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US10029730B2 Parking assist system and method for setting parking complete criterion of parking assist system
A parking assist system includes a parking slot searcher for searching a parking slot around a vehicle and obtaining parking environment information, a driver sensor for sensing a driver in the vehicle and obtaining driver information, a fellow passenger sensor for sensing a fellow passenger in the vehicle and obtaining fellow passenger information, and a controller for setting a parking complete criterion based on one or more of the parking environment information, the driver information and the fellow passenger information.
US10029727B2 Rotating electric machine control device
A rotating electric machine control device includes a first system controller and a second system controller, an overheat protection controller and an abnormality detector. The overheat protection controller includes a temperature estimator and a restricted current calculator. The temperature estimator estimates system temperatures as well as other temperature, including a shared component temperature of a shared component that is connected to both of plural systems in a shared manner. The restricted current calculator calculates restricted current values, based on the system temperatures and the shared component temperature. At least one of the system temperatures, the shared component temperature, and/or the restricted current values is changed from an all-systems normal time, when at least one of a plurality of systems is abnormal.
US10029717B2 Railroad track circuits
The present invention provides systems, methods and devices that accurately detect the speed and direction of vehicles on railroad tracks, and which use the information to calculate arrival times.
US10029716B2 Mass transit safety notification system and device
A system and device that will notify roadway maintenance workers of an approaching mass transit vehicle and, conversely, will notify the operators and administrators of mass transit vehicles of roadway maintenance workers within the vicinity of an approaching section of track.
US10029715B2 Intelligent locomotive brake control system
An intelligent locomotive brake control system which selects and optimizes use of dynamic, independent, and automatic brakes on the locomotive to assure intended brake power, to minimize in-train forces, minimize brake component wear, and to automate standard train brake protocol. The system may be programmed to alter an automatic brake application commanded by a train driver to omit or reduce the amount of the automatic brake application in favor of a dynamic brake application, and independent brake application, or combination thereof.
US10029711B2 Solebar for a railway vehicle
A solebar for a railway vehicle has an elongate body that comprises a first leg and a second leg, wherein the first leg and second are configured to meet at a vertex and have an obtuse angle θ therebetween such that the solebar has an obtuse L-shaped cross-sectional profile. The solebar is mounted as an underframe side member in a railway vehicle such that the first leg extends in a downwardly direction towards a floor supporting the railway vehicle and clears a lower sector of a loading gauge, and the second leg inclines upwardly in a direction away from railway vehicle and clears an upper sector of the loading gauge. The second leg is configured to support an upper sidewall of a body of the railway vehicle such that the upper sidewall clears the upper sector of the loading gauge.
US10029707B2 Baffle
A baffle comprising a panel body that is mountable on a wall of a hopper adjacent to an edge of an outlet of a hopper and is arrangeable in a projecting position, to project in a generally downwardly direction beyond the edge of the outlet so as to restrict the spread of bulk commodities past the panel body as the bulk commodities discharge through the outlet. The panel body is arrangeable in the projected position to project in a generally downwardly direction beyond the edge of the outlet and between a gap space defined by the edge of the outlet and an outlet cover arranged in an open position. The baffle may comprise rotatable mounting means for rotatably mounting the panel body on the wall of the hopper such that the panel body is movable between the projected position and a retracted position, where the panel body is arranged so as to provide a minimal or no barrier effect. The baffle may comprise drive means to drive the panel body between the projected position and the extended position. The drive means may be self-actuating means and the self-actuating means are optionally configured to incite the rotation of the panel body between the projected position and the retracted position as the outlet cover moves between an open position and a closed position. The self-actuating means may comprise slidable coupling means for slidably coupling the panel body to the outlet cover and optionally the slidable coupling means comprise one or more low friction contact members mounted on a lower edge and/or side edge of the panel body and arranged in mating contact with the outlet cover.
US10029705B2 Railroad tank car manway assembly
A manway assembly for a railroad tank car features a nozzle defining a central opening and having a sidewall, a cover, a hinge attaching the cover to the nozzle, and a seal assembly to seal the cover to the nozzle. The seal assembly may include a circumferential seal and a circumferential seal channel. The circumferential seal may include a top portion, a bottom portion opposite the top portion, and a side portion between the top portion and the bottom portion. An underside edge portion of the cover may be provided with the circumferential seal channel. The circumferential seal may be positioned within the circumferential seal channel. The circumferential seal may have a C-shaped cross section and may be positioned in the circumferential seal channel such that the top portion of the seal is seated against a top wall of the circumferential seal channel and the bottom portion of the seal is seated against a circumferential ledge of the nozzle.
US10029701B2 Controlling driving modes of self-driving vehicles
A computer-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product controls a driving mode of a self-driving vehicle (SDV). One or more processors compare a control processor competence level of the on-board SDV control processor that autonomously controls the SDV to a human driver competence level of a human driver in controlling the SDV while the SDV experiences the current operational anomaly. One or more processors then selectively assign control of the SDV to the on-board SDV control processor or to the human driver while the SDV experiences the current operational anomaly based on which of the control processor competence level and the human driver competence level is relatively higher to the other.
US10029698B2 Adaptive passenger comfort enhancement in autonomous vehicles
A system and method for performing self-learning for adaptively achieving passenger comfort enhancement in an autonomous vehicle. The system comprises a plurality of sensor inputs. Each sensor input provides data representative of voice responses and image responses from a passenger in the vehicle. A controller is coupled to the plurality of sensor inputs. The controller generates and updates a reward function that includes a plurality of driving state transitions. The reward function is updated based on destination information and the data representative of the voice and image responses. The controller further generates a goal function that determines an optimized driving state transition updates the goal function based on the updated reward function and a previous goal function. The controller also generates a vehicle speed control signal, based on the updated goal function, to control the speed of the autonomous vehicle.
US10029697B1 Systems and methods for classifying driver skill level
A vehicle control system includes a function that relates (i) pairs of lateral and longitudinal acceleration values to (ii) skill values. A skill module: receives both (i) a lateral acceleration of the vehicle and (ii) a longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle; and, using the function, determines a skill value of a driver of the vehicle based on both (i) the lateral acceleration of the vehicle and (ii) the longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle. A skill level module determines a skill level of the driver of the vehicle based on the skill value. An actuator control module, based on the skill level of the driver, selectively actuates a dynamics actuator of the vehicle.
US10029696B1 Context-based grading
A driving analysis server may be configured to receive vehicle operation data from mobile devices respectively disposed within the vehicles, and may use the data to group the vehicles into multiple groups. A driving pattern for each vehicle may be established and compared against a group driving pattern of its corresponding group to identify outliers. A driver score the outliers may be adjusted positively or negatively based on whether the outlier behaved in a manner more or less safe than its group. Further, unsafe driving events performed by the outlier that were the result of another vehicle's unsafe driving event may be ignored or positively accounted for in determining or adjusting the outlier's driver score.
US10029692B2 Vehicle drive system
A vehicle drive system includes an internal combustion engine, a clutch, an engine rotation speed detector, an output shaft rotation speed detector, and a processor. The internal combustion engine includes cylinders and a crankshaft. The clutch is connected to the crankshaft via a torsion element and includes an output shaft. The engine rotation speed detector detects a crankshaft rotation speed. The output shaft rotation speed detector detects an output shaft rotation speed. The processor is configured to calculate a torque generated in each of the cylinders based on the crankshaft rotation speed. The processor is configured to decrease transmission torque of the clutch so that a difference between the crankshaft rotation speed and the output shaft rotation speed to be a target value when misfiring occurs. The processor is configured to identify a misfiring cylinder among the cylinders based on the torque calculated while the transmission torque is decreased.
US10029691B2 Operating strategy for hybrid vehicles for the implementation of a load point shift, a recuperation and a boost
A hybrid drive includes a combustion engine, a generator driven by the combustion engine, a charge storage unit, and an electric engine. The hybrid drive can be driven in a load point shifting mode, a recuperation mode, and a boost mode. In the load point shifting mode, a power or torque distribution regulator specifies the torques supplied by the combustion engine and the electric engine in the sense of a maintenance of a predetermined theoretical value of the charging state of the charge storage unit. The theoretical value of the charging state of the charge storage unit is shifted in the load point shifting mode, as a function of the charging state changes of the charge storage unit in a previously carried out recuperation or boost mode.
US10029690B2 Method and system for control of temperature of an exhaust aftertreatment system
A system for control of temperature for a vehicle exhaust treatment system comprising a first determination unit arranged for determination of a temperature for the exhaust treatment system, and a simulation unit arranged for simulation of a future velocity profile, based on information relating to a road section. A second determination unit arranged for determination, based on a future velocity profile, of whether a simulated active brake process due to an over-speed for the vehicle will occur within the road section. A utilization unit is arranged for utilization, if the at least one temperature for the exhaust treatment system is below a minimum temperature threshold value, and if the simulated active brake process is simulated to occur within the road section, of an engine fitted auxiliary brake, which is fitted in connection with an exhaust stream from an engine in the vehicle, where the utilization is initiated before over-speed occurs.
US10029689B2 Vehicle control apparatus
A control apparatus applied to a hybrid vehicle of the invention executes a regeneration control for charging a battery with electricity generated by a motor generator while applying regeneration braking force to the vehicle from the motor generator. The apparatus executes an enlarged regeneration control for charging the battery with the electricity generated by the motor generator while applying increased regeneration braking force to the vehicle from the motor generator when a target deceleration end position is set. The apparatus executes a control for controlling a vehicle speed to a speed equal to or smaller than an upper limit speed when a control execution request is generated. The apparatus forbids the enlarged regeneration control when the control execution request is generated and the vehicle speed is equal to or larger than a threshold vehicle speed smaller than the upper limit speed.
US10029685B1 Vehicle speed limiter
The present disclosure is directed to apparatus, methods, and non-transitory storage medium for controlling the maximum speed of a vehicle as that vehicle travels along a route. Apparatus and methods consistent with the present disclosure may receive location information from an electronic device that is located at a vehicle and may provide information to the electronic device at that controls the maximum speed of the vehicle as speed limits change along the route.
US10029681B2 Vehicle erroneous start control device
An erroneous start is controlled based on vibrations of a tire, irrespective of a poor visibility or an algorithm of an image processing. A tire-side unit detects a vibration of a tire when the tire has collided with a wheel stop or the like, and outputs collision data to a vehicle-side unit. The vehicle-side unit determines an erroneous start of the vehicle. Therefore, the erroneous start of the vehicle can be controlled without being affected by the poor visibility or the algorithm of the image processing as in a case of utilizing a camera or a radar.
US10029677B2 Vehicle control system and method
Embodiments of the present invention provide a control system for a motor vehicle comprising: means for detecting a side-slope condition in which a vehicle is traversing a side-slope; and means for controlling an amount of torque applied to one or more wheels to induce a turning moment on a vehicle, the system being configured to cause a turning moment to be induced in a direction opposing side-slip of a trailing axle in a down-slope direction relative to a leading axle.
US10029676B2 Hands on steering wheel detect
A method for determining whether hands of an operator of a vehicle are positioned on a hand wheel of the vehicle is provided. The method generates a first frequency content below a first frequency from a hand wheel torque signal. The method generates a second frequency content above a second frequency from the hand wheel torque signal. The method generates a hands on wheel (HOW) estimate signal based on the first frequency content and the second frequency content. The method causes a system in a vehicle to operate based on the HOW estimate signal.
US10029672B2 System and method for energy rate balancing in hybrid automatic transmissions
A hybrid system includes a transmission control module, a power source, a transmission, and a drive train. The transmission control module partially operates the hybrid system and receives operating information from various components of the system, calculates power losses in the drive train, and calculates the driving torque needed to reach a target power profile determined from a driver's input.
US10029671B2 Methods relating to exhaust after-treatment devices
An operating method for a motor vehicle having a hybrid drivetrain includes, during a demand check, comparing at least one value which characterizes a current state of an exhaust-gas after-treatment device, with a setpoint value of the exhaust-gas after-treatment device. In response to the comparison indicating a deviation of the value characterizing the current state of the exhaust-gas after-treatment device from the setpoint value, a demand for a measure is indicated. The measure includes supplying charge gas, which includes recirculated exhaust gas, to the internal combustion engine during overrun operation. In addition, a capability check is carried out to detect conditions suitable for implementing the operating method.
US10029665B2 Brake device
A brake device for controlling an actual pressure of an output hydraulic pressure outputted from a pressure adjusting device and applying a braking force to a wheel of a vehicle based on the actual pressure of the output hydraulic pressure. The brake device includes an actual pressure judging portion configured to judge whether or not the actual pressure of the output hydraulic pressure is the pressure that is within the range of the dead zone and a adjusting portion configured to execute a target pressure adjustment for adjusting a target pressure of the output hydraulic pressure to approximate a side of the actual pressure of the output hydraulic pressure.
US10029663B2 Electro-hydraulic motor vehicle brake system and method for the operation thereof
An electro-hydraulic motor vehicle brake system is provided, having a first cylinder-piston device, which can be fluidically coupled to at least one wheel brake of the brake system, for generating hydraulic pressure on the at least one wheel brake, wherein the first cylinder-piston device comprises at least one first piston. The brake system further has a second cylinder-piston device, which comprises at least one second piston, and an electromechanical actuator which acts on the second piston of the second cylinder-piston device. The second cylinder-piston device is or can be fluidically coupled at the output side to the first piston of the first cylinder-piston device in order to provide a hydraulic pressure, which is generated in the second cylinder-piston device upon actuation of the electromechanical actuator, for actuating the at least one first piston of the first cylinder-piston device.
US10029661B2 Cylinder device
A recess is formed in a rear portion of a pressurizing piston, and a small-diameter rod is formed in a front portion of an input piston. A sleeve is disposed inside the recess, and the small-diameter rod is liquid-tightly and slidably fitted to the sleeve. A space between the small-diameter rod and the recess serves as a volume chamber, which is held in communication with a reservoir. The input piston and the pressurizing piston are slidably fitted to each other via the sleeve. Therefore, the generation of a frictional force between the input piston and the pressurizing piston can be made unlikely, and the pressurizing piston can be favorably prevented from advancing as the input piston advances.
US10029656B2 Cleaning apparatus
A cleaning apparatus is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a housing assembly having an exterior housing connected with a vacuum intake unit and an interior housing fixed to the exterior housing at a preset interval from an interior surface of the exterior housing. A brush assembly is disposed within the interior housing and is configured to rotate by a drive motor to contact a surface of a cleaning target. An air intake member has an air intake passageway that is connected with a cavity between the exterior housing and the interior housing and is slidably coupled to the housing assembly. A shock absorbing spring is mounted on the housing assembly and is configured to elastically supports the air intake member.
US10029655B1 Wheel and lug nut cleaning device
A wheel and lug nut cleaning device providing a single tool for cleaning behind and between spokes of a wheel rim, the lug nuts, and rim cavities around the lug nuts by including a static spine having an exterior end, an angled front portion proximal thereto, an interior end, and a rear portion. A shape-retaining non-abrasive core encircles most of the spine. A sheath, removably encompassing and conforming to the core, has a tapered forward end, a rearward end, a central opening in the rearward end, and semi-obround microfiber flanges extended from the core. A lug nut and rim cavity-cleaning body, removably disposed on the interior end, has a substantially disc-shaped central base with an attachment end engageable to the central opening and flexible cleaning flanges radially disposed thereon and a cover removably disposed thereon, including a central ring and extensions radially disposed therefrom to cover the cleaning flanges.
US10029654B2 Enhanced vehicle cleaning
A cleaning apparatus is actuated to move At least one object from a vehicle floor to a container. A vehicle seat is sprayed with a cleaning fluid from a nozzle.
US10029652B2 Wiper blade adapter system
The invention relates to a wiper blade adapter system with a wiper blade adapter unit (10) and at least two differently formed connecting elements (12, 14, 16), wherein, in a mounted state, the wiper blade adapter unit (10) is coupled to one of the at least two connecting elements (12, 14, 16). According to the invention, the wiper blade adapter unit (10) comprises a transmission unit (20) which is provided to release a coupling between the at least one connecting element (12, 14, 16) and the wiper blade adapter unit (10) during a detachment process.
US10029649B2 Vehicle system, onboard apparatus, and portable device
A vehicle system comprises an onboard apparatus that is mounted to a vehicle, and a portable device. The vehicle system controls the vehicle according to a result of collation using wireless communication in which a signal is transmitted and received on electric wave, between the onboard apparatus and the portable device. The onboard apparatus includes a vehicle-side transmission processor that transmits a first signal which specifies signal intensity information and, following transmission of the first signal, transmits a second signal having a signal intensity, the signal intensity information being information on the signal intensity of the second signal. The portable device includes a portable device-side reception antenna that receives a signal transmitted from the vehicle-side transmission antenna, a signal intensity measurement portion, and a reply determiner that determines whether a replay is performed to the onboard apparatus for the collation.
US10029646B2 Airbag apparatus for reducing injury
An airbag apparatus for reducing an injury may include: an airbag cushion part having a vent hole part through which gas is discharged; a cover member having a communication hole part smaller than the vent hole part, and adjusting the amount of gas discharged through the vent hole part by selectively covering the vent hole part; and a vent tether connected to the airbag cushion part and the cover member, and pulling the cover member in connection with an expansion of the airbag cushion part.
US10029644B2 Airbag
The present invention provides an airbag module (1) in particular for a front passenger (21, 23) of a vehicle, comprising an inflatable bag (3) having at least a first outer panel (33) and a second outer panel (35) arranged substantially symmetrically to each other with regard to a vertical middle plane (M) of the inflated bag. The airbag is characterized in that the inflatable bag (3) comprises a strap structure (5) substantially located between the first and second outer panels (33, 35), wherein the strap structure (5) is designed such that the bag is extendable from a first state having a first size to a second state having a second size depending on the size of the respective passenger and/or the kind of impact.
US10029643B2 Airbag including a plurality of fingers extending from an impact surface
An airbag includes a panel and a plurality of fingers. The panel includes an impact surface and defines an inflation chamber inflatable to an inflated state. The plurality of fingers are in communication with the inflation chamber. Each of the fingers are spaced from each other and extend from the impact surface away from the inflation chamber in the inflated state. During a vehicle impact, the momentum of the occupant may move the occupant towards the plurality of fingers. The fingers may absorb energy from the occupant and reduce or prevent the head of the occupant from sliding across the impact surface and/or rotating.
US10029642B2 Enhanced steering system utilizing fixed dab for occupant protection in frontal impacts with laterial loading
A steering column system includes: a rotatable steering shaft that has a proximal end attached to a steering wheel and is configured to transfer rotational input at the steering wheel to a steering rack of the vehicle; a stationary driver-side airbag (DAB) shaft that is mounted in the vehicle and extends along the steering shaft; and a DAB module that contains an airbag and is fixedly mounted to a proximal end of the DAB shaft within a region of the steering wheel. The steering wheel and the steering shaft are configured to rotate independently of the DAB module and the DAB shaft, respectively.
US10029639B2 Driver assistance apparatus for vehicle and vehicle
A driver assistance apparatus for a vehicle includes an object detection sensor that acquires data in a driving direction of the vehicle or around the vehicle. The driver assistance apparatus also includes a processor that detects, based on the acquired data, an object and determines, based on the acquired data, at least one attribute of the detected object. The processor detects that the vehicle has collided with the object and determines, based on detecting that the object has collided with the vehicle and based on the at least one attribute of the object, whether to perform a hood lift-up or pedestrian protection airbag deployment. The processor further provides a control signal for the hood lift-up or the pedestrian protection airbag deployment based on determining whether to perform the hood lift-up or the pedestrian protection airbag deployment.
US10029638B1 Secondary impact airbag
Aspects of the disclosure relate to airbag systems for vehicles. The airbag systems may reduce the secondary impact forces felt by an object upon rebounding from an initial impact with an external airbag by encasing or substantially surrounding the pedestrian with the external airbag. The airbag system may include an initial impact airbag and a secondary impact airbag, wherein the secondary impact airbag is configured to reduce injury caused by a secondary impact of an object upon after an initial impact of the object with the initial impact airbag. The initial impact airbag may be configured to be deployed at a location where the object is predicted to collide with the vehicle. The secondary impact airbag may comprise one or more arms configured to surround the object upon the initial impact.
US10029633B2 Protective member for a vehicle
A protective member such as a helmet includes an outer layer and an inner layer interconnected by multiple connectors, such as extension springs, under tension along their longitudinal axis. The connectors absorb energy from an impact force by resisting further tension along their longitudinal axis and allow the outer layer and inner layer to move relative to each other. In the helmet application, the head of a user experiences less impact force, reduced change in momentum or position of the head and neck, reduced head and neck loads and reduced amounts of linear and rotational acceleration. The protective member can be used in numerous applications and environments, including for participants in sports, in applications including bumpers, passenger cabins, car seats and beds.
US10029631B2 Electric system stabilizing system for aircraft
A power stabilizing device in a system includes as a portion of a power converter section, a second PWM converter provided between a second primary AC bus and a second DC bus in an electric system and configured to perform mutual conversion between DC power and AC power. A power stabilizing control section in the power stabilizing device controls charging and discharging of a secondary battery based on a voltage and a frequency in the second primary AC bus, thereby stabilizing the electric system.
US10029627B2 Vehicle exterior guard assembly
A guard assembly for an exterior of a vehicle. The assembly includes an outer section, an intermediate section, and an inner section telescopically engaged with each other. The intermediate and inner sections can be slidably extended from the outer section so that the length of the assembly can be customized for each particularly vehicle. The sections are engaged by a rail and complementary slot mechanism, which allows for the sections to be moved longitudinally with respect to each other. Each section includes a magnet positioned on their lower surfaces. The magnet allows the assembly to be removably secured to the exterior surface of the door of a vehicle. The sections are additionally configured so that their lower surfaces are coplanar with each other when the sections are extended, allowing the assembly to rests flush against the exterior of the vehicle.
US10029622B2 Self-calibration of a static camera from vehicle information
A method to automatically calibrate a static camera in a vehicle is provided. The method may include receiving a captured image file. The method may also include detecting a plurality of vehicles in the captured image file. The method may further include determining a 2D projected shape, size, location, direction of travel, and a plurality of features for each vehicle at various locations in the captured image file. The method may additionally include inferring a plurality of geometry scenes associated with the captured image file, whereby the plurality of geometry scenes is inferred based on the determined 2D projected shape, size, location, direction of travel, and the plurality of features of each vehicle within the detected plurality of vehicles as projected onto the captured image file. The method may include calibrating the static camera based on the inferred plurality of geometry scenes associated with the captured image file.
US10029621B2 Rear view camera system using rear view mirror location
A rearward viewing system for an automotive vehicle comprises an image display mounted proximate to a front windshield of the vehicle. An exterior image sensor captures a first image directed externally of the vehicle with a first field of view. An internal image sensor captures a second image directed internally of the vehicle with a second field of view. An image integrator merges the first and second images according to a predetermined alignment of the first and second fields of view, wherein the second image is muted in the merged image so that the first image is emphasized when displayed on the image display.
US10029620B1 Hidden storage compartment within center console
A vehicle includes a console disposed between driver and passenger seats and adjacent an instrument panel. The console defines a storage area. The vehicle also includes a first compartment disposed within the storage area. The first compartment includes a slot defined on a surface of the first compartment. The vehicle further includes a second compartment disposed within the storage area, and vertically offset and adjacent to the first compartment. A first channel, accessible via the slot, interconnects the first and second compartments such that the slot feeds a receptacle defined within the second compartment.
US10029618B2 Removable and expandable storage unit for a motor vehicle
A storage unit is provided for a motor vehicle. That storage unit includes an expandable body and a connector that releasably secures the expandable body to a component of the motor vehicle.
US10029617B2 Cover for a gap behind a rear seat backrest in a vehicle
A cover is provided for covering a gap between a rear seat backrest of a vehicle and a luggage space cover of the vehicle, which cover extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The cover has a surface element which can be pulled out of a housing of the luggage space cover. Arranged on the surface element is at least one support element which, when pulled out of the housing, can be moved from a first stable position into a second stable position, wherein in the housing there is arranged at least one forced guide which at least at the output side thereof has a curved configuration so that the support element is forced into the second stable position.
US10029612B1 Lamp for vehicle and method of controlling the same
The present disclosure provides a lamp for a vehicle and a method of controlling the same. The vehicle lamp intuitively informs a traveling direction of the vehicle and minimizes deterioration of visibility when a failure occurs and a method of controlling the same. A lamp for a vehicle includes a light source unit having a plurality of light source groups and an operation state detection unit configured to detect an operation state of at least one light source included in each of the plurality of light source groups. A lighting mode determination unit is configured to determine a lighting mode of the light source unit based on the detected operation state. A control unit is configured to operate the light source unit in any one of a first lighting mode and a second lighting mode based on the determined lighting mode.
US10029610B1 Lighting system and indicating method for a vehicle
An exemplary vehicle lighting system includes a braking indicator having a lens with a first region colored differently than a second region, and a control system configured to control a first light source to emit light through the first region to indicate a first operating behavior of a vehicle, and a second light source to emit light through the second region to indicate a second operating behavior of the vehicle. An exemplary indicating method for a vehicle includes producing a first lighting effect through a first region of a lens to indicate a first operating behavior of a vehicle. The first operating behavior is a braking of the vehicle. The indicating method further includes producing a second lighting effect through a second region of the lens to indicate a different, second operating behavior of the vehicle. The first region colored differently than the second region.
US10029606B2 Method and control unit for setting a characteristic of a light emission of at least one headlight of a vehicle
A method for setting a characteristic of a light emission of at least one headlight of a vehicle, in which the method includes reading in concealment data which represent at least one property of at least one concealment object situated adjacent to a roadway in surroundings of the vehicle. In addition, the method includes ascertaining a distance between the vehicle and a segment of the roadway situated in the forward travel direction of the vehicle, adjacent to the at least one concealment object, using the concealment data. Moreover, the method includes adapting a waiting time period and/or waiting distance for changing the characteristic of the light emission from a first characteristic to a second characteristic as a function of the ascertained distance.
US10029605B2 Lighting device, mobile object, and support
A lighting device for use with a mobile object includes a lamp having a through-hole, a lamp mount for fixing a lamp to a vehicle body, and a support that is shaft shaped and supports the lamp in a predetermined attitude relative to the lamp mount. The lamp mount has an insertion hole through which the support is to be inserted. The support includes, at the leading end side in the axial direction, a male threaded section to be inserted in the through-hole and, at the trailing end side in the axial direction, a trunk section having approximately the same diameter as the diameter of the insertion hole. The trunk section includes a communication portion that communicatively connects the leading end side and the trailing end side of the trunk section.
US10029599B2 Collapsible tailgate ladder and ramp
Embodiments of the invention related generally to ladders and ramps and, more particularly, to collapsible ladders and ramps for a vehicle tailgate and related systems. In one embodiment, the invention provides a system comprising: a tailgate member for a vehicle, the tailgate member having: an interior wall; an exterior wall; and a cavity between the interior and exterior walls; at least one collapsible ladder device comprising: a pair of substantially parallel elongate members; a plurality of cross members, each of the plurality extending between and lying substantially perpendicular to the pair of substantially elongate members; and an attachment device for non-fixedly securing the at least one collapsible ladder device within the cavity of the tailgate member.
US10029597B2 Lightweight container
The present invention relates to a container assembly comprising a container, and a load bearing exoskeleton for the container, the exoskeleton comprising a space frame construction. Also disclosed are a vehicle trailer, a rail wagon, and dump body for a dump truck comprising the container assembly.
US10029596B2 Retaining device for vehicle headrests
A retaining device for vehicle headrests, including a guide element inside which a fixing rod for fixing a headrest can be housed, a retaining element movable between a retaining position, in which the retaining element prevents the movement of the fixing rod with respect to the guide element, and a release position, and a push button for moving the retaining element from the retaining position to the release position, and at least one lever linked with the push button transferring the movement of the push button to the retaining element, and an elastic element pushing the lever towards the retaining position of the retaining element, wherein the retaining element and the lever are made in a single piece.
US10029594B2 Seat suspension with maximized downward deflection feature
A seat assembly includes a seat frame assembly supporting a cushion carrier. A suspension system is suspended from the cushion carrier and includes one or more deflectable spring members that are fixedly coupled to a front portion of the cushion carrier at a first end and moveably coupled to a rear portion of the cushion carrier at a second end. The second end of the one or more deflectable spring members rotates on the rear portion of the cushion carrier as the suspension system moves between at-rest and flexed positions.
US10029586B2 Vehicle seat with angle trajectory planning during large events
Systems and methods for controlling movement of an active payload support system. In one example, a seat system for a vehicle includes a seat, a support structure coupled to the seat and including an actuator configured to move the seat at a command angle relative to a floor of the vehicle responsive to movement of the vehicle, at least one sensor positioned to detect movement of the vehicle, and a controller configured to receive a signal from the at least one sensor, generate a command signal to instruct the actuator to move the seat relative to a floor of the vehicle, determine whether the command signal will cause the seat to exceed a limit, scale the command signal to conform to movement of the vehicle within the limit, and provide a force command to the actuator to move the seat based on the scaled command signal.
US10029585B2 Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom adapted to slide along a floor, a seat back coupled to the seat bottom, and powered means for rearranging the vehicle seat by sliding the seat bottom along the floor and/or pivoting the seat back relative to the seat bottom.
US10029583B2 Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat includes: a bracket; and a seat frame that is mounted on the bracket through coupling member. The bracket has main body, and upright wall extending upward from the main body and coupled to the main body. The coupling member is mounted at one end on the upright wall with fastening member. The main body is provided with interference avoiding portion that prevents interference with protruding portion of the fastening member protruding from the upright wall toward the main body.
US10029575B2 Electric line arrangement
An electric line arrangement, in particular a charging cable for a motor vehicle, having at least one electrically conductive lead which can be placed in electrical contact at its ends in order to transmit electrical energy, an insulation layer which surrounds the lead circumferentially, and a coolant duct in which a cooling fluid for cooling the lead is conducted, wherein the insulation layer is spaced apart from the lead, and the coolant duct is formed between the insulation layer and the lead in such a way that the cooling fluid flows directly around the lead.
US10029574B2 Charging cable for vehicle
A charging cable to charge an electric power storage device mounted on a vehicle with electric power from an external power source includes a switcher that switches the charging cable between a charging enable state where a charging of the electric power storage device is enabled and a charging disable state where the charging of the electric power storage device is disabled, a connection plug to be connected to the external power source, and a connection determinator that determines whether a connection state between the connection plug and the external power source changes between a conduction state and a non-conduction state. The switcher puts the charging cable into the charging enable state in accordance with a command from a user. The switcher puts the charging cable into the charging disable state when the connection state changes.
US10029573B2 Vehicle battery charging system notification
A battery electrical vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle includes a battery which may be charged by an electrical charging station coupled to the electric power grid. To maximize the charging efficiency thus decreasing charge time, the voltage and current drawn from the power grid may be closely monitored. Based on the monitoring of the voltage and current of an electrical circuit powering a battery charger, a notification of changing conditions to charging characteristics including electric circuit wiring resistance, power loss or wiring efficiency may be generated.
US10029569B2 Method and apparatus for controlling the drive power of a vehicle
When the driving force between a driven wheel of a wheel and the surface on which the vehicle is travelling exceeds the available traction, wheel slippage may occur. Wheel slippage may result in a loss of control of the vehicle. The present disclosure may facilitate the control of drive power sent to a driven wheel of a vehicle from consideration of a torque setting and a speed of the vehicle.
US10029567B2 Throttle control module and vehicle
A vehicle has a frame, and an engine and a steering assembly including a handlebar 5 connected to the frame. The laterally extending handlebar defines a handlebar axis. A throttle body, in fluid communication with the engine, has a throttle valve having open and closed positions for controlling fluid flow to the engine. A throttle control module, controlling the position of the throttle valve, comprises a housing rotatably connected to the handlebar and a lever operatively connected to the throttle valve to control its position. The lever extends 10 laterally from the housing and connects pivotably thereto. The pivot axis is perpendicular to the handlebar axis and spaced from the handlebar. The lever pivots between an idle and drive position.
US10029566B2 Method for limiting clutch torque to reduce high MU wheel slip
A method for limiting the amount of torque biased to a high mu wheel of a vehicle comprises processing clutch torque data to determine an electronic limited slip differential clutch torque limit, processing wheel speed data to generate mu slip data, comparing the generated mu slip data to threshold mu slip data. When the generated mu slip data is greater than the threshold mu slip data, the method comprises reducing the electronic limited slip differential clutch torque limit by a predetermined ratio.
US10029562B2 Power take-off arrangement for work vehicle
A power take-off (PTO) transmission unit transfers power between an input shaft and an output shaft. A gear set selectively couples the input shaft to the output shaft. A shift device includes a shift rail with ends forming inner pistons within chambers. The shift rail is configured to translate between first, second, and third positions based on the pressures of the chambers. Inner pistons nest within the outer pistons in the chambers. A shift fork and shift collar translate with the shift rail to, in the first position, engage the gear set such that power is transferred at a first speed ratio; in the second position, engage the gear set such that power is transferred at a second speed ratio; and in the third position, engage the gear set to provide a neutral mode in which the output shaft is free to rotate relative to the input shaft.
US10029561B2 Liquid reservoir system and method
Liquid reservoir systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a liquid reservoir system may capture and retain a fuel reservoir to provide an uninterrupted fuel supply to a fuel pump or pickup line during low fuel conditions such as those that may be experienced during vehicle acceleration, braking or side to side maneuvers. It may also capture and retain a fuel reservoir to provide an uninterrupted fuel supply to a fuel pump or other pickup line during periods of high agitation such as may be experienced during vehicle jumping, cross country/closed course racing and other aggressive driving maneuvers.
US10029559B2 Fuel tank structure
A flow inhibiting member that inhibits a flow of vapor is provided, between a full-tank regulating valve and a sealing valve, at a communication pipe that communicates a canister and a full-tank regulating valve of a fuel tank.
US10029557B2 Hybrid electric vehicle cooling system with coolant amount detection between circuits
A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) cooling system includes an engine cooling circuit configured to cool an engine by circulation of coolant cooled by an engine heat exchanger using an engine water pump. An engine reservoir tank is configured to temporarily store the coolant cooled by the engine heat exchanger and replenish insufficient coolant. An HEV cooling circuit is configured to cool an inverter and motor by circulation of coolant cooled by an HEV heat exchanger using an HEV water pump. An HEV reservoir tank is configured to temporarily store the coolant cooled by the HEV heat exchanger and replenish insufficient coolant. A connector (30) configured to intermittently connect the engine cooling circuit to the HEV cooling circuit. An engine coolant amount detection sensor and an HEV coolant amount detection sensor are respectively configured to detect amounts of the coolant stored in the engine and HEV reservoir tanks.
US10029556B2 Electromechanical variable transmission
A drive train for a vehicle includes an engine having an output shaft, a first gear set including a sun gear, a ring gear and planetary gears coupling the sun gear to the ring gear, a second gear set including a sun gear, a ring gear and planetary gears coupling the sun gear to the ring gear, a first motor/generator coupled to the first gear set, a second motor/generator coupled to the second gear set and electrically coupled to the first motor/generator, a first clutch that selectively engages the output shaft of the engine with the second motor/generator, and a second clutch and a third gear set that cooperate to selectively engage the ring gear of the second gear set with the planetary gear carrier of at least one of the first gear set and the second gear set.
US10029554B2 Axle hybrid drive
An axle hybrid drive for a hybrid vehicle (1), including an internal combustion engine (6) drivingly connected to a first vehicle axle (11), and an electric motor (10) drivingly connected to a second vehicle axle (12). The invention is characterized in that the internal combustion engine (6), or a transmission (7) associated with the internal combustion engine (6), is decoupled in terms of a driving force from an output shaft of the first vehicle axle (11).
US10029553B2 Hydraulic engine mount with two channels
A hydraulic engine mount with two channels is provided, which reduces vibration effectively in ignition mode and rough road mode, improves performance in noise, vibration, harshness (NVH) in a vehicle with stop/start function. The hydraulic engine mount with two channels, provided with a dividing means, comprises a first channel formed along a first path of the dividing means and providing a moving path of fluid between an upper fluid chamber and a lower fluid chamber, a second channel formed along a second path of the dividing means and providing a moving path of fluid between the upper fluid chamber and the lower fluid chamber, and a solenoid device having a first solenoid valve body installed in the housing and configured for opening and closing the second channel.
US10029552B2 Rear-drive electric vehicle
A holding mechanism includes: a holding plate capable of holding an electronic device for an electric vehicle; a leg portion supporting two long sides of the holding plate; first and second fixing portions provided in the leg portion and separated from each other in a short direction of the holding plate; and a third fixing portion located at or near one of two sides of the holding plate along the short direction and located higher than the first and second fixing portions, wherein the first and second fixing portions can be respectively fixed to first and second mount parts provided in a vehicle body structural member at a front side of the electric vehicle and separated from each other in a width direction or front-rear direction of the electric vehicle, and the third fixing portion can be fixed to a third mount part provided in the vehicle body structural member.
US10029551B2 Electric work vehicle, battery pack for electric work vehicle and contactless charging system
An electric work vehicle includes: a battery pack that is arranged between a left rear wheel arranged outside of a left frame and a right rear wheel arranged outside of a right frame, the front end of the battery pack being located forward of an axle center of a rear wheel unit; a left motor that is arranged above the battery pack, in the periphery of the left rear wheel, receives a supply of power from the battery pack, and transmits rotational power to the left rear wheel; and a right motor that is arranged above the battery pack, in the periphery of the right rear wheel, receives a supply of power from the battery pack, and transmits rotational power to the right rear wheel.
US10029547B2 Truck rack canopy
A retractable canopy assembly for mounting to a truck rack to provide shade to a bed of a truck is provided. The retractable canopy assembly comprises a housing sized to fit within a footprint of the truck rack mounted to a vehicle. The housing comprises a mount for mounting to a lower plane portion of the truck rack such that the mounting of the housing does not interfere with a load on an upper plane portion of the truck rack. In addition, a canopy is retractably stowed in the housing, the canopy less than a width of the footprint of the truck rack such that the canopy can be deployed and retracted without interfering with the load on the truck rack, the deployed canopy providing shade to the bed of the truck.
US10029545B2 Beltline reinforcement member for a door of a vehicle
A beltline reinforcement member for a door of a vehicle includes a body that extends along a longitudinal axis, between a first end and a second end. The body includes, an inner belt wall extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis, an outer belt wall extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis and spaced apart from the inner belt wall for receiving a window between the inner belt wall and the outer belt wall, a first end wall interconnecting the inner belt wall and the outer belt wall at the first end of the body, and a second end wall interconnecting the inner belt wall and the outer belt wall at the second end of the body. The inner belt wall, the outer belt wall, the first end wall, and the second end wall are integrally formed together as a single, unitary structure, such as by a casting process.
US10029544B2 Glass run channel and applique attachment and method
A glass run channel and applique attachment for a door having a door frame and an openable window includes a glass run channel, an applique, and a fastener. The glass run channel has a first locating feature adapted for attachment to the door frame and a first snap-fit feature. The applique has a second locating feature and a second snap-fit feature. The applique is located relative to the glass run channel in a located position when the first locating feature contacts the second locating feature and is attached to the glass run channel in the located position when the first snap-fit feature engages the second snap-fit feature. The fastener mounts the first locating feature to the door frame and is concealed from view on the interior surface of the door by the door frame and on the exterior surface of the door by the applique.
US10029542B2 Conductive paste and glass article
A conductive paste contains at least a conductive powder, glass frit, and an organic vehicle. The conductive powder is a mixed powder of an atomized powder prepared by an atomization method and a wet reduced powder prepared by a wet reduction method and the conductive powder contains the atomized powder in the range of 5 to 40 wt %. The atomized powder is 5.2 to 9 μm in average particle size and the content of a chlorine component mixed in the conductive powder is 42 ppm or less. The conductive paste is applied in the form of a line onto a glass substrate 1 and subjected to firing to form conductive films. This conductive paste can prevent glass substrates from undergoing color changes and prevent base layers for conductive films from having structural defects such as cracks.
US10029541B2 Laminated glass
There is provided a laminated glass that has both of a rigidity and a sound insulating property while attaining the weight reduction. The laminated glass comprises a pair of glass plates each having a plate thickness of 0.3 mm to 1.8 mm; and an interlayer film provided between the glass plates and having a storage elastic modulus G′ equal to or greater than 2.0×106 Pa at a frequency of 1 Hz and temperature of 20° C., wherein the laminated glass has a loss factor equal to or greater than 0.2 at one or more resonance points at the frequency of 3 to 6 KHz and the temperature of 20° C.
US10029537B2 Cabin environment control system, cabin environment control method, and cabin environment control program
Cabin environment control systems, methods, and programs display, on a touch panel display, a cabin image showing positions of an air outlet of an air conditioner and a window in a cabin. The systems, methods, and programs receive a touch input on the cabin image displayed on the touch panel display and control an airflow direction in the cabin based on a relationship between a track of the touch input and the positions of the air outlet of the air conditioner and the window.
US10029536B2 Integrated front and rear HVAC system
An HVAC system for a vehicle includes a housing, a front HVAC unit housed in the housing and having a front blower, a first airflow path, and a front air mix door, a rear HVAC unit housed in the housing and having a rear blower, a second airflow path, and a rear air mix door. The HVAC system further includes an evaporator having a first portion disposed in the first airflow path and a second portion disposed in the second airflow path, and a heating core having a first portion disposed in the first airflow path and a second portion disposed in the second airflow path. An airflow directional door is disposed between the first airflow path and the second airflow path to regulate airflow from the rear blower to the first airflow path.
US10029532B2 Strut bearing with a two-component cap
The invention relates to strut bearing with a cap and a guide ring which is mounted in a rotatable manner about a rotational axis (D) relative to the cap. An axial bearing is arranged between the cap and the guide ring, and the cap includes a soft component and a hard component. Furthermore, the soft component has at least two circumferential sealing lips which rest against the guide ring in a sliding manner in order to seal the axial bearing. According to the invention, the soft component is formed on a hard component end face oriented towards the guide ring, and a hard component end face oriented opposite the guide ring has a profile.
US10029530B2 Pressure damper and damping force generation mechanism
A pressure damper includes: a cylinder containing fluid; a defining member disposed in the cylinder movably in an axial direction and configured to define a space in the cylinder into a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber that contain the fluid; a passage forming portion configured to form passages of the fluid that flows in accordance with a displacement of the defining member; first passages as defined herein; second passages as defined herein; a control member that opens and closes the first passages and the second passages so as to control flows of the fluid in the first passages and the second passages; and a load application member as defined herein.
US10029524B2 Tow hook mounting structure for use with vehicle having curved frame
The disclosed inventive concept provides a robust tow hook mounting structure for use with vehicles having curved frames in which the tow hook remains fixed to the vehicle during a front end impact event. The structure includes weld nuts aligned in a vehicle longitudinal direction. A frame reinforcement to which the tow hook is attached is welded to the front tip of the curved frame. Mounting bolts are aligned in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle to secure the tow hook and the tow hook reinforcement to the frame weld nuts. The shear capacity of the mounting bolts is higher than the towing capacity and the crash load during an impact event. The structure generates high bending moments that trigger favorable bending deformations in the kick down area of the frame in which the structure functions as a backup arrangement in an impact event and reduces high crash pulses.
US10029522B1 Vertical hitch pin
A vertical hitch pin for connecting a tongue to the hitch on a vehicle. The hitch pin has an elongate opening for receiving a pivoting bar. The bar rotates clockwise from a center position where the bar fits substantially inside the hitch pin during insertion of the pin through aligned openings in the trailer tongue and the hitch to a first laterally extending position where the bar is rotated under the force of gravity until a portion of the bar engages with a first portion of a surface of the body bordering the elongate opening. The bar may also be capable of rotating counterclockwise from the center position to a second laterally extending position where the bar is rotated under the force of gravity until a portion of the bar engages with a second portion of the surface of the body bordering the elongate opening.
US10029520B2 Bead breaking unit
The bead breaking unit includes: a bead breaking arm having a substantially horizontal longitudinal direction, a first extremity hinged to the base frame of a tire changing machine around a substantially vertical rotation axis and an opposite second extremity having a bead breaking tool; an operating actuator for moving the bead breaking arm interposed between the base frame and the bead breaking arm; and a control lever, associated with the bead breaking arm in proximity of the second extremity for controlling the operating actuator, wherein the control lever is hinged around an oscillation axis substantially horizontal and parallel to the longitudinal direction and is associated with return elements for maintaining the control lever in a substantially vertical balance position, the actuator being controlled in a first direction for bead breaking the tire when the control lever is rotated towards the wheel starting from the balance position.
US10029517B2 Heavy-duty pneumatic tire
A heavy-duty pneumatic tire includes a tread pattern including center lug grooves, shoulder lug grooves, a pair of circumferential primary grooves formed in wave-like shapes by alternately connecting ends of the center lug grooves and ends of the shoulder lug grooves and having a smaller width than the width of the shoulder lug grooves, center blocks defined by the center lug groove and the circumferential primary grooves, and a circumferential secondary groove extending in the tire circumferential direction so as to divide regions of the center blocks. The belt portion includes two or greater pairs of belts. The ratio of the width W8 of a belt having a smaller width in each of the belt pairs to the width W7 of a belt having a greater width is 0.75 or greater and 0.90 or less.
US10029512B2 Composite wheel rim preform and method of fabricating a composite wheel rim preform
A preform for fabricating a wheel rim and a method of making a preform is provided. The preform includes a main section and at least one secondary section, each section being formed from composite materials, such as triaxially braided composite material that includes fibers oriented in at least three directions. The main section forms at least part of a lateral section of the preform and the secondary section forms at least part of a radial portion of the preform, the radial portion of the preform being generally perpendicular to the lateral section of the preform. The preform is fabricated from a plurality of composite layers, at least some being custom composite layers having a plurality of axial fibers interwoven intermittently with substantially consistent first and second sets of biased fibers. In some embodiments, the preform is initially fabricated in an intermediate configuration prior to being moved to a final configuration.
US10029511B2 Wheel and spoke, in particular for a bicycle
A spoke for an at least partially muscle-powered bicycle and wheel including a spoke where the spoke comprises a spoke body with a hub-side, first end and a rim-side, second end and the first end and the second end are remote from one another. The spoke body is elongated and includes at least one first center region disposed closer to the first end than to the second end, and at least one second center region disposed closer to the second end than to the first end. The first center region and in the second center region of the spoke body each include flattened cross-sections substantially accommodated in a longitudinal plane. In the second center region the spoke body is configured more asymmetric than in the first center region.
US10029508B2 Method for shaping synthetic paper, holding strip formed by such a method, and sheet holding device
A method for thermoforming synthetic paper is provided, more concretely for thermoforming holding strips of synthetic paper, the strips being used to produce sheet-holding devices of a specific configuration. The devices can be used in the assembly of sheet holders such as calendars, white sheet dispensers or information cards.
US10029507B2 Identity document and method for the manufacture thereof
Identity document comprising a data medium with data. These data comprise an image of a face. This image consists of two component images that are observed at different angles. By simultaneously viewing the two images, the person studying the identity document can obtain further information about the face. This is possible because the two images are applied at a relatively small angle of 5° to 20°.
US10029504B2 System and method of electronically presenting data items on a card
A system and method for presenting data items on a card comprising a media device, a radio frequency transceiver, a memory unit and a processor. The media device is configured to render at least one type of media content items. The device is disposed on the card. The radio frequency transceiver receives a data item from at least one user terminal. The memory unit stores a set of program modules. The set of program modules comprises an input module, an output module, and an optimizer module. The input module, is configured to receive the data item from the radio frequency transceiver. The optimizer module is configured to convert the data item into a first media content item, the first media content item being in a format capable to be rendered by the media device. The output module renders the first media content item on the media device.
US10029499B2 Portable printer storage case
A storage case 30 for a portable printer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a case body 31 configured to store a portable printer 1; a lower cover 32 configured to open and close so as to cover the lower part of the front surface in which the ejection port M, which a label is ejected after printed therefrom in the portable printer 1, is provided; an upper cover 33 configured to open and close the upper part of the front surface of the portable printer 1; and a printer holder 35 that holds the portable printer 1 in the storage case 30. The printer holder 35 includes a pair of protrusions that protrude partially to the front side of the portable printer 1.
US10029497B2 Apparatus and method for control of print gap
Gas bearing systems, print gap control systems, and methods of print gap control are provided. The gas bearing systems can accommodate one or more print module packages. The systems and methods can be used for inkjet and/or thermal printing applications such as manufacturing organic light emitting devices (OLEDs). Gas bearing systems can employ one or more of pressurized gas and vacuum. For oxygen-sensitive applications, an inert gas, such as nitrogen gas, can be employed as the pressurized gas. Fluid channels and apertures of the gas bearing systems can be varied in terms of size and relative position to one another. Fluid channels and apertures can be grouped and paired with one or more manifolds and ultimately a pressurized gas and/or vacuum source.
US10029496B2 Printing apparatus and head cartridge
An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet printing apparatus that can alleviate an adverse influence by ink mist or airflow turbulence with an inexpensive and small-sized configuration without using power. A printing unit includes a first opening that is parallel to a main scanning direction and is formed at a first surface facing a space defined between an ejection port surface having ejection ports formed thereat and a print medium and a second opening formed at a second surface that is parallel to the main scanning direction and different from the first surface. The first opening and the second opening communicate with each other via a first communication path. The first opening and the second opening are formed in different pressure regions, respectively, in which pressures different from each other are produced when the printing unit is moved in the main scanning direction.
US10029492B2 Printing device
There is provided a printing device which can suppress a decrease in printing quality with respect to a following medium which is generated when performing a consecutive overlap-feeding operation of transporting a preceding medium and a following medium together to a printing start position of the following medium in a state where the preceding medium and the following medium partially overlap each other.
US10029491B2 Measuring device and printing apparatus
A measuring device includes an optical device which includes a window on which light is incident, a shutter which includes a white reference surface on an optical device side and is configured to block the window, a first moving mechanism which moves the optical device in a direction, and a second moving mechanism which relatively moves the window and the shutter between a first position at which the window is blocked by the white reference surface and a second position at which light is incident on the window.
US10029490B2 Paper position detector for detecting a position of paper carried along a paper feeding direction using a graphic shape on the paper
Paper has a detection pattern having a length in a main scanning direction, the length becoming shorter from upstream to downstream along a paper feeding direction. An image sensor detects the detection pattern and outputs a detection signal including data in the main scanning direction (length y). A control unit calculates a position of a vertex of the detection pattern, by using the detection signal, a feeding speed, an angle being half of the vertex angle of the pattern, and an imaging time, so as to correct an image forming position on the back side to coincide with an image on the front side. The detection signal from the sensor with a low operation speed is processed according to a method utilizing a shape feature and the like of the detection pattern, thereby precisely detecting the position of the paper in the feeding direction.
US10029489B2 Printing apparatus
A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints an image on a sheet by using ink, a feed path along which the sheet is transported toward the printing unit, a switchback mechanism that, when two sides of the sheet are to be printed, switches back the sheet of which one of the two sides has been printed and sends the sheet to the feed path, and a correction roller pair capable of correcting skew of the sheet by having firm contact with the sheet transported along the feed path.
US10029485B2 Ink jet recording method
An ink jet recording method uses an ink jet recording apparatus including a plurality of heads arranged in parallel in a first direction, each of which ejects droplets of a different radiation-curable ink composition onto a recording medium, and first light sources provided for corresponding heads so as to be disposed at a predetermined side of the corresponding heads. The first light sources emit active radiation to irradiate the droplets on the recording medium. The method includes ejecting droplets of the ink compositions from the heads onto the recording medium, and performing a first irradiation by irradiating the droplets of each ink composition with the active radiation from the corresponding first light source at an irradiation energy within 500 ms after the droplets have landed. The irradiation energy is in the range of 5% to 10% of the energy E90 at which the ink composition is 90% cured.
US10029482B2 Device and method for forming image
An ultraviolet curing ink can be sufficiently leveled, and attachment of, for example, dust can be prevented. In an ink-jet printer, a carriage capable of reciprocating in a scanning direction is mounted with an ink-jet head for ejecting a color ink and a clear ink and ultraviolet irradiation devices for emitting ultraviolet rays. A control unit performs control so that in the forward movement of the carriage, a color ink is ejected and applied to a medium, and in the backward movement of the carriage, ultraviolet rays are irradiated to the color ink deposited on the medium and the color ink is cured. Subsequently, the medium is fed in a feed direction, and the clear ink is ejected and applied to the surface of the cured color ink in the forward movement of the carriage. In the backward movement of the carriage, the clear ink applied to the medium is irradiated by ultraviolet rays and is cured.
US10029481B2 Porous body, method for producing the porous body, ink jet recording method, and ink jet recording apparatus
A method for producing a porous body for use in an ink jet recording apparatus including an image forming unit configured to form a first image including a first liquid and a coloring material on an ink receiving medium, and a liquid absorbing member including the porous body that contacts with the first image to absorb part of the first liquid from the first image. The method includes laminating a first porous layer that contacts with the first image and includes a first resin, and a second and a third porous layer including a second and a third resin; and heating the laminated first to third porous layers, wherein the second porous layer has a void when viewed in a thickness direction, and softening temperatures T1 through T3 of the first to third resins and heating temperature T in heating the first to third porous layers satisfy T2
US10029480B2 Transfer apparatus
The present invention is to provide a transfer apparatus which can effectively correct a curl of a card and prevent deterioration of the card.The transfer apparatus transfers a transfer layer of a transfer film with a transfer roller to both faces of a card, a transfer unit which includes the transfer roller is structured to perform transfer processing for a plurality of times on at least one face of the card. A controller controls transfer sequence of transfer processing so that transfer processing is performed alternately on a first face (front face) and a second face (back face) of a card and so that the number of times of decurl processing with a decurl mechanism is smaller than the number of times of transfer processing.
US10029475B2 Recording head and inkjet recording apparatus
A light blue ink discharge opening array unit is located between cyan ink discharge opening array units, between the magenta ink discharge opening array units, and not between the black ink discharge opening array unit.
US10029474B2 Liquid storage unit, liquid discharge apparatus using the same, and method of removing bubbles from liquid storage unit
A liquid storage unit including a first liquid storage chamber having a constant volume and being capable of holding liquid supplied from a liquid tank; a second liquid storage chamber communicating with the first liquid storage chamber; a pressure control chamber configured to change a pressure of the pressure control chamber through actuation of a pressure control unit; and an elastic member being configured to tightly partition the second liquid storage chamber and the pressure control chamber from each other and being deformable so as to increase and decrease a volume of the second liquid storage chamber in accordance with the pressure of the pressure control chamber. The elastic member is capable of removing bubbles in the first liquid storage chamber by increasing and decreasing the volume of the second liquid storage chamber through the deformation.
US10029472B2 Liquid cartridge provided with deformable member and movable member for detection of remaining amount of liquid
A liquid cartridge includes: a casing including a liquid chamber; a liquid supply portion; a deformable member; a movable member; and a support member. The liquid chamber is configured such that an internal pressure of the liquid chamber is reduced as liquid flows out of the liquid chamber. The liquid supply portion allows liquid in the liquid chamber to flow out of the liquid chamber. The deformable member protrudes further upward relative to an upper surface of the casing. The deformable member has an internal space in communication with the liquid chamber. The deformable member is elastically deformable such that a volume of the internal space is reduced as the internal pressure of the liquid chamber is reduced. The movable member includes a detection portion movable in upward and downward directions in accordance with the elastic deformation of the deformable member. The support member supports the movable member.
US10029471B2 Liquid ejecting apparatus and method for controlling liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a flow channel through which liquid is supplied to a liquid ejecting head, a gas permeable film that constitutes a wall surface of the flow channel, an air chamber that is separated from the flow channel through intermediation of the gas permeable film, and a pressure regulating section for changing an air pressure inside the air chamber with respect to a reference pressure. The gas permeable film is configured to change a volume of the flow channel through a change in the air pressure inside the air chamber with the pressure regulating section, and allow permeation of an air bubble when the pressure regulating section decreases the air pressure inside the air chamber.
US10029470B2 Ink-jet printer with wiper assembly
An ink-jet printer with a print assembly includes an ink jet print head, the print assembly configured to be movable between a first position in which print head is positioned over a substrate to be printed upon and a second position in which the print head is positioned away from the substrate. The print head purges ink at the second position. A wiper assembly is positioned between the first position and the second position of the print assembly. The wiper assembly has a first orientation in which the wiper assembly does not contact the print head when the print assembly moves between the first position and the second position. The wiper assembly has a second orientation in which the wiper assembly contacts the print head when the print assembly moves between the second position and the first position. A fluid distribution device provides fluid to clean the wiper assembly.
US10029469B2 Recording apparatus with an enhanced medium support structure
A recording apparatus includes a supporting portion that supports a sheet of paper transported and a recording head fixedly disposed at a position opposing the supporting portion, for recording. The recording head has nozzle rows for ejecting ink, and the nozzle rows are arranged side by side in the recording head in a direction intersecting a transport direction of the sheet. The supporting portion has a dumping portion including a position opposite the nozzle rows of the recording head, and the dumping portion is capable of receiving the ink ejected from the nozzle rows when the recording head performs flushing. The supporting portion has a supporting surface capable of supporting the sheet at a position not opposite the nozzle rows of the recording head. A slope inclining relative to the supporting surface is disposed in at least part of the boundary region between the dumping portion and the supporting surface.
US10029466B2 Ink-jet recording head, recording element substrate, method for manufacturing ink-jet recording head, and method for manufacturing recording element substrate
An ink-jet recording head includes a plurality of recording element substrates each having an ejection pressure generating element configured to generate pressure for ejecting ink from an ink discharge port. The plurality of recording element substrates each include a first surface on which the corresponding ejection pressure generating element is disposed and a second surface, serving as an end surface intersecting with the first surface, being at least partially formed by etching.
US10029462B2 Piezoelectric device, MEMS device, liquid ejecting head, and liquid ejecting apparatus
A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric layer, a first moisture resistant layer, and a second moisture resistant layer stacked in this order. The first moisture resistant layer has a flexibility higher than that of the second moisture resistant layer, and the second moisture resistant layer has a moisture permeability lower than that of the first moisture resistant layer.
US10029455B2 Printing apparatus
A printing apparatus comprising a support plane on which a substrate to be printed can be positioned and a plurality of printing units provided with at least one printing head; each of the printing units is housed on at least one support plate positionable in proximity to the substrate to be printed and crossed by the printing head of the printing units; the apparatus also comprises removable positioning devices of each printing head and therefore of each of the printing units on the support plate; the removable positioning devices are able to hold the printing head on the support plate and allow their possible removal from the support plate; the printing units are configured to be aligned in a modular manner in at least a determinate direction, so as to form at least a printing battery.
US10029453B2 Modular digital inking system
A printing press for printing on metal cans includes a plurality of inkers. Each inker prints a different color ink on the cans, and includes a first module, a second module, a roller and a support member. The first module has motors to drive output shafts. The second module has ink displacement units, an ink inlet to provide ink to the ink displacement units, ink channels to transfer ink from the ink displacement units to ink outlets of the second module and input shafts to removably couple to the output shafts of the first module. The roller receives ink from the ink displacement units and transfers the ink toward the cans. The support member supports the first and second modules in at least one position relative to the roller. The support member facilitates removal of the second module by a press operator for cleaning the ink channels.
US10029450B2 Peeling bar for peeling polarizing film from panel, peeling apparatus and peeling method using the same
The present invention relates to a peeling bar, apparatus, and method for peeling a polarizing film from a panel. This invention can minimize friction between the peeling bar and the polarizing film since the peeled polarizing film is in contact with a tip of a front part of the peeling bar. The radius of a curved surface at the tip of the front part and an inclined upper surface of the front part are designed to minimize the Z-axis component of a shearing force applied to the polarizing film. Also, in order to equalize tension applied to the polarizing film in a peeling process, this invention makes both ends of the polarizing film closely adhere to the peeling bar.According to this invention, fracture of the polarizing film is prevented, and thereby the polarizing film can be stably peeled from the panel without fracture.
US10029447B2 Recyclable surface covering and method and system for manufacturing a recyclable surface covering
A process and system for making a laminated surface covering and the surface covering itself are described. The covering includes several layers bonded to each other. The system performs the process. One example of the process includes passing a first material across a first conveyor, passing a second material across a second conveyor, passing a bonding material across a third conveyor, contacting the first material and the second material to the bonding material, and heating at least one of the first material and the second material. The process also includes introducing the first material, the second material, and the bonding material into a pressure zone such that the bonding material is introduced between a bottom surface of the first material and a top surface of the second material. The process applies pressure to bond the first material and second material together via the bonding material to produce a laminated material.
US10029443B2 Glass fiber fabric-resin composition laminate
Provided is a glass fiber fabric-resin composition laminate which is thinner than the conventional glass fiber fabric-resin composition laminates and has a strength equal to or higher than that of the conventional laminates. In the glass fiber fabric-resin composition laminate 1, one or more layers of first glass fiber fabrics 2 to 5 have a total thickness of 50 to 100% with respect to the overall thickness. The glass composition of the first glass fiber fabrics 2 to 5 is 57 to 70 mass % of SiO2, 18 to 30 mass % of Al2O3, 5 to 15 mass % of MgO, 0 to 12 mass % of CaO, 0 to 1 mass % of at least one of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O, 0 to 1 mass % of TiO2, and 0 to 1 mass % of B2O3.
US10029441B2 Energy absorption device for aircraft structural element
A device for absorbing kinetic energy for an aircraft structural element undergoing a dynamic impact. The device includes an outer enclosure made from a braided composite material configured to preserve its integrity after an impact, and a foam core contained in the outer enclosure and to at least partially fill the outer enclosure. The foam core configured to at least partially absorb the kinetic energy generated by the impact. Reinforcing elements include at least one dry composite fiber preform integrated into the foam core to dissipate, in combination with the foam core, the kinetic energy generated by the impact. A method for integrating the device for absorbing kinetic energy.
US10029440B2 Method and apparatus for fabricating three-dimensional object and recording medium
A method is provided of fabricating a three-dimensional object by laminating layered fabrication objects. Each layered fabrication object includes bonded powder of a powder layer. The method includes forming a sacrificial fabrication object separable from the three-dimensional object via the powder below a fabrication area of a layered fabrication object having a lower surface in contact with the powder, in forming the lower surface in contact with the powder.
US10029438B2 Thermosetting resin composition and use thereof
The present invention relates to a thermosetting resin composition, which comprises: (A) cyanate ester compound and/or cyanate ester prepolymer; and (B) polyphosphonate ester and/or phosphonate-carbonate copolymer. The thermosetting resin composition provided by the present invention has low dielectric constant and dielectric loss tangent. The prepreg and copper clad laminate made from the above-mentioned thermosetting resin composition have excellent dielectric properties and wet-heat resistance, UL94 V-0 flame resistance, and good processability.
US10029430B2 Tray for use in manufacturing contact lenses
A tray (20) for holding contact lens mold assemblies (70) during thermal curing of a contact lens precursor material in an oven (210) to form contact lenses. The tray (20) comprises a plurality of plates (60) and a frame (25) supporting the plates (60). The frame (25) is configured to be stacked vertically with a plurality of identical frames to form a tray stack (10). Each plate (60) is a carbon-fiber reinforced polymer plate and comprises a plurality of support structures (110) each arranged to support one contact lens mold assembly (70) during curing and a plurality of channels (90, 100) connecting the support structures (110), to allow gases to flow between them in the tray stack (10) during curing.
US10029426B2 Device for producing a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite component
A device for the manufacture of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite module from a multiplicity of module components, which are continuously moved in the feed direction and are connected together section-by-section. The device includes a tool mold configured and arranged to be continuously traversed in the feed direction for purposes of positioning module components relative to one another. A pressure application head is configured and arranged to be traversed in the feed direction and in the counter-direction for purposes of connecting the module components. The pressure application head is configured and arranged to move at the same speed and in the same direction as the continuously moving tool mold, and then in an opposite direction, in order to connect to each section of the fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite during reciprocal movement.
US10029425B2 Container for accommodating at least one of at least one biologically active fluid and at least one preparatory fluid, and a method therefor
A sterilizable container for accommodating at least one of at least one biologically active fluid and at least one preparatory fluid has an area within the container configured to accommodate at least one sterilizable three-dimensional printer assembly. The sterilizable three-dimensional printer assembly includes at least one printing platform; at least one printer head for dispensing structural material onto the at least one printing platform to form thereon a three-dimensional structure; and a moving mechanism for providing a relative displacement between the at least one printer head and the at least one printing platform. The area is configured so that the fluid can reach the printer assembly.
US10029421B2 Device and a method for 3D printing and manufacturing of materials using quantum cascade lasers
A 3D printer device utilizing at least one Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) image head having at least one beam focused in a focal plane of the device for building on a surface of the device a 3D model of a target object from a digital image. The inventive 3D printer is more compact in size due to the use of QCL image heads, which provides focused wavelengths of QCLs matching the absorption properties in plastics for more efficient absorption of the radiant energy. Each QCL channel power in the inventive 3D printer can be doubled by combining two lasers with a polarization beam splitter. The QCL image head is provided with Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) for compensating for imaging speed. The invention includes a method for scaling up the building speed of 3D printing regardless of detail level. The invention discloses an affordable 3D printer using QCL technology while maintaining high standards of resolution, use of quality materials, and rapid building speeds.
US10029418B2 Living body tissue three-dimensional model and production method therefor
An internal tissue including a lesion region in the human body is modeled as a three-dimensional model. By reconstructing thickness or flexibility of a lumen wall portion including the lesion region and making it possible to confirm a motion of the lumen wall or a flow of fluid in the inside of the lumen wall, a state of the lesion region in the lumen can be confirmed clearly by visual inspection or the like. As a result, the diagnosis in the lumen can be made easier.
US10029417B2 Articulating build platform for laser additive manufacturing
An additive manufacturing apparatus (10) including: a container (12) configured to bound a bed of powdered metal material; a fluidization arrangement (18) configured to fluidize the bed of powered material; an articulation mechanism (40) disposed within the container and configured to support and to rotate a component (38) about at least one horizontal axis; and an energy beam (34) configured to selectively scan portions (36) of a surface of the bed of powdered metal material to melt or sinter the selectively scanned portions onto the component.
US10029416B2 Polymer spray deposition methods and systems
Polymer spray deposition systems and methods are disclosed that can be used with a wide range of thermoplastic materials to produce high resolution objects having the complexity and structural integrity typically only achieved using more traditional manufacturing techniques, like injection molding processes. The polymeric spray deposition systems and methods use a spray generator that stretches the fluid between two diverging surfaces, such as two rollers or between two pistons. The stretched fluid breaks apart into a plurality of droplets and is guided through a delivery system, that can include an optional droplet size selector, and into a multi-nozzle array. The multi-nozzle array is controlled and directs the spray onto a target surface, thereby creating a three-dimensional object. The disclosed polymer spray deposition systems and methods can be used in three-dimensional print heads and printing techniques.
US10029413B2 Folded composite filler
A method and apparatus for forming a composite filler. A composite ply is folded. The composite ply comprises fibers arranged at an angle relative to a central axis of the composite ply such that the composite filler has a varying cross-sectional orientation of fibers. A force is applied to the folded composite ply after folding to form a desired shape for the composite filler.
US10029412B2 Procedure for rivets, riveting tool, riveting machine and airbag component
A method of riveting using a plastically deformable plastic rivet is provided. The method includes positioning the plastic rivet in front of the rivet on a component, of a motor vehicle, and deforming the rivet by a riveting die by applying a riveting force, such that a rivet holds the component wherein the rivet is with a rivet dynamometer and the riveting force is measured and a rivet is set with a predetermined breaking point.
US10029411B2 Glue delivery system
A glue delivery system and method for providing precise application of glue on a substrate. A bead of glue is extruded from a first glue chamber to a leading edge of the substrate. A trailing edge of the substrate is blown off and over to the nozzle to receive a smear of glue from a second glue chamber. A gear pump is controlled by a servo drive that is connected to a servomotor utilizing a gear reducer. The pump regulates the extrusion of the glue onto the substrate that is programmed with empirical data of gear reducer ratio at which the glue flows within a constant speed, torque, current, speed and position of the glue. The empirical data is provided to a programmable logic circuit to achieve a precise pressure related to volume of a glue deposition and speed of the substrate onto which the glue is applied.
US10029410B2 Infrared welded exterior panel assembly and process of making same
An exterior body panel assembly having a Class A painted surface, mold-in color or non-Class A surface, and process of infrared welding components of the assembly. Panels of the assembly are placed on a nesting structure and the inside half of the structures are brought together with the other for a fit check. Panels are separated and an infrared heating fixture then heats the various areas to be heated on the panels. The areas on the panels are heated depending on the thicknesses of the parts at each area and surface geometries to be welded. The parts are immediately clamped back together under pressure for joining and cooling of the joined surfaces in the clamped arrangement.
US10029408B2 Welding apparatus and welding method
A compact pressing body with a pressing surface smaller in area than a welding range welds together sheet-like members over the whole area of the welding range by pressing the sheet-like members being reliably moved in a direction substantially orthogonal to a pressing direction of the pressing body.
US10029407B2 Apparatus, processes, and systems for heat sealing
Nozzle is provided for heat sealing, as well as methods of use thereof. Nozzle includes blade with leading edge and trailing edge having an opening for air to exit. Opening communicates with hot air tool through internal channel of blade and bore of attachment for nozzle. Blade may be bent to improve interposition of blade between material(s) to be seamed or sealed. Linear edges, curvilinear edges, stepped edges, or any combination thereof, define air exit opening. Nozzle directs hot air downstream from nozzle and perpendicular to nozzle's trailing edge. With blade interposed between material(s), hot air is directed parallel to direction of flow of material(s) in process flow. Hot air heats material(s) to a fusion temperature, or a thermoset to its activation temperature, provided along a forming region of seal or seam. Compressive force applied to material downstream from nozzle assists contact of melted material to form seal or seam.
US10029406B2 Systems for printing three-dimensional objects
The present disclosure provides a system for printing at least a portion of a three-dimensional (3D) object. The system may comprise a source of at least one feedstock, a support for supporting at least a portion of the 3D object, a feeder for directing at least one feedstock from the source towards the support, and a power supply for supplying electrical current. The system may comprise a controller operatively coupled to the power supply. The controller may receive a computational representation of the 3D object. The controller may direct the at least one feedstock through a feeder towards the support and may direct electrical current through the at least one feedstock and into the support. The controller may subject such feedstock to Joule heating such that at least a portion of such feedstock may deposit adjacent to the support, thereby printing the 3D object in accordance with the computational representation.
US10029403B2 Method and device for producing preforms with special geometries
Preforms with a neck region and a preform body and having an enlarged geometry in comparison with the cavity of the injection mold are produced by injecting a polymer melt into the mold with a geometry of the cavity in the mold such that the radial extent of an inner space in the preform body thereby produced is not greater than the radial extent of the inner space in the neck region, the preforms are removed from the open mold by a removal gripper, and the preforms in the removal gripper are inflated using positive pressure such that the geometry of the inflated preform body is larger than the cavity in the injection mold.
US10029399B2 Method for producing a core brush comprising polyvinyl formalin bristles
A method of producing a brush for the cleaning of electronic components. In this method, a plastic core is prepared and submerged into a solvent to melt the outer surface of the core. While the outer surface of the plastic core is still partially melted, it is rolled through a trough of powdered polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) such that granules of PVA melt into and subsequently become embedded at the outer surface. As the solvent evaporates, the outer surface of the core re-hardens and the granules of PVA become firmly entrapped at the outer surface. The PVA covered shaft is placed in a mold, which is then filled with a PVA solution. As the solution cures, it forms a strong bond with the PVA granules that are embedded at the surface of the plastic core. Thereafter, the mold components are disassembled, leaving behind the finished cored brush.
US10029394B2 Methods for fabricating immobilization apparatus
Devices and methods are provided for fabricating a custom splint for use in an immobilization system. In one aspect, a method for fabricating a splint is provided. The method comprises identifying a region of interest of a limb around which a splint is to be positioned, placing markers about the region of interest on the limb, and scanning the region of interest having the markers to generate data for the splint to be produced.
US10029392B2 Method for slicing workpiece
A method for slicing workpiece reusing a wire used for previous slicing of a workpiece to slice a subsequent workpiece by which the workpiece is pressed against a wire row and sliced, the wire row being formed of the wire spirally wound between a plurality of wire guides and travels in an axial-direction, where wire tension at the time of slicing the workpiece is set to a value in the range of 87 to 95% of wire tension in the previous slicing of the workpiece, a new wire supply amount at the time of slicing the workpiece is set to a value in the range of 125% or more of a new wire supply amount in the previous slicing of the workpiece, and the wire is reused to slice the subsequent workpiece.
US10029389B1 Concentric growth ring baseball bat
A baseball bat fabricated from a limb of a tree, procured without harvesting any of the tree's trunk. Because of this technique, the process of the present invention is much less wasteful. Many bats can be fabricated from a single tree, without felling the tree itself. The process of fabrication of the present invention is drawn to working with the properties of the harvested tree limb. In this manner, a billet is fabricated on a lathe with its center placed concentric with the center of the tree limb, thusly concentric with the limb's growth rings. By doing so, the growth rings within the limb will not be bisected during fabrication of the billet. When the billet is further turned on a lathe to shape the billet into a baseball bat, the growth rings within the limb will be minimally bisected, thus increasing the strength of the baseball bat of the present invention, as compared to the baseball bats of the prior art.
US10029386B2 Table saw with positive locking mechanism
A power tool in one embodiment includes a work-piece support surface, a swing arm assembly movable along a swing path between a first swing arm position whereat a portion of a shaping device supported by the swing arm assembly extends above the work-piece support surface and a second swing arm position whereat the portion of the shaping device does not extend above the work-piece support surface, a latch pin pivotable between a first position engaged with the swing arm assembly and a second position whereat the latch is not engaged with the swing arm assembly, an actuator configured to pivot the latch pin from the first position to the second position and to force the swing arm assembly away from the first swing arm position and toward the second swing arm position, and a control system configured to actuate the actuator in response to a sensed condition.
US10029384B2 Lumber edger and method of edging lumber
A lumber edger and method of edging lumber using a positioning system having a plurality fetcher fingers driven by a non-hydraulic drive.
US10029382B2 Cutting apparatus
A cutting apparatus includes a platen receiving an object to be cut, a carriage with a cartridge holder to which a cutter cartridge is detachably attachable and a pressing unit located on the carriage or the cartridge holder and switchable between a fixing position and an open position. The cartridge holder is formed with an opening through which the cutter cartridge is inserted and has an abutted portion against which an abutment abuts and which is a receiving portion having a tapered surface contacting with at least a part of the abutment. The receiving portion includes a plurality of elastic portions and a blocking portion. The blocking portion controls a position of a casing of the cutter cartridge. The casing abuts against the blocking portion when the cutter cartridge is inserted through the opening and the cartridge holder and the pressing unit is switched to the fixing position.
US10029381B2 Device for controlling the sharpening state of a blade
Device for controlling the sharpening state of a blade (2) having a cutting edge (20) delimited by two sides (21, 22) converging towards a plane (X) that contains the cutting edge itself. The device comprises two control surfaces each of which is in contact with a corresponding side (21, 22) of said cutting edge (20) and is connected with at least one transducer (R1, R2, R4), which produces an electrical displacement signal (S1, S2; S4) proportional to a displacement of the control surface with respect to said plane (X). Furthermore, the device comprises a processing unit (E) that receives said displacement signals (S1, S2, S4) and compares them, emitting an error signal if the comparison produces a value that exceeds a predetermined limit. The processing unit is connected to means (101, 102) for supporting and moving sharpening means (100).
US10029378B2 System and method for reducing giveaway material on mint products
A machine and method for reducing giveaway material on mint products. The machine may include a conveying assembly for conveying a plurality of mints products to be processed. The machine may also include a processing assembly for processing at least one given mint product at a time, so as to remove an amount of giveaway material from each one of the mint products. The machine may also include a recuperating assembly for recuperating mint products having being processed. The method may include the steps of a) evaluating at least one physical parameter of a given mint product to be processed; b) comparing said at least one physical parameter of the mint product to be processed with a minimum threshold physical parameter in order to determine an attainable range of giveaway material to be removed; c) projecting a targeted amount of giveaway material to be removed from the mint product to be processed depending on the attainable range of giveaway material; and d) removing the targeted amount of giveaway material via at least one surface of the mint product.
US10029373B2 Alarm control device and notification control method
To reliably allow the user to recognize occurrence of a notification event, a notification control device (1) includes a notification posture selecting section (14) configured to select a notification posture suited for allowing the user to recognize occurrence of a notification event, a transition information generating section (15) configured to generate transition information, the transition information being information on a posture transition process, through which the posture of the robot (100) transitions to the notification posture, and a notification method selecting section (16) configured to select a notification method, which is a method for the notification of the notification event.
US10029368B2 Domestic robotic system and method
A domestic robotic system including a robot having a payload for carrying out a domestic task within a working area. The robot also includes a plurality of sensors, including one or more local environment sensors that are configured to receive signals from exterior sources local to the robot. The system further includes data storage, which is operable to store boundary information that defines the path of a predetermined boundary within which the robot is permitted to move. The robot is programmed to operate in at a reference trail recording mode and a navigation mode. In the reference trail recording mode, the robot moves along a reference trail while receiving sensor information from its sensors, with the path of the reference trail being calculated by the system based on the stored boundary information so as to be spaced apart from the path of the predetermined boundary. Also in the reference trail recording mode, the system stores reference trail information corresponding to a first plurality of points along the reference trail. This reference trail information is derived from the sensor information corresponding to the first plurality of points. In the navigation mode, the robot moves within the working area and navigates by: receiving current sensor information from its sensors; and, when it is in the vicinity of the reference trail, comparing the current sensor information with the reference trail information in order to determine its current position.
US10029367B2 System and method for managing multiple null-space objectives and constraints
Devices, systems, and methods for providing commanded movement of an end effector of a manipulator concurrent with a desired movement of one or more joints of the manipulator according to one or more consolidated null-space objectives. The null-space objectives may include a joint state combination, relative joint states, range of joint states, joint state profile, kinetic energy, clutching movements, collision avoidance movements, singularity avoidance movements, pose or pitch preference, desired manipulator configurations, commanded reconfiguration of the manipulator, and anisotropic emphasis of the joints. Methods include calculating multiple null-space movements according to different null-space objectives, determining an attribute for each and consolidating the null-space movements with a null-space manager using various approaches. The approaches may include applying weighting, scaling, saturation levels, priority, master velocity limiting, saturated limited integration and various combinations thereof.
US10029364B2 Systems and methods for tendon-driven robotic mechanisms
Systems and methods for an actuation system including a plurality of single actuation units for modular control of a tendon-driven robotic mechanism are disclosed.
US10029362B2 Welding wood creeper recliner
The welding Wood Creeper Recliner is designed for the welding field, focusing on the overhead welding. This creeper comprise on the frame, the back-receiving and the sitting part which are made of wood allowing the use of the electric equipment without the risk of electrocution as would be with metal material. The frame it is the base of the creeper, the seating-part it is mounted on top of the frame which it is elevated to prevent the user to slide forward and the back-receiving has a reclining mechanic system designed to lounge to seven position depending on height of the project. Additionally this wood creeper has a four caster wheels allowing the user to move without stopping the welding procedure.
US10029361B2 Embedded doorframe structure of toolbox
Disclosed is an embedded doorframe structure of a toolbox. The left side and the right side of the doorframe structure is configured and fixed at the front end of a left lateral plate of the toolbox and a right lateral plate of the toolbox by a fastener. The upper side of the doorframe structure is connected to the inner side of the left lateral plate of the toolbox and the inner side of the right lateral plate of the toolbox by a screw. The lower side of the doorframe structure is configured at the front end of a bottom plate of the toolbox, and is clamped and fixed by the left lateral plate of the toolbox and the right lateral plate of the toolbox. A bolt of the toolbox is connected to the inner side of the doorframe structure.
US10029358B2 Hydraulic hammer with clearance control system
A clearance control system for a hydraulic hammer is disclosed. The hydraulic hammer includes a housing member, a power cell disposed within the housing member, a wear member disposed between the housing member and the power cell, and a clearance control system for controlling the predefined clearance between the wear member and the power cell. The clearance control system includes a mounting boss and a fastening member disposed on the mounting boss. A first end of the fastening member is configured to receive an input from an operator and the second end is configured to contact with the first surface of the wear member. The fastening member is configured to move along a central axis defined by a threaded hole of the mounting boss to move the wear member towards the power cell, to control the predefined clearance between the wear member and the power cell.
US10029355B2 Driver bits adapted for both wrenches and bit screwdrivers
A driver bit for applying torque to a fastener with both wrenches and bit screwdrivers comprising: a) a drive portion comprising: i) a hexagonal shank portion, and ii) a holder portion comprising a collar or a groove that is capable of accommodating a C-clip; and b) a working head portion.
US10029352B2 Polygonal wrench tool
A polygonal wrench tool has a stick body, a mounting tube, a positioning ball and a spring. The stick body has an insertion end, a first positioning trough, a first distance, a second positioning trough, and a second distance. The first distance is defined between a center of the first positioning trough and the insertion end. The second distance is defined between a center of the second positioning trough and the insertion end. The mounting tube is slidably mounted around the stick body and has a ball hole and a third distance defined between a center of the ball hole and a tube end of the mounting tube. The third distance is larger than the first distance and is shorter than the second distance. The positioning ball is accommodated in the ball hole and abuts the engagement portion. The spring presses the positioning ball.
US10029351B2 Clamping tool
A clamping tool of the type including a C-shaped body and a drive screw with a threaded portion in mechanical communication with a threaded receiver in one end of the C-shaped body and including at least two threaded receivers in one end of the C-shaped body, each adapted to separately and independently receive and support the threaded portion of the drive screw. A backstop may be included with a backstop pin extending from a surface of the backstop and at least two non-collinear backstop bushings in a second end of the C-shaped body. The at least two non-collinear backstop bushings may each be adapted to receive and support the backstop pin of the backstop, thereby providing more than one position of the backstop on the C-shaped body.
US10029350B2 Methods of forming polycrystalline compacts and earth-boring tools including polycrystalline compacts
Methods of forming polycrystalline compacts include subjecting a plurality of grains of hard material interspersed with a catalyst material to high-temperature and high-pressure conditions to form a polycrystalline material having intergranular bonds and interstitial spaces between adjacent grains of the hard material. The catalyst material is disposed in at least some of the interstitial spaces in the polycrystalline material. The methods further comprise substantially removing the catalyst material from the interstitial spaces in at least a portion of the polycrystalline material to form an at least partially leached polycrystalline compact; and removing a portion of the polycrystalline material from which the catalyst material has been substantially removed from the at least partially leached polycrystalline compact. The polycrystalline cutting elements may be secured to a bit body of an earth-boring tool.
US10029349B2 Retaining body for flexible grinding means, grinding system and grinding tool
A retaining body for a grinding structure, in particular a grinding wheel, includes a fixing layer with a fixing surface. The fixing surface has a fixing structure configured to fix a flexible grinding structure, and includes a support body with a support surface. The support surface supports a fixing layer retaining surface that lies opposite the fixing surface, and is connected to the retaining surface. The support body is air- and dust-permeable, and includes an air- and dust-permeable material. The fixing layer is configured such that the fixing surface is substantially air- and dust-permeable in a direction that runs substantially perpendicular to the fixing surface, and such that an air flow can pass from the fixing surface through the fixing layer in a substantially perpendicular manner relative to the fixing surface.
US10029348B2 Torque sensitive adjustable locking grinder guard
A grinder guard assembly disclosed for a grinder blade includes a rotatable and adjustable indexed grinder guard defining a plurality of indexed and chamfered holes adjacent to an inner ring thereof and an “L” edge configured on an outer circumference thereof to form a guard by retaining grinding debris and preventing outside intervention. The grinder guard assembly also includes an annulus forming a single member with an inside washer and an outside washer and a space there between configured to slidably retain the indexed grinder guard in a common plane with the washers, the annulus configured to axially attach to a hub of the grinder. The grinder guard assembly further includes torque sensitive protrusions mounted from the outside washer, the protrusions configured to lock with the chamfered holes of the indexed grinder guard and retract therefrom based on a torque force applied to the indexed grinder guard relative to the annulus.
US10029344B2 Polishing apparatus and polishing method
A polishing apparatus capable of enabling a user to know a frequency and a trend of a retry operation of retrying a substrate release operation is disclosed. The polishing apparatus includes: a substrate holder configured to press a substrate against a polishing pad; a fluid ejection system configured to eject a fluid into a gap between the substrate and a flexible membrane for releasing the substrate from a substrate holding surface; an operation controller configured to instruct the fluid ejection system to perform a retry operation of ejecting the fluid again in a case where the release of the wafer has failed; and a monitoring device configured to store a historical information of the retry operation.
US10029339B2 Rotary table
A rotary table includes a clamping mechanism including a piston driven by operating fluid in a direction of either of clamping and unclamping a brake disc, and a biasing means fixed by a case and the piston to always bias the piston in a direction of either of clamping and unclamping the brake disc by a recovery force of elastic deformation.
US10029338B2 Machine and cell for the assembly of valve seats and guides
The machine comprises: a first station (4) for loading and unloading said cylinder head (9) and for loading said guides (13) and seats (12) in an upper mask (11) and a lower mask (10), respectively; a second pressing station (5) for the assembly and pressing of said guides (13) and seats (12) in the cylinder head (9); a rotating table (6) that comprises a first support tool (8) and a second support tool (8′), the first and second tools are configured to support a cylinder head (9) and the aforementioned table is configured to rotate so that the first tool (8) and the second tool (8′) are arranged alternatively and simultaneously at the first station (4) and at the second station (5); a first manipulator (7) configured to place said guides (13) and said seats (12) in the upper mask (11) and in the lower mask (10), respectively, at the first station (4); at least one pressing head (21) configured to snap the seats (12) and guides (13) on to the cylinder head (9) at the second station (5).
US10029334B2 Apparatus and method for monitoring laser welding bead
An apparatus for monitoring a laser welding bead irradiates a laser to a surface of a welding bead when welding with a laser welding machine, collects a signal reflected from the surface of the welding bead as an image signal, and then extracts at least one feature variable of a bead shape using the collected image signal. Then, the apparatus for monitoring the laser welding bead determines welding defects using the at least one feature variable, and controls an operation of the laser welding machine according to whether or not the welding defects are generated.
US10029330B2 Hybrid laser machining of multi-material stack-ups
A hybrid laser machining and metrology method that enables one-up assembly of a work piece is disclosed. The hybrid machining and metrology method may include interleaving a first laser output to remove material from the work piece with a second laser output to measure material removed from the work piece.
US10029328B2 Metal wiring bonding structure and production method therefor
A metal wiring bonding structure 100 comprises contacts 753 of connection FPC 75 and heater lands 46 of a sheet heater 30 to be bonded by a solder bonding member 766. A connection FPC 75 includes contact opposed lands 754 formed of metal and disposed at positions respectively opposed to the plurality of contacts 753 on a surface of a support layer 751 opposite from a surface on which metal wires 750 are provided. In addition to base surfaces 461 opposed to the contacts 753, the heater lands 46 respectively include extended surfaces 462 opposed to imaginary extended portions 753b imaginarily extended ahead from the contacts 753. A solder bonding member 756 covers surfaces of the contact opposed lands 754, a distal end surface of the connection FPC 75, and the extended surfaces 462 of the heater lands 46, and is filled in a bonding space C.
US10029327B2 Solder ball jet nozzle having improved reliability
A solder ball bonding tool includes a nozzle having an inner bore having a plurality of columnar surfaces and interposed retention structures that are positioned within the nozzle to retain a solder ball therein. A projection or projected shape formed by intersecting the retention structures may be generally circular, having a diameter less than the diameter of the solder balls for which the retention structures are positioned to retain. The nozzle may comprise a cemented carbide having less than or equal to a cumulative 4.5% of cobalt and gold serving as a binder.
US10029325B2 Methods and systems for electrochemical machining of an additively manufactured component
A system of manufacturing a component comprises forming a component on a conductive build plate. The component defines at least one access port and includes an inner surface that defines at least one internal passage. The system further includes forming at least one electrode within the at least one internal passage, wherein the at least one electrode is electrically isolated from the component. An electromotive force is applied to the at least one electrode to facilitate smoothing the inner surface.
US10029321B1 Repetitive rotary broaching
A broaching tool is held during the conduct of repetitive duplicate rotary broaching operations on serially presented workpieces. The broaching tool is engaged serially with each workpiece for rotation with the engaged workpiece during a corresponding rotary broaching operation. Each workpiece has a given configuration and the broaching tool has a prescribed configuration placed at an initial orientation for establishing a broached configuration placed at a same predetermined orientation relative to the given configuration of each workpiece. Upon completion of a rotary broaching operation on a workpiece, the broaching tool is returned to the initial orientation of the prescribed configuration in preparation for a duplicate rotary broaching operation on a subsequent serially presented workpiece.
US10029320B2 Pipe machining apparatuses and methods of operating the same
Pipe machining apparatuses are provided. In some aspects, a pipe machining apparatus may include a hinge to allow two sections of the pipe machining apparatus to move relative to one another. In another aspect, a support member may be provided to support a pipe machining apparatus on a surface. In a further aspect, a support member may be provided that allows lifting of a pipe machining apparatus in either a horizontal position or a vertical position.
US10029319B2 Cutting insert, cutting tool, and method of producing machined product using the same
A cutting insert comprises an upper surface including a first corner, and a second and third corner, respectively, adjacent to both sides of the first corner. The upper surface sequentially includes a rake surface along an upper cutting edge, inclined toward a lower surface, going inward from the upper cutting edge at a rake angle on a basis of a perpendicular plane perpendicular to a central axis extending between the upper and lower surfaces, and a connection surface more inward than the rake surface, inclined toward the lower surface, going inward at a connection angle on the basis of the perpendicular plane. An intersecting part of the rake surface and the connection surface includes a highest position in a portion of the intersecting part corresponding to a minor rake surface. A cutting tool with cutting insert, and a method of producing a machined product using the cutting tool are provided.
US10029318B2 Milling cutter and machining method using the same
A milling cutter is composed of a tool body having an approximately cylindrical or disk-like shape and a plurality of edge portions provided on at least an outer peripheral portion of one end of the tool body at predetermined intervals along a circumferential direction. The edge portion has a major cutting edge and a minor cutting edge that perform an operation of cutting a workpiece, the major cutting edge is positioned outside the minor cutting edge in a radial direction, and the minor cutting edge has a cutting edge angle that is an angle with respect to a plane orthogonal to a center axis of the tool body and set so as to be an elevation angle open outward in the radial direction. When surface machining is performed on a workpiece with the milling cutter, a high degree of machined surface accuracy equivalent to that obtained by grinding is obtained.
US10029312B2 Coupling for a cooling system in a cutting tool and a blade
A coupling and a blade for a cooling system in a cutting tool includes a first member including a shank having a first end and a second end. The first end of the shank defines a first end of the first member, and a head of the first member disposed at the second end of the shank and a top of the head of the first member defines a second end of the first member. The head of the first member is frustoconical and the first member includes a longitudinal passage in the shank. A radial opening in the head of the first member is in fluid communication with the longitudinal passage.
US10029311B2 Cutting insert, cutting tool, and method of manufacturing machined product using them
A cutting insert according to an embodiment of the present invention has a body section and a cutting section located closer to a front end side than the body section. The cutting section has an end cutting edge located along an intersection of an upper surface and a side surface, a recess located from the end cutting edge toward the body section, and a pair of protrusions opposed to each other with the recess interposed therebetween. The pair of protrusions has a first protrusion and a second protrusion located on the first protrusion. The first protrusion has a first inclined surface that is inclined upward and approaches another one of the pair of protrusions as going from the front end side toward the rear end side. A periphery of the second protrusion which is close to the front end side has a convex curvilinear shape in a top view.
US10029309B2 Production process for TiAl components
The present invention relates to a process for producing a component, in particular a component for a turbomachine, composed of a TiAl alloy, which comprises the following: introduction of a powder of the TiAl alloy into the capsule whose shape corresponds to the shape of the component to be produced and closing of the capsule, hot isostatic pressing of the capsule together with the powder, heat treatment of the hot isostatically pressed capsule, removal of the capsule, post-working of the contour of the component by removal of material.
US10029307B2 Additive manufacturing build plates and handling
An additive manufacturing build plate system includes a plate body defining a build surface and a rear surface opposite the build surface. A peripheral surface extends between the rear surface and the build surface. At least one gripping feature is defined in the peripheral surface, extending inwardly into the plate body between the build surface and the rear surface.
US10029301B2 Segregated multi-material metal-matrix composite tools
A mold assembly system includes a mold assembly that defines an infiltration chamber used for forming an infiltrated metal-matrix composite (MMC) tool, and at least one boundary form positioned within the infiltration chamber and segregating the infiltration chamber into at least a first zone and a second zone. Reinforcement materials are deposited within the infiltration chamber and include a first composition loaded into the first zone and a second composition loaded into the second zone. At least one binder material infiltrates the first and second compositions, wherein infiltration of the first and second compositions results in differing mechanical, chemical, physical, thermal, atomic, magnetic, or electrical properties between the first and second zones in the infiltrated MMC tool.
US10029291B2 Devices and methods for landfill gas well monitoring and control
A landfill well control system is disclosed which provides the ability to input a user selected set point to control a flow related variable at a landfill wellhead. A flow control actuator controls movement of a landfill gas (LFG) flow control valve. A sensor may be used for sensing the flow related variable. A controller is operably associated with the flow control actuator and the sensor. A user interface has a set selection for enabling a set point associated with the flow related variable, which is to be controlled by the system, to be input by the user. The controller operates to control the LFG flow control valve as needed to maintain the set point in an autopilot-like fashion.
US10029288B1 Manually operated bearing cleaning apparatus
A simple but effective manually operated bearing cleaning apparatus comprises a container adapted to receive a solvent. One or more brushes mounted on the inner sidewall of the container have bristles oriented generally toward a centerline of the container, while leaving a central opening enabling a bearing to pass therethrough. A telescoping sleeve including a lower sleeve with a lower end, and an upper sleeve with an upper end is configured to receive a bearing to be cleaned between upper and lower retainers on the upper sleeve. A coupling is provided between the lower end of the lower sleeve and the inner bottom surface of the container, whereby a user moves the upper sleeve in an up-and-down motion, forcing the bearing through the central opening of the bristles, thereby cleaning the bearing in the solvent.
US10029286B2 Wiper and method of manufacturing the same
A wiper is made up of an attachment member to be attached to a machine tool, a wiper body formed integrally with the attachment member, a bent-shaped lip support part made of an elastic material and disposed at a lower end of the wiper body, and a lip part connected to the wiper body with the lip support part interposed therebetween. A lip front end portion of the lip part, a tip of which comes into contact with a sliding surface of the machine tool, is made of an elastic material containing an additive material for reinforcement.
US10029285B2 Grill scraper apparatus
A scraper for a barbeque grill comprises a handle. A substantially parallelepiped cleaning head is extended at a forward end of the handle. The cleaning head comprises a first metal plate and a second metal plate. A plurality of metal spikes is mounted to and extends from at least one surface of the cleaning head. The plurality of metal spikes move centrifugal swivel movement at an angle of 15 degrees for inserting into open spaces of the barbecue grill. The plurality of metal spikes provides side-to-side swinging motion to remove the charred debris from the top and side portions of the barbecue grill.
US10029283B2 Method and apparatus for sorting particles
A method and apparatus for sorting particles moving through a closed channel system of capillary size comprises a bubble valve for selectively generating a pressure pulse to separate a particle having a predetermined characteristic from a stream of particles. The particle sorting system may further include a buffer for absorbing the pressure pulse. The particle sorting system may include a plurality of closely coupled sorting modules which are combined to further increase the sorting rate. The particle sorting system may comprise a multi-stage sorting device for serially sorting streams of particles, in order to decrease the error rate.
US10029280B2 Sieve for microparticles
A sieve for microparticles includes a seat having a chamber and a plurality of boards mounted in the chamber. Each of the plurality of boards includes a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The first face includes at least one notch. The second face includes at least one groove. The first face of each of the plurality of boards abuts the second face of an adjacent board. The at least one notch and the at least one groove respectively of two adjacent boards are partially aligned and intercommunicated with each other.
US10029277B2 Method of producing large-scale layers of solid material
The invention relates to a method of producing at least one layer of solid material. This method comprises at the very least the steps of: providing a carrier substrate with a first exposed surface and with a second exposed surface; producing a detachment layer in the carrier substrate or over the first exposed surface of the carrier substrate, the detachment layer having an exposed surface; producing the first layer of solid material over the exposed surface of the detachment layer, the first layer of solid material having a free surface spaced apart from the detachment layer; positioning or forming a receiving layer on the second exposed surface of the carrier substrate or on the free surface of the first layer of solid material; generating stresses within the detachment layer, the stresses being generated by tempering at least the receiving layer, a crack propagating within the detachment layer or in the boundary region between the detachment layer and the first layer of solid material as a result of the stresses, the first layer of solid material being split off from the previously produced multi-layer arrangement by the crack.
US10029273B2 End effector cleaning devices and systems
An end effector cleaner for removing excess sealant from an end effector is provided. The end effector cleaner includes a first spool, a second spool, a medium for removing excess sealant from the end effector, a support member configured to support a portion of the medium, a motor for rotating the second spool, an advancement sensor for detecting a presence of the end effector and sending a signal for rotating the motor, and a roll sensor for detecting a dimension of the medium wound on at least one of the first spool and the second spool. One end of the medium is wound on the first spool and the other end of the medium is wound on the second spool, and the portion of the medium is positioned to receive excess sealant of the end effector.
US10029268B2 Fluid dispensing device and method for producing such a device
A device for dispensing a fluid, including: a feed pipe, a dispensing pipe arranged in order to convey a fluid in a dispensing direction, a deformable pouch, a feed valve, and a dispensing valve. In an open state the feed valve allows fluid to pass from the feed pipe to the inside of the pouch, and, in a closed state, does not allow this. In an open state the dispensing valve allows fluid to pass from the inside of the pouch to the dispensing pipe, and, in a closed state, does not allow this. The dispensing valve is held in the device by tightening between inner walls of the dispensing pipe.
US10029266B2 Foam dispensing gun
A foam spray gun is illustrated in which a third hose is attached to the gun for the application of either a liquid or a gas.
US10029260B2 Centrifuge tube holding assembly
A centrifuge tube holding assembly includes a body having a front side, a back side, a top edge, a bottom edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The top edge has a plurality of apertures extending downwardly therein and each of the apertures may be used for removably receiving an ultracentrifuge tube. The front wall has an opening therein for viewing an open space positioned below the top edge. A panel is positioned over the opening. The panel is transparent to allow viewing through the panel.The panel has measurement indicia thereon configured to be positioned to be alignable with the ultracentrifuge tube.
US10029259B2 Reservoir with variable radius fillet
A slot extender includes a reservoir. The reservoir includes a reservoir floor defining a drain opening, a continuous reservoir sidewall extending from the reservoir floor, and a concave fillet running along at least a portion where the reservoir sidewall joins the reservoir floor. The concave fillet has a variable radius.
US10029255B2 Liquid handling device
This liquid handling device is provided with a first chip that comprises a first substrate, a first film, a first flow path, a second flow path and a partition wall. A diaphragm portion of the first film is over the first flow path, the second flow path and the partition wall, and the center thereof is arranged over the first flow path. The first chip comprises a discharge hole or a discharge flow path which, in the liquid flow direction in the first flow path, opens into the first flow path between the partition wall and the center of the diaphragm and allows communication between the inside and outside of the first flow path.
US10029246B1 Method of cleaning a diesel particulate filter
The present invention is directed to a method of cleaning a diesel particulate filter. The method requires a step of contacting the diesel particulate filter with a cleaning composition containing one or more fatty acids or a derivative thereof. The one or more fatty acids or a derivative thereof may include a natural oil, such as a plant-based oil.
US10029239B2 Methods of producing SAPO-56, an AFX-containing molecular sieve
The invention relates to a method of preparing SAPO-56, (AFX) using a lower alkyl amine, preferably trimethylamine, and a 1,4-diazabicyclo [2.2.2]octane derivative, preferably comprising either 1,4-(1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane)butyl cations or 1,5-(1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane)pentyl cations, as structure directing agents (SDAs). A lower alkyl ammonium hydroxide, such as tetrabutylammonium hydroxide (TBAOH), can be used to control the pH. The invention also relates to SAPO-56 comprising a lower alkyl amine, such as trimethylamine, and a 1,4-diazabicyclo [2.2.2]octane derivative, such as a compound comprising either 1,4-(1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane)butyl cations or 1,5-(1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane) pentyl cations.
US10029237B2 Catalyst comprising dispersed gold and palladium, and its use in selective hydrogenation
A catalyst comprising gold, palladium, and a porous support, in the form of at least one grain, in which: the gold content in the catalyst is in the range 0.5% to 3% by weight with respect to the total weight of catalyst; the mean particle size of the gold, estimated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), is in the range 0.5 nm to 5 nm; the gold is distributed homogeneously in the porous support; at least 80% by weight of the palladium is distributed in an eggshell at the periphery of the porous support; the gold/palladium molar ratio is more than 2.
US10029230B1 Flow in a slurry loop reactor
Olefin polymerization processes are described herein. The processes generally include circulating a slurry including an olefin monomer selected from C2-C12 olefin monomers, a liquid diluent selected from C3-C7 alkanes, catalyst and polyolefin particles under polymerization conditions within a loop reactor. In one or more specific embodiments, in operation, the process has a cavitation number of from 6 to 60 and the polymerization conditions include a polymerization temperature of from 38° C. to 121° C. and a polymerization pressure of from 27 bar to 50 bar. In other embodiments, the process has a Euler Number (Eu) of at least 5.
US10029229B2 Adjustable chromophore compounds and materials incorporating such compounds
The present invention is directed to adjustable chromophore compounds and materials (e.g., ophthalmic lens materials) incorporating those compounds. The adjustable chromophore compounds include a chemical moiety that structurally changes upon exposure to predetermined electromagnetic radiation (e.g., two photon radiation) as well as lens materials, particularly intraocular lens materials that incorporate those compounds.
US10029226B2 Method for determining a stickiness temperature of a resin
Methods and systems for controlling a polymerization reactor in a non-sticking regime are disclosed. An exemplary method includes measuring parameters for the polymerization reaction including a reactor temperature and a concentration of an induced condensing agent (ICA) in a polymerization reactor. An equivalent partial pressure ((PICA)equiv) of the ICA is calculated. The polymerization reactor operation is located in a two dimension space defined by a reactor temperature dimension and a ((PICA)equiv) dimension. The location in the two dimensional space is compared to an non-sticking regime, defined as the space between an upper temperature limit (UTL) curve and a lower temperature limit (LTL) curve. Parameters of the polymerization reactor are adjusted to keep the reactor within the non-sticking regime.
US10029222B2 Agitator having shrouded vanes for submersible pumps
An agitator includes a central shaft, a radially spaced array of vanes and a shroud encircling the central shaft so as to intersect the vanes perpendicular to the vanes' depth and along their length, thus defining an inner passageway between the shroud and the central shaft and an outer passageway between the vanes, radially extending outwardly of the shroud.
US10029218B2 Method and system for a short length jet pump with improved mixing
A method and system for a jet pump is provided. The jet pump system includes a pre-mixing bowl includes a nozzle, a mixing section at least partially surrounding the nozzle, and a first inlet opening configured to receive a first flow of fluid and direct the first flow of fluid to an inlet of the nozzle. The pre-mixing bowl further includes a second inlet opening configured to receive a second flow of fluid and to direct the second flow of fluid to the mixing section. The second inlet opening includes a first inlet opening area. The second inlet opening includes an entry angle into the pre-mixing bowl that is oblique with respect to the central axis. The pre-mixing bowl further includes a third inlet opening configured to receive a third flow of fluid to direct the third flow of fluid to the mixing section.
US10029216B2 Hollow-fiber membrane blood purification device
Disclosed is a hollow-fiber membrane blood purification device having an improved antioxidant performance, good water permeation performance and blood compatibility performance, and economic rationality. The present invention provides a hollow-fiber membrane blood purification device including hollow-fiber membranes filled in a vessel, in which the hollow-fiber membranes contain a hydrophobic polymer, a hydrophilic polymer and a fat-soluble vitamin, when a hollow-fiber membrane bundle is divided into five sections in a lengthwise direction and divided sections positioned in endmost portions are defined as body end portions, an amount of the fat-soluble vitamin present in at least one of the body end portions is the largest among amounts of the fat-soluble vitamin present respectively in all the divided sections, and an amount of the fat-soluble vitamin per m2 of a hollow-fiber membrane inner surface of the at least one body end portion is 20 mg/m2 or more and 300 mg/m2 or less.
US10029211B2 Method for the regeneration of a membrane wall in a distillation device
A process for the regeneration of a membrane wall in a distillation apparatus, wherein a distillation apparatus having one or more evaporation and condensation stages is provided, each evaporation and condensation stage having at least one flow channel conducting a liquid, said flow channel being at least partially confined by a vapor-permeable and liquid-impermeable membrane wall, wherein vapor emerging from the liquid passes through the membrane wall. The liquid is removed from the at least one flow channel, wherein, after the removal of the liquid, the membrane wall is surrounded on both sides by a gas atmosphere, but is still wetted with liquid, and this liquid is removed by adjusting the gas atmosphere surrounding the membrane wall such that the partial pressure of the liquid in the gas atmosphere is lower than the vapor pressure of the liquid wetting the membrane wall.
US10029210B2 Exhaust gas purification apparatus and method for internal combustion engine
In embodiments, an exhaust gas purification apparatus and method for an internal combustion engine initializes a SCR catalyst by heating the SCR catalyst under predetermined conditions without accompanying troublesome procedures and complicated calculations. With the exhaust gas purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine, arranged on an exhaust-gas passage of the internal combustion engine and including the SCR catalyst for purifying NOx in exhaust gas in the internal combustion engine, the method calculates and accumulates estimated values of NH3 adsorption adsorbed on the SCR catalyst, on the basis of the amount of NH3 injection from urea-aqueous solution injected into the exhaust-gas passage from the upstream side of the SCR catalyst and the amount of NH3 injection for purifying NOx at the upstream side of the SCR catalyst, and initializing the SCR catalyst by heating the SCR catalyst to initialize the estimated value of NH3 adsorption.
US10029208B2 Exhaust purification system
An exhaust purification system for purifying exhaust gas from a combustion engine comprising: an exhaust pipe (10) for the supply of exhaust gas; a pre-chamber (12) for receiving a flow of exhaust gas via a supply pipe (14); a supply valve (16) for controlling a flow of exhaust gas into the pre-chamber; at least one mixing chamber (18), in fluid connection with the pre-chamber for receiving the exhaust gas via the pre-chamber; an ionizing equipment (20) configured to ionize air, connected to the mixing chamber (18) so that ionized air is fed into the mixing chamber and is mixed with the exhaust gas; wherein the supply valve (16) is configured to be controlled based on a flow velocity of exhaust gas in the exhaust pipe (10).
US10029206B2 Separation of a target substance from a fluid or mixture using encapsulated sorbents
Method and apparatus for separating a target substance from a fluid or mixture. Capsules having a coating and stripping solvents encapsulated in the capsules are provided. The coating is permeable to the target substance. The capsules having a coating and stripping solvents encapsulated in the capsules are exposed to the fluid or mixture. The target substance migrates through the coating and is taken up by the stripping solvents. The target substance is separated from the fluid or mixture by driving off the target substance from the capsules.
US10029199B2 Air cleaner; replaceable filter cartridges; and, methods
The disclosure concerns air cleaners. Preferred air cleaners are shown which include a housing and a removable and replacement primary filter cartridge. Optional and advantageous features are shown. The preferred primary filter cartridge is conical in shape. A preferred optional safety or secondary filter cartridge is shown. Preferred methods of assembly and use are provided.
US10029195B2 Compartmentally expandable rotating belt filter for energy use reduction
The present technology relates generally to fluid filtration systems. In particular, several embodiments are directed toward compartmentally expandable rotating belt filters and associated systems and methods. In some embodiments, for example, a filtering system for contaminated fluid includes a first fluid filtering chamber having a first filter belt movably positioned therein and a second fluid filtering chamber having a second filter belt movably positioned therein. The first filter belt can be operable in parallel with the second filter belt. The system can further include a sensor configured to sense a condition related a volume of the contaminated fluid, a speed of flow of the contaminated fluid, or a level of contaminants in the contaminated fluid. A controller can be configured to initiate, stop, or adjust fluid flow to the first fluid filtering chamber and second fluid filtering chamber individually in response to the sensed condition.
US10029193B2 Dual loop fuel filtration system with controller
A filtration system is provided. The system provides a first filtration loop that provides one or more passes through a first filter using a first pump and a second filtration loop that provides one or more passes through a second filter using a second pump. The combination of a first pump and a second pump, each with a filter and each running independently of engine speed, provides an effective means of cleaning fuel.
US10029192B2 Filter and methods of manufacturing the same
A filter is configured to be used in a variety of different devices to filter particulate matter from a fluid (e.g., air or water), such as residential or commercial air filtration systems, automobile filtration systems, and water filtration systems. In one embodiment, the filter includes a filter medium and a support member. At least one inwardly deflected portion of the support member engages at least one portion of the filter medium to couple the support member to the filter medium. In one embodiment, the deflected portion of the support member may be deflected inward at an angle between approximately 90 degrees and approximately 180 degrees. The filter medium may be any suitable filtration material, such as fiberglass, paper, or vegetable fibers (e.g., cotton). The support member may be constructed of expanded metal, wire mesh, or a flat plate.
US10029184B2 Plug-in type container
A plug-in type container including: a bottom plate configured to prevent leaking through the container bottom; side walls; and side columns. The bottom plate, the side walls and the side columns are connected in a plug-in manner to form a trough body. The bottom plate and the side columns are provided with plug-in structures configured to engage with each other. The side columns and the side walls are provided with plug-in structures configured to engage with each other. The plug-in type container is formed by connecting the bottom plate, the side columns and the side walls in a plug-in manner. The components are plate-like or columnar structures and can be directly stacked for packing, thereby occupying little space and convenient to transport and carry. Moreover, assembly of the container can be done in a simple manner, thus a common consumer can assemble the container without using tools or screws.
US10029183B2 Fantasy sports method, system, and software
A method of using, computer software implementing, and a system for allowing a fantasy sports contest application to provide to a user the ability to substitute bench players for active players while a corresponding live game is in progress comprising establishing a position clock for each player, subtracting times from the position clocks as a stat feed entry is received, for each player adding active points for active players and inactive points for bench players, and scoring to the user only active points at the end of the game.
US10029177B2 System and method for a videogame with a secondary metagame
A videogame playable on a traditional gaming platform has an associated metagame playable on a handheld “second screen” device. In some embodiments, a player's performance in the videogame affects the player's performance in the metagame.
US10029171B1 2X2X2 cube puzzle and a cube stand
A cube packing comprises two truncated pyramids configured for a packing mode and a stand mode. In the packing mode, each pyramid touches three faces. In the stand mode, a first pyramid lays on a substantially horizontal surface, a second pyramid rests on the first pyramid and a large cube resides in the second pyramid while having a vertex pointing upwards. The large cube consists of eight small cubes, which in turn consist of a first group of eight pieces and a second group of 16 pieces. Each small cube includes one piece of the first group and two pieces of the second group. The eight pieces of the first group include at least three pieces different from each other at least by color, and may include at least three pieces different from each other at least by shape. In addition, the 16 pieces of the second group include at least three pieces different from each other at least by shape, and may include at least three pieces different from each other at least by color. Each small cube consists 3×3×3 mini-cubes by volume.
US10029170B1 Poker game
A casino table poker game where all cards are dealt face-up and the dealer plays a hand. Players each place an ante wager and are initially dealt a partial face-up poker hand and the dealer is dealt a complete face-up poker hand. If the dealer's poker hand meets or exceeds a kick out threshold, the dealer folds her poker hand. The kick out threshold can vary based on the number of players in the game. Then, from lowest to highest rank of partial face-up poker hands, players can fold or pay an additional wager to receive additional cards to complete their face-up poker hand. The pot is awarded to the dealer or player with the best poker hand according to a predetermined set of poker game rules.
US10029169B2 Billiard chalking assembly
A billiard chalking assembly for applying billiard chalk to a billiard cue includes bracelet that is worn around a wrist. A ball is provided and a billiard chalk is positioned in the ball. The ball is removably coupled to the bracelet thereby facilitating the billiard chalk to be accessible to a wearer of the bracelet. The ball is manipulated to facilitating the billiard chalk to chalk a billiard cue.
US10029164B2 Hockey goalie roller apparatus and method of configuring roller assembly
A roller apparatus integrated with one or more inner side protective landings of a roller hockey goalie's leg protective member. The apparatus may include a first planar layer having a first plurality of openings arranged in a planar array, a second planar layer having a second plurality of openings aligned with the first plurality of openings of the first layer; and a plurality of roller bearings shaped and sized for positioning in the aligned first plurality of openings and second plurality of openings, with outer surfaces of the roller bearings projecting outwardly from the first plurality of openings of the first planar layer of the roller assembly to enable rolling movement of the roller assembly when engaged in contact with a dry surface. Also described are methods of configuring a roller assembly, such as the aforementioned roller apparatus.
US10029163B2 Event timing system having an RFID tag reader and integrated GPS location determination
A system and method for determining a time of an event participant passing a detection point having a participant identifier number by a timing system coupled to an RFID tag reader in proximity to at a monitored point and receiving RFID tag read times and coupled to a portable device with a transceiver and a location detector for selectively receiving a participant number read, the timing system receiving the geographic location of the handheld device, the handheld read participant number and a handheld time, determining that the received RFID tag read times timing system are not usable times and determining a time of passing of the participant by the detection point by determining a delta time between the proximity detector and the handheld device and an adjusted time of participant passing based on the determined delta time and handheld time.
US10029160B2 Golf club heads
Putters include a putter body having a ball striking face member made of a material having a first hardness characteristic. A cavity is defined in the putter body behind the ball striking face member, and plural openings are defined in the ball striking face member extending rearward with respect to the ball striking face member and into the cavity. A polymeric material at least partially fills the openings and the cavity, wherein the polymeric material has a second hardness characteristic that is softer than the first hardness characteristic. The ball striking face member and the polymeric material exposed in at least some of the openings provide a ball striking surface of the putter. The ball striking surface may include grooves or scorelines to affect the launch angle, spin, and/or roll of the ball during a putt. Methods for making such putter devices also are described.
US10029158B2 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 face portion, a body portion with a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a back portion, and a front portion. The golf club head may include an interior cavity that is at least partially filled with a polymer material from at least one port connected to the interior cavity. The golf club head may include at least one weight portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10029156B2 Metal wood club
A golf club head having a body having a first receptacle having ant aperture and a weight retention member affixed to the receptacle, the weight retention member having an opening, the weight retention member configured to receive a weighted insert, wherein at least a portion of the receptacle is located on the sole, wherein the receptacle includes a pair of perimeter walls, each of the perimeter walls substantially perpendicular to the sole adjacent the perimeter walls, wherein the pair of perimeter walls are separated by the aperture and are substantially parallel to one another.
US10029153B1 Multiple layer golf ball
A golf ball comprising a core comprising an inner core center and an outer core layer disposed over the inner core center. The inner core center has a deflection of greater than 0.210 inch under a load of 100 kilograms, and the entire the core has a deflection ranging from 0.130 inch to 0.105 inch under a load of 100 kilograms. A mantle layer is disposed over the core and a cover is disposed over the mantle.
US10029150B2 Golf ball having medium positive gradient quotient and low trans content
A golf ball includes a core having an outer surface, a geometric center, and a soft transition region adjacent to the outer surface. The soft transition region has a thickness of about 4 mm or less and includes about 2 to 10 percent of a trans-polybutadiene isomer. An outer cover layer has a hardness of about 50 Shore M or greater. The core outer surface hardness is greater than the hardness at the geometric center to define a positive hardness gradient of about 10 to 48 Shore C. The core has a secondary gradient quotient, GQ′, of 1.5 to 7.25, GQ′ being defined by the equation: G ′ + T 10 × COR where G′ is the positive hardness gradient in Shore C, T is the percent trans-polybutadiene isomer at the core outer surface, and COR is the coefficient of restitution of the core measured at an incoming velocity of 125 ft/s.
US10029145B2 Exercise device with a trampoline surface and a rigid surface
A portable stepping device includes at least one spacer and an open platform defining an opening and connected to a first side of the at least one spacer. A trampoline mat is suspended in the opening, and a first foot connected to the open platform. The portable stepping device also includes a closed platform connected to a second side of the at least one spacer, and a second foot connected to the closed platform.
US10029143B1 Exercise bicycle with laterally adjustable pedals for increasing the number of muscle groups being conditioned
A stationary exercise bicycle pedal system that can be easily manually modified during an exercise routine to greatly expand the number of different muscle groups that are stimulated during the exercise routine. The stationary exercise bicycle pedal system includes laterally adjustable and selectively positionable pedals received on elongated support shafts. Adjustable pedal stops are received on each elongated support shaft and are provided on each side of each pedal to lock or hold the respective pedal in a specific location along the respective elongated support shaft. The adjustable pedal stops are manually adjustable along a length of the respective elongated support shaft so that the respective pedal can be selectively positioned anywhere along the respective elongated support shaft and varied during the exercise routine.
US10029141B2 Exercise machine handle indicia system
An exercise machine handle indicia system for facilitating efficient and proper exercise movements by an exerciser. The exercise machine handle indicia system generally includes a frame, a carriage movably positioned upon the frame, a bias member connected between the carriage and the frame that applies a bias force upon the carriage, and a first handle and a second handle connected to the frame near the first end of the frame. The first handle includes a first indicia to indicate where to position a first hand of an exerciser to perform a first exercise and the second handle includes a first indicia to indicate where to position a second hand of the exerciser to perform the first exercise. During the performance of an exercise, the exerciser is instructed by a human instructor or an electronic device which indicia on the handles to position their hands or other body parts.
US10029140B2 Wrist and forearm exercise device
A portable exercise device which applies a torsional force onto the user's hands in order to engage the forearm. The exercise device includes a first grip assembly, a second grip assembly, a planar framing body, and an adjustable resistance mechanism. The first grip assembly and the second grip assembly allow the user to engage the exercise device and are positioned offset to each other across the planar framing body. The first grip assembly and the second grip assembly each include a circular hole, an elongated handle, and a rotating ring. The circular hole traverses through the planar framing body. The rotating ring is perimetrically and slidably engaged to the planar framing body within the circular hole. The elongated handle is diametrically mounted across the rotating ring. The adjustable resistance mechanism produces the resistance force and is mechanically integrated in between the rotating ring and the planar framing body.
US10029136B2 Range of motion flexibility device and method of use
A stretching device comprises a shoulder or body harness with an adjustable central hold arranged around the upper body connected with an adjustable extension strap configured to engage a foot at a distal end. The extension strap is slidably connected to the central strap to move along the length of the central strap. The wearable device and method of using the device provides a comfortable tension and facilitates hands free stretching in the supine position, for improving duration of the stretching and range of motion. The device straps may be quickly disassembled with a strap independently used, or in a combination rearranged for connection by interlocking the central strap with either a shoulder strap or the extension strap, for upper body and shoulder stretching.
US10029135B1 Stretching device
A stretching device has a pair of elongate stretching bars, a support frame, and an adjustment mechanism. Each of the elongate stretching bars includes a main body that extends from a front end to a rear end. The support frame supports each of the elongate stretching bars above the ground in a side-by-side orientation. The adjustment mechanism provides for adjusting the position of the front ends of the pair of elongate stretching bars, both horizontally and vertically, with respect to the support frame.
US10029134B2 Most fit exercise sledge hammer with head molded to and through handle
A hammer with an elongate handle having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end and a distal end; a protrusion mounted at the distal end of the handle having a pin and a notch therethrough oriented along a transverse axis relative to the longitudinal axis and a flexible generally geometrically uniform mass affixed to the handle at the distal end thereof. The mass is molded onto the distal end of the handle whereby at least part of the mass extends through and fully occupies a channel in the handle and cooperates with the pin to secure the mass to the handle.
US10029132B2 Explosion inhibiting portable fuel container and method of inhibiting explosions
A portable fuel container configured to prevent liquid fuel contained therein from being entirely emptied from the container. The amount of liquid fuel retained in the container can be sufficient to maintain a fuel-to-air ratio in the container at a fuel-rich level that prevents combustion within the container if the container were to be placed near an ignition source or if an ignition source were to somehow enter the container. The container can also include other safety features such as, for example, a flash suppressor located at the fill opening, an extra wide fill opening, and/or an easily controllable dispensing spout. When a flash suppressor is employed, the perforations in the flash suppressor can be configured to retain fuel therein after fuel has been dispensed from the container and the flash suppressor is no longer submerged in fuel.
US10029131B2 Fan unit
The invention relates to a fan unit (1) for mobile use for ventilating an area in which it is deployed, in particular for circulating fresh air in areas contaminated by smoke or gases, which comprises a main frame (2), having a lifting frame (4) mounted thereon and an axial fan (3). A first pivot arrangement (8) for the lifting frame (4) is disposed on the one hand in the region of a frame part (7) extending up from a base frame (6) and on the other hand in a first end region (14) of the lifting frame (4) facing the frame part (7). The lifting frame (4) can be adjusted in terms of its vertical distance from the base frame (6) from a non-operating position lying closer thereto into a raised deployment position. A second pivot arrangement (17) is disposed on the lifting frame (4) about which a support frame (19) is mounted so as to be pivotable in terms of its relative position with respect to the base frame (6). The axial fan (3) is retained on the lifting frame (4) with the support frame (19) connected in between.
US10029125B2 Ultrasonic surgical instrument with articulation joint having integral stiffening members
A surgical apparatus comprises a body, an ultrasonic transducer, a shaft, an acoustic waveguide, an articulation section, an end effector, and a rigidizing member. The ultrasonic transducer is operable to convert electrical power into ultrasonic vibrations. The shaft couples the end effector and the body together. The acoustic waveguide is coupled with the transducer. The articulation section is operable to flex to thereby deflect the end effector from a longitudinal axis defined by the shaft. The rigidizing member is operable to selectively rigidize the articulation section and thereby prevent deflection of the end effector by preventing flexibility of the articulation section. Such rigidization includes removing any “play” or other small movement that might otherwise be provided by the articulation section due to manufacturing tolerances and/or looseness between parts.
US10029124B2 Multiple beamline position isocenterless positively charged particle cancer therapy apparatus and method of use thereof
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for treating a tumor with protons using multiple beamline positions not having an isocenter, including the steps of: (1) delivering the protons from a synchrotron along a redirectable beam transport path to yield a plurality of incident vectors, each of the plurality of incident vectors directed toward the treatment room and (2) redirecting the protons traveling along each of the plurality of incident vectors, with an output nozzle, to the tumor, where a first vector, of the plurality of incident vectors, comprises a first direction intersecting the tumor and where a second vector, of the plurality of incident vectors, comprises a second direction passing by the tumor without entering the tumor. The step of redirecting directs the protons traveling along the first and second incident vectors, respectively, to a first and second path intersecting a front and the back of the tumor.
US10029122B2 Charged particle—patient motion control system apparatus and method of use thereof
The invention comprises a system for controlling a charged particle beam shape and direction relative to a controlled and dynamically positioned patient and/or an imaging surface, such as a scintillation plate of a tomography system and/or a first two-dimensional imaging system coupled to a second two-dimensional imaging system. Multiple interlinked beam/patient/imaging control stations allow safe zone operation and clear interaction with the charged particle beam system and the patient. Both treatment and imaging are facilitated using automated sequences controlled with a work-flow control system.
US10029119B2 Brachytherapy applicator device for insertion in a body cavity
The invention relates to a brachytherapy applicator device for insertion in a body cavity. The applicator device comprises an applicator shaped for insertion in the body cavity; the applicator comprising connectable segments; at least one connectable part having a form following wall surface shaped to follow the body cavity, the wall surface having a multichannel groove structure, so as to guide a plurality of catheters along the grooves in the groove structure along the wall surface.
US10029118B2 Advanced rotating-shield brachytherapy and planning of the same
Systems and methods for rotating shield brachytherapy. In an aspect, some of the systems and methods can be used to facilitate shield selection for use in rotating shield brachytherapy. In an aspect, the invention is a shielded needle or catheter system with a rotational controller for delivering radioisotope-based interstitial rotating shield brachytherapy (I-RSBT). In an aspect, the catheter system can utilize paddle-based RSBT. Further provided are methods and systems for helical RSBT.
US10029115B2 Photodynamic therapy for tumors with localized delivery
A system for treatment of tumors includes a vessel having a photosensitizing agent therein, a delivery device for communicating the photosensitizing agent from the vessel to tumor tissue, a light source for radiating the tumor tissue after the delivery device has delivered the photosensitizing agent to the tumor tissue, a catheter having at least one inflatable balloon positioned thereon, and a fluid source that repeatedly inflates and at least partially deflates the inflatable balloon such that a resecting outer surface of the balloon contacts the radiated tumor tissue and resects the tissue.
US10029114B2 System and method for recuperating cell metabolism
A system and method for recuperating cell metabolism, which comprises an energy wave generator has an energy wave's frequency control mode. The energy wave's frequency control mode includes multiple controls for acting the energy wave generator to generate and emit energy waves each with a corresponding energy density. The energy density is calculated by a corresponding base frequency, a sweep bandwidth of the corresponding base frequency, an emission rate and a total time of emission in a duty cycle, so that the energy waves with the corresponding energy densities effecting on the body of animals or human to improve the function of cell metabolism.
US10029112B1 Transcranial magnetic stimulation device for the treatment of migraine headaches
A Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator (TMS) is used by a patient to treat a variety of human disorders including migraine headaches. The device has an electronic device to charge a capacitor to a high voltage which creates a high current in a magnetic coil which produces an intense magnetic pulse applied to the patient's head for treatment of migraine headaches or to other patient body parts to treat other disorders. The TMS may be reprogrammed remotely over the Internet to add additional pulses or additional time that the patient may use the TMS, during which time the TMS would continue to function. The data in the TMS may be sent over the Internet to the patient's physician and/or to a monitor to send the data to the company that manufactured the TMS.
US10029110B2 Wearable defibrillator with audio input/output
A wearable device and method of monitoring the condition of a patient. The wearable device includes at least one sensor and at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one sensor. The wearable device also includes an operator interface device operatively connected to the at least one processor. The at least one processor causes the device to allow for customization of at least one output message to be delivered via the operator interface device.
US10029105B2 Antennas for implantable medical devices
In general, techniques are described for wirelessly transferring information using an implantable antenna. In one example, an apparatus includes an implantable medical device that includes a housing including an implantable telemetry circuit. The apparatus includes a dielectric compartment, mechanically coupled to the housing and including first and second substantially parallel face portions, and a third face portion extending between the first and second face portions, and an antenna assembly configured to be mechanically attached to the dielectric compartment and configured to be electrically coupled to the implantable telemetry circuit, the antenna assembly includes a spiral conductor comprising first, second, and third spiral conductor portions that extend adjacent the first, second, and third face portions, respectively, of the dielectric compartment, where the first, second, and third spiral conductor portions define an interior region, and where at least a portion of the third spiral conductor portion extends inwardly into the interior region.
US10029104B2 Leadless pacemaker with end-of-life protection
An implantable medical device includes operational circuitry, such as a therapy circuit. The implantable medical device also includes a power source configured to deliver energy to the operational circuitry, and a deactivation element configured to disable the therapy circuit. A power manager is configured to detect an end-of-life condition of the power source and, in response to detecting the end-of-life condition, cause the deactivation element to reversibly disable the therapy circuit.
US10029098B2 System and method for treating obstructive sleep apnea
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system for treating obstructive sleep apnea in a subject. The system can include a power source and a neuromuscular stimulator in electrical communications with the power source. The neuromuscular stimulator can include a controller and at least one electrode. The controller can be configured to receive certain power and stimulation parameters associated with a therapy signal from the power source. The at least one electrode can be configured to deliver the therapy signal to a target tissue associated with control of a posterior base of the tongue of the subject.
US10029093B2 Treatment of biological tissues using subnanosecond electric pulses
A system for treatment of biological tissues is provided. The system includes a lens having a hollow, substantially hemispherical shape with an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a substantially hemispherical cavity for inserting the biological tissues. The system further includes an antenna assembly for generating and directing electromagnetic radiation towards the outer surface. In the system, the lens is configured to direct the electromagnetic energy to an area in the cavity, a dielectric constant of the lens at the inner surface substantially matches a dielectric constant of the biological tissues, the dielectric constant monotonically increases from the outer surface to the inner surface, and the electromagnetic energy is generated via a series of pulses having a transient of less than about 1 nanosecond.
US10029091B2 Apparatus for baroreceptor stimulation therapy
A medical apparatus comprising an implantable lead and a stylet configured for stimulation of a target region of a patient's nervous system is described. The lead includes a generally tubular lead body, a conductor, and an electrode assembly. The generally tubular lead body has a stylet lumen and a conductor lumen extending through the proximal and distal ends of the lead body. The conductor is enclosed within the conductor lumen. The electrode assembly extends from the distal end of the lead body. The electrode assembly includes a flexible polymeric carrier and an electrode on the carrier and electrically coupled to the conductor. The stylet is sized and shaped to be receivable within the stylet lumen and configured to stiffen and support the lead body. The distal portion of the stylet includes a bend having a predetermined angle of incidence relative to the proximal portion of the stylet.
US10029090B2 Multi-branch stimulation electrode for subcutaneous field stimulation
A multi-branch stimulation electrode is disclosed herein. The multi-branch stimulation electrode can include a plurality of branches that extend from a hub. The branches can each include one or several stimulation contacts that can deliver an electrical current to tissue contacting the stimulation contacts. The stimulation contacts can be electrically connected with the lead. The lead can extend from the hub and can be connected with the pulse generator. The branches can include features to facilitate implantation including, for example, one or several removable stiffening elements.
US10029088B2 Blood bag sterile connection method and device used in the method
A blood bag sterile connection method includes the following steps: 1) placing blood bag tubes above the wire box, clamping positions to be cut by using the vascular clamps, and simultaneously moving the two vascular clamps in opposite directions; 2) heating the composite metal wire, and cutting the blood bag tubes by using the composite metal wire; 3) after cutting the blood bag tubes, aligning the blood bag tubes to be connected; 4) moving the two vascular clamps towards each other, rolling away the used composite metal wire, and rolling out a new composite metal wire; 5) connecting the blood bag tubes by heating the composite metal wire, and simultaneously moving the two vascular clamps towards each other; and 6) returning the wire box to the initial position, taking out the connected blood bag tubes, and returning the vascular clamps to the initial positions.
US10029081B2 Molding compact, and manufacturing method for transdermal absorption sheet
A molding compact for forming a transdermal absorption sheet on which a needle-shaped protruding part is arranged is a molding compact that is a laminate of: a first member having a needle-shaped recessed part formed on a front surface thereof, the needle-shaped recessed part being an inverse of the needle-shaped protruding part; a second member provided on a back surface of the first member, the second member being composed of a waterproof and moisture-permeable material; and a third member provided on a back surface of the second member, the third member being composed of a rigid body. Provided are a molding compact that makes it possible to prevent leakage of a drug-containing solution filled into the needle-shaped recessed part, and a manufacturing method for a transdermal absorption sheet using the molding compact.
US10029073B2 Steerable assembly for surgical catheter
A catheter configured for intraluminal delivery to a location in the body of a patient, the catheter comprising a steerable assembly comprising a first segment connected to a second segment; the first segment comprises first and second cylindrical elements connected to each other by a first revolute joint in a first single plane; the second segment comprises third and fourth cylindrical elements connected to each other by a second revolute joint in a second single plane, wherein the first single plane and the second single plane are offset by an angle from each other.
US10029069B2 Methods and devices for paranasal sinus delivery
Described herein are methods and devices for delivering a drug to the frontal sinus system. An inflatable implant is positioned within the frontal sinus system using an anchoring means secured within the frontal sinus cavity. A drug-containing fluid is released directly into the frontal sinus drainage system.
US10029067B2 Devices, systems and methods for monitoring brain activity and for enabling brain to rebalance
Exposure to stressors may be associated with the production of asymmetry in brain waves and can significantly affect a person's overall degree of wellbeing and conversely, asymmetry may influence a person's experience of stress. Through devices and methods that simultaneously look for asymmetries and in real time, one can create real time variable sequences of acoustical stimuli, and then one can effectively and efficiently support the brain to balance its activity between corresponding right and left lobes without one's mindful attention. Additionally various devices and methods can be used to identify condition states, including stress state conditions.
US10029065B2 System and method for increasing the relaxation of a person
The present invention relates to a system (100) for increasing a degree of relaxation of a person (10) using biofeedback. The system (100) comprises a first physiological parameter determining unit (20) for determining a first physiological parameter of the person (10), a reference parameter providing unit (60) for providing a reference parameter, a correlation determining unit (30) for determining a degree of correlation between the first physiological parameter and the reference parameter and a controller (40) for determining a control information based on the determined degree of correlation for controlling a light source unit (50), wherein in a mode of operation of the system the control information is adapted to control the light source unit (50) by dimming the light source unit and/or changing the color of the light from the light source unit to warmer color tones having a lower color temperature when the degree of correlation increases.
US10029052B2 Viscous fluid injector
A self-contained apparatus and corresponding methods are provided for delivering viscous fluids in a controlled manner, such as delivering a viscous fluid in a surgical setting. The self-contained apparatus can include a motion following pressure regulator that allows for linear control of a regulated pressure. The regulated pressure can be used for dispensing a viscous fluid from a syringe that is coupled to the self-contained apparatus. The pressure regulator regulates a pressure derived from a pressurized fluid reservoir located at least partially within a housing of the apparatus. This allows the viscous fluid to be delivered using pressure to provide a driving force greater than a force easily delivered manually, while still allowing a surgeon to retain fine control over the rate of viscous fluid delivery.
US10029046B2 Dosing device for an infusion system and method thereof
A dosing device for an infusion system comprises a dosing unit having a variable volume and at least one opening in fluid connection with the variable volume, through which opening the variable volume can be filled with a substance or the substance can be dispensed from the variable volume. The dosing device is operable in a first state for filling the substance from a supply conduit, in a second state for preventing filling and dispensing, or in a third state for dispensing through a dispensing conduit. No direct fluid connection exists between the supply conduit and the dispensing conduit at any time. Methods for dosing a substance with the dosing device.
US10029041B2 Filtration module
Provided is a filtration module for separating plasma from blood comprising a feeder channel lid, a feeder channel defined by a feeder channel laminating layer having a thickness of less than 5 mil, a filter element in fluid communication with the feeder channel and having a pore size of less than 2 microns and low surface area, and a filtrate take-off port having a dead volume of less than 10 μI. Also provided is a method for filtering a blood sample comprising supplying the blood sample to a feeder channel of a filtration module and drawing the blood sample over a filter element of the filtration module in a single pass to provide a retentate and a plasma filtrate.
US10029039B2 Mobility-enhancing blood pump system
A blood pump system includes a first implantable housing, an implantable blood pump independent from the first implantable housing, and a percutaneous extension. The first implantable housing includes a rechargeable power storage device. The implantable blood pump supplements the pumping function of a heart. The rechargeable power storage device supplies electrical power to the implantable blood pump. The percutaneous extension is coupled to the rechargeable power storage device and adapted to traverse the skin. The percutaneous extension is configured to releasably connect to an external power supply adapted to provide power for recharging or supplementing the rechargeable power storage device to power the implantable blood pump.
US10029038B2 Cantilevered rotor pump and methods for axial flow blood pumping
Blood pump devices having improved rotor design are provided herein. Such blood pump devices include rotors having cantilevered support through a sealed mechanical bearing disposed outside a blood flow path of the device so as to avoid thrombus formation caused by blood contact with the bearing. The bearing means can be rotatably coupled with a proximal portion of the rotor shaft extending outside the fluid path, while a stator drives rotation of the rotor shaft so that one or more rotor blades on a distal portion of the rotor force blood flow through the device. The bearing means may include one or more radial bearings on a proximal portion of the rotor shaft that are isolated from the blood flow path by one or more rotary seals.
US10029030B2 Molded placental tissue compositions and methods of making and using the same
Described herein are molded dehydrated placental tissue compositions, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compositions have numerous medical applications. Methods for making and using the molded dehydrated placental tissue compositions are also described herein.
US10029028B2 Biomimetic collagen-hydroxyapatite composite material
The invention relates to: —a biomimetic collagen-hydroxyapatite composite material comprising an at least partially fibrous collagen scaffold including mature native collagen fibers possessing triple helicity as shown by Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy, wherein those mature native collagen fibers are at least partially covered with epitactically grown crystals of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite, whereby the epitactically grown nanocrystals have the same morphology as human bone mineral and the same size as human bone mineral, i.e. a length of 30 to 50 nm and a width of 14 to 25 nm, —a process of preparing the above biomimetic collagen-hydroxyapatite composite material comprising the steps of a) immersing an at least partially fibrous collagen scaffold including the above mature native collagen fibers in a saturated aqueous solution of saturated Ca2+/Hx-PO4(3-x) to start the formation process of the composite implant material whereby epitactically grown nanocrystals will be formed on the mature native collagen fibers, the epitactically grown nanocrystals having the same morphology and same size as human bone mineral, b) stopping the formation process of the composite implant material by separating solid material from the aqueous solution, rinsing with water and drying, and c) optionally sterilizing the separated material coming from step b), as well as —the use of the above biomimetic collagen-hydroxyapatite composite material as an implant or prosthesis for bone formation, bone regeneration, bone repair and/or bone replacement at a defect site in a human subject or in an animal, or as an implant for combined bone and cartilage regeneration.
US10029025B2 System and method for reducing germs by means of plasma
Disclosed is a system for reducing germs by means of plasma. To this end, a piezoelectric transformer is associated with a dielectric film. The peripheral edge of the dielectric film encloses an area to be sterilized, a cavity being formed thereby. A high-voltage end of the piezoelectric transformer is facing a side of the dielectric film facing away from the cavity. The plasma is ignited within the cavity.
US10029024B2 Handpiece for treating wounds
A system for treating, in particular cleansing, wounds with a fluid jet. The system includes a handpiece with a main body with a front end with an emergence opening for the emergence of the fluid jet. The system furthermore has at least one light-emitting light source, which irradiates aerosols created when cleansing the wound. The system enables wound cleansing with simultaneous decontamination of the aerosols created in the process such that the risk of contamination of the surroundings is reduced and preferably with simultaneously treating the wound with UV light.
US10029015B2 Hydrogel formulations
A polymeric prodrug composition including a hydrogel, a biologically active moiety and a reversible prodrug linker. The prodrug linker covalently links the hydrogel and the biologically active moiety at a position and the hydrogel has a plurality of pores with openings on its surface. The diameter of the pores is larger than that of the biologically active moiety at least at all points of the pore between at least one of the openings and the position of the biologically active moiety.
US10029011B2 Pharmaceutical composition comprising a GLP-1 agonist, an insulin and methionine
A liquid composition comprising a GLP-1 agonist or/and a pharmacologically tolerable salt thereof, an insulin or/and a pharmacologically tolerable salt thereof, and, optionally, at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the composition comprises methionine, as add-on therapy with metformin where appropriate.
US10029009B1 Process for treating glaucoma
A process for treating glaucoma whereby the treatment can be accomplished by the use of medication or by surgery, or both, in order to control or prevent the occurrence of glaucoma. The optic nerve is aligned within and between two distinct pressurized spaces and within the dural sheath, the intraocular space and the intracranial space having an intraocular pressure (IOP) and an intracranial pressure (ICP), respectively. Medicine can be administered to raise the intracranial pressure in order to reach a desirable lower translaminar pressure difference across these two pressurized spaces which are separated by the lamina cribrosa in order to treat glaucoma. An alternate closely related mode of the treatment process is the implanting of a shunt substantially between the intraocular space and the intracranial space in order to beneficially equalize pressure differentials across the intraocular space and the intracranial space.
US10029008B2 Therapeutic magnetic control systems and contrast agents
A system for the physical manipulation of free magnetic rotors in a circulatory system using a remotely placed magnetic field-generating stator is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to the control of magnetic particles in a fluid medium using permanent magnet-based or electromagnetic field-generating stator sources. Such a system can be useful for increasing the diffusion of therapeutic agents in a fluid medium, such as a human circulatory system, which can result in substantial clearance of fluid obstructions, such as vascular occlusions, in a circulatory system resulting in increased blood flow. Examples of vascular occlusions targeted by the system include, but are not limited to, atherosclerotic plaques, including fibrous caps, fatty buildup, coronary occlusions, arterial stenosis, restenosis, vein thrombi, arterial thrombi, cerebral thrombi, embolisms, hemorrhages, other blood clots, and very small vessels.
US10029007B2 Stabilisation of polypeptides
A method for preserving a polypeptide comprising: (a) providing an aqueous solution of (i) the polypeptide, (ii) one or more sugars, and (iii) a compound of formula (I) or a physiologically acceptable salt or ester thereof and/or a compound of formula (II) or a physiologically acceptable salt or ester thereof; and (b) drying the solution to form a composition incorporating the polypeptide.
US10029003B2 Methods and materials for treating cancer
This document provides methods and materials for treating cancer. For example, methods and materials for identifying antigens and combinations of antigens that can be used to treat cancer as well as combinations of antigens having the ability to reduce established tumors within a mammal (e.g., a human) are provided.
US10028999B2 PAR-1 based therapeutic conjugates and uses thereof
The present invention is directed to a peptide conjugate comprising an alpha-amino protecting moiety, a peptide comprising the amino acid sequence at least 3 amino-acid long derived from the C′-terminus of PAR-1, or an active variant thereof and a protease-disabling moiety. The present invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the peptide conjugate and use thereof for treating diseases and disorder associated with excessive PAR-1 activity.
US10028997B2 Systems and methods for attracting and trapping brain cancer cells
Described herein are systems and methods for attracting and trapping cancer cells at a specific site where focal radiation and/or surgical resection and/or chemotherapeutics can eliminate them.
US10028995B2 Angiotensin II alone or in combination for the treatment of hypotension
The present invention relates, inter alia, to a method comprising administering to a subject having high output shock and undergoing treatment with a catecholamine at a dose equivalent to at least about 0.2 mcg/kg/min of norepinephrine a dose of angiotensin II which is effective to raise the blood pressure of the subject to a mean arterial pressure (MAP) of about 65 mm or above, and which is effective to reduce the dose of the catecholamine required to maintain a MAP of about 65 mm to the equivalent of about 0.05-0.2 mcg/kg/min norepinephrine or less, or to the equivalent of about 0.05 mcg/kg/min norepinephrine or less.
US10028992B2 Methods of treating muscular dystrophy
Disclosed herein are α7β1 integrin modulatory agents and methods of using such to treat conditions associated with decreased α7β1 integrin expression or activity, including muscular dystrophy. In one example, methods for treating a subject with muscular dystrophy are disclosed. The methods include administering an effective amount of an α7β1 integrin modulatory agent to the subject with muscular dystrophy, wherein the α7β1 integrin modulatory agent increases α7β1 integrin expression or activity as compared to α7β1 integrin expression or activity prior to treatment, thereby treating the subject with muscular dystrophy. Also disclosed are methods of enhancing muscle regeneration, repair, or maintenance in a subject and methods of enhancing α7β1 integrin expression by use of the disclosed α7β1 integrin modulatory agents. Methods of prospectively preventing or reducing muscle injury or damage in a subject are also disclosed.
US10028990B2 Functional foods and beverages with synergistic properties to promote homeostasis
The present invention provides compositions having synergistic antioxidant properties in the modulation of Toll-like receptor signaling for the promotion of homeostasis, immunity, energy conservation, protection of neural cells and anti-inflammatory responses, said compositions comprising plant and/or fruit extracts and a natural sweetener with high oxidation potential as defined by ORAC value.
US10028984B2 Clostridium perfringens bacteriophage Clo-PEP-1 and use thereof for inhibiting proliferation of clostridium perfringens
The present invention relates to a Myoviridae bacteriophage Clo-PEP-1 that is isolated from the nature and can kill Clostridium perfringens cells specifically, which has the genome represented by nucleotide sequence of SEQ. ID. NO: 1 (Accession NO: KCTC 12664BP), and a method for preventing and treating the infections of Clostridium perfringens cells using the composition comprising said bacteriophage as an active ingredient.
US10028980B2 Compositions and methods for transplantation of colon microbiota
The present invention provides compositions that include an extract of human feces, and methods for using such compositions, including methods for replacing or supplementing or modifying a subject's colon microbiota, and methods for treating a disease, pathological condition, and/or iatrogenic condition of the colon.
US10028978B2 Use of whey protein micelles for infants at risk of obesity or diabetes
The invention relates to whey protein micelles for use in the treatment and/or prevention of a disorder linked to an increase in insulin secretion and/or plasma IGF-1 concentration in an infant at risk of developing obesity or diabetes. The invention also relates to a nutritional composition for infants comprising whey protein micelles. Further, the invention relates to a non-therapeutic use of a nutritional composition for infants, comprising whey protein micelles.
US10028976B2 Injectable formulation of natural polysaccharide and polyol for treatment of osteoarthritis
A sterile injectable aqueous formulation in the form of a gel made up of hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof and one or more polyols is provided. The gel formulation can be applied to the intra-articular area in the treatment of joint degeneration and osteoarthritis. The gel formulation has a rheology similar to that of synovial liquid and has an elevated resistance to degradation due to the synergistic action between the hyaluronic acid and the polyols.
US10028967B2 Medicament
Suggested is a medicament which is particularly useful for preventing, curing or abating of cough and inflammations of the respiratory system, comprising or consisting of active pharmaceutical ingredients and 1,3-propandiol.
US10028966B2 Aerosol pirfenidone and pyridone analog compounds and uses thereof
Disclosed herein are formulations of pirfenidone or pyridone analog compounds for aerosolization and use of such formulations for aerosol administration of pirfenidone or pyridone analog compounds for the prevention or treatment of various fibrotic and inflammatory diseases, including disease associated with the lung, heart, kidney, liver, eye and central nervous system. In some embodiments, pirfenidone or pyridone analog compound formulations and delivery options described herein allow for efficacious local delivery of pirfenidone or pyridone analog compound. Compositions include all formulations, kits, and device combinations described herein. Methods include inhalation procedures, indications and manufacturing processes for production and use of the compositions described.
US10028965B2 Use of sustained release dexamethasone in post-cataract surgery inflammation
The present embodiments provide for a treatment regimen and use of a short-term sustained release liquid formulation of dexamethasone in citrate, wherein a single administration of a minute dosage form into the anterior chamber of the eye provides for anti-inflammatory therapy following cataract surgery.
US10028964B2 Dry powder formulation comprising a corticosteroid and a beta-adrenergic for administration by inhalation
The invention relates to a dry powder formulation comprising corticosteroid and a beta2-adrenergic drug in combination, its process preparation, and therapeutic uses thereof.
US10028962B2 2-amino-6-methy1-4,4a,5,6-tetrahydropyrano[3,4-d][1,3]thiazin-8a(8H)-yl-1,3-thiazol-4-yl amides
The present invention is directed to compounds, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds which are disclosed, wherein the compounds have the structure of Formula I, and the variable R1 is as defined in the specification. Corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, methods of synthesis, and intermediates are also disclosed.
US10028960B2 Pyrimidine compounds as JAK kinase inhibitors
The invention provides compounds of formula (I): wherein the variables are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, that are inhibitors of JAK kinases. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, methods of using such compounds to treat gastrointestinal and other inflammatory diseases, and processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds.
US10028954B2 Biheteroaryl compounds and uses thereof
The present invention provides for compounds of Formula I and embodiments and salts thereof for the treatment of diseases (e.g., neurodegenerative diseases). R1, R2, R3, X1, X2, A and Cy variable in Formula all have the meaning as defined herein.
US10028951B2 Composition for reducing nervous system injury and method of making and use thereof
This application discloses a composition comprising an amiloride and/or an amiloride analog which can be used for reducing nerve injury or nervous system injury in a subject. The formulation of such composition is also disclosed. The application further directs to methods for treating nerve injury or nervous system injury by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising amiloride, an amiloride analog or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10028950B2 Lanthionine synthetase C-like 2-based therapeutics
Provided are compounds that target the lanthionine synthetase C-like protein 2 pathway. The compounds can be used to treat a number of conditions, including infectious disease, autoimmune disease, diabetes, and a chronic inflammatory disease.
US10028949B2 Parenteral formulations of lipophilic pharmaceutical agents and methods for preparing and using the same
There may be provided compositions of lipophilic pharmaceutical agents with improved solubility and stability. For example, there may be provided a non-aqueous composition that comprises a lipophilic pharmaceutical agent, and an amphiphilic polymeric solvent such as PEG400 but essentially free of organic solvents and non-solubilized particles. The composition may be further diluted with a desired aqueous diluent such as an infusion fluid for parenteral administration to a subject such as a human. The compositions may be useful for the treatment for diseases or conditions that are sensitive to lipophilic agents, such as infectious diseases, malignant or autoimmune diseases.
US10028943B2 Method for treatment of radiologically-dense breasts
Nitrone, nitroso, and nitroxide spintraps and spin labels and their reduction products are claimed for the treatment of dense breasts.
US10028935B2 Stabilized multi-functional antioxidant compounds and methods of use
Disclosed are novel stable compounds having anti-oxidant properties and methods of using the compounds for the treatment of diseases or injuries associated with oxidative stress.
US10028931B2 Synergistic compositions for treating microbial infections
Synergistic pharmaceutical compositions including an RNase P inhibitor and a tRNA synthetase inhibitor are provided, as well as methods for their use in treating infections. Also provided herein are methods of using the compositions to inhibit a bacterial tRNA synthetase in a cell and to decolonize bacteria on a surface.
US10028925B2 Liquid dosage forms of sodium naproxen
Described herein are oral pharmaceutical compositions comprising liquid dosage forms of sodium naproxen in soft gel capsules. In one embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition comprises sodium naproxen, 0.2-1.0 mole equivalents of a de-ionizing agent per mole of naproxen, polyethylene glycol, and one or more solubilizers such as propylene glycol, polyvinyl pyrrolidone or a combination thereof.
US10028921B1 Phytonadione compositions and related methods
Stable Phytonadione compositions for parenteral administration are provided which comprise (E) isomer of phytonadione at or greater than 97% w/w as the active ingredient, and is substantially free of (Z) isomer. Said compositions are stable, sterile, and particulate-free. Further, said compositions reduce or avoid allergic reactions to benzyl alcohol and polysorbate. In some aspects, the compositions are free or substantially free of benzyl alcohol and/or reduced amounts of polysorbate. Methods of manufacture and methods of administration also provided.
US10028919B2 Lipid nanoparticle compositions and methods as carriers of cannabinoids in standardized precision-metered dosage forms
This disclosure teaches phospholipid nanoparticle compositions of cannabinoids formed from phospholipids and simpler lipids in an unfired sequential process that encapsulate a high concentration of cannabinoids, and create standardized precision-metered dosage forms of cannabinoids; yielding an increase cannabinoid transport across hydrophobic mucosa; increase the bioavailability of the cannabinoid 2-fold to 8-fold, decrease the dose of cannabinoids 2-fold to 8-fold less than an amount of cannabinoids needed to illicit the same therapeutic effect compared to raw and non-encapsulated cannabinoids; where the nanoparticle dynamic structure reduces the adverse effects of cannabinoids; and enable safe more efficacious cannabinoid therapy.
US10028915B2 Polyvinyl alcohol particles, pharmaceutical binder using same, pharmaceutical tablet, sustained-release pharmaceutical tablet, and method for producing polyvinyl alcohol particles
Provided herein is a polyvinyl alcohol fine particle suitable for a pharmaceutical binder for obtaining a pharmaceutical tablet of properties including good sustained release, high hardness, and excellent friability. The polyvinyl alcohol fine particle of the present invention contains 25 mol % or more of a gauche structure in polyvinyl alcohol molecules within a 0.8-nm region inside the particle from the particle surface.
US10028913B2 Liposomal pharmaceutical preparation and method for manufacturing the same
The present invention relates to a liposomal pharmaceutical preparation containing a multivalent ionic drug, a process for the preparation of the liposomal pharmaceutical preparation, and a use thereof in the treatment of diseases, in which the liposome has a size of about 30-80 nm, and the phospholipid bilayer has a phospholipid with a Tm higher than body temperature, so that the phase transition temperature of the liposome is higher than the body temperature.
US10028911B2 Sustained release formulation of methotrexate as a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) and an anti-cancer agent
Disclosed is are formulations comprising a multivesicular liposome and MTX, the administration of which results in a Cmax of MTX between 5% and 50% of the Cmax of an immediate release dosage form of MTX, the duration of which lasts from about 1 to about 30 days. Also disclosed are methods of treating autoimmune diseases and cancer by administering these formulations of MTX.
US10028909B2 Rapidly dispersible dosage form of oxcarbazepine
A high dose orodispersible dosage form of oxcarbazepine is provided. Drug-containing particles of oxcarbazepine are included within a porous bound matrix. The dosage form disperses in saliva or water in less than 15 sec and it has sufficient hardness to withstand handling and storage. It can be used to treat diseases or disorders that are therapeutically responsive to oxcarbazepine or a derivative thereof.
US10028908B2 Compositions for oral administration of zoledronic acid or related compounds for treating complex regional pain syndrome
Oral dosage forms of osteoclast inhibitors, such as zoledronic acid, in an acid or a salt form can be used to treat or alleviate pain or related conditions, such as complex regional pain syndrome.
US10028906B2 Method and kit for treating a solid tumor and associated desmoplasia
A kit for treating a human patient with a solid tumor with a desmoplasia associated therewith having: (1) a container of and effective amount of a CCNp37 (SEQ ID No. 37), CCNp38 (SEQ ID No. 38) or a combination of CCNp37 and CCNp38 (SEQ ID Nos. 37 and 38); (2) a container of an effective amount of a chemotherapeutic agent or an immunotherapeutic agent; and (3) instructions for administering these components which can involve a pretreatment with the CCNp37 (SEQ ID No. 37), CCNp38 (SEQ ID No. 38) or a combination of CCNp37 and CCNp38 (SEQ ID Nos. 37 and 38) to a patient in need thereof.
US10028905B2 Substance delivery device and substance delivery method using the same
A substance delivery device comprises a substrate, a plurality of dissolvable supporting structures and a plurality of carriers. The substrate attaches to a tissue. The dissolvable supporting structures are disposed on the substrate. The carriers are disposed on the dissolvable supporting structures and encapsulating substances. The present invention further provides a substance delivery method. The substance delivery device and the substance delivery method of present invention is advantageous for providing sustained release effect and rising the applicability of transdermal or transmucosal delivery techniques.
US10028902B2 Nuclear localization of GLP-1 stimulates myocardial regeneration and reverses heart failure
Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods and/or compositions useful for an individual in need of treatment of a cardiac-related medical condition. In particular cases, GLP-1 is employed in a ultrasound targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) system for delivery to cardiac tissue, thereby stimulating myocardial regeneration and, in at least some cases, reversal of cardiomyopathy.
US10028901B2 Cosmetic composition for skin moisturizing containing minerals and quinoa extract
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition for skin moisturization that contains minerals and a quinoa extract.
US10028894B2 Dental composition containing polyoxometalates, process of production and use thereof
The invention relates to a curable composition for dental use comprising polyoxymetalates and/or derivatives thereof in an amount of at least about 5 wt.-% with respect to the weight of the composition.
US10028889B2 System for sorting and dispensing oral medications
A system for assisting patients in sorting and dispensing medication supplies comprises a storage tray having a number of storage compartments, and a communication system to identify a medication to be provided from a pill bottle and, based upon the identification and a known regime, automatically identify which compartments of the storage tray are to be filled with the identified medication from the pill bottle and perform the filling of the storage tray. In doing so, a patient can simply open and present any number of pill bottles to the system, and then allow the system to arrange the medication in the storage tray according to the known regimen. The regimen and regimen updates are communicated to the system by means of a wired or wireless transmission to the system from a remote location (e.g. pharmacy or doctor's office), by direct user input, or by reading such information from a barcode or similar information carrier affixed to the pill bottles.
US10028887B2 Monitoring product integrity of a pharmaceutical product in a vial using a miniaturized electronic sensor tag
The package for a pharmaceutical product includes a vial and an electronic tag for obtaining information relating to the integrity of the product as assessed from an exposure of the product to physical or environmental conditions during a time span. The tag is attached at or to a constituent of the vial; or at least a portion of the tag is integrated in a constituent of the vial. The tag includes an electronics unit including a control unit, a sensor unit including at least one sensor for monitoring the physical or environmental conditions, a display unit including a display for displaying data relating to the integrity referred to as status data and a switch. The control unit is structured and configured for effecting that the display unit displays the status data in reaction to an operation of the switch. A rip strip may be bonded to the vial body.
US10028886B2 Filing system and methods for aseptic cartridge and dispenser arrangement
A package for use with a beneficial agent delivery device. The package includes at least one filling chamber having a sealed penetrable access region, at least one compartment configured to hold a content, wherein the content includes at least one of a beneficial agent or a constituent of a beneficial agent, and at least one channel connecting the at least one filling chamber in fluid communication with the at least one compartment. At least a portion of the package is resealable to contain the content.
US10028885B2 Oral mouthpiece and method for the use thereof
An oral device, or mouthpiece, for delivering a fluid to the mouth or oropharynx of a user includes an intraoral portion and an extraoral portion, which may be integrally formed. In various embodiments, the oral device may be configured with ear loops. The intraoral portion generally includes at least one outlet port through which the fluid is delivered to the oral cavity or oropharynx. A method for making an oral device is also provided.
US10028881B2 Swinging leg pendulum movement aid for walking, and assistance force control method
A swinging leg pendulum movement aid for walking including a pair of assisting units for a left leg and a right leg each having a drive source for applying a pulling force to an auxiliary force transmission part, a joint angle sensor for detecting a joint angle of user's hip joints, and a control member for driving the drive sources of the respective assisting units corresponding to changes in the joint angle and applying an assistance force in a forward swinging direction to the swinging leg that kicked off a ground so as to aid a pendulum movement of the swinging leg.
US10028878B1 Body worn apparatus
A method and apparatus provides a body worn apparatus having a plurality of activation elements arranged in at least one bundle, and a substrate supporting the plurality of activation elements. The method also places the body worn apparatus onto the body of a person, and activates the at least one bundle.
US10028876B1 Bed pan assembly
A bedpan assembly for women in post op, women confined to a bed, and generally for elderly female patients is provided. The bedpan assembly includes a bedpan tray to which a pillow is attached at a proximal end of the bedpan tray. The bedpan tray provides a funnel at its distal end that is connected to a collection bottle for urine collection. The bedpan is constructed and arranged to allow for urine flow into the bedpan tray and proceed into the collection bottle between the legs of a patient. The bedpan assembly offers greater dignity and comfort to the patient, and greater convenience and time savings for medical personnel.
US10028873B2 Adjustable bed foundation with rotating head section
An adjustable bed foundation comprises an outer support structure including a head rail, a foot rail, and two parallel side rails. A first pair of cross members extends perpendicularly between the parallel side rails, while a second pair of cross members extends perpendicularly between the first pair of cross members. An articulating frame, which includes a stationary section and a rotating head section pivotally connected to the stationary section, is secured to the second pair of cross members such that the rotating head section extends towards the head rail. The adjustable bed foundation also includes a platform secured to the articulating frame. Adjustable bed assemblies are further provided and include a mattress positioned atop the platform of the adjustable bed foundation.
US10028872B1 Footplate structure of wheelchair
A footplate structure of a wheelchair is provided. The wheelchair includes a support frame unit, a rear wheel assembly mounted on the support frame unit, a front wheel assembly mounted to the support frame unit, a seat unit arranged at a central portion of the support frame unit, a footplate unit arranged at a front end of the support frame unit, and a footplate control unit operable to control the footplate unit. With the footplate control unit set beside the footplate unit, the footplate control unit may control a footplate of the footplate unit to be in an upright position or a horizontal position so as to improve operation performance of the wheelchair.
US10028869B2 Power lift system and method
A power lift system and method are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the power lift system and method may be realized as a power lift and transfer system. The power lift and transfer system may move, stow, and carry a mobility device for a user with a disability. The power lift and transfer system may further transport the mobility device in and out of a vehicle from a position adjacent to a user or on top of the vehicle to passenger or driver areas of the vehicle.
US10028864B2 Tampon pledget with improved by-pass leakage protection
A tampon pledget is made by assembling one or more pads in a pad compression configuration, radially compressing the pad compression configuration in a traverse direction into a cylindrical form, and axially compressing the cylindrical form in a direction along a vertical axis to form the tampon pledget. In one embodiment, the axial compression is performed as a pressure is applied to at least one of a first and a second end of the cylindrical form. In one aspect of the present invention, the formed tampon pledget has an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of between about 6.0 grams to 9.0 grams and a density of about 0.4603 grams/cubic centimeter. In another aspect of the invention, the formed tampon pledget has an absorbent capacity as measured by the syngyna test of between about 9.0 grams to 12.0 grams and a density of about 0.4755 grams/cubic centimeter.
US10028862B2 Compensation systems and methods for flap induced aberrations
Embodiments of the present invention encompass systems and methods for customized vision treatments that account for effects associated with corneal flap creation.
US10028861B2 Control arrangement for an ophthalmic surgical system
A control arrangement for an ophthalmic surgical system for phacoemulsifying a lens wherein the system includes an aspiration line for drawing off fluid and shattered lens particles of the eye lens and a phaco handpiece having a needle. The aspiration line runs within the needle and is configured to impart ultrasonic energy to the phaco handpiece for shattering the eye lens via a longitudinal vibration of the needle. The control arrangement includes a transmitter configured to irradiate electromagnetic radiation via the aspiration line and a receiver configured to receive at least a part of the radiation; and, a control unit configured to control an absolute value of a parameter of the ophthalmic surgical system in dependence upon the amount of the received electromagnetic radiation.
US10028859B2 User interface device providing for improved cooling of the skin
A number of user interface device embodiments are disclosed that provide for increased cooling of the skin covered by the mask and/or increased flushing of gasses, including CO2, from the mask.
US10028855B2 Variable stiffness devices and methods of use
Variable stiffness devices and methods of their use are provided. In some embodiments, a variable stiffness device comprises an inner member defining a compartment for receiving an actuating fluid; an outer member disposed around the inner member; and a granular medium disposed between the inner member and the outer member; wherein the inner member is being moveable in a radial direction from a relaxed state to an expanded state by introducing the actuating fluid into the compartment of the inner member to compress the granular medium against the outer member to increase the stiffness of the device.
US10028853B2 Stent removal snare and dilator
A tool for removing non-visually, urinary tract stents placed within the urinary tract of a patient, comprising a distal end, a longitudinally-extending stem, and a handle. The distal end has a conical head with a groove for hooking a stent, stent string or similar stent configuration. The snare head may have a channel for advancing the tool through a urethra over a guide wire. The snare head has a narrow conical front end for dilating urethral strictures. The stem connects the snare head to the snare handle and is made to be flexible or bend on encountering resistance.
US10028852B2 Layered medical appliances and methods
Medical appliances may be formed of multilayered constructs. The layers of the constructs may be configured with various physical properties or characteristics. The disposition and arrangement of each layer may be configured to create an overall construct with a combination of the individual properties of the layers. Constructs may be used to create vascular prostheses or other medical devices.
US10028851B2 Coatings for controlling erosion of a substrate of an implantable medical device
An implantable medical device, such as a stent, with a coating region for controlling erosion of the substrate region is disclosed.
US10028848B2 Device for endovascular aortic repair and method of using the same
An intraluminal vascular prosthesis assembly, having a hollow cylindrical body with a first end and a second end is provided. The assembly includes, at its first end, a first vascular prosthesis portion, and at its second end, a second vascular prosthesis portion which has only a prosthesis material. The vascular prosthesis assembly has a stent portion which is provided between the first vascular prosthesis portion and the second vascular prosthesis portion, the stent portion being free of prosthesis material to allow fluid flow therethrough and received within the aortic arch and spanning the brachiocephalic artery, left common carotid artery, and left subclavian artery when placed within the aortic arch of a patient.
US10028847B2 Bioresorbable medical devices and method of manufacturing the same
An intermixed particulate bioresorbable material including cathodic particles and anodic particles bound to each other, wherein the anodic and cathodic particles are made respectively of an anodic and a cathodic material, the anodic and cathodic materials forming a galvanic couple. The anodic and cathodic particles are present in a predetermined ratio and the anodic particles, cathodic particles and predetermined ratio are such that bioresorption of said stent is promoted by galvanic corrosion between said anodic and cathodic materials. Also, a medical device, such as a stent, manufactured using the bioresorbable material and a method of manufacturing the bioresorbable material and the medical device.
US10028842B2 Expandable intervertebral implant
An implant for therapeutically separating bones of a joint has two endplates each having an opening through the endplate, and at least one ramped surface on a side opposite a bone engaging side. A frame is slideably connected to the endplates to enable the endplates to move relative to each other at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the implant, in sliding connection with the frame. An actuator screw is rotatably connected to the frame. A carriage forms an open area aligned with the openings in the endplates. The openings in the endplates pass through the carriage to form an unimpeded passage from bone to bone of the joint. The carriage has ramps which mate with the ramped surfaces of the endplates, wherein when the carriage is moved by rotation of the actuator screw, the endplates move closer or farther apart.
US10028839B2 Percutaneous implantable nuclear prosthesis
An inter-vertebral disc prosthesis intended for percutaneous deployment comprises an expandable annular enclosure and an expandable nuclear enclosure. The expandable annular enclosure incorporates a reinforcing annular band along its periphery and is filled with in-situ curable rubber. The expandable nuclear enclosure is filled with a gas. The nuclear prosthesis further incorporates a novel, integrally molded sealing valve assembly and is stretchable and collapsible into a minimal profile for ease of insertion into a specially designed delivery cannula, and is inflation-assisted expandable into an inter-vertebral disc in which complete percutaneous nuclectomy has been performed.
US10028838B2 Augmented glenoid components and devices for implanting the same
A glenoid component for coupling to a scapula of a subject includes a body. The body includes an articulation surface adapted to articulate with a humeral component, and the body further includes a distal surface adapted to face the glenoid of the scapula. The distal surface includes a base surface portion adapted to face a first portion of the glenoid. The distal surface further includes an augmented surface portion adapted to face a second portion of the glenoid. The base surface portion and the augmented surface portion define an obtuse angle therebetween.
US10028837B2 Delivery system attachment
A covering for delivering a substance or material to a surgical site is provided. The covering, with substance provided therein, may be referred to as a delivery system. Generally, the covering may be a single or multi-compartment structure capable of at least partially retaining a substance provided therein until the covering is placed at a surgical site. Upon placement, the covering may facilitate transfer of the substance or surrounding materials. For example, the substance may be released (actively or passively) to the surgical site. The covering may participate in, control, or otherwise adjust, the release of the substance.
US10028833B2 Tissue fastening systems and methods utilizing magnetic guidance
Catheter based systems and methods for securing tissue including the annulus of a mitral valve. The systems and methods employ catheter based techniques and devices to plicate tissue and perform an annuloplasty.
US10028832B2 Helical coil mitral valve annuloplasty systems and methods
Systems and methods for modifying a heart valve annulus in a minimally invasive surgical procedure. A helical anchor is provided, having a memory set to a coiled shape or state. The helical anchor is further configured to self-revert from a substantially straight state to the coiled state. The helical anchor is loaded within a needle that constrains the helical anchor to the substantially straight state. The needle is delivered to the valve annulus and inserted into tissue of the annulus. The helical anchor is then deployed from the needle (e.g., the needle is retracted from over the helical anchor). Once deployed, the helical anchor self-transitions toward the coiled shape, cinching engaged tissue of the valve annulus.
US10028831B2 Transcatheter valve with paravalvular leak sealing ring
A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent extending from an inflow end to an outflow end and a plurality of prosthetic valve leaflets coupled to the stent. The prosthetic heart valve may also include a sealing ring coupled to the inflow end of the stent, the sealing ring comprising a tube extending circumferentially around the inflow end of the stent. The tube may be formed from a wire coiled into a repeating shape, such as a rectangle or a diamond, so that the tube is collapsible. A covering may at least partially surround the tube. The sealing ring may include a first filler positioned within the tube and/or a second filler positioned between the tube and the covering.
US10028828B2 Valve holder
Methods and apparatus for holding and maneuvering a valve during preparation and attachment to patient, providing increased visibility of the prosthetic valve and the sewing ring to prevent suture entanglement. A handle attachment is spaced from the valve for improved visibility of the sewing ring and the outlet end of the valve during attachment. Commissure posts are bent inward at the tips while preventing crashing of the commissure posts into each other causing damage. A release force needed to remove the holder and unthread the holder sutures is reduced. The holder and related methods can provide a kink free holder suture path to reduce suture entanglement and prevent damage to the implanted valve during holder removal by reducing the release force needed to remove the holder sutures by up to 30%.
US10028825B2 Progressive power intraocular lens, and methods of use and manufacture
Apparatuses, systems and methods for providing improved intraocular lenses (IOLs), include features for reducing side effects, such as halos, glare and best focus shifts, in multifocal refractive lenses and extended depth of focus lenses. Exemplary ophthalmic lenses can include a continuous, power progressive aspheric surface based on two or more merged optical zones, the aspheric surface being defined by a single aspheric equation. Continuous power progressive intraocular lenses can mitigate optical side effects that typically result from abrupt optical steps. Aspheric power progressive and aspheric extended depth of focus lenses can be combined with diffractive lens profiles to further enhance visual performance while minimizing dysphotopsia effects. The combination can provide an increased depth of focus that is greater than an individual depth of focus of either the refractive profile or the diffractive profile.
US10028820B2 Carotid artery blood filter plugging alarm
An intravascular filter device having a flexible arm which comprises a portion of an alarm system for detecting filling or plugging of the filter by captured emboli is described. The flexible arm may be made of ferromagnetic material, a magnet, or have at its tip a magnet which, as it moves under systolic and diastolic pressures, generates a signal detectable by an electrical sensor or a magnetometer. The signals from each of a pair of artery filters may be measured and compared to determine whether one filter is plugged. A system for detection and a method of use are also provided.
US10028816B2 Pelvic floor health articles and procedures
Articles and procedures for preventing or treating vaginal prolapse, urinary incontinence, and other disorders of the pelvic floor.
US10028812B2 Girth device and method for controlling urinary incontinence
An implantable girth control device for controlling urinary incontinence by placing the device around the urethra. The device comprising an adjustable resilient circumferential collar comprising a strap for embracing the urethra, the strap having two inflatable/deflatable expandable members, the first expandable member is a fluid filled expandable member that is affixed to an inner portion of the strap and in contact with the urethra, the second expandable member is affixed to an outer portion of the strap and is in fluid communication with the first expandable member over a valve. The valve is configured facilitate fluid transfer between the two members in response to changes in urethral pressure and to control a collar pressure applied by the device onto the urethra.
US10028811B2 Droplet jet system for cleansing
The system includes a reservoir for fluid; a droplet generator for creating a stream of fluid droplets from the fluid wherein the velocity of the stream of droplets is within a range of 20 meters per second to 200 meters per second and the size of the droplets is within a range of 5 microns to 200 microns. A nozzle or nozzles direct the stream of droplets to safely clean a selected tooth or teeth surface area. The specific momentum of effective fluid droplets within the stream of fluid droplets is important in safe and effective cleaning.
US10028806B2 Orthodontic appliance
Various embodiments of an orthodontic appliance are provided. In one embodiment, an orthodontic appliance is provided, the appliance comprising: a body; at least one ring-shaped member connected to the body via at least one connecting portion; wherein the body and the at least one ring-shaped member are oriented adjacent to one another; and wherein the body and the at least one ring-shaped member are not coplanar when in an unloaded state.
US10028805B2 Orthodontic retainer
The present invention addresses the problem of providing an orthodontic retainer with which there are no aesthetic concerns and smooth pronunciation during conversation is possible, and which is able to secure favorable fitting and can be worn for long periods. The retainer is configured so that, by being fitted so as to surround the entire dental arch (T) of the maxilla (A) or the mandible and by the inner surface being fitted, on the front and back surfaces of the entire dental arch (T), with a specified vertical width (H) that encompasses the cervical sections (T1, T2) of said teeth, a retaining force is applied on a portion of the crown (T3) of each tooth from the front and back surfaces.
US10028804B2 System for producing a one-piece orthodontic jig and attachments
A method for producing a one-piece orthodontic jig and attachments employs a computer-aided design (CAD) system to create a model of a patient's dental anatomy. A set of orthodontic attachments and their desired positions are also designed in the CAD model. An orthodontic jig for temporarily positioning the attachments during the bonding process is then designed that includes features for registering the jig to selected teeth, together with connecting members that detachably connect the attachments to the jig and hold the attachments in their desired position on the patient's teeth during the bonding process. The orthodontic jig and attachments is fabricated as a single piece by computer-controlled manufacturing (e.g., 3D printing) based on the CAD model.
US10028798B1 Single-use disposable sterile kit
A single use disposable surgical kit, including a sterile sealed container including a module configured to fit within the sterile sealed container including surgical instruments housed in a bottom tray including a first fastening feature; and a lid including a second fastening feature congruently aligned with the first fastening feature, wherein the first fastening feature is one of a tab portion and a mating slot, the second fastening feature is the other of the tab portion and the mating slot, and the second fastening feature is configured to engage with the first fastening feature.
US10028796B1 Operational feeling reproduction device
An operational feeling reproduction device includes an operation component, an actuator, and a drive shaft. The actuator generates a haptic drive force in response to operation of the operation component. The drive shaft couples the operation component and the actuator. The haptic drive force is transmitted to the operation component through the drive shaft in response to the operation of the operation component such that an actual operational feeling is experienced. The actuator has a stationary element and a movable element. The actuator generates the haptic drive force by a relative displacement while one of the stationary element and the movable element is inserted into the other one of the stationary element and the movable element. The movable element and the operation component are coupled by the drive shaft. Center axes of the stationary element, the movable element, and the drive shaft are provided on the same axis.
US10028790B2 Wrong level surgery prevention
The invention relates to a method of relating a position (pos(selected)) of an anatomical structure (3) and a position of an image feature representing the anatomical structure in a medical image (11), the method being constituted to be executed by a computer and comprising: a) acquiring information about the position of a medical imaging apparatus (1) at the beginning (pos(start)) and at the end (pos(end)) of acquiring medical image information describing a medical image (11) of at least a part of a patient's body (2) comprising the anatomical structure (3), wherein the medical imaging apparatus (1) is moved while it is used for acquiring the medical image information; b) acquiring imaging information about a relationship between the movement of the medical imaging apparatus and the acquisition of the medical image information; c) acquiring, based on the position of the medical imaging apparatus at the beginning (pos(start)) and at the end (pos(end)) of acquiring the medical image information, information about a predominant direction of movement (z) of the medical imaging apparatus (1); d) acquiring information about the position of a pointer means (12) in the predominant direction of movement (z); e) determining, based on the information about the position of the medical imaging apparatus (1) at the beginning (pos(start)) and at the end (pos(end)) of acquiring the medical image information and based on the information about the position of the pointer means (12) and based on the imaging information, information about a transformation between the position in the medical image (11) of an image feature representing the anatomical structure (3) and the position of the anatomical structure (3) in a navigation reference system (17).
US10028787B2 Tunable microwave ablation probe
An electromagnetic surgical ablation probe having a tunable helical antenna element includes a coaxial feedline having an inner conductor coaxially disposed within a dielectric, and an outer conductor coaxially disposed around the dielectric. The inner conductor and dielectric extend distally beyond a distal end of the outer conductor. A helical antenna element is operably coupled to a distal end of the inner conductor. During use, the antenna may be tuned by changing at least one dimension of the helical antenna element. Embodiments are presented wherein a dimension of the helical antenna element is changed by state change of a shape memory alloy, by a change in temperature, by activation of a piston by fluidic pressure, by linear motion of a conical tip, and by a manual screw-type adjustment.
US10028784B2 Methods and systems for use in controlling tissue ablation volume by temperature monitoring
This invention relates to medical methods, instruments and systems for creating a controlled lesion using temperature to control the growth of the lesion. The treatment can be used in any tissue area and is particularly useful in or around a vertebral body. The features relating to the methods and devices described herein can be applied in any region of soft or hard tissue including bone or hard tissue.
US10028779B2 Mandibular bone plate
A mandibular bone plate (10) can include a body (40) that defines a bone facing surface (44), an outer surface (48) that is opposite the bone facing surface, and a plurality of bone anchor holes (52) that extend through the body from the bone facing surface to the outer surface. The body can include a chin portion (56) and first (60) and second (64) extension portions that extend from the chin portion such that the bone facing surface of the chin portion faces the inferior surface of the mandible when the mandibular bone plate is attached to the mandible and the bone facing surfaces of the first and second extension portions at least partially face the lingual surface of the mandible when the mandibular bone plate is attached to the mandible.
US10028776B2 Method and apparatus for treating bone fractures, and/or for fortifying and/or augmenting bone, including the provision and use of composite implants
A composite implant comprising an injectable matrix material which is flowable and settable, and at least one reinforcing element for integration with the injectable matrix material, the at least one reinforcing element adding sufficient strength to the injectable matrix material such that when the composite implant is disposed in a cavity in a bone, the composite implant supports the bone.A method for treating a bone, the method comprising: selecting at least one reinforcing element to be combined with an injectable matrix material so as to together form a composite implant capable of supporting the bone; positioning the at least one reinforcing element in a cavity in the bone; flowing the injectable matrix material into the cavity in the bone so that the injectable matrix material interfaces with the at least one reinforcing element; and transforming the injectable matrix material from a flowable state to a non-flowable state so as to establish a static structure for the composite implant, such that the composite implant supports the adjacent bone.
US10028774B2 Transverse link having spherical ball joint
A transverse link with a pair of opposing engagement members having a spherical ball bearing configured to fix a respective screw extender with respect to each other is provided. The spherical bearing is configured to allow the engagement member to rotate in three dimension so as to accommodate the position of a pair of respective screw extenders. The transverse link includes an automatic latching mechanism configured to fixed the spatial distance between the ends of the rod fixation instruments with respect to each other.
US10028772B2 Osteotomy instrument
An osteotomy instrument includes a handle, a first arm assembly, a second arm assembly, a displacement mechanism, and a tuning mechanism. The first arm assembly is pivotably mounted to the handle. The first arm assembly includes a first fastener support configured to hold a fastener. The second arm assembly is pivotably mounted to the handle. The second arm assembly includes a second fastener support configured to hold a fastener. The displacing mechanism includes a dial disposed on the handle. The displacing mechanism is configured to laterally displace a distal end of the first arm assembly and second arm assembly away and towards each other. The dial actuates the displacing mechanism. The tuning mechanism is configured to change an angular position of the first fastener support with respect to the second fastener support.
US10028767B2 Arthroscopic devices and methods
An arthroscopic or other surgical cutter has features which facilitate fabrication by ceramic molding. The arthroscopic cutter includes a cutter body having a longitudinal axis and a window, an interior channel, and a plurality of cutting edges extending radially outwardly from an outer surface thereof. The features include non-helical, longitudinally aligned cutting edges, controlled thicknesses of the cutting edges, controlled heights of the cutting edges, controlled areas of the windows, controlled diameters of the internal channels, controlled rake angles of the cutting edges, and other parameters.
US10028764B2 Ablation catheter with wireless temperature sensor
Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus related to ablation catheters with wireless temperature sensing. The present subject matter provides an ablation catheter system including an ablation transducer and a wireless temperature sensor. The wireless temperature sensor includes at least one temperature sensing element configured to sense a temperature-dependent parameter, circuitry configured to measure the sensed parameter and compute a temperature, a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit a signal including at least one of the sensed parameter and the computed temperature, and a power supply. A controller is provided to coordinate timing of ablation therapy and sensing of the wireless temperature sensor, in various embodiments.
US10028762B1 Method of cutting soft tissue under facial skin
The NEEDLE KNIFE APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“NK”) may have a cannula, through which a needle knife may be deployed. The needle knife may oscillate to cut through a patient's tissue, such as muscle tissue in the forehead of a patient to eliminate forehead wrinkles. In certain embodiments, the knife portion of the needle knife is normally sheathed within a cannula during insertion into and removal from a patient. The oscillation may be performed manually or by a motor, which may be attached via a connection mechanism. The connection mechanism may include a colley system or be glued in place. Once inserted into a patient, the oscillating motor mechanism is engaged to rapidly oscillate the needle knife to expose the knife to rapidly cut soft tissue.
US10028761B2 Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments
The present disclosure provides a surgical instrument including an end effector, a drive member movable to effectuate a motion in said end effector, a motor operable to move the drive member to effectuate the motion in the end effector and a bailout assembly operable to perform a mechanical bailout of the surgical instrument in response to a bailout error. The bailout assembly includes a bailout door, a bailout handle accessible through the bailout door. The bailout handle is operable to move the drive member to effectuate a bailout motion in the end effector. A controller includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to detect the bailout error. The processor is programmed to stop the motor in response to the detection of the bailout error.
US10028756B2 Patient-specific accetabular guide
A patient-specific acetabular guide comprises a cup body, a plurality of alignment arms extending from the cup body and engaging periacetabular areas of a pelvis, and a supporting leg protruding from the cup body and abutting against a portion of an acetabular fossa. Each alignment arm has a fixing hole extending inclinedly therethrough to allow a Kirschner pin to pass through and enter the periacetabluar area of the pelvis for positing and orienting the acetabular guide on a predetermined location of an acetabulum.
US10028753B2 Spine treatment kits
System and methods for channeling a path into bone include a trocar having a proximal end, distal end and a central channel disposed along a central axis of the trocar. The trocar includes a distal opening at the distal end of the trocar. The system includes a curved cannula sized to be received in the central channel, the curved cannula comprising a curved distal end configured to be extended outward from the distal opening to generate a curved path extending away from the trocar. The curved cannula has a central passageway having a diameter configured to allow a treatment device to be delivered through the central passageway to a location beyond the curved path.
US10028751B2 Positioning and template system for preparing a femur for knee replacement
A positioning and template system for preparing a femur for knee replacement. The system includes a datum block, a datum block placement assembly, and a cutting template assembly. The datum block placement assembly is reversibly attachable to the datum block. Further, the datum block placement assembly positions the datum block on the femur in a measured position relative to the transepicondylar axis of the femur when the datum block placement assembly is attached to the datum. Finally, the cutting template assembly is reversibly attachable to the datum block in place of the datum block placement assembly to correctly position the cutting template assembly for guiding femoral cuts in a knee replacement surgery.
US10028750B2 Apparatus and method for fabricating a customized patient-specific orthopaedic instrument
A number of orthopedic surgical instruments are also disclosed. A method, apparatus, and system for fabricating such instruments are also disclosed.
US10028749B2 Cord collection clamp
The present disclosure provides an apparatus, and methods of using same, for collecting blood from an umbilical cord in a sterile environment that includes an umbilical cord retaining assembly and a blood collection assembly rotatably connected to the umbilical cord retaining assembly. A cord cutting blade, which is carried by the blood collection assembly, functions to cut the umbilical cord when the blood collection assembly is rotated relative to the umbilical cord retaining assembly. After the umbilical cord is cut, blood flows by force of gravity into the blood collection region of the blood collection assembly to which a blood collection bag can be interconnected.
US10028739B2 Systems, tools, and methods for connecting to tissue
Described are various embodiments of surgical procedure systems, devices, tools, and methods, useful for connecting tissue (e.g., soft tissue, organ tissue) to another tissue or to a surgical device such as an implant; specific methods can be useful for plastic surgery, treating pelvic conditions such as vaginal prolapse, incontinence, and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, and for general surgical procedures.
US10028730B2 Biopsy device tissue sample holder with bulk chamber and pathology chamber
A biopsy device includes a probe, a holster, and a tissue sample holder for collecting tissue samples. The probe includes a needle and a hollow cutter. The tissue sample holder includes a housing having one or more chambers that are configured to receive a removable tray including one or more prongs and a bulk chamber of a different volume than the one or more chambers. The housing is releasably engageable with the probe. Each tray prong is configured to receive a tissue sample communicated through the cutter lumen. The tray is removable from the housing, such as along an axial direction. The tissue sample holder is rotatable to successively index each chamber to the cutter lumen. The trays may be flexible, resilient, or rigid.
US10028729B2 System and method for testing operability of a lens and selected transducer elements of an acoustic probe
A system and method for testing an acoustic probe is provided. The system includes an electric signal generator connected to transmit an electric generator signal into selected transducer elements of the acoustic probe. The selected of transducer elements of the acoustic probe convert the electrical signal into an acoustic signal that reflects off the lens of the acoustic probe and is then converted by the selected transducer elements of the acoustic probe into a reflected electrical signal. An analysis engine is connected to receive the reflected electrical signal and determine the operability of lens and each selected transducer element for acoustic and electrical conversion. A display provides an illustration indicative of the operative ability of the lens and the selected transducer element of the acoustic probe for acoustic and electrical conversion.
US10028725B2 Friction torque limiter for an imaging catheter
The invention provides a frictional torque limiter assembly for an imaging core spinning in a patient's body. The torque limiter assembly torsionally isolates the imaging core from a motor that spins the imaging core. An interference fit between a slitted drive tube and a spacer tube acts as a clutch that allows a spinning imaging probe to slow or stop relative to the motor until the motor is stopped, thereby preventing an unsafe condition.
US10028723B2 Systems and methods for real-time, transcranial monitoring of blood-brain barrier opening
Systems and techniques for real-time, transcranial monitoring of safe blood-brain barrier opening include determining an approach angle for targeted blood-brain barrier opening proximate a predetermined region in a brain of a patient, and positioning an ultrasound transducer to generate a focused ultrasound signal at the determined approach angle to the predetermined region in the brain.
US10028722B2 Methods and apparatus for assisting cartilage diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
In one embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for assisting cartilage diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and includes the steps of acquiring 3D osteocartilaginous parameters by using multimodal 3D tracked devices; incorporating these parameters into a volumic anatomic osteocartilaginous model from which a bone tracking virtual real-time environment is built; three-dimensionally computing an osteocartilaginous quality score from this multiparametric 3D osteocartilaginous model; providing real-time navigation in this 3D virtual environment in order to make ongoing therapeutic assessments and adjustments; and updating steps 1 to 3 according to the performed therapy. It will be appreciated that the above steps are compatible with arthroscopic procedures involving cartilage.
US10028721B2 Biphasic defibrillator waveform with adjustable second phase tilt
A defibrillator produces a biphasic defibrillation pulse waveform with adjustable tilt for the second phase. The tilt of the second phase of the biphasic waveform can be controllably adjusted by selectively switching a current path which bypasses the patient during delivery of the second phase of the pulse. The inventive biphasic waveform can be delivered by a defibrillator with a single capacitance.
US10028711B2 X-ray diagnosis apparatus and image processing apparatus
A marker-coordinate detecting unit detects coordinates of a stent marker on a new image when the new image is stored in an image-data storage unit; and then a correction-image creating unit creates a correction image from the new image through, for example, image transformation processing, so as to match up the detected coordinates with reference coordinates that are coordinates of the stent marker already detected by the marker-coordinate detecting unit in a first frame. An image post-processing unit then creates an image for display by performing post-processing on the correction image created by the correction-image creating unit, the post-processing including high-frequency noise reduction filtering-processing, low-frequency component removal filtering-processing, and logarithmic-image creating processing; and then a system control unit performs control of displaying a moving image of an enlarged image of a set region that is set in the image for display, together with an original image.
US10028710B2 X-ray apparatus and control method for the same
An X-ray apparatus capable of releasing a locked rotation of a wheel using a power supplied from an auxiliary battery of an X-ray detector when a body is discharged, and a control method thereof. The X-ray apparatus includes an X-ray detector provided with a detector battery mounted thereto and configured to detect X-rays using power supplied from the detector battery. A body includes a body battery and a detector accommodation unit, in which the X-ray detector is accommodated on the outside. A wheel in the body is rotatable by a power supplied from the body battery and a brake is configured to lock a rotation of the wheel when the body battery is incapable of supplying the power. A controller controls the brake so that a locked rotation of the wheel is released by the power supplied from the detector battery when a rotation of the wheel is locked.
US10028707B1 System, medical item including RFID chip, data collection engine, server and method for capturing medical data
A system includes a plurality of RFID chips affixed to a medical item, a data collection engine device, and a server device. The data collection engine wirelessly transmits power to a first one of the RFID chips and receives first medical data from the first RFID chip while the first RFID chip is activated by the power receiver. The data collection engine generates a first message indicative of the first medical data to be sent to the server device. The server device can determine aspects of the medical item such as position and risk states based upon the first medical data.
US10028705B2 Medical device guidewire with a position sensor
A guidewire for a medical device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the guidewire includes a corewire having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, an elongate shroud disposed about the corewire, the shroud having a distal end, and a plug coupled with the distal end portion of the corewire and the distal end of the shroud, the plug having a distal, non-traumatic tip portion, an interior between the corewire and the shroud being configured to receive a sensor.
US10028701B2 Disposable insert having sensor and RFID
A diagnostic sheet for use in conjunction with a disposable absorbent garment is disclosed. The diagnostic sheet may be operable to wick fluid vertically, and includes one or more diagnostic elements and a radio frequency identification device (RFID). The one or more diagnostic elements may be integrated with the diagnostic sheet and positioned at a first region of the diagnostic sheet, and the RFID may be integrated with the diagnostic sheet and positioned proximate the first region. In the presence of the fluid, each of the one or more diagnostic elements may be configured to indicate a result of a particular diagnostic test. In the presence of the fluid, the RFID may be configured to provide an indication that the fluid wicked by the diagnostic sheet has reached the one or more diagnostic elements.
US10028700B2 Method and system for non-invasive determination of human body fat
Provided is a non-invasive system and method of determining human body fat based on image processing. The method includes receiving at least one ultrasound scan image of at least a portion of a skin layer as disposed above one or more additional tissue layers, the skin layer defining a horizontal axis and the image provided by a plurality of pixels. The method continues by horizontally blurring the pixels of the image and thresholding the pixels of the image to provide a binary image having a plurality of elements of different sizes. The method continues with morphing the structural elements of the binary image to remove small elements and connect large elements. With this resulting image, the method distinguishes a body fat layer from the remaining elements and determines the body fat layer thickness. An associated system is also disclosed.
US10028696B2 Methods and systems for evaluating the integrity of a uterine cavity
Methods, systems and devices for evaluating the integrity of a uterine cavity. A method comprises introducing transcervically a probe into a patient's uterine cavity, providing a flow of a fluid (e.g., CO2) through the probe into the uterine cavity and monitoring the rate of the flow to characterize the uterine cavity as perforated or non-perforated based on a change in the flow rate.
US10028691B2 Needle assembly with diagnostic analysis provisions
A needle assembly. The needle assembly enabling the analysis of fluid trapped in a flashback chamber after an insertion needle has been inserted into a patient's vein.
US10028690B2 Biological fluid collection device and biological fluid separation and testing system
A biological fluid collection device that is adapted to receive a blood sample having a cellular portion and a plasma portion is disclosed. After collecting the blood sample, the biological fluid collection device is able to transfer the blood sample to a point-of-care testing device or a biological fluid separation and testing device. After transferring the blood sample, the biological fluid separation and testing device is able to separate the plasma portion from the cellular portion and analyze the blood sample and obtain test results.
US10028686B2 Methods for generating hybrid analyte level output, and devices and systems related thereto
Generally, methods, devices, and systems for generating a hybrid analyte level output are provided. The uncompensated analyte levels lag in time with respect to the lag-compensated analyte levels, and the hybrid analyte level output tracks between the uncompensated analyte levels and the lag-compensated analyte levels according to predetermined criteria.
US10028684B2 Particle-containing membrane and particulate electrode for analyte sensors
Systems and methods of use involving sensors having a particle-containing domain are provided for continuous analyte measurement in a host. In some embodiments, a continuous analyte measurement system is configured to be wholly, transcutaneously, intravascularly or extracorporeally implanted.
US10028681B2 Biological sensor
A biological sensor capable of improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a detection signal obtained by a light-receiving element and amplified by an amplifier is provided.The biological sensor includes a driving signal generating unit that generates a pulse-form driving signal, a light-emitting element that emits light in response to the generated driving signal, a light-receiving element that outputs a detection signal based on an intensity of received light, an amplifying unit including first and second operational amplifiers that amplify the outputted detection signal, an offset signal generating unit and a voltage dividing resistor group that generate a pulse-form offset voltage for offsetting a reference potential of the first operational amplifier when amplifying the detection signal and apply the offset voltage to the first operational amplifier, and a computation unit that obtains biological information by processing the detection signal amplified by the amplifying unit.
US10028680B2 Introducer assembly and methods of use
A method and apparatus for inserting at least a portion of a sensor into a patient is provided. Simple and easy to use mechanisms are provided that can position the sensor or any other device accurately with minimal complication. The method and apparatus can include an inserter device for use with the sensor. The method and apparatus can be for use in continuous or semi-continuous monitoring systems such as analyte monitoring systems.
US10028678B2 Device and method for measuring cervical vertebra movement
The present disclosure provides device and method for measuring cervical vertebra movement. The device comprises a sensor unit, a computation unit, a storage unit and a determination unit. The sensor unit comprises at least one transmission part and at least one reception part. Either of the transmission part and the reception part moves along with user's head, the other fixes relative to user's body. The transmission part transmits detection signals and the reception part receives them. The computation unit computes, based on detection signals, distance changes in a distance between the transmitting and reception part before and after user's head moves. The storage unit stores a mapping table indicating relations between distance changes and movement angles of user's head. The determination unit inquires the mapping table based on distance changes to determine movement angles of user's head. The device is simple, easily operated and practicable.
US10028675B2 Sound-based spirometric devices, systems and methods
Devices, system, and methods generate expiratory flow-based pulmonary function data by processing a digital audio file of sound of a subject's forced expiratory maneuver. A mobile device configured to generate expiratory flow-based pulmonary function data includes a microphone, a processor, and a data storage device. The microphone is operable to convert sound of the subject's forced expiratory maneuver into a digital data file. The processor is operatively coupled with the microphone. The data storage device is operatively coupled with the processor and stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to process the digital data file to generate expiratory flow-based pulmonary function data for assessing pulmonary function of the subject. The sound of the subject's forced expiratory maneuver can be converted into the digital data file without contact between the subject's mouth and the mobile device.
US10028673B2 Measuring device
A measuring device comprises: a first housing having at least one measuring electrode; a second housing connected to the first housing and housing a substrate which has at least one terminal and includes a circuit that conducts a measurement process; and at least one connecting member disposed between the first housing and the second housing. The at least one connecting member is formed of a unitary member. One end of the at least one connecting member is connected to the at least one terminal, while the other end of the at least one connecting member is in contact with the at least one measuring electrode due to an elastic force of the at least one connecting member itself.
US10028672B2 Wearable device which diagnosis personal cardiac health condition by monitoring and analyzing heartbeat and the method thereof
A wearable device which diagnoses personal cardiac health condition by monitoring and analyzing heartbeat includes a motion sensor detecting whether the user is in a motion state; a heart rhythm sensor detecting the user's signal of heartbeat interval; a memory storing algorithm program and database for data process, comparison, and analysis; a microprocessor calculating, filtering and judging the signal of heartbeat interval; and a feedback module displaying or alarming a judgment result, wherein the wearable device continuously detects the user's motion state and heartbeat condition, and detects heart rhythm when the user is not in the motion state to further judge the user's cardiac health condition, such as atrial fibrillation.
US10028666B2 Pressure sensing guidewire
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device includes a pressure sensing guidewire. The pressure sensing guidewire may include a tubular member having a proximal portion and a distal portion. The distal portion may have a plurality of slots formed therein. The distal portion may have a first wall thickness along a first region and a second wall thickness different from the first wall thickness along a second region. A pressure sensor may be disposed within the distal portion of the tubular member.
US10028663B2 Photoacoustic measurement apparatus and probe
In a photoacoustic measurement apparatus and a probe, artifacts due to photoacoustic waves generated in a surface portion of a subject are reduced without increasing the repetition period of photoacoustic measurement. A measurement light emitting unit emits measurement light toward a subject. An acoustic wave detector detects photoacoustic waves generated within the subject due to the measurement light. A correction light source emits correction light toward the subject. A light intensity detector detects reflected light generated by reflection of the correction light, which is emitted toward the subject, from the subject. In a probe, the correction light source and the light intensity detector are disposed between the measurement light emitting unit and the acoustic wave detector.
US10028659B2 Aptamer-based sensors, implantable devices and detection system
A system for measuring and/or monitoring an analyte present in interstitial fluid in skin is provided. The system includes a substrate that may be implanted into the skin and a reader device. The substrate includes a sensor comprising aptamer conjugates and is configured to obtain one or more measurements related to at least one analyte in interstitial fluid. The reader device is configured to detect the analyte in interstitial fluid via interaction with the substrate.
US10028652B2 Rapid laparoscopy exchange system and method of use thereof
A system for positioning an interchangeable tool in a body cavity includes a channel having a lumen in direct communication with the body cavity; a tool introducer having a longitudinal axis and a distal end, the tool introducer capable of traveling through the channel lumen; and a tool holder covering at least a portion of the interchangeable tool that is pivotally connected to the tool introducer allowing angular positioning of the interchangeable tool after the tool holder emerges from the channel into the body cavity. A method for engaging an interchangeable tool with a distal portion of a tool manipulator in a body cavity includes inserting a tool introducer into a channel, orienting the distal portion of the tool manipulator in the body cavity; emerging the interchangeable tool from the channel into the body cavity; and positioning the interchangeable tool eccentrically to the lumen of the channel.
US10028649B2 Digital colposcope system
An example system to capture digital images includes: a colposcope device configured to capture a digital image during a colposcopy procedure; and an image processing module programmed to digitally process the digital image, including: a filter module programmed to filter certain aspects of the digital image; and an overlay module programmed to allow the digital image to be annotated. In other examples, colposcope devices include: a cradle, the cradle being configured to hold a portable computing device, the cradle including an aperture; and an optical capture device, the optical capture device including a constant magnification lens system, the constant magnification lens system being configured to direct light through the aperture.
US10028648B2 Borescopic optical system for medical diagnostic instruments and medical diagnostic instruments having interlocking assembly features
A medical diagnostic instrument or a plurality of disparate medical diagnostic instruments are configured with a common optical architecture that functionally creates a virtual eye to create closer proximity to a patient and therefore increase the field of view in regard to a target of interest. The optical system includes a distal optical element, at least one relay lens and an eyepiece lens in which the optical system can be integrated within at least one instrument or be provided using a releasable module. Additionally, at least one of a viewing assembly and illumination assembly of at least one medical diagnostic instrument can be assembled using a series of components that are connected by interlocking features.
US10028645B2 Computerized information collection and processing apparatus
Computerized information acquisition and processing apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an ingestible (e.g., swallowable) computerized device that includes a video apparatus, digital processor apparatus, and a wireless interface. A non-ingestible portion of the system communicates with the ingestible device via the wireless interface and, using computer software and algorithms, processes video data generated by the ingestible device relating to the intestinal tract of a living subject, so as to enhance the speed and/or accuracy of review by a physician or other individual. In one variant, the algorithmic processing by the non-ingestible apparatus includes one or more of: (i) color intensity analysis; (ii) artifact shape analysis; and/or (iii) inter-frame similarity analysis. In another variant, the ingestible device is configured to compress the data using the processor apparatus prior to transmission over the interface to conserve wireless bandwidth.
US10028640B2 Cleaning glove device
A cleaning glove device includes a cleaning glove having a planar face. The planar face has a palm portion and digit portions extending from the palm portion. A peripheral wall of the cleaning glove extends from a peripheral edge of the planar face. A taper portion of the peripheral wall extends between a main portion and the peripheral edge. The main portion is perpendicular to the planar face. An adhesive layer covers the planar face to have debris adhered to the planar face by the adhesive layer when the cleaning glove is pressed against and removed from a surface.
US10028639B1 Apparatus and method for cleaning and maintaining deep fat fryers and similar devices
A method and tool(s) for maintaining a liquid fryer or broaster having a frypot for holding frying liquid including a V-shaped or conical bottom. The method can include: Providing a tool having a generally normally flat blade extending longitudinally from a handle end to a distal end, the blade comprising a material having sufficient stiffness to impart scraping force to the distal end over a range of temperatures including 150° F., but sufficient flexibility to slide past steps and angles, including acute angles, while scraping the frypot. Scraping an internal wall of the frypot, beginning above and then down to and past the V-shaped or conical bottom. Draining the remaining frying liquid. Cleaning the interior of the frypot/vat. Refilling the frying liquid. The tool(s) can be elongated with different widths and leading edges and have characteristics like above.
US10028632B2 Method of controlling a mobile robot
A method of controlling a mobile robot, the method including monitoring a first system of the mobile robot to detect a first error associated with the first system, monitoring a second system of the mobile robot to detect a second error associated with the second system, and when the first error and the second error are detected at the same time, determining that a third error has occurred.
US10028631B2 Robot cleaner having dust sensing unit
A robot cleaner includes a body; a driving unit; at least one sensor configured to detect an obstacle; a cleaning unit, the cleaning unit including a brush unit and a fan unit; a dust box to store dust inside of the dust box, the dust box being detachably mounted to the body; and a dust sensing unit including a light emitting unit to transmit light and a light receiving sensor to sense the light transmitted by the light emitting unit, the light emitting unit and the light receiving sensor being fixed on the body and outside of the dust box, and the light emitting unit being configured to transmit light through the inside of the dust box. The driving unit, the at least one sensor, the cleaning unit, the dust box, and the dust sensing unit are positioned on or in the body of the robot cleaner.
US10028630B2 Cleaner
A cleaner including a dust collection unit configured to separate dust from air through centrifugation is provided. The dust collection unit includes a dust collection case having an inlet through which air is introduced and an outlet through which the air is discharged, and a cyclone assembly located in the dust collection case to separate dust from the air introduced through the inlet. The cyclone assembly includes a dust separation housing having an inner space, configured to have a first introduction unit formed at a side surface thereof; and an air curtain generation member coupled to the dust separation housing at a lower part of the first introduction unit, configured to include an air curtain discharge unit arranged at one upper end thereof so that the air curtain discharge unit allows vertical airflow ascending along the first introduction unit to be discharged.
US10028628B1 Concealed toilet in vehicles
A concealed toilet in a vehicle includes a flexible container, a foundation member, a primary toilet seat member, lock hook assemblies, and a toilet seat cover. The flexible container with a waste containment bag is positioned in a cavity in a vehicle seat. The foundation member, attached to the flexible container, secures the flexible container to a seat brace of the vehicle seat. The foundation member includes bag holders and an elevated bag diverter for holding and diverting an upper portion of the waste containment bag respectively. The primary toilet seat member includes a tapered guide stud engageable with the elevated bag diverter. The lock hook assemblies lock with lock posts of the primary toilet seat member for securing the primary toilet seat member to the foundation member. The toilet seat cover with a concealment layer is positioned on the primary toilet seat member for concealing the waste containment bag.
US10028620B2 Dicing tool for domestic food processing device
A food processing device includes a dicing kit adapted to be received in a bowl which is coupled to a base. The dicing kit includes a dicing grid disposed within a frame which is coupled to a cover member having a rotating slicing tool disposed there between. The slicing tool is positively captured between the dicing grid frame and the cover member and is further adapted to rotate as powered by a motor disposed in the base portion of the food processor.
US10028619B2 Food processor with spiralizer feature
A food processor for cutting a food ingredient includes: a motorized base for generating a rotational force; a processor bowl removably attached to the motorized base; a spindle within the processor bowl in which the spindle can be rotated by the rotational force from the motorized base; a spiralizer cutter attached to the spindle within the processor bowl, the spiralizer cutter having a blade along a radius of the spiralizer cutter; a lid for the processor bowl, the lid having a center position corresponding to the spindle and a radial position between the center position and an edge of the lid; and a feed tube for positioning at one of the center position and the radial position, wherein the feed tube can be repositioned between the center and radial positions.
US10028617B1 Convertible high/lower pressure outdoor cooking apparatus, kit, and method
An outdoor cooking apparatus includes a frame having a base, a cooking surface and a wind guard having an opening 210, upper and lower edges and a side wall or walls. A first removable support bracket supporting a lower pressure burner element removably attaches to the wind guard. A second removable support bracket supporting a high pressure burner element removably attaches to the wind guard, and includes: i) a cylindrically shaped, vertically oriented tube, ii) a high pressure gaseous fuel nozzle, and iii) a fuel supply tube. The second, removable support includes a plate or plates extending from the outer surface of the tube at a position in between the upper end opening and the lower end opening.
US10028616B2 Household appliance for food preparation, comprising a working container with a basket for steam cooking
Provided is a household appliance for food preparation, comprising a working container having a bottom receiving a rotary tool that is rotatably driven by a motor and an open upper end via which ingredients can be inserted into the working container, a heating device for heating the contents of the working container, and a steam-cooking basket that lies in the working container, above the rotary tool, wherein said rotary tool can be removed from the working container and wherein said basket comprises a bottom having an opening for the passage of a body that grips the rotary tool when the basket is arranged in the working container.
US10028615B2 Method of brewing coffee
Shown herein are methods and systems for brewing coffee. In one example, a method of brewing coffee includes delivering a predetermined amount of water from a reservoir to a heater, heating the predetermined amount of water with the heater to form heated water, delivering the predetermined amount of the heated water from the heater to a brew basket containing ground coffee, and soaking the ground coffee with the predetermined amount of the heated water for a predetermined period of time to enable the heated water delivered to the brew basket to presoak the ground coffee contained in brew basket prior delivering a remaining amount of water from to the quantity of water to the brew basket to complete the brewing cycle.
US10028614B2 Device for producing milk foam
The present invention provides a device 1 for producing milk foam, which makes use of Couette flow and a high shear stress that is accordingly applied to a milk-air mixture in a gap between a housing, in particular an outer cylinder, and a rotating element rotating arranged therein. The device further comprises a milk supply circuit supplying the fluid inlet with milk and an air supply circuit supplying the fluid inlet with air, both supply circuits being independent from each other.
US10028612B2 Cover for an ingredient inlet with moisture management
A machine (1) for preparing a beverage from at least one ingredient (2) comprises: an ingredient processing module (30); an ingredient passage (40) for inserting an ingredient from outside such machine into the ingredient processing module; and a cover (10) that is movable between a position covering the ingredient passage and a position uncovering the ingredient passage. The cover (10) is slidable, in particular translationally and/or manually slidable, from the covering to the uncovering positions and/or vice versa. The cover (10) is associated with at least one fluid-escape opening (10a, 10b, 10b) through which vapor and/or steam can escape from the passage (40) when the cover is in the covering position.
US10028611B2 Coffee machine
A filter holder for an espresso coffee machine comprising a handle (1) and an outer holder (2), which outer holder is adapted to receive a filter plate (8). The filter plate (8) comprises a plurality of upstanding elements such as truncated pyramids adapted to tear, in use, a surface of a coffee capsule. Between the pyramids a plurality of perforations allow passage of coffee from a capsule to a cup. The holder further comprising a retaining member, which retaining member is adapted to retain the capsule in position and to permit water or steam to be applied under pressure to a surface of the capsule remote from the surface adjacent to the filter plate, the water or steam penetrating the capsule surface to reach the coffee in the capsule.
US10028610B1 Whistling pot and pan lid
A whistling lid assembly for use as a stand-alone item, or with a pot, is disclosed herein. The lid assembly is adapted to sit upon a pot, the lid assembly including a lid, a hole formed in the lid, a whistle assembly attached to the lid assembly about the hole, the whistle assembly including a lower disc in fluid communication with the pot through the hole in the lid, the lower disc having a lower disc hole, an upper disc with an upper disc hole, and an outer wall surrounding outer radius surfaces of both the lower and the upper discs, and wherein when energy is applied to the contents of the pot causing steam to develop and pass through the hole in the lid to the whistle assembly, a whistling noise is generated through interaction between the steam, the lower disc hole and the upper disc hole.
US10028606B1 Protected unmanned vehicle delivery receptacle
A system for the delivery and secure receipt of packages from unmanned vehicles to improve security and protection of the packages upon delivery. A UAV receptacle provides a water-protected interior to protect a package. The UAV receptacle includes a door in one side that allows a reception tray to extend out and back in, and which locks to protect the package so received. The UAV receptacle detects a drone in proximity. Upon confirming that delivery is for the UAV receptacle, the reception tray extends to a reception position. A sensor detects the package on the reception tray upon delivery from the drone. The reception tray is of a mesh material to reduce water retention. The UAV receptacle retracts the reception tray and closes a door to seal the package within the UAV receptacle. The UAV receptacle may notify user devices that the package has been received.
US10028605B1 Systems and methods for a detachable key holder and organizer
A key holder includes a key tag, the key tag attached to a key. The key holder further includes a device body, the device body including a slot, the key located in the slot of the device body and the key tag wrapping around the device body from the slot to an outer portion of the device body, the outer portion of the device body including an attachment point for the key tag, the key tag attached to the outer portion of the device body and under sufficient tension to prevent the key from sliding out of the slot.
US10028598B2 Bag retaining fixture
Described is a cabinet for holding paper bags at a bagging station in a retail store, and a bag retaining fixture mounted inside the cabinet. The cabinet holds a stack of paper bags, and the bag retaining fixture secures the stack of paper bags inside the cabinet. The cabinet housing can be mounted to or near the bagging station. The bag retaining fixture is coupled to an inner surface of the cabinet. The bag retaining fixture includes a plate and an elongate wire coupled to the plate. The elongate wire puts pressure on the stack of paper bags to hold them in place as individual paper bags are removed for filling. The cabinet for holding paper bags and the bag retaining fixture keep the stack of paper bags from being scattered as the paper bags are stored and dispensed.
US10028596B2 Product display for multiple product configurations
A product display system (10) suitable for positioning different packaged products for use in a single location, the product display system (10) including at least two trays (12) that are connected to each other by at least one bracket (14), further including a messaging panel (16) which is inserted into either a tray (12) or a bracket (14).
US10028591B2 Structure of inflatable cushion
An improved structure of an inflatable cushion includes: a top layer constituting a surface of the inflatable cushion, a bottom layer constituting an undersurface of the inflatable cushion, and a side layer constituting a circumference of the inflatable cushion such that the inflatable cushion defines an interior space. Longitudinal stretch bands and lateral stretch bands are arranged in the interior space in such a way that portions of the longitudinal stretch bands are jointed to the top layer to form first connection sections and portions of the lateral stretch bands are jointed to the bottom layer to form second connection sections. The lateral stretch bands and the longitudinal stretch bands intersect each other and the first connection sections and the second connection sections oppose each other in a vertical direction.
US10028581B2 Adjustable face plate mounting system and method of use
Disclosed is an adjustable face plate mounting system for adjusting the position of a face plate attached to a pantry pullout apparatus. The system comprises a slotted bracket adjustably attached to the face plate, a standoff assembly attached to the pantry pullout apparatus and slidably engaged with the slotted bracket, a fastener fixedly attached to the pantry pullout apparatus, and a set crew movable within the fastener and abutting the slotted bracket. A first embodiment of the standoff assembly includes a pair of standoffs and coordinating removable fasteners. Another embodiment of the standoff assembly includes a single standoff and fastener paired with a pin. The face plate is adjustable in three dimensions with respect to the pantry pullout apparatus and surrounding cabinets.
US10028580B2 High-strength colored glass ceramics as a cooktop, smooth on both sides
A glass-ceramic cooktop is provided that is made of glass-ceramic material with a flat upper side and an underside. The glass-ceramic material has transmittance values of greater than 0.1% in the visible light range in the total wavelength region greater than 420 nm, a light transmittance in the visible range of 0.8-2.5%, and a transmittance of 0-85% in the infrared at 1600 nm, and wherein the glass-ceramic material has high quartz mixed crystals as the prevalent crystal phase. The underside is flat, unstructured, and coplanar with the upper side.
US10028577B2 Ergonomic watchmaker's workstation
An ergonomic watchmaker's workstation includes, around a work platform, two forearm supports each at least tiltably adjustable in a vertical plane, and control and storage unit arranged to control motorized adjuster in order to move each of the forearm supports in at least one degree of freedom. The control and storage unit are programmable to trigger, at predefined or random moments, micro movements of the forearm supports of short duration, less than two seconds, and of small angular amplitude, less than 2° and/or of linear amplitude, less than 5 mm. The workstation further includes a user interface connected to the control and storage unit, to trigger other micro movements, and/or to modify the settings.
US10028576B1 Retractable mechanism of desk
A desk includes a desk top and a frame connected to underside of the desk top. Two storage boxes are respectively connected the left and right sides of the frame. Each storage box has a retractable column extending therefrom which is driven by a driving unit. Each storage box has a flexible cable manager located therein which is cooperated with multiple boxes to organize cables of computers and accessories, and the boxes are moved with movement of the desk top.
US10028575B1 Friction-driven rotary push broom
A rotary push broom provides a geometry between the centerline of the broom's wheels and the centerline of the broom's cylindrical brush that allows the vertical height of the cylindrical brush relative to that of the wheels to be adjusted as the frame rotates. The broom includes a support stand that allows the broom to be stored in a way that does not put the broom's weight on the brush. The broom also includes a ratchet gear system so that the broom rotates along with the wheels when the broom is operated in a forward sweeping direction and spins independent of the wheels when the broom is operated in a rearward direction. The gear system should be arranged so that the cylindrical brush rotates slower than the wheels in the sweeping direction. The support stand can be integrated with an endplate that accommodates the wheel connection and ratchet gear system.
US10028574B2 Hair styling brush systems
A system of hair styling brushes comprising a thermal plate situated over a resilient cushion member having bristles integrated with the resilient cushion member and extending through and away from the thermal plate, with an air break, or gap, between the thermal plate and resilient cushion member. The thermal plate assists shaping, shining, and drying of hair when used with a blow dryer. Further, the thermal plate covers the elastomeric materials forming the resilient cushion member, making the elastomeric materials less susceptible to degradation.
US10028570B2 Universal adapter system for a dynamic load carriage apparatus
A universal adapter system includes a receiver component having a base portion configured to be coupled to a base belt worn by an individual and a locking mechanism which is operative to be engaged to a mounting bar of an adapter component that is secured to a dynamic load carriage apparatus. The mounting bar is capable of displacement when retained by the locking mechanism to compensate for shifts in load that are associated with the individual.
US10028567B2 Lipsticks and lip applicators
A lip application device, such as a lipstick, may have four peripheral portions in its cross section. The cross section may have a center through which a radial axis extends in parallel to the cross section, dividing the cross section into left and right sides. A first portion may form a first arc centered at the radial axis and having an outward radial direction stemming from the center. A second portion may form a second arc centered at the radial axis and having an outward radial direction stemming from the center, the second arc being opposite to the first arc and being longer than the first arc. A third portion and a fourth portion may be substantially straight lines, one connecting the ends points of the two arcs in the left side and other connecting the end points of the two arcs in the right side.
US10028565B2 Cosmetic container
Provided is a cosmetic container that can be used in a process of grasping the cosmetic container, a process of taking out an applicator from the container, and a process of storing the applicator therein. The cosmetic container can be held by one hand of the user, and includes a first container that has an applicator provided therein and has a substantially circular cross-section in a direction perpendicular to a length direction, and a second container that removably engages with the first container, is longer than the first container, has a substantially circular cross-section in a direction perpendicular to a length direction, and has an application material stored therein, in which a profile of the cosmetic container formed when the first container and the second container engage with each other is substantially spindle shaped, and the a lengths and diameters of the first and second containers fall within predetermined values.
US10028564B2 Liquid cosmetic
Provided is a liquid cosmetic suited for a liquid cosmetic applicator using a brush or a pen feed as an applying means and suited for use in an eyeliner or an eyebrow, which has a good water resistance and is excellent in a skin adhesive property and which is free of a lustrous feeling and has a mat tone. The liquid cosmetic comprises at least carbon black, water, 0.5 to 5% by mass of a dispersant comprising a film-formable resin, 2 to 15% by mass as a solid of a film-forming agent, 0.5% by mass or less of a surfactant, and xanthan gum or a hydroxyethyl acrylate/acryloyldimethyltaurinato Na copolymer for a mat tone provider; a glossiness of the liquid cosmetic is 6.5 or less; and a viscosity thereof at 25° C. and a shear rate of 76.8 s−1 falls in a range of 10 to 270 mPa·s.
US10028563B2 Cap for cosmetic bottle
Disclosed is a cap for a cosmetic bottle. The cap for the cosmetic bottle includes a coupling member provided at the upper end thereof with a plurality of moving bars, a button member provided at an inner surface thereof with a plurality of moving grooves so that the moving bars are vertically inserted into the moving grooves, a pumping part being coupled with a lower end of a pumping member, an elastic member interposed between the coupling member and the button member, a rotating member rotatably coupled with an outside of the coupling member, an adjusting member rotatably inserted into an inner surface of an upper end of the rotating member, a button member outputting unit to allow the button member to vertically move up or down if the rotating member is rotated, and a coupling unit to couple the rotating member with the coupling member or the adjusting member.
US10028559B2 Protective case for an electronic device with a docking receptacle for a wireless peripheral device
A protective case for an electronic device and associated wireless electrical peripheral device includes a protective shell for protecting the electronic device when the electronic device is inserted in the protective shell, a docking receptacle including a cavity for receiving at least a portion of the associated electrical peripheral device and an engagement mechanism for removably retaining the received portion of the associated electrical peripheral device in the cavity; and a battery for charging at least one of the inserted electronic device and the retained wireless electrical peripheral device.
US10028558B1 Expandable and collapsible handbag
A handbag, such as a clutch, includes a cover assembly that is openable at a top of the clutch. The cover assembly includes first section providing a first side of the clutch and a second section providing an opposite second side of the clutch. The first section is connected to the second section at least along a bottom of the clutch. Each section a proximal portion and a distal portion slidably attached to the proximal portion and positioned farther from the bottom of the clutch than the proximal portion. The distal portion is slidably attached to the proximal portion such that the section is expandable away from and collapsible toward the bottom of the clutch.
US10028554B2 Belt buckle and method for mounting a belt buckle
A belt buckle for a seat belt system having a support member (12) including a belt buckle mechanism, first and second shells (16, 18) which together encompass the support member (12) and an annular cover member (14) surrounding an end face of the support member (12). Along the periphery of the annular cover member (14) at feast a first structure (24) is formed and in the area of a rim (28) of the first and second shells (16, 18) directed to the annular cover member (14) a respective second structure (26) is formed. The first and second structures (24, 26) are engaged with each other and fix the first and second shells (16, 18) to the annular cover member (14).
US10028553B1 Spa cover latch
A latch set and concomitant methods including an elongated receiving portion including an upper portion with a receiving slot at an angle from horizontal and at least one receiving hole on either side of the slot, and a lower portion with one or more attachment holes, and a strap engaging portion including a strap receiving slot, a channel going from an edge of the strap engaging portion to the strap receiving slot, and a portion engaging the elongated receiving portion via one or more inward-facing tabs on either side of a central connecting portion and configured to engage the one or more attachment holes.
US10028551B2 Interchangeable chassis for cleated footwear
An article of footwear including cleat sets and/or cleat members can include provisions for maximizing traction between a chassis and multiple types of ground surfaces. In some embodiments, a chassis can include cleat sets and/or cleat members disposed in different locations to achieve maximum traction on multiple types of surfaces. In other embodiments, a chassis can include distinct types of cleat sets and/or cleat members that each maximize traction for a distinct type of surface. Each chassis includes a distinct type of cleat configuration. Different cleat configurations may be used to provide varying degrees of traction. In some embodiments, the chassis can include varying levels of flexibility, to provide user with options to customize the stiffness and support of the article of footwear.
US10028548B2 Toddler shoe with squeaker
A toddler shoe has a squeaker or other air-powered noisemaker (collectively “squeaker”) that is selectively active in that the squeaker can be turned on or off. The squeaker can be turned on or off without removing the squeaker from the shoe, and because the squeaker remains in the shoe, the functional characteristics of the shoe are unaffected by the on or off state of the squeaker.
US10028545B2 Shoe upper, and method for knitting shoe upper
There is provided a shoe upper excelling in productivity, and a method for knitting the same. A shoe upper (1) includes a left side intermediate knitted fabric portion (5L) connecting a left side edge portion of a tongue (4) and an instep cover section (3), and a right side intermediate knitted fabric portion (5R) connecting a right side edge portion of the tongue (4) and the instep cover section (3). In such shoe upper (1), a width of an end of the tongue (4) is formed wider on a foot insertion opening (7) side than on a toe side, both side edge portions of the tongue (4) are overlapped with the instep cover section (3) in a thickness direction thereof, and the instep cover section (3), the tongue (4), and both the intermediate knitted fabric portions (5L, 5R) are all integrally knitted in a seamless manner.
US10028543B2 Safety light helmet
A safety light helmet is a helmet with a light affixed to the top center of the helmet for 360-degree visibility by other riders and vehicles when passing a rider wearing the helmet. The safety light detaches immediately during a collision without causing injury to the rider. The safety light helmet has a plurality of light bulbs operative for displaying a plurality of light patterns. The light is rechargeable.
US10028541B2 Garment with front and back zipper
This disclosure relates to a garment having zippers for separating the garment into two halves. The garment has a zipper on the front and a zipper on the back. The halves can be mixed and matched according to preference for color, surface ornamentation, or material. Each half has an inside pocket that can be used for storing an additional garment half. The garment may optionally include a hood. In embodiments where the garment has a hood, the back zipper may unzip as the slider is moved in the downward direction, thereby allowing the user to separate the hood and fold the hood into a collar.
US10028538B2 Collar corrector
A collar corrector is provided having an adhesive strip with at least one adhesive side. The adhesive strip removably attaches the collar corrector to a shirt collar. A non-adhesive strip is removably attached to the adhesive side of the adhesive strip. The non-adhesive strip is removed prior to removably attaching the collar corrector to the shirt collar. A wire is embedded within the adhesive strip. The wire is pliable to alter a shape of the collar corrector. The shape of the collar corrector is maintained by the wire.
US10028532B2 Electronic cigarettes having squeezable E-liquid tank
The present invention relates to an electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette includes: a first tubular body forming a vaporizer chamber, a removable mouth piece disposed on the first tubular body, a vaporizer assembly disposed inside of vaporizer chamber, having a positive terminal with an e-liquid conduit hole, a negative terminal, 2 sets of e-liquid media, and 2 heating wires wound around e-liquid media, a squeezable e-liquid tank adapted for storing e-liquid with an e-liquid conduit to provide e-liquid to e-liquid media in vaporizer chamber, a second tubular body forming a squeezable e-liquid tank container; and a connecting and sealing assembly for connecting first tubular body and second tubular body. When a user squeezes the squeezable e-liquid tank to soak e-liquid media with e-liquid, user starts e-cigarette smoking by switch on a battery power source to provide electrical power heating wires 25 to vaporize e-liquid and generate e-cigarette vapor for user.
US10028530B2 Lighter and cigar splitter apparatus
An apparatus for opening up the sheath of a cigar and lighting the cigar, comprising a lighter, comprising a lighter frame; and a cigar splitter attached to the base of the lighter frame by an outside surface of the cigar splitter. The cigar splitter comprises a housing having two open ends, an inside wall, and the outside surface, an axis parallel to the inside wall and passing through the two open ends, the two open ends permitting insertion of a cigar along the axis through one of the two open ends and to exit through another of the two open ends; a blade attached to the inside wall and oriented along the axis, the blade suitable for cutting an outer sheath of the cigar as the cigar is inserted through the cigar splitter along the axis; and a loop attached to the outside surface of the housing.
US10028528B2 Exhalation smoke filter mask
An exhalation smoke filter mask includes an open first end and a perforated second end enclosing a filter assembly. The filter assembly includes a main filter assembly, having at least a carbon filter, and a masking filter assembly, having at least a fabric member infused with volatilizing odorous oils. Exhalation of smoke into the open first end effects filtering of the smoke by action of the carbon filter and malodors are masked by volatilization of odorous oils vented when breath is forced through the filter assembly. Thus secondhand smoke is mitigated, malodors are eliminated, and exhalations of smoke are concealable from bystanders and passersby.
US10028525B2 Smoking articles with reduced ignition proclivity characteristics
A process for reducing the permeability of a paper wrapper used in the construction of a smoking article is disclosed. The paper wrapper is treated with a film-forming composition that forms treated discrete areas on the wrapper. The treated discrete areas have a permeability within a predetermined range sufficient to reduce the ignition proclivity properties of a smoking article made with the wrapper. In accordance with the present invention, the film-forming composition contains a film-forming material. The film-forming material has a relatively low viscosity. In this manner, the film-forming composition can have a relatively high solids content and still be applied to the wrapper using conventional techniques, such as by using a gravure printer.
US10028522B2 Tobacco seed-derived components and materials
A tobacco composition for use in a smoking article or a smokeless tobacco composition is provided, the composition including a component derived from a seed of the Nicotiana species. The component can be a seed of the Nicotiana species or a portion thereof in particulate form or in the form of seed isolate derived from a seed of the Nicotiana species. In certain embodiments, the seed isolate is in the form of a chemically transformed seed isolate, the chemical transformation being selected from hydrogenation, acid/base reaction, hydrolysis, thermal treatment, and enzymatic treatment. The invention also provides smoking articles and smokeless tobacco compositions that include the seed components described herein, and methods for preparing a component derived from a seed of the Nicotiana species for addition to a tobacco composition.
US10028520B2 Apparatus for manufacturing a smokeless tobacco product incorporating an object, and associated method
An apparatus and associated method are provided for manufacturing a smokeless tobacco product including tobacco material and at least one object. A forming unit is configured to form a continuous supply of a pouch material into a continuous tubular member defining a longitudinal axis. A tobacco insertion unit is configured to introduce tobacco material into a pouch member portion of the tubular member. An object insertion unit is configured to introduce objects into the tubular member, with at least one of the objects being introduced into the pouch member portion. A closing and dividing unit is configured to close and divide the tubular member at intervals along the longitudinal axis thereof, to form the tubular member into a plurality of discrete pouch member portions such that each discrete pouch member portion includes the tobacco material and the at least one of the objects.
US10028515B2 Method for producing a cylindrical mould member for moulding three- dimensional products from a mass of one or more food starting materials
A rotary cylindrical mold member and a method for its production, is adapted to be used in a system for molding three-dimensional products from a mass of one or more food starting materials which are suitable for consumption. The method includes preparing at least one mold body forming part of the cylindrical outer surface of the mold member, wherein one or more recessed mold cavities are formed. Subsequently preparing a support member defining one or more fluid channels, recessed in the support surface Heat emitting parts or particles are provided close to the inner surface of the mold body and/or the supporting surface of the support member. Energy is provided to the heat emitting parts or particles, thereby causing the parts or particles to emit heat and thereby locally melt the adjacent porous first plastic and the second plastic to obtain a weld and thereby secure the support member and the mold body to each other.
US10028513B2 System, device, and method for moisture and texture detection and control in tortilla chip production
A production system for moisture and texture detection and control in tortilla and tortilla chip production includes a production line, including a cooker/grinder, a sheeter/cutter, an oven, an equalizer, a fryer, and a cooler/packaging machine; and a production control unit, including a processor, non-transitory memory, an input/output component, a moisture controller, a temperature controller, a belt speed controller, a masa moisture sensor, a chip moisture sensor, laser sensors for measuring surface texture of baked and fried chips, a laser controller, a texture classifier, a feedback controller. Also disclosed is a method for production control, including controlling moisture content, measuring masa moisture, controlling oven, measuring baked surfaces, measuring fried surfaces, classifying baked surfaces, classifying fried surfaces, optimizing oven temperature, optimizing oven belt speed, storing and characterizing historical records.
US10028512B2 Apparatus for feeding pasta sheet into a pasta-making machine
An apparatus for feeding pasta sheet into a pasta-making machine, includes a feed device for feeding a strip of pasta sheet along a predetermined path, and a punching device designed to operate on the strip in the stop condition so as to punch the strip and obtain from the strip cut pieces of pasta sheet intended to be wrapped around respective portions of filling, thereby producing respective pieces of filled pasta. The apparatus includes a speed variator device for the feed speed of the strip, interposed between the feed device and the punching device for causing, during each machine cycle of the apparatus, a variation in the speed of a branch of the strip positioned at the punching device which, in combination with the speed at which the strip is supplied by the feed device, stops the branch of the strip.
US10028509B2 Composition comprising a biological control agent and a fungicide selected from inhibitors of the mitosis and cell division or compounds having a multi-site action
The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one biological control agent. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of this composition as well as a method for reducing overall damage of plants and plant parts.
US10028507B2 Sixteen-membered macrolide compound and applications thereof
A sixteen-membered macrolide compound and use thereof, the compound structure being represented in formula (I), wherein R is CH3 or C2H5. The present compound has a wide range of application in the preparation of chemicals for preventing and controlling insect pests and mites of agriculture and forestry.
US10028506B2 Plant strengthener comprising a tocopherol and a boron compound
The present invention relates to a plant strengthener in the form of a formulation comprising tocopherol or a derivative of a tocopherol, and to the use thereof for increasing the tolerance of crop plants to stress events, in particular to chemically induced stress, cold-induced stress, drought-induced stress or light-induced stress.The plant strengtheners are present in the form of formulations which comprise the following components A, B and C:a) at least one tocopherol or derivative of a tocopherol (component A);b) at least one nonionic emulsifier (component B); andc) at least one water-soluble boron compound (component C),and, if appropriate,d) one or more UV absorbers (component D) ande) one or more organic solvents.
US10028496B2 Crankbait tuning device
Disclosed herein is a crankbait tuning device comprising a main lever arm comprising a first main lever arm major side, a second main lever arm major side, and a first handle portion, the first lever arm major side comprising a first interlocking portion and a main lever arm threaded portion; a torque setting knob comprising a mating threaded portion, wherein the mated threaded portion is attached to the main lever arm threaded portion in mated threaded fashion; an opposing lever arm comprising a second handle portion and a first jaw portion, the opposing lever arm pivotally attached to the main lever arm; and a movable lever arm comprising a first movable lever arm major side and a second movable lever arm major side, wherein the first movable lever arm major side comprises a second jaw portion and a second interlocking portion, wherein the movable lever arm first major side is disposed between the torque setting knob and the main lever arm and pivotally attached to the main lever arm such that the first interlocking portion is contacted with and engaged with the second interlocking portion.
US10028492B2 Methods and systems for maintaining a constant depth
Operating at constant depth, various embodiments are provided equipped with automatic depth-control mechanisms in dynamic devices such as lures and carriers that acquire and maintain a constant target depth when pulled through a medium such as water. The depth-control mechanism incorporates a mechanical pressure measurement of depth using a bladder with changing dimensionality and mechanical coupling to a variable angle dive plane. The measured pressure is compared with the target depth pressure causing the dive plane angle to adjust and converge to an adjustable target depth with forward motion due to retrieval or trolling. The dive plane extension is optionally a variable angle lip or bill protruding from the front of the lure or a pectoral fin-like configuration. Multi-purpose carriers are provided that can perform various underwater sensing and measuring tasks. Included are systems and methods for using a lure or platform equipped with a depth-controlling device.
US10028491B2 Insect egg conveyor
Example insect egg conveyors are disclosed. One example insect egg conveyor device includes multiple rollers positioned along a path and a drive unit that includes a motor connected to a roller of the multiple rollers to drive the roller and rotate the roller. The device also includes a substrate positioned on the roller and a fluid source positioned along the path. The rollers are arranged to move the substrate along the path and toward the fluid source in response to the motor rotating the roller.
US10028486B1 Lightweight flexible dog shoes
A lightweight and flexible dog shoe is described here for protecting a dog's feet from external cold or hot temperature conditions, cuts and abrasions, or other injury with a waterproof construction while allowing breathability and comfort during use. The shoes are designed to be easily put on by the dog owner with a large top opening and a Velcro strap system for securing the shoes to the dog's feet. The shoe is flexible to conform to the shape of the dog's legs while providing tactile feeling ability on the soles. The material is breathable, and acts as a check-valve with air permeability for breathability, but prevents water from entering. Adjustment is provided with Velcro straps, buckles and buttons. The front laces are for added stability and support purposes. The shoe is constructed with a synthetic materials: a multi-layer nylon fabric shell, synthetic rubber sole & toe enclosure, and is one hundred percent waterproof. The sole and toe enclosure may be constructed with resin rubber, crepe, PVC, or polyurethane. The multi-layer shell is comprised of; 1) a protective inner contact layer; 2) an insulating thickness layer; and 3) an outer waterproof shell. The dog's feet and paws enter from the rear opening, and adjustment are made via the wrap-around Velcro straps, buckles, and buttons. The Velcro straps have reflective material for visibility during nighttime or low visible light conditions. The shoes are available in different sizes: extra-small (XS), small (S), medium (M), large (L), and extra-large (XL). The name for the shoes may be branded as “YAP”, “YAP DESIGNS”, “YAP SHOES”, or specifically “CALIGAE” as a special shoe for the kings. The shoes will protect a dog's feet and paws from hazardous environmental conditions, abrasion, dirt, chemicals, salt, as well as cold and hot weather.
US10028478B2 Wheat variety W060346O1
A wheat variety designated W060346O1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W060346O1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W060346O1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W060346O1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety W060346O1 are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W060346O1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US10028476B2 Wheat variety W060401B1
A wheat variety designated W060401B1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W060401B1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W060401B1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W060401B1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety W060401B1 are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W060401B1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US10028471B1 Soybean variety 5PSGJ21
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PSGJ21 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PSGJ21, cells from soybean variety 5PSGJ21, plants of soybean 5PSGJ21, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PSGJ21. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PSGJ21 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PSGJ21, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PSGJ21, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PSGJ21. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PSGJ21 are further provided.
US10028470B1 Soybean variety P002A63R
A novel soybean variety, designated P002A63R is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety P002A63R, cells from soybean variety P002A63R, plants of soybean P002A63R, and plant parts of soybean variety P002A63R. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety P002A63R with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety P002A63R, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety P002A63R, and methods of characterizing soybean variety P002A63R. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety P002A63R are further provided.
US10028467B1 Maize hybrid X90H631
A novel maize variety designated X90H631 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X90H631 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90H631 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X90H631, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90H631. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90H631.
US10028464B1 Maize hybrid X15K728
A novel maize variety designated X15K728 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X15K728 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15K728 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X15K728, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X15K728. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X15K728.
US10028463B2 Sweet corn line SYW-6SSLM804
The invention provides seed and plants of the sweet corn line designated SYW-6SSLM804. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of sweet corn line SYW-6SSLM804, and to methods for producing a sweet corn plant produced by crossing a plant of sweet corn line SYW-6SSLM804 with itself or with another sweet corn plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of sweet corn line SYW-6SSLM804, including the seed, pod, and gametes of such plants.
US10028462B2 Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH320039
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH320039. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH320039, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH320039 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH320039.
US10028456B2 Tree and plant watering systems
A tree and plant watering system relating to improved transfer of water to trees and plants (both new and existing) is provided. The system comprises soil penetrators, soil anchors, and area extenders to enhance water capacity and to provide ease of water transfer to root systems. Additionally, the system provides plant growth ladders to assist upward plant growth and root apertures to assist root growth.
US10028451B2 Identifying management zones in agricultural fields and generating planting plans for the zones
In an embodiment, computer processes are programmed to determine planting plans based on planting characteristics data received for an agricultural field and a plurality of management zone delineation options defined for the agricultural field. Each of the planting plans specifies different planting recommendations for the agricultural field. A first graphical representation of the planting plans, and an interactive object is generated and displayed on a computing device. The interactive object is configured to receive input specifying a relative importance ratio between the planting plans for determining a new planting plan for the agricultural field. A particular relative importance ratio is received via the interactive object, and is used to determine the new planting plan, which specifies new planting recommendations for the agricultural field. Information about the new planting plan is displayed on the computer device.
US10028447B2 Strapping system for agricultural implement
A strapping system for an agricultural implement includes a strap feeding assembly positioned on a first side of a baling chamber, the strap feeding assembly being configured to propel a strap through or around at least a portion of the baling chamber. The system includes a needle positioned on a second side of the baling chamber, opposite the first side. The needle is configured to move through the baling chamber to extend from the second side to the first side of the baling chamber, and the needle includes an opening configured to receive the strap from the strap feeding assembly and to facilitate transfer of an end of the strap from the first side to the second side of the baling chamber to position the strap for capturing material as the material accumulates within the baling chamber.
US10028446B2 Auxiliary power system for an agricultural baler with feedforward control
An agricultural baler includes a main bale chamber and a plunger reciprocally movable within the main bale chamber. The plunger has a duty cycle. A flywheel is associated with the movement of the plunger, and a driveline is associated with the flywheel and couplable with a power take-off of a traction unit. The baler is characterized by an auxiliary power system coupled with the driveline. The auxiliary power system includes a power indicator providing a plurality of output signals, each representing a parameter associated with power usage during the duty cycle of the plunger. A power device receives power from or transfers power to the driveline. An electrical processing circuit is coupled with the power indicator and the power device. The electrical processing circuit receives each output signal and controls operation of the power device, based on at least one output signal from at least one previous duty cycle.
US10028444B2 Grain elevator for an agricultural combine
A combine harvester having a crop processing mechanism and an elevator assembly is provided. The elevator assembly conveys harvested crop to the crop processing mechanism. The elevator assembly includes an elevator housing, an endless conveyor mounted for rotation within the elevator housing about a shaft, and a sprocket stripper mounted adjacent the shaft. The sprocket stripper includes a beveled or tapered edge.
US10028440B2 Bale turning apparatus for a bale processor
A bale processor apparatus has a bale processing chamber mounted on a chamber frame on wheels for travel in a travel direction. A lift arm frame is pivotally attached to a rear end of the chamber frame about a lift pivot axis, and a lift actuator pivots the lift arm frame from a lowered position to a raised position. A bale turning assembly is pivotally attached to the lift arm frame and bale fork tines are attached to the bale turning assembly. A turning actuator pivots the bale turning assembly from a standard position, where the bale fork tines extend rearward from bale processing chamber to a turned position, where the bale fork tines are rearward of the bale processing chamber and perpendicular to the travel direction. A shear bar cuts twine on rectangular bales as they fall into the chamber but does not affect cylindrical bales.
US10028438B2 Pickup unit with a windrow conditioning roll for an agricultural baler
A pickup unit for an agricultural baler. The pickup unit includes a frame; a pickup roll carried by the frame; and a windrow conditioning roll carried by the frame and positioned in front of the pickup roll when in an operating position. The windrow conditioning roll includes a center core and a pair of counter-rotating flightings surrounding the center core. The counter-rotating flightings are connected together in a manner such that wrapping of crop material around the windrow conditioning roll is inhibited.
US10028434B2 Method for controlling upload of a mobile farm implement
A method of unloading mobile farm implements is presented. Unloading the mobile farm implement is accomplished by transmitting commands to unfold an auger arm and to open a container door and by monitoring weight measurements from the implement.
US10028430B2 Method of calibrating an applicator
An ammonia applicator system includes has adjustable orifices with openings having variable sizes that can be changed remotely, without having to disassemble exit lines from a distribution manifold. In this way, the restriction of the exit lines and, thus, line flow rate can be adjusted remotely and/or automatically, even during ammonia application use. Each adjustable orifice may include a valve and an actuator that controls the valve for changing the size of the opening of the adjustable orifice. The actuator may be a rotary actuator, such as a stepper motor, and the valve may include an adjustment knob and a screw that can rotate to allow a needle to advance or regress through an opening of a valve body of the valve.
US10034418B1 Concrete mix for shotcrete applications for electromagnetic shielding
Conductive concrete mixtures for shotcrete applications are described that are configured to provide varied EM shielding and reflect and/or absorb, for instance, EM waves propagating through the conductive concrete mixture, while providing flowability (e.g., fluidity) for shotcrete applications. The conductive concrete mixtures include cement, aggregate, water, metallic conductive material, and conductive carbon particles and magnetic material. The metallic conductive material may include steel fibers and/or shavings having sizes suitable for application through shotcrete nozzles/applicators, and the magnetic material may include a taconite aggregate, such as taconite sand.
US10034413B2 Air deflection plug-in box for forced air-cooled cabinet and forced air-cooled cabinet
The disclosure discloses an air deflection plug-in box for a forced air-cooled cabinet. The air deflection plug-in box includes a front vertical plate with one or more vent holes, a rear vertical plate with one or more vent holes, two side vertical plates with hangers and an air deflection diaphragm arranged to isolate air areas, wherein the front vertical plate, the rear vertical plate, the two side vertical plates and the air deflection diaphragm are fixedly connected into a whole to distinctively guide cold airflow on one side of the air deflection diaphragm and guide hot airflow on the other side of the air deflection diaphragm. One or more thermal barriers are also arranged on at least one surface of the air deflection diaphragm, and each thermal barrier is made from thermal insulation material.
US10034412B2 Device with heat transfer portion
A subsea electronic device includes a housing, a chassis within the housing to which one or more electronic cards are mounted and heat transfer sections in thermal contact with the electronic cards. The heat transfer sections are in interference fit with an inner surface of the housing thereby to transfer, in use, heat from the electronic cards through the heat transfer sections to the housing. There is also a subsea electronic device housing and a method of assembling a subsea electronic device.
US10034404B2 Interchangeable panel or plate for server case
A server case, chassis, or enclosure with an easily removable front panel or plate. The outside or front of the front panel may be decorated with a logo, trademark, or other design, and thus be used by a vendor supplying a server case, with or without a computer or computer apparatus installed, as a means of decorating, identifying, or branding the case or contents, or both. The panels or plates may be interchangeable. Panels or plates may be attached to the case by means of tabs with magnets extending from the sides of the panel or plate and fitting within corresponding slots in the front of the case, thereby providing a secure attachment that prevents lateral movement, but is easily removable by hand without tools.
US10034393B2 Implementing high-speed signaling via dedicated printed circuit-board media
Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter are directed to forming, on a first circuit board, first pins that connect to first leads of a first electronic component; forming, on the first circuit board, second pins that connect to second leads of a second electronic component; affixing the first circuit board to a second circuit board having a first layer with first wires; and forming second wires on a second layer of the second circuit board, wherein said forming the second wires creates an electrical connection on the second circuit board between a portion of the first pins and a portion of the second pins. In some embodiments, the second circuit board is smaller than the first circuit board, and the second layer of the second circuit board is, in length, approximately equivalent to a distance between the first electronic component and the second electronic component.
US10034391B2 Selective partitioning of via structures in printed circuit boards
The embodiments herein relate to a method for selective partitioning of a via in a printed circuit board as to produce an electrically isolating portion between two electrically conducting portions in said via. The method involves the step of prior to drilling the hole for the via, laminating plating resist layers to the printed circuit board at a distance from each other corresponding to a desired length of the electrically isolated portion of the via. After drilling, copper is added to selected portions of the interior of the via in two different processing steps followed by a step of removing undesired copper as to produce the electrically isolating portion.
US10034390B2 Metal post bonding using pre-fabricated metal posts
A method includes forming a plurality of metal posts. The plurality of metal posts is interconnected to form a metal-post row by weak portions between neighboring ones of the plurality of metal posts. The weak portions include a same metal as the plurality of metal posts. A majority of each of the plurality of metal posts is separated from respective neighboring ones of the plurality of metal posts. An end portion of each of the plurality of metal posts is plated with a metal. The plurality of metal posts is disposed into a metal post-storage. The method further includes retrieving one of the metal posts from a metal-post storage, and bonding the one of the metal posts on a metal pad.
US10034389B2 Electric component mounting method
Provided is an electronic component mounting method including the steps of: placing an electronic component having a primary surface on which a first electrode is formed, on a circuit member having a primary surface on which a second electrode corresponding to the first electrode is formed, with solder and a bonding material including a thermosetting resin interposed between the first and second electrodes; subjecting the thermosetting resin to a first heating at a temperature lower than the melting point of the solder and thus causing the resin to cure, while pressing the electronic component against the circuit member, and then releasing pressure applied for the pressing; and subjecting the solder interposed between the first and second electrodes to a second heating with the pressure released, and thus melting the solder to electrically connect the first and second electrodes.
US10034383B2 Manufacturing method of part-mounting package
A method of manufacturing a part-mounting package includes: forming a first through-hole in a first insulating sheet and forming a second through-hole whose opening area is larger than the first through-hole in a second insulating sheet; forming a penetration conductor covering an inner surface of the second through-hole and forming a conductor layer on a surface of at least the second insulating sheet; laminating the first insulating sheet and the second insulating sheet where center positions of the first through-hole and the second through-hole are matched to each other; causing linear laser division grooves to pass through a center of the first through-hole and the second through-hole; and dividing the sheet laminated body along the laser division grooves, and causing the side surface recess part and the end face through-hole conductor to appear.
US10034380B2 Electronic device and method for manufacturing electronic device
An intermediate connection layer interposed between a wiring substrate and an electronic part includes a rigid substrate and a flexible substrate. A plurality of conductor portions are formed on opposed principal surfaces of the respective flexible and rigid substrates. The rigid substrate is provided with an opening, and a fuse portion on the flexible substrate faces the opening. The flexible substrate and the rigid substrate are bonded together with solders. The respective rigid and flexible substrates are separately made, solder pastes are applied to the rigid substrate, both substrates are overlaid on each other, and the solder pastes are heated and solidified to make the intermediate connection layer.
US10034377B2 Display device
A display device includes a flexible insulating substrate, an insulating layer on the insulating substrate, and a plurality of terminals made of a conductive material on the insulating layer. The insulating layer is disposed outside the area located between the terminals. The insulating substrate has a groove between the terminals.
US10034371B2 Resin composition for printed wiring board, prepreg, metal foil-clad laminate, resin composite sheet, and printed wiring board
A resin composition for a printed wiring board including: a cyanate compound represented by the following general formula (1); and an epoxy resin,
US10034363B2 Nitrophobic surface for extreme thrust gain
The present disclosure describes a new type of selective nitrophobic surface membrane in a plasma actuator that separates oxygen from nitrogen in the atmosphere, thereby increasing the presence of oxygen near an exposed electrode of the plasma actuator. Accordingly, the plasma flow created in the presence of oxygen at the exposed electrode generates more force than plasma flow created in the presence of nitrogen.
US10034359B2 Cloud-connected off-grid lighting and video system
A cloud-connected off-grid lighting and video system may include one or more wireless lighting modules and a bridge device to transmit a video stream or images to external devices such as a remote device, a cellular phone, a home automation system, or a security system. The cloud-connected off-grid lighting and video system may operate over the cloud via an Internet connection allowing the bridge device to communicate with a server on the Internet that may implement software for the interface to capture data regarding activity detected by-the wireless lighting module.
US10034358B1 User controllable grow lighting system, method, and online light settings store
A method for controlling a smart LED grow lamp device, comprising: using a processor, selecting a light recipe from an online light recipe store server via a user interface of a wireless device communicatively coupled to the online light recipe store server over a network, the light recipe including spectrum type, intensity, and duration selections for LEDs included in the smart LED grow lamp device; downloading the light recipe from the online light recipe store server to the wireless device; generating control signals for the smart LED grow lamp device from the light recipe at the wireless device; and, transmitting the control signals to the smart LED grow lamp device from the wireless device to thereby control the smart LED grow lamp device. The smart LED grow lamp device can be voice activated, can include a camera, and can be intelligently controlled by using images from the camera to monitor plant growth, diagnose problems (e.g., lighting, water, temperature, etc.), generate user alerts, and automatically adjust light settings accordingly.
US10034357B2 External wireless module for lighting fixture
An external wireless module for controlling a lighting fixture in a lighting system is provided. In one example implementation, an external wireless module for mounting to a lighting fixture includes a module housing. The module includes one or more electrical components located within the module housing. The one or more electrical components is configured to provide wireless control capability for the lighting fixture over a wireless network. The module housing is configured to be mounted to an exterior of a lighting fixture housing associated with the light fixture. The one or more electrical components are configured to be interfaced with one or more internal components of the lighting fixture located in an interior of the lighting fixture housing.
US10034356B2 Smart lighting device, and smart lighting control system and method
The present disclosure provides a smart lighting device, and a smart lighting control system and method. The smart lighting device includes a wireless communication module, a control module, an image acquisition module configured to collect images/videos near the smart lighting device in real-time and to send the images/videos to the control module for analysis, and a microphone module configured to have operation modes including a sleep mode and a monitor mode to receive a control signal from the control module to switch between the operation modes, and to collect audio signals in the surrounding area of the smart lighting device when operated at the monitor mode. The control module is configured to receive and analyze the images/videos from the image acquisition module. When a human appearance is identified in the images, the control module sends the control signal to the microphone module to switch to the monitor mode.
US10034352B2 Space scoring for a lighting network
The present disclosure relates to determining one or more of a space occupancy score, space energy score, and space efficiency score for a collection of lighting endpoints in a lighting network. The space occupancy score is indicative of how effective the occupancy groups are configured for a given space or the utilization level for a space. The space energy score is indicative of how much energy the collection of lighting endpoints use or will likely use based on their configurations, actual use, or a combination thereof. The space efficiency score is indicative of the overall efficiency associated with the collection of lighting endpoints based on both occupancy and energy related metrics.
US10034349B2 Invisible, light-transmissive display system
An invisible, light-transmissive display system with a light resistant material is provided. Substantially invisible holes penetrate through at least a portion of the light resistant material in a predetermined light-transmissive display pattern.
US10034348B2 Light-emitting apparatus
In various embodiments, a light-emitting apparatus is provided. The light-emitting apparatus includes at least one semiconductor light source configured to emit at least one primary light beam, a deflection device configured to deflect the at least one primary light beam onto respectively associated different positions on a phosphor body, at least one light detector configured to detect light that was emitted by the phosphor body, and an evaluation device. The evaluation device is configured to identify damage to the phosphor body on the basis of at least one measurement signal generated by the at least one light detector, and to correlate the at least one measurement signal with at least one position on the phosphor body.
US10034347B2 Output circuit
There is provided an output circuit for supplying an output current to a load coupled to an output terminal in response to an input signal. The output circuit includes an output transistor for supplying the output current to the output terminal, an output-drive circuit for driving the output transistor, a constant-current limiting circuit for generating a current control signal for limiting the output current to a predetermined current value, and a control circuit for implementing a control such that the output current is controlled on the basis of the current control signal if a voltage at the output terminal is at a predetermined voltage, or less after the input signal is supplied while the output transistor is driven by the output-drive circuit if the voltage at the output terminal is in excess of the predetermined voltage.
US10034342B2 Method and apparatus for an indoor horticultural facility
An indoor horticultural system includes a grow bed and a lighting system arranged in proximity to the grow bed. The lighting system includes lighting fixtures having an optical axis and a light distribution whose intensity increases as the angle of the generated light increases in relation to the optical axis to increase cross-lighting. Alternately, the lighting system includes lighting fixtures mounted at varying angles and with varying beam widths so as to increase cross-lighting. Series connected light fixtures include a master light fixture that employs an intensity controller to control the intensity of light generated by each of the series-connected light fixtures, where the intensity controller derives operational power from an LED string contained within the master light fixture.
US10034340B2 Electrical lighting system power control
A network switch (5) for example a PoE switch, is operable to control supply of electrical power to individual luminaires (1,2) in a lighting network. The luminaires receive both electrical power for operation and signals to switch on and off through a common cable connection (9) such as an Ethernet connection. When switched on, each luminaire sends a signal repeatedly towards the Po E switch until switched off and the switch (5) supplies power to the luminaire while successive signals are received within a period less than a predetermined shut off period (Δ). In this way, power to the luminaire can be disconnected to avoid consumption of standby power when not in use.
US10034336B1 Controlling output voltage to achieve ultra-low standby power in dim-to-off LED applications
An electronic that includes an integrated circuit (IC) configured to regulate an output voltage for powering a light emitting diode (LED). A first transistor is configured to be switched on or off by the IC to inductively couple or decouple a main power supply bus voltage from a primary winding of a transformer to a secondary winding of the transformer connectable to the LED. A second transistor is coupled between the IC and the main power supply bus voltage, and configured to be switched on or off by the IC to selectively provide an IC power supply input voltage to the IC.
US10034335B1 Switching mode constant current LED driver
A switching mode constant current led driver including an energy transmission unit, an LED module, a power transistor, a resistor and a control unit, the control unit including a driving unit for generating a driving voltage signal, and a duty cycle determining unit for determining a duty cycle of the driving voltage signal, wherein, the duty cycle determining unit determines a charging time for a reference current to charge an external capacitor according to a present time length, and determines a discharging time for a discharging current to discharge the external capacitor according to an inductor discharging time, the discharging current being proportional to an average value of an inductor charging status signal, and a comparing voltage is thereby generated on the external capacitor; and compares the comparing voltage with a saw-tooth voltage to generate a next time length of the duty cycle.
US10034334B2 Driver circuit with extended operation range
A system comprising a driver circuit wherein the driver circuit comprises a converter. The system further comprises a controller operable to control a ratio between an input voltage supplied to the driver circuit and a target output voltage to be output from the driver circuit by varying a pulse width modulated signal, and by switching between operating modes of said converter. The controller is configured to determine that the driver circuit is operating in an undesired state caused by a combination of the duty cycle and the operating mode of the converter. The system further comprises a resistance adjustment circuit configured to adjust an equivalent output resistance of the driver circuit in response to the controller determining that the driver circuit is operating in an undesired state.
US10034331B2 Controlled electric induction heating of an electrically conductive workpiece in a solenoidal coil with flux compensators
Apparatus and method are provided for inductively heating workpieces with varying characteristics in the same induction coil while selectively controlling the induced heat temperature distribution profile of each workpiece with one or more flux compensators inserted into the induction coil along with the workpiece to be inductively heated.
US10034328B2 Scanning talkgroups
An instruction to enter a scanning mode may be received at a communication device. The communication device may participate in several talkgroups. A determination may be made that at least one of the talkgroups is active. In response, the communication device may be set to a first active talkgroup. A determination may be made that a predetermined time has passed since the communication device was set to the first active talkgroup. In response, a determination also may be made that at least a second one of the talkgroups, other than the first active talkgroup, is active. In response, the communication device may be set to the second active talkgroup.
US10034326B2 Uplink data transfer
A method including transmitting an uplink access request message by a user device (UD) for an access point (AP) in an access point cluster set of the UD; and monitoring a downlink control channel by the user device (UD) to determine, based at least partially upon the transmitted uplink access request message, if a subsequent uplink communication is to be transmitted by the user device (UD) to a serving access point and/or a stand-by access point of the access point cluster set.
US10034319B2 System and method for analyzing messages and initiating communication sessions
Systems and methods are described herein for analyzing messages and other information provided in relation to a web communication, a mobile application communication session, a phone communication, or another type of communication. For example, a system and method are provided for initiating a text message communication session between an agent and a user. A two-way communication session may be facilitated between the user and the agent. A mobile telephone number disclosed by the user during the two-way communication session may be detected, and a text message communication session between the user and the agent may be initiated if a mobile telephone number was detected. Availability status associated with a provider of items or services may also be analyzed to determine an agent for communicating with the user.
US10034318B2 Apparatus and method for WebRTC in a mobile device
An apparatus and method for initiating peer-to-peer communication via a socketless communication path is provided. The method includes transmitting, from a first mobile terminal, information for creating of a P2P communication path created by the first mobile terminal to a second mobile terminal via a socketless transmission path, augmenting the information for creating the P2P communication path received from the first mobile terminal with information of the second mobile terminal, transmitting, from the first mobile terminal, the augmented information for creating the P2P communication path to the first mobile terminal via the socketless transmission path, and initiating the P2P communication via the P2P communication path based upon the augmented information being received by the first mobile terminal.
US10034313B2 Emergency data transmission over unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band
Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes determining that a first node associated with a first operator in a deployment of operators has emergency data to transmit over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band and transmitting, by the first node, a signal over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. The signal may indicate that the first node has emergency data to transmit. A second method includes receiving, at a first base station associated with a first operator in a deployment of operators, an uplink transmission from a user equipment (UE) indicating that the UE has emergency uplink data to transmit over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band and transmitting, by the first base station, an indication to a second base station that the UE has emergency uplink data to transmit over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band.
US10034310B2 Methods and devices for random access
One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a method for random access in a UE in an out-of-sync status. The method comprises: sending to a base station a first message including a random access preamble according to a TDD configuration in a SIB; receiving from the base station a second message including a random access response using the random access preamble according to the TDD configuration in the SIB. Another embodiment of the present invention also relates to corresponding method for random access in a base station. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there are provided corresponding devices.
US10034308B2 Method for allocating temporary identifier to terminal in random access procedure in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
Provided are a method for allocating a temporary radio network temporary identifier to a terminal within a random access procedure in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method for allocating a temporary radio network temporary identifier (T-RNTI) to a user equipment (UE) within a random access procedure in a wireless communication system, includes transmitting, by the UE, a random access preamble to a base station (BS), transmitting, by the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) request message to the BS through a contention-based physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource block in which uplink data can be transmitted without uplink resource allocation scheduling, and receiving, by the UE, an RRC connection setup message identified by a T-RNTI allocated to the UE in response to the RRC request message, wherein the T-RNTI is allocated on the basis of the contention-based PUSCH resource block in which the RRC request message has been transmitted.
US10034307B2 Spatially grouped random access in a wireless network
A method of enabling a plurality of user equipments (UEs) to transmit on random access channel (RACH). The method including transmitting, by an access point (AP), beacons to activate sets of UEs of the plurality of UEs based on a protocol, each of the sets of UEs containing UEs that are spatially co-located and each beacon associated with a different one of the sets of UEs.
US10034303B2 Radio communication system, base station, mobile station, and radio communication method
Provided are a radio communication system, a base station, a mobile station, and a radio communication method, by which it is possible to shorten a control time until the transmission of uplink data is possible, and to improve a perceived speed of a user when uplink data is small. A base station 100 transmits collision-type access permission including information on a collision-type access channel toward a plurality of mobile stations, the collision-type access channel serving as a radio resource other than a radio resource assigned in response to a scheduling request and a radio resource available for transmission of uplink data by the plurality of mobile stations. A mobile station 200A transmits the uplink data to the base station by using the collision-type access channel on the basis of the collision-type access permission received from the base station.
US10034302B2 Transmission of uplink control information for link-budget-limited devices
Mechanisms are disclosed for improved transmission of uplink control information by a user equipment (UE) that is link budget limited. In one embodiment, the UE transmits a message to the base station indicating that the UE is link budget limited. In response to the message, the base station sends an uplink grant to the UE, enabling the UE to transmit uplink control information on the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) instead of on the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH). In another embodiment, the base station sends an uplink grant to a link-budget-limited UE each time downlink traffic is transmitted to the UE, enabling the UE to send ACK/NACK feedback on the PUSCH instead of the PUCCH. In another embodiment, the UE transmits a scheduling request (SR) to the base station as part of a random access procedure, enabling the SR to be transmitted on the PUSCH instead of the PUCCH.
US10034300B2 Load based probe response scheduling
In an example embodiment, an apparatus comprising an interface configured to communicate with at least one wireless transceiver, and a controller coupled to the interface. The controller is configured to determine a predefined characteristic such as current load and/or interference for a wireless channel associated with the at least one wireless transceiver. The controller is operable to suppress sending a probe response in response to the at least one wireless transceiver receiving a probe request, wherein how often probe responses are suppressed is based on the predefined characteristic for the wireless channel.
US10034298B2 Time slot state update method and device
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of wireless communications. Disclosed are a time slot state update method and device, which are used to improve the time flexibility during update of the time slot state. In the present invention, a communications node determines an update period of a time slot state table, the update period comprising x continuous time slots and x being an integer not less than 1 and not greater than the total of the time slots comprised in one frame; and the communications node updating the time slot state table after the update period ends. It can be seen that, the solution can improve the time flexibility during update of the time slot state.
US10034294B2 Techniques for providing flexible clear channel assessment detection thresholds in a wireless network
Examples are disclosed for providing flexible clear channel assessment (CCA) detection thresholds in a wireless local access network (WLAN). In some examples, an apparatus for dynamically setting a clear channel assessment (CCA) threshold in a wireless local area network (WLAN) may comprise a processor component, a radio coupled to the processor component, and logic for execution by the processor component to establish a CCA threshold for a wireless channel of the WLAN, send a first wireless message to one or more wireless station (STA) devices in wireless proximity to the apparatus informing the one or more STA devices of the established CCA threshold and instructing the one or more STA devices to avoid CCA levels exceeding the CCA threshold on the wireless channel and send a second wireless message to a wireless access point (AP) device associated with the apparatus informing the AP device of the established CCA threshold and instructing the AP device to broadcast use of the CCA threshold on the wireless channel. Other examples are described and claimed.
US10034293B2 D2D discovery and communication method, resource allocation method, and control node
Provided in embodiments of the present document are a D2D discovery and communication method, a resource allocation method and a control node, wherein the resource allocation method includes: a control node obtaining D2D resource set information, wherein the D2D resource set includes a D2D discovery resource set and/or a D2D communication resource set; the control node or a D2D user equipment determining D2D discovery or communication scheduling resources of the D2D user equipment according to the D2D resource set information.
US10034286B2 Methods and systems for beam searching
In one example embodiment, a method includes transmitting a plurality of first beacons over a first scanning period, the plurality of first beacons associated with different direct energy beams, the transmitting including, transmitting the plurality of first beacons over sub-periods of the first scanning period, respectively; obtaining an indication of a preferred first beacon, the preferred beacon being received by a network element during the transmitting of the plurality of beacons over the first scanning period; and communicating with the element during a scheduled portion of a first data communication period using the beam associated with the preferred first beacon, a length of the first scanning period and a length of the first data communication period forming a length of a time transmission interval.
US10034282B2 Method of allocating a resource in a wireless communication system and device for same
In a wireless communication system, when a terminal receives control information from a downlink subframe, which is divided into a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) region and a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) region, in a wireless communication system, the receiving of the control information includes: receiving, from a base station, first CFI information indicating the number of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols available for Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) transmission; receiving, from the base station, second CFI information indicating start OFDM symbol information available for Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmission corresponding to an enhanced Physical Downlink Control Channel (E-PDCCH); and receiving the PDSCH from the base station on the basis of the first CFI information or the second CFI information. The PDCCH is placed in the PDCCH region of the downlink subframe, and the E-PDCCH is placed in the PDSCH region of the downlink subframe.
US10034279B2 Power control method, system, device and computer storage medium
The present document provides a power control method, system, device and computer storage medium, wherein the method includes, when it is determined that a preset entry condition is met, a base station notifying a user equipment (UE) to disable a dedicated physical control channel (DPCCH) transmission during a deactivated hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process (101); when it is determined that a preset exit condition is met, the base station notifying the UE to enable the DPCCH transmission (102) in a deactivated HARQ process.
US10034278B2 Method and device for handling different DCI messages in a wireless network node of a cellular communication system providing multiple bandwidths
The disclosure relates to a method of transmitting downlink control signalling in a wireless network node of a cellular communication system, when the node provides more than one transmission bandwidth. In particular it relates to a method in a wireless network node of a cellular communication system for transmitting downlink control signalling to at least one wireless device. The wireless network node operates over at least two different transmission bandwidths. The method comprises transmitting information about at least one of the transmission bandwidths to wireless devices in the cellular communication system, configuring properties of at least one downlink control message, to represent one of the at least two different transmission bandwidths and transmitting the at least one downlink control message to the at least one wireless device in the cellular communication system.
US10034275B2 Methods and apparatuses for transmitting uplink in wireless access system supporting machine-type communication
The present invention relates to a wireless access system which supports machine-type communication (MTC), and more particularly, to various methods for efficiently transmitting, by an MTC terminal, uplink control information (UCI) and/or user data, and to apparatuses supporting same. A method for transmitting an uplink by an MTC terminal which supports machine-type communication (MTC) in a wireless access system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise the steps of: determining whether an overlap exists between a plurality of physical uplink control channels (PUCCHs) for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) and a plurality of physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) for transmitting user data; multiplexing UCI in at least one subframe on an overlapping PUSCH when the plurality of PUCCHs and the plurality of PUSCHs overlap in the at least one subframe; and transmitting the PUSCH on which the UCI has been multiplexed in the at least one subframe.
US10034272B2 Communication transmission system, digital wireless communication transmission system, devices, and method of digital communication
A digital communication system including a terminal and a plurality of base stations. The terminal includes receiving of a first control channel which is transmitted only from the first base station, the received first control channel is configured to indicate resource assignment for both data transmitted from the first base station and data coordinately transmitted from the second base station, and is configured to indicate new data or retransmission data. The terminal a second control channel including first control information and second control information only to the first base station. The first control information is channel state information, and the second control information is Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) acknowledgement information for the received data coordinately transmitted. The second control information is based on a result of the HARQ process of the received data coordinately transmitted, and the second control channel is transmitted only to the first base station.
US10034271B2 Decoding of PCFICH in LTE for power savings and range improvement
A mobile device (UE) may decode the Physical Control Format Indicator Channel (PCFICH) blindly, which may include obtaining resource elements (REs) that are reserved for the Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), based on a largest value of a control format indicator (CFI), finding a total number of control channel elements (CCEs) according to the obtained REs, numbering the CCEs, and decoding the PDCCH for the largest value of the CFI over the numbered CCEs. Accordingly, the UE does not need to decode the PCFICH) specifically. In some cases, the UE may indicate to the network that it is a constrained device, and the network may transmit control information using a reserved CFI value in response to the indication that the UE is a constrained device. The UE may then not decode the PCFICH, and decode the PDCCH based on the PDCCH occupying a first four OFDM symbols.
US10034267B2 Method and apparatus for localizing components and/or persons assigned to an image recording scanner in a spatial environment
In a method and system for localizing optional and/or exchangeable components of at least one image recording scanner and/or for localizing persons assigned to the image recording scanner in a spatial environment around the location of the image recording scanner, the components and/or persons are each provided with a wireless transmit device and the environment is provided with wireless receive devices. For each transmit device, using at least one localization signal received by at least one receive device in which the transmitting transmit device is identified, an item of position information of the transmit device, and thus of the component or person assigned to the transmit device, is determined and is provided in a computer for recall purposes.