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| US10711198B2 |
Catalytic upgrading of pyrolytic vapors
A method for forming catalytically treated pyrolytic vapor product from pyrolyzable material, the method comprising burning fuel in a fluidized bed boiler, thereby heating some particulate material; transferring at least some of the heated particulate material or some other heated particulate material to a pyrolysis reactor to pyrolyze some pyrolyzable material in the pyrolysis reactor; and conveying at least some pyrolytic vapor through a catalyst bed comprising catalyst material; and conveying at least part of the formed side products upstream back to the process; thereby producing the catalytically treated pyrolytic vapor product in an resource efficient manner. In addition, a system configured to produce catalytically treated pyrolytic vapor product from pyrolyzable material. The system comprises a fluidized bed boiler; a pyrolysis reactor; a catalytic reactor; means for conveying some heated particulate material to the pyrolysis reactor; a pipeline for conveying at least some pyrolytic vapor from the pyrolysis reactor into the catalytic reactor and means for conveying at least part of the formed side products upstream back to the process for recovering heat and chemical energy bound to the side products. |
| US10711193B2 |
Quantum dots and production methods thereof, and quantum dot polymer composites and electronic devices including the same
A quantum dot, a method of producing the same, a quantum dot polymer composite including the same, and an electronic device. The quantum dot includes a core including a first semiconductor nanocrystal and a shell disposed on the core, the shell including a second semiconductor nanocrystal and a metal dopant, wherein the first semiconductor nanocrystal includes a Group II-VI compound, a Group III-V compound, or a combination thereof, the second semiconductor nanocrystal includes a Group II-VI compound, and the metal dopant includes hafnium, zirconium, titanium, or a combination thereof. |
| US10711192B2 |
Lighting device
A lighting device is specified. The lighting device comprises a phosphor having the general molecular formula (MA)a(MB)b(MC)c(MD)d(TA)e(TB)f(TC)g(TD)h(TE)i(TF)j(XA)k(XB)l(XC)m(XD)n:E. In this case, MA is selected from a group of monovalent metals, MB is selected from a group of divalent metals, MC is selected from a group of trivalent metals, MD is selected from a group of tetravalent metals, TA is selected from a group of monovalent metals, TB is selected from a group of divalent metals, TC is selected from a group of trivalent metals, TD is selected from a group of tetravalent metals, TE is selected from a group of pentavalent elements, TF is selected from a group of hexavalent elements, XA is selected from a group of elements which comprises halogens, XB is selected from a group of elements which comprises O, S and combinations thereof, XC=N and XD=C and E=Eu, Ce, Yb and/or Mn. The following furthermore hold true: a+b+c+d=t; e+f+g+h+i+j=u; k+l+m+n=v; a+2b+3c+4d+e+2f+3g+4h+5i+6j−k−2l−3m−4n=w; 0.8≤t≤1; −3.5≤u≤4; 3.5≤v≤4; (−0.2)≤w≤0.2 and 0≤m<0.875 v and/or v≥l>0.125 v. |
| US10711190B2 |
Core-shell particles, method for producing core-shell particles, and film
Provided are core-shell particles that have high luminous efficiency and are useful as quantum dots, a method for producing the same, and a film produced using the core-shell particles. The core-shell particles of the invention are core-shell particles having a core containing a Group III element and a Group V element; and a shell covering at least a portion of the surface of the core and containing a Group II element and a Group VI element, in which the proportion of the peak intensity ratio of the Group II element with respect to the peak intensity ratio of the Group III element as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis is 0.25 or higher. |
| US10711189B2 |
Light source unit and projection display apparatus
A light source unit includes a light source section and a fluorescent structure. The fluorescent structure includes a fluorescent part where light from the light source section enters. The fluorescent part includes a transparent grain in addition to a plurality of phosphors. |
| US10711187B2 |
Fluoride phosphor, method of manufacturing the same, and light emitting device
A method of manufacturing a fluoride phosphor represented by a chemical formula A3MF7:Mn4+ includes forming a first mixture by mixing a first raw material containing A2MF6 and a second raw material containing AF or AHF2, forming a second mixture by mixing the first mixture and a sintering aid, and firing the second mixture. In the chemical formula, A is at least one selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs and mixtures thereof, and M is at least one selected from Si, Ti, Zr, Hf, Ge, Sn, and mixtures thereof. |
| US10711186B2 |
Phosphor, producing method thereof, and light-emitting device employing the phosphor
Embodiments of the present invention provide a phosphor improved in the emission intensity maintenance ratio without impairing the emission intensity and further a light-emitting device employing that phosphor. The phosphor is activated by manganese and has a basic structure comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of potassium, sodium and calcium; at least one element selected from the group consisting of silicon and titanium; and fluorine. In an IR absorption spectrum of the phosphor, the intensity ratio of the peak in 3570 to 3610 cm−1 to that in 1200 to 1240 cm−1 is 0.1 or less. |
| US10711181B2 |
Methods and systems incorporating N-(phosphonoalkyl)iminodiacetic acid particulates
Interaction of particulates of a chelating agent with an acid-reactive surface, such as various surfaces found in a wellbore, can provide a number of benefits during a treatment process. Methods for utilizing particulates of a chelating agent in a treatment process can comprise: introducing a foamed treatment fluid having a continuous liquid phase and a discontinuous gas phase into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, the foamed treatment fluid comprising: a plurality of particulates comprising an N-(phosphonoalkyl)iminodiacetic acid, and an acid in which the N-(phosphonoalkyl)iminodiacetic acid is substantially insoluble; and depositing at least a portion of the plurality of particulates at one or more locations within the subterranean formation. |
| US10711178B2 |
Secondary and tertiary green water flooding of fractured and heterogeneous oil reservoirs at high salinity and high temperature
A composition and a method to improve the exploit of oil from a hydrocarbon containing formation are disclosed. The method is characterized in that a aqueous composition including extract of a plant is injected into the formation to reduce the interfacial tension between the oil trapped in the formation and water, and the oil in said aqueous mixture is recovered for further use. Preferably, the aqueous mixture injected comprises an interfacial tension reducing composition made from a plant extract based on a plant family to which the plants Ziziphus Spina Christi and Aloe Vera belong. In particular the injection mixture also comprises at least one of the following constituents: fructose, sucrose, maltose, proteins, lipids and saponins. |
| US10711174B2 |
Divalent brine fluids having improved rheology and multifunctional properties
A method of improving rheological properties of a divalent brine based downhole treatment fluid at an elevated temperature comprises adding to the divalent brine based downhole treatment fluid a rheological modifier, which comprises a carboxylic acid ester, or a phosphate ester blended with an ethoxylated glycol, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing in an amount effective to improve the rheological properties of the divalent brine based downhole treatment fluid at a temperature of greater than about 200° F. The divalent brine based downhole treatment fluid comprises calcium bromide, calcium chloride, zinc bromide, zinc chloride, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing. |
| US10711171B2 |
Abrasive article including shaped abrasive particles
A shaped abrasive particle including a body having a first major surface, a second major surface, and a side surface joined to the first major surface and the second major surface, and the body has at least one partial cut extending from the side surface into the interior of the body. |
| US10711169B2 |
Thermally activatable, fast curing adhesive coating
The present invention relates to a thermally activatable adhesive composition for use in a method for producing a stack of metal sheets from glued together sheet metal components, the use of the adhesive composition in a method for producing a stack of metal sheets from glued together sheet metal components, the method for producing a stack of metal sheets from glued together sheet metal components, a sheet metal component coated with the adhesive composition, and a stator or rotor core containing one or more of such sheet metal components. |
| US10711168B2 |
Process for assembling elements containing biological substances
The present invention relates to a biomedical device for the distribution or containment of biological substances comprising at least two components assembled each other with an adhesive composition comprising a mixture of an acrylic adhesive composition and an epoxy adhesive composition. The present invention also relates to a method for assembling a biomedical device comprising at least two components, comprising (i) forming a film of an adhesive composition comprising a mixture of a (meth)acrylate adhesive composition and an epoxy adhesive composition on at least one surface of said at least two components, (ii) pre-curing said adhesive composition with an UV-blue radiation exposure to substantially cure said (meth)acrylate adhesive composition without substantially curing said epoxy adhesive composition, (iii) contacting said at least one surface of said at least two components to be assembled, and (iv) completing the curing of said adhesive composition with an UV-blue radiation exposure. |
| US10711165B2 |
Aqueous adhesive composition
Provided is an aqueous adhesive composition comprising a polymer that comprises (a) polymerized units of one or more alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer, (b) polymerized units of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid or a mixture thereof, (c) polymerized units of one or more dialkyl diester of itaconic acid, and (d)polymerized units of one or more other monomer. |
| US10711162B2 |
Adhesive agent
Provided are: an adhesive that offers high adhesiveness to bond and secure an adherend even in a high-temperature environment, as long as securing is necessary. The adherend can be removed without failure and without adhesive residue once securing becomes unnecessary; and a method for processing an adherend using the adhesive. The adhesive according to the present invention contains a multivalent vinyl ether compound (A) and at least one of a compound (B) and a compound (C). The compound (B) is represented by Formula (b). The compound (C) includes two or more constitutional units each represented by Formula (c). Formulae (b) and (c) are expressed as follows: |
| US10711161B2 |
Adhesive system with highly reactive pretreatment agent
An adhesive system, having an adhesion promoter composition, containing at least one mercaptosilane, at least one polysilane, at least one transition metal complex having substantially only monodentate ligands, and at least one non-alcoholic solvent, and an adhesive, wherein the adhesive, within an hour after application and storage at 23° C. and 50% relative air humidity, has a tensile shear strength of at least 3 MPa, as measured according to ISO 4587, and/or, within an hour after application and storage at 23° C. and 50% relative air humidity, has at least 50%, preferably at least 60%, of the tensile shear strength achievable after application and storage for 7 days at 23° C. and 50% relative air humidity, as measured according to ISO 4587. An adhesion promoter system has a liquid container having a manually actuable output apparatus, and an adhesion promoter composition, as disclosed above. |
| US10711152B2 |
Coating compositions for coating substrates including binder components
A coating composition for coating a substrate is provided herein. The coating composition includes a first polymer including a first polymer-bound moiety having an acid-functional group, or a derivative thereof. The coating composition further includes a second polymer including a second polymer-bound moiety having an amine-functional group. The coating composition further includes a solvent. The first polymer is substantially free of amine-functional groups and the second polymer is substantially free of acid-functional groups, or derivatives thereof. The acid-functional groups and the amine-functional groups are substantially reactive to each other at least after application of the coating composition to the substrate. |
| US10711149B2 |
Active energy ray-curable resin composition for three-dimensional model supporting material
An object of the present invention is to provide a shape supporting support material which can be efficiently removed after molding in addition manufacturing and an active energy ray-curable resin composition used for forming the support material. An active energy ray-curable resin composition containing the ionic monomer (A), the nonionic water-soluble monomer (B), the nonpolymerizable compound (C), and the photopolymerization initiator (D), and/or the polyfunctional monomer (E) is used. The support material can be thereby efficiently removed from the formed roughly modeled product. Furthermore, a three-dimensional modeled product having a non-contaminated surface and high molding accuracy can be obtained. |
| US10711148B2 |
Coloring composition, ink jet recording ink, ink jet recording method, and ink jet printer cartridge
Provided are a coloring composition including a compound represented by Formula (1) shown in this specification and a compound represented by Formula (D) shown in this specification, an ink jet recording ink including the coloring composition, an ink jet recording method using the ink jet recording ink, and an ink jet printer cartridge that is filled with the ink jet recording ink. |
| US10711145B2 |
Photocurable ink composition and method for forming image
A photocurable ink composition is provided, the composition including: a resin that includes at least one of a structural unit (1) below or a structural unit (2) below; and at least one of a monofunctional radical-polymerizable monomer or a bifunctional radical-polymerizable monomer, in which a total content of the monofunctional radical-polymerizable monomer and the bifunctional radical-polymerizable monomer is 50% by mass or more relative to a total amount of the photocurable ink composition. |
| US10711143B1 |
Polyisobutylene as a liquid color concentrate component
Use of polyisobutylene in a weight average molecular weight of greater than 1000 daltons can increase processing efficiency when making liquid color concentrates and can improve coloration of polymers used in a variety of final shaped polymer articles. |
| US10711142B2 |
Antireflection film and display device
The present invention relates to an antireflection film which includes a hard coating layer and a low refractive index layer formed on the hard coating layer, wherein the sum of the volume of the convex portion of the peak equal to or higher than the average line is less than 0.03 mm3 in the surface area of 1.47 mm2, and the sum of the volume of the concave portion of the valley equal to or lower than the average line is less than 0.03 mm3 in the surface area of 1.47 mm2, and a display device comprising the antireflection film. |
| US10711140B2 |
Methods for sol-gel polymerization in absence of solvent and creation of tunable carbon structure from same
The present application is directed to methods for solvent-free preparation of polymers and their subsequent processing into activated carbon materials. These methods unexpectedly demonstrate ability to tune pore structure in the polymer gel and carbon produced there from, while also providing distinct advantages over the current art. |
| US10711137B2 |
Pigment compositions containing chlorinated copper phthalocyanine pigments in the gamma crystal form
The present technology is directed to pigment compositions having a pure, or substantially pure, γ crystal form, containing less chlorine than standard tetrachlorinated copper phthalocyanine pigments, while giving similar color space, chromaticity, fastness properties, and color travel in automotive waterborne and solvent borne systems. These pigments are more advantageous from a toxicity and environmental perspective, and allow the manufacturer to produce pigments in a safe and economical manner. |
| US10711130B2 |
Method of preparing ABS-based graft copolymer having improved impact strength and method of manufacturing ABS-based injection-molded article including the same
The present invention relates to a method of preparing an ABS-based graft copolymer having improved impact strength and an ABS-based injection-molded article including the same. More particularly, the present invention provides an ABS-based copolymer resin having improved impact strength by optimizing structures of large-diameter diene-based rubber latex particles and a matrix structure between ABS-based copolymer particles and a SAN resin through introduction of a multimeric acid of an unsaturated fatty acid or a metal salt thereof as an emulsifier in a large-diameter diene-based rubber latex polymerization step and an ABS graft polymerization step. |
| US10711122B2 |
Rubber composition for tire tread, method for producing the composition, and tire manufactured using the composition
Provided are a rubber composition for a tire tread having improved braking performance, abrasion performance, and anti-aging performance, and a tire manufactured using this rubber composition. Disclosed is a rubber composition for a tire tread, the composition including 100 parts by weight of raw material rubber, 60 to 130 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler, and 10 to 60 parts by weight of modified natural oil, wherein the modified natural oil includes 50% to 90% by weight of a first natural oil; and 10% to 50% by weight of a second natural oil having a weight average molecular weight that is 2 to 10 times the weight average molecular weight of the first natural oil, with respect to the total weight of the modified natural oil. |
| US10711119B2 |
Carrageenan-based compositions for films and capsules
Carrageenan-based compositions containing a carrageenan, a starch, a plasticizer, water, and an optional buffer are disclosed, in which the carrageenan has both a potassium content of less than 4 wt. % and a viscosity configured to produce capsules on pressure-free rotary die equipment. Films and capsules can be formed from the carrageenan-based compositions. |
| US10711118B2 |
Polyarylene sulfide resin composition and molded article thereof
The present invention relates to a polyarylene sulfide-based resin composition, which has excellent thermal conduction efficiency in the horizontal and vertical directions and excellent mechanical properties such as tensile strength and impact strength, and to a molded article thereof. |
| US10711115B2 |
Process for extruding polypropylene
A process for extruding polypropylene comprising extruding a composition comprising a polypropylene and a second acid scavenger and less than about 10 ppm of a nucleating agent. |
| US10711111B2 |
Multiblock copolymer films, methods of making same, and uses thereof
A method for forming an isoporous graded film comprising multiblock copolymers and isoporous graded films. The films have a surface layer and a bulk layer. The surface layer can have at least 1×1014 pores/m2 and a pore size distribution (dmax/dmin)) of less than 3. The bulk layer has an asymmetric structure. The films can be used in filtration applications. |
| US10711110B2 |
Method for producing a fibre-composite made from amorphous, chemically modified polymers with reinforcement fibres
The invention relates to a method for producing a thermoplastic fibre composite containing a thermoplastic moulding compound (A) as a polymer-matrix (M), reinforcement fibres (B), and optionally additive (C). Said method comprises the following steps: i) flat structures (F) made from reinforcing fibres (B) treated with a silane sizing material are provided, ii) the flat structures (F) are placed in a thermoplastic molding compound (A) which comprises at least 0.3 mol %, with respect to components (A), of a chemically reactive functionality, iii) chemically reactive groups of the thermoplastic molding compound (A) are reacted in the polymer matrix (M) with the polar groups of the treated reinforcing fibres (B), iv) the at least one additive (C) is optionally incorporated v) cooling. Said method is particularly suitable for producing fibrous composites. |
| US10711109B2 |
Method of making a semifinished product
A semifinished product for making a composite fiber molded part is made by first spinning from a row of orifices of a spinning nozzle low-melting fibers of a thermoplastic. These low-melting fibers are then combined into a laminated semifinished product with high-melting reinforcement fibers of the same thermoplastic but having a melting temperature higher than the melting temperature of the low-melting fibers. |
| US10711105B2 |
Polyimide precursor resin composition
This resin composition is characterized by comprising (a) 100 parts by mass of a polyimide precursor containing a structural unit represent by general formula (1) (wherein, R1 and R2 are each independently selected from a hydrogen atom, monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbons having 1-20 carbon atoms, and aromatic groups, and X1 is a tetravalent organic group having 4-32 carbon atoms), (b) 0.001-5 parts by mass of a silicone-based surfactant, and (c) an organic solvent. |
| US10711103B2 |
DCPD-derived polyether and method of producing the same
A low-k, non-flammable dicyclopentdiene (DCPD)-derived polyether and a method of producing the same are introduced. Incorporation of a phosphorus group and a DCPD derivative into a low-k, non-flammable dicyclopentdiene (DCPD)-derived polyether enable the DCPD-derived polyether to not only serve as an epoxy resin curing agent but also cure itself such that the cured product not only features satisfactory thermal properties and low-k characteristics but is also non-flammable. |
| US10711100B2 |
Dihydroxy compound
The present invention provides a method for producing a thermoplastic resin by reacting reactants comprising a dihydroxy compound. In this production method, the dihydroxy compound comprises a dihydroxy compound represented by the following formula (1), wherein the total weight of a compound represented by the following formula (A), a compound represented by the following formula (B), and a compound represented by the following formula (C) in the dihydroxy compound is 1,500 ppm or less, based on 100 parts by weight of the dihydroxy compound represented by the formula (1): |
| US10711099B2 |
Optical use polycarbonate resin composition method for producing same, and spectacle lens and camera lens containing same
The present invention addresses the problem of providing an optical use polycarbonate resin composition which exhibits good fluidity, has a high refractive index, is inexpensive and exhibits impact resistance. This problem can be solved by an optical use polycarbonate resin composition that contains a polycarbonate resin (A) which contains a constituent unit represented by formula (1) and has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.320-0.630 dL/g, and polycarbonate resin (B) which contains a constituent unit represented by formula (2) and has an intrinsic viscosity of 0.320-0.600 dL/g, wherein the polycarbonate resin that contains a constituent unit represented by formula (2) is contained at a proportion of 45-75 mass %. |
| US10711097B2 |
Polylactide derivative, method for producing same, and polylactide stereocomplex
A polylactide derivative according to the present invention is expressed by the following general formula (1) or general formula (2): In general formula (1), one of X1-X5 is an aldehyde group, one of the other four is an alkoxy group, and the other three are hydrogen atoms. In general formula (2), one of R1-R3 is selected from a chlorine atom, fluorine atom, aldehyde group, alkoxy group, alkyl group and ester, while the other two are selected from the chlorine atom, fluorine atom, aldehyde group, alkoxy group, alkyl group, ester, and hydrogen atom. |
| US10711087B2 |
Processes for producing viscous epoxy syrups
A process for producing a viscous epoxy syrup from at least one liquid multifunctional epoxy, comprising the steps of: adding an initiator selected from the group consisting of electron-poor monoisocyanate, photoinitiator and thermal initiator to at least one liquid multifunctional epoxy; mixing the components; polymerizing the multifunctional epoxy such that the viscosity of the resulting epoxy syrup is at least twice as high, preferably at least four times as high and in particular at least ten times as high as the viscosity of the employed epoxy in the unreacted state makes it possible to produce epoxy adhesives having pressure-sensitive properties. |
| US10711084B1 |
In-chain functionalized elastomer, rubber composition and pneumatic tire
The present invention is directed to a functionalized elastomer, wherein the functionalized elastomer is a copolymer of a first monomer and a second monomer, the first monomer selected from the group consisting of conjugated diene monomers and vinyl aromatic monomers, and the second monomer of formula 1 wherein R1=C1-C8 alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, or —SiR3 where R3 are independently C1-C8 alkyl; R2=C1-C8 alkyl, aryl, or substituted aryl, or —SiR3; and n=0-3. |
| US10711081B2 |
Vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer
The present invention provides a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer having excellent solubility and a method for producing a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer. Provided is a vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer including a unit of vinyl alcohol and a unit of vinyl acetate, the vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate copolymer having a randomness value R of 0.5 or higher, the randomness value R being obtained using the following equation (1): R = 1 L A + 1 L O ( 1 ) where LO represents a mean chain length of the unit of vinyl alcohol and LA represents a mean chain length of the unit of vinyl acetate. |
| US10711080B2 |
Propylene copolymers
A propylene 1-hexene copolymer containing from about 5.5 to about 9.0% by weight, based upon the total weight of the copolymer, of 1-hexene derived units having: a) two melting temperature peaks in the DSC plot having a difference in height ranging from 0 to 5 mW; b) the higher melting temperature, measured by DSC, ranging from about 141.0° C. to about 151.0° C.; and c) Melt Flow Rate (MFR, measured according to ASTM D 1238, 230° C./2.16 kg) from about 3.5 to about 8.0 g/10 min. |
| US10711078B2 |
Polymerizable composition, process for producing organic glass using the composition, and organic glass
A polymerizable composition according to the present invention includes a compound (A) including two or more allyloxycarbonyl groups represented by Formula (1); at least one kind of polymerization initiator (B) selected from the group consisting of a peroxyketal-based radical polymerization initiator, a peroxy monocarbonate-based radical polymerization initiator, and a peroxyester-based radical polymerization initiator; and at least one kind of photochromic compound (C) selected from a naphthopyran compound group. |
| US10711075B2 |
Method of preparing rubber composition including syndiotactic 1,2-polybutadiene
Provided is a method of preparing a rubber composition, which includes (a) reacting a conjugated diene-based monomer with one or more of compounds in the presence of a first catalyst; (b) adding a conjugated diene-based monomer to a product of the step (a) and inducing a reaction; and (c) adding a second catalyst and a conjugated diene-based monomer to a product of the step (b) and inducing a reaction. |
| US10711074B2 |
Super absorbent polymer and method for preparing same
The present invention relates to a super absorbent polymer and a method for preparing the same. According to the super absorbent polymer and the method for preparing a super absorbent polymer of the present invention, a laponite is contained in a colloidal solution state during polymerization of the monomer composition, and thus achieves an appropriate crosslinking density, thereby contributing to improvement of various physical properties such as a gel strength and a centrifuge retention capacity of the super absorbent polymer. |
| US10711072B2 |
Methods and systems for olefin polymerization
Methods and systems for olefin polymerization are provided. The method for olefin polymerization can include flowing a catalyst through an injection nozzle and into a fluidized bed disposed within a reactor. The method can also include flowing a feed comprising one or more monomers, one or more inert fluids, or a combination thereof through the injection nozzle and into the fluidized bed. The feed can be at a temperature greater than ambient temperature. The method can also include contacting one or more olefins with the catalyst within the fluidized bed at conditions sufficient to produce a polyolefin. |
| US10711068B2 |
Anti-CD133 monoclonal antibodies and related compositions and methods
Anti-CD133 monoclonal antibodies having advantageous properties; products, compositions and kits comprising the monoclonal antibodies; methods (processes) of making the monoclonal antibodies and related compositions, as well as methods of using the monoclonal antibodies in analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic applications. |
| US10711064B2 |
Lym-1 and Lym-2 targeted CAR cell immunotherapy
CAR cells targeting and antibodies human HLA-DR are described as a new method of cancer treatment. It is proposed that HLA-DR CAR cells are safe and effective in patients and can be used to treat human tumors expressing the HLA-DR. |
| US10711063B2 |
Neutralization of inhibitory pathways in lymphocytes
The present invention relates to methods for the treatment, prevention and diagnostic of diseases using compounds that specifically bind and inhibit human NKG2A in combination with compounds that bind and inhibit human PD-1. The invention also relates to assays to identify NKG2A+PD1+ tumor infiltrating NK and/or CD8 T cells. |
| US10711061B2 |
Antibodies against canine PD-1
The present invention discloses antibodies to canine PD-1 that have specific sequences and a high binding affinity for canine PD-1. The invention also discloses the use of the antibodies of the present invention in the treatment of cancer in dogs. |
| US10711059B2 |
Methods for treating neurodegenerative diseases using anti-PD-L1 antibodies
The invention relates to human targets of interest (TOI), anti-TOI ligands, kits compositions and method. |
| US10711053B2 |
Insulin like peptides
It is described the preparation of Insulin like peptides, of chimeric Insulin like peptides and of their derivatives by the random combination of their chains A and their chains B and the pharmaceutical application of the obtained products. |
| US10711050B2 |
Variant serum albumin with improved half-life and other properties
The invention provides methods and materials for making and using variant serum albumin amino acid sequences which exhibit improved properties compared to wild type serum albumin sequences. The invention further provides methods and materials for making and using fusion proteins in which the variant serum albumin amino acid sequences are fused to a therapeutic or diagnostic agent, such as a therapeutic protein, or a functional fragment or variant thereof that maintains activity, and exhibits improved properties. |
| US10711049B2 |
Method for producing TLR5 agonist protein
The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a TLR5 agonist protein. According to the present disclosure, the TLR5 agonist protein can be easily separated and purified after biotechnological production. In particular, the fusion partner used for separation and purification is effectively removed so as to minimize the possibility of inhibiting binding to TLR5 and inducing an immune response by the fusion partner. |
| US10711042B2 |
Stabilized viral class I fusion proteins
Stable pre-fusion class I fusion proteins in the pre-fusion conformation, including one or more mutations in the hinge-loop that is present between the base helix and the RR1, are described. |
| US10711041B2 |
Lyophilisate containing a cyclic peptide of formula X1-GQRETPEGAEAKPWY-X2
Cyclic peptide of formula I X1-GQRETPEGAEAKPWY-X2, wherein X1 comprises an amino acid (sequence), with 1 to 4 members, comprising natural and unnatural amino acids, and X2 comprises a natural amino acid, and wherein X1 comprises the N-terminal amino acid left in position 1, and X2 the C-terminal amino acid in the ultimate, right position, in the form of a lyophilisate without additives and/or stabilizers and its use. |
| US10711039B2 |
Melanocortin receptor-specific peptide with C-terminal naphthylalanine
Melanocortin receptor-specific peptides with a C-terminal naphthylalanine of the formula: where R4, R7, R9, R11, R18, R20, R21a, R21b, R21c and R22 are as defined in the claims, compositions and formulations including the peptides of the foregoing formula or salts thereof, and methods of preventing, ameliorating or treating melanocortin receptor-mediated or responsive diseases, indications, conditions and syndromes. |
| US10711038B2 |
Agonists of guanylate cyclase useful for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, inflammation, cancer and other disorders
The invention provides novel guanylate cyclase-C agonist peptides and their use in the treatment of human diseases including gastrointestinal disorders, inflammation or cancer (e.g., a gastrointestinal cancer). The peptides can be administered either alone or in combination with an inhibitor of cGMP-dependent phosphodiesterase. The gastrointestinal disorder may be classified as either irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, or excessive acidity etc. The gastrointestinal disease may be classified as either inflammatory bowel disease or other GI condition, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and cancer. |
| US10711035B2 |
Separation matrix
The invention relates to a separation matrix comprising at least 11 mg/ml Fc-binding ligands covalently coupled to a porous support, wherein: a) the ligands comprise multimers of alkali-stabilized Protein A domains, and b) the porous support comprises cross-linked polymer particles having a volume-weighted median diameter (d50,v) of 56-70 micrometers and a dry solids weight of 55-80 mg/ml. |
| US10711034B2 |
Integrated continuous manufacturing of therapeutic protein drug substances
Provided herein are integrated continuous biomanufacturing processes for producing a therapeutic protein drug substance. Also provided are systems that are capable of continuously producing a therapeutic protein drug substance. |
| US10711030B2 |
Process for the preparation of allopregnanolone
A method for the purification of allopregnanolone is disclosed. Allopregnanolone prepared from isopregnanolone contains impurities such as triphenylphosphine oxide and other unknown impurities. To remove these impurities and purify allopregnanolone, the allopregananolone is dissolved in acetonitrile, and crystallized from the acetonitrile. The resulting crystallized allopregnanolone may then be re-crystallized from acetonitrile to further purify the allopregnanolone. |
| US10711027B2 |
DNA polymerase beta inhibitors
Methods and compounds are disclosed for irreversibly inhibiting a DNA repair enzyme that possesses lyase activity. |
| US10711026B2 |
Spinosyn derivatives as insecticides
Compositions including derivatives of spinosyns and methods for the production of derivatives of spinosyns are provided. The spinosyn derivatives described herein include spinosyn derivatives functionalized on the C5-C6 double bond of spinosyn A to provide an additional ring system. The method produces spinosyn derivatives that exhibit activity towards insects, arachnids, and/or nematodes and are useful in the agricultural and animal health markets. |
| US10711025B2 |
Process for the preparation of diosmin
Provided is a process for the preparation of diosmin from hesperidin. The process involves the oxidation of acylated hesperidin with iodine or bromine in a C2-C4 carboxylic acid medium and subsequent treatment with an inorganic base to partially neutralize the acidic media. The process allows obtaining diosmin with low iodine or bromine content, avoiding the use of organic solvents. |
| US10711024B2 |
Steviol glycoside compounds, compositions for oral ingestion or use, and method for enhancing steviol glycoside solubility
Novel steviol glycoside compounds characterized by a first group of four glucopyranose residues attached via the number 13 carbon (C13) of the steviol moiety and a second group of two or three glucopyranose residues attached via the number 19 carbon (C19) of the steviol moiety are described, and exemplified by compounds 1-4. These compounds can be present in a composition with other steviol glycosides (e.g., Reb D and Reb M) to enhance their solubilities. Accordingly, the novel compounds can facilitate the preparation of aqueous compositions having a higher concentration of steviol glycosides. A steviol glycoside composition including one or more of compounds 1-4 can be used as a sweetener composition to sweeten other compositions (sweetenable compositions) such as foods, beverages, medicines, oral hygiene compositions, nutraceuticals, and the like. |
| US10711017B1 |
Fluorinated cycloalkene functionalized silicas
Fluorinated cyclopentene moieties and fluorinated cyclopentene functionalized silica materials are provided. The fluorinated cyclopentene functionalized silica materials include a silica material having the fluorinated cyclopentene moiety covalently bonded thereto. Exemplary silica materials include a polysilsesquioxane, a nanosilica, a microsilica, a silica gel, a silica aerogel, or combinations thereof. The fluorinated cyclopentene moieties are based on a modification of perfluorocyclopentene (i.e., 1,2,3,3,4,4,5,5-octafluoro-1-cyclopentene) by nucleophilic substitution with an appropriate nucleophile having a reactive functional group. Methods for preparing fluorinated cyclopentene moieties and the corresponding fluorinated cyclopentene functionalized silica materials are also provided. |
| US10711016B1 |
Functionalized aluminum reagents
The invention is directed to functionalized aluminum reagents of formula 1 where R is a linear or branched alkane group containing 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and R1 is phenylene, or a linear or branched alkane diyl group containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or a combination of one or more phenylene groups and one or more linear or branched alkane diyl groups containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms; Q is of formula 2 where R3 and R4 are independently phenyl or a linear or branched alkyl group containing 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or R3 and R4 taken together with the nitrogen atom represent a nitrogen containing heterocyclic group containing from 4 to 12 carbon atoms. |
| US10711015B2 |
Nitrogen-containing compound and color conversion film comprising same
The present specification relates to a compound containing nitrogen, and a color conversion film, a backlight unit, and a display device, including the same. |
| US10711010B2 |
Hydroxyester derivatives, a process for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them
Compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R13, Ra, Rb, A and n are as defined in the description. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in treating conditions requiring a pro-apoptotic agent. |
| US10711008B2 |
Indoline analogs and uses thereof
Indoline derivative compounds that act as EWS-FLI1 transcription factor inhibitors are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions of the indoline derivatives, methods of synthesizing the same, methods of treating using same, and assays for identifying the inhibitors of EWS-FLI1 oncoprotein. |
| US10711006B2 |
Selective Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor and use thereof
The present invention relates to a selective Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor compound, a pharmaceutical composition, preparation and use thereof in preparation of a drug. The compound of the present invention has a structure of Formula II or Formula II′: or their optical isomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates; where each Rg is independently H, halogen, —CF2H, —CF3, —CN, C1-C3 alkyl, or C1-C3 alkoxy; n is selected from 0, 1 and 2; Rd is selected from Re is selected from H, CH3, C2-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 azaalkyl, and C1-C6 oxaalkyl, wherein CH3, C2-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 azaalkyl and C1-C6 oxaalkyl are further substituted with amino, hydroxyl, and C1-C3 alkyl; Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 are independently selected from C(Rf) and N, and at least one of Y1, Y2, Y3 and Y4 is N, wherein Rf is selected from H, halogen, C1-C3 alkyl, —CF3, and —CF2H. |
| US10711000B2 |
Autotaxin inhibitors and uses thereof
Described herein are methods and compositions for the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with autotaxin activity. The methods and compositions disclosed herein include the use of at least one autotaxin inhibitor compound. |
| US10710997B2 |
Isoquinoline amide and isoquinoline amide-substituted compounds as mGluR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction
Compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4) of the following formula: synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction. |
| US10710995B2 |
Inhibitors of β-hydroxylase for treatment of cancer
The present invention relates to compounds which modulate (e.g., inhibit) the activity of beta-hydrolase (e.g., ASPH), including novel 2-aryl-5-amino-3(2H)-furanone and 2-heteroaryl-5-amino-3(2H)-furanone compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods for their synthesis, and methods of using these compounds to modulate the activity of ASPH in an a cell-free sample, a cell-based assay, and in a subject. Other aspects of the invention relate to use of the compounds disclosed herein to ameliorate or treat cell proliferation disorders. |
| US10710993B2 |
Benzofuran pyrazole amine kinase inhibitor
The present invention discloses a compound for regulating protein kinase activity and used for treating or preventing diseases associated with protein kinases. Specifically, the present invention relates to a benzofuran pyrazole amine protein kinase inhibitor which belongs to compounds that regulate anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), and provides a method of preparing such a compound and a pharmaceutical use of such a compound in the treatment or prevention of diseases associated with ALK. The inhibitor can solve the problem of the drug resistance of the first generation and the second generation of ALK inhibitors. |
| US10710992B2 |
Substituted pyridinones as bromodomain inhibitors
The present disclosure relates to substituted pyridinones, which are useful for inhibition of BET protein function by binding to bromodomains, and their use in therapy. |
| US10710991B2 |
Process for the preparation of thietane derivatives
The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of thietane derivatives of the formula IA and thietane derivatives of the formula IB wherein R1, R2, A1, A2, A3, A4, B, and n are as defined in the claims. The invention also relates to intermediates useful in the processes, as well as the compounds of formula IA and IB and their use as pesticides. |
| US10710990B2 |
Method for producing glyceric acid ester
The present invention is to provide a method of producing a glyceric acid ester which is easy for production and high in yield, and in which a pyridine to be used for the reaction is easily reused. Provided is a method of producing a compound represented by the following formula (II), including a step of oxidatively esterifying Compound A represented by the following formula (I) with Compound B selected from an organic nitroxyl radical, an N-hydroxy form thereof, and a salt containing an oxo ammonium cation of them, and an oxidizing agent in the presence of a pyridine having an alkyl substituent, wherein the use amount of Compound B is 0.0001 or more and 0.1 or less in terms of a molar ratio relative to Compound A: wherein, in the formulae (I) and (II), R1 and R2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, or R1 and R2 are bonded to each other to form a divalent hydrocarbon group for constituting a ring structure. |
| US10710986B2 |
PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors
Compounds of Formula (I), methods of using said compounds singly or in combination with additional agents and compositions of said compounds for the treatment of cancer are disclosed. |
| US10710981B2 |
Alkynyl-substituted heterocyclic compound, preparation method therefor and medical use thereof
The present invention relates to an alkynyl-substituted heterocyclic compound acting as an FGFR inhibitor, a preparation method therefor and a medical use thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to a compound as shown in general formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a pharmaceutical composition including the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for treating and/or preventing FGFR-associated diseases, particularly tumors, by using the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a preparation method for the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or the pharmaceutical composition including the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the preparation of a drug for treating and/or preventing FGFR-associated diseases, particularly tumors, wherein the definition of each substituent group in general formula (I) is the same as that in the description. |
| US10710979B2 |
EGFR kinase inhibitor and preparation method and use thereof
The present invention provides an EGFR kinase inhibitor and a preparation method and use thereof. Specifically, the present invention provides a compound as shown in formula (I), the definition of each group therein being as described in the description. Said compound is an efficient EGFR inhibitor. |
| US10710978B2 |
STK4 inhibitors for treatment of hematologic malignancies
The application relates to compounds of Formula (I′): which modulate the activity of a kinase (e.g., STK4), a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, and a method of treating or preventing a disease or disorder associated with the modulation of a kinase, such as STK4. |
| US10710975B2 |
Oxopiperazine derivatives
The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (I) or formula (Ia) pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates, or stereoisomers thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds which are useful for preventive and therapeutic use in human and veterinary medicine. |
| US10710974B2 |
Method for preparing epsilon-caprolactone
The present invention discloses a method for preparing ε-caprolactone. The method comprises the steps of: adding cyclohexanone, a co-oxidant and a certain amount of catalyst into a certain amount of organic solvent, using molecular oxygen as an oxidant, implementing a reaction with stirring for 0.1 to 24 hours under a pressure of 0.1 to 2 MPa and at a temperature of 60° C. to 100° C., wherein the co-oxidant is acrolein, and the catalyst is a carbon material. The present invention has the advantages of high-efficiency co-oxidant, easily available and recovered catalyst, environmental-friendly oxidant, simple operation and low cost. |
| US10710968B2 |
Radiolabeled erlotinib analogs and uses thereof
Radiolabeled compounds which are erlotinib analogs that feature a radioactive halogen and processes of preparing same are disclosed. Uses of these radiolabeled compounds in radioimaging, for identifying and monitoring a level, distribution and/or mutational status of deregulated EGFR, and/or in radiotherapy, are also disclosed. |
| US10710966B1 |
Solid state forms of (S)-2-(((S)-6,8-difluoro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-yl)amino)-N-(1-(2-methyl-1-(neopentylamino)propan-2-yl)-1H-imidazol-4-yl)pentanamide and uses thereof
The present disclosure relates to: a) solid state forms of hydrobromide salts of Compound 1; b) pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more solid state forms of hydrobromide salts of Compound 1, and, optionally, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; c) methods of treating tumors or cancers by administering one or more solid state forms of hydrobromide salts of Compound 1 to a subject in need thereof; and d) methods for the preparation of solid state forms of Compound 1. |
| US10710964B2 |
Organic electrolyte compounds for redox-flow batteries
The present invention relates to redox electrolyte compounds. The present invention further relates to a redox-flow battery wherein one of the catholyte and the anolyte, or both, has the redox electrolyte compound of the invention. The present invention further relates to the method of controlling the redox-flow battery and its use for energy storage. |
| US10710960B2 |
Carbon sulfur material and method for producing same
The present invention provides an organic sulfur material comprising carbon, hydrogen, and sulfur as constituent elements, and having peaks in the vicinity of 480 cm−1, 1250 cm−1, 1440 cm−1, and 1900 cm−1 in a Raman spectrum detected by Raman spectroscopy. The peak in the vicinity of 1440 cm−1 is the most intense peak. This organic sulfur material, which is produced by using a liquid organic starting material, achieves high capacity. This organic sulfur material preferably does not have peaks in the vicinity of 846 cm−1 or 1066 cm−1. |
| US10710957B2 |
Motuporamine derivatives as antimicrobial agents and antibiotic enhancers against resistant gram-negative bacteria
Motuporamine agents having antimicrobial activity and uses thereof. |
| US10710954B2 |
Conversion of wood based hemicellulose prehydrolysate succinic acid using a heterogeneous acid catalayst in a biphasic system
A novel approach for the conversion of biomass based hemicellulose prehydrolysate to high value succinic acid has been investigated using a heterogeneous acid catalyst, Amberlyst 15 and hydrogen peroxide. A vital intermediate in this process, furfural, was oxidized in a biphasic system to produce succinic acid. Production of furfural in good yields is a limiting step in such processes for a number of reasons. Among the organic solvents evaluated, toluene was found to be an ideal solvent for furfural extraction and facilitated the conversion of furfural to succinic acid. Simultaneous extraction of furfural into the organic solvent as it is produced, increased the overall yield. It was observed that the developed method resulted in a succinic acid yield of 49% from the furfural obtained from hemicellulose prehydrolysate. It was found that 50 mg of Amberlyst 15 per mmole of furfural resulted in 100% FA conversion in less time. |
| US10710946B2 |
Method of manufacturing octafluorocyclopentene
Provided is a manufacturing method in which 1-chloroheptafluorocyclopentene is brought into contact with an alkali metal fluoride to obtain octafluorocyclopentene. The manufacturing method includes a fluorination step of maintaining, at 85° C. or higher, a suspension containing an alkali metal fluoride suspended in a mixed solvent including a polar aprotic solvent and a glycol ether having a higher boiling point than the polar aprotic solvent while supplying 1-chloroheptafluoropentene into the suspension and performing fluorination thereof to obtain octafluorocyclopentene. |
| US10710938B2 |
Methods of mobilizing soil phosphorus with a synergistic bacterial consortia
The present disclosure relates to consortia of bacteria strains and composition comprising one or more bacterial strains disclosed herein. These consortia of isolated bacteria cultures and compositions comprising said cultures, having greater activity than would be observed for the individual bacteria cultures and compositions. A composition of the disclosure may advantageously be used for enhancing the availability of soil phosphorus and other macronutrients and/or micronutrients to plants, and thereby enhancing their growth and yield. |
| US10710935B2 |
Ceramic composite and production method thereof
A black ceramic composite coating is presented. The ceramic composite coating comprises a ceramic matrix having embedded therein carbide nanoparticles (in particular metal carbide nanoparticles) and/or metal-carbon composite nanoparticles (with separate metal and carbon phases) embedded therein. The carbide nanoparticles are metastable and the metal-carbon composite nanoparticles are decay products of the metastable carbide nanoparticles. A further aspect of the invention relates to producing such a ceramic composite coating. |
| US10710934B2 |
Dielectric ceramic composition and ceramic capacitor
A dielectric ceramic composition represented by a general formula {(Na1-v-w-xKvLiwM2x)(Nb1-y-zTayM4z)O3+αMnO+βLa2O3+γLi2O}, wherein 0≤v≤0.01, 0≤w≤0.01, 0.05≤x, z≤0.15, 0≤y≤0.1, 0.003≤α≤0.05, 0.001≤β≤0.05, and 0.005≤γ≤0.05. M2 is Ba, Ca, and/or Sr, and M4 is Zr, Hf, and/or Sn. A ceramic layer is formed of the dielectric ceramic composition, and an internal electrode is formed of a base metal material such as Ni. |
| US10710933B2 |
Cermet body
A cermet body, including a ceramic portion and a plurality of high magnetic permeability magnetic metallic particles distributed throughout the ceramic portion. Each respective high magnetic permeability magnetic metallic particle has a magnetic permeability of at least 0.0001 H/m. The magnetic metallic particles define a contiguous metallic phase, wherein the cermet body enjoys sufficient bulk electrical conductivity to be machined via electrical discharge machining. |
| US10710930B2 |
Surface enhanced pulp fibers in fiber cement
The present invention relates to a method of making a fiber-reinforced cementitious composite material which finds widespread applicability in a variety of construction and related applications. The composite comprises cellulosic fibrous material in order to provide the composite with the desired performance characteristics. Notably, at least a portion of the cellulosic fibrous material comprises surfaced enhanced pulp fiber, which desirably enhances the processing characteristics of the material, as well enhancing the characteristics of the finished composite product. The method of making a fiber-reinforced cementitious composite comprising the steps of providing a cementitious composition, and providing cellulosic fibrous material. The present method further includes blending the cementitious composition and the cellulosic fibrous material to form the cementitious composite. The surface enhanced pulp fiber preferably comprises approximately 1-10%, by weight, of the cellulosic fibrous material, and the cellulosic fibrous material exhibits an enhanced Bauer-McNett long fiber fraction. The cellulosic fibrous material preferably exhibits at least a 10% increase in length-weighted average fiber length (LWAFL), in comparison to a cellulosic fibrous material which is devoid of surface enhanced pulp fiber. The cellulosic fibrous material requires relatively reduced refining energy, in comparison to a cellulosic fibrous material which is devoid of surface enhanced pulp fiber, to reach a predetermined freeness CSF (Canadian Standard Freeness) value. |
| US10710925B2 |
Borosilicate glass for pharmaceutical container
A borosilicate glass for a pharmaceutical container includes SiO2, Al2O3, B2O3, and R2O (R is one or more kinds selected from Li, Na, and K) as essential components, in which a content of CaO is equal to or greater than 0 and smaller than 0.5 mol %, a value of (Na2O+K2O+Li2O—Al2O3)/B2O3 is 0.315 to 0.350 in terms of a molar ratio, and BaO is not substantially included. |
| US10710924B2 |
Optical fiber production method
An optical fiber production method includes: drawing an optical fiber from an optical fiber preform in a drawing furnace; cooling the optical fiber in an annealing furnace; and delivering the optical fiber into the annealing furnace, and controlling a temperature difference between a temperature of the optical fiber and a fictive temperature of glass forming a core included in the optical fiber to be higher than 20° C. and lower than 100° C. |
| US10710918B1 |
Method of manufacturing a hollow glass article having a container shape
A method of making a hollow container-shaped glass article composed of soda-lime-silica glass includes forming a particulate feedstock comprised of pulverized soda-lime-silica cullet particles into a hollow monolithic glass container preform without melting the cullet particles. The hollow monolithic glass container preform has a container shape that includes a wall defining an interior containment space and an opening to the interior containment space and, upon formation, has a temperature above the glass transition temperature of the soda-lime-silica glass. The hollow monolithic glass container preform is eventually cooled into a hollow, amorphous soda-lime-silica glass article, such as a partially-formed container or a finished container, that retains the previously-established container shape. |
| US10710914B2 |
Oxidation process
A batch process for the treatment of an aqueous solution so that the treated product is more desirable for disposal includes obtaining an influent batch of aqueous solution for treatment, treating the batch of solution by an advanced oxidation process. The advanced oxidation process including causing ozone to be mixed with the solution, maintaining the mixture of solution and ozone at a pressure above atmospheric for a time of at least two seconds. An embodiment of the process includes continuously recirculating the fluid to be treated, through a recirculation conduit, the recirculation conduit including an ozone injector and the ozone injector is adapted to inject ozone into the aqueous solution as the aqueous solution circulates through an ozone injector. Influent to be treated may be selected from the group including sewage, septage, leachate, ballast or other aqueous solutions where it is desirable to treat the fluid prior to disposal, further treatment, or reuse. The process is carried out to improve a level of disinfection and/or denutrification of the effluent. The process may include back-to-back processing of batches one after the other, more or less continuously. The process may include overlapping processing, in which part of a treated previous batch is retained to mix with an incoming untreated batch. The process may include off-gassing between stages of adding ozone, and the process may involve repetitive high pressure and low pressure cycles. The process may include post processing steps, such as permitting at least a portion of a treated batch to be retained without the addition of ozone for a period of time to permit floculates longer to form. The process may include post process filtering, which may be single or multi-stage filtering, such as may allow for the removal of floculates. The process may include simultaneous post-processing of part or all of one batch while another batch is being processed. The process may include the treatment of solutions containing pharmaceuticals to break down the pharmaceuticals. |
| US10710905B2 |
Water treatment method, and associated module and facility
Disclosed are water treatment processes enabling cations and anions to be extracted from an aqueous effluent by contacting the aqueous effluents with a hydrophobic liquid phase, also including at least one step of contacting the effluent with a hydrophobic solid membrane, in order to remove the residual hydrophobic liquid membrane in the effluent treated by coalescence on the hydrophobic solid membrane. The processes include seawater desalination processes. Also disclosed is a desalination module as well as its facility therefor, including at least one coalescer. |
| US10710903B2 |
Processing contaminated water containing volatile compounds via flash evaporation
Processing contaminated water containing volatile or/and semi-volatile compounds via flash evaporation. Method and system include: superheating contaminated water (via a superheating unit), for forming superheated contaminated water having a temperature equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold temperature; flash evaporating the superheated contaminated water (via a flash evaporation unit), for forming superheated contaminated steam; and thermally oxidizing the superheated contaminated steam (via a thermal oxidation unit), so as to thermally oxidize the volatile compounds contained therein, and form thermal oxidation gas/vapor products. Optionally, further includes integrated configuration and operation of a process control/data-information processing unit, and a heat recycling unit. Results in obtaining high yields and high energy efficiencies for removal of volatile compounds from contaminated water. Particularly applicable for processing water contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) or/and semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), and volatile or/and semi-volatile inorganic compounds. |
| US10710901B1 |
Coated porous substrates for fracking water treatment
A method including contacting a stream including water with a coated porous substrate including a porous substrate coated with a hydrophilic and oleophobic coating to produce a treated water including water that passes through the coated porous substrate; and utilizing at least a portion of the treated water as a component of a hydraulic fracturing fluid. |
| US10710894B1 |
Method for preparing hollow octahedral cuprous oxide
The present invention provides a method for preparing a hollow octahedral cuprous oxide, which includes the following steps: (1) mixing a copper chloride solution and a sodium hydroxide solution, and then performing a precipitation reaction to obtain a precipitation solution; and (2) mixing the precipitation solution with glucose and ammonium hydroxide, and then reacting to generate the hollow octahedral cuprous oxide. In the present invention, firstly sodium hydroxide and copper chloride are reacted to generate a copper hydroxide precipitate; then glucose is used to reduce copper ions, and ammonium hydroxide is used to produce graded diffusion dissolution action on octahedral particles, such that the octahedral particles are gradually dissolved into hollow structures. It can be seen from the results of the examples that, the method provided by the present invention can prepare hollow octahedral cuprous oxide with an uniform and pure structure. |
| US10710892B2 |
High charge density metalloaluminophosphosilicate molecular sieves
A method of making and using a new family of crystalline microporous metalloalumino(gallo)phosphosilicate molecular sieves is disclosed. These molecular sieves have been synthesized and are designated high charge density (HCD) MeAPSOs. These metalloalumino(gallo)phosphosilicates are represented by the empirical formula of: Rp+rA+mM2+wExPSiyOz where A is an alkali metal such as potassium, R is at least one quaternary ammonium cation such as ethyltrimethylammonium, M is a divalent metal such as Zn and E is a trivalent framework element such as aluminum or gallium. This family of metalloalumino(gallo)phosphosilicate materials is stabilized by combinations of alkali and quaternary ammonium cations, enabling unique, high charge density compositions. The HCD MeAPSO family of materials have catalytic properties for carrying out various hydrocarbon conversion processes and separation properties for separating at least one component. |
| US10710890B2 |
EMM-37 materials and processes and uses thereof
The disclosure is related to EMM-37 materials, processes of making, and uses of the same as well as structure directing agents useful for the preparation of the EMM-37 materials, processes and intermediates for making such structure directing agents. |
| US10710889B2 |
EMM-31 materials and processes and uses thereof
The disclosure is related to EMM-31 materials, processes, and uses of the same as well as reagents used in the preparation of the EMM-31 materials, process and intermediates for preparing these reagents. |
| US10710882B2 |
Purification process modeled for shape modified natural graphite particles
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for purifying graphite particles. Graphite flakes can be milled, and then separated into groups with different nominal sizes. The different groups of particles are purified according to optimized purification processes. Groups of purified particles with narrow size distributions are created using embodiments of the invention. |
| US10710881B2 |
Fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersion liquid
Provided is a fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersion liquid having excellent fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersibility. The fibrous carbon nanostructure dispersion liquid contains a solvent and one or more fibrous carbon nanostructures that exhibit a convex upward shape in a t-plot obtained from an adsorption isotherm. |
| US10710876B2 |
Quantum dot glass plate and manufacturing method thereof
A quantum dot glass plate includes a first glass substrate, a second glass substrate correspondingly parallel with the first glass substrate, and a glue layer arranged between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, where the glue layer includes at least one glue frame arranged in a line. A shape of the first glass substrate is same as a shape as the second glass substrate, and edges of the glue layer correspond to edges of the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate. |
| US10710875B2 |
Encapsulant barrier
In described examples, a device mounted on a substrate includes an encapsulant. In at least one example, an encapsulant barrier is deposited along a scribe line, along which the substrate is singulatable. To encapsulate one or more terminals of the substrate, an encapsulant is deposited between the encapsulant barrier and an edge of the device parallel to the encapsulant barrier. |
| US10710873B2 |
Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) ultrasonic transducers and methods for forming the same
Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) ultrasonic transducers (CUTs) and methods for forming CUTs are described. The CUTs may include monolithically integrated ultrasonic transducers and integrated circuits for operating in connection with the transducers. The CUTs may be used in ultrasound devices such as ultrasound imaging devices and/or high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) devices. |
| US10710872B2 |
MEMS package with roughend interface
A method includes: providing a first substrate on which a plurality of first semiconductor devices is formed; providing a second substrate on which a plurality of second semiconductor devices is formed; and coupling the first and second substrates by contacting respective dummy pads of the first and second substrates, wherein at least one of the dummy pads of the first and second substrates comprises plural peaks and valleys. |
| US10710871B2 |
MEMS devices including MEMS dies and connectors thereto
An embodiment is MEMS device including a first MEMS die having a first cavity at a first pressure, a second MEMS die having a second cavity at a second pressure, the second pressure being different from the first pressure, and a molding material surrounding the first MEMS die and the second MEMS die, the molding material having a first surface over the first and the second MEMS dies. The device further includes a first set of electrical connectors in the molding material, each of the first set of electrical connectors coupling at least one of the first and the second MEMS dies to the first surface of the molding material, and a second set of electrical connectors over the first surface of the molding material, each of the second set of electrical connectors being coupled to at least one of the first set of electrical connectors. |
| US10710862B2 |
Method for controlling a beverage filling system
A method comprising controlling a beverage-filling system that comprises a filling machine with a ring bowl that feeds beverage to filling elements, each having a valve and a flow meter includes deriving a flow signal and using it to derive a regulating signal for regulating an inflow of beverage into the ring bowl, thereby maintaining a target level of beverage in the ring bowl. The flow signal comes from either summing signals from all flow meters to obtain aggregate quantity of beverage being filled into all containers or a calculation that relies on a measured speed of the filling machine, the number of filling elements in the filling machine, and the volumes of the bottles to be filled. |
| US10710860B2 |
Closure removal apparatus and method
A method of removing a closure from a container includes engaging three or more pry fingers against a lid and a container of the package in three or more locations spaced circumferentially around the package, and moving the pry fingers against the container and the lid, to pry the lid away from the container. A closure remover includes a frame, an actuator movable with respect to the frame, and a plurality of kinematic links movably carried between the frame and the actuator and including a plurality of articulatable pry fingers. |
| US10710859B2 |
Sleeve type bottle opener suitable for bottle stoppers of different sizes
The present invention relates to the field of sleeve type bottle openers, in particular to a sleeve type bottle opener suitable for bottle stoppers of different sizes. The sleeve type bottle opener comprises a cylindrical sleeve body and a bottle mouth guide part, wherein the bottle mouth guide part is arranged at a lower end of the sleeve body. According to the present invention, rigid claws fixed to rigid walls as well as elastic claws fixed to elastic walls are arranged on an inner wall of the sleeve type bottle opener; the diameter of an inscribed circle corresponding to the elastic claws can vary with the stretching of the elastic walls, so that the sleeve type bottle opener can be applied to bottle stoppers of different sizes. |
| US10710851B2 |
Telescopic column
A telescopic column includes at least two linearly movable telescopic elements and a drive system. The drive system includes a drive unit having a first clutch element and an output unit having a shaft, a windable connecting element and a second clutch element connected to the shaft such that the clutch element and the shaft rotate together. The drive system includes a brake unit configured to transmit a retaining force onto the second clutch element and configured such that applying a drive moment to the first clutch element reduces the retaining force and allow the telescopic elements to move relative to each other. The brake unit is further configured such that applying an output-side torque to the second clutch element increases the retaining force acting on the second clutch element. |
| US10710848B2 |
Wearpad and wearpad housing arrangement for a telescopic boom assembly
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a wearpad for a telescopic boom assembly including a first surface for contacting an outer boom of the boom assembly, a second surface for contacting an inner boom of the boom assembly, and a length, where the first surface and the second surface extend along the length, and where the length extends along a longitudinal direction. A chamfered portion of the wearpad may have a first end at a first location along the length and a second end at a second location along the length. The first surface and the second surface may converge along the chamfered portion. Thus, a first distance between the first surface and the second surface at the first end of the chamfered portion may be greater than a second distance between the first surface and the second surface at the second end of the chamfered portion. |
| US10710845B2 |
Method of handing over a load, and an arrangement to hand over a load
The present invention provides a method to hand over a load, in particular when submerged, from a first hoisting device to a second hoisting device, comprising the steps of: providing a rigid intermediate device having a first connection point and a second connection point, wherein the first connection point and the second connection point are spaced with respect to each other with a distance of at least 5 meters, and wherein the intermediate device is configured to be connected to the load, connecting the load to the intermediate device, connecting the first hoisting device to the first connection point, suspending the load completely from the first hoisting device, connecting the second hoisting device to the second connection point, and—transferring the load from the first hoisting device to the second hoisting device, until the load is completely suspended from the second hoisting device. |
| US10710844B2 |
Chain stretch detection device, chain stretch detection method, and passenger conveyor
The chain stretch detection device is configured to detect a stretch of a chain in a power transmission device. The power transmission device includes: a driving sprocket; a driven sprocket; and a chain, which is wound around the driving sprocket and the driven sprocket, and is configured to transmit power of the driving sprocket to the driven sprocket. The chain stretch detection device includes: a meshing height measurement device configured to measure meshing heights of the chain in a range in which the driven sprocket meshes with and the chain; and a signal processing device configured to determine a height difference between adjacent rollers in the chain through use of signals acquired by the meshing height measurement device and estimate an amount of the stretch of the chain based on the determined height difference. |
| US10710842B2 |
Fiber reinforced elevator belt and method of manufacture
A belt for suspending and/or driving an elevator car extending longitudinally along a length of the belt. An inner belt layer formed from a first material is bonded to the plurality of tension elements at a first side of the belt. The inner belt layer forms an inner belt surface interactive with a traction sheave of an elevator system. An outer belt layer formed from a second material is bonded to the plurality of tension elements at a second side of the belt. The plurality of tension elements are located between the first side and the second side. |
| US10710832B2 |
Core plug for a roll of sheet product
A core plug for supporting a roll of sheet product with respect to a sheet product dispenser is provided. The core plug may include a shell and a support. The shell may be positioned about a longitudinal axis of the core plug and configured to be at least partially inserted into a central opening of the roll of sheet product. The support may be movably attached to the shell and configured to engage a support feature of the sheet product dispenser such that the roll of sheet product is rotatably supported with respect to the sheet product dispenser. The support may be positioned at least partially within the shell, and at least a portion of the support may be configured to translate relative to the shell in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the core plug. |
| US10710827B2 |
Contact stripper/feed wheel implementation
An embodiment includes an apparatus in an ATM to transport a document. The apparatus includes a feed wheel, a stripping tire, a clutch outer-hub and a clutch inner-hub. The feed wheel may be rotated by a first-rotational driver to move the document in a forward direction while the stripping tire is rotated by movable contact with the feed wheel. The clutch inner-hub prevents the stripping tire from rotating in a direction to cause the document to move in a reverse direction when the first-rotational driver rotates the feed wheel. Alternatively, the stripping tire is rotated by a second-rotational driver to move the document in the reverse direction when the feed wheel is not rotated by a first-rotational driver while the clutch outer-hub prevents the stripping tire from rotating in a direction to cause the document to move in the forward direction. |
| US10710823B2 |
Pivoting load chute
A pivoting load chute includes one or more sections that define a conveying surface that is configured for rotation relative to a support stand about a substantially horizontal axis between a lowered position and a raised position. The pivoting load chute further includes at least one linkage assembly having (i) a first linkage arm, with a first end of the first linkage arm operably connected to the support stand, (ii) an actuator that is operably connected to and extends between the support stand and the first linkage arm, and (iii) a second linkage arm, with a first end of the second linkage arm operably connected to the one or more sections that define the conveying surface, and with a second end of the second linkage arm operably connected to a second end of the first linkage arm. |
| US10710816B2 |
Pallet positioning station and associated methods
A method for operating a pallet positioning station for positioning a pallet to be impacted by a pallet impact station is provided. The pallet positioning station includes a frame adjacent the pallet impact station, a pallet lift assembly carried by the frame that includes a lift grate moveable between a retracted position and an extended position, and a pallet push arm assembly carried by the frame that includes a pallet push arm movable between a retracted position and a pallet positioning position. The method includes moving the pallet push arm and the lift grate to the retracted positions to receive the pallet for positioning, moving the lift grate to the extended position when the pallet is to be positioned for impact by the pallet impact station, and moving the pallet push arm to the pallet positioning position to position the pallet towards the pallet impact station until the pallet is aligned with an impact reference plane. |
| US10710812B2 |
Physical distribution system, physical distribution method and program
A physical distribution system includes first and second conveyance paths, first and second sensors, and a processor. The first sensor detects a package passing along the first conveyance path. The second conveyance path merges with the first conveyance path at a junction. The second sensor detects a package passing along the second conveyance path. The processor counts a first number of packages present in a first convergence monitoring section determined in the first conveyance path upstream the junction, and counts a second number of packages present in a second convergence monitoring section determined in the second conveyance path upstream the junction, determines an order in which packages in the first and second convergence monitoring sections pass the junction, based on the first number and the second number, and control the first and second conveyance paths, such that the packages pass the junction in the determined order. |
| US10710809B2 |
Transporting device, vacuum arrangement, transporting roller and method
According to various embodiments, a transporting device may comprise: a plurality of transporting rollers, of which at least two transporting rollers comprises: a glass tube mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation; the glass tube being joined together from a plurality of tube segments, a first tube segment of which is arranged between two second tube segments; and the first tube segment having a plurality of portions, the circumferential surfaces of which are surfaces of rotation with respect to the axis of rotation and/or are arranged coaxially; the plurality of transporting rollers providing by means of the circumferential surfaces a transporting surface for transporting a substrate in plate form and/or in strip form. |
| US10710807B2 |
Shuttle for use in a three-dimensional warehouse system
The present disclosure relates to a shuttle (108) for retrieving goods in a warehouse system comprising a three-dimensional arrangement of storage spaces including a plurality of lanes, a plurality of rows, and one or more levels. The shuttle (108) is configured to be movable along at least one of the plurality of lanes at a top of the at least one lane, wherein goods in a storage space are disposed at the bottom of the storage space and the shuttle (108) is configured to pick up the goods by lifting the goods from the bottom of the storage space when the shuttle (108) is positioned above the goods. |
| US10710805B2 |
Goods-to-man warehousing comprising multilevel racking, mobile storage units, storage unit transporters, and pick-place vehicle
A goods-to-man warehousing system comprises a multilevel racking system, a plurality of mobile storage units, a storage unit transporter, a pick-place vehicle, a mobile storage unit transfer node, and a warehouse management computing hub. The multilevel racking system comprises a vertically and horizontally distributed array of storage bays. One or more of the mobile storage units are positioned in respective ones of the storage bays of the multilevel racking system. The pick-place vehicle comprises pick-place hardware that enables the pick-place vehicle to transfer mobile storage units between a plurality of different, vertically displaced storage bays of the multilevel racking system and the mobile storage unit transfer node of the goods-to-man warehousing system. The storage unit transporter comprises storage unit engagement hardware that enables the storage unit transporter to transport mobile storage units to or from the mobile storage unit transfer node of the goods-to-man warehousing system. |
| US10710800B2 |
Trash can
A trash can having a frame, a liner, and a lid. The frame includes a base and a casing supported on the base. The liner is removably disposed within a cavity of the casing and has a bottom that rests directly on the base in the cavity. The lid is coupled to and rotatable relative to the frame between a closed position, in which the liner is concealed, and an open position, in which the liner is accessible. |
| US10710788B2 |
Hermetic packages with laser scored vent systems
A hermetically sealed package, for example a freezable microwavable package containing a food product, has a sealing film that includes a vent system that is scored by a laser into the package. |
| US10710786B2 |
Wrapping materials for solid objects
Improved object wrapping materials exhibiting a number of beneficial properties to overcome prior deficiencies are provided. Such properties include the inclusion of a separation interface overlay that allows for greater rigidity at the leading and trailing edges of such wraps. Also, the inclusion of shear-reducing wrap material portions is described, as well as recoil reduction structures within the leading edge regions. Furthermore, core adhesive additions allow for greater resiliency to the base wrap material as it unwinds therefrom, reducing potential waste wrap products by permitting greater amounts of wrap materials in use. Other considerations include the ability, through proper configuration designs, to position a wrap separation indicator within a certain range of distances from the trailing edge, thereby providing greater reliability of wrap application device disengagement during wrap application. Such benefits are thus supplied individually and in tandem for improved versatility and utility of such wrap materials. |
| US10710785B2 |
Lockable packaging and a release mechanism therefor
A lockable child-resistant, senior-friendly package of the sleeve-and-drawer style may be utilised for in healthcare type applications for the unit dose dispensing of pharmaceutical tablets, capsules and lozenges; in consumer good packaging applications for items such as food, recreational drugs (e.g., tobaccos, cigars, cigarettes, etc.), toys, hardware, and electrical items, or the like; and in security package applications to deter package pilferage for small high-value items, such as consumer electronics. The sleeve-and-drawer style package has an internal slidable lockable receptacle, having a two-part locking mechanism and an improved release mechanism. |
| US10710784B2 |
Foldable spoon and method for making
A foldable spoon. A spoon handle includes apex folds and valley folds that are used to create a strong spoon handle. A spoon cup section is connected to the spoon handle. The spoon apex folds, spoon valley folds and spoon cup section are preferably formed from a single sheet of foldable material. |
| US10710783B2 |
Reusable rotating bottle cap markers for bottles and containers
Provided is a reusable container cap adapted to help identify a container belonging to a particular user or to help identify contents of a container when there are several containers similar in appearance. The cap comprises a cap housing that encases one or more rotating dials. The dials are stacked inside of the cap housing, forming a flat upper surface. A visible surface of each of the dials features letters, numbers, or symbols near its outer edge. The cap housing has a cutout that allows the user to rotate the dials using his or her fingers. When the dials are rotated, a combination of letters, numbers, or symbols are displayed, enabling the user identify his or her bottle or contents within the bottle. The present invention fits over standard size valves of various conventional bottles and containers. |
| US10710779B2 |
Multi-function container lid
A dome-shaped lid reversibly securably sealed to the rim of a container with two opposing drinking ports die-cut in the top wall of a brim mount. A reclosable fold-back hatch cover recessed within the brim mount rotates about a U-shaped hinge between a closed and opened position quickly and reliably. When the hatch cover is rotated to its opened position it creates a hatch opening of sufficient size to access the beverage for the following purposes, including, but not limited to, dunking a confection, letting steam escape to cool a hot beverage, adding condiments, stirring the beverage, or adding and removing toppings such as whipped cream on the surface of the beverage, performed with the lid remaining fixed to the container rim. |
| US10710778B2 |
Insulating container
An insulating container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching devices, in the closed configuration. In some examples, the insulating container further includes a pressure regulation device. In other examples, the latching devices further include an elastomeric latch upper and a semi-rigid latch lower configured to engage an insulating container keeper when the when the lid is in a closed and a secured position. In still other examples, the latch upper and the latch lower are configured in a recessed position, and flush with a front side of the insulating container lid and flush with a front side of a bottom portion of the insulating container when the latch device secures the lid in a closed position. |
| US10710777B2 |
Automatic opening device for carton packages
An automatic opening device for a carton package comprising a spout (3) and a cap (26), the device being provided with a plurality of protruding cutting elements (30) onto the internal face (29) of a cap element (27) thereof. The spout (3) is provided with a thread (2) having grooves (2c) and (2f) of opposite orientation and connected each other, within which pass internal screw thread segments (19) distributed equidistantly in the internal part of the elongate lateral wall (28) of the cap (26). The spout is applied in a carton package over a hole in the carton layer which exposes the aluminium layer. When the cap (26) is unscrewed from the spout (3) the first time it makes a downward axial movement and next the protruding cutting elements (30) are able to cut the aluminium layer of the carton package in order to open a passage for the content of the carton package. |
| US10710774B2 |
Packaging tube comprising flavor barrier composition
Provided is a tube structure for packaging products. The tube structure can include a tube body and a tube shoulder/nozzle. The tube shoulder/nozzle can include a barrier material. The barrier material can include high density polyethylene (HDPE), ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) copolymer and cyclic olefin copolymer (COC). |
| US10710770B2 |
Stackable container system
A stackable container system includes at least two coupling hooks disposed on oppositely lying side walls of the container system for connecting the coupling hooks with associated coupling recesses of another container system. The coupling hooks move between a coupled position, in which the coupling hooks are engaged in the coupling recesses, and a detached position, in which the coupling hooks are disengaged from the coupling recesses. The coupling recesses are disposed within a wall that extends beyond the upper surface of the container system. After placement of the container system on top of the other container system, one of the coupling hooks can be inserted in the horizontal direction into the associated coupling recess of the other container system. The oppositely lying coupling hook can be subsequently vertically pushed into the associated coupling recess of the other container system. |
| US10710767B2 |
Carton and blank therefor
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a carton for packaging one or more articles, a blank for forming the carton and a method of packaging articles. The carton may have at least one display window for presentation of an article therein. The carton comprises a plurality of panels forming walls of a tubular structure including a top wall, a first side wall, a base wall, and a second side wall. The carton comprises an end closure structure for partially closing an end of the carton. The end closure structure comprises a top end closure flap hingedly connected to the top wall. At least one side end closure flap is hinged to a corner panel by a first fold line. The corner panel is hinged to one of the first and second side walls by a second fold line. |
| US10710764B2 |
Structure having a gel-like coating on the surface thereof
A structure forming a gel-like coating (3) on a surface of a base material (1) that is formed in a predetermined shape, the gel-like coating including fine solid particles of a grain size of not more than 50 μm and an oily liquid. |
| US10710762B1 |
Cut and stack pressure sensitive adhesive substrates and process
A process of producing printed variably imaged labels cut to individual label sheets in a pre-defined sequence of variable information synchronized with the planogram of a retail store for labeling, output from a factory assembly line for unique product labeling or labeling of shipments from a fulfillment or distribution warehouse that all have unique data and follow a planogram or planned sequence. The labels are cut into single sheets using a cutter/stacker and either use a crack and peel liner or a stripped matrix around the label to facilitate easy removal and application. The cutter/stacker processes converted label stock that is either pre-printed and die cut and/or variably imaged. |
| US10710753B2 |
Method for filling a thin-body flexible bag provided with a spout
The invention relates to a method for filling a thin-body flexible package provided with a spout. The spout is provided with a normally closed membrane valve. The filling system provides a filling nozzle which dispenses the product intended to fill the bag upstream of the valve, outside the spout or inside it. |
| US10710750B2 |
Flight line air refueling hose tool kit
A refueling hose tool kit for repairing or replacing air refueling hose end fittings may include a collapsible work stand configured to secure the hose end fitting when in a deployed extended orientation; a removal adapter ring; a hydraulically powered assembly clamp fixture; a hydraulically powered insert removal tool fixture; a wrench; a hydraulic pump; and a ruggedized case configured to receive the work stand, removal adapter ring, clamp fixture, insert removal tool fixture, wrench and hydraulic pump for storage and transport. |
| US10710747B2 |
Compound contour vacuum track for automation of final assembly from the interior of a fuselage
A compound contour vacuum track, and an automated fastening machine using the track, for automation of final assembly inside an aircraft fuselage. The track is mounted at an angle to a surface, such as an inside surface of the fuselage, wherein the surface has one or more holes through which fasteners are inserted. The automated fastening machine is mounted on the track to traverse the track while performing fastening functions and steps. The automated fastening machine includes a carriage, arm, and end effector, wherein the arm is mounted on the carriage and the end effector is mounted on the arm. The carriage is attached to the track for positioning the arm and end effector, the arm is attached to the carriage for positioning the end effector, and the end effector is attached to the arm for installing the fasteners into the holes of the surface. |
| US10710746B2 |
Ground station and tether for unmanned aerial vehicles
An unmanned aerial vehicle system includes a ground station including a case, a power supply housed in the case, and a tether having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first end of the tether is coupled to the case. The unmanned aerial vehicle system also includes a module including smart battery authentication circuitry configured to be coupled to the second end of the tether. The module is configured to be connected to an unmanned aerial vehicle. The smart battery authentication circuitry enables the unmanned aerial vehicle to receive power from the power supply housed in the case when the module is connected to the unmanned aerial vehicle. |
| US10710739B2 |
Autonomous aircraft fuel cell system
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for providing improved aircraft fuel cell systems. In one embodiment, the system provides separate zones, maintaining various equipment components in separate controlled hydrogen concentration zones. In one embodiment, the fuel cell system provided may be simpler such that it functions without a power converter and autonomous such that it functions without need for power from any aircraft supply. |
| US10710734B2 |
Hybrid aircraft propulsors having electrically-driven augmentor fans
Hybrid aircraft propulsors having electrically-driven augmentor fans are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a turbofan having a core engine and a ducted fan to be rotated via the core engine. The ducted fan includes a plurality of ducted fan blades arranged circumferentially around the core engine and circumscribed by a nacelle. The example apparatus further includes an augmentor fan having an augmentor hub ring and a plurality of augmentor fan blades. The augmentor fan blades are arranged circumferentially around the augmentor hub ring and project outwardly relative to an outer surface of the nacelle. The augmentor fan is to rotate separately from the ducted fan. The example apparatus further includes an electrical drive to rotate the augmentor hub ring in response to a supply of electrical energy provided to the electrical drive. |
| US10710733B2 |
Evacuation slide with aspirator retention strap
A slide for an evacuation system may comprise an inflatable slide rail structure. An aspirator may be fluidly coupled to the inflatable slide rail structure. An aspirator retention strap may be coupled between the aspirator and the inflatable slide rail structure. The aspirator retention strap may comprise an elastic material. The aspirator retention strap may be configured to stretch when a predetermined internal pressure threshold of the inflatable slide rail structure is exceeded. |
| US10710729B2 |
Method and system for controlling the pressure in an aircraft cabin
In controlling pressure in an aircraft cabin, during flight operation, an effective flow cross-sectional area of at least one outflow valve is controlled to adjust air flow exiting the cabin through the outflow valve so pressure within the cabin is controlled according to a predetermined cabin pressure control strategy. During flight operation of the aircraft, an effective flow cross-sectional area of at least one negative relief valve is controlled to adjust air flow entering the cabin through the negative relief valve so a negative differential pressure between the pressure within the aircraft cabin and an ambient pressure prevailing outside of the aircraft cabin is prevented from exceeding a predetermined threshold value. During ground operation of the aircraft, the effective flow cross-sectional area of the at least one negative relief valve is controlled to allow an equalization between pressure within the cabin and ambient pressure prevailing outside of the aircraft. |
| US10710722B2 |
Payload-release device position tracking
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is disclosed that includes a retractable payload delivery system. The payload delivery system can lower a payload to the ground using a delivery device that secures the payload during descent and releases the payload upon reaching the ground. The location of the delivery device can be determined as it is lowered to the ground using image tracking. The UAV can include an imaging system that captures image data of the suspended delivery device and identifies image coordinates of the delivery device, and the image coordinates can then be mapped to a location. The UAV may also be configured to account for any deviations from a planned path of descent in real time to effect accurate delivery locations of released payloads. |
| US10710719B1 |
Deployable navigation beacons
Deployable navigation beacons can be deployed from a vehicle, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), in an event of a loss of position or orientation of the vehicle. After deployment of the navigation beacons, the vehicle may detect locations of the navigation beacon, which may define a surface that may include surface features. The vehicle may then perform control operations based on the resolved locations. For example, UAV may maneuver to land proximate to the navigation beacons after resolving locations of the navigation beacons as a continuous surface. The navigation beacons may output a visual signal (e.g., a light), a auditory signal (e.g., a sound), and/or a radio signal. In some embodiments, each navigation beacon may include a different or unique signal. |
| US10710718B2 |
Personal flight vehicle
A personal flight vehicle including a platform base assembly that provides a surface upon which the feet of an otherwise free-standing person are positionable, and including a plurality of axial flow propulsion systems positioned about a periphery of the platform base assembly. The propulsion systems generate a thrust flow in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface of the platform base assembly, where the thrust flow is unobstructed by the platform base assembly. The thrust flow has a sufficient intensity to provide vertical takeoff and landing, flight, hovering and locomotion maneuvers. The vehicle allows the pilot to control the spatial orientation of the platform base assembly by the movement, preferably direct, of at least part of his or her body, and the spatial movement of the vehicle is thus controlled. |
| US10710717B2 |
Multirotor aircraft and a method for controlling the multirotor aircraft
A multirotor aircraft and a method for controlling the multirotor aircraft are disclosed. The multirotor aircraft comprises a body and a H-shaped frame, wherein, the body is mounted with a bearing, a first person view camera and a servo mechanism, the end of each arm of the H-shaped frame far away from a lateral shaft thereof is mounted with an actuator assembly, the lateral shaft of the H-shaped frame is connected with the body by the bearing, and the servo mechanism is coupled with the lateral shaft of the H-shaped frame and is configured to control the rotation of the lateral shaft of the H-shaped frame, in order to control the angle between the body and the H-shaped frame. The method comprises a first mode and a second mode, wherein in the first mode, keeping the horizon within the camera view of the aircraft; and in the second mode, generating control command on the basis of the camera aligned axis. |
| US10710712B2 |
Rotor blade afterbody
An afterbody for a rotor blade of a rotorcraft is unitarily formed of a single material of construction. The afterbody includes an upper surface disposed from a lower surface, a concave leading edge connected to the upper surface and the lower surface, and a trailing edge formed at an intersection of the upper surface with the lower surface. |
| US10710711B2 |
Systems and methods for UAV sensor placement
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) (200, 300, 400, 700, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500) can include a central body (202, 302, 402, 702, 802, 1002, 1202, 1502), a plurality of rotors, and a plurality of arms (204, 306, 406, 706, 806, 1006, 1206, 1506) extending from the central body (202, 302, 402, 702, 802, 1002, 1202, 1502), where each arm of the plurality of arms (204, 306, 406, 706, 806, 1006, 1206, 1506) is configured to support one or more of the plurality of rotors. The UAV may include at least one sensor (208, 318, 418, 718, 818, 822, 1022, 1218, 1222, 1518) located on the UAV (200, 300, 400, 700, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500) outside of a keep-out zone, where the keep-out zone is defined at least in part by (1) a plurality of rotor disks, a rotor disk of the plurality of rotor disks for each of the plurality of rotors, each rotor disk corresponding to an area that is swept by one or more rotor blades (206, 308, 408, 708, 808, 1008, 1208, 1508) of a corresponding rotor when the rotor blades (206, 308, 408, 708, 808, 1008, 1208, 1508) are spun, and (2) a shape that is formed by adjoining respective centers of adjacent rotor disks. |
| US10710710B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) compliance using standard protocol requirements and components to enable identifying and controlling rogue UAVS
A computer-implemented method for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes: receiving, by a computer device, UAV data from a UAV; displaying, by the computer device, a representation of the UAV on a map based on the UAV data; receiving, by the computer device, a user input to control the UAV; and transmitting, by the computer device, an authenticated control signal to the UAV based on the received user input, wherein the control signal is configured to override control of the UAV from a UAV remote controller associated with the UAV. |
| US10710707B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle
An unmanned aerial vehicle includes: a vehicle body, where the vehicle body includes a first positioning device; and a landing gear, where the landing gear can be detached from the vehicle body, and when the landing gear is detached from the vehicle body, the vehicle body determines a position of the landing gear by using the first positioning device. Because the landing gear can be detached from the vehicle body and the vehicle body can determine the position of the landing gear by using the first positioning device, the unmanned aerial vehicle, when performing a flight mission, is not affected by the weight of the landing gear, avoiding that the landing gear blocks an image capture device and implementing convenient takeoff and landing. |
| US10710705B2 |
Open rotor and airfoil therefor
An open rotor airfoil apparatus includes: an airfoil body having pressure and suction sides extending in span from a root to a tip, and in chord between leading and trailing edges. A majority of the leading edge in an outer portion of the airfoil body has a sweep equal to or greater than a predetermined sweep profile, selected to produce a blade-relative velocity component perpendicular to the leading edge, at a tip radius, of Mach 0.75 or less, and to produce a blade-relative velocity component perpendicular to the leading edge, at 65% of tip radius, of Mach 0.87 or less, with the blade-relative velocity component perpendicular to the leading edge varying linearly between the two limits, in the presence of transonic or supersonic relative velocity conditions. Each of the blades has a leading edge thickness greater than 0.45% of the chord, measured at a 0.5% chordwise location. |
| US10710704B2 |
Fairing ring for a bladed wheel
A fairing ring for a bladed wheel is disclosed. The fairing ring includes an annular wall extending axially, the wall presenting a plurality of notches extending axially, each notch being configured to receive a leading edge or a trailing edge of a blade. |
| US10710703B2 |
Extruded control surface having a knuckle and notches
Systems, devices, and methods for an extruded wing protection and control surface comprising: a channel proximate a leading edge of the control surface, a knuckle disposed about the channel, a leading void, a trailing void, and a separator dividing the leading void and the trailing void; and a plurality of notches disposed in the extruded control surface proximate the leading edge of the control surface. |
| US10710698B2 |
Digital material assembly by passive means and modular isotropic lattice extruder system (MILES)
A set of machines and related systems build structures by the additive assembly of discrete parts. These digital material assemblies constrain the constituent parts to a discrete set of possible positions and orientations. In doing so, the structures exhibit many of the properties inherent in digital communication such as error correction, fault tolerance and allow the assembly of precise structures with comparatively imprecise tools. Assembly of discrete cellular lattices by a Modular Isotropic Lattice Extruder System (MILES) is implemented by pulling strings of lattice elements through a forming die that enforces geometry constraints that lock the elements into a rigid structure that can then be pushed against and extruded out of the die as an assembled, loadbearing structure. |
| US10710695B2 |
Systems and applications of lighter-than-air (LTA) platforms
Innovative new systems and method of operating the systems, wherein the system comprises an airborne platform comprising an unmanned balloon comprising a gas enclosure; a geographic locator or tracking system configured to determine geographical coordinates of the unmanned balloon; a payload comprising a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is capable of communicating with communication devices that are separate from the unmanned balloon; first and second flight-termination devices each configured to cause termination of a flight of the unmanned balloon; and at least two power sources each configured to provide power to at least one of the first and second flight-termination devices. |
| US10710693B2 |
Fuel tank arrangement of a marine vessel and method of operating a tank container of a marine vessel
A fuel tank arrangement in a marine vessel has a tank container, a first fuel line having a first fuel line port opening into the tank container so as to provide a flow path exclusively for a first fuel, a second fuel line having a second fuel line port opening into the tank container so as to provide a flow path exclusively for a second fuel. The first fuel line port and/or the second fuel line port is provided with a plug or alike to close the flow path from the tank container into the fuel line. |
| US10710690B2 |
Power system for a marine vehicle, comprising a propulsion unit, a rudder bearing and fittings
This power system for mounting on a marine vehicle includes a propulsion unit, means for securing the propulsion assembly to a hull element of the vehicle and a rudder bearing mechanically connecting the propulsion unit with the fittings. The fittings are configured so that once the power system is mounted on the hull element; the plane of the rudder bearing is inclined relative to a plane containing one longitudinal axis and one transverse axis of the marine vehicle. |
| US10710689B1 |
Power generation method and device
A power generation method and device utilizes fluid currents to generate power by rotating a rotation element which in turn rotates a cable which turns components within a power generator to generate the power. The rotation element is positioned within the fluid and is able to move to different depths as desired. The power generator is positioned inside or outside of the fluid. The rotation element is able to be a helix, helix-propeller, propeller or any other practical design. The rotation element is also able to implement additional components. |
| US10710688B2 |
Marine propeller
A marine propeller includes a plurality of blades attached to a hub, with a disk area ratio of approximately 50%, a blade area ratio of approximately 61%, a blade rake angle of approximately 26.5 degrees, a blade skew angle of approximately 0 degrees, and wherein the angle between the chord line at any given radius r on said blades with a line that is parallel to the propeller axis of rotation and intersects the chord line, is equal to tan−1(2πNr/Vo)−α, where N is the rotational speed of the propeller at a selected design condition, Vo is the speed of the water entering the propeller (i.e. the speed of the vessel) at the design condition, and α is the angle of attack at the radius r at said design condition, and where a is generally constant across most or all of the span of the blades at the design condition, and where the value of α may be selected to be lower near the hub than for the remainder of blade, and where additional camber is provided in the leading edge region, such that leading edge camber line angle of attack is reduced relative to the chord line angle of attack for the overall blade section. |
| US10710687B2 |
Unidirectional torque boosting propeller
A front propeller on a main shaft communicated from one end to an engine transmission; the propeller having a hub and a plurality of blades extending radially outwardly from the hub; a rear propeller co-axially to, and spaced apart from, the front propeller rearwardly in an axial direction having a hub and a plurality of blades extending radially outwardly from the hub. An adaptor is coaxial with the main shaft and comprising a second shaft for supporting the rear propeller. A plurality of pitched-formed seating surfaces having ramps, are spaced apart from the second shaft in an axial direction. An adaptor communicates with the rear side of the front propeller in the axial direction; a plurality of locking elements are movable in the axial direction, each being in contact with the seating surfaces of the adaptor, and communicate with the rear propeller from the other end. |
| US10710685B2 |
Sailing vessel
A keel canting mechanism for a sailing vessel having a hull, a keel and a mast is disclosed. The mechanism comprises a worm gear co-axial with the longitudinal axis of the vessel about which the keel rotates during a canting movement. There is a double enveloping worm in mesh with the worm gear and means for driving the worm. The worm gear is fast with the keel and, when rotated by the worm, displaces the keel through a canting movement. The gear has a plurality of holes in it into which pins can be inserted to lock the gear, and hence the keel, in the position to which it has been moved by the worm. |
| US10710682B1 |
Bunkering marine vessel
A bunkering marine vessel has an elongated, multi-deck accommodation structure extending along a portion of the length of one hull side and spaced apart from a centerline extending from bow to stern. Positioned within the vessel hull is at least one LNG pressure vessel filling at least 50% of the hull volume and extending from adjacent a lowermost deck to adjacent the main deck. At least one marine gasoil tank is positioned along an opposing hull side to counter the weight of the accommodation structure. The bow and stern ends of the vessel are substantially the same in shape, and each end includes a marine propulsion system. |
| US10710679B2 |
Inflatable motor boat with motor mount
An inflatable boat with a motor mount for use in shallow water conditions. The inflatable boat with the motor mount has a U-shaped hull in plan view, which is formed by open outline of inflatable boards and nose, as well as a transom installed on the boat stern and an inflatable bottom attached to the hull from below, and which bottom has an axissymmetric groove laying longitudinally from the stern end. The groove is V-shaped in cross-section. The depth of the groove is reduced uniformly in direction to the bottom nose. The inflatable boat according to the present invention allows expansion of usage specifications of the inflatable boats with motor mount, provides an additional guard for the outboard motors installed on them against possible mechanical damages and lowers fuel consumption in comparison with the boats of similar design. |
| US10710676B2 |
Sprocket wheel for a bicycle drive
A sprocket wheel for a bicycle includes a first main surface, which is flat in one or more sections, and a second main surface, which is situated opposite the first main surface. The second main surface is flat in one or more sections and extends parallel to the first main surface in one or more sections. The sprocket wheel also has an outer circumferential surface, which connects the first and the second main surface to one another and on which toothing is provided. |
| US10710675B2 |
Electric bike
An electric bike comprises a front wheel, a rear wheel, a seat for a rider to sit on, a frame that supports the front wheel, the rear wheel and the seat, a driving device that provides moving energy to the electric bike and a braking device that reduces the speed of the electric bike. The driving device comprises one or more electric motors. The electric bike further comprises a pedal assembly that receives muscle power from the rider. The pedal assembly comprises a pedal axis and two pedals fixed to the pedal axis. The torque from the pedal assembly is not mechanically transferred to the front wheel or the rear wheel. |
| US10710674B2 |
Bicycle pedal
A bicycle pedal comprises a pedal axle, a main pedal body, a coupling mechanism and a cleat movement restricting member. The main pedal body is rotatably supported on the pedal axle. The coupling mechanism includes a first cleat securing member and a second cleat securing member. The first cleat securing member is configured to be coupled to a front portion of a cleat. The second cleat securing member is configured to be coupled a rear portion of the cleat. The cleat movement restricting member is configured to restrict movement of the cleat in at least one direction between a frontward direction and a rearward direction. The cleat movement restricting member is further configured and arranged relative to the coupling mechanism such that the cleat movement restricting member guides the cleat during a cleat disengagement operation in which the cleat detaches from the coupling mechanism. |
| US10710670B2 |
Rigid frame with high-compliance seat tube and internal cable routing
A bicycle can include a forward frame triangle that can include a top tube, a bottom tube, a bottom bracket, a structural seat tube, a compliant seat tube, and a pair of seat stays. The top tube can have a first end connected to a head tube and a second end. The bottom tube can have a first end connected to the head tube. The bottom bracket can be connected to the bottom tube. The structural seat tube can be connected to the bottom bracket and the top tube. The compliant seat tube can extend in an upward direction from the bottom bracket to the top tube and within the structural seat tube. The compliant seat tube can be coupled to the forward frame triangle such that the compliant seat post can bend within the structural seat tube. |
| US10710668B2 |
Handlebar mount assembly
A handlebar mount assembly for isolating a cycle handlebar from vibrations emanating from operation of a cycle, the assembly including a bottom bracket assembly configured for attachment to a cycle steering mechanism, a top bracket assembly configured for attachment to the bottom bracket assembly, a pair of polymer sleeves configured for placement around the handlebar, a tension clamp configured for clamping the handlebar and a clamp bushing configured for placement between the tension clamp and the top bracket assembly. The sleeves prevent direct contact between the top bracket assembly and the bottom bracket assembly, and the bushing prevents direct contact between the tension clamp and the top bracket assembly. In this manner, the handlebar mount assembly prevents direct and indirect contact of the steering mechanism to the handlebar through the metal components of the handlebar mount assembly. |
| US10710666B2 |
Motorcycle frame
A motorcycle frame includes a head pipe, a pair of front main frames, and a pair of rear main frames. The pair of front main frames separates in a vehicle width direction from the head pipe, extends toward a power engine that is located on a rear side of the head pipe, and includes power-engine fixing parts that are fixed to the power engine at positions that overlap with the power engine as viewed in the vehicle width direction. The pair of rear main frames extends rearward from the power-engine fixing parts of the pair of front main frames. |
| US10710663B2 |
Two-wheeled vehicle frame, in particular for a pedelec
The invention relates to a two-wheeled vehicle frame with two frame half-shells (1, 1′) which are joined so as to form a support frame (3), thereby forming at least one inner cavity (2). The support frame (3) has at least one separating surface (4) on which the two frame half-shells (1, 1′) rest against each other. The support frame (3) preferably has receiving areas (5, 6, 7) for a handlebar tube and/or a bottom bracket and/or an operator seat tube. The support frame (3) forms a rear structure (8) for assembling a rear wheel (9) at the rear end when seen in the travel direction (z). In order to form the rear structure (8), a left-hand support brace (10) when seen in the travel direction (z) and a right-hand support brace (11) when seen in the travel direction (z) are provided such that the rear wheel (8) can be mounted between the two support braces (10, 11). According to the invention, the separating surface (4) runs between the two frame half-shells (1, 1′) as well as through the left-hand support brace (10) and through the right-hand support brace (11). |
| US10710662B2 |
Saddle adjustment system
A bicycle assembly comprises a saddle adjustment assembly, the saddle adjustment assembly comprising: a saddle post configured to attach to a bicycle frame; an actuating member slidably coupled with the saddle post such that the actuating member can translate, in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the saddle post, between at least first and second predetermined positions, the actuating member comprising a saddle angle locking device that selectively locks the actuating member in the first and second predetermined positions; and a saddle support arm configured to couple to a bicycle saddle, the saddle support arm rotatably coupled to the saddle post and the actuating member such that translation of the actuating member with respect to the saddle post causes the saddle support arm to rotate with respect to the saddle post. |
| US10710658B2 |
Apparatus with high security for bicycle
An apparatus, which is connected to a bicycle, includes a case having a chamber, a main device received in the chamber of the case, a locking member connected to the main device, a lid connected to the case to seal the chamber, wherein the lid has a bore and the bore is received in the chamber of the case, and a transceiver received in the chamber of the case and electrically connected to the locking member, wherein the transceiver receives a signal to control the locking member accordingly. The apparatus can be opened by the outside signal transmitted to the transceiver only. |
| US10710655B2 |
Wiper linkage sub-assembly and linkage blocked in a position for transport by means of a blocking element, and method for blocking a wiper linkage by way of a blocking element
The present invention consists in a subassembly (1) of a linkage (2) of a wiper mechanism comprising: a bearing (3), a crank (5) articulated on the bearing (3) having a first end (51) connected to the bearing (3) and a second end (53) including a ball joint (7), and a link (9) one end of which is connected by the ball joint (7) to the crank (5), characterized in that at least the crank (5) includes a first through-opening and in that the subassembly (1) comprises a locking element (11) intended to be positioned in the first through-opening and configured to block relative movement between the link (9) and the crank (5). |
| US10710651B2 |
Multi-tread vehicles and methods of operating thereof
Provided are multi-tread vehicles and methods of operating such vehicles to access small interior spaces. A multi-tread vehicle may include two or more tread sections such that each pair of adjacent tread sections is interconnected by a connector section. Furthermore, each pair may have one or more degrees of articulations, such as being pivotable with respect to each other around one or more axis and/or being bendable with respect to each other around one or more axis. These articulation degrees may be provided by the connector section and/or by couplings between the connector section and each tread section. In some embodiments, each tread section may include two portions detachably coupled to each other. This detachable coupling may be used for disassembly of the multi-tread vehicle after or even during its use, for example, when only a portion of the vehicle needs to be retrieved from an interior space. |
| US10710648B2 |
Methods and apparatus for resiliently mounting trailer skirt
The present invention includes methods and apparatus for flexibly attaching a trailer skirt to a trailer. This can include attaching a trailer mounting bracket to a trailer and attaching a bi-modulus bending member to the trailer mounting bracket in a cantilevered configuration at a bracket end of the bi-modulus bending member. The bi-modulus bending member includes a bending element set configured to elastically buckle when a lateral force component exceeds a threshold force, and the bi-modulus bending member is configured to return to a straightened configuration after buckling and bending to a buckled configuration when the threshold force is removed. |
| US10710646B2 |
Truck bed extension assembly
A tailgate assembly capable of extending the volume of a truck bed having a first panel with a first end and a second end, with the first end rotatably connected to a truck bed, a second panel with a first end, a second end, and at least one side end, with the first end of the second panel rotatably connected to the second end of the first panel, and at least one folding panel rotatable connected to a side end of the second panel. |
| US10710645B2 |
Vibration dampening system for a work vehicle with chassis dampers
A vibration dampening system for a work vehicle may include a chassis frame extending lengthwise between a front end and a rear end. The chassis frame may include a first sidewall extending lengthwise along a first side of the frame between the front and rear ends and a second sidewall extending lengthwise along a second side of the frame between the front and rear ends. The system may also include a cab frame supported relative to the chassis frame via a suspension assembly, and a vibration damper coupled between the opposed first and second sides of the chassis frame. The vibration damper may extend lengthwise between a first end coupled to the first sidewall and a second end coupled to the second sidewall. The vibration damper is configured to reduce an amount of vibrations being transmitted through the chassis frame to the cab frame via the suspension assembly. |
| US10710642B2 |
Vehicle front structure
In a vehicle front structure including a cowl top side, a front pillar, and a side member outer, an upper wall portion of an inner of the cowl top side is provided with an inclined portion provided continuously with a top face portion extending downward toward the front side in the vehicle front-rear direction from a boundary portion between the side member outer and a base of the front pillar, and a flat portion connected to a front face portion along the vehicle up-down direction in the side member outer in a state where the flat portion is brought into surface contact with the front face portion of the side member outer. |
| US10710639B2 |
Vehicle rear structure
A vehicle rear structure includes: an impact beam; a rocker outer rear and a rocker inner rear extending upward from a rear portion of a rocker; a rear wheel house outer including a front portion extending in the vehicle front-rear direction and placed between the rocker outer rear and the rocker inner rear; and a bulk. The bulk includes: a first wall provided between the rocker outer rear and the rocker inner rear and joined to the rocker outer rear; a second wall bending from the first wall to extend toward the rocker inner rear; and a third wall placed at a position where the third wall at least partially overlaps with the impact bean as viewed in a vehicle width direction, the third wall being bending from the second wall and joined to the front portion of the rear wheel house outer. |
| US10710634B2 |
Active geometry control suspension
An active geometry control suspension may include a first link having one side connected to a wheel carrier engaged to a wheel and the other side extending along a width direction of a vehicle; a second link having one side connected to the wheel carrier and the other side extending in the width direction of the vehicle; a first lever having one side connected to the other side of the first link; a second lever having one side connected to the other side of the second link; a connection lever connecting the other side of the first lever and the other side of the second lever; and an actuator connected to the connection lever. |
| US10710633B2 |
Control of complex parking maneuvers and autonomous fuel replenishment of driverless vehicles
Various embodiments relate generally to autonomous vehicles and associated mechanical, electrical and electronic hardware, computing software, including autonomy applications, image processing applications, etc., computing systems, and wired and wireless network communications to facilitate autonomous control of vehicles, and, more specifically, to systems, devices, and methods configured to control driverless vehicles to facilitate complex parking maneuvers and autonomous fuel replenishment. In some examples, a method may include computing vehicular drive parameters, accessing map data to identify a boundary, detecting an autonomous vehicle, accessing executable instructions to facilitate vectoring of an autonomous vehicle, and applying vehicular drive parameters to propel the autonomous vehicle to a termination point. |
| US10710629B2 |
Steerable vehicle
A steerable, self-propelled vehicle includes a rotatable steering column that is connected to control the steering angle of one or more ground-engaging members of the vehicle. The vehicle includes between the steering column and the ground-engaging member a first steering servomechanism having at least a first steering assistance characteristic; a second steering servomechanism having a second steering assistance characteristic also being connected to act on the steering column. A controller is provided for causing the first and second steering assistance characteristics to influence the steering of the vehicle in dependence on one or more one or more control commands generated in the controller. |
| US10710625B2 |
Insertable window assembly
An insertable window assembly for incorporating a window into a canopy on a baby carriage includes an infant transport that has a resting surface and a canopy at least partially covering the resting surface. The canopy has a top surface and a bottom surface, and a receiving aperture extending through the top surface and the bottom surface. The receiving aperture facilitates a caregiver to see the infant in the infant transport. A window is attached to the infant transport and the window is positioned on the canopy to cover the receiving aperture. A cover is attached to the window and the cover is removably positioned over the window. The cover is comprised of an opaque material to inhibit light from flowing through the window and into the infant transport. |
| US10710622B2 |
Glass hand truck
A hand truck includes a frame, a handle attached to a rear side of the frame, a platform extending from a front side of the frame, a plurality of feet attached to an underside of the platform, at least one support member attached to the front side of the frame, and an axle supporting a plurality of wheels, wherein the axle is attached to the frame. The hand truck may include a standing configuration and a mobile configuration. In the standing configuration, the plurality of wheels and at least one of the plurality of feet contact a ground surface to support the hand truck such that the platform is arranged at an oblique angle with respect to the ground surface. |
| US10710616B2 |
Railroad track powered measurement device and railroad measurement system
A railroad measurement system includes a railroad track powered measurement device providing measurement signals of electrical quantities across rails of a railroad track; a wayside control device adapted to receive the measurement signals provided by the railroad track powered measurement device; and a communication network interfacing with the railroad track powered measurement device and adapted to transmit data, wherein the railroad track powered measurement device is adapted to transmit the measurement signals of the electrical quantities via the communication network, and the wayside control device is adapted to receive the measurement signals. |
| US10710615B2 |
In-motion high-speed non-destructive evaluation for railcar axles
An example system for inspecting railcar axles includes a flash source, an infrared camera, and a trigger sensor. The flash source is configured to apply a thermal pulse toward a surface of a railcar axle of a railcar wheelset, while the railcar wheelset is on a track. The infrared camera is configured to capture infrared data indicative of a thermal response of the surface of the railcar axle to the thermal pulse. The trigger sensor is configured to trigger the flash source to apply the thermal pulse based on a position of the railcar wheelset on the track. The example system can also include a processor configured to determine whether the captured infrared data is indicative of a crack on the surface of the railcar axle, and a vision camera configured to capture an image of the surface of the railcar axle. |
| US10710610B2 |
Driving control method and driving control apparatus
A driving control method compares, in a vehicle capable of switching manual driving to run the vehicle according to driving operations of an occupant and automated driving to automatically run the vehicle from one to another, occupant's driving characteristics of manual driving in a present trip of the vehicle with reference driving characteristics stored in advance, and if a predetermined deviation occurs between the occupant's driving characteristics of manual driving in the present trip and the reference driving characteristics, sets driving characteristics applied to the automated driving according to the occupant's driving characteristics of manual driving in the present trip. |
| US10710608B2 |
Provide specific warnings to vehicle occupants before intense movements
A safety system that provides specific warnings to an occupant of a vehicle engaged in a certain activity that can cause an adverse outcome in an event of a Sudden Decrease in Ride Smoothness (an SDRS event). The safety system includes a sensor that takes measurements of the vehicle compartment, and a computer that estimates, based on the measurements, whether the occupant of the vehicle is engaged in a certain activity that can lead to an adverse outcome in case of an SDRS event. Responsive to receiving an indication indicative of an imminent SDRS event and estimating that the occupant is engaged in the certain activity, the computer provides a specific warning to the occupant. The specific warning describes a specific action related to the certain activity, which the occupant should take. |
| US10710604B2 |
Method and device for deactivating a driver assistance system
A method and a device are provided for deactivating a driver assistance system for autonomous transverse guidance of a vehicle, which driver assistance system has a sensor unit for detecting a contact with the rim of a steering wheel by a driver, and a control unit which detects, via the detected contact, a request by the driver to transfer from the autonomous transverse guidance into a manual transverse guidance by the driver. The pressure sensor constitutes at least one pressure sensor, which extends over at least that part of the surface of the steering wheel rim which is usually touched by the driver's hands. It does not extend over the area of the surface of the steering wheel rim which, viewed in a cross section of the steering wheel rim, describes an approximately circular-segment-shaped arc which extends over a sector angle of the order of magnitude of 90°, which arc is spaced apart as far as possible from the center point of the steering wheel. |
| US10710602B2 |
Systems and methods for a vehicle controller safety monitor
Systems and methods are directed to monitoring the status of a vehicle controller or other autonomy system during operation of an autonomous vehicle. In one example, a system includes one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations include obtaining a message from a vehicle controller. The operations further include, based at least partly on the message, determining whether a failure mode exists. The operations further include providing, in response to determining the failure mode exists, one or more commands to implement a safety measure response for the autonomous vehicle. |
| US10710590B2 |
Method and system for risk based driving mode switching in hybrid driving
The present teaching relates to method, system, and medium, for operating a vehicle. The method includes the steps of receiving Real-time data related to the vehicle are received. A current mode of operation of the vehicle is determined. A first risk associated with the current mode of operation of the vehicle is evaluated based on the real-time data in accordance with a risk model. If the first risk satisfies a first criterion, a second risk associated with switching the current mode to a different mode of operation of the vehicle is determined. The vehicle is switched from the current mode to the different mode if the second risk satisfies a second criterion. |
| US10710588B2 |
Merging and lane change acceleration prediction energy management
Methods, systems, and apparatus for a lane assist system that prepares the vehicle to move from a current lane to an adjacent lane. The lane assist system includes a sensor for detecting one or more surrounding vehicles in an adjacent lane and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is connected to the sensor. The electronic control unit is configured to predict or determine predict or determine that the vehicle intends to or is moving from a current lane to an adjacent lane. The electronic control unit is configured to determine one or more locations of the one or more surrounding vehicles in the adjacent lane, and control operations of the vehicle to prepare the vehicle for a lane change to a first open space or area in the adjacent lane based on the one or more locations of the one or more surrounding vehicles. |
| US10710586B2 |
Systems and methods for idle coasting management
A system, method, and apparatus includes management of coasting during operation of a vehicle. Speed of a vehicle is monitored during a coasting event and is compared against a threshold to determine whether to remain coasting or re-engage an engine to a driveline. If instantaneous speed exceeds the threshold, predicted speed can be used to determine whether to permit short duration excursions, or to re-engage the engine to the driveline. These techniques can be used whether the vehicle is slowing down below a threshold or speeding up above a threshold. |
| US10710581B2 |
Transportation vehicle control device and method for determining avoidance trajectories for a collision-free avoidance maneuver of multiple transportation vehicles
A method for determining avoidance trajectories for a collision-free avoidance maneuver of transportation vehicles, wherein trajectory data describing a collection of possible driving trajectories is received from at least one trajectory generator for each transportation vehicle in real time, and a respective avoidance trajectory is determined in real time for each transportation vehicle based on the collection of possible driving trajectories for that transportation vehicle. For each transportation vehicle, the driving trajectories are divided into groups, and each group is represented by a single respective group trajectory. In at least one combination operation, each of the group trajectories of each transportation vehicle is selected and a resulting driving maneuver is checked based on the selected group trajectories to determine if the driving maneuver fulfils a predetermined optimization criterion, and the avoidance trajectories are determined based on the group trajectories of a combination operation with a fulfilled optimization criterion. |
| US10710579B2 |
Collision prediction system
In some implementations, an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle is capable of using a collision prediction system to determine a confidence that any objects detected within a vicinity of the vehicle are on a trajectory that will collide with the vehicle. Laser obstacle points derived from recent sensor readings of one or more sensors of a vehicle are initially obtained. The laser obstacle points are projected into a pose coordinate system to generate an occupancy grid of a vicinity of the vehicle. A confidence that any objects represented by the laser obstacle points are on a trajectory that will collide with the vehicle is determined by applying a particle filter to the occupancy grid. |
| US10710578B1 |
Accident-data-based vehicle feature determination
Accident location data and present vehicle feature data may be obtained, wherein the accident location data indicates one or more locations associated with one or more vehicular accidents, and the present vehicle feature data indicates one or more sets of vehicle features. A set of prediction model parameters of a prediction model may be configured based on the accident location data and the present vehicle feature data for prediction of damage-reduction-related values associated with a set of available vehicle features. The prediction model may be used to determine one or more damage-reduction-related values based on first vehicle data indicating a first vehicle, a set of vehicle features available to the first vehicle, and a first geospatial location. A first set of features for the first vehicle may be generated based on the damage-reduction-related values. |
| US10710576B2 |
Vehicle control apparatus
A vehicle control apparatus to be mounted on a vehicle including an engine includes a first power supply system, a second power supply system, a switch, and a switch controller. The first power supply system includes a first electricity storage device and an electric load. The second power supply system includes an electric motor and a second electricity storage device. The switch controller is configured to control the switch to a cutoff state on the condition that the electric motor is controlled to a powering state to bring the engine to starting rotation from a stopped state. The switch controller is configured to control the switch to an electrically conductive state on the condition that the electric motor is controlled to the powering state to bring the engine to an assisted drive from a rotating state. |
| US10710564B2 |
Method for adjusting the brake pedal counter force in a vehicle
A method for adjusting the brake pedal counter force in a vehicle with a hydraulic vehicle brake and an electromechanical brake device includes modulating the brake pressure during the simultaneous operation of the hydraulic vehicle brake and the electromechanical brake device such that the brake pedal counter force follows a predetermined target profile. |
| US10710563B2 |
Pump attenuator bypass valve
A pump attenuator bypass valve (40/100/200) is located at an outlet of a pump (30) in a vehicle braking system (10) between the pump (30) and an attenuator (34). The attenuator bypass valve (40/100/200) includes a bypass valve housing (41), a first fluid flow path (74, 57/179/220, 208), and a second fluid flow path (80/183). The first fluid flow path (74, 57/179/220, 208) is defined in the housing (41) and is configured to allow continuous flow of fluid when the pump (30) operates at a first pump flow rate. The second fluid flow path (80/183) is defined in the housing (41) and is configured to bypass the first fluid flow path (74, 57/179/220, 208) and to allow continuous flow of fluid when the pump (30) operates at a second pump flow rate higher than the first pump flow rate. |
| US10710560B2 |
Trailer brake controller (TBC) failsafe using detection camera
Systems and methods enable a failsafe for a trailer brake controller (TBC), by using a camera to detect braking of the towing vehicle. The methods can include using a vehicle-facing camera mounted to a trailer to detecting light emitted from rear brake lights at the towing vehicle. Then, the methods can determine whether the brakes of the towing vehicle are being engaged, based on the light detected by the vehicle-facing camera. Also, a TBC failure can be determined, and as a result, a trailer brake activation signal can be communicated at the trailer side, as a failsafe to activate the brakes of the trailer. |
| US10710555B2 |
Wiper blade and method for manufacturing wiper blade
A wiper blade extends in the longitudinal direction and includes blade rubber, a plate spring-like backing, and a rubber holder. The blade rubber wipes a surface to be wiped. The backing imparts rigidity and elasticity to the blade rubber. The rubber holder holds both the longitudinally intermediate section of the blade rubber and the longitudinally intermediate section of the backing. The rubber holder has a backing housing hole for housing and retaining the backing. The backing housing hole longitudinally extends through the rubber holder. A parting line is set at the longitudinal center of the backing housing hole. |
| US10710553B2 |
Vehicle control device having user authentication unit performing authentication of user of vehicle and vehicle use permission unit permitting use of vehicle by user
In a vehicle control device, an authentication success information storage unit stores, when authentication of a user by a user authentication unit is successful, authentication success information in a memory. A vehicle use permission unit permits, in a situation, the use of a vehicle by the user on condition that the authentication success information is stored in the memory; the situation is such that after authentication of the user by the user authentication unit is successful, authentication of the user by the user authentication unit is impossible when second authentication information is obtained by a second authentication information acquisition unit. |
| US10710547B2 |
Seat belt adjustment release mechanism
A seat belt adjustment release mechanism includes a carrier and a guide piece that is vertically slidable on the carrier. The guide piece includes an aperture configured to receive a seat belt there through and a spring-loaded button anchored on a pivot. The spring-loaded button, when pressed, is rotatable about the pivot between a home position and a depressed position for actuating a seat belt guide release lever. |
| US10710546B2 |
Work vehicle
A seatbelt of a work vehicle includes: a first stay provided in correspondence with a first fixing portion of a vehicle body on either one of right/left sides of a seat; a belt reeling portion that reels and stores a belt main body and is attached to the first fixing portion via the first stay; a second stay provided in correspondence with a second fixing portion on the other one of the right/left sides of the seat; and a buckle portion that fixes an insertion fixture extending from the belt reeling portion and is attached to the second fixing portion via the second stay. A first cover member is mounted to the first stay and covers an outward exposed portion of the first stay. A second cover member is mounted to the second stay and covers an outward exposed portion of the second stay. |
| US10710542B2 |
Inflatable airbag for protecting a person, airbag module, vehicle occupant restraining system comprising such an airbag, and method for producing an inflatable airbag
The invention relates to an inflatable airbag (1) for protecting a person (5), comprising a flexible cover (10) which includes at least two finger-type extensions (11), wherein the flexible cover (10) delimits a closed gas expansion compartment (12) by the finger-type extensions (11). The invention excels by the fact that the finger-type extensions (11) are arranged relative to each other such that in an inflated state the airbag (1) takes a three-dimensional shape and in the inflated state the finger-type extensions (11) at least in portions delimit a clearance (13), wherein the cover (10) is deferrable for absorbing impact energy while deforming, especially reducing, the clearance (13). |
| US10710541B2 |
Airbag device
An airbag includes a body, an insert opening and a flap member which covers the insert opening from inside of the airbag. A retainer is inside the airbag, and an inflator is inserted into a holding section of the retainer via the insert opening such that the root end protrudes from the insert opening. The flap member entirely covers the insert opening of the airbag body as unfolded and is joined to the airbag body, with a continuous seam, by the circumferential edge except the leading edge disposed towards the leading end of the inflator. The flap member thus covers the holding section. The retainer includes an open region which exposes an outer periphery of the inflator towards the flap member, and the leading edge of the flap member is positioned to be pressed against the outer periphery of the inflator via the open region at airbag deployment. |
| US10710537B2 |
Method and system for detecting an incident , accident and/or scam of a vehicle
A method for collecting and storing vehicle sensor data of at least one sensing system of a vehicle in order to detect an incident, accident and/or scam, said method comprising the steps of: (1) continuously collecting and storing a first set of vehicle sensor data for a preceding first pre-definable time period at least when the vehicle is in motion and/or when a door or trunk of the vehicle is open, (2) collecting and storing a second set of vehicle sensor data for a coming second pre-definable time period when at least one of the following occurs: the vehicle is brought to standstill, the door or trunk of the vehicle is being closed, or the vehicle drives away from standstill after being parked. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a corresponding system, computer product and a computer-readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer to execute the method. |
| US10710536B1 |
Function safety system for vehicle malfunction display
The present invention provides a function safety system for a vehicle malfunction display is disclosed. The function safety system comprises: an automotive system, a sensor, a display system, a control unit, and a graphics processing unit (GPU). The sensor is coupled to the automotive system, and utilized for detecting whether the automotive system has at least a malfunction. The control unit is coupled to the sensor and directly connected to the display system, and utilized for indicating the display system when the sensor detecting the automotive system has the at least a malfunction. The GPU is coupled to the display system, and utilized for performing information transmission for the display system. |
| US10710534B2 |
Flexing radar bracket in bumper
The invention relates to a radar bracket mechanism arranged to accommodate a radar device behind a bumper skin of a vehicle. The radar bracket mechanism comprises a bracket arranged to accommodate the radar device, which bracket is flexibly mounted behind the bumper skin to allow the bumper skin to flex from a first position to a second position towards a body of the vehicle upon the bumper skin being subjected to a force exerting on an exterior of the bumper skin, and to allow the bumper skin to flex back to the first position when the exterior of the bumper skin no longer is being subjected to said force. |
| US10710531B2 |
Plastically deformable shock absorber
A shock absorber system includes a body, a component, and at least one primary attachment that secures the component on the body. A secondary attachment is configured to secure the component to the body upon breakage of the primary attachment. The secondary attachment includes a single-use shock absorber and a cable that is attached to the body and secured through the single-use shock absorber to the component. |
| US10710528B2 |
Bracket and bracket assembly
A bracket intended to be fastened to a support, such as a chassis or an engine of a vehicle, preferably a motor vehicle, the bracket having at least a body including: a first end configured to be fastened to a support, a second end opposite to the first end, an intermediate portion arranged between the first end and the second end, the second end being bent so as to form a recess oriented toward the first end and facing the intermediate portion, wherein the bracket further includes an elastic insert arranged in the recess of the second end. |
| US10710525B2 |
Multiple vehicular charge sources and loads
A charge controller for a vehicle passive energy system employs an interface to a plurality of charge sources including intermittent sources, such as vehicle mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and the vehicle engine and alternator, and an interface to a plurality of charge loads, such as a comfort heating ventilation, refrigeration and air conditioning (HVAC) system and auxiliary vehicle loads. Charge logic computes which of the plurality of sources will supply the charge current and which of the plurality of loads will receive the charge current, and a switch responsive to the charge logic will direct the charge current from at least one of the plurality of sources to at least one of the loads, the plurality of charge sources mutually exclusive from simultaneously powering a common load. |
| US10710523B2 |
Utility vehicle
A utility vehicle includes a seat, and a back panel with at least a part of the back panel located behind the seat. The back panel has a box portion that has an opening facing a cabin, and a lid covers the opening. An electrical component is housed in the box portion. |
| US10710521B2 |
Abnormality monitoring device and electric power steering device using same
An abnormality monitoring device includes a control unit and a monitoring unit. The control unit includes a self-diagnosis circuit configured to perform a self-diagnosis processing during which other processing is inhibited. The monitoring unit includes an abnormality monitoring circuit and a reset circuit. The abnormality monitoring circuit is configured to perform an abnormality monitoring of the control unit. The reset circuit is configured to reset the control unit when the abnormality monitoring circuit decides an abnormality of the control unit. The abnormality monitoring circuit is configured to determine whether the self-diagnosis processing is finished, disable the abnormality monitoring of the control unit during the self-diagnosis processing, and start the abnormality monitoring of the control unit when the self-diagnosis processing is determined to be finished. Accordingly, the abnormality of the control unit is accurately monitored. |
| US10710519B1 |
Vehicle Wiring Harness Assembly
A vehicle wiring harness assembly for installing an aftermarket electronic device into a vehicle electrical system includes a relay plug that is insertable into a starter relay socket in a vehicle electrical system fuse box. The relay plug takes the place of the starter relay in the vehicle electrical system fuse box. A fuse plug is insertable into a fuse slot in the vehicle electrical system fuse box. Thus, the fuse plug is in electrical communication with the battery of the vehicle electrical system. A wiring harness is electrically coupled to each of the relay plug and the fuse plug. In this way the wiring harness can supply voltage and ground to an aftermarket electronic device without modifying existing wiring in the vehicle electrical system. |
| US10710515B2 |
In-vehicle camera device and method for selecting driving image
A method for filtering driving images includes enabling a light compensating unit at a first time point to emit supplemental light, capturing a first driving image under the supplemental light at the first time point by an image capturing unit, disabling the light compensating unit at a second time point, capturing a second driving image at the second time point by the image capturing unit, selecting the first driving image according to a first brightness difference between the first driving image and the second driving image and a predetermined threshold, and outputting the first driving image when the first brightness difference is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold. |
| US10710512B2 |
Camera arrangement for a vehicle having two housing parts and an installation method of said camera arrangement
A device for a tailgate (80) of a vehicle includes a camera unit for capturing images of the outer region of the vehicle and a control unit for controlling a part of the vehicle. The camera unit and control unit are arranged adjacent each other on the vehicle by means of a carrier element. The camera unit is accommodated in a housing in a protected manner, and a movable closure element is provided to close a housing opening. The closure element can be moved by means of a drive unit into at least two end positions, a closed position and an open position. The housing is constructed in at least two parts, the carrier element forming a first housing part on which the control element and the camera unit can be arranged, and the drive unit arranged on a second housing part. |
| US10710507B2 |
Cam-driven toggle switch for mirror assembly
A rearview mirror for a vehicle includes a substrate having a reflective surface thereon and an actuation mechanism coupled with the substrate. The actuation mechanism includes a mounting plate rotatably coupled with the substrate at a first end thereof and having a first pin extending outwardly from a side of the mounting plate in a direction parallel with the first end and spaced apart therefrom. The actuation mechanism also includes a toggle unit positionally fixed with respect to the substrate and rotatable about an axis between first and second positions, the toggle unit including a first cam body defining a first track having a first end at a first distance from the axis and a second end at a second distance from the axis that is greater than the first distance, the first pin of the mounting plate being slidably engaged with the first track. |
| US10710505B2 |
Bird's-eye view video generation device, bird's-eye view video generation system, bird's-eye view video generation method, and non-transitory storage medium
A bird's-eye view video generation device includes a video data acquiring unit that acquires videos from multiple cameras capturing videos of front, rear, a left side, and a right side of a vehicle, an obstacle information acquiring unit that acquires information from an obstacle sensor detecting at least one obstacle around the vehicle, a bird's-eye view video generating unit that generates a bird's-eye view video by synthesizing videos converted by a viewpoint conversion process on the acquired videos and generate, when the obstacle information acquiring unit detects the obstacle, the bird's-eye view video where a display region in a direction of the detected obstacle is extended by reducing a display area of the video in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the detected obstacle toward a direction opposite to the direction of the detected obstacle, and a display controller that displays the generated bird's-eye view video on a display. |
| US10710504B2 |
Surroundings-monitoring device and computer program product
A surroundings-monitoring device according to embodiments includes, as an example, a memory unit that stores therein captured image data output from an imaging unit imaging an area including a road surface in a forward direction of a vehicle and an area extending upward from the road surface and an output unit that outputs, to a display device, captured image data having been previously imaged by the imaging unit and including a road surface corresponding to a position of the current vehicle in the imaged road surface, from among the captured image data stored in the memory unit. |
| US10710502B2 |
In-vehicle alert apparatus and alert method
An in-vehicle alert apparatus includes an object information acquiring unit, a vehicle status information acquiring unit, a display unit, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit determines whether or not an alert target exists outside a field of view of a driver, and displays, as an alert screen, a single display screen when one alert target is selected, a whole display screen when two alert targets are selected and all of the two alert targets are determined to exist within the field of view of the driver, and an individual display screen when two alert targets are selected and an alert target having the highest alert degree is determined to exist outside the field of view of the driver. |
| US10710498B2 |
Customizable, visual identifiers for transportation service vehicles
A method for providing customizable, visual identifiers for transportation service vehicles. The method includes receiving a request for a transportation vehicle from a user. A unique identifier associated with the user may be generated in response to the request. The unique identifier may then be automatically transmitted to the vehicle and displayed on an illuminated display that is visible from an exterior of the vehicle. A corresponding system is also disclosed and claimed herein. |
| US10710497B2 |
Lane change assist device for a vehicle
A driving support ECU detects a shallow pressing operation monitoring signal of the turn signal lever is turned off (S14: Yes). When a timer value Tx representing an ON duration time period in which the shallow pressing operation monitoring signal is continued to be turned on reaches an assist request confirmation time period Tref (S19: Yes) and an LCA start condition is established (S20: Yes) after the detection of the shallow pressing operation monitoring signal, the driving support ECU starts LCA. The driving support ECU does not determines, until the LCA is completed, whether or not the shallow pressing operation monitoring signal is turned off. The driving support ECU restarts processes from S11 after the LCA is completed. Therefore, even if the shallow pressing operation is continued to be performed, the LCA is not executed further. |
| US10710496B2 |
Lighting system for a vehicle having a light testing mode and method of inspecting lights
A vehicle (2) comprises a plurality of vehicle lights (14a-k) to be matched by additional lights (8a-j) in use; respective connecting interfaces (20a-20h) associated with each of the vehicle lights (14a-k); and an electronic controller (24) for controlling supply of light-activating power to the vehicle lights (14a-k) and to the associated connecting interfaces (20a-20h). The controller (24) is configured, in a light testing mode, to supply said power to each of the vehicle lights (14a-k) and to each of the associated connecting interfaces (20a-20h) in a sequence for inspecting whether additional lights (8a-j) connected in use to the connecting interfaces (20a-20h) match the vehicle lights (14a-k). Related systems, methods and controllers are also described. |
| US10710484B2 |
Headrest body and headrest
A headrest body (1) for a headrest (3) is formed as at least one frame (1.1) having one or more supporting elements (1.4). The one or more supporting elements (1.4) are located on an inside and form a supporting surface (1.3). The one or more supporting elements (1.4) are formed by primary forming from a plastics material, in particular a material free of foam materials, or a composite material. |
| US10710483B2 |
Armrest
The invention relates to an arm rest, in particular for a vehicle seat, comprising a support arm (12), which can be pivoted about a pivot axis (a1) between at least one use position and at least one non-use position, and which by means of a locking device (19) that can be moved between a locking position and a release position can be locked in at least one position. First retaining means (21) are assigned to the support arm (12), which can releasably be brought into engagement with second retaining means (22) that are connected to the vehicle structure, in order to lock the movement of the support arm (12) in at least one direction (u2) and in at least one locking position. The invention is characterized in that the locking device (19) comprises at least one lever (13) that interacts with the support arm (12), which relative to the support arm (12) is movably mounted, wherein the lever (13) is provided with the first retaining means. |
| US10710476B2 |
Releasing lever for sliding device
A releasing lever for a sliding device in one aspect of the present disclosure is used for the sliding device including a movable rail and a fixed rail. The releasing lever includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion. The first protrusion is formed in an intermediate portion of the releasing lever and protrudes in an abutting direction on a first end of the intermediate portion. The second protrusion is formed in a position offset from the first protrusion toward a second end of the intermediate portion, and protrudes in the abutting direction. The first protrusion and the second protrusion contact an inside wall surface of the movable rail at least when the releasing lever pivots. |
| US10710474B2 |
Passenger support
A passenger support includes a vehicle seat and a foundation frame having a lower track and an upper track. The lower track is coupled to a floor of a vehicle in a fixed position relative the floor. The vehicle seat is coupled to the upper track to slide back and forth relative to the lower track. |
| US10710467B2 |
Information providing system and method, and server used for information providing system and method
An information providing system includes a plurality of vehicle, a charging station, and a management server. The management server is configured to communicate with the plurality of vehicles and the charging station. Each of the vehicles allows charging of a power storage device mounted therein using electric power from the charging station and performs inter-vehicle charging for charging another vehicle using electric power of the power storage device. The management server obtains a congestion degree in the charging station and a destination of a vehicle. When a charging station is installed as an annex at a destination of the vehicle, and when the congestion degree exceeds a threshold value, the management server selects a candidate vehicle capable of performing inter-vehicle charging from among other vehicles that aim at a destination identical to the destination of the vehicle, and transmits information about the selected candidate vehicle to the vehicle. |
| US10710465B2 |
Positioning system of an electric vehicle in relation to a recharging station
This system allows the positioning of a vehicle in a recharging position with respect to a pad of a recharging station, wherein the vehicle carries a shoe gear which, once the vehicle is in the recharging position, is moved to come into contact with the pad. This system comprises: on the ground side, a generation module of a magnetic field, a characteristic quantity of which is a function of the position relative to a reference point of the generation module; and, on the onboard side, a magnetic field measuring module to measure the characteristic quantity and compare it with a reference value, in order to control the movement of the vehicle and stop it at a position relative to the reference point, wherein the relative position corresponds to the recharging position. |
| US10710457B2 |
Gesture and facial expressions control for a vehicle
The present approach relates to a vehicle having a plurality of devices and a human-machine interface (HMI) for the gesture- and/or facial expression-based actuation of a function of a vehicle device, which comprises a camera for recording a specific occupant of a vehicle and a control unit connected to the camera. |
| US10710454B2 |
Disconnectable axle assembly having a planetary differential
A disconnecting axle assembly with a planetary differential assembly and a coupling that selectively couples a planet carrier of the planetary differential assembly to an axle shaft. |
| US10710452B2 |
Fuel lid structure
A fuel lid structure includes: a lid box constituting a fuel opening portion of a vehicle body; a lid hinge that is made of resin and is pivotable with respect to the lid box; a fuel lid body pivotably attached to the lid box via the lid hinge; and an alerting unit configured to alert a replenishment worker to a body or the like of the replenishment worker hitting the fuel lid body in an open state by at least one of imparting of a sense of resistance and emission of a sound. |
| US10710450B2 |
Air flap arrangement having a position sensing system for a motor vehicle
An air flap arrangement for a motor vehicle comprises a housing having an air passage opening, at least two air flaps movably mounted on the housing, and a force- and motion-transmitting motion drive coupled to the air flaps. The air flaps are coupled by a transmission and/or linkage for mutual movement. The air flaps are movable between a closed position, in which the cross-sectional area of the air passage opening through which air can flow is reduced, and a passage position, which is different from the closed position, in which the cross-sectional area of the air passage opening through which air can flow is greater than in the closed position. At least one sensor is associated with each air flap of a plurality of air flaps, such that the position of the air flaps can be detected by the sensor. |
| US10710447B2 |
Hybrid vehicle drive system
A drive system of a hybrid vehicle including an internal combustion engine, a first motor-generator, a power transmission path, a power division mechanism, a second motor-generator, a one-way clutch, a mode change mechanism, and an electronic control unit having a microprocessor and memory. The microprocessor is configured to control the first motor-generator so as to reduce a reaction force acting on the first motor-generator at a time at which a state of the one-way clutch changes from an unlocked state to a locked state, when a drive mode is changed from an EV mode to a HV mode through a start mode by the mode change mechanism. |
| US10710442B2 |
Thermal kinetic energy recovery system for hybrid vehicle
A transmission system selectively coupled to an engine crankshaft of an internal combustion engine arranged on a vehicle includes a waste heat recovery (WHR) system, a brake assembly and a phase-change thermal heat storage system. The WHR system selectively circulates a WHR fluid in the transmission system. The brake assembly selectively couples a transmission output shaft to a drive axle. The brake assembly is configured to operate in a braking mode that retards relative rotation between the transmission output shaft and the drive axle while generating heat. The heat storage system includes a housing defining at least one cavity and a fluid transfer manifold. A phase-change material is disposed in the cavity that is configured to change phase during the braking mode. The WHR system circulates the WHR fluid through the fluid transfer manifold collecting braking heat to be used at a later time in the form of driveline power. |
| US10710441B2 |
Vehicle protective covering system and method
A Hail Veil is a hail protection device that attaches to the strongest areas of a vehicle frame to support four rods; one at the very front of the car, one at the back of the car and two on the roof. Mesh is then strategically attached to the front, top, back and sides of the vehicle and fastened to create a barrier to the hail. The Hail Veil is portable and fits into the trunk of the vehicle for quick access. |
| US10710436B2 |
Motor vehicle having a vehicle part that can be displaced relative to the vehicle structure
A motor vehicle is provided having a vehicle structure and a vehicle part that can be displaced relative to the vehicle structure with the aid of at least one drive cable that is provided with a plastics injection molded section for joining the drive cable to the vehicle part. A load reduction device may have at least one coupling member which allows a relative movement between the displaceable vehicle part and the drive cable in the case of an acceleration of the vehicle part relative to the vehicle structure and which interacts with a catch device during the relative movement, the catch means absorbing at least part of the kinetic energy resulting from the acceleration. |
| US10710434B2 |
Laminated glass
A laminated glass includes a first glass plate; a second glass plate; an intermediate film located between the first glass plate and the second glass plate, and configured to be bonded to the first glass plate and the second glass plate; and at least one high reflection surface between a surface of the first glass plate on an outer side of the laminated glass and a surface of the second glass plate on an outer side of the laminated glass. The surfaces of the first glass plate and the second glass plate are high reflection surfaces. Each of the high reflection surfaces has optical reflectance of 1% or more with respect to an incident angle of a visible light from a light source. A portion arranged between adjacent high reflection surfaces of the high reflection surfaces has a wedge angle. |
| US10710432B2 |
Vehicle air conditioner
A vehicle air conditioner has a compressor, a radiator, a pressure reducer, a cooling heat exchanger, a temperature detector, and a prohibition request output part. The compressor draws and discharges a refrigerant. The radiator dissipates heat of the refrigerant. The pressure reducer decompresses and expands the refrigerant. The cooling heat exchanger cools an air blown into a vehicle compartment. The temperature detector detects a temperature of the cooling heat exchanger. The prohibition request output part outputs a request, which prohibits the idle stop control, to an idle stop controller when the engine is operated. The request prohibits the idle stop control until the temperature of the cooling heat exchanger falls to a temperature being enough cool to cool the air and a required cooling time elapses. The required cooling time is estimated to be required to make a passenger feel cool by the air. |
| US10710426B2 |
Vehicle air conditioner
A vehicle air conditioner which introduces a sufficient amount of primary air without providing a guide, and possible to install an aspirator in a large area in a downstream region of an air-mixing damper while avoiding interference with a mode-switching damper or the like and includes a case main unit of an air conditioning unit, an aspirator that introduces air circulating in an air channel at an interior of the case main unit as primary air and that sucks in air in a vehicle cabin as secondary air via an installation portion of an indoor temperature sensor, the case main unit is provided with a boss portion that communicates with the air channel at the interior of the case main unit and protrudes diagonally outward so as to face an air-circulation direction, and a primary-air introducing unit of the aspirator is installed by being diagonally inserted into the boss portion. |
| US10710418B2 |
Method for wireless optimization of wheel monitoring in a vehicle, a wheel monitoring system of a vehicle, and electronic wheel unit and control device for a wheel monitoring system
An aspect of the invention relates to a method for the radio-oriented optimization of wheel monitoring in a vehicle equipped with vehicle wheels, wherein the monitoring of at least one of the vehicle wheels is prompted by an electronic wheel unit arranged on the relevant vehicle wheel capturing at least one wheel operating parameter of the vehicle wheel, and radio signals containing information about the at least one captured wheel operating parameter being transmitted for a respective wheel rotational position of the vehicle wheel, stipulated by the electronic wheel unit, wherein the radio signals are received and evaluated by a control device of the vehicle and wherein the radio-oriented optimization of the wheel monitoring is prompted by the electronic wheel unit being used to transmit multiple radio signals for different wheel rotational positions, wherein the radio signals are received by means of the control device and rated in respect of their respective radio signal strength, wherein the control device is used to transmit an optimization radio signal to the electronic wheel unit, wherein the optimization radio signal contains optimization information formed on the basis of the rating of the radio signals, and wherein the electronic wheel unit is used to receive the optimization radio signal, and the optimization information contained therein is taken into consideration for the stipulation of the wheel rotational position of the vehicle wheel for radio signals that are to be transmitted subsequently. |
| US10710417B2 |
Control circuit for controlling the pressure of a tire wheel
A control circuit for controlling the pressure of a wheel enclosing a first volume and a second volume includes a controlled pressure line, a first line, connectable to the controlled pressure line and connected to the first volume for introducing air inside the first volume, and a second line, connectable to the controlled pressure line and connected to the second volume for introducing air inside the second volume. The control circuit further includes a first spool valve, which is a three way-two positions valve, having a first position in which the controlled pressure line is connected to the first line, and a second position, in which the controlled pressure line is connected to the second line. The first spool valve switches from the first position to the second position if the pressure in the first volume exceeds a predetermined pressure. |
| US10710416B2 |
Pneumatic tire
A pneumatic tire includes a tread having crown grooves, shoulder grooves, middle lands, and shoulder lands. Each middle land has middle blocks and middle inclined lateral grooves such that the middle inclined lateral grooves are inclining relative to tire axial direction and connecting a crown groove and a shoulder groove, each shoulder land has shoulder blocks and shoulder inclined lateral grooves such that the shoulder inclined lateral grooves are inclining relative to the axial direction and connecting a shoulder groove and a tread edge, and each middle inclined lateral groove is positioned adjacent to a shoulder block such that each middle inclined lateral groove and the shoulder block are sandwiching the shoulder groove and overlapping in tire circumferential direction and have a ratio Lov/Lmg ranging from 0.7 to 1.0, where Lov represents tire circumferential overlapping length Lov, and Lmg represents tire circumferential length Lmg of the middle inclined lateral grooves. |
| US10710414B2 |
Tire comprising an improved tread
Tire having a predetermined direction of mounting on a vehicle. The tire tread (40) comprises a central rib (411-413) and two side ribs (421, 422), separated by circumferential grooves (141-144). The side ribs are made from a first rubber composition less than 50% filled with black. The central rib comprises a portion (4111, 4121) made from a second rubber composition more than 50% filled with black, the axial width (LP) of said portion being greater than or equal to 20% of the axial width LC of the central rib. The first rubber composition has a tan δ0 value which is greater than the tan δ0 value of the second rubber composition, where tan δ0 denotes the tan δ value measured at a temperature of 0° C. and under a stress of 0.7 mPa. |
| US10710412B2 |
Wheel
A wheel includes a main hub portion having outer and inner portions, the inner portion being spaced from the outer portion by a main hub sidewall; a ring portion configured to engage the main hub portion so as to enclose the outer portion and the inner portion and create an enclosed void; and an exterior covering surrounding at least part of the main hub portion and the ring portion at the enclosed void. A method of forming a wheel includes forming a main hub portion having an outer portion and an inner portion; forming a ring portion configured to engage the main hub portion so as to enclose the outer portion and the inner portion and create an enclosed void; assembling the main hub portion and the ring portion into an assembled hub; and overmolding an exterior covering surrounding at least part of the main hub and ring portions. |
| US10710407B2 |
Rubber composition for tire and pneumatic tire
The present invention provides: a rubber composition for tires which has excellent processability and has excellent low heat build-up when formed into a tire; and a pneumatic tire using the same. The rubber composition for tires of the present invention is a rubber composition for tires, the rubber composition containing a diene rubber (A) and a microparticle (B), a vinyl group content of the diene rubber (A) being from 5 to 35 mass %, the microparticle (B) being a mercapto group-containing organic microparticle in which a crosslinkable oligomer or polymer (b1) is crosslinked, an average particle size of the microparticle (B) being from 1 to 200 μm, and a content of the microparticle (B) being from 1 to 55 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber (A). |
| US10710402B2 |
Robotic wheel gripper with a TPM sensor
A robotic wheel gripper unit that is configured for gripping and transporting a wheel to a predetermined position during an assembly operation with a tire is disclosed. The robotic wheel gripper unit comprises a selectively moveable arm that includes a gripper tool connected thereto. The gripper tool further includes a plurality of gripper fingers and at least one sensor. The gripper fingers are configured for selectively engaging a portion of a wheel. The sensor is configured to detect a predetermined element on the wheel, such as a TPMS valve stem, to assist in placement of the wheel during an assembly operation. |
| US10710401B2 |
Wheel apparatus for use with vehicles
Wheel apparatus for use with vehicles are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a wheel for a vehicle. The wheel has a groove disposed on an annular wall adjacent a drop well and extending away from the drop well. The example apparatus also includes a ring positioned in the groove. |
| US10710400B2 |
Wheel having image display
A wheel for displaying images is provided. The wheel includes a wheel body and a dazzling imaging portion, in which the wheel body includes a wheel disc surface, a center flange and a rim, the wheel disc surface includes spokes, one end of each spoke is connected to the center flange and the other end is connected to the rim, the center flange includes a center hole and bolt holes uniformly distributed around the center hole, and the rim is connected to the ends of the spokes and extends in a direction perpendicular to the wheel disc surface; the dazzling imaging portion is composed of a circuit board, connecting wires, an FPC, a battery, a decorative cap and decorative lights; and the decorative cap is composed of a circular cover plate and one or more mounting arms. |
| US10710396B1 |
Pocket sheet protector and booklet thereof
A pocket sheet protector and a booklet thereof include a main body portion that is formed in a pocket shape. The main body portion includes a first welding line that divides the main body portion into an accommodating section and a binding margin in the vicinity of one side thereof, and a second welding line that seals the bottom side of the main body portion. Further, the main body portion includes, at a bottom side corner, a notched portion which extends closer to the accommodating section than the first welding line, and cuts out a lower end of the first welding line and an end of the second welding line. |
| US10710395B2 |
Method and system for item authentication and customization
A method of intimating an item is disclosed. The method includes applying adhesive to the item, interspersing a taggant in the adhesive, illuminating the item with an excitation signal, sensing luminescence emitted by the taggant in response to illumination by the excitation signal, and determining the authenticity of the item based on the sensed emitted luminescence. The item can include any item benefited by authentication, and can include a postage stamp. A method of customizing an item is disclosed. This can include the steps of preparing a substrate, applying a security feature to the substrate, printing non-customized information on the substrate, receiving image information, and printing the image information on the substrate. |
| US10710391B1 |
Method for detecting the physical characteristics of a physical credential in 3D space for ID authenticity
Aspects described herein may provide detection of a physical characteristic of a credential, thereby allowing for authentication of the credential. According to some aspects, these and other benefits may be achieved by detecting the physical characteristic with the credential in two or more orientations. A first image of a credential in a first orientation and a second image of the credential in a second orientation may be received. An optical characteristic of a secure feature of the credential may be determined based on light reflected from the secure feature in both the first image and the second image. An expected optical characteristic of the secure feature may be determined based on known properties of the secure feature. A determination as to whether the credential is authentic may be based how a comparison of the determined optical characteristic of the secure feature to the expected optical characteristic of the secure feature. |
| US10710390B2 |
Magnetically bound medium with reattachable pages
The present magnetically bound media with reattachable pages exemplarily comprise a magnetic binding, one or more reattachable pages, and one or more conductive metals attached to the pages and magnetically attracted to the magnetic binding. Thus, a user of the magnetically bound media may disengage one or more of the pages from the magnetic binding and reintegrate those pages into the magnetic binding in any order. This allows for customization of information presentation, sequence, and selection. The small size of the magnetic binding also affords a smaller minimum apparatus size and a quicker means with which to remove, rearrange, and reintegrate pages. Furthermore, the magnetic binding permits pages to be secured in a more professionally presentable manner without punched holes. In an exemplary embodiment, the magnetic binding is a cylindrical or a prismatic, rectangular neodymium or samarium alloy secured within the bound media by a magnet cover or clasp. |
| US10710386B2 |
Removable printhead
A printhead mounting system includes one or more pins attached to a printhead, and configured to be inserted through one or more slots in a support frame coupled to a printer, and one or more fasteners configured to engage with the pins inserted through the support frame slots. The fasteners can be detachable, operably coupled to the support frame, or coupled to each other. Additionally, the system can have locating pins for aligning the printhead with the support frame. A method for attaching a printhead includes inserting posts located at a top of a printhead through openings in a printhead support frame, and engaging one or more quick-release fasteners with the posts above the support frame. |
| US10710385B2 |
Printer
A printer includes a platen roller portion (23) that feeds a continuous paper, a printing head portion (13) that performs printing on the continuous paper, and a damper portion (15) that reduces a stress acting on the continuous paper. In a case of a transition from a state where the printing head portion (13) is positioned on an open position separated from the platen roller portion (23) and the damper portion (15) is positioned on an open position separated from the continuous paper to a state where the printing head portion (13) is positioned on a closed position opposing the platen roller portion (23) and the damper portion (15) is positioned on a closed position abutting on the continuous paper, the damper portion (15) moves to the closed position after the printing head portion (13) moved to the closed position. |
| US10710384B2 |
Inkjet recording apparatus
An image forming apparatus may include a mechanism for forming a corrugated shape in a sheet to be conveyed. The mechanism may include various components include one or more pressing portions, one or more ribs, one or more discharge rollers, a switching mechanism and the like. In one arrangement, ribs and pressing portions configured to create the corrugated shape may be disposed at various locations upstream or downstream of the platen, recording portion and/or nozzles thereof. In one example, pressing portions may be disposed both upstream and downstream of the nozzles of the recording portion to maintain a corrugated shape in the conveyed sheet. Various other configurations may be used. |
| US10710380B2 |
Curl resistant web handling system
A web handling system is disclosed. The web handling system includes first dancer rollers coupled to engage and move a web of a print medium in a forward and backward direction upon stopping a printing operation and allow forward motion during the printing operation. |
| US10710378B1 |
Printing system for applying images over a contoured axially symmetric object
A printing system applies images on the exterior of an axially symmetrical object that has a varying exterior surface, such as occurs on curved wine bottles and sports equipment like bats. The printing system includes a movable carriage having rotatable locking end members for holding the object for printing stationary along its longitudinal axis, but allowing for controlled rotation of the object. The carriage moves the object from a loading area into a printing area and a plurality of movable printing head assemblies position a plurality of ink jet heads over the surface of the object as it is moved along a linear axis under the print head assemblies. Each print head is movable such that as the object moves underneath the print head tilts to match the local slope of the contoured surface as ink is being applied. The applied image is then cured with UV lamps during rotation. |
| US10710377B2 |
System and method for producing an image on an article
A system prints solid ink images on fibrous objects. The controller of the system is configured to operate a first motor to move an object rotating subsystem to and from a position opposite a plurality of printheads, to operate a second motor to rotate an object on a spindle of the object rotating subsystem at the position opposite the plurality of printheads, to operate a forced air heater to direct heated air onto a surface of the object as the object rotates at the position opposite the plurality of printheads, and to operate the plurality of printheads to eject a solid ink marking material onto the heated surface of the object as the object rotates in the first and/or second rotational direction. The solid ink image is affixed to the object by the heating of the object surface alone. |
| US10710371B1 |
Inkjet printhead cap having latching system
Exemplary printing apparatuses include, among other components, a printhead structure that includes nozzles adapted to eject liquid ink, a carriage assembly having positioning structures, and one or more printhead caps or cups within the carriage assembly. The carriage assembly is shaped to latch to the printhead structure. The printhead includes corresponding structures and the positioning structures engage with the corresponding structures when the carriage assembly is latched to the printhead structure. Also, the printhead caps are positioned within the carriage assembly so as to cover the nozzles when the carriage assembly is connected to the printhead structure. |
| US10710370B2 |
System and method for attenuating the drying of ink from a printhead during periods of printhead inactivity
An inkjet printer is configured with capping stations for storing printheads in the printer during periods of printer inactivity so the viscosity of the ink in the nozzles of the inkjets of the printheads does not increase significantly. Each capping station has a printhead receptacle that encloses a volume, a planar member configured to move between a first position at which the planar member is located within the printhead receptacle and a second position at which the planar member is external of the printhead receptacle, a first actuator operatively connected to the planar member, the first actuator being configured to move the planar member from the first position to the second position, and a controller configured to operate the first actuator to move the planar member from the first position to the second position to mate the planar member with a face of a printhead. |
| US10710367B2 |
Printhead having two adhesives
The present teachings describe a printhead assembly. The printhead assembly includes a first plate and a second plate stacked together. The printhead assembly includes a first adhesive between the first plate and the second plate for bonding the plates together. The printhead assembly includes a second adhesive surrounding an outer edge of the first adhesive wherein the second adhesive has an oxygen migration rate lower than an oxygen migration rate of the first adhesive. An oxygen sensitive component is contained within the outer edge of the first adhesive. |
| US10710360B2 |
Device that is configured to handle foil for use in a printing process
A device for handling foil for use in a printing process during which portions of a layer of the foil are transferred to a substrate comprises a foil input unit for inputting at least one foil web to the device, a number of rotatable shafts and bars for directing the at least one foil web to the printing press and retrieving at least one used foil web from the printing press, an arrangement for controlling operation of the device, and a web tension feedback unit for detecting at least one characteristic related to an actual web tension during operation of the device so as to realize web tension control by adjusting motion and/or positioning of at least one of the rotatable shafts and bars in case the characteristic appears to deviate from a reference related to a set web tension. |
| US10710350B2 |
Nanometer wire grid structure fabrication method
The present invention provides a nanometer wire grid structure fabrication method. The method first uses an imprinting mold to subject a thermoplastic base plate to hot pressing so as to form a plurality of recesses and a plurality of projections that are alternate with each other thereon, and then forms a metal film on the plurality of recesses and the plurality of projections, then uses a metal bonding adhesive material to transfer portions of the metal film located on the projections to a wire grid carrier board, and finally peeling off the thermoplastic base plate to obtain a nanometer wire grid structure, and compared to the prior art, the entire process is conducted in a manner of being free of photoresist coating, photoresist residue, and metal etching, so as to avoid problems of fabrication of the prior art caused by poor etching accuracy, difficulty of photoresist residue removal, and wire grid collapsing during etching operation and help simplify the fabrication process of a nanometer wire grid structure, shorten fabrication time of the nanometer wire grid structure, and improve fabrication efficiency and process yield of the nanometer wire grid structure. |
| US10710348B2 |
Methods and apparatus to increase fire resistance and fracture toughness of a composite structure
Methods and apparatus to increase fire resistance and fracture toughness of a composite structure are described. An example apparatus includes a composite structure formed by an innermost ply and a fire-resistant ply including a first additive to increase a flammability resistance of the structure, where the fire-resistant ply is an inner ply of the composite structure. |
| US10710340B2 |
Obscuration having superior strength and optical quality for an automotive laminate
The object of this invention is to provide a laminated automotive glazing having an obscuration area produced by printing the obscuration on a film laminated between at least two layers of plastic interlayers or directly on the interlayer rather than printing and firing an enamel frit onto the glass. This results in a laminate having superior optical quality, higher strength and a lower probability of breakage as compared to a laminate with a black enamel frit obscuration. |
| US10710339B2 |
Heating glazing unit
A laminated automotive glazing unit including two glass sheets joined by a thermoplastic interlayer sheet, a system of conductive layers applied to one of the sheets, and including on an edge of the same sheet a substantially opaque masking strip, making contact with the glass sheet, the system of conductive layers covering at least partially the masking strip. The glazing unit further includes busbars for supplying electrical power, the busbars making contact with the layer system in the portion covering the masking strip. The masking strip includes a set of layers that absorb visible radiation, the layers being formed by cathodic sputtering. |
| US10710328B2 |
Wheeled trailer sandwich structure including grooved outer sheet
A sandwich structure employs a core sheet including alternating peaks and valleys therein, and at least one outer face sheet including grooves or ribs therein. In another aspect, a sandwich structure includes at least one core and at least one adhesively bonded outer face sheet including elongated grooves or ribs formed therein. Yet another aspect of a sandwich structure has raised ridges bridging between adjacent peaks in a core sheet in one direction but not in a perpendicular direction, which synergistically interface, engage or contact with grooves or ribs formed in an outer face sheet. |
| US10710327B2 |
Methods for making composite parts from stacked partially cured sublaminate units
A method of forming a composite article. One step involves applying adhesive on surfaces of a plurality of sublaminate units, each ply of each sublaminate unit comprising fibers impregnated with resin which has been initially cured to 30% to 50% of full cure. The initially cured sublaminate units are then arranged in a stack, which stack is pressed against a surface of a forming tool. While pressure is being applied, the stack is heated to an intermediate temperature above a glass transition temperature of the resin for a time interval sufficient to intermediately cure the resin to 50% to 70% of full cure to form a composite laminate having a contour defined by the surface of the forming tool. Then the resin is finally cured at a final temperature higher than the intermediate temperature. |
| US10710320B2 |
Controlling application of forces to different portions of object surface using flexible wall
Provided are methods and apparatuses for processing objects by applying different forces and/or pressure levels to different portions of surfaces of these objects. An apparatus may include a flexible wall and a contact member. In some embodiments, the flexible wall forms a bladder such that the contact member is disposed inside the bladder. During operation, the flexible wall may be pressed against an object using a pressure differential across the wall (e.g., by pressurizing the bladder). This creates a first force acting on a first portion of the object surface. Furthermore, the contact member may be forced against the flexible wall and apply a second force to a second portion of the object surface through the wall. The second portion of the object surface may be a subset of the first portion or an entirely different portion. |
| US10710317B2 |
Composite rotatable assembly for an axial-flow compressor
A composite rotatable assembly for an axial flow compressor comprises a spool having a plurality of blade assemblies arranged in stages on the spool and attached thereto by a wound band. Each blade assembly comprises a blade and a base, with the base having a forward tang extending axially forward of a leading edge of the blade and an aft tang extending axially aft of a trailing edge of the blade. The band is wound over at least a portion of the forward and aft tangs of the plurality of blade assemblies to hold the blade assemblies to the spool under centrifugal loading. An abradable layer may be added over the wound band. |
| US10710316B2 |
Vacuum knife tool
Cutting of a material, such as a textile or film, can damage the material. A tool is provided that utilizes vacuum pressure near a knife edge to increase a result of the cut. The vacuum pressure passes through a base portion of the tool that has a recessed portion effective to distribute vacuum pressure to one or more apertures extending around an insert of a core portion. The one or more apertures align with a void between the knife edge and the insert allowing for the void to transmit the vacuum pressure through the tool to the knife edge. A machine horn may then cut the material at the knife edge and couple the material with another material. |
| US10710314B2 |
Device and method for setting a press-in element
A device and a method are provided for setting a press-in element into a workpiece at a predetermined location. The device includes main body; a fixing unit, which is attached to the main body and which is designed to fix the workpiece; and a processing unit, which is attached to the main body and includes: a boring unit, which is designed to create a bore in the workpiece fixed by the fixing unit; and a pressing unit, which is designed to press a press-in element into the bore. The method fixes the workpiece; creates a bore in the workpiece; positions a press-in element over the bore; and presses the press-in element into the bore, wherein a single device is used to carry out the method. |
| US10710313B2 |
Near-field microwave heating system and method
A microwave heating device includes a variable frequency microwave power supply, a waveguide launcher, and a fixture to contain a material to be heated, with the fixture located directly adjacent to the end of the launcher. All heating occurs in the near-field region, i.e., no cavity modes or standing waves are established within the fixture. This condition may be insured by keeping the thickness of the fixture or workpiece under one wavelength (at all microwave frequencies being used). The launcher is preferably a horn configured to spread the microwave power laterally over a selected area while maintaining a single propagating mode. The invention may be used to enhance catalytic reactions for research and other purposes. Alternatively, the invention may be configured to perform spot curing or repair operations involving adhesives and composites. |
| US10710311B1 |
Servo-driven ultrasonic welding system and method for welding to a thin part without read-through
An ultrasonic welding method for joining a first thermoplastic part and a second thermoplastic part without causing visible read-through on an exposed surface of the second part. The method includes arranging the first part on an inner surface of the second part. The inner surface is opposite the exposed surface. The first part has an interface portion contacting the inner surface. The method includes causing a horn of an ultrasonic welding stack to be pressed against the first part by applying ultrasonic energy oscillating at a frequency in a range of 45-70 kHz through the horn, to thereby join the first part and the second part together. The horn has at least one protruding distal portion configured to penetrate through the first part as the ultrasonic energy is imparted through the horn. The distal portion has a length longer than a thickness of the first part. A collapse distance of a weld formed at the interface portion is less than the thickness of the first part, to avoid read-through effects on the exposed surface of the second part. |
| US10710308B2 |
Heating and cooling of extrusion tool for additive manufacturing
An additive manufacturing system, which can include a 3D printer, includes in at least one aspect: a build platform; a carriage and a rack configured to hold different manufacturing tools, including an extrusion tool; a heating device associated with the extrusion tool; a 3D motion system configured to move the carriage between the rack and a build space associated with the build platform, and to move the carriage within the build space associated with the build platform; and one or more computers programmed to trigger the heating device to begin pre-heating the extrusion tool at a point before mounting of the extrusion tool to the carriage by the 3D motion system, such that the material in the extrusion tool is melted by a point in the manufacturing process when the extrusion tool will be mounted on the carriage and in position to extrude material in the build space. |
| US10710302B2 |
System and method for automated successive three-dimensional printing
A system and method for autonomously creating subsequent physical objects using a 3-dimensional printer. The system includes a build platform which is ejected with a printed object adhered to it, with a replenishing mechanism to place a blank build platform into the expected build area such that printing a subsequent object may occur autonomously. The replenishing mechanism may draw from a plurality of stored blank build platforms which may be reusable in some embodiments and disposable in others. |
| US10710295B2 |
Protective covering for wood products
Protective coverings herein have a coated woven material with a first edge parallel with a warp direction and a second edge opposite the first edge, and have a first edge band proximate the first edge and a second edge band proximate the second edge. The coated woven material has a woven scrim made of a plurality of weft tapes and a plurality of warp tapes, but the warp tapes positioned in the first and second edge bands are high-shrinkage warp tapes and the warp tapes positioned in between the first and second edge bands have a shrinkage that is less than a shrinkage of the high-shrinkage warp tapes, and has a coating on at least one major surface of the woven scrim. The plurality of high-shrinkage warp tapes shrink upon application of heat. Methods of covering a load, such as stacked lumber, with the protective covering are also disclosed. |
| US10710291B2 |
Front plate for onboard LCD device
A front panel for on-board liquid crystal displays has a high hardness resin composition (B) on at least one side of a layer containing a resin (A) having a polycarbonate resin (a1). The front panel satisfies the following conditions (i) to (iv): (i) the thickness of the layer containing a high hardness resin composition (B) is 10 to 250 μm, and the total thickness of the layer containing a resin (A) comprising a polycarbonate resin (a1) and the layer containing a high hardness resin composition (B) is 100 to 3,000 μm; (ii) the high hardness resin composition (B) consists of any one of specific resin compositions (B1) to (B3); (iii) the retardation of the front panel is 3,000 nm or more; and (iv) the standard deviation of the second derivative of the irregular shape of the hard coat layer having irregularities is 0.1 or more. |
| US10710290B2 |
Mold platen, mold clamping device, injection molding device
A mold platen includes a mold plate to which a mold is attached, a rear-surface plate provided opposite to the mold plate, coupling portions configured to be coupled to respective tie rods at four corners of the mold plate and the rear-surface plate, a cylindrical rib that is provided between the mold plate and the rear-surface plate and is located at a center part of the mold plate and the rear-surface plate, a diagonal reinforcing rib that is provided between the mold plate and the rear-surface plate and is configured to connect the cylindrical rib and each of the coupling portions, and a longitudinal/lateral reinforcing rib that is provided between the mold plate and the rear-surface plate and extends from the cylindrical rib along a position between the adjacent coupling portions. |
| US10710289B2 |
Casing component, electronic apparatus, and manufacturing method for a casing component
A casing component according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a decorating film and a casing part. The decorating film is formed on a base film by vapor deposition and includes a metal layer, fine cracks being formed in the metal layer by stretching the base film. The casing part has a decorated region, the decorating film being adhered to the decorated region. |
| US10710286B2 |
In-mold carpet lamination
A process for fabricating a molded carpet laminate includes supporting a carpet layer in a molding tool that has mold dies that define a mold cavity. The mold dies are then moved from an open position to a partially closed position. In the partially closed position, a heated polymer material is injected into the mold cavity. The heated polymer material incompletely fills the mold cavity on the working side of the carpet layer. The mold dies are then moved from the partially closed position to a closed position to spread the heated polymer material and fill the mold cavity on the working side of the carpet layer to form a molded polymer wall. The molded polymer wall adheres to the working side of the carpet layer to form a molded carpet laminate. The mold dies are then moved from the closed position and the molded carpet laminate is cooled. |
| US10710281B2 |
Electric field “Z” direction alignment of nanoparticles in polymer solutions
A method of preparing a polymer film having an oriented dispersed material includes casting a multi-layer polymer solution having a first polymer solution layer and a second polymer solution layer where the second polymer solution layer is at least partially immiscible with the first polymer solution layer. The method further includes passing the multi-layer polymer solution through an electric field application zone, to thereby induce orientation of the dispersed material. A multi-layer polymer film can then be formed by drying the solvent from the multi-layer polymer solution. An apparatus for preparing polymer films includes a top electrode made from a flexible metal mesh coated with a non-stick, non-conductive coating. |
| US10710279B2 |
Systems and methods for making dust agent free vulcanized rubber products
Processes, and systems for making a substantially smooth surfaced, dust agent free rubber or similar sheet product, are disclosed. To create the dust agent free sheet, a low-shrinkage thermoplastic textile fiber separator is inserted between layers of a calendered sheet so as to be able to separate layers of the sheeting after vulcanization. The use of the separator replaces the use of talc or dust that is commonly used to separate layers of sheeting during or after the calendering process and prior to a heating or vulcanization process. |
| US10710277B2 |
Reinforced bladder
A method and apparatus for a reinforced bladder are provided. The reinforced bladder comprises a bladder with a cross-sectional shape formed of a polymeric material and a number of reinforcements. Each of the number of reinforcements covers only a portion of the cross-sectional shape such that part of the cross-sectional shape remains uncovered by the number of reinforcements. |
| US10710276B2 |
Mould tool
A mould tool assembly (10) has a mould tool component (14) having a temperature control face (24) arranged to be in thermal contact with a mould face (12), a temperature control arrangement (26) comprising a fluid outlet (32) directed towards the temperature control face (24); and a thermally conductive structure (40) extending from: (i) a first region in which the structure (40) is offset from the temperature control face (24) and the structure is in the path of a fluid jet (1) emanating from the fluid outlet (32) to (ii) a second region in contact with temperature control face, which second region is spaced from the first region. A diffuser (70; 80; 90) is also provided on the temperature control face for more event mould tool heating. |
| US10710274B2 |
Method for producing a thermoplastic moulding compound
A method for producing a thermoplastic moulding compound by means of an extruder (10), which comprises at least one feed zone (20), at least one mixing section (30), at least one venting section (40) and at least one discharge zone (50), wherein in the at least one feed zone (20) a water-containing first component and a second component are supplied, in the at least one mixing section (30) the thermoplastic moulding compound is mixed and contained water is evaporated, in the at least one venting section (40) water vapour is removed from the moulding compound and in the at least one discharge zone (50) the moulding compound is discharged. At least one of the mixing housings (31, 32) is kept at a temperature that is equal to or lower than the temperature of the moulding compound within the mixing section (30). |
| US10710270B1 |
Attaching objects made of dissimilar materials using a molded attachment block
A method for attaching a first object to one or more second objects of dissimilar materials, without any bonding material, using a molded attachment block is provided. Anchoring grooves are created and a constrained assembly is positioned at opposing sections on a surface of the first object. A tension is generated in tension bearing members anchored in the anchoring grooves and extended along a length of the constrained assembly. The constrained assembly is constricted between mold side members positioned perpendicular to the mold end members. The tension bearing members are clamped between bolt assemblies. A viscous liquid is poured and cured on the constrained assembly, the tension bearing members, the anchoring grooves, and the bolt assemblies for creating the molded attachment block with opposing ends of the threaded members of the constrained assembly extending outwardly from the molded attachment block for attachment to second objects without any bonding material. |
| US10710265B2 |
Blade saver
A blade saver 100 may be used as a blade holder to repurpose and safely hold circular blades that have been previously dulled by cutting fabric. Such dulled blades will usually have significant useful life as a thread cutter. But consumer use of a circular blade as a thread cutter requires a safe and efficient blade holder. The disclosed embodiments a base or base assembly 120 that may act as both a container and holder for a blade cover wherein a blade cover or blade cover assembly 143 may comprise a male holder 130 and a female blade holder 140. The male holder 130 may define a plurality of voids 135 that comport to voids 145 defined within the female holder 140, with such voids allowing for the cutting of thread while limiting the blade exposure to the hands of the user. |
| US10710260B2 |
Watermelon cutter
The present invention discloses a watermelon cutter including a handle and a cutter, wherein a front end of the handle is connected with a storage device; a front end of the storage device is provided with a cutting opening, and the cutter includes a plurality of blades; the plurality of blades is arranged in a divergently manner and rotatably mounted in the cutting opening; the plurality of blades of the cutter is arranged such that one of the plurality of blades is driven by a pulp to drive the cutter to rotate when the pulp enters into the cutting opening, and the pulp is cut out by another one of the plurality of blades when the cutter is rotated. |
| US10710255B2 |
Cushion back cutter with internal blade holder
A cushion back cutter includes finger holes that are shaped to make blade changes and adjustments faster and easier. The cushion back cutter includes a center plate with a recess forming a blade pocket for holding a slotted razor blade. The center plate includes a finger opening for removing a slotted razor blade. The finger opening, which may be non-circular, crosses an upper wall of the blade pocket that supports the blade. A first side plate attached to a first side of the center plate covers the blade pocket in the center plate, and includes a blade window for removing a slotted razor blade from the blade pocket of the center plate. A second side plate is attached to a second side of the center plate, which also includes a finger opening. |
| US10710249B2 |
3 DOF parallel mechanism with 3 branched-chains
The present disclosure relates to a robot, and provides a 3 degree-of-freedom parallel mechanism with 3 branched-chains, which includes a fixed platform, a movable platform, and three arc-shaped connecting rods. The rotation axes of three arc-shaped connecting rods are intersected with each other and each rotation axes is parallel to the fixed platform. Each arc-shaped connecting rod has a sliding slot curved extending along a longitudinal direction. The three connecting shafts one-to-one corresponds to the three arc-shaped connecting rods and are disposed on the movable platform. A first end of each connecting shaft is fixedly connected with the movable platform. A second end is hinged joint with a connecting head. The connecting head is slid and disposed in the corresponding sliding slot. |
| US10710246B2 |
Surgical system with variable entry guide configurations
A surgical system uses a single entry port in a wide variety of surgeries. To insert multiple surgical instruments into a patient through a single entry port requires that the shaft (262A1) of at least one (260A1) of the surgical instruments be bent between the base of the surgical instrument (260A1) and the point where the shaft contacts a channel in an entry guide (270A). Each surgical instrument (260A1, 260A2) is positioned by an instrument manipulator positioning system (231A) so that when the shaft is inserted in a channel of the entry guide (270A), any bending of the shaft does not damage the surgical instrument and does not inhibit proper operation of the surgical instrument. |
| US10710243B2 |
Control and regulation of actuators of a robot by taking into consideration ambient contacts
A method and device for the control and regulation of actuators of a robot, taking environmental contacts into consideration, wherein the robot comprises at least two parts, which are connected by an articulated joint drivable by an actuator. The method comprises: by way of a sensor system, ascertaining and storing a time-dependent variable, as a function of the time, of one or more external contact forces and/or of one or more external moments on the parts, providing a condition for the variable, classifying the feature vector based on predefined categories, which each indicate a contact type between one of the parts or the articulated joint and an object in a surrounding environment, which are each imparted by corresponding external contact forces and/or external contact moments, to generate a classification result, and open-loop and/or closed-loop control of the actuator as a function of the classification result. |
| US10710241B2 |
Controller for limiting speed of robot component
A controller includes a stop command unit for stopping the motion of the robot when a person comes into contact with the robot, and a speed limiting unit for limiting the operation speed of the component driven on the drive axis. A variable calculated from the position of the component on the drive axis and the range of the variable in a state where the person is caught by the robot are determined in advance. The speed limiting unit acquires the variable from the output of a position detector and controls the operation speed of the component to a predetermined speed limit or lower if the variable is within the range. |
| US10710239B2 |
Intelligent control code update for robotic process automation
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for intelligent control code update for robotic process automation. The present invention is configured to retrieve execution logs associated with robotic process automation (RPA) sessions, wherein the execution logs comprises exceptions. Next, the present invention is configured to initiate machine learning algorithms configured to process the one or more execution logs and classify the exceptions into predetermined classes. Next, the present invention is configured to deploy automated exception handling subroutines to address the exceptions based on at least classifying the exceptions into the predetermined classes. |
| US10710237B2 |
Assist device
An assist device includes a body wearing unit and an actuator unit. The actuator unit includes an output link configured to pivot about a joint of an assist target body part and to be attached to the assist target body part; an actuator including an output shaft configured to generate an assist torque via the output link; a torque determination unit configured to determine a combined torque obtained by combining a user torque and the assist torque from the output shaft, the user torque being input from the output link when the user causes the assist target body part to pivot; a correction unit configured to calculate a correction amount for the determined combined torque; and a pivot angle control unit configured to control a pivot angle of the output shaft based on the determined combined torque and the calculated correction amount. |
| US10710236B2 |
Flexible continuum structure capable of realizing posture feedback
A flexible continuum structure capable of realizing a posture feedback is provided. The flexible continuum structure can comprise a flexible continuum structure body and a posture feedback mechanism. The flexible continuum structure body can comprise a distal structural body, a proximal structural body and a middle connecting body. The distal structural body can comprise distal spacing disks, a distal fixation disk and distal structural backbones. The proximal structural body can comprise proximal spacing disks, a proximal fixation disk and proximal structural backbones. The middle connecting body can comprise a proximal guide channel fixing plate, a distal guide channel fixing plate and a structural backbone guide channel. One end of the structural backbone is connected to the proximal fixation disk, and the other end passes through the proximal spacing disks, the structural backbone guide channel and the distal spacing disks and is then securely connected to the distal fixation disk. |
| US10710235B1 |
Tiered tip out assembly for round shank drill bits
A round shank tool holder assembly includes a storage case and first and second tip out tool holders each configured to removably receive a round shank tool therein and each pivotally secured within the storage case and moveable about a pivot axis between a stowed position and a deployed position, wherein the round shank tools remain visible in both the stowed and deployed positions. A first tool retention member is configured to substantially prevent axial movement of the first round shank tool when the first tip out tool holder is in the stowed position, and a second tool retention member configured to substantially prevent axial movement of the second round shank tool when the second tip out tool holder is in the stowed position, wherein the first tool retention member is defined by a first portion of the second tip out tool holder. |
| US10710234B1 |
Tool storage device
A tool caddy device for storing tools and accessories is disclosed. The tool caddy device comprises a frame, a first container, and a second container. The first container is provided at bottom of the frame. The first container comprises a first bottom and first upstanding sidewalls defining a first interior when coupled to the frame. The second container is provided at substantially top of the frame. The second container comprises a second bottom, second upstanding sidewalls and a front wall defining a second interior when coupled to the frame. The front wall further comprises a secondary wall comprising holes. The first container, the second container, and the secondary wall are used to store tools and accessories. |
| US10710233B2 |
Tool insert and/or tool holder insert, tool insert system and/or tool holder insert system and tool storage system and/or tool holder storage system
A tool insert and/or tool holder insert, in particular tool storage insert and/or tool holder storage insert, has at least one base body, includes at least one receiving region, in particular at least in part as an opening, in the base body, for receiving at least in part at least one tool and/or at least one tool holder, and has at least one contact element, which is arranged at least in part inside the receiving region, in particular projecting into the receiving region, for the purpose of contacting mounting of the tool and/or of the tool holder, and includes side walls, which complement one another and extend, in particular parallel to a receiving direction of the receiving region, on at least two opposite outside surfaces of the base body, which are configured to engage at least in part with side walls of further tool inserts and/or tool holder inserts. |
| US10710232B2 |
Wearable manufacturing assistance device
A wearable manufacturing assistance device (1) for supporting a manufacturing tool (3), the manufacturing assistance device (1) includes a body unit (7) including a fastener (11) for fastening the body unit (7) to the back (13) of a technician (5) in a wearing position (15), and an arm member (9) which has an attachment end (19) attached to the body unit (7) and a tool end (21) opposite to the attachment end (19), wherein at the tool end (21) a mounting device (23) for mounting the manufacturing tool (3) to the arm member (9) is provided. While the wearable manufacturing assistance device (1) is fastened to the back (13) of the technician (5) and is in a wearing position (15), the arm member (9) extends from the attachment end (19) at the body unit (7) over a shoulder (17) and laterally past a head (27) of the technician (5). |
| US10710231B2 |
Pry bar handle
A pry bar has a transversely disposed generally triangular cross-section handle grip portion having surfaces formed of a soft elastomeric over-molded material. The handle is formed with an inner hard thermoplastic core and molded over outer elastomeric cover. A metal tether receiving element and impact cap are fixedly secured at the handle proximate end. |
| US10710230B2 |
Hand-held power tool with detachable clamped connection
A hand-held power tool has a tool socket 2, a drive 5, 6 for driving the tool socket 2, and a housing 19 in which the drive 5, 6 is accommodated. A stationary part 14 of the drive 5 is connected by means of at least one detachable clamped connection 21 to at least one element 19, whereby the element 19 is the housing 19 or another stationary part of the drive 5, 6. The clamped connection 21 has a cylindrical pocket 22 in the one stationary part 14, a bushing 27 that is made of plastic and that is inserted into the cylindrical pocket 22, and it has a screw 30 that is screwed into the bushing 27. |
| US10710226B2 |
Safe nail gun
A safe nail gun includes a main body, a safety unit, a trigger device, and a clutch unit. The clutch unit has a moving member, a guide piece, and a retainer. The guide piece has a moving segment and a detaching segment. The moving member is connected to the retainer. Upon operation of the trigger device, the retainer drives the safety unit to slide along the moving segment. When one end of the safety unit abuts against an object, the trigger device is enabled to activate ejection of a nail into the object. When the trigger device is continuously operated and the safety unit does not contact an object, the retainer slides from the moving segment to the detaching segment, so the trigger device is disabled to activate ejection of any more nail, thereby ensuring safe use of the nail gun. |
| US10710225B2 |
Nail gun having protection structure
A nail gun having a protection structure includes a body, a protection cover and a resilient release. The body includes a nail magazine loaded with nails and includes a barrel connected to the nail magazine. One end of the barrel has a nozzle, and the nail magazine forms a notch close to the nozzle and includes a fastening recess. The protection cover is slidably disposed on the nail magazine. The protection cover includes an engagement board, a sliding board connected to the same, and an engagement hole formed on the engagement board. The resilient release is resiliently assembled in the fastening recess and contacts and presses against an inner edge of the engagement hole, so that the protection cover is positioned by the resilient release, and the sliding board covers the notch. |
| US10710222B1 |
Hydraulic cylinder assembly system
A hydraulic cylinder assembly system preferably includes a seal installer tool, a piston puller tool and a barrel ring. The seal installer tool includes a tapered ring and a piston plug. The piston plug is inserted into the piston and seals slipped over the tapered ring. The piston puller tool preferably includes a piston rod engagement member, a thrust bearing retainer, a thrust bearing, a draw rod and a barrel end retainer. The thrust bearing is retained in the thrust bearing retainer and one end of the draw rod is retained in thrust bearing retainer. One end of the piston engagement member is threaded into the thrust bearing retainer. An opposing end of the piston engagement member is threaded into a piston rod. The barrel end retainer is threaded on to an opposing end of the draw rod. The barrel ring is attached to a barrel of a water pump. |
| US10710221B2 |
Device and method for fastener element retention and installation
A method and a device seek to improve productivity of the installation of fasteners. Improved productivity is targeted by holding a fastener to a driving tool with mechanical components for a substantial portion of an installation sequence to prevent nuisance disengagement between fasteners and their driving tool including dropping of fasteners early in an installation cycle. The productivity of this fastener holding approach is best realized by allowing a streamlined operation with little interaction between the device and an operator. Specifically, a fastener installation device is described which requires no direct manipulation of the device during the sequence of loading a fastener, installation of the fastener, disengagement of the device from the fastener to allow complete installation of the fastener, and loading a subsequent fastener. |
| US10710219B2 |
Mechanism that is non-engaging in forward direction and prevents direction change
A mechanism that is non-engaging in the forward direction and prevents direction change, comprising a dual ratchet sleeve (1). The dual ratchet sleeve is provided in the axial direction a one-way forward ratchet ring gear and a one-way reverse ratchet ring gear; a pawl base (2), the pawl base being provided with a first pawl (21) and a second pawl (22) capable of moving in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the dual ratchet sleeve; an eccentric drive mechanism (3) for driving the first and second pawl to act, the axis of the eccentric wheel axle (32) of the eccentric drive mechanism being perpendicular to the axis of the dual ratchet sleeve; a tool handle (4) for driving the pawl base to rotate, the tool handle being connected to and fixed on the eccentric wheel (31) or the eccentric wheel axle (32) of the eccentric drive mechanism so as to enable the linkage of the tool handle and the eccentric wheel. The mechanism that is non-engaging in the forward direction and prevents direction change meets the working requirements under multiple states and directly enables torque transmission and state change by means of the handle. |
| US10710215B1 |
Workpiece-holding device
The workpiece-holding device is a vice with sliding jaws. The workpiece-holding device maintains an object known as a workpiece in a fixed position during shaping operations. The workpiece-holding device comprises a pedestal, a plurality of clamping elements, and a plurality of fastening structures. The plurality of fastening structures attach the plurality of clamping elements to the pedestal. The plurality of clamping elements hold the workpiece in a fixed position. The pedestal further comprises a plurality of adjustment structures. The plurality of adjustment structures allow the plurality of clamping elements to slide along the major axis of the pedestal. The plurality of adjustment structures allow the plurality of clamping elements to slide along a plate major axis of the pedestal. |
| US10710214B2 |
Polishing or grinding pad with multilayer reinforcement
A polishing or grinding pad with a multilayer reinforcement is provided. In one aspect, a floor polishing or grinding pad assembly employs a flexible pad, at least two reinforcement layers or rings with different characteristics, and multiple floor-contacting tools such as abrasive disks. In another aspect, a workpiece polishing or grinding pad assembly includes a flexible and rotatable pad, a polymeric reinforcement layer coupled to the pad and a metallic reinforcement layer to which are coupled abrasive tools. In yet another aspect, a floor-facing reinforcement is more flexible than a pad-facing reinforcement which is more rigid. |
| US10710213B2 |
Alumina sintered body, abrasive grain, and grinding wheel
To provide an alumina sintered body, abrasive grains, and a grinding wheel having high hardness and excellent wear resistance. An alumina sintered body comprising: an inner layer comprising alumina crystal grains; and an outer layer covering at least a part of the inner layer from outside, having a higher content of an alkaline earth metal than the inner layer, and comprising alumina crystal grains, wherein the content of the alkaline earth metal in the outer layer is 1.0 to 30.0 mass % in terms of oxide, the alumina sintered body being free from silicon except unavoidable impurities. |
| US10710212B2 |
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for improving surface finish of additively manufactured parts
A method of altering an additively manufactured part can include orienting a surface of the additively manufactured part toward a rotational center that may be independent of a rotational axis defined by the additively manufactured part, flowing an abrasive media past the surface, rotating the additively manufacturing part about the rotational center; urging abrasive particles in the abrasive media past the surface abrasive media to impinge the surface with centrifugal force generated by the rotating, and improving surface finish of the surface. |
| US10710211B2 |
Abrasive articles with precisely shaped features and method of making thereof
An abrasive article includes a first abrasive element, a second abrasive element, a resilient element having first and second major surfaces, and a carrier. The first element and the second abrasive element each comprises a first major surface and a second major surface. At least the first major surfaces of the first and second abrasive elements comprise a plurality of precisely shaped features. The abrasive elements comprise substantially inorganic, monolithic structures. |
| US10710207B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing targeted polishing via manipulation of magnetic-abrasive fluid
A magnetic field manipulated localized polishing system includes a container holding a volume of a magnetic abrasive fluid. The magnetic abrasive fluid contains abrasive particles. A motor is positioned under the container. A magnet is coupled to the motor such that the motor induces rotation of the magnet. A workpiece is suspended in the container. |
| US10710204B2 |
Nozzle controller of machine tool
An object is to provide a nozzle controller which can constantly cool a tool in a machine tool. A nozzle controller of a machine tool includes: a tool which is gripped in a spindle of the machine tool; a nozzle in which the angle and/or the position thereof with respect to the tool can be changed and which emits a fluid to the tool; a nozzle drive unit which drives the angle and/or the position of the nozzle; a contact acquisition unit which acquires contact between the tool and a work; and a control unit which controls the nozzle drive unit. The control unit calculates, when the contact acquisition unit acquires the contact, based on a length of the tool and a stroke of a feed axis in the direction of the spindle, the angle and/or the position of the nozzle such that the fluid emitted from the nozzle hits a side surface of the tool, and controls the nozzle drive unit based on the result of the calculation. |
| US10710203B2 |
Universal jig for clamping wind turbine blades
A universal jig is provided for clamping wind turbine blades. The jig has a rectangle-like shape forming a space for clamping a blade at the blade root or the blade body. The jig comprises a set of vertically-moving parts; a set of horizontally-moving parts; a plurality of adjusted pads; and a plurality of positioning parts. The vertically-moving parts comprise two upper connecting posts and two lower connecting posts sheathed with each other separately to form two length sides of the jig. The horizontally-moving parts comprise two left connecting posts and two right connecting posts. The adjusted pads are locked on the left and the right connecting posts. The positioning parts are locked at the upper and the lower connecting posts of the length sides of the jig and are locked at the left and the right connecting posts of the width sides of the jig. |
| US10710200B2 |
Method for producing device support base and laser cleaning apparatus
A method for producing a device support base in an embodiment according to the present disclosure includes step A of providing a support base having a first surface and a second surface parallel to the first surface; step B of forming a laser beam in a first direction parallel to the first surface of the support base; and step C of translating or rotating the laser beam in a second direction parallel to the first surface of the support base and crossing the first direction to remove at least a part of protruding portions or contamination elements on the first surface of the support base. |
| US10710197B2 |
Method and system for the remote laser welding of two coated sheets
A method is provided for the remote laser welding of two coated sheets, wherein by way of a scanner, a laser beam is directed at the sheets to be connected to each other and guided on the sheets. The sheets are connected to each other by producing an end fillet weld on a lap joint. The continuous production of the weld is recorded by a camera and, if necessary, the path of the laser beam is corrected and adapted to a target weld course on the basis of an automatic evaluation of the recorded images. |
| US10710193B2 |
Connecting element for producing a friction-welding connection
The invention relates to a connecting element (10, 20, 30, 50) for producing a component connection (70) of two components (72, 74; 92) lying against each other by means of the connecting element (10, 20, 30, 50), which is welded to the lower layer (74)—the base layer—by friction, wherein the connecting element (10, 20, 30, 50) has a shaft (18), which has a shaft segment (14) and a head (12) having a flat surface (20) lying on the top side of the head for transmitting the axial force, wherein a drive cutout (22, 32) is introduced into the flat surface (20) in order to transmit a torque. The invention is characterized in that a continuous diameter increase starting at an ascent level (A) on the shaft segment (18) to the bottom side of the head results, wherein the distance from the ascent level (A) to a head bottom-side level (K), which has the greatest distance from the shaft end, is less than half the difference between the head outside diameter and the shaft diameter at the ascent level (DA−DS)/2 (D2) and greater than a quarter of the difference between the head outside diameter and the shaft diameter at the ascent level (DA−DS)/4 (D1). |
| US10710192B2 |
Method for adhering a first structure and a second structure
A method includes steps a) providing the first structure successively including a first substrate, a first layer made from a metal base and a first metal-based metal oxide, b) providing the second structure successively including a second substrate, a second layer made from a second material and a second metal-based metal oxide, the first and second metal oxides presenting a standard free enthalpy of formation ΔG°, the second material being chosen so that it has an oxide presenting a standard free enthalpy of formation strictly less than ΔG°, c) bonding the first structure and second structure by direct adhesion, d) activating diffusion of the oxygen atoms of the first and second metal oxides to the second layer so as to form the oxide of the second material. |
| US10710187B2 |
Welding method and arc welding device
The welding method comprises: a step of preparing a first base material and a second base material; a step of disposing the first base material and the second base material in a manner such that a first end face of the first base material and a second end face of the second base material face each other; and a step of welding the first base material and the second base material together using GMA welding so that the first end face and the second end face are joined together. In the step of welding the first base material and the second base material together, an arc is formed in a state where the welding wire penetrates into a region surrounded by a molten region, so that the molten region is formed to pierce through the first base material and the second base material in the thickness direction. |
| US10710185B2 |
Method of preparing a machining process and chamfering station
A method of preparing a machining process of a toothed workpiece rotatably drivable around its rotation axis, the machining process to be executed by a tool rotatably drivable around its rotation axis, wherein, for establishing a synchronized matching engagement of the tool with the workpiece toothing, a contact with the workpiece can be or is generated by performing a movement via a positioning axis, and, by means of a surveillance of a movement dedicated to an axis of motion, a contact to the workpiece is used for establishing information about a relative rotary position of the workpiece, whereby the contact is made by a portion of the tool and the dedicated axis of motion is an axis capable to move or rotate the workpiece or the tool but which is not the positioning axis. |
| US10710184B2 |
Method for manufacturing of a rotor
A method for manufacturing a rotor includes the following operations: the clamping of a workpiece in a grinding machine; the performance of one or more cylindrical grinding operations whereby a rotor shaft section is ground to the desired diameter with a cylindrical grinding disk; the performance of one more profile grinding operations whereby a rotor body is profiled with a profile grinding disk. During the manufacture of the rotor in the grinding machine, the workpiece is not undamped and the cylindrical grinding operations and the profile grinding operations are done with the same grinding machine. |
| US10710179B2 |
Converting between rotary and linear motion, and a sawing device
Apparatus for converting rotary motion to linear motion and/or linear motion to rotary motion, comprising: a rotatable piece (24) having a surface, the piece being rotatable about an axis thereof; at least one member (26a-d) having a linking surface (44a-d) facing the surface of the rotatable piece and arranged for restricted movement at least in part laterally relative to the axis of the piece; and located between the surface of the rotatable piece and the or each reciprocating member, means for linking the linking surface of the respective member and the surface of the rotatable piece, wherein the means for linking (30a-d), the surface of the rotatable piece and the linking surface are configured to cooperate so that rotational motion of the rotatable piece causes linear movement of the at least one member, and/or linear movement of the at least one member causes rotational motion of the rotatable piece. A sawing device may include said apparatus, the sawing device being for cutting by repetitive reciprocating cutting action of at least one blade on a surface of an object to be cut. A saw blade (10a-d) may be configured for such a sawing device. |
| US10710177B2 |
Coupling members for pipe machining apparatuses
Pipe machining apparatuses, coupling members, and methods of assembling pipe machining apparatuses are provided. In one aspect, a coupling member for coupling together a first section and a second section of a pipe machining apparatus includes a first housing member adapted to couple to the first section, a second housing member adapted to couple to the second section, an arm movably coupled to the first housing member, and an engagement member coupled to the arm. The arm is adapted to move between a coupled condition, in which the engagement member engages the second housing member, and an uncoupled condition, in which the engagement member does not engage the second housing member. |
| US10710176B2 |
Elliptical ultrasonic machining device powered by non-contact induction
An elliptical ultrasonic machining device powered by non-contact induction mainly includes an induction power supply device and an elliptical ultrasonic spindle shank, wherein: induction power supply secondary units of the induction power supply device encircle a spindle shank shell of the elliptical ultrasonic spindle shank; induction power supply primary units are arranged at a primary magnetic core seat outside the elliptical ultrasonic spindle shank; the primary magnetic core seat and the elliptical ultrasonic spindle shank have a same circle center, and a small gap exists between the primary magnetic core seat and the elliptical ultrasonic spindle shank; the primary magnetic core seat is fastened on a machine tool spindle seat of a machine tool through a support and keeps still; the elliptical ultrasonic spindle shank is mounted on a machine tool spindle through a taper shank and rotates with the spindle in a high speed. |
| US10710174B2 |
Slitting cutter and tool key in combination therewith
A slitting cutter having a disk-shaped cutter body with a plurality of circumferentially spaced insert receiving portions and a plurality of cutting inserts retained therein. Each insert receiving portion has first and second clamping jaws spaced apart by an insert receiving slot, the first clamping jaw resiliently displaceable and having a resilient axis of rotation. The number of cutting inserts resiliently clamped in the slitting cutter is an inner cutting diameter defined by the plurality of resilient axes of rotation multiplied by a spacing factor of between 0.15 and 0.30. A tool key having first and second key prongs is used in combination with the slitting cutter. The second key prong has a thrust surface with a concave profile. In a partially assembled position of the slitting cutter the thrust surface contacts at least one of two spaced apart first and second corner surfaces of the respective cutting insert. |
| US10710171B1 |
Cutter holder with retention knob
A cutter holder has a body and a retention knob connected to the body by threading. The body has a connecting hole having an internal threaded segment and a straight segment. The retention knob has a head, an abutting portion, and an external threaded portion. The abutting portion has a flange and an extending portion. The extending portion and the straight segment are in a clearance fit, and a sealing member seals the clearance between the extending portion and the straight segment. The external threaded portion is engaged with the internal threaded segment by threading, and has a first threaded segment and a second threaded segment. The first threaded segment is away from the head of the retention knob, and a tolerance class of the second threaded segment is higher than a tolerance class of the first threaded segment. |
| US10710167B2 |
Negative finish turning insert with chip forming arrangement
A turning insert for machining both Inconel and Titanium workpieces. The insert includes a chip forming arrangement including only a single v-shaped groove. The groove includes a specific depth and position to improve machining of both Inconel and Titanium work pieces. |
| US10710164B2 |
Cutting tool with cooling mechanism and a cutting insert and tool holder therefor
An integral cutting tool configured for revolving about a central axis is provided. The cutting tool is formed with at least one cutting portion having a rake surface, a relief surface, and a cutting edge formed at the intersection between the rake surface and the relief surface. The cutting tool is further provided with a cooling fluid provision arrangement having at least one passage, and a cooling aperture formed at the relief surface. The cooling aperture is directed towards the cutting edge at an acute angle. |
| US10710162B2 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing metal nanoparticle dispersion, method for manufacturing metal nanoparticle support, metal nanoparticle, metal nanoparticle dispersion, and metal nanoparticle support
To provide an apparatus and method for manufacturing a metal nanoparticle dispersion with which a metal nanoparticle dispersion can be manufactured without using expensive reagents or equipment, and to provide a method for manufacturing a metal nanoparticle support, metal nanoparticles, a metal nanoparticle dispersion, and a metal nanoparticle support. This apparatus for manufacturing a metal nanoparticle dispersion is characterized in comprising: a jetting part for jetting a metal-salt solution or dispersion in which a metal salt has been dissolved or dispersed in a first liquid; a voltage-impressing part for applying a voltage to the jetting part and electrifying the metal-salt solution or dispersion; and a potential-difference-forming means for forming a potential difference between a second liquid in which the metal-salt solution or dispersion has been dispersed and the electrified metal-salt solution or dispersion, causing droplets of the metal-salt solution or dispersion to be jetted from the jetting part, and causing the second liquid to attract the droplets. |
| US10710161B2 |
Turbine disk fabrication with in situ material property variation
A method of fabricating a functionally graded turbine engine component is disclosed and includes the step of depositing layers of powder onto a base and solidifying/fusing each layer with a first directed energy beam to define a component. The method further includes varying a process parameter between deposited layers to define different material properties within the component. The method also proposes surface enhancement approach that can be used after depositing each layer to locally customize the material properties. The method also proposes machining the different internal surfaces to achieve the proper surface finishing required. |
| US10710156B2 |
Process for additive manufacturing of parts by melting or sintering particles of powder(s) using a high-energy beam with powders adapted to the targeted process/material pair
A method of fabricating parts out of metallic, intermetallic, ceramic, ceramic matrix composite, or metal matrix composite material with discontinuous reinforcement, includes melting or sintering powder particles by means of a high-energy beam. The powder used is a single powder of particles that present sphericity lying in the range 0.8 to 1.0 and of form factor lying in the range 1 to √2, each powder particle presenting substantially identical mean composition, and the grain size distribution of the particles of the powder is narrowed around the mean diameter value d50% in such a manner that: (d90%−d50%)/d50%≤0.66; and (d50%−d10%)/d50%≤0.33; with a “span”: (d90%−d10%)/d50%≤1.00. |
| US10710154B2 |
Casting core removal through thermal cycling
A method of removing a core of a cast component includes providing a casting that includes a silica based ceramic core in a temperature controlled closed volume; cycling temperature between a first temperature and a second temperature within the temperature controlled closed volume that repeatedly subjects the silica based ceramic core to a beta-to-alpha cristobalite transition that induces microfractures in the silica based ceramic core; and after the cycling temperature, chemically dissolving the silica based ceramic core from the casting. |
| US10710153B2 |
Method for filling with metallic sodium
Provided is a method for filling a stem-side hollow area of an engine valve with metallic sodium. The method includes injecting melted metallic sodium into a cylinder having a larger diameter than an inner diameter of the hollow area of the engine valve, forming a solidified metallic sodium rod having a substantially uniform structure in the cylinder, inserting the metallic sodium into the hollow area of the engine valve through a nozzle having a small diameter, and sealing the engine valve. |
| US10710147B2 |
Method of making an axle
A one-piece axle and a method of manufacture. The method may include providing a one-piece axle blank that has a shaft and a flange. The shaft may have a hole that may extend along an axis. The flange may extend radially outward from an end of the shaft. The shaft may be radially forged against a first mandrel to axially elongate the shaft. |
| US10710146B2 |
Fastener and fastening system
A fastening system includes a fastener having a bolt with a pull portion having at least one pull groove, and an outer sleeve having a head with an inner face, the bolt being inserted within the sleeve. The fastening system includes a fastener installation tool having a puller with at least one tooth and a front face. The inner face of the head of the sleeve is angled at an included angle measured transverse to a longitudinal axis of the fastener, while the front face of the puller of the fastener installation tool is angled at an included angle measured transverse to a longitudinal axis of the puller. The included angles are chosen to match or be substantially the same. The front face of the puller of the fastener installation tool is adapted to engage the inner face of the outer sleeve of the fastener when the fastener installation tool engages the fastener, and the inner face of the outer sleeve facilitates the receipt of the front face of the puller and the alignment of the at least one tooth of the puller with the at least one pull groove of the bolt by allowing the puller to shift forward or backward to facilitate such alignment. |
| US10710144B2 |
Device for producing reinforcements
Device for producing reinforcements, in particular reinforcement baskets for concrete pipes having a bell-shaped socket end, having an expansion device which has a single expansion slide, wherein the expansion slide is configured for modifying, in particular, during the production process of the reinforcement, a radial position of an assigned actuating element for a longitudinal wire of the reinforcement by way of a transmission mechanism of the expansion device. The device is characterized in that the expansion device has a mold slide, wherein an actuator drive is provided for moving the mold slide, and wherein the actuator drive for a linear movement of the mold slide in relation to the expansion slide is supported on the expansion slide. |
| US10710134B2 |
Device for increasing the temperature of elongate metallic rolled stock and finishing train for producing and/or working elongate metallic rolled stock
An apparatus (1) for increasing the temperature of elongate metallic rolled stock (2), having a heating unit (3) which comprises induction heating elements (4, 5, 6, 7; 104, 105, 106, 107) for heating the rolled stock (2) along a heating zone (8), and having a conveying device (15) which comprises driving and/or roller table roller elements (27, 28) as active or passive conveying elements (18) for moving the rolled stock (2) along the longitudinal extension (9) of the heating zone (8), wherein the induction heating elements (4, 5, 6, 7; 104, 105, 106, 107) are arranged spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal extension (9) of the heating zone (8) in each case by a free space (10, 11, 12), and wherein a sliding deflector element (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 73) and/or opposing lateral guide elements (60, 61) are arranged in each of the free spaces (10, 11, 12) in order to prevent the conveyed rolled stock (2) from coming into contact with the induction heating elements (4, 5, 6, 7; 104, 105, 106, 107). |
| US10710133B2 |
Temperature calculation method, temperature calculation apparatus, heating control method, and heating control apparatus
A temperature calculation method includes: dividing a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of a steel plate to be hot-rolled into a plurality of rectangular elements; and calculating a temperature of each of the rectangular elements using a finite difference method. A first region 31 that includes an edge part of the cross section is divided such that a plurality of the rectangular elements are lined up in a plate-thickness direction and such that a plurality of the rectangular elements are lined up in a plate-width direction. A second region 32 that includes a center of the cross section and is wider than the first region 31 is divided such that a plurality of the rectangular elements are lined up in the plate-thickness direction but the second region 32 is not divided in the plate-width direction. |
| US10710132B2 |
Manufacture of semi-finished products and structural components with locally different material thicknesses
A method for producing a semifinished product with locally different material thicknesses may involve preparing a multilayer, metal material composite, which has a plurality of layers with different ductilities, and rolling the material composite in a method for flexible rolling through a rolling gap formed between two rollers. The rolling gap may be configured such that regions with different material thicknesses are formed. In some cases, the multilayer, metal material composite is rolled at room temperature. Further, the plurality of layers of the multilayer, metal material composite may include a first outer layer disposed on a first side of a middle layer and a second outer layer disposed on a second side of the middle layer, with the second side of the middle layer being opposite the first side. |
| US10710124B2 |
Method and apparatus for cleaning beverage dispensers
A method of delivering insecticide, comprises the steps of providing an insecticide in a container; allowing the insecticide to flow out of the container; and allowing the insecticide to flow into a drain beginning downstream of an opening in said drain. |
| US10710123B2 |
Self cleaning ion generator device
The present invention provides methods and systems for a self-cleaning ion generator that includes a self-cleaning ion generator device that includes a bottom portion, a top portion, at least one electrode extending from the top portion, and a cleaning apparatus for cleaning the at least one electrode. |
| US10710119B2 |
Material sorting using a vision system
A material sorting system sorts materials utilizing a vision system that implements a machine learning system in order to identify or classify each of the materials, which are then sorted into separate groups based on such an identification or classification. The material sorting system may include an x-ray fluorescence system to perform a classification of the materials in combination with the vision system, whereby the classification efforts of the vision system and x-ray fluorescence system are combined in order to classify and sort the materials. |
| US10710115B2 |
Linear vibration motor
A linear vibration motor includes a base including an accommodation space; a vibration unit; and a first elastic unit suspending the vibration unit in the accommodation space. The first elastic unit includes two elastic pieces located on two opposite sides of the vibration unit, each the elastic piece having a main elastic arm, a first auxiliary elastic arm and a second auxiliary elastic arm extending reversely in a bending way respectively from an end of the first auxiliary elastic arm and an end of the second auxiliary elastic arm. The main elastic arm is perpendicular to the vibration direction, the first auxiliary elastic arm and the second auxiliary elastic arm are respectively located on the two opposite sides of the main elastic arm, the first fixed arm is fixed to the vibration unit, and the second fixed arm is fixed to the base. |
| US10710114B2 |
Wood treatment method
Disclosed is a method for treating a grained material. A nonlimiting example of the method includes the operations of providing a workpiece having grains, exasperating a surface of the workpiece to open the grains, applying at least one coat of a base paint to the exasperated surface, applying at least one layer of clear coat on the base paint, applying at least one of a glaze and a paint on the clear coat, and surface treating to reveal grains of the workpiece. Disclosed also are items of furniture and sheet materials treated by the aforementioned process. |
| US10710112B2 |
Caulking finger
A caulking finger includes a handle and a finger portion. The handle has a finger engagement tab at one end, while the finger portion has a tab engagement recess configured to receive the finger engagement tab of the handle. The finger portion is elastic and curved to provide a curved and pliable surface for pressing caulk into a seam or joint to a desired finish. |
| US10710111B2 |
Continuous tow fiber coating reactor
A reactor for continuously coating tow fibers has an outer tubular member, an inner support member spaced from the outer tubular member, a reactant flowing through a space defined by the outer tubular member and the inner support member, and at least one flow promotor located on an outer surface of the inner support member for directing the reactant towards an inner surface of the outer tubular member. A system and a method for coating tow fibers are also described. |
| US10710109B2 |
Spray nozzle device for delivering a restorative coating through a hole in a case of a turbine engine
An atomizing spray nozzle device includes plural inlets that receive different phases of materials of a coating. The device also includes an atomizing zone housing portion fluidly coupled with the inlets and shaped to mix the different phases of the materials into a mixed phase slurry. The device also includes a plenum housing portion fluidly coupled with the atomizing housing portion along the center axis of the device. The plenum housing portion includes an interior plenum that is elongated along the center axis of the device. The plenum is configured to receive the mixed phase slurry from the atomizing zone. The device also includes one or more delivery nozzles fluidly coupled with the plenum. The one or more delivery nozzles provide one or more outlets from which the mixed phase slurry is delivered onto one or more surfaces of a target object as a coating on the target object. |
| US10710107B2 |
Filling apparatus for hermetically sealed bottles
A filling apparatus (110, 210) for a hermetically sealed bottle (200) is created by means of a dual bottle adapter (210), at least indirectly connected to the bottle (200), for an input of liquid from a storage container (100) provided with a dual container adapter (110) and at least partially filled with liquid, wherein between a liquid exit port (111) of the dual container adapter (110) and a liquid entry port (211) of the dual bottle adapter (210) a sealed-off liquid communication connection is present, and between a gas entry port (112) of the dual container adapter (110) and a gas exit port (212) of the dual bottle adapter (210) a sealed-off gas communication connection is present. |
| US10710103B2 |
Serviceable sprinkler with a nutating deflector assembly
A sprinkler assembly can include a water inlet and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly can include a nozzle tube having a nozzle positioned at the downstream end of the nozzle tube. The sprinkler assembly can include a user replaceable wear disc at least partially surrounding the nozzle tube. A deflector assembly can be connected to the nozzle assembly and can include a distribution plate positioned downstream of the nozzle and configured to deflect water from the nozzle. The deflector assembly can include a cage having one or more arms connected to the distribution plate and extending from the distribution plate toward upstream end of the nozzle tube. The deflector assembly can include an upstream collar portion connected to the at least one arm and having one or more load surfaces configured to contact the wear disc, wherein the wear disc is configured to bear at least a majority of a weight of the deflector assembly. |
| US10710100B2 |
Mass-transfer apparatus
An apparatus for mass transfer between a liquid and a gas inside a rotor having a packing. The liquid is introduced at a center of the rotor and driven outward through the packing by centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotor, and the gas surrounding the rotor is forced inward through the rotor by a pressure of the gas, counter to the liquid flow in the rotor. The packing inside the rotor is divided into individual packing segments that together form a circular disk. Each circular ring segment is formed by at least one structured packing formed of a plurality of superimposed woven, knitted, mesh or lattice structured surfaces composed of metal, in particular sheet-metal strips, or plastic or glass fibers, to which the axis of rotation of the rotor runs perpendicular. |
| US10710099B2 |
Compositions and methods for selective separation of minerals from sulfide ores
Compositions including blends of one or more acrylamide/allyl thiourea polymer as a first depressant, and one or more carboxyalkyl dithiocarbamate compound as a second depressant, and their use as depressants in the beneficiation of sulfide minerals from ores and/or concentrates are disclosed herein, along with methods for selectively separating value sulfide minerals from non-value sulfide minerals in a froth flotation process for the recovery of such value minerals. |
| US10710098B2 |
Cleaning device for cleaning an air-ionizing part of an electrode
A cleaning device for cleaning an air-ionizing part of an electrode. The device comprises a cleaning member arranged to be in physical contact with the air-ionizing part of the electrode, the air-ionizing part of electrode and the cleaning member being arranged to slide relative to each other. The cleaning device further comprises an actuator arranged to activate the relative motion between the air-ionizing part of the electrode and the cleaning member. There is also provided an ionization electrode comprising the air-ionizing part and the cleaning device, as well as a ultrafine particle sensor, an air ionizer or an electrostatic air cleaner comprising such an electrode. |
| US10710089B2 |
System and method for the comminution and harvesting of trees and brush type vegetation
A device for comminuting whole trees or brush type vegetation comprising a set of more than two rotatable substantially horizontally oriented comminution drum assemblies; said set of rotatable comminution drum assemblies being constructed and arranged in an angular orientation so that the uppermost rotatable comminution drum assembly in said set of more than two substantially horizontally oriented comminution drum assemblies first engages the top portion of the whole tree or brush type vegetation and the remaining rotatable comminution drum assemblies in said set of more than two substantially horizontally oriented comminution drum assemblies sequentially engage lower portions of the whole tree or brush type vegetation that exist immediately below the portions that are comminuted by each successive comminution drum assembly. |
| US10710088B2 |
System and method for monitoring and controlling a crusher, a crusher and a method for adjusting a crusher
A gyratory or cone crusher includes a measuring apparatus suitable for measuring load of the crusher, a first element placed on a main shaft of the crusher and a first detector suitable for detecting the first element which first detector provides a trigger starting a measurement revolution, and at least one second element placed on a drive shaft of the crusher and a second detector suitable for detecting the second element and providing a trigger corresponding to a certain rotational position of an inner blade of the crusher. The system includes an output to a screen for presenting the loads or averages of the loads corresponding to rotational positions of the inner blade of the crusher. Detections of the monitoring system can be used for controlling and monitoring a crushing event, such as by changing an area or a location of a feed opening of the crusher. |
| US10710085B2 |
Method for controlling an analysis device and analysis system
An analysis system and a method for testing a biological sample according to which, before the start of testing, the amount of energy remaining in an energy storage of the analysis device is compared with an energy requirement for the test, and the test is only started if the amount of energy meets the energy requirement, and/or a temperature-control apparatus designed for temperature-controlling the cartridge is controlled depending on an interior space temperature of the analysis device. |
| US10710081B2 |
Integrated system for nucleic acid amplification and detection
Devices, systems, methods, and kits are disclosed for amplifying small quantities of nucleic acid and identifying the nucleic acid sequences of the amplified nucleic acid products. |
| US10710080B2 |
Container for PCR
Provided is a container for PCR enabling cell observation and a PCR treatment with a single container. In the container for PCR, a bottom surface 17a of an inside is flat, a shape of the bottom surface is a circular shape or a polygonal shape with four or more sides, a size of the bottom surface 17a is large so that a diameter L of an approximated circle circumscribing the bottom surface 17a is 0.05 mmϕ or more and 1 mmϕ or less, and an angle of an angle θ on a side surface side formed between a side surface 17b adjacent to the bottom surface 17a and the bottom surface 17a is 50° or more and 80° or less. |
| US10710079B2 |
Electro-kinectic device for species exchange
A scanning micro-fluid device for an exchange of species with a surface and with an intermediate immersion liquid is disclosed. The device comprises a first and a second micro-channel comprising a fluid. The first micro-channel comprises a first aperture and the second micro-channel comprises a second aperture. They have a distance to each other in an apex area in proximity of the surface of a substrate. The surface, the apex area is immersed with the intermediate immersion liquid. The device also comprises a first electrode reaching into the fluid on the first micro-channel and a second electrode reaching into the fluid on the second micro-channel, and an apex electrode. Different voltage levels are applicable to the first, the second and the apex electrode such that species are interacting at surface of the substrate. |
| US10710078B2 |
Microfluidic droplet detection and sorting
The present invention relates to the field of microfluidics and in particular to methods for detecting microfluidic droplets and particles within droplets, as well as sorting the droplets. These methods allow for quantifying properties and activities of the particles within the droplets. For this purpose, the invention provides microfluidic droplets comprising suitably labelled particles. The invention also provides microfluidic devices and systems having properties which make them particularly suitable for use in the methods of the invention. |
| US10710077B2 |
Method for handling microdrops which include samples
A method for handling, in a microfluidic system, microdrops which include samples, including the steps of forming, in an oil, microdrops of an aqueous solution containing a sample, the oil and/or the aqueous solution containing a sample including a gelling agent; trapping the microdrops by means of surface-tension traps pre-arranged in a trapping area; and at least partially gelling the oil in the trapping area and/or at least partially gelling the trapped microdrops. |
| US10710075B2 |
Target cell concentration using dielectrophoresis (DEP)
Methods and devices for concentrating target cells using dielectrophoresis (DEP) are disclosed. The method allows relatively high throughput of sample through a microfluidic device in order to allow rapid capture of target cells even when they are present in low concentrations within the sample. The method utilizes multiple chambers through which samples will flow, the chambers arranged such that the first capture area has a larger area and faster flow rate than a second chamber, the second chamber being positioned downstream of the first capture area and being smaller with a slower flow rate to further concentrate the material captured in the first capture area. |
| US10710073B2 |
System and method for biomimetic fluid processing
A system and method are provided for harvesting target biological substances. The system includes a substrate and a first and second channel formed in the substrate. The channels longitudinally extending substantially parallel to each other. A series of gaps extend from the first channel to the second channel to create a fluid communication path passing between a series of columns with the columns being longitudinally separated by a predetermined separation distance. The system also includes a first source configured to selectively introduce into the first channel a first biological composition at a first channel flow rate and a second source configured to selectively introduce into the second channel a second biological composition at a second channel flow rate. The sources are configured to create a differential between the first and second channel flow rates to generate physiological shear rates along the second channel that are bounded within a predetermined range. |
| US10710072B2 |
Particle separation apparatus and particle separation method
A particle separation apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present invention, may comprise: a first input flow path into which a first fluid containing a plurality of particles of different sizes is introduced; a second input flow path into which a second fluid not containing particles is introduced; a connection flow path and the second input flow path so that a third fluid in which the first fluid and the second fluid are mixed movies; a plurality of discharge flow paths where the plurality of particles which come out through the other end of the connection flow path are separated and discharged according to the size of the particles; and a branch flow path where at least a part of the third fluid which comes out through the other end of the connection flow path is discharged. |
| US10710071B2 |
Clog-resistant serpentine pillar filters and bladed loading structures for microfluidics
Clog-resistant serpentine crossflow filters and blade loading structures for micro- and nano-fluidics are provided. In one aspect, a filter includes: a substrate; and at least one layer of pillars on the substrate, wherein the pillars are arranged adjacent to one another and groups of the pillars alternate between being perpendicular and parallel to a direction of fluid flow through the filter giving the filter a serpentine configuration having at least one downstream catch. A method of forming the filter as well as a system employing the filter in conjunction with a pillar sorting array and optionally a staged blade structure are also provided. |
| US10710070B2 |
Low-voltage microfluidic valve device and system for regulating the flow of fluid
A low-voltage microfluidic valve device and system for regulating the flow of fluid. One low-voltage microfluidic valve device for regulating the low of fluid includes a nano-textured dendritic metallic filament configured to grow and retract in response to a voltage. The low-voltage microfluidic valve device also includes a microfluidic channel configured to allow fluid flow, wherein the fluid flow is selectively interrupted by the growth of the nano-textured dendritic metallic filament. The low-voltage microfluidic valve device also includes a membrane positioned proximate to the fluid and configured to alter shape in response to the growth of the nano-textured dendritic metallic filament. |
| US10710069B2 |
Microfluidic valve and method of making same
The present technology provides for a microfluidic substrate configured to carry out PCR on a number of polynucleotide-containing samples in parallel. The substrate can be a single-layer substrate in a microfluidic cartridge. Also provided are a method of making a microfluidic cartridge comprising such a substrate. Still further disclosed are a microfluidic valve suitable for use in isolating a PCR chamber in a microfluidic substrate, and a method of making such a valve. |
| US10710063B2 |
Transparent photocatalyst coating and methods of manufacturing the same
Methods for making photocatalyst compositions and elements exhibiting desired photocatalytic activity levels and transparency. |
| US10710056B2 |
Ceria supported palladium/calcium catalyst for hydrogenating CO2 to dimethyl ether
Catalysts for hydrogenation of CO2 to dimethyl ether. These catalysts comprise 0.1-10 wt % per total catalyst weight of a catalytic material containing Pd (e.g. metallic palladium), 0.05-5 wt % per total catalyst weight of a promoter containing Ca (e.g. metallic calcium), as well as 85-99 wt % of CeO2 as a catalyst support. Methods of preparing and characterizing the catalysts as well as processes for catalyzing the hydrogenation of CO2 to dimethyl ether and other byproducts such as methanol, carbon monoxide, and methane portrayed by reactant conversion, product selectivity, and catalyst stability are disclosed. |
| US10710055B2 |
Selective hydrogenation catalyst for C3 hydrocarbon cuts from steam cracking and/or catalytic cracking
A catalyst comprises an active phase constituted by palladium, and a porous support comprising at least one refractory oxide selected from the group constituted by silica, alumina and silica-alumina, in which: the palladium content in the catalyst is in the range 0.0025% to 1% by weight with respect to the total weight of catalyst; at least 80% by weight of the palladium is distributed in a crust at the periphery of the porous support, the thickness of said crust being in the range 25 to 500 μm; the specific surface area of the porous support is in the range 1 to 50 m2/g; the metallic dispersion D of the palladium is less than 20%. |
| US10710051B2 |
Adsorption material
An adsorption material which includes a carbon nanohorn aggregate in which a plurality of single-walled carbon nanohorns aggregate in a fibrous state, particularly coexisting a globular carbon nanohorn aggregate and some of the single-walled carbon nanohorns included in the carbon nanohorn aggregate have an opening portion, is used. The adsorption material including such a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate is produced by a method including: preparing an inert gas atmosphere, a nitrogen gas atmosphere or a mixed atmosphere in a vessel in which a catalyst-containing carbon target is placed; and evaporating the target to obtain a carbon nanohorn aggregate including a fibrous carbon nanohorn aggregate in which a plurality of single-walled carbon nanohorns aggregate in a fibrous state. |
| US10710048B2 |
Co-precipitation reactor
A co-precipitation reactor with a continuous filtering system mounted, wherein the co-precipitation reactor includes a main body accommodating a reactant for reaction therein, an input unit inputting the reactant into the main body, and a filter unit installed in the main body to filter a precursor of the precursor generated by reacting with the reactant in the main body and a reaction solution. |
| US10710046B2 |
Preparation of templates for nucleic acid sequencing
The invention relates to methods of generating templates for a nucleic acid sequencing reaction which comprise: providing at least one double-stranded nucleic acid molecule, wherein both strands of the double-stranded nucleic acid molecule are attached to a solid support at the 5′ end, cleaving one or both strands of the double-stranded nucleic acid molecule, and subjecting the cleaved strand(s) to denaturing conditions to remove the portion of the cleaved strand(s) not attached to the solid support, thereby generating a partially or substantially single-stranded template for a nucleic acid sequencing reaction. |
| US10710041B2 |
Cylindrical wall for filtering solid particles in a fluid
A cylindrical wall for filtering solid particles in a fluid is disclosed herein, through which a fluid is likely to circulate. This wall includes at least one perforated plate having a finite radius of curvature, and at least one grating element superposed on this perforated plate. The grating element includes a plurality of rigid wires extending in a longitudinal direction and positioned adjacent to one another in order to filter the solid particles, characterized in that the grating element is arranged for the wires to be secured to one another only by means of links between adjacent wires, each link between two adjacent wires occupying only a portion of the length of the wires, and having a thickness less than or equal to the thickness of these wires in proximity to this link. |
| US10710039B2 |
Device and method for loading pellets
A device and method for loading pellets. A funnel includes a means for loading pellets into a reactor tube, and a means for quickly and easily measuring the elevation of pellets in the reactor tube while the reactor tube is being loaded. A vacuum-assist device may be used to pick up and transfer a desired volume of porous pellets while removing dust from the porous pellets. |
| US10710037B2 |
Chemical mixing system and method
A chemical component mixing apparatus for use with a fluid source in creation of a concentrated solution mixture is described. The mixing apparatus includes at least one mixing station. The mixing station includes an injector assembly, where the injector assembly includes at least one venturi chamber having at least one suction port in fluid communication with the at least one venturi chamber. The apparatus also includes at least one super concentrate chemical component housed within a chemical container, where the chemical container is fluidly connected by a first tube to the at least one venturi chamber via the at least one suction port, a receiving container fluidly connected to the injector assembly via a second tube, and a fluid source inlet introducing a fluid into the at least one mixing station, where the pressure within the at least one mixing station is less than 150 psi. The fluid passes through the at least one venturi chamber, thereby drawing the at least one super concentrate chemical component into the venturi chamber, and the concentrated solution mixture is dispensed from the injector assembly into the receiving container. |
| US10710034B2 |
Method for mixing gas into high-viscosity material and apparatus for the same
A gas mixing apparatus includes: a discharge port of gas provided near conduit space through which the high-viscosity material can flow; a piston pump including a cylinder that can communicate with the conduit space through the discharge port, a piston arranged inside the cylinder, and a drive device for moving the piston between a top dead center and a bottom dead center inside the cylinder; a discharge valve that opens and closes the discharge port; and a suction valve that opens and closes a suction port of the gas into a cylinder space, in which the cylinder forms the cylinder space having a predetermined volume when the piston is located at the top dead center, and in which a tip of the piston approaches the discharge port when the piston is moved toward the bottom dead center. |
| US10710033B2 |
Multi fluid injection mixer
This disclosure includes mixers and methods of mixing. Some mixers comprise at least one contacting element, each defining at least one mixing channel. Each of the mixing channel(s) can have a cross-sectional area that decreases in a downstream direction to accelerate any pipe fluid flowing through the mixing channel. The contacting surface of each of the mixing channel(s) can deflect at least a portion of any pipe fluid flowing through the mixing channel until the contacting surface ends at an edge at a point of maximum constriction. Each of the contacting element(s) can define one or more injection path(s) to at least one of the contacting surface(s), each configured to inject admixture fluid onto the contacting surface such that the admixture fluid is entrained by pipe fluid over the edge. |
| US10710023B2 |
Exhaust gas purification catalyst
An exhaust gas purification catalyst, characterized by having a catalyst layer containing palladium, rhodium, and alumina, which supports a sulfate of an alkaline-earth metal selected from barium sulfate and strontium sulfate, and the correlation coefficients ρPd,AE and ρRh,AE calculated from the characteristic X-ray intensity measured using an electron beam micro-analyzer for the palladium, rhodium, and alkaline-earth metal being +0.75 to +1.00 and 0.00 to +0.25, respectively, using 350 points as measurement points obtained by equally dividing the catalyst layer into 351 parts in the thickness direction on a virtual straight line that runs through the catalyst layer in the thickness direction. |
| US10710018B2 |
Fluid filters and methods of use
Multiple staged filters are provided herein. A filter may include a plurality of panels that each include a filtering front surface and a flat back surface, the filtering front surface having a first row of vertically extending protrusions spaced apart from one another to form vertical channels, a second row of vertically extending protrusions spaced apart from one another to form vertical channels, and one or more rows of filtering protrusions, where the one or more rows are vertically spaced apart from one another and extending between the first and second rows of vertically extending protrusions. Further, each row of filtering protrusions may include filtering protrusions that are spaced from one another to form filter channels having a size that is configured to receive and retain objects of a given size. |
| US10710012B2 |
Multi-use acoustic levitation trap
Disclosed is a device, suitable for use as an acoustic resonator, including a base adapted to be coupled to at least one acoustic wave generator, a spacer including an aperture and a reflector, wherein the base includes a protruding part having a thickness t; the aperture of the spacer is complementary to the protruding part of the base; the device further includes a housing having an aperture complementary to the protruding part of the base and wherein the inner edge of the aperture has the same thickness t than the protruding part; and the housing is positioned between the spacer and the reflector, such that the thickness of the inner edge of the spacer defined the thickness of a cavity between the protruding part and the reflector. Also disclosed is a method of trapping particles in a fluid. |
| US10710007B2 |
Filtration container assemblies and methods
A filtration container assembly generally includes an outer container having a first end and a second end and defining an inner cavity, and a plunging assembly configured to be received within the outer container inner cavity, wherein the plunging assembly includes an inner sleeve having a first end and a second end and an outer wall defining an inner bore, wherein the outer wall is continuous from the first end to the second end, and a filtration assembly coupled to the inner sleeve at the second end. |
| US10710003B2 |
Induction heater system for a fluidized bed reactor
A system for the production of a polycrystalline silicon product is disclosed. The system includes a reaction chamber, a susceptor, an induction unit, and a plurality of energy sources. The reaction chamber has a reactor wall, and the susceptor encircles the reactor wall. The induction heater surrounds the susceptor, and has multiple induction coils for producing heat in the susceptor. The coils are grouped into a plurality of zones. The plurality of energy sources supply electric current to the coils. Each energy source is connected with the coils of at least one zone. |
| US10709996B2 |
Sprinkler toy
A sprinkler toy device and method are provided. In use, a flow stream is received at a connector of a sprinkler base. Next, the flow stream is conveyed to a rotatable arm, wherein the rotatable arm allows for 360 degree movement in a first axis direction. Additionally, the flow stream is then conveyed to a flexible tubular member connected to a metal coil, wherein the metal coil allows for movement in a second axis direction, and the flexible tubular member is capable of movement in the first axis direction and the second axis direction. Further, the flow stream is conveyed to one or more objects connected to the flexible tubular member and the flow stream is expelled through one or more spray valves attached to each of the one or more objects. |
| US10709995B1 |
Steerable toy car apparatus
A steerable toy car apparatus for providing an engaging toy for children includes a body having a front cutout channel, a back cutout channel, a front crossmember, and a back crossmember. A front left wheel and a front right wheel have a front steering bracket and are coupled to the front crossmember. A back left wheel and a back right when have a back steering bracket and are coupled to the back crossmember. A front wheel pod and a back wheel pod are coupled to the front steering bracket and the back steering bracket, respectively. Connection cables are coupled to the body and the front wheel pod and the back wheel pod. The body pivots to turn each of the front left wheel, the front right wheel, the back left wheel, and the back right wheel. |
| US10709994B2 |
Automobile model
In the present invention, a resin body has fixed thereto a metal reinforcing member that has a frame part to which side sills of the body abut; therefore while the body is molded from resin to facilitate machining of the details, the metal reinforcing member makes the body (in particular, the portions of the side sills located just below doors) less likely to bend. This configuration allows the doors to be opened and closed stably and, through the metal, gives a sense of weight to the automobile model that can be felt when held by the user. |
| US10709993B2 |
Self-righting vehicle
The present invention provides a method for self-righting a remote controlled model vehicle. The method includes determining a current pitch angle and a current angular rocking rate of the model vehicle. The method further includes accelerating or decelerating a mass on the model vehicle based on the current pitch angle and the current angular rocking rate of the model vehicle to create a rocking motion about a first axis by the model vehicle. In addition, the method may include sensing a rotation about a second axis of the model vehicle and imparting a yaw moment to realign the model vehicle to rock about the first axis. The method may also include terminating the self-righting process when the model vehicle is upright. |
| US10709992B2 |
Retrofit-decorative doorstop
A retrofit decorative doorstop comprising a plush figure having a plurality of appendages and a clamp having a pair of arms positioned in adjacent ones of the door therebetween and/or to prevent the door from abutting a portion of a doorframe. |
| US10709990B2 |
Information processor, recording medium, and game control method
An information processor for executing a game comprises an input unit for operating the game, a memory for storing a counter area for digitizing and counting information which increases as the game is executed and a numerical value game rank correspondence table in which a plurality of numerical value ranges and a plurality of game ranks are associated, and a controller programmed to perform the following processes. (1a) a process of executing a game by operations of an input unit, (1b) a process of digitizing and counting information which increases as the game is executed in the counter area, (1c) a process of determining the game rank corresponding to the numerical value counted in the counter area on the basis of the numerical value counted in the counter area and the numerical value game rank correspondence table, (1d) a process of giving a benefit according to the game rank. |
| US10709986B2 |
Adaptive object placement in computer-implemented games
A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein for an Alliance Engine. The Alliance Engine receives a selection, by a first player, of a first tile to be controlled by a first enforcer asset on behalf of the first player. The first tile provides access to a first type of in-game resource to the first player. The Alliance Engine detects the first tile is adjacent to a second tile. The second tile is controlled by a second enforcer asset on behalf of a second player. The first player and the second player belong to a player alliance. The second tile providing access to a second type of in-game resource to the second player. Based on the detected adjacency, the Alliance Engine transfers a portion of the first type of in-game resource of the first tile to the second player. The Alliance Engine transfers a portion of the second type of in-game resource of the second tile to the first player. |
| US10709982B2 |
Information processing method, apparatus and non-transitory storage medium
The present disclosure provides an information processing method, an apparatus using the method and a non-transitory storage medium thereof. The method includes: when a first touch operation on the first touch operation area is detected, adjusting a presentation field of the game scene in the graphical user interface according to the first touch operation; when a preset action of the first touch operation is detected, determining a path point in the game scene according to a touch point of the preset action, and controlling the virtual character to move automatically towards the path point in the game scene according to a preset path finding strategy; and when a preset cancellation operation is detected, cancelling the path point and configuring the virtual character to move in the game scene according to the second touch operation on the second touch operation area. |
| US10709980B2 |
Web explorer for gaming platform interface
A method is provided, including the following method operations: rendering, by a client device, game title icons in a gaming platform interface to a display device, the game title icons identifying video games that are accessible through the gaming platform interface using the client device; receiving, by the client device, user selection data indicating selection of a game title icon and identifying a corresponding video game for exploration of related Internet content; generating a search query based on the identified video game, transmitting the search query over the network to a search engine, and receiving results of the search query over the network from the search engine, the results identifying Internet content items related to the video game; generating preview images of at least some of the Internet content items; rendering the preview images in association with the identified video game via the gaming platform interface. |
| US10709978B2 |
Storage medium having stored thereon information processing program, and information processing device
An example system includes a physiological sensor for generating physiological data associated with a user bearing the physiological sensor. The physiological sensor is configured to wirelessly communicate the physiological data. A portable device includes a touch input device; an accelerometer for generating accelerometer data indicative of activity of the user; wireless communication circuitry for receiving the physiological data; memory for storing the accelerometer data and the physiological sensor data; and a vibrator for providing tactile output to the user. The wireless communication circuitry transmits the physiological data and the accelerometer data to a computer device for use in a presentation application. |
| US10709974B2 |
Gaming headset with enhanced off-screen awareness
Methods and systems are provided for gaming headset with enhanced off-screen awareness. An audio system that is used for outputting audio signals to a user may be configured for identifying in input audio signals, based on parameters or criteria associated with a user of the system, one or more components; and processing the input audio signals based on such identifying, with the processing including adjusting the one or more components and/or one or more other components in the output audio signals; and with the adjusting being based on characteristics of the one or more components as perceived by the user. The audio system may include circuits for handling the required functions. The circuits may include a detection circuit configured for identify the one or more components, and an adjustment circuit for applying the adjustments. |
| US10709972B2 |
Sports-based card game systems and methods
The systems and methods discussed herein further provide for electronic simulation of sports-based card and board games with greater realism than conventional simulations of card and board games, with an intuitive user interface less complicated than user interfaces provided with electronic simulations of sports games. The simulation may be local to a computing device, or may utilize multiple computing devices in communication. Resources associated with a user of one computing device may be not associated with the user of another computing device, representing ownership of game tokens or entities. Resources associated with the user and resources not associated with the user may be stored separately in local databases, reducing bandwidth required for transfer of unassociated resources during multi-user simulations. |
| US10709967B2 |
Apparatus, methods, and systems for tracking an optical object
A method for identifying one or more light sources may include capturing, via an imaging device, an image, the imaging device having a rolling shutter. The method may also include receiving, via at least one processor, the captured image, and detecting, via the at least one processor, whether the image includes a set of alternating stripes. The method may further include measuring, via the at least one processor, if the image includes a set of alternating stripes, a width of at least one stripe of the set of alternating stripes included in the captured image, and identifying, via the at least one processor, a light source causing the set of alternating stripes based on the measured width. |
| US10709964B2 |
Block building game
Apparatus and method of playing a building game against an opponent. The apparatus may include a podium for building a structure with stackable materials such as building blocks. The apparatus may also include an actuator that allows a first player to “blow up” a second players structure if the first player builds his or hers first. The Build or Boom™ game may simply utilize air chambers and a tube but is also capable of utilizing electrical and mechanical means to perform the same functions. |
| US10709960B2 |
Powered wheeled board
Various powered wheeled board vehicles are disclosed. In some embodiments, the vehicle includes a deck having a forward portion and a rearward portion. At least one front wheel can be connected with the deck under the forward portion. The front wheel can be configured to swivel about a first axis and rotate about a second axis. A powered wheel can be connected with the rearward portion. In some configurations, the rear wheel comprises a hub motor. |
| US10709955B2 |
Athletic data aggregation for online communities
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring athletic performance data for a plurality of users and motivating increased athletic activity among users by providing challenges and suggestion for improving athletic performance. User athletic performance data and other information may be associated with user communications using one or more identifiers and displayed to the user via an interface, including user leaderboards and other interface displays. |
| US10709954B1 |
Resistance training exercise machines having safety locking mechanism
An exercise machine includes a resistance mechanism supported on a frame; a pulley system having a first end connected to the resistance mechanism and a second end configured for movement by a user performing an exercise motion. The resistance mechanism is configured to resist operation of the pulley system during the exercise motion. A selector mechanism is operable to adjust an amount of resistance provided by the resistance mechanism to operation of the pulley system. A safety locking device automatically prevents the selector mechanism from adjusting the amount of resistance once the resistance mechanism has been engaged by the user via the pulley system. |
| US10709950B1 |
Golf practice apparatus
A golf practice device uses magnetic attraction to implement a ball return function. A ball is fastened to a tether coupled to a post enabling the ball and tether to rotate in a plane around the post when the ball is struck by a golf club. The plane of rotation is at a non-zero angle relative to the ground plane to simulate a launch angle. The magnetic coupling causes the ball to come to rest in the same general position on the playing surface following the rotation. The device is adapted for temporary attachment to a playing surface such as a typical artificial grass mat, and the ball may be a hollow, plastic ball such as a perforated wiffle ball. The ball is also rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the tether to further mimic actual ball flight dynamics. The device can be used for hitting, pitching and chipping practice. |
| US10709949B2 |
Golf swing training device and method
A golf swing training device and method for preventing hyperextension of a joint during golf, or any other activity in which hyperextension occurs. The device includes a curved elongate member, which contains a bend that coincides with the joint, attached below the user's elbow using any one or more straps, cam buckles, and hooks and loops fasteners. The elongate member, when worn properly, does not allow the elbow to hyperextend as the top portion of the elongate member hits the back of the user's arm when the arm is straightened, preventing any further movement. |
| US10709948B1 |
Basketball set
A blow molded basketball goal having an inner post, an outer post, a rim, and a backboard. The inner post having a top end, a bottom end, a length measured from the top end to the bottom end, and a plurality of protrusions positioned near the bottom end. The outer post having a bottom end, a hollow interior defined by an interior wall, an open top end adapted to receive the inner post, and at least one protuberance on the interior wall. When the inner post is received in the outer post, the plurality of protrusions of the inner post bear against the interior wall of the outer post and the at least one protuberance of the outer post bears against the inner post. The rim is securable to the inner post, and the backboard is securable to the rim. |
| US10709945B2 |
Golf-swing monitoring system
A system for automatically gathering information on a performance of an action involving an object being hit or struck, the system comprising at least one object contact sensor for detecting a contact with the object. Preferably one or more of the at least one object contact sensors comprises a shock and/or vibration sensor such as an accelerometer, and/or one or more of the at least one object contact sensors comprises a sound sensor; and the system is configured to at least partially detect shock and/or vibrations caused by contact with the object using the one or more shock and/or vibration sensors and/or at least partially detect sound generated by contact with the object using the one or more sound sensors to thereby detect contact with the object. A possible use of the system is as a system for automatically gathering information on a performance of an action performed by a player or user in a sport and/or on performance of a golf swing in which the object being struck is a golf ball being hit or struck by a golf club and the at least one object contact sensor is configured to detect contact between the golf club and golf ball. |
| US10709943B2 |
Iron golf club head and iron golf club
An iron golf club head includes: a face portion including a ball striking surface and a first reverse surface; and a sole back portion including a second reverse surface connected with the first reverse surface and located below the first reverse surface. The iron golf club head has a first hollow separated from outside by the face portion and the sole back portion. The ratio W/V1 of the weight W (unit: g) of the iron golf club head relative to the volume V1 (unit: mm3) of the iron golf club head is 6.5×10−3 or less. The sole maximum projected width Sw of the iron golf club head is 25 mm or more. The sweet spot height Sh of the iron golf club head is 20 mm or more. |
| US10709942B2 |
Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a top portion, a bottom portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a front portion, a rear portion, and an interior. The golf club head may include a first plurality of ports and a second plurality of ports in the bottom portion. A first set of inner support portions may be connected to the first plurality of ports, and a second set of inner support portions may be connected to the second plurality of ports. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US10709935B2 |
System and method for measuring and adjusting physical resistance for athletic activities and fitness equipment
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for measuring and adjusting physical resistance for athletic activities and fitness equipment are disclosed. An example system includes a user-wearable sensor to measure a first level of physical effort during a first athletic activity using fitness equipment and to generate sensor data indicative of the measured first level of physical effort. The example system also includes a controller to receive the sensor data to perform a comparison of the sensor data and data from second athletic activity indicative of a second level of physical effort, and automatically generate a control signal to adjust a setting of the fitness equipment based on the comparison. |
| US10709929B1 |
Seating
Among other things, a seat includes a back-supporting surface; and a seating surface movable along a path toward and away from the back-supporting surface. At least part of the back-supporting surface is movable to enable a lower portion of the back-supporting surface to move substantially along the path. |
| US10709926B2 |
Treadmill
A manual powered treadmill includes a frame; a front shaft assembly coupled to the frame; a rear shaft assembly coupled to the frame; an intermediate shaft coupled to the frame, the intermediate shaft is disposed intermediate the front shaft assembly and the rear shaft assembly; a running belt disposed about the front and rear shaft assemblies, the running belt defining at least a portion of a non-planar running surface; and a safety device coupled to the intermediate shaft. The safety device is operable to substantially prevent movement of the running belt in a first direction and to permit movement of the running belt in a second direction opposite the first direction. |
| US10709921B2 |
Assembly device and system for an exercise structure, and associated exercise system and mounting method
The invention relates to an assembly device (5) for assembling an accessory to an exercise structure (1), said structure comprising at least one hole (10). The device is characterized in that it comprises at least one hollow main body extending longitudinally between two ends, which body is provided with a first opening and is intended to be inserted into the hole (10) and to receive a removable male connector that is to be inserted into the hollow main body through the first opening in order to connect the accessory and the hollow main body. The main body (51) defines a continuous empty inner space that opens at each end in order to form the first opening (511) and a second opening (516). The device is further characterized in that it also comprises a first removable cap for closing the first opening when the male connector is not inserted into the hollow main body. The invention relates to assembly devices and systems for an exercise structure. |
| US10709919B2 |
Fire suppression systems and methods
Fire suppression systems (10) for vehicles and industrial applications including arrangements of an input bus (24) and output bus (26) coupled to a centralized controller (20) to provide for automatic and manual detection of a fire (H) and manual and automatic system actuation in response to the fire. The arrangements further provide for system information regarding the status and operation of the system components. Additionally, the arrangement of system components provide for expandability and programmability to configure the system for the protection of multiple and variable hazards (H) using customized or programmed detection and/or actuation. The systems include configured connectors (25) and colour coded schemes to facilitate system installation. |
| US10709916B2 |
Integrated panel for fire suppression system
The present system provides an integrated fire suppression system that includes all components other than system piping to nozzles or emitters in a single integrated panel. The system allows the entire panel to be inspected and analyzed, and installed, repaired, or maintained in a single operation, dramatically reducing time spent on site and reducing the qualifying process as well. The assembly of the panel is off-site, typically under the inspection of any qualifying agencies. Once assembled, the system can remain qualified for rapid installation at any future time, allowing easy replacement of faulty panels or consumables. |
| US10709915B2 |
Full cone spray nozzle for a low pressure fire protection system
A low pressure water mist nozzle for active fire protection from water supplied with supply water pressures of 0.5 bar to 20 bars, characterized by having a separation wall (3) with multiple openings (4) of sizes 01 mm to 02, 5 mm in angles of 10° to 50° to the wall surfaces, which are followed by a cavity (8) having a centrally located outlet opening (6) in its end wall, which are located opposite the separation wall (3) containing multiple openings (4). |
| US10709913B2 |
Fall restraint system
The present system for fall restraint includes a mounting frame connected to a trigger mechanism and firing blocks, with a trigger cable extending through apertures in the mounting frame and trigger mechanism. Sudden movement by a user, such as a fall, actuates the trigger mechanism to trigger the firing blocks. The firing blocks are loaded with anchors and firing cartridges. Triggering the firing blocks causes the cartridges to fire, propelling the anchors into an anchoring surface, such as a roof. Because the user is connected to the trigger cable, once the anchors deploy the user is anchored to the roof and their fall arrested. |
| US10709910B2 |
Method for the control of the breathing gas supply
In a preferred embodiment, methods and systems for the control of the breathing gas supply from a pressure-leading supply conduit to one or more breathing masks of an oxygen emergency supply device in a passenger aircraft include an on/off valve arranged between the supply conduit and the one or more breathing masks. The valve can be blocked or released to control air supply based upon monitoring mass flow to the breathing masks. The valve, for example, is actuated to an open position until the error between the actual mass flow and a desired mass flow exceeds a maximal error value, whereupon the valve is actuated to a closed position until the error between the actual mass flow and the desired mass flow exceeds a minimal error value whereupon the valve is actuated to the open position and the mass flow monitoring cycle is repeated. |
| US10709909B2 |
Nozzle for retractable fall arrest
A nozzle for a retractable fall arrest defines a passage extending through the nozzle between a top surface and a bottom surface of the nozzle through which a retractable cable or lifeline can extend. The passage has a passage axis, an elongate entrance, and an elongate exit. The passage defines a constricted portion having opposed end sections and a middle section. The end sections of the constricted portion define a width greater than a width of the middle section of the constricted portion, and the width of the middle section of the constricted portion is less than a width of at least one of the entrance and exit to the passage. A perimeter of the passage defines a plane which intersects said passage axis at an angle greater than zero. |
| US10709906B2 |
Coupling arrangements and methods for attaching tools to ultrasonic surgical instruments
An ultrasonic surgical instrument is disclosed including an ultrasonic transducer, an ultrasonic end effector comprising a proximal end formed of a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion, and a waveguide configured to transmit ultrasonic energy generated by the ultrasonic transducer to the ultrasonic end effector. The waveguide includes an attachment portion formed of a second material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion that is greater than the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The attachment portion is configured to be selectively expandable into an acoustically coupled retaining engagement with the ultrasonic end effector by expanding faster than the proximal end of the ultrasonic end effector when heat is applied to establish an interference fit therebetween. |
| US10709904B2 |
Apparatus for performing nanoparticle-assisted external beam radiotherapy and method carried out using said apparatus
An apparatus for performing nanoparticle-assisted external beam radiotherapy includes an X-ray spectrometer having an optical axis, an X-ray filter, and a mobile holding structure for holding the X-ray filter and X-ray spectrometer in a first and second relative position, and for switching from the first to second relative position while simultaneously positioning a patient body part in a target region including a target point. An X-ray beam emitted from the X-ray source crosses the X-ray filter before reaching the target point. The propagation of the X-ray beam forms an angle different from 0° and 180° with the optical axis of the X-ray spectrometer. The second relative position is obtained by inverting the relative positions of the X-ray filter and X-ray spectrometer relative to the patient body part. A method of determining an X-ray dose delivered at a region of a patient body using the apparatus is provided. |
| US10709902B2 |
Tandem with camera system and method
A tandem applicator assembly for brachytherapy that includes a tandem and a camera system. The tandem has a tubular main body with a trail end and a lead end. A transparent cap is affixed to the lead end. The camera system is removably received by the tandem through the trail end of the tubular main body. The camera system is disposed inside of the transparent cap. The camera system includes at least one digital camera configured to acquire color images from a patient through the transparent cap. The tandem applicator assembly may be used with a treatment planning system and method for customizing a treatment plan for a patient undergoing brachytherapy. |
| US10709898B2 |
Light irradiating device and phototherapy machine
Light irradiation that is suitable for treatment for a relatively small diseased part and is performed almost uniformly and efficiently for the entirety of an affected part even when the affected part is not flat is realized. Light output from a plurality of LED chips includes first wavelength region light whose light-emission intensity peak is in a wavelength range of 380 nm or more and 430 nm or less and second wavelength region light whose light-emission intensity peak is in a wavelength range of more than 430 nm and 635 nm or less, and a group of LED light sources has uniform in-plane intensity of light irradiation. |
| US10709897B2 |
Treatment intervals for use of compositions comprising energy absorbing materials for dermatological applications
The present invention provides compositions comprising energy (e.g., light) absorbing submicron particles (e.g., nanoparticles comprising a silica core and a gold shell) and methods for delivering such particles via topical application. This delivery is facilitated by application of mechanical agitation (e.g. massage), acoustic vibration in the range of 10 Hz-20 kHz, ultrasound, alternating suction and pressure, and microjets. The method of treatment is performed and then, depending upon the desired clinical outcome, repeated after a treatment response interval has elapsed. |
| US10709895B2 |
Aesthetic method of biological structure treatment by magnetic field
Combined methods for treating a patient using time-varying magnetic field are described. The treatment methods combine various approaches for aesthetic treatment. The methods are focused on enhancing a visual appearance of the patient. |
| US10709894B2 |
Aesthetic method of biological structure treatment by magnetic field
Combined methods for treating a patient using time-varying magnetic field are described. The treatment methods combine various approaches for aesthetic treatment. The methods are focused on enhancing a visual appearance of the patient. |
| US10709885B2 |
Compounding device, system, kit, software, and method
An exemplary pharmaceutical compounding system and device for mixing materials from at least two distinct material sources can include a transfer set and junction structure that has a junction body, a first inlet port located at a first portion of the junction body, a second inlet port located at a second portion of the junction body, and an outlet port located at a third portion of the junction body. A mixing chamber can be located between the outlet port and both the first inlet port and second inlet port, the mixing chamber configured to mix fluid received from both the first inlet port and second inlet port and to deliver the fluid to the outlet port. An attachment structure can be located on the junction body and configured to attach the junction structure to the housing of the compounding device. |
| US10709884B2 |
Device for delivery of rheumatoid arthritis medication
Disclosed are devices for delivering a rheumatoid arthritis drug across a dermal barrier. The devices include microneedles for penetrating the stratum corneum and also include structures fabricated on a surface of the microneedles to form a nanotopography. A random or non-random pattern of structures may be fabricated such as a complex pattern including structures of differing sizes and/or shapes. The pattern of structures on the surface of the microneedles may include nano-sized structures. |
| US10709882B2 |
Therapeutic agent delivery apparatus and process
A method and device to deliver medication in a liquid, gel or suspension formulation to a plurality of adjacent tissue sites of a mammal, the device comprising a plurality of tissue-engaging members for receiving the medication and operably engageable with the plurality of tissue sites; means for supplying the tissue-engaging members with the formulation, and to temporarily sustain and control the rate of therapeutic agent/unit of time and preferably to sustain these controlled delivery rates over extended periods of time to enhance the local therapeutic effect of these therapeutic agents and to reduce the systemic toxicity and reduce unwanted side effects. |
| US10709878B2 |
Systems and methods for treatment of pulmonary edema
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for the treatment of edema. In one aspect a method for implanting an indwelling catheter within a vein of a patient is provided. The catheter can extend from a position upstream of at least one outflow port of a duct of the lymph system to a terminal position downstream of the at least one outflow port. In use, a first restriction can be created within the vein proximal to a distal region of the catheter. The first restriction can define a localized low pressure zone distal of the restriction and within a portion of the vein housing the catheter. The low pressure zone can be adjacent to the at least one outflow port to enable fluid to pass from the at least one lymph duct outflow port into the vein. |
| US10709877B2 |
Medical balloon with reinforcing member
Catheter assemblies and methods for making and using catheter assemblies are disclosed. An example a catheter assembly includes a catheter shaft and a balloon attached to the catheter shaft. The balloon includes a body and a proximal waist portion. The proximal waist portion has a proximal end. The catheter assembly also has a fiber braid including one or more individual filaments disposed along the balloon. The fiber braid has a proximal end aligned with the proximal end of the waist portion. The catheter assembly also has a polymer sleeve disposed on the catheter shaft, wherein in the polymer sleeve abuts the proximal end of the balloon waist and the proximal end of the braid. |
| US10709872B2 |
Reentry catheter and method thereof
Embodiments of the invention are directed towards a rapid exchange catheter configured for insertion into a subintimal space and crossing an occlusion in a subintimal space. The catheter includes a proximal end, a distal end, a first lumen configured to receive a first wire, the first lumen extending longitudinally through a least a lateral port of the catheter, and a second lumen having at least a portion distal of the lateral port and extending through at least the distal end of the catheter. The catheter also includes an exchange port, arranged on an exterior portion of the catheter configured to receive a second wire and second rapid exchange port in communication with the second lumen. Moreover, other embodiments of the invention are directed towards methods for using the rapid exchange catheter to cross an obstruction in a vessel, e.g., a total or partial occlusion, in a subintimal space. |
| US10709867B2 |
Gaze-contingent music reward therapy
A computerized method for treating a psychopathological condition, the method comprising using at least one hardware processor for presenting to a patient on a computer display at least one visual media and at least audio media; receiving from an eye tracker a gaze direction of at least one eye of the patient; computing a display location of the gaze direction; and when a distance from the gaze location to a target location of the visual media is greater than a threshold value, pausing the audio media for a period of time. |
| US10709861B2 |
Nasal cannula with flow restrictor
Nasal cannulas for providing respiratory therapy to patients can have a body, two prongs extending from the body, and a gases inlet on one side of the body. There can be a throttle or internal localized reduction in the cross-sectional area of a cavity defined by the internal walls of the cannula body in between the prongs. In at least some arrangements, the throttle can partially or substantially fully equalize flow between the prongs of the cannula. |
| US10709860B2 |
Patient interface with an adjustable cushion
A patient interface of the present invention includes a faceplate including a plurality of headgear attachment elements, a seal member operatively coupled to the faceplate; and an adjustment mechanism coupling the seal member to the faceplate. The adjustment mechanism controls the position of the seal member relative to the faceplate such that the seal member is moveable from a first position to a second position and is maintained in the second position during use of the patient interface after being moved to the second position. |
| US10709857B2 |
Manual ventilation method and system
A manual patient ventilation system includes a breathing bag manually compressed by a clinician to ventilate a patient via a patient interface device, a gas supply system supplying fresh gas to the breathing bag at a fresh gas flow rate, a pressure sensor measuring a patient airway pressure (PAW) throughout a compression and release cycle of the breathing bag by the clinician, a fresh gas controller comprising a processor, and a manual ventilation control module executable on the processor by the fresh gas controller. The manual ventilation control module includes instructions executable to receive the Paw measurements and determine a fresh gas flow rate based thereon. The gas supply system is then controlled to supply the fresh gas flow rate into the breathing circuit. |
| US10709852B2 |
Delivery device and kit, and method of use
A delivery device includes a toroidal shaped housing defining an interior chamber and a central open space. The housing includes an input port communicating with the interior chamber and a delivery port positioned on an inner periphery of the housing. The delivery port is in fluid communication between the interior chamber and the central open space. The delivery port is spaced from the input port, which is adapted to receive an aerosolized medicament. In another aspect, a kit includes an outer ring-like housing component and a plurality of differently configured inner ring-like housing components mateable with the outer ring-like housing to form a holding chamber. A method of delivering an inhalable substance is also provided. A mask, including mounting and sealing portions is also provided, together with a method of manufacturing such a mask. Delivery devices include various alternative adapters to be used with a mask and a substance dispenser. |
| US10709850B2 |
Syringe adapter for medication
Improved apparatus for use with medication in fluid form, which is particularly beneficial for medications having a relatively high viscosity. The disclosed syringe adapter has an opening that is relatively large, as compared to a conventional needle, and thus affixing the disclosed syringe adapter to a syringe improves syringeability of higher-viscosity medications. Some embodiments feature a lateral extension that prevents inserting the syringe adapter too far into a medicine bottle, and some embodiments feature a component that assists in firmly grasping. When the disclosed syringe adapter is affixed to a pistol-grip or tab-handled syringe, the medication withdrawn into the pistol-grip syringe can be more easily administered from the syringe barrel. In some embodiments, the syringe adapter will be replaced with a needle prior to injecting the medication, while in some other embodiments, the needle is affixed to the in-place syringe adapter for the injection. In yet other embodiments, the needle is affixed to a needle holder that, in turn, is affixed to the in-place syringe adapter for the injection. |
| US10709849B2 |
Guide for an injection device
There is provided a guide 200 for contacting an injection device 110 with a user; the guide 200 having a first end 210 adapted to engage a housing 112 of the injection device 110 and a second end 220 adapted to engage the surface of a user's skin, wherein the guide 200 permits movement of the housing 112 towards the user's skin. |
| US10709845B2 |
Drug delivery device with a rotatable drive mechanism
A rotatable drive mechanism for a drug delivery device may include a lead screw having a distal end, a proximal end, and external threads, a bearing, and a ball screw driver having a threaded aperture wherein the threaded aperture is configured to rotatably engage with the external threads of the lead screw. The mechanism may further include a biasing device disposed between the bearing and the ball screw driver generating an axial drive force, and an activation device configured to release the biasing device and allowing the biasing device to expand from a compressed position to an extended position through which the axial drive force of the biasing device causes the ball screw driver to axially move toward the distal end of the lead screw and rotate the lead screw such that a threaded engagement between the lead screw and the ball screw driver bears the axial drive force. |
| US10709843B2 |
Device and method for repetitive needleless injection
A device for repetitive needleless injection of a liquid into a surface includes a handheld unit that includes at least a cell that is fillable with the liquid. A propulsion mechanism is configured to apply a sequence of pressure pulses to the liquid. Each pulse ejects a micro jet of the liquid from the cell via an orifice between the cell and the exterior of the handheld unit with a velocity that is sufficient to enable the micro-jet to penetrate into the surface. A reservoir is connected to the cell by a conduit to enable the liquid to flow from the reservoir to the cell to replace the liquid that is ejected in the micro-jet. A controller is configured to operate the propulsion mechanism repeatedly so as to eject the sequence of the micro-jets. |
| US10709840B2 |
Injection device with a spring for a needle protecting sleeve
An injection device including a housing, a needle guard sleeve displaceable relative to the housing, and a spring coupled to the guard sleeve such that the guard sleeve can be moved by the spring distally from a proximal position to an end position, the spring also being coupled to a forward drive element displaceable relative to the housing in a drive direction wherein the spring is tensioned upon a movement of the forward drive element in the forward drive direction. |
| US10709834B2 |
Medication fluid infusion set component with integrated physiological analyte sensor, and corresponding fluid infusion device
Disclosed is a medical device component for delivering medication fluid to a patient. The medical device component includes a fluid infusion device to regulate delivery of medication fluid, a body-mountable base unit, and a top cover assembly that is removably couplable to the base unit and to the fluid infusion device. The base unit includes a cannula to deliver medication fluid under the control of the fluid infusion device, and a physiological analyte sensor to measure a physiological characteristic. The base unit also includes an electronics assembly electrically connected to sensor leads to obtain measurements in the analog domain, to convert measurements into digital sensor data, and to communicate conditioned digital sensor data to the fluid infusion device. The top cover assembly is configured to provide both fluid and electrical connections for the base unit, by way of an infusion tube having sensor conductors integrated therein or otherwise associated therewith. |
| US10709833B2 |
Multipart fluid system and a system for regional citrate anticoagulation in an extracorporeal blood circuit
A method of treating blood withdrawn from patient including: simultaneously withdrawing blood and infusing withdrawn blood from and to the patient by flowing the withdrawn blood through an extracorporeal dialysis circuit including a dialyzer having a semi-permeable dialysis membrane and a dialysate side adjacent the membrane; feeding a dialysate containing 1 to 5 mM total calcium and 2 to 8 mM citrate to the dialysate side of the dialyzer, and introducing an anticoagulation fluid including at least 8 mM citrate into the withdrawn blood upstream of the dialyzer. |
| US10709828B2 |
Sheath device for inserting a catheter
A sheath device for inserting a catheter into a patient's body is described. The device has a first sheath with a proximal end and a distal end. When the device is used as intended, the distal end of the first sheath is provided for arrangement in the patient's body and the proximal end of the first sheath is provided for arrangement outside the patient's body. The first sheath comprises a tubular section and a sheath housing, which is disposed at the proximal end of the section and has a receiving channel for a strand-shaped body. The device solves the problem of reliably fixing a second sheath or a catheter with respect to the first sheath by providing a clamping element on the receiving channel for fixing a strand-shaped body in the receiving channel by way of clamping. |
| US10709825B2 |
Wound exudate monitor accessory
A stand-alone system for assessing wound exudates from the wound of a patient is described. The system contains functionality to detect, process and report various wound parameters. The system also may make treatment determinations based on these findings. The system may detect one or more physiological values of the wound exudates from the wound of the patient. The system may also compare detected physiological values to predetermined physiological values, in order to obtain a comparison result in real time. The system may include a processor (15) which provides an electronic signal based on the comparison result in which the electronic signal may corresponds to guidelines for treating the wound (3). The system described may be an accessory, which may be used on its own, or in conjunction with other wound treatment devices (9). |
| US10709823B2 |
System and device for collecting liquids
A system (1) for collecting liquid, including a main collecting chamber (10), a main duct section (11, 12, 13) connected to the main collecting chamber (10) in a fluid-communicating manner, and an auxiliary collecting chamber (20, 30, 40). The system (1) has an auxiliary duct section (21, 38, 39) connected to the auxiliary collecting chamber (20, 30, 40) in a fluid-communicating manner for connection to the main duct section (11, 12, 13). The main duct section (11, 12, 13) and the auxiliary duct section (21, 38, 39) form a duct (35, 36, 37) when the main duct section is connected to the auxiliary duct section. A water-soluble closing component (14, 15, 16) closes the duct (35, 36, 37). A hygienic collecting device for liquid, which has a short evacuation time and a flexible collection volume, is provided with the system (1). |
| US10709822B2 |
Antithrombotic metallic material
An antithrombogenic metallic material includes a metallic material whose surface is coated with a coating material, the coating material containing: a phosphonic acid derivative or a catechol derivative; a polymer containing, as a constituent monomer, a compound selected from the group consisting of alkyleneimines, vinylamines, allylamines, lysine, protamine, and diallyldimethylammonium chloride; and an anionic compound containing a sulfur atom and having anticoagulant activity; the polymer being covalently bound to the phosphonic acid derivative or the catechol derivative, the phosphonic acid derivative or the catechol derivative being bound to the metallic material through a phosphonic acid group or a catechol group thereof, wherein the abundance ratio of nitrogen atoms to the abundance of total atoms as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) on the surface is 4.0 to 13.0 atomic percent. |
| US10709821B2 |
Sealing structure for heart valve implants
A heart valve implant comprising a supporting stent, a heart valve element, and a skirt. The skirt includes or is formed of at least one molded body, wherein the molded body is made of dried treated bacterial cellulose that has a swelling capacity that is greater than untreated bacterial cellulose of the same type. |
| US10709819B2 |
Method for coating catheters with a layer of antimicrobial agent
Disclosed is a catheter with an antimicrobial coating that reduces the development of device-associated urinary tract, respiratory and bloodstream infections and methods for making the same. The disclosed method comprises the layered application of one or more organic solutions to a coatable elastomeric product which results in a device that allows for a controlled time release of iodine therefrom. Application of one or more antitoxic agents in multiple layers and locations on the desired elastomeric product helps to tailor delivery and potency of the antimicrobial coating. |
| US10709816B2 |
Implant
The invention relates to implants that are implanted into living beings as temporary implants and that disintegrate in the body through biological adsorption over a period of time, in addition to a process for producing aforesaid implants. The implant according to the invention consists of magnesium or a magnesium master alloy. It is formed from fibers of magnesium or a magnesium master alloy that are connected to one another through sintering bridges that are locally spaced vis-à-vis each other and form an open-pored body. The fibers may be produced with the help of the melt extraction process and may subsequently be sintered with one another. |
| US10709815B2 |
Biodegradable, biocompatible 3D liquid crystal elastomeric foam scaffolds having tailor-made animal (human) pore cell sizes via a salt leaching method are capable of growing tissue therein for therapeutic reconstruction of damaged and/or diseased tissue or organs
Star block copolymers having 3 to 8 arms are formed as a 3D foam scaffold having tailor-made pore sizes that mimic an actual cell size of a specific animal and/or human tissue and/or organs. The pore sizes are made within the elastomeric foams via a salt leaching process wherein a salt of a specific particle size is blended within the star block copolymers and crosslinked as by polyisocyanate compounds. Water or other suitable solvent are utilized to dissolve and leach out the salt leaving an open pore system. Animal and/or human cells are then injected into the 3D elastomeric foam scaffold that contains pendant liquid crystals on the star block copolymer whereby with the aid of nutrients, cells are formed within the pore system that are viable for at least three months. The size of the pore is predetermined to produce a desired cultured cell having a desired size. The tissue and/or cells within the elastomeric scaffold can be applied to animal and/or human tissue and/or organs whereupon they grow and reconstruct the damaged, injured, diseased, etc., area and result in a healthy, repaired, and viable tissue or organ. The elastomeric liquid crystal containing foam scaffold will degrade naturally and/or also be consumed by the growing cells so that it no longer exists. In other words, a specific type of animal or human cell can be culturally produced having a predetermined average cell diameter that is substantially or essentially the same diameter of a natural cell. |
| US10709814B2 |
Osteoimplant comprising an insoluble fibrous polymer
Methods for making an osteoimplant are provided. In one embodiment the method includes applying a mechanical force to an aqueous slurry of insoluble collagen fibers to entangle the insoluble collagen fibers so as to form a semi-solid mass of entangled insoluble collagen fibers; and lyophilizing the semi-solid mass of entangled collagen fibers to form the osteoimplant. An osteoimplant containing entangled insoluble collagen fibers is also provided. |
| US10709808B2 |
Absorbent articles having antimicrobial properties and methods of manufacturing the same
According to one embodiment, an absorbent article includes a moisture-impervious outer layer, an inner layer substantially co-extensive with the outer layer, and an absorbent layer interposed between the outer layer and the inner layer. The inner layer is treated with at one least substance including dimethicone and/or at least one antimicrobial booster. The absorbent layer is treated with at least one antimicrobial agent. |
| US10709807B2 |
Porous devices, kits, and methods for debridement
Porous devices are provided that include a particle-containing fibrous porous matrix and a fluid absorbed in the particle-containing porous fibrous nonwoven matrix. The particle-containing fibrous porous matrix includes a porous fibrous nonwoven matrix containing first polyolefin fibers, second polyolefin fibers including poly(ethylene), and fiberglass fibers; and microorganism-binding particles. The microorganism-binding particles are enmeshed in said porous fibrous nonwoven matrix. Methods of debridement are provided including providing a porous device including a particle-containing fibrous porous matrix and wiping a wound or an area of skin with the device; and providing a porous device including a porous fibrous nonwoven matrix and wiping a wound with the device. Further, kits are provided including a sterile package containing at least one porous device, and typically also instructions for debridement. |
| US10709805B2 |
Wall mountable essential oil diffuser
A wall mountable essential oil diffuser. The wall mountable essential oil diffuser includes a housing and a wall dock. The wall dock is configured to attach to a surface and releasably receive at least a portion of the housing. The wall mountable essential oil diffuser also includes an aperture, where the aperture is configured to receive an essential oil container and a fan, where the fan is configured to move air through the aperture and into the essential oil container. The wall mountable essential oil diffuser further includes an outlet, where the outlet is configured to receive a mixture of air and vaporized essential oil and allow the mixture to exit the housing and a switch, where the switch is configured to allow a user to turn on and off the fan. |
| US10709804B2 |
Malodor counteracting compositions and method for their use
The invention relates to a malodor counteractancy or counteracting (MOC) method that resorts to the use of specific malodor counteracting (MOC) mixtures of fragrance ingredients. More particularly, the invention relates to new MOC compositions capable of neutralizing or masking in an efficient manner malodors of a large variety of such as body or as malodors, kitchen malodors, toilet and bathroom malodors, and tobacco malodor. The novel MOC compositions of the invention contain at least one nitrile material in combination with another fragrance material and can be used in any finished consumer products such as air fresheners, kitchen or toilet/bathroom cleaning or freshening products, textile treatment products and products for application on the human skin or hair, or on animal fur, litter containers or cages. |
| US10709803B2 |
Sterilization apparatus and adaptive control thereof
An apparatus for sterilizing a load in a sterilization chamber according to specific characteristics of the load without direct measurement of the load conditions. The apparatus preferably admits sterilant gas into the sterilization chamber under vacuum; during admission of the sterilant gas, the apparatus monitors a sterilant condensation related parameter or data in the sterilization chamber. The apparatus detects the occurrence of condensation and determining a value of the condensation related parameter while detecting condensation and, selects a sterilization cycle among a plurality of predetermined sterilization cycles according to the condensation related data. The apparatus then performs the selected sterilization cycle for sterilizing the load. The condensation related data may be the sterilant dew point, a degree of condensation, or an amount of condensation which may be determined in monitoring the chamber pressure during sterilant gas admission. The sterilization process may be controlled dynamically according to the determined condensation related data. |
| US10709801B2 |
Targeting corroles for tumor toxicity and MRI
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a targeted corrole nanoparticle; and an acceptable excipient. Also disclosed are compositions comprising a targeted corrole nanoparticle; and an acceptable carrier. Further, disclosed herein are methods of imaging a condition in a subject, comprising providing a composition comprising a targeted corrole nanoparticle; administering an effective amount of the targeted corrole nanoparticle to the subject; and imaging the condition in the subject. In addition, disclosed herein are methods of treating cancer in a subject, comprising providing a composition comprising a targeted corrole nanoparticle; and administering a therapeutically effective dosage of the targeted corrole nanoparticle to the subject. |
| US10709799B2 |
Activatable antibodies that bind epidermal growth factor receptor and methods of use thereof
The invention relates generally to activatable antibodies that include a masking moiety (MM), a cleavable moiety (CM), and an antibody (AB) that specifically binds to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), and to methods of making and using these anti-EGFR activatable antibodies in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications. |
| US10709798B2 |
Crystallization process of tricyclic indole derivatives
A composition comprising a tricyclic indole compound. The composition has a higher purity and better impurity profile than known compositions comprising said tricyclic indole compound and as a consequence has superior properties, particularly when said compound is destined for use in vivo as a therapeutic or diagnostic agent. |
| US10709792B1 |
Passivated magnetic nanoparticles for cell targeting and methods of preparation and use
A composition and methods of use and preparation are provided. The composition may comprise a magnetic nanoparticle comprising: a passivation layer; and at least one unique entity that is attached to the magnetic nanoparticle. For example, the composition may include a magnetic nanoparticle and an antibody attached to the magnetic nanoparticle. Such magnetic nanoparticle architecture can provide treatment by, and screening of, nanoparticles functionalized with various functional species. |
| US10709791B2 |
Stabilized polymeric carriers for therapeutic agent delivery
Polymeric carriers for the delivery of therapeutic agents and methods for making and using the same. The polymeric carriers include copolymers, diblock copolymers, polymeric architectures that include the copolymers and diblock copolymers, and particles assemblies comprising the copolymers, diblock copolymers, and polymeric architectures that include the copolymers. |
| US10709789B2 |
Low protein percentage gelling compositions
Described herein are low protein concentration gelling compositions comprising keratin proteins. |
| US10709786B2 |
Clear aqueous solution
The present invention provides a stable and clear aqueous liquid preparation containing (3-{2-[4-isopropyl-2-(4-trifluoromethyl)phenyl-5-thiazolyl]ethyl}-5-methyl-1,2-benzisoxazol-6-yl) oxyacetic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient, and bensalkonium chloride represented by the formula: [C6H5CH2N(CH3)2R]Cl wherein R is an alkyl group having 8-18 carbon atoms. |
| US10709782B2 |
Stable antibody containing compositions
The invention relates to stable and low viscous (<50 cP) protein containing compositions, in particular, but not exclusively stable antibody containing compositions and to the use of said stable proteins in therapy, in particular for the subcutaneous delivery of said stable protein. |
| US10709781B2 |
Integrin activator checkpoint inhibitor compositions
Methods for priming of vaccines including administering to a patient a composition including one or more integrin activating compounds capable of adjuvanting an antigen and capable of adjuvanting one or more antigens contained in a vaccine preparation. |
| US10709780B2 |
Integrin activator vaccine compositions
Compositions including one or more antigens and one or more integrin activating compounds capable of adjuvanting the one or more antigens contained and increasing an immune response to the one or more antigen in a vaccine preparation. |
| US10709776B2 |
Method for producing outer membrane vesicles
The present invention relates to ex vivo method for producing outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) by expression or overexpression of the hemolysin F gene (hlyF) in gram-negative bacterium. |
| US10709770B2 |
Nutritional compositions containing a prebiotic and lactoferrin and uses thereof
Provided is a composition and method for modulating serotonergic receptor expression, reducing anxiety-like behavior and stress-induced inflammatory response in a pediatric subject, the method including administering to the pediatric subject a nutritional composition including lactoferrin from a non-human source and a prebiotic composition including polydextrose and/or galactooligosaccharides. Further provided is a method for reducing constipation in a pediatric subject by providing a nutritional composition including lactoferrin from a non-human source and a prebiotic composition including polydextrose and/or galactooligosaccharides. |
| US10709767B2 |
Agent for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of peripheral neuropathic pain caused by anticancer agent
A medicament effective for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of a peripheral neuropathic pain such as allodynia caused by a treatment with an anticancer agent, which comprises thrombomodulin as an active ingredient. |
| US10709757B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for anti-angiogenesis containing cyclic pentadepsipeptide as an effective ingredient
The present invention relates to a composition for inhibiting angiogenesis, containing neo-N-methylsansalvamide (NMSSV), which is a cyclic pentadepsipeptide, as an effective ingredient, and specifically, since the NMSSV of the present invention has excellent activity which inhibits cell migration and tube formation associated with angiogenesis, and concentration-dependently inhibits angiogenesis induced by a vascular endothelial growth factor, it is expected that the NMSSV of the present invention may inhibit angiogenesis and be usefully used as a therapeutic agent for various diseases in which angiogenesis is abnormally regulated. |
| US10709756B2 |
Treating sexual dysfunction
The present disclosure describes use of oxytocin, in combination with one or more other agents as described herein, for use for example in the treatment of certain conditions. |
| US10709755B2 |
Solid formulation and method for preventing or reducing coloration thereof
The present invention relates to stabilization of a certain benzothia(dia)zepine derivative in a solid formulation containing the same. In the present invention, in a solid formulation containing the benzothia(dia)zepine derivative mentioned above, a combination of polyethylene glycol and polyvinyl alcohol is not blended, or alternatively, in the case of blending polyethylene glycol and polyvinyl alcohol in the solid formulation, the aforementioned derivative is isolated from the combination of polyethylene glycol and polyvinyl alcohol. |
| US10709753B2 |
Method of inhibiting angiogenesis
An angiogenesis inhibitor effective in inhibiting angiogenesis which causes a disease is obtained by, for example, sterilely filtrating, disinfecting, and concentrating a product which is obtained as follows. That is, rice bran is extracted with hot water, the insoluble matter is filtrated, and the starch is decomposed by processing the filtrate with glucoamylase, thereby obtaining a water-soluble polysaccharide extract. Ammonium sulfate is added to a culture filtrate prepared by culturing Lentinula edodes of basidiomycetes, thereby obtaining an enzyme complex from the precipitate. This enzyme complex is added to the water-soluble polysaccharide extract, and the mixture is caused to react at a pH of 4.5 for 30 to 60 min and further react at a pH of 6.0 for 30 to 60 min, thereby biologically modifying the water-soluble polysaccharide extract and obtaining the product. |
| US10709752B2 |
Composition comprising the extract of herbs for preventing or treating neurodegenerative disorders
This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and a health functional food for preventing or improving neurodegenerative disorders comprising mixed herb extracts of Dioscorea Rhizoma and Dioscorea nipponica in a weight ratio of 3.5:1 (w/w). The herb extracts mixed Dioscorea Rhizoma and Dioscorea nipponica in a weight ratio of 3.5:1 have the synergetic effects on increasing the amount of nerve growth factor in vivo, increasing the neural cell proliferation, promoting the formation of neuritis and enhancing cognitive abilities. Thus, the herb extracts of the present invention may be used for a pharmaceutical composition and a health functional food for preventing or treating neurodegenerative disorders. |
| US10709751B2 |
Chardonnay grape seed extract
A novel grape seed extract is enriched in procyanidins, has total polyphenols of less than 70%, and has a low degree of polymerization (dp). Other fractions of the extract have minimal polyphenols, fiber, and protein, but contain more than 90% sugars. In some specific examples, the individual extracts are obtained by sequential ultrafiltration of a water extract of the grape seeds. A first ultrafiltration provides a first permeate (Fraction A) enriched in sugars which is useful as a flavorant, and a first retentate. The first retentate is reconstituted and subjected to a second ultrafiltration at a higher molecular weight cutoff to produce a second permeate (Fraction B) that is enriched in low molecular weight polyphenols, and a second retentate (Fraction C) that is enriched in seed fiber. The Fractions are individually suitable for different nutraceutical products, or can be combined with each other in any combination and/or with other nutraceutical agents to enhance vascular and cognitive health. |
| US10709750B2 |
Female menopause alleviation use of composition containing composite extract of red clover and pomegranate as active ingredient
The present invention relates to: a natural composition containing a composite extract of pomegranates and red clover, exhibiting synergistic effects with respect to a menopausal symptom alleviation effect, an estrogen-like effect, an anti-obesity effect, a hyperlipidemia inhibitory effect, a fatty liver protective effect, an osteoporosis inhibitory effect and the like without any side effects; and various uses thereof, in particular, pharmaceutical, bromatological and cosmetic uses. |
| US10709746B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating memory loss and diminished cognition
The present disclosure is a compound, a method of making the compound and method of using such compound preferably in the form of a dietary supplement that, when administered, is capable of supporting memory, focus, and clarity. The unique combination of the composition is preferably administered orally. The composition is preferably comprised of at least Hericium Erinaceus, Bacopa Monnieri, ECGC (Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate), Huperzine, Acetyl-L-Carnitine, Vitamin B12, Ginkgo Biloba, Phosphatidylserine, and Gotu Kola, in pre-determined amounts. The composition can further comprise a palliative agent, and can be provided in the form of a capsule, powder, liquid or tablet. |
| US10709745B2 |
Tropic cell based virotherapy for the treatment of cancer
In some embodiments, methods of killing tumor cells are provided. The methods may include contacting the tumor cell with a tropic cell that carries a modified oncolytic virus, wherein the virus comprises a tumor selective element and/or a capsid protein that binds a tumor-specific cell surface molecule. In another embodiment, methods of treating cancer are provided. The methods may include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a subject, wherein the pharmaceutical composition includes a tropic cell that carries a modified oncolytic virus, wherein the virus comprises a tumor selective promoter element and/or a capsid protein that binds a tumor-specific cell surface molecule. |
| US10709732B2 |
Hypertonic pharmaceutical compositions containing an anti-platinum chemoprotectant agent
Hypertonic pharmaceutical compositions are disclosed. The hypertonic pharmaceutical compositions contain an anti-platinum chemoprotectant agent and a gelling agent. Also disclosed are methods of medical use of the hypertonic pharmaceutical compositions. |
| US10709728B2 |
Polynucleotide agents targeting angiotensinogen (AGT) and methods of use thereof
The invention relates to polynucleotide agents, e.g., antisense polynucleotide agents, targeting an angiotensinogen (AGT) gene, and methods of using such polynucleotide agents to inhibit expression of AGT and to treat subjects having an AGT-associated disease, e.g., hypertension. |
| US10709721B2 |
Compositions for use in the prevention or treatment of gastrointestinal infections/inflammations in infants or young children
The present invention relates to a nutritional composition comprising at least one fucosylated oligosaccharide and at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide in a particular ratio, for use in preventing and/or treating gastrointestinal infections and/or gastrointestinal inflammations in an infant or a young child. |
| US10709715B2 |
Method of treating hypertension
Disclosed herein are methods of treating pulmonary hypertension, including pulmonary arterial hypertension, by administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of temozolomide, optionally in conjunction with one or more additional therapeutic agents. Compositions and kits including temozolomide for use in treating pulmonary hypertension, including pulmonary arterial hypertension, are also disclosed. |
| US10709710B2 |
Composition comprising uric acid for the treatment treated with mechanical thrombectomy
The present invention refers to a composition comprising uric acid for its use in the treatment of brain stroke in a patient treated by means of mechanical thrombectomy. |
| US10709708B2 |
Method of treating cancer with a combination of MER tyrosine kinase inhibitor and an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor
The invention provides combinations comprising a MERTK inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and an EGFR inhibitor and methods of use thereof, including methods of treating disorders such as cancer. |
| US10709706B2 |
Nuclear transport modulators and uses thereof
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula (I) or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and methods of using said compounds, salts and compositions in the treatment of various disorders associated with CRM1 activity. |
| US10709702B2 |
Treatment of skin disorders by topical administration of VEGF inhibitors
Topical administration of VEGF inhibitors such as, without limitation, rifamycin compounds are useful for treating skin disorders such as treating and/or reducing scars such as hypertrophic scars, and useful for treating acne and underlying acne symptoms such as skin redness. |
| US10709700B2 |
Arimoclomol formulation
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation which provides for extended release of an active pharmaceutical ingredient selected from N-[2-hydroxy-3-(1-piperidinyl)-propoxy]-pyridine-1-oxide-3-carboximidoyl chloride, its stereoisomers and the acid addition salts thereof. |
| US10709697B2 |
Bis-amines, compositions, and uses related to CXCR4 inhibition
This disclosure relates bis-amine compounds disclosed herein and uses related to CXCR4 inhibition. In certain embodiments, the compounds have formula (I), salts, derivatives, and prodrugs thereof wherein, A is a bridging aryl or heterocyclyl and R1 and R2 are further disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, the disclosure contemplates pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing CXCR4 related diseases or conditions by administering an effective amount of a compound disclosed herein to a subject in need thereof. |
| US10709696B1 |
Therapeutic agents for treating diseases associated with chronic inflammation and screening method
A method for treating autoimmune diseases or a disease associated with chronic inflammation can include administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an Arid5a inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The Arid5a inhibitor can have the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The disease associate with chronic inflammation can be multiple sclerosis. A screening method can include identifying candidate Arid5a inhibitors through in silico predicted binding to Arid5a target domains and confirming Arid5a inhibition through in vitro binding assays. |