller that controls the thrusters and the actuators based on the orientation of the base detected by the IMU. The observation unit is fixedly attached to the base and the aircraft is configured to fly in any arbitrary orientation with respect to the ground surface through a combination of a magnitude of the propulsion force and the direction of the propulsion force of each of the thrusters. |
| US10086936B2 |
Storage models for tiltrotor aircraft
A tiltrotor aircraft having a VTOL flight mode, a forward flight mode and a storage mode includes a fuselage having a wing rotatably mounted thereto. The wing has an orientation generally perpendicular to the fuselage, in the flight modes, and an orientation generally parallel to the fuselage, in the storage mode. First and second pylon assemblies are positioned proximate outboard ends of the wing. First and second mast assemblies are respectively rotatable relative to the first and second pylon assemblies and have generally vertical orientations, in the VTOL flight mode, and generally horizontal orientations, in the forward flight mode and the storage mode. First and second proprotor assemblies are respectively rotatable relative to the first and second mast assemblies. Each proprotor assembly includes a plurality of rotor blades and has a radially extended orientation, in the flight modes, and a stowed orientation, in the storage mode. |
| US10086934B2 |
Composite rotor system using two race track style cantilevered yokes
A hub system comprises at least one yoke, at least one shear bearing, and at least one mast adapter. The at least one mast adapter is configured to support the at least one yoke and the at least one shear bearing, and the at least one yoke has a flapping hinge that is non-coincident with a flapping hinge of the at least one shear bearing. Another hub system comprises a stacked yoke and a mast adapter. The mast adapter is configured to transfer rotation from a rotor mast to the hub system to rotate the hub system about a central axis of rotation. The mast adapter is further configured to support the stacked yoke such that each yoke in the stacked yoke is configured to accommodate at least some amount of rotation about an axis that is perpendicular to or about perpendicular to the central axis of rotation. |
| US10086927B2 |
Thermally controlled active flow control system
A method and apparatus are presented. An active flow control system comprises a flow control valve, a manifold, and a temperature control system. The flow control valve is configured to control a flow of air into the manifold. The manifold is operatively connected to a number of actuators. The temperature control system is configured to heat at least a portion of the flow of air. |
| US10086925B2 |
Use of automatic pitch control to improve braking performance
A flight control law enhances braking efficiency through the operation of aircraft elevators (or another pitch control system) using measured longitudinal acceleration and/or pedal position as references to the control law. Through this solution, it is possible to increase the vertical load in the main landing gear and consequently enhance braking efficiency. |
| US10086924B2 |
Alignment device for a selector lever
A selector lever includes a detent pin that travels along a shaft for being positioned within a detent slot of a detent plate for securing the selector lever in place. A magnetic detent pin alignment mechanism provides feedback to an operator for assisting in maneuvering the selector lever to a predetermined position wherein the detent pin may be positioned within a desired detent slot. |
| US10086923B2 |
Panel structure and associated method
A panel structure for a vehicle, and especially for an aircraft or spacecraft, includes an area member, especially a skin member, that defines an areal expanse with a first surface and an opposite second surface and having a thickness between the first and second surfaces; and a plurality of elongate stiffener members which are attached to the area member and extend over at least one of the first and second surfaces; wherein at least one of the stiffener members is bifurcated at a bifurcation point into two or more branch stiffener members. |
| US10086919B2 |
Boat lift
A floating boat lift having flotation tanks positioned under sides of a frame of the boat lift and a transverse flotation tank that communicates with the flotation tanks. Water flow is regulated so that tanks fill from near the center of the boat lift. Water is accepted into or pumped from the flotation tanks, allowing the frame of the boat lift to fall or rise relative to the surface of the water. |
| US10086917B2 |
Drilling vessel and method for operating a drilling vessel adapted to run large diameter casing strings
The present invention relates to a method for operating a drilling vessel adapted to run large diameters surface casing joints having a diameter of over 20 inch (51 cm) and a length of 30-50 feet (9-15 meters), and build a surface casing string. According to the invention three or more surface casing joints are interconnected into pre-assembled surface casing stands having a length of over 100 feet (30 meters). These surface casing stands are substantially horizontally stored and transferred by a casing stand handling system to a surface casing string handling capacity hoisting device, which subsequently lowers the surface casing string. |
| US10086910B2 |
Battery system for boats
A battery system for providing electric power to a boat includes a hard deck that includes a plurality of interconnected battery panels and output power connectors. Each of the battery panels includes an array of interconnected battery cells. A connection plate receives recessed edges of adjacent battery panels and interconnect cables connect battery terminals of the adjacent battery panels. |
| US10086906B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling automatic gear-change processes of an electric gear-change apparatus of a bicycle
Controlling automatic gear-changing of an electric gear-change apparatus of a bicycle, the method may involve assigning each of a plurality of gears of the bicycle a predetermined gearing range. Controlling the process may also involve assigning a predetermined lower limit value and a predetermined upper limit value to each gearing range, wherein the upper limit value of a gearing range is in each case larger by a predetermined value than the lower limit value of a next higher gearing range, and the upper limit value of the gearing range and the lower limit value of the next higher gearing range define between them an overlap range. Controlling the process may also involve selecting an engagement of either a gear or a next higher gear in the overlap range depending on a speed profile of the bicycle. |
| US10086905B2 |
Bicycle front derailleur with mounting bracket
A bicycle front derailleur including a chain guide; a linkage assembly; and a mounting bracket configured to mount the chain guide to a bicycle frame such that the chain guide is movable with respect to the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes at least one fixed portion adapted to receive a fastener to fix the fixed portion so that an axis of the fastener extends toward a bottom bracket hangar of the bicycle frame when the fixed portion is fixed to the bicycle frame via the fastener. The axis of the fastener is generally vertical. |
| US10086903B2 |
Saddle-ridden vehicle
A saddle-ridden vehicle includes: a pair of frame members which are disposed on one side and on other side in a vehicle width direction so as to extend in a vehicle front-rear direction; an engine which is disposed between and supported by the pair of frame members; an air cleaner which cleans air for fuel combustion; a supercharger which compresses the air cleaned by the air cleaner; an intercooler which cools, using a cooling wind, the air compressed by the supercharger and supplies resulting air to the engine; and an exhaust wind duct which determines a discharge position or a discharge direction of the cooling wind discharged from the intercooler, and the exhaust wind duct is disposed above the engine on the one side in the vehicle width direction and extends to rear of the engine. |
| US10086898B2 |
Mounting bracket for stepless variable speed engine of light motorcycle
A mounting bracket for a stepless variable speed engine of a light motorcycle includes a frame, a shock absorber, an engine holder, a power connection plate and a hanger. The engine holder includes a beam and two engine fixing rods, and one of the engine fixing rods is fixed to an end of the beam by a bolt, and the other engine fixing rod is integrally coupled to the other end of the beam. The engine fixing rod has plural installation nodes coupled with the engine, and both ends of the shock absorber are hinged with the frame and the middle of the beam. The power connection plate is coupled to the engine fixing rod and has a shaft hole corresponsive with a shaft of the engine. The bolt is provided for fixing and adjusting the structural form of the engine fixing rod to facilitate adjusting the interval of the engine holder to provide a convenient and accurate installation. The bolt is provided for fixing and adjusting the structural form of the engine fixing rod to facilitate adjusting the interval of the holder to provide a convenient and accurate installation. |
| US10086897B2 |
Structure for installing fuel pump in fuel tank
In a structure for installing a fuel pump in a fuel tank, in which the fuel pump is attached to the fuel tank by clamping a flange portion of a pump case of the fuel pump between the fuel tank and a retainer fastened to the fuel tank, an interference portion is formed integrally with an inner peripheral edge of the retainer while being overhung inward in a radial direction, the interference portion being capable of interfering with any one of protruding portions when a relative position in a peripheral direction of the retainer with respect to the flange portion is set at a non-normal position, and a non-normal surface of opposite surfaces of the retainer is faced to the flange portion. |
| US10086896B2 |
Saddle-ride type vehicle
In an outside air intake duct, a duct body extends intersecting with a part of a vehicle body frame in a top view of a vehicle body. The vehicle body frame includes a duct holding portion. The duct holding portion is formed so as to surround the duct body at an intersecting site with the duct body. The duct body includes an air intake opening and a discharge port. The air intake opening projects outside the vehicle body frame. The discharge port is positioned inside the vehicle body frame. The duct holding portion includes a plurality of duct securing portions to secure the duct body. The duct securing portions are disposed so as to be positioned on both sides of the duct body nipping the duct body. |
| US10086890B2 |
Robot and method for use of robot
A robot includes a main body, a handlebar disposed on the main body and grippable by a user, a detection unit that detects a load applied to the handlebar, a moving device including a rotating body and moving the robot by controlling the rotation of the rotating body, and a switching unit that switches a support mode for supporting the user with walking. The support mode includes a first mode in which the robot autonomously moves to guide the user who is walking and a second mode in which the robot moves in accordance with a first load detected by the detection unit. When the robot moves in the first mode, the switching unit switches the support mode from the first mode to the second mode on the basis of the second load detected by the detection unit. |
| US10086889B2 |
Roller device and roller shell for track-type work vehicle
Roller shell has a first cylindrical part and a second cylindrical part. An outer diameter of the first cylindrical part is larger than an outer diameter of the second cylindrical part, and an inner diameter of the first cylindrical part is smaller than an inner diameter of the second cylindrical part. The first cylindrical part fits to a small-diameter bushing part, and the second cylindrical part fits to a large-diameter bushing part. The second cylindrical part has a slit which extends through an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface and is open at an end surface. The roller shell engages with a step part. An engaging member fits to a groove and engages with the slit. A retainer is formed to have an annular shape and is detachably attached to bushing to hold an end surface of the roller shell. |
| US10086888B2 |
Heavy equipment trailer with adjustable deck
Heavy equipment trailer comprising an elongated deck, a front gooseneck extending from the front of the deck for connection to a pulling vehicle, a rear gooseneck extending from the rear of the deck, a jeep with ground engaging wheels positioned to the rear of the deck, and an elevator operatively connected between the rear gooseneck and the jeep for raising and lowering the rear gooseneck to adjust the height of the deck above the ground. The trailer also has a front jeep and a rear booster with dual axles and multiple wheels, with the loads at the front and rear of the deck being distributed respectively between the front jeep and the pulling vehicle and between the rear jeep and the booster. A front jeep includes a lift for raising and lowering the front gooseneck and the front end of the deck. |
| US10086887B1 |
Spare tire storage cover assembly
A spare tire storage cover assembly a spare tire and a wheel cover. The spare tire has a tire and a metal wheel. The metal wheel defines a central attachment portion encircled by an outer rim with a wheel retaining member of a retraction device is inserted through an opening in the central attachment portion. The wheel cover has a disk portion with a first surface and a second surface, and a cylindrical portion extending from a central area of the first surface of the disk portion. The first surface has a plurality of alignment fins that extend in a radial outward direction from the cylindrical portion with distal edges thereof being dimensioned such that with the cylindrical portion inserted into the metal wheel, contact between the alignment fins and an inner circumferential surface of the outer rim centers the wheel cover relative to the metal wheel. |
| US10086878B2 |
Hood guiding system for a work vehicle
A hood guiding system for a work vehicle may include first and second walls positioned within an engine compartment of the work vehicle. The system may also include a hood configured to extend in a crosswise direction of the work vehicle between a first side and a second side so as to least partially cover the engine compartment. Additionally, the system may include a first guide component coupled to the hood at or adjacent to its first side and a second guide component coupled to the hood at or adjacent to its second side. When the hood is moved from an opened position to a closed position, the first and second guide components may be configured to contact outer surfaces of the first and second walls, respectively, to guide the hood towards the closed position. |
| US10086871B2 |
Vehicle data recording
Methods, systems, and vehicles are provided for recording vehicle data. In accordance with one embodiment, a vehicle comprises a wheel, a plurality of cameras, and a processor. The plurality of cameras and the processor are disposed onboard the vehicle. The processor is configured to at least facilitate determining whether the vehicle is engaging in a turn, and providing instructions for the plurality of cameras to automatically record a view of the wheel when it is determined that the vehicle is engaging in the turn. |
| US10086862B2 |
Collapsible two seat perambulator
A child stroller has a frame with a primary seat frame, at least one forward wheel and at least one rear wheel rotatably mounted to the frame, and primary and secondary forward-facing seats operatively supported by the frame. The secondary seat is positioned at least partially behind and at least partially below the primary seat. The stroller is convertible between an in-use configuration for transporting children and a folded storage configuration without removing the secondary seat, with the secondary seat positioned at least partially within the frame when the stroller is in the folded storage configuration. The stroller is configured such that the secondary seat is selectively movable from an in-use position to a storage position without folding the remainder of the stroller such that, following movement of the secondary seat to the storage position, the remainder of the stroller is selectively foldable around the secondary seat. |
| US10086861B1 |
Transport wheel restraint
Systems and methods are provided for restraining the movement of a wheeled transport apparatus using a restraining device. The restraining device may include an elongated frame component having an upstanding rear portion and a base portion. The base portion is configured to be secured to a floor surface. A loading member may be provided, located adjacent the elongated frame component. The loading member defines a ramp surface to guide a rotational movement of a wheel of the wheeled transport apparatus into a receiving space. In certain aspects, the elongated frame component comprises an angle iron defining a length and having a substantially uniform L-shaped cross-section. The device may further include a locking member pivotally coupled to the elongated frame component and configured to retainingly engage a structural component of the wheeled transport apparatus. |
| US10086858B2 |
System for increasing dolly capacity
A dolly for transporting goods. The dolly includes a frame, a wheel assembly mounted on the frame, and a baseplate extending from the frame. The baseplate has a horizontal portion extending forward from the frame and a vertical portion extending upward from the horizontal portion. The dolly includes a handgrip attached to the frame for maneuvering the dolly and an upper support bar removably attached to and extending laterally across the frame at a pre-determined height above the baseplate. The upper support bar having a length greater than the width of the frame. The dolly includes a lower support bar removably attached to and extending laterally across the vertical portion of the baseplate. The lower support bar has a length greater than the width of the baseplate. |
| US10086857B2 |
Real time machine vision system for train control and protection
A system, method, and apparatus are disclosed for a machine vision system that incorporates hardware and/or software, remote databases, and algorithms to map assets, evaluate railroad track conditions, and accurately determine the position of a moving vehicle on a railroad track. One benefit of the invention is the possibility of real-time processing of sensor data for guiding operation of the moving vehicle. |
| US10086853B2 |
Movable cable loop descent system
A movable cable loop descent system comprises a cable for forming into a loop, a receiver for attachment to a structure having a receiver pulley for engaging the cable loop, a brake assembly, having a drive pulley for being rotated by the cable loop, the brake assembly for slowing a rate of travel of the cable loop and a carriage supporting a load for attachment to the cable loop at a point and for movement between the structure and the ground. A rotor and substantially parallel conductive frame is mounted on an axle through the drive pulley. Magnets on a surface of the rotor and/or the frame induce eddy currents, as they are relatively rotated, which create a rotational braking force controlling descent of the carriage and load. The brake assembly may be removably positioned by a drive-on anchor. The cable is removable and the system may form a kit. |
| US10086852B2 |
End-of car energy management system for railcars
An end-of-car system for railcars is provided comprising an asymmetric draft gear mechanism offering shock absorption to a railcar when the latter is subjected to buff or draft forces. The end-of-car system may be retrofitted to railcars having a different type of shock absorption system. |
| US10086848B2 |
Structure suitable to form part of a floor, a sidewall, or a ceiling of a gangway
A gangway for connecting a first car with a second car and for allowing passage of passengers from the first car to the second car. The gangway includes a first hoop having a straight line section for at least a portion of its circumference and a second hoop. A connection element is connected to the first hoop and to the second hoop. The connection element includes an elongated free surface that is movable relative to the straight line section of the first hoop. |
| US10086846B2 |
Evacuated tube transport system
A capsule for an evacuated tube transport system, the capsule comprising a capsule body for carrying passengers within an evacuated tube; a first door disposed in a first end of the body; and a first coupling mechanism and a first sealing mechanism arranged respectively to couple the capsule to another capsule at the end of the body while the capsules are moving and to establish a seal around the door and a corresponding door in the other capsule to enable passengers to move from one capsule to another through the doors without exposing the passengers to the pressure of the evacuated tube. |
| US10086845B2 |
Vehicle information display control device, and method for displaying automatic driving information
A vehicle information display control device includes: an automatic driving information obtaining unit that obtains automatic driving information including information indicating that each actuator of a vehicle is in a manual control mode or an automatic control mode; and a display controller that displays images on a first display area and a second display area of a display based on the automatic driving information. The display controller displays an image corresponding to an actuator in the manual control mode on the first display area and an image corresponding to an actuator in the automatic control mode on the second display area. |
| US10086843B2 |
Method for assisting a user of a motor vehicle, multimedia system, and motor vehicle
A method for assisting a user of a motor vehicle, including: acquiring parameters associated with a context in which the motor vehicle is being used; developing a list of suggested actions; selecting a suggested action from among the list of suggested actions in accordance with the context in which the motor vehicle is being used; and transmitting the selected suggested actions to the user via a man/machine interface. A multimedia system, a motor vehicle, and a computer medium can implement the method. |
| US10086841B2 |
Control apparatus for transmission
A control apparatus for a transmission including a gear engagement commander outputting a gear engagement command of a sleeve, an actuator controller controlling an actuator to move the sleeve from a neutral position to a gear engaging position when the gear engagement command is output, a gear engagement determiner determining whether an engagement of the sleeve is prevented in a course of moving the sleeve from the neutral position to the gear engaging position; and a motor controlling an electric motor to rotate a rotating shaft so as to change a rotational position of movable dog teeth relative to passive dog teeth when it is determined that the engagement of the sleeve is prevented. |
| US10086840B2 |
Methods and system for operating a vehicle
Systems and methods for reducing perception of transitions from shifting a transmission from neutral to drive are described. In one example, the transmission is shifted from neutral to drive in response to brake pedal motion before the brake pedal is fully released so that timing of pressurizing clutches and engaging a forward gear is advanced to occur while the brake pedal is still applied. |
| US10086836B2 |
Methods and systems for a four wheel drive vehicle driveline
Systems and methods for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, driveline operation may be adjusted in response to operating the hybrid vehicle in a four wheel drivel low gear range. The approaches may improve vehicle drivability and reduce driveline degradation. |
| US10086834B2 |
Lane keeping assist/support system, vehicle including the same, and method for controlling the same
A lane keeping assist/support (LKAS) system for preventing lane departure of a vehicle includes: an LKAS controller determining whether an adjacent vehicle is present by analyzing around-view images of the vehicle acquired by an around-view monitoring (AVM) system; a vehicle position calculator calculating a position of the vehicle; an adjacent vehicle position calculator calculating a position of the adjacent vehicle; a torque controller determining whether a proximity index generated according to the calculated position of the vehicle and the calculated position of the adjacent vehicle is less than a threshold value and correcting an initial torque timing and an initial torque based on the calculated position of the vehicle when the proximity index is less than the threshold value; and a steering apparatus controlling steering of the vehicle according to the corrected initial torque timing and the corrected initial torque. |
| US10086832B2 |
Vehicle and method for controlling the same
A vehicle and method for controlling the same are provided to improve recognition performance of a camera by irradiating light from a headlamp to an object, which may be recognized by a detection sensor but not by the camera, thereby avoiding a collision by detecting the object using both the camera and detection sensor. The vehicle includes an optical sensor that detects illumination around the vehicle and a detection sensor that detects an object around the vehicle to obtain information regarding at least one of a position and speed of the object. A controller operates a headlamp to irradiate light toward the object based on the position information of the object when the detected illumination is less than a predetermined value. |
| US10086831B2 |
Method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle combination, computer software product, lane departure warning system
A method for assisting a driver of a motor vehicle combination with a towing vehicle and a trailer is described. A width of the motor vehicle combination is determined and a traffic lane is detected. A space required by the motor vehicle combination when travelling is predicted. A nominal track for the towing vehicle is calculated such that the motor vehicle combination remains inside the traffic lane. A computer software product, a lane departure warning system and a towing vehicle are also described. |
| US10086828B2 |
Method for controlling the startup of the heat engine of a hybrid power train
A method controls the startup of a heat engine of a hybrid power train of a vehicle. The power train includes the heat engine and an electric drive machine, two concentric main shafts coupled one to the heat engine and one to the electric machine, at least one step-down gear of each of the main shafts on a secondary shaft connected to wheels of the vehicle, and a coupling of the two main shafts. The method includes coupling the two main shafts, inhibiting fuel injection of the heat engine, launching the heat engine by the electric machine, synchronizing a speed of the heat engine and a speed of the electric machine without fuel injection, activating the fuel injection and turning off the electric machine and decoupling the two main shafts. |
| US10086825B2 |
Travel driving apparatus of vehicle
In a hybrid vehicle including: a step-up converter for stepping-up the voltage from a battery and supplying power to the front motor for driving front wheels; as well as a paddle switch for setting regenerative braking torque stepwisely, and a hybrid control unit for calculating a regenerative braking force based on a selection stage set by the paddle switch, the hybrid control unit decreases the regenerative braking force to be less than the regenerative braking force while the maximum input/output power of the step-up converter is not limited, when a selection stage in which regenerative braking force is more than that in a D range is selected while the maximum input/output power of the step-up converter is limited. |
| US10086822B2 |
Engine control system
The present invention relates to a method for managing the drive system of a hybrid vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine and an electric machine having an energy storage means, wherein the vehicle has information on the topology of an approaching downward section of road. Said method includes: predicting a power need of the vehicle according to at least one slope degree of said section of road; predicting the mode of operation of the drive system as well, said mode of operation being selected from at least: a freewheel descent, a descent assisted by the drive system, preferably by the electric machine only, a descent braked by energy recovery; and adjusting the energy level in the storage system prior to arrival on the section of road according to said predictions. |
| US10086815B2 |
Electric brake device
An electric brake device includes an electric motor; a braking force application mechanism configured to apply a braking force on a vehicle wheel; a lock mechanism configured to assume one of a locked condition; a temperature sensor configured to measure an ambient temperature of a vehicle; and a freezing preventive power supply unit configured to initiate supply of an electric power to the electric motor or a drive source of the lock mechanism. The freezing preventive power supply unit interrupts the supply of the electric power to the electric motor or the drive source of the lock mechanism when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor exceeds a second preset temperature T2 that is higher than a first preset temperature T1. |
| US10086809B1 |
Automatic braking system
A braking system suitable for use on an automated vehicle includes a ranging-sensor, a braking-actuator, and a controller. The ranging-sensor detects reflections indicative of objects present in a field-of-view proximate to a host-vehicle. The braking-actuator controls movement of the host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the ranging-sensor and the braking-actuator. The controller determines a region-of-interest within the field-of-view and defines an occupancy-grid that segregates the field-of-view into an array of grid-cells. The controller further determines a repeatability-of-detection of each of the grid-cells based on reflections detected by the ranging-sensor. The controller further determines that a rigid-object is present in the field-of-view when each of a string of the grid-cells are characterized by the repeatability-of-detection greater than a repeatability-threshold. The controller activates the braking-actuator when the string intersects the region-of-interest. |
| US10086808B2 |
Automatic brake device for saddle riding type vehicle
A brake modulator controls actuation of front and rear brakes, and includes a collision possibility determining unit, an automatic brake control unit, and a brake operation determining unit. When the collision possibility determining unit determines that there is a possibility of collision, and the brake operation determining unit determines that brake operation by a driver is absent, the automatic brake control unit first actuates only the rear brake to generate a rear wheel braking force, and also actuates the front brake 2 to generate a front wheel braking force. |
| US10086807B2 |
Method and control device for operating a braking device of a drive train with an automatic gearbox of a vehicle
A method for operating a braking device of a drive train of a vehicle, the drive train including an automatic gearbox of a vehicle, and the vehicle further having a gear-side parking lock, a service brake, and a parking brake that can be operated independently from the service brake. When a parking condition occurs, the parking lock may be engaged by a control device if the vehicle is protected from rolling away by a service brake that can be operated independently from the parking brake. The parking lock may then be configured to remain engaged until a driving condition occurs for the vehicle. This may optimize the parking lock operation in such a way that reliably prevents a disengagement impulse when the parking lock is disengaged, preventing the vehicle from rolling when entering or leaving a parked state. |
| US10086805B2 |
Land vehicle
A land vehicle is provided comprising a chassis and a plurality of corner post units mounted on the chassis, each corner post unit includes a support member that is mounted on the chassis, an intrinsically rigid support arm that is hinged to the support member so as to be able to pivot about a substantially horizontal axis, and a pivoting drive for the support arm. According to the invention, each of the corner post units comprises at least one hydraulic cylinder-piston unit, one end of which is hinged to the support member and the other end of which is hinged to the support arm, and a hydraulic unit that acts directly on the cylinder-piston unit and is arranged on the support member. |
| US10086801B2 |
Washer fluid heating device
A washer fluid heating device includes a container that contains a washer fluid, a lid portion attached to a first end of the container in a direction of a central axis to face an accommodation space for the washer fluid, a heating unit that has a proximal end portion attached to the lid portion and extends toward the accommodation space, and an outflow pipe disposed in the accommodation space to allow the washer fluid in the accommodation space to flow out. The outflow pipe includes a first outlet provided at a position between a second end opposite to the first end of the container and the heating unit, the position being separated from the second end, and a second outlet provided at a position between a side wall of the container and the heating unit, the position being separated from the side wall. |
| US10086800B2 |
System for distributing washer fluid for motor vehicle windscreen wipers
A system of motor vehicle windscreen wipers including at least one fluid circulation pipe, at least one heating element extending along said pipe, and at least one hydraulic connection connected hydraulically to said pipe. Additionally, the system includes a heat-conducting adapter in contact with said heating element. Furthermore, the heat-conducting adapter is arranged at a suitable distance to transmit at least some of the heat from said adapter to said hydraulic connection. |
| US10086794B2 |
Load limiting retractor with hall effect switch
A seatbelt retractor assembly includes a disk having a cam surface and a cam follower surface. A lever that engages the cam surface when the lever is in a disengaged position and engages the cam follower surface when the lever is in an engaged position. The lever moves from the disengaged position to the engaged position in accordance with rotation of the disc. A Hall effect switch detects whether the lever is in the disengaged position or the engaged position. |
| US10086788B2 |
Knee-protecting airbag device
An airbag of a knee-protecting airbag device is mounted on a case together with an inflator with the aid of mounting means of the inflator. The case is provided with an airbag emergence opening at the lower end region. The airbag includes a vehicle body side panel, an occupant side panel, a mounting inflatable region which is located in a lower end region of the airbag as deployed and is secured to the case, and a knee-protecting region deployable in such a manner as to extend rearwardly and upwardly from the mounting inflatable region. The airbag further includes inside the mounting inflatable region a tether which joins the vehicle body side panel and occupant side panel for regulating a clearance between the vehicle body side panel and occupant side panel at airbag deployment. |
| US10086785B2 |
Frontal shield system for enhanced vehicle compatibility performance
A front end structure is disclosed for a vehicle to enhance vehicle compatibility performance. The front end structure includes a bumper disposed behind a front fascia panel. Crush cans are attached between the bumper and a frame rail. A shield is attached to the bumper that extends above the bumper and below the bumper to spread deformation caused by the crush cans and bumper of a deformable barrier in a collision to areas above and below the bumper. |
| US10086782B1 |
Autonomous vehicle damage and salvage assessment
Methods and systems for assessing, detecting, and responding to malfunctions involving components of autonomous vehicle and/or smart homes are described herein. Autonomous operation features and related components can be assessed using direct or indirect data regarding operation. Such assessment may be performed to determine the condition of components for salvage following a collision or other loss-event. To this end, the information regarding a plurality of components may be received. A component of the plurality of components may be identified for assessment. Assessment may including causing test signals to be sent to the identified component. In response to the test signal, one or more responses may be received. The received response may be compared to an expected response to determine whether the identified component is salvageable. |
| US10086772B2 |
Supporting a portable electronic device
A portable electronic device mount apparatus includes a frame that includes a channel sized to receive a vehicle identifier, the frame further including at least one aperture to receive a fastener to secure the frame to a vehicle; and at least one tab that extends from an edge of the frame, the tab including a planar surface sized to receive an image capture device secured to the frame. |
| US10086766B2 |
Structural composite seat cushion frame and storage lid with lockable latch system
A seating assembly includes a seatback frame having first and second pivot apertures defined on an inside surface of first and second side members, respectively, of the seatback frame. A seat includes a cushion assembly supported on a polymeric seat storage lid having a rear vertical wall and a forward lateral body. The forward lateral body is defined by a plurality of upwardly-opening support cells. First and second metal pivot pins extend from first and second sides of the rear vertical wall of the seat storage lid and engage such that a seat is operable between open and closed positions. A forward rounded hump is detachably coupled with a top surface of the seat storage lid. The forward rounded hump is configured to lessen the potential of an occupant to slide forward in the seat. A lock is operably coupled with the seat storage lid. |
| US10086763B2 |
System and method for enhancing vehicle environment perception
A system method to enhance vehicle-environment perception are provided. The system includes a memory comprising one or more executable instructions, a controller configured to read and execute the one or more executable instructions, a camera configured to view or capture or view and capture an image of a selected portion of the vehicle environment, a display configured to exhibit information, a user input configured to allow one or more commands to be provided to the system. The executable instructions moreover enable the controller to operate the camera based on the one or more commands, retrieve information of the selected portion of the vehicle environment, generate perception information from the retrieved information, and exhibit the perception information. |
| US10086761B2 |
Automotive construction machine and method for displaying the surroundings of an automotive construction machine
The invention relates to an automotive construction machine with a transport device extending in the working direction beyond the machine frame, in particular a road milling machine or surface miner. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for displaying an image of the surroundings of an automotive construction machine. The construction machine according to the invention has an image display device for displaying a bird's eye view image of the surroundings of the construction machine, which image display device has a camera system with a plurality of cameras for recording individual overlapping image regions of the construction machine surroundings from different image recording positions, and an image processing system. The image processing system is configured in such a way that image details of the individual image regions are joined together to form a total image from a bird's eye view. The camera system has at least one camera which is arranged on the transport device in such a way that the viewing direction of the camera is directed in the direction of the machine frame, and at least one further camera which is arranged on the machine frame in such a way that the viewing direction of the camera is directed away from the machine frame. Using the cameras directed into and away from the machine frame, the machine operator obtains a complete surround view, which includes the region covered by the transport device in the working direction in front of the construction machine. |
| US10086760B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, and on-vehicle apparatus
An image processing device according to an aspect of the embodiment includes an image generating unit that generates an image at a virtual viewpoint based on a captured image of an image capturing unit, and an image processing unit that generates an image in which an image for synthesis is displayed on the image at the virtual viewpoint. The image processing unit performs a process for decreasing visibility of the image for synthesis when the image at the virtual viewpoint is an image at a viewpoint location of the virtual viewpoint while the viewpoint location is moving. |
| US10086757B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a display unit configured to display an image on a windshield of a host vehicle; and an electronic control unit configured to: recognize other vehicles; determine whether a squeezing candidate vehicle having a possibility to squeeze before the host vehicle presents; calculate, when the squeezing candidate vehicle is determined to present, a first appearance interval that increases according to a time elapsed from a time when the squeezing candidate vehicle is last determined to present; and cause the display unit to display a first blinking display when the squeezing candidate vehicle is determined to present. The electronic control unit is configured to reduce a number of blinks of the first blinking display when the first appearance interval is smaller than a first threshold as compared with a case when the first appearance interval is equal to or larger than the first threshold. |
| US10086755B2 |
Mat including LED safety tripod for automobile
According to the mat including an LED safety tripod for an automobile, since an LED module is disposed on a triangular safety plate, a driver approaching from behind can easily see the triangular safety plate even in overcast conditions and at night. Further, according to the present invention, a triangular safety plate is integrally formed on the rear side of an automotive mat body, so it is possible to minimize the volume of a triangular safety plate and allow a driver to naturally carry a triangular safety plate without a specific effort. |
| US10086754B1 |
System and method for controlling a speaker in vehicle cabin to play sounds produced by an engine and/or a driveline during a vehicle launch and a transmission upshift
A system according to the present disclosure includes a launch identification module and a speaker control module. The launch identification module is configured to monitor a speed of a vehicle and identify a vehicle launch when the vehicle speed increases from zero to a value greater than zero. The speaker control module is configured to monitor an acceleration of the vehicle control a speaker in a cabin of the vehicle to play a first sound that simulates a sound produced by at least one of an engine and a driveline during a vehicle launch when a vehicle launch is identified and the vehicle acceleration is greater than a predetermined acceleration. The speaker control module is also configured to control the speaker to not play the first sound during a vehicle launch when a vehicle launch is identified and the vehicle acceleration is less than or equal to the predetermined acceleration. |
| US10086751B2 |
Vehicle lighting system having a spotlight
A lighting system of a vehicle is provided herein. The lighting system includes a structure of the vehicle and a spotlight having a body coupled to the structure. A light assembly is disposed inside the body and is configured to project a light beam outwardly from the body. The operation of the light assembly and the directionality of the light beam is based on input from a remote device. |
| US10086750B2 |
Vehicular lighting system
A housing having an extrusion forming a first channel and a second channel; a lighting system in the first channel adapted to direct light away from the first channel; a mounting system in the second channel adapted to couple the extrusion to a vehicle; a first end cap including a first connector, the first end cap being coupled to a first end of the extrusion; a second end cap including a second connector, the second end cap being coupled to a second end of the extrusion; wherein the first connector and the second connector are electrically coupled to one another, and wherein the first connector and the second connector are electrically coupled to the lighting system. |
| US10086749B2 |
Vehicle front lamp
Provided is a vehicle front lamp for use in a vehicle, including: a first white light source that emits first white light; a second white light source that emits second white light having a feeling of contrast index different from that of the first white light by at least 10; and a controller that controls light intensity of the first white light and light intensity of the second white light, in which chromaticity of the first white light and chromaticity of the second white light are each within a 5-step MacAdam ellipse, the first white light source and the second white light source are disposed in the vehicle front lamp so that the first white light and the second white light overlap each other on a certain illuminated surface, and the controller temporally changes a light intensity ratio between the first white light and the second white light. |
| US10086743B2 |
Trailer and method for transporting peracetic acid
A trailer for transporting a liquid mixture having at least about 5% peracetic acid by weight includes a stainless steel tank having an external spill containment enclosure and a predetermined maximum allowable working pressure. One or more pressure relief valves are included in a wall of the tank within the external spill containment enclosure and configured to provide pressure relief to the tank at a pressure of between about 20%-50% of the maximum working pressure of the tank, thereby preventing over-pressurization of a reactive and decomposing fluid during a fire event. Wheels and a kingpin are affixed to the tank to enable transportation over public roadways. |
| US10086740B2 |
Height adjustable vehicle transport trailer and methods of use
A height adjustable vehicle transport trailer includes a frame having a front end, a back end, and a pair of sides, a draw bar slidably affixed to the front end, a deck affixed to the frame, a pair of brackets each affixed to one pair of sides, each pair of brackets having a swing arm, configured with a first end rotationally hingedly affixed the frame and a second end removeably pinned therein said one of the brackets, a wheel rotationally affixed to an axle, the axle affixed to said swing arm, and a plurality of lift mechanisms affixed to the frame to provide a vertically adjustable trailer. |
| US10086736B1 |
Cup holder assembly having stabilizers
A cup holder assembly includes a container aperture, a travel guide, a stabilizer arm aperture, a stabilizer arm, and a biasing member. The travel guide is on an exterior surface of the container aperture. The stabilizer arm aperture is radially inward of the travel guide. The stabilizer arm is pivotable about a living hinge and is inserted into the stabilizer arm aperture. The travel guide guides radial actuation of the stabilizer arm. The biasing member biases the stabilizer arm radially inward. |
| US10086734B2 |
Vehicle beverage holder assembly
A beverage container holder may include a beverage container receptacle, a gimbal set including outer, middle and inner gimbals surrounding and connected to the receptacle to correct a position of the receptacle in response to an external force, and an inner cover extending from the inner gimbal and having a first position extending over at least a portion of the middle gimbal and a second position contacting the middle gimbal to inhibit the external force. |
| US10086733B2 |
Structure of seatback handle
A structure of a seatback handle mounted at a seatback of a seat for the vehicle may include a module unit fixedly mounted at the seatback, the module unit exposing a charger terminal at a first side thereof, and a cover unit spaced from the module unit to be fixed at the seatback, wherein the charger terminal is electrically connected to an electrical device of the vehicle to supply power when the charger terminal is connected to a charging cable, and the cover unit may have a slidable part to cover or expose the charger terminal. |
| US10086731B2 |
Flexible vehicle seat
A method for selecting and controlling massage functions of a motor vehicle seat having a control system comprising the steps of: switching the system to a selection mode and starting the selection mode; providing a menu list having options for querying the user's requirements during the massage; selection of an option by the user and providing predefined responses to the respective query and selection of the response by the user and if necessary repeating the steps for further queries; and terminating the selection mode and automatically determining suitable massage settings on the basis of the user's selection and controlling the massage actuators in the motor vehicle seat on the basis of determined massage settings to perform the massage function. |
| US10086728B2 |
Adjustable seat
An adjustable vehicle seat configured to support an occupant in a vehicle may include a seat cushion portion, a seat back portion including a backrest movable relative to the seat cushion portion, and a contour linkage linked to the seat cushion portion and the backrest. The contour linkage may be configured to impose force on the backrest upon movement of the seat cushion portion relative to the backrest in at least one of a fore/aft, vertical, and rotational direction. The backrest may be configured such that a backrest contour is altered based on force imposed by the contour linkage in response to movement of the seat cushion portion relative to the backrest. The backrest contour may include at least one of a contour angle of an occupant-side surface of the backrest, a maximum offset of the occupant-side surface, and vertical height of a contour apex. |
| US10086725B2 |
Accessory device for chairs and seats for supporting foot
The embodiments herein provide a foot supporting apparatus/accessory device for chairs and seats. Each footrest comprises a base for supporting a foot and connected to a ring through a pair of strings passed through a pair of tubes. The ring is coupled to a hanging mechanism attached to clamp for attaching the foot rest to the back of seat at the front of a passenger in train/bus/airplane. The base is a fabric foldable to take a shape of the foot of the passenger in hanging condition. Several knots are provided at a plurality of locations along a length of the hanging mechanism. The clamp is engaged with a knot based on desired height to hang and hold the foot rest at a desired height to provide a desired leg space to enable the passenger to move the foot freely and at any degrees of freedom. |
| US10086724B2 |
Partition assembly for a vehicle seat
A partition assembly for a motor vehicle seat comprises a stabilizer sub-assembly configured to connect to the motor vehicle seat, and a panel sub-assembly connected to the stabilizer sub-assembly. The stabilizer sub-assembly can comprise one or more flexible rods connected to a headrest. The panel sub-assembly can comprise a fabric or rigid sheet braced by a plurality of flexible rods. Additionally, the partition assembly can further comprise a strap connected to the panel sub-assembly for wrapping around a bottom of the vehicle seat. |
| US10086723B1 |
Vehicle seat
In a vehicle seat attached to the floor of the vehicle via a rail device and a lock device, the mechanical stiffness of the rail device and the lock device is increased without increasing the overall weight of the vehicle seat and without unduly increasing the manufacturing cost. The vehicle seat further comprises at least one upper hook member (115A) depending from one of the upper rails, and at least one lower hook member (89B) extending upward from a part of the corresponding lock device or a member securing the lock device to a corresponding lower rail such that the upper and lower hook members are spaced apart from each other, but jointly prevent an upward movement of the upper rail away from the lower rail. |
| US10086718B2 |
System and method for operating a battery pack
Systems and methods for operating a battery pack supplying power to propel a vehicle are disclosed. One example method comprises, determining a difference between an estimated battery pack temperature and a sensed battery pack temperature as a basis for adjusting battery pack output power. The method also includes adjusting a speed of a cooling fan based on the difference between estimated battery pack temperature and sensed battery pack temperature. |
| US10086714B2 |
Exchangeable batteries and stations for charging batteries for use by electric vehicles
An electric vehicle having an electric motor is provided. The electric vehicle having a receptacle slot integrated in the electric vehicle. The receptacle slot provides an electrical connection for providing power to the electric motor. A battery having an elongated form factor, where a first end of the elongated form factor includes a handle and a second end of the elongated form factor includes a connection for interfacing with the electrical connection of the receptacle slot of the vehicle, when the battery is slid into the receptacle slot for electrical engagement. The battery is configured to store and supply charge to power the electric motor of the electric vehicle and the battery is replaceable by sliding the battery out of the receptacle slot and sliding in another battery into the receptacle slot to further supply charge to power the electric motor of the electric vehicle with said another battery. The battery and said another battery each have a respective handle that is accessible for enabling hand-removal and hand-insertion of said battery and said another battery out of and into the receptacle slot. A computer on-board the electric vehicle is interfaced with the electrical connection of the receptacle slot to obtain a level of charge of the battery present in the receptacle slot. A battery level indicator of the electric vehicle provides information regarding the level of charge of the battery in the receptacle slot. A system for storing and charging batteries usable by the electric vehicle is further provided. In some examples, the batteries are additionally or alternatively recharged using green sources, such as wind or solar. |
| US10086712B2 |
Charging apparatus and non-contact power feeding apparatus
There is provided a vehicle-side charging apparatus disposed in a vehicle (2). The charging apparatus includes a power receiving coil (21) which receives power from a power transmitting coil (11) disposed in a power feeding apparatus (1) in a non-contacting manner through at least magnetic coupling, a battery (25) which is charged by reception power of the power receiving coil (21), and a vehicle-side controller (20) which controls battery charge of the battery and outputs a command of a power feeding amount to the power feeding apparatus. The power feeding amount is an amount of power feeding from the power transmitting coil to the power receiving coil. The vehicle-side controller (20) determines whether or not the vehicle (2) is to be started. The vehicle-side controller (20) outputs a command for decreasing the power feeding amount to the power feeding apparatus (1) when the vehicle-side controller (20) determines that the vehicle (2) is to be started during the power feeding from the power transmitting coil (11) to the power receiving coil (21). |
| US10086711B2 |
In-vehicle charger and surge-suppression method in in-vehicle charger
An isolated DC/DC converter (3) includes a full-bridge type switching circuit. A primary winding of a transformer (6) and a resonance reactor (5) are connected in series to each other. Another end of each of the primary winding and the resonance reactor (5) is connected to one of middle points between switching elements. First and second surge suppression diodes (D5 and D6) are provided to a node between the resonance reactor (5) and the primary winding of the transformer (6) and between a positive side and a negative side of a capacitor (4). This configuration suppresses a surge voltage applied to the transformer by releasing surge energy of the resonance reactor (5) caused by a recovery of rectifying diodes (D1 to D4) on a secondary side of the transformer (6) via the surge suppression diodes (D5 and D6). |
| US10086703B2 |
System and method for controlling electrically driven accessories
A vehicle includes a power source, a controller, a converter configured to receive a first voltage from the power source and to convert the first voltage to a second voltage, an auxiliary inverter system electrically coupled to an output of the converter and to an accessory having an electric motor, the auxiliary inverter system configured to convert the second voltage received from the converter for powering the electric motor, and a first communication link between the controller and the auxiliary inverter system. The auxiliary inverter system is further configured, responsive to interruption of the first communication link, to control a speed of the electric motor based on a level of the second voltage. |
| US10086699B2 |
Vehicle operation assistance information management for autonomous vehicle control operation
A vehicle implementing vehicle operation assistance information management for autonomous vehicle control operation may identify a vehicle operation assistance information item, the vehicle operation assistance information item indicating a location of a candidate vehicle control operation. On a condition that the immanency is within the maximum relevant immanence, the vehicle may present a representation of the vehicle operation assistance information item, which may include controlling the primary graphical display portion to present a graphical representation of the vehicle operation assistance information item, wherein controlling the primary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation includes controlling the primary graphical display portion to present a first portion of the graphical representation, and controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation, wherein controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present the graphical representation includes controlling the secondary graphical display portion to present a second portion of the graphical representation. |
| US10086698B2 |
Electronic throttle control
A recreational vehicle includes a seatbelt sensor configured to detect when a seatbelt is in an engaged position or a disengaged position and an engine control module in communication with the seatbelt sensor to automatically limit a maximum speed of the vehicle to a reduced maximum speed limit upon detection of the seatbelt is in the disengaged position. |
| US10086697B2 |
Method and device for fatigue detection
In a method for detecting driver fatigue in a vehicle having a memory device in which a fatigue model is stored, a sensor which detects at least one activity of the driver, and a sensor which detects the ambient brightness, the activity information is analyzed in the fatigue model and the brightness information is used for weighting the model. |
| US10086695B2 |
Liquid tank including integrated surface structure
A liquid tank includes a tank wall enclosing a tank volume and at least one relief structure facing the tank volume on an inner side of the tank wall. The relief structure is formed as one-piece with the tank wall. Two shell parts can be joined along a joining surface to make a section of the tank wall. One of the shell parts can include a tank bottom. At least one part of the relief structure can be formed on the tank bottom. The relief structure can include projections protruding into the tank volume along a local direction of projection. |
| US10086691B2 |
Pressure relief apparatus for use with fuel delivery systems
Pressure relief apparatus for use with fuel delivery systems are described herein. An example pressure relief apparatus includes a body defining a cavity and an annular wall projecting from a lower surface of the cavity. A first valve includes a first valve body defining a first flow passage between a first inlet to be oriented toward atmospheric pressure and a first outlet to be oriented toward a fuel tank. The first valve body houses a first flow control member to control fluid flow through the first flow passage between the first inlet and the first outlet. The first valve body projects from the lower surface of the cavity and toward an upper surface of the annular wall a distance substantially equal to a depth between the lower surface and the upper surface of the annular wall. |
| US10086690B2 |
Draining arrangement
A draining arrangement comprising a pipe segment (12) having an aperture (14) defined by circumferential wall portion (16) and a draining tube (20) having an insertion end (22) configured to be introduced into said aperture and to engage said circumferential wall portion such that the circumferential wall portion is slightly bent inwardly, thereby sealingly engaging the insertion end, the insertion end includes a bore (24) providing fluid communication between the pipe segment and the draining tube, and a cutaway (25) configured to allow fluid from the pipe segment to enter the bore. |
| US10086689B2 |
Venting valve
A ventilation valve and a tank device that includes such a ventilation valve, which fulfills both a roll-over function and an overflow protection function. |
| US10086683B2 |
Rigid cover for bottom dump trailer tank
The present invention is directed to a rigid cover for a bottom dump trailer tank having a storage region with an open top used to transport bulk material. The rigid cover includes cover side walls having a top wall perimeter and a bottom wall perimeter and is configured along the bottom wall perimeter to correspond in shape with the open top of the trailer tank. The rigid cover includes a cover top connected to the cover side walls along the top wall perimeter and includes one or more ports in the top. The rigid cover includes cover fasteners mounted along the bottom wall perimeter configured to secure the plurality of cover side walls to the trailer tank so the traditional storage region of the trailer tank is transformed into an expanded storage region that allows storage of more bulk material than could otherwise be stored in the trailer tank alone. |
| US10086677B2 |
Vehicle air conditioning device, electric compressor, and vehicle air conditioning method
A refrigerant heating performance is increased while suppressing an increase in weight or cost. A vehicle air-conditioning device (10) is provided with a heat pump cycle (16) for heating operation in which an electric compressor (50) for compressing refrigerant, a vehicle-cabin-interior condenser (26), a throttle (52), and a vehicle-cabin-exterior heat exchanger (54) are connected in that order via refrigerant piping. An inverter for the electric compressor (50) in which a power element comprising a highly heat-resistant semiconductor device is used is disposed on the electric compressor (50) so that the refrigerant compressed by the electric compressor (50) can be heated by the power element. During heating operation of the heat pump cycle (16), the refrigerant is heated by the power element. |
| US10086675B2 |
Electric or hybrid motor vehicle bodywork structure, this vehicle, and method for controlling/modifying the temperature of the passenger compartment thereof
A bodywork structure for controlling or modifying the temperature of a passenger compartment of an electric or hybrid motor vehicle is provided. The bodywork structure includes at least one interior and exterior panel and one intermediate layer between the panels, each panel being based on a thermally conducting and electrically insulating material. The intermediate layer has at least one phase change material PCM and electric components coupled to it and is configured to be connected to an accumulator battery and which are able to convert the electrical energy available when the battery is being recharged into thermal energy stored by the PCM, so that the stored thermal energy is then transmitted to the interior of the vehicle when the latter is in use thanks to crystallizing of the at least one PCM, which is conversely able, by melting, to absorb an excess of heat inside the vehicle when this PCM is not recharged. |
| US10086671B2 |
Electronic control suspension apparatus including multistep switch and damping force controlling method thereof
Provided are an electronic control suspension apparatus and a damping force controlling method thereof, which are capable of changing a damping force of a damper by just manipulating a multistep switch even during driving. The electronic control suspension apparatus for controlling a damping force of a damper installed at each of a front wheel and a rear wheel includes: a multistep switch disposed in a vehicle and configured to change the damping force of the damper in a multistep manner between a hard step and a soft step; and an electronic control unit configured to control the damping force of the damper according to a current amount corresponding to a step selected from the multistep switch, the current amount to be applied to a solenoid valve being preset for each step of the multistep switch. |
| US10086668B2 |
Dynamically adjustable body mounts for a motor vehicle
A vehicle includes a chassis and a vehicle body supported by the chassis. At least one dynamically adjustable body mount connects the vehicle body to the chassis. The at least one dynamically adjustable body mount includes a selectively adjustable parameter. One or more vehicle sensors is associated with the vehicle. The one or more vehicle sensors is operable to detect one or more vehicle parameters. A control system is operatively connected to the at least one dynamically adjustable body mount and the one or more vehicle sensors. The control system is operable to alter the selectively adjustable parameter of the at least one dynamically adjustable body mount to substantially isolate the body from road and vehicle induced vibration in response to at least one of the one or more vehicle parameters and the one or more road surface parameters. |
| US10086666B2 |
Coupling structure for vehicle chassis members
A coupling structure for vehicle chassis members couples a ball joint member and an axle housing used for a vehicle to each other. The structure includes a socket that has a substantially columnar external shape, is provided in the ball joint member, and has a socket bolt groove throughout a circumference in an outer circumferential surface of the socket. The structure also includes a collar that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is disposed so as to surround an outer circumferential surface of the socket. The axle housing has a coupling hole having a substantially columnar internal shape into which the socket is inserted. The ball joint member and the axle housing are coupled to each other by disposing the socket in the coupling hole while the socket is surrounded by the collar. |
| US10086663B2 |
Tire pressure monitoring apparatus and method
Provided is an apparatus for estimating an external temperature for monitoring a tire pressure. The apparatus includes a sensor transmitter configured to transmit stop time information which is obtained by measuring a stop time of a vehicle at certain intervals, by using wireless communication, and a sensor receiver configured to receive the stop time information through the wireless communication, and measure the external temperature by using the received stop time information. |
| US10086660B1 |
Tire pressure management system
A tire pressure management system includes at least an axle enclosing a pressurized fluid, a hubcap supported by the axle and having an interior and an exterior, a rotary union axially aligned with the axle and mounted to the hubcap, the rotary union includes at least, a fluid conduit having upstream and downstream ends, a first bearing and a second bearing, the first bearing in pressing engagement with the fluid conduit and adjacent the downstream end of said fluid conduit, the second bearing in pressing engagement with the fluid conduit and adjacent the upstream end of said fluid conduit, and a first and second seal, the first seal is disposed between the first bearing and the downstream end of the fluid conduit, and the second seal is disposed between the second bearing and the upstream end of the fluid conduit. |
| US10086652B2 |
Tire tread rubber composition
Provided is a rubber composition for a tire tread, which includes 1 or greater parts by mass and less than 20 parts by mass of a millable silicone rubber compound per 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber, wherein the millable silicone rubber compound has a storage modulus of 0.3 to 10 kPa at a 450% shear strain at 110° C. and a glass transition temperature and a plasticity with a relationship: 14000<(273+Tg)×Pn<82000, where Tg is the glass transition temperature (° C.) and the Pn is the plasticity at 23° C. |
| US10086651B2 |
Rubber composition and pneumatic tire having tread fabricated using rubber composition
Provided are a rubber composition that shows a balanced improvement in fuel economy, abrasion resistance, and wet grip performance while having good processability, and a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing: a copolymer synthesized by copolymerization of a conjugated diene monomer and a compound represented by the formula (1) below; and carbon black and/or silica, wherein R11 and R12 are the same as or different from each other and each represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C30 hydrocarbon group. |
| US10086647B2 |
Wheels having multiple-piece composite structures
A wheel includes a first hoop attached to a second hoop about a circumferential interface. The first and second hoops form at least part of an enclosed box structure positioned circumferentially around the wheel and adjacent to an outboard side of the wheel. The box structure may be formed at least in part by circumferential projections of the first hoop and the second hoop. The wheel may also include a central hub that optionally includes spokes. In some embodiments, the central hub may form part of the enclosed box structure. In some embodiments, a first hoop portion and a second hoop portion may be integral or unitary, with a box structure integrally formed between the hoop portions. |
| US10086643B2 |
Chip with stereoscopic texture for resin-based reinforced natural stone and resin-based reinforced natural stone containing the same
Provided are a chip with a stereoscopic texture for a resin-based reinforced natural stone and a resin-based reinforced natural stone including the same. A chip with a stereoscopic texture can be obtained by coating a pigment on a surface of a crushed reinforced natural stone chip. In a resin-based reinforced natural stone to which the chip with a stereoscopic texture is added, a boundary surface between the chip and a matrix is formed, such that a texture of natural stone and a three-dimensional stereoscopic effect may be implemented, thereby making it possible to implement an aesthetically beautiful surface. |
| US10086641B1 |
Therapeutic cognitive focus device
A cognitive focus device includes a focusing element rotationally engaging a utilitarian elongated body having a predetermined purpose or usage apart from the rotating focusing element. The focusing element has a threaded bore for engaging a corresponding helical groove on the elongated body, and may include other attachments responsive to manual dexterity. The elongated body has an unobtrusive, alternative primary purpose such as a writing implement so as to appear unobtrusive and coincidental in ordinary usage contexts. The focusing element maintains a shape and color consistent with the usage context such that it is consistent with normal decorum. The elongated has a continuous, integrated structure resulting from fabrication of the helical groove onto an object having a preexisting utilitarian function, such as a pen or pencil. The resulting cognitive focus device is readily manufacturable and conforms to an environment based on the structure of the focusing element. |
| US10086639B2 |
Binder apparatus
Example binder apparatus are disclosed. An example binder apparatus includes a housing and a plurality of rings supported by the housing. Each ring includes a first closure member and a second closure member. The first closure member has a first end defining an aperture having a first opening at least partially intersecting a second opening. The second closure member has a second end. The second end is receivable by the first opening to position the second end within the aperture and to enable a surface of the second end to be substantially flush with a surface of the first end immediately adjacent the second opening. |
| US10086638B2 |
System and method for laser writing
Personal data may be embedded in a kinegram of an identification document using a suitable low energy laser without compromising the integrity of the kinegram or the identification document. The personal data can be written in a metalized portion of the kinegram in a high definition, high resolution manner such that the personal data may be read by a human without the use of a text-enhancing viewer device (e.g., magnifying glasses). Additional personal data can be written in a reduced text size (e.g., micro-text) in another metalized portion of the kinegram such that a human must use a text-enhancing viewer device to view the micro-text personal data. |
| US10086631B2 |
Label winding device and printing system
A label winding device is for receiving a medium including a label liner and a label member that is removably attached to the label liner and has at least one label portion and a waste portion, separating the waste portion from the label liner at a waste separation portion, and winding the at least one label portion with the label liner. The label winding device includes: a waste winder for winding the separated waste portion; a label winder for winding the at least one label portion with the label liner without the separated waste portion; a waste guide for guiding the separated waste portion to the waste winder; a support for rotatably supporting the waste guide; a sensor for detecting a rotational speed of the waste guide; and a waste break detector for detecting break of the waste portion on a basis of the detection by the sensor. |
| US10086628B1 |
Protective louvers in a dryer module for a printing apparatus
A printing apparatus, such as a large-scale ink jet printer, includes a drying module having a set of lamps disposed near a sheet path. A set of louvers can be positioned so that a portion of each louver can be interposed between the lamps and a sheet path. In one embodiment, the lamps are held by a set of lamp mounts, and each louver is pivotable around one lamp mount. In one embodiment, the louvers cover the lamps in response to a detected condition within the printer, such as a sheet jam or high temperature. |
| US10086624B2 |
Photo printer
Provided is a photo printer including: a base adapted to accommodate paper therein; a pickup roller protruding from the bottom of the base to feed the paper accommodated in the base forwardly; a platen roller disposed in front of the base to discharge the paper fed by the pickup roller forwardly; a head located above the platen roller to apply given heat to the paper; a swing bracket having a mounting portion formed at the front side thereof in such a manner as to be coupled to the head and coupling portions formed at the rear side thereof in such a manner as to be rotatably coupled to the base to allow the head to swing; and pressurizing means adapted to pressurize the head downwardly to allow the head to come into close contact with the paper advancing into the space between the head and the platen roller. |
| US10086623B2 |
Device for circulating an ink supply to at least one inkjet print head
A device for circulating an ink supply to at least one inkjet print head includes at least two components that are different than the inkjet print head and through which ink flows, such as a pump and a valve for the ink. At least one ink line is connected between the components. At least one section of the ink line is embodied as a channel in a plate. The device advantageously has a compact construction and is easy to clean and service. The device has a high degree of reliability since the number of hose lines is advantageously reduced. |
| US10086617B2 |
Printing apparatus
The printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a carriage, a supply tube, a head set cover that moves to a first orientation at which the printing head is fixed to the carriage and a second orientation at which the printing head is attachable to or detachable from the carriage, and a joint unit that moves to a first position connected to the printing head and a second position separated from the printing head, wherein the joint unit does not move to the first position from the second position when the head set cover moves to the first orientation from the second orientation, and moves to the second position from the first position in cooperation with movement of the head set cover when the head set cover moves to the second orientation from the first orientation. |
| US10086613B2 |
Liquid discharge head and apparatus including plural recording element substrates supported by plural support members
A liquid discharge head includes a first recording element substrate, a second recording element substrate, and a third recording element substrate successively arranged in a longer direction of the liquid discharge head, the first, second, and third recording element substrates each including a discharge port configured to discharge a liquid and an energy-generating element configured to generate energy used for discharging the liquid; a first support member supporting an end part of the first recording element substrate on a side of the second recording element substrate and an end part of the second recording element substrate on a side of the first recording element substrate; and a second support member supporting an end part of the second recording element substrate on a side of the third recording element substrate and an end part of the third recording element substrate on a side of the second recording element substrate. |
| US10086610B2 |
Inkjet head and method of manufacturing inkjet head
According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a plurality of actuators on a substrate in a row and spaced from each other, each actuator extending from the substrate to form a chamber space between each adjacent pair of actuators in the plurality of actuators, a flow passage block including a frame portion surrounding an outer periphery of the plurality of actuators and a blocking portion having protrusions sealing both ends of the chamber spaces between every other adjacent pair of actuators along the row, and a common ink chamber above the flow passage block and in fluid communication with the chamber spaces between any adjacent pairs of actuators not sealed at both ends by the blocking portion with a plurality of chamber spaces. |
| US10086608B2 |
Ink-jet recording apparatus
An ink-jet recording apparatus includes: a conveyor conveying a sheet; a recording head including first nozzles, second nozzles, first driving elements corresponding to the first nozzles respectively, and second driving elements corresponding to the second nozzles respectively; a controller; and a head driving circuit connected to the controller by first and second signal lines and a third signal line through which a clock signal is transmitted, and connected electrically to the first driving elements and the second driving elements. Each of the first and second driving elements is driven to jet an ink droplet from one of the first and second nozzles when driving voltage is applied from the head driving circuit. The controller repeatedly executes conveyance processing for conveying the sheet with the conveyor and recording processing in which pattern signals indicating patterns of the driving voltage are outputted serially and a jetting instruction signal is outputted serially. |
| US10086606B2 |
Ink modulation for nozzles
A printer is disclosed. The printer has a print engine that mounts a first printhead and a second printhead adjacent to the first printhead in a staggered line of overlapping printheads. Each printhead has at least one row of nozzles. The blending nozzles in the first printhead overlap with blending nozzles in the second printhead. When printing, the non-overlapping nozzles in the first printhead use a default ink modulation amount and the blending nozzles in both printheads use a scaled ink modulation amount. |
| US10086603B2 |
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable medium
A method is for processing image data for recording by an image forming apparatus that discharges ink droplets from a plurality of nozzles. The method includes reading out image data corresponding to one line constituted by a series of dots aligning in a main scanning direction. The method further includes calculating a faulty discharge error, which occurs at a non-discharge position on a line at which no ink droplet is discharged from a defective one of the plurality of nozzles. The method further includes controlling distribution of the faulty discharge error to a line that is downstream relative to a line on which the non-discharge position occurs according to a limit setting that limits distribution of the faulty discharge error. |
| US10086598B2 |
Label peeling device, fluid ejection device, and label peeling method
A holding unit holds label paper conveyed from a label printer that ejects ink onto the label paper. A peeling unit is disposed to the label paper conveyance path downstream from the holding unit, and peels labels from the liner of the label paper. The peeling unit can move bidirectionally between a start peeling position and an end peeling position. A peeling member folds back only the liner portion of the label paper. A peeling conveyance roller disposed downstream from the peeling member on the label paper conveyance path conveys the label paper. The peeling member moves from the start peeling position to the end peeling position by being pushed by the label paper conveyed by the peeling conveyance roller while the label paper is still held by the holding unit. |
| US10086595B2 |
Method for forming packaging material, packaging material and use thereof
The present invention relates to a method for forming a packaging material used to produce a product package having at least partly a print layer visible from the outside of the product package. The method comprises the following steps, a first film having a base layer is provided whereby the print layer is printed on one side of the base layer by reverse digital printing. A second film having at least the following two layers, a base layer whereby a core layer is coated on one side of the base layer by extrusion coating. The first and the second film are then thermally laminated. |
| US10086592B2 |
Label and method for producing label
A label 1 includes a first colored layer 10, a second colored layer 20 having a different color from the first colored layer 10, and an indicating layer 30 having a different color from the first colored layer 10 and the second colored layer 20. The indicating layer 30 is fitted into the first colored layer 10 so as to have an exposed surface on one surface of the first colored layer 10. The second colored layer 20 is laminated on the other surface F2 of the first colored layer 10. The curing shrinkage ratio of the first colored layer 10 is larger than that of the indicating layer 30. |
| US10086588B2 |
Resin material and resin film
A resin material including a hydrogenated crystalline polar group-containing dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer and a hydrogenated crystalline non-polar dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer in a weight ratio (hydrogenated crystalline polar group-containing dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer:hydrogenated crystalline non-polar dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer) of 100:0 to 1:99, the hydrogenated crystalline polar group-containing dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer being obtained by melt-mixing a hydrogenated crystalline non-polar dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer, a radical initiator, and a polar group-containing compound that includes an ethylenically unsaturated bond, the resin material including a structural unit derived from the polar group-containing compound that includes an ethylenically unsaturated bond in a ratio of 0.05 to 3.0 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the hydrogenated crystalline polar group-containing dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer and the hydrogenated crystalline non-polar dicyclopentadiene ring-opening polymer in total; and a resin film including the resin material; and a laminate film including the resin film. |
| US10086587B2 |
Sandwich structures including a polymeric/electrically non-conducting core for weldability
A technique for welding two dissimilar metal panels or structures together, such as vehicle structures, by providing a sandwich structure between the dissimilar metal structures that includes one skin being made of the same metal as one of the metal structures and an opposing skin being made of the same metal as the other metal structure, and including an electrically non-conducting core between the skins. |
| US10086585B2 |
Carton board
A paper laminate comprising a first stretchable paper layer, a second stretchable paper layer and an intermediate paper layer arranged between the first and the second stretchable paper layer, characterized in that the stretchability (ISO 1924/3) of the first and the second stretchable paper layer is at least 5% in both the machine direction (MD) and the cross direction (CD) and the stretchability (ISO 1924/3) of the intermediate paper layer is less than 4% in the MD and/or the CD. |
| US10086579B2 |
Reinforced polygonal containers and blanks for making the same
A blank of sheet material for forming a polygonal container is provided. The blank includes a bottom panel, two opposing side panels, two opposing end panels, and a reinforcing panel assembly extending from a first side edge of a first end panel of the two end panels. The reinforcing panel assembly includes a corner panel extending from the first side edge of the first end panel, a first reinforcing side panel extending from a side edge of the corner panel, a second reinforcing side panel extending from a side edge of the first reinforcing side panel, a reinforcing corner panel extending from a side edge of the second reinforcing side panel, and an inner end panel extending from a side edge of the reinforcing corner panel. The corner panel and the reinforcing corner panel are configured, upon articulation of the blank, to be positioned into face-to-face relationship to form a corner wall of the container extending from a side edge of an end wall of the container to an end edge of a side wall of the container. |
| US10086578B2 |
Adhesive activation machine for round surfaces
A press apparatus and a press including the press apparatus include a circular nest and a circular pressure shoe made up of press blocks formed as radial segments with an inside diameter corresponding to the diameter of the circular nest. The press blocks are fitted to actuators to move the press blocks between a first position in which the press blocks are radially outwardly spaced away from the nest and a second position the press blocks are radially inwardly disposed so that the inner radii of the press blocks are aligned to form a circle concentric with the circular nest. |
| US10086577B2 |
Method of making a self-sealing tire, and a tire
The present invention is directed to a method of making a self-sealing pneumatic tire, the tire having a tread width and a radially innermost surface having a residue deposited thereon, comprising the steps of: activating a laser to generate laser radiation; directing a pulse of laser radiation to impinge on an area of the innermost surface, the pulse of radiation having a pulse width and a fluence sufficient to remove at least part of the residue in the area to form a cleaned area; repeating the step of directing the pulse of radiation sequentially over the innermost surface to form a sequence of cleaned areas, the sequence of cleaned areas defining a stripe, the stripe following a continuous nonlinear path extending at least one circumference about the inner surface, the stripe having a stripe width W2; applying a bead of sealant in a continuous bead path extending at least one circumference about the inner surface, the bead of sealant at least partially overlaying the stripe. The invention is further directed to as such a self-sealing pneumatic tire. |
| US10086576B2 |
Apparatus for fabricating lens, method of fabricating lens and lens
An apparatus for fabricating a lens includes an injection port to inject a source material, a molding frame filled with the source material and including a plurality of forming molds adjacent to each other, and a light source or a heat source to cure the source material filled in the forming molds. The forming molds include at least four connection passages connected to the forming molds. A method for fabricating a lens includes injecting a source material through an injection port of a molding frame which includes a plurality of forming molds adjacent to each other and at least four connection passages connected to the forming molds, filling the source material in the forming molds and discharging the source material out of the forming molds through the connection passages, applying a pressure to the source material, and curing the source material. |
| US10086571B2 |
Pre-stressed fiber reinforcing member and method for its manufacture
A composite structural article (100) includes a polymeric body (35) having a first major surface (24) and an opposing second major surface (22) and a rib element (30) extending away from the first major surface. A reinforcing member (10) is embedded within a free end portion (34) of the rib member (30). The reinforcing member includes an elongated polymer rod having a rod length and a plurality of co-extending continuous fibers (20), embedded and distributed within the elongated polymer rod. The fibers are under tension and may have a helical or twisted configuration along the rod length. |
| US10086566B2 |
Apparatus for production of three-dimensional objects by stereolithography
A system for making three dimensional objects. The system may have a frame, a build platform movably coupled to the frame, a vat removably secured so that the build platform may be lowered within the vat, and a movable radiation source capable of movement along an x and y-axis. The vat may have a radiation permeable flat bottom. The build platform may have a work surface disposed thereon. There may be at least one stepper motor capable of moving the radiation source, the build platform, or both the radiation source and the build platform. There may also be a power source, a data reader device and or computer communication device, and a microcontroller in communication with the at least one stepper motor and at least one of the data reader device or computer communication device. |
| US10086564B2 |
Additive manufacturing process with dynamic heat flow control
A liquefier assembly for use in an additive manufacturing system, which includes a rigid member having a gap, a liquefier tube operably disposed in the gap, one or more heater assemblies disposed in the gap in contact with the liquefier tube, and configured to heat the liquefier tube in a zone-by-zone manner, preferably one or more thermal resistors disposed in the gap between the rigid member and the heater assemblies, and preferably one or more sensors configured to operably measure pressure within the liquefier tube. The one or more heater assemblies may be operated to provide dynamic heat flow control. |
| US10086558B2 |
3-D electrostatic printer using track bound platens and registration system
3-D printing system include development stations positioned to electrostatically transfer build and support materials to an intermediate transfer surface, a transfer station adjacent the intermediate transfer surface, guides adjacent the transfer station, and platens moving on the guides. The guides are shaped to direct the platens to repeatedly pass the transfer station and come in contact with the intermediate transfer surface at the transfer station. The intermediate transfer surface transfers a layer of the build and support materials to the platens each time the platens contact the intermediate transfer surface at the transfer station to successively form layers of the build and support materials on the platens. The platens and the intermediate transfer surface include alignment features. The alignment features temporarily join at the transfer station, as the platens pass the transfer station, to align the platens with the intermediate transfer surface as the platens contact the intermediate transfer surface. |
| US10086553B2 |
Blow mold unit and blow molding device using same
In a fixing member 110 formed with an insertion hole 113 for inserting an elevation rod 111, a communication hole 114 communicating with the insertion hole 113 is formed to open at a side surface of the fixing member 110. A key member 112 is inserted into the communication hole 114 and engaged with a key groove 118 provided at the distal end of the elevation rod 111. By so doing, the elevation rod 111 and the fixing member 110 are coupled together. |
| US10086552B2 |
Blow mold unit, blow molding machine and method for replacing blow mold unit
Embodiments include a blow molding machine, a method for replacing a blow mold unit, and a mold unit including a blow mold including first and second blow cavity split molds and a plurality of raised bottom molds; first and second pressure receiving plates; first and second fixing plates to which the first and second blow cavity split molds and the first and second pressure receiving plates are respectively fixed; a third fixing plate interposed between the first and second fixing plates and to which the raised bottom molds are fixed at a first surface thereof; a pressure receiving rod hanging down from a second surface and including an engaged portion engageable with the engaging portion; and a placement portion fixed to at least one of the first and second fixing plates and placing the third fixing plate thereon when the first and second blow cavity split molds are closed. |
| US10086551B2 |
Container with synthetic resin window, preform, and preform injection molding apparatus
To solve a problem associated with formation of a transparent window portion in a biaxially stretch blow molded container by a nozzle structure of an injection molding apparatus, provided is a biaxially stretch blow molded container formed with a clearly transparent window portion in longitudinal strip shape by effectively preventing mixture of colored resin to window portion. Injection molding apparatus includes in nozzle portion a longitudinal groove flow path, wherein a transparent B resin flows. By, for example, reducing and increasing, respectively, the width and depth of the longitudinal groove flow path on the downstream side, and engraving slits in an inner mandrel and even in a front end portion of a stopper pin, flowability of the B resin in a horizontal direction is enhanced. |
| US10086550B2 |
Molding machine and method of molding a part
The present disclosure provides a molding machine and a method of molding a part. The molding machine may include multiple molding systems (e.g., extruders) for pumping molten material into one or more mold cavities. The multiple molding systems may pump the same material or different materials into the one or more mold cavities. The multiple molding systems may be individually and/or collectively controlled. A method of molding a part may include pumping material into one or more mold cavities via multiple molding systems, ceasing pumping material into the one or more mold cavities when one or more pressures associated with the multiple molding systems are achieved, and releasing a molded part from the one or more mold cavities after the one or more pressures are achieved. |
| US10086543B2 |
Auto catch apparatus and method of use in making chemical mechanical polishing pads
The present invention provides an apparatus for use in mixing and dispensing a curable fluid stream (stream) into an open mold to fill the mold to make polishing pads for chemical mechanical planarization of substrates. The apparatus comprises an actuator frame on which is mounted (i) a set of two plates releasably attached to the actuator frame and adapted to cut the stream when the mold is full and to release from the actuator frame after cutting the stream, and (ii) a dispenser unit for continuous pouring of the stream into an open mold, the apparatus adapted to enable removal of the released plates from the actuator during the continuous pouring after the mold is full, e.g. by raising the actuator frame and the (ii) dispenser unit, whereby one can place a container above the mold to catch the plates. |
| US10086542B2 |
Method for molding three-dimensional foam products using a continuous forming apparatus
A continuous forming apparatus for molding foam material into foam products that includes a first endless belt and a second endless belt that cooperates with the first endless belt to mold the foam material. The continuous forming apparatus may also include a first plurality of cleats and a second plurality of cleats opposed to the first plurality of cleats that support the first endless belt and the second endless belt respectively. The first plurality of cleats may include a three-dimensional abutment surface that provides transverse and lateral support to the first endless belt. Additionally, the continuous forming apparatus may include a first frame disposed to support the first plurality of cleats, a second frame disposed to support the second plurality of cleats, and a drive mechanism for imparting motion to the first endless belt, the second endless belt, the first plurality of cleats, and the second plurality of cleats. |
| US10086533B2 |
Apparatus and a method for producing oval plastic containers
An apparatus is provided for producing plastic containers, comprising a heating device that heats plastic preforms, and including a shaping device provided downstream of this heating device in the transport direction of the plastic preforms, which shaping device shapes the plastic preforms into the plastic containers, wherein a tempering device for tempering the plastic preforms heated by the heating device is provided in the transport direction of the plastic preforms between the heating device and the shaping device, which tempering device has at least one tempering unit provided on a carrier rotatable about a predetermined rotary axis, and which tempering unit has at least two contacting devices, between which at least one section of the plastic preform can be received, which contacting devices can be moved in relation to one another along a predetermined direction. |
| US10086532B2 |
Fiber board product comprising a calcium carbonate-containing material
The present invention relates to a fiber board product comprising fibers in an amount from 50.0 to 99.0 parts by weight (d/d), at least one particulate calcium carbonate-containing material in an amount from 1.0 to 50.0 parts by weight (d/d), at least one binder in an amount from 0.05 to 25.0 parts by weight (d/d), at least one wax in an amount from 0 to 5.0 parts by weight (d/d), wherein the sum of the fibers and the at least one particulate calcium carbonate-containing material is 100.0 parts by weight (d/d), a process for manufacturing such a fiber board product as well as an use of at least one particulate calcium carbonate-containing material having a weight median particle size d50 of 0.5 to 150.0 μm as fiber replacement in a fiber board product, preferably in a high-density fiber (HDF) board, medium-density fiber (MDF) board, low-density fiber (LDF) board or particle board. |
| US10086530B2 |
Protection of wood
A method of treating wood with an organic phosphonate salt in a liquid phase to chemically modify its surface and thus provide protection from microorganisms. The organic phosphonate salts are of Formula III wherein R1 is a hydrogen radical or an alkyl or aryl radical having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and R2 is a cation selected from the group of NH4+, H+, Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, Fr+, Cu+, Ag+, substituted or unsubstituted ammonium, phosphonium, and sulfonium, methylpyrrolidinium, isothiazolium, isoxazolium, oxazolium, pyrrolium, thiophenium, pyridinium, pyridazinium, pyrimidinium, pyrazinium, imidazolium, pyrazolium, thiazolium, oxazolium, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium , and triazolium, or a mixture thereof, said method preferably comprising using one or more salt compounds having formula III. Products comprising a raw material having been treated according to the method with one or more organic salts of formula III are also disclosed. |
| US10086528B2 |
Chain bar apparatus and methods
Chain bar apparatus and methods are disclosed that may be formed from plastic, metal or other materials. Laser cutting of a chain bar core can provide improved structural characteristics, for example when adhesive is used to assemble the chain bar. Flow diversion elements can be used to optimize flow throughout the chain bar. |
| US10086527B2 |
Combined reflex and laser sight with elevation macro-adjustment mechanism
A combined reflex and laser sighting device is provided. In one aspect, the reflex sight and one or more laser elements are coaligned, such that both the reflex sight and the laser sight can be sighted in or boresighted to a weapon together in a single operation. In another aspect, one or more laser elements are mounted within a laser bench and aligned with a reflex sight attached to the laser bench. In yet another aspect, a plurality of laser elements are provided within the laser bench and are coaligned with each other and the reflex sight. In another aspect, a mounting block with yielding vertical and horizontal webs is provided to allow windage and elevation adjustments to be made to the reflex sight and laser elements together. In still another aspect, an elevation macro-adjustment mechanism is provided to provide a simple adjustment that that realign the sight to a weapon to accommodate different shooting scenarios, such as different velocity rounds, different target distances, and elevational differences of the shooter's vantage point. |
| US10086526B2 |
Puffer pan
A puffer pan comprises a plurality of pan segments and one or more air chambers that include a plurality of groups of nozzles. Each panel segment is associated with a group of nozzles configured to blow scrap across the panel segment to at least a next location. For a subset of panel segments, the next location is an adjacent panel segment. For an end panel segment, the next location is off the puffer pan. |
| US10086521B2 |
Cutter
A cutter includes a handle, a blade unit and a lock. The handle includes a slot in an end. The blade unit includes a holder and a blade. The holder includes an insert extending from a sheath. The sheath includes two channels made with small width so that a finger cannot be inserted into any of the channels. The insert is adapted for insertion in the slot. The blade is inserted in the sheath, with two exposed portions exposed to the exterior of the sheath through the channels. The lock is connected to the handle near the slot and movable between a locking position for keeping the insert in the slot and a releasing position for allowing the insert to leave the slot. |
| US10086520B2 |
Controlled atmosphere workstation
There is provided a method for initiating a sleeve evacuation process in a controlled atmosphere workstation that comprises a chamber, at least one porthole that may be opened for enabling a user to access the chamber, and a sleeve secured to the least one porthole. The method involves placing the hand of a user within the sleeve with the sleeve engaging the forearm of the user, and initiating the sleeve evacuation process in response to the hand and forearm within the sleeve. In an embodiment of the invention the user forms a fist and moves the fist towards the porthole. This creates a pressure increase that can be detected to initiate the evacuation process. Alternatively the user may wear on his or her hand or forearm an element such as a magnetic element or an RFID chip that can be detected at the porthole to begin the evacuation process. |
| US10086512B2 |
Protection apparatus for a manipulation device on a handling device, as well as handling device
A protection apparatus for a manipulation device on a handling device, in particular on a handling robot. The manipulation device has at least one movably developed manipulation element and at least one overload protection which induces an evasion of the manipulation device when a trigger force on the manipulation device is exceeded. The overload protection has at least one magnetic element, which fixates the manipulation device in a setpoint position at forces below the trigger force. |
| US10086510B1 |
Dual robotic case packing system for standup product
A case packing system for loading articles into containers includes an article conveyor for conveying articles, a case conveyor for conveying containers, and first, second, and third bins. A first robotic mechanism moves articles on the article conveyor to the first, second, and third bins. A second robotic mechanism moves articles from the first, second, and third bins to containers on the case conveyor. A controller operatively coupled to the first robotic mechanism and the second robotic mechanism is configured to pick and place with the first robotic mechanism one or more conveyed articles into the first, second, and third bins, and grab and load with the second robotic mechanism one or more articles from the first, second, and third bins into containers on the case conveyor. |
| US10086509B2 |
Device and method for controlled motion of a tool
The present invention relates to devices and methods for controlled motion of a tool. In one embodiment, the device can support a tool needed to perform an activity requiring a highly-precise, stable motion, while also accommodating a person's hand for the purposes of moving the tool. In another embodiment, the device of the present invention allows for rotational motion of a tool independently of the directive motion of the tool. In yet another embodiment, the present invention relates to the design of a force transducer useful in a cooperative robot. The device and methods of the present invention are particularly useful for microsurgery or other tasks that are typically performed using cooperative robotics. |
| US10086506B2 |
Multipurpose tool configured to facilitate access to individual tool members
A multipurpose tool is provided that is configured to provide ready access to individual tool members. In this regard, the tool may facilitate the identification and selection of a respective tool member and the subsequent unfolding of the tool member. The tool is also provided that has a structurally secure guard for one or more of the tool members, such as a knife blade. |
| US10086501B2 |
Method to provide an abrasive product and abrasive products thereof
The invention relates to obtaining an abrasive product comprising a backing layer and an abrasive layer, wherein the backing layer comprises propylene homopolymer or copolymer. |
| US10086500B2 |
Method of manufacturing a UV curable CMP polishing pad
A method of fabricating a chemical mechanical polishing pad includes introducing polymer precursors containing acrylate functional groups into a mold, providing abrasive particles and a photo-initiator in the polymer precursors to form a mixture, and while the mixture is contained between a bottom plate and a top cover of the mold, exposing the mixture to ultraviolet radiation through a transparent section of the mold to cause the polymer precursors to form radicals, forming a polymer matrix from the polymer precursor by causing the radicals to cross-link with one another. The polishing layer includes the polymer matrix having the abrasive particles dispersed therein. |
| US10086499B2 |
Abrasive article and method of use
An abrasive article includes a body having an annular surface including abrasive segments coupled to the annular surface, and the abrasive segments define an abrasive annular region and a percent abrasive surface area of not greater than 24% for the total surface area of the abrasive annular region. |
| US10086498B2 |
Coated abrasives having a supersize layer including an active filler
The present invention relates generally to coated abrasive articles that include active filler particles in a supersize coat, a make coat, or combinations thereof, as well as methods of making and using said coated abrasive articles. |
| US10086496B2 |
Safety cover for sand grinder
A safety cover used in a sand grinder is disclosed to include a cover body rotatably mounted at the base of the sand grinder around the sand wheel and having equiangularly spaced oval locating holes, a positioning device selectively engaged into one of the oval locating holes, and a switching lever mounted at the base and biasable between a locking position where an abutment portion of the switching lever is abutted against the positioning device to lock the positioning device in one oval locating hole and an unlocking position where a bearing portion of the switching lever faces toward the positioning device for enabling the positioning device to be disengaged from the respective oval locating hole. |
| US10086494B2 |
High planarization efficiency chemical mechanical polishing pads and methods of making
A chemical mechanical polishing pad for polishing a semiconductor substrate is provided containing a polishing layer that comprises a polyurethane reaction product of a reaction mixture comprising a curative and a polyisocyanate prepolymer having an unreacted isocyanate (NCO) concentration of from 8.3 to 9.8 wt. % and formed from a polyol blend of polypropylene glycol (PPG) and polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG) and containing a hydrophilic portion of polyethylene glycol or ethylene oxide repeat units, a toluene diisocyanate, and one or more isocyanate extenders, wherein the polyurethane reaction product exhibits a wet Shore D hardness of from 10 to 20% less than the Shore D hardness of the dry polyurethane reaction product. |
| US10086491B2 |
Honing tool and method for working several coaxial bores
A honing tool for working several separate bores that are arranged coaxially in series and have different diameters. The honing tool includes several cutting bar groups arranged coaxially in series, wherein a diameter of a cutting bar group of the several cutting bar groups, which diameter is formed by radially extendable cutting bars, differs from a corresponding diameter of at least one other cutting bar group of the several cutting bar groups. A centering bar group is arranged in an axial direction to a free end of the honing tool adjacent at least one cutting bar group; or a guide bar group is arranged directly adjacent opposite the free end of the honing tool adjacent the at least one cutting bar group, or both the centering bar group and the guide bar group are arranged accordingly. |
| US10086484B2 |
Manufacturing of computing devices
Examples of tooling fixtures and methods for manufacturing computing devices are described. According to some examples, a computer component may be shaped using successive steps of forging after deep drawing. In some examples, certain components may be assembled to form sub-assemblies of computer components and the sub-assembly may then be machined to drive closer tolerances. According to other examples, a work holding tool is described which may include a first plurality of individually movable pins for supporting a first surface of a work piece, the tool also having a second plurality of individually movable pins for applying a restraining force over a second opposite surface of the work piece to retain the work piece in position while maintaining it in its natural state. |
| US10086478B2 |
Metallic particle paste, cured product using same, and semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a metallic particle paste includes a polar solvent and particles dispersed in the polar solvent and containing a first metal. A second metal different from the first metal is dissolved in the polar solvent. |
| US10086473B2 |
Laser processing head with axial crash protection
An upper housing assembly includes a pivot arm having an upper cam surface adjacent a distal end. A cam follower is coupled to a laser head to move up and down with a laser head. The cam follower exerts a downward force on the upper cam surface during normal operation. Thus, as the pivot arm rotates back and forth, the laser head moves up and down. A assist gas hose can be coupled between the upper housing and the laser head which has a spiral configuration permitting relative axial movement between the upper housing and the laser head. Upon an upward axial force being exerted on the laser head, the cam follower moves upwardly away from the upper cam surface. |
| US10086472B2 |
Laser machining method
A laser machining method for cutting or cutting grooves on a workpiece using an apparatus having an X-Y table for mounting the workpiece, a laser source emitting a continuous wave or a quasi-continuous wave laser beam, modulator forming a pulsed laser beam by a high-speed modulation of the continuous wave or quasi-continuous wave laser beam, and an optical system capable of converging the pulsed laser beam on the workpiece, wherein the method comprising cutting with the pulsed laser beams along a locus including a portion where the moving speed of the X-Y table is decreased, and the pitch of holes machined with said laser pulses is kept constant by adjusting the intervals between successive said laser pulses in accordance with the moving speed of said workpiece, the method further comprising increasing the pulse widths of the laser pulses in accordance with the decrease in moving speed of the X-Y table in the portion where the moving speed of the X-Y table is decreased. |
| US10086467B2 |
Additive manufacturing of metallic structures
In various embodiments, a three-dimensional metallic structure is fabricated in layer-by-layer fashion via deposition of discrete metal particles resulting from the passing of an electric current between a metal wire and an electrically conductive base or a previously deposited layer of particles. |
| US10086466B2 |
Multivoltage welding apparatus
An apparatus may include an input circuit to receive an AC input voltage having a first magnitude within a range of AC input voltages, and generate a first DC voltage; a boost converter to receive the first DC voltage and output a second DC voltage having a fixed magnitude that is not dependent upon the first magnitude of the AC input voltage; an output circuit to receive the second DC voltage and convert the second DC voltage into welding type power; a control DC-DC converter to receive the first DC voltage and output a control power signal as a third DC voltage; a boost converter control component to receive the control power signal and generate a control signal to control operation of the boost converter; and an auxiliary AC power source to receive the second DC voltage output by the boost converter and to generate an AC auxiliary output voltage. |
| US10086461B2 |
Method and system to start and use combination filler wire feed and high intensity energy source for welding
A method and system to weld or join workpieces employing a high intensity energy source to create a weld puddle and at least one resistive filler wire which is heated to at or near its melting temperature and deposited into the weld puddle. |
| US10086457B2 |
Power supply unit and multi-wire electrical discharge machining apparatus
Provided is a power supply unit, which is to be used for a multi-wire electrical discharge machining apparatus arranged to slice a material to be machined by an electrical discharge generated between a wire group including a plurality of turns of a wire arranged in parallel and the material to be machined, and to which a power supply terminal to be brought into contact with the wire group at a time to supply a voltage to the wire group is mounted, the power supply unit including: a mounting portion to which the power supply terminal to be brought into contact with the wire group at a time is mounted; and an adjusting portion arranged to adjust an inclination of the mounting portion in a direction crossing a running direction of the wire group. |
| US10086454B2 |
Device for setting saw blades
A device for setting saw blades has a housing, a setting device connected to the housing for setting a saw blade, a clamping device connected to the housing for clamping the saw blade, and a drive unit connected to the housing for driving the setting device and the clamping device. The setting device has saw set holders which are arranged on either side of the saw blade, are pivotable relative to one another and can be fitted with saw sets. The clamping device has clamping jaw holders which are arranged on either side of the saw blade, can be adjusted relative to one another and can be fitted with clamping jaws. In order to provide a device of the kind described above, which securely clamps the saw blade, the clamping jaw holders are designed so as to be pivotable relative to one another. |
| US10086453B2 |
Process for manufacturing a closed loop of cutting wire
This process for manufacturing a closed loop of cutting wire comprises manufacturing a cutting wire comprising a central core extending continuously between two free ends. The central core having a tensile strength higher than 1400 MPa. The process includes welding the two free ends together to form the closed loop of cutting wire, in which: the manufacture of the cutting wire comprises making the central core from a material that is solid-state weldable. The welding is a solid-state welding operation comprising crushing, at a temperature below the melting point of the material of the central core, one of the free ends against the other of its free ends until the two ends have interpenetrated and formed a single uniform body of material. |
| US10086449B2 |
Apparatus for fixing knife plate of saw machine
An apparatus for fixing a saw blade and a knife plate of a saw grinding machine includes a driving device including an axis; and a fixture plate having a first end and a second end. The fixture plate includes a connective hole coupled to the driving device, and a coupled portion defined at the first end thereof. The saw blade is pivotally connected to the axis of the driving device, with the saw blade and the fixture plate moved with respect to the driving device simultaneously. The knife plate is coupled to the coupled portion of the fixture plate and includes a blocked side formed on a side thereof, with a vertical distance between the blocked side and the saw blade maintained to be fixed. |
| US10086447B2 |
Cutting insert and cutting tool having the same
A cutting insert and a cutting tool having same are provided. The cutting insert includes an upper surface, a lower surface having a flat surface, side surfaces connecting to each of the upper surface and the lower surface, and cutting edges being formed by the upper surface and the side surfaces. A first cutting edge among the cutting edges is inclined downward. A major side surface among the side surfaces comprises a first major side surface connected to the upper surface so as to constitute the first cutting edge, and a second major side surface connected to the first major side surface and the lower surface. The first major side surface has a reversely positive surface, and the second major side surface has a reversely positive surface or a negative surface, and a minor side surface among the side surfaces has a positive surface or a negative surface. |
| US10086446B2 |
Rotary cutting tool with an internal cooling cavity
A rotating cutting tool that is internally cooled by cryogenic fluid has a generally cylindrical outer shape. At least one flute is formed on the cutting tool and a cutting edge is formed on an outer edge of the flute for cutting a workpiece. An internal cold flow delivery path for cryogenic coolant is in proximity to the cutting edge. A coolant cavity is formed in the cutting tool for supplying cryogenic coolant to the internal cold flow delivery path and a return path for cryogenic coolant is downstream from the cold flow delivery path. An exhaust port is coupled to the return path for exhausting cryogenic coolant to atmosphere. The exhaust port is remote from the cutting edge so that the cryogenic coolant is exhausted away from the cutting edge and away from a workpiece so that the cryogenic coolant does not cool and toughen the workpiece. |
| US10086445B2 |
Hole saw
A hole saw includes a cylindrical body disposed along an axis of rotation with a side wall extending axially from a cap end to a cutting end. The cutting end includes a plurality of cutting teeth. The hole saw also includes a cap coupled to the cap end of the cylindrical body. The side wall defines an elongated aperture configured to receive a tool for removing work piece plugs from within the cylindrical body. The elongated aperture has a first slot portion adjacent the cutting edge. The first slot portion is oriented perpendicular to the axis of rotation. The elongated aperture also has a second slot portion connected to the first slot portion and extending from the first slot portion toward the cap end. The second slot portion is oriented at an oblique angle relative to the axis of rotation. |
| US10086437B2 |
Cutting tool
Problem: To provide a cutting tool formed from a silicon nitride-based sintered body having high fracture resistance and having residual stress of a rake face and a flank face in an appropriate range.Solution: A cutting tool (1) formed from a silicon nitride-based sintered body containing not less than 50 volume % silicon nitride-based phase and from 10 to 30 volume % titanium nitride phase, uses an intersection ridge portion of a rake face (2) and a flank face (3) as a cutting edge (4), has a residual stress applied to the titanium nitride phase that is tensile stress, and is such that the tensile stress applied to the titanium nitride phase in the rake face (2) is greater than the tensile stress applied to the titanium nitride phase in the flank face (3). |
| US10086435B2 |
Cutting insert for high-efficient cutting
A cutting insert for high-efficiency cutting is disclosed. The cutting insert includes an upper surface (110a), a lower surface (HOb), side surfaces (114) and corner side surfaces (116), which connect the side surfaces to each other. A circular opening is formed through the central portions of the upper and lower surfaces. In the cutting insert, cutting edges are formed by respective junctions between one of the upper and lower surfaces and the side surfaces and between one of the upper and lower surfaces and the corner side surfaces. The cutting edges comprise three corner cutting edges (122), six major cutting edges (124), which extend from opposite ends of the corner cutting edges towards the neighbor corner cutting edges, and three minor cutting edges (126), which are connected between the major cutting edges. Furthermore, the cutting edges may be formed on both the upper surface and the lower surface. |
| US10086432B2 |
Three dimensional sub-mm wavelength sub-THz frequency antennas on flexible and UV-curable dielectric using printed electronic metal traces
Novel methods for micro-additive manufacturing three dimensional sub-millimeter components are disclosed herein. The methods can include dispensing a dielectric at positions on a substrate so as to provide dielectric structures having an aspect ratio of up to 1:20. The methods can also include in-situ curing of the dielectric structure upon dispensing of the dielectric wherein the dispensing and curing steps provide for three dimensional configurations. Direct printing a metal nanoparticle solution on the dielectric to create conductive traces and thereafter sintering the printed nanoparticle solution so as to cure the conductive traces enables three dimensional conductive (antenna) elements having a length and width scale of down to 1 μm. |
| US10086430B2 |
Method for producing iron metal castings
A method for producing iron metal castings, wherein an expendable mold having a cavity for holding casting material is inserted into an opened multi-part permanent mold, the permanent mold is closed, the cavity is filled with casting material, wherein a supporting device partially protruding into the cavity is partially overcast, the expendable mold is cooled in the permanent mold after the filling, the permanent mold is opened during the cooling, after the liquidus temperature has been fallen below at the earliest, and the expendable mold is nondestructively removed from the permanent mold together with the casting, the expendable mold is further cooled together with the solidified casting while hanging on the supporting device, at least until the microstructure formation of the casting is concluded, the casting is demolded by removing the expendable mold. |
| US10086426B2 |
Method for producing a hot strip by means of strip casting with material properties adjustable across the strip cross-section
In a method for producing a hot strip of steel with material properties that are adjustable over the strip cross-section, a steel melt is fed onto a revolving casting belt of a horizontal strip casting facility and solidifies to form a pre-strip having a thickness between 6 and 20 mm, and the pre-strip is subjected to a hot rolling process after complete solidification. A gas jet or plasma jet composed of metallic and/or non-metallic elements that affect the material properties of the hot strip influences the steel melt that is still liquid and/or just about to start to solidify. The concentration of the elements introduced into the melt by the gas jet or plasma jet and diffusing into the melt is adjusted across the strip thickness and strip width by changing the influencing kinetic energy of the gas jet or plasma jet, the partial gas pressure and/or the applied temperature. |
| US10086422B2 |
Value stream process for forming vehicle rails from extruded aluminum tubes
A value stream process or method for forming vehicle rails from extruded aluminum tubes includes the steps of extruding an aluminum tube and hydroforming the extruded aluminum tube into a vehicle rail. More specifically, the method includes extruding the aluminum tube, bending the aluminum tube, preforming the aluminum tube, hydroforming the aluminum tube into a vehicle rail, trimming the vehicle rail to length and then artificially aging the rail followed by batch chemical pretreatment. In an alternative embodiment the artificial aging and batch chemical pretreatment processes are performed in reverse order. In either of the embodiments, localized induction annealing to recover formability may be performed between bending and preforming, between preforming and hydroforming or both. |
| US10086417B2 |
Combined remediation biomass and bio-product production process
A method, for mitigating an environmental condition, may include assessing a geographic area with which the environmental condition is associated; and creating a plan to mitigate the environmental condition. The plan may identify a bio-crop for mitigating the environmental condition and a bio-product to be produced from the bio-crop. The method may also include planting the bio-crop in soil that is located within the geographical area. The bio-crop may be planted in a manner that enables the environmental condition to be mitigated. The method may further include harvesting the bio-crop based on planting the bio-crop; processing the harvested bio-crop to obtain biomass; producing the bio-product based on the biomass; and outputting the bio-product based on producing the bio-product. |
| US10086415B2 |
Method and apparatus for purifying and recycling synthetic turf
A method and apparatus for purifying and recycling synthetic turf are provided. The method includes removing a section of used synthetic turf, feeding the section to a rotating beater to knock sand infill loose, and passing the section through a rotating brush roll wherein a turf filament surface is directly contacted by the rotating brush roll to knock any entrained infill material loose from the section of used synthetic turf. |
| US10086413B2 |
Powder discharge system
A powder discharge system is installed in a circulating water tank for collecting powder generated when an exhaust gas is treated in an exhaust gas treatment apparatus. The powder discharge system includes at least one eductor provided in the circulating water tank. The eductor has a nozzle configured to throttle a flow of water supplied from a pump for pumping water in the circulating water tank, a suction port configured to suck water in the circulating water tank into the eductor by utilizing a reduction of pressure generated when the flow of water is throttled by the nozzle, and a discharge port configured to eject the water sucked from the suction port together with the water discharged from the nozzle toward a bottom of the circulating water tank. |
| US10086409B2 |
Screen tensioning system and method
A system and a method tension a screen having a generally rectangular shape defined by a length and a width. The screen has a profile with a shape extending the length of the screen. A rod has a channel configured to receive the shape of the profile of the screen therein. The rod has a plurality of segmented portions such that a first segmented portion of the plurality of segmented portions is separable from a second segmented portion of the plurality of segmented portions. The screen is positioned on a frame. The rod is positioned parallel to the length of the frame on two sides. A clamping mechanism tensions the screen with respect to the frame. |
| US10086408B2 |
Vibratory separator screen with multiple frame design
A vibratory separator includes a screen frame having an upper screen surface and a plurality of openings and a first screen insert disposed in a first opening of the plurality of openings of the screen frame, the screen insert having a screen surface positioned at a first height above the supper screen surface. The vibratory separator also includes a second screen insert disposed in a second opening of the plurality of openings of the second screen frame, wherein a screen surface of the second screen insert is positioned at a second height. The second height may be different from the first height. A method of processing fluid includes providing a flow of fluid to a vibratory separator, and flowing the fluid over a screen having a first screen insert positioned at a first height. |
| US10086407B2 |
Vibrating screen deck deflector systems and methods
A material processing vibrating screen with diverting systems configured to deliver material, via a plurality of material diverters, to locations closer to a feed end of the screen than would otherwise be done in the absence of the diverters. The diverters can be fixed to a cross member, the underside of a screen, and may be adjustable and easily replaceable. The materials for the deflectors can vary depending upon the material being screened. The screen may be also be a variable sloped vibrating screen. |
| US10086406B2 |
Machine for sorting a mixture of waste, and associated sorting method
The invention concerns a rotary machine (1) for sorting a mixture of wastes (2), said sorting machine (1) being characterized in that it comprises at least: a first trammel section (3), provided with a first separation wall (5) extending over a first length (L1) allowing separating the mixture of wastes (2) into a first fraction of wastes (13) getting through said first separation wall (5) and into a residual second fraction of wastes (14), and a second trammel section (4), provided with a second separation wall (6) extending over a second length (L2) smaller than the first length (L1), and allowing separating the residual second fraction of wastes (14) into a subfraction of small-sized wastes (15) getting through said second separation wall (6) and into a residual subfraction of large-sized wastes (16). Wastes sorting. |
| US10086404B2 |
Ultrasonic device, ultrasonic probe, electronic equipment, and ultrasonic imaging apparatus
An ultrasonic device includes: an ultrasonic element array substrate having a plurality of ultrasonic elements that each include a piezoelectric body; an acoustic lens secured via an acoustic matching layer to a surface, formed with the ultrasonic elements, of the ultrasonic element array substrate; and a support member secured to a surface, opposite to the surface formed with the ultrasonic elements, of the ultrasonic element array substrate, wherein the support member is formed to have a larger area, in plan view in the thickness direction of the ultrasonic element array substrate, and a higher bending stiffness than the ultrasonic element array substrate, and the acoustic lens is formed to have a lower bending stiffness than the ultrasonic element array substrate. The above-described ultrasonic device further includes an acoustic matching layer filled between the ultrasonic element array substrate and the acoustic lens. |
| US10086403B2 |
Apparatus and processes for applying a coating to roll formed products
A process for in-line coating of roll formed products that includes: cleaning and/or pretreating the roll formed product to remove surface contaminants that may interfere with the coating adhering to the roll formed product; completely covering the entire outer surface of the roll formed product by applying an ultraviolet light curable coating to the product, such that when curing is complete, the coating adheres to the product including any edges thereof; and exposing the coating on the roll formed product to an ultraviolet light to cure the coating. The resulting roll formed product is a completely coated finished product that provides complete cut-edge protection. |
| US10086399B2 |
Device for administering a fluid product
A device for administering a fluid product, such as an industrial or a medical compound. The device includes a reservoir (18) in which a plunger (15) is axially movable, and an axially movable rod (16) on which a ferromagnetic rod connector (12) is attached. The ferromagnetic rod connector (12) is adapted for sliding cooperation within the reservoir (18). And, a detachable mechanical connection is provided between the plunger (15) and the ferromagnetic rod connector (12). A ferromagnetic plunger connector (13) is attached to the plunger and a magnet (11), arranged for magnetic cooperation with the ferromagnetic connectors (12, 13), to provide a mechanical connection between the ferromagnetic connectors. |
| US10086390B2 |
Multi-function sprayhead
A sprayhead includes a body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The body includes a fluid inlet proximate the first end and a fluid outlet proximate the second end. The sprayhead includes a first disc fixed to the body, a second disc moveably coupled to the body, and a pin which defines an axis of rotation for the second disc. The second disc is configured to rotate about the axis of rotation and to translate in a radial direction relative to the axis of rotation while the sprayhead is in use. Rotation of the second disc relative to the first disc causes a first response, whereas translation of the second disc relative to the first disc causes a second response. |
| US10086387B2 |
Selectable arc and range of coverage spray nozzle assembly with multiple fluidic fan spray nozzles
Adjustable arc of coverage spray nozzle assembly for irrigation where the spray is characterized by the water jets which are cyclically deflected at a high frequency such that they break up into fan shaped water droplet patterns in which the fluid distribution and droplet size can be controlled. Jet deflection is accomplished with energy in the pressurized liquid itself. Multiple fluidic oscillating stream nozzle cavities are molded into a circular plate surround and adjustable arcuate length orifice valve so that one or a series of these fluidic discharge nozzles can be selected to have pressurized water to provide a selectable arc of coverage around a single sprinkler nozzle assembly. |
| US10086372B2 |
Membrane-based fluid-flow control devices
Described herein are fluid-flow control devices for transferring a fluid from a place to another and/or controlling a fluid flow. In some embodiments, fluid-flow control devices described herein can be used as pumping devices to transfer a fluid by peristaltic motion and/or as valve devices to control fluid flow for various applications, e.g., in a microfluidic platform. |
| US10086367B2 |
Phosphorus-containing FCC catalyst
Described are fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) compositions, methods of manufacture and use. FCC catalyst compositions comprise catalytic microspheres containing a zeolite, a non-zeolitic component, and a rare earth component. The microspheres are modified with phosphorus. The FCC catalyst composition can be used to crack hydrocarbon feeds, particularly resid feeds containing high V and Ni, resulting in lower hydrogen and coke yields. |
| US10086366B2 |
Promoted, attrition resistant, silica supported precipitated iron catalyst
A structurally promoted precipitated catalyst containing crystalline silica, at least one chemical promoter selected from the group consisting of alkali metals, and iron, the structurally promoted precipitated catalyst comprising maghemite and hematite catalytic phases, and exhibiting a main reduction peak temperature, as determined by TPR, in the range of from about 210° C. to about 350° C. A method of producing the structurally promoted precipitated catalyst is also provided. |
| US10086362B2 |
Preparation method of super absorbent polymer
The present invention relates to a manufacturing method of a super absorbent polymer including: carrying out a thermal polymerization or a photopolymerization of a monomer composition including a water-soluble ethylene-based unsaturated monomer and a polymerization initiator to form a hydrogel polymer; drying the hydrogel polymer; pulverizing the dried polymer; classifying the pulverized polymer into a fine powder having a particle diameter of less than 150 μm and a polymer having a particle diameter of 150 to 850 μm according to the particle diameter; performing reassembly to form a fine powder reassembly; and mixing the polymer having a particle diameter of 150 to 850 μm with the fine powder reassembly, followed by surface cross-linking. |
| US10086356B2 |
Compositions for passive NOx adsorption (PNA) systems and methods of making and using same
The present disclosure relates to a substrate containing passive NOx adsorption (PNA) materials for treatment of gases, and washcoats for use in preparing such a substrate. Also provided are methods of preparation of the PNA materials, as well as methods of preparation of the substrate containing the PNA materials. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a coated substrate containing PNA materials for PNA systems, useful in the treatment of exhaust gases. Also disclosed are exhaust treatment systems, and vehicles, such as diesel or gasoline vehicles, particularly light-duty diesel or gasoline vehicles, using catalytic converters and exhaust treatment systems using the coated substrates. |
| US10086351B2 |
Multi-stage process for producing a material of a battery cell
A system and method thereof are provided for multi-stage processing of one or more precursor compounds into a battery material. The system includes a mist generator, a drying chamber, one or more gas-solid separators, and one or more in-line reaction modules comprised of one or more gas-solid feeders, one or more gas-solid separators, and one or more reactors. Various gas-solid mixtures are formed within the internal plenums of the drying chamber, the gas-solid feeders, and the reactors. In addition, heated air or gas is served as the energy source within the processing system and as the gas source for forming the gas-solid mixtures to facilitate reaction rate and uniformity of the reactions therein. Precursor compounds are continuously delivered into the processing system and processed in-line through the internal plenums of the drying chamber and the reaction modules into final reaction particles useful as a battery material. |
| US10086350B2 |
Catalytic alkane conversion
Disclosed is a hydrocarbon conversion process in which an alkane component is catalytically converted in the presence of an oxygen or oxidizing component (i.e., oxidant). The hydrocarbon conversion process can be an oxidative coupling reaction, which refers to the catalytic conversion of alkane in the presence of oxidant to produce an olefin product, i.e., a composition containing C2+ olefin. Reverse-flow reactors can be used to carry out the oxidative coupling reaction. |
| US10086349B2 |
Reactors, systems, and methods for forming solid products
A reactor includes a vessel, a gas inlet, a solid outlet, a catalyst support configured to at least partially retain a catalyst material and allow a tail gas to pass therethrough, and a tail gas outlet. The gas inlet is in fluid communication with the solid outlet. A system for producing a solid product includes a reactor, a compressor, a heater, a make-up reactive gas inlet, and a solids discharge means for removing the solid product from the solid outlet of the reactor. Methods of forming solid products include providing a catalyst material in a vessel having a porous catalyst support, delivering a reactive gas to the vessel, reacting the reactive gas to form a solid product and a tail gas in the vessel, passing the tail gas through a portion of the catalyst material to separate the solid product from the tail gas, and removing the solid product. |
| US10086347B2 |
Device for facilitating a chemical reaction
A device for facilitating a chemical reaction while submerged in a liquid catalyst includes an upper member, a lower member, and a dissolvable member disposed between and ultimately enclosed by said upper and lower members such that upper and lower chambers are formed having substantially equal volumes. The upper chamber may receive a dry sodium chlorite and the lower chamber may receive a dry acid mixture. In order to keep the device submerged in the liquid catalyst, an inert ballast may also be added to the upper and/or lower chamber, such as glass shards. |
| US10086344B2 |
Tank apparatus, a system for dispersing by circulating a mixture, and a method for dispersing by circulating a mixture
A tank apparatus and a system for dispersing by circulating a mixture that prevents powdery additives from adhering to an inner face of a tank from scattering in the tank, from drifting on the surface of a liquid, and from agglutinating, are presented. The tank apparatus that stores a raw material that is slurry or liquid and supplies powdery additives to the raw material to mix them with the raw material comprises a tank for storing the raw material and a screw-type device for supplying powdery additives that is integral with the tank and supplies the powdery additives to the raw material in the tank, wherein a tip of a part for supplying powdery additives of the screw-type device for supplying powdery additives is inserted into the mixture in the tank. |
| US10086342B2 |
Multi-channel optical measurement instrument
A receptacle having a plurality of interconnected chambers arranged to permit multiple process steps or processes to be performed independently or simultaneously. The receptacles are manufactured to separate liquid from dried reagents and to maintain the stability of the dried reagents. An immiscible liquid, such as an oil, is included to control loading of process materials, facilitate mixing and reconstitution of dried reagents, limit evaporation, control heating of reaction materials, concentrate solid support materials to prevent clogging of fluid connections, provide minimum volumes for fluid transfers, and to prevent process materials from sticking to chamber surfaces. The receptacles can be adapted for use in systems having a processing instrument that includes an actuator system for selectively moving fluid substances between chambers and a detector. The actuator system can be arranged to concentrate an analyte present in a sample. The detector can be used to detect an optical signal emitted by the contents of the receptacle. |
| US10086336B2 |
Ultra-thin nanometer scale polymeric membranes
Ultra-thin nanometer-sealer freestanding polymeric membranes and methods for producing ultra-thin nanometer-scale freestanding recast membranes and ultra-thin nanometer-scale freestanding cross-linked membranes with solid internal backbone are disclosed. |
| US10086335B2 |
Composition and method for biofouling inhibition of membrane separation device
This disclosure relates to a combination for inhibiting or removing biofouling and a method for inhibiting biofouling growth or removing biofouling. This disclosure also relates to a combination including halogen-type oxidizers, sulfur-containing compounds, and ammonium salts and/or urea. Also disclosed are methods for inhibiting the biofouling growth in a reverse osmosis membrane separation device or nanofiltration membrane separation device or removing the biofouling in a reverse osmosis membrane separation device or nanofiltration membrane separation device. |
| US10086331B2 |
Carbon dioxide capture using phase change ionic liquids
Disclosed herein are methods for CO2 capture that use phase change ionic liquids (PCILs) to remove the CO2 from flue gas or other gas streams containing CO2. PCILs have high CO2 uptake and form a liquid PCIL-CO2 complex when they react with C( )2. When the liquid PCIL-CO2 complex is heated to regenerate the solid PCIL material by removing the carbon dioxide, part of the heat needed to release the CO2 can be supplied by the heat of fusion of the PCIL as it solidifies. Utilization of the heat of fusion of the PCIL to assist in its own regeneration can substantially reduce the parasitic energy loss associated with post-combustion CO2 capture. |
| US10086328B2 |
Humidity controlling apparatus
A humidity controlling apparatus comprises: a moisture absorbent (1) made of a macromolecular gelated moisture absorbing material which takes a first state being capable of absorbing moisture and a second state releasing in a liquid state the moisture absorbed in the first state, and which has a nature to change from the first state to the second state when a definite level of temperature or higher is attained, and return to the first state when the definite level of temperature or higher is no longer attained; and an energy converting particle (2) which is disposed so as to be buried inside the moisture absorbent and has a nature to generate heat when it is exposed to an external stimulus factor which is at least one of light, electric waves and a high frequency magnetic field. |
| US10086324B2 |
Method and system for improve-efficiency air-conditioning
Systems and methods for circulating air in an enclosed environment are disclosed. In some embodiments, the system includes an inlet to receive air from outside of the enclosed environment and an air handling unit coupled to the inlet and also configured to receive circulated air from the enclosed environment. The air handling unit can be configured to affect a temperature of at least one of the received outside air and the received circulated air. Based on the received outside air and the received circulated air, the air handling unit can be further configured to generate air for supplying to the enclosed environment. |
| US10086321B2 |
Separation device for liquids
A liquid separation device for the separation of liquid or liquid mist from a gas, with at least one pair of basic carriers being a first and a second plate-shaped basic carrier, where in each of the first and the second basic carrier, at least two separator elements are formed. The separator elements each have a passage pipe with a gas inlet and a gas outlet, which are arranged at opposite sides of the respective plate-shaped basic carrier in such a way that the passage pipe extends through the respective plate-shaped basic carrier. The first and the second basic carrier being arranged one next to the other in flow direction of the gas. Each of the two separator elements in both basic carriers in which the separator elements are arranged adjacent to each other, with their passage pipes form continuous flow paths for the gas. At least in the transition area of a flow path from an upstream passage pipe to an adjacent downstream passage pipe, the inner diameter of the downstream passage pipe is larger than the inner diameter of the adjacent upstream passage pipe. |
| US10086318B2 |
Filter with internal frame openings
At least one embodiment of the invention pertains to a fluid filter having a fine media element and a coarse media element inside a housing. The fine media element has a plurality of apertures through a flange around the periphery of the fine media element. |
| US10086316B2 |
Dehydrator system and methods of using the same
Dehydrator systems having a core dehydrator and a mixing unit are described herein and methods of using the same. The core dehydrator comprises a turbulent flow mixing compartment the turbulent flow mixing compartment with plate openings having a turbulent flow transition zone where linear speed of fluid flow is reduced, a clarifying sediment chamber, where fluid flow is substantially laminar) comprising a plurality of small deflector plaques and a plurality of large deflector plaques and a flocculation pipe. In the turbulent flow transition zone, fluid flow transitions from turbulent flow to laminar flow. The mixing unit comprises a plurality of vertical flocculators. The mixing unit further comprises a rapid mixing manifold. The rapid mixing manifold contains drilling fluids and flocculant polymers. |
| US10086313B2 |
Separation device and separation method
An object of the present invention is to separate a material to be separated at a low cost and constant accuracy when the material to be separated is separated from a mobile phase containing the material to be separated through the passing of the mobile phase through a stationary phase, even if the mobile phase has a large volume. A separation device characterized in that a separation column provided with a stationary phase having a volume capable of processing the entire volume of a mobile phase containing a material to be separated is provided, the separation column is replaceable, and the usage count of the stationary phase reaches a lifetime count through the processing of one batch. |
| US10086311B2 |
Fusible toy bead scraper
A fusible toy bead scraper includes: a main body; a spatula portion formed on a rear side of the main body; a support portion provided on the main body and extending obliquely rearward from the main body; and a grip portion provided on the support portion. |
| US10086310B2 |
Flexible interconnectable block and fastener system
A flexible interconnectable block and fastener system includes a connector panel having a top side, a bottom side and a perimeter edge. The connector panel is resiliently flexible and is comprised of an elastomeric material. The perimeter edge includes a first end edge, a second end edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The connector panel is elongated from the first end edge to the second end edge. A plurality of male interconnection members is integrally formed in and extends upwardly from the top side. The male interconnection members are arranged in a plurality of columns extending from the first end edge to the second end edge and rows extending between the first and second lateral edges wherein a number of the rows is equal to or less than a number of the columns. |
| US10086306B2 |
Toy vehicle track transfer station
An improved toy vehicle transfer station playset is disclosed herein. The playset includes a support frame that extends upwardly from a support surface. Coupled to the support frame is a slide rail having a first end and a second end. The first end is disposed higher than the second end with respect to the support surface. A carrier is movably coupled to the slide rail, and is configured to move along the slide rail from a first position proximate the first end to a second position proximate the second end of the slide rail via gravity. The carrier includes a track section for receiving a toy vehicle. The playset also includes a retaining mechanism disposed on the slide rail and configured to retain the carrier in the first position. However, when a toy vehicle is disposed on the track section of the carrier, the retaining mechanism releases the carrier to move along the slide rail to the second position. |
| US10086305B2 |
Toy vehicle track riser
The present invention relates to a track riser for a toy vehicle track set. The track riser includes a pair of track depressions and a male and female connector that enable other track sections to be coupled to the track riser so that a toy vehicle can travel along the track sections and over the track riser. The track riser also includes a pair of openings. The male connectors of two equally sized track sections can be inserted through the openings of the track riser so that the track sections extend downwardly from the track riser. In this orientation, the two track sections act as supports to raise the track riser above the support surface. |
| US10086302B2 |
Doll companion integrating child self-directed execution of applications with cell phone communication, education, entertainment, alert and monitoring systems
The presented cell phone-enabled doll companion allows a child novel ways to self-select and self-execute applications while requiring no intervention or supervision from the parent. Further, it provides learning, entertainment and safety by integrating cell phone communication, education, entertainment, alert and monitoring systems. While providing a convenient means of communication between the child and parent, the system allows surveillance of a child's real-time environment, GPS monitoring and SIDS/health monitoring. The functionality and the physical elements of the system are programmable through installation of applications downloadable from an application store. Various options for parental access to a configuration interface to modify settings and download applications are provided, including via a cell phone, a website, customer service call center and/or the doll companion touch screen. |
| US10086301B2 |
Motorized yo-yo
A motorized yo-yo includes a body and a tether coupled to the body to support the body for rotation. A drive mechanism of the body drives rotation of the body when a user throws the yo-yo. |
| US10086299B2 |
System and method for modular ride vehicles
A system includes a plurality of ride vehicle modules, where each of the plurality of ride vehicle modules includes an interlock system configured to perform linking operations to join to other ride vehicle modules to form a cluster and delinking operations to separate from the other ride vehicle modules throughout a ride, control circuitry configured to control the interlock system and movement of the respective ride vehicle module independently or as a part of the cluster, and communication circuitry configured to wirelessly communicate with the other ride vehicle modules internal and/or external to the cluster. The cluster may change sizes throughout the ride by performing linking and delinking operations as desired. A method for changing the size of clusters of ride vehicle modules throughout a ride is also disclosed. |
| US10086296B2 |
Controlling a user interface of a computer device
A computer device having a user interface configured to display user actuatable game elements in a game board and to detect user input when a user engages with a game element in a move; a processor configured to receive a detected user input and on detecting a match game condition to control the user interface to remove at least three game elements from the display and to generate replacement user game elements for a subsequent move; and a graphics rendering component operable to render the game elements on the user interface, each game element having a graphical representation on a tile having a background appearance, wherein the processor is configured to determine on detecting the match game condition if at least one tile in the match game condition has an attained background appearance and if so to apply the attained background appearance to each tile of the match condition. |
| US10086295B2 |
Method, system and computer readable recording medium for providing ranking of game group
A ranking method and system for providing a ranking of a game group is disclosed. The method includes creating a game group including a user and at least one member among the user's registered friends who have joined a game service, based on a game group creation request received from a user terminal. The method further comprises calculating a ranking of the user with respect to other members of the created game group based on a ranking inquiry request received from the user terminal, and providing the user terminal with the calculated ranking of the user. The user terminal drives a game service platform associated with a plurality of games and provides the game group creation request information and the ranking inquiry request information through the game service platform. |
| US10086288B1 |
Content item forking and merging
Techniques for forking and merging of electronically presented content items, such as MMO and other video games, are described herein. In particular, a first content item session may be forked to generate a second (forked) content item session. The first and forked content item sessions may then continue to execute and evolve in separate directions from one another. In some examples, a user of the forked content item session may serve as an administrator of the forked content item session and may receive compensation in exchange for serving as an administrator. Additionally, one or more forked or other separate content item sessions may be merged together to form a merged content item session. In some examples, conflicts between merged content item sessions may be identified and resolved based, at least in part, on input from administrators. |
| US10086287B2 |
Leveraging online game goals and economy to reward better real world behaviors
A method to leverage a gaming infrastructure to encourage actions in a non-virtual environment to achieve virtual world benefits, the method may include participant installs an application on smart phone; the participant sets up an account on Gameco servers; application interacts with Gameco servers; Gameco servers provide participant opportunities to acquire virtual world benefits by completing certain real world activities or choices; participants acts or choses; and, participant is provided a virtual reward by Gameco. |
| US10086285B2 |
Systems and methods for implementing distributed computer-generated virtual environments using user contributed computing devices
Described herein are systems and methods for providing a computer-generated virtual environment that is at least partially supported by user contributed computing devices. In an embodiment, an indication is received, from each of a plurality of user contributed computing devices, that the computing device is available to contribute at least a portion of its computational resources to support the virtual environment. At least some of the computing devices, from which the indications are received, are assigned computational tasks that are used to support the virtual environment. Credits are provide to users associated with the computing devices that are assigned and perform the assigned computational tasks. A record of the credits provided to users is maintained. Users that interact with the virtual environment can use their credits to pay for computational tasks performed to support the users' interactions with the virtual environment and/or to pay for virtual goods and/or virtual services. |
| US10086283B2 |
Motion scoring method and apparatus
An entertainment system comprises at least one input for receiving data representative of a reference dance performance, a dance analyzer for generating data descriptive of an aspect of the reference dance, a key-point selector for selecting a plurality of key-points in the reference dance responsive to a property of the reference motion data, and an error tolerance calculator for generating error tolerance values at the plurality of key-points in the dance for use in scoring subsequent performances of the dance. The error tolerance values are responsive to a property of the reference motion data. An input may receive telemetry from one or more game controllers in communication with the entertainment system, in which the reference motion data comprises motion data generated by the dance analyzer from the telemetry received from one or more game controllers while the controller(s) was held during the reference performance of the dance. |
| US10086282B2 |
Tracking device for use in obtaining information for controlling game program execution
A tracking device for use in obtaining information for controlling an execution of a game program by a processor for enabling an interactive game to be played by a user and related apparatus are disclosed. |
| US10086273B2 |
Notifications on game controller
Implementations are provided that permit a seamless activation of a game or other application on a host device from a game controller. The game may be launched on the host device in response to an activation signal that is dispatched from the game controller. The game controller may generate the activation signal or it may send such a signal to the host device for processing. The game controller may detect that an action button has been pressed and generate the activation signal in response thereto. |
| US10086268B2 |
Eyeball movement detection device
An eyeball movement detection device (1) detects an eyeball movement of an eye in a side-to-side direction on the basis of a time shift in difference between an output from a far-infrared sensor (11) having directivity to an edge of an exposed surface of an eyeball on the side of the inner corner of the eye and an output from a far-infrared sensor (12) having directivity to an edge of the exposed surface of the eyeball on the side of the outer corner of the eye. This makes it possible to detect an eyeball movement in a noncontact manner, with a light weight, and with low power consumption. |
| US10086265B2 |
Video teleconference object enable system
Embodiments provide a system that includes a first interactive device and control logic configured to perform an operation. The operation includes receiving historical data describing historical interactions between a user and one or more interactive devices. Additionally, the operation includes configuring the first interactive device with one or more interactive events. Each interactive event includes a respective (i) stimulus event and (ii) an action to perform responsive to an occurrence of the stimulus event, and at least one of the one or more interactive events is based on the received historical data. Responsive to detecting an occurrence of a first one of the one or more stimulus events, the operation includes causing the first interactive device to perform the corresponding action. The operation also includes updating the first interactive device with a second one or more interactive events. |
| US10086264B2 |
Interactive video game with visual lighting effects
A video game includes a peripheral device that senses the presence and identity of toy objects near or on the peripheral. Each of the toy objects includes an identification device such as an RFID tag. Each of the toys is also associated with a corresponding game character or object. The peripheral device provides lighting effects based on characteristics of the game character or aspects of the game play sequence thereby enhancing the user's gameplay experience. |
| US10086261B1 |
System and method for simulating passive racing games in an online game
An online game is provided to players where players may participate in individual episodes of the online racing game. The individual episodes may include individual races within the racing game in which players control game entities through racecourses. User accounts comprising an indication of game entities associated with the players of the online game, an indication of a status of the player, and a game play metric associated with the player may be managed. Races in the online game may be synthesized by simulating participation by game entities of a player in individual synthetic episodes of the online game while the player is absent from the online game. A change in the game play metric of the player may be determined based on the performance of the first game entity in the race of the first synthetic episode. |
| US10086260B2 |
Method and apparatus for using upstream communication in a card shuffler
A security system for a casino table card game has a casino table with i) indicia thereon for the placement of wagers, ii) a data entry system with an associated computer, and iii) sensors that can detect the placement of at least one specific category of wager; a shuffling device with a microprocessor integral to the shuffler for providing information regarding cards or hands; a central table gaming computer that receives information from the shuffler in real time, receives information from the sensors, and receives information from the data entry system, the associated computer, the microprocessor and the central table gaming computer communicating data among each other in real time. |
| US10086257B2 |
Apparatus for adapting a snowboard boot for use with an alpine ski
An adjustable ski binding adapter apparatus that adapt a snowboard boot for use with alpine ski bindings. The ski binding adapter apparatus includes a back support pivotally coupled to a sole plate, where the back support pivots to aid in stepping into the ski binding adapter apparatus. The sole plate is adjustable for length. Adjustable strap assemblies are coupled to the sole plate and the back support and snugly encircle and restrain the boot in the ski binding adapter apparatus. The back support and the sole plate are configured to conform to ski boot standards and attach to a conventional ski binding. |
| US10086255B2 |
Gliding board
The present invention relates to a gliding board for cross-country skiing, intended to receive a shoe fastener (F) including an upper face, a lower face and side ridges, characterized in that at least one of the side ridges of the board is provided with a series of notches (11) whereof each rim (11a) defines, on the one hand, a transverse stop face (12) making it possible to stop the board in the backwards direction, and on the other hand, a longitudinal connecting face (13) between the notches (11) allowing forward gliding. |
| US10086254B2 |
Energy efficiency indicator in a treadmill
An exercise device includes a frame and an exercise deck. The exercise deck includes a platform, a first pulley connected to a front portion of the platform, a second pulley connected to a rear portion of the platform, and a tread belt surrounding the first pulley and the second pulley. The exercise device also includes a motor in mechanical communication with at least one of the first pulley and the second pulley to drive the tread belt and an energy efficiency indicator that actives in response to determining that a power load needed to operate the exercise device is below a predetermined energy efficient threshold during a performance of an exercise. |
| US10086253B2 |
Method and system for measurement of the speed of a competitor on a race course
The method makes it possible to measure a speed of a competitor, such as a skier or snowboarder, on a ski or snowboard course, by means of a measurement system with a transponder module worn by the competitor. The method includes the step of activating the transponder module which includes a measurement unit with at least one measurement sensor, as soon as the race starts, a step of measuring the speed of the competitor via the measurement unit during the race along the course, and a step of transmitting the competitor's speed measurement to at least one base station of a decoder device of the measurement system for a timing device in order to display the speed of the competitor in real time or continuously on at least one screen. |
| US10086252B2 |
System and method for ranking of golf tournament participants
A tournament scoring program on a tournament server may receive data sanctioned by a tournament provider from a first database via a network connection. The data may include a player identification identifying a player from a group of players of an independent tournament event. The data may also include a value corresponding to the player and the independent tournament event. Cumulative score data may be generated by the tournament scoring program for the player based on the values received or a cumulative score accessed from the tournament server. Ranking data may be generated, by the tournament scoring program, for the group of players based on the cumulative score data. The tournament scoring program may transmit, from the tournament server to a website, the cumulative score data and the ranking data. |
| US10086251B2 |
Systems and methods for determining penalties
A penalty allocation system includes a processing circuit configured to receive first data from a first player-worn sensor regarding a first player involved in an impact, receive second data from a second player-worn sensor regarding a second player involved in the impact, identify one of the first player and the second player as an at-fault player in connection with the impact based on the first data and the second data, and determine a penalty for the at-fault player based on the first data and the second data. |
| US10086248B2 |
Basketball training device
A basketball training device for mounting on a basketball hoop. The basketball training device includes a blocking body that is dimensioned so as to block shot attempts that are at an undesirable shooting angle or will result in an undesirable bank angle. The basketball training device may be a part of a kit which includes a placement apparatus that can be used to grab and place the basketball training device onto the rim of a basketball hoop. |
| US10086245B2 |
Golf club
A golf club 2 includes a shaft 6 having a tip end Tp and a butt end Bt, a head 4 and a grip 8. The shaft 6 includes a plurality of carbon fiber reinforced layers. The layers include a straight layer, a bias layer and a hoop layer. When a weight of the hoop layer is defined as WF, and a shaft weight is defined as WS, WF/WS is 0.18 or greater. The shaft weight WS is 42 g or less. In the shaft 6, a point 200 mm distant from the butt end Bt is defined as P1, and a region between the point P1 and the butt end Bt is defined as a specific butt region Rb. A weight of the hoop layer in the specific butt region Rb is defined as WFb, and a shaft weight in the specific butt region Rb is defined as WSb. |
| US10086244B2 |
Golf club having an elastomer element for ball speed control
A golf club has a club head body with a back portion and striking face. A cradle is attached to an internal surface of the back portion, and an elastomer extends from the cradle towards a rear surface of the striking face. The golf club head may also have an adjustment mechanism operatively connected to the elastomer and the back portion of the golf club. Adjustment of the adjustment mechanism causes a change in compression of the elastomer element. The adjustment mechanism may be a threaded element such as a screw, and the golf club head may be a part of a kit included multiple differently weighted screws. |
| US10086243B2 |
Putter-type golf club head with alignment feature
A putter-type golf club head that, when oriented in a reference position, includes a rear portion in communication with, and rearward of, a blade portion and having a rear portion top surface. The club head also includes a projection extending upwardly from the rear portion top surface, the projection having a projection top surface, a heel-ward side surface, a toe-ward side surface, and a rear surface, the projection top surface comprising a generally planar surface. And the club head further includes a sightline formed in the projection top surface and that comprises a groove at least partially filled with a filler material having a visually contrasting appearance to portions of the top surface surrounding the groove, the groove defining a virtual center line segment oriented in a substantially front-to-rear direction at a substantially constant height from a lowermost point of the sole between 16 mm and 26 mm. |
| US10086235B2 |
Swim or a scuba diving fin
A swim or scuba diving fin includes an open-back shoe portion having a pocket for receiving the foot of the user and no heel portion, a blade portion forming a forward extension of the shoe portion, and an element holding the foot in the open-back shoe portion, includes an elongate element in the form of a strap, belt or the like and a length sufficient to surround the heel portion, the sidewalls of the pocket of the shoe, and at least part of the tip of the shoe. Such elongate element is at least partially separated from the open-back shoe portion, and is or may be connected to the open-back shoe portion (3) in length-adjustable and/or at least partially removable fashion through first coupling members, which engage corresponding second coupling members located at the front tip of the open-back shoe. |
| US10086231B2 |
Systems and methods for integrated automated sports data collection and analytics platform
Systems and methods for integrated automated sports data collection and analytics are disclosed. Different types of data, for example but not limited, location data, movement data, impact data and biometric data for individual players are collected via wearable sensors in real time during a sports activity and transmitted to a cloud-based platform together with other sports data, including video, timing, scoring, statistics, and events with time code. The cloud-based platform is operable to aggregate, correlate, organize and synchronize various data related to the sports activity; store, query and retrieve various live data and historical data in and from a proprietary database; and perform analytics and provide intelligence to different parties involved in a sports activity, including coaches, trainers, medical staff, live announcers, broadcasters, displays, viewers, and fans and etc. These different parties may subscribe to licensed access to the cloud-based platform for tailored data feeds with real time push. |
| US10086228B2 |
Mouth opening training device
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mouth-opening training device with which continuous rotational movement and anterior sliding movement of the temporomandibular joint can be performed smoothly, the device thereby being capable of guiding the movement of the mandible so as to trace an actual mandibular mouth-opening movement. The mouth-opening training device is provided with: an upper member, the base end of which is grasped and the tip of which can engage with a user's maxilla; a lower member, the tip of which can engage with the user's mandible and a portion of which is in contact with the upper member so as to allow sliding; and a connecting section for connecting the upper member to the lower member so as to allow sliding and allow opening and closing. As the tip of the upper member is opened with respect to the tip of the lower member, the lower member moves in the direction of the tip. |
| US10086227B2 |
Seated exercise apparatus
A seated exercise apparatus comprises a frame having a seat attached to the frame. A pair of opposed cranks are rotatably coupled to the frame such that they rotate about a first axis. A first end of each of a pair of elongated members is rotatably connected to the frame at a respective pivot joint. A second end of each of the elongated members is connected to a respective. The pivot joints are located outside of a plane of motion of their respective right and left pedals, such that the apparatus can fit within a more compact form factor, especially in a longitudinal dimension. The pedals move in a reciprocating path having an elliptical shape, in which the major axis is more vertical than horizontal, giving a more up and down, natural, pedal motion. |
| US10086226B2 |
Energy absorbing weight bar support assemblies for exercise equipment
A weight bar support assembly for safely supporting a weight bar on exercise equipment in the event the user cannot return the weight bar to its original position includes an attachment bracket and a weight support member forming a catch arm which is selectively engaged with and moved away from an upright of the exercise equipment. An energy absorbing arrangement is incorporated within either the attachment bracket or the weight support member, and is configured to cushion forces transmitted to the upright upon contact of the weight bar with the weight support member to prevent deformation and/or damage of the exercise equipment. |
| US10086222B2 |
Conditioning system for fuel cell exhaust
A method of conditioning oxygen depleted air (ODA) exhausted from a fuel cell comprising the steps of; taking fuel from an aircraft fuel tank collector cell, delivering said fuel to a rear mounted engine via a primary heat exchanger, taking exhaust ODA from a fuel cell, passing the ODA through the primary heat exchanger in the opposite direction to the fuel, such that the fuel acts as a heat sink for the ODA, to cool the ODA, passing the ODA through a dryer, to dry the ODA and using the cooled, dried ODA to inert fuel in the aircraft fuel tank. |
| US10086220B2 |
Protective breathing mask with fabric hood
A protective breathing mask assembly comprises a face mask portion 10 having a brow support 5 at the top thereof which, in use, extends around the brow of the wearer, and a face seal 6 which extends around the back edge of the mask portion 10 so as, in use, to engage around the sides of the wearer's face to prevent the ingress of material into the mask portion. The mask assembly further includes a rear of head strap 4 which extends between the ends of the brow support 5, in use, around the back of the wearer's head. A crown strap 2 is connected to opposing sides of the mask assembly so as, in use, to extend across the top of the wearer's head in opposing relation to the face seal 6, thereby pulling the face seal up against the wearer's face. A head panel 1 extends between and is connected to the crown strap 2 and the rear of head strap 4 so as to be diametrically opposite to the face seal 6, and a hood 11 extends from the brow support 5 rearward over the head panel 1 so as, in use, to enclose the wearer's head and protect against exposure to hazardous material whereby, in use, the head panel 1 engages the top of the wearer's head so as to properly locate the assembly on the wearer's head. |
| US10086217B2 |
Electrosurgical ultrasonic vessel sealing and dissecting system
An ultrasonic motion generator includes a non-resonant inverter, an ultrasonic transducer, and a comparator. The non-resonant inverter inverts direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC) having a first frequency. The ultrasonic transducer is electrically coupled with the non-resonant inverter and generates an ultrasonic motion based on the inverted AC. The comparator automatically detects a deviation of the first frequency from a resonant frequency of the ultrasonic transducer based on motion current passing through the ultrasonic transducer and generates an output signal based on the deviation to drive the non-resonant inverter. |
| US10086214B2 |
Integrated tomography—cancer treatment apparatus and method of use thereof
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for generation of two-dimensional images using X-rays, proton tomography, and/or carbon ion tomography to form one or more independent and/or integrated three-dimensional images of a tumor, where the proton and carbon cation beams use common elements of a tumor treatment beam, such as an injector, accelerator, and/or beam transport device. A previously collected image of the tumor and/or a current/real-time image control slice is used in control of a multi-axes and/or a multi-field tumor irradiation system for cancer irradiation. |
| US10086213B2 |
Mobile gynecological balloon devices and methods
Brachytherapy oncology treatment systems and methods are provided. One such system and method employs a catheter or tandem and a mobile balloon device having an enclosed inner volume and an internal surface with an internal perimeter size larger than the external surface perimeter size and adequate to allow sliding longitudinal movement between the catheter or tandem and the mobile balloon device. The mobile balloon device has a radiation dose delivery tube that is at or moves by inflation to a strategic radiation dose delivery location for brachytherapy. An embodiment allows for a multi-part catheter or tandem having a detachable distal section suitable for retaining within a body cavity such as the uterus, both during radiation treatment and during recovery time between radiation treatments. This distal portion can be intended for single-patient use and be disposed of after completion of a radiation treatment session having multiple radiation dose treatment times. One or both of real time in vivo detection and monitoring and hypertherapy features can be included. |
| US10086210B2 |
Shock determination based on prior shocks
A system for managing care of a person receiving emergency cardiac assistance is disclosed that includes one or more capacitors for delivering a defibrillating shock to a patient; one or more electronic ports for receiving signals from sensors for obtaining indications of an electrocardiogram (ECG) for the patient; a patient treatment module executable on one or more computer processors to provide a determination of a likelihood of success from delivering a future defibrillating shock to the person with the one or more capacitors, using (a) information about a prior defibrillating shock, and (b) a value that is a function of current ECG signals from the patient. |
| US10086200B2 |
Neural stimulation electrodes
The present invention relates to a neural prosthesis. In its most general form, the neural prosthesis comprises an electrode array including a stimulating electrode (801) and a bipolar return electrode (802). The neural prosthesis also comprises a monopolar return electrode (806), a first electrical return path (812) associated with the bipolar return electrode (802) and a second electrical return path (814) associated with the monopolar return electrode (806) wherein, in use, the stimulating electrode (801) provides a stimulating current to the tissue of a recipient and a total return current is divided between a first current in the first electrical return path (812) and a second current in the second electrical return path (814). |
| US10086193B2 |
Apparatus for securing a therapy delivery device within a burr hole and method for making same
Apparatus for securing a therapy delivery device relative to a burr hole and method for making same. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a base for seating in or near the burr hole. The apparatus may further include a stabilizer that may be engaged with the therapy delivery device. The stabilizer may include a surface coating or treatment operable to enhance frictional engagement with the therapy delivery device. |
| US10086188B2 |
Medical connectors and methods of use
Some embodiments disclosed herein relate to a medical connector having a backflow resistance module configured to prevent fluid from being drawn into the connector when a backflow inducing event occurs. In some embodiments, the backflow resistance module can include a variable-volume chamber configured to change in volume in response to a backflow-inducing event and a check valve configured to resist backflow. In some embodiments, the medical connector can include a fluid diverter configured to direct fluid flowing through the medical connector into the variable volume chamber to prevent fluid stagnation therein. In some embodiments, the medical connector includes a body member, a base member, a seal member, a support member, and a valve member. |
| US10086186B2 |
Radiopaque and septum-based indicators for a multi-lumen implantable port
An implantable multi-lumen access port including indicators for ascertaining characteristics of the port is disclosed. In one embodiment, the access port comprises a housing that defines a first reservoir and a second reservoir. A first septum and second septum are respectively coupled with the housing to provide selective access to the first and second reservoirs. Each septum includes a plurality of protrusions defined about a periphery thereof that are palpable after implantation of the port in a patient to determine a relative position of the first septum with respect to the second septum. A radiographically observable indicator is also included on a base of the housing, so as to provide information relating to a characteristic of the dual-lumen port, such as suitability for power injection of fluids. The indicator in one embodiment includes a substantially rigid radiopaque component. |
| US10086183B2 |
Applicator
An applicator is configured to transfer an active ingredient into a body through skin by a puncture in the skin with microneedles. The applicator includes a piston plate that is provided with a first protrusion part and second protrusion parts on a lower surface side of a main body of the piston plate. The microneedles are provided on a surface of the first protrusion part. The second protrusion parts are provided in a periphery of the first protrusion part while spaced apart from the first protrusion part. |
| US10086182B2 |
Steam therapy equipment for good health and wellness
A steam therapy equipment including a vessel for heating a mixture of water and organic materials, a compressor to inject pressurized air into the vessel producing pressurized steam. The pressurized steam is conducted into the equipment via one or more valves. The therapy equipment is formed from at least one panel and may include a supporting frame. The therapy equipment includes a temperature sensor to measure the temperature inside the therapy equipment when pressurized steam is admitted via the valves. A patient enters the equipment and is exposed to the pressurized steam, causing dilation of the skin pores of the patient, whereby toxins are removed from the patient. One or more applicators may conduct pressurized steam to specific portions of the body of the patient. The patient may be provided with a portion of the mixture to consume as part of the steam therapy treatment. |
| US10086180B2 |
Foldable urinary catheter
A foldable urinary catheter is provided for draining the human bladder defining an internal flow path for urine, with a catheter tube for insertion into the urethra, the catheter tube having at least one hinge which can enable the catheter into a folded, compact storage condition and an unfolded, straight ready-for-use condition as well as to a foldable urinary catheter kit. A foldable urinary catheter and a foldable urinary catheter kit are provided which are very small and compact in a transport or storage condition and which provide a long insertable length of the catheter tube. The hinge in the catheter tube is provided in the insertable length of the catheter tube and is configured for stabilizing the ready-for-use condition. The kit includes the foldable urinary catheter and a catheter package which tightly surrounds the folded catheter. |
| US10086179B2 |
Medical balloon
A medical balloon for a balloon catheter is described. The balloon has at least a first layer made from a first material and a second layer made from a second material, said first and second layers being in overlying relationship with one another and being integral with one another; wherein the first layer has a softening or melting temperature which is higher than a softening or melting temperature of the second layer. A method of forming the medical balloon is also described, including locating a raw tubing in a mold; preheating and inflating the raw tubing so as to cause it to stretch; heating the raw tubing to soften or melt the second layer; setting the inflated raw tubing to form the medical balloon; and cooling the set balloon. |
| US10086176B2 |
Balloon catheter and methods for use
Apparatus and methods are provided for treating a lesion within a body lumen using a catheter including a balloon on its distal end and an abrasive distal tip extending distally beyond the balloon. The distal tip may terminate in a sharpened tip for penetrating occlusive material, e.g., a beveled tip, and includes abrasive material on an outer surface thereof, e.g., abrasive grit, cutting elements, and the like, for abrading occlusive material adjacent the distal tip. The abrasive material may be arranged in a predetermined pattern, e.g., an axial, circumferential, or helical pattern, to facilitate abrading occlusive material. The distal tip may have a substantially uniform diameter or tapered shape along its length. |
| US10086173B2 |
Balloon catheter systems and methods
The embodiments disclosed herein relate to balloon catheter assemblies. The balloon catheter assemblies can include a plurality of ports, a junction hub, an elongated member, and an inflation balloon. The balloon catheter assemblies can also include a reinforced tubular shaft extending through the inflation balloon. The balloon catheter assemblies can also include a retaining mechanism that can be removably attached to the junction hub. |
| US10086169B2 |
Medical guide element with diameter transition
Improved methods for percutaneously creating, entering and/or dilating an opening in the wall of a blood vessel or other anatomic structure. The improvement comprises deploying a guide element having a proximal segment and a distal segment, the diameter of said distal segment being greater than the diameter of said proximal segment at their juncture, and which at said juncture forms an abrupt circumferential step comprising a proximally-facing surface. Said proximally-facing surface abuts the catheter's tip and shields said tip, thereby facilitating passage of said catheter as it enters and passes through said opening in said wall of a blood vessel or other anatomic structure. |
| US10086168B2 |
External catheter stabilizer
An external catheter stabilizer device for stabilizing and retaining a catheter tube at a stoma includes a base portion and a central portion. The base portion is configured to be affixed at a patient so as to generally surround a stoma. The central portion has a passageway therethrough that is configured to receive a tube that passes through the stoma. The base portion is attached to the central portion via at least two spaced apart spokes. A catheter tube retaining element is disposed radially outboard of the passageway and is configured to receive and retain a portion of the catheter tube therein. When the base portion is affixed at a patient, the central portion is spaced away from the patient. The device may include features that provide both stabilization and selectable modes of operation, such as a free-flow mode and a no-flow mode. |
| US10086167B2 |
Coaxial bi-directional catheter
A deflectable catheter including an outer member having a proximal portion and a distal portion, an elongated column member extending distally from the outer member and an inner member positioned coaxial with the outer member and attached to the column member. The inner member extends distally of the outer member and has a distal tip portion. A reinforcement member is positioned over the column member to restrict axial movement of the column member such that when one of the inner member or outer member is moved with respect to the other, axial compression of the column member is restricted by the reinforcement member causing the distal tip portion of the inner member to deflect laterally. |
| US10086165B2 |
Auscultation interface
The present invention provides a kit comprising a unibody auscultation interface for use with mechanical ventilation or intubation, formed from a single contiguous nonmetallic piece, the piece being shaped into a cylindrical member having opposing ends respectively adapted to frictionally connect to the external end of an endotracheal tube and either the stem of a Y piece or the patient end of a common conduit, the cylindrical member having an opening in its wall, the perimeter of which seamlessly elaborates a flared turret whose roof is adapted for non-adherent contact with the chest piece of a stethoscope; and, packaging moans for enclosing the auscultation interface aseptically. The present invention additionally provides an endotracheal tube, Y piece, breathing circuit and mechanical ventilation system incorporating the auscultation interface. |
| US10086159B2 |
Laryngeal mask
A laryngeal mask for use in a patient includes an airway tube having an inner lumen and a distal end; and a mask portion connected at a proximal end thereof to the distal end of the airway tube and having a distal tip opposite the proximal end. The mask portion includes an inflatable cuff including an anterior cuff surface configured to contact the patient's tissue when the inflatable cuff is inflated; and a wedge portion including a stabilization surface and two walls connected to the inflatable cuff and extending therefrom toward the stabilization surface, the stabilization surface extending from the distal tip of the mask portion toward the distal end of the airway tube at a wedge angle of between about 12 and 30 degrees, the wedge angle formed between the stabilization surface and the anterior cuff surface when the inflatable mask is inflated, whereby the stabilization surface is transversely and longitudinally substantially flat to stabilize the laryngeal mask in use. The laryngeal mask has a gastric tube with a varying inner tube diameter. |
| US10086157B2 |
System and method for improved compliance in respiratory therapy
Systems and methods to provide respiratory therapy may determine a target pressure level in a current therapy session on the successful completion and/or compliance of a patient (for example for at least a threshold amount of respiratory therapy) during one or more prior therapy sessions. By gradually increasing the provided pressure level, patients may improve compliance, comfort, and/or other indicators of how well-tolerated the respiratory therapy is for a patient. |
| US10086155B2 |
Metered-dose inhaler
An inhaler including a medicament-containing vessel; an actuator body for receiving the vessel and having a medicament delivery outlet, wherein the vessel is releasably attachable to the actuator body; a dose counter integrated into the actuator body; and a first indicium on the vessel and a second indicium on the actuator body, wherein the first indicium and the second indicium identify the vessel and the actuator body to be part of the same metered-dose inhaler. Also provided is a kit including the metered-dose inhaler and at least one pair of stickers and a method for manufacturing the metered-dose inhaler. |
| US10086151B2 |
Needle assembly
A needle assembly has a needle hub that has a body to which are formed two plates at opposite sides thereof in a parallel relationship. The plates have respective upper edges and lower edges that lie substantially along respective planes, so that the needle hub may be stably placed onto a surface by means of the respective edges. A partition is formed orthogonally proximate to the front ends of the parallel plates. The partition and the parallel plates together provide upper and lower three point stable supports for the needle hub. A notch at the partition provides a guided line of sight to the tip of the needle for the user. The connector at the proximal portion of the needle hub has a non-conventional configuration that allows it to mate only with a counterpart special connector of a fluid conveying device that has a complementary non-conventional configuration. |
| US10086147B2 |
Dose capture device for syringes
Described herein is a smart dose monitoring device. The dose monitoring device may include electronics such as motion sensors, orientation sensors, and timers related to monitoring the time of and amount of dose administered during an injection event. |
| US10086146B2 |
Flowable composition applicator
Described are applicators having a plunger with a plunger body, and a tube having a receptacle end for insertion of the plunger, and a connector end formed of flexible plastic material having a bull-nose shape. As an example, the plunger body can include a viewing window. As another example, the connector end has an internal surface that is free of threaded connectors. The connector end can also have a snap-fit coupling design to couple to a snap-fit nozzle. The snap-fit nozzle can be connected to an adaptor cap or an administering tool of a metering dispenser. |
| US10086142B2 |
Medical devices for blood reflux prevention and methods of use
Described is a catheter patency maintenance device comprising of a flush syringe, an elongate plunger rod with a stopper slidably positioned within the barrel, a cap, disinfectant and a valve movable between an open position and a closed position. The valve may include a valve stem and/or openings in the valve to permit fluid flow. Methods of using the flush syringe assemblies are also described. |
| US10086139B2 |
Device for treating an individual suffering from cardiac insufficiency, cardiac arrest, circulatory arrest or stroke
The invention relates to a device for treating an individual suffering from cardiac or circulatory arrest or from a stroke, comprising a blood withdrawal device (BE) that is applied to the individual (P), an analysis unit (BA) which is directly or indirectly connected to the blood withdrawal device for detecting a blood analysis result (BAE) providing at least one characteristic of the blood, directly or indirectly connected to a blood return device (BR) that is applied to the individual (P) and is designed to deliver a substance to the individual via the return device (BR). |
| US10086138B1 |
Autonomous drug delivery system
An autonomous drug delivery system advantageously utilizes physiological monitor outputs so as to automatically give a bolus of a rescue drug or other necessary medication when certain criteria and confidence levels are met. An emergency button is provided to manually trigger administration of the rescue drug. The rescue drug may be an opioid antagonist in response to an analgesia overdose, a hypotensive drug to avert an excessive drop in blood pressure or an anti-arrhythmia drug to suppress abnormal heartbeats, to name a few. |
| US10086132B2 |
Infusion device
A mechanical infusion pump device for injecting medication into a patient's IV, includes an IV reservoir and a syringe communicated to the IV reservoir and having a syringe plunger connected to a filling plunger that is moved with the syringe plunger in a first syringe-filling direction to fill the syringe with fluid medication. Biasing weight(s) is/are provided on the filling plunger for exerting bias or force from gravity on the filling plunger and the syringe plunger in a second syringe-discharging direction to dispense medication from the syringe into the patient's IV when the filling plunger is released. Only a calibrated amount of medicine can be discharged to the patent's IV over time as determined by calibration of the biasing weights and the metering element located between the syringe and the patient's IV for a given viscosity of the medication. |
| US10086131B2 |
Medical instrument housing container
A medical instrument housing container includes a container body including a substantially rectangular base, a peripheral wall having a lower end that is contiguous to a perimeter of the base and that extends upward, and a peripheral edge member that comprises a plurality of peripheral edges, that is contiguous to an upper end of the peripheral wall, and that extends outwardly, wherein the substantially rectangular base, the peripheral wall, and the peripheral edge member are molded from resin, and the container body has an opening surrounded by the peripheral edge member; a plurality of medical instruments held in the container body; and a protection film that is adhered or heat-sealed to the peripheral edge member for covering and sealing the opening. At least a portion of the peripheral edge member is curved inwardly. The protection film covers the opening in a flexed condition. |
| US10086129B2 |
Valve, implant including the valve, fluid transfer arrangement, and method of treatment using the same
A valve includes a housing with a cavity having at least one connector fluidically connecting the cavity to an outside of the housing and a plug that is movable within the housing. The plug is movable at least between a first position that substantially occludes fluidic communication between the cavity and an outside of the housing through the at least one connector and a second position that allows fluidic communication between the cavity and the outside of the housing through the at least one connector. The valve also includes a septum in operable communication with the housing that is sealingly penetrable by a fluid transfer device, wherein the fluid transfer device is capable of moving the plug between at least the first position and the second position. |
| US10086125B2 |
Dialysis medical system with a portable control unit
This disclosure relates to detecting fluid in medical tubing. In certain aspects, a method is performed by a data processing apparatus. The method includes controlling repetitive activation of the ultrasonic transmitter. The method also includes receiving a signal from the ultrasonic receiver during an activation of the ultrasonic transmitter. The method also includes determining that fluid is absent or present in a portion of the medical fluid tube based on a comparison between the signal and a threshold value. |
| US10086123B2 |
Integrated device for liver support system
An extracorporeal system for liver dialysis comprises a filter device having hollow fibers with integrated ion-exchange particles and hydrophobic adsorbent particles in the filtrate space. The system can be used for the treatment of acute liver failure and acute-on-chronic liver failure. |
| US10086121B2 |
Catheter pump
A catheter pump is provided that includes a rotatable impeller and an elongate cannula. The elongate cannula has a mesh that has a plurality of circumferential members disposed about the impeller. The elongate cannula has a plurality of axial connector extending between a proximal side of a distal circumferential member and a distal side of a proximal circumferential member. The circumferential members are radially self-expandable. The cannula is configured to minimize fracture within at least in the distal zone of the mesh as the elongated cannula moves into a sheathing device. |
| US10086119B2 |
Systems and methods for positioning fluid supply system
Fluid supply systems and methods for therapeutic fluid delivery systems, including those used for negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) systems and methods. |
| US10086115B2 |
Anchorage devices comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient
An anchorage device comprising a mesh substrate coupled to an implantable medical device is disclosed, where the mesh substrate has a coating comprising a polymer, and the mesh further comprises at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient. The active pharmaceutical agent is designed to elute from the mesh over time. The mesh substrate can be configured to reduce the mass of the anchorage device such that tissue in-growth and/or scar tissue formation at the treatment site is reduced. In some embodiments, the mesh substrate can be formed with a mesh having a low areal density. In some embodiments, the mesh substrate can include one or more apertures or pores to reduce the mass of the substrate. |
| US10086114B2 |
Antimicrobial solutions with enhanced stability
Provided are antimicrobial solutions, including catheter lock solutions. In some embodiments, the solution contains an antibiotic (e.g., minocycline or trimethoprim), EDTA, and an alcohol (e.g., ethanol), wherein the pH of the solution is adjusted to about 6-8 to reduce precipitation. Methods of using the solutions and kits are also provided. |
| US10086111B2 |
Biomaterial, injectable implant comprising it, its method of preparation and its uses
This invention relates to a biomaterial comprising an injectable bioresorbable polysaccharide composition wherein the polysaccharide may be succinochitosan glutamate. This invention also relates to a biomaterial comprising an injectable bioresorbable polysaccharide composition in which resorbable particles may be in suspension, the said particles comprising or consisting essentially of chitin and/or chitosan, which may be free of any additional formulation modifying agents, and a process for manufacturing the same. This invention also relates to a medical device including said biomaterial and to a method of repair or treatment including the filling of cavities in the human face or body. |
| US10086106B2 |
Clay-based hemostatic agents
A hemostatic device for promoting the clotting of blood includes a gauze substrate, a clay material disposed on the gauze substrate, and also a polyol such as glycerol or the like disposed on the gauze substrate to bind the clay material. When the device is used to treat a bleeding wound, at least a portion of the clay material comes into contact with blood emanating from the wound to cause the clotting. A bandage that can be applied to a bleeding wound to promote the clotting of blood includes a flexible substrate and a gauze substrate mounted thereon. The gauze substrate includes a clay material and a polyol. A hemostatic sponge also includes a gauze substrate and a dispersion of hemostatic material and a polyol on a first surface of the substrate. |
| US10086105B2 |
Chitosan foam medical devices and methods
The invention provides a solid foam wound dressing useful for hemorrhage control and wound repair, as well as methods for making such a wound dressing. |
| US10086104B2 |
Scented attachment for containers
Aspects of the disclosure include an attachment for providing a scent to a container. In some aspects, a scent delivery system includes a bottle including a collar and a ledge structure each extending circumferentially outward; a scent ring loaded with a volatile chemical agent to emanate and generate a scent and including an interior protruding structure projecting from an interior wall of the ring, the scent ring configured to fasten around the neck of the bottle based on contact between the interior protruding structure and the ledge structure of the bottle; and a cap reversibly attachable to the bottle and including an interior rim structure that circumferentially projects from the interior of the cap, where the cap is structured to enclose the scent ring in a compartment formed between the collar and the interior rim structure when the cap is securely fastened to the bottle and trap the scent. |
| US10086098B2 |
Systems and methods for decontamination and/or sanitization
Generally discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods for decontamination and/or sanitization. A system may include a water inlet to provide water to a first conduit, an outlet to provide a fluid to an end user, a catholyte tank to provide catholyte to a second conduit, an anolyte tank to provide anolyte to a third conduit, and an adapter coupled to the first, second, and third conduits, the adapter including one or more fluid paths therethrough to the outlet, the adapter to selectively provide one or more of the water, the catholyte, and the anolyte as the fluid. |
| US10086095B2 |
Rod-shaped plant virus nanoparticles as imaging agent platforms
A rod-shaped plant virus having an interior surface and an exterior surface, and at least one imaging agent that is linked to the interior and/or exterior surface is described. The rod-shaped viruses can be combined into larger spherical nanoparticles. A rod-shaped plant virus or spherical nanoparticles including an imaging agent can be used in a method of generating an image of a tissue region of a subject such as a tumor or atherosclerotic tissue by administering the virus particle to the subject and generating an image of the tissue region of the subject to which the virus particle has been distributed. |
| US10086093B2 |
miRNA profiling compositions and methods of use
Disclosed herein is a nanosensor of miRNA activity in a target cell, and methods of use, for detection and diagnostic applications. The nanosensor comprises a delivery particle comprising an iron oxide crystal coated with a polymer; and a sensor oligonucleotide covalently attached to the polymer. The sensor oligonucleotide comprises a seed region, comprising a nucleic acid sequence that is completely complementary to the target miRNA and comprises a cleavage site which can be engaged and cleaved by the target miRNA. |
| US10086092B2 |
Hyperpolarized noble gas production systems with nanocluster suppression, detection and/or filtering and related methods and devices
Systems, methods and related devices used to produce and collect polarized noble gas to inhibit, suppress, detect or filter alkali metal nanoclusters to preserve or increase a polarization level thereof. The systems can include a pre-sat chamber that has an Area Ratio between 20 and 500. |
| US10086087B2 |
Modified release formulations containing drug-ion exchange resin complexes
A particulate, modified release barrier coated drug-cation exchange resin complex comprising a core composed of a drug complexed with a pharmaceutically acceptable ion-exchange resin is provided. Methods of making and products containing this coated complex are described. |
| US10086079B2 |
Biocomposites and methods of making the same
In general, the present invention is related to biopolymer and biocomposite materials and structures, and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, the present invention is directed to oriented collagen based biocomposite materials and structures, and methods of making. |
| US10086076B2 |
Interleukin-13 binding proteins
The present invention encompasses IL-13 binding proteins. Specifically, the invention relates to antibodies that are chimeric, CDR grafted and humanized antibodies. Preferred antibodies have high affinity for hIL-13 and neutralize hIL-13 activity in vitro and in vivo. An antibody of the invention can be a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Method of making and method of using the antibodies of the invention are also provided. The antibodies, or antibody portions, of the invention are useful for detecting hIL-13 and for inhibiting hIL-13 activity, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which hIL-13 activity is detrimental. |
| US10086074B2 |
Compositions and method for light triggered release of materials from nanovesicles
Provided are compositions comprising porphyrin-phospholipid nanovesicles (PoP-NVs) which can be loaded with cargo. Methods for release of cargo from the PoP-NVs triggered by near infrared (NIR) light are also disclosed. |
| US10086073B2 |
Ligands to radiation-induced molecules
A method for identifying a molecule that binds an irradiated tumor in a subject and molecules identified thereby. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of (a) exposing a tumor to ionizing radiation; (b) administering to a subject a library of diverse molecules; and (c) isolating from the tumor one or more molecules of the library of diverse molecules, whereby a molecule that binds an irradiated tumor is identified. Also provided are targeting ligands that bind an irradiated tumor and therapeutic and diagnostic methods that employ the disclosed targeting ligands. |
| US10086071B2 |
Methods of treating a subject for a condition
Methods are provided for treating a subject for at least one condition that includes inflammation, a blood clotting condition and autonomic nervous system dysfunction such as adrenergia, e.g., simultaneously. Also provided are kits for use in practicing the subject methods. |
| US10086065B2 |
Rabies glycoprotein virus-like particles (VLPS)
The present invention is generally related to virus-like particles (VLPs) comprising rabies virus (RV) glycoproteins (G proteins) and methods for making and using them, including immunogenic compositions such as vaccines for the treatment and/or prevention of rabies virus infection. |
| US10086063B2 |
Methods of making and using live attenuated viruses
This disclosure provides a platform for making live, attenuated viruses. This disclosure also provides methods of using the live, attenuated viruses. |
| US10086060B2 |
Immunogenic proteins and compositions
The invention provides proteins and compositions for the treatment and prevention of Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B streptococcus; GBS). |
| US10086051B2 |
Use of hyaluronidase for the prevention or treatment of arterial hypertension or cardiac insufficiency
The present invention relates to the use of hyaluronidase for the prevention and/or treatment of arterial hypertension or cardiac insufficiency. In addition, the present invention provides a composition and a combined preparation each comprising hyaluronidase and at least one further antihypertensive, and a method of prevention and/or treating arterial hypertension or cardiac insufficiency in a patient in need thereof, wherein the patient is administered a therapeutically effective amount of hyaluronidase. |
| US10086050B2 |
Treating infection
The present invention relates to Surfactant Protein D (SP-D) or nucleic acids encoding SP-D or variants thereof such as surfactant protein A or mannan binding lectin for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a parasitic infection. Methods for determining the presence of a parasitic infection by determining levels of SP-D in a sample are also disclosed. Also disclosed are helminths for treating allergy, inflammation or infection. |
| US10086047B2 |
Solid compositions comprising a GLP-1 agonist and a salt of N-(8-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)amino)caprylic acid
The present invention relates to solid compositions comprising a GLP-1 agonist and a salt of N-(8-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)amino)caprylic acid and their use in medicine. |
| US10086046B2 |
Agent for the treatment and or prophylaxis of an autoimmune disease and for the formation of regulatory T cells
The present invention relates to an agent for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of an autoimmune disease, an agent for the formation of regulatory T cells (TReg) in an organism and various methods in which the agents according to the invention are used. |
| US10086044B2 |
Heparan sulphate which binds BMP2
The invention relates to heparan sulphate GAGs obtained by affinity chromatography using the heparin-binding domain of BMP2. The GAGs were obtained from osteoblast extracellular matrix and from a commercially available heparan sulfate (Celsus HS). |
| US10086043B2 |
Efficient protein expression in vivo using modified RNA (MOD-RNA)
Aspects of the invention described herein relate to synthetic, modified RNAs and their use in vivo to modulate gene expression. Aspects of the invention further relate to the use of these synthetic, modified RNAs in myocytes, cardiomyoctes, and tumors. |
| US10086037B2 |
Compositions and methods to prevent cancer with cupredoxins
The present invention discloses methods and materials for delivering a cargo compound into a cancer cell. Delivery of the cargo compound is accomplished by the use of protein transduction domains derived from cupredoxins. The cargo compound may be a nucleic acid and specifically a DNA, RNA or anti-sense. The invention further discloses methods for treating cancer and diagnosing cancer. |
| US10086036B2 |
Bleomycin-based compositions and use thereof for treating loose skin and fatty tissue
A composition for displacing loose skin and removing subcutaneous deposits of fatty tissue. The composition includes effective amounts of one or more bleomycin-type drugs that are operative to cause apoptosis in localized fat cells, thus causing permanent eradication of such cells. Loose skin is likewise displaced with dense fibrous tissue produced via selective scarring induced by the active bleomycin-type drugs. The compositions are formulated as creams, lotions, gels, waxes, foams, sprays and the like for selectively applied, local topical application, and may also be administered as a conventional transdermal patch. The compositions may alternatively be formulated to be injected into the skin. |
| US10086035B2 |
Compositions and methods for invasive and non-invasive procedural skincare
Compositions and methods for skincare treatment are provided. The invention relates more generally to skin care treatment and more particularly, to compositions and methods for promoting healthy skin, skin regeneration, skin repair, skin bed preparation, and enhanced wound healing. |
| US10086034B2 |
Compositions and methods for inducing urinary voiding and defecation
Methods, pharmaceutical formulations, and kits are provided for using neurokinin 2 receptor agonists to effectuate voluntary “on-demand” voiding of urine and feces in mammals who cannot void without external invasion of the bladder and bowel or those who void involuntarily (i.e., those having urinary and/or fecal incontinence). The pharmaceutical formulations and kits can also be useful for inducing voiding of urine and defecation in mammals that do not have a voiding dysfunction such as, for example, in a person who is comatose and may void unconsciously or in a pet at a convenient location at a specific time. The methods and compositions provide patients with voiding dysfunction control over when and where they void. |
| US10086032B2 |
Method for preparing a Camellia nitidissima Chi lipid-lowering and hypoglycemic agent
The present invention discloses a method for preparing a Camellia nitidissima Chi lipid-lowering and hypoglycemic agent. Active components such as tea polysaccharides, tea polyphenols, and flavones are extracted from Camellia nitidissima Chi and purified, which are then mixed with pharmaceutical excipients such as hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and triethyl citrate to prepare various pills, tablets, capsules, granules, etc. including sustained release agents and controlled release agents. Thereby, clinical or health care medicine effects of the Camellia nitidissima Chi lipid-lowering and hypoglycemic agent are improved, a dosing frequency is reduced, interference of impurities with the medicine effect is eliminated, relative bioavailability and safety of the active components of the Camellia nitidissima Chi lipid-lowering and hypoglycemic agent in a human body are enhanced, and compliance of a patient is improved. |
| US10086030B2 |
Use of composition in preparing health care products or medicines for preventing and treating allergic diseases
The present invention relates to use of a composition in the manufacture of health care products or medicaments for prevention and treatment of allergic diseases. The composition is made from raw materials comprising 5 to 200 parts by weight of Ganoderma, 5 to 150 parts by weight of Radix Panacis Quinquefolii or Radix Et Rhizoma Ginseng, 1 to 90 parts by weight of fermented Cordyceps sinensis powder and/or 1 to 120 parts by weight of Cordyceps, or is a composition made from water and/or alcohol extracts of the above raw materials as active components. The allergic diseases include allergic rhinitis, allergic dermatitis, urticaria, and/or allergic asthma. |
| US10086028B2 |
Method for treating vascular inflammation, improving skin beauty and improving male sexual function using ginseng berry
The present disclosure discloses a method for treating vascular inflammation, improving skin beauty and improving male sexual function of a subject by administering a ginseng berry extract to the subject. |
| US10086026B2 |
Combined herbal and pharmaceutical composition and method
An herbal combination composition can include, herbal extracts, including combinations of: Hyssopus officinalis, Zingiber officinale, Viola odorata, Ziziphus jujuba, Chamomile, and Ocimum tenuiflorum; pharmaceutical compositions, including combinations of: dextromethorphan, guaifenesin, acetaminophen, phenylephrine, diphenhydramine; polyethylene glycol; propylene glycol; poloxamer 407; ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; methyl paraben; potassium sorbate; propyl paraben; xanthan gum; citric acid; anhydrous citric; and purified acetate buffered water. Also disclosed is a method for manufacture of an herbal combination composition, including dissolving herbal extracts, adding poloxamer, adding pharmaceutical compositions, adding acetate buffer, adding xanthan gum gel, adding acetate buffer. |
| US10086022B2 |
Compositions comprising bacterial strains
The invention provides compositions comprising one or more bacterial strains for treating or preventing visceral hypersensitivity. |
| US10086019B1 |
Method to reduce insulin resistance and improve glucose tolerance using Parabacteroides goldsteinii
The present invention provides a method to reduce insulin resistance and improve glucose tolerance by administering the probiotic bacterium Parabacteroides goldsteinii. This probiotic bacterium can therefore be used to treat insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes. |
| US10086013B2 |
Amino acid-, peptide- and polypeptide-lipids, isomers, compositions, and uses thereof
Described herein are compounds and compositions characterized, in certain embodiments, by conjugation of various groups, such as lipophilic groups, to an amino or amide group of an amino acid, a linear or cyclic peptide, a linear or cyclic polypeptide, or structural isomer thereof, to provide compounds of the present invention, collectively referred to herein as “APPLs”. Such APPLs are deemed useful for a variety of applications, such as, for example, improved nucleotide delivery. Exemplary APPLs include, but are not limited to, compounds of Formula (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), and (VI), and salts thereof, as described herein: wherein m, n, p, R′, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, Z, W, Y, and Z are as defined herein. |
| US10086012B2 |
Control and characterization of memory function
Provided herein are devices and methods for reversibly controlling memory function in living non-human animals. Some variations of methods for affecting memory function comprise temporarily inhibiting neurons of the hippocampus (e.g., neurons of the dorsal CA1 field of the hippocampus) during the acquisition or retrieval of a memory. Alternatively or additionally, methods for reversibly affecting memory function comprise inhibiting neurons of the amygdala (e.g. basolateral amygdala) and/or neurons of the cingulate cortex (e.g., anterior cingulated cortex). Methods for disrupting the formation and recall of memories by inhibiting excitatory neurons expressing light-activated proteins are disclosed herein. One or more methods for reversibly affecting memory function described herein can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of pharmacological agents in treating PTSD and/or various memory disorders. |
| US10086008B2 |
Topical antifungal compositions and methods of use thereof
Described herein are topical anti-fungal pastes and methods that treat fungal infections of the skin, reduce the severity and duration of symptoms of fungal infections of the skin, and prevent recurrence of fungal infections. The topical pastes described herein are composed of an admixture of one or more antifungal agents, excipient inert powder, and a pharmaceutically acceptable topical carrier. The compositions and methods described herein minimize fungal resistance and maximize the number of targeted fungal strains. Additionally, the compounds and methods do not suppress the body's immune system either locally or systemically, thus allowing for a faster restoration of normal skin flora. The compositions and methods described herein are particularly suitable for use in infants and children as well as in immunocompromised individuals, diabetics, and the obese. |
| US10085998B2 |
Salts of potassium ATP channel openers and uses thereof
Provided are immediate or prolonged administration of certain salts of KATP channel openers such as diazoxide to a subject to achieve novel pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic, therapeutic, physiological, metabolic and compositional outcomes in the treatment of diseases or conditions involving KATP channels. Also provided are pharmaceutical formulations, methods of administration and dosing of the salts that achieve these outcomes and reduce the incidence of adverse effects in treated individuals. Further provided are method of co-administering the salts with other drugs to treat diseases of humans and animals. |
| US10085997B2 |
Method of treating microbial infections
The disclosure provides for novel antimicrobial agents, methods of making, and methods of use thereof. |
| US10085995B2 |
Topical compositions and methods of treatment of anorectal disorders
A topical anorectal composition includes trimethylsiloxysilicate; at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of sodium lauryl sulfate, alkyl- and alkoxy-dimethicone copolyol, polysorbate and a combination thereof; a non-polar volatile siloxane solvent; at least 15% (w/w) water, and a pharmaceutical agent selected from the group consisting of pramoxine, phenylephrine, hydrocortisone, salicylic acid, nitroglycerine, sildenafil, or their salts and combinations thereof, wherein the composition is sufficiently designed to dry within 60 seconds after application to the anorectal mucosa to form a dried composition, and wherein the dried composition forms: a flexible film, wherein the flexible film closely follows irregularities of the body surface as well as movement of the body surface, and (ii) a durable film, wherein the durable film does not crack or flake off and remains intact for more than 12 hours giving release of the pharmaceutical agent for an extended period of time. |
| US10085994B2 |
Topical compositions and methods of treatment of topical disorders
A topical composition includes at least one film forming ingredient; at least one surfactant; at least one non-polar volatile siloxane solvent; at least 15% (w/w) water; and a therapeutically effective concentration of at least one pharmaceutical agent, wherein the composition is sufficiently designed to dry within 60 seconds after application to a body surface to form a dried composition, and wherein the dried composition forms: a flexible film, wherein the flexible film closely follows irregularities of the body surface as well as movement of the body surface, and (ii) a durable film, wherein the durable film does not crack or flake off and remains intact for more than 12 hours giving release of the pharmaceutical agent for an extended period of time. |
| US10085993B2 |
Tablet formulation of 2-fluoro-N-methyl-4-[ 7-( quinolin-6-ylmethyl) imidazo [1,2-B] [1,2,4] triazin-2-yl] benzamide
The present invention is related to tablets comprising of 2-fluoro-N-methyl-4-[7-(quinolin-6-ylmethyl)imidazo[1,2-b][1,2,4]triazin-2-yl]benzamide, processes for the production thereof, and uses in the treatment of certain cancers. |
| US10085991B2 |
Formulation inhibiting effects of low acid environment
The present invention is directed to formulations comprising PVP polymer, a dispersion of a compound of Formula I (API), and citric acid, which formulations mitigate the effects of coadministering the compound of Formula I with a proton pump inhibitor compound. |
| US10085989B2 |
Compounds and compositions for the treatment of parasitic diseases
The present invention provides compounds of Formula A: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, or stereoisomer, thereof, wherein the variables are as defined herein. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds for treating, preventing, inhibiting, ameliorating, or eradicating the pathology and/or symptomology of a disease caused by a parasite, such as leishmaniasis, human African trypanosomiasis and Chagas disease. |
| US10085986B2 |
Pyrimidinone compounds and their use
The present invention provides compounds of formula (1) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, Y and Z are as defined in the specification, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in therapy. |
| US10085982B2 |
Combinations
The invention relates to a combination of a first compound selected from N-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N′-(1-methylethyl)-N-[3-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)quinoxalin-6-yl]ethane-1,2-diamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof, and N-(2-fluoro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(1H-imidazol-2-ylmethyl)-3-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)pyrido[2,3-b]pyrazin-6-amine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof; and a second compound which is a cMet inhibitor. The combination is for use in the treatment of a proliferative disorder, in particular for use in the treatment of cancer. The FGFR inhibitor (N-(3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N′-(1-methylethyl)-N-[3-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)quinoxalin-6-yl]ethane-1,2-diamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof, and N-(2-fluoro-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-(1H-imidazol-2-ylmethyl)-3-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)pyrido[2,3-b]pyrazin-6-amine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof) and the cMet inhibitor can be administered simultaneously, separately or sequentially. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a combination according to the invention. |
| US10085979B2 |
Combinations for the treatment of neuroblastoma
Disclosed are methods of treating neuroblastoma in a cancer patient by administration of a Trk inhibitor in combination with one more chemotherapeutic agents. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Trk inhibitor and one or more chemotherapeutic agents. |
| US10085974B2 |
Dosage and formulation
The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions for inhalation comprising aclidinium in the form of a dry powder of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable dry powder carrier, providing a metered nominal dose of aclidinium equivalent to about 400 micrograms aclidinium bromide. |
| US10085972B2 |
Trifluoromethyl pyrazolyl guanidine F1F0-ATPase inhibitors and therapeutic uses thereof
The invention provides trifluoromethyl pyrazolyl guanidine compounds that inhibit F1F0-ATPase, and methods of using trifluoromethyl pyrazolyl guanidine compounds as therapeutic agents to treat medical disorders, such as an immune disorder, inflammatory condition, or cancer. |
| US10085971B2 |
Pharmaceutical solution of asenapine for sublingual or buccal use
A kit for treating psychosis by administering a pharmaceutically acceptable liquid composition of Asenapine to oral mucosa includes a formulation having Asenapine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, ethanol, and water and a multidose pump filled with the formulation. The Asenapine compositions are stable for an extended period of time at normal storage conditions. |
| US10085969B1 |
Sortilin binding compounds, formulations, and uses thereof
Provided herein are compounds and formulations thereof that can be capable of binding to sortilin or an analog thereof. Also provided herein are methods of administering the compounds and formulation provided herein to a subject in need thereof. |
| US10085968B2 |
Multicyclic compounds and methods of use thereof
Provided herein are multicyclic compounds of formula (IVa), shown below, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, m, and n are defined herein elsewhere, methods of their synthesis, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of their use. The compounds provided herein are useful for the treatment, prevention, and/or management of various neurological disorders, including but not limited to, psychosis and schizophrenia. |
| US10085963B2 |
Process and compositions for achieving mammalian energy balance
Disclosed is a method of achieving optimal mammalian energy balance using forskolin on a particular physiological and developmental stage of the mammalian cellular system. |
| US10085962B2 |
Lipidic furan, pyrrole, and thiophene compounds for treatment of cancer, neurological disorders, and fibrotic disorders
Compounds, methods, and compositions are provided for the treatment of cancer, neurological disorders, and fibrotic disorders. Specifically, the invention includes administering an effective amount of a compound of Formula I, II, or III, or a pharmaceutically acceptable composition, salt, isotopic analog, prodrug, or combination thereof, to a subject suffering from a cancer, neurological disorder, or fibrotic disorder. |
| US10085960B2 |
Methods and compositions for reducing ocular discomfort
The invention relates to compositions and devices which include an osmolytic agent, in particular a betaine or carnitine compound, for reducing ocular discomfort associated with various diseases or conditions, in particular diseases or conditions associated with high tear film tonicity. The invention also relates to methods of treating or preventing various diseases or conditions using compositions and devices of the invention. |
| US10085955B2 |
Methods and compositions for treatment of demyelinating diseases
Disclosed herein are new oral pharmaceutical compositions of SAMDC inhibitors, polyamine analogs, and polyamine biosynthesis inhibitors, and their application for the treatment of conditions including demyelinating diseases, autoimmune disorders affecting the nervous system, and other neurodegenerative conditions. |
| US10085951B2 |
Curcuminoid formulations and related methods of treatment
The invention provides novel curcuminoid formulations which have improved aqueous solubility and bioavailability when compared to known curcuminoid dosage forms. Formulations of the invention exhibit an enhanced intestinal absorption of curcuminoids, a slower curcuminoid metabolism and a reduced rate of systemic curcuminoid elimination. Additionally, upon administration in vivo, the formulations described and claimed herein produce a high, sustained level of the curcuminoid metabolite tetrahydrocurcumin. For example, at about eight to about ten hours after oral administration to a human, tetrahydrocurcumin plasma levels of between about 50 ng/mL to about 175 ng/mL are detectable, even when that metabolite is absent from the administered formulation. Novel processes for making curcuminoid formulations which have improved aqueous solubility and oral bioavailability, and methods of treating a wide variety of inflammatory, immune and neurogenerative disorders and cancers, are also provided. |
| US10085949B2 |
Method for producing a flurane complex
A method for producing a flurane complex, comprising the steps of producing an aqueous solution of sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin (SBECD); controlling the temperature of said solution to a temperature of from 2 to 15° C.; adding the flurane to the aqueous solution; allowing the solution to react to produce the complex; and separating the complex. |
| US10085945B2 |
Natural lubricant for direct compression and method for preparing natural tablet using the same
The present invention relates to a natural lubricant for direct compression and a method of preparing a synthetic additive-free natural tablet using the same. More particularly, the invention provides a crude fat-containing bean powder, which is used as a natural lubricant, and a method of preparing a natural tablet using the bean powder by a dry granulation process which is carried out using a roller compactor. |
| US10085942B2 |
Nanoparticles, method of preparing the same and their use
The present invention provides nanoparticles and a method of preparing the nanoparticles by using an ice template. Pharmaceutical formulations including such nanoparticles and their use are also described. The method allows for an environmentally friendly provision of advantageously small particles with higher production rate and improved reproducibility. |
| US10085941B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for parenteral administration, containing donepezil
The present invention relates to a composition for parenteral administration, containing donepezil as an active ingredient, and a preparation method therefor. Donepezil, which has been conventionally used for oral or transdermal administration, is prepared as microparticles comprising a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer and a release controller so as to be provided as a pharmaceutical composition for sustained release parenteral administration, thereby enabling in vivo sustained release continuously for 2-12 weeks or more. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the frequency of administration to a patient and maintain an effective concentration in the blood for a long time. |
| US10085937B2 |
Nasal drug products and methods of their use
Drug products adapted for nasal delivery, comprising a pre-primed device filled with a pharmaceutical composition comprising an opioid receptor antagonist, are provided. Methods of treating opioid overdose or its symptoms with the inventive drug products are also provided. |
| US10085932B2 |
Cosmetic composition comprising liquid fatty esters, volatile oils and thickeners, and cosmetic treatment processes
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition which is preferentially anhydrous, comprising from 10% to 40% by weight of liquid fatty esters, at least 30% by weight of volatile oils other than the liquid fatty esters, and thickeners. The composition may also comprise particles that are insoluble in the medium, such as pigments or microcapsules. The invention also relates to a cosmetic treatment process, especially for caring for or conditioning the hair, using this composition, which is more particularly intended for curly or frizzy hair. |
| US10085931B2 |
Process for protecting and repairing keratin fibres using anionic oxidized polysaccharides
The present invention relates to a cosmetic treatment process for keratin fibers which have not been artificially colored, in particular human keratin fibers such as the hair, which consists in using one or more anionic oxidized polysaccharides and in raising the temperature of the keratin fibers. |
| US10085909B2 |
Collapsible upright wheeled walker apparatus
A collapsible upright wheeled walker with adjustable armrests that support sufficient user upper-body weight to facilitate a natural upright gait and provide unassisted mobility for a wide range of mobility-impaired individuals. The apparatus may be easily and quickly folded (and unfolded) and may include bilateral stabilizing wheel suspensions to facilitate navigation over uneven terrain. The apparatus includes a frame-stiffening folder assembly and may also include mechanical brakes, an adjustable upper armrest assembly with removable padded forearm supports and two pairs of handles, at least one of which is disposed sufficiently forward to place the user within the polygonal footprint defined by the front and rear wheels to provide support without leaning, stooping, or risking falls. |
| US10085908B2 |
Holder and walking assistant robot having the same
A holder may be more easily mounted on a user's body by applying tension to a cable. An inner side surface of the holder with which the user's body comes in contact transmits uniform pressure to the user's body such that the holder may be more comfortable to the user. |
| US10085907B2 |
Extracorporeal life support system and methods of use thereof
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation systems and methods of use are disclosed. Several publications and patent documents are cited throughout the specification in order to describe the state of the art to which this invention pertains. Full citations of these references can be found throughout the specification. Each of these citations is incorporated herein by reference as though set forth in full. |
| US10085906B2 |
Medical apparatus for standing aid
A medical apparatus for standing aid comprising a backrest (4) that has at least one side thereof provided with a crank rocker mechanism that comprises a crank mechanism (1), a triangular linkage mechanism (2), and a rocker mechanism (3), the crank mechanism (1) being rotatably connected to the triangular linkage mechanism (2) such that an included angle between a second driven link (BE) of the triangular linkage mechanism (2) and the crank mechanism (1) is always smaller than 90°, and the crank mechanism (1) driving the triangular linkage mechanism (2), the rocker mechanism (3) and the backrest (4) connected to the triangular linkage mechanism (2) to perform interactive movement repeatedly along a predetermined curve trajectory in response to a driving force coming from a drive effect of a driving unit (100), so that the backrest (4) connected to the second driven link (BE) assists a trainee in standing up repeatedly by obliquely supporting the trainee's waist. |
| US10085902B2 |
Pediatric transport harness for an ambulance cot
Pediatric transport harness systems for an emergency cot including a harness support structure, a stabilizing strap, guide straps, and a harness restraint. The harness restraint is slidably engaged with the guide straps and is continuously positionable and secureable along the guide straps. Methods of securing a pediatric patient to the emergency cot using the pediatric transport harness system. |
| US10085897B2 |
Fastening systems for use with absorbent articles
A fastener for a disposable absorbent article, having a fixed portion attachable to the article, a connective portion joined to and contiguous with the fixed portion, and a folding line disposed between the fixed and connective portions. The fastener may be free of a release tape. The fastener may further comprise an adhesive disposed upon a surface of the fixed portion of the fastener being attached to the article, the adhesive being offset from each of the edges of the fixed portion including the edge formed by the folding line, the dimensions of the offsets being defined herein. The adhesive may be applied during the assembly of the absorbent article on a converting line. |
| US10085896B2 |
Method of making prefastened refastenable disposable absorbent articles
The present disclosure relates to methods for manufacturing absorbent articles, and in particular, methods for making pre-fastened refastenable pant diapers. Aspects of the methods according to the present disclosure relate to the fabrication of refastenable pant diapers wherein discrete chassis are advanced in a machine direction such that the lateral axis is parallel with the machine direction. First side panels are then refastenably connected with the first waist region, and second side panels are permanently connected the second waist regions of the discrete chassis. The chassis are connected with discrete lengths of side panel material and/or connection zone material. The chassis are then folded, and the first and second side panels are subsequently bonded together. The article is then subjected to knife cut at or adjacent the bonded regions to create discrete, pre-fastened refastenable pant diapers. |
| US10085893B2 |
Absorbent article having interconnected waist and leg bands
An absorbent article includes a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region extending between the front and back waist regions. The front waist region has a front waist edge and the back waist region has a back waist edge. The front and back waist edges define a waist opening when the absorbent article is in a wear configuration. An elastomeric waist band extends around at least a portion of the waist opening adjacent the front and back waist edges and defines a circumference of the waist opening. Each leg cuff member of a pair of leg cuff members defines a respective leg opening when the absorbent article is in the wear configuration and operatively connected to the waist band such that movement of the waist band results in movement of the leg cuff members. |
| US10085892B2 |
Apparatus and method for wound infection prevention
A wound healing device and method that greatly reduces the risk of infection of an incision or wound by removing fluid from the subcutaneous skin layers. The wound healing device includes a first portion that is positioned external of, and on top of, the wound. At least one strip, cord, finger, member is in fluid communication at one end with the first portion while the second free end of the at least one strip, cord, finger, member is pushed down into the wound, in between the sutures or staples of a closed incision. Both the first portion and the at least one strip comprise fluid absorbable material for absorbing the wound fluid. The device remains in place for approximately 1-3 days after which it is removed. Upon removal, natural temporary “type of fistulae” are formed in the subcutaneous skin layers to continue draining wound fluids outward for another 1-2 days. |
| US10085891B2 |
Reduced-pressure dressings, systems, and methods with evaporative devices
Wounds dressings, systems, and methods are presented for removing liquid from a wound site into a dressing and moving air through the dressing to evaporate at least a portion of the removed liquid. The air is moved in one instance by a Coanda device incorporated into the dressing. Other systems, dressings, and methods are presented. |
| US10085889B2 |
System and method for treatment of eustachian tube from oral approach
A method of dilating a first Eustachian tube (ET) and a second ET of a patient using a dilation catheter includes directing the dilation catheter into the mouth of the patient and advancing the dilation catheter into a first ET on one side of the patient's head while a proximal portion of the dilation catheter is disposed in the mouth of the patient. The method further includes expanding the expandable member to thereby dilate the first ET. The method may further include repositioning the dilation catheter relative to a second ET on another side of the patient's head and advancing the dilation catheter into the second ET while a proximal portion of the dilation catheter is disposed in the mouth of the patient. The method may further include expanding the expandable member to thereby dilate the second ET. |
| US10085888B2 |
System and apparatus for treating the lens of an eye
A system and apparatus for increasing the amplitude of accommodation and/or changing the refractive power and/or enabling the removal of the clear or cataractous lens material of a natural crystalline lens is provided. Generally, the system comprises a laser, optics for delivering the laser beam and a control system for delivering the laser beam to the lens in a particular pattern. There is further provided apparatus for determining the shape and position of the lens with respect to the laser. There is yet further provided a method and system for delivering a laser beam in the lens of the eye in a predetermined shot pattern. |
| US10085886B2 |
Method and system for modifying eye tissue and intraocular lenses
A system for ophthalmic surgery includes a laser source configured to deliver an ultraviolet laser beam comprising laser pulses having a wavelength between 320 nm and 370 nm to photodecompose one or more intraocular targets within the eye with chromophore absorbance. The pulse energy, the pulse duration, and the focal spot are such that an irradiance at the focal spot is sufficient to photodecompose the one or more intraocular targets without exceeding a threshold of formation of a plasma and an associated cavitation event. An optical system operatively coupled to the laser source and configured to focus the ultraviolet laser beam to a focal spot and direct the focal spot in a pattern into the one or more intraocular targets. The optical system focuses the laser beam at a numerical aperture that provides for the focal spot to be scanned over a scan range of 6 mm to 10 mm. |
| US10085878B2 |
Condom container and applicator
A condom, container and applicator for a condom, in which the condom is provided in a longitudinally expandable cup having a peel-off lid. The cup is typically formed of plastic material. The side wall of the container is expandable, and can include accordion-like pleats to allow for longitudinal expansion of the cup. The condom is placed in the cup such that it can be directly applied to the penis while still in the cup, and the cup used as an applicator to unroll the condom over at least the head of the penis by expanding the side wall of the cup. The disclosure also relates to a dispenser for storing and dispensing the condom containers. |
| US10085875B2 |
Shoulder stabilization apparatus and methods
Various apparatus, e.g., braces or supports, and methods for stabilizing a shoulder and/or arm of a subject are provided herein. In certain variations, a shoulder stabilization apparatus includes one or more inelastic, non-stretchable and/or rigid components which restrict or limit various types of shoulder and/or arm motion, e.g., abduction. The shoulder stabilization apparatus may include various accessory straps which restrict or limit various types of shoulder and/or arm motion. |
| US10085873B2 |
Nasal congestion and obstruction relief and breathing assist devices
A nasal breathing assist device includes one or two open-ended tubular elements each extending along a central tube axis between a relatively large first end and a relatively small second end, and at least one non-resilient tab extends from the first end toward the second end of the tubular element. In embodiments with two tubular elements, a coupler element extends between the first ends of the tubular elements. Each tubular element may further include a liner-shaped filter having a liner portion extending along a central axis between a relatively large end and a relatively small end, and a filter medium spanning at least one of the relatively large end and the relatively small end. The filter is adapted to snap-fit in the tubular element. The tubular element may further include at least one stiffening element affixed to the tubular element. |
| US10085870B2 |
Joint brace with improved range of motion stop
An improved joint support for limiting the range of motion of an anatomical joint comprises intermeshing gears for allowing adjustment of the range of motion of the joint, and comprises plural mechanisms for securing the gears in engagement with one another, whereby adjustment can be made without tools and without disassembly of any components. |
| US10085868B2 |
Bowleg correction device
A bowleg correction device 1 includes a pair of left and right foot mounting units 10 configured to respectively mount user feet from upper surface sides thereof; and rotating portions 20 respectively fixed to the foot mounting units 10, each of which has at least a part protruded from a lower surface side of the corresponding foot mounting unit 10, wherein each of the rotating portions 20 includes: a fixed portion 21 fixed to the corresponding foot mounting unit 10; and a shaft portion 22 rotatably engaged with the fixed portion 21, extending in a vertical direction and having a floor-contacting surface 22a which contacts a floor at a position that is protruded from a bottom surface 12a of the foot mounting unit 10, and when the foot mounting unit 10 is rotated around the shaft portion 22 in a direction, a returning force is generated in the opposite direction. |
| US10085866B2 |
Apparatus and method for draining material from a stomach
This invention relates to new apparatuses for draining material from a stomach and infusing fluid into the stomach comprising a tubing connector, a housing unit, and a one-way valve. In an embodiment the connector can have a first port, a second port, a third port and a branched lumen that extends through each of the first, second and third ports. The housing unit can have a housing lumen that is sized and shaped to receive the third port and the housing unit is sized and shaped to receive the connector. The one-way valve can be sized and shaped to be received in the housing lumen. |
| US10085863B2 |
Guide wire
A guide wire may include a core shaft and an external coil body covering a distal portion of the core shaft. The external coil body includes a first coil portion and a second coil portion that is distal to the first coil portion. An outside diameter of the second coil portion is smaller than an outside diameter of the first coil portion. Similarly, the guide wire may include a core shaft, a first external coil body, and a second external coil body. An outside diameter of the second external coil body is smaller than an outside diameter of the first external coil body. The external coil body or first and second external coil bodies enable the performance of a pushing-out operation and a drawing-in operation of the stent; yet, the flexibility of the guide wire is maintained. |