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| US10625338B2 |
Method for forming brace structures for additive manufacturing
Additive manufacturing of an object includes dispensing a plurality of successive layers of powder over a top surface of a platform, fusing an object region in each of the plurality of successive layers to form the object, and fusing a brace region in a particular layer from the plurality of layers to form a brace structure to inhibit lateral motion of the powder. The brace structure is spaced apart from the particular object region by a gap of unfused powder. |
| US10625329B2 |
Railing system
A rail system. The rail system includes an upper rail member, a lower rail member and a plurality of balusters. The upper rail member, lower rail member and balusters secure together and to a support structure to form the rail system. The support structure may include columns, newels, walls and the like. The upper and lower rail members each include a cap that snaps onto a rail support. Fasteners may fasten the balusters directly to an upper rail support. Fasteners may further fasten the balusters directly to a lower cap. |
| US10625322B2 |
Apparatus for improving the quality of tube bending and method that uses such apparatus
An apparatus for improving the quality of tube bending; adapted to be used in bending machines and comprises a substantially longitudinally extended mandrel, adapted to be inserted into a tube to be bent and having a rigid portion and a flexible portion arranged in series, the latter comprising a series of mandrel segments connected by articulated joints; the apparatus also comprises at least one motion-sensitive sensor, which is integral with at least one of the mandrel segments, and elements for processing the motion information acquired by the sensor. |
| US10625320B2 |
Apparatus and method for bending a pipe and testing accuracy of a bent shape of the pipe
An apparatus is provided for bending a pipe and checking a bent shape of the pipe. The apparatus includes a bender for forming a bend in the pipe and at least two cameras for determining an alignment of the pipe in proximity to the free end of the pipe. |
| US10625318B2 |
Straightening apparatus
The inventions relates to a straightening apparatus for straightening body panels of a vehicle, which straightening apparatus includes a support beam, a straightening fastener fastened to the support beam which fastener is fastenable to the body panels of the vehicle, a transfer device for moving the straightening fastener in relation to the vehicle to straighten body panels, and at least two support elements for supporting the support beam during straightening work. In the straightening apparatus according to the invention, the support beam includes a vertical beam and an extension beam movably fastened to it, and the first support element is movably fastened to the vertical beam and the second support element is fastened to the extension beam. |
| US10625315B2 |
Surface materials for decontamination with decontaminants
Reversibly switchable (transformable) surface layer changeable from (super)hydrophobic to (super)hydrophilic surface states are described. Methods of decontamination of surfaces exposed to contaminate are provided. The reversibly switchable properties of the surface layer can be controlled by an external stimulus. |
| US10625314B2 |
Cleaning water feeding tool, water sprinkling cleaning apparatus, and method for cleaning paint collecting path
A cleaning water feeding tool having a pipe structure to feed cleaning water to a water sprinkling cleaning device which has both end portions rotatably supported by a rotary base laid between a pair of rotary support parts disposed opposite to each other on a basket-shaped base, and includes the rotary head rotates with respect to the rotary base, and the rotary base rotates with respect to the basket-shaped base, including a horizontal portion that has a tip end portion connected to the cleaning water supply port and extends approximately horizontally in a state where a rotary shaft of the rotary base is disposed approximately horizontally, a straight portion that extends upward from the horizontal portion; and a hard material that configures or covers at least a portion receiving the cleaning water jetted from the water jet part of the straight portion. |
| US10625313B2 |
Method of releasing a pig after pipeline remediation
The method of using the flow of liquid or gas in a pipeline to facilitate service operations within said pipeline by connecting to a service pig with a restraining line, deploying said service pig in said pipeline at a deployment location, holding back on the restraining line to cause a pressure differential buildup across the service pig to facilitate said service operations, releasing said service pig from the restraints the operations can be completed without bringing the service pig back to said deployment location. |
| US10625308B2 |
Cleaning device, method of manufacturing the same and substrate cleaning apparatus
A cleaning device, according to one embodiment, for cleaning a substrate by being rotated, includes: a cleaning member configured to clean a substrate; and a sleeve configured to be provided along a circumference of the cleaning member, a lower part of the sleeve being divided into a plurality of chucking claws each of which holds a portion of a side face of the cleaning member, wherein at inside of each of the plurality of chucking claws, a plurality of protrusions are provided substantially parallel to a rotation direction of the cleaning member, an end of each of the plurality of protrusions is configured to contact the side face of the cleaning member. |
| US10625303B1 |
Corn cob harvesting machine
A corn cob harvesting machine includes a tractor, cob harvester, and trailer that together lift, clean, and separate corn cobs from a corn harvester combine chaff windrow. The cob harvester has a floating cob lift immediately adjacent to and through various skirts engaging the earth that is supported by and floats with respect to a support frame. The floating cob lift has a rotary paddle that lifts and throws cobs into the first cross draft separator. The first cross draft separator has a blower that generates a vacuum within the floating cob lift. An adjustable flap intermediate between rotary paddle and blower deflects cobs and other heavier matter out of the air stream, while lighter matter is removed. A first cross draft separator removes chaff, a rock trap separates rocks, and a second cross draft separator removes additional chaff. A discharge conveyor transfers cleaned corn cobs to the trailer. |
| US10625296B1 |
Paint dispensing roller assembly
A paint dispensing roller assembly that comprises an applicator member of an absorbent material defining an enclosed applicator member cavity. The assembly further comprises a paint dispensing member disposed at least partially within the enclosed applicator member cavity and having an outer undulating surface with an alternating plurality of ridges and valleys defining an enclosed paint mixing cavity having at least one enclosed aperture defined thereon. The paint dispensing roller assembly also includes a cantilevered mixing member disposed at least partially within the enclosed paint mixing cavity and having at least one flange projecting radially from the cantilevered mixing member. The paint dispensing roller assembly further comprises a roller body including a handle and a shell portion defining a shell cavity wherein the applicator member is partially disposed. The applicator member and paint dispensing member are operably configured to rotate 360 degrees with respect to the roller body. |
| US10625291B2 |
Coating system for coating objects
A coating system for coating objects, wherein a coating material can be dispensed by an application device with a dispensing arrangement. A supply system having at least first and second feed containers for coating material are connected via first and second supply lines and first and second material valves, respectively, to the dispensing arrangement. Also provided is a cleaning system having at least one first cleaning line and a second cleaning line, to which rinsing agent can be fed via a first rinsing agent feed line and a second rinsing agent feed line, respectively. The first and second cleaning lines are connected via first and second cleaning valves to the first and supply lines, respectively. The first cleaning line and the second cleaning line are connected via a connection line at connection points disposed in front of each cleaning valve relative to the flow direction towards the dispensing arrangement. |
| US10625289B2 |
Mask and method of manufacturing mask assembly including the same
A mask and a method of manufacturing a mask assembly, the mask including a body, and the body including one end and another end facing each other in a length direction and having a first surface and a second surface facing each other in a thickness direction; and a pattern region between the one end and the other end, the pattern region including a plurality of pattern holes and a plurality of ribs between the plurality of pattern holes, wherein a curl value of the mask, which is defined as a shortest distance from a plane tangent to a center of the body to the one end or the other end of the body, is 1,000 μm to 4,000 μm. |
| US10625288B2 |
System for growing plants and method of operation thereof
A system for growing plants, the system may include a substrate having one or more weakened areas or openings: one or more grow portions coupled to the substrate and situated at the one or more weakened areas or openings and having at least one seed or plant; and/or a fluid distribution portion coupled to the substrate and configured to provide fluid to the one or more grow portions. The system may further include a method of operation including one or more acts of: obtaining a weather forecast for a future time period; determining whether rain is expected during the future time period; and preventing, terminating, or restricting an irrigation cycle when it is determined that rain is expected during the fare time period. The restricting may restrict a flow of liquid during the irrigation cycle or shorten the irrigation interval. |
| US10625286B2 |
Portable refillable liquid dispenser
Disclosed herein is a portable liquid dispenser, preferably for perfume or the like, which can be easily refilled. Many portable perfume dispensers are disposable instead of being refillable. We have invented a system that has all of the functionality of a portable dispenser—such as an atomizer or a roll-on applicator—but also provides access so that the dispenser is easily refilled from a larger container. Therefore, we have also invented a method for refilling a portable liquid dispenser. |
| US10625285B2 |
Container for nested sprayer handle
An improved container suitable for use with a nesting sprayer handle is provided. The container includes a container handle opening with an improved top wall geometry. The top wall geometry resists deformation to reduce or eliminate accidental dislodgment of a sprayer handle when the sprayer handle is nested in the container handle opening. |
| US10625276B2 |
Cyclone dust collector
Provided is a cyclone dust collector with a higher particle collection efficiency than before. The cyclone dust collector includes an inner wall being arranged on an edge portion of a first cross section defined by a plane containing a center axis of the cylindrical case and part of the spiral flow path intersecting with each other and being adapted to make the part of the flow path narrower and a first nozzle that sprays the water mist toward the air passing through a constricted part being part of the spiral flow path made narrower by the inner wall. |
| US10625273B2 |
Centrifuge insert and carrier for centrifuge insert with snap locking connection
A centrifuge insert for sample receivers and to a carrier for a centrifuge insert for sample receivers with snap locking connection. The centrifuge insert according to the invention has substantial advantages over known centrifuge inserts. These advantages are not limited to the fact that the carrier is attachable and disengageable in a particularly easy and comfortable manner. It is also feasible to use various carriers for different sample receivers. Furthermore, the centrifuge insert according to the invention is configured particularly light and compact so that a loading of the rotor is significantly lower for identical centrifugation powers or so that significantly higher RCA values can be used. |
| US10625267B2 |
Device and grinding tool for comminuting feed material
A device and a plate-like grinding tool for grinding feed material that has a housing extending along an axis of rotation, in which a rotor rotationally driven about the rotation axis is arranged and includes a plurality of axially parallel grinding tools that are surrounded by a stator with stator tools. The effective edges of the grinding tools are arranged radially spaced from the stator tools by forming a grinding gap extending over an axial length of the grinding gap. The material is fed into the grinding gap on an inlet side and exits from the grinding gap on an outlet side. The axially extending effective edges of the grinding tools are divided in the axial direction into at least two first sections, each with a first radial distance from the rotational axis and into at least one second section with a second radial distance from the axis of rotation. |
| US10625266B2 |
Reagent bottle with aspiration pipe
An embodiment of a reagent container includes a bottle with a pipe to reduce the effects of reagent sloshing. The bottle has an elongated base and an opposed cover connected by side walls and an end wall. A flat platform surrounded by a raised rim lies in the base opposite an opening in the cover. A ribbed pipe frictionally fits within the bottle opening and may attach to the anchor region leaving vent passages around the pipe. The pipe includes an aperture adjacent to the anchor region and oriented toward the end wall so that sloshed fluid has only a small effect on the level of reagent in the pipe during transfers. A modified blow molding process produces the anchor region by extending a pin a predetermined distance into a mold while the molded material is still plastic. |
| US10625264B2 |
Fitted lid for multi-well plate
A lid for a multi-well plate having apertures, each aperture having a gas permeable membrane, and fittings extending from the bottom surface of the lid to fit with a multi-well plate to reduce evaporation of liquid contents from within the wells of the multi-well plate, protect the contents of a multi-well plate from spilling or from mingling with the contents of a neighboring well in a multi-well plate is disclosed. The gas permeable membrane comprises one or more of (i) a continuous or discontinuous thin film associated with each aperture, (ii) a locally-thinned portion of the main body, and (iii) a quantity of material at least partially filling each aperture. |
| US10625256B2 |
Electronic control of fluidic species
Various aspects of the present invention relate to the control and manipulation of fluidic species, for example, in microfluidic systems. In one aspect, the invention relates to systems and methods for making droplets of fluid surrounded by a liquid, using, for example, electric fields, mechanical alterations, the addition of an intervening fluid, etc. In some cases, the droplets may each have a substantially uniform number of entities therein. For example, 95% or more of the droplets may each contain the same number of entities of a particular species. In another aspect, the invention relates to systems and methods for dividing a fluidic droplet into two droplets, for example, through charge and/or dipole interactions with an electric field. The invention also relates to systems and methods for fusing droplets according to another aspect of the invention, for example, through charge and/or dipole interactions. In some cases, the fusion of the droplets may initiate or determine a reaction. In a related aspect of the invention, systems and methods for allowing fluid mixing within droplets to occur are also provided. In still another aspect, the invention relates to systems and methods for sorting droplets, e.g., by causing droplets to move to certain regions within a fluidic system. Examples include using electrical interactions (e.g., charges, dipoles, etc.) or mechanical systems (e.g., fluid displacement) to sort the droplets. In some cases, the fluidic droplets can be sorted at relatively high rates, e.g., at about 10 droplets per second or more. Another aspect of the invention provides the ability to determine droplets, or a component thereof, for example, using fluorescence and/or other optical techniques (e.g., microscopy), or electric sensing techniques such as dielectric sensing. |
| US10625255B2 |
Soft stopper penetrating dispensing device and soft stopper penetrating dispensing method
The present invention relates to a soft stopper penetrating dispensing device and a soft stopper penetrating dispensing method. A purpose of the present invention is to suction and discharge liquid with respect to a soft stopper sealed container sealed with a soft stopper such as a rubber stopper without removing the soft stopper. The soft stopper penetrating dispensing device includes a dispensation available punching head which is provided to be relatively movable relative to a stage where the soft stopper sealed container sealed with the soft stopper is able to be placed, a punching tip which has a through-hole along the vertical direction and is made of a hard material and formed in a tapered shape, a dispensing needle tip which is movably provided relative to the head by the dispensing moving mechanism provided in the dispensation available punching head and is able to suction and discharge the liquid. |
| US10625254B2 |
Method for controlling a pipetting device
A method for calibrating and controlling a pipetting device for metered liquid with a multichannel, automated micrometering unit. All of the channels of the pipetting device are calibrated using a camera which detects the expelled droplets of the liquid, so that the volume thereof can be determined by means of a control device. The method makes it possible to carry out a calibration of the individually dispensed liquid volumes in droplet form to a prescribed volume deviation with a different number of possibly necessary repetitions for each individual channel. |
| US10625251B2 |
Multistage body having a plurality of flow channels
Described is a new multilevel article comprising a multitude of ducts and, in each duct in the direction of flow, at least one area which generates turbulence, forms an open duct section, is connected to the duct wall, and forms a baffle for the incoming flow and a stall strip for the outgoing flow. The described article has a plurality of successive interconnected duct structures which form a step-like transition in relation to each other in the direct of flow. |
| US10625248B2 |
Catalyst composition for hydroformylation and hydroformylation method using the same
The present invention relates to a catalyst composition for hydroformylation and a hydroformylation method using the same, and more particularly to a catalyst composition for hydroformylation including a phosphoramidite ligand and a transition metal catalyst, and a hydroformylation method using the catalyst composition. In accordance with the present invention, provided are a catalyst composition for hydroformylation which increases productivity and provides superior catalytic activity and stability while lowering an n/i ratio in generated aldehyde upon hydroformylation of an olefinic compound, and a method of hydroformylating an olefinic compound using the catalyst composition. [Representative Figure] FIG. 1 |
| US10625247B2 |
Composition of matter and structure of zeolite UZM-55
A new crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite comprising a new framework has been synthesized that has been designated UZM-55. This zeolite is represented by the empirical formula: M+mRrAl1-xExSiyOz where M represents a metal or metals selected from zinc or Group 1 (IUPAC 1), Group 2 (IUPAC 2), Group 3 (IUPAC 3) or the lanthanide series of the periodic table including sodium, potassium or a combination of sodium and potassium cations, R is an organic structure directing agent or agents derived from reactants R1 and R2 such as where R1 is diisopropanolamine and R2 is a chelating diamine, and E is an element selected from the group consisting of gallium, iron, boron and mixtures thereof. Catalysts made from UZM-55 have utility in various hydrocarbon conversion reactions. The calcined zeolite is used in hydrocarbon conversion reactions. |
| US10625243B2 |
Gasoline particulate filter
A catalytic wall-flow monolith for use in an emission treatment system comprises a porous substrate and a three-way catalyst (TWC), wherein the TWC is distributed substantially throughout the porous substrate and wherein the TWC comprises: (i) alumina; (ii) one or more platinum group metals; and (iii) an oxygen storage component (OSC), wherein the OSC comprises ceria or one or more mixed oxides comprising cerium and is present in a ratio by weight of OSC to alumina of from 65:35 to 85:15. |
| US10625242B2 |
Substrates and methods for collection, stabilization and elution of biomolecules
A solid substrate for the extraction, stabilization, and storage of proteins is provided. The substrate includes: a polysaccharide, such as melezitose under a substantially dry state. The substrate is configured to extract proteins from a sample and stabilize the extracted proteins in a dry format under ambient conditions for a prolonged period of time. Methods for collecting and recovering the proteins stored in the dry solid substrate are also described. |
| US10625239B2 |
Porous mixed metal oxy-hydroxides and method of preparation
Provided are mixed metal oxy-hydroxides that serve as reactive media to bind, sequester, or alter one or more toxic chemicals such as sulfur dioxide (SO2), hydrogen cyanide (HCN), and others. A reactive media includes: a porous metal oxy-hydroxide including at least one first transition metal that is optionally one or more of copper, zinc, or iron; a second transition metal linked to the first transition metal by a bond that includes an oxygen, the second transition metal selected optionally being one or more of magnesium, calcium, cobalt, titanium, zirconium, aluminum, and silicon; and the metal oxy-hydroxide terminated by at least one hydroxyl group. The resulting media provides for excellent porosity and reactivity for removal of toxic chemicals from the environment or a sample. |
| US10625236B2 |
Reactor with cooling device
Various embodiments may include a reactor comprising: a reaction chamber having a lower region defining a sorbent collection zone; a first feed device supplying reactants to the reaction chamber; a second feed device supplying a liquid sorbent to the reaction chamber; a discharge device connected to the sorbent collection zone for removing sorbent from the sorbent collection zone; and a cooling device for cooling the sorbent in the reaction chamber. |
| US10625235B2 |
Hybrid photochemical/plasma reactor devices
A method for generating a hybrid reaction flows feedstock gas that is also a plasma medium through microchannels. Plasma is generated with the plasma medium via excitation with a time-varying voltage. UV or VUV emissions are generated at a wavelength selected to break a chemical bond in the feedstock gas. The UV or VUV emissions are directed into the microchannels to interact with the plasma medium and generate a reaction product from the plasma medium. A hybrid reactor device includes a microchannel plasma array having inlets and outlets for respectively flowing gas feedstock into and reaction product out of the microchannel plasma array. A UV or VUV emission lamp has its emissions directed into microchannels of the microchannel plasma array. Electrodes ignite plasma in the microchannels and stimulating the UV or VUV emission lamp to generate UV or VUV emissions. One common or plural phased time-varying voltage sources drive the plasma array and the UV or VUV emission lamp. |
| US10625234B2 |
Method of fabricating cell arrays and uses thereof
The present disclosure provides a fabrication process that results in creating large arrays of living cells, such as stem cells, which are subsequently exposed to nanoliter quantities of compounds to test the efficacy on cellular metabolism. |
| US10625231B2 |
Retention and angle adjustment of a vibrating calciner vessel
A vibrating calciner includes circular ring segments surrounding a vessel and clamps adjustable to apply pressure to the ring segments. A plurality of vessel dams are positioned within the vessel and spaced apart along a central longitudinal axis. The vessel is rotatably positionable about the central longitudinal axis within the circular ring segments such that inner edges of the of vessel dams may be positioned at an angle substantially equal to the dynamic angle of repose of a granular material. The vessel is held in position by the clamps which contact the ring segments. In embodiments, the vessel may be rotated to drain material through a drain tube positioned opposite the vessel dams. |
| US10625230B2 |
Combined field assisted sintering techniques and HTHP sintering techniques for forming polycrystalline diamond compacts and earth-boring tools
Methods of forming polycrystalline diamond compacts include employing field assisted sintering techniques with high temperature and high pressure sintering techniques. For example, a particle mixture that includes diamond particles may be sintered by subjecting the particle mixture to a high temperature and high pressure sintering cycle, and pulsing direct electrical current through the particle mixture during at least a portion of the high temperature and high pressure sintering cycle. The polycrystalline diamond compacts may be used to form cutting elements for earth-boring tools. Sintering systems are configured to perform such sintering processes. |
| US10625228B2 |
Fluidized bed device and method for coating particles or granulation
The present invention relates to a fluidized bed apparatus and a method for particle-coating or granulating, the fluidized bed apparatus includes a swirl generator which is mounted on a sprayer body in the fluidized bed apparatus and extends throughout an air distribution plate and is connected to a source of compressed air. The swirl generator comprises a tubular sleeve extending circumferentially around the sprayer body, and an air chamber is defined between the sleeve and the sprayer body, wherein the sleeve comprises a plurality of guiding slots. The air from the source of compressed air via the air chamber is directed by said guiding slots to rotate outwardly, so as to provide a swirling air stream circumferentially outwardly relative to the sprayer. The present invention can facilitate the development of the spray pattern and the particle flow pattern and allows the particles to spin respectively due to slight friction with the inner wall of the partition, thereby opportunities for the particles to obtain a more uniform spray when subsequently passing through the spray zone above the nozzle are increased, so that performance of the fluidized bed apparatus is improved. |
| US10625227B2 |
Mixer apparatus for mixing a high-viscosity fluid
A mixer apparatus for mixing a high-viscosity fluid has a mixer shaft with a plurality of blades affixed thereto, a hydraulic motor drivingly connected to the mixer shaft so as to rotate the mixer shaft, a hydraulic pump connected by a fluid circuit to the hydraulic motor so as to deliver hydraulic fluid under pressure to the hydraulic motor, an electric motor drivingly connected to the hydraulic pump, and a hydraulic fluid reservoir connected to the fluid circuit so as to supply hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic pump. The plurality of blades are pivotally mounted to the mixer shaft. |
| US10625225B2 |
Single-pass flow-through dry chemical mixing trailer
A single-pass flow-through dry chemical mixing trailer for use with a well has a trailer, a refillable liquid storage tank, a main liquid storage tank valve, a liquid storage tank inlet valve, an onboard power supply, a motor with a fuel supply, a transmission, a fluid circulation loop, a self-priming bidirectional flow alternating centrifuge pump, an automated mixer assembly, and a discharge tank. The refillable liquid storage tank prevents backflow to the self-priming bidirectional flow alternating centrifuge pump while flowing the homogenized slurry to the well and the dry chemicals introduced at the automated mixer are subjected to high shear forces, incorporating the dry chemicals into the liquid with increased dispersion and reduced agglomeration. |
| US10625222B1 |
Process and apparatus for controlling anti-foam injection using a differential pressure transmitter
The present invention relates to a process for controlling the antifoam injection based on the pressure differential of the column. More specifically, the present invention relates to a process for controlling the antifoam injection based on the pressure differential of an aromatics extraction unit using an intelligent differential pressure transmitter. The controller communicates with the antifoam injection system so that the antifoam is injected to the unit only when it is required. |
| US10625220B2 |
Microfluidic devices
The present invention provides novel microfluidic substrates and methods that are useful for performing biological, chemical and diagnostic assays. The substrates can include a plurality of electrically addressable, channel bearing fluidic modules integrally arranged such that a continuous channel is provided for flow of immiscible fluids. |
| US10625219B2 |
Beverage infusion system, method and apparatus
Disclosed is a beverage dispensing machine and a gas infused beverage dispensing system which facilitates combination of gas with in a configuration which provides a smaller footprint and provides gas infusion of a beverage on demand. The system may be configured to produce only gas infused beverage or to allow the user to select gas infused beverage or chilled beverage, and, alternatively, ambient, unchilled beverage. A gas infuser of the system introduces gas to a chilled beverage stream using an injector with slots. This inline, on-demand gas infusion system provides benefits over infusion tank systems that gas infuse a relatively large volume of beverage in bulk. |
| US10625218B2 |
Mounting device for an aeration element and aerator
The invention relates to a mounting device (8) for an aeration element (2) for introducing a gas into a liquid, said aeration element (2) comprises a base body (3) having at least one upwardly-projecting sidewall (6), said mounting device comprises a mounting element (9) for connecting to the sidewall (6) of the base body (3) of the aeration element (2). Said mounting element (9) comprises at least one elastically deflectable retaining web (10) for detachably connecting to the at least one sidewall (6) of the base body (3) of the aeration element (2). The invention also relates to an aerator with said type of mounting device (8). |
| US10625204B2 |
Method for flue gas desulfurization with molten carbonate
This invention is directed to a method used to remove gases from industrial exhaust streams, and in particular, to a method for removing sulfur dioxide from flue gases, with molten carbonate and treating the resulting molten mixture with a natural gas and optionally with an oxidant. |
| US10625203B2 |
Membrane-electrode assembly, reactor comprising the membrane-electrode assembly and process for separating off hydrogen
Disclosed herein is a membrane-electrode assembly containing: a gastight, selectively proton-conducting membrane which has a retentate side having an anode and a permeate side having a cathode; a voltage source for generating a potential difference between the anode and the cathode; an anode catalyst having a catalytically active material on the retentate side; and a cathode catalyst having a catalytically active material on the permeate side, in which the cathode catalyst has a smaller amount of catalytically active material than the anode catalyst. The present disclosure also includes a reactor containing the membrane-electrode assembly, and a process for separating off hydrogen using the membrane-electrode assembly. |
| US10625196B2 |
Coalescing filter media
Filter media, filter elements, and methods for filtering an gas stream are described herein. In some embodiments, the filter media may comprise a fiber web comprising a plurality of fibers and having a particular oil repellency level. For instance, in certain embodiments, the surface chemistry of the fiber web may be tailored to impart a particular surface energy density that matches the surface energy density of the fluid (e.g., an oil, a lubricant, and/or a cooling agent) being removed from the gas stream. In some embodiments, the fiber web may be wrapped around a core. For example, the fiber web may be wrapped around the core such that it forms two or more layers around the core. In some cases, the fiber web may be perforated. In certain embodiments, an gas stream comprising a fluid (e.g., an oil, a lubricant, and/or a cooling agent) may be passed through the fiber web, filter media, and/or filter element such that at least a portion of the fluid coalesces on the fiber web. Fiber webs, filter media, and/or filter elements as described herein may be particularly well-suited for applications that involve filtering gas streams containing oil, lubricants, and/or cooling agents (e.g., gas streams generated by a compressor) though the media may also be used in other applications. Advantageously, the fiber webs, filter media, and/or filter elements described herein may significantly reduce or prevent fouling of the filter caused by oil or other liquids. |
| US10625195B2 |
Honeycomb filter
The honeycomb structure body has a dense part having a change ratio of porosity calculated by the following Expression (1) that is 1 to 5%. The honeycomb structure body also has an outside-diameter decreasing part in which the outside diameter decreases from the inflow end face to the outflow end face. The honeycomb structure body has a change ratio of average diameter calculated by the following Expression (2) that is 0.2 to 3%. (1−Px/Py)×100, Expression (1): in Expression (1), Px denotes the porosity (%) at the center region of the outflow end face, and Py denotes the porosity (%) of a circumferential region of the outflow end face other than the center region. (1−Dx/Dy)×100, Expression (2): in Expression (2), Dx denotes the average diameter (mm) of the outflow end face, and Dy denotes the average diameter (mm) of the inflow end face. |
| US10625193B2 |
Intelligent air-conditioning controlling system and intelligent controlling method for the same
An intelligent air-conditioning controlling system at least comprises an intelligent controlling device, an air-conditioning, and a plurality of beacons respectively arranged at different zones of a space for sensing environment information in the space. The intelligent controlling device receives the environment information from the beacons, and determines if the space is a comfortable environment based on the environment information. If the entire space is determined an uncomfortable environment, the intelligent controlling device controls the air-conditioning to directly set a target temperature to a comfortable range. If only a specific zone of the space is determined the uncomfortable environment, the intelligent controlling device controls the air-conditioning to execute an adjusting operation in accordance with a position of the specific zone. |
| US10625189B2 |
Oil separator
The present invention provides an oil separator that can improve oil separation performance with a simple structure. An oil separator includes a casing that has an inlet and an outlet and the oil separator is configured to separate oil contained in blow-by gas in the casing. The casing includes therein multiple staggered partition walls to form a gas passage through which the blow-by gas flows in a meandering manner in a horizontal direction from the inlet to the outlet, and a filter element that partially closes the gas passage and crosses the partition walls. |
| US10625187B2 |
Liquid filter assembly having a drain pin with a grip
A liquid filter module may include a housing, a filter accommodated in the housing, and a drain pin. The housing may include a cylindrical drain nipple arranged on a lower portion thereof. The drain nipple may be configured to drain a liquid. The drain pin may be inserted into the drain nipple. The drain pin may include a body, a grip, and a seal member configured to seal the housing and prevent the liquid from leaking from the housing when the drain pin is inserted into the drain nipple. The grip may have a portion that at least protrudes outward from a wall of the drain nipple when the drain pin is inserted into the drain nipple. The filter may include a lower support plate. The drain pin may be detachably coupled to the lower support plate when the drain pin is inserted into the drain nipple. |
| US10625183B2 |
Underdrain assembly and method of manufacturing same
An underdrain apparatus and a method for manufacturing such apparatus are provided. The underdrain apparatus can be extruded in long sections as a unitary part. The underdrain apparatus may be extruded in various sizes, shapes, and materials. Further, the underdrain apparatus may include a passageway for transporting water to and from the filter media and/or air to the filter media. In some embodiments, apertures are formed in the underdrain apparatus during an extrusion process to provide a path between the passageway and the filter media. |
| US10625182B2 |
Suspension flow-through separation apparatus, system and method
A suspension flow-through separation apparatus includes a flow-through separator including a flow-through separation unit. The flow-through separation unit includes a cavity structure that functions as a channel through which a suspension flows, a side surface portion which extends in an x-direction of the cavity structure, a supply port which is provided at one side surface portion, an outlet port which is provided at the other side surface portion, two planar portions that extend in a y-direction in the cavity structure and face to each other, and an ultrasonic oscillator that is provided at least one of two planar portions, and emits ultrasonic waves to the channel. The suspended matter in the suspension is captured by the ultrasonic waves and separated in a z-direction that is a vertical direction while the suspension flows through the channel of the flow-through separator. |
| US10625179B2 |
Sample degasser dilution control system
A degasser system may comprise a mass flow controller device and a sample pump coupled to a sample degasser for controlling the dilution of gases extracted from drilling fluid in the sample degasser by a dilution fluid, such as nitrogen gas. The mass flow controller may inject the dilution fluid into the tank of the sample degasser to dilute the gases extracted from the drilling fluid. The dilution fluid may be aspirated or sparged into the sample degasser. The sample pump may extract a sample of the gases separated from the drilling fluid by the sample degasser. The rate of injection of the dilution fluid into the sample degasser and the rate of extraction of the gas sample from the drilling fluid may be adjustable to control the dilution of the gas sample for analysis. |
| US10625178B2 |
Removal of organic solvents from aqueous process streams
A method for separating organic solvent(s) from an aqueous process stream including organic solvent(s), includes passing the aqueous stream including organic solvent(s) through a granular bed including glass granules, wherein at least 90% of said glass granules have a maximum particle diameter smaller than 1.0 mm. |
| US10625175B2 |
Extractor for high pressure extraction of a matrix
Generally, an extraction system useful in separating an extract from a matrix using one or more extractants. Specifically, an extractor including one or more of: an extraction vessel having an extractor vessel internal surface which defines an extraction chamber which communicates between open extraction vessel first and second ends, a first piston configured to sealably engage the extractor vessel internal surface of the extraction vessel first end or a second piston adapted to sealably engage the extractor vessel internal surface of the extraction vessel second end. |
| US10625174B2 |
Fresh-water generating apparatus
To provide a fresh water-generating apparatus that does not require large amounts of heating energy as in the past, also does not require maintenance such as replacement of reverse osmosis membranes, and is simpler and inexpensive.[Solution] A fresh water-generating apparatus is configured from: a first porous water-absorbing substrate 3, each hole diameter of the porous structure that is immersed in a stored liquid 4 stored in a first storage tank 1 being formed in the size of a water molecule; a blower 6 for blowing air on the upper end of the first porous water-absorbing substrate 3; a second porous water-absorbing substrate 7 for catching water vapor, which is vaporized from the upper end of the first porous water-absorbing substrate 3 by the air flow from the blower 6 and is blown out, on the front surface thereof; a storage tank 2 for storing water that condenses inside the second porous water-absorbing substrate 7 and drips from the lower part of the second porous water-absorbing substrate 7; and a guide pipe 8 for connecting air that is sent out and discharged from the second porous water-absorbing substrate 7 to the air intake side of the blower 6. |
| US10625172B2 |
Spinning toy
A spinning toy includes a main body provided with blades, each of which can be provided with weight modules. The weight modules are provided with counter-weight members, of which the positions are adjustable. A bearing having an upper finger cover and a bottom finger cover is mounted in the center of the main body. By pinching the two finger covers via fingers, a user can hold the toy and suspend the main body between the fingers, and then slightly flick the blades with the other hand to enable the blades to spin; when the positions of the counter-weight members of the weight modules are adjusted, as the gravity center is no longer evenly distributed, the user can make the blades spin for a long time by swinging the toy in a proper rhythm. |
| US10625171B2 |
Prefabricated dinosaur model
The present disclosure relates to a prefabricated dinosaur model comprising a skeleton frame which includes a head bone part, a neck bone part, a trunk bone part, a tail bone part, and a leg bone part and forms a skeleton corresponding to an external shape of the dinosaur when assembled; a joint connection part provided at a connection part of the skeleton frame to enable movement of the skeleton frame; and an outer skin which includes an outer skin of the head, an outer skin of the neck, an outer skin of the trunk, an outer skin of the tail, and an outer skin of the leg individually corresponding to the skeleton frame, and directly coupled to corresponding parts of the skeleton frame individually in a detachable manner. |
| US10625169B1 |
Standing playground glider
A playground glider swing is provided that allow one or more users to glide while standing on a rigid board and while grasping a rigid crossbar to assist with creating opposite momentum between the crossbar and the board. The users may stand on opposite ends of the crossbar to provide back and forth movement in a gliding motion. In this respect the present invention may be safely used by one or more children in a playground environment. |
| US10625164B2 |
Method, system and computer readable recording medium for providing a game ranking in a game service platform
A ranking method and system for providing a ranking of a game friend. The method includes registering a game friend who has joined a game service. The method further includes calculating a ranking of the user with respect to a game friend 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 some information needed for automatic friend registration and the ranking inquiry request information through the game service platform. |
| US10625161B2 |
System and method for predicting in-game activity at account creation
This disclosure relates to a system and methodology for dynamically adjusting a game based on predictions made during game account creation in accordance with one or more implementations. The system may be configured to receive user information included in platform level accounts which were previously created by users on an online platform and assign one or more user types to the user based on that user information. The system may be configured such that game adjustments associated with one or more user types for future play by users associated with that user type may be modified over time based on historical and ongoing game activities undertaken by users associated with one or more user types. |
| US10625158B2 |
Apparatus and method of providing timing game based on touch
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of providing a timing game based on a touch. The present invention provides a user with an input indicator guiding a region which a user is to touch, separately from a timing indicator set formed of the plurality of timing indicators guiding touch timing, thereby enabling a user to visually confirm accurate touch timing indicated by the timing indicator set. Further, the present invention provides a fluid input indicator, as well as a touch indicator, thereby providing a new game progress method, which has not been provided in an existing touch-based timing game. |
| US10625157B2 |
Display control program, display control apparatus, display control method, and recording medium
There is provided a display control program for a computer. The display control program includes: by an image generation block, setting a viewpoint position and a sightline direction in accordance with one of a position and an attitude of a head mounted display worn on the head of a user and rendering an object arranged in a virtual three-dimensional space so as to generate an image to be displayed on the head mounted display; and by a rotation control block, upon acquiring an instruction for rotating a game field arranged in the virtual three-dimensional space, rotating the game field around an axis perpendicular to the game field. |
| US10625155B2 |
Information processing system, information processing method, information storage medium, and program
Methods and apparatus provide for: receiving a selected video, over a network from at least one network server, of previously executed content of an application program previously executed by the at least one network server; executing the selected video for display to a user of the information processing terminal, and receiving an execution request initiated by the user while the selected video is being executed and during a period of time when the application program is not being executed by the at least one network server; and sending the execution request for executing the application program to the at least one network server over the network, where the execution request is associated with a specified point in the selected video that shows the previously executed content of the application program. |
| US10625153B2 |
Lighting for video games
A lighting controller for controlling illumination emitted by one or more luminaires to accompany a video game. When a first event occurs during gameplay, the controller receives an indication of an identified type of the first event from amongst a set of predefined event types, and based on this controls the illumination to produce a first lighting effect to accompany the first event during the gameplay phase. When a second event of the same type occurs in a non-gameplay phase of the video game, the controller receives an indication of this also. Based on identifying that the events are the same type, but that the video game is in the non-gameplay phase rather than the gameplay phase, the controller controls the illumination to produce a second lighting effect to accompany the occurrence of the second event during the non-gameplay phase, this effect being visibly distinct from the first lighting effect. |
| US10625152B2 |
Controllers with moveable actuators
A controller can include a controller body having a cavity disposed in a back side of the controller body, a module member that is physically distinct and separate from the controller body removably coupleable to the controller body, the module member having a body sized and shaped to be received in the cavity, and at least one actuator that protrudes from a side of the member body. |
| US10625151B2 |
Method for controlling game character and method for controlling virtual control component
The method for controlling a game character includes: obtaining a user initial indication position p1 in response to a screen-sliding operation of a user; monitoring a screen-sliding operation track of the user, and obtaining a user current indication position p2; calculating a moving distance between the user current indication position p2 and the user initial indication position p1 as |u|=|p2−p1|; comparing the moving distance |u| with a first preset threshold S1; and generating, according to the vector u=p2−p1, an operating instruction for controlling the game character. By means of the control method, a user may control a game character without being restricted, and may perform more flexible and fluent operations, thereby greatly improving the user experience of a game. |
| US10625148B2 |
Game program, method for controlling computer, and computer
A game program when executed causes a computer to perform a process including storing a plurality of game areas each associated with one of a plurality of players including a subject player; receiving information concerning an own game area associated with the subject player and information concerning statuses of progress of the subject player and a plurality of other players different from the subject player through the game in the own game area; storing, in association with the own game area, the statuses of the progress of the subject player and the plurality of other players through the game in the own game area; comparing statuses of progress of the plurality of players through the game in the own game area; outputting display information for displaying a comparison result; and transmitting the display information to terminals of the plurality of players. |
| US10625147B1 |
System and method of marksmanship training utilizing an optical system
A shooting simulation system and method. The system includes a plurality of firearms. Each firearm is associated with a separate soldier having a man-worn computer, a location device for determining a location of the soldier, an optical system for capturing an image where the captured image provides information on a trajectory of a virtual bullet fired from a shooting firearm, and an orientation device for obtaining the orientation of the firearm when shooting the firearm. The optical system is aligned with a sight of the shooting firearm and captures the image when shooting the firearm. The system also includes a shooter/target location resolution module for identifying a valid target and a target image recognition module for determining an impact location where a virtual bullet from the shooting firearm would impact within the captured image and determining if an identified target from the captured image is a hit or a miss. |
| US10625137B2 |
Coordinated displays in an exercise device
An exercise device includes a frame, an upright portion of the frame, a movable element connected to the frame and movable in the performance of an exercise, a first display connected to the upright portion of the frame, and a second display connected to the frame. |
| US10625136B2 |
Weightlifting converting device
A weightlifting converting device is provided that includes a plurality of converting segments arranged end-to-end in a chain. Each converting segment has a semi-circular outer surface defining an arc and a planar inner surface. When the weightlifting converting device is installed on a polygonal-shaped weightlifting plate, the planar inner surface of each converting segment engages a flat outer edge of the polygonal plate, and the semi-circular outer surfaces together provide the weightlifting plate with a round outer surface. |
| US10625130B1 |
Flip toy assembly with launcher device and projectile
A flip toy assembly provides a launcher having and a projectile that is launched and can be caught by the launcher. The launcher has an elongate handle. The handle has a top end and a bottom end, distal from the top end. A head is fixedly attached to the bottom end. A projectile has an apex having a first side and a second side. A first leg extends away from the first side of the apex and a second leg extends away from the second side of the apex. A method of playing a game with the flip toy assembly is also provided. |
| US10625127B2 |
Golf club having an elastomer element for ball speed control
A golf club head including a club head body including a back portion, a striking face, and an interior cavity formed between the back portion and the striking face, wherein the striking face comprises a front surface configured to strike a golf ball and a rear surface opposite the front surface, a deformable element residing between the back portion and the rear surface of the striking face, wherein the deformable element comprises a front surface in contact with the rear surface of the striking face, wherein an aperture is formed through the back portion; and an adjustment driver residing within the aperture, the adjustment driver including a recess adjacent the interior cavity, wherein the deformable element resides within the recess, wherein the back portion comprises a shelf surrounding the aperture, wherein the adjustment drive comprises a flange, the flange in contact with the shelf. |
| US10625119B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for measurement and storage of standardized physical fitness data
An apparatus and system for obtaining metrics associated with a user's athleticism. In an embodiment, the user performs a workout using the apparatus, and the workout is scored based on a scoring system. In an embodiment, the scoring system may be objective, thereby facilitating score standardization, and individual users for which scores have been recorded may be ranked by the system. In an embodiment, individual users may associate their system profiles with one or more positions for one or more sports. The rankings may be filtered by position and sport to facilitate identification of one or more users of interest, such as for a college recruiting purposes or professional sports team drafts. |
| US10625117B2 |
Monitoring and tracking athletic activity
Tracking and monitoring athletic activity offers individuals with additional motivation to continue such behavior. An individual may track his or her athletic activity by completing goals. These goals may be represented by real-world objects such as food items, landmarks, buildings, statues, other physical structures, toys and the like. Each object may correspond to an athletic activity goal and require an amount of athletic activity to complete the goal. For example, a donut goal object may correspond to an athletic activity goal of burning 350 calories. The user may progress from goal object to goal object. Goal objects may increase in difficulty (e.g., amount of athletic activity required) and might only be available for selection upon completing an immediately previous goal object, a number of goal objects, an amount of athletic activity and the like. |
| US10625116B1 |
Exercise device for neck and upper body
An exercise device (200) which a user (220) communicates with a base unit (260) whose shape comprises of a first arm projection (340) that ends with a first end (380) located along a radiating line from the base unit (260), and comprises of a second arm projection (440) that ends with a second end (420) ending somewhat away from the base unit (260) in a shape that contacts the user's head, whereby upon the urging of the user of the first end (380) produces at the second end (420) a force onto the user when the second end (420) is at least in contact with the user's head. |
| US10625114B2 |
Elliptical and stationary bicycle apparatus including row functionality
An exercise machine includes a frame, a seat track of the frame, a seat movably attached to the seat track of the frame, at least one resistance mechanism connected to the frame, a pull cable in communication with the resistance mechanism, a crank assembly in communication with the resistance mechanism, a first swing arm connected to the frame, and a second swing arm connected to the frame. |
| US10625113B2 |
Upper leg and hip exercise method and device to preserve knee and ankle joint while exercising
Provided is an exercise device for performing exercises suitable to strengthen thigh and hip muscles such as a leg press machine, a total hip, a stationary bicycle, or a moving bicycle, and more particularly provides an exercise device for strengthening thigh and hip muscles while protecting the knees and ankle joints by enabling a user to locate a lower end of an arm on the user's thigh in a sitting or lying position and move the user's legs in order to minimize a load or stress added to the knee and ankle joints. |
| US10625112B2 |
Flexor and extensor exercise device
An exercise device that exercises both flexor and extensor muscles. The exercise device includes a base. First and second sidewalls upwardly extend from opposing sides of the base. Each of the first and second sidewall has a plurality of teeth formed on an upper rim extending from the front end to the rear end of the base. At least a first gear is secured to a first end of an elongated rod and at least a second gear is secured to a second end of the elongated rod. A plurality of teeth of the first gear interlock with the plurality of teeth of the first sidewall and a plurality of teeth of the second gear interlock with the plurality of teeth of the second sidewall. A board rests on the elongated rod in between the first end and the second end. |
| US10625099B2 |
Radiotherapy tracking apparatus
A radiotherapy tracking apparatus for tracking a position of a specific region with markerless tracking even when visual recognition of the specific region of the subject is poor and for eliminating preliminary work such as preparation of a template. A control element comprises a DRR image generation element, a phase-based position calculation element, an X-ray fluoroscopic image obtaining element, a phase adjuster, a frame-based position calculation element, a gating element and a memory storage. The frame-based position calculation element calculates the position of the specific region of the subject in the X-ray fluoroscopic image having the plurality of frames frame-by-frame based on the DRR image adjusted with the X-ray fluoroscopic image in the phase adjustment element and the position of the specific region calculated by the phase-based position calculation element. |
| US10625097B2 |
Semi-automated cancer therapy treatment apparatus and method of use thereof
The invention comprises a method for treating a tumor of a patient with positively charged particles in a treatment room, comprising the steps of: (1) controlling a cancer therapy treatment system with a main controller, the main controller comprising hardware and software; (2) generating at least one image of the tumor using at least one imaging system controlled by the main controller; (3) using the at least one image and a software coded set of radiation treatment directives, the main controller auto-generating a radiation treatment plan; and (4) the main controller auto-delivering the positively charged particles, via a beam transport system and a nozzle system, from a synchrotron to the tumor according to the radiation treatment plan. |
| US10625096B2 |
Radiation therapy treatment planning and usage
A control circuit forms a radiation therapy treatment plan. By one approach this comprises displaying a structure dose volume histogram on a display and detecting when a user directly manipulates the displayed structure dose volume histogram. In response to detecting that manipulation the control circuit uses a corresponding virtual set of optimization objectives to optimize a radiation therapy treatment plan. If desired, the control circuit can also use weighted optimization objectives when optimizing the radiation therapy treatment plan. Also if desired, the control circuit can use only a low-resolution approximate geometry to represent a particular trajectory as corresponds to different exposure fields for the radiation therapy to be administered when initially optimizing the radiation therapy treatment plan. The control circuit can then subsequently use a high-resolution geometry to represent that trajectory to further optimize the radiation therapy treatment plan. |
| US10625092B2 |
Magnetic devices
A device for non-invasive treatment of a disorder in a patient comprising a magnetic portion having a first side and a second side, a first metal portion having a first end and a second end, and a second metal portion configured for hand holding and having a first side and a second side, wherein second side of the second metal portion: (i) is coupled to the first side of the magnetic portion; and (ii) has a surface area that is less than the surface area of the first side of the magnetic portion; and wherein the first metal portion is coupled to the second side of the magnetic portion. The first metal portion is optionally fitted with a head. The disclosure further relates to non-invasive methods for treating a disorder in a patient, wherein said methods use said magnetic device. |
| US10625078B2 |
Visual prosthetic apparatus for retinal stimulation
A visor for visual stimulation of visually impaired subjects is shown. The visor comprises a frame, a coil, a camera and a mounting system. A connector allows the coil to be positioned along a first direction. A sliding device allows the coil to be positioned along a second direction. Positioning of the visor on a subject's nose allows the coil to be positioned along a third direction. Positioning of the coil along the first, second or third direction is useful to maximize coupling RF coupling between the coil and an internal coil implanted on a subject wearing the visor. |
| US10625073B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for specializing, monitoring, and/or evaluating therapeutic nasal neuromodulation
Devices, systems, and methods for specializing, monitoring, and/or evaluating therapeutic nasal neuromodulation are disclosed herein. A targeted neuromodulation system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, an evaluation/modulation assembly at a distal portion of a shaft and including a plurality of electrodes. The electrodes are configured to emit stimulating energy at frequencies for identifying and locating target neural structures and detect the resultant bioelectric properties of the tissue. The system can also include a console that maps locations of the target neural structures. The evaluation/modulation assembly can then apply therapeutic neuromodulation energy in a highly tailored neuromodulation pattern based on the mapped locations of the target neural structures. Accordingly, the system provides therapeutic neuromodulation to highly specific target structures while avoiding non-target structures to reduce collateral effects. |
| US10625068B2 |
Breakaway connector
A breakaway connector generally includes a first valve having a first rotating-type fluid control member, and a second valve that is attachable to the first valve and has a second rotating-type fluid control member. Each of the fluid control members has an open position in which fluid is permitted to flow through the respective valve, and a closed position in which fluid is prevented from flowing through the respective valve. Each one of the valves is configured to engage the fluid control member of the other one of the valves to move the fluid control member from the open position to the closed position upon detachment of the valves from one another. |
| US10625067B2 |
Pressure-sensing bleed back control valve with improved sealing
A novel seal is provided along with a valve for implementing the seal in the form of a hemostatic catheterization valve. A pressure-sensing form of the hemostatic valve is also provided. The novel seal includes a pair of cooperating conical gaskets divided through their apexes into a plurality of edge-abutting semi-conical flaps. The seals are angularly fixed in orientation relative to each other using registering structures such as complementary tabs and sockets. More specifically, the seams where the semi-conical flaps abut are angularly off-set between the two conical gaskets by a predetermined amount. |
| US10625056B2 |
Coil, guide wire, and coil manufacturing method
A coil is made by helically winding a wire rod. A cross-sectional shape of the wire rod of the coil includes a curved portion that is arcuately curved toward a center axis of the coil; a flat portion that is provided on an outer circumference of the coil, and is formed in a flat shape with a curvature that is smaller than a curvature of the curved portion; and at least one protruding portion that is provided at the boundary between the curved portion and the flat portion or in the vicinity of the boundary, and protrudes toward an adjacent wire rod. |
| US10625049B2 |
Indwelling luminal devices
The invention comprises an indwelling medical device which is capable of delivering a therapeutic agent evenly along the length of the indwelling portion, including the outer wall, of the device. |
| US10625046B2 |
Diagnostic catheters, guide catheters, visualization devices and chord manipulation devices, and related kits and methods
Described herein are devices, methods and kits for assessing and/or enhancing the accessibility of a subvalvular space of a heart, accessing the subvalvular space of the heart (e.g., to provide access for one or more other devices), and/or positioning one or more devices in the subvalvular space of the heart. The devices described herein may, for example, comprise catheters that may be used to manipulate one or more chordae tendineae, diagnostic catheters having different sizes and/or shapes (e.g., different curvatures), guide catheters having different sizes and/or shapes (e.g., different curvatures), and visualization catheters. In some variations, the devices, methods, and/or kits may be used to visualize a target site, such as a subannular groove of a heart valve. In certain variations, the devices, methods, and/or kits may be used to manipulate chordae tendineae to provide additional space in a ventricle of a heart (e.g., enhancing the accessibility of the ventricle). |
| US10625041B2 |
Connecting valve structure and anesthetic filling system
A connecting valve structure and an anesthetic filling system are provided. When a valve core assembly is in the open state, a pipe and a filling port are in seal fit, besides, the connecting ring, the seal pipe, and the drug guiding pipe are integrated as a whole, when the seal pipe is inserted into or pulled out of the filling port of the evaporator, no BHT exudate occurs. In addition, an inner pipe wall of the seal pipe, a surface of the connecting ring facing towards a first pipe end, and an outer pipe wall of the drug guiding pipe opposite to the seal pipe together form a pressure stabilizing groove which is used to equilibrate pressure in the container and the evaporator during the open state. |
| US10625034B2 |
Blister package for pharmaceutical cartridges
A blister packaging for a pharmaceutical cartridge or capsule and methods of forming same are disclosed. |
| US10625030B1 |
Tamper evident cap for syringes
The present disclosure describes a syringe assembly including a syringe and a tamper evident cap disposed over a Luer connection of the syringe, the tamper evident cap having a main body that defines a proximal end defining an opening, a distal end opposite the proximal end along the axial direction, an outer surface, and an inner surface opposite the outer surface that defines a passage to receive a tip cap and the Luer connection, where the tamper evident cap is spaced from the tip cap. The main body further defines a frangible connection between the proximal and distal ends of the main body. The frangible connection can break under a force applied to the distal end of the tamper evident cap such that the proximal end of the tamper evident cap remains engaged with the syringe when the frangible connection breaks. |
| US10625028B2 |
Safety syringe with needle redirection device
A safety syringe comprising a needle redirection device that is desirably configured to bend the needle shaft forwardly of the barrel following an injection to thereby redirect the needle tip from a first position where it projects forwardly in coaxial alignment with the syringe barrel to a second position where the needle tip is covered or protected from incidental or accidental contact and associated needle sticks. Both sliding and pivoting embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10625027B2 |
Using a mobile phone for monitoring a medical device
There is provided a method involving a portable medical device (1), being carried by a user and a mobile phone (2) carried by the same user, the method comprising the steps of a) the mobile phone (2) at a time point (first time point) determining a geographical position of the mobile phone (2), and providing the geographical position and the first time point to a server (4) via a data connection, or the mobile phone (2) having its position determined by the cell network (3), and the cell network (3) providing the position and the first time point to the server (4), then b) the server (4) using the position and the time point to retrieve position-specific data for the time point, then c) the server (4) using a the data from step b. to determine whether the medical device should be serviced or replaced. There is also provided a system, a server and a mobile phone. |
| US10625023B2 |
Auto-injector systems and method for delivering cyst medication on demand
An auto-injector device including a syringe, a needle arranged in the vicinity of a first end of the syringe, and a plunger arranged within the syringe. A volume within the syringe between the plunger the needle accommodates medicine, such that movement of the plunger toward the needle dispenses medicine through the needle. A selection assembly configurable by a user to adjust an amount of medicine dispensed by the auto-injector device and depth to which the medicine is delivered. Also, a method for treating a skin lesion or skin disorder utilizing the auto-injector and a kit for patient administered treatment. |
| US10625017B2 |
Wireless communication for on-body medical devices
Apparatus, systems and methods for the wireless communication of medical devices in an on-body fluid delivery system are disclosed. A system for on-body fluid delivery includes a primary patch pump adapted to attach a first infusion cannula to a user and to perform a plurality of primary patch pump functions, and a secondary patch pump adapted to attach a second infusion cannula to a user. The secondary patch pump is further adapted to perform a plurality of secondary patch pump functions substantially similar to the plurality of primary patch pump functions if an error condition associated with the primary patch pump is determined. |
| US10625013B2 |
Detection of a disruption of a fluid connection between two fluid containing systems
A monitoring device is operated to detect a disruption of a fluid connection between two fluid containing systems. A disruption detector in the monitoring device operates on a measurement signal (Pi) to detect an apparent disruption of the fluid connection and generate a corresponding alarm indication. The monitoring device is configured to optimize the configuration of the disruption detector to limit the number of false alarms, by operating a false alarm analyzer to produce a count (FA #) of false alarm indications generated per unit time by the disruption detector for one or more configurations (ΔL) of the disruption detector, and by operating an updater to update the configuration (ΔL) of the disruption detector based on the count (FA #). The monitoring device may be connected to or part of an apparatus for blood treatment and operable to detect a disconnection of an extracorporeal blood circuit from a vascular system of a patient, e.g. a venous-side disconnection. |
| US10625012B2 |
Air separator including forced circulation
An air separator of an extracorporeal blood treatment machine is disclosed in which a flow conducting element is arranged directly downstream of a fluid inlet of an air separator opening into an air separating chamber, the fluid inlet forcing the inflowing fluid into a flow direction at least along/tangential to the chamber periphery. |
| US10625009B2 |
Airtrap, system and method for removing microbubbles from a fluid stream
An airtrap for a medical or physiological fluid in one embodiment includes a conical housing having a radius that increases from its top to its bottom when the housing is positioned for operation; a medical or physiological fluid inlet located at an upper portion of the conical housing; a medical or physiological fluid outlet located at a lower portion of the conical housing, the inlet and the outlet positioned and arranged so that medical or physiological fluid spirals in an increasing arc around an inside of the conical housing downwardly from the inlet to the outlet; and a gas collection area located at an upper portion of the conical housing. In another embodiment, the airtrap is shaped like a seahorse having a head section and a tail section. Any of the airtraps herein may be used for example in blood sets, peritoneal dialysis cassette tubing, and drug delivery sets. |
| US10625007B2 |
Blood purification apparatus and blood purification system
A blood purification apparatus and a blood purification system that is operable with increased ease even if a blood purifier requires special treatment conditions and operational settings is used. A blood purification apparatus includes a blood purifier for giving blood purification treatment by purifying blood of a patient; and a control device that executes, in accordance with preset treatment conditions and/or operational settings, an operation for performing the blood purification treatment or an operation associated with the blood purification treatment. The blood purification apparatus includes a registering device that is capable of registering, in advance, the treatment conditions and/or operational settings corresponding to a performance, characteristic, or function of the blood purifier; and a changing device that is capable of changing the treatment conditions and/or operational settings to the treatment conditions and/or operational settings registered by the registering device, in accordance with the blood purifier to be used in the blood purification treatment. |
| US10625006B2 |
Dedicated remote control of a plurality of medical apparatuses
The present invention relates to a method for contactlessly establishing a coupling between a medical apparatus (e.g., a hemodialysis apparatus or a peritoneal dialysis apparatus) and a remote control apparatus. An optical coupling signal is exchanged between the involved communication entities, in order to establish bijective, data-processing coupling between the remote control apparatus and the medical apparatus. Only after successful coupling is a remote control procedure initiated for remote control of the medical apparatus. |
| US10625003B2 |
Method for filling containers with fresh blood components
A method for filling containers with fresh blood components, comprising the following steps of: a) providing a piece of equipment (1) defining a transit channel (3) having at least a first gap (3a) associated with a bag (5) or the like containing a fresh blood component, at least a second gap (3b) connected to a plurality of containers (6) to be filled, and at least a third gap (3c) connected to pumping means (12); b) isolating the first gap (3a) from the second gap (3b) and placing the latter in communication with the third gap (3c); c) suctioning the air contained in the containers (6) to be filled by means of the pumping means (12) so as to define a vacuum inside them; d) placing the first gap (3a) in communication with the second gap (3b), the containers (6) suctioning the contents of the bag (5) by effect of the vacuum defined inside them; and where the channel (3) has at least a fourth gap (3d) associated with an empty syringe (4) or the like, and by the fact that it comprises, after step d), the following steps of: e) isolating the first gap (3a) from the second gap (3b) and placing the first gap itself in communication with the fourth gap (3d); f) taking at least a part of the contents of the bag (5) by means of the syringe (4); g) isolating the fourth gap (3d) from the first gap (3a) and placing the fourth gap itself in communication with the second gap (3b); h) sending the contents taken with the syringe (4) into the containers (6). |
| US10625000B2 |
Methods and devices for controlling negative pressure at a wound site
The invention relates to a method for estimating a negative pressure at a wound site during a negative pressure wound therapy. The method comprises the steps of determining a negative pressure value by means of a pressure sensor, determining a pump speed associated with the electrical pump, multiplying the pump speed by a constant to obtain a modification value, and combining said modification value with the negative pressure value determined by means of the pressure sensor to obtain a modified negative pressure value. Said modified negative pressure value corresponds to the estimated negative pressure present at the wound site. The invention further relates to a negative pressure wound therapy system adapted to execute said method of estimating a negative pressure at a wound site. |
| US10624999B2 |
Drainage device particularly for aspiration in case of therapies with aspiration, fistulas, dehiscences of surgical wounds, bedsores, traumas and similar lesions
A drainage device (1) particularly for aspiration in case of therapies with aspiration, fistulas, dehiscences of surgical wounds, bedsores, traumas and similar lesions, comprising an aspiration pouch (2) which is supported by a sheet-like element (5) which can be associated with the lesion (10) and is connected to aspiration means (3) by way of a connecting element (4). |
| US10624997B2 |
Porogen compositions, methods of making and uses
The present specification discloses porogen compositions comprising a core material and shell material, methods of making such porogen compositions, methods of forming such porous materials using such porogen compositions, biocompatible implantable devices comprising such porous materials, and methods of making such biocompatible implantable devices. |
| US10624996B2 |
Orthopedic implant for sustained drug release
A method includes forming a mixture including a therapeutic agent and a solid delivery medium, injecting the mixture into a reservoir within an orthopedic implant body, and storing the injected mixture in the reservoir. |
| US10624995B2 |
Methods, compositions and techniques for polydimethylsiloxane surface modifications
Disclosed are novel compositions and methods for making a polymer substrate and a ligand that includes a proximal portion with a photoactive compound bound to the polymer substrate, a terminal portion with an anti-infective/anti-microbial compound, and a reactive portion attaching the proximal portion and the terminal portion. |
| US10624990B2 |
Bioactive implants and methods of making and using
The present application relates to bioactive implants, methods of making bioactive implants, and methods of using bioactive implants to treat or repair a bone defect or a cartilage defect. In an aspect, the present application relates to compositions comprising bone microparticles in a solution, wherein the compositions harden upon desiccation into bioactive implants. In an aspect, the present application relates to compositions comprising cartilage microparticles in a solution, wherein the compositions harden upon desiccation into bioactive implants. In an aspect, disclosed herein are methods of making and using the disclosed compositions comprising bone microparticles and the disclosed composition comprising cartilage microparticles. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. |
| US10624987B2 |
Implant-based repair of osteochondral defects
The present invention is directed to a unique technology for preparing a growth-factor free, cylindrical, hydrogel implant that has multiple (three or more) longitudinal hydrogel zones with varying chemical and physical properties. The implant may be wholly made of hydrogels or the hydrogels may be associated with cells, such as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). |
| US10624985B2 |
Bioresorbable nonwoven fabric made of gelatin
A nonwoven fabric includes fibers of a fiber raw material including gelatin, the fibers including at least one of an antimicrobially effective substance and an antibiotic, wherein the fibers are produced by rotational spinning. |
| US10624981B2 |
Method and system for removing a liquid from a container for accommodating an ophthalmic lens
A method of removing a liquid from a container (1) for accommodating an ophthalmic contact lens, in particular a soft contact lens, during transporting the container (1) from a liquid bath (13) to a subsequent processing station (14), the method including the steps of: transporting the container (1) from the liquid bath to the subsequent processing station, generating suction (20), and applying the suction (20) to a bottom (11) of the container (1) during the step of transporting the container (1) from the liquid bath to the subsequent processing station, thereby removing the liquid from the container (1). |
| US10624978B2 |
Ultraviolet-based mildew control
A solution for controlling mildew in a cultivated area is described. The solution can include a set of ultraviolet sources that are configured to emit ultraviolet radiation in an ultraviolet range of approximately 260 nanometers to approximately 310 nanometers to harm mildew present on a plant or ground surface. A set of sensors can be utilized to acquire plant data for at least one plant surface of a plant, which can be processed to determine a presence of mildew on the at least one plant surface. Additional features can be included to further affect the growth environment for the plant. A feedback process can be implemented to improve one or more aspects of the growth environment. |
| US10624974B2 |
Anti-OX40 antibody and application thereof
The present application provides an anti-OX40 human antibody. In particular, a human antibody specifically binding to OX40 is obtained with yeast display screening, and the affinity of the antibody is improved with affinity maturation. The present application also provides a use of the antibody for the prevention or treatment of tumors. |
| US10624970B2 |
PSMA binding ligand-linker conjugates and methods for using
Described herein are prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) binding conjugates that are useful for delivering therapeutic, diagnostic and imaging agents. Also described herein are pharmaceutical composition containing them and methods of using the conjugates and compositions. Also described are processes for manufacture of the conjugates and the compositions containing them. |
| US10624967B2 |
Targeted conjugates and particles and formulations thereof
Nanoparticles and microparticles, and pharmaceutical formulations thereof, containing conjugates of an active agent such as a therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic agent attached to a targeting moiety, such as a somatostatin receptor binding moiety, via a linker have been designed. Such nanoparticles and microparticles can provide improved temporospatial delivery of the active agent and/or improved biodistribution. Methods of making the conjugates, the particles, and the formulations thereof are provided. Methods of administering the formulations to a subject in need thereof are provided, for example, to treat or prevent cancer or infectious diseases. |
| US10624958B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating pathological calcification and ossification
The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating disease and disorders associated with pathological calcification or pathological ossification by modulating the level or activity of NPP1 or a mutant thereof, or a mutant NPP4 modified to exhibit ATP hydrolase activity similar to the hydrolase activity of NPP1. |
| US10624955B2 |
Cholix toxin-derived fusion molecules for oral delivery of biologically active cargo
The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a non-naturally occurring fusion molecule and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, formulated for oral delivery to a subject, and designed to provide for improved, effective therapies for treatment of, e.g., inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, cancer, metabolic disorders, and growth deficiency disorders. |
| US10624950B2 |
Immunomodulating tumor necrosis factor receptor 25 (TNFR25) agonists, antagonists, and immunotoxins
This document provides novel compositions and methods utilizing immunomodulating agents that can stimulate or indirectly augment the immune system, or can have an immunosuppressive effect. TNFR25 agonists disclosed herein have an anti-inflammatory and healing effect. They can be used, e.g., to treat disease caused by asthma and chronic inflammation, such as inflammatory bowel diseases including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's Disease. TNFR25 antagonists disclosed herein can inhibit CD8 T cell-mediated cellular immune responses and can, for example, mitigate organ or tissue rejection following a tissue transplantation. TNFR25 agonists disclosed herein represent biological response modifiers that alter the interaction between the body's cellular immune defenses and cancer cells to boost, direct, or restore the body's ability to fight the cancer when given with tumor vaccines. TNFR25 specific immunotoxins disclosed herein are also capable of increasing the effectiveness of a chemotherapeutic regimen by depleting a cancer patient of naturally occurring immunosuppressive cells. |
| US10624943B2 |
Kava derived therapeutic compounds and methods of use thereof
Certain embodiments of the invention provide a composition comprising at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of dihydromethysticin, methysticin, dihydrokavain, kavain, desmethoxyyangonin and 11-methoxyyangonin, wherein the composition is substantially free of flavokawain B. Certain embodiments of the invention also provide a method for treating or preventing cancer in a mammal (e.g., a human) in need of such treatment comprising, administering to the mammal a carrier and a compound selected from the group consisting of dihydromethysticin, methysticin, dihydrokavain, kavain, desmethoxyyangonin and 11-methoxyyangonin, wherein the compound is substantially free of other kava extract components. |
| US10624942B2 |
Composition for amelioration of peri- and post-menopausal symptoms and a process for producing the same
The present invention provides a nutraceutical composition, a process for the preparation of the nutraceutical composition useful for amelioration of pen- and post-menopausal symptoms in women. The nutraceutical composition is stable, directly compressible, water soluble, free flowing form having particle size not more than 2.0 μm comprising extract of Trigonella foenum-graecum, at least one bioavailable form of magnesium and vitamin E. The present invention also provides a method of treating ameliorating, treating and/or preventing pen- and post-menopausal discomforts in a subject suffering from pen- or post-menopausal symptoms comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the nutraceutical composition. |
| US10624937B2 |
Compositions and methods for influencing recovery from strenuous physical activity
Compositions and methods for influencing the recovery of an animal from the effects of strenuous physical activity. The compositions generally comprise about 4% to 6% readily absorbable carbohydrate; about 10% to 30% maltodextrins; about 20% to 50% starch, for a total of about 40% to 80% carbohydrate; about 20% to about 40% protein; and optionally one or more antioxidants. The methods generally comprise administering the composition to an animal within the period from about 120 minutes before initiation of or 120 minutes after completion of the physical activity. |
| US10624933B2 |
Human-derived bacteria that induce proliferation or accumulation of regulatory T cells
Species of human-derived bacteria belonging to the Clostridia class have been shown to induce accumulation of regulatory T cells (Treg cells) in the colon and suppress immune functions. Pharmaceutical compositions containing these bacteria can be used to prevent and treat immune-mediated diseases such as autoimmune diseases. |
| US10624927B2 |
Separation and formulation of bioactive fraction and subfraction from camel urine works as anticancer agent
A pharmaceutical composition includes an effective amount of a bio-active fraction or subfraction of lyophilized camel urine. The composition is used as an anti-cancer drug which selectively targets the cancer cells without affecting the normal cells. |
| US10624923B2 |
Compositions and related methods for treating and preventing viral and retroviral infections
Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and related methods for treating a subject with a viral or retroviral infection. The disclosed compositions and methods comprise and utilize an effective amount of one or more vanadium-containing compounds and an effective amount of one or more sulfonylureas. In certain embodiments, the viral infection is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the compositions and methods improve one or more immunologic cellular parameters, such as viral load, CD4 counts and CD4/CD8 lymphocyte cell ratios in a subject. Also disclosed are methods of improving one or more immunologic cellular parameters that are associated with viral infections such as HIV in a subject, including viral load, CD4 counts and CD4/CD8 lymphocyte cell ratios. |
| US10624920B2 |
Use of alginate oligomers in combating biofilms
The invention provides a method for combating biofilm, said method comprising contacting a biofilm with an alginate oligomer. The biofilm may be on an animate or inanimate surface and both medical and non-medical uses and methods are provided. In one aspect the invention provides an alginate oligomer for use in the treatment or prevention of a biofilm infection in a subject. In another aspect the method can be used to combat biofilms, on abiotic surfaces, e.g. for disinfection and cleaning purposes. |
| US10624919B2 |
Composition and method to alleviate joint pain using low molecular weight hyaluronic acid and astaxanthin
A dietary supplement composition is formulated in a therapeutic amount to treat and alleviate symptoms of joint pain. The composition includes pro-inflammatory low molecular weight microbial fermented sodium hyaluronate fragments having a molecular weight of 0.5 to 300 kilodaltons (kDa) in an oral dosage form. |
| US10624918B2 |
Topical pharmaceutical formulations containing a low concentration of benzoyl peroxide in suspension in water and a water-miscible organic solvent
An aqueous formulation for topical application to the skin comprising water, a water-miscible organic solvent, and benzoyl peroxide, wherein the concentration of the organic solvent is sufficient to provide a stable suspension of benzoyl peroxide in the aqueous formulation without the inclusion of a surfactant in the formulation, wherein the ratio of concentrations of water and organic solvent in the formulation is sufficient to maintain the benzoyl peroxide in saturated solubility in the formulation following application to the skin, and wherein the concentration of benzoyl peroxide in the formulation is less than 5.0% and at least 1.0% w/w. The formulation may further contain a chemical compound in addition to benzoyl peroxide that is effective in the treatment of acne. The aqueous formulations of the invention are useful in the treatment of acne and acne rosacea. |
| US10624914B2 |
Methods for determining the level of hyposialylation of Angptl4
The present disclosure provides a biochemical basis of nephrotic syndrome and provides and explanation for the observed proteinuria and other effects. As a result, the present disclosure provides method for treating and/or preventing nephrotic syndrome as well as methods of alleviating symptoms associated with nephrotic syndrome. The present disclosure further provides methods for reducing proteinuria in nephrotic syndrome and other disease states as discussed herein. |
| US10624909B2 |
Inositol derivatives for use in pathological crystallization
The present invention relates to inositol derivatives covalently modified with one, two or three solubility functions, particularly polyethylene glycol moieties, for use in therapy or prevention of conditions related to pathological calcium crystallization, such as cardiovascular calcifications, nephrocalcinosis, calcinosis cutis, chondrocalcinosis and kidney stones. |
| US10624904B2 |
Intravitreal drug delivery systems for the treatment of ocular conditions
The disclosure teaches precisely engineered biodegradable drug delivery systems and methods of making and utilizing such systems. In aspects, the biodegradable drug delivery systems taught herein comprise intravitreal ocular implants suitable for delivery of corticosteroids to the posterior segment of a human eye. The intravitreal ocular implants described herein have a desired extended drug release profile suitable for treating inflammation of the human eye. |
| US10624901B2 |
Transdermal and/or topical delivery system comprising clobazam
A Transdermal Drug Delivery System (TDDS) of the reservoir or plaster type for administrating clobazam for the treatment of various types of anxiety and epilepsy, for 1 day, 2 day, 3 day, 4 day, 5 day, 6 day and/or 7-day continuous application. |
| US10624898B2 |
Compounds
The invention is directed to compounds of formula (I): and salts thereof. The compounds of the invention are inhibitors of kinase activity, in particular PI3-kinase activity. |
| US10624896B2 |
Use of sodium channel blockers for the treatment of neuropathic pain developing as a consequence of chemotherapy
The present invention refers to the use of sodium channel blockers such as tetrodotoxin or saxitoxin, its analogues/derivatives as well as their acceptable salts, for the production of a medicament for the treatment of neuropathic pain resulting from chemotherapy. |
| US10624895B2 |
Methods of sensitizing a patient with glioma to a therapeutic agent by administering small hairpin RNA targeting PDZ-RHOGEF
The technology encompasses methods of treating a patient with cancer, such as glioblastoma. The methods may include the administration of one or more pharmaceutical compositions that are capable of inhibiting TROY to treat the patient with cancer. |
| US10624890B2 |
NK-3 receptor antagonists for therapeutic or cosmetic treatment of excess body fat
Disclosed is use of NK3R antagonists for the therapeutic treatment of pathological excess body fat and/or prevention of body fat gain in patients. Also disclosed is a cosmetic method for stimulating the loss of excess of body fat, including the administration of a NK-3 receptor antagonist. |
| US10624884B2 |
H4 agonist molecule for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
The present invention concerns the use of an H4 agonist molecule against histamin, enantiomers of (AMINO-7 TRIETHOXY-4,5,6 OXO-1 DIHYDRO-1,3 ISOBENZOFURANNYL-3)-1 METHOXY-8 METHYL-2 METHYLENEDIOXY-6,7 TETRAHYDRO-,2,3,4 ISOQUINOLINE or tritoqualine, for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. |
| US10624882B2 |
Rho kinase inhibitors
Disclosed are novel substituted 2H-isoquinolin-1-one and 3H-quinazolin-4-one derivatives useful as inhibitors of Rho kinase and for treating a variety of diseases and disorders that are mediated or sustained through the activity of Rho kinase, including cardiovascular diseases, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods for using such compounds and processes for making such compounds. |
| US10624881B2 |
Methods for inducing apoptosis in cancer cells
Provided are methods for inducing apoptosis of cells using quinolinol compounds. Combinations of quinolinol compounds can be used in the methods. Combinations of one or more quinolinol compound and one or more inhibitors of cell growth arrest, e.g., Nutlin3a, can also be used in the methods. Also provided are compositions comprising of one or more quinolinol compound and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The compositions can comprise one or more quinolinol compound, one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and one or more inhibitors of cell growth arrest, e.g., Nutlin3a. |
| US10624878B2 |
Tetrahydro-1H-pyrido [3,4-b]indole anti-estrogenic drugs
The present disclosure provides tetrahydro-1H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole compounds or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, prodrug, stereoisomer, tautomer, rotamer, N-oxide and/or substituted derivative or, optionally in a pharmaceutical composition, for the modulation of disorders mediated by estrogen, or other disorders as more fully described herein. |
| US10624877B2 |
Composition and method for treatment of symptoms associated with various skin conditions
Compositions containing imidazole-based compounds, and optionally, colloidal oatmeal, for the treatment, prevention, and management of symptoms, conditions, diseases, and disorders of the skin. Also, methods for the treatment, prevention, and management of symptoms, conditions, diseases, and disorders of the skin using compositions containing imidazole-based compounds, and optionally, colloidal oatmeal. |
| US10624876B2 |
Derivatives of indole for the treatment of endometriosis
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, for use for treating and/or preventing endometriosis. |
| US10624874B2 |
Lasofoxifene modulation of membrane-initiated estrogen signals and methods for tumor treatment
The present invention found that lasofoxifene is an antagonist of ER-α36. It not only inhibits the growth of ER-α36 positive lung, colon and gastric cancers, and also it can inhibit the growth of acquired or de novo tamoxifen-resistant MCF-7 cells. Our finding also provides methods and compositions for treating cancer comprising lasofoxifene alone or in combination with at least one other agent selected from the group consisting of gefitinib and/or trastuzumab or functional equivalent thereof, and an inhibitor in hormonal or epidermal growth factor signal transduction pathways. |
| US10624870B2 |
Methods of treating mixed dyslipidemia
The present disclosure relates to, inter alia, methods of treating cardiovascular-related disease. |
| US10624867B2 |
Transdermally-delivered combination drug therapy for pain
The invention provides a topical formulation for treating pain comprising a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent or a Cox-2 inhibitor and a gabapentin family member. |
| US10624863B2 |
Sphingosine kinase type 1 inhibitors and uses thereof
Provided are inhibitors of sphingosine kinase Type I that are useful in a number of applications, indications and diseases, as well as for monitoring pharmacokinetics and patient management. These compounds are applicable to treating tumors of the central nervous system, such as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). |
| US10624862B2 |
Tamper-resistant dosage form containing ethylene-vinyl acetate polymer
The invention relates to a tamper-resistant, oral pharmaceutical dosage form comprising a pharmacologically active ingredient having psychotropic action and an ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) polymer which provides resistance against solvent extraction, resistance against grinding, and resistance against dose-dumping in aqueous ethanol. |
| US10624858B2 |
Controlled release composition using transition coating, and method of preparing same
The present invention is concerned with the use of transition coating and transition coating composition to control and or target the release of active pharmaceutical ingredients, and biological, chemical, neutraceutical, agricultural and nutritional materials and a method of preparing controlled release systems utilizing these components. |
| US10624857B2 |
Precision pharmaceutical 3D printing device
Provided herein are devices and systems for depositing a material or manufacturing a product, such as a pharmaceutical dosage form, by additive manufacturing. Further provided are methods of using the devices and systems, as well as methods of manufacturing a product, such as a pharmaceutical dosage form, by additive manufacturing. In certain embodiments, the device includes a material supply system configured to melt an pressurized a material, a pressure sensor configured to detect a pressure of the material within the device, and a control switch comprising a sealing needle operable in an open position and closed position. The sealing needle extends through a feed channel containing the material and includes a taper end, wherein the tapered end of the sealing needle engages a tapered inner surface of a nozzle to inhibit flow of the material through the nozzle when the sealing needle is in the closed position. |
| US10624849B2 |
Targeted extracellular vesicles comprising membrane proteins with engineered glycosylation sites
Disclosed are extracellular vesicles comprising an engineered targeting protein for targeting the extracellular vesicles to target cells. The targeting protein is a fusion protein that includes a ligand, an engineered glycosylation site, and an exosome-targeting domain. Exemplary extracellular vesicles may include but are not limited to exosomes. |
| US10624848B2 |
Ophthalmic emulsion
The present invention is directed to an ophthalmic emulsion. The emulsion has a unique combination of ingredients that promotes the stability of small oil droplets within the emulsion. The emulsion also includes a mucoadhesive polymer that aid in delivering a lipid to the ocular surface. |
| US10624847B2 |
Decomposable apparatus and methods for fabricating same
The invention provides decomposing apparatus which comprises a first sub-component and a first micro device comprising a decomposable material, wherein the sub-component comprises a drug, a medical kit, a micro-disease detection system, or an auto-navigation system. Also within the invention are methods for fabricating such apparatus. |
| US10624841B2 |
Nanobubbler
A nanobubbler includes a porous ceramic material, a first inlet configured to inject a gas into the porous ceramic material, wherein the porous ceramic material is configured to emit nanobubbles into the chamber from the surface in response to the injection of the gas, a chamber positioned adjacent to a surface of the porous ceramic material, a second inlet configured to inject a liquid into the chamber so that the nanobubbles are dislodged from the surface of the porous ceramic material into the liquid, and an outlet configured to output from the chamber the liquid infused with the nanobubbles. The nanobubbles infused into the liquid have an average diameter of less than 500 nanometers. |
| US10624838B2 |
Use of gingival fibroblasts in the treatment of alopecia
The present invention relates to the use of gingival fibroblast-derived products to reduce hair loss and promote hair growth. Specifically, the invention relates to a product derived from gingival fibroblasts to be used in the treatment or prevention of alopecia, as well as in the promotion of natural hair growth and/or in the control of natural hair loss. |
| US10624835B2 |
Clear hair conditioner composition
A hair conditioner which provides hair conditioning, de-tangling, frizz control and reduced flyaway benefits, without weighing down hair or loosing hair volume, in a clear composition, is disclosed. The composition utilizes a combination of high levels of PEG/PPG silicone surfactants together with cationic polymeric thickeners (such as polyquaternium-37) to provide those benefits. |
| US10624834B2 |
Sphere forming compositions
Disclosed is a composition that begins as a multi-phase structure including a plurality of immiscible liquids that, upon agitation, encapsulates and suspends one of the plurality of liquids (e.g., in spheres). In some embodiments, the composition includes a water phase and an anhydrous phase. The composition can include a thickener added to the water phase to allow the water molecules to encapsulate the anhydrous phase into spheres. The formed spheres are stable and can be configured to last for specific durations depending on modifications to the formula. In some embodiments, the spheres can release back into the multi-phase structure after a specific period of time. The formulations disclosed herein can act as a vehicle or a base formulation to which additional ingredients can be added. The disclosed formulation, in addition to enabling the intermixing of two immiscible liquids, can provide a number of additional benefits. |
| US10624831B2 |
Cosmetic
A cosmetic is characterized by containing a polymer which is produced by polymerizing a fluorine atom-containing monomer represented by formula (I) (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; m is an integer of 0 or 1 to 4; and n is an integer of 1 to 12), (B) a betaine monomer represented by formula (II) (wherein R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R4 and R5 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; p represents an integer of 1 to 4: and q represents an integer of 1 to 4) and (C) a monomer component containing an alkyl (meth)acrylate represented by formula (III) (wherein R6 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and R7 represents an alkyl group having 8 to 22 carbon atoms) with one another. |
| US10624830B2 |
Aqueous compositions with mangiferin for cosmetic applications
A cosmetic composition and a method of preparing a cosmetic composition that includes mangiferin characterized as demonstrating soluble and chemically stable mangiferin, wherein stability includes resistance to crystallization of mangiferin that is independent of temperature and pH. |
| US10624828B2 |
Personal care compositions comprising a 2-pyridinol N-oxide material and an iron chelator
A personal care composition having an effective amount of a 2-pyridinol-N-oxide material and an effective amount of an iron chelator; wherein the combination of the iron chelator and the 2-pyridinol-N-oxide material provides high antibacterial efficacy. |
| US10624827B2 |
Oral composition and oral plaque dispersion agent
The present invention relates to an oral composition and an oral plaque dispersion agent that can effectively disperse plaque firmly adhered to a tooth surface by being applied to the oral cavity.The oral composition comprises the following components (A), (B), and (C): (A) an olefin sulfonate having 14 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms; (B) a hydroxy alkane sulfonate having 14 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms; and (C) sorbitol, wherein the content of the component (A) is 3 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less based on the total content of the component (A) and the component (B). |
| US10624826B2 |
Antimicrobial compositions containing cationic active ingredients and quaternary sugar derived surfactants
The antimicrobial composition of the present invention comprises a cationic active ingredient, a quaternized sugar-derived surfactant, and an optional foam boosting surfactant. The present antimicrobial compositions are free of the antimicrobial agent triclosan (i.e., 2,4,4′-trichloro-2′hydroxy-diphenylether), have a high cidal activity in a short amount of time, provide stable copious foam and exhibit enhanced tissue (e.g. skin) compatibility as defined by an in vitro whole toxicology assessment method. |
| US10624824B2 |
Abrasive oral care composition
The present invention provides an oral care composition comprising from 3 to 12 weight % calcium pyrophosphate and from 10 to 19 weight % precipitated silica, based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the precipitated silica has a pellicle cleaning ratio of greater than 85. The present invention further provides a method of cleaning and/or polishing and/or whitening an oral surface comprising contacting the oral surface with the oral care composition. |
| US10624823B2 |
Oil-in-water type emulsion cosmetic for lips
An oil-in-water emulsion lip cosmetic that is not sticky when applied and superior to provide watery feel, glossy appearance, transparent and long-lasting glossy appearance when applied, comprises (A) an oil phase further comprising (a1) and (a2), wherein (a1) is 5 to 70% by mass of a non-volatile hydrocarbon oil including hydrogenated polyisobutene, and (a2) is 5 to 70% by mass of methylphenyl silicone that separates from (a1) when (a1) and (a2) are mixed with at 25° C.; and (B) an aqueous phase further comprising (b1) and (b2), wherein (b1) is 10 to 80% by mass of an aqueous component, and (b2) is 0.01 to 10% by mass of a colorant. |
| US10624820B2 |
Ceramic and glass ceramic slips for stereolithography
Slip for the stereolithographic preparation of ceramic or glass ceramic shaped parts which comprises (a) at least one radically polymerizable monomer, (b) at least one photoinitiator, (c) ceramic and/or glass ceramic particles and (d) at least one non-ionic surfactant. |
| US10624819B2 |
Beverage container grip support
A beverage container holder has a frame with a ring having an aperture for supporting and retaining a beverage container. The aperture can adapt to different sizes of beverage containers. The frame also has appendages extending therefrom. Some of the appendages are handles and some of the appendages are support stabilizers. The beverage container holder resembles an animal, and the appendages resemble ears and legs of the animal. |
| US10624816B2 |
Oral administration coupler
An improved oral administration coupler for delivery of fluids such as medications and nutritional fluids. Example oral administration couplers have a first end with an applicator for oral delivery to an infant, and a second end with a coupling compatible with an enteral fluid delivery syringe. A fluid delivery conduit extends in fluid communication from the first end to the second end, to deliver fluid from the syringe to the infant. |
| US10624815B2 |
Compact medication reconstitution device and method
A container usable for lyophilization, storage, and reconstitution of medication having only two parts, one of which is a plug component having a flow path terminating in a side outlet port and a second of which is a barrel component. The barrel component has a spiral mixing channel near its distal end in which powder medication is stored and upon reconstitution, yields a gradient concentration. The inner wall of the barrel includes a longitudinal diluent groove. To connect the plug outlet port with the longitudinal diluent groove, the plug or barrel has a 360° distribution groove encircling the plug and connecting to the plug outlet port. Regardless of what rotational orientation the plug has to the barrel, the diluent will always reach the mixing channel. |
| US10624813B2 |
Method and device for the dispensation of mists for therapeutic use
A device and associated method for the dispensation of mists for therapeutic use, comprising: a dispensing member (2) for dispensing an air flow (3) within which micronized particles of a liquid or solid therapeutic substance are dispersed; a chamber (11) having at least one inlet (12) for said air flow (3) generated by the dispensing member (2) and at least one outlet (13) for said air flow (3) present inside the chamber (11) itself; and a communication conduit (10) interposed between said dispensing member (2) and said chamber (11) in order to introduce the air flow (3) into the chamber (11) itself; said chamber (11) being switchable between an operative condition of maximum volume in which it internally defines a space (20) for containing at least one user, and a non-operative condition of minimum volume suitable for transport and/or storage. |
| US10624812B2 |
Method for facilitating control of a bathing unit system and control panel implementing same
A method and a control panel are described for facilitating the control of a bathing unit system so that the bathing unit system is caused to transition between operating in accordance with a first operational mode to operating in accordance with a second operational mode. A control signal is generated in response to a unitary user input event performed by a user at a control panel of the bathing unit system, the control signal conveying an ambiance activation command associated with a specific ambience setting, the generation of the control signal comprising selecting the specific ambience setting from a set of ambience settings stored in a memory device. The control signal is then transmitted from the control panel to the controller over a communication link where it is processed to cause the bathing unit system to transition from being in the rest mode to operating in accordance with the specific ambience setting. The method and a control panel may allow simplifying the control of the bathing unit system in order to achieve a desired total effect by allowing a user to cause the bathing unit to operate in accordance with an ambience setting by way of a unitary user input event performed at the control panel. |
| US10624804B2 |
Microclimate management airflow control based on incontinence detection
A microclimate system includes an air box, a disposable incontinence pad, and a mattress. The incontinence pad serves as an incontinent event detector. The disposable incontinence pad may be configured to conduct air along an interface of the disposable incontinence pad to withdraw heat and moisture from a patient and cools and dries the patient's skin in order to reduce the risk of bed sore formation. The mattress may include a microclimate management layer that provides conditioned air to withdraw heat and moisture from the disposable incontinence pad thereby keeping the patient's skin cool and dry in order to reduce the risk of bed sore formation. |
| US10624803B2 |
Tilting manual wheelchair
Disclosed is a manual wheelchair having a rotating seating area thereby providing a gradation of seating options between an upright and a tilted position. The rotation of the seating area of the disclosed wheelchair from an upright to a tilted position is independent of the position of provided push handles. |
| US10624802B2 |
System for automating wheelchair user ingress, egress, and securement on a vehicle
A system allowing a wheelchair bound user to embark and disembark a vehicle without assistance. The user requests entry into the vehicle. The vehicle is manually or autonomously driven into a safe position for ingress. The vehicle checks if the area is clear to open the door. The vehicle autonomously opens the door. The vehicle verifies the person is wheelchair bound. If the passenger is wheelchair bound, then: the vehicle verifies if the area is clear to deploy an inclined ramp or lift. The vehicle deploys the inclined ramp or lift. The vehicle waits until the user is on top of the lift and starts lifting the wheelchair bound person. The vehicle waits until the user at the correct height and transitions from the lift/ramp into the securement station inside of the vehicle. The vehicle verifies that the wheelchair is properly positioned for securement. The vehicle secures the wheel chair. |
| US10624801B2 |
Looped layer or strip including differential attachment areas and nappy comprising such a layer
The invention relates to a looped layer in the form of a laminate including an inner supporting element (1), for example a non-woven fabric or a plastic film, and a plurality of fibres and/or filaments (3) attached to the outer surface of the supporting element so as to form loops for engaging with hooks, the attachment being carried out in a attachment region, while in at least one other so-called looped region the filaments and/or fibres are not attached to the supporting element so as to form loops, characterised in that at least in one area (5) of at least one attachment region the attachment is only carried out in a partial manner, while at least in one other area (4) of at least one attachment region the attachment is carried out in a complete manner. |
| US10624800B2 |
Fixing member and absorbent article
A fixing member including a sheet-like base member 21 and a surface fastener 30 provided on the base member 21 is disclosed. The surface fastener 30 covers a surface of the base member 21 at a position separated from a tip end 21E1 of the base member 21 in a wrap-around direction, and minimum bending stiffness of the fixing member 20 as determined via a bending test using a Gurley tester being 150 mgf or less when measured using a test piece cut from a portion where the surface fastener 30 is provided. The surface S1 on the surface fastener 30 side of the portion 21a on the tip end 21E1 side of the surface fastener 30 of the base member 21 is a surface with reduced engagement with the surface fastener 30. |
| US10624788B2 |
Face mask with head support
Methods and devices are provided for supporting a person's head. Generally, a face mask is provided having an eye piece sized to fit a human face and having left and right side straps. The eye piece has a left side portion and right side portion that each have a concavity formed therein that is configured to be positioned around a user's eye. The left and right side straps each have a first end that is attached to the left and right side portions of the eye piece, respectively. A reusable adhesive can be coated onto at least a portion of each of the left and right side straps, which can allow the side straps to each be repeatedly and removably attached to a support structure. |
| US10624785B2 |
Devices and methods for ocular surgery
A hand-held aspiration device is provided which has a relatively small suction volume along a suction path to improve responsiveness of the aspiration device when the device is activated. The device may be manually powered and may be provided without electronic controls. The device has a suction path which may be purged into a disposal enclosure to reduce the volume of material under the influence of the suction pressure during the procedure. The suction source may also be part of the hand-held unit to further reduce the suction path and suction volume. |
| US10624782B2 |
Contact lens manipulator assembly and a method thereof
A contact lens manipulator assembly comprising a main manipulator body (7) arranged to support a lens applicator (2) in one end and a pincer (3) in an opposite end of the main manipulator body (7) is disclosed. The contact lens manipulator comprises further a contact lens fetcher (1) arranged releasable in a longitudinal bore (6) of the main manipulator body (7). |
| US10624781B2 |
Micro-droplet delivery device and methods
Micro-droplet delivery devices and methods are described where the device may comprise a piezoelectric actuator having a piezoelectric chip that is operatively coupled to a drug package under a preloading force. The actuator is configured to generate an acoustic pressure within the drug package to dispense droplets of an agent from an aperture, e.g., to the corneal surface of the eye. The piezoelectric actuator can be coupled or decoupled from the drug package. |
| US10624775B2 |
Strapping system for securing an orthopedic brace to the body
A strapping system for retaining a rigid support member of an orthopedic brace in a desired utilitarian position on a body of a wearer is provided which includes a strap having a first strap end, a second strap end and an intermediate strap point between the strap ends. The strap is operatively configured to follow a strap path having a first connection point, a second connection point and a third connection point sequentially positioned on the support member. The first strap end is attached to the first connection point and the strap extends from the first connection point around the body of the wearer to the second connection point where the intermediate strap point is attached thereto. The strap is redirected at the second connection point in an opposing direction and extends back around the body of the wearer to the third connection point where the second strap end is attached thereto. |
| US10624773B2 |
Pyloric anchors and methods for intestinal bypass sleeves
A gastrointestinal device for implanting within a patient's gastrointestinal tract, the device having a central axis and a first expandable portion comprising a hollow tubular braided structure of wire and having a first cylinder extending parallel to the central axis, the first cylinder having a length and a first face; a neck portion extending from the first face of the first expandable portion parallel to the central axis, the neck portion having a first end, a second end, a wall extending between the first end and second end, and a diameter sized to fit within a pylorus; and a second expandable portion comprising a hollow tubular braided structure of wire and having a second cylinder extending parallel to the central axis, the second cylinder having a second face located at the proximal end of the second cylinder and oriented transverse to the central axis. |
| US10624772B2 |
Protuberant aneurysm bridging device deployment method
An aneurysm bridging device can be placed in the neurovasculature of a patient by advancing the aneurysm bridging device in a small-diameter configuration a delivery catheter to a target region within the neurovasculature and securing the distal region of the aneurysm bridging device to the neurovasculature. While the distal region of the aneurysm bridging device is secured to the neurovasculature, the proximal region of the aneurysm bridging device can be advanced to permit the aneurysm bridging device to expand from the small-diameter configuration and to deform and twist in a central region of the aneurysm bridging device. The proximal region of the aneurysm bridging device can be secured within the neurovasculature to maintain the central region of the aneurysm bridging device in a deformed state. |
| US10624769B2 |
Hybrid stent
A hybrid stent includes multiple main cells aligned in a spiral shape and including multiple first link units which are aligned diagonally and spaced at a predetermined distance from each other and multiple second link units which connect adjacent first link units among the multiple first link units and are spaced at a predetermined distance from each other, and one or more open cells adjacent to the multiple main cells in a longitudinal direction and aligned in a spiral shape. |
| US10624765B2 |
Variable stiffness prosthetic foot
Prosthetic feet that provide for variable and adjustable stiffness are provided. A foot element can include a tongue portion defined or formed by a slot in the foot element that at least partially separates the tongue portion from a remainder of the foot element. The tongue portion can be operably connected to the remainder of the foot member to increase the stiffness of the foot member or operably disconnected from the remainder of the foot member to increase the flexibility of the foot member. The prosthetic foot further includes a mechanism for adjusting whether the tongue portion is operably connected or disconnected from the remainder of the foot member. The mechanism can be selectively actuated to adjust the stiffness of the foot element in dorsiflexion and/or plantarflexion and/or to adjust the degree to which the tongue portion is allowed to flex relative to the remainder of the foot member. |
| US10624763B2 |
Orthopaedic impactor with radially expanding threading
An orthopaedic impactor includes an elongate member having a first end and a second end; a striking surface connected to the first end; an actuator held by the elongate member; and an impaction assembly held by the elongate member at the second end. The impaction assembly includes a collar that has an opening formed through; an interfacing member that has a threaded end and is split into at least four sections held partially within the opening, the interfacing member having an expansion opening formed to the threaded end that defines a center; and a separator held in alignment with the expansion opening and connected to the actuator. The separator is configured to radially expand the at least four sections away from the center when advanced through the expansion opening by the actuator. |
| US10624758B2 |
Zero profile spinal fusion cage
An interbody fusion cage having upper and lower canals for receiving the heads of bone screws that have been pre-installed in opposing vertebral body endplates. The proximal wall of the cage preferably has a vertical slot that communicates with each canal and is adapted to allow access by a screwdriver and tightening of the screws. |
| US10624757B2 |
Spinal implants configured for tissue sparing angle of insertion and related methods
Spinal implants that are configured for a minimally invasive approach to a patient's intervertebral disc space, optimized to avoid blood vessels and nervous tissue, maximizing endplate coverage and promoting sagittal balance, are provided. Insertion and fixation can be accomplished through a narrow access window, thereby allowing better access to more spinal levels while being less invasive than other approaches. The spinal implants may facilitate fusion, and include visualization features to assist in the implantation and verify proper placement and vary segmental angle of lordosis. Methods of implanting the spinal implants to treat a patient's spine are also disclosed. |
| US10624750B2 |
Three-dimensionally printed tissue engineering scaffolds for tissue regeneration
The present disclosure relates to a three-dimensionally (3D) printed tissue engineering scaffold for tissue regeneration and a method for manufacturing the 3D printed tissue engineering scaffold. The 3D printed tissue engineering scaffold may be fabricated at least in part from a composite material having an insoluble component and soluble component. The three-dimensional tissue scaffolds of the disclosure may be fabricated via a rapid prototyping machine. In some instances, the three-dimensional shape of the fabricated tissue engineering scaffold may correspond to a three-dimensional shape of a tissue defect of a patient. |
| US10624745B2 |
Method and apparatus for closing off a portion of a heart ventricle
Apparatus and methods to reduce ventricular volume are disclosed. The device takes the form of a transventricular anchor, which presses a portion of the ventricular wall inward, thereby reducing the available volume of the ventricle. The anchor is deployed using a curved introducer that may be inserted into one ventricle, through the septum and into the opposite ventricle. Barbs or protrusions along the anchor body combined with a mechanical stop and a sealing member hold the device in place once deployed. |
| US10624741B2 |
Delivery devices and methods for heart valve repair
Devices, systems and methods facilitate positioning of a cardiac valve annulus treatment device, thus enhancing treatment of the annulus. Methods generally involve advancing an anchor delivery device through vasculature of the patient to a location in the heart for treating the valve annulus, contacting the anchor delivery device with a length of the valve annulus, delivering a plurality of coupled anchors from the anchor delivery device to secure the anchors to the annulus, and drawing the anchors together to circumferentially tighten the valve annulus. Devices generally include an elongate catheter having at least one tensioning member and at least one tensioning actuator for deforming a distal portion of the catheter to help it conform to a valve annulus. The catheter device may be used to navigate a subannular space below a mitral valve to facilitate positioning of an anchor delivery device. |
| US10624740B2 |
Mitral valve delivery device
A delivery device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve may include a catheter assembly and an operating handle. The catheter assembly may include an inner shaft around which a compartment is defined, and a distal sheath having proximal and distal segments configured to enclose the compartment. The operating handle may include a first lead screw fixedly coupled to the proximal segment, a second lead screw coupled to the distal segment, a knob rotatable relative to a housing of the operating handle and threadedly engaged with the first lead screw, and a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly may have a first condition in which rotation of the knob in one direction moves the first lead screw but not the second lead screw, and a second condition in which rotation of the knob in the one direction simultaneously moves the first lead screw and the second lead screw. |
| US10624739B2 |
Heart valve delivery system with valve catheter
An assembly for treating a native valve in a human heart includes a prosthetic heart valve having an expandable frame and a valvular structure. The assembly also includes a tubular sleeve and a valve catheter disposed within the sleeve. A plurality of metal extension arms are coupled to the valve catheter for holding the prosthetic heart valve. The extension arms are configured to radially expand with the prosthetic heart valve during expansion of the prosthetic heart valve at a treatment site. A plurality of metal rods extend distally from the valve catheter. The rods are axially movable relative to the extension arms. A plurality of release members are provided for releasing the prosthetic heart valve from the extension arms upon movement of the metal rods. |
| US10624728B2 |
External male incontinence clamp
An incontinence clamp is provided. The incontinence clamp includes an upper clamp arm and a lower clamp arm. Each of the upper and lower clamp arms include a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surfaces face each other. A hinge pivotally connects the first ends of the upper and lower clamp arms together. An upper guide is coupled to the inner surface of the upper clamp arm and a lower guide is coupled to the inner surface of the lower clamp arm. A connector releasably connects the second ends of the upper clamp arm and the lower clamp arm together. |
| US10624727B2 |
Medical implants and fabrication of medical implants
The present invention discloses a biomechanically compatible implant, wherein arbitrary selectable discrete locations of the implant are defined to exhibit biomechanical characteristics in accordance with biomechanical characteristics at arbitrary selectable discrete locations of a bodily tissue where the respective arbitrary selectable discrete locations of the implant are configured to be attached. The implant may be configured to repair prolapse in an embodiment. In another embodiment, the implant may be configured to repair urinary incontinence. The present invention further discloses a device for generating a biomechanical characteristics pattern of the bodily tissue and the implant. The present invention further discloses a system for designing and fabricating the biomechanically compatible implant. |
| US10624726B2 |
Oral care implement
An oral-care implement having a housing extending along a longitudinal-extension direction, a functional element mounted at the housing for driven motion relative to the housing, a motion-transmitter element disposed within the housing and extending along the longitudinal-extension direction. The motion-transmitter element has a first coupling portion coupled with the functional element. The motion-transmitter element has a metal-sheet portion made from a punched and bent metal sheet. The metal-sheet portion can have at least one section having a non-flat cross-sectional shape in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal-extension direction, such as an L-shape, or U-shape, or S-shape. |
| US10624722B1 |
Systems and methods for laser trimming dental aligners
Systems and methods for laser trimming dental aligners include a model positioning system, an orientation determination system, and a laser trimming system. The model positioning system receives a physical dental model with a material thermoformed thereto. The dental model includes an orientation feature. The model positioning system moves the dental model to a position where the orientation feature is viewable by a camera. The camera captures an image of the orientation feature. The orientation determination system identifies an offset of the dental model by determining an actual orientation of the dental model based on the image of the orientation feature. The laser trimming system cuts the material from the dental model along a trim line while the fixture plate is moved about at least two axes relative to the laser trimming system. |
| US10624720B1 |
Imaging apparatus with temperature compensation
A method of generating a three-dimensional virtual model of an intraoral object includes capturing, by an imaging apparatus for performing intraoral scans, surface scan data of the intraoral object while changing a position of at least one lens of focusing optics of the imaging apparatus, wherein the surface scan data comprises depth data for a plurality of points of the intraoral object. The method further includes adjusting the depth data for one or more of the plurality of points based at least in part on a value associated with a temperature of at least a portion of the imaging apparatus. The method further includes generating the three-dimensional virtual model of the intraoral object using the adjusted depth data. |
| US10624700B2 |
Acccessory for electromagnetic handpiece
The present invention provides a laser system and laser handpiece and process for skin treatment. The system includes components for producing a continuous or pulse laser beam, and components for delivering a substance to the damaged region of skin. The system is designed to control and utilize the laser beam for damaging small volume of skin tissue and using a disposable tip to deliver a substance which is applied simultaneously or with some delay producing a combination of laser action with the action of a named substance at the same time. |
| US10624697B2 |
Microwave ablation system
A microwave ablation catheter assembly is provided. A coaxial cable configured to connect to a microwave energy source at its proximal end and at its distal end to a distal radiating section. The coaxial cable includes inner and outer conductors and a dielectric positioned therebetween. An extended working channel is configured to receive the coaxial cable for positioning the coaxial cable adjacent target tissue. At least a portion of an inner surface of the extended working channel is electrically conductive. The electrically conductive inner surface of the extended working channel may function as a balun to maintain a balanced signal between the inner and outer conductors of the coaxial cable when the distal radiating section of the coaxial cable is energized. |
| US10624691B2 |
Techniques for operating generator for digitally generating electrical signal waveforms and surgical instruments
Disclosed is a method of generating electrical signal waveforms by a generator. The generator includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory defines a first and second table. The processor retrieves information from the first table defined in the memory, where the information is associated with a first wave shape of a first electrical signal waveform for performing a surgical procedure. The processor retrieves information from the second table defined in the memory, where the information is associated with a second wave shape of a second electrical signal waveform for performing a surgical procedure. The processor combines the first and second wave shapes to create a combined wave shape of an electrical signal waveform for performing a surgical procedure and the combined wave shape electrical signal waveform for performing a surgical procedure is delivered to a surgical instrument. |
| US10624684B2 |
Spinal fixation holding device and spinal fixation system having the same
A holding device includes a cylindrical main body portion having an outer cross-section equal to or less than a cross-section defining the inner wall of an upper portion and a pair of locking pieces protruding outward from the distal end portion of the main body portion in the direction of the central axis along a direction perpendicular to the central axis at the positions of a pair of slots while the main body portion is positioned within the inner wall of the upper portion when viewed from the direction of the central axis. The pair of locking pieces have such a shape as to be contained within the outer shape of the head portion while being positioned within the pair of slots. |
| US10624682B2 |
Interspinous process spacing device
Various embodiments described herein provide devices and associated methods for treating spinal disease by implanting one or more interspinous process spacing devices. In one embodiment, an interspinous process spacing device includes a first attachment side, a second attachment side, a spacer tray, and a securing means. The spacer tray extends from the first attachment side and is slideably insertable through a spacer tray slot formed in the second attachment side. The spacer tray is adapted to be positioned between a spinous process of a first vertebra and a spinous process of an adjacent second vertebra, and the spacer tray includes a trough formed in a top surface of the spacer tray. The securing means is configured to engage the trough of the spacer tray to secure the second attachment side relative to the first attachment side. |
| US10624680B2 |
Device and method for reinforcement of a facet
In some embodiments, a device for reinforcement of a facet joint is provided. The device comprises a lumen configured to receive a fastener member. In some embodiments, a second segment comprises a second lumen configured to receive a fastener member or fastener. In some embodiments, kits are provided with a fastener member and a facet reinforcement device. Methods are also provided for treating a spine. In some embodiments, the fastener member is placed through both articular processes of a facet joint and a facet reinforcement device. |
| US10624678B2 |
Clamp implant for posterior arch of the atlas
A spinal fusion clamp implant that connects two vertebra, preferably the C1 and C2 vertebra. The clamp implant includes a clamp assembly that connects to the C1 vertebra. The clamp assembly includes at least one superior jaw and at least one inferior jaw. The superior jaw and the inferior jaw are opposedly arranged and clamp onto posterior arch of the C1 vertebra. The clamp implant also includes an implant assembly that connects to the implant used in C2, and a connection system that connects the clamp assembly with said C2 implant assembly. |
| US10624673B2 |
Hand operated reaching device for removing ticks from animals or humans and method of use
A hand held device for removing ticks that are fixed to the skin of an animal or human host and comprises a housing oriented along a longitudinal axis, a tick encapsulation zone at the front end of the housing employing an openable and closable lid section capable of closing around the tick while the tick is attached to the skin of the host. A piezoelectric voltage generation device is located within the housing and activated by a striker to send a high voltage through two lead wires having their distal ends mounted within the tick encapsulation zone in gapped relationship. A trigger is mounted along an axis tangential to the longitudinal axis for triggering the piezoelectric device to send a high voltage across the electrode gap to electrocute the tick. The electrocuted tick automatically becomes detached from the host's skin and falls into the closed encapsulation zone of the device. |
| US10624672B2 |
Surgical system instrument mounting
Robotic surgical systems and methods of coupling a surgical instrument to a manipulator arm are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a base; a setup link operably coupled to the base, the setup link locating a remote center of motion for the robotic surgical system; a proximal link operably coupled to the setup link; and a distal link operably coupled to the proximal link. A plurality of instrument manipulators are rotatably coupled to a distal end of the distal link, each of the instrument manipulators including a plurality of actuator outputs distally protruding from a distal end of a frame. |
| US10624671B2 |
Trocar attachment devices and methods
Methods and devices are provided for attaching a trocar to a surgical arm. For example, a surgical system is provided that has a trocar with a housing and a cannula extending distally from the housing. The housing and the cannula have a tool pathway extending therethrough for receiving a tool. The system also has a trocar support that is configured to be mounted on a distal end of a surgical robotic arm. The trocar is configured to couple to the trocar support through a variety of engagements, such as engaging the trocar in a first configuration that allows free movement of the trocar relative to the trocar support and in a second configuration in which the trocar is locked in a fixed position relative to the trocar support. |
| US10624670B2 |
Sealing device for sealing a lead-through for a medical instrument
A sealing device for sealing a lead-through for a medical instrument that includes a fastening region for fastening the sealing device on a tube or other medical device, a ring-like supporting region which is connected to the fastening region, and an annular sealing lip with an outer edge which is connected to an inner edge of the support portion, and an inner edge which is provided and designed to fluid-tightly abut at an outer surface of a shaft inserted in the sealing device. The difference of the average diameter of the inner edge of the support portion and the mean diameter of a shaft of a medical instrument, for which the sealing device is provided and designed, is not larger than the difference of the average diameter of the shaft and the mean diameter of the inner edge of the sealing lip. |
| US10624664B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for cutting a tissue bridge and/or removing a heart valve clip or suture
Disclosed is an instrument having an elongated shaft, a first member configured in the elongated shaft such that the first member can be deployed from a first portion of the instrument. The first member, when deployed, is configured over a tissue bridge within a heart, the tissue bridge having a clip or suture. A second member is also configured in the elongated shaft such that the second member is deployed from a second portion of the elongated shaft, wherein the second member, when deployed, is configured under the tissue bridge and the clip or suture. The elongated shaft is configured such that the second member, when deployed, moves towards the first member to yield a combined member which receives the tissue bridge and the clip or suture. The elongated shaft receives the combined member. The first member and/or the second member include a signal emitter to cut the tissue bridge. |
| US10624662B2 |
Surgical instruments and methods for performing tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, and other surgical procedures
A surgical instrument includes a housing having a barrel defining an axis and a fixed handle extending from the barrel. The barrel includes at least one elongated indentation and the fixed handle defines a waist. A shaft extends from the barrel along the axis and couple to an end effector at a distal end thereof. A movable handle coupled to the housing is configured to manipulate the end effector. The movable handle includes a proximal leg, a distal tail, an arcuate segment defining a finger-retaining area, and a proximal foot. A deployable member is slidably disposed within the shaft. A trigger coupled to the housing is configured to deploy the deployable member. The trigger defines a saddle portion. The housing, movable handle, and trigger are configured to facilitate operable grasping by a hand of a user in at least first and second different grasping configurations. |
| US10624660B2 |
Methods and systems for removal of a foreign object from tissue
Methods and systems for acoustic treatment of tissue are provided. Acoustic energy, for example ultrasound energy, under proper functional control can penetrate deeply and be controlled precisely in tissue. Some aspects provide a method configured for removal of at least a portion of an object, such as a foreign material, in tissue. |
| US10624659B2 |
Devices and methods for removing material from a patient
A containing element is used to capture material in a blood vessel for removal. The containing element is positioned within a constraining catheter while it is advanced through the blood vessel. A filament is coupled to the containing element which assists in opening and/or closing the containing element. |
| US10624653B2 |
Surgical tool with feedback
A surgical tool including a handle, a functional tool, and a torque limiter is described. The handle is sized and dimensioned for manipulation by a surgeon in a surgical environment. The functional tool is supported by the handle. The torque limiter is supported by the handle and is located between the handle and the functional tool. The torque limiter permits the handle and the functional tool to move relative to each other based on an amount of force applied to the functional tool. |
| US10624650B2 |
Systems and methods for guiding cuts to a femur and tibia during a knee arthroplasty
An assembly for guiding resection of a femur and tibia of a knee joint in preparation for installing a femoral and tibial knee components. For example, the assembly can include tibial and femoral IM rods to which are connected through a tensioning bolt that allows controlled adjustment of the distraction of the tibia and femur during cut positioning in a range of flexion angles. Also, the assembly is usable with relatively small, noninvasive approaches to the knee joint by way of relatively narrow, low profile components that attach to tibial and femoral IM rods. Further, the assembly includes several quick-release components to allow fast assembly and disassembly in a surgical setting. Each of these aspects, along with the ability of the assembly to accurately guide initial reference cuts to the tibia and femur, promotes an improved outcome for the patient. |
| US10624643B2 |
Elongated tissue compression device system with smooth outer contour and orthogonal curved aligning surfaces
An exemplary tissue compression device for forming an anastomosis between first and second anatomical structures includes a first device portion having a first mating surface, and a second device portion having a second mating surface configured to mate with the first mating surface to compress tissue positioned therebetween. Each of the first and second mating surfaces includes a contoured portion, and the contoured portions are configured to mate with one another to facilitate alignment of the first and second device portions. A first one of the contoured portions may be formed with a concave contour and a second one of the contoured portions may be formed with a complementary convex contour. The device portions may further include first and second magnetic members configured to draw the device portions together to engage the first mating surface with the second mating surface. |
| US10624642B2 |
Hemostasis reloadable clip release mechanism
A system for treating tissue includes a clip assembly including clip arms movable relative to a channel of a capsule so that the clip arms are movable between a tissue receiving configuration and a tissue clipping configuration. Also, the system includes an applicator releasably coupleable to the clip assembly. The applicator includes a bushing and a control member extending therethrough. The bushing includes deflectable fingers, each of the fingers including an engaging feature at a distal end thereof to engage a corresponding engaging feature of the capsule of the clip assembly and assembled with a pusher element configured to push the fingers to a radially outward position. The pusher element includes a U-shaped portion curving into a channel of the bushing and a longitudinal portion extending distally therefrom. A cam washer is slidable over a length of the control member and positioned distally of the U-shaped portion. |
| US10624640B2 |
Gripper pusher mechanism for tissue apposition systems
The invention provides devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The devices, systems and methods of the invention will find use in a variety of therapeutic procedures, including endovascular, minimally-invasive, and open surgical procedures, and can be used in various anatomical regions, including the abdomen, thorax, cardiovascular system, heart, intestinal tract, stomach, urinary tract, bladder, lung, and other organs, vessels, and tissues. The invention is particularly useful in those procedures requiring minimally-invasive or endovascular access to remote tissue locations, where the instruments utilized must negotiate long, narrow, and tortuous pathways to the treatment site. In addition, many of the devices and systems of the invention are adapted to be reversible and removable from the patient at any point without interference with or trauma to internal tissues. |
| US10624638B2 |
End effectors, surgical stapling devices, and methods of using same
An end effector for use by a surgeon to staple an anatomical structure of a patient during a surgical procedure includes an anvil and a cartridge. Each of the anvil and the cartridge has a face that is positionable on the anatomical structure. The anvil is coupled to the cartridge at first and second ends. The anvil is movable relative to the cartridge to define a first gap between the faces at the first ends that is different from a second gap between the faces at the second ends. |
| US10624636B2 |
Surgical stapling device with floating staple cartridge
A surgical stapling device includes tool assembly having an anvil assembly and a cartridge assembly including a cartridge channel and a staple cartridge supported within the cartridge channel. The cartridge channel has a pair of spaced sidewalls and a bottom wall. The cartridge assembly includes compression strips that are supported on upper edges of the side walls and are positioned to support the staple cartridge. In embodiments, each of the compression strips includes a connecting portion and the upper edge of each of the side walls defines a slot that is configured to receive the connecting portion of a respective compression strip to secure the compression strip to the side wall of the cartridge channel. In some embodiments, the tool assembly also includes a compressible pad that is supported on the bottom wall of the cartridge channel between the bottom of the cartridge channel and the staple cartridge. |
| US10624631B1 |
Surgical suture and method of suturing
A surgical suture and method of suturing is described. The surgical suture includes a pair of matched fastening elements connected by a length of suture. The fastening elements have interlocking components, allowing a surgeon to adjust the tightness of the suture. Fastening element holding devices are also provided to guide the use the surgical suture. The method includes placing the fastening elements in the holding devices, threading one or both of the fastening elements through the body of the patient, and securing the surgical suture, and removing the holding devices. |
| US10624625B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for suture management
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for managing suture filament during a tissue repair procedure. One exemplary embodiment of an anchor insertion tool includes a handle, an elongate shaft extending distally from the handle, and a ring disposed around the elongate shaft. The ring can be configured to slide along a length of the shaft, and can be configured to engage a filament extending from an anchor removably coupled to the shaft's distal end during a suture anchor insertion procedure. In some embodiments, the ring can include one or more slots for receiving a filament and maintaining a tension applied to the filament. The ring can also include features that prevent it from rotating with respect to the shaft, such as a boss formed on a ring's central opening that engages a slot formed in the shaft. Other devices, systems, and methods for suture anchor insertion are also provided. |
| US10624623B1 |
Lateral retractor system for minimizing muscle damage in spinal surgery
A lateral retractor system for forming a surgical pathway to a patient's intervertebral disc space includes a single dilator and a retractable dual-tapered-blade assembly. The single dilator may feature a narrow rectangular body for insertion at an insertion orientation parallel to the fibers of the patient's psoas muscle and at an approximate 45-degree angle to the patient's spine. The retractable dual-tapered-blade assembly consists of only two blade subassemblies, each having a blade bordered by adjustable wings, along with built-in video capabilities and lighting control for illuminating the surgical pathway. The dual-tapered-blade assembly may be passed over the single dilator at the insertion orientation and rotated approximately 45-50 degrees from the insertion orientation to a final rotated orientation parallel to the intervertebral disc space before the two blade subassemblies are retracted away from one another to create the surgical pathway. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US10624619B2 |
Multi-layer braided structures for occluding vascular defects and for occluding fluid flow through portions of the vasculature of the body
Described herein are a collapsible medical device and associated methods of occluding an abnormal opening in a body organ, wherein the medical device is shaped from plural layers of a heat-treatable metal fabric. Each of the fabric layers is formed from a plurality of metal strands and the assembly is heat-treated within a mold in order to substantially set a desired shape of the device. By incorporating plural layers in the thus-formed medical device, the ability of the device to rapidly occlude an abnormal opening in a body organ is significantly improved. |
| US10624618B2 |
Methods and devices for capturing and fixing leaflets in valve repair
The present invention provides methods and devices for grasping, and optional repositioning and fixation of the valve leaflets to treat cardiac valve regurgitation, particularly mitral valve regurgitation. Such grasping will typically be atraumatic providing a number of benefits. For example, atraumatic grasping may allow repositioning of the devices relative to the leaflets and repositioning of the leaflets themselves without damage to the leaflets. However, in some cases it may be necessary or desired to include grasping which pierces or otherwise permanently affects the leaflets. In some of these cases, the grasping step includes fixation. |
| US10624617B2 |
Endoscope
An endoscope (1) having an operating handle comprising a handle housing (2) and an insertion tube (3) extending from said handle towards a distal end of the endoscope (1) and terminating in a tip part (4) at the distal end of the endoscope (1). The endoscope (1) comprises a tool operating member (22) for operating a too (55) at the tip part (4). A control means connects the tool operating member (22) and the tool (55), so as to allow linear movement (55) of the tool in response to activation of said tool operating member (22). The control means is adapted to also perform a compound movement of said tool (55) in response to activation of said tool operating member (22), where the compound movement comprises a task movement in addition to said linear movement. |
| US10624615B2 |
Apparatus and method for collecting and isolating cells
A cell collection apparatus for collecting and isolating a sample having a sample collection section with a reservoir barrel, a fitting slidably movable within the reservoir barrel, and a proximal attachment, the proximal attachment located on the distal side of the fitting; a detachable section having a plunger, the plunger detachably connected to the proximal attachment by a distal attachment; and whereby after detachment of the detachable section, the sample collection section is centrifuged to separate the sample into its components. |
| US10624613B2 |
Ultrasound signal processing circuitry and related apparatus and methods
Ultrasound signal processing circuitry and related apparatus and methods are described. Groups of signal samples corresponding to respective acquisitions performed by an ultrasound transducer array may be processed by being transformed to the Fourier domain and via the application of one or more weighting functions. The transformed groups of signals may be combined with one another in the Fourier domain to obtain a Fourier-compounded set of signals that may be used for image formation. |
| US10624609B2 |
System and method for shear wave elastography by transmitting ultrasound with subgroups of ultrasound transducer elements
Systems and methods for performing shear wave elastography using push and/or detection ultrasound beams that are generated by subsets of the available number of transducer elements in an ultrasound transducer. These techniques provide several advantages over currently available approaches to shear wave elastography, including the ability to use a standard, low frame rate ultrasound imaging system and the ability to measure shear wave speed throughout the entire field-of-view rather than only those regions where the push beams are not generated. |
| US10624607B2 |
Method for guiding the insertion of a surgical instrument with three dimensional ultrasonic imaging
The insertion of a needle or other surgical instrument into the body is guided by three dimensional ultrasonic imaging. A probe having a two dimensional array transducer is placed against the body and manipulated to acquire an image of the site of the surgical procedure inside the body. The clinician inserts the surgical instrument, trying to follow an insertion path which is in the plane of a single image produced by the ultrasound system. The clinician observes the path of insertion and insertion progress on a display of a plurality of real-time 2D ultrasound images of spatially adjacent planes of a volume including the surgical procedure site. If the insertion path of the instrument does not remain in the plane of a single image, portions of the instrument will appear in the images of multiple adjacent image planes when the instrument intersects a succession of image planes as it progresses toward the site of the surgical procedure. |
| US10624603B2 |
X-ray input apparatus, x-ray imaging apparatus including the same, and method of controlling the x-ray input apparatus
An X-ray input apparatus includes a body mountable on a holder of an X-ray imaging apparatus, an exposure button provided at an upper portion of the body and configured to receive an X-ray exposure ready command and an X-ray exposure command from a user, an input communicator communicating with the holder via a Bluetooth communication network, and an input controller controlling the input communicator to generate a Bluetooth packet comprising the X-ray exposure ready signal or the X-ray exposure signal and transmit the generated Bluetooth packet to the holder when the X-ray exposure ready command or the X-ray exposure command is input to the exposure button. |
| US10624600B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing X-ray accumulation amount
An X-ray imaging method includes obtaining first information including X-ray accumulation amount of an object; determining an imaging protocol for imaging the object based on the received first information; and acquiring an X-ray image of the object based on the determined imaging protocol. The first information including the X-ray accumulation amount of the object is obtained from a device of the object via a short range wireless communication or from an external database based on authentication information input received from the object. |
| US10624599B2 |
Systems and methods for motion signal correction
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for determining whether a motion signal derived from image data relating to a subject is synchronous with the actual motion state of the subject. The method may include determining one or more values of a symmetry related parameter of a motion signal. The method may further include correcting the motion signal if the motion signal is determined flipped. |
| US10624598B2 |
System and method for navigating a tomosynthesis stack including automatic focusing
A system and method for reviewing a tomosynthesis image data set comprising volumetric image data of a breast, the method comprising, in one embodiment, causing an image or a series of images from the data set to be displayed on a display monitor and selecting or indicating through a user interface an object or region of interest in a presently displayed image of the data set, thereby causing an image from the data set having a best focus measure of the user selected or indicated object or region of interest to be automatically displayed on the display monitor. |
| US10624596B2 |
Cantilevered x-ray CT system for multi-axis imaging
A multi-axis imaging system and methods for imaging a human or animal using a multi-axis imaging system. |
| US10624595B2 |
Device suspension arrangement
The invention describes a device suspension arrangement comprising a ceiling region, at least one mobile device comprising a ceiling interface with at least one freely rotatable element arranged to partially protrude from the ceiling interface to facilitate movement of the suspended device to an arbitrary ceiling position; and at least one magnetic field generator realised to generate a magnetic field between the ceiling region and the ceiling interface of a mobile device. The invention further describes a mobile device for use in such a device suspension arrangement. |
| US10624593B2 |
Systems for a photomultiplier
Systems are provided for a photomultiplier device. In one embodiment, a photomultiplier device includes a microcell including an active area coupled to a quenching resistor and a signal line coupled to the quenching resistor, the signal line including a first side surface, a second side surface, and a base, the first side surface and second side surface angled inward toward each other. |
| US10624592B2 |
X-ray diagnosis apparatus and arm control method
An X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes a calculating unit and a control unit. The calculating unit that calculates an angle between a specified position specified in an ultrasonic image generated through transmission and reception of ultrasonic waves by an ultrasound probe and a predetermined position in a radiographic space where a subject is radiographed based on information on a relative position between the radiographic space and a scanning space where the subject is scanned by the ultrasound probe. The control unit that controls an arm to move so that the subject is radiographed at the angle calculated by the calculating unit. |
| US10624590B2 |
Device and method for attention and focus acquisition and maintenance
The present invention relates to a device for focusing a user's attention for an individual who loses focus during an activity. This is accomplished by randomizing (which includes pseudo randomizing) each reminder prompts as well as the time interval within a selected time frame. |
| US10624588B2 |
System and method for predicting an excitation pattern of a deep brain stimulation
A system and method for analyzing bioelectrical signals generated during a deep brain stimulation (DBS) includes an apparatus having a housing having a signal input and a signal output and an electrical circuit disposed within the housing and electrically coupled between the signal input and the signal output. The electrical circuit is configured to receive bioelectrical signals corresponding to a cyclic excitation signal transmitted by a pulse generator during a DBS and generate an output signal comprising a series of timing pulses, wherein each timing pulse simulates an envelope of the cyclic excitation signal. The signal output of the housing is electrically coupleable to an auxiliary trigger input of an imaging system and the series of timing pulses can be used to trigger image data acquisition. |
| US10624587B2 |
Non-invasive determination of disease states
An example method for estimating a disease state for a patient can include: capturing physiological data including images from the patient over time; processing the physiological data to detect a variability; comparing the variability to a baseline or a range; and estimating the disease state for the patient based upon the comparing of the variability to the baseline or the limit. |
| US10624583B2 |
Reactance sensing for improved sensor placement
A sensor assembly which includes a first physiological parameter sensor configured to sense a physiological parameter and a first reactance sensor connected to the first physiological parameter sensor. The first reactance sensor provides a signal corresponding to a position of a tissue relative to the first reactance sensor and corresponding to the first physiological parameter sensor. |
| US10624575B2 |
Monitoring sleep using microactivity states
A method, a wearable device, and an apparatus for monitoring sleep of a user are provided. The method includes: determining an activity amount of a user based on multi-axial acceleration data received by the wearable device in a time period, in which the multi-axial acceleration data includes acceleration data in multiple axes; if the activity amount is smaller than a first threshold, determining a microactivity feature value using the multi-axial acceleration data and predetermined weights; and determining a microactivity state for the user in the time period based on the microactivity feature value, in which the activity amount of the user is substantially zero in the microactivity state. |
| US10624573B2 |
Sunscreen verification device
There is a sunscreen detection device for detecting a sunscreen product, the sunscreen detection device comprising: a substrate; a first light, disposed on the substrate and controllably coupled to a processor, controllable by the processor to emit light at a first light wavelength at the subject's skin when the sunscreen detection device is oriented to emit light on the subject's skin; a first light sensor circuit, disposed on the substrate and communicatively coupled to the processor, capable of sensing a percentage absorption of light by the subject's skin at the first light wavelength (% AbsAtWL1) and communicating the % AbsAtWL1 to the processor; a processor, configured to: cause the first light to emit light when the sunscreen detection device is oriented to emit light on the subject's skin; record the % AbsAtWL1 from the first light sensor; and assess a level of sunscreen protection based at least on the % AbsAtWL1. |
| US10624572B2 |
Devices that monitor penetration of an instrument in an anatomical structure
A device to monitor penetration of an instrument in an anatomical structure including at least two electrodes, a source of current supplying the at least two electrodes, and means for measuring impedance between the electrodes, wherein the electrodes are located on the penetration instrument, wherein the first electrode has a contact surface coinciding with a distal surface of the penetration instrument and the second electrode has a contact surface coinciding with a lateral surface of the penetration instrument, and wherein the contact surfaces are dimensioned to have a coinciding and constant contact surface as a function of a degree of penetration of the penetration instrument in the anatomical structure. |
| US10624570B2 |
User fatigue level analysis component
The disclosed embodiments include user fatigue level analysis components, real-time visual behavior measuring devices, and methods for determining the fatigue level of a user. In one embodiment, a user fatigue level analysis component includes a memory configured to store computer executable instructions and a processor for executing the computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions comprise instructions for receiving at least a visual behavior parameter indicative of the real time visual behavior of the user, for providing at least one sleep quality history parameter indicative of the sleep quality history of the user, and for determining the fatigue level of the user based on the analysis of the combination of the at least one visual behavior parameter and the at least one sleep quality history parameter. |
| US10624568B2 |
Advanced analyte sensor calibration and error detection
Systems and methods for processing sensor data and self-calibration are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided which are capable of calibrating a continuous analyte sensor based on an initial sensitivity, and then continuously performing self-calibration without using, or with reduced use of, reference measurements. In certain embodiments, a sensitivity of the analyte sensor is determined by applying an estimative algorithm that is a function of certain parameters. Also described herein are systems and methods for determining a property of an analyte sensor using a stimulus signal. The sensor property can be used to compensate sensor data for sensitivity drift, or determine another property associated with the sensor, such as temperature, sensor membrane damage, moisture ingress in sensor electronics, and scaling factors. |
| US10624565B1 |
Tissue oximeter intraoperative system
An oximeter probe includes sensor head with a probe face having one or more sensor structures to make measurements, a handle, and an elastic member connected between the handle and the base. A user can hold the handle while measurements are made and the elastic member permits the handle to flex relative to the sensor head with one or more sensor structures. |
| US10624561B2 |
User identification by biometric monitoring device
Techniques for user identification by a biometric monitoring device are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of operating a biometric monitoring device may involve measuring a weight of a user in response to detecting that the user is standing on a platform, determining, based on sensor data generated by a sensor, a user parameter indicative of the user's identification, identifying one of a plurality of user profiles as corresponding to the user based on a comparison of the user parameter to parameter values and a comparison of the measured weight of the user to weight values, and updating the identified user profile based on at least one of the measured weight and the user parameter. |
| US10624560B2 |
Electronic device, and electronic device control method
An electronic device (1) includes: a positional information obtaining section (21) for obtaining positional information; a boarding determining section (12) for determining whether or not a user has boarded or exited a vehicle; and a frequency switching section (14) for switching a frequency, at which the positional information is obtained, from a first frequency to a second frequency in a case where it is determined that the user has boarded or exited the vehicle. |
| US10624559B2 |
Fall prediction system and method of using the same
Various embodiments of a fall prediction system and method of using such system are disclosed. The system includes a hearing device for a wearer, a sensor operatively connected to the hearing device and adapted to detect a characteristic of the wearer and generate a sensor signal based on the characteristic, and a controller operatively connected to the hearing device. The controller is adapted to determine a fall risk value based on the sensor signal, compare the fall risk value to a fall risk threshold, and generate a fall prevention output if the fall risk value exceeds the fall risk threshold. |
| US10624558B2 |
Protocol independent image processing with adversarial networks
Systems and methods are provided for generating a protocol independent image. A deep learning generative framework learns to recognize the boundaries and classification of tissues in an MRI image. The deep learning generative framework includes an encoder, a decoder, and a discriminator network. The encoder is trained using the discriminator network to generate a latent space that is invariant to protocol and the decoder is trained to generate the best output possible for brain and/or tissue extraction. |
| US10624556B2 |
Medical imaging system and method
A medical imaging system and method is described. The system comprises: a microwave antenna array comprising a transmitting antenna and a plurality of receiving antennae, wherein the transmitting antenna is configured to transmit microwave signals so as to illuminate a body part of a patient and the receiving antennae are configured to receive the microwave signals following scattering within the body part; a marker configured to be applied to the surface of the skin of the body part and to scatter the microwave signals; a processor configured to process the scattered microwave signals and generate an image of the internal structure of the body part and the marker so as to identify a region of interest within the body part relative to the position of the marker. |
| US10624553B2 |
Probe data mapping using contact information
A method of mapping includes receiving inputs measured by a probe at respective locations inside a body cavity of a subject. At each of the respective locations, a respective contact quality between the probe and a tissue in the body cavity is measured. The inputs for which the respective contact quality is outside a defined range are rejected, and a map of the body cavity is created using the inputs that are not rejected. |
| US10624550B2 |
User interfaces for health monitoring
The present disclosure generally relates to user interfaces for health monitoring. Exemplary user interfaces for initial setup of health monitoring using a first electronic device and a second electronic device is described. Exemplary user interfaces for recording biometric information for use in health monitoring is described. Exemplary user interfaces for using an input device while recording biometric information for health monitoring is described. Exemplary user interfaces for viewing and managing aspects of health monitoring is described. |
| US10624549B2 |
Handheld electrocardiographic measurement device
A handheld electrocardiographic measurement device includes a substantially spheroidal body, a stopper projecting along an axial direction of the body to restrict a position of a thumb of one hand by abutting on a side surface of the thumb when a user grips the body with the one hand, a plate-shaped flange projecting from a side surface of the body in a direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to a projecting direction of the stopper, a first electrocardiographic electrode disposed on a back side of the body to touch a finger of the one hand when the body is gripped with the one hand, and a second electrocardiographic electrode disposed on a surface of the flange to touch a finger of the other hand when the flange is pinched by the other hand. |
| US10624542B2 |
Circuits and methods for photoplethysmographic sensors
Some embodiments relate to a device, method, and/or computer-readable medium storing processor-executable process steps to remove a component of a signal corresponding to ambient light in a photoplethysmographic sensor device, including capturing a first detected light signal representing an ambient light at a first time, causing a light emitter to generate a source light signal driven at a first level, capturing a second detected light signal representing the source light signal after interacting with a user's tissue plus the first detected light signal, generating a first output signal based on the second detected light signal adjusted by the first detected light signal, causing the light emitter to generate a source light signal driven at a second level, capturing a third detected light signal representing the source light signal driven at the second level after interacting with the user's skin plus the first detected light signal, and generating a second output signal based on the third detected light signal adjusted by the first detected light signal. |
| US10624537B2 |
Parallel optical coherence tomography apparatuses, systems, and related methods
Provided is a snapshot spectral domain optical coherence tomographer comprising a light source providing a plurality of beamlets; a beam splitter, splitting the plurality of beamlets into a reference arm and a sample arm; a first optical system that projects the sample arm onto multiple locations of a sample; a second optical system for collection of a plurality of reflected sample beamlets; a third optical system projecting the reference arm to a reflecting surface and receiving a plurality of reflected reference beamlets; a parallel interferometer that provides a plurality of interferograms from each of the plurality of sample beamlets with each of the plurality of reference beamlets; an optical image mapper configured to spatially separate the plurality of interferograms; a spectrometer configured to disperse each of the interferograms into its respective spectral components and project each interferogram in parallel; and a photodetector providing photon quantification. |
| US10624532B1 |
Camera positioning system, method, and apparatus for capturing images during a medical procedure
In some embodiments, an insertion device for a robotic surgery apparatus can include a first portion with a plurality of instrument channels configured to removably house a plurality of surgical instruments and first and second camera channels positioned in an interior of the first portion and extending along substantially the entire length of the first portion. The first camera channel can removably house a primary camera tube, and the second camera channel can include a secondary camera. The device can include a second portion with an insertion channel terminating at a first end with a first opening permitting the primary camera tube to pass through and terminating at a second end opposite the first end with a second opening aligned with the first camera channel of the first portion. The insertion channel can permit the primary camera tube to pass through the insertion channel and enter the first camera channel. |
| US10624523B2 |
Method and a device for controlled dosing of treating compositions in washing machines
The present invention provides a method of dispensing a plurality of treating compositions into a multistage automatic washing machine. The method comprises operating a device in the machine. The device comprises at least two chambers. Each chamber contains a treating composition. The chambers are activated in response to input from a sensor. The device has an associated reservoir for collection of wash liquor. |
| US10624516B2 |
Device and method for detecting cleaning work which has been performed
The present invention relates to a device that is in particular detachable, connectable, or connected with a cleaning device, wherein the device comprises at least one sensor means in order to record the position of at least one cleaning area of a cleaning device, which area can be or is used for cleaning, at least one display device, and at least one data processing unit which interacts or can be made to interact functionally with the display device, and with the at least one sensor means, wherein the data processing device is configured and adapted to display at least one representation of at least one surface to be cleaned in at least one first color or without color and, based on a recorded change in the position of at least the cleaning area of the cleaning device, to display the surface to be cleaned in at least one second color or without superimposition of color. |
| US10624511B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
A reconfigurable upright vacuum cleaner has a surface cleaning head with a pedestal member pivotally mounted thereto. An upper portion, which comprises a portable surface cleaning unit removably mounted thereto, is mounted to the pedestal member. An above floor cleaning wand is removably mounted to the pedestal member. The portable surface cleaning unit is securable to the pedestal member by a portable surface cleaning unit lock. |
| US10624510B2 |
Surface cleaning apparatus
A hand vacuum cleaner has a main body housing a suction motor and fan assembly and, a cyclone unit comprising a cyclone and a pre-motor filter housing. The pre-motor filter housing has an openable pre-motor filter housing door. The cyclone unit is moveable mounted to the main body between a closed position in which the openable pre-motor filter housing door is not accessible and an open position in which the openable pre-motor filter housing door is exposed. |
| US10624508B2 |
Variable height lift seat
A variable height lift seat assembly includes a framework providing a seat mounting site. A plurality of linear actuators operably connects to the framework and each linear actuator has a power supply and preselected set points. A control mechanism operably connects to the linear actuators for controlling up and down and angular movement of the seat mounting site of the frame. |
| US10624507B1 |
Cat-proof toilet paper dispenser
A dispenser which holds a single roll of toilet paper while also providing protection against damage or unrolling of the toilet paper roll by cats. A housing is composed of both a front and back portion connected by two hinges on the top surfaces. Both portions consist of a top, bottom, left and right sides. The front portion also has a partial front face. This front portion has a removable panel that is attached by four fasteners which can be customized with graphics and/or wording and which can be viewed whether the front portion is open or closed. The rear portion also has a partial rear side with four holes in it that are utilized for four fasteners to be used to mount the invention to a vertical surface. When closed, this dispenser provides full enclosure of the toilet paper roll which is supported by an internal spindle. |
| US10624506B2 |
Partitionable paper product
The present disclosure is directed to a paper towel product that will capably separate from the paper towel roll as a full sheet, a half sheet or a quarter sheet. A method of making a paper towel with machine direction perforations is also disclosed. |
| US10624503B2 |
Electronic liquid dispenser
Methods, systems and apparatus for operating a liquid dispenser based on the number of revolutions of the motor causing the dispensing operation and/or based on the linear distance traveled of the piston driving the dispensing pump. |
| US10624500B2 |
Kitchen appliance noise baffle
A blender includes: a base unit, the base unit including a vent in fluid communication with external air; a motor mounted within the base unit and configured to drive blender blades; a cooling fan mounted in the base unit to draw air though the vent and past the motor into a reservoir; and a conduit formed within the base unit that provides an exit path for air drawn past an exit port at the rear of the base unit. A central baffle is located within the reservoir that divides the exit path into two lateral substreams that flow past opposite side edges of the central baffle, and two lateral baffles are located within the reservoir downstream of the central baffle. Each lateral baffle directs a respective substream inwardly such that the sub streams combine into a single stream that exits the exit port. |
| US10624499B2 |
Systems and methods for pressure control in automated blending devices
A method for controlling pressure in a blending apparatus includes sealingly coupling a blade platform to a rim of a vessel including foodstuffs to form a blending chamber. The blade platform includes a blade assembly. The method includes injecting fluid via an opening defined within the blade platform into the blending chamber while the blade platform is sealingly coupled to the vessel. The injection of fluid causes a change in pressure in the blending chamber. The method includes rotating blades of the blade assembly to process the foodstuffs in the blending chamber. The method includes introducing air into the blending chamber to decrease a difference between the pressure within the blending chamber and a pressure external to the blending chamber. The method includes decoupling the blade platform from the rim. |
| US10624498B2 |
Device for grinding coffee beans
A device for grinding coffee beans includes a body provided with a vertical hopper for the entry of the coffee beans and a separate vertical outlet for the ground coffee, which are mutually connected by way of a horizontal seat within which a shaft is associated axially and rotatably. A first grinder is keyed to the shaft and interacts with a facing second grinder. These grinders cooperate with elements adapted to allow a first, micro-adjustment and a second, macro-adjustment of the grinding as a function of the type of coffee beans selected. |
| US10624489B2 |
Device for preparing a liquid beverage from a cartridge
Device for preparing a liquid beverage from a cartridge, comprising a supply unit (2) for supplying injection fluid to the cartridge (10), a cartridge holder (6) configured to accept and support a cartridge; the said cartridge holder being detachable from the device and complementary insertion means (7) are configured to allow the cartridge holder to be inserted from its detached position into the supply unit (2). The injection means (5) are provided and form part of the supply unit. The injection means are able to move into engagement. Sealing means (16) are also provided in association with the injection means in ‘order to provide sealing locally between the said injection means and the cartridge. |
| US10624485B2 |
Vegetable skin removal system and method
A vegetable skin removal system is shown herein, the vegetable having a volume, the system including a top-body, a bottom-body, a desiccant-tray configured to absorb and disperse moisture, the desiccant-tray removably insertable into the bottom-body, at least one hinge-assembly configured to hingedly couple the top-assembly to the bottom-assembly, and at least one fastener configured to secure the top-body to the bottom-body while the lower-mating-surface is mated with the top-mating-surface. The at least on hinge is preferably configured such that the top-body and the bottom-body are removable and/or separable from each other for cleaning and maintenance. |
| US10624482B2 |
Non-slip container with hidden suction cup
The disclosed is a non-slip container with hidden suction cup. In one aspect, a container includes a storage space, a suction cup, solid core, suction mechanism and a release tab. The solid core is placed directly above the suction cup in the storage space. The suction mechanism is positioned in a sectional gap of the container under the solid core. The suction mechanism enables the container to adhere with a surface on which the container is affixed. The release tab of the suction mechanism is accessible from the strategically placed area of the container. The release tab is positioned under the solid core and fully vertically flushes with the container. The release tab is encompassed in the sectional gap under the container. The release tab enables a user to detach the container from the surface when the release tab is lifted upward from the surface. |
| US10624479B2 |
Simultaneous bench-stabilized retention of both pole-mounted items and also of small personal items
The present invention provides an accessory retention device for using on bench type seating or tables made from planks. The device holds not only a pole, but also holders for drinks or other personal items. The device is adjustable to fit a variety of stadium seating, using the device adjustable mount system, which allows the mounting pieces that clamp on to the stadium seating to expand and contract for a secure fit. The device also allows the user to select what type of pole mounted item to insert into the support device, as the device is capable of adjusting to accommodate different types and sizes of poles, such as umbrella, flags, rods, etc. The device is compact, portable, and easy to carry with a built in handle. |
| US10624477B1 |
Beverage system
A beverage system is provided that includes a cup having a frustoconical wall extending from a first end to a second end. The first end is coupled to a bottom wall and the second end defines a rim. Inner surfaces of the walls define a cavity. The rim defines an opening that is in communication with the cavity. A lid is coupled to the rim such that the lid covers at least a portion of the opening. A sleeve includes a collar that surrounds a portion of the frustoconical wall. The sleeve includes first and second arms. The arms each include a first end coupled to the collar and an opposite second end. The second end of the first arm directly engages the lid. The second end of the second arm directly engages the second end of the first arm when the second end of the first arm directly engages the lid to prevent the lid from being removed from the cup. |
| US10624476B2 |
Hand pillow
Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for a hand pillow. A hand pillow includes a pillow and a glove. The glove is coupled to a surface of the pillow such that the pillow is worn by a user when the user puts the glove on. |
| US10624475B2 |
Bedding sheet system
A bedding system for a mattress includes a mattress cover. The mattress cover has an exterior surface, an interior compartment and an opening sized and shaped to allow insertion of the mattress into the cover. The opening is preferably reclosable. The cover is sized and shaped to receive the mattress inside it such that when the covering material snugly envelopes the mattress, it follows the contours of the sides and panels of the mattress. The mattress cover includes a plurality of cover fasteners disposed along a first side portion, a second side portion, a head portion and a foot portion. The system includes a first sheet with a plurality of sheet fasteners that engage the plurality of cover fasteners. When the sheet is overlaid onto the mattress cover and each of the sheet fasteners engages one of the plurality of cover fasteners, the edges and panels of the sheet aligns with the panels of the mattress. A second sheet includes fasteners at least along one edge that allows the second sheet to attach to the first sheet. |
| US10624474B2 |
Wall mounting apparatus and methods
An apparatus including a first block; a first strip having a first side with a first attachment device and an opposing second side with an adhesive; and a first pin having a head portion and an elongated portion which is connected at a first end to the head portion, which projects from the head portion of the first pin, and has an opposing second end at which there is a point. The head portion of the first pin is configured to be attached to the first block in a first state, and the first side of the first strip is attached to the first block by the first attachment device and the elongated portion of the first pin projects out through a first opening in the first strip. The pin is inserted into the wall and the first strip is attached to the wall by the attachment device. |
| US10624473B1 |
Picture frame
A picture frame used to receive a painting includes a front cover and a rear cover. The front cover has a front side and a surrounding wall enclosing the front side. The front cover forms a rear opening opposite to the front side and the front side is provided with a window. The rear cover is snapped around the rear opening of the front cover. The rear cover protrudes towards the window to form a rear frame in the front cover. The paining is clamped between the front cover and the rear frame and is exposed in the window. |
| US10624472B2 |
Optimized folding display
The invention relates to an optimized folding display, comprising two facing main side panels (1, 2), a traverse assembly (3) formed by narrow and elongated rectangular boards of semi-flexible sheet material, and fixing means (11, 12, 13, 14) for keeping the traverses fixed to the outer surface of the corresponding side panel (1, 2). The traverses (3) have their planes separated a given distance, so they form an articulated rhombus which can diagonally be closed from an expanded position into a folded position. Furthermore, the display has at least one shelf element (15) located between the two side panels (1, 2) and resting flat on the traverses (3) located at a similar height, forming a shelving assembly. |
| US10624471B2 |
Security system for displaying objects
A mount assembly and a security system for securely displaying objects. A mount assembly for securing to an object, including opposed clamp members for engaging the object, and a clamp assembly for releasably securing the clamp members, the clamp assembly including opposed surfaces defining at least one passage for receiving ends of the opposed clamp members, the opposed surfaces being movable to each other to secure the clamp members. |
| US10624470B2 |
Band for loading cutlery
A banded cutlery system for loading stacks of plastic cutlery into dispensers is described. The banded cutlery system includes a front tab and a rear tab, and at least one of the front tab and the rear tab comprises a contour that mates with a contour on the adjacent side of the cutlery pieces. The front tab may releasably attach to the rear tab by a fastener that may be located under the stack of cutlery pieces. The front tab may be configured to pivot relative to the rear tab from a locked position in which the front tab is generally parallel to the stack height (and the front and rear tabs are attached by the fastener) to an unlocked position in which the front tab is not parallel the stack height (and the front and rear tabs are not attached by the fastener). |
| US10624468B2 |
Pillow
Disclosed is a pillow comprising a plurality of pocket spring units. Each of the pocket spring units comprise a top portion, a bottom portion, and a side portion. The pillow further comprises an attachment layer comprising a top portion comprising an upper surface and a lower surface. The pillow further comprises a plurality of first cushion elements engaged with the upper surface of the top portion of the attachment layer. The bottom surface of the top portion of the attachment element being engaged with the top portion of the plurality of pocket springs units such that each of the first cushion elements act only upon one of the pocket spring units. |
| US10624466B2 |
Pocketed spring comfort layer
A comfort layer for a bedding or seating product has slow-acting pockets characterized by the individual springs of the comfort layer being pocketed with either semi-impermeable or non-permeable fabric. Each seam joining opposed plies of fabric around each of the coil springs of the comfort layer may be segmented, allowing air to flow between the segments, thereby increasing the luxury “feel” of the comfort layer. The method of making the comfort layer includes compressing the springs and creating pockets with a welding horn and an anvil. |
| US10624463B2 |
Adjustable bed with foundation spring support
The disclosure relates to an adjustable bed and foundation thereof, in particular incorporating springs or other support elements into the adjustable bed foundation or frame. The adjustable bed can include one or more foundation spring support sections mounted on or in a mattress support surface of the bed foundation. Spring support sections having different firmness levels in different mattress support sections can provide a varying support level to a user of the adjustable bed foundation combined with a mattress thereon. Spring support sections that are discrete from each other can permit articulation of the corresponding mattress support surface sections without creating bending, elongation, and/or compression stresses which might otherwise cause uneven support from or damage to a continuous spring support element spanning multiple mattress support surface sections. |
| US10624455B2 |
Surface adaptive tension-compression base structure and apparatus using the same
A tension-compression base structure including tension elements (such as flexible cables or ropes) and compression elements (such as rigid legs) is provided with a slidably adjustable path for the tension elements around or within the compression elements, thereby enabling a degree of adaptability to support surfaces that may not be ideally flat, such as on outdoor terrain. Such a tension-compression base may be used to support a platform, a stool, or an item of equipment that may be desirably held in a preferred orientation irrespective of terrain irregularities, and as furniture may be configured to rock with a user's body as a form of active seating. |
| US10624451B2 |
Therapy desk
A therapy desk and desk tops provide various therapies to the users while standing up or sitting down. It is configured to provide therapeutic benefits by two knobs that are rotated by hand to elevate and lower the desktop or the desk, providing excellent therapy to fingers, wrists, hands, back and legs. As it is operated while sitting down it avoids strain to the back. Also the peddling device used while sitting down provides excellent therapy to the legs. |
| US10624447B1 |
Power driven duster and cleaner apparatus
An improved hand held apparatus used for dusting, cleaning, polishing, and similar tasks utilizing a lightweight conventional power drill having a rotating axle with a chuck to which is attached one or more elongated extension members telescoped within one another and fixed relative to one another by a clamping connector, the first extension member having a first connecting member at one end constructed to be inserted into and attachable to the chuck and a second member at the opposing end of the extension members constructed to be attachable to the head of a conventional dusting device. The apparatus further includes a foam covered tubular hand guide member fitted about the first extension member and constructed to slide along the first extension member. The first connecting member is constructed having a shield to prevent water from dripping down the extension members and into the power drill, and to prevent the guide member from sliding off the extension member when the extension member is not attached to the power drill. |
| US10624446B2 |
Paint brush with grooved plug strip
A brush of the present disclosure includes a handle, a plurality of bristles, and a sleeve configured to couple the plurality of bristles to the handle. A plug strip is disposed within the sleeve and may be configured to orient the plurality of bristles to provide increased coating performance. The plug strip has opposed sides extending along a central longitudinal axis of the plug strip. At least one of the opposed sides has an undulating surface forming tapered ridges alternating with tapered valleys. |
| US10624440B1 |
Harness for sporting optic
A harness for a sporting optic can be donned by a user to secure the sporting optic to the person or torso of the user. The harness provides a secured position for the sporting optic to resist swinging, and thus damage and interference, of the sporting optic. The harness has shoulder straps and a torso strap. A restraining pad can be carried by the torso strap. The sporting optic can be tucked behind the restraining pad. |
| US10624438B2 |
Fluid bladders with closures and handles
A fluid container can comprise a flexible bladder having an internal region for storing a fluid, a bladder opening at an upper end portion of the bladder for allowing passage of fluid in or out of the internal region, a lower rigid member secured to an outer surface of the bladder at a lower end portion of the bladder, an upper closure secured to the bladder over the bladder opening for selectively closing and opening the bladder opening, and a rigid, removable handle, wherein the handle has an upper end portion that is detachably coupled to the upper closure and a lower end portion that is detachably coupled to the lower rigid member. |
| US10624437B1 |
Shoulder strap assembly for a bag
A shoulder strap assembly for shoulder-supported bags is provided. The shoulder strap assembly is manufactured to provide a tri-para-planar alignment of the strap and the folded body material that forms the enclosure of the bag. The folded body material includes a coextensive flap portion that folds over an opening of the enclosure. When folded over, the flap portion twists each fixed end of the shoulder strap, in opposite directions. The twist amounts to rotation of approximately ninety degrees of each fixed distal end relative to the shoulder strap's curved apex/midpoint. As a result, a predetermined curvature if formed at the apex of the shoulder strap material. This predetermined curvature causes the shoulder bag to pull and/or lean toward the body of the wearer, preventing the associated shoulder bag from falling off the shoulder. |
| US10624436B1 |
Hair solutions cart
An apparatus including a vertical member; a top plate rotatably mounted to the vertical member; and a bowl connected to the top plate so that the bowl rotates with respect to the vertical member when the top plate rotates. The top plate has at least a first section which can be placed in a first state in which the first section covers the majority of an opening at the top of the bowl, and in a second state in which the first section does not cover the majority of the opening at the top of the bowl; and wherein the bowl is configured to retainer water. The apparatus typically includes a heater connected to the bowl, powered to provide heat to the bowl to heat water in the bowl. The apparatus may further include a tube surrounding the top plate except for a gap at a location adjacent the bowl. |
| US10624433B2 |
Multifunctional intelligent suitcase
The present invention discloses a multifunctional intelligent suitcase comprising a suitcase body and a mobile control terminal. The suitcase body is provided with an electronic combination lock, a microprocessor, an electronic switch, a power supply module, an LED strip and an air quality monitoring module. The control ends of the electronic combination lock and the electronic switch and the air quality monitoring module are connected to the microprocessor. The input end and output end of the electronic switch are respectively connected to the power supply module and LED strip. The air quality monitoring module is used to collect current air quality information and send the information to the microprocessor. The microprocessor determines current air quality information, and when it does not meet the healthy air quality index, will control the electronic switch to turn on. The mobile control terminal comprises a controller and a touch LCD screen. The controller is wirelessly connected to the microprocessor. The touch LCD screen is used for consumers to input operation information. The controller, according to input operating information, controls the microprocessor to take corresponding action. |
| US10624431B2 |
Hard-shell luggage system having a front accessible recessed pouch
Luggage systems that better address the ways in which many people like to travel, in a style they feel most comfortable, while enjoying an unprecedented level of convenience which they will naturally welcome. Such improvement include a hinged front panel supporting storage pouches recessed within the front hard-shell housing portion, for storing a mobile computing device and other articles, that can be simply accessed while traveling. |
| US10624428B2 |
Slider for slide fastener
A slider, includes a slider base, a pull-tab, a connecting shaft and a spring; the slider base includes an upper blade, a lower blade, and a connecting pin connecting the upper blade and the lower blade; said pull-tab is integrated with the connecting shaft; the pull-tab includes a pull-tab body, with a spring mounting part and a locking part set at the anterior-end-face of the pull-tab body; the anterior-end-face of the pull-tab body is set as a locking vertical plane and the bottom of the pull-tab body is set as cambered surface; the connecting shaft is fixed to the anterior-end of the pull-tab body and the length of the connecting shaft is larger than the width of the anterior-end-face of the pull-tab body; the connecting shaft runs through the spring mounting part and the locking part and extends to both sides of the anterior-end of the pull-tab body. |
| US10624423B2 |
Article of footwear with a pulley system having a guide portion
A tensioning system for use with an article of footwear includes a pulley assembly. The pulley assembly may include a first disc and a second disc connected by a central shaft. A tensioning element can be engaged around the central shaft. A ring element can be used to prevent the tensioning element from disengaging the pulley when there is slack in the tensioning element. The pulley assembly can include a guide portion that guides a tensioning member so as to restrict the entry angle of segments of the tensioning member. |
| US10624422B2 |
Silicone lace with a strong visual identity and improved tear strength, and lacing system formed by a plate for locking the lace in place on the shoe
The invention is intended to provide silicone elastomer laces that are improved in terms of branding and/or ornamentation and/or tear strength and/or additional novel functions other than the mechanical properties and external appearance thereof, as well as a novel lacing solution. For this purpose, the invention relates first to a lace (1) for a shoe (2) equipped with a lace passage (3), the two edges (4, 5) of said passage having through-holes (7). The lace (1) essentially comprises at least one silicone elastomer that is at least partially cross-linked and includes one or more silicone polymers and fillers and, optionally, at least one of the following compounds: catalyst(s), cross-linking agent(s), pigment(s), parting agent(s), plasticiser(s), adhesion promoter(s). The lace is characterised in that it comprises, in the middle portion thereof, an identification zone (9) which is integral with the lace (1) and which, once the lace (1) has been passed through the through-holes (7, 7i) of the shoe (2), is intended to appear on the instep of the shoe (2), between the two lower through-holes (7i) located on either side, and at the base of, the lace passage (3) on the shoe (2). The invention also relates to a lace intended to be locked in place on the shoe (2) using a so-called “BlocKnot” plate (30) that is provided with multiple passages (20) for holding the lace (1) in place when the free ends of the strands (81) and (82) of the lace are interlaced through the passages (20) and gripped, preferably by passing the free ends of the strands (81) and (82) through the passages (20) in an alternating manner on the front and rear of the plate (30). |
| US10624418B2 |
Shoe having features for increased flexibility
A shoe includes a sole, an upper, and a welt. The sole and upper define a seam. The welt overlies the seam. The sole includes flex grooves. The upper includes perforations. The welt includes flex slits. |
| US10624415B2 |
Insole with heat generating system
An insole with heat generating system is disclosed, which comprises an insole, a piezoelectric module disposed inside the insole and electrically connected with each other to form an electrical circuit, two flexible conductive strips having a first conductive copper piece and a second conductive copper piece disposed thereon, and at least one resistive heating chip. Wherein the piezoelectric module generates the electrical energy through stepping on the insole, and then turns into the heat energy through the resistive heating chip, thereby generating a temperature for the insole, so the insole with heat generating system can adjust the temperature appropriately, its safety is high, most importantly, the invention does not need to add the battery to generate heat. |
| US10624413B2 |
Sole for a shoe
A sole for a sports shoe comprises a plurality of profile elements and a friction element. The profile elements are distributed such that the friction element can contact a sports ball to increase the friction between a lower side of the sole and the sports ball. |
| US10624410B2 |
Head ventilation devices, systems and related methods
The present disclosure is directed to head ventilation devices and systems. A shell which may be worn as a hat includes a gap along at least a portion of a user's hatline defined by one or more spacer assemblies. An airflow assembly disposed at an upper end of the shell and spaced apart from the user's scalp causes airflow through the gap and an upper opening to ventilate a user's head. Additional protection features for sun shading, inclement weather, and/or safety may also be included. |
| US10624409B2 |
Method for manufacturing an integrally formed cap and a cap manufactured by the method
A method is providing for manufacturing an integrally formed cap, the method comprising: in step 1, providing a shell fabric B and a thermoplastic lining fabric C, superposing the shell fabric on a surface of the lining fabric and tightly attaching the shell fabric to the lining fabric, to obtain the fabric A needed, and providing the shaping mold matched with the shape of a cap; in step 2, cutting the fabric A obtained in Step 1 into set dimensions; and in step 3, tightly attaching the fabric A cut in Step 2 onto the shaping mold obtained in Step 1, thermally shaping the fabric A by a container, so as to integrally shape the fabric A into the cap. With the method of the invention, the production speed and quality stability can be increased, the production cost reduced, and the production process is energy-saving and environment-friendly. |
| US10624404B2 |
Powered helmet containing a plurality of channels for customizable securing of electroluminescent wires
A helmet is provided that comprises a contoured external surface; a controller positioned on the contoured external surface; one or more channels embedded within the contoured external surface and defining two or more elongate pathways travelling over at least a portion of the contoured external surface; at least one electroluminescent (EL) wire located within and extending along at least a portion of the one or more channels, the EL wire being further selectively electrically connected to the controller; and a plurality of pairs of retaining elements periodically positioned adjacent the one or more channels. Each retaining element within each pair is located on an opposing side of the one or more channels, and an opening defined between a portion of each of the plurality of pairs of retaining elements has a dimension less than a diameter of the EL wire. Associated method and computer program product are also provided. |
| US10624403B2 |
Malleable protective insert for headgear
A protective insert for headgear includes a malleable main body member having an inside facing surface, an outside facing surface and an impact resistant material that is disposed between the inside and outside facing surfaces. A plurality of connectors are disposed along the insert, and removably engage complementary connectors positionable inside a traditional hat. A plurality of air vents are disposed throughout the main body, and the impact resistant material includes polyurethane foam and polyborodimethylsiloxanea, which is malleable in a non-compressed state, and becomes firm and rigid when receiving an impact force. |
| US10624402B2 |
Curled braid apparatus and method of manufacturing same
A method of manufacturing a curled hair braid apparatus comprising: providing a length of artificial hair; forming a loop section, a first hair prong and a second hair prong, wherein the first hair prong comprises a first hair prong end and the second hair prong comprises a second hair prong end; rotating the first hair prong; rotating the second hair prong; wrapping the first hair prong around the second hair prong along at least a portion of the length of the artificial hair; separating a third hair prong from the second hair prong; wrapping the first hair prong behind the third hair prong and in front the second hair prong; wrapping the third hair prong behind the second hair prong and in front of the first hair prong; and wrapping the second hair prong behind the first hair prong and in front of the third hair prong. |
| US10624401B1 |
Systems for controlling odor
A jacket has a torso portion, a pair of underarm portions adjacent the torso portion, and a pair of arms, one of each of the arms being adjacent one of each of the underarm portions, at least one of the torso portion and the pair of arms defining a first area and the pair of underarm portions defining a second area. The article further includes a first assembly including one or more scent control materials provided within the first area defined by a cloth and a second assembly including one or more scent control materials provided within the second area defined by the cloth, the second assembly having a different composition than the first assembly. The first assembly and the second assembly together include activated carbon and at least one of carbon treated to adsorb hydrogen sulfide, zeolite, ammonia stone, and carbon treated to adsorb mercaptan. |
| US10624400B1 |
Safety helmet
An improved safety helmet is a safety helmet for an emergency responder such as a policeman or a fireman that has a plurality of light emitting diodes that are able to flash in various combinations of sequences and in standard emergency light colors to make the emergency responder more visible to others in the vicinity. The safety helmet has a battery power source, a video camera, a transmitter, a receiver, a solar panel for charging the battery, and a thermal imaging scope formed into the safety helmet. There may also be a USB port and cable for recording and downloading. |
| US10624395B2 |
Sock with zones of varying layers
A sock with zones of varying numbers of layers is formed as a single tube on a circular knitting machine. At least one end of the tube is doubled back over a portion of the remainder of the tube to form a double layer first zone. The sock further includes a single layer zone adjacent to the double layer first zone, where no such folding occurs. Optionally, a second end of the tube may also be folded to create a third zone having two layers of material. |
| US10624393B2 |
Heated aerosol-generating device and method for generating aerosol with consistent properties
There is provided a method of controlling aerosol production in an aerosol-generating device, the device comprising: a heater comprising at least one heating element configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; and a power source for providing power to the heating element, comprising the steps of: controlling the power provided to the heating element such that in a first phase power is provided such that the temperature of the heating element increases from an initial temperature to a first temperature, in a second phase power is provided such that the temperature of the heating element drops below the first temperature and in a third phase power is provided such that the temperature of the heating element increases again. Increasing the temperature of the heating element during a final phase of the heating process reduces or prevents the reduction in aerosol delivery over time. |
| US10624391B2 |
Inhaler, atomizing assembly and atomizing core
An atomizing assembly has an inhaler, an atomizing assembly and an atomizing core. The atomizing assembly has a shell. The atomizing core joins with the shell. The shell has a gas flow passage and a liquid storage cavity which encircles the gas flow passage and serves for liquid storage. The atomizing core has a core body, an exhaust tube and an atomizing element. The core body is provided with an atomizing cavity, and the exhaust tube is disposed at a gas outlet. The atomizing element is disposed within the atomizing cavity and is used for liquid atomization; at least a part of the exhaust tube extends into the gas flow passage, and a through hole or a gap communicates with the interior of the exhaust tube. The gas flow passage is disposed on the sidewall of the exhaust tube. |
| US10624389B1 |
Combination storage container, scale, and rolling paper dispenser
A combination storage container, scale, and rolling paper dispenser having an airtight storage container, a scale, a rolling paper dispenser, a cigarette roller, a magnifying glass, a light, and a lighter. There is a battery compartment having a plurality of batteries which powers the scale and a digital readout for said scale, as well as a light to illuminate the contents of the storage container. An integrated rechargeable battery and a USB charging port power the lighter. The present combination storage container, scale, and rolling paper dispenser is portable and offers a sleek design which incorporates each of the elements into a single cylindrical profile. |
| US10624386B2 |
Pellet substrates for vaporizing and delivering an aerosol
Pellet substrates configured for use with a vapor delivery device to vaporize and deliver an aerosol to a user include a semi-porous base material formed of activated alumina pellets, activated carbon pellets, hulled millet grains that have a generally rounded shape or cellulose paper that has a generally disc shape. The pellet substrates are formed by mixing the base material with a liquid solution of an aerosol former and at least one of a tobacco extract mixture and a tobacco powder blend until the liquid solution is absorbed onto the exposed surfaces of the base material with or without drying by applying heat. The base material may be coated with a liquid hydrocolloid gum solution, namely a water soluble gum, such as sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, and distilled water to reduce fracturing, cracking, chipping and dusting of the pellet substrates. |
| US10624385B2 |
Rods for use in smoking articles
A rod for use in a smoking article comprises a gathered sheet of homogenised tobacco material circumscribed by a wrapper. The sheet of homogenised tobacco material may comprises one or more aerosol-formers and have an aerosol former content of greater than 5% on a dry weight basis or of between 5% and 30% by weight on a dry weight basis. The rod may comprise a continuous element to which one or more additives have been applied, which is incorporated into the gathered continuous sheet of homogenised tobacco material. A method of forming the rod comprises the steps of: providing a continuous sheet of homogenised tobacco material; gathering the continuous sheet of homogenised tobacco material transversely relative to the longitudinal axis thereof; circumscribing the gathered continuous sheet of homogenised tobacco material with a wrapper to form a continuous rod; and severing the continuous rod into a plurality of discrete rods. The sheet of homogenised tobacco material is preferably crimped or otherwise textured. |
| US10624383B1 |
Cooking extrusion horn
A method and apparatus for an extrusion horn including an inner compression chamber having an interior channel extending from an open infeed port to an open exit port, where a top inner surface of the interior channel progressively tapers down with an initial slope having an initial downward taper to a target thickness, then top inner surface abruptly steps to an increased thickness of the channel, and then progressively tapers down with a secondary slope where the secondary slope has a steeper downward taper than the slope of the initial downward taper. An apparatus and method for extruding extrudate through an extruding horn conducive for producing bacon bits and jerky. |
| US10624381B2 |
Changing positional orientations of food products on conveyors during roasting and other operations
An apparatus, system and method for changing the positional orientations of peppers or other individual food product items or pieces on an open conveyor belt as the product items or pieces are being continuously conveyed through an apparatus for flame roasting, cooking, searing or otherwise treating the product. The open conveyor belt carries the peppers or other products over one or more air knives which are installed in the apparatus beneath the open conveyor belt for rolling, rotating, and/or momentarily lifting the product items or pieces. |
| US10624376B2 |
Process for preparing an aqueous solution of a methylcellulose
A process for preparing an aqueous solution of a methylcellulose having anhydroglucose units joined by 1-4 linkages wherein hydroxy groups of anhydroglucose units are substituted with methyl groups such that s23/s26 is 0.36 or less, wherein s23 is the molar fraction of anhydroglucose units wherein only the two hydroxy groups in the 2- and 3-positions of the anhydroglucose unit are substituted with methyl groups and wherein s26 is the molar fraction of anhydroglucose units wherein only the two hydroxy groups in the 2- and 6-positions of the anhydroglucose unit are substituted with methyl groups, comprises the step of mixing the methylcellulose with an aqueous liquid at a temperature of not higher than 10° C. at a shear rate of at least 1000 s−1. |
| US10624371B2 |
Apparatus for dispensing and mixing cold beverages
apparatus for dispensing mixed beverages obtained by mixing fresh vegetable products that were previously cut into small pieces, ground and frozen before being inserted into the apparatus and kept frozen until they are ready to be used. This apparatus comprises a beverage pickup compartment accessible from outside, a plurality of distinct and separate containers suitable to contain a specific quantity of frozen product, and to selectively distribute a definite quantity of the product contained therein in a mixing station, in which said containers are associated with a respective collecting means to containers toward a respective path that includes said mixing station and a thawing station; the latter is suitable to be positioned either upstream or downstream of said station. |
| US10624369B2 |
Meat dewatering assembly
A meat dewatering assembly (10) includes a support frame (12), a twin screw dewatering unit (14), a drive assembly (16) coupled with the unit (14), and a perforated housing (60). The unit (14) has a pair of tapered, non-parallel, intermeshed, helically flighted screws (52, 54) presenting nip clearances (59) between the fighting (55). The drive assembly (16) serves to counter-rotate the screws (52, 54). In use, emulsified meat is passed into the housing (60) during counter-rotation of the screws (52, 54), in order to compress the meat within the clearances (59) and thereby express water from the meat. Adjustment collars (38) permit selective size alteration of the nip clearances (59). |
| US10624367B2 |
Use of spent bleaching earth from edible oil processing in the formulation of salt and mineral feed blocks or pellets for livestock
Spent bleaching earth from edible oil processing can be used in the formulation of salt and mineral lick blocks and pellets for livestock to enhance the health and nutritional value of the feed supplements. Because of the ignition hazard inherent with spent bleaching earth, landfill has been and continues to be the dominant disposal method. By adding salt or brine to the spent bleaching earth upon discharge from the process filters, the hydroscopic property will keep the material safe for handling and economic use as described. |
| US10624365B2 |
Composition of medium-chain fatty acids and feed supplemented with composition
The present invention relates to a composition containing medium-chain fatty acids or salts or mono-, di-, triglycerides, esters or amides derivatives of medium-chain fatty acids for use as a feed additive for animals, in an optimized ratio. In a second and third aspect, the invention concerns an animal feed, supplemented with the composition containing the medium-chain fatty acids or derivatives and a method for feeding animals with the animal feed. |
| US10624363B2 |
Process and apparatus for rapid freezing of consumable and non-consumable products using the expansion of dense gas
An apparatus for freezing products including an ejector venture system having a housing, an interior cavity, at least one port with a valve for releasing pressurized fluid into the interior cavity, at least one channel with a valve for introducing liquid product into the interior cavity, freezing liquid product by mixing it with expanding pressurized fluid. |
| US10624361B1 |
Methods for treating a divided cheese product and compositions thereof
Disclosed herein is a method for producing a package of cheese shreds. Cheese shreds and anticaking agent are mixed at a load between 2 wt. % and 10 wt. % in relation to the cheese shreds to form anticake-coated cheese shreds. The anticaking agent comprises 15-30 wt. % reducing sugar; 0.2-0.8 wt. % glucose oxidase; and 0.5-2 wt. % salt chosen from sodium chloride, calcium chloride, and magnesium chloride. The anticake-coated cheese shreds are then sealed into a package without modifying the atmosphere in the package or using an inert gas flush. |
| US10624358B2 |
Electric smoker
An electric food smoker is disclosed that includes a smoker chamber for holding food to be smoked, a wood compartment for holding smoke producing material to generate smoke, a chamber coil in the smoker chamber to control cooking temperature, and a wood coil in the wood compartment to control temperature for generating smoke. The wood compartment is separated from the smoker chamber. The wood compartment can be located in and insulated from the smoker chamber. The wood compartment can have vents allowing smoke to exit into the smoker chamber. The wood coil can have multiple temperature settings to control the amount of smoke generated; or can have a high smoke setting for generating more smoke and a normal smoke setting for generating less smoke. The chamber coil can maintain the cooking temperature in the smoker chamber regardless of the temperature setting for the wood coil. |
| US10624354B2 |
Mixing machine with VFD based diagnostics
A mixing machine includes a head extending over a bowl receiving location, a rotatable output shaft for receiving a mixer tool, and a gear system for effecting rotation of the rotatable output shaft about its axis and orbiting of the shaft axis about another axis. An electric motor includes an output operatively connected to drive the gear system. A variable frequency drive is connected to deliver 3-phase power to the electric motor to achieve variable speed and torque. The variable frequency drive includes a plurality of embedded sensors, including embedded current sensors and embedded voltage sensors. A diagnostic control is configured and operable to analyze outputs from the embedded sensors and produce an alert indication upon identification of a characteristic indicative of at least one of input power brownout, input power surge, machine short circuit, motor phase insulation arch, motor phase to ground arch or motor loss of phase. |
| US10624352B2 |
Bio-stimulant composition for improved plant growth and the process of preparing the same
The present invention discloses a bio-stimulant composition for promoting plant growth comprising natural product based extracts, such as, Adhatoda zeylanica extract containing Vasicine, Moringa oleifera extract, algal extract and combinations thereof, and excipients, and a process for preparing the same. |
| US10624350B2 |
Method for producing a plant life enhancing product
A method for producing a plant life enhancing product is described. The method includes: (i) anaerobically digesting agricultural residue to produce an anaerobically activated organic residue and an ammonia-enriched water; (ii) aerobically digesting the ammonia-enriched water to produce an aerobically activated organic residue; and (iii) blending the anaerobically activated organic residue with the aerobically activated organic residue to produce the plant life enhancing product. |
| US10624347B2 |
Herbicidal composition and method for controlling weeds
Provided is a herbicidal composition containing ethyl [3-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(1-methyl-6-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-3-yl)phenoxy]-2-pyridyloxy]acetate and pyroxasulfone. The herbicidal composition can exert an excellent control efficacy on weeds. |
| US10624343B2 |
Phenyl urea compound, and use thereof
A compound represented by formula (1) is described: The compound has an excellent efficacy for controlling plant diseases, and is thus useful as an active ingredient for an agent for controlling plant diseases. |
| US10624341B2 |
Formulations for killing agricultural pests
Killing one or more agricultural pests is accomplished by bringing the agricultural pests into contact with a toxic amount of a formulation comprising: (I) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of: (1) one or more compounds of structure (A), wherein the compounds of structure (A) comprise: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of —OH, ═O, —OC(O)R4, —OR6, —(OR6)2, wherein each R6 is independently selected from an alkyl group containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R is a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group with zero to two double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms; X is O or CH2, with the proviso that when X is O, then R can only be ═O; each Z is independently selected from the group consisting of (CH) and (CH2); y is a numeral selected from 1 and 2; R1 is selected from the group consisting of H or a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group with zero to two double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms; R2 is selected from the group consisting of H and a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group with zero to three double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms; R3 is selected from the group consisting of H and a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group with zero to three double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms, —(CH2)nOH, —C(O)OR5, —CH2C(O)OR7, —CH2C(O)R8, —C(O)NR9R10, —CH2C(O)NR11R12 where each of R5, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11 and R12 is independently selected from H and a branched or straight chain, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbyl group with zero to three double bonds and from 1 to 15 carbon atoms and n is an integer of from 1 to 12; the bond between the 2 and 3 positions in the ring structure may be a single or a double bond; and wherein the compounds of structure (A) contain from 11 to 20 total carbon atoms; and (2) one or more sesquiterpenes selected from the group consisting of acyclic, monocyclic, bicyclic and tricyclic sesquiterpenes and derivatives thereof; and (II) one or more toxicant compounds selected from the group consisting of carbamates, organochlorines, pyrethroids, sulfoximines, neonicotinoids, pyridine azomethines, diamides, organophosphates, phenylpyrazoles, oxadiazines, and ketoenols. The formulation can be a synergistic formulation. |
| US10624336B2 |
In-vitro embryonic culture medium comprising an inhibitor of cathepsin L and the use of the same in embryo cryopreservation
The present invention belongs to the technical field of embryo cryopreservation. In particular, the present invention relates to an in-vitro embryonic culture medium for improving the thawed recovery rate of an embryo, comprising an inhibitor of Cathepsin L inhibitor, for example, E-64d. The present invention also relates to a method for improving the freezing resistance and the thawing recovery rate of an embryo and a method for freezing an embryo. With the present invention, the freezing resistance and the thawing recovery rate of an embryo are significantly improved. |
| US10624333B2 |
Game tracking device
A game tracking device for tracking a target that has been hit by a projectile is configured to attach to a projectile and includes a transmitter and a power source disposed within a transmitter housing having one or more catching members. The transmitter is operable to emit a locating signal that is capable of detection by a remote receiving device. The catching members include hooking elements or barbs configured to attach the tracking device to the target. The catching members remain in a retracted position where the hooking elements are generally concealed within the transmitter housing until deployed. |
| US10624332B2 |
Protective screen against aggressive animals
A protective screen against aggressive animals, including a structure formed by frames provided with pointed elements which are installed for the purpose of creating secure zones that are protected against possible attacks from dangerous animals. A series of elemental modules having a square or rectangular tubular frame in polyethylene or hard plastic having four lances directed towards the centre but forming an angle “α” with the plane defined by the frame. Each lance has a shaft of the same material as the frame and a steel metal lance point that is protected against corrosion. |
| US10624330B1 |
Ice fishing bite detecting and signaling apparatus
An apparatus for detecting and signaling a disturbance of fishing gear while ice fishing may include an elongated base for positioning above an ice fishing hole, with a channel having opposing sides being located on the base for receiving a portion of the bobber, and a disturbance detecting assembly for detecting a disturbance of the fishing gear when a fish engages with the fishing gear. The detecting assembly may comprise a movable flap for releasably holding the portion of the bobber in the channel, and a detection switch in communication with the flap such that movement of the flap in at least one direction causes the detection switch to be actuated. The apparatus may also include an alerting assembly for signaling that the disturbance detecting assembly has detected a disturbance of the fishing gear. |
| US10624329B2 |
Fishing line indication device
A fishing line indication device includes a pair of identically shaped body sections that are secured together along a top end by a connector. The body sections include front ends and bottom ends that are selectively engaged to receive a fishing line. A plurality of markings are positioned along the outside surfaces of the first and second body sections. The front ends have a curvilinear shape and the bottom ends have a round shape. The round and curvilinear shapes rotate the first and second body sections along a fishing pole to which the fishing line is attached. |
| US10624327B2 |
Dual-bearing reel
A dual-bearing reel having a level winding mechanism includes a first main body that rotatably supports one end of a spool and rotates the spool, a second main body including a gear that rotates in conjunction with rotation of the spool, a worm shaft that has the gear attached thereto and rotates together with the gear, a level wind pipe through which the worm shaft passes, and a level winder. The level wind pipe has an outer diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the gear. The second main body includes a gear housing portion for housing the gear. The gear housing portion has an opening that is larger than the gear to allow the level wind pipe to enter the opening. The dual-bearing reel also has a gap filling portion that fills a gap between the level wind pipe and an inner wall surface of the opening. |
| US10624322B2 |
Aquaponic unit
An agricultural unit includes a tank system that is adapted to provide a combined aquatic environment for raising aquatic animals in aquaculture and for cultivating plants in hydroponic culture and an electrochemical device. The tank system releases excretions of the aquatic animals directly into the aquatic environment so as to produce nutrients for the plants while the electrochemical device is operable in an electrolysis mode to produce hydrogen and oxygen while consuming electrical energy provided by a source of electrical energy and is further operable in a fuel cell mode to produce electrical energy and heat by oxidizing the produced hydrogen. The electrochemical device is operatively coupled to the tank system so as to transfer at least part of the produced heat and the produced oxygen to the aquatic environment. |
| US10624312B2 |
Device for measuring the gastric pressure and the gastric motility of a livestock animal
The invention relates to a device for permanently detecting the gastric pressure, the gastric temperature, the gastric motility and the movement of a livestock animal, in particular a ruminant, comprising a, for example, bolus-shaped body (14), said body (14) comprising the following components: a pressure sensor (9), a telemetric device (9) for transmitting measuring values, and a gas-tight interior space (12), wherein a wall of the gas-tight interior space (12) comprises in some regions an elastic material which is deformable by the gastric pressure of a livestock animal, and wherein the pressure sensor (9) is designed to detect the pressure in the gas-tight interior space (12). According to the invention, said device is designed such that it permanently remains in the stomach of the livestock animal when it is applied to the livestock animal. |
| US10624308B2 |
Petunia-calibrachoa variety SAKPXC025
A petunia-calibrachoa plant designated SAKPXC025 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC025, the plants of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC025, to plant parts of petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC025, and methods for producing a plant produced by crossing petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC025 with itself or with another variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC025, methods for producing other lines or plant parts derived from petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC025, and the plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing petunia-calibrachoa SAKPXC025 with another variety. |
| US10624307B1 |
Alfalfa variety 412W204
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated 412W204. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety 412W204. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety 412W204 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety 412W204 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10624302B2 |
Soybean variety 01072280
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072280. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072280. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072280 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072280 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10624299B1 |
Maize inbred PH2S9S
A novel maize variety designated PH2S9S and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2S9S with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2S9S through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2S9S or a locus conversion of PH2S9S with another maize variety. |
| US10624297B1 |
Variety corn line IJ7877
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated IJ7877, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line IJ7877 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line IJ7877, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line IJ7877, and plants produced according to these methods. |
| US10624292B1 |
Rice cultivar M-210
A rice cultivar designated M-210 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar M-210, to the plants of rice M-210 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar M-210 with itself or another rice variety. The invention further relates to methods for producing a rice plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic rice plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to rice cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from rice cultivar M-210, to methods for producing other rice cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from rice cultivar M-210 and to the rice plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar M-210 with another rice cultivar. |
| US10624291B2 |
Hybrid pumpkin plant named HMX2795
A novel hybrid pumpkin plant, designated HMX2795 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of pumpkin hybrid HMX2795, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid pumpkin HMX2795, and to methods for producing a pumpkin plant by crossing the hybrid pumpkin HMX2795 with itself or another pumpkin plant. |
| US10624290B2 |
Hybrid pumpkin plant named HMX2738
A novel hybrid pumpkin plant, designated HMX2738 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of pumpkin hybrid HMX2738, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid pumpkin HMX2738, and to methods for producing a pumpkin plant by crossing the hybrid pumpkin HMX2738 with itself or another pumpkin plant. |
| US10624289B2 |
New Guinea impatiens variety SAKIMP055
A New Guinea Impatiens plant designated SAKIMP055 is disclosed. Embodiments include seeds of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP055, plants of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP055, to plant parts of New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP055, and methods for producing an impatiens plant produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP055 with itself or with another impatiens variety. Embodiments include methods for producing an impatiens plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and transgenic impatiens plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to impatiens varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP055, methods for producing other impatiens lines or plant parts derived from New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP055, and the impatiens plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid impatiens seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing New Guinea Impatiens SAKIMP055 with another impatiens variety. |
| US10624288B1 |
Soybean cultivar 85061635
A soybean cultivar designated 85061635 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 85061635, to the plants of soybean cultivar 85061635, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 85061635, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 85061635. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 85061635. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 85061635, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 85061635 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US10624287B2 |
Soybean variety 01072275
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072275. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072275. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072275 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072275 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10624283B2 |
Systems and methods for cultivating and distributing aquatic organisms
System and methods for monitoring the growth of an aquatic plant culture and detecting real-time characteristics associated with the aquatic plant culture aquatic plants. The systems and methods may include a control unit configured to perform an analysis of at least one image of an aquatic plant culture. The analysis may include processing at least one collected image to determine at least one physical characteristic or state of an aquatic plant culture. Systems and methods for distributing aquatic plant cultures are also provided. The distribution systems and methods may track and control the distribution of an aquatic plant culture based on information received from various sources. Systems and methods for growing and harvesting aquatic plants in a controlled and compact environment are also provided. The systems may include a bioreactor having a plurality of vertically stacked modules designed to contain the aquatic plants and a liquid growth medium. |
| US10624281B2 |
Drip irrigation device for flower pot
A drip irrigation device for a flower pot is provided with a main member including a central aperture, porous top and bottom layers around the central aperture, an intermediate layer around the central aperture and sandwiched between the top and bottom layers, and a slit extending from the central aperture to an edge of the main member and cutting through the intermediate layer and the top and bottom layers; and a base including at least one curved member, a central hole, a plurality of first compartments in an outer portion of each curved member, a plurality of holes through a bottom of each first compartment, a second compartment in an inner portion of each curved member, a drip hole through a bottom of each second compartment, and a plurality of spaced legs extending downward from a bottom of the base. |
| US10624278B2 |
Cultivation method for the rapid propagation of Davidia involucrata winter buds
The present invention discloses a cultivation method for the rapid propagation of Davidia involucrata winter buds. The method includes the following steps: (1) collecting winter buds of Davidia involucrata as explants; (2) disinfecting and sterilizing; (3) primary culture of the winter buds; (4) propagation cultivating; (5) cultivating of the strong seedlings; (6) cultivating roots; (7) acclimatization and transplanting; (8) water and fertilizer management. The method of the present invention can effectively promote the artificial propagation of Davidia involucrata and improve the survival rate thereof. |
| US10624271B2 |
Apparatus for treatment of plants
A tray for positioning in an exit path of a bee hive comprises a base, a bee entrance end, and a bee exit end. Spaced apart side walls extend upwardly from the base. The sidewalls extend generally lengthwise between the bee entrance end and bee exit end. A plurality of posts extend upwardly from the base and are positioned between the bee entrance end and the bee exit end. The posts are generally circular in cross-section. The posts act as obstacles around which the bees must walk to reach the bee exit end from the bee entrance end. |
| US10624264B1 |
Mounting plate and cage for attaching debris blower to riding mower
The invention consists of a mounting plate and a cage. The mounting plate is mounted on the back of a riding mower. The mounting plate is made out of a flat piece of metal with the edges turned at right angle. The edges have openings and slots. Openings on the flat portion attach the mounting plate to the riding mower with bolts. A blower is placed in the cage. The cage is made out of four metal tubes and a platform. An attaching plate attaches the metal tubes and the platform to the mounting plate. The attaching plates have a set of opening and pins. The cage is attached to mounting plate by placing pins on the attaching plate within the slots on the mounting plate. A clovis pins is placed through openings on mounting plate and the attaching plate to hold cage on the mounting plate. |
| US10624258B2 |
Controller for a harvester
A controller for a harvester. The controller is configured to receive crop flow information representative of how crop is flowing through the harvester and generate display information for providing a visual display to an operator of the harvester. The visual display includes an animation of crop flowing through the harvester. The controller is further configured to set one or more properties of the animation of the crop flowing through the harvester based on the received crop flow information. |
| US10624256B2 |
Method of operating a planter for planting seeds in a field for experimental purposes
A method of operating a planter where plot characteristics are input into a controller that is associated with a planter. A distance measuring device associated with the controller senses ground speed and distance traveled and transmits the sensed information to the controller. The controller then automatically adjusts the rotational speed of a seed plate of a row planter mounted to the planter based upon the sensed information to achieve the input plot characteristics. |
| US10624254B2 |
Meter roller for an agricultural metering system
A profile insert for a meter roller of an agricultural metering system includes a flute and a recess positioned adjacent to one another along a circumferential axis of the profile insert. The flute and the recess are configured to meter flowable particulate material from a storage tank to a material distribution system via rotation of the profile insert. The profile insert also includes at least one locking element configured to substantially block circumferential rotation of the profile insert relative to a spindle. In addition, the profile insert is configured to extend about only a portion of a circumference of the spindle. |
| US10624252B2 |
Rotary harrow disks and devices
A disk blade has an outer perimeter, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a central hub. A plurality of fingers extend laterally at an angle Θ from said first side wall. The fingers preferably comprise metal round bars curved to form part of an elliptical geometry inserted at a perpendicular angle to a vertical angle of said disk blade. The bars are arranged at locations equidistant around said disk blade and are disposed at a depth x from said outer perimeter of said disk blade. Preferably, the depth x is at least ≥one (1) inch. |
| US10631450B2 |
Component mounting system, component mounter and component mounting method
A component mounting system reduces the waste of components while mounting components via an application material. The system determines whether or not to permit the start of the mounting process to a plurality of applying locations based on the post-application elapsed time that has elapsed after the application of the adhesive to the applying location. That is, the system predicts the post-application elapsed time exceeds the time limit at the mounting timing at which the component is mounted in the mounting process for each applying location. If the plurality of applying locations include no applying location where the post-application elapsed time exceeds the time limit at the mounting timing, the start of the mounting process is permitted. However, if there is any applying location where the post-application elapsed time exceeds the time limit at the mounting timing, the start of the mounting process is prohibited. |
| US10631449B2 |
Tape processing method and tape repair member
A tape processing method of reusing an opened component supplying tape used in a tape feeder which conveys the component supplying tape provided with a carrier tape including a plurality of component storing portions and a cover tape toward a component take out position, the tape feeder being configured to open a cover tape and convey the component supplying tape. The method includes steps of: repairing the component supplying tape by closing an opened portion of the cover tape and fixing by a repair tape to be returned to a state in which the component storing portion is covered by the cover tape; and cutting the component supplying tape at a predetermined cut position far away toward a downstream side in the conveying direction from a position of a head component located at the most downstream side in the conveying direction. |
| US10631448B2 |
Portable electronic device with embedded electric shock protection function
Provided is a portable electronic device with an embedded electric shock protection function. A portable electronic device with an embedded electric shock protection function according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: a circuit board; a camera module mounted on the circuit board; a conductive cover disposed to cover a part of an upper side of the camera module; a conductive connecting part mounted on the circuit board and configured to come into electrical contact with the conductive cover; and an electric shock protection element mounted on the circuit board to be connected in series to the conductive connecting part and configured to pass static electricity introduced from the conductive cover and block a leakage current of an external power source introduced into a ground of the circuit board. |
| US10631446B2 |
Electromagnetic wave absorber and electronic device
An electromagnetic wave absorber includes: a first layer having a first enclosing layer that encloses an electromagnetic wave radiator, and a first metal film formed on the first enclosing layer. |
| US10631441B2 |
Cabinet for electronic equipment
Cabinet (10) for accommodating electronic equipment (46). The cabinet comprises a casing (12) with an access opening (24) at a access side (23), and a second side (17) opposite to the access side, an electronic equipment rack (40a), a first plenum space (35) between the access side and the rack, and a channel (36) in fluid communication with the second side and the first plenum space. The cabinet encloses a first cooling medium (27) that is in thermal communication with the electronic equipment. A cooling arrangement (29) is provided at the second side, which comprises a flow generator (30) for generating a flow (Φf) of the first cooling medium from the first plenum space across the electronic equipment toward the second side, and a heat exchanger (31) for extracting heat from the first cooling medium. The first cooling medium is subsequently recirculated through the channel to the first plenum space. |
| US10631438B2 |
Mechanically flexible cold plates for low power components
An assembled circuit board has a topology that defines positions, dimensions and power dissipation of components mounted to the circuit board, including a high power component and one or more low power components. A cold plate makes thermal contact to the high power component through a thermal interface material. A thermally conductive sheet overlays the circuit board and is formed to match the topology of the low power component or components. The sheet has a first portion that makes thermal contact with the cold plate and a second portion that overlays the low power component or components. The cold plate removes heat directly from the high power component and indirectly through the thermally conductive sheet from the low power component or components. The thermally conductive sheet conforms to the topology of the low power components either by preforming or by flexibility. |
| US10631436B1 |
Heat sink assembly
A heat sink assembly, includes: a first heat sink; an adhesive thermal interface material applied to the first heat sink to mate the first heat sink to a first heat-generating component; a second heat sink; one or more support members connecting the first heat sink and the second heat sink; and a non-adhesive thermal interface material applied to the second heat sink to mate the second heat sink to a second heat-generating component. |
| US10631435B2 |
Heat dissipation assembly
A heat dissipation assembly includes a condenser, an evaporator, a vapor conduit, and a liquid conduit. The condenser has a condensing chamber therein. Two ends of the vapor conduit are respectively connected to the condenser and the evaporator. Two ends of the liquid conduit are respectively connected to the condenser and the evaporator. A geometric center of the liquid conduit in the condensing chamber is lower than or equal to a geometric center of the condensing chamber. |
| US10631434B2 |
Self-priming thermosyphon
A thermosyphon having an evaporator, a condenser having a condenser liquid pool accumulated at the bottom thereof creating a condenser liquid pool surface, a vapor tube fluidly coupling the evaporator to the condenser, and a liquid tube fluidly coupling the condenser to the evaporator, wherein the liquid tube apex is above the condenser liquid pool surface, thereby trapping vapor and preventing liquid from passing from the condenser to the evaporator. The application of heat to the evaporator increases the total system internal temperature and pressure causing condensation of the vapor in the liquid tube. As the liquid level in the liquid tube increases above the lower interior surface of the apex of the liquid tube, the liquid tube is primed thereby creating the pressure head needed to overcome the hydrodynamic losses inside the thermosyphon. Various embodiments allow passive start-up, regardless of the initial distribution of liquid inside the thermosyphon. |
| US10631433B2 |
Door cooler
An arrangement for cooling the inside air of an enclosure of a liquid cooled power electronic device, the arrangement comprising an air to liquid heat exchanger attached to the door of an enclosure, and means for circulating the inside air of the enclosure through an air channel of the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger comprises a cooler with internal liquid circulation, assembled inside the air channel and connected to the main liquid circulation of the enclosure, for example by flexible connection pipes, which allow the enclosure door to be opened without disturbing the liquid circulation. |
| US10631431B2 |
Low down seismic shock rack design
A shock absorber apparatus is provided that includes an upper rack frame, a middle plate, and a lower rack frame. The upper rack frame is configured to secure a bottom frame of a rack server. The upper rack frame includes a first set of rail assemblies. The middle plate includes a second set of rail assemblies and a first set of carriers corresponding with the first set of rail assemblies of the upper rack frame. The first set of rail assemblies is configured to restrict movement of the first plurality of carriers to a first axis. The lower rack frame includes a second set of carriers corresponding with the second set of rail assemblies of the middle plate. The second set of rail assemblies is configured to restrict movement of the second plurality of carriers to a second axis. |
| US10631430B2 |
Top cover arrangement for a storage and the corresponding storage
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a top cover arrangement for a storage and the corresponding storage. The storage comprises a drawer chassis which accommodates disks that are organized among a plurality of rows. The top cover arrangement covers the disks in a foldable manner and comprises: a substrate covering the disks and being flexible; and a plurality of folding parts mounted on the substrate and corresponding to the plurality of the rows; the folding parts being adapted to be at least partially folded to expose at least one row of disks in response to the disks being pulled out of the drawer chassis. |
| US10631429B2 |
Vehicle power module assembly
A vehicle power module assembly including an array of stacked switch unit assemblies, a front cover, first and second side rails, and an end cover is provided. Each of the assemblies may include a power stage frame having a mid-cutout located at a substantially central side frame region such that a mid-cutout region is defined along each side of the array. The front cover may be disposed at a first end of the array. The first and second side rails may each extend from the front cover and each may be disposed within one of the mid-cutout regions such that an outer surface of each side rail is substantially flush with an outer surface of a respective power stage frame. The end cover may be arranged with the front cover to retain the assemblies therebetween. The assembly may further include a clamping plate and a spring element. |
| US10631426B1 |
Electronics module mounting system
An electronics module mounting system includes a baseplate with a main wall, opposite left and right ends spaced apart from each other along an X axis, and opposite first and second spaced-apart edges extending between the left and right ends. The first and second edges are spaced apart along a Y axis. The baseplate includes a first channel that projects outwardly from the main wall and includes a mounting leg that projects outwardly from the main wall and that forms a mounting recess. A module mounting base is connected to the baseplate and includes a mounting tab located in the mounting recess. The mounting base includes a front face to receive and retain an electronics module and a rear face located opposite the front face. A channel recess is located in the rear face and extends between opposite left and right edges of the mounting base. The channel of the baseplate is located in the channel recess. The mounting base includes first and second electrical connectors that are aligned with each other and aligned with the channel recess. A fastener extends through the mounting base at a location aligned with the channel recess such that the fastener is engaged with the channel of the baseplate. |
| US10631421B2 |
Field device with a component for filling potting compound
The invention relates to a field device of automation technology with an opened housing and an electronics part in the housing, comprising at least one component for filling potting compound into the housing, wherein the component has a trough, in order to conduct the potting compound, with targeting, to a location of the housing to be potted. |
| US10631418B2 |
LED display screen with protective devices
An LED display screen with protective devices is disclosed. Two adjacent display screen boxes are respectively provided with a first protective device and a second protective device which are retractable; first protective device and second protective device are correspondingly arranged; first protective device is linked with second protective device so that the two adjacent display screen boxes are spliced; and a portion of first protective device and second protective device respectively protrude from the display screen boxes when the two adjacent display screen boxes are not spliced. When the display screen boxes are not spliced, the protruding portions of protective devices may protect the sides of display screen boxes to prevent damage to the display screen boxes caused by collision, etc. Because the protective devices are retractable, they can retract without affecting the splicing between display screen boxes when the display screen boxes are spliced. |
| US10631417B2 |
Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
A display apparatus includes a base substrate, a first conductive pattern disposed on the base substrate, a first insulation layer disposed on the base substrate to cover the first conductive pattern, where a first contact hole is defined through the first insulation layer, a first pattern disposed on the first insulation layer, where the first pattern is in contact with the first conductive pattern through the first contact hole, a first filling pattern disposed in a recess of the first pattern which is defined by the first contact hole, a second insulation layer disposed on the first pattern and the first insulation layer, where a second contact hole overlapping the first contact hole is defined through the second insulation layer, and a second conductive pattern electrically connected to the first pattern through the second contact hole. |
| US10631414B2 |
Method for placing an SMD semiconductor light source component of an illumination device for a motor vehicle
A method for placing an SMD semiconductor light source component and a component of an illumination device for a motor vehicle. The SMD semiconductor light source component is operated so as to generate light, and the emission characteristics of the SMD semiconductor light source component are determined. In a subsequent step, the SMD semiconductor light source component and the component are positioned relative to one another in accordance with the emission characteristics. |
| US10631413B1 |
Enhanced protective layering process to accommodate circuit board heat dissipation
A polymer layering process that encapsulates and protects electronics components with complex and imprecise geometries. The protective layering process provides a combination of a flexible mold and/or a rigid mold that apply close-forming, encapsulating the polymer layers to the electronic components and precision assemblies. Polymer layer protective jackets are shaped to as-populated circuit boards and assemblies, providing tightly fit barriers with fine resolution accommodating imprecise geometries. The protective jackets can be formed in rigid, semi-rigid, or highly flexible polymer films, to protect the circuitry from the elements, CTE mismatches, shock and vibration loads and extreme g-forces, and external electromagnetic emissions. By altering the protect layer configuration, the protective layer can accommodate populated circuit board assembly with high heat generation component(s). |
| US10631411B2 |
Printed circuit board and manufacturing method thereof
There is provided a printed circuit board including: a first insulating layer; a first circuit pattern formed on a first surface of the first insulating layer; an adhesive layer provided on a second surface of the first insulating layer; and an electronic component disposed on the adhesive layer and enclosed by the first insulating layer and a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer. |
| US10631408B2 |
Apparatus including polymer layer and method of manufacturing same
According to various embodiments, the electronic device may include: a glass plate having a first face that faces in a first direction, a second face that faces in a second direction opposite the first direction, and a side face that faces in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction; a flexible PCB having a first face that faces the second face of the glass plate in the first direction, and a second face that faces in the second direction; a flexible display layer having a flat portion that is disposed between the second face of the glass plate and the first face of the flexible PCB, and a bent portion that extends from the flat portion and is bent to be connected to the flexible PCB; a polymer layer having a first face that faces in the first direction and is attached to the second face of the flexible PCB and a second face that faces in the second direction; and a cover structure that is connected to the glass plate and the polymer layer so as to enclose at least a part of the flexible PCB, the flexible display layer, and the polymer layer. |
| US10631406B2 |
Substrate structure and method for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a substrate structure is provided. The method includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. The substrate has a patterned first metal layer, a pattern second metal layer and a through hole. After that, a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer are formed at a first surface and a second surface of the substrate, respectively. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. Then, the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer are patterned. After that, a first trace layer is formed at a surface of the patterned first dielectric layer. The first trace layer is embedded into the patterned first dielectric layer and is coplanar with the first dielectric layer. Then, a second trace layer is formed on a surface of the second dielectric layer. |
| US10631405B1 |
Additive manufacturing technology (AMT) inverted pad interface
A multilayer printed circuit board includes a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, each layer having a top surface and a bottom surface. The first dielectric layer is positioned above the second dielectric layer with the bottom surface of the first dielectric layer facing the top surface of the second dielectric layer. The top surface of the second dielectric layer has a conductive trace. The second dielectric layer has a through-hole that extends through the conductive trace. The multilayer printed circuit board includes an inverted pad interface structure including an inverted pad provided on the bottom surface of the first dielectric layer, a first solder layer provided on a surface of the inverted pad, a second solder layer provided on the conductive trace, and a copper wire positioned within the through-hole to provide the vertical and electrical connection with the conductive trace. |
| US10631403B2 |
Microcapsule, sheet material, circuit board, method for manufacturing circuit board, and computer readable storage medium
A microcapsule includes a shell including a conducting component; and a thermally expandable component contained in the shell and having a property of expanding by heating, the shell deforming due to expansion of the thermally expandable component to come in contact with another capsule and have a conducting state with the other capsule. |
| US10631400B1 |
Strain gauge driving piezoelectric device
A strain gauge driving piezoelectric device is disclosed. A piezoelectric element is arranged between a plurality of layers of first strain gauges correspondingly spaced from each other and a plurality of layers of second strain gauges correspondingly spaced from each other. The first strain gauges and the second strain gauges are arranged on different layers of the flexible circuit board. The first strain gauges and the second strain gauges generate a driving voltage according to variations of resistance values of the first strain gauges and the second strain gauges when a stress is applied to the flexible circuit board, and the driving voltage induces the piezoelectric effect of the piezoelectric element and then drives the piezoelectric element to generate an output voltage for haptic feedback. |
| US10631397B1 |
Printed circuit board, electronic device and heat conduction sheet
A printed circuit board includes a printed wiring board having a mounting surface facing a first side, an electronic element provided on the mounting surface, a heat dissipation member disposed on the first side with respect to the electronic element, and a heat conduction member disposed between the electronic element and the heat dissipation member and having a first surface facing the first side and a second surface facing a second side opposite to the first side. The heat conduction member has a high relative magnetic permeability portion and a low relative dielectric constant portion. The high relative magnetic permeability portion surrounds the low relative dielectric constant portion on at least the second surface of the heat conduction member. At least part of the low relative dielectric constant portion overlaps the electronic element in a plan view seen in a direction perpendicular to the mounting surface. |
| US10631386B1 |
Multi-color flat rope light string system
Apparatus and associated methods are provided for a flat rope light string system arranged to provide a plurality of holiday displays. The apparatus comprising a controller coupled to a power source at a first connection and at least one light string at a second connection, the second connection including at least one connection lead, the at least one light string including a plurality of lighting elements, each of the lighting elements comprising a plurality of bulb housings, each bulb housing including at least one pair of LEDs arranged in a back-to-back configuration. The controller having a switch with a plurality of switch positions to provide the plurality of holiday displays. |
| US10631385B2 |
Lighting devices and methods for use
An example device is configured to emit a first light having a first luminous flux and a peak intensity at a first wavelength that is greater than or equal to 400 nanometers (nm) and less than or equal to 480 nm. The first luminous flux is variable and/or the emission of the first light is interrupted one or more times. The device is also configured to emit a second light having a second luminous flux and a peak intensity at a second wavelength that is greater than or equal to 500 nm and less than or equal to 630 nm. The second luminous flux is variable and/or the emission of the second light is interrupted one or more times. The first luminous flux is at a maximum at least during a time at which the second luminous flux is not at a maximum. |
| US10631383B2 |
Illuminant module
An illuminant module includes a first illuminant unit, a second illuminant unit, a first phosphor layer, and a second phosphor layer. The first illuminant unit includes one or more first LED dice and a current regulator electrically connected to the LED dice in series. The second illuminant unit includes one or more second LED dice. The first phosphor layer at least covers the first LED dice, wherein first phosphor layer and the first LED dice collectively provide an emission having a first color temperature. The second phosphor layer at least covers the second LED dice, wherein second phosphor layer and the second LED dice collectively provide an emission having a second color temperature, the current regulator is configured to adjust currents flowing to the first illuminant unit and the second illuminant unit for changing luminous flux of emissions emitted from the first illuminant unit and the second illuminant unit. |
| US10631381B2 |
Illumination control
A method and apparatus for controlling a lighting system for providing illumination of a space, in which detected inputs or triggers give rise to updated illumination settings or patterns of illumination. A determination is made as to whether such an update should be applied automatically, or whether confirmation from a user should be sought before making any changes. |
| US10631380B2 |
Information and hub lights
Techniques for employing an enhanced light device to determine desirable information to a user are presented. Such light device(s) can comprise or be associated with a light management component (LMC) that can employ sensors to monitor respective characteristics or conditions of a device, an environment, and/or a user to determine respective contexts for the device, environment, or user, wherein the user can interact with or be in proximity to the device or environment. The light device(s) collects data, including sensor data, relating to the device or environment from the device, the environment, or other data sources. The LMC determines a desirable subset of information to present to the user based on the respective contexts. The LMC facilitates presenting the desirable subset of information to the user via the light device or a communication device of the user that is communicatively connected to the light device. |
| US10631377B2 |
Control system for lighting devices
A system of networked lighting devices includes a group of lighting device fixture controllers connected in a communication chain. The communication chain provides for transfer of data packets between the lighting device fixture controllers and a central controller. Each fixture controller includes a first power input that receives power from a primary power source, and a priority switch that is configured to switch the fixture controller from the primary power source to a source of DC power upon detecting failure of the primary power source. The source of DC power is sufficient to power the fixture controller and enable the fixture controller to continue to pass a stream of data to other controllers in the communication chain, but it is not sufficient to power the fixture controller's associated lighting device. |
| US10631371B2 |
Heater
A heater includes an elongated substrate, a heating resistor formed on the substrate, a resistor electrode that is formed and is in contact with the heating resistor, and a heat conducting film. The substrate includes a heat generating section and a non-heat generating section. The heat generating section is a section that is overlapped with, out of the heating resistor and the resistor electrode, only the heating resistor in the lengthwise direction of the substrate. The non-heat generating section is a section that is different from the heat generating section and is adjacent to the heat generating section in the lengthwise direction of the substrate. The heat conducting film is formed so as to extend from the heat generating section into the non-heat generating section on the substrate. |
| US10631370B2 |
Member for semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, method for producing the same, and heater including shaft
A member for a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention is a member that is to be joined to an aluminum nitride base member. The member is composed of a composite material including principal constituent phases that are aluminum nitride and a pseudopolymorph of aluminum nitride which includes silicon, aluminum, oxygen, and nitrogen. The pseudopolymorph of aluminum nitride has at least one periodic structure selected from a 27R phase and a 21R phase or an X-ray diffraction peak at least at 2θ=59.8° to 60.8°. The composite material has a thermal conductivity of 50 W/mK or less at room temperature. |
| US10631367B2 |
Virtualized equipment for multi-network and cross cell utilization
A user equipment (UE) device may include a memory, a communication interface, an antenna, and one or more processors. The one or more processors operate to identify a plurality of networks available for connection via the communication interface and the antenna assembly. Virtual user equipment (VUE) for two or more of the identified plurality of networks are allocated and the UE device connects to the two or more networks using the respective VUEs. Network characteristics are identified for the connections with the plurality of networks. Data flows for the device are identified. The identified data flows are assigned to the VUEs based on the identified network characteristics. |
| US10631364B2 |
Multi-mode mobile device based radio access network selection method for idle mode operations
A method at a mobile device, and the mobile device, the method selecting a subset of radio access technologies available to the mobile device over which a predetermined set of services on the mobile device is available; and deactivating monitoring, or reducing a monitoring frequency, of at least one radio access technology not within the selected subset of radio access technologies. |
| US10631361B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing user with information received by electronic device
A notification (information) provision method and an apparatus for providing a user with the information received through a connection using a communication protocol available between two different electronic devices is provided. The method includes establishing a communication path with at least one other electronic device using a communication protocol, detecting, when a notification (information) is received, the current state of the electronic device, displaying, when the current state is a first mode, the notification (information), and transmitting, when the current state is a second mode, the notification (information) to the other electronic device through the communication path. |
| US10631360B2 |
System and method for managing emergency requests
A network component is provided. The network component including a component configured such that the network transmits a response message containing an indicator indicating that a first message is an emergency-related request, and such that the network receives a second message containing information associated with a user equipment (UE). |
| US10631355B2 |
User terminal, communication control method, and base station
A communication control method and secondary base station perform a dual connectivity scheme in which a master base station and a secondary base station are used, the master base station establishing an RRC connection with a user terminal, and the secondary base station providing additional radio resources to the user terminal. The method includes the secondary base station receiving predetermined information from the master base station, the secondary base station determining, based on the predetermined information, whether or not the random access procedure is required between the user terminal and the secondary base station, and the secondary base station transmitting to the user terminal, based on a result of the determination, a message for triggering the user terminal to initiate the random access procedure. |
| US10631354B2 |
User terminal and access point
A communication system supporting cellular communication Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) communication comprises a base station, a user terminal configured to establish a first data bearer between the base station and the user terminal, and a node of WLAN side. The base station sends a request of the WLAN communication to the node before establishing a second data bearer between the base station and the user terminal, the node receives the request and sends a response, the base station transmits configuration message on configuration of aggregation in which the cellular communication and the WLAN communication are used to communicate data of the user terminal to the user terminal in response to the response being an acknowledgment, the first data bearer passes through the base station without passing through the WLAN, and the second data bearer is a bearer for the aggregation and passes through the base station and the WLAN. |
| US10631353B2 |
Methods and related devices for secondary node addition
A method for secondary node addition is provided. The method includes receiving, by a UE, a first RRC connection reconfiguration message from a master node, adding, by the UE, a secondary node in response to the first RRC connection reconfiguration message; and transmitting, by the UE, an RRC connection reconfiguration complete message to the secondary node via SRB3. |
| US10631350B2 |
Communication apparatus, method of controlling same, and storage medium
A communication apparatus acquires network information for establishing a wireless connection with an external apparatus using a first wireless communication method, based on information captured by an image capturing unit, and acquires information related to the communication apparatus from an operating system running on the communication apparatus and determines whether to change a connection destination of the first wireless communication method. When it is determined to request the operating system to change the connection destination, a change request is transmitted for changing, to a connection destination identified based on the acquired network information, the connection destination to which the communication apparatus performs a wireless connection using the first wireless communication method, and when it is determined not to change the connection destination, a screen is displayed for prompting a user to switch a connection destination with a manual selection and via a setting screen provided by the operating system. |
| US10631348B2 |
Method and apparatus for selecting relay by device-to-device communication terminal and transmitting or receiving signal in wireless communication system
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for selecting a relay for device-to-device (D2D) and receiving a signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of discovery signals; selecting a relay, using a quality of the plurality of discovery signals and a synchronization signal source ID; and receiving a D2D signal from the selected relay. |
| US10631347B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing radio link monitoring in a wireless communication system
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.A method for performing radio link monitoring (RLM) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes determining at least one subband for RLM by a UE restricted to use a subband corresponding to a part of a system transmission bandwidth, wherein the subband is a preconfigured part of the system transmission bandwidth, performing RLM in the determined at least one subband, and determining a radio link quality of the at least one subband based on the RLM. |
| US10631343B2 |
Techniques for connection setup of mmWave-based V2X communication systems
Various aspects described herein relate to techniques for connection setup procedures in a wireless communication system (e.g., a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication system in millimeter wave). In an aspect, the method includes identifying information for V2X communications, and initiating a random access procedure based on the identified information. The method further includes identifying one or more random access channel (RACH) resources based on the information, identifying one or more RACH response resources based on the one or more RACH resources, and performing directional communications using at least the one or more RACH resources or the one or more RACH response resources. |
| US10631341B2 |
Method and user equipment for transmitting random access channel signal, and method and base station for receiving random access channel signal
A user equipment in a wireless communication system receives RACH configuration information including preamble format information indicating a first format and transmits a RACH preamble with the first format. The RACH preamble with the first format includes a cyclic prefix (CP) part and a sequence part in a time domain. The RACH preamble with the first format satisfies: a CP length of the RACH preamble of the first format is N times a CP length NCP of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, where N is the number of OFDM symbols used to transmit a RACH preamble and is greater than 1. |
| US10631338B2 |
Communication method in unlicensed band and device using same
Provided are a communication method in an unlicensed band and a device using same. If the device succeeds in clear channel assessment (CCA) during a reservation time in an unlicensed band, the device transmits a reservation signal and detects reservation signals received from other wireless devices during the reservation time. According to the detection results, the device determines whether to transmit data during a data time corresponding to the reservation time. |
| US10631336B2 |
Wireless communication terminal, wireless communication method, and recording medium
A controller of a wireless communication terminal wirelessly receives second communication channel information from a second wireless communication terminal using a communicator. The controller wirelessly transmits first communication channel information and the second communication channel information to a third wireless communication terminal using the communicator. The controller wirelessly receives third communication channel information from the third wireless communication terminal using the communicator. The controller wirelessly transmits the first communication channel information and the third communication channel information to the second wireless communication terminal using the communicator. |
| US10631333B2 |
Synchronized medium sharing with private network
Wireless communications systems and methods related to sharing a communication medium with private networks are provided. In one embodiment, a first wireless communication device communicates with a second wireless communication device during a first transmission opportunity (TXOP) in a spectrum, a channel reservation signal to reserve a second TXOP in the spectrum subsequent to the first TXOP. The first wireless communication device communicates, with the second wireless communication device during the second TXOP, a communication signal. In one embodiment, a first wireless communication device monitors, during a first TXOP in a spectrum, for a channel reservation signal to reserve a second TXOP in the spectrum by a second wireless communication device of a priority operator, the second TXOP being subsequent to the first TXOP. The first wireless communication device determines whether to communicate with a third wireless communication device during the second TXOP based on the monitoring. |
| US10631324B2 |
System and method for multi-carrier network operation
Methods, devices, and systems for multi-carrier network operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of pairing and linking carriers in a multi-carrier network, wherein the multi-carrier network includes a downlink carrier, a first uplink carrier, and a second uplink carrier between a base station and a user equipment (“UE”), comprises receiving a Radio Resource Control (“RRC”) signaling; pairing the first uplink carrier with the downlink carrier using information in the RRC signaling, wherein the information includes the pairing of the downlink carrier with the first uplink carrier; and linking the second uplink carrier with the downlink carrier using information in the RRC signaling, wherein the information includes the linking of the downlink carrier with the second uplink carrier. |
| US10631323B2 |
Delayed control feedback in a time division duplex carrier utilizing common bursts
Various aspects of the disclosure provide for apparatus, methods, and software for implementing a time division duplex (TDD) wireless communication system that can utilize configurable delays to relax data processing timelines when needed. By implementing these configurable delays, very high data rates may be accommodated at the same time as lower data rates for devices that may have reduced or lesser processing capabilities. |
| US10631320B2 |
Method and user equipment device for transmitting uplink data
A user equipment (UE) may be configured with multiple logical channels (LoCHs). The multiple LoCHs may include at least one LoCH (U-LoCH) allowed to be transmitted via a unlicensed band. If the UE receives a uplink grant for a licensed band, the UE disables a priority bit rate of the U-LoCH for the uplink grant when applying a logical channel prioritization procedure. |
| US10631318B2 |
Resource division method and apparatus
A resource division method includes: dividing, by a second node, a radio resource of a first node into a first resource and a second resource; and if determining that a terminal device is scheduled by the second node, sending, by the second node, a data packet that has been processed by a scheduling function and third resource indication information to the first node, where a third resource indicated by the third resource indication information is a part of or all of the second resource, and the third resource indication information is used for instructing the first node to send, after processing the data packet that has been processed by using the scheduling function, the data packet that has been processed by the first node to the terminal device by using the third resource. |
| US10631317B2 |
Method and apparatus for processing buffer status report and communication system
This application provides a method and apparatus for processing a buffer status report and a communication system, the method being applicable to user equipment (UE) and including: whether in an TTI where an allocated uplink resource for the TTI is capable of accommodating a ProSe BSR MAC CE containing a buffer status for at least one ProSe Destination and its corresponding MAC subheader is judged; if yes, whether there exist side-link data available for transmission in the TTI is judged; and if no, all triggered ProSe BSRs are cancelled. With embodiments of this disclosure, a problem that UE is unable to determine contents of a ProSe BSR MAC CE to be transmitted at a TTI when triggered ProSe BSRs can be transmitted is solved. |
| US10631315B2 |
Communication device and method for performing radio communication
A communication device and a method for communication is provided. The communication device includes a first subscriber identity module, a second subscriber identity module, a first baseband circuit associated with the first subscriber identity module, a second baseband circuit associated with the second subscriber identity module and a radio frequency circuit coupled to the first baseband circuit and the second baseband circuit. The radio frequency circuit is configured to provide at least one of the first baseband circuit or the second baseband circuit with a collision information about a transmission collision or receiving collision of data associated with the first baseband circuit or the second baseband circuit. |
| US10631313B2 |
Resource scheduling method, radio access network device, and terminal device
A resource scheduling method is provided, including: determining, by a terminal device, a first scheduling request based on uplink data, where the first scheduling request corresponds to a first service group; determining, by the terminal device based on the first service group, a first scheduling request resource used to send the first scheduling request, where the first service group is one of a plurality of service groups, and each of the plurality of service groups corresponds to one scheduling request resource; sending, by the terminal device, the first scheduling request to a radio access network device by using the first scheduling request resource; receiving, by the radio access network device, the first scheduling request from the terminal device by using the first scheduling request resource; and determining, by the radio access network device, a first uplink resource in response to the first scheduling request. |
| US10631312B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in wireless communication system
A communication scheme and system for converging a 5th generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of a 4th generation (4G) system with an internet of things (IoT) technology are provided. The communication scheme is applicable to intelligent services (e.g., smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars, connected cars, health care, digital education, retail, and security and safety-related services) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. |
| US10631309B2 |
Device-to-device D2D data transmission method, apparatus, and system
Embodiments of the present invention provide a device-to-device D2D data transmission method, apparatus, and system. The method includes: receiving first data sent by a second device by using a first logical channel of multiple logical channels on a first link, and identifying a first channel feature of the first logical channel; determining, according to preset configuration information about a correspondence between channel feature information about the first link and channel feature information about a second link, a second channel feature on the second link that corresponds to the first channel feature of the first logical channel on the first link; and mapping, according to the second channel feature, the first data onto a second logical channel that that is of multiple logical channels on the second link and that corresponds to the second channel feature. |
| US10631308B2 |
Methods and devices for data transmission without grant during measurement gap
A method includes transmitting, by transmitting circuitry of a base station, data to a user equipment (UE) in one of a plurality of measurement objects in a bandwidth part (BWP) of a first carrier during one of a plurality of measurement gap periods of the UE, and transmitting, by the transmitting circuitry, a preemption indication to the UE in a second carrier after the one of the plurality of measurement gap periods. The preemption indication contains at least one of time resource allocation information or frequency resource allocation information of the data contained in the one of the plurality of measurement objects. |
| US10631301B2 |
Positioning reference signal enhancements
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications, and more specifically to positioning reference signal (PRS) enhancements for enhanced machine type communication (eMTC). An example method generally includes determining a first bandwidth within a larger system bandwidth to transmit a first positioning reference signal (PRS) to a first type of user equipment (UE), determining a second bandwidth within the system bandwidth to transmit a second PRS to a second type of UE, and transmitting information associated with the first PRS and the second PRS. |
| US10631300B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining communication beam
The disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for determining a communication beam. The method includes receiving, via a user equipment, at least two beams; acquiring beam information of the received beams; selecting a target beam from the received beams based on the beam information; and transmitting information via the target beam. |
| US10631297B2 |
Systems and methods for self-contained air interface partitions
Signal processing complexity in fifth generation (5G) networks can be reduced by communicating wireless signals over self-contained partitions of a carrier such that the wireless transmission communicated over each self-contained partition of the carrier includes all physical control channel signaling required to decode data carried in a physical data channel of the partition. The control signaling may include resource assignment within the partition, modulation and coding scheme indication, reference signal configuration and retransmission information. In some embodiments, an anchor partition of a carrier is used to communicate initial access information for self-contained partitions of the carrier. The initial access information may include center-frequencies, bandwidths, and/or air interface configurations of the self-contained partitions. The anchor partition may also carry load indications associated with the self-contained partitions. |
| US10631296B2 |
Resource allocation method, apparatus, and wireless access system
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a resource allocation method, an apparatus, and a wireless access system. One embodiment of the method may include a wireless access device determining at least two first AI technologies to be used to transmit a service between UE and the wireless access device,allocating on a first carrier, at least two first resources that are in a one-to-one correspondence with the at least two first AI technologies, and sending first resource allocation information to the UE, where the first resource allocation information is used to indicate a first resource corresponding to a first AI technology to be used by UE that receives the first resource allocation information. |
| US10631295B2 |
Techniques for beacon-assisted multi-tier spectrum sharing
Various aspects described herein relate to techniques of spectrum sharing in beacon-assisted multi-tier wireless communications systems (e.g., 5G New Radio). A method of spectrum sharing in multi-tier wireless communications is provided that may include generating, at a first apparatus, a beacon signal including information of spectrum usage, wherein the information includes at least one or more of a pilot reference, resources allocation, one or more usage entities, or one or more sharing parameters, and sending the beacon signal to at least a second apparatus, wherein the first apparatus and the second apparatus are in a same tier or different tiers. |
| US10631293B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication method, and communication system
Communication operations are optimally conducted by applying space-division multiple access in which wireless resources on a spatial axis are shared among a plurality of users. By applying an RD protocol to a communication system that conducts space-division multiple access, spatially multiplexed frames in a TXOP are made more efficient. By specifying a frame length for reverse direction frames with reverse direction permission information and having respective transmitters of reverse direction frames make their frame lengths uniform while respecting the specification, AGC operation stabilizes. Also, a transmit start time for reverse direction frames can be specified by reverse direction permission information, and respective transmitters of reverse direction frames can transmit frames at the same time while respecting the specification. |
| US10631290B2 |
Correction signal transmission method and base station
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a correction signal transmission method, including: acquiring, by a base station of a first network, a transmit timeslot position that is in a guard period GP used for transmitting a correction signal, where the transmit timeslot position is a timeslot position that is determined based on a timeslot configuration of a second network and/or a signal transmitted by the second network, and interference suffered from a signal transmitted by the second network at the transmit timeslot position is less than a preset interference threshold; and the first network and the second network are comprised in hybrid networks; and transmitting, by the base station, a correction signal at the transmit timeslot position. Correspondingly, the embodiments of the present invention further disclose a base station. Interference to a correction signal in hybrid networks can be reduced in the embodiments of the present invention. |
| US10631283B2 |
Method and apparatus for utilizing multiple carriers in high speed packet access communications technical field
A method and an apparatus for utilizing multiple carriers are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) capable of receiving on a single downlink carrier at a time may tune the receiver to one downlink carrier and switch the downlink carrier in accordance with a configured pattern. The WTRU may switch the carrier from an anchor carrier to a non-anchor carrier at a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) sub-frame boundary, and switches back at an end of a subsequent high speed physical downlink shared channel (HS-PDSCH) subframe. The WTRU may switch the carrier at an HS-PDSCH sub-frame boundary. A WTRU capable of receiving on multiple downlink carriers simultaneously may tune the receiver to an anchor carrier and a supplementary carrier, and switch the supplementary carrier to another carrier based on a carrier switching order. The carrier switching order may be received via an HS-SCCH or via layer 2 signaling. |
| US10631280B2 |
Variable subband configuration of search space
Radio communication systems, devices and methods for enabling variable subband configuration of one or more search spaces. In a first time interval, a UE attempts to decode one or more control channels on downlink or sidelink resources of a first subband configuration. In a second time interval, the UE attempts to decode one or more control channels on downlink or sidelink resources of a second subband configuration. The first subband configuration spans a first frequency range and the second subband configuration spans a second frequency range different from the first frequency range. |
| US10631279B2 |
Uplink transmission method and uplink transmission device
One embodiment of the present specification discloses an uplink transmission method in a multi-cell environment in which a single uplink resource is shared. The method may comprise: receiving control information that configures an uplink control channel and an uplink shared channel so that the uplink control channel and the uplink shared channel are not simultaneously transmitted on the same one uplink subframe, wherein the single uplink resource is shared by a first cell and a second cell; selecting any one of the uplink control channel and the uplink shared channel if a first Scheduling Request (SR) for the first cell and Uplink Control Information (UCI) for the second cell are requested to be simultaneously transmitted on the same subframe through the uplink control channel and the uplink shared channel, respectively; sending the selected channel on the uplink subframe. |
| US10631271B2 |
Autonomous resource selection for multiple transmissions in device-to-device communications
A user equipment (UE) may communicate with one or more other UEs using multiple transmissions in a device-to-device (D2D) communications deployment. A number of UEs may be configured with D2D resources, and a transmitting UE may identify available D2D resources from the configured resources. The transmitting UE may identify a resource for a first transmission of a D2D transmission from the available D2D resources, and may identify a second resource for a second transmission of the D2D transmission. The second transmission may be a blind HARQ transmission that may be transmitted to enhance the likelihood that one or more receiving UEs successfully receive the transmission. In some examples, the second resource may be identified based on other available resources within an predetermined time window around the first transmission. |
| US10631270B2 |
Methods and nodes for setting values of system parameters used in a wireless communication system
Method in a user equipment, a user equipment, a method in a base station and a base station for setting values of system parameters used within a wireless communication system. A first set of parameter values and an associated first tag is sent from the base station to be received and stored by the user equipment. Further, a second set of parameter values and an associated second tag is sent from the base station to be received and stored by the user equipment. When the base station determines to change system information parameters, a command tag is sent, to be received by the user equipment, which apply the set of parameter values associated with the tag corresponding to the received command tag. |
| US10631261B2 |
Legacy compatible primary synchronization signal / secondary synchronization signal design for coverage extended and cost-reduced user equipment
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may receive a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) in a first set of symbols of a first subframe of a frame. Within the first set of symbols of the first subframe, the SSS is prior to the PSS. The apparatus may also receive the PSS and the SSS in a first set of symbols of a second subframe of the frame and a second set of symbols of the second subframe of the frame. Within each of the first and second sets of symbols of the second subframe, the SSS is subsequent to the PSS. The apparatus may synchronize with a base station based at least in part on the PSS and the SSS. |
| US10631256B2 |
Power headroom of grantless uplink
Embodiments herein are related to grantless uplink control information (G-UCI) content and size designs/mechanisms in MulteFire (MF) systems. Since the power control of the grantless uplink (GUL) use is different from the scheduled uplink (SUL), the power headroom (PHR) calculation and reporting should be enhanced. Embodiments herein provide an electronic apparatus employed in an user equipment (UE). The electronic apparatus comprises a radio frequency (RF) circuitry interface and processing circuitry. In an example, the processing circuitry is configured to calculate the PHR of the GUL physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); generate an uplink data including the PHR of GUL. |
| US10631254B2 |
V2X signal transmission method performed by terminal in wireless communication system and terminal using same
Provided are a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) signal transmission method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus using the same. The method comprises: determining a symbol for transmitting a specific signal related to V2X communication; and transmitting the specific signal in the determined symbol, wherein the determined symbol is determined from among symbols other than symbols overlapping with a power transient period between a transmission power-on state and a transmission power-off state. |
| US10631253B2 |
Method for modifying parameter values for long range extension and corresponding node
Systems and methods are disclosed for adjusting Radio Link Monitoring (RLM), Radio Link Failure (RLF) detection, RLF recovery, and/or connection establishment failure detection for wireless devices (16) in a cellular communications network (10) depending on mode of operation. In one embodiment, a node (14, 16) in the cellular communications network (10) determines whether a wireless device (16) (e.g., a Machine Type Communication (MTC) device) is to operate in a long range extension mode of operation or a normal mode of operation. The node (14, 16) then applies different values for at least one parameter depending on whether the wireless device (16) is to operate in the long range extension mode or the normal mode. The at least one parameter includes one or more RLM parameters, one or more RLF detection parameters, and/or one or more RLF recovery parameters. In doing do, signaling overhead and energy consumption within the wireless device (16) when operating in the long range extension mode is substantially reduced. |
| US10631247B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in mobile device
A method and apparatus capable of minimizing power consumption occurring when a mobile device is changed from a sleep state to a wake-up state by partially controlling on/off of a display unit and partial booting control of a system function are provided. The method includes detecting a change of the mobile device from a sleep state to a wake-up state, turning on a display unit of the mobile device such that a first section of the mobile device displays an operating region, the first section including one or more portions of the display unit and less than an entire screen of the display unit and waiting for a system function registered in the operating region. |
| US10631246B2 |
Task switching on mobile devices
The subject disclosure is directed towards a task switching technology on a computing device such as a Smartphone. An application is comprised of one or more tasks. When a user requests that another task be executed, information about the previously executing task (e.g., including a screenshot) is preserved to a stack. If the user invokes a task switcher program, the user is presented with a view of the stack, e.g., containing the screenshots (and representative text) of the tasks that previously executed. The user may navigate among those presented task representations to arbitrarily select any one, with the selected task resumed upon selection. |
| US10631244B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmission management in a wireless communication system
A method and apparatus may be used in wireless communications. The apparatus may be an access point (AP), and may transmit a power save frame. The power save frame may include one or more Uplink (UL) Transmission Times (ULT)s. The apparatus may determine that a station (STA) did not transmit during its respective ULT. The AP may transmit another power save frame. The other power save frame may include a modified ULT. The modified ULT may be for a STA that did not transmit during its respective ULT. The other power save frame may include an unmodified ULT. The unmodified ULT may be for a STA that did not transmit. |
| US10631238B2 |
System and method for dynamically configurable air interfaces
A method of transmitting includes categorizing a transmission between the first device and a second device as one of a plurality of transmission types, and selecting an air interface from a plurality of air interface candidates in accordance with the transmission as categorized. The method also includes sending the transmission to the second device using the selected air interface. |
| US10631237B2 |
Targeted user equipment-base station communication link
A mobile device can receive information blocks from one or more base stations, which can be emitted by the base stations within a particular radio band. The mobile device can identify base stations in an exclusivity state. The mobile device can establish a communication link with one of the base stations in the exclusivity state. In some cases, the mobile device can establish a communication link with the base stations that is in an exclusivity state and that matches a cell identifier stored on the mobile device. |
| US10631236B2 |
Method of handling measurement and related communication device
A first base station (BS) receives at least one user equipment (UE) capability of the communication device, receives an access restriction configuration for the communication device. The first BS configures the communication device to measure a second radio access technology (RAT), when the at least one UE capability indicates that the communication device supports a dual connectivity (DC) of a first RAT and the second RAT and the access restriction configuration indicates that the communication device is allowed to use the second RAT; and not configures the communication device to measure the second RAT, when the at least one UE capability indicates that the communication device does not support the DC, or when the access restriction configuration indicates that the communication device is not allowed to use the second RAT. |
| US10631230B2 |
Network controlled extended access barring for user devices
A method includes determining, by a data use device in a network, whether the data use device follows a non-extended access barring (EAB) network access protocol for a first service and an EAB network access protocol for a second service. The method further includes determining, by the data use device, whether EAB access has been granted in the network. Upon determining that EAB access has not been granted, the data use device bars network access requests of the second service and allows network access requests of the first service. Upon determining that EAB access has been granted, the data use device allows all network access requests. |
| US10631228B2 |
Information dissemination in a multi-technology communication network
A method for executing or adapting a forwarding strategy in a vehicular ad-hoc network (VANET) includes performing, by a first vehicle being a node in the VANET, the following actions: analyzing current environmental conditions; creating a forwarding strategy based on the current environmental conditions; and forwarding information to other vehicles in the VANET according to the created forwarding strategy. |
| US10631226B2 |
Management apparatus and management system for managing communication between communication devices
A management device according to one mode of the present invention includes: a link information obtaining unit configured to, with respect to a plurality of communication devices capable of relaying information and capable of establishing communication connection with each other, obtain link information including communication connection relationship of each communication device and communication quality between the communication devices; a transmission information obtaining unit configured to obtain transmission information including specification information for specifying target information and required quality which is communication quality required for transmitting the target information; and a determination unit configured to search for a transmission path formed by the communication devices and capable of transmitting the target information while satisfying the required quality, on the basis of the link information obtained by the link information obtaining unit and the transmission information obtained by the transmission information obtaining unit. |
| US10631223B2 |
Communication method and communication device
In a communication method, a base station provides a specific resource pool available only between short-range devices, of resource pools available between devices in a sidelink. A first communication device executes, at least one of transmission and reception of a sidelink signal to and from a second communication device that is a short-range communication device, by using the specific resource pool. |
| US10631217B2 |
Method for pre-empting wireless resource, wireless communication system and radio access node
A method for pre-empting a wireless resource is provided in the invention. The method is applied to a communication system. The method includes the steps of transmitting, using the plurality of UE in a first network, measurement reports of a plurality of user equipment (UE) to a radio access node wherein the first network is provided by the radio access node; according to the priority level of the UE bearer corresponding to each UE, selecting a plurality of candidate UE bearers from all of the UE bearers; determining whether the UE corresponding to each of the candidate UE bearers can connect to other heterogeneous networks; and selecting one of the candidate UE bearers corresponding to the UE which can connect to other heterogeneous networks to perform the pre-emption. |
| US10631214B2 |
Methods and devices for performing a mobile network switch
A method for performing a switch from a first mobile network to a second mobile network by a mobile terminal comprising a secure element includes the following steps: attaching to the first mobile network using a first subscription profile; downloading a second subscription profile from a subscription management server including a command script defining a sequence of commands; attaching to the second mobile network; and executing the sequence of commands defined by the command script. |
| US10631213B2 |
Cell change in a wireless communication system
A wireless device (16) is configured for use in a wireless communication system (10). The wireless device (16) in this regard is configured to obtain, for each of one or more cells, information derived from a measure of dispersion of the values of received signal measurements respectively performed by the wireless device (16) on different transmit beams of the cell. The wireless device (16) is also configured to use the obtained information to select, or to assist network equipment (500A, 500B) to select, from the one or more cells a target cell to which the wireless device (16) is to change. The wireless device (16) is further configured to perform a cell change to the selected target cell. |
| US10631210B2 |
Method and device for anchor replacement
Disclosed is a method and device for anchor replacement. The method comprises: a target base station receives an anchor replacement request message transmitted by a source base station, wherein the source base station is a base station corresponding to a serving cell that currently provides a service for a terminal and has control decision making authority, the target base station is a base station corresponding to a secondary cell that is controlled by the serving cell and currently provides a service for the terminal, and the anchor replacement request message is used for requesting to handover the control decision making authority to the target base station; the target base station transmits an anchor replacement acknowledgement message to the source base station, wherein the anchor replacement acknowledgement message is used for acknowledging the anchor replacement request message. By means of the method for anchor replacement of the present invention, a terminal can continue transmitting user data while handover is being performed, and can obtain control signaling from a plurality of base stations, thereby ensuring smooth handover of the terminal, reducing handover latency, and improving the user experience during handover. |
| US10631209B2 |
Time synchronization method, device, and system
A method is provided. The method includes: receiving a handover request, from a source base station, for requesting to perform time synchronization with a target base station; and sending handover request acknowledgement information to the source base station, where the handover request acknowledgement information includes information used to indicate whether the source base station performs time synchronization with the target base station. The source base station may determine, according to the handover request acknowledgement information sent by the target base station, whether the source base station needs to perform time synchronization with the target base station. |
| US10631205B2 |
Structure of MAC sub-header for supporting next generation mobile communication system and method and apparatus using the same
A communication technique of fusing a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology and a system thereof are provided. The communication technique may be used for an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, health care, digital education, a retail business, a security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. A method for defining media access control (MAC) sub-header structures suitable for a next generation mobile communication system and applying the MAC sub-header structures to provide a high data transmission rate and a low latency in the next generation mobile communication system is provided. |
| US10631203B2 |
Wireless communication device and wireless communication method
A wireless communication device serving as an NG60 WiGig device includes a PPDU generator that generates an MF control PHY PPDU (physical layer protocol data unit) including a legacy preamble, a legacy header, an NG60 header (a non-legacy header), a data field, and identification information indicating that the non-legacy header is included in the PPDU and a transmitter that transmits the generated MF control PHY PPDU. |
| US10631199B2 |
Method for allowing user equipment to detach from network entity
A method for allowing a user equipment (UE) to detach from a network entity is provided. The method includes detecting that the UE is not registered with the network entity while the UE is in an area previously registered with the network entity. Further, the method includes sending a detach indication to the network entity to detach a service to the UE. |
| US10631196B2 |
Method for the transmission of data
A method, system and computer program product for the transmission of data from a transmitter to receiver. The present invention is directed to improving data transmission. To this end, the transmission of data is accelerated, and an inband-signaling of information is carried out on an MAC-layer plane, wherein the information is particularly relevant to the base station (BS). |
| US10631189B2 |
Enhanced measurement filtering configurations for radio-link management and radio resource management
A wireless device is configured to perform measurements for radio resource management (RRM) and/or radio link monitoring (RLM). The wireless device performs a plurality of radio measurements. The wireless device filters at least a first subset of the radio measurements using a first filtering configuration and filters at least a second subset of the radio measurements using a second filtering configuration, where the second filtering configuration differs from the first filtering configuration. The first and second filtering configurations apply to first and second different types of reference signals, respectively, or to beam-level measurements and cell-level measurements, respectively. |
| US10631188B2 |
Wi-Fi adoption index
In some examples, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may contain instructions executable by a processing resource to collect Wi-Fi data points. The Wi-Fi data points may correspond to a plurality of users of an enterprise for a particular number of days. In some examples, the Wi-Fi data points may indicate a time period during each of the particular number of days when each of the plurality of users was connected to a Wi-Fi network. Instructions may further be executable to determine that a subset of the Wi-Fi data points represent outliers and remove the subset of Wi-Fi data points to create a data set. The data set may comprise non-outlier Wi-Fi data points. Instructions may further be executable to determine a Wi-Fi Adoption Index (WAI) for each of the plurality of users based on the data set. |
| US10631185B2 |
Information processing apparatus, wireless network communication system, wireless communication relay apparatus, and information processing method
An information processing apparatus includes a wireless communicator performing wireless communication, at least one processor configured to implement stored instructions and execute a measure task that transmits a predetermined command to a predetermined apparatus through the wireless communicator and measuring a response time, and a display displaying the response time. |
| US10631179B2 |
HARQ frame data structure and method of transmitting and receiving with HARQ in systems using blind detection
A HARQ frame data structure and methods of transmitting and receiving with HARQ in systems using blind detection. In one embodiment, a method of transmitting over a channel using HARQ includes transmitting a first frame containing data toward a blind detection receiver, and transmitting a second frame containing at least a portion of the data and information about the first frame toward the blind detection receiver. |
| US10631177B1 |
Mobile phone chipset parameter adaptation framework
A method of configuring hardware parameter values of a user equipment (UE) after distribution to an end user. The method comprises identifying an electronic chip that comprises a component in the UE by a carrier application that executes on the UE, where the carrier application is configured with wireless communication service provider access permissions, transmitting a request for preferred hardware parameter values by the carrier application to a device management server, where the request comprises the identity of the electronic chip, receiving preferred hardware parameter values by the carrier application from the device management server, and, based on the received preferred hardware parameter values, setting a hardware parameter value of the electronic chip to the corresponding preferred hardware parameter value, whereby the UE is configured for optimized wireless communication in a radio access network. |
| US10631176B2 |
Apparatus and methods for transmitting or receiving electromagnetic waves
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system for generating electromagnetic signals that resonate in a cavity having a plurality of reflectors resulting in resonating electromagnetic signals and combining the resonating electromagnetic signals to form an electromagnetic wave that traverses a reflector and couples onto a physical transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10631175B2 |
Provision of coverage for a wireless communication network by using moving base stations on robots or drones
A plurality of mobile robots provide a radio coverage area of a wireless communication network. Each mobile robot comprises a radio base station of the wireless communication network. A mobile robot of the plurality of mobile robots moves to a geographical position to deploy as part of a daisy chain loop of the mobile robots upon receiving instruction from a maintenance base. Upon receiving further instruction from the maintenance base, the mobile robot moves to a further geographical position as part of a circular shift operation performed by the mobile robots deployed to the daisy chain loop to maintain the radio coverage area and send a further mobile robot of the mobile robots deployed to the daisy chain loop to the maintenance base. |
| US10631174B2 |
Method for repetitive transmission of channel for coverage extension, and terminal
An embodiment of the present specification provides a method for setting a repetition level of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) by a terminal. The method is a method for transmitting a PUCCH by a terminal, comprising a step of determining a repetition level for transmission of the PUCCH containing uplink control information; and a step of repeatedly transmitting the PUCCH on a predetermined number of uplink sub-frames according to the repetition level for the PUCCH, wherein the repetition level for the PUCCH may be determined on the basis of at least one of the previously received PDCCH, EPDCCH, PDSCH and the previously transmitted PUSCH. |
| US10631168B2 |
Advanced persistent threat (APT) detection in a mobile device
Advanced persistent threats to a mobile device are detected and prevented by leveraging the built-in mandatory access control (MAC) environment in the mobile operating system in a “stateful” manner. To this end, the MAC mechanism is placed in a permissive mode of operation wherein permission denials are logged but not enforced. The mobile device security environment is augmented to include a monitoring application that is instantiated with system privileges. The application monitors application execution parameters of one or more mobile applications executing on the device. These application execution parameters including, without limitation, the permission denials, are collected and used by the monitoring application to facilitate a stateful monitoring of the operating system security environment. By assembling security-sensitive events over a time period, the system identifies an advanced persistent threat (APT) that otherwise leverages multiple steps using benign components. Once an APT has been detected, a mitigation action (e.g., terminating the malicious process) is undertaken. |
| US10631164B2 |
Authentication identity management for mobile device applications
An identity authenticator receives a first authentication credential from a first application at a first computing device. The identity authenticator then determines that the first authentication credential is associated with a second authentication credential for the first application at a second computing device based on a stored authentication identity. The identity authenticator then provides a stored execution state for the first application to the first computing device, wherein the stored execution state is associated, based on the stored authentication identity, with at least one of the first authentication credential or the second authentication credential. |
| US10631159B2 |
UE capability reporting for dual-polarization wireless communication
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a user equipment (UE). The UE reports antenna capability information of the UE, the antenna capability information comprising identification information of each of one or more antenna subarrays and polarization information indicating at least one polarization supported by each of the one or more antenna subarrays. The UE further receives an indication to operate each of the one or more antenna subarrays with one or more of the at least one polarization and communicates according to the indication. |
| US10631158B2 |
Server, user terminal apparatus, electronic apparatus, and control method thereof
A server is provided. The server includes a communication interface and a processor configured to transmit a request to operate in emergency mode to an electronic apparatus through the communicator, and while the electronic apparatus is operating in emergency mode, based on information on an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the electronic apparatus being received from a user terminal apparatus that is communicatively connected to the electronic apparatus, transmit map information corresponding to a location of the electronic apparatus to the user terminal apparatus based on location information of the electronic apparatus matched with the IP address. |
| US10631157B2 |
Mobile wireless communication system
A mobile communication system includes a base station, and mobile stations that communicate with the base station. At least one of the base station and the mobile stations includes a number-of-carriers switching unit. The switching units switches, on the basis of a communication state, a ratio of numbers of carriers for downlink communication and uplink communication, by dividing a band of a carrier. |
| US10631150B2 |
Communication apparatus, information processing apparatus, and control methods
A communication apparatus that can perform wireless communication with an information processing apparatus saves data accessible based on an instruction from an information processing apparatus, executes, in a case where predetermined information based on a write instruction from the information processing apparatus to a predetermined area in the data is saved, predetermined processing related to wireless communication based on an execution request for the predetermined processing from the information processing apparatus, and does not execute, in a case where the predetermined information is not saved, the predetermined processing related to wireless communication even if the execution request for the predetermined processing from the information processing apparatus has been received. |
| US10631147B2 |
Method for mobile device-based cooperative data capture
Embodiments of a method for improving movement characteristic determination using a plurality of mobile devices associated with a vehicle can include: collecting a first movement dataset corresponding to at least one of a first location sensor and a first motion sensor of a first mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices; collecting a second movement dataset corresponding to at least one of a second location sensor and a second motion sensor of a second mobile device of the plurality of mobile devices; determining satisfaction of a device association condition indicative of the first and the second mobile devices as associated with the vehicle, based on the first and the second movement datasets; and after determining the satisfaction of the device association condition, determining a vehicle movement characteristic based on the first and the second movement datasets. |
| US10631145B1 |
Dynamic provision of application related sponsored data connectivity
A Policy Enforcement Function such as PCEF or TDF is configured to receive from a Policy Controller such as PCRF, over an interface such as Gx or Sd interface, a command related to a User Equipment UE, the command referring to a Sponsoring Context Identifier, Sponsoring Context ID, the Sponsoring Context ID serving as an identifier of a Sponsoring Context to be applied to application-related data traffic to be sponsored for the UE, the Sponsoring Context providing a list of data flows to be sponsored. |
| US10631135B2 |
Information processing device, information processing system, and information processing method
An information processing method executed by a first information processing device which is a candidate of a distribution source of data to a terminal and which moves to be associated with a first wireless access point, the information processing method including: obtaining state information on a second information processing device; determining an information processing device that continuously distributes data to a terminal from among the first information processing device and the second information processing device, in accordance with state information on the first information processing device and the state information on the second information processing device obtained in the obtaining; and distributing data to a terminal through the first wireless access point and a second wireless access point associated with the second information processing device when the first information processing device is determined in the determining. |
| US10631134B2 |
Distributing data between mobile services
A mechanism for distributing data between mobile devices. A method includes creating, by a processing device, a group comprising of mobile devices in an ad-hoc mode that share data. The mobile devices are located within a pre-defined range. The method also includes identifying, by the processing device, at least a portion of the data available for sharing in at least one of the mobile devices. The method also includes replicating, by the processing device, the identified data for distribution to the mobile devices. The method further includes distributing, by the processing device, the replicated data to the at least one of the mobile devices in the immediate mode when the at least one of the mobile devices is within the pre-defined range. |
| US10631133B2 |
Tracking device location determination in a communicatively-restricted environment
A tracking device has a first transceiver, a second transceiver, and control logic. The first transceiver can transmit a first tracking signal for locating the tracking device to mobile devices via a first network. The mobile devices provide the first tracking signal to a tracking server. The second transceiver can transmit a second tracking signal for locating the tracking device to the tracking server via a second network. The control logic can configure the tracking device in a first state in which the first transceiver transmits the first tracking signal, and the second transceiver is disabled and does not transmit the second tracking signal. In response to determining that the tracking device cannot connect to the tracking server via the first network, the control logic configures the tracking device in a second state in which the second transceiver is enabled and transmits the second tracking signal. |
| US10631132B2 |
Positioning method and device
Disclosed are a positioning method and device for improving precision of positioning. The method comprises: acquiring an electrical signal vector in a current location of a UE device, and determining a current base station of the UE device; determining multiple mesh areas corresponding to a coverage area of the base station; and determining the current location of the UE device according to a distance between the electrical signal vector in the current location of the UE device and an electrical signal vector in each of the mesh areas and a preset reference distance corresponding to the base station. |
| US10631130B2 |
Mobile function device
A mobile function device, in particular a mobile tool-system function device configured to be disposed on an extremity of an operator, includes at least one sensor unit configured to sense at least one emission characteristic quantity and/or at least one position-specific characteristic quantity, and at least one communication unit configured to transmit electronic data to at least one external unit, in particular to a portable power tool and/or to an item of safety clothing. The mobile function device further includes at least one computing unit configured to generate, in dependence on the at least one sensed emission characteristic quantity and/or the at least one sensed position-specific characteristic quantity, electronic data configured to control the at least one external unit by open-loop and/or closed-loop control. The at least one communication unit configured to transmit the generated electronic data to the at least one external unit. |
| US10631123B2 |
System and method for user profile enabled smart building control
A central controller for device automation can control output devices (e.g. automated lights and speakers) based on calculating the indoor location of a person. In familiar surroundings (e.g. homes), people may leave their favorite wireless devices unattended (e.g. smartphones and tablet PCs) and in general people exhibit varying proximity to their mobile wireless devices. Hence, the indoor locations of mobile wireless devices are of variable importance when calculating indoor occupant locations. (e.g. exhibiting highly-correlated locations when handheld). In one embodiment, the central controller aggregates wireless signals from mobile wireless devices. The central controller calculates one or more mobile device location estimates and person-to-device proximities from the wireless signals. The central controller uses each person-to-device proximity to weight the corresponding mobile device location in a calculation to estimate the occupancy of the region of the building and controls an output device based on the occupancy estimate. |
| US10631121B1 |
Tracking device operation in safety-classified zone
Tracking devices can be associated with safe zones, smart zones, and high risk zones. Safe zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the safe zone is lower than outside the safe zone. High risk zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the high risk zone is higher than outside the high risk zone. Smart zones correspond to an expected tracking device, mobile device, or user behavior. Home areas are geographic regions in which a user resides, and travel areas are geographic regions in which a user does not reside. A tracking device can be configured to operate in a mode selected based on a presence of the tracking device within a safe zone, a smart zone, a high risk zone, a home area, or a travel area. |
| US10631119B2 |
Notifications based on device presence
An architecture is provided that can facilitate and/or transmit notifications based upon device presence techniques in connection with a wireless communications network. For example, when certain mobile devices register with a particular network entity (e.g., a femtocell) that services a particular target location (e.g., place of residence), then such registration can be leveraged to indicate presence at the target location. Accordingly, notifications can be delivered to custodian devices that indicate the presence information if certain predetermined conditions or criteria are satisfied. |
| US10631118B2 |
Maintaining privacy in location-based operations
Various approaches discussed herein enable techniques for managing privacy with respect to location-based operations, for example by receiving point of interest (POI) data corresponding to location data such as global positioning service (GPS) data at a computing device along with various location-based rules, which when satisfied, result in attribution events being generated that indicate various characteristics associated with POIs in the POI data. The attribution events are then sent to a server without compromising the location privacy of the computing device, because the location of the computing device is not included with the attribution events. |
| US10631116B2 |
Position-based gain adjustment of object-based audio and ring-based channel audio
The positions of a plurality of speakers at a media consumption site are determined. Audio information in an object-based format is received. Gain adjustment value for a sound content portion in the object-based format may be determined based on the position of the sound content portion and the positions of the plurality of speakers. Audio information in a ring-based channel format is received. Gain adjustment value for each ring-based channel in a set of ring-based channels may be determined based on the ring to which the ring-based channel belongs and the positions of the speakers at a media consumption site. |
| US10631114B2 |
Wearable electronic device executes voice command to intelligent personal assistant and moves binaural sound
A digital signal processor (DSP) in a wearable electronic device (WED) worn on a head of a user processes sound with head-related transfer functions (HRTFs) to produce binaural sound that externally localizes away from the head of the user wearing the WED. The WED includes a microphone that receives a voice command to an intelligent personal assistant that causes the WED to move a location of the binaural sound. |
| US10631113B2 |
Mobile device based techniques for detection and prevention of hearing loss
Techniques are provided for mobile platform based detection and prevention (or mitigation) of hearing loss. An example system may include a hearing loss indicator data generation circuit configured to measure hearing loss indicator data associated with use of the device by a user. The hearing loss indicator data may include ambient sound characteristics, user speech volume level and user volume setting of the device. The system may also include an audio context generation circuit configured to estimate context data associated with use of the device. The context data may be based on classification of audio input to the device and on the location of the device. The system may further include an interface circuit configured to collect the hearing loss indicator data and the context data over a selected time period and provide the collected data to a hearing loss analysis system at periodic intervals. |
| US10631103B2 |
System and method for multiplexed ultrasound hearing
A hearing system for stimulating an auditory system for sound perception by activating a particular region of a cochlea of a user using ultrasound signals, the particular region corresponding to a target frequency range, the system including: an ultrasonic transducer configured to deliver an ultrasound signal via an interface medium; and a processor communicatively coupled to the ultrasonic transducer, the processor to: obtain an audio signal, extract at least one of a temporal feature or a spectral feature from the audio signal, transpose the audio signal to the target frequency range based on extracting the at least one of the temporal feature or the spectral feature from the audio signal, generate a modulated ultrasound signal based on modifying a carrier signal having at least one frequency between 100 kHz and 4 MHz by the transposed audio signal, and provide the modulated ultrasound signal to the ultrasonic transducer for delivery via an interface medium. |
| US10631101B2 |
Advanced scene classification for prosthesis
A method, including capturing first sound with a hearing prosthesis, classifying the first sound using the hearing prosthesis according to a first feature regime, capturing second sound with the hearing prosthesis, and classifying the second sound using the hearing prosthesis according to a second feature regime different from the first feature regime. |
| US10631094B2 |
Inverted motor transducer with central vent
An electrodynamic transducer includes a rear frame defining an open frame interior and having an annular base. A central vent extends through the transducer along a central axis, where a first segment of the central vent extends upwardly from the base. A movable diaphragm is positioned within the open frame interior and operably connected to the rear frame. A magnet assembly is concentrically disposed with respect to a second segment of the central vent and coupled to a third segment of the central vent forward of the diaphragm, wherein a magnetic air gap is defined between the magnet assembly and the central vent. A voice coil is disposed within the magnetic air gap and operably connected to the diaphragm. The central vent allows bi-directional air flow in and out of the transducer. When the transducer is mounted in an enclosure, the central vent may function as a Helmholtz port. |
| US10631090B1 |
Compatibility check in a network of synchronized speakers
A method is provided for an audio output device connected to a network to perform compatibility check. The audio output device discovers another audio output device connected to the network and transmits a first message to the other audio output device for checking whether the other audio output device is compatible with the audio output device. In response to the first message, the audio output device receives a second message from the other audio output device indicating whether the other audio output device is compatible with the audio output device. The audio output device, based on the second message, determines whether the other audio output device is compatible with the audio output device. |
| US10631089B2 |
Distributed mode loudspeaker actuator including patterned electrodes
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for selecting distributed mode loudspeaker electrodes using an output frequency. One of the methods includes determining, for a piezoelectric transducer, a subset of frequencies, from a range of frequencies, at which to output a sound; selecting, based on the subset of frequencies, one or more electrode pairs from two or more electrode pairs included in the piezoelectric transducer to generate the sound; and providing, by a drive module connected to each of the two or more electrode pairs, current to each of the selected one or more electrode pairs to cause the piezoelectric transducer to generate a force that, when provided to a load, causes the load to generate the sound within the subset of frequencies. |
| US10631085B2 |
Microphone array system with Ethernet connection
A microphone array configurable to connect via an Ethernet connection with an audio processor includes a plurality of MEMS microphones (7101-7121), a plurality of sigma-delta modulators (7201-7221), a processor and storage (90), and an Ethernet physical interface (80) operating at a network data transmission rate. Each sigma-delta modulator converts the analog output of a corresponding microphone into a bit stream at an audio sampling rate. The processor and storage performs a data-interleaving operation (92) to combine the bit streams from the sigma-delta modulators into a microphone audio frame serial bit stream (34), and loads the microphone audio frame serial bit stream into a FIFO memory (94) at a FIFO serial data load rate. The processor and storage computes an Ethernet FCS checksum on the microphone audio frame serial bit stream, concatenates, an FCS delay gap, the Ethernet FCS checksum, a timing gap, a frame prefix, a UDP/IP prefix, a payload, and the microphone audio frame serial bit stream to form an Ethernet frame packet serial bit stream, unloads this Ethernet packet serial bit stream from the FIFO memory at the network data transmission rate and transmits the Ethernet frame packet serial bit stream from the Ethernet physical interface. |
| US10631079B2 |
Flexible carpenter's stylus with dockable earpiece
A computer peripheral includes a stylus having a capacitive stylus nib and an earpiece dock. An earpiece is removably dockable at the earpiece dock. The earpiece includes a speaker, an earpiece battery, and a wireless radio configured to communicatively couple with a host device. The computer peripheral further includes a charger configured to receive power, and while the earpiece is docked, to use the power to charge the earpiece battery. |
| US10631077B2 |
Length-adjustable collapsing headband
A length-adjustable collapsible headphone includes a headband comprising an upper section, a right lower section, and a left lower section, the upper section comprising an inner headband arm and an outer headband arm, the right lower section and the left lower section each comprising a scissor arm assembly having an inner scissor arm and an outer scissor arm, each of the inner scissor arms and the outer scissor arms comprising slide adjustment sub-assemblies. A pivot joint connects the outer headband arm to the inner headband arm so that the outer headband arm and the inner headband arm can rotate freely around an axis of the pivot joint. A left and a right pivot assembly connects respective inner scissor arms to respective outer scissor arms that are aligned with the axis of the pivot joint so as to maintain a common centerpoint allowing the headphone to collapse in a spherical motion to a space efficient closed state. At least one earcup assembly connects to the headband with a yoke using a swivel joint that allows the earcups assembly to yaw around the axis of the swivel joint. |
| US10631076B2 |
Communication hub and communication system
A communication hub for a communication system and a communication system are provided. The communication hub comprises at least an audio I/O interface for connection with one or more audio sources to at least receive an input audio signal, a user device interface for connection with at least one user audio device, a processor to provide a user input audio signal to the user device interface from the input audio signal, and a reporting module, configured to generate metadata of at least the input audio signal and to provide the metadata to a monitoring device of the communication system. |
| US10631074B2 |
Magnetic earphones holder
One or more sensors are configured to contextualize a series of user generated movements to control one or more electronic devices. For example, a set of earphones comprises one or more sensors for sensing a location of the earphones. The one or more sensors enable earphones such as a pair of bluetooth or earphones wirelessly coupled to a bluetooth enabled electronic device, the capability to understand the configuration of use of the earphones. Based on a location and use or non-use of the earphones, one or more contextual responses is able to be applied for a given action. |
| US10631073B2 |
Microphone housing with screen for wind noise reduction
A microphone housing is described with a screen for wind noise reduction. One example includes a housing defining a cavity and a surface on one side of the cavity, a mesh of holes through the surface into the cavity, and a microphone mounted inside the cavity. |
| US10631071B2 |
Cantilevered foot for electronic device
This disclosure relates to speakers and more specifically to an array speaker for distributing music uniformly across a room. A number of audio drivers can be radially distributed within a speaker housing so that an output of the drivers is distributed evenly throughout the room. In some embodiments, the exit geometry of the audio drivers can be configured to bounce off a surface supporting the array speaker to improve the distribution of music throughout the room. The array speaker can include a number of vibration isolation elements distributed within a housing of the array speaker. The vibration isolation elements can be configured reduce the strength of forces generated by a subwoofer of the array speaker. |
| US10631065B2 |
Techniques for acoustic management of entertainment devices and systems
Techniques for acoustic management of entertainment devices and systems are described. Various embodiments may include techniques for acoustically determining a location of a remote control or other entertainment device. Some embodiments may include techniques for controlling one or more entertainment components using voice commands or other acoustic information. Other embodiments may include techniques for establishing a voice connection using a remote control device. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10631062B2 |
System and method for set-top-box messaging display
In a set-top-box system, messages from a service provider are stored and delayed until activity from a set-top-box remote is detected. Messages are then generated and provided to a television associated with the set-top-box. Delaying of the message display until set-top-box activity is detected allows short display times, thus preventing burn-in on some television screens, while providing a greater likelihood that messages will be viewed. |
| US10631061B2 |
System and method for displaying and interacting with notifications
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing notifications on a display device, and more particularly, for implementing, interacting with, and displaying notifications associated with media content on a display device. In various embodiments, a media player might receive one or more notifications associated with media content. The media player might further receive user interaction with the one or more notifications. The user interaction might cause the media content to be displayed on a second display device, the media content to be displayed after a program being currently viewed by a user has ended, a preview of the media content to be displayed, a live stream of the media content to be displayed in the notification, the media content to be placed in a queue, the media content to be recorded, or a recording of the media content to be deleted. |
| US10631059B2 |
Method of adaptive browsing for digital content
Providing adaptive visual browsing of digital content may be accomplished by presenting a scrolling ticker on a display for browsing of digital content available for viewing by a user of a processing system, the ticker having a plurality of items, each item including an image representing at least one of a content title and a content service provider; receiving a user input selection from a remote control device operated by the user, the user input selection selecting one of the ticker items to indicate the user's interest in the selected item; and changing at least one of the items in the ticker to another item in response to the user input selection, wherein the other item has metatags similar to or related to metatags of the selected item. |
| US10631057B2 |
System and method for natural language driven search and discovery in large data sources
Presenting natural-language-understanding (NLU) results can include redundancies and awkward sentence structures. In an embodiment of the present invention, a method includes, responsive to receiving a result to a NLU query, loading a matching template of a plurality of templates stored in a memory. Each template has mask fields associated with at least one property. The method compares the properties of the mask fields of each of the templates to properties of the query and properties of the result, and selects the matching template. The method further completes the matching template by inserting fields of the result into corresponding mask fields of the matching template. The method may further suppress certain mask fields of the matching template to increase brevity and improve the naturalness of the response when appropriate based on the results of the NLU query. The method further presents the completed matching template to a user via a display. |
| US10631051B2 |
Method and system for starting smart television
Disclosed a smart television starting method, which includes: in a Suspend To RAM (STR) starting process of a smart television, acquiring a signal format and a video display control parameter corresponding to the signal format from a preset memory stored during last shutdown of the smart television after a kernel is recovered completely; setting a register group of each driver associated with video displaying according to the video display control parameter if the stored video display control parameter is obtained; when a signal lock notification sent by a driver layer is received, obtaining a signal format of a current lock signal from the signal lock notification; if the signal format of the lock signal is the same as the stored signal format, releasing a mute state of a to-be-played video corresponding to the current signal and playing the to-be-played video; The disclosure further provides a system for starting smart television. |
| US10631050B2 |
Determining and correlating visual context on a user device with user behavior using digital content on the user device
Certain embodiments involve determining visual context associated with user behavior and associating the visual context with the user behavior. For example, a system captures a portion of a user interface provided to a user at a time of a user action on the user interface. The captured portion can include digital content and the system can detect the digital content. The system can also generate a digital representation of the digital content. The digital representation can indicate the digital and exclude the digital content. The system can determine a visual context associated with the user action based on the generated digital representation. The visual context describes the digital content displayed via the user interface at the time of the user action. The system can also determine subsequent digital content to output to the user to create a subsequent visual context to encourage a particular user behavior. |
| US10631049B2 |
Media channel identification with video multi-match detection and disambiguation based on audio fingerprint
Disclosed are methods and systems to help disambiguate channel identification in a scenario where a video fingerprint of media content matches multiple reference video fingerprints corresponding respectively with multiple different channels. Given such a multi-match situation, an entity could disambiguate based on an audio component of the media content, such as by further determining that an audio fingerprint of the media content at issue matches an audio fingerprint of just one of the multiple channels, thereby establishing that that is the channel on which the media content being rendered by the media presentation device is arriving. |
| US10631045B2 |
Method and apparatus for filtering video
An artificial intelligence (AI) system for simulating functions such as recognition, determination, and so forth of a human brain by using a mechanical learning algorithm such as deep learning, or the like, and an application thereof are provided. A method of filtering video by a device is provided. The method includes selecting at least one previous frame preceding a current frame being played from among a plurality of frames included in the video, generating metadata regarding the selected at least one previous frame, predicting harmfulness of at least one next frame to be displayed on the device after playback of the current frame, based on the generated metadata, and filtering the next frame based on the predicted harmfulness. |
| US10631042B2 |
Methods and systems for enabling communications between devices
Methods and systems for selecting and delivering content are provided. More particularly, content can be delivered to an output device from a user device through a device adaptor, such as an over-the-top (OTT) device. The OTT device or devices available to the user device are determined by a communication server. In particular, the OTT device or devices available to the user device are limited to those OTT devices associated with an output device in the user's room, or that the user is otherwise authorized to access. |
| US10631039B2 |
Image display device
The present invention relates to an image display device. An image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a display; an interface for exchanging data with a mobile terminal; and a controller for performing control such that a device connection application item is displayed, an image including server information is displayed so as to be captured using the mobile terminal, on the basis of the selection of the device connection application item, pairing with the mobile terminal is then performed, and when the pairing is completed, an object representing the paired mobile terminal is displayed. Accordingly, pairing between the mobile terminal and the image display device can be simply and easily performed. |