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US10066189B2 |
Compositions and methods for cleaning membranes
A composition is disclosed for cleaning a membrane. The composition includes: (i) a non-ionic surfactant having the formula: R—O(CH2CH2O)nH, wherein R is a branched, substituted or unsubstituted, C11-15 alkyl group, wherein n is an average degree of ethoxylation, and wherein n is in the range of from 3 to 20; and (ii) at least one of an additional non-ionic surfactant, a water soluble solvent, or a hydrotrope. In one version of the composition, an upper limit of a range of molecular weights of the surfactant is 1300 grams or below. In another version of the composition, the composition has a gel point such that it will be in the liquid phase before and after dilution with any amount of water at all temperatures of 40° F. and above. A method of cleaning a membrane using the compositions is also disclosed. |
US10066178B2 |
Method of infusing wood grilling products with flavor and aroma-enhancing supplements
A method of infusing wood grilling products with flavor and aroma-enhancing supplements is utilized to impart flavor and aroma to a wood grilling product that is to be used for cooking. The wood grilling product is placed into a vacuum infusion chamber and submerged within a first quantity of FAE liquid. The first quantity of FAE liquid and the wood grilling product are then hermetically sealed within the vacuum infusion chamber. A first quantity of air is evacuated out of the vacuum infusion chamber in order to apply a vacuum to the wood grilling product. The vacuum is maintained on the wood grilling product for an optimal time duration. A second quantity of air is then introduced into the vacuum infusion chamber in order to return the vacuum infusion chamber to atmospheric pressure and infuse the first quantity of FAE liquid into the wood grilling product. |
US10066174B2 |
Process and apparatus for hydrotreating fractionated overhead naphtha
An apparatus and process for hydrodesulfurizing hydroprocessed naphtha from an overhead stream of a product fractionation column and/or from an overhead stream of a product stripping column in which an overhead stream may be condensed and fed to a post treat hydrodesulfurization reactor. Hydrogen may be supplied from an upstream separator for separating the hydroprocessed stream. Accordingly, naphtha may be hydrodesulfurized within the hydroprocessing recovery unit. |
US10066171B2 |
Method for stripping and extraction of used lubricating oil
A continuous, hot vapor stripping process recovers base oil from used lubricating oils (ULO) containing lubricating oil boiling range material, with further refining using solvent extraction to produce a high quality base oil. The ULO is charged to a first stripping column along with a stripping vapor to vaporize lubricating oil boiling range components, which are fed to a second stripping column to separate diesel boiling range material from the lubricating oil boiling range components. A lubricating boiling range material is removed as a bottoms product and fed to a liquid-liquid extractor to produce a raffinate stream and an extract stream. The raffinate stream is fed to a raffinate distillation column, where a base oil product is recovered as a bottoms stream. The extract stream is fed to an extract distillation column, where an aromatic oil product is recovered as a bottoms stream. |
US10066168B2 |
Process for liquefying a cellulosic material and its products
A process for liquefying a cellulosic material to produce a liquefied product from cellulosic material is provided. Products obtained from such process and use of such products to prepare biofuels is also provided. |
US10066165B2 |
Erosion control substrate and methods of use
A substrate and a slurry for erosion control and/or hydroseeding are disclosed. The substrate includes mulch and a cover composition including bentonite clay and cellulosic water dispersible polymer or starch. Other desired optional ingredients may also be included. Methods of controlling or reducing erosion control are also disclosed. |
US10066163B2 |
Morphologically and size uniform monodisperse particles and their shape-directed self-assembly
Monodisperse particles having: a single pure crystalline phase of a rare earth-containing lattice, a uniform three-dimensional size, and a uniform polyhedral morphology are disclosed. Due to their uniform size and shape, the monodisperse particles self assemble into superlattices. The particles may be luminescent particles such as down-converting phosphor particles and up-converting phosphors. The monodisperse particles of the invention have a rare earth-containing lattice which in one embodiment may be an yttrium-containing lattice or in another may be a lanthanide-containing lattice. The monodisperse particles may have different optical properties based on their composition, their size, and/or their morphology (or shape). Also disclosed is a combination of at least two types of monodisperse particles, where each type is a plurality of monodisperse particles having a single pure crystalline phase of a rare earth-containing lattice, a uniform three-dimensional size, and a uniform polyhedral morphology; and where the types of monodisperse particles differ from one another by composition, by size, or by morphology. In a preferred embodiment, the types of monodisperse particles have the same composition but different morphologies. Methods of making and methods of using the monodisperse particles are disclosed. |
US10066162B2 |
Phosphor blend and fluorescent lamp containing same
A phosphor blend is described wherein the blend consists of a red-emitting rare earth phosphor, a green-emitting rare earth phosphor, and a blue-emitting rare earth phosphor wherein the 50% size of the phosphors is between about 12 to 15 μm. The phosphor blend is incorporated into a fluorescent lamp having an increased efficacy. A dual layer coating may be used to provide an additional increase in efficacy. |
US10066159B2 |
Composite nanoparticles including a phthalic acid derivative
A composite particle that includes: a fluorescent semiconductor core/shell nanoparticle (preferably, nanocrystal); and a phthalic acid derivative attached to the core/shell nanoparticle outer surface, wherein the phthalic acid derivative (prior to attachment to the nanoparticle) has the following Formula (I): wherein each R is independently a linear or branched alkyl group having 6 or more carbon atoms and wherein n is 1 or 2. |
US10066153B2 |
Resin-coated substrate compositions and methods of making the same
A resin-coated substrate composition includes a resin-coated substrate comprising a particulate substrate coated with a polymer resin, and an additive comprising bentonite or a zeolite. A method of preparing a resin-coated substrate composition includes heating a particulate substrate, and mixing the heated substrate with a polymer resin and an additive such as bentonite or a zeolite. In some embodiments, a foundry sand composition includes the resin-coated substrate composition. In some embodiments, a proppant sand composition includes the resin-coated substrate composition. |
US10066152B2 |
Crosslinkable proppant particulates for use in subterranean formation operations
Methods including preparing a treatment fluid comprising an aqueous base fluid, a gelling agent, and crosslinkable proppant particulates comprising proppant particulates having covalently grafted thereon a boronic acid functional group; crosslinking the crosslinkable proppant particulates with the gelling agent, thereby suspending the crosslinkable proppant particulates in the treatment fluid; introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation having at least one fracture therein; and placing the crosslinkable proppant particulates into the at least one fracture to form a proppant pack therein. |
US10066147B2 |
Self-degradation swelling diverter system
A method including introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation having a downhole temperature in the range of between about 60° C. to about 95° C. The treatment fluid comprises an aqueous fluid, a swelling agent, and an oxidizing agent. Forming a diverter plug at a first permeable zone in the subterranean formation with the swelling agent, and breaking at least a portion of the swelling agent with the oxidizing agent. |
US10066146B2 |
Wellbore servicing compositions and methods of making and using same
A method of servicing a wellbore in a subterranean formation comprising preparing a wellbore servicing fluid comprising a sealant material, helical fibers and a base fluid, placing the wellbore servicing fluid in the wellbore and/or subterranean formation, and allowing the wellbore servicing fluid to set therein. |
US10066144B2 |
Copolymer surfactants for use in downhole fluids
Various embodiments disclosed relate to hydroxy-terminated poly(alkylene oxide) copolymer surfactants for use downhole, downhole compositions including the same, and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation. The method can include obtaining or providing a composition including a hydroxy-terminated poly(alkylene oxide) copolymer surfactant. The copolymer surfactant can include a first repeating unit having the structure —[R1O]—, wherein at each occurrence R1 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted (C2-C10)alkylene group. The copolymer surfactant can include a second repeating unit having the structure —[R2O]—, wherein at each occurrence R2 is independently a substituted or unsubstituted (C2-C10)alkylene group. The first repeating unit can have a lower molecular weight than the second repeating unit. The first repeating unit and the second repeating unit can have a random copolymer or block copolymer arrangement in the copolymer surfactant. The method can also include placing the composition in a subterranean formation downhole. |
US10066142B2 |
Dry cooling system using thermally induced vapor polymerization
A system and method for providing dry cooling of a source liquid, having a plurality of heat exchangers which depolymerize and polymerize a polymer. Specifically, the depolymerization process is endothermic and draws heat from a source liquid in a first heat exchanger, and the polymerization process is exothermic and expels heat from a second heat exchanger. Additional heat exchangers and holding tanks may be incorporated in the system and method. In some embodiments the system further provides additional cooling of the polymer prior to depolymerization using cooler night ambient air. |
US10066140B2 |
Compositions containing chlorofluoroolefins or fluoroolefins
Compositions and methods based on the use of fluoroalkene containing from 3 to 4 carbon atoms and at least one carbon-carbon double bond, such as HFO-1214, HFO-HF0-1233, or HF0-1354 having properties highly beneficial in foaming and blowing agent applications, articles and methods. |
US10066138B2 |
Room-temperature-curable silicone rubber composition, the use thereof, and method for repairing electronic device
A room-temperature-curable silicone rubber composition which exhibits good adhesion to a substrate contacted during curing and which forms a silicone rubber cured product that can be efficiently peeled is disclosed. The room-temperature-curable silicone rubber composition comprises: (A) an organopolysiloxane having in each molecule at least two specified alkoxysilyl-containing groups on silicon atoms in the molecular chain, (B) a diorganodialkoxysilane or partially hydrolyzed condensate thereof, and (C) a condensation-reaction catalyst. |
US10066135B2 |
Adhesive composition and adhesive sheet using the same
An adhesive composition includes an epoxy-based resin, an acryl-based resin, and a curing agent. The acryl-based resin includes a triblock copolymer of methyl methacrylate-butyl acrylate-methyl methacrylate, or a modified product thereof. |
US10066134B2 |
Hybrid matrix for fiber composite materials
A fiber composite material obtainable by (a) mixing the components of a multi-component agent immediately before use, wherein component A of the multi-component agent contains at least one compound having two or more isocyanate groups, component B of the multi-component agent contains at least one compound which has at least two reactive groups selected from hydroxyl groups, thiol groups, primary amino groups and secondary amino groups and is simultaneously free from epoxy groups, and at least one of the components of the multi-component agent contains at least one epoxide prepolymer, (b) introducing the resulting application preparation into a mold in which fibers and optionally further additives are present, the resulting mixture containing at least one latent hardener for epoxide prepolymers, (c) pre-curing the resulting mixture at a temperature from 5° C. to 90° C., and (d) then finally curing the pre-cured fiber composite material at temperatures from 100° C. to 240° C., wherein the fiber composite material being removed from the mold after step (c) or step (d). |
US10066129B2 |
Anti-fouling adhesive sheet, and anti-fouling treatment method for a structure using said anti-fouling adhesive sheet
The present invention provides an anti-fouling pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet and anti-fouling treatment method capable of preventing peeling from overlapping portions when adjacent anti-fouling pressure-sensitive adhesive sheets are attached by allowing end portions thereof to overlap each other. The anti-fouling pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the present invention includes a base material layer; a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on one side of the base material layer; and an anti-fouling layer provided on another side of the base material layer, wherein the anti-fouling pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has, at an end portion thereof, a bonding margin including parts of the base material layer and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, the parts extending beyond the anti-fouling layer. |
US10066124B2 |
Method of reducing scale in the bayer process
Methods for reducing aluminosilicate containing scale in a Bayer process involving treating a Bayer process equipment surface with a scale inhibiting composition having high ionic strength prior to exposure to a Bayer process stream. |
US10066122B2 |
Formable film
A deformable film has a decorative surface featuring a completely matt appearance. For this purpose, the deformable film has a decorative surface provided with at least one coating comprising the following constituents: (a) an aqueous dispersion of a hydroxy-functional prepolymer, obtainable by conversion of at least one of the following components: (i) a component having hydroxyl groups, (ii) a polyester polyol having hydroxyl groups, (iii) a polyisocyanate having isocyanate groups, (iv) a compound having at least two groups reactive toward isocyanate groups and at least one group capable of anion formation, (v) water, where components (i) to (iii) and the ratio of components (i) to (iii) are selected such that an excess of hydroxyl groups is present relative to the isocyanate groups, and (b) nanoparticles having a number-average particle size of 1 to 1000 nm and (c) a crosslinker having at least two groups reactive toward hydroxyl groups. |
US10066113B2 |
Aqueous resin based inkjet inks
An inkjet ink includes a) an aqueous medium; and b) capsules composed of a polymeric shell surrounding a core; wherein the capsules are dispersed in the aqueous medium using a dispersing group covalently bonded to the polymeric shell; the core contains one or more chemical reactants capable of forming a reaction product upon application of heat and/or light; the polymeric shell includes a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyureas, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyamides, and melamine based polymers and copolymers thereof; and the capsules have an average particle size of no more than 4 μm as determined by dynamic laser diffraction. |
US10066112B2 |
White ink, ink set, recording method, ink container, and inkjet recording device
A white ink containing one or more organic solvents including 40 percent by mass or more of an amide compound of formula 1 is provided: wherein, R1 represents a straight-chained or branch-chained alkyl group having one to six carbon atoms, R2 and R3 each, independently represent hydrogen atoms or straight-chained or branch-chained alkyl groups having 1 to 4 carbon atoms. |
US10066109B2 |
Articles including nanosilica-based primers for polymer coatings and methods
The present disclosure provides articles that include polymer coatings on substrates primed with a primer coating containing silica nanoparticles, and methods of coating. The polymer coating is preferably a silicone-based polymeric material. |
US10066108B2 |
Composition including fluorine-containing polymer comprising at least one type of group selected from group comprising polymerizable functional groups and cross-linkable functional groups; and coated article
The present invention aims to provide a composition capable of forming a coat which has a good effect of preventing corrosion of metal and is excellent in adhesiveness with metal, transparency, and insulation. The composition of the present invention includes a fluoropolymer having at least one group selected from the group consisting of polymerizable functional groups and cross-linkable functional groups, and a nitrogen-containing aromatic heterocyclic compound having a polymerizable functional group. |
US10066107B2 |
Process for improving the rheological properties of an aqueous dispersion
A process for improving the rheological properties of an aqueous dispersion comprising adding a rheology modifier to the aqueous dispersion, and then adding a water soluble synthetic polymer flocculant to the aqueous dispersion. The rheology modifier may be selected from the group consisting of natural polymers, semi-natural polymers, synthetic materials and combinations thereof. The water soluble synthetic polymer flocculant may be selected from the group consisting of water soluble anionic polymers, cationic polymers, amphoteric polymers, nonionic polymers, and combinations thereof. |
US10066106B2 |
Fuel-resistant liquid asphalt binders and methods of making the same
A fuel-resistant liquid asphalt binder including a composition of fatty amine derivatives for improving the flowability and workability of a bituminous asphalt mix. The fuel-resistant liquid asphalt binder may include 0.4 wt % to 0.7 wt % of a composition of fatty amine derivatives, 2 wt % to 5 wt % styrene-butadiene-styrene, and 2 wt % to 5 wt % high acetate content ethyl vinyl acetate. The fuel-resistant liquid asphalt binder may be mixed with an aggregate to form a bituminous asphalt mix at temperatures ranging from 330° F. to 280° F. |
US10066105B2 |
Renewable self-healing capsule system
A renewable material for releasing a self-healing agent includes a renewable polymeric substrate with capsules and a reactant dispersed in the renewable polymeric substrate. The capsules may be formed from a first renewable shell polymer and may enclose the renewable self-healing agent. The reactant may be suitable for reacting with the renewable self-healing agent to form a polymer. |
US10066104B2 |
Polyamide resin composition, polyamide resin composition pellet group, molded article, and method for producing a polyamide resin composition
The object is to provide a polyamide resin composition having superior productivity and mechanical strength. A polyamide resin composition includes: (A) Polyamide 66; (B) glass fibers; and (C) a copper compound and a halide. The percentage of a component of the (A) Polyamide 66 having a molecular weight of 30,000 or less as obtained by Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) is within a range from 30% by mass to 37% by mass of the total amount of the (A) Polyamide 66, and the percentage of the (A) Polyamide 66 having a molecular weight of 100,000 or greater is within a range from 8% by mass to 15% by mass of the total amount of the (A) Polyamide 66. |
US10066103B2 |
Tire with boron nitride reinforced polyurethane
This invention relates to a vehicular tire containing at least one boron nitride reinforced polyurethane component. The polyurethane component is a cast polyurethane containing a dispersion of a layered hexagonally crystalline boron nitride (h-BN) particles. The polyurethane is the product of a castable liquid polyurethane reaction mixture derived from polyisocyanate and polymeric polyols without containing carbon-to-carbon bonds as distinguished from carbon-to-carbon double bond containing millable, sulfur curable, polyurethanes. It may sometimes be referred to as being a cast polyurethane. |
US10066102B2 |
Polycarbonate containing compositions
Polycarbonate-containing compositions having desirable properties, such as good resistance to environmental stress cracking, are achieved using a combination of a polycarbonate polymer, a compatibilizing agent and an olefinic elastomer. The polycarbonate-containing composition may include about 40-98 weight percent of one or more carbonates polymers; about 0.1-10 weight percent of one or more compatibilizing agents; and 0.1-10 weight percent of one or more olefinic elastomers. The polycarbonate-containing compositions (e.g., polycarbonate blend compositions) preferably have good chemical resistance to medium chain triglycerides. The compositions may be employed in components, such as housings, that require resistance to cleaning fluids used in hospitals. For example, the composition may be employed in components that require resistance to hospital grade tuberculosis disinfectants. |
US10066099B2 |
Polyester-based resin composition, and molded body using the resin composition
A polyester-based resin composition containing a polyester resin (A) that has a dicarboxylic acid unit containing units selected from a sulfophthalic acid unit and a sulfophthalic acid metal salt unit in a total amount of 0.01 to 15.0 mol % and a diol unit, a polyester resin (B) having a cyclic acetal structure or an alicyclic hydrocarbon structure, and a polyamide resin (C), wherein the content of the polyester resin (B) in the resin composition is 0.5 to 15.0% by mass. |
US10066095B2 |
Ethylene-vinyl alcohol resin composition, multilayer structure, multilayer sheet, container, and packaging material
The present invention provides a resin composition containing: an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) having an ethylene content of 20 mol % or more and 60 mol % or less; a polyamide resin (B); a carboxylic acid metal salt (C); and an unsaturated aldehyde (D), the mass ratio (A/B) of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (A) to the polyamide resin (B) being 60/40 or more and 95/5 or less, the content of the carboxylic acid metal salt (C) with respect to a resin content in terms of a metal element equivalent being 1 ppm or more and 500 ppm or less, and the content of the unsaturated aldehyde (D) with respect to the resin content being 0.05 ppm or more and 50 ppm or less. |
US10066094B2 |
High impact polystyrene having high modulus and resistance to environmental stress cracking
High impact polystyrenes and related monovinyl aromatic polymers generally have either a high modulus or good resistance to environmental stress cracking. The present invention is directed at polymeric materials having both a high modulus and good resistance to environmental stress cracking thus enabling the down gauging of parts, and or the use of the materials in new applications. The invention is predicated on the use of one or more, or even all of the following features: a high molecular weight matrix polymer, reduced concentration of elastomeric polymer, or methods that result in large rubber particle size. |
US10066091B2 |
Rubber composition for tire and pneumatic tire
A rubber composition for a tire that can reduce rolling resistance is provided. The rubber composition for a tire contains a diene rubber, at least one reinforcing filler selected from the group consisting of silica and carbon black, and at least one sucrose derivative selected from the group consisting of sucrose benzoate and sucrose acetate, wherein the amount of the sucrose derivative is from 1 to 25 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber. A pneumatic tire having a rubber part comprising the rubber composition is provided. |
US10066082B2 |
Three-dimensional object producing method
Provided is a three-dimensional object producing method, including: a first step of forming a film by delivering a first liquid as a hydrogel precursor including at least a multifunctional monomer; and a second step of curing the film formed in the first step, wherein the first step and the second step are repeated a plurality of times. |
US10066080B2 |
Rubber composition, tire, bisanilino compound, and anti-aging agent
Provided is a rubber composition that contains at least one rubber component selected from natural rubber and diene-based synthetic rubbers and, blended therewith, at least one bisanilino compound represented by formula (I). In formula (I), R1 and R2 each represent, independently of one another, a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1-6, m and n each represent an integer of 0 or 1, A1 represents an alkylene group having a carbon number of 1-7, A2 represents an alkylene group having a carbon number of 1-8, X1 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or an —NR3— group, and X2 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or an —NR4— group, where R3 and R4 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having a carbon number of 1-4, or collectively form an alkylene group having a carbon number of 1-4. |
US10066077B2 |
Crosslinkable fluorinated elastomer composition and crosslinked product thereof
To provide a crosslinkable fluorinated elastomer composition which is excellent in crosslinking reactivity and of which a crosslinked product is excellent in heat resistance and chemical resistance. The crosslinkable fluorinated elastomer composition comprises a fluorinated elastomer (e.g. a tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer) and an aromatic compound having at least two crosslinkable unsaturated double bonds (e.g. a compound represented by the formula (A-1)), and the crosslinked product is one obtained by crosslinking the crosslinkable fluorinated elastomer composition. |
US10066076B1 |
Method for preparing conjugated diene polymer, composition comprising the same and tire comprising the composition
Disclosed are a method for preparing a conjugated diene polymer including synthesizing an initiator having an anionic end containing an amine and a cationic end containing an alkali metal, polymerizing a combination of an aromatic vinyl monomer using the initiator to synthesize a polymer having a modified end, coupling or reacting the polymer with a compound having at least one silyl group substituted by an alkoxy group and a nitrogen atom to prepare a modified conjugated diene polymer having one end containing amine and the other end containing silyl group substituted by one or more alkoxy group and a nitrogen atom, and a rubber composition comprising the conjugated diene polymer and silica as a reinforcing agent and thus exhibiting superior heat generation, tensile strength, abrasion resistance and wet skid resistance. |
US10066071B2 |
Stabilization of polyurethane foam polyol premixes containing halogenated olefin blowing agents
The invention provides polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foams and methods for the preparation thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to polyurethane and polyisocyanurate foams having an open-cell, closed-cell or a combination of open and closed cell structure, and methods for their preparation. The foams are produced with a polyol premix composition which comprises a combination of a hydrohaloolefin blowing agent, a polyol and a catalyst which is an adduct of an amine and an organic acid. |
US10066066B2 |
Multilayer blown film for producing labels
The invention relates to a multilayer blown film for producing labels, having a layer construction formed by coextrusion. In accordance with the invention, the layer construction comprises two outer layers of polyethylene, a core layer of polyethylene, and, on either side of the core layer, an interlayer of polypropylene with a melt flow index of more than 4.0 g/10 min as measured to ISO 1133 at 230° C. with 2.16 kg. |
US10066064B2 |
Process for remoisturizing surface-postcrosslinked water-absorbing polymer particles
A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles, wherein surface postcrosslinked water-absorbing polymer particles are remoisturized and delivered pneumatically, and wherein the time between remoisturization and pneumatic delivery is less than one hour. |
US10066062B2 |
Manufacture method for fullerence / PEDOT:PSS mixed solution and manufacture method for compound transparent conductive film having fullerence / PEDOT:PSS
A manufacture method for fullerence/PEDOT:PSS mixed solution and a manufacture method for compound transparent conductive film having fullerence/PEDOT:PSS are provided in the present invention: making fullerence/PEDOT:PSS mixed solution to manufacture a transparent conductive film; sources of applicable materials are broad and prices thereof are cheap; the fullerence/PEDOT:PSS mixed solution can be further utilized to manufacture a compound transparent conductive film having fullerence/PEDOT:PSS on substrates or a variety of devices; the present invention discloses a manufacture method for a compound transparent conductive film having fullerence/PEDOT:PSS, and when manufacturing the compound transparent conductive film having fullerence/PEDOT:PSS via wet coating process which is with low cost and high efficiency comparing with manufacture of ITO film, and furthermore expensive PVD equipment can be waived, production cost can be reduced, manufacturing method can be simplified at the same time, production time is shorter and economic efficiency can be increased; the compound transparent conductive film having fullerence/PEDOT:PSS manufacturing in the present invention has high conductivity and high light transmittance to replace ITO films in the market. |
US10066061B2 |
Method for preparing super absorbent polymer and super absorbent polymer prepared thereby
The present invention relates to a method for preparing super absorbent polymer, and the method for preparing super absorbent polymer according to the present invention may reduce the content of non-reacted monomers in the super absorbent polymer, by using three kinds of polymerization initiators. |
US10066060B2 |
Production method for high-purity organosilicon compound
The present invention relates to a production method for a liquid high-purity organosilicon compound, the method comprising the steps of: adding, to a mixture containing an organosilicon compound selected from a group consisting of organomodified silcones and organomodified silanes and impurities, an organic wax having affinity with the impurities and having a higher melting point than the organosilicon compound, melting and mixing while heating, and introducing the impurities into the melted organic wax; obtaining a solidified product of the organic wax by cooling the organic wax; and performing solid/liquid phase separation on the organosilicon compound and the solidified product of the organic wax. With the present invention, it is possible to provide a useful method for producing a high-purity organosilicon compound stably and on a commercial scale. |
US10066059B2 |
Sealing material composition for LED
A sealing material composition for LED has excellent heat-resistant transparency, adhesion, and crack resistance, and low sulfur gas permeability. A sealing material composition for LED has the following (A), (B), (C), and (D):(A): polysiloxane containing units (1-1), (1-2), and (1-3): wherein R1 is C1-12 alkyl or C6-20 aryl, R2 is hydrogen, C1-12 alkyl, or Si constituting main chain of polysiloxane as (A); (B): polysiloxane containing units (2-1), (2-2), and (2-3): wherein R3 and R4 are each hydrogen, C1-12 alkyl, or Si constituting main chain of polysiloxane as (B); (C): adhesive; and (D): condensation catalyst for silanol group. |
US10066056B2 |
Brominated cross-linkable polycarbonate compositions
Polymeric compositions having improved flame retardance properties are disclosed. The compositions comprise a cross-linkable polycarbonate resin having a photoactive group derived from a benzophenone, a bromine source, and optionally a non-brominated and non-chlorinated flame retardant. The composition contains a minimum amount of bromine. Articles formed from the compositions have robust flame retardance properties and enhanced chemical resistance. |
US10066052B2 |
Docetaxel nano-polymer micelle lyophilized preparation and preparation method thereof
A docetaxel nano-polymer micelle lyophilized preparation is disclosed including methoxypolyethylene glycol-polylactic acid block copolymer carrier material and docetaxel, the docetaxel being is encapsulated in the carrier material. A mass ratio of the docetaxel to the carrier material is 0.01-0.15. The methoxypolyethylene glycol-polylactic acid block copolymer is formed by ring opening polymerization of D,L-lactide and methoxypolyethylene glycol. A mass ratio of the methoxypolyethylene glycol to the D,L-lactide is 1:0.55-0.65 or 1:0.73-0.89 or 1:0.91-0.99. The mass ratio of the docetaxel to the carrier is further optimized by adjusting a mass ratio of polyester to polyether in the methoxypolyethylene glycol polylactide block copolymer. The encapsulation efficiency of a docetaxel micelle prepared by the block copolymer after being re-dissolved by water can be greater than 90% at 12 hours. |
US10066051B2 |
Poly(acrylated polyol) and method for making and using thereof as asphalt rubber modifiers, adhesive, fracking additives, or fracking fluids
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic copolymer, block copolymer, and statistical copolymer comprising plural acrylated polyol monomeric units having different degrees of acrylation of hydroxyl groups. The acrylated polyol monomeric units have an average degree of acrylation greater than 1 and less than the number of the hydroxyl groups of the polyol. The present invention also relates to a method of making the thermoplastic copolymer, block copolymer, and statistical copolymer, and using them in various applications, such as asphalt rubber modifiers, adhesives, or an additive in a fracking fluid for oil fracking. |
US10066047B2 |
Polyurethane foams with decreased aldehyde emissions, a process for preparing these foams and a method for decreasing aldehyde in polyurethane foams
This invention relates to polyurethane foams which exhibit decreased aldehyde emission, to a process of preparing these polyurethane foams, and to a method of decreasing aldehyde emissions in foams. The polyurethane foams herein additionally comprise a small quantity of a polyhydrazodicarbonamide dispersion polyol to the isocyanate-reactive component, or a trimerized hexamethylene diisocyanate to the polyisocyanate component. |
US10066046B2 |
One-component laminating adhesive having silane cross-linking
The invention relates to a crosslinkable one-component laminating adhesive containing 25 to 80 wt. % of polyester prepolymers, polyether prepolymers and/or polyurethane prepolymers, which have at least two cross-linkable alkoxysilane groups and have a molecular weight of 2000 to 30,000 g/mol, 75 to 19 wt. % of organic solvent having a boiling point up to 130° C., 1 to 20 wt. % of polymers which contain anhydride groups, and 0 to 15 wt. % of additives, wherein the viscosity of the adhesive is between 50 and 20,000 mPas (according to DIN ISO 2555), measured at 15 to 45° C. |
US10066045B2 |
Resin composition containing block copolymer
To provide a resin composition containing a block copolymer of a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and a conjugated diene, from which a formed product such as a sheet or a film, having excellent transparency and impact resistance, can be obtained. A resin composition containing a block copolymer of a vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon and a conjugated diene, which satisfies the following (A) to (D): (A) the content ratio (mass) of the conjugated diene is from 22 to 32%, (B) the block ratio of the vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon is from 90 to 98%, (C) Mw/Mn (wherein Mw is the weight average molecular weight and Mn is the number average molecular weight) is from 1.1 to 1.6 obtained by GPC by differential refractive index method, (D) the loss tangent (tan δ) obtained by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement has one local maximum value (tan δ (max)) within a temperature range of from −90 to −30° C., and tan δ (tan δ (max+30° C.)) at a temperature higher by 30° C. than the temperature at the local maximum value (tan δ peak temperature) is at least 0.6 relative to tan δ (tan δ (max)) at the temperature at the local maximum value. |
US10066044B2 |
Stereoregular diblock polybutadienes having a 1,4-cis/syndiotactic 1,2 structure from stereospecific polymerization
Stereoregular diblock polybutadiene composed of a polybutadiene block having a 1,4-cis structure and a polybutadiene block having a syndiotactic 1,2 structure. Said stereoregular diblock polybutadiene can be advantageously used in both the footwear industry (for example, in the production of soles for shoes) and in the production of tires for motor vehicles and/or trucks. |
US10066042B2 |
Photocurable resin composition, cured product thereof, and plastic lens
Provided is a photocurable resin composition that has a low viscosity and is capable of yielding a high refractive index. Specifically, a urethane (meth)acrylate resin (A) obtained by a reaction of an aromatic diisocyanate compound (a), a polyol compound (b), and a hydroxyl-group-containing (meth)acrylate compound (c) as essential raw material components is used. The urethane (meth)acrylate resin (A) contains a structural moiety (a-1) represented by structural formula (1) below: (where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group) and a structural moiety (a-2) represented by structural formula (2) below: (where R1, R2, R3, X1, and X2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group) at a (a-1)/(a-2) molar ratio of 45/55 to 60/40. The polyol compound (b) has an aromatic hydrocarbon skeleton. |
US10066040B2 |
Additives for orientation control of block copolymers
A film layer comprising a high-chi (χ) block copolymer for self-assembly and a surface active polymer (SAP) was prepared on a substrate surface that was neutral wetting to the domains of the self-assembled block copolymer. The block copolymer comprises at least one polycarbonate block and at least one other block (e.g., a styrene-based block). The SAP comprises a hydrophobic fluorinated first repeat unit and a non-fluorinated second repeat unit bearing at least one pendent OH group present as an alcohol or acid (e.g., carboxylic acid). The film layer, whose top surface has contact with an atmosphere, self-assembles to form a lamellar or cylindrical domain pattern having perpendicular orientation with respect to the underlying surface. Other morphologies (e.g., islands and holes of height 1.0Lo) were obtained with films lacking the SAP. The SAP is preferentially miscible with, and lowers the surface energy of, the domain comprising the polycarbonate block. |
US10066036B2 |
Ethylene-α-olefin copolymer and olefin resin composition
[Problem] To provide an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer that is highly effective in improving the molding properties of polyolefin resins, improving the balance between impact strength and stiffness, and improving transparency. [Solution] Provided is an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer having a specific MFR, a specific density, and a specific molecular weight distribution, containing a suitable amount of a long-chain branching structure characterized by a branching index, and having a specific composition distribution structure characterized by solvent fractionation behavior. |
US10066035B2 |
Catalyst systems and methods for preparation of 1,4-polybutadiene rubber
Embodiments of methods of producing 1,4-polybutadiene comprise polymerizing a solution comprising conjugated diene monomer and organic solvent to yield 1,4-polybutadiene having a cis content of between about 92% to about 98%, a vinyl content of about 1% to about 5%, a trans content of about 1 to about 3%, a molecular weight distribution (MWD) of about 3 to about 5, and a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4) at 100° C. of less than 60. The polymerization achieves over an 80% conversion of the conjugated diene monomer when catalyzed with a catalyst comprising at least one nickel compound, at least one aluminum activator compound, and a mixture of BF3.hexanol and BF3.H2O. For the catalyst, the molar ratio of Ni/H2O is from about 0.05 to about 20 and the molar ratio of BF3/H2O is from about 1.8 to about 500. |
US10066034B2 |
High performance Ziegler-Natta catalyst systems, process for producing such MgCl2 based catalysts and use thereof
Improved Ziegler-Natta catalysts and methods of making the improved catalyst are described. The Ziegler-Natta catalyst is formed using a spherical MgCl2-xROH support, where R is a linear, cyclic or branched hydrocarbon unit with 1-10 carbon atoms and where ROH is an alcohol or a mixture of at least two different alcohols and where x has a range of about 1.5 to 6.0, preferably about 2.5 to 4, more preferably about 2.9 to 3.4, and even more preferably 2.95 to 3.35. The Ziegler-Natta catalyst includes a Group 4-8 transition metal and an internal donor comprising a diether compound. The catalyst has improved activity in olefin polymerization reactions as well as good stereoregularity and hydrogen sensitivity, and may be useful in the production of phthalate-free propylene polymers having a molecular weight distribution (PI(GPC)) in the range from about 5.75 to about 9. |
US10066025B2 |
Compositions and methods for detecting, treating and preventing diseases and disorders
The invention described herein relates to the discovery that renalase, and fragments thereof, are useful for the treatment or prevention of cardiac and renal diseases or disorders. Thus, the invention relates to compositions comprising renalase, or fragments thereof, and methods for treating and preventing cardiac and renal disease or disorders. |
US10066019B2 |
Optimised heavy chain and light chain signal peptides for the production of recombinant antibody therapeutics
Antibodies of interest comprising a heavy chain signal peptide and/or a light chain signal peptide or combination thereof and compositions are described. The method of determining the signal peptide including creating data set of antibodies signal peptides, clustering, selecting and creating recombinant antibodies for enhanced expression and secretion are described. |
US10066015B2 |
CD3 binding domains
The invention relates to a humanized CD3 binding site, which comprises (a) a variable heavy chain domain (VH) as depicted in SEQ ID NO:8 and a variable light chain domain (VL) as depicted in SEQ ID NO:3; or (b) a variable heavy chain domain (VH) as depicted in SEQ ID NO:9 and a variable light chain domain (VL) as depicted in SEQ ID NO:4, or c) a variable heavy chain domain (VH) as depicted in SEQ ID NO:7 and a variable light chain domain (VL) as depicted in SEQ ID NO:2; or (d) a variable heavy chain domain (VH) as depicted in SEQ ID NO:6 and a variable light chain domain (VL) as depicted in SEQ ID NO:1. The CD3 binding sites have an increased stability, while the binding affinity has been retained due to mutations at positions VH111 and VL49. |
US10066012B2 |
Human monoclonal antibodies against interleukin 8 (IL-8)
Isolated human monoclonal antibodies which bind to IL-8 (e.g., human IL-8) are disclosed. The human antibodies can be produced in a hybridoma, transfectoma or in a non-human transgenic animal, e.g., a transgenic mouse, capable of producing multiple isotypes of human monoclonal antibodies by undergoing V-D-J recombination and isotype switching. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the human antibodies, non-human transgenic animals, hybridomas, and transfectomas which produce the human antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the human antibodies. |
US10066010B2 |
Methods of diagnosing diseases caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles by phosphospecific antibodies recognising Tau
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles. In particular, the invention relates to antibodies, which specifically recognize and bind to phosphorylated pathological protein tau-conformers and to methods and compositions involving said antibodies for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease (AD). |
US10066009B2 |
Anti-CGRP compositions and use thereof
The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-CGRP antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-CGRP antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with CGRP. |
US10066007B2 |
Dipeptide-repeat proteins as therapeutic target in neurodegenerative diseases with hexanucleotide repeat expansion
The present invention relates to a method of detecting a disease characterized by an expansion of genomic hexanucleotide repeats as well as polypeptides of said hexanucleotide repeats, ligands specifically binding to the polypeptides, and to methods of identifying an inhibitor preventing the expression and/or aggregation of said polypeptide. |
US10066006B2 |
Compositions and methods for redox modulated proteins
Disclosed embodiments relate to antibodies that recognize redox modulated proteins such as glutathionylated actin. Embodiments relate to a reagent for the immunoassay of glutathionylated actin. Disclosed embodiments also relate to diagnosis of and therapies for the treatment of diseases related to impaired deglutathionylation of peptides. Additionally, disclosed embodiments relate to pharmaceutical compositions containing antibodies which recognize redox modulated proteins and kits for the detection or treatment of diseases related to redox modulated proteins which include antibodies that recognize redox modulated proteins. |
US10066002B2 |
Methods of producing two chain proteins in bacteria
Provided herein are methods of producing a recombinant polypeptide containing two chains, such as an immune mobilizing monoclonal T-cell receptor against cancer (ImmTAC) protein including an alpha chain and a beta chain. In particular, methods are provided for producing heterologous secretory proteins in bacteria through utilization of optimized expression vectors and culture processes. |
US10065999B2 |
Methods for protecting dopaminergic neurons from stress and promoting proliferation and differentiation of oligodendrocyte progenitors by NRG-2
The invention features methods of treatment and diagnosis using NRG-2 polypeptides, nucleic acid molecules, and antibodies. The invention also provides novel NRG-2 polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules. |
US10065997B2 |
Polypeptide porous body and method for producing same
A polypeptide porous body of the present invention is a porous body of a polypeptide derived from spider silk proteins. The polypeptide includes a water-insoluble polypeptide. The polypeptide porous body has an apparent density of 0.1 g/cm3 or less. A method for producing the polypeptide porous body includes: a solution production step in which the polypeptide is dissolved in at least one solvent selected from DMSO, DMF, and these with an inorganic salt, so as to obtain a solution of the polypeptide; a step in which the solution produced in the solution production step is substituted with a water-soluble solvent so as to obtain a polypeptide gel; and a step in which the polypeptide gel is dried. Thereby, the present invention provides a polypeptide porous body having excellent water absorbability and a polypeptide porous body suitable for application to a living body, and a method for producing the same. |
US10065996B2 |
Streptavidin muteins and methods of using them
The invention concerns novel streptavidin muteins. In one embodiment such a mutein (a) contains at least one mutation in the region of the amino acid positions 115 to 121 with reference to the amino acid sequence of wild type streptavidin as set forth at SEQ ID NO: 15 and (b) has a higher binding affinity than each of (i) a streptavidin mutein that comprises the amino acid sequence Val44-Thr45-Ala46-Arg47 (SEQ ID NO: 98), or (ii) a streptavidin mutein that comprises the amino acid sequence He44-Gly45-Ala46-Arg47 (SEQ ID NO: 99) at amino acid positions 44 to 47, or (iii) wild type-streptavidin (SEQ ID NO: 15) for peptide ligands comprising the amino acid sequence Trp-Ser-His-Pro-Gln-Phe-Glu-Lys (SEQ ID NO: 100). |
US10065994B2 |
Norovirus derived immunogenic compositions and methods
The invention relates to chimeric norovirus VP1 proteins containing the S-domain of VP1 of a first norovirus strain and a P-domain that contains at least a portion of the P-domain of VP1 of a second norovirus strain. The invention also relates to nucleic acids that encode the chimeric VP1 proteins, virus-like particles that contain a chimeric norovirus VP1 protein, and to immunogenic compositions. |
US10065991B2 |
Peptides that can be used in coating agents, adhesion promoters or adhesives for oxidic surfaces
The present invention relates to peptides, in particular dodecapeptide-containing coating agents, adhesion promoters or adhesives for oxidic surfaces, a multilayer composite or a coated substrate, containing compounds which are formed entirely or in part of dodecapeptides as adhesion promoters between at least two adjacent layers of the composite or between the coating and the substrate, and to dodecapeptides that can be used as coating agents, adhesion promoters or adhesives for oxidic surfaces. |
US10065990B2 |
Cyclic peptide compound, and preparation method, pharmaceutical composition and use thereof
The present invention relates to a cyclic peptide compound, and a preparation method, pharmaceutical composition and use thereof. In particular, the cyclic peptide compound of the present invention has a structure as shown by general formula (I). The compound of general formula (I), and isomers, racemates, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, crystalline hydrates, solvates or mixtures thereof have a use in the preparation of medicaments for preventing or treating mammalian diseases associated with histone deacetylase dysregulations. |
US10065986B2 |
Certain chemical entities, compositions, and methods
Chemical entities that are novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of cancer are described. |
US10065984B2 |
Polymorphic forms of a steroid-like compound and methods for the preparation and use thereof
Provided herein are multiple solid forms of a defined steroid-like compound, and methods for the preparation and use thereof. In one aspect, there is provided a crystalline form of said steroid-like compound, and methods for the preparation and use thereof. In another aspect, there is provided a substantially amorphous form of said steroid-like compound, and methods for the preparation and use thereof. In yet another aspect, there are provided compositions containing compounds according to the present invention. In certain aspects, such compositions are suitable for delivery of active agents according to the present invention to a subject in need thereof. In another aspect of the invention, there are provided methods for the treatment of a variety of indications, including glaucoma, ocular hypertension, and the like. In still another aspect of the present invention, there are provided kits containing compounds according to the present invention and/or compositions containing same. |
US10065982B2 |
High-purity acid-form sophorolipid (SL) containing composition and process for preparing same
The present invention provides a high-purity acid-form sophorolipid (SL)-containing composition characterized by substantially not containing acetic acid. The high-purity acid-form SL-containing composition can be produced, for example, by the following method: (i) adjusting the pH of a partially purified acid-form SL-containing composition to an acidic range; and (ii-a) subjecting an acidified partially purified acid-form SL-containing composition obtained in step (i) to chromatography to acquire a fraction containing an acid-form SL, or (ii-b) leaving the acidified partially purified acid-form SL-containing composition obtained in step (i) to stand under a low-temperature condition to acquire a resulting gelled object. |
US10065981B2 |
Sialic acid analogs
The present invention provides sialic acid analogs and their compositions useful for the treatment of sialic acid deficiencies. |
US10065979B2 |
Organic/inorganic hybrid nanoparticulates made from iron carboxylates
The invention relates to nanoparticles made from organometallic hybrid materials made from iron carboxylates, used for example as contrast agents. The particles can also be used for the encapsulation and vectoring of molecules of interest such as active3 pharmaceutical agents, cosmetically interesting compounds and markers. Apart from the intrinsic properties thereof for imaging, said nanoparticles give good results in terms of capacity for loading with medicaments and in biocompatibility. |
US10065978B2 |
Cysteine-modifying substrate analogue inhibitors of ribose 5-phosphate isomerase for parasitic diseases, along with methods of their formation and use
Compounds are generally provided, along with pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds. Methods are also generally provided for inhibiting ribose 5-phosphate isomerase in a human, such as via administering to the human the pharmaceutical composition that includes such a compound. Methods are also generally provided for treating a mammal that is infected by a parasitic organism, such as via administering to the mammal the pharmaceutical composition that includes such a compound. Methods are also generally provided for forming a pharmaceutical composition. |
US10065974B2 |
Compositions and methods for inhibiting arginase activity
The invention relates to a novel class of compounds that exhibit activity inhibitory activity toward arginase, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention. Also provided herein are methods of treating cancer with the arginase inhibitors of the invention. |
US10065973B2 |
Substituted aminothiazolopyrimidinedione for the treatment and prophylaxis of virus infection
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein R1 to R5 are as described herein, and their prodrugs or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, enantiomer or diastereomer thereof, and compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds. |
US10065969B2 |
Method for producing carboxylic acid anhydride, method for producing carboxylic imide, and method for manufacturing electrophotographic photosensitive member
A method for producing a carboxylic acid anhydride includes heating a composition containing a specific compound in a solvent to yield the carboxylic acid anhydride. The solvent is an aprotic polar solvent having a boiling point of 50° C. or more. |
US10065968B2 |
Crystalline forms of a bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor
Described herein is the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) inhibitor 1-((R)-3-(4-amino-3-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, including crystalline forms, solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the Btk inhibitor, as well as methods of using the Btk inhibitor, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions. |
US10065967B2 |
Compounds that are ERK inhibitors
Disclosed are the ERK inhibitors of formula (1): and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are methods of treating cancer using the compounds of formula (I). |
US10065965B2 |
Imidazo[1,2-B][1,2,4]triazine derivatives as antiparasitic agents
A compound of Formula (I), or a salt thereof, compositions comprising the compound, processes for its preparation and its use in therapy, for example in the treatment of parasitic diseases such as Chagas disease, Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) and leishmaniasis, particularly visceral leishmaniasis (VL). |
US10065960B2 |
NK-3 receptor selective antagonist compounds, pharmaceutical composition and methods for use in NK-3 receptors mediated disorders
The present invention is directed to novel compounds of formula I and their use as therapeutic compounds. |
US10065959B2 |
Electronic device
The present application relates to an electronic device comprising a heteroaromatic compound of a formula (I) as functional material, in particular as electron-transport material and as matrix material for emitter compounds. |
US10065957B2 |
Beta-lactamase inhibitors
This invention pertains generally to compounds of Formula (A), as further described herein, which act as beta-lactamase inhibitors, and salts, crystalline forms and formulations thereof. In certain aspects, the invention pertains to methods of using such compounds in combination with a beta-lactam antibiotic to treat infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria, including drug-resistant strains. |
US10065953B2 |
Imidazo[1,2-A]pyridine derivatives for use as inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus replication
The disclosure generally relates to compounds of formula I, including compositions and methods for treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The disclosure provides novel inhibitors of HIV, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods for using these compounds in the treatment of HIV infection. |
US10065952B2 |
Valbenazine salts and polymorphs thereof
Provided herein are salts of (S)-2-amino-3-methyl-butyric acid (2R,3R,11bR)-3-isobutyl-9,10-dimethoxy-1,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-2H-pyrido[2,1-a]isoquinolin-2-yl ester in amorphous and crystalline forms, and processes of preparation, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided are methods of their use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of neurological disorders and diseases including hyperkinetic movement disorders or diseases. |
US10065949B2 |
Method of preparing glucosylceramide synthase inhibitors
The invention relates to a method of preparing inhibitors of glucosylceramide synthase (GCS) useful for the treatment metabolic diseases, such as lysosomal storage diseases, either alone or in combination with enzyme replacement therapy, and for the treatment of cancer. |
US10065948B2 |
Histone deacetylase inhibitors and compositions and methods of use thereof
Provided are certain histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors of Formula I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, compositions thereof, and methods of their use. The condition or disorder mediated by HDAC comprises a neurodegenerative pathology. Accordingly, also provided is a method of treating a neurodegenerative pathology mediated by HDAC in a subject in need of such a treatment, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, described herein. |
US10065946B2 |
Benzazole compounds and methods for making and using the compounds
Disclosed are novel benzazole compounds and compositions comprising the compounds. The compounds are useful as kinase inhibitors including interleukin receptor associated kinases (IRAK) inhibitors. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the compounds and compositions. The disclosed compounds and/or compositions may be used to treat or prevent an IRAK-associated disease or condition. |
US10065945B2 |
Isoquinoline derivatives as MGAT2 inhibitors
The compounds of Formula I act as MGAT2 inhibitors and can be useful in preventing, treating or acting as a remedial agent for hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus and obesity. |
US10065943B2 |
Pyrrolidine derivatives as angiotensin II type 2 antagonists
The invention relates to heterocyclic angiotensin II type 2 (AT2) receptor antagonists of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, ((I) in which all of the variables are as defined in the specification, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, combinations thereof, and their use as medicaments, particularly for the treatment of neuropathic or inflammatory pain. |
US10065941B2 |
Aminotriazine derivative and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same
The present invention provides novel compounds having a P2X3 and/or P2X2/3 receptor antagonistic activity.A compound of Formula (I): wherein Ra and Rb, and Rd and Re are taken together to form oxo or the like; R4a and R4b are hydrogen or the like; n is 1 or the like; R2 is aryl or the like; s and s′ is 0 or the like; R9 and R9′ are halogen or the like; R20a and R20b are hydrogen, alkyl or the like; u is 1 to 4; R13 is hydrogen or the like, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. |
US10065936B2 |
Synthesis of sulfur containing ammonium and phosphonium borates
The present invention relates to the preparation of sulfur containing ammonium and phosphonium borates KA, wherein K is a compound of formula (I), and A is an anion of formulae (IIa) or (IIb) by bringing into contact ammonium borates with sulfur containing ammonium or phosphonium halides or sulfonates. |
US10065935B2 |
Derivatives of (Z)-1,2-diphenylethene
The present invention relates to the new chemical compounds containing (Z)-1,2-diphenylethene moiety in the structures, particularly the new derivatives of cis-stilbene, the new derivatives of 4,5-diphenyl-1,3-oxazole, the new derivatives of 1-methyl-4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazole and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The invention relates also to the application of aforementioned compounds as a microtubule-interfering agents (MIAs). The new derivatives, because of their potential antimitotic and antiangio-genic activity, can be used as ingredients in the preparations used in the treatment of cancer. |
US10065934B2 |
Substituted urea derivatives and pharmaceutical uses thereof
Provided herein are novel substituted urea derivatives, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided herein are uses of the compounds or pharmaceutical compositions thereof for preventing, managing, treating or lessening a proliferative disease, and modulating the activity of protein kinase. |
US10065930B2 |
Method for producing pyrimidine-1-ol compound, and intermediate thereof
There are provided a method for producing 2,4-disubstituted pyrimidine-5-ol, and particularly, 2,4-dimethylpyrimidine-5-ol and an intermediate thereof used in industrial production. The production method according to the present invention includes a step of producing 2,4-disubstituted pyrimidine-5-ol according to a hydrolysis reaction of a 2,4-disubstituted-5-(4-(nitrophenyl)oxy)pyrimidine compound and is suitable for industrial production since an inexpensive and easily available starting material can be used, regioselectivity of a substituent group is easily controlled, impurities are easily controlled, and 2,4-disubstituted pyrimidine-5-ol can be produced without using reagents and intermediates causing health problems, risks and the like. |
US10065923B2 |
Thickening stabilizer and thickening stabilization composition using same
A compound that thickens or gels a fluid organic substance to a desired viscosity or homogeneously stabilizes a composition containing a fluid organic substance, a thickening/stabilizing agent containing the compound, a thickened/stabilized composition containing the thickening/stabilizing agent and a fluid organic substance, and a method for producing a thickened/stabilized composition. The compound is represented by the following formula (1): In the formula, R1 and R2 are different from each other and represent an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having not less than 4 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3. The thickening/stabilizing agent of the present invention contains the compound. |
US10065914B1 |
Thermolysis of polypropiolactone to produce acrylic acid
The present invention is directed to reactor apparatus and processes for thermolysis of polypropiolactone to produce highly pure acrylic acid. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, the processes comprise introducing a feed stream comprising polypropiolactone to a thermolysis process vessel through an inlet; maintaining a concentration of active salt by adding and removing portions of active salt by at least one inlet and at least one outlet; heating the thermolysis process vessel; and recovering a product including acrylic acid from an outlet. In certain preferred embodiments, the active salt may be present as a catalyst used for polymerization of the polypropiolactone in the feed stream. In some embodiments, one or more active salts may be added to the feed stream and/or the thermolysis process vessel. |
US10065913B2 |
Unsaturated deoxybenzoin compounds and polymers prepared therefrom
Deoxybenzoin compounds including unsaturation are disclosed. The unsaturated deoxybenxoin compounds have the structure (I), (II), or (III) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and n are defined herein. Also disclosed are polyesters including repeating units having the structure (IV), (V), or a combination thereof wherein Ar1, R7, and m are defined herein. The polyesters can be further functionalized, for example by various phosphorous-containing compounds. The polyesters described herein can be useful for the preparation of various articles having reduced flammability. |
US10065912B2 |
Method for producing sevoflurane
An object of the present invention is to remove a compound A from “sevoflurane containing fluoromethyl-1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoroisopropenyl ether (compound A)” so as to collect high-purity sevoflurane. The present invention concerns a method for producing sevoflurane containing substantially no compound A, comprising the following steps of: bringing a composition containing hydrogen fluoride (HF) and water at a mass ratio of 1:1 to 1:30 into contact with a 1st organic liquid containing sevoflurane and a compound A, thereby obtaining a 2nd organic liquid containing the compound A in an amount that is lower than that in the 1st organic liquid (step 1a); and distilling the 2nd organic liquid under the presence of a degradation inhibitor, thereby obtaining sevoflurane containing substantially no compound A as a main distillation fraction (step 2). |
US10065911B2 |
Process of removing heat
The present invention provides an improved process for removing heat from an exothermic reaction. In particular, the present invention provides a process wherein heat can be removed from multiple reaction trains using a common coolant system. |
US10065909B2 |
Removal of carbonyls from gaseous hydrocarbon streams
Disclosed are methods and systems for removing a highly reactive polymer precursor such as acetaldehyde and acetone from a hydrocarbon gas stream. Embodiments may disclose a method for removal of carbonyls comprising providing a hydrocarbon gas stream comprising a carbonyl, providing a liquid bisulfite stream, and contacting the hydrocarbon gas stream and liquid bisulfite stream in a mass transfer device wherein at least a portion of the carbonyl reacts with the bisulfite to form a solid adduct that is soluble in the liquid bisulfite stream. |
US10065906B2 |
Systems and methods for producing propylene
According to one or more embodiments described herein, propylene may be produced by a process which may comprise one or more of at least partially metathesizing a first portion of a first stream to form a first metathesis-reaction product, at least partially cracking the first metathesis-reaction product to form a cracking-reaction product. |
US10065905B2 |
Reactivating propane dehydrogenation catalyst
Increase propane dehydrogenation activity of a partially deactivated dehydrogenation catalyst by heating the partially deactivated catalyst to a temperature of at least 660° C., conditioning the heated catalyst in an oxygen-containing atmosphere and, optionally, stripping molecular oxygen from the conditioned catalyst. |
US10065899B1 |
Packaged granulated explosive emulsion
An explosive mixture of a water-in-oil dispersion (matrix emulsion) and ammonium nitrate granules (prills) of fertilizer grade, mechanically sensitized by microspheres (microballs), of plastic ceramic, glass or mixtures thereof and/or by means of a chemical reaction of bubble generation (gasification), which obtains an explosive composition of greater energy, greater volume of gases, water resistant and sensitive to No. 8 detonator, with a relative density as a cartridge between 0.95 g/cm3 and 1.25 g/cm3, with a detonation rate in an unconfined medium as cartridge in the range from 3500 m/s to 5900 m/s and it is stable for a minimum period of 6 months and where the explosive mixture is used in plastic or paper cartridges (chubs) as a nitrocarbonitrate primer and/or column loading in land blasting (rocks) from soft hardness to very hard in underground mining and/or open pits. |
US10065896B2 |
Seed product having polyanionic polymers
Novel polyanionic polymers including families of repeat units, such as maleic, itaconic, and sulfonate repeat units. The polymers are at least tetrapolymers and may be in the acid form or as partial or complete salts. The polymers may be synthesized using free radical initiators in the presence of vanadium compounds. The polymers have a variety of uses, particularly in agricultural contexts. |
US10065892B2 |
Hydraulic binder composition using rapidly-cooled steelmaking reduced slag powder, and method of preparing the same
Disclosed are a hydraulic binder composition using rapidly-cooled steelmaking reduced slag powder and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, the rapidly-cooled steelmaking reduced slag (RC-LFS) powder is obtained by spraying and scattering gas at a high pressure and high speed onto electric furnace smelting reduction slag, which is one of the by-products generated during iron smelting performed in an ironworks, and quickly cooling and pulverizing the slag. The initial high hydration heat reaction and initial setting of the rapidly-cooled steelmaking reduced slag (RC-LFS) powder are delayed to ensure workability. A retardant and gypsum are mixed into the rapidly-cooled steelmaking reduced slag (RC-LFS) powder so as to activate the generation of needle-shaped ettringite and to thus develop the initial and long-term strength, and therefore the rapidly-cooled steelmaking reduced slag (RC-LFS) powder of the present invention can be used as a substitute for ordinary Portland cement. |
US10065886B1 |
Hyaloclastite pozzolan, hyaloclastite based cement, hyaloclastite based concrete and method of making and using same
The invention comprises a composition comprising hyaloclastite having a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to 40 μm. The invention also comprises a cementitious material comprising a hydraulic cement and hyaloclastite, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to approximately 40 μm. The invention further comprises a cementitious-based material comprising aggregate, a cementitious material comprising a hydraulic cement and hyaloclastite, wherein the hyaloclastite has a volume-based mean particle size of less than or equal to approximately 40 μm and water sufficient to hydrate the cementitious material. A method of using the composition of the present invention is also disclosed. |
US10065885B2 |
Glass sheet for pigment printing, pigment-printed glass sheet, production method therefor, and image display device
A glass sheet for pigment printing contains, as represented by mass percentage on the basis of oxides, from 60% to 75% of SiO2, from 2% to 12% of Al2O3, from 2% to 11% of MgO, from 0% to 10% of CaO, from 0% to 3% of SrO, from 0% to 3% of BaO, from 10% to 18% of Na2O, from 0% to 8% of K2O, and from 0% to 4% of ZrO2, or contains, from 60% to 75% of SiO2, from 1.5% to 12% of Al2O3, from 6% to 12% of MgO, from 0% to 4.5% of CaO, from 0% to 3% of SrO, from 0% to 3% of BaO, from 10% to 18% of Na2O, from 0% to 8% of K2O, and from 0% to 4% of ZrO2. |
US10065879B2 |
Glass sheet processing system having cooling of conveyor roller ends
A hot glass sheet processing system includes a roller conveyor (22) having sintered bonded fused silica rollers (24) and a roller support structure (34) located within a heated location (32) together with an elongated cooling unit (36) having a housing (38) defining a cooling chamber (40) that receives and has bearings (42) that rotatably support an aligned set of roller ends (30) having end caps (86) adhesively bonded to the roller ends. The cooling unit includes a cooling circuit that supplies cooling fluid to the cooling chamber (40) to provide cooling of the aligned set of roller ends (30) and the bearings (42). |
US10065878B2 |
Method and facility for the forced dewatering of a sludge of saline residues
A method for the forced dewatering, by pressing, of saline residues produced by drinking water production, or by the treatment of municipal or industrial wastewaters, in which method the saline residues are introduced into the cylinder (12a) of a piston press (12) comprising flexible drains (12e) formed by flexible sheaths from a material that is permeable to liquid but impermeable to solids, each drain (12e) comprising an inner passage that opens into an associated opening (12g), the press operating in batches, and characterized in that during pressing, the piston carries out reciprocal movements and applies alternating and variable pressures to the sludge, while the flexible drains are deformed, the liquid pressed out from the product passing through the wall of the drains and being discharged as a filtrate, while the dewatered sludge remains outside the drains and is discharged by opening the press. |
US10065871B2 |
Wastewater treatment system
In a process for the treatment of wastewater containing carbonaceous and nitrogenous contaminants, wastewater is mixed with aerobic microorganisms capable of converting carbonaceous biological oxygen demand (CBOD) into carbon dioxide, water, and biological cell mass. Oxygen is supplied to the reaction mixture for supporting reduction of the CBOD by the aerobic microorganisms in the reaction mixture. To substantially prevent nitrification of the nitrogenous contaminants in the reaction mixture and avoid the cost of downstream denitrification, the hydraulic residence time of the nitrogenous contaminants in the reaction mixture is controlled by removing partially treated water with dissolved ammonia from the reaction mixture, while retaining the biological cell mass in the reaction mixture. This separates the nitrogen load from the carbon load and enables independent treatment of these contaminants. The ammonia is scrubbed from the partially treated water to create fully treated water which is disposed or returned to the reaction mixture. |
US10065866B2 |
Process for the joint production of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate
Process for the joint production of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate crystals, according to which: a solid powder derived from sodium sesquicarbonate, having a mean particle diameter comprised between 0.1 and 10 mm is dissolved in water; the resulting water solution is introduced into a crystallizer, wherein a first water suspension comprising sodium carbonate crystals is produced; the first water suspension is subjected to a separation, in order to produce crystals comprising sodium carbonate on the one hand, which are valorized, and a mother liquor on the other hand; and a part of the mother liquor is taken out of the crystallizer and put into contact in, a gas liquid contactor, with a gas comprising carbon dioxide, in order to produce a second water suspension comprising sodium bicarbonate crystals, which are separated and valorized. A reagent powder comprising sodium bicarbonate crystals made by such process. |
US10065863B2 |
Poly-crystalline silicon ingot having a nucleation promotion layer comprising a plurality of chips and chunks of poly-crystalline silicon on the bottom
A poly-crystalline silicon ingot having a bottom and defining a vertical direction includes a plurality of silicon grains grown in the vertical direction, in which the plurality of the silicon grains have at least three crystal orientations; and a nucleation promotion layer comprising a plurality of chips and chunks of poly-crystalline silicon on the bottom, wherein the poly-crystalline silicon ingot has a defect density at a height ranging from about 150 mm to about 250 mm of the poly-crystalline silicon ingot that is less than 15%. |
US10065861B2 |
Niobium oxynitride nano and micro-structures
A solar energy conversion niobium oxynitride microcone and a method of the synthesis and use of niobium oxynitride microcones are provided. The material is useful for solar energy conversion, optics, photocatalysis, electrochromics, sensors and biomedical applications. According to one embodiment, Nb205 microcones are formed by anodization of (1M NaF and 1 wt. % HF electrolyte −40 V −20 min), they were annealed in ammonia gas to allow their doping with nitrogen. Nitridation of the micro cones shifts the absorption edge from 450 nm for the oxide form to 777 nm for the oxynitride form. |
US10065860B2 |
Composition for forming conductive pattern and resin structure having conductive pattern
The present invention relates to a composition for forming conductive patterns and a resin structure having a conductive pattern, capable of forming a conductive micropattern on various polymer resin products or resin layers using a simplified process and exhibiting excellent heat dissipation characteristics. The composition for forming conductive patterns comprises: a polymer resin; a non-conductive metal compound represented by a specific chemical formula; and a heat-dissipating material, wherein a metal nucleus is formed from the non-conductive metal compound by the irradiation of electromagnetic waves. |
US10065858B2 |
Method for syngas clean-up of semi-volatile organic compounds with solids removal
A system and method for processing unconditioned syngas first removes solids and semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOC), then removes volatile organic compounds (VOC), and then removes at least one sulfur containing compound from the syngas. Additional processing may be performed depending on such factors as the source of syngas being processed, the products, byproducts and intermediate products desired to be formed, captured or recycled and environmental considerations. |
US10065854B2 |
Membrane bonding with photoresist
Systems and techniques are provided for membrane bonding. A photoresist may be applied to an ultrasonic device. A portion of the photoresist may be removed. A bonding agent may be applied a portion of the photoresist that is not removed. A membrane may be placed on the ultrasonic device such that the membrane is in contact with the ultrasonic device through the bonding agent and the photoresist. The membrane and the ultrasonic device may be placed in between a first flat plate and a second flat plate, such that the second flat plate rests on top of the membrane. Light pressure may be applied to the membrane. The light pressure may be applied by one or more of the weight of the second flat plate and a pressure providing device applying pressure to either or both of the first flat plate and the second flat plate. |
US10065851B2 |
Microelectromechanical pressure sensor including reference capacitor
This document discusses, among other things, an apparatus including a silicon die including a vibratory diaphragm, the die having a silicon die top opposite a silicon die bottom, with a top silicon die port extending from the silicon die top through the silicon die to a top of the vibratory diaphragm, and with a bottom silicon die port extending from the silicon die bottom to a bottom of the vibratory diaphragm, wherein the bottom silicon die port has a cross sectional area that is larger than a cross-sectional area of the top silicon die port, a capacitor electrode disposed along a bottom of the silicon die, across the bottom silicon die port, the capacitor electrode including a first signal generation portion that is coextensive with the top silicon die port, and a second signal generation portion surrounding the first portion. |
US10065850B2 |
Multiple pump system
A multiple pump system is disclosed. The multiple pump system may include a fluid tank and a multiple pump vessel connected to the fluid tank. The multiple pump vessel may include at least one first pump and at least one second pump located therein. In addition, the at least one first pump may be configured to dispense a fluid from the fluid tank at a first pressure, and the at least one second pump may be configured to dispense the fluid from the fluid tank at a second pressure. The first pressure may be different from the second pressure, such that the at least one first pump may be configured to dispense liquefied natural gas, and the at least one second pump may be configured to dispense compressed natural gas. |
US10065848B2 |
Unique self-pressurizing, self-cooling beverage system, having impact-and-vibration-absorbing systems, anti-shaking anti-rolling clamping system, root-beer-float system, beverage-dispensing system, and multi-height spigot system
A portable CO2 based cooler and beverage dispensing system for pressurizing and cooling beverage tanks, comprises a vibration-absorbing portable shell with a snap on removable tray for holding beverage containers and ice-cream-recesses, two growler-vibration-absorbing circular springs molded on the shell bottom for absorbing vibration from transportation and for holding and separating two beverage tanks, a tank-vibration-absorbing circular spring molded on the shell bottom for absorbing vibration from transportation and for holding a pressurized tank, a clamping system for clamping on and stabilizing two beverage growlers and a pressurized tank for transportation, two multi-height spigots, two height-adjustable telescopic posts, and a retractable height-adjustable spigot-locking handle attached the two posts and having two spigot-locking receptacles molded thereon for locking and adjusting the multi-height spigots to multiple different heights. |
US10065847B2 |
Beverage dispensing apparatus with a refrigerated dispensing tube bundle and a method of cooling beverage fluids
Beverage dispensing apparatus, systems, and related methods are provided that have a recirculation loop to cool fluids in a dispensing tube bundle that delivers beverage fluids to a beverage dispensing assembly. A beverage dispensing apparatus includes an adjustable bypass manifold having an adjustable flow restriction that is configurable to enable the use of the beverage dispensing apparatus with different chilled soda recirculation systems. The adjustable bypass manifold includes ports for connection to the recirculation loop and ports for connection to a soda recirculation system. |
US10065844B2 |
Device for manually pouring foaming and carbonated beverages
The invention relates to the food industry, and specifically to commercial equipment, and can be used for dispensing beer and other foaming and carbonated beverages from an isobaric container. The device includes a drainage channel which is connected by means of a three-way flow switch to tubes for feeding gas and beverage, a unit for securing the neck of a plastic bottle to the open end of the drainage channel and a control valve which is connected to the drainage channel. |
US10065843B2 |
Method and system for a lift device control system
A system and method of controlling a scissors lift vehicle are provided. The system includes a main computer including one or more processors and one or more memory devices communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, a steer controller configured to receive commands from the main computer to control a plurality of independently steerable wheel assemblies, each wheel assembly including a steer angle sensor, a steer angle actuator, and a drive motor, and a scissors lift controller configured to control a hydraulic piston assembly including a hydraulic fluid reservoir internal to a piston rod assembly. The system also includes a tilt sensor configured to determine an angle of incline the scissors lift vehicle, a variable-speed steer actuator configured to rotate a wheel assembly about the steer axis of rotation at a selectable rate, and a wheel including a respective drive axis of rotation. |
US10065842B2 |
Vehicle lift system with advanced operating platform
A vehicle lift system incorporating one or more lift control modules having an advanced operating platform. The lift control module includes a user interface for receiving user instructions from a user, at least one control module processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium with an advanced operating platform stored thereon. The computer readable medium includes a first application operable executable by the advanced operating platform. The first application directs the control module processor to provide instructions to the vehicle lift to control the vehicle lift based on the user instructions. The computer readable medium further includes a second application executable by the advanced operating platform. The second application directs the control module processor to perform certain steps, with such certain steps not directed to controlling the vehicle lift. Furthermore, the advanced operating platform is configured to execute said first application and said second application simultaneously. |
US10065840B2 |
Transport vehicle and transport vehicle system
A transport vehicle travels on first and second paths orthogonally or diagonally crossing each other and each including an opening at a center and treads on both sides of the opening. The transport vehicle includes a vehicle in an upper portion; a transport in a lower portion to hold an article; and a column extending downward from the vehicle to the transport. The vehicle includes on front and rear of the column along the first path, at least a pair of first traveling units each including a first traveling wheel that travels on the tread of the first path, and first auxiliary wheels on front and rear of the first traveling wheel along the first path; on front and rear of the column along the second path, at least a pair of second traveling units each including a second traveling wheel that travels on the tread of the second path, and second auxiliary wheels on front and rear of the second traveling wheel along the second path; and a lifting mechanism that raises and lowers one of the at least the pair of first traveling units and the at least the pair of second traveling units. |
US10065838B2 |
Truss construction for a passenger conveyor comprising a drawer mechanism
A truss section (2) which is configured to support at least one tread element in a passenger area (30) of a passenger conveyor (15) of the type conveying passengers by moving the at least one tread element in a longitudinal direction along the passenger area (30) between a first landing and a second landing area, comprises at least two longitudinal elements (5a, 5b) extending basically parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction; and a drawer mechanism (19) including at least one moveable portion (11, 12, 13), which is slidable between an open position allowing access to a maintenance space of the conveyor (15) in the passenger area (30), and a closed position in which the moveable portion (11, 12, 13) does not allow access to the maintenance space. |
US10065836B2 |
Method and device for installing an elevator system
A method for installing a component of an elevator system having an elevator shaft involves the steps of: mounting a positioning frame in the elevator shaft in relation to a wall of the elevator shaft; attaching a guide line in the elevator shaft separately from the positioning frame; aligning the guide line using the positioning frame; and aligning the component using the aligned guide line. A device for carrying out the method includes the guide line, the positioning frame having positioning aids for the guide line and an adjustable fastener for attaching the guide line in the elevator shaft. |
US10065835B2 |
Car door-shaft door coupling
A car door-shaft door coupling for arrangement on a door wing with a door leaf plane includes a pivoting lever, which is rotatably mounted on a rotational axis on a support element, and a moveable element, which is coupled to the pivoting lever in such a manner that a movement of the moveable element carried out parallel to the door leaf plane causes the pivoting lever to perform a rotational movement for coupling a car door to a shaft door and change the distance between the lever and the door leaf plane by horizontal movement. |
US10065832B2 |
Elevator control apparatus
In an elevator control apparatus, a DC-DC converter including a first switching element and a second switching element is configured to generate power for driving an elevator brake by alternately operating each of the first switching element and the second switching element. A first photocoupler and a second photocoupler are configured to independently operate the first switching element and the second switching element, respectively. A first calculation unit and a second calculation unit are configured to independently control power supply voltages of the first photocoupler and the second photocoupler, respectively. |
US10065831B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for folding absorbent articles
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for manufacturing absorbent articles. More particularly, the systems and methods for folding absorbent articles advancing in a converting line may be configured with tucker blades that prevent opposing end regions of absorbent articles from colliding directly with each other as the absorbent articles are being folded. |
US10065830B2 |
Control apparatus and method for controlling a printed-product processing system
For controlling a printed product processing system, which comprises a collecting system having a conveyor and a plurality of feed conveyors for creating product collections from products fed by the feed conveyors, system configuration parameters which define a configuration of the printed product processing system and production configuration parameters which define the production of product collections created from a plurality of products fed are detected and run time data are determined during the production. On the basis of the system configuration parameters, the production configuration parameters and the run time data, one of a plurality of defined production strategies, which in each case determine the control of the printed product processing system, is selected during the production. |
US10065826B1 |
Stacking module with fans
An apparatus is disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes a paper feed to feed print media a single sheet at a time, a plurality of rotating discs, wherein each one of the plurality of rotating discs comprises an elastomer ring to secure a leading edge of the single sheet against a registration wall and initiate a flipping process, a plurality of fans to generate an air flow, wherein the air flow levitates a trailing edge of the single sheet during completion of the flipping process, and a movable platform to hold a stack of the print media. |
US10065825B2 |
Paper sheet stacking mechanism and paper sheet handling device
An objective of the present disclosure is to prevent paper sheets from being folded or damaged when the paper sheets are stacked. A paper sheet stacking mechanism (banknote stacking mechanism 50) includes stacking wheels 52, rotary rollers 54, a transport mechanism 70 configured to insert a paper sheet between vanes 52b of the stacking wheels, and a guide (center guide 55) having a guide surface 551 configured to guide the paper sheet. The guide surface has a curved shape having a diameter about a rotary shaft, and the diameter gradually increases from an upstream side toward a downstream side in a rotation direction of the stacking wheels. |
US10065818B1 |
Image processing apparatus
In accordance with an embodiment, an image processing apparatus comprises a sheet feed cassette, an operation lever, a sliding section, a sheet lifting and lowering tray, and a main body rail section. The sheet feed cassette is housed to be capable of being pulled out from an apparatus main body. The operation lever is arranged at the side of the sheet feed cassette and is rotatable around a shaft positioned at the middle in a longitudinal direction. The sliding section is arranged at the rear side of the shaft of the operation lever. The sheet lifting and lowering tray can place a sheet and adjust an inclination thereof in conjunction with the operation lever. The main body rail section is arranged in the apparatus main body and guides running of the sliding section at the time of pulling out the sheet feed cassette. |
US10065815B2 |
Compact proppant storage and dispensing system
A proppant tower comprising: a main body configured to be in a substantially vertical orientation in a working position; a base mounted on a bottom end of the main body, such that the main body rests on the base when in the working position; a bin disposed within the main body; and an outlet having two ends, the first end radially extending from the main body below the bin and in fluid communication with the bin and the second end being open, such that particulates are discharged from the bin into the first end of the outlet and out of the second end of the outlet, wherein the outlet radially extends from the main body at a location on the main body that permits at least four proppant towers to be arranged about a single particulate collection device. |
US10065811B2 |
Robotic carton unloader with integral extraction mechanism
A robotic carton unloader for unloading a carton pile resting on a floor includes a mobile body movable across the floor on more than one wheel. A conveyor system mounted on the mobile body conveys unloaded cartons thereon. A robotic arm assembly has a manipulator head attached to a front end of the upper arm assembly. The manipulator head engages at least one carton at a time from a carton pile resting on a floor for movement to the conveyor system. A built-in jacking apparatus is extendable from the mobile body to a floor to raise the mobile body a distance sufficient to raise at least one of the more than one wheel away from contacting the floor. |
US10065809B2 |
Method for handling material in a material conveying system, an input point of a material conveying system and a material conveying system
A method for feeding in and transporting material in a pneumatic conveying system includes at least one input point, a material conveying pipe, and a material container. A partial-vacuum source produces a partial vacuum/a pressure difference and a transporting air current in the conveying pipe. A shut-off element, arranged on an opposite side of an input aperture with respect to a feeder channel, is movable by suction from a first position, in which the shut-off element does not make a pathway through an input aperture into the feeder channel smaller, into a second position, in which the shut-off element does make the pathway through the input aperture into the feeder channel smaller, when the pressure on a first side, on the feeder channel side, of the shut-off element is smaller than on a second side, on an opposite side with respect to the feeder channel, of the shut-off element. |
US10065806B2 |
Diverter for sorter and method of diverting
A plurality of diverters each selectively divert at least one article moving member having a diverting member from a non-diverting path extending longitudinally along said sorter to a diverting rails in a diverting state. At least one of the diverters has a gate having a diverting surface. The gate is selectively rotatable between the diverting state and a non-diverting state about a generally horizontal axis. An actuator moves the gate between the non-diverting state and the diverting state. The actuator is an electrically operated rotary actuator that is rotatable about another generally horizontal axis of rotation. |
US10065804B1 |
Chain fault diagnosis system and method for scraper conveyor
A chain fault diagnosis system and a chain fault diagnosis method for a scraper conveyor are provided. The diagnosis system includes a strain rosette attached on a top end surface of each sprocket tooth of the scraper conveyor. The strain rosette is connected to a signal gathering unit fixed on a scraper conveyor roller through a shielded conductor, the signal gathering unit sends a gathered signal to a wireless receiving device by means of wireless transmission, and the wireless receiving device transmits the gathered signal obtained thereby to an industrial control computer through a USB interface. The diagnosis method includes the following three steps: chain dislocation/skip fault judgment, chain breakage fault judgment and chain seizure fault judgment. A comprehensive monitoring of the chain state of the scraper conveyor is performed by measuring strain magnitudes in different directions of the sprocket tooth in real-time, transmitting the gathered signal to the industrial control computer via a wireless transmission method and dynamically diagnosing the faults of seizure, dislocation, skip and breakage of the scraper conveyor chain based on the obtained strain data. |
US10065800B2 |
Transport bag for transporting and/or storing articles, and transport device comprising said transport bag
A transport bag (15) for transporting and/or storing articles comprises a front wall (21b) and a back wall (21a) that are flexibly connected to one another via a bottom section (21c) so as to be movable back and forth between a first configuration in which the front wall and back wall form an upwardly open bag that can be filled from above, and a second configuration in which the front wall and back wall lie closely alongside one another and form a bag that is folded together, wherein the back wall (21a) is extended upward above and beyond the height of the front wall (21b) with a support section (15a) for fastening the transport bag (15) to a transport device (10.2). Easy filling and emptying of the transport bag (15) is achieved by providing an opening (16, 19, 20) that automatically brings the transport bag (15) into the first configuration and keeps the transport bag there, and allows a deliberate shift from the first configuration into the second configuration. |
US10065799B2 |
Systems and methods for modular storage and management
Systems and methods for a modular warehouse system comprising: at least two modular stackable bins wherein said bins does not require structural support and may allow retrieval of at least one of said bins, regardless of its location in the pile, without changing said pile's order; at least two bin retrieval robots; at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing processor executable instructions on a computing device for warehouse management. |
US10065795B2 |
Capsules for infusion products
Capsules are provided which include a cup-shaped body with a side wall having an upper edge and with a bottom wall in which a plurality of openings are defined for allowing water to enter the cup-shaped body; and a cover secured to the cup-shaped body so as to close the cup-shaped body on a side opposite from the bottom wall. The cup-shaped body and the cover are configured in such a manner as to allow, in use, the infusion to exit from the capsule only at a peripheral edge of the cover. |
US10065793B2 |
Packaging structure and packaging method for display panel
A packaging structure and a packing method for a display panel are provided, the display panel includes a display panel body (201) and a circuit board (202), and the packaging structure of the display panel includes: a box body (301) including an inner chamber and an opening at an upper surface of the box body (301); and at least one support division plate (302) provided in the inner chamber of the box body. The support division plate (302) is configured to be perpendicular to the upper surface of the box body (301) and to divide the inner chamber of the box body (301) into a plurality of vertical placement spaces, so that each of the placement spaces is configured for the display panel (20) to be vertically placed therein with a display surface of the display panel body (201) placed in the placement space being perpendicular to the upper surface (w) of the box body. The packaging structure of the display panel can increase the number of placed display panels (20), and decrease the damage to the display panels (20). |
US10065792B2 |
Pressurised refill canister with an outlet valve
A pressurized refill canister containing a reservoir of composition including a propellant and a nicotine or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative or salt thereof. The reservoir is at a pressure of greater than 400 kPa at 20° C. A refill outlet valve comprises a stem with an axial bore open at the axial end furthest from the reservoir to provide an outlet which discharges the composition in an axial direction. The stem is displaceable from a closed position to which it is biased by a first resilient member with a spring force of greater than 10N when no external force is applied to a dispensing position against the action of the first resilient member to open a flow path from the reservoir to the outlet. |
US10065790B2 |
Cap-held tilt actuator for a foam dispenser
The invention relates to a system consisting of a cap for fastening on a foam can, or generally on a container, that contains a pressurized or pressurizable medium, as well as a tilting valve and a dispenser. The tilting valve comprises a sealing part that can be connected to the container and a valve nozzle interacting with the sealing part. The cap can be fastened on the container in the area of the tilting valve. The dispenser has a fastening area by means of which it can be fastened on the valve nozzle through a central opening of the cap. For easy mounting of the dispenser on the valve and for its actuation, provision is made for the inner area of the opening of the cap and the outer area of the fastening area of the dispenser to display positively interacting areas that, in tilted position of the dispenser relative to the container, create a positive fit opposing removal of the dispenser in the axial direction of the tilted position and detachment of the fastening area of the dispenser from the valve nozzle of the tilting valve. |
US10065789B2 |
Actuation unit for a plurality of aerosol cans and use on an actuation unit
Actuation unit for plural aerosol cans has a cover, a first button partially guided by the cover for pushing a first aerosol vent of a first aerosol can, a second button partially guided by the cover for pushing a second aerosol vent of a second aerosol can, wherein the first button and the second button are adjacent to each other, and a connection unit connected to the cover, the connection unit comprising a first upper clip for clamping a head part of the first aerosol can, a second upper clip for clamping a head part of the second aerosol can, a first lower clip for clamping a body part of the first aerosol can and a second lower clip for clamping a body part of the second aerosol can, the connection unit adapted for covering only an upper part of the first aerosol can and the second aerosol can. |
US10065786B2 |
Transport container
A transport container has an outer container with a bottom, two sets of side walls and at least one lid. Vacuum insulation panels are arranged on the inside of the outer container, at least on the side walls. First vacuum insulation panels on first side walls which are located opposite one another, abut at the edges against inside surfaces of second vacuum insulation panels on second side walls, which are located opposite one another and on the bottom. The first vacuum insulation panels are realized as planar rectangular-shaped vacuum insulation panels with a thickness D. The second vacuum panels are realized as panels with a sealing edge that comprises a certain residual width B. The thickness D is greater than the residual width B. The edges of the first vacuum insulation panels cover the sealing edges of the second vacuum insulation panels and otherwise abut against adjoining planar surfaces of the second vacuum insulation panels. |
US10065782B1 |
Bulk material container, sleeve and method of assembly
A collapsible bulk material container with a unique outer support sleeve and method of manufacture thereof are disclosed. The initial inner circumference of an oversized continuous woven tubular support sleeve is adjustably sized to mattingly match the outer peripheral circumference of a bulk material container forming member which it is designed to support. One or more adjustment tails are formed from the continuous sleeve material to accurately reduce the initial inner sleeve circumference to an adjusted inner circumference. The sizing operation can be performed during initial manufacture of the sleeve or prior to assembly of the sleeve to the forming member. |
US10065779B2 |
Food tray and process for making same
A repulpable moisture resistant protein tray formed of thermo-molded pulp comprised of recycled paper pulp impregnated with a hydrogenated triglyceride. The protein tray has an outer surface coated with an emulsion of styrene acrylic to provide a moisture resistance repulpable and recyclable tray. The protein tray has a flat bottom and an integral sidewall forming an interior volume. An integral edge extends peripherally outward from an upper edge of the sidewall forming a substantially oval shape. |
US10065777B2 |
Apparatus, system, and method for an elastomer lined self locking tie
An elastomer lined self-locking tie includes an elongated strap, at least one cavity or recess in the the elongated strap, an elastomer segment, and a locking head. The elongated strap includes a head end positioned opposite a tapered end. The tapered end includes a first surface positioned opposite a second surface. The cavity is positioned in either the first surface or the second surface. The elastomer segment is positioned within the cavity and extends beyond either the first surface or the second surface. The locking head extends from the head end of the elongated strap and includes an orifice shaped to receive the tapered end of the elongated strap and the elastomer segment. |
US10065773B2 |
Container lid and valve including a locking mechanism
A container lid for a fluid container is formed of a flexible resilient material includes a body member having a drinking aperture and a valve. Upon application of a first force to an actuator region of the body member, the valve unseals the drinking aperture and upon removal of the first amount of pressure, the valve reseals the aperture. Upon the application of a second force to the actuator region that is greater than the first force, the valve engages a locking mechanism and the aperture remains unsealed upon removal of the applied second force. In a second embodiment first and second actuator regions are employed and the application of a force to the second actuator region secures the valve in an unsealed orientation. |
US10065766B2 |
Container including a ribbed, arched bottom
A container made of plastic material, provided with a body and a bottom extending at a lower end of the body, the bottom including an annular seat extending substantially in the prolongation of the body and defining a seating plane; a concave arch that extends from a zone near the seat to a central zone, the arch including a series of stiffeners that extend radially from the central zone to the seat. |
US10065765B2 |
Containment systems and methods of making and using same
A containment system includes a rotationally molded polymeric base unit in the form of a tub having an open top. The base unit includes a generally L-shaped rim at the open top comprised of an upwardly extending section that terminates in a cut edge and an inwardly extending section. The containment system also includes at least one perforated grate having a top side, a bottom side and a peripheral edge. The at least one perforated grate is supported, at least in part, by the inwardly extending section of the rim in such a manner that a container can be supported on the top side of the grate above the tub. |
US10065760B2 |
Machine and method for its operation
A labelling machine comprises a supply spool support for supporting a supply spool comprising label stock comprising a web and a plurality of labels attached to the web and which are separable from the web; a take-up spool support adapted to take up a portion of web; a first motive means configured to propel the web along a web path from the supply spool support towards the take up spool support, the first motive means comprising a first motor including a first stator and a first rotor; a labelling peel beak located along the web path and configured to peel the labels from label web as the label stock passes the labelling peel beak; and a printer for printing on the labels. The printer includes a ribbon supply spool support for supporting a ribbon supply spool comprising printer ribbon for the printer; a ribbon take-up spool support adapted to take up a portion of the printer ribbon; and a second motive means configured to propel the printer ribbon from the supply spool support towards the take up spool support, the second motive means comprising a second motor including a second stator and a second rotor. The labelling machine further comprises a base plate. The following components are mounted to the base plate such that the majority of each component is located on one side of a first surface of the base plate: supply spool support, take-up spool support, first stator, labelling peel beak, ribbon supply spool support, ribbon take-up spool support and second stator. |
US10065759B2 |
Apparatus for forming a sleeve on a container
An apparatus including: a conveyor having a machine direction and a cross-machine direction and a pair of edges spaced apart from one another in the cross-machine direction; a roller mounted to an arm and engaged with a continuous drive, wherein the arm is pivotably mounted to a frame, wherein the roller has a first position and a second position, wherein the roller in the first position is located at a predetermined location above the conveyor and laterally within the pair of edges, wherein the roller in the second position is remote from the predetermined location, and wherein the roller and the continuous drive are separated from one another by an obstruction; a driver operatively engaged with the arm to move the roller from the first position to the second position; and a vacuum port proximal to the roller when the roller is in the first position. |
US10065757B2 |
Conveyor device for conveying food products
The invention relates to a conveyor device (10) for conveying food products on a plurality of parallel conveyor tracks and for formatting the food products in a specific product format, especially for conveying and formatting stacks or interleaved units made of a plurality of slices of cheese or meat products. It is proposed that the conveyor device (10) fills a product gap on one of the conveyor tracks incoming on the input side with a food product so that on the output side all parallel conveyor tracks are supplied with the food products. The invention also includes a corresponding method. |
US10065749B2 |
Wing lift system capability expansion
A method for lifting a wing of an aircraft. A plurality of lifting assemblies is attached to a mounting ring supporting the wing. A first plurality of base assemblies is attached to a plurality of fittings connected to the fuselage of the aircraft. The plurality of lifting assemblies is moved away from the first plurality of base assemblies using a plurality of biasing systems correspondingly attached to the plurality of lifting assemblies, the moving causing the mounting ring to move away from the fuselage. The first plurality of base assemblies is removed. A second plurality of base assemblies is attached to the plurality of fittings. Thereafter, moving the plurality of lifting assemblies away from the second plurality of base assemblies using the plurality of biasing systems is repeated, the repeating moving causing the mounting ring to move away from the fuselage to the first height. |
US10065744B2 |
System and method for using an engine model for multiple functions
Systems and methods for modelling an engine in a vehicle are provided. A method can include determining a first solver for modelling the engine. The first solver can include a first routine configured for determining one or more parameters of the engine. The method can further include obtaining a first set of inputs associated with the first solver. The first set of inputs can include one or more inputs obtained from the first solver and one or more previous engine states. The method can further include modelling the engine based at least in part on the first set of inputs to generate a first set of outputs. The first set of outputs can include one or more parameters of the engine and one or more engine states. The method can further include providing the one or more parameters to the solver. |
US10065735B2 |
Rotor/wing aircraft including vectorable nozzle
A method of operating an aircraft having a rotor/wing assembly and a nozzle comprises vectoring the nozzle into a position for creating vertical thrust, and using the rotor/wing assembly and the nozzle together to create vertical thrust during a rotary mode of operation. |
US10065732B2 |
Systems and methods of tracking rotor blades
A blade tracking system including a detector having one or more sensors to detect radiation from at least one field of view of the detector, the one or more sensors generating signals based on changes in incident radiation to the one or more sensors as a rotor blade passes the field of view, and a processor to determine a pass time for the rotor blade to pass through the at least one field of view based on the generated signals. |
US10065727B2 |
Repair method of repair target portion, repaired product, and repair apparatus
The present invention sufficiently heats a repairing material while preventing change in quality of a base material provided with the repairing material so as to securely bond the repairing material to a repair target portion. The repair method of the present invention, in order to repair a repair target portion 14 existing in an outer panel 1, includes: a repairing material disposing step of disposing a repairing patch 21 including a resistance heating element 23 and a carbon fiber reinforced resin, and an adhesive 22A including a thermosetting resin before being hardened for bonding the repairing patch 21 on the repair target portion 14; and a heating-hardening step of heating and hardening the thermosetting resin of the adhesive 22A by causing the resistance heating element 23 to generate heat through supply of electricity thereto. |
US10065726B1 |
Unmanned aerial vehicles with multiple configurations
An unmanned aerial vehicle includes multiple rotor arms; a rotor disposed at an end of each of the multiple rotor arms; and an adjustment component configured to enable a first rotor arm to move relative to a second rotor arm. |
US10065723B2 |
Propulsion system for a boat
A propulsion system for a boat includes a motor, a connecting arm, a fairing portion intended for being mounted on the boat, at least one propeller, a belt for transmitting the torque from the motor to the at least one propeller, the belt forming two belt sections between the motor and the propeller. The propulsion system further includes a first rotary assembly with the belt passing therethrough and capable of pivoting relative to the fairing portion about a geometrical axis directed towards the top, so as to orient the at least one propeller relative to the boat in order to turn the latter, and a second assembly capable of being translated relative to the first rotary assembly in order to retract the at least one propeller. |
US10065722B1 |
Apparatuses and methods for servicing lubrication in a lower gearcase of an outboard marine engine
An outboard marine engine comprises an internal combustion engine; a lower gearcase, a set of gears disposed in the lower gearcase, the set of gears being configured to transfer power from the internal combustion engine to drive a propulsor to generate a thrust on the outboard marine engine, and a dipstick that extends into the lower gearcase. The dipstick is removable from the lower gearcase and configured to indicate a level of lubrication in the lower gearcase. |
US10065715B2 |
Flying underwater imager with multi-mode operation for locating and approaching underwater objects for imaging
A flying underwater imager device operates in two modes, a tow mode and a free fly mode. In the tow mode for locating underwater objects, the imager device opens foldable wings for remaining depressed below the surface when the wings generate a negative buoyancy. Otherwise, neutral buoyancy characteristics bring the imager device back to surface. In the free fly mode for approaching and imaging underwater objects, the imager device closes the foldable wings and uses thrusters for moving into position to image the underwater objects. |
US10065714B2 |
In-situ testing of subsea power components
According to some embodiments, a testing system that is configured to test subsea power components in-situ while they are deployed on the sea floor. The testing system includes a top side testing system with test instruments, a multi-conductor work-over umbilical cable, and a subsea deployable test head. The test head can be deployed using and ROV and makes electrical connection to the subsea power component via wet connects. |
US10065712B2 |
Floating modular protective harbor structure and method of seasonal service extension of offshore vessels in ice-prone environments
Modular structure for protecting an offshore vessel in a body of water from forces of ice features in the body of water is described. The modular protective structure comprising a protective harbor wall constructed and arranged to enclose a harbor space and to counteract the forces of ice features in the body of water. The modular protective structure also comprising a flotation support supporting the protective harbor wall. The flotation support having a capacity to position the modular protective structure at a raised position where the flotation support maintains at least a portion of the protective harbor wall above the water surface such that a harbor is established and the offshore vessel is protected from the forces of ice features in the body of water. Methods which utilize such a modular protective harbor structure are also described. |
US10065711B2 |
Multiple position boat seat
A multiple position convertible seat assembly for a boat includes three seat frames pivotally coupled to the boat and to each other to move from a first position as a seat, a second position as a lounge seat with leg support, and a third position forming another seat. In the third position, the seat includes a foldout cushion exposing a work surface. |
US10065707B1 |
Gear shift lever assembly
A gear shift lever assembly includes a gear shift lever arm which includes a distal foot-peg end and a bifurcated proximal end and first passageway for facilitating securement of the gear shift lever arm to a gear selector spindle shaft of a motorcycle. The assembly also includes a spindle shaft mount insert sized to fit within the bifurcated ends of the gear shift lever arm. The insert has a splined aperture that matches the splines of the splines of the gear selector spindle shaft, and a second passageway having a longitudinal axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the splined aperture. The gear shift lever assembly is mountable to the gear selector spindle shaft of the motorcycle with the spindle shaft mount insert interposed between the bifurcated proximal end of the gear shift lever arm with a mounting bolt passed through the aligned first and second passageways. |
US10065705B2 |
Bicycle derailleur
A bicycle derailleur is provided with a base member, a chain guide, a linkage assembly and a cable fixing structure. The base member is configured to be mounted to a bicycle frame. The chain guide is movable between retracted and extended positions with respect to the base member. The linkage assembly operatively couples the chain guide to the base member. The cable fixing structure is configured to fix an operation cable that moves the linkage assembly in response to an operation of the operation cable. The cable fixing structure is mounted to one of the chain guide and the linkage assembly. The cable fixing structure includes a cable attachment member to which the operation cable is fixed. The cable attachment member is movable with respect to the one of the chain guide and the linkage assembly with the operation cable being fixed to the cable attachment member. |
US10065703B2 |
Right crank arm assembly for a bicycle
A right crank arm assembly for a bicycle has a right crank arm and at least one toothed crown that is coupled to the right crank arm. At least one damping element is arranged between the right crank arm and the toothed crown to be in abutment against respective faces of the right crank arm and the toothed crown. |
US10065700B2 |
Arrangement for the vibration decoupling of a motor for motorized two-wheelers, having an engine-mount swing arm
An arrangement for the vibration decoupling of a motor for motorized two-wheelers is provided. In an embodiment of the two-wheeler an engine-mount swing arm is mounted to be rotatable about a first shaft. The first shaft is mounted on the vehicle frame of the two-wheeler to be rotatable about a second shaft by way of a decoupling swing arm. A support rod fitted with damping buffers is provided on the engine-mount swing arm, oriented such that vibrations are decoupled in and against the direction of travel, with vibrations being decoupled in the direction of the cylinder axis and providing good anti-squat behavior. |
US10065699B2 |
Fuel tank for motorcycle
A fuel tank disposed between a head pipe and a rider's seat is provided, which includes a pair of grooved portion that are positioned on a top surface in symmetrical relation with respect to a longitudinal center plane. The pair of the grooved portions are positioned rearwardly of a tank top portion, each so formed as to have a transverse sectional shape that is represented by a smooth curved line. The grooved portions are parallel to the longitudinal center plane or inclined to extend with a distance therebetween gradually decreasing towards a rear, the distance being set to be within the range of 0.25 to 0.40 at a front end of each of the grooved portions and within the range of 0.08 to 0.35 at a rear end thereof. |
US10065694B1 |
Vehicle assembly
A vehicle assembly includes a steel vehicle body with a vehicle body component defined by a pair of body members. The vehicle body component defines a body adhesive bonding zone. Front and rear roof rails span laterally between the body members. An aluminum vehicle roof component includes a roof panel having a peripheral flange structure which defines a roof adhesive bonding zone corresponding to the body adhesive bonding zone. Forward and rear support brackets extend laterally across the roof panel, a portion of each support bracket is located on the flange structure inwardly of the roof adhesive bonding zone. The support brackets are configured to provide a vertical spacing between the flange structure and the vehicle body. The vehicle roof component is bonded to the vehicle body via an adhesive applied to the body and roof adhesive bonding zones. |
US10065693B2 |
Low gravity all-surface vehicle
Vehicles are disclosed which have a lower center of gravity than existing all-terrain, amphibious, and unmanned ground vehicles due to the location of propulsion units and other vehicle components inside the wheels of the vehicle. The vehicles can climb over large obstacles yet are also able to corner at high speeds. The vehicles can be configured for direct manual operation or operation by remote control, and can also be configured for a wide variety of missions. |
US10065687B2 |
Composite material structure
A composite material structure is provided a metal member and a resin member. The metal member is formed in a planar shape that has a main surface. The resin member is bonded to the main surface of the metal member. The metal member has a thermal expansion coefficient in a first direction along the main surface is larger than a thermal expansion coefficient in a second direction along the main surface. The second direction is orthogonal to the first direction. The resin member is formed of a fiber-reinforced resin having a fiber quantity in the second direction that is larger than a fiber quantity in the first direction. |
US10065686B2 |
Vehicular mud guard structure
A mud guard portion is placed on a vehicle rear side relative to a rear tire. This makes it possible to restrain mud or the like splashed by the rear tire from hitting an underfloor. Further, an inside flow regulating portion is provided adjacently to an inner side of the mud guard portion in the vehicle width direction, and the inside flow regulating portion extends from its upper end toward a vehicle lower side and toward the vehicle rear side. Hereby, when a travel wind flowing on an inner side of the rear tire in the vehicle width direction in the wheel house hits the inside flow regulating portion, the travel wind flows toward the vehicle rear side along a deflection wall portion of the inside flow regulating portion. Accordingly, turbulence of the air on a vehicle rear side of the rear tire due to the travel wind is restrained. |
US10065685B2 |
Body structure of a motor vehicle with reinforcements for distributing the forces linked to a rear shock absorber of the vehicle
A body structure of a motor vehicle includes two substantially parallel longitudinal reinforcing side members, a body side superstructure connected to the side members, rising above the side members and defining, on either side of the vehicle, two wheel arch housing portions of the vehicle. The two wheel arch housing portions are connected by a floor portion of the vehicle, offset vertically relative to the side members and positioned above the side members. The structure also includes at least one rear shock absorber attachment cup at each wheel arch housing portion. The at least one rear shock absorber attachment cup is assembled to the side superstructure, and assembled to a side member by a raising part connecting the cup and only a portion of the side member, having a width, measured in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, substantially equal to that of the cup. |
US10065684B2 |
Roof device
A roof arrangement for a motor vehicle, and which includes a roof module and a bodywork structure for receiving the roof module. The roof module has a roof outer skin and at least one load-bearing roof bow. The roof bow, on at least one lateral end thereof, includes a tongue extending vertically downward in an installed position. The bodywork structure includes an upwardly open channel in the installed position, the tongue being received in the channel. |
US10065682B1 |
Thirty-two-cornered strengthening member
A strengthening member for an automotive vehicle includes a thirty-two-cornered cross section having adjacent sides defining internal angles and external angles. Each of the internal angles and the external angles are at least 60 degrees and are less than 180 degrees. The sides define a plurality of lobes spaced about a perimeter of the strengthening member. Along the perimeter of the thirty-two-cornered cross section, individual lobes of the plurality of lobes are separated by at least two consecutive external angles. |
US10065677B2 |
Trailer backing up device and table based method
The present invention is a guidance computing system used by the driver of a vehicle towing a trailer while backing-up that rapidly calculates and predicts the direction in which the tow vehicle and trailer will become generally in-line for a given position of the steering wheel, thereby enabling the use of slower, lower cost microcomputers. This is accomplished by using a predetermined table, based on a baseline trailer of known length, having a measure of turning as one of its axes; such an axis is necessary to facilitate ratiometric scaling to convert table values to correspond to any length trailer. In a specially equipped vehicle incorporating servomechanisms to enable the vehicle to steer itself, the driver indicates the direction desired for the trailer to travel. The present invention also predicts left and right path limits for controlling the direction of the trailer when maneuvering complex paths. |
US10065675B2 |
Systems and methods for correcting steering offsets
A system for correcting a steering offset generated by an active steering system of a vehicle may include a steering wheel angle sensor and a controller configured to receive a signal from the steering wheel angle sensor. The controller may be configured to determine a steering state based on the signal, and, subject to the determined steering state, calculate an offset reduction factor based on the signal to determine a new steering offset. |
US10065673B2 |
Algorithm for tie rod force shaping
A power steering control system is provided. The control system includes an actual module that determines an actual load torque associated with a vehicle chassis. A steering module generates a steering control signal based on the actual load torque. |
US10065665B2 |
Vehicle consist configuration control
A method includes obtaining data relating to operation of a first vehicle in a vehicle consist that includes the first vehicle and a second vehicle communicatively coupled with each other by a communication channel. The first vehicle includes a first electronic component performing functions for the first vehicle using the first data. The method also includes communicating the first data over the communication channel from the first vehicle to a second electronic component disposed onboard the second vehicle responsive to the first electronic component being unable to perform the one or more functions for the first vehicle using the first data. The method further includes performing the functions of the first electronic component with the second electronic component using the first data that is received from the first vehicle. |
US10065664B1 |
System and method for indexing vehicles of a vehicle system
A control system having a controller is configured to operate a vehicle indexing system that moves one or more vehicles in a vehicle system into a position to one or more of unload cargo off of the one or more vehicles or load the cargo onto the one or more vehicles. The controller is configured to determine a power setting of the vehicle indexing system that is used by the vehicle indexing system to move the one or more vehicles in the vehicle system into the position. The controller also is configured to determine a vehicle power setting for the vehicle system based on the power setting of the vehicle indexing system for controlling the vehicle system to provide additional tractive effort to the vehicle indexing system to move the one or more vehicles into the position. |
US10065662B2 |
Motorized bogie for a low floor railway vehicle
A bogie includes a chassis, including two beams, two crosspieces, two axle structures, each including two journal boxes, and a transverse axle shaft, extending in the transverse direction between two ends each supporting a respective wheel, the wheels defining an inner space between them, defined in the transverse direction between the wheels of a same axle shaft, and defined in the longitudinal direction between the two axle shafts, at least one motor supported by one of the crosspieces of the chassis, arranged in the inner space defined by the wheels, and including a coupling shaft, and at least one reducer. The bogie includes a primary suspension, including flexible mountings arranged between the crosspieces and the beams of the chassis, the reducer is arranged outside the inner space, the coupling shaft of the motor extending from the motor beyond one of the corresponding beams to the reducer. |
US10065660B2 |
Dual cable zipline trolley transfer system
This invention is a gravity powered Dual Cable Zipline Trolley Transfer System comprising, a dual cable zipline trolley and dual cable zipline transfer unit which work in conjunction of each other. The trolley comprises tandem wheels that traverse over the dual cables and are pivoted in the center to allow the trolley to pass smoothly over the transfer unit, which is suspended on support structures. Unlike the traditional zipline which has a path between two stations, this system is designed to allow the participant to travel in a continuous uninterrupted path without the need to detach from one cable to another in order to sustain the journey beyond the station. The transfer unit is lengthened to create curves both horizontal and vertical. This invention eliminates the menacing sag in the cable that occurs over distance. |
US10065653B1 |
Method and system for automatically identifying a driver by creating a unique driver profile for a vehicle from driving habits
A method and system for automatically creating a unique driver profile for a vehicle from driving habits. A unique driver profile is created with a portable on-board diagnostic series 2 (OBD-2) apparatus and/or linked and/or standalone network device (e.g., smart phone, tablet, wearable device, etc.). The unique driver profile is created from the accepted plural signals including time and geo-location data based on driving habits of the driver. The unique driver profile information is recorded on the apparatus and/or network device, downloaded at a later time or sent in real-time to check and verify an identity of the driver. The unique driver profile helps confirm an identity of the driver of the vehicle based on unique driving habits of the driver. |
US10065648B2 |
Vehicle control system and vehicle control method
Vehicle control system and method provided to change speed ratio smoothly when switching a power transmission route from a route including a geared transmission to a route including a continuously variable transmission. Vehicle control system applied to a vehicle comprising: continuously variable transmission for changing speed ratio continuously is disposed between input shaft and output shaft; geared transmission is disposed parallel to the continuously variable transmission, and is adapted to establish speed ratio that cannot be established by continuously variable transmission; and friction clutch is brought into engagement to switch torque transmission route from a route including the geared transmission to a route including the continuously variable transmission. Vehicle control system configured to start speed change operation of continuously variable transmission before the friction clutch is brought into engagement completely when switching torque transmission route from the route including the geared transmission to the route including the continuously variable transmission. |
US10065646B2 |
Vehicle engine stop control device
An engine stop control device is provided for a vehicle that ensures a sufficient operation frequency of coast stop operation during travel on a congested road, thereby to improve practical fuel economy. The vehicle has an engine that is capable of being restarted. A controller is configured to stop the engine automatically when the vehicle, after experiencing a travel with a vehicle speed VSP exceeding a first threshold value, decreases the speed below a CS (coast stop) start vehicle speed. The controller is further configured to set a second threshold value below the first threshold value. The controller is further configured, after starting from an engine automatic stop due to the coast stop control and when the vehicle experiences travel exceeding the second threshold value without exceeding the first threshold value, to permit the automatic engine stop due to the coast stop control at least once. |
US10065644B2 |
Vehicle control system
A vehicle control system to configured to operate a vehicle autonomously while keeping a safe distance from a preceding vehicle is provided. The vehicle control system is configured to operate the vehicle autonomously to follow a preceding vehicle while keeping a predetermined distance, and to determine a presence of a passenger in the vehicle. If the vehicle is operated autonomously to follow the preceding vehicle while carrying a passenger, the vehicle control system selects a longest distance from the preceding vehicle. |
US10065642B2 |
Motor vehicle having a distance-related speed control system and having a lane departure warning system
A motor vehicle includes a distance related speed control system, wherein if the motor vehicle is following a vehicle driving in front, a target distance from the vehicle driving in front chosen by the driver is generally set, and wherein for a distance-shortening turn signal effect time when a turn signal is set, a shortened target distance is set. The motor vehicle further has a lane departure warning system, wherein a warning that is generally activated if there is a risk of an unintentional lane departure is suppressed for a specified warning-suppressing turn signal effect time after the setting of the turn signal. The warning-suppressing turn signal effect time begins simultaneously with the distance-shortening turn signal effect time, wherein these two turn signal effect times are specified to have the same length. |
US10065641B2 |
Brake fade and brake capacity based powertrain operation
A cruise control system for a vehicle includes a controller configured to maintain a speed of the vehicle about a setpoint, and in response to predicted brake capacity falling below a threshold based on predicted brake fade, reduce the setpoint and downshift a transmission of the vehicle to increase negative torque to reduce brake fade. Also, a powertrain of a vehicle includes an engine, an automatic transmission coupled with the engine, and a controller. The controller is configured to maintain a speed of the vehicle about a setpoint, and in response to a predicted brake capacity falling below a threshold based on predicted brake fade, reduce the setpoint and downshift the transmission to increase a negative torque. |
US10065636B2 |
Vehicle tire saturation estimator
A vehicle and associated method for calculating tire saturation is provided. The method may include the stability control computer calculating slip ratio and longitudinal force for the tire, calculating tire longitudinal stiffness by dividing longitudinal force by slip ratio, calculating tire saturation from tire longitudinal stiffness, and the stability control computer altering dynamic control of the vehicle based on calculated tire saturation. The stability control computer may calculate tire saturation from a tire saturation membership function which includes a first tire longitudinal stiffness value representing an unsaturated tire, a second tire longitudinal stiffness value representing a saturated tire, and a function line connecting the first tire longitudinal stiffness value to the second tire longitudinal stiffness value. |
US10065634B2 |
Energy management control device for hybrid vehicle
An energy management control device for a hybrid vehicle has an energy management controller that suppresses an occurrence of a condition in which an EV start is not possible due to insufficient battery charge capacity when an engagement clutch fails. When the energy management controller has determined that one of the engagement clutches has failed that is used to carry out an EV start using a first motor generator as a drive source that receives electrical power from a high-power battery when starting the vehicle, energy management maps are used in energy management control, which have a usage SOC range that is broader than the usage SOC range of the normal energy management map, which is used during normal operation. |
US10065632B2 |
Method and arrangement for operating a hybrid electrical vehicle
A method is provided for operating a hybrid electric vehicle including an internal combustion engine and an electrical system, which electrical system includes at least one electronic control unit, an engine-driven electric machine (operable as a motor for driving the vehicle or as a generator for supplying power to one or more electrical loads via a high voltage traction bus, and a high voltage battery pack coupled to the high voltage traction bus by at least one contactor arranged to connect the battery pack to the high voltage traction bus. If it is determined that the at least one parameter indicates a condition preventing the battery pack from being connected to the high voltage bus, the electric machine is operated in voltage control mode during operation of the vehicle until the condition is eliminated, whereafter the high voltage bus is pre-charged and the high voltage battery pack reconnected. |
US10065631B2 |
Method for online adaptation of a characteristic of a hybrid vehicle
A method for the online adaptation of a characteristic of a hybrid vehicle having a hybridized drive train with an electric drive that can be supplied with electricity from an electrical energy storage arrangement. The characteristic is used for the selection of an operating mode and/or for determining an operating point of the drive train. The characteristic is adapted by establishing partition boundaries that divide a range of states of charge into a plurality of regions, at least one of the partition boundaries can be variably determined during the operation of the vehicle; predetermining a profile of the characteristic depending on a state of charge of the energy storage arrangement, and online adaptation of the characteristic in the event of a shift of at least one of the variable partition boundaries. |
US10065620B2 |
Electronic parking brake system in vehicle and control method thereof
Disclosed herein are an electronic parking brake system and a method of controlling the same. The electronic parking brake system includes a parking brake driving part applying or releasing a parking brake of a vehicle, and a control part configured to control the parking brake driving part. The control part ends a release operation of the parking brake based on an apply time interval of the parking brake, a time interval between a release operation start point of the parking brake and a time point when arrived on a predetermined current level, and a current applied to the parking brake. |
US10065616B2 |
Apparatus and method for a motion control system
A motion control system adapted for use on a vehicle having a prime mover with a power range and a speed range and at least one wheel. The preferred motion control system comprises a first control device that is operatively connected to the prime mover, a pump that is operatively connected to the prime mover and adapted to convey fluid, a second control device that is operatively connected to the pump, a fluid line that is adapted to convey fluid from the pump, a motor that is adapted to receive fluid from the fluid line and control the rotational speed of the at least one wheel, and a microprocessor that is adapted to provide a required amount of power and speed infinitely proportional through the power and speed range of the prime mover. A method for controlling the motion of a vehicle. |
US10065615B2 |
Simulation device for an electronically controlled braking apparatus (BBW), and method of applying a contrast action
A simulation device for an electrically controlled braking apparatus of a vehicle with an electric motor having a motorized axis slant in relation to the translation axis of the strut of the pedal group, a contrast body connected to the strut, a main abutment wall and an elastic contrast element, disposed between the main abutment wall and the contrast body. The method of applying the contrast action to the pedal provides for activating, when the flattening action of the pedal by the user is terminated, the motor to achieve an inactive configuration in which the useful distance of maximum compression of the elastic contrast element is minimal. |
US10065612B2 |
Vehicle low pressure brake arrangement
A vehicle braking arrangement includes a braking plate and a link arm arranged to connect the braking plate to a vehicle. The braking plate is movable from a rest position to a braking position where contact is made with the ground. The braking plate is arranged for a first mode of operation, corresponding to the rest position, and a second mode of operation, corresponding to the braking position. In the first mode of operation, the braking plate has a first contact area arranged to face the ground, and in the second mode of operation, the braking plate has a second contact area arranged to face the ground. The second area exceeds the first area. |
US10065610B2 |
Peripheral information detection device and self-driving vehicle
A peripheral information detection device includes a device body that is mounted with sensors each including a detection section that detects peripheral information, and a wiping mechanism that wipes off foreign objects that have adhered to locations of the device body facing the detection sections. |
US10065605B1 |
Multiple wiper blade system and assembly
A multiple windshield wiper assembly is disclosed. The multiple windshield wiper assembly may comprise a first wiper assembly having a squeegee blade; a second wiper assembly having a scraper blade, the second wiper assembly being coupled to the first wiper assembly by a windshield wiper assembly connector; wherein the scraper blade comprises an attachment surface for engaging a wiper assembly, a scraper surface for engaging a windshield, a channel for conducting wiper fluid, a plurality of apertures for disbursement of the wiper fluid onto a windshield, and a water connection fitting for connection of the scraper blade to a vehicle water supply hose. A number of embodiments of a windshield wiper assembly connector for use in connecting one or more windshield wiper assemblies to pin-type and hookslot-type wiper arms are also disclosed. |
US10065589B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting a collision
A method for setting activation parameters for a vehicle safety system of a subject vehicle. The method includes determining whether a collision between a subject vehicle and an object is imminent or in progress. Whether the collision will be a front small overlap collision is determined, and activation parameters of a vehicle safety system are set in a front small overlap collision mode if the collision is determined to be a front small overlap collision. |
US10065584B2 |
Generation voltage determination apparatus and generation voltage control system
An electric load medium works at a generation voltage of a generator while at least one processor is controlling the generation voltage of the generator considering a traveling state of a vehicle. The generation voltage of the generator is controlled considering the traveling state of the vehicle, when a first condition that a value that indicates a state of charge of a battery of the vehicle that is charged by power generated by the generator is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold is satisfied, and a second condition that the vehicle is during deceleration is satisfied. Otherwise, the generation voltage of the generator is controlled considering working of the electric load medium. |
US10065581B2 |
Vehicle pillar structure
A vehicle pillar structure comprising: a pillar member configuring a skeleton of a vehicle; a reinforcement member disposed inside the pillar member, bridging a pair of side portions of the pillar member, and reinforcing the pillar member; and an infrared transmission inhibition member, the infrared transmission inhibition member covering the reinforcement member at least from a design surface side of the pillar member and inhibiting transmission of infrared radiation. |
US10065573B2 |
Monitor stowage device
A monitor stowage device for stowing a monitor into a stowage component, the monitor capable of being opened and closed. The monitor stowage device comprises a motor and an opening-closing mechanism. The motor supplies drive force to the opening-closing mechanism to open and close the monitor. The drive force from the motor is transmitted to the opening-closing mechanism, and the opening-closing mechanism changes the state of the monitor from a closed state to an open state, the closed state in which the monitor is stowed in a stowage space of the stowage component such that the long-side direction of the monitor is aligned with a direction substantially perpendicular to the width direction of the stowage section, and the open state being a state in which the monitor is deployed in such a manner that the long-side direction of the monitor is aligned with the lateral direction. |
US10065572B2 |
Display device for a motor vehicle, having a force sensor, a motor vehicle, and a method
The invention relates to a display device (2) for a motor vehicle (1) having a mirror apparatus (13) which has a display element (7) with a semi-transparent mirror surface, and having a drive apparatus (15) by means of which the mirror apparatus (13) can be moved between a storage position and a position of use, wherein the mirror apparatus (13) has a sensor apparatus (22) which is configured to detect, in the position of use of the mirror apparatus (13), a force applied to the display element (7). |
US10065566B1 |
Hitch mountable carrier wagon
A carrier attachment method which allows a user to easily and quickly attach and detach a carrier wagon to and from a vehicle. The method includes a tubular mounting hitch, a vertical rail, a motorized linear actuator, an L-shaped mounting beam, an interconnecting plate, and the carrier wagon. The motorized linear actuator raises and lowers the carrier wagon. The vertical rail is terminally and perpendicularly connected to the tubular mounting hitch. The tubular mounting hitch is attached to a vehicle hitch. The motorized linear actuator is positioned parallel and offset to the vertical rail. A foot of the motorized linear actuator is attached to the tubular mounting hitch. The L-shaped mounting beam attaches to the carrier wagon and is positioned adjacent to the vertical rail. The interconnecting plate is mounted in between the L-shaped mounting beam and the motorized linear actuator, and further is slidably mounted along the vertical rail. |
US10065564B2 |
Hinge assembly for a cargo system and method of securing a lid to a cargo bin
A system comprises a hinge assembly and an anchor. The anchor has a base, a head, and a pin connecting the base and the head. The hinge assembly has an aperture and a notch narrower than the aperture extending from the aperture. The head fits through the aperture, and the notch is configured to receive the pin when the hinge assembly is translated toward the pin with the head through the aperture. The hinge assembly releasably clips to the pin to retain the hinge assembly in an engaged position when the notch receives the pin. The system may be a cargo system in a vehicle, with the lid serving as a vehicle load floor. A method of securing a lid to a cargo bin in a vehicle utilizes the system. |
US10065563B2 |
Light emitting diode failure detection system for a vehicle
A light failure detection system for use in a vehicle having a plurality of light emitting diode lighting devices includes a plurality of voltage level monitoring circuits and plurality of current monitoring circuits for measuring the voltage and current draw of a plurality of lighting circuits. A voltage drop circuit enabling the plurality of voltage level monitoring circuits and the plurality of current monitoring circuits to measure current and voltage at an adjusted input voltage is also provided. The system a learn mode for monitoring the lighting circuits with the plurality of voltage level monitoring circuits and the plurality of current monitoring circuits to determine threshold voltage and current levels for the lighting circuits. An adjusted threshold current, based on a voltage sensitivity and a sensed temperature, is calculated and a fault is indicated when a measured current is above or below the adjusted threshold current by a predetermined value. |
US10065562B2 |
Vehicle collision avoidance
A monitoring area may be defined for a monitoring device attached to a first object, wherein the monitoring area moves with the monitoring device. The monitoring device may detect a second object in the monitoring area. A collision awareness factor may be determined in relation to the monitoring area, and a warning zone may be defined in relation to the monitoring area based on the collision awareness factor. A warning may be generated based on detecting the second object within the warning zone and based on the collision awareness factor. |
US10065561B1 |
System and method for vehicle noise masking
Embodiments are disclosed for generating masking sounds in a vehicle, such as an at least partially electric vehicle. An example sound generation system in a vehicle includes a speaker, a processor, and a storage device holding instructions executable by the processor to modulate a sound characteristic of a first frequency range of a synthetic sound to generate a modulated synthetic sound portion while maintaining the sound characteristic of a second frequency range of the synthetic sound that is lower than the first frequency range to generate an unmodulated synthetic sound portion. The instructions are further executable to output a combined synthetic sound including both the modulated synthetic sound portion and the unmodulated synthetic sound portion. The sound characteristic of the first frequency range may be modulated as a function of a vehicle operating parameter. |
US10065560B2 |
Device for lighting the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle
The invention concerns a device for lighting the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. The device includes a variable light-emitting element adapted to generate selectively a light beam having at least one variable characteristic, and a device for measuring the ambient temperature in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. A device for controlling the variable light-emitting element is configured to control the emission of the light beam and to vary the variable characteristic of the light-emitting element as a function of the ambient temperature measured by the device for measuring. |
US10065558B2 |
Illumination device for projecting light in a predetermined illumination pattern on a surface
An illumination device projects light in a predetermined illumination pattern on a surface. The illumination device includes a housing having a cavity and an aperture. The illumination device includes a light module for selectively emitting the light and a screen at least partially disposed in the cavity between the light module and the aperture. The screen has at least one opening defining a base pattern configuration corresponding to the predetermined illumination pattern for aligning the light through the opening into the base pattern configuration and subsequently projecting the light through the aperture onto the surface in the predetermined illumination pattern. The illumination device includes a condensing lens disposed between the light module and the screen for collimating the light toward the screen and an objective lens arrangement disposed between the screen and the aperture for transforming the light from the base pattern configuration into the predetermined illumination pattern. |
US10065557B2 |
Rear-road surface illumination apparatus
A rear-road surface illumination apparatus is provided which includes: an avoidance determiner 30 to determine whether to provide a display to induce a following vehicle to avoid a vehicle, on the basis of vehicle information; and a controller 9 to cause an illumination light 10 to illuminate a rear road surface with light having illumination information that induces the following vehicle to avoid the vehicle when the avoidance determiner 30 determines to provide a display to induce the following vehicle to avoid the vehicle. Therefore, the rear-road surface illumination apparatus can indicate the existence of the vehicle to the following vehicle, to give the existence of the vehicle prominence, and can also make it easy to notify the driver of the following vehicle about what the driver of the vehicle desires the driver of the following vehicle to do. |
US10065553B2 |
Continuous snap in track system
A continuous snap in track system (200) is used with a residential vehicle (202) equipped with a slide-out room (204) protruding through at least one side wall of the residential vehicle (202). The slide-out room (204) includes an outer room wall (206). As the slide-out room (204) is extended, a gap (208) is formed between the room wall (206) and the residential vehicle sidewall (207). The system (200) includes a vertical seal assembly (210) and a horizontal seal assembly (212). The horizontal seal assembly (212) runs along the top wall or ceiling. The vertical seal assembly (210) and horizontal seal assembly (212) are coupled together through the use of a corner seal assembly (214). The system (200) includes a pair of jacket assemblies (220) coupled together through the use of a flexible hinge assembly (226). Each assembly (220) includes a leg (230) having a main body (232) and a straight edge (234). D-bulb channels (236) are positioned in the outer edge of each of the jacket legs (230) and hold components (238) including D-bulbs (240). Integral with the D-bulbs (240) are dart components (242). The components (240) are adapted to “snap-in” to the channels (236) of each jacket leg (230). The flexible hinge assembly (228) includes a pair of wipes (258). A recessed tape area (260) and a retention clip (262) are also provided. These elements function with respect to replacement of the wipes (258). |
US10065541B2 |
Horizontal vibration device for a vehicle seat
The invention relates to a horizontal vibration device for a vehicle seat, comprising a damper module which damps horizontal vibrations between a seat-side upper part and a body-side lower part in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and/or in the width direction of the vehicle, and comprising a regulating/control module for regulating and/or controlling the damper module, said damper module being arranged in an interspace between the seat-side upper part and the body-side lower part. The horizontal vibration device is further characterized in that the damper module comprises at least one hydraulic vibration damper, said at least one hydraulic vibration damper being fluidically connected to a volume equalizing module. |
US10065531B2 |
Vehicle seat and method for adjusting a vehicle seat
A vehicle seat and method for adjusting the vehicle seat uses a hinge mechanism (18), a guide mechanism (20), and a single actuation device (22) designed to function selectively either in a backrest control mode, acting on the blocking device (28) in order to move the blocking device (28) towards the release position, or in a track (30) control mode, acting on the locking device (36) in order to move the locking device (36) towards the unlocking position. The actuation device (22) is controlled by a user to cause the actuation device to function either in backrest control mode or in track (30) control mode. |
US10065529B1 |
Child safety seat anchor assembly
The problem of a front seat occupant moving the front seatback so far so as to interfere with the proper positioning of a rear-facing child safety seat or to touch a child's legs while sitting in a front-facing child safety seat is solved by transforming the lower anchor into a segment of an electrical circuit with a normally open switch that is forced to the closed position when a child safety seat attachment system has attached to the lower anchor and the vehicle prevents the front seat from moving beyond a present distance toward the rear seat. The closing of the electrical circuit can be used to supply an input signal to a controller in the vehicle programmed to notify the operator that a child safety seat has been attached to prevent the front seat from moving beyond a fixed distance from the rear seat. |
US10065521B2 |
System and method for using solar power to supplement power in a DC electrical system
In one method of using solar power as a supplemental power source in a DC system of a vehicle, the voltage of a vehicle battery is measured to determine if an alternator is operating. Upon determining that the alternator is running, a solar charge controller sets the voltage set-point to be about 0.1 Volts higher than the voltage produced by the alternator. This allows the solar panel to contribute up to the full power capability of the solar panel to the DC power system, even though the battery may be fully charged, which reduces the load on the alternator, thereby improving fuel economy. |
US10065513B2 |
Device for inductively transmitting energy and method for operating a device for inductively transmitting energy
The invention relates to inductive energy transmission from a primary coil (12) to a secondary coil (22) having an additional operating state. By means of this two-sided regulation, a primary-side and secondary-side control of the power electronics is performed in accordance with a predetermined operational strategy. Thus, even in the case of unfavorable coupling factors, for example, the efficiency of the inductive energy transmission can be increased, the magnetic field in the air gap between the primary coil (12) and the secondary coil (22) can be minimized, and the inductive energy transmission can be optimized. This optimized operational strategy is enabled by means of a newly introduced idle state, which permits periodic short-circuiting of the secondary side by means of switches on the secondary side (S5, S6) of the inductive energy transmission system. The invention is preferably used in the charging of the battery of an electric vehicle (4), but other applications are also possible. |
US10065507B1 |
Speed restriction systems using eddy currents
The current subject matter describes a device and system including one or more movable arms containing one or more magnets that are caused to move relative to a non-ferrous material by motion of the device to generate eddy currents that cause a braking of the device. Devices of this disclosure may include a wheel with arms having magnets and that move from centrifugal force caused by rotation of the arms within a wheel. The applied braking force is controlled due, in part, to the configuration of the non-ferrous material in which eddy currents are generated. Devices may additionally or alternately include arms with magnets that move relative to a non-ferrous rail when the device moves to generate eddy currents that cause additional braking of the device. |
US10065501B2 |
Control system for an all-wheel clutch
A method and a corresponding controller for the four-wheel drive of a motor vehicle are described, consisting of a clutch (AK) disposed in the drive train between a primary axle and a secondary axle (VA, HA) of the four-wheel drive, by means of which the drive torque of a primary axle (KHA, HA) driven by an engine (VKM, SG) can be distributed to a secondary axle (KVA, VA), wherein the controller (S) has a signal connection to the clutch (AK) and to sensors recording the revolution rates of at least one wheel of the primary axle (HA) and one wheel of the secondary axle (VA) and the clutch (AK) is controlled by means of the controller (S) below a specified torque such that a significantly reduced transfer of torque to the secondary axle (VA) is carried out. |
US10065500B2 |
Vehicle body structure of autonomous traveling vehicle
To provide a vehicle body structure for an autonomous traveling vehicle equipped with wheels arranged to a chassis thereof, including; side frames arranged on both sides in a width direction of the chassis and each extended in a longitudinal direction of the chassis; a first drive unit having a drive motor, a drive shaft, a first pulley and a first pulley box; a second drive unit having an axle for supporting the wheel and a second pulley and a second pulley box; and an endless belt. The first pulley box has a first opening formed on a side surface, with respect to an axial direction of the drive shaft while the second pulley box has a second opening formed on a side surface with respect to an axial direction of the axle. The vehicle body structure includes bearing covers for covering the first and second openings. |
US10065499B2 |
Vehicle power transfer unit (PTU) with planetary gear set
One implementation of a vehicle power transfer unit (PTU) assembly—such as thatfor an automobile—includes an input shaft, a planetary gear set, an intermediate shaft, a ring gear, and an output gear. The planetary gear set includes a sun gear, multiple planet gears, and an annular gear. The sun gear is attached to a housing of the vehicle PTU and does not rotate in use. The planet gears are interconnected to the input shaft and are driven by the input shaft. The annular gear is in turn driven by the planet gears. The intermediate shaft is interconnected to and driven by the annular gear. The ring gear is interconnected to the intermediate shaft, and the output gear is driven by the ring gear. |
US10065496B2 |
Filler neck closure with drainage system
A fuel-tank filler apparatus includes a fuel-tank filler neck and a filler neck closure. A flapper door is provided to control access to a fuel-conducting passageway formed in the fuel-tank filler neck. |
US10065495B2 |
Filler neck for a fuel tank of a motor vehicle
The invention relates to a filler neck (1) for a fuel tank of a motor vehicle having at least one tubular section (3) provided in the region of the filler inlet (2) in order to receive the outlet pipe of a fuel delivery nozzle (5), and a flame barrier (4) which is provided in the tubular section (3) and surrounds the outlet pipe of the fuel delivery nozzle (5) in the inserted state, wherein the flame barrier (4) includes at least two segments (6) which are mounted resiliently in the radial direction of the tubular section (3), the diameter of the opening (7) in the flame barrier (4) for the outlet pipe of the fuel delivery nozzle (5) being smaller in the prestressed state of the segments (6) than the diameter of the outlet pipe of the fuel delivery nozzle (5). |
US10065494B2 |
Cooling apparatus for vehicle
The interior of the first reservoir is open to the atmospheric air. A first liquid retaining portion and a first air retaining portion are provided in the first reservoir. The interior of the second reservoir is sealed. A second liquid retaining portion and a second air retaining portion are provided in the second reservoir. A communicating portion allows communication between the second air retaining portion and the first liquid retaining portion. The opening of the communicating portion in the first liquid retaining portion is located lower than a minimum water level of the first liquid retaining portion. The opening of the communicating portion in the second air retaining portion is located higher than a maximum water level of the first liquid retaining portion. |
US10065493B2 |
Vehicle with electric transaxle
A vehicle comprises a transaxle, a battery and a load carrying bed. The transaxle includes a casing incorporating a drive train and supporting an axle and includes an electric motor mounted on the casing to drive the axle via the drive train. The battery is provided for supplying electric power to the electric motor. The transaxle and the battery are disposed below the load carrying bed so as to overlap the load carrying bed when viewed in plan. |
US10065490B2 |
Structure for mounting electric storage apparatus
A structure for mounting an electric storage apparatus includes the electric storage apparatus outputting an energy for use in running of a vehicle, a vehicle body including a recessed portion housing the electric storage apparatus, a fastening member fixing the electric storage apparatus to the recessed portion, and a reinforce. The reinforce is disposed at a position surrounding the electric storage apparatus together with the recessed portion and is fixed to the vehicle body. The reinforce presses the electric storage apparatus against the recessed portion. |
US10065489B2 |
Drive axle of electric distribution torque
An electric drive axle comprises: a housing; a drive motor having an output shaft for outputting torque; a main reducer configured to perform two-stage reduction to amplify the torque outputted from the output shaft; a differential including a differential housing, a planetary gear shaft, a left and right drive shafts rotating about an axis of rotation; a torque vectoring motor; a double row planetary gear reduction mechanism configured to amplify power outputted from the torque vectoring motor; a double row planetary gear torque vectoring mechanism connected to the double row planetary gear reduction mechanism and configure to receive torque outputted from the double row planetary gear reduction mechanism and output reverse torque in contrast to the torque received; and a single row double planetary gear coupling mechanism providing opposite direction torques to the left and right drive shafts respectively. |
US10065488B2 |
Trim panel
A vehicle door trim panel (1) is provided with a water drainage portion constituted by an upper wall (3) and a lower wall (4). The upper wall (3) is provided with a water inlet aperture (8), and the lower wall (4) is provided with a water outlet aperture (9). The invention also relates to a vehicle door, and a vehicle. |
US10065484B2 |
Vehicle member attachment structure and rear spoiler attachment structure
A recess is formed at a door outer panel, and a reference pin provided at a rear spoiler abuts a front wall of the recess, thereby enabling the rear spoiler to be positioned with respect to a back door in a vehicle front-rear direction and a vehicle vertical direction. |
US10065482B1 |
Vehicle flow influencing assembly and method
An exemplary vehicle flow influencing assembly includes a deflector formed together with a seal that provides a portion of a glass run for a side window of a vehicle. The deflector projects outward from the vehicle when the side window is lowered such that the deflector influences flow over an opening to a passenger compartment of the vehicle. A vehicle flow influencing assembly includes a pillar that is directly forward a side window of a vehicle, and a deflector configured to influence flow over an opening to a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The opening is provided by positioning the side window in an open position. The deflector extends longitudinally in a direction aligned with the pillar. The deflector projects outward from a primary surface of the pillar when the side window is closed and when the side window is open. |
US10065479B1 |
System and method for minimizing air leak in an HVAC unit
A heating, ventilation, and air condition (HVAC) unit may include a casing, an evaporator, a heater core, and a first damper. The casing may define a front airflow passageway, a rear airflow passageway having an inlet, and first and second outlets in fluid communication with the rear airflow passageway. The evaporator and the heater core may be disposed within the casing. The first damper may be disposed within the casing between the evaporator and the heater core and movable between a first position in which airflow is directed to the heater core and a second position in which airflow is directed away from the heater core. Airflow across the evaporator from the front airflow passageway to the rear airflow passageway is directed to the first and second outlets when the first damper is moved from the first position toward the second position. |
US10065476B2 |
Device for controlling a vehicle lighting and/or signalling system
A device for controlling a lighting and/or signaling system of a vehicle that includes a controller adapted to determine a dew point temperature value inside the system from at least one value of the temperature inside the system and at least one value of the relative humidity inside the system. |
US10065475B2 |
Air discharge assembly unit, especially for routing air into the interior space of a vehicle
An air discharge assembly unit, especially for routing air (L) into the interior space (70) of a vehicle, includes an air routing duct (28) for routing primary air (H) from a primary air inlet area (18) to an air outlet area (40). A flow cross-sectional area of the air routing duct (28) decreases, at least in some areas away from the primary air inlet area (18), in the direction of the air outlet area (40) up to a duct area (30) with minimal flow cross-sectional area. A secondary air inlet area (41) is provided for the inlet of secondary air (N) into the air routing duct (28), in the area of the duct area (30), with minimal flow cross-sectional area. |
US10065465B2 |
Articulating coupler
The present disclosure includes an articulated coupler for attachment between a towed vehicle and a towing vehicle. The articulated coupler includes a first attachment member for attachment to the towing vehicle and a second attachment member for attachment to the towed vehicle. A ball joint member extends between the first and second attachment member. The ball joint member includes a ball at a proximal end and an elongated portion at a distal end such that the elongate portion is attachable to the first attachment member and the ball is attached to the second attachment member. The ball is retained to the second attachment member with a collar. The collar may have an aperture with an elliptical shape and a surface with a concave shape for defining a pivotal range of motion. The ball joint member may be pivotal relative to the first attachment member and may be rotatable and pivotal relative to the second attachment member. |
US10065464B2 |
Medical stimulation device providing non-regular electrical stimulation patterns for treating neurological disorders
Systems and methods for stimulation of neurological tissue and generation stimulation trains with temporal patterns of stimulation, in which the interval between electrical pulses (the inter-pulse intervals) changes or varies over time. The features of the stimulation trains may be selected and arranged algorithmically to by clinical trial. These stimulation trains are generated to target a specific neurological disorder, by arranging sets of features which reduce symptoms of that neurological disorder into a pattern which is effective at reducing those symptoms while maintaining or reducing power consumption versus regular stimulation signals. Compared to conventional continuous, high rate pulse trains having regular (i.e., constant) inter-pulse intervals, the non-regular (i.e., not constant) pulse patterns or trains that embody features of the invention provide increased efficacy and/or a lower than average frequency. |
US10065463B2 |
Inflation work station
An inflation work station for inflating a tire-wheel assembly including a tire mounted to a wheel is disclosed. The inflation work station includes at least one inflation probe including a female portion and a male portion. The male portion is arrangeable with respect to the female portion in one of a non-mated orientation such that the at least one inflation probe is arranged in an offline orientation and a mated orientation such that the at least one inflation probe is arranged in an online orientation. The inflation work station further includes a working device including a controller, at least one movement actuator connected to the controller and the at least one inflation probe. The at least one movement actuator imparts movement to the male portion to result in the online/offline orientation of the at least one inflation probe. The inflation work station includes at least one valve connected to the controller and the at least one inflation probe. The inflation workstation includes at least one pressurized fluid source connected to the at least one inflation probe by way of the at least one valve to permit or deny communication of a pressurized fluid of the at least one pressurized fluid source to a cavity formed by the tire-wheel assembly for inflating the tire-wheel assembly. A method is also disclosed. |
US10065462B2 |
Device for assembling-disassembling a tyred wheel, as well as machine comprising such a device
The present invention concerns a device for assembling-disassembling a tired wheel (TW) comprising a support component, an extension or stem component connected to the support component, a working tool articulated to the extension or stem component and actuation means intended to drive the sliding of the extension or stem component with respect to the support component. |
US10065460B2 |
Method for monitoring an air pressure in at least one tyre of a motor vehicle
A method for monitoring an air pressure in at least one tire of a motor vehicle, wherein at least one air pressure in the tire is detected by at least one measuring electronics unit present in the tire and data is transmitted by the measuring electronics unit to a control unit. Depending on the data, the control unit activates components of the motor vehicle to generate optical and/or acoustic signals. The control unit is switched into an after-running mode for a defined period of time when an ignition of the motor vehicle is shut off, in which mode the control unit can continue to receive data from the measuring electronics unit and may activate components of the motor vehicle to generate optical and/or acoustic signals. |
US10065449B2 |
Luminous fluid sculptures
The present disclosure describes a system and method for shaping and energizing fluids that can generate luminous fluid sculptures. The method comprises sculpting the pattern and/or shape of a plurality of fluids using nonvisible forces such as mechanically generated turbulence, controlled movement through a shaped chamber, magnetic fields, vibration, gravity, or other forces; energizing the sculpted fluids so that they emit visible light using sources of nonvisible energy such as chemicals, heat, electrical currents, electromagnetic radiation, or other sources; and controlling the color of the emitted light using chemical additives, selected wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, layering of selected chemicals, or other methods. |
US10065447B2 |
Drawing book
An erasable, polymeric paged writing book for small children, with textured, flexible, bordered pages and an internal spine to spread the book flat. The pages have rounded corners. The book closes by hook-and-loop tab. The pages have a smaller profile than the covers, for resistance to wear and distortion. A fold-away pocket holds chalk and grease pencils. Optionally, a pleated storage compartment is on one of the covers. The pages have a smaller profile than the covers, for resistance to wear and distortion. |
US10065445B2 |
Binding component
A binding component includes ring back portions, first ring arm portions, second ring arm portions and a back part to which the ring back portions are connected. Each ring back portion, each first ring arm portion and each second ring arm portion forms an annular ring part. Each ring part includes fitting portions at places where the ring back portion and the first and second ring arm portions are connected. The fitting portions are configured to be fitted by an operation of opening and closing the first and second ring arm portions with hinge portions of the ring back portion. Each fitting portion includes at least one first fitting convex portion, at least one first fitting concave portion to engage with the first fitting convex portion, at least one second fitting convex portion and a second fitting concave portion to engage with the second fitting convex portion. |
US10065441B2 |
Counterfeiting detection using machine readable indicia
This disclosure relates to counterfeit detection and deterrence using advanced signal processing technology including steganographic embedding and digital watermarking. Digital watermark can be used on consumer products, labels, logos, hang tags, stickers and other objects to provide counterfeit detection mechanisms. |
US10065437B2 |
Printer
A printer includes a print head; a platen roller; a frame, to which the print head or the platen roller is attached, that includes a frame body, a sidewall that is perpendicularly bent from the frame body with respect to a longitudinal direction of the platen roller, and a back surface member that is bent from the frame body in parallel to the longitudinal direction of the platen roller, the back surface member including an end portion and a support portion provided to support the sidewall from an inner side and an outer side of the sidewall, respectively, the sidewall being supported by the back surface member while being interposed between the end portion the support portion of the back surface member. |
US10065435B1 |
Selectively powering multiple microwave energy sources of a dryer for a printing system
Systems and methods for selectively powering multiple microwave energy sources in a dryer of a printing system. One embodiment is a microwave dryer that includes microwave energy sources configured to generate electromagnetic energy to dry a wet colorant applied to a continuous-form print media by a printer. The microwave dryer also includes waveguides configured to transport the electromagnetic energy. The waveguides include a passageway to pass the print media through the waveguides as the print media travels along a media path. A long axis of each the waveguides are positioned in a direction along the media path, and each waveguide is coupled to a different microwave source to section the electromagnetic energy into regions that are distinct from one another in a direction across the media path. The microwave dryer further includes a controller configured to regulate a power output for each of the microwave energy sources. |
US10065430B2 |
Fluid droplet ejection device and ejection inspection method
A print unit prints by ejecting fluid droplets from a plurality of nozzles while moving in a primary scanning direction relative to a print medium. An ejection inspection unit inspects fluid droplet ejection by a group of target nozzles, which are part of an ejection nozzle subset obtained by dividing the nozzles according to the number of nozzles required to form the smallest printing width in the secondary scanning direction. A control unit controls the print unit and the ejection inspection unit, and selects the group of target nozzles in the ejection nozzle subset and performs the ejection inspection each time a specific amount of printing is completed. |
US10065426B2 |
Liquid storing tank having a first chamber and a second chamber below the first chamber
There is provided a tank including a liquid inlet port, an atmosphere open port, a liquid outflow port, a first liquid chamber having a first atmosphere communication channel, a second liquid chamber being in communication with the first liquid chamber and having a second atmosphere communication channel, and a liquid channel. The liquid inside the liquid channel is movable along with a liquid consumption of a liquid consuming device connected to the tank. With the tank in a usage posture, when the liquid is stored in the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber, the liquid level of the liquid stored in the first liquid chamber is formed independently from the liquid level of the liquid stored in the second liquid chamber. |
US10065424B2 |
Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus
A liquid ejecting head includes: a nozzle plate provided with nozzle openings; an actuator unit including a flow channel formation substrate in which pressure generation chambers are provided and piezoelectric actuators that cause a change in the pressure of the liquid within respective pressure generation chambers; a communication substrate in which communication channels that communicate between the pressure generation chambers and corresponding nozzle openings are provided; a first case member that is a frame member affixed to the communication substrate so that the actuator unit is disposed within the first case member and that, along with the actuator unit, forms a manifold that holds the liquid to be supplied to the pressure generation chambers; and a second case member that is affixed to the first case member and in which is formed an introduction channel that sends the liquid from the exterior to the manifold. |
US10065423B2 |
Liquid discharge device, liquid discharge control method, and recording medium
A liquid discharge device includes: a liquid discharge head; a nozzle array disposed on the head in a conveyance direction; a movement driver that moves the head to discharge liquid from the nozzle array in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction in a reciprocating manner; a discharge driver that causes the head to discharge the liquid; a conveyor that conveys an object; and a controller that acquires an amount of conveyance of the object by the conveyor over a period during which the head moves from a predetermined position to a position where the head is to discharge the liquid to a target pixel, and determines, on which reciprocating travelling of the head to discharge the liquid and from which nozzle in the nozzle array to discharge the liquid, based on the amount of conveyance. |
US10065422B2 |
Printhead with narrow aspect ratio
A printhead includes an aperture plate having an array of nozzles therethrough. The printhead further includes an array of jets fluidly connected to an ink supply chamber, each jet comprising a body chamber having a length:width ratio of at least 3:1. The body chamber comprises a first end, and a second end opposite the first end, the first end and the second end defining a height. Ink flows into body chamber through an inlet, and an outlet on the first end is fluidly connected to a nozzle. A diaphragm is present adjacent the second end of each body chamber in the array of jets. The body chambers are angled relative to a row of nozzles. |
US10065417B2 |
Temperature uniformity across an inkjet head using piezoelectric actuation
Systems and method of maintaining a uniform temperature distribution in an inkjet head. The inkjet head includes a plurality of ink channels that jet droplets of a liquid material onto a medium using piezoelectric actuators. A temperature controller includes a non-jetting pulse generator that provides non-jetting pulses to one or more of the piezoelectric actuators to generate heat. The non-jetting pulses cause the piezoelectric actuators to actuate without jetting a droplet from its corresponding ink channel. |
US10065416B2 |
Sequencing printers
In some examples, a controller of a printbar or a printhead copies firing instructions assigned, over a first network, to a plurality of shift registers, to a plurality of parallel registers and providing, over a second network, a primitive sequence including a respective firing order of each of a plurality of primitives included in the primitive sequence to the parallel registers. |
US10065414B2 |
Inkjet printing apparatus with wiper for inkjet head
An inkjet printing apparatus includes: a print bar unit having a print bar, a maintainer, and a movement driver; and a controller. Upon maintenance of an inkjet head of the print bar, the controller is configured to drive the movement driver to move the maintainer from a deployment position to a retreat position with the print bar arranged at a maintenance position above a height position for printing while wiping a nozzle surface of the inkjet head with the wiper of the maintainer being moved. The deployment position is a position under the inkjet head in maintenance of the inkjet head and the retreat position is a position where the maintainer is retreated from the deployment position. |
US10065412B2 |
Ink jet recording method
An ink jet recording method including the steps of applying onto a recording medium a treatment liquid containing a component which causes ink viscosity increase and a compound A having a polyalkylene glycol ether structure and having only one hydroxy group; and applying an ink onto the recording medium. The cloud point of the compound A measured by using a 1% by mass concentration aqueous solution of the compound A is 50° C. or more. |
US10065409B2 |
Threadable heat transfer press
A threadable heat transfer press includes an upper platen, a lower platen below the upper platen, a support head connected to one of the upper platen and the lower platen for moving the platens between an open position, when the platens are spaced away from one another, and a closed position, when the platens are pressed against each other. A vertical line extends from a geometric center of the lower platen and engaging the upper platen when the platens are in the closed position. The press further includes a support plate secured to the lower platen, a plurality of legs positioned below the lower platen, and a vertically extending support structure positioned between at least one of the plurality of legs and the support plate. The vertically extending support structure defines a throat spacing beneath the lower platen, which is spaced away from the geometric center of the lower platen. |
US10065407B2 |
Systems and methods for separation of thermal interface bond
In accordance with these and embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a circuit board, an information handling resource electrically coupled to the circuit board, and a mechanical mechanism configured to receive a user interaction at a mechanical mechanism, and, in response to the user interaction, separate a mechanical bond between the information handling resource and a component by applying a controlled force of the mechanical mechanism to the information handling resource at a controlled location of the information handling resource. |
US10065406B2 |
Methods of forming shape-retaining flexible glass-polymer laminates
A method of forming a flexible glass-polymer laminate structure includes heating a polymer layer to an elevated temperature of greater than 20° C. and below a working temperature of a flexible glass substrate adjacent the polymer layer. The flexible glass substrate has a thickness of no more than about 0.3 mm. The flexible glass substrate is shaped with the polymer layer at the elevated temperature. The polymer layer is cooled below the elevated temperature such that the flexible glass-polymer laminate structure maintains a non-planar formation. |
US10065405B2 |
Film for tire inner liner, method for manufacturing film for tire inner liner, pneumatic tire, and method for manufacturing pneumatic tire
This disclosure relates to a film for a tire inner liner film that may exhibit uniform excellent physical properties over all directions when applied to a tire, and may secure excellent durability and fatigue resistance in a tire manufacturing process or in an automobile running process, a method for manufacturing the film for a tire inner liner, a pneumatic tire using the tire inner liner film, and a method for manufacturing the pneumatic tire using the tire inner liner film. |
US10065404B2 |
In-line lamination of heavy-gauge polymer sheet with a pre-formed polymer film
A process for in-line laminating a heavy-gauge transparent polymer sheet with a pre-pre-formed polymer film to produce a laminated polymer sheet. The pre-formed polymer film can impart one or more aesthetic or functional elements to the heavy-gauge polymer sheet. The resulting laminate can have equivalent, or enhanced, properties as compared to conventionally-prepared laminates and can be formed into a variety of articles with multiple end uses. |
US10065394B2 |
Roofing membranes with pre-applied, cured, pressure-sensitive seam adhesives
A membrane composite comprising a polymeric membrane panel, an adhesive layer, and a release liner, where the adhesive layer is a pressure-sensitive adhesive that is at least partially cured, and includes at least two distinct regions with the at least two regions having distinct states of cure. |
US10065392B2 |
Stitched multi-layer fabric
A stitched multi-layer fabric including a face layer, a barrier layer disposed over the face layer, where the barrier layer is configured to inhibit fluid flow, a batting layer disposed over the barrier layer, a first yarn disposed over the batting layer, and a second yarn securing the first yarn to the batting layer, securing the face layer, the barrier layer, and the batting layer together, and forming stitch holes in the barrier layer. A melted portion of the barrier layer fills a portion of the stitch holes in the barrier layer. |
US10065390B2 |
Insulated fiberfill
An insulated fiberfill comprises a first fiber layer and a second fiber layer. The first fiber layer comprises an inner surface and multiple connecting portions arranged on the inner surface and spaced from each other. The second fiber layer is mounted on the inner surface, and comprises multiple joining portions respectively connected with the connecting portions and multiple folding portions inclined toward a same direction. Each of the folding portions is formed between two adjacent joining portions, leans against an adjacent folding portion, and covers at least one of the joining portions. Accordingly, the insulated fiberfill is beneficial for enhancing the capability of the coat and sleeping bag to keep the human body warm. Also, the fabricating steps of the coat and sleeping bag are simplified, and the fabricating time of the same is shortened. |
US10065388B2 |
Method for manufacturing hollow profiles, and hollow profile
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing hollow profiles, having the following method steps: providing an initial hollow profile which in an insertion wall and optionally in at least one intermediate wall displays an insertion opening, providing a support element which displays a bolt element, an engagement element, and support walls which are disposed between the bolt element and longitudinal flanks, passing through the support element through the insertion opening until the support walls are positioned in the initial hollow profile, engaging a tool on the engagement element, rotating the support element by means of the tool until regions of the longitudinal flanks touch inner walls of the initial hollow profile, connecting the regions of the longitudinal flanks to the initial hollow profile via the inner walls. |
US10065387B2 |
Reclosable pouch with leakproof closure and method of manufacture
A reclosable pouch that includes a receptacle having a storage chamber and a mouth in communication with the storage chamber, a hermetically sealable closure attached to the mouth, the closure including a first zipper strip and a second zipper strip, the first and second zipper strips being fused together in first and second zones situated at respective ends of the closure, a slider mounted to the closure, and a respective pair of round projections arranged back to back on first and second walls of the receptacle. The round projections are separate and distinct from each other and from zipper terminations of the first and second zippers, and the respective pair of round projections prevents further travel of the slider at opposing ends of the closure upon contact with sidewalls of the slider. |
US10065386B2 |
Slide motion control apparatus for mechanical press
A slide motion control apparatus for a mechanical press comprising: a slide which is disposed so as to be relatively vertically movable with respect to a driven body to which a drive force is transmitted through a con rod of the mechanical press; a relative position commander that outputs a relative position command indicating a relative position of the slide with respect to the driven body; a relative position detector that detects a relative position of the slide with respect to the driven body, and outputs a relative position detecting signal indicating the detected relative position; a servomotor; a drive mechanism that relatively moves the slide with respect to the driven body by a drive force of the servomotor; and a controller that controls the servomotor based on a relative position command signal output from the relative position commander, and the relative position detecting signal output from the relative position detector. |
US10065385B2 |
Compacting device for compacting container
A compacting apparatus (1) for compacting receptacles has a compacting unit (3) with at least one first advancing device (4) for transporting at least one receptacle (G) in an insertion direction (E). The compacting unit (3) is configured to compact the receptacle (G) while the receptacle (G) is transported in the insertion direction (E). A post-compacting unit (5) is downstream of the compacting unit (3) in the insertion direction (E) and has at least one second advancing device (6) for transporting the at least one receptacle (G) through the post-compacting unit (5). The post-compacting unit (5) is configured to compact the at least one receptacle (G) further. Positions of the at least one first advancing device (4) of the compacting unit (3) and the at least one second advancing device (6) of the post-compacting unit (5) are changeable with respect to one another in the insertion direction (E). |
US10065384B2 |
Molded footwear with woven appearance and ventilation features
According to embodiments of the invention, a precursor sheet is formed by injecting an EVA-based material into a mold cavity. The mold cavity is configured to create a series of indentations through a first portion of the precursor sheet and into a second portion of the precursor sheet. The precursor sheet is removed from the mold cavity and the second portion of the precursor sheet is removed from the first portion of the precursor sheet to create an isolated sheet with a series of through-holes. The isolated sheet is then formed into a portion of a shoe. |
US10065377B2 |
Method of forming a multi-component reinforced composite
Methods of forming multi-component reinforced composites are described. The methods may include forming a particle-reinforced component and a polymer-containing component where the particle-reinforced component and the polymer-containing component are in contact with one another. The particle reinforced component may be formed by a process that includes providing reactive particles that have a reactive polymerization promoter chemically bonded or coated on the surface of the reactive particles and contacting the reactive particles with a resin solution that includes monomers of a polymer. The polymerization promoter chemically bonded or coated on the surface of the reactive particles may promote the polymerization of the monomers. The resin solution may subsequently be polymerized forming a polymer matrix around the reactive particles. |
US10065376B2 |
Three-dimensional object fabrication device, three-dimensional object fabrication method, and three-dimensional object
A three-dimensional object fabrication device, a three-dimensional object fabrication method, and a three-dimensional object decorated in any desired colors are provided. In the three-dimensional object, second colored regions of the layers overlap each other, and a discharged ink volume of a coloring ink per unit volume is reduced to a smaller volume in the second colored region than in a first colored region adjacent to the second colored region. |
US10065374B2 |
Method of automatically adding supporting structure to 3D model
A printing slicing method for 3D model for automatically adding a required supporting structure to a 3D model is disclosed. The method includes following steps. Retrieve a minimum overlapping ratio corresponding to a layer height. Execute a slicing process and analyze an overlapping ratio between two molded object slices which form a suspended slope. Add the supporting structure below the corresponding suspended slope when determining that the overlapping ratio is less than the minimum overlap ratio. This disclosed example can effectively prevent the suspended part of a printed 3D model entity from a deformation because of the adhesion area thereon is too small, and can also effectively save the printing time and the usage amount of supplies. |
US10065372B2 |
Steel wire transmission system for three-dimensional printer and adjusting mechanism thereof
A steel wire transmission system includes plural slide rail seats, plural slide rails, plural wheel sets corresponding to the plural slide rails, plural slide blocks, plural steel wires, plural guide rods and a printhead module. The plural slide rails are disposed on the corresponding slide rail seats. Each wheel set includes a driving wheel and a driven wheel corresponding to the driving wheel. The driving wheel and the driven wheel of each wheel set are fixed at two ends of the corresponding slide rail. Each slide block is sheathed around the corresponding slide rail and movable between the corresponding driving wheel and the corresponding driven wheel. The plural steel wires are wound around the corresponding wheel sets. Each guide rod is connected with two corresponding slide blocks. The printhead module is connected with the plural guide rods. |
US10065371B2 |
Method for printing 3D parts and support structures with electrophotography-based additive manufacturing
A method for printing a three-dimensional part and a support structure with an electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system. The method includes developing a support layer of the support structure from a soluble support material with a first electrophotography engine, and transferring the developed support layer from the first electrophotography engine to a transfer medium. The method also includes developing a part layer of the three-dimensional part from an ABS part material with a second electrophotography engine, and transferring the developed part layer from the second electrophotography engine to the transfer medium. The method further includes moving the attracted part and support layers to a layer transfusion assembly with the transfer medium, and transfusing the moved part and support layers together to previously-printed layers with the layer transfusion assembly. |
US10065369B2 |
Tunnel spring structures
A tunnel spring structure three-dimensionally printed on a base layer. The tunnel spring structure includes three tubular structures and two connecting portions. A connecting portion is disposed between two tubular structures. A tensile strand extends through the tubular structures. Tension applied to the tensile strand forces the tubular structures to adjoin due to the flexibility of the connection portions. |
US10065368B2 |
Method of making foams using partial molds
A method of making a foamed article, for example a foamed component for an article or footwear, comprises depositing an unfoamed, thermoplastic polymer onto a support surface in a three-dimensional printing process to form an unfoamed article; heating the article to soften the article and infusing the softened article with at least one inert gas at a first pressure greater than atmospheric pressure that is sufficient to cause the at least one inert gas to permeate into the softened article; and reducing the pressure to second pressure below the first pressure while the article is softened to at least partially foam the article, wherein a surface of a partial mold limits foam expansion in at least one direction but less than all directions. The article or a part of the article may be made by printing a thermoplastic polymeric material with a three-dimensional printer in a structure of interconnected, unfoamed, thermoplastic polymeric members spaced to define openings between the thermoplastic polymeric members. |
US10065363B2 |
Method of simultaneous laser welding of an automotive light and related automotive light
A welding apparatus for making an automotive light including light guides having an inlet which receives the fibers the laser beam produced by the laser emitting device and an outlet which propagates/transmits the laser beam collimated by said guides. The light guide has respective free ends mechanically separated from each other, wherein the light guides are configured so as to direct collimated light beams on adjacent and locally continuous portions of welding interface so as to obtain a homogeneous and uniform distribution of the light beams along the welding interface. |
US10065361B2 |
Apparatus and method for printing long composite thermoplastic parts on a dual gantry machine during additive manufacturing
Embodiments of the present disclosure are drawn to additive manufacturing apparatus and methods. An exemplary apparatus for fabricating components via additive manufacturing may include a programmable CNC machine. The CNC machine may comprise a first worktable extending in a first plane and a second worktable extending in a second plane, wherein the second plane is oriented at an angle relative to the first plane. At least one conveyor belt may be operably coupled to the first worktable. A printing gantry may be displaceable along a first axis of the CNC machine. The CNC machine may also comprise an applicator having a nozzle configured to deposit material on the second worktable. |
US10065355B2 |
Method and apparatus for operating a screening wheel filter
A method and an apparatus for operating a screening wheel filter for high-viscosity melts with pressures of >10 bar and temperatures of >90° C., wherein a screening wheel (1) is rotationally driven step by step, and screening inserts (2) arranged in the screening wheel (1) are successively subjected to a stream of cleaning agent produced by a cleaning agent drive (9) in a backflushing cleaning station, are to be optimized in such a way that less cleaning agent is used, better cleaning of the screening inserts takes place and a saving of energy is ensured. For this purpose it is proposed that the cleaning backflushing in the backflushing cleaning station takes place during the rotation of the screening wheel (1), wherein an open-loop or closed-loop control device (7) assigned to the cleaning agent drive (9) is used to set the amount of cleaning agent and/or the pressure of the cleaning agent and/or the flow rate of the cleaning agent in dependence on the rotational speed of the screening wheel (1) and/or in dependence on a differential pressure prevailing at the screening inserts (2) located in the melt channel (4) and the effective opening of the slot die normal to the radial is less than the distance covered by the screening wheel (1) during a driving step. |
US10065349B2 |
Connector and method for producing a connector
An aspect of the invention is directed to a method for producing a connector using injection-molding by providing at least one conductor and at least one contact pin which are electrically connected at a contact point, producing a thermoset premold from a thermoset using injection-molding, wherein the thermoset is injection-molded around at least a first section of the at least one conductor and/or around at least a second section of the at least one contact pin, and injection-molding of a thermoplast on the thermoset premold, wherein the step of injection-molding takes place before the thermoset premold has obtained a degree of curing of 90%. Another aspect of the invention is a connector comprising at least one conductor and at least one contact pin is disclosed. |
US10065348B2 |
Injection-molding machine
The production of a plastic molded part utilizes a barrier layer embedded in plastic. Plastic is injection-molded successively in different cavities of the injection mold onto a three-dimensional preform made from a cut of a multi-layer barrier film, which multi-layer barrier film comprises a barrier layer coated with plastic on both sides. The plastic coating of the barrier film cut is at least superficially melted by the injected plastic melt. And the preform is supported by a support formed on the corresponding partial mold on the respective opposite side. |
US10065347B2 |
Methods of manufacturing a pattern recognition feature on a molded lead frame
A lead frame for insert molding in a plastic body is provided with an opening defining an edge suitable for detection by pattern recognition systems. During the insert molding process, a pin is positioned in the opening so that the opening remains void of plastic following the injection molding process. |
US10065344B2 |
Method of making a personal protective article
A method of making personal protective equipment, such as a push-in earplug, is disclosed. The method includes the steps of covering a substrate with an outer layer that includes an unactivated foaming agent, positioning at least a portion of the outer layer in a mold, and activating the foaming agent such that a portion of the outer layer expands. |
US10065342B2 |
Molded resin-equipped electric wire and molded resin-equipped electric wire production method
When forming molded resin on a terminal-equipped conductive wire, cases where resin inside the mold for insert-molding leaks out from the mold are suppressed. A smooth portion having a smooth outer circumferential surface is formed in a conductive wire of a terminal-equipped conductive wire (smooth portion formation step (S2)). Furthermore, a molded resin member that covers the terminal connection portion is formed in a state where the terminal connection portion provided is inserted into an insert-molding mold, and a portion of the conductive wire that extends from a metal terminal is exposed to the outside through an opening portion of the mold (insert-molding step (S3)). The outer shape of the smooth portion is a shape that corresponds to the opening shape of the opening portion of the mold. In the insert-molding step (S3), the interior of the mold is filled with a resin in a state where the inner circumferential surface of the opening portion of the mold is in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the smooth portion. |
US10065334B2 |
Methods for cutting food product
Methods and apparatuses for reducing food products. Such a method includes introducing a food product into an impeller rotating within a casing about an axis thereof. The impeller has paddles and pockets defined by and between adjacent pairs of the paddles. The paddles are circumferentially spaced so that each pocket is sequentially radially aligned with a circumferential opening of the casing as the impeller rotates. Each paddle has a relief slot defined in an outer radial edge of the paddle. Food products are expelled from the pockets and cut with a knife disposed at the circumferential opening of the casing as the impeller rotates and the pockets travel past the circumferential opening. The knife defines a cord of the casing, extends into the path of the paddles, and passes through the relief slots of the paddles. |
US10065332B2 |
Device for splitting foam bodies
A thin layer is cut from a foam material body using a band-knife. A take-off device that lifts and removes the layer from the cutting site, includes a belt conveyor with an electrostatically chargeable conveyor element. The layer is lifted and removed from the cutting site by electrostatic attraction to the conveyor element. |
US10065330B1 |
Utility scissors assembly
A utility scissors assembly structured to facilitate the cutting and/or punching a hole in a material item, through the provision of a combination scissors device and a retractable punch mechanism. A utility scissors assembly includes two pivotally connected utility members pivotable between a open and a closed position, each including a blade portion and a handle portion. The punch mechanism may be connected to a utility member and pivotable thereon into and out of an exposed, operative orientation corresponding to the utility member. The second utility member may include an aperture disposed and structured to engage and receive the correspondingly aligned punch mechanism, at least when the punch mechanism is in the operative orientation and the utility members are in the closed position. |
US10065328B2 |
Suction device
A suction device includes a valve, a piezoelectric pump, and a housing. The valve includes a valve casing and a diaphragm. A first ventilation hole, a second ventilation hole, and a third ventilation hole are formed in the valve casing. The diaphragm is fixed to the valve casing and forms a flow path in the valve casing. The second ventilation hole is opened under atmospheric pressure. The piezoelectric pump has a suction hole and a discharge hole. The discharge hole is in communication with the first ventilation hole. The housing has a cavity. A suction pad is attached to the cavity. The housing forms an enclosed space together with the valve and the piezoelectric pump. The enclosed space is a space that is in communication with the cavity, the suction hole, and the third ventilation hole. |
US10065325B2 |
Transport tool for transporting a laboratory article
A transport tool for transporting a laboratory article using a pipette of a pipetting system includes at least one plug-in sleeve, which is implemented for the releasable plugging-in of a receptacle cone of a pipette, and which can be plugged onto the receptacle cone of the pipette instead of a disposable pipette tip. In addition, the transport tool comprises an article holder having at least one holding part, which is implemented to form a support connection with a laboratory article. A connecting part connects the article holder to the plug-in sleeve, so that holding axes of the at least one article holder and the sleeve axis of the plug-in sleeve are arranged coaxially or axially-parallel to one another. The laboratory article has at least one flat, at least approximately horizontal surface. The article holder has a holding plate or a holding sleeve. |
US10065321B2 |
Robot service cooperation system, platform and method
A robot service cooperation system (10) includes a server (12), a mobile terminal (14) and various robots (16a-16c) respectively connected to a network (100). Each of applications (A1, A2, A3, - - - ) on the network is written with cooperation information indicating that which other application can be cooperated with. A CPU (20) of the server specifies (S3) at least based on the cooperation information a plurality of cooperable services that can be provided to a user of the mobile terminal, presents (S7) the specified plurality of services to the user and makes (S13) the user select an arbitrary combination, and makes (S17, S19) a plurality of services constituting the selected combination cooperate mutually by registering at least a start condition of each service into an event queue in association with at least an end event of another service. |
US10065317B2 |
Control system for coordinating robotic machines to collaborate on tasks
A system includes first and second robotic machines and a task manager. The first and second robotic machines have respective first and second sets of capabilities for interacting with a surrounding environment. The task manager selects the first and second robotic machines from a group to perform a task based on the first and second sets of capabilities of the robotic machines. The task involves manipulating and/or inspecting a target object of a vehicle. The task manager assigns a first sequence of sub-tasks to be performed by the first robotic machine and a second sequence of sub-tasks to be performed by the second robotic machine. The first and second robotic machines are configured to coordinate performance of the first sequence of sub-tasks by the first robotic machine with performance of the second sequence of sub-tasks by the second robotic machine to accomplish the task. |
US10065311B1 |
Singularity handling for robot jogging
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for avoiding and/or operating robots through singularities. In various implementations, a Cartesian input velocity to be attained by a robot end effector may be received as user input. An attainable velocity of the end effector may be determined that excludes at least one directional component deemed unattainable by the end effector based on physical attribute(s) of the robot. Joint velocities to be attained by joints of the robot in joint space to move the end effector pursuant to the attainable velocity in configuration space may be calculated and scaled to account for a joint velocity limit associated with at least one joint. Actuator trajectories may be calculated for the joints of the robot based at least in part on the scaled joint velocities. The joints of the robot may then be operated in accordance with the calculated joint trajectories. |
US10065306B2 |
Traveling robot, motion planning method for traveling robot, and storage medium storing program for traveling robot
A traveling robot includes a mobile unit, an arm and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to set a target position to which the traveling robot intends to travel. The electronic control unit is configured to calculate a center of gravity of the traveling robot. The electronic control unit is configured to plan a motion of a movable part of the mobile unit and/or arm to the set target position. The electronic control unit is configured to, in the case where the traveling robot is close to the set target position, plan the motion of the movable part of the mobile unit and/or arm such that a limitation on a range of the center of gravity is relaxed as compared to a limitation on the range of the center of gravity in the case where the traveling robot is far from the set target position. |
US10065304B2 |
Case
A tool case includes a body having a base and a pivotal lid, forming a storage space therein. A pair of panels is located in the storage space when the lid is closed. The first panel and the second panel are pivotally connected to each other at a common hinged edge, the pair of panels being movable between a stowed position in relation to the body, and an expanded position in relation to the body, such that in the expanded position at least one surface of each of the first and second panel are accessible. The first panel further comprises at least one unfixed edge and the second panel further comprises at least one fixed edge pivotally connected to the body. In the stowed position, the unfixed edge is substantially proximate to the fixed edge. In the expanded position, the unfixed edge is substantially distant from the fixed edge. |
US10065299B2 |
Device for aiding in disposal installation
A plumbing tool that mounts an adapter of a garbage disposal to a sink, wherein the adapter of the garbage disposal includes an upper mounting ring with a trio of screws, a backup flange, a fiber gasket, a sink flange, and a snap ring. The plumbing tool includes a lower portion, an upper portion, and an apparatus. The apparatus selectively draws the lower portion to the upper portion to capture the adapter of the garbage disposal therebetween and thereby mount the adapter of the garbage disposal to the sink. |
US10065297B2 |
Method and device for operating a hand-held machine tool with a tangential impact mechanism
The invention relates to a method for operating a hand-held machine tool with a tangential impact mechanism which can be driven by means of a drive shaft and an electric motor, according to which method an actual torque provided by the drive shaft is adjusted to a required torque depending on a measured motor current, wherein the required torque is less than a triggering torque of the tangential impact mechanism. |
US10065296B2 |
Torque socket having torque adjusting function
A torque socket having a torque adjusting function comprises: a shaft rod having two ends axially extended with an insertion tenon and a core shaft having a shaft hole and having the outer circumference thereof radially formed with a first friction surface; an adjustment member disposed in the shaft hole and having the outer circumference thereof formed with a top connection head and a connecting segment; and a shaft cylinder having two axial ends formed with a shaft slot and a sleeve slot, wherein the interior of the shaft slot is radially formed with a second friction surface being in contact with the first friction surface; when rotating the adjustment member, the outer dimension of the core shaft and the contact area of the first friction surface and the second friction surface can be altered for adjusting the torque. |
US10065294B2 |
Tool bit
A tool bit includes a hexagonal drive portion, a working end, and a shank interconnecting the drive portion and the working end. The shank includes an outer peripheral surface having a curvature in a plane including a central axis of the tool bit. The outer peripheral surface having the curvature includes a length in the direction of the central axis. A ratio of the length of the outer peripheral surface having the curvature to the length of the tool bit is between about 0.15:1 and about 0.35:1. The curvature is defined by a radius, and wherein a ratio of the radius of the curvature of the outer peripheral surface of the shank to the length of the tool bit is between about 0.08:1 and about 0.75:1. |
US10065290B2 |
Combined type wheel burr brush
The invention relates to a combined type wheel burr brush, consisting of a lower bottom plate, lantern rings, nylon brush units, an upper bottom plate, steel-wire brush units and the like, wherein the steel-wire brush units in II and IV areas are floating, and under a natural state, the height of the steel-wire brush units is 10 mm higher than that of the nylon brush units; when in work, the steel-wire brush units firstly contact a spoke of a back cavity of a wheel, burrs of the back cavity of the wheel can be removed powerfully when the steel-wire brush units rotate, the steel-wire brush units are continuously compressed, and when the nylon brush units also contact the spoke of the back cavity, burrs at corners can be smoothened; and when a small-size wheel is encountered, by removing the lower bottom plate, the fast locks and the lantern rings, a small-size burr brush can be formed. When the burr brush combining the steel-wire brush units with the nylon brush units of the invention is in use, not only can the efficiency of removing the burrs of the back cavity of the wheel be improved, but also the removing effect is very obvious, and meanwhile, the service life of the brush can be greatly prolonged. |
US10065287B2 |
Spindle of a tool grinding machine
The positioning of a cylindrical workpiece (that has to be machined by grinding) can be performed particularly precisely if the workpiece abuts to at least one, preferably two, static supporting elements and is fixed in a collet of a spindle, which allows a wobble compensation as well as a radial displacement of the spindle axis relative to the longitudinal axis of the workpiece. |
US10065286B2 |
Polishing pad and manufacturing method therefor
A polishing pad for polishing a semiconductor device and manufacturing method therefor, the polishing pad comprising a polishing layer having a polyurethane-polyurea resin foam containing substantially spherical cells, wherein an M-component of the polyurethane-polyurea resin foam has a spin-spin relaxation time T2 of 160 to 260 μs, the polyurethane-polyurea resin foam has a storage elastic modulus E′ of 1 to 30 MPa, the storage elastic modulus E′ being measured at 40° C. with an initial load of 10 g, a strain range of 0.01 to 4%, and a measuring frequency of 0.2 Hz in a tensile mode, and the polyurethane-polyurea resin foam has a density D in a range from 0.30 to 0.60 g/cm3. The polishing pad remedies the problem of scratches occurring when a conventional hard (dry) polishing pad is used, which is excellent in polishing rate and polishing uniformity, and can be used for primary polishing or finish polishing. |
US10065283B2 |
Method and tool for maintenance of hard surfaces, and a method for manufacturing such a tool
A method is disclosed for maintaining a hard surface, the method comprising treating the surface with a flexible pad (1), in the presence of abrasive particles, bonded to the pad, on a contact surface between the pad (1) and the hard surface. The abrasive particles comprise diamond particles, and the treating is performed in the absence of an effective amount of crystallization agent on the contact surface.A tool for use in the method is also provided, as well as a floor surfacing machine comprising such a tool and a method for manufacturing such a tool. |
US10065280B2 |
Multifunction legs for autonomous crawling assembly equipment
An automated motorized device may be configured to move on a structure for use in assembling operations thereon. The automated motorized device may comprise a plurality of multifunction movement components, which may be attached to one or more movement assemblies. Functions of each multifunction movement component may comprise adhering and moving. The adhering function may be performed using sealing element, which may be used to create seal between corresponding multifunction movement component and structure. The moving function may be performed using a rolling element, which may be configured to allow rolling on the structure. In some instances, one or more of the multifunction movement components may be configured to also provide floating function, which may be performed, e.g., mechanically or pneumatically. In some instances, three non-floating multifunction movement components may be configured to form a triangle, to enable maintaining contact with the structure, including when traversing compound surfaces. |
US10065278B2 |
Spill resistant warming drawer
A spill-resistant appliance may be constructed to prevent spilled liquids from entering a control housing and contacting electronics with the use of a first sealant preferably formed out of santoprene and a second sealant preferably formed out of a very high bond, double-sided foam tape. The first sealant and the second sealant may be used in various areas of the control housing that contains electronics for operating the appliance. The first and second sealants may also be used to help attach the control housing to other components of the appliance. |
US10065275B2 |
Component crimping apparatus
A component crimping apparatus includes a crimping tool that sucks a film-like component and presses a crimping section of the sucked film-like component against the substrate to crimp the film-like component to the substrate. The crimping tool includes a block holding portion that includes a guide member extending in one direction within a horizontal plane, first suction blocks that are provided movably along the guide member and that sucks an upper part of the crimping section of the film-like component, a second suction block that is provided movably along the guide member of the block holding portion and that sucks an upper part of a non-crimping section of the film-like component and a block fixation unit that fixes the first suction blocks and the second suction block to the guide member. |
US10065272B2 |
Super high-strength flux cored arc welded joint having excellent impact toughness, and welding wire for manufacturing same
An ultra high-strength flux-cored arc welded joint having excellent impact toughness comprises: 0.01 wt % to 0.06 wt % of carbon (C), 0.1 wt % to 0.5 wt % of silicon (Si), 1.5 wt % to 3.0 wt % of manganese (Mn), 2.5 wt % to 3.5 wt % of nickel (Ni), 0.5 wt % to 1.0 wt % of molybdenum (Mo), 0.4 wt % to 1.0 wt % of copper (Cu), 0.4 wt % to 1.0 wt % of chromium (Cr), 0.01 wt % to 0.1 wt % of titanium (Ti), 0.003 wt % to 0.007 wt % of boron (B), 0.001 wt % to 0.006 wt % of nitrogen (N), 0.02 wt % (excluding 0) or less of phosphorus (P), 0.01 wt % (excluding 0) or less of sulfur (S), 0.03 wt % to 0.07 wt % of oxygen (O), and remaining iron (Fe) as well as unavoidable impurities. |
US10065271B2 |
Method for producing a roll-clad aluminum workpiece, roll-clad aluminum workpiece, and use therefor
A method for producing a roll-clad aluminum workpiece and an associated roll-clad aluminum workpiece are provided, wherein a core ingot is produced from an aluminum alloy and at least one cladding piece is produced from a cladding material, wherein at least one groove is introduced into the core ingot and/or into a layer applied to the core ingot, wherein the cladding piece is inserted into the groove, and wherein the core ingot is hot-rolled after the cladding piece has been inserted, the width of the groove being equal to or less than the core ingot width. A use of such a roll-clad aluminum workpiece is also provided for producing a soldered workpiece, in particular a folding tube. |
US10065264B2 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing an anti-counterfeit three-dimensional article
An apparatus and method for manufacturing and authenticating a three-dimensional article including the steps of (1) successively building up the article from a metal powder by an additive manufacturing process by scanning a selected portion of the metal powder with electromagnetic radiation, (2) forming an anti-counterfeiting mark in the article during the additive manufacturing process, and (3) determining whether the article includes the anti-counterfeiting mark. |
US10065260B2 |
System and method for controlling an arc welding process
A welding system includes an electrode configured to be advanced toward a workpiece and a power supply configured to provide a flow of electricity to the electrode for generating a welding arc between the electrode and the workpiece. The welding system also includes a first sensor configured to sense a light intensity of the welding arc and a second sensor configured to sense a current provided to the electrode via the power supply. In addition, the welding system includes a controller communicatively coupled with the first and second sensors and configured to modify the light intensity with respect to the current. The controller is configured to control a welding parameter of the welding system based on the modified light intensity. |
US10065256B2 |
Brazing systems and methods
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for applying brazing material to substrates. The disclosed systems and methods suitably include applying brazing material to a substrate, collecting one or more images of the brazing material, and manipulating the substrate in response to the one or more images. |
US10065255B2 |
Device and method of controlling machine tool, to control synchronized operation of spindle axis and feed axis
A controller for controlling a synchronized operation of spindle and feed axes. A spindle-axis control section includes an initial-motion control section for making a spindle axis perform an accelerated rotation at maximum capacity from a process start position; a maximum-acceleration detecting section for detecting a maximum acceleration of the spindle axis; a residual rotation-amount detecting section for detecting a residual rotation amount of the spindle axis; a current-speed detecting section for detecting a current speed of the spindle axis; a positioning-motion control section for making the spindle axis perform a decelerated rotation so as to reach the target thread depth after the accelerated rotation; and an overshoot detecting section for detecting an overshoot of the spindle axis during the decelerated rotation. |
US10065250B2 |
Drill and method of drilling a hole
A drill includes a shank and a body having an outer peripheral surface with a certain outer diameter and a distal end tapered surface of a certain distal end angle. The drill includes a pilot shaft portion projecting from the distal end tapered surface of the body and having a diameter smaller than the body and having an outer peripheral surface of a certain outer diameter. The drill further includes an odd number of twisted grooves extending from the outer peripheral surface of the body to the outer peripheral surface of the pilot shaft portion at a certain twisted angle, an odd number of main cutting edges formed on the distal end tapered surface of the body by forming of the twisted grooves, and an odd number of auxiliary cutting edges formed on the distal end tapered surface of the pilot shaft portion by forming of the twisted grooves. |
US10065247B2 |
Cutter fastening assembly and cutter holder for the same
A cutter fastening assembly has a tool block, a fastening bolt, a fastening unit, a collet, and a cutter holder. The fastening bolt, the fastening unit, and the collet are mounted inside the tool block. The cutter holder has an assembling seat and a threaded hole. The assembling seat is integrally formed on the cutter holder and has a flange portion. The threaded hole is axially defined inside the flange portion and is screwed with the fastening bolt to keep the cutter holder connecting with the tool block. |
US10065240B2 |
Metal powder for 3D printers and preparation method for metal powder
The invention discloses metal powder for a 3D printer. The metal powder for 3D printers is 10-50-micron metal powder made by agglomerating many submicron order metal particles through a granulating process. As the metal powder is combined by submicron order metal particles, the metal powder is low in melting point and high in melting speed, so that the printing speed of the metal 3D printer can be increased and the precision of a printing member can be improved. Meanwhile, the average grain size of the metal powder is equivalent to existing atomized metal powder for 3D printers, and the metal powder has good dispersibility and conveying property, and can be suitable for existing 3D printer equipment. |
US10065232B2 |
Devices and methods for bending a tab on a container
A device to bend a tab on a container that is already filled and sealed. The device includes a brace for contacting against the tab and a number of lever arms arranged to extend around the tab from multiple different sides. The lever arms are configured to move between a first orientation that are spaced away from the tab, and a second orientation in contact with the tab. The lever arms are further configured to apply a force to the end of the tab to bend a second end upward away from a top side of the container. |
US10065222B2 |
Cleaning systems and methods for semiconductor substrate storage articles
Provided are methods and systems for cleaning various semiconductor substrate storage articles, in particular, FOUP doors. The FOUP doors and other similar articles often have openings that may get contaminated with cleaning liquids if not covered. The described cleaning system includes contact points for engaging the article and covering these openings. The contact points may be also used for supporting the article and for pressurizing the openings in the article with a gas. The gas may be supplied through one or more contact points. It prevents liquids from getting into the openings if even the openings are not completely sealed. The pressurization may be maintained through the entire wet portion of the cleaning process. The article may be rotated within the cleaning system while cleaning and/or other liquids or gases are dispensed through a set of spraying nozzles. Spraying nozzles may move to enhance cleaning of the article. |
US10065221B2 |
Spray cleaner head
This disclosure relates to a spray cleaner head for a cleaning system. In one aspect of this disclosure, the spray cleaner head includes a gear system configured to regulate rotation of a nozzle, and the gear system includes a central bore receiving an inlet shaft. In another aspect of this disclosure, spray cleaner head includes an adjustable brake assembly configured to selectively regulate rotation of the nozzle. In yet another aspect of this disclosure, the spray cleaner head includes first and second seals provided axially between the first and second bearings. |
US10065218B2 |
Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus
A solidified body forming step includes: a first step of landing a processing surface of a cooling member on a liquid film to solidify the liquid to be solidified located in an area sandwiched between an upper surface and the processing surface; and a second step of releasing the processing surface from the solidified area solidified in the first step. The processing surface has a lower temperature than a freezing point of the liquid to be solidified. Adhesion between the solidified area and the processing surface is smaller than that between the solidified area and the upper surface. |
US10065216B1 |
Smartcard cleaning and sorting systems and methods
Various arrangements are presented for cleaning and sorting smartcards. An identifier present on the exterior of the smartcard may be scanned. A smartcard may be dispensed from an intake magazine that housing a plurality of smartcards. The smartcard may be moved along a cleaning assembly. The contacts of the smartcard may be cleaned. The contacts of the smartcard may be dried. After cleaning and drying the contacts of the smartcard, the smartcard may be sorted into either a cleaned output magazine or a cleaned rejection tray based on whether the scanning of the identifier was successfully performed. |
US10065214B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for folding a screen for use with a screen tensioning system
An apparatus, a system and a method for reinforcing a screen has a screen rod assembly extending from a first end to a second end. The screen rod assembly encloses an interior. A spring-loaded plunger is located in the interior and adjusts the length of the screen rod assembly. A ball joint is on the screen rod and defines sections of the screen rod assembly that bend around the ball joint to reduce the length of the screen rod. A sleeve extends from a screen with segments separated by a fold line extending along a width of the screen. The sleeve receives the screen rod assembly to reinforce the screen. In an embodiment, a screen pinch assembly is defined where the sleeve engages a retention clasp of a screen tensioning system that receives the screen. The screen pinch assembly holds the screen in place. |
US10065211B2 |
Device comprising a panel and piezoelectric element
The present invention provides a device with a piezoelectric element disposed at a location other than near an edge of a panel. A device includes a panel and a piezoelectric element disposed in a predetermined region on a planar surface of the panel. The panel vibrates in response to vibration of the piezoelectric element so as to transmit sound to a human body contacting the panel. By the piezoelectric element being disposed in the predetermined region of the panel, the center of the piezoelectric element is located within a range of 40% to 60% of the distance from one edge to the other edge of the panel in a first direction and within a range of 40% to 60% of the distance from one edge to the other edge of the panel in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. |
US10065210B2 |
Breach or contamination indicating article, optionally with pre-warning indicator
Provided, among other things, is a breach or contamination indicating elastomeric article for indicating a breach or contamination by a selected chemical or group of chemicals, the article having an exterior and interior and comprising: (1) an interior elastomeric layer selected to resist permeation by the selected chemical(s); and (2) exterior thereto, a contiguous or dis-contiguous first indicating layer comprising a dye or pigment and an opacifying agent, the dye or pigment providing the layer with color, the first indicating layer changing color and/or opacity when contacted with a selected chemical such regions of the article where the layer is so contacted contrast with non-contacted regions. A subsequent, interior layer can provide a safety buffer allowing for removal or disposal prior to any potential for harm. A second, interior indicating layer can be used to make the warning louder when a serious breach is occurring. |
US10065208B2 |
Discharge determination method and discharge apparatus
Whether or not a liquid is discharged from a nozzle is determined from an image. An index value larger in a discharge state than in a non-discharge state is calculated from an evaluation area including a path of the liquid. The discharge state or the non-discharge state is determined according to a relationship between the index value and a reference value. The reference value is determined according to a histogram of index values obtained from a plurality of images collected in advance. When an evaluation value indicating a peak position or the sharpness of a peak is smaller than a predetermined threshold value in the histogram, the collected images are assumed to show the non-discharge state. When the evaluation value is larger than the threshold value, the collected images are assumed to show the discharge state. Thus, the reference value is set for the discharge state and the non-discharge state. |
US10065205B2 |
Integrated lock for atomizer
A liquid atomizer has an actuator, cap, piston unit and body. The actuator consists of an exterior casing, a locking block within the case, a nozzle and a piston receiving area that is in liquid communication with the nozzle. The cap has a pair of locking flanges separated by a locking channel dimensioned to receive the locking block as the actuator is depressed. A pair of stops, separated by a stop channel, prevent over rotation of the actuator. The piston unit has a piston whose proximal end has ribs and is dimensioned to be received within the ring containing piston receiving area in a juxtaposed manner. The dimensioning between the rings and the piston ribs permit disengagement, by the piston tilting under the rotational pressure enough to permit the actuator to lift slightly in order to clear the locking flanges. |
US10065201B2 |
Processing nozzle and optical machining apparatus
A branch location is arranged close to a nozzle, and the channel lengths are the same. A processing nozzle that includes a beam path for passing light from a light source and ejects a fluid containing a processing material from an ejection port includes a supply pipe that is arranged outside the beam path through which the light passes, and supplies the fluid, and a first branch pipe and a second branch pipe that supply the fluid from the supply pipe to the ejection port, and have the same total length. The first branch pipe includes a first bent portion having a first shape on an upstream side of the fluid, and a second bent portion having a second shape on a downstream side of the fluid, and the second branch pipe includes a third bent portion having the first shape on the upstream side of the fluid, and a fourth bent portion having the second shape on the downstream side of the fluid. |
US10065196B1 |
Low fat food processor
A food processor includes a grinder to obtain a ground meat; a mixer to add fat to the ground meat; a payload bay to receive the ground meat; a plurality of evaporators coupled to the payload bay with a multiplicity of coolant tubes in each evaporator, wherein each tube enters and then exits the payload bay, further comprising one or more cryogenic valves coupled to the coolant tubes; a pump to force coolant flowing through the evaporators; and a processor with code for: chopping the ground meat and during chopping, adding salt and ice to the ground meat being chopped and adding liquid nitrogen to maintain the temperature of the meat being chopped below 5° C. to obtain a chopped meat product; adding fat to the chopped meat product and then chopping the fat and adding liquid nitrogen to maintain the temperature of the chopped meat product and fat being chopped between 1° C. and 10° C. to obtain a chopped meat and fat product, wherein the ground meat, added fat, ice and salt are present in amounts so that the chopped meat and fat product has a fat content of from 1% to 20% by weight based upon the weight of the chopped meat and fat product. |
US10065195B1 |
Apparatus and method for harvesting vegetation byproduct through regulated flow of carbon dioxide and mechanical agitation
An apparatus and method for harvesting vegetation material byproduct enables regulated flow of carbon dioxide and mechanical agitation to create flash frozen vegetation material byproduct, followed by selective collection of the byproducts based on size and composition. An apparatus frame and a pivotally mounted extraction assembly mount frame provide structural support. An extraction assembly includes a container that is carried by the extraction assembly mount frame. The container contains the vegetation material. A carbon dioxide vessel contains a carbon dioxide that flash freezes the vegetation material. A conveyor and a size adjustable nozzle regulate flow rate and quantity of carbon dioxide flowing from a carbon dioxide vessel to the container. An agitation motor mechanically engages the flash frozen material in the container. A classifier having a classifier mesh with multiple mesh openings is carried by the container. The classifier segregates the agitated byproduct, which is captured by a collection pan. |
US10065188B2 |
Actuation of parallel microfluidic arrays
An improved actuator for use in a microfluidic particle sorting system utilizes a staggered packing scheme for a plurality of actuators used to selectively deflect a particle in an associated sorting channel from a stream of channels. An actuator block may be provided for housing a two-dimensional array of actuators, each configured to align with an actuation port in an associated sorting chip containing a plurality of sorting channels. The actuator block may include a built-in stressing means to pre-stress each actuator housed by the block. An actuator comprising a piezo-electric stack may employ contact-based electrical connection rather than soldered wires to improve packing density. The actuator may be an external actuator. That is, the external actuator is external to the substrate in which the sorting channels are formed. |
US10065182B2 |
Method of water purification
The present invention relates to a water-purifying composite material, especially a water-purifying composite material for use in the photocatalytic destruction of pollutants in water. The water-purifying composite materials of the invention are uniquely formed by growing crystals of photocatalytic metal compounds in situ within interlayer regions or pores within an aluminosilcate mineral structure, to thereby provide highly catalytic species for use in oxidative photocatalytic water treatments. |
US10065179B2 |
Ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide and method for producing same, and exhaust gas purification catalyst including ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide
A ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide containing a composite oxide of ceria and zirconia is provided, in which primary particles having a particle diameter of 1.5 to 4.5 μm account for, on a particle number basis, at least 50% of all primary particles in the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide, and the molar ratio of cerium to zirconium in the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide is between 43:57 and 55:45. |
US10065177B2 |
Sulfur-resistant catalyst support material
A catalyst support material and a catalyst system incorporating said support material along with a method of making the same is provided for use in applications in which the support material is exposed to sulfur-containing impurities. The catalyst support material generally comprises an inorganic oxide base material having a surface and pores of predetermined size; and a zirconium layer adapted to interact with the surface and sized to be received by the pores of the base material. The catalyst support material being prepared by applying a layer of a zirconium compound to the surface and pores of an inorganic oxide base material followed by calcination in order to convert the zirconium compound to a metal, a metal oxide, or a mixture thereof. |
US10065176B2 |
System and method for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from a flue gas generated via combusting a fossil fuel
A system for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from a flue gas generated via combusting a fossil fuel is provided. The system includes a calcination chamber and a sealing-purger. The calcination chamber is configured to receive a plurality of loaded sorbent particles and a plurality of heat-transferring particles such that the loaded sorbent particles are heated within the calcination chamber so as to release carbon dioxide. The sealing-purger includes at least one gravity driven moving particle bed. The at least one gravity driven moving particle bed allows the plurality of heat-transferring particles or the plurality of sorbent particles to enter or leave the calcination chamber while restricting the flue gas from entering the calcination chamber and the released carbon dioxide particles from leaving the calcination chamber. |
US10065173B2 |
Process for producing water-absorbent resin
The present invention provides a process for producing a water-absorbent resin, characterized in that a reverse-phase suspension polymerization of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer is carried out in a hydrocarbon dispersion medium comprising a dispersion stabilizer while an azo-based compound and a peroxide are combined in the presence of an internal-crosslinking agent, in that the following formulae are satisfied, 0.10≤B/(A+B) (1), and 0.055≤B+9×C≤0.120 (2), wherein A mol, B mol and C mol represent used amounts of the azo-based compound, the peroxide and the internal-crosslinking agent, respectively, relative to 100 mol of the water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer used in the polymerization, and in that a post-crosslinking reaction is carried out by adding a post-crosslinking agent after the polymerization. The present invention also relates to a water-absorbent resin having specific performance and produced by the process. |
US10065171B2 |
System and process for cumene hydroperoxide cleavage with improved online instrumentation configuration
Disclosed herein are a method and systems for cumene hydroperoxide cleavage with an improved configuration for online instrumentation. The systems comprise a first fluid loop comprising one or more reactors and a fluid pump and a second fluid loop in fluid communication with the first fluid loop. This second fluid loop comprises an instrument configured to measure a characteristic of a fluid flowing through the second loop, wherein an input of the second fluid loop is disposed downstream of said fluid pump and an output of the second fluid loop is disposed upstream of said fluid pump. The method comprises causing fluid to flow within a first stage comprising one or more reactors and a fluid pump, wherein the first stage is configured to decompose a cumene hydroperoxide in the presence of a catalyst mixture to form a dicumyl peroxide mixture. The method also comprises causing at least a portion of the fluid to flow through a instrumentation line in open fluid communication with the first stage. This instrumentation line comprises an instrument configured to measure a characteristic of the fluid flowing through the instrumentation line and an input of the instrument line is disposed downstream of said fluid pump. |
US10065165B2 |
Method for completely emptying a catalytic reactor
The present invention provides a method for emptying a reactor containing at least one bed of spent catalyst particles, wherein the reactor comprises at least one dump tube that opens into the reactor. The method comprising the steps of: (a) causing a portion of the bed of spent catalyst particles to flow out of the reactor via the dump tube; and (b) extracting the remainder of the spent catalyst particles from the reactor by driving the remainder of the spent catalyst particles toward the opening of the dump tube using a removable device comprising at least one flexible extraction sleeve introduced into the reactor via the said dump tube and connected to an extraction system situated outside the reactor, the sleeve being provided on its external surface with protuberances and being able to move, inside the reactor, translationally and rotationally with respect to the dump tube. |
US10065160B2 |
Vacuum mixing device with operating element, pressure pump, and vacuum pump for mixing polymethylmethacrylate bone cement
A vacuum mixing device or system mixes polymethylmethacrylate bone cement from a monomer liquid and a cement powder. The device or system comprising at least one cartridge comprising an evacuable interior for mixing of the bone cement, a mixing device for mixing the content in the interior of the at least one cartridge, a receptacle for receiving a separate container containing the monomer liquid or comprising an integrated container containing the monomer liquid, an opening device, which is arranged in the region of the receptacle in a manner movable relative to the receptacle so that, by moving the opening device, a separate container arranged in the receptacle is openable by means of the opening device, or the opening device is arranged in the region of the integrated container in a manner movable relative to the integrated container so that, by moving the opening device, the integrated container is openable by means of the opening device, a vacuum pump, in which a movable vacuum plunger for generating a negative pressure is arranged and delimits a vacuum pump chamber of the vacuum pump, a pressure pump, in which a movable pump plunger for conveying a liquid is arranged and delimits a pressure pump chamber of the pressure pump, a connection line, and a fluid connection. The device or system further comprises an operating element that is operatable from outside, wherein, by means of the operating element, the vacuum plunger in the vacuum pump is movable manually, the pump plunger in the pressure pump is movable manually, the opening device is movable manually relative to the receptacle or relative to the integrated container, and the mixing device is movable manually in the interior of the cartridge. |
US10065158B2 |
Device with an inlet suction valve and discharge suction valve for homogenizaing a liquid and method of using the same
A homogenization device having an inlet valve, a flow-through chamber and a discharge valve. A baffle element reciprocatingly moves between an upstream portion and a downstream portion of the flow-through chamber. When the baffle element moves downstream, the inlet valve opens and liquid is admitted into the upstream portion. When the baffle element moves upstream, the inlet valve closes, the liquid in the upstream portion is pressurized and forced to flow downstream through a gap or local constriction between the outer perimeter of the baffle element and the inner surface of the chamber, causing cavitation bubbles to form and collapse. |
US10065157B2 |
Mixer and processes incorporating the same
The present invention relates to a mixer, an apparatus comprising the mixer and a reactor, and processes incorporating the same. The mixer comprises an inlet (104) to a chamber (102), wherein the chamber inlet angle is less than 90°. The mixer further comprises an expander zone (106) that expands outwardly at an expander angle of less than 90°. The mixer may be coupled to a reactor at its outlet, which may closely approximate the size of the reactor inlet due to the expander (106). |
US10065154B2 |
Nanofluidic sorting system for gene synthesis and pcr reaction products
Devices and methods integrate nanopore and microfluidic technologies for recording molecular characteristics of individual molecules such as, for example, biomolecules. Devices comprise a first substrate comprising a microchannel, a second substrate comprising a microchannel, the second substrate positioned below the first substrate, and a membrane having a thickness of about 0.3 nm to about 1 nm and comprising at least one nanopore, the membrane positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a single nanopore of the membrane is constructed and arranged for electrical and fluid communication between the microchannel of the first substrate and the microchannel of the second substrate. To mitigate the effect of errors that occur during de novo DNA synthesis, longer DNA molecules are typically synthesized from shorter oligonucleotides by polymerase construction and amplification (PCA), or by other methods. |
US10065151B2 |
Methods for removing contaminants from gas streams
A method for the partial removal of contaminants such as nitrogen oxides from a process gas stream is described. The process gas stream is separated into at least two process gas streams by means of a partition, baffle, damper or other device. Ozone is fed into contact with at least one of the separated process gas streams to oxidize the contaminants therein and the at least one of the process gas streams contacted by ozone is fed to a scrubber for removal of the oxidized contaminants from the gas streams. The separation is proportional to the percentage removal of contaminants desired. |
US10065149B2 |
Gas-liquid contactor and CO2-recovering apparatus provided therewith
A gas-liquid contactor is obtained by including a header pipe for supplying washing water, in a direction perpendicular to a vertical axis direction, the header pipe being disposed above a packed bed contacting section through which exhaust gas moves upward and passes; and spray nozzles for discharging spray water, the nozzles being disposed, in an upward orientation, with predetermined intervals on the header pipe. The spray water that has been discharged from the spray nozzles is supplied at a low liquid flow rate. The discharged spray water becomes a liquid film and falls downward along the surface of the header pipe, and then falls and spreads in the packed bed contacting section, so that the washing water is made to contact the exhaust gas moving upward through the packed bed contacting section. Accordingly, the washing water is used to clear and remove water-soluble substances contained in the exhaust gas. |
US10065148B2 |
Regenerable solvent mixtures for acid-gas separation
A solvent system for the removal of acid gases from mixed gas streams is provided. Also provided is a process for removing acid gases from mixed gas streams using the disclosed solvent systems. The solvent systems may be utilized within a gas processing system. |
US10065145B2 |
Air filter arrangement; assembly; and, methods
An air cleaner arrangement is shown. The air cleaner arrangement includes a serviceable filter cartridge. A preferred filter cartridge positionable within an air cleaner arrangement, is depicted. |
US10065143B2 |
Filtration monitoring system
The present disclosure is a filtration monitoring system. Filtration monitoring system may include a sensor configured to measure a characteristic of usage of a monitored filter. The sensor may be communicatively coupled to a controller which is configured to transfer measured data to a server of the filter monitoring system. Server may be configured to store historical data regarding representative filter usage and may determine a predicted expiration time for a monitored filter which may be adjusted based upon the measured data from the sensor. |
US10065142B2 |
Sealed honeycomb structure
A sealed honeycomb structure may include porous walls dividedly forming inlet cells and outlet cells extending from an end surface of an inlet side to an end surface of an outlet side, inlet and outlet side sealing portion 5b, and an inlet side sealing portion, wherein at least one outlet cell is a reinforced cell where a reinforcing part 6 for reinforcing the outlet cell 2b is formed at at least one corner portion 21a at which the walls on a cross-section vertical to an extending direction of the cell cross each other, wherein the inlet cell is a non-reinforced cell where the reinforcing part is not formed at all the corner portions at which the walls on the cross-section vertical to the extending direction of the cell cross each other, and wherein the reinforcing parts 6 of the reinforced cells 22 are formed at a section of the honeycomb structure from the end surface of the outlet side in the extending direction of the cell. |
US10065141B2 |
Ceramic honeycomb structure and its production method
A ceramic honeycomb structure including large numbers of flow paths partitioned by porous cell walls; (a) the cell walls having porosity of 55-65%; and (b) in a pore diameter distribution in the cell walls measured by mercury porosimetry, (i) a pore diameter at a cumulative pore volume corresponding to specific percentages of the total pore volume being within specific ranges and satisfying specific relationships; (ii) the difference of a logarithm of the pore diameter at a cumulative pore volume corresponding to 20% of the total pore volume and a logarithm of the pore diameter at 80% being 0.39 or less; and (iii) the volume of pores of more than 100 μm being 0.05 cm3/g or less. |
US10065139B2 |
Filter module having a plurality of replaceable hollow-fiber bundles in an end-face plate
A filter module has hollow fibers which are combined into fiber bundles having end face pottings. The pottings of the fiber bundles are received into a common end disk. |
US10065138B2 |
Remote controllable air treatment apparatus
In an aspect, an apparatus is disclosed comprising a processor, coupled to a network access device, wherein the processor is configured for receiving an instruction to vaporize one or more vaporizable materials from a computing device, an intake, configured to receive air from an area around the apparatus, a vaporizer component, coupled to the processor, configured for vaporizing the one or more vaporizable materials to create a vapor based on the instruction, and a vapor output, coupled to the vaporizer component, configured for expelling the vapor into the area around the apparatus. |
US10065135B2 |
Method for sequestering heavy metal particulates using H2O, CO2, O2, and a source of particulates
Methods of sequestering toxin particulates are described herein. In a primary processing chamber, a carbon source of toxin particulates may be combined with plasma from three plasma torches to form a first fluid mixture and vitrified toxin residue. Each torch may have a working gas including oxygen gas, water vapor, and carbon dioxide gas. The vitrified toxin residue is removed. The first fluid mixture may be cooled in a first heat exchange device to form a second fluid mixture. The second fluid mixture may contact a wet scrubber. The final product from the wet scrubber may be used as a fuel product. |
US10065131B2 |
Liquid-gas exchange device and separation method
An exchange device includes a plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of openings extending between the top and bottom surfaces. The top surface receives a liquid which flows in a flow direction over the top surface. A plurality of valves is disposed over the openings. Each valve includes a round lid coupled to the first, second, and third legs. The first leg is upstream of the second and third legs relative to the flow direction. The first leg has a width that is greater than the width of the second and third legs. In particular, a ratio of the width of the first leg to the width of the second leg is in a range of 1.6:1 to 2.6:1. |
US10065128B2 |
Toy building set
A toy building set comprising a first and a second building element, wherein the first building element is provided with a first type of hinge part, and the second building element is provided with a second type of hinge part, wherein the first and second types of hinge parts are configured complementarily in such a way that the hinge parts on the first and second elements can be releasably interconnected to the effect that they form a hinged joint between the building elements, whereby the building elements can be mutually rotated about the common hinge axis defined at the hinged joint, wherein the toy building set further comprises at least one third building element comprising a third type of hinge part which is complementarily configured in such a way that the hinge parts on the first and third elements can be interconnected, whereby both the second type and the third type of hinge parts are provided with a toothing. |
US10065126B2 |
Balloon display system
The current inventive technology includes methods and apparatus for a balloon display system. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a modular balloon cluster display system that may be used to support and display one or more helium-free inflatable balloons. |
US10065125B1 |
3D high-speed track car toy
A 3-dimensional high-speed track car toy comprises a track body and a toy car. Straight tracks, curved tracks, centripetal tracks and centrifugal tracks are assembled to form a 3-dimensional closed track. The track body stands on the ground fixedly through support rods and support seats. The track body is paved with a track along which the toy car runs. Components of the track body have fastener-containing groove structures to fix an iron axis onto the track. The toy car is placed on the track body. The track is equipped with an iron axis. The bottom of the toy car is equipped with magnets. Thereby, a sufficient attractive force is generated to overcome gravity of the toy car. Therefore, the toy car can run on the track disposed on a ceiling or a vertical wall. Thus, the user can enjoy more amusement from playing the present invention. |
US10065122B1 |
Spectator feedback and adaptation
A first content item instance may be played by one or more participants and may be presented by one or more first compute nodes to the one or more participants. Information associated with the first content item instance may be collected. The information may include, for example, game state, user inputs, and other information associated with the first content item instance. The information may be provided as input to a second content item instance executing at one or more second compute nodes. Audio and/or video information output by the second content item instance may then be collected, and data including the collected information may be transmitted to one or more third compute nodes for presentation to spectators. Spectator feedback may be received and provided back to the first content item instance, which may be presented based, at least in part, on the spectator feedback. |
US10065119B2 |
Game accessing method and processing method, server, terminal, and system
A method including generating, by a terminal, a creation request containing game information, sending, by the terminal, the creation request to a game server, receiving, by the terminal, a graphic information code generated by a management server according to the game information, and displaying the graphic information code on the terminal. |
US10065115B2 |
Generation of an instant virtual reenactment of an occurring event
A method for generating an instant virtual reenactment of an occurring event and an electronic device for generating an instant virtual reenactment of an occurring event comprising a processing unit, a thereto connected storage unit, at least one remote control, and a network communication device. |
US10065113B1 |
Virtual reality system with enhanced sensory effects
A virtual reality (VR) system is implemented as a “feel-real” mask attached to standard VR goggles or as a helmet having an integrated feel-real mask and 3-D goggles. A video stream or a video game is rendered to a user via the 3-D goggles from a mobile device or from a PC over a wireless communication channel. The video stream or the video game code has a plurality of inserted markers indicating feel-real sensory events corresponding to the content of the video or the video game. A feel-real player reads the markers and triggers the events, including a stream of warm or cold air, a water mist (or a spray), vibrations and various smells. Thus, the VR system appeals to different user senses apart from traditional ophthalmoception and audioception (i.e., audio and visual) senses and creates enhanced virtual user experience while watching a movie or playing a game. |
US10065108B2 |
Video game using dual motion sensing controllers
A motion of a first unit is detected based on an output from a first acceleration sensor provided in a first unit of a controller, and a motion of a second unit is detected based on an output from a second acceleration sensor provided in a second unit separate from the first unit. A game control is performed using the detected motions. Thus, with a game apparatus using a plurality of acceleration sensors or a plurality of sensors capable of detecting a motion a dynamic play is made possible with a high degree of freedom of motion and an intuitive motion input is realized. |
US10065102B2 |
Sliding board, fastening device for shoes and a snowboard equipment comprising said sliding board and said fastening device
The present invention relates to, a sliding board, the structure of which comprises at least one lower layer, at least one upper layer, a core, at least one rail delimiting a groove with a top opening for receiving and guiding an anchoring component for a shoe fastening baseplate, wherein it comprises at least one serrated bar separate and spaced apart from the groove of the rail and designed to interact with at least one peripheral toothed sector mounted on the lower surface of the baseplate with a view to preventing its longitudinal translational movement, and to, a fastening device designed to equip said sliding board and a snowboard equipment comprising said sliding board and said device. |
US10065095B2 |
Apparatus, system and method for playing an object toss game
An object toss game has a ball connected to an elastic cord. The ball has a surface with fasteners. Two board assemblies are positioned at a distance apart. Pads are arranged on a top panel of each board assembly. Players toss the ball toward a pad on the board to remove the pad from the top panel. The ball then bounces from the top panel to remove the pad from the top panel. The first player to remove the pads from a board positioned opposite to the player wins the game. Alternately, players take turns tossing darts at regions on the board assemblies that are assigned points. |
US10065093B2 |
Cat's claw golf tool with tread cleaning
A golf tool for cleaning a cleat or spike may include a top surface, a pair of opposing side surfaces connected to the top surface, a bottom surface opposing the top surface, a front surface connecting to the top surface, the bottom surface and the side surfaces, and a back surface connecting to the top surface, the bottom surface and the side surfaces. The bottom surface may be connected to at least three cleaning fingers to simultaneously clean three cleats of a golf shoe. The front surface may be connected to a finger projection having a flexible cleaning cylinder. |
US10065090B2 |
Advanced hybrid iron type golf club
The present invention is a unique advanced hybrid iron type golf club having a curved face. The golf club incorporates the discovery of unique relationships among key club head engineering variables such as volume, blade length, heel blade length section, Zcg, front-to-back dimension, and club moment arm. |
US10065087B2 |
Golf club set having similar properties
A set of ball striking devices, such as a set golf clubs, having similar characteristics between clubs within the set of clubs such as length, weight, and lie angle. Characteristics can include lengths and lie angle. |
US10065086B2 |
Golf club head with center of gravity adjustability
The present invention comprises a golf club head comprising a body having a crown, a sole, a front wall and a hosel, wherein the body defines a hollow interior. The golf club head further comprises a center of gravity adjustment assembly wherein the center of gravity adjustment assembly is positioned within the hollow interior of the body, and allows the center of gravity of the golf club head to be adjusted by at least 0.050 inch, preferably along a vertical axis. |
US10065085B2 |
Golf club head having face stress-reduction features
A golf club head comprising a body, at least one weight cartridge, and a plurality of hollow tubes is disclosed herein. The body comprises a face section, a sole section, and a return section, and also defines a hollow interior. Each of the plurality of hollow tubes extends from the return section to the sole section to reduce stresses placed on the face during impact with a golf ball, and the at least one weight cartridge is sized to fit within at least one of the plurality of hollow tubes. The sole section and return section each comprise keyed apertures providing access to the hollow tubes with which they communicate, and the at least one weight cartridge comprises a keyed structure sized to fit through the keyed apertures. |
US10065081B1 |
Object positioning system
A system and device system for controlling a height of a levitated object based on a height selection made by a user. The system includes a user input device configured to receive the height selection made by the user, a base in communication with the user input device, and a power source. The base includes a magnet array having a central electromagnet configured to exert an adjustable magnetic force in a first direction, a plurality of peripheral electromagnets each being configured to exert an adjustable magnetic force in the first direction, and a permanent magnet being configured to exert a non-adjustable magnet force in a second direction at least substantially opposite the first direction. The power source is configured to deliver an adjustable current to the magnet array, such that adjustment of the current controls the levitation height of the object. |
US10065079B2 |
Golf ball
Golf ball having a core and a cover of one or more layers, the core being formed of a material molded under heat from a rubber composition including a base rubber, an organic peroxide, and water and/or a metal monocarboxylate. Defining the tan δ slope as (tan δ10−tan δ1)/(10%−1%), where tan δ1 and tan δ10 are the loss tangents at dynamic strains of, respectively, 1% and 10% when the loss tangents of the core center and the core surface are measured at −12° C. and 15 Hz, the difference between the tan δ slopes at the core surface and the core center is larger than 0.002. Because a core material which undergoes little decrease in resilience over time and experiences little energy loss can be obtained, the golf ball maintains a good rebound, has a reduced spin rate and thus is able to achieve an increased distance. |
US10065076B2 |
Facilitation of interactive exercise system
A more efficient exercise system can be facilitated by interactive components. A system can comprise receiving distance data, from a wireless network device, associated with a selection of a weight of an exercise machine. Based on the distance data, the system can generate resistance data representative of a resistance associated with the exercise machine. Additionally, in response to the generating the resistance data, the system can assign the resistance data to a user identity associated with a mobile device. |
US10065074B1 |
Training systems with wearable sensors for providing users with feedback
A training system based on mobile technology and kinematics of human motion characterizes, analyzes, and supplies feedback to a user based on the user's movements. The training system includes a garment having a sensor control module connected to multiple sensor nodes via electrically-conductive fabric running along parts portions of the garment. The sensor module/nodes can communicate through the conductive fabric. The sensor nodes acquire motion and/or physiologic readings that are wirelessly transmitted to a mobile computing device that runs an application that analyzes the data and provides visual (e.g., graphs, 3D avatar) and audio feedback (e.g., voice prompts). Vibration motors and LEDs/electroluminescent fabric in the garment also provide notifications and alerts. The triple layer of garment, conductive fabric, and sensor module/sensor node are sealed against contaminants, allowing the garment to be washable. |
US10065072B2 |
Lower back exercise apparatus
A lower back exercise apparatus exercises or imparts laterally and upwardly directed movements into a user's lower back when seated thereupon. The lower back exercise apparatus includes a lower base assembly, an upper seat assembly, and a motor assembly. The lower base assembly includes an upper, laterally concave base surface. The upper seat assembly includes a lower, laterally convex seat surface and an upper seat surface. The upper seat assembly is laterally ridable upon and movable relative to the lower base assembly. The motor assembly is drives a laterally directed, cylindrical arc length trajectory of the upper seat assembly relative to the lower base assembly. The concave and convex surfacing have a common radius of curvature with a common fulcrum point spatially located adjacent an upper portion of a user's lumbar spinal region Lateral flexion is thus imparted into a user's lower back when a user is seated thereupon. |
US10065067B2 |
Exercise machine for providing resistance to ambulatory motion of the user
An exercise machine that provides a generally consistent resistive force against a user who walks, steps, or runs away from the machine as part of a strength training exercise program. The machine is built upon a movable frame having transport wheel assemblies that allow the exercise machine to be placed on an indoor floor surface or on the ground outdoors. The frame of the device further supports three parallel spinning assemblies that together allow a length of linear strap attached to the user to run out from the machine and thereafter be retracted or rewound back into the machine. The spinning assemblies include a flywheel assembly, a spool assembly, and a spring assembly, each co-axially arranged on a spin axle extending across the frame. The spring assembly is fixed against the frame and incorporates a coil spring that tightens with the rotation of the spin axle in a first direction (allowing the linear run-out strap to extend out from the spool assembly). The coil spring in the spring assembly thereafter tends to direct the rewinding of the strap back onto the spool assembly. The coaxial flywheel assembly provides both an initial stationary inertia and a subsequent rotational inertia. The flywheel acts as a governor to balance the changing forces associated with the resistive force increasing in the spring assembly. Positioned on the spin axle between the flywheel assembly and the spring assembly is a spool assembly that allows the strap to unwind and subsequently to be wound back onto the spool. A guide strap may be provided around the spool to maintain the linear run-out strap within the spool assembly. A resistance adjustment assembly presses a brake pad against the perimeter surface of the flywheel to adjust the force required to direct rotation of the system. A weight horn bracket is provided to add additional disc weights if necessary. |
US10065055B2 |
Mask including integrated sound conduction for alert notification in high-noise environments
A human wearable mask includes a skirt for directly contacting a human wearer and a sound conduction component on the skirt. The sound conduction component can provide an alert notification within high-noise environments while allowing ambient sounds to be heard over the conduction speakers. The sound conduction component may be used to reproduce audio for firefighters and other users who need radio communications. |
US10065051B2 |
Method, system and use for therapeutic ultrasound
The described embodiments relate to methods, systems and uses for therapeutic ultrasound, and in particular, to methods, systems and uses for therapeutic ultrasound for treating or alleviating eye conditions. The described embodiments relate to methods, systems and uses that involve an ultrasound device configured for treatment of an eye condition, where the device comprises at least one ultrasound transducer for coupling to at least a portion of an eyelid to supply ultrasound waves to an area proximate to the portion of the eyelid according to treatment parameters, wherein the treatment parameters comprise a treatment frequency and a treatment period. |
US10065049B2 |
Presenting a sequence of images associated with a motion model
Images that are associated with an identification of a tracking target of a patient to receive radiation treatment may be received. The images may be sorted into a sequence based on a motion of the patient. The sorted images may be provided via a graphical user interface. The sequence of the sorted images that are based on the motion of the patient may be provided. |
US10065044B2 |
Molded headers for implantable signal generators, and associated systems and methods
Molded headers, implantable signal generators having molded headers, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. An implantable signal generator in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a can having a shell and a battery positioned at least partially within the shell. An output terminal can be operably coupled to the battery and positioned to provide electrical power to a signal delivery device. A pre-molded header having a plurality of openings can be coupled to the can, and the output terminal can be positioned at least partially within an individual opening. |
US10065043B2 |
Modulate pacing rate to increase the percentage of effective ventricular capture during atrial fibrillation
The present disclosure pertains to cardiac pacing methods and systems, and, more particularly, to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). In particular, the present disclosure pertains to determining whether a patient is experiencing atrial fibrillation (AF). If the patient is experiencing AF, the efficacy of CRT is determined. A signal is sensed in response to a ventricular pacing stimulus. Through signal processing, a number of features are parsed from the signal and a determination is made as to whether the ventricular pacing stimulus evoked a response from the ventricle. |
US10065042B2 |
System for cardiac stimulation optimization utilizing cardiac asynchrony and pulse pressure data
One embodiment provides a system for cardiac stimulation optimization utilizing cardiac asynchrony and pulse pressure data. The system includes: an analysis circuitry to receive cardiac signals collected at two locations of a patient's heart during an application to the heart of stimulation in accordance with multiple (VV) delay intervals, calculate an asynchrony index for the VV delay intervals, and determine one of the VV intervals as optimal based on the asynchrony index for that VV interval; an implantable stimulation device to cycle through the VV intervals while applying the stimulation, and further configured to cycle through atrioventricular (AV) delay intervals while applying additional stimulation in accordance with the optimal VV delay interval; and an arterial pulse pressure sensor to measure arterial pulse pressure during the application of the additional stimulation, wherein the analysis circuitry determines one of the AV delay intervals as optimal based on the arterial pulse pressure measured. |
US10065035B2 |
Flexible protocol for an implanted prosthesis
The present application discloses systems and methods for transmitting configuration between a command module and a stimulation module of a hearing prosthesis. In accordance with at least some embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods, a hearing prosthesis determines that a block of configuration data is queued for transmission. In response to this determination, the hearing prosthesis divides the amount of queued configuration data into a plurality of configuration data fragments and transmits the data fragments separately. In some embodiments, the command module appends each configuration data fragment to a different packet of stimulation commands and transmits to the stimulation module appended stimulation packets. |
US10065033B2 |
System and method for regulating water metabolism of cells
A system and method for regulating water metabolism of cells, 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 regulate water metabolism of cells of animals or human. |
US10065032B2 |
Kit for penetrating the cardiac septum and for implantation of a transeptal lead, including a lead for detection/stimulation of a left heart cavity
A method of implanting a lead in the left heart cavity includes introducing the lead into the right heart cavity. The lead includes a lead body having a deformable sheath, a proximal end having an electrical connector, a distal end including a projecting helical screw electrode, and a conductor extending along the sheath, electrically connecting the electrical connector and the helical screw. The method further includes positioning the distal end of the lead to abut a septum wall between the right and left heart cavity. The electrical connector is connected to an RF puncture generator and RF energy is applied to the screw while providing rotational movement to the screw for advancement through the septum wall. The method further includes positioning the screw at a target stimulation site in the left heart cavity and providing rotational movement to the screw to anchor the lead at the target site. |
US10065031B2 |
Deep brain stimulation lead
The present disclosure discusses a system and methods for a deep brain stimulation lead. More particularly, the disclosure discusses a stimulation lead that includes one or more silicon based barrier layers within a MEMS film. The silicon based barrier layers can improve device reliability and durability. The silicon based barrier layers can also improve adhesion between the layers of the MEMS film. |
US10065025B2 |
Over-the-needle guidewire vascular access systems and methods
Systems and methods for accessing body tissue are disclosed. The systems and methods can include an introducer assembly for percutaneous access to a body lumen. The assembly can include a needle and an over-the-needle guidewire. The needle and the guidewire can be inserted into body tissue and the guidewire advanced into the body tissue relative to the needle. The needle can be removed after advancing the guidewire. |
US10065022B2 |
Intravascular interventional tactile probe having touching force range and position information feedback
A tactile probe for endovascular intervention with feedbacks informative of the range and direction of a contact force includes: a central column (7); a plurality of lateral electrodes (2) around the central column (7); a conductive contact sleeve (1) that is axially and radially movable relative to the central column (7); a top electrode (3) in movable connection with the central column (7); and an alert electrode (4) configured to generate: a lateral contact signal, upon the contact sleeve (1) radially moving relative to the central column (7) and being electrically connected to at least one lateral electrode (2); a top contact signal, upon the contact sleeve (1) axially moving relative to the central column (7) a first distance (d1) and being electrically connected to the top electrode (3); and a warning signal, upon the contact sleeve (1) axially moving relative to the central column (7) a second distance (d2) and being electrically connected to the alert electrode (4). The tactile probe can identify the direction of the contact force and also indicate its magnitude. |
US10065021B2 |
Convection-enhanced delivery catheter with removable stiffening member and method for using same
A catheter for delivering an agent to targeted tissue of a mammalian body including a first elongate tubular member having a proximal opening and a distal end wall. A second elongate tubular member having a portion extends through first elongate tubular member and has a distal end extending beyond the end wall. The first and second tubular members form an annular cavity within the first tubular member. A stiffening member has at least a portion disposed within the annular cavity for facilitating accurate placement of the distal end relative to the targeted tissue in the mammalian body and is removeable from the annular cavity after such placement without removal of the second elongate tubular member from the mammalian body. A method is provided. |
US10065020B2 |
Delivery apparatus
A delivery apparatus is provided for inserting catheters and/or cannulae into a patient's blood vessel or body cavity either with or without the use of ultrasound imaging. The apparatus is used for the delivery of central venous catheters (CVCs) for creating a central line. The invention also relates to uses of the apparatus, and to methods for inserting catheters or cannulae (e.g. a CVC) into a patient. |
US10065018B2 |
Apparatus and method for promoting angiogenesis in ischemic tissue
A biologics delivery device and method of use for promoting angiogenesis in occluded vessels and ischemic tissue of a patient are provided, wherein the biologics delivery device includes a catheter having a proximal end, a distal region having a distal end, and a side wall defining a catheter lumen; an expandable member disposed in the distal region, the expandable member configured to support a subintimal space in an occluded blood vessel of a patient, and to transition between a collapsed state and an expanded state; and a hollow needle having a penetration tip deployable from inside the catheter lumen to outside the catheter lumen, and into tissue surrounding the occluded blood vessel, wherein the expandable member in the expanded state allows the flow of oxygenated blood to the occluded blood vessel. Methods of using the inventive biologics delivery device also are provided to deposit the biologic from a subintimal space to tissue surrounding the occluded blood vessel. |
US10065017B2 |
Catheter with catheter tip and related methods
An elongate catheter tip may be coupled to an elongate catheter body adjacent a distal end of the catheter body. To couple a catheter tip to a catheter body, a proximal portion of the catheter tip may (1) be disposed between a first elongate member and an second elongate member and (2) be subsequently fused to the second elongate member and the first elongate member. The resulting catheter and catheter tip may, among other functions, facilitate the measurement of differences in fluid pressure and/or facilitate the delivery of fluid or medical devices during a medical procedure. |
US10065013B2 |
Selective amplification of an acoustic signal
The present subject matter relates to systems and methods for selectively amplifying an acoustic signal in a closed environment. In an implementation, a plurality of acoustic signals may be received from within the closed environment. Frequency ranges corresponding to each acoustic signal may be obtained and compared to determine presence of at least one individual in the closed environment. Acoustic signals pertaining to the at least one individual may be analysed to detect occurrence of a physiological event. Based on the analysis, the acoustic signal may be recognized as a target signal, and the target signal may be amplified in the closed environment. Further, an interfering signal may be generated to cancel other acoustic signals within the closed environment. |
US10065012B2 |
Three way oxygen therapy connector for administering nebulized medication
A three-way air flow connector element is provided for operably introducing nebulized medication into an existing oxygen therapy line, which does not require the user to remove the oxygen line to administer the medication. The connector comprises a first and second female connector end and a third male connector end. The first female connector end is adapted to connect to an oxygen line while the third male connector end is adapted to connect to a patient mask, whereby oxygen can be delivered to the patient therethrough. The second female connector end is an operably opened conduit through which a nebulized medication can be introduced to the patient. This end is capped and removably opened by a medical professional, whereby the patient is not deprived of oxygen when connection is made with a nebulizer or similar oral medication delivery system. |
US10065010B2 |
Patient interface and headgear
Patient interface components and/or associated head gear and adjustment systems improve sealing and/or patient comfort and/or ease of use. The interface includes an inflating or ballooning seal. The headgear assembly can be connected to the interface with an elastic component and an inelastic component. The elastic component enabling a course fitting of the interface to the patient and the inelastic component enabling a final fitting of the interface to the patient. |
US10065009B2 |
Methods for positioning a medical device in a respiratory system
A method for positioning a medical device in a respiratory system is provided. The method includes providing a medical device system including a positioning apparatus having a body section and an upper section, the upper section slidably coupled to the body section, a flexible guide rod, a visible light source, and a medical device for treating the patient slidably receivable on the flexible guide rod. The method also includes inserting the flexible guide rod into a treatment portion of a respiratory system, emitting visible light from the visible light source, visually observing, outside the patient's body, the emitted visible light, and slidably moving the medical device distally along the flexible guide rod toward the distal end of the flexible guide rod to a selected position relative to the distal end of the flexible guide rod and within said treatment portion of the respiratory system of the patient's body. |
US10065006B2 |
Dispenser having a system for detecting discharge processes
Dispenser for the discharge of pharmaceutical media having a liquid storage, a base body, an actuating handle that is manually displaced with respect to the base body for causing a discharge process of media from the liquid storage into an environment, and an electronic detection system for detecting discharge processes. A sensor is provided, which, subject to the displacement of a reference component mechanically coupled to the actuating handle such that during a discharge process the reference component is displaced with respect to the base body, generates an output signal. The sensor is configured for generating output signals of two distinguishable types as a function of the extent of the displacement, and is provided with an electronic calibration memory in which calibration data regarding discharge behavior of the dispenser are stored. |
US10065005B2 |
Vaporizing devices and related methods for controlling an amount of substance being vaporized for consumption by a user
Vaporizing devices and related methods for controlling an amount of substance being vaporized for consumption by a user are disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a vaporizing device includes a casing configured to hold a substance for vaporizing. The vaporizing device also includes a plunger comprising a heating element inserted within the casing. The vaporizing device also includes a mechanism configured to advance the substance within the casing. Further, the vaporizing device includes a mouthpiece comprising an atomized configured to vaporize the material using the heating element. |
US10065003B2 |
Syringe pump engagement detection apparatus and methods
Syringe pump apparatus and methods for detecting proper or improper engagement of a syringe pump drive system with a syringe in the syringe pump are disclosed. The apparatus and methods can determine proper or improper engagement between a drive system and the plunger of a syringe in a syringe pump by detecting the force required to move a plunger clip in reverse while restricting flow into the syringe. The apparatus and methods may also be used to determine that a syringe in the syringe pump apparatus is properly connected to a delivery line. |
US10064996B2 |
Drug delivery device
A drug delivery device for administering a drug is presented having a body, at least one electrical unit and a port for electrically contacting the electrical unit, an adapter for attaching an injection needle to the drug delivery device, a safety mechanism arranged to prevent contacting the electrical unit whilst an injection needle is in fluid communication with the drug delivery device and arranged to prevent establishing a fluid communication while the electrical unit is contactable. |
US10064994B2 |
Automatic insulin delivery system
A system and method for automatically administering insulin based on a feedforward control. The automatic insulin delivery system may include a computing device comprising a processor, machine readable non-transitory media which stores the coupled-model of the invention, and a monitoring system. The machine readable transitory media may be configured to receive one or more inputs and the coupled-model may utilize a feedforward control to parameterize the inputs and generate an output that can be translated to a type and amount of insulin to be administered by the system. The input(s) received by the machine readable non-transitory media may be created by a user or received from one or more sensors. The method may include providing a model that is stored on a machine readable non-transitory media and administering insulin based on the output provided by the model. |
US10064991B2 |
Infusion line systems
An IV line identification system to enable ready identification of an IV line and its associated fluid source and output and to enable distinguishing the IV line from other IV lines and their fluid sources and outputs. The IV line identification system includes a first light source and a second light source communicatively coupled to one another via a wireless connection. The light sources are configured such that when one is activated so as to generate a light signal, the other is automatically activated to generate a corresponding light signal. Each light source may be placed on opposite ends of an IV line to enable ready identification of each end of the same IV line. |
US10064985B2 |
Precision blood fluid removal therapy based on patient monitoring
Methods for monitoring patient parameters and blood fluid removal system parameters include identifying those system parameters that result in improved patient parameters or in worsened patent parameters. By comparing the patient's current parameters to past parameters in response to system parameters or changes in system parameters, a blood fluid removal system may be able to avoid future use of parameters that may harm the patient and may be able to learn which parameters are likely to be most effective in treating the patient in a blood fluid removal session. |
US10064982B2 |
PDLLA stent coating
An amorphous PDLLA stent coating for drug delivery is disclosed. |
US10064979B2 |
Bone regeneration material
A method for producing a bone regeneration material containing an octacalcium phosphate-gelatin complex, the method including: co-precipitating octacalcium phosphate with gelatin to produce an octacalcium phosphate-gelatin co-precipitate; washing the co-precipitate with a washing liquid to remove gelatin from the co-precipitate, thereby obtaining an octacalcium phosphate slurry; dispersing the octacalcium phosphate slurry or dry granules formed using the slurry in an aqueous gelatin solution; and drying the dispersion of octacalcium phosphate dispersed in the aqueous gelatin solution to produce an octacalcium phosphate-gelatin complex. |
US10064978B2 |
Immobilised biological entities
There is described inter alia a medical device having a surface which comprises a coating layer, said coating layer being a biocompatible composition comprising an entity capable of interacting with mammalian blood to prevent coagulation or thrombus formation, which entity is covalently attached to said surface through a link comprising a 1,2,3-triazole. |
US10064977B2 |
Wet-pack intraocular lens materials with high refractive index
Intraocular lens materials are disclosed. They are soft and very deformable and have a high refractive index, and a high glistening resistance in fully hydrated state. They are particularly suitable for making wet-packed intraocular lenses (IOLs) which can be delivered through sub 2.0 mm incisions. |
US10064975B2 |
Method for coating skin abrasion, laceration, burn or oedema after surgery
The present invention relates to a biological film-forming agent which is for facilitating wound healing and coating and protecting biological organs, and for coating and protecting damaged cells, wound surfaces, organs and damaged sites of organs, and wound surfaces reaching soft tissues such as muscle and facia, periosteum or bone cortex. Provided is a biological film-forming agent for suppressing exudation of intracellular fluid from damaged cells, suppressing expansion of inflammation reactions and secondary inflammation reactions resulting from production of fibrin and eliminating adverse effects caused by formation of stabilised fibrin on healing. Various problems can be solved by using the agent containing aluminium chloride, cyclodextrin and water as base components. |
US10064974B2 |
Silicic acid condensates having a low degree of cross-linking in a polymer matrix
A material or biomaterial comprising silicic acid condensates having a low degree of cross-linking, and methods for its production are subject-matter of the invention. A method for the production of silicic acid structures having a low degree of cross-linking is disclosed, wherein a sol is produced, wherein further condensation is prevented when specific cross-linking of the silicic acid is reached, wherein, preferably, structures having a size of 0.5-1000 nm are produced, e.g. polyhedral structures or aggregates of the same. Further condensation can be prevented by means of mixing with a polymer. In one embodiment, this comprises nano-structured, silicon dioxide (SiO2) having a low degree of cross-linking that is embedded in a polymer matrix. The material can be used in medicine for therapeutic purposes, and can enter into direct contact with biological tissue of the body in this connection. This material herein enters into chemical, physical, and biological interactions with the corresponding biological systems. It can herein be decomposed, and can act as a supplier for the silicic acid required for metabolism. Furthermore, it can have a supportive or shielding effect. It can be present as a granulate, microparticles, fiber, and as a woven or nonwoven fabric produced therefrom, or as a layer on implants or wound dressings. The material can be used as a medical device or as a nutritional supplement. |
US10064973B2 |
Tissue adhesive and method for producing same
There is provided a tissue adhesive to be applied to a tissue by mixing an adhesive component including an aqueous solution of a fish-derived gelatin with a curative component including an aqueous solution of a water-soluble crosslinking reagent, wherein the water-soluble crosslinking reagent has an amide linkage or an ethylene glycol unit or a sugar chain in the molecular main chain thereof and has two or more of an active ester group or an acid anhydride or an aldehyde group. |
US10064971B2 |
Preventative solution and method of use
A preventative solution includes an aqueous base, 1 wt % to 6 wt % titanium dioxide having an average particle size of not greater than 100 nm, 0.5 wt % to 20 wt % alcohol having 2 to 4 carbons, and 3 wt % to 15 wt % of a binding agent. The preventative solution can be dispersed using a fogger, for example, sequentially with an odor neutralizing solution or a disinfectant solution. |
US10064968B2 |
Systems and methods for emitting radiant energy
Field balancing may be performed with an irradiation system including a plurality of adjustable radiant-energy emitters. The irradiation system powers the radiant-energy emitters from a power source and radiant energy is emitted from the radiant-energy emitters, where an amount of radiant energy emitted from each emitter is capable of being varied based on power received from the power source. A plurality of radiant-energy sensors detects an amount of radiant energy which includes radiant energy created directly by at least one of the radiant-energy emitters. The amount of radiant energy detected at at least two of the radiant-energy sensors is compared, and at least one of the radiant-energy emitters is adjusted by varying the power received from the power source so that the amount of radiant energy detected at each of the radiant-energy sensors tends towards becoming approximately equal. The emitting of radiant energy from each radiant-energy emitter is terminated when a total amount of radiant energy emitted from the plurality of adjustable radiant-energy emitters exceeds a predetermined threshold value, where the threshold value is sufficient to allow the total amount of radiant energy emitted from the plurality of adjustable radiant-energy emitters to sanitize a particular area in which the emitters are located. |
US10064963B2 |
Methods and compositions for treating disorders
The present disclosure relates to a method of treating, ameliorating or preventing a disorder by blocking the signaling pathway of c-Met, wherein said method comprises the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition to a subject in need thereof, which composition contains a lipocalin mutein or a fragment or a variant thereof. In addition, the present disclosure relates to a diagnostic composition suitable for use in, e.g., an immuno-imaging technique to detect the presence of c-Met as well as the uses thereof. |
US10064961B2 |
Method for producing a liquid pharmaceutical preparation
A method for producing a liquid pharmaceutical preparation which contains a complex consisting of DOTA and gadolinium and a base such as L-lysine or meglumine, includes the following steps: a) An aqueous solution containing free DOTA, free gadolinium and a base such as L-lysine or meglumine is produced. b) The yield of free DOTA and free gadolinium is determined in the solution obtained according to step a). c) Free gadolinium and/or free DOTA is added in order to adjust a stoichiometric excess of free DOTA in the solution. d) The complexation is executed at an increased temperature. e) Additional base such as L-lysine or meglumine is added in order to adjust the pH value. f) The final volume of the preparation is adjusted. |
US10064960B2 |
Formulation of solid nano-sized particles in a gel-forming system
The present invention relates to novel formulations comprising a plurality of nano-sized solid particles and a gel-forming system, useful, e.g. for imaging of the body of a mammal. Also described are kits comprising such formulations and imaging methods utilizing such formulations or kits. |
US10064958B2 |
Nipah virus envelope pseudotyped lentiviruses and methods of their use
The present invention relates to lentiviral particles which have been pseudotyped with Nipah virus (NiV) fusion (F) and attachment (G) glycoproteins (NiVpp-F/G). Additionally, the present invention relates to truncated NiV-F glyocproteins useful in producing such NiVpp lentiviral particles, as well as to additional variant peptides which enhance activity. Further, the present invention relates to methods of using such lentiviral particles or sequences, for example in the treatment of cancer or CNS disorders. |
US10064957B2 |
Immunoconjugates with an intracellularly-cleavable linkage
The present invention relates to therapeutic conjugates with improved ability to target various diseased cells containing a targeting moiety (such as an antibody or antibody fragment), a linker and a therapeutic moiety, and further relates to processes for making and using the conjugates. |
US10064955B2 |
Cardiovascular disease treatment and prevention
The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for treatment of subjects having or at risk of arteriosclerosis, hypertension, sickle-cell anemia, or other conditions. In some cases, the composition may include nitric oxide, peptides, or both. The nitric oxide and/or peptide may be present within a first phase comprising a lecithin, such as phosphatidylcholine. In certain embodiments, the lecithin is present in liposomes, micelles, or other vesicles containing nitric oxide and/or peptide. The composition can take the form of a gel, a cream, a lotion, an ointment, a solution, a solid “stick,” etc., that can be rubbed or sprayed onto the skin. Other aspects of the present invention are generally directed to methods of making or using such compositions, methods of promoting such compositions, kits including such compositions, or the like. |
US10064946B2 |
High concentration antibody formulations
Discloses herein are high concentration antibody formulations comprising an anti-sclerostin immunoglobulin and an acetate salt and/or an acetate buffer and methods of use. |
US10064942B2 |
Copper-cysteamine and methods of use
Structure and luminescence properties of a new Cu-Cyteamine (Cu-Cy) crystal material are provided. The crystal structure of the Cu-Cy is determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. It is found that the compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c and cell parameters are a=7.5510(4) Å, b=16.9848(7) Å, c=7.8364(4) Å, β=104.798(3)°. The new Cu-Cy crystal material of the invention is also useful for treatment of cancer. |
US10064940B2 |
Multifunctional radiation delivery apparatus and method
Embodiments of this invention relate to a flexible, multifunctional apparatus for delivering electromagnetic energy to a target surface. The apparatus may be used in a variety of applications and environments, including but not limited to, medical therapies and treatments. The apparatus comprises at least one primary radiation source, in some embodiments an array of light-emitting diodes, and is capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation in the range from 800 to 950 nanometers. The apparatus comprises a moveable arm for positioning the radiation source relative to the target surface. The apparatus is useful for photothermal therapy in the treatment of medical conditions, including cancer. |
US10064936B2 |
Mixed allergen compositions and methods for using the same
Mixed allergen compositions of two or more different allergens are provided. In some instances, the mixed allergen compositions include: a nut allergen; an animal allergen; and at least one of: a non-nut plant allergen; a biotic agent; and a vitamin. Also provided are methods of administering the mixed allergen compositions to a subject. The mixed allergen compositions find use in a variety of applications, including health maintenance, immune balance, gut balance, immune support, health improvement and therapeutic applications. |
US10064935B2 |
Human cytomegalovirus RNA vaccines
The disclosure describes HCMV ribonucleic acid (RNA) vaccines, as well as methods of using the vaccines and compositions comprising the vaccines. |
US10064934B2 |
Combination PIV3/hMPV RNA vaccines
The disclosure relates to respiratory virus ribonucleic acid (RNA) vaccines and combination vaccines, as well as methods of using the vaccines and compositions comprising the vaccines. |
US10064933B2 |
Recombinant rift valley fever (RVF) viruses and methods of use
Described herein are recombinant RVF viruses comprising deletions in one or more viral virulence genes, such as NSs and NSm. The recombinant RVF viruses, generated using a plasmid-based reverse genetics system, can be used as vaccines to prevent infection of RVF virus in livestock and humans. As described herein, the recombinant RVF viruses grow to high titers, provide protective immunity following a single injection and allow for the differentiation between vaccinated animals and animals infected with wild-type RVF virus. |
US10064930B2 |
Immunogenic compositions and methods for pigeon fever
The disclosure provides for immunogenic compositions against Pigeon Fever, and methods for their use and preparation. The immunogenic compositions, in alternate embodiments, also include other equine pathogens. |
US10064921B2 |
Botulinum toxin treatments of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders
Methods for preventing or treating neuropsychiatric disorder and/or a neurological disorder including a neurological disorder mediated by the thalamus. Neuropsychiatric disorders and/or a neurological disorders, including a thalamically mediated disorder can be treated by peripheral administration of a botulinum toxin to or to the vicinity of a trigeminal sensory nerve, thereby preventing or treating a neurological disorder and/or a neuropsychiatric disorder. |
US10064920B2 |
Method for controlled ovarian stimulation using FSH and hCG
A product comprising follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) for the treatment of infertility. |
US10064918B2 |
Mesenchymal stem cell differentiation
The present invention provides for methods and compositions for treating or preventing arthritis and joint injury. |
US10064917B2 |
Compositions for treating pathological calcification conditions, and methods using same
The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating diseases or disorders associated with pathological calcification or pathological ossification. In certain embodiments, the diseases or disorders are selected from the group consisting of Generalized Arterial Calcification of Infancy (GACI), Idiopathic Infantile Arterial Calcification (IIAC), Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL), hypophosphatemic rickets, osteoarthritis, calcification of atherosclerotic plaques, PXE, hereditary and non-hereditary forms of osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, hardening of the arteries occurring with aging, calciphylaxis resulting from end stage renal disease and progeria. |
US10064916B2 |
Treatment method for microbial infection
A treatment composition for treating or preventing bovine mastitis, the treatment composition characterized in that it includes at least two components which have an isoelectric point of or above substantially 6.8 and is extracted from milk, or a milk derived substance. |
US10064911B2 |
Peptides for treating cancer
The present invention relates to peptides for inhibiting angiogenesis. The present invention also relates to methods of inhibiting angiogenesis and methods of treating disorders associated with VEGF-induced vascular permeability using the peptides of the invention. |
US10064903B2 |
Lactic acid bacterium, drug, food or drink, and feed which contain the lactic acid bacterium
The Lactobacillus paracasei MCC1849 (NITE BP-01633) strain, which has a high IL-12 production-promoting action, is used as an ingredient of a drug, food or drink, or feed used for promotion of IL-12 production, immunostimulation, antivirus, or the like. |
US10064899B1 |
Compositions for fecal floral transplantation and methods for making and using them and devices for delivering them
In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions, e.g., formulations, used for gastric, gastrointestinal and/or colonic treatments or lavage, e.g., orthostatic lavage, e.g., for inducing the purgation (e.g., cleansing) of a gastrointestinal (GI) tract, including a colon; and methods for making and using them. In alternative embodiments, compositions and methods of the invention are used for the stabilization, amelioration, treatment and/or prevention of constipation, for the treatment of abdominal pain, particularly non-specific abdominal pain, and diarrhea, including diarrhea caused by a drug side effect, a psychological condition, a disease or a condition such as Crohn's Disease, a poison, a toxin or an infection, e.g., a toxin-mediated traveler's diarrhea, or C. difficile or the pseudo-membranous colitis associated with this infection. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides pharmaceuticals and products (articles) of manufacture for delivering these compositions and formulations to an individual, e.g., a human or an animal. The invention also provides devices for delivering a fecal material to a patient. |
US10064895B2 |
Compositions and methods for treating a pathogenic metabolic condition of the gut microbiota and derived diseases
The invention relates to the use as a drug or medical nutritional product in humans to treat a pathological dysbiosis and/or to prevent or treat at least one derived metabolic disease chosen from among excess weight with comorbidity, obesity, diabetes, heart and vascular diseases, atherosclerosis, degenerative bone disease, neurodegenerative disease, metabolism-related cancers, autoimmune diseases, steatosis, metabolic steatohepatitis, and chronic inflammatory diseases of the intestine, by increasing the Christensenella bacterial genus in the intestine, of a composition comprising a mixture of active ingredients consisting of at least: a whey hydrolysate with a molecular weight comprised between 200 and 10,000 Daltons, a whey isolate and/or a concentrate, and calcium caseinate. |
US10064894B2 |
Cell preparations for extemporaneous use, useful for healing and rejuvenation in vivo
The present invention relates to new plasma or new platelet-rich plasma preparations, new cell dissociation methods, new cell associations or compositions, a method of preparation thereof, a use thereof, devices for the preparation thereof and preparations containing such a platelet-rich plasma preparation and cell associations or compositions. Specifically, the invention provides plasma or platelet-rich plasma alone or in cell combinations preparations for use in tissue regeneration and bone regeneration and pain reduction. |
US10064893B2 |
Immune effector cells pre-infected with oncolytic virus
Compositions and methods are provided for the treatment of cancer. An immune effector cell population is pre-infected with an oncolytic virus. The combined therapeutic is safe and highly effective, producing an enhanced anti-tumor effect compared to either therapy alone. The methods of the invention thus provide for a synergistic effect based on the combined biotherapeutics. |
US10064892B2 |
Method for producing an osteoinductive calcium phosphate and products thus obtained
The invention relates to a method for producing an osteoinductive calcium phosphate material, the method comprising the steps of providing a sintered calcium phosphate starting material having a surface topography consisting of calcium phosphate grains, subjecting the sintered calcium phosphate starting material to a hydrothermal treatment of between 125-150° C. for a duration sufficient to change calcium phosphate grains on the surface of the starting material into calcium phosphate needles. |
US10064891B2 |
Assembly of micelle aggregates of surfactant micelles and silver nanoparticles and use as antibacterial agent
An assembly of micelle aggregates, wherein each aggregate comprises micelles of an anionic surfactant and nano-sized particles of metallic silver. A product comprising such assemblies for use in treating or preventing bacterial infections. |
US10064889B2 |
Mercapto-modified biocompatible macromolecule derivatives with low degree of mercapto-modification and the cross-linked materials and uses thereof
The present invention discloses a mercapto-modified biocompatible macromolecule derivative with a low degree of modification. The mercapto-modified biocompatible macromolecule derivative not only maintains the initial structure, physiological function and biocompatibility as much as possible, but also allows the preparation of the biocompatible macromolecule cross-linked material with a low degree of cross-linking through the effectively chemical cross-linking with the introduced mercapto group. The present invention further discloses a disulfide-bond cross-linked biocompatible macromolecule material with a very low degree of cross-linking. The disulfide-bond cross-linked biocompatible macromolecule material not only maintains the initial structure, physiological function and biocompatibility of the biocompatible macromolecule as much as possible, but also effectively prolongs turn over and reduces the solubility of the biocompatible macromolecule in vivo, better meeting the requirements of various clinical applications. The present invention further relates to the application of the disulfide-bond cross-linked biocompatible macromolecule material in the field of medicine and pharmacy. |
US10064887B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions containing hyaluronic acid for use in the treatment of black disc disease
The present invention describes and claims pharmaceutical compositions in gel form for use in the treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration, in particular the forms of dehydration and emptying of the nucleus pulposus known as “black disc disease”. These compositions comprise a hyaluronic acid derivative which forms hydrogels with precise rheological characteristics that make it ideal for filling the nucleus pulposus. |
US10064883B2 |
Lipiodol-based anti-tumour emulsion for treating cancer
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition including Lipiodol and a molecule with anti-tumor activity and secondarily a hydroxyethyl starch. The present invention also relates to the use of the compositions according to the invention for treating cancer. According to one embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition according to the invention has between 0.004% and 0.2% by weight of idarubicin, between 0.38% and 2.25% by weight of hydroxyethyl starch and secondarily between 60% and 68% by weight of Lipiodol, and water for injection (or even physiological saline) in a quantity sufficient (q.s.) for 100%. |
US10064881B2 |
Natural formulations
Provided is an all natural composition including naturally-obtained plant extracts. |
US10064878B2 |
Controlled release and taste masking oral pharmaceutical compositions
The invention relates to tablet comprising granules dispersed in at least one hydrophilic compound or matrix. The granules contain an active agent, at least one amphiphilic compound and at least one lipophilic compound. The tablet may include a gastro-resistant film coating. |
US10064870B2 |
Sol-gel polymer composites and uses thereof
The present disclosure relates generally to sol-gel polymer composites that comprise chitosan, a hydrophilic polymer, a gelation agent, and optional additional ingredients in a suitable medium. Advantageously, the sol-gel polymer composite can form a durable seal or strong solid in response to one or more physiological stimulus. The disclosure further relates to medical and veterinary uses of the composite, particularly, methods and delivery systems for reducing or preventing the incidence of a mammary disorder in a dairy animal. More particularly, the disclosure includes methods and sol-gel polymer composite compositions for creating a physical barrier on the teat surface or in the teat canal or cistern of a non-human animal for prophylactic treatment of mammary disorders such as mastitis wherein the sol-gel polymer creates a seal in response to one or more physiological stimulus. |
US10064869B2 |
MTH1 inhibitors for treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune conditions
A compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the treatment of autoimmune diseases and inflammatory conditions. |
US10064868B2 |
(Alpha-substituted aralkylamino and heteroarylalkylamino) pyrimidinyl and 1,3,5-triazinyl benzimidazoles, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and their use in treating proliferative diseases
Provided herein are (alpha-substituted aralkylamino or heteroarylalkylamino) pyrimidinyl and 1,3,5-triazinyl benzimidazoles, e.g., a compound of Formula I, and their pharmaceutical compositions, preparation, and use as agents or drugs for treating proliferative diseases. |
US10064867B2 |
Hsp90 inhibitors
The disclosure relates to Compounds of Formula (1): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein Z1, Z2, Z3, Xa, Xb, Xc, Y, X2, and X4 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Compound of Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods to treat or prevent a condition, such as cancer which overexpresses Her-kinases, comprising administering to an patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a Compound of Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
US10064863B2 |
Formulations of 3-(5-amino-2-methyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione
Pharmaceutical compositions and single unit dosage forms of Compound A (3-(5-amino-2-methyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione), or an enantiomer or a mixture of enantiomers thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, co-crystal, clathrate, or polymorph thereof, are provided herein. Also provided are methods of treating, managing, or preventing cancer using the dosage forms described herein. |
US10064862B2 |
Antiviral axin stabilizer
Methods and compositions for preventing and/or treating viral infections are provided. The methods involve administering an agent that stabilizes or enhances Axin1 activity, e.g. and agent that inhibits tankyrase. Administration of the agent stimulates or increases interferon activity, thereby preventing or lessening at least one symptom of virus infection. The virus infection may be caused by a respiratory virus such as influenza vims. |
US10064857B2 |
Bupropion as a modulator of drug activity
Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan. |
US10064856B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions
Methods and compositions are provided which comprise effective amounts of an analgesic to treat a subject, including reducing or eliminating an adverse effect associated with the analgesic. |
US10064852B2 |
Decreasing expression level of apoptosis-related genes by treating a human subject with a nitroxide
Disclosed herein are methods for treating a human subject having a disease associated with an increased level of apoptosis using a nitroxide. Further disclosed are methods for treating a human subject in need of a reduced expression level of a gene associated with the apoptosis pathway using a nitroxide. |
US10064851B2 |
Method for the treatment of neurological disorders by enhancing the activity of β-glucocerebrosidase
Provided is a method of increasing the stability of wild-type β-glucocerebrosidase. Also provided are methods of treating and/or preventing an individual having a neurological disease in which increased expression or activity of β-glucocerebrosidase in the central nervous system would be beneficial. This method comprises administering an effective amount of a pharmacologic chaperone for β-glucocerebrosidase, with the proviso that the individual does not have a mutation in the gene encoding β-glucocerebrosidase. Further provided are β-glucocerebrosidase inhibitors which have been identified as specific pharmacologic chaperones and which have been shown to increase activity of β-glucocerebrosidase in vivo in the central nervous system. |
US10064845B2 |
Compositions and methods of treating muscular dystrophy with thromboxane-A2 receptor antagonists
The present invention is directed to methods of treating and/or ameliorating muscular dystrophy and/or treating cardiomyopathy in muscular dystrophy patients by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a thromboxane A2 receptor antagonist. |
US10064844B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising an aromatse inhibitors
The present invention relates to low-dose pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aromatase inhibitor 4,4′-[fluoro-(1-H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)methylene]bisbenzonitrile, as the active ingredient in a suitable carrier. The present invention also relates to a process for their preparation and to their use as medicaments. |
US10064841B1 |
Isoandrographolide-19-propionate for treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
Isoandrographolide-19-propionate for treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NALFD) relates to the compound isoandrographolide-19-propionate (IAN-19P), having the structural formula: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compound is synthesized by reaction of isoandrographolide with anhydrous propionic acid in the presence of N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and 4-dimethylaminopyridine. In vitro testing shows that isoandrographolide-19-propionate has lower toxicity than andrographolide, but has significantly high activity at a concentration of 50 μM. IAN-19P produced normal triglyceride levels and significantly lowered lipoperoxide formation in palmitate-oleate induced steatotic HepG2 cells, and also lowered ALT leakage from the treated cells. |
US10064840B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of multi-drug resistant infections
A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of multi-drug resistant infections includes an antimicrobial agent in combination the benzopyrano[3,4-b][1]benzopyran-12(6H)-one class of compound boeravinone B of Formula 1: The bio-efficacy of anti-infective drugs can be potentiated, when used in combination with boeravinone B. Boeravinone B can overcome the resistance or multi-drug resistance developed by bacteria against quinolone, mupirocin and macrolide class of anti-bacterial agents via inhibition of bacterial efflux pumps. Thus, the compositions can be used to treat or prevent drug-resistant bacterial diseases. |
US10064834B2 |
Carbidopa for the treatment of cancer
The present invention includes a method of inhibiting or reducing mTOR signaling or inhibition of indoleamine dioxygenase-1 (IDO1) in a subject with a proliferative disease, which comprises administering to the subject having or suspected to have the proliferative disease, a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of the compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. |
US10064831B2 |
Active substances and cosmetic or dermatological preparations containing said active substances for the care of the skin of patients of diabetes mellitus
Licochalcone A and/or plant extracts or microbiologically obtained extracts with an active content of Licochalcone A or cosmetic or dermatological preparations containing Licochalcone A and/or plant extracts or microbiologically obtained extracts with an active content of Licochalcone A for the care of the skin of patients of diabetes mellitus. |
US10064829B2 |
Probiotic liquid food products for infants
Provided are heat-processed or heat-processible health food products beneficially affecting the consumer's intestinal microbial balance. The food products are particularly liquid-based products which comprise a probiotic component capable of resisting heat and humidity. |
US10064824B2 |
Pharmaceutical formulation containing gelling agent
Disclosed in certain embodiments is a controlled release oral dosage form comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a drug susceptible to abuse together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients; the dosage form further including a gelling agent in an effective amount to impart a viscosity unsuitable for administration selected from the group consisting of parenteral and nasal administration to a solubilized mixture formed when the dosage form is crushed and mixed with from about 0.5 to about 10 ml of an aqueous liquid; the dosage form providing a therapeutic effect for at least about 12 hours when orally administered to a human patient. |
US10064819B2 |
Intraocular drug delivery device and associated methods
Devices, systems, and methods for delivery of an active agent into the eye of a subject can include an intraocular active agent delivery device including an active agent dispersed within a biodegradable active agent matrix. The active agent includes dexamethasone and the delivery device is adapted to fit within a lens capsule or ciliary sulcus of an eye. The delivery device can be inserted into the lens capsule or ciliary sulcus of an eye during cataract surgery or for treatment of uveitis. |
US10064816B2 |
Treatment of sexual dysfunction
Compositions and methods for treating sexual dysfunction and enhancing sexual satisfaction using topical application of a therapeutic agent such as an alpha-1 adrenergic receptor agonist to the nipple-areola complex are disclosed. |
US10064811B2 |
Methods of reducing hair loss and/or facilitating hair growth and/or regrowth
The present disclosure relates to methods of retarding hair loss or facilitating hair growth and/or regrowth. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods of using the disclosed compositions to increase the rate of terminal hair growth and/or regrowth in a mammal. |
US10064804B2 |
Polymeric nitrones and their use in personal care
Provided are polymeric nitrones comprising polymerized units of (a) acrylates of Formula I: wherein R1 and R2 are as defined herein; and (b) nitrone-pendant esters of Formula II: wherein R3 and R4 are as defined herein, and Z is a nitrone substituent of Formula III: wherein R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, and R14 are as defined herein, and wherein the sum of m+n is a number from 10 to 50, and the ratio of m to n is from 1:1 to 20:1. |
US10064803B2 |
Copolymer for cosmetics, surface treatment agent for cosmetic powder, powder for cosmetics, and cosmetic preparation
The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a copolymer for cosmetics, which has excellent water repellency and oil repellency even though a polyfluoroalkyl group therein has 6 or less carbon atoms; a surface treatment agent which contains the copolymer for cosmetics; a powder for cosmetics, which is treated with the surface treatment agent and has excellent water repellency and oil repellency; and a cosmetic preparation which contains the powder for cosmetics. A copolymer for cosmetics of the present invention contains: 70-90% by mass of a constituent unit (A) that is derived from a compound represented by formula (a); 2-25% by mass of a constituent unit (B) that is derived from a compound represented by formula (b); 2-25% by mass of a constituent unit (C) that is derived from a compound represented by formula (c); 0.1-10% by mass of a constituent unit (D) that is derived from a compound represented by formula (d); and a residue (E) of a chain-transfer agent (e) that contains an OH group or a COOH group. CH2═CR1—COO-Q1-Rf (a) CH2═CR2-Q2-COOH (b) CH2═CR3—COO—(R4O)n-R5 (c) CH2═CR7—COO-Q3-P(O)(OH)—R8 (d) |
US10064802B2 |
Oral compositions, dental structures and methods of delivering oral compositions
An oral composition and a method of delivering an oral composition to a dental structure are described. The oral composition can include a solvent; an acidic copolymer having acidic acrylate monomeric units, acidic methacrylate monomeric units, or a combination thereof; a neutral copolymer having neutral acrylate monomeric units, neutral methacrylate monomeric units, or a combination thereof; and optionally an active agent. The acidic and neutral copolymers can be dissolved in the oral composition and the oral composition can form a film on a surface when contacted with an aqueous solution. |
US10064801B2 |
RNA complexes that inhibit melanin production
In certain aspects, provided herein are RNA complexes (e.g., asymmetric RNA complexes, such as asiRNAs and lasiRNAs) that inhibit tyrosinase expression and are therefore useful for reducing melanin production and for treating pigmentation-related disorders associated with excessive melanin production, such as melasma and age spots. |
US10064800B2 |
Transglutaminase activator
A transglutaminase activator containing at least one kind selected from the group consisting of an extract from Justicia procumbens, an extract from Peristrophe japonica, and a compound represented by Formula (1), as an active ingredient: wherein R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, or a group for forming a methylenedioxy group by bonding with R2; R4 and R5 represent a hydrogen atom, or a group for forming a methylenedioxy group by bonding with each other; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an acyloxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or a specific sugar residue. |
US10064798B1 |
Method for modulating pigmentation by targeting BET bromodomain proteins
Methods, compositions, and kits useful for reducing pigmentation or treating hyperpigmentation disorders are disclosed. In accordance with the present disclosure, BET bromodomain protein inhibitors, such as JQ1, are used to reduce pigmentation, promote cell cycle arrest, inhibit the expression of TYR, TRP1, and DCT proteins, inhibit the expression of TYR mRNA, and suppress melanocyte proliferation. |
US10064795B2 |
Atomizing spray for grip enhancement
Provided by the invention are systems for applying antiperspirant grip enhancement compositions to a selected skin treatment area. Application of the antiperspirant grip enhancement composition is accomplished by forming the composition into a mist or spray using an atomizing spray dispenser. |
US10064792B2 |
Hybrid coated cosmetic powders and methods of making and using same
A hybrid coating material and process for pigments and other powders, for example cosmetic powders employs an organometallate, for example a titanate, and a functionalized silicon compound, for example a trialkoxysilane or a functionalized polysiloxane, which covalently bond to each other and to the substrate powder. The coated powders can exhibit excellent hydrophobicity coupled with lipophilicity. Employment of fluorinated silicon compounds may provide hydrophobicity and lipophobicity. Examples show good dispersibility of coated pigments in aqueous, oil and silicone fluids. |
US10064791B2 |
Cosmetic composition in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition, in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion, characterized in that it comprises a 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid polymer, a copolymer of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid and of an alcohol(meth)acrylate, and a hydrophobic-modified inulin-based amphiphilic polymer, the globules of the said emulsion having a mean size ranging from 15 to 500 microns and the oily phase being present in an amount of less than 35% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition. The invention also relates to a cosmetic process for treating keratin materials. |
US10064784B2 |
System and method of an adjustable bed with a vibration motor
The present disclosure concerns an adjustable bed facility including a system for executing a computer-based safety-action during a motor-actuated adjustable bed position adjustment, comprising an adjustable bed facility comprising a computer-based controller, an actuator, and a sensor, the computer-based controller providing control of adjustable bed position adjustments, the actuator configured to adjust a height of the adjustable bed facility upon receiving a height-adjustment command from the computer-based controller, and the sensor for determining an actuator action parameter measured value of the actuator, the computer-based controller in communicative connection with the sensor to monitor and compare the motor action parameter measured value to an actuator action parameter normal operation value range, and when the controller determines the monitored motor action parameter measured value is outside the range of the actuator action parameter normal operation value range the controller sends a safety-action command to the actuator. |
US10064781B2 |
Crutch with energy storage and energy return
Various features for improving the performance of crutches are provided. A crutch can flex at one or more locations or include composite material to provide energy storage and return to the user during ambulation. In some aspects, a crutch is provided that can propel the user forward during ambulation. The crutch can be hollow at one or more locations to allow for increased flexibility and narrower at one or more locations to enhance springiness of the crutch. |
US10064780B2 |
Multi-functional activity management system for elderly
A multi-functional activity management system for elderly utilizes prior art walking sticks to manage big data related to activity of elderly persons. In addition, new improvements have been made upon prior art walking sticks. By incorporating umbrella function into the walking stick, the stem portion becomes narrower and shorter, thereby making it easy to be inserted into the thin walking stick. New functions have been developed from the prior art walking sticks for better use by the elderly persons. |
US10064778B2 |
Walking assistance devices and methods of controlling the same
A walking assistance device may include at least one walking assistance unit configured to assist a user in walking; and/or a controller configured to control, based on a walk pattern of the user, the at least one walking assistance unit to produce torque only in at least one assistance period needing walking assistance in a walk cycle. A method of controlling walking assistance may include: calculating a walking assistance time using a difference between a start time and a termination time of an assistance period needing the walking assistance in a walk pattern; and/or assisting a user in walking when the assistance period begins, by producing torque for the walking assistance time. |
US10064774B2 |
Drop-type automatic excrement processing device
The present invention pertains to a drop-type automatic excrement processing device configured so that the degree of restraint on the body of the objective person to whom the device is fitted is made less. The device comprises the following: a diaper cover 1 that covers the buttocks and loins of a objective person for use such as an aged person; a feces receiver 2 and a urine catching pad 3 which are fitted to the diaper cover 1; a feces and urine intake pipe 5 for receiving feces or urine discharged through the feces receiver 2 and guiding the received matter into a wastes container 4; a valve unit 6 interposed in the intermediate part of the intake pipe 5; a washing-water tank 7 for storing washing water for washing the buttocks and the like; a warm wind generating means 8 for generating a warm wind used for drying the buttocks and the like after washing; and a control means 9 for controlling the operation of each of the foregoing. The device is characterized in that a defecation tube 2b of the feces receiver 2 protruding from the diaper cover 1 projects below a bed 10 through a defecation hole 10h provided in the bed 10 and is connected to a funnel-shaped part 5a of the upper part of the feces and urine intake pipe 5 so as to be vertically movable and inclinable. |
US10064769B2 |
Dual configuration portable wheelchair
A portable wheelchair is collapsible for ease of development, handling and transport, while also providing a front steer configuration and a rear steer configuration. |
US10064757B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for the treatment of glaucoma using visible and infrared ultrashort laser pulses
Transcorneal and fiberoptic laser delivery systems and methods for the treatment of eye diseases wherein energy is delivered by wavelengths transparent to the cornea to effect target tissues in the eye for the control of intraocular pressure in diseases such as glaucoma by delivery systems both external to and within ocular tissues. External delivery may be effected under gonioscopic control. Internal delivery may be controlled endoscopically or fiberoptically, both systems utilizing femtosecond laser energy to excise ocular tissue. The femtosecond light energy is delivered to the target tissues to be treated to effect precisely controlled photodisruption to enable portals for the outflow of aqueous fluid in the case of glaucoma in a manner which minimizes target tissue healing responses, inflammation and scarring. |
US10064756B2 |
System and method for providing radiation having annular profile
A system includes a focusing element configured to receive electromagnetic radiation coaxially and to focus the electromagnetic radiation to generate focused radiation. The system also includes a refracting element having an associated focal plane. The refracting element is configured to receive the focused radiation, and to refract the focused radiation to produce refracted radiation having an annular pattern at the focal plane. The system also includes a slit lamp having a receiving element to receive the refracted radiation. |
US10064755B2 |
Steerable laser probe
A steerable laser probe may include a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end, an actuation control of the handle, a housing tube having a housing tube distal end and a housing tube proximal end, a first housing tube portion having a first stiffness, a second housing tube portion having a second stiffness, an optic fiber disposed within an inner portion of the handle and the housing tube, and a cable disposed within the housing tube and the actuation control. A rotation of the actuation control may be configured to gradually curve the housing tube and the optic fiber. A rotation of the actuation control may be configured to gradually straighten the housing tube and the optic fiber. |
US10064754B2 |
Steerable laser probe
A steerable laser probe may include a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end, an actuation control of the handle, a flexible housing tube having a flexible housing tube distal end and a flexible housing tube proximal end, an optic fiber disposed within an inner portion of the handle and the flexible housing tube, and a cable disposed within the flexible housing tube and the actuation control. A rotation of the actuation control may be configured to gradually curve the flexible housing tube and the optic fiber. A rotation of the actuation control may be configured to gradually straighten the flexible housing tube and the optic fiber. |
US10064752B2 |
Motorized suprachoroidal injection of therapeutic agent
An apparatus for delivering therapeutic agent to an eye comprises a body, a cannula, a hollow needle, and an automated actuation assembly. The cannula extends distally from the body and is sized and configured to be insertable between a choroid and a sclera of a patient's eye. The actuation assembly is operable to actuate the needle relative to the cannula to thereby drive a distal portion of the needle along an exit axis that is obliquely oriented relative to the longitudinal axis of the cannula. The cannula may be inserted through a sclerotomy to position a distal end of the cannula at a posterior region of the eye, between the choroid and sclera. The needle may be advanced through the choroid to deliver the therapeutic agent adjacent to the potential space between the neurosensory retina and the retinal pigment epithelium layer, adjacent to the area of geographic atrophy. |
US10064747B2 |
System and method for delivering and deploying an occluding device within a vessel
A system and method for deploying an occluding device that can be used to remodel an aneurysm within the vessel by, for example, neck reconstruction or balloon remodeling. The system comprises an introducer sheath and an assembly for carrying the occluding device. The assembly includes an elongated flexible member having an occluding device retaining member for receiving a first end of the occluding device, a proximally positioned retaining member for engaging a second end of the occluding device and a support surrounding a portion of the elongated flexible member over which the occluding device can be positioned. |
US10064746B2 |
Systems and methods for deploying a portion of a stent using at least one coiled member
The present embodiments provide systems and methods for deploying at least a portion of a stent. In one embodiment, the system comprises a cannula having an outer surface, and at least one coiled member having proximal and distal ends and a plurality of turns disposed therebetween. One of the proximal and distal ends of the coiled member is secured to the outer surface of the cannula, and the other of the proximal and distal ends of the coiled member is unsecured relative to the outer surface of the cannula. A portion of a stent is looped around the unsecured end of the coiled member and disposed within spacing between adjacent turns of the coiled member. Rotation of the cannula subsequently causes the portion of the stent to disengage from the coiled member. |
US10064745B2 |
Tapered scaffolds
A stent or scaffold has a tapered end or ends. The scaffold is made using an additive manufacturing technique such as stereolithography (SLA). The scaffold may take the shape of a frustum, or a scaffold having one or both of its ends flared. The scaffold has varying mechanical properties over its length, such as a varying ring stiffness, porosity or elasticity modulus. In one embodiment the strut and link widths change linearly from the distal to proximal ends. |
US10064742B2 |
Curved spacer and inserter
The present teachings provide one or more surgical implements for repairing damaged tissue, such as in the case of a spinal fixation procedure. A cross connector system for use during a spinal fixation procedure is provided. The system includes at least one bridge defining a coupling bore and having a pair of downwardly extending arms for coupling to a first fastener. The system includes a contoured bar having a first end offset from a second end, and a bore having a central axis. The system includes an expansion ring received within the bore, and a locking device received through the expansion ring and the coupling bore. The locking device is operable in a first state in which the contoured bar is movable about the central axis of the bore and in a second state in which the contoured bar fixed relative to the central axis of the bore. |
US10064741B2 |
Clamping device for affixing a stop plate to an interbody implant
A system for affixing a stop plate to an interbody implant. The system includes a clamping device, a stop plate, and an inserter tool. The clamping device includes a body, a first clamping portion attached to the body including a stepped seat and a guide slot, and a second clamping portion attached to the body by a spring. Compressing the spring moves the second clamping portion away from the first clamping portion and expanding the spring moves the second clamping portion toward the first clamping portion. |
US10064736B2 |
Engineered intervertebral disc (IVD) for degenerated disc disease
The present invention provides a process by which both non-tissue engineered and tissue engineered cartilaginous-like structures can be fabricated. The process of the present invention provides a method to produce electrospun nanofiber-anchored NP gels. The present invention provides a functional design for novel engineered IVD. The present invention provides a method for fabrication of both non-tissue and tissue engineered IVDs. These cartilaginous-like structures can be used to produce replacements for degenerated natural IVD. The method of the present invention uses electrospun PCL nanofiber mesh to anchor the NP. The method of the present invention can create angle-ply AF structure around the circumference of NP to mimic the architecture of native IVD. The method of the present invention anchors the top and bottom sides of NP by using non-woven aligned or random nanofiber mesh to create scaffold for the generation of endplate (EP) tissue. |
US10064726B1 |
3D printing of mesh implants for bone delivery
Computer implemented methods of producing a mesh implant having a compartment to enclose a bone material therein are provided. These methods include generating a 3D digital model of the mesh implant having the compartment, the 3D digital model including a virtual volume of the compartment and a virtual depth, thickness and volume of the mesh implant; generating a 3D digital model of a covering configured for closing the compartment of the mesh implant, the 3D digital model including a virtual volume of the covering for closing the compartment of the mesh implant; and instructing a 3D printer coupled to a computer to generate the mesh implant based on the 3D digital models. A computer system for making a mesh implant and a delivery system including the mesh implant are also provided. |
US10064723B2 |
Cardiac treatment system and method
Devices and methods for providing localized pressure to a region of a patient's heart to improve heart functioning, including: (a) a jacket made of a flexible biocompatible material, the jacket having an open top end that is received around the heart and a bottom portion that is received around the apex of the heart; and (b) at least one inflatable bladder disposed on an interior surface of the jacket, the inflatable bladder having an inelastic outer surface positioned adjacent to the jacket and an elastic inner surface such that inflation of the bladder causes the bladder to deform substantially inwardly to exert localized pressure against a region of the heart. |
US10064722B2 |
Vascular device for treating venous valve insufficiency
A vascular device for treating vein valve insufficiency including an elongated member, a first retention portion movable from a first elongated insertion position to an expanded position and a second retention portion movable from a first elongated insertion position to an expanded position. An intermediate looped portion is positioned between the first portion and the second portion. The valve is supported by the intermediate looped portion and is movable between an open position to allow blood flow therethrough and a closed position to inhibit blood flow therethrough. The intermediate looped portion is adjustable to loops of different diameters dependent on an inner diameter of the vessel wall. |
US10064720B2 |
Set comprising an apparatus and a medical implant
The present invention relates to set comprising an apparatus (100) for folding or unfolding at least one medical implant (300) by means of at least one tension thread (11, 11′), wherein the apparatus (100) comprises a shaft (1) and a tensioning device for altering a form or shape of the foldable and/or unfoldable implant (300) by means of the tension thread (11, 11′). In at least one shaft section thereof, the shaft (1) comprises a plurality of individual shaft fibers (13). |
US10064706B2 |
Orthodontic appliance
An orthodontic appliance has a post attached to a first upper tooth, and a button with a recess attached to a second upper tooth. An elongated arm has an eye at one end through which the post is inserted to allow the elongated arm to rotate about the post, and a tip at the other end for removable insertion into the recess of the button. The length of the elongated arm is selectable to maintain a desired spacing between the first and second upper teeth (e.g., by cutting the tip of the elongated arm). An elastic extends from either the post or button to an attachment point on the patient's lower dental arch to exert a force between the patient's maxilla and mandible. |
US10064704B2 |
Method of making customized orthodontic brackets
A method of making customized orthodontic brackets. The method has steps of providing a plurality of customized orthodontic bracket precursors, providing one or more support structures, positioning the bracket precursors by means of the support structure(s) in a machining device and using the machining device to provide an archwire slot in each bracket precursor by material removal with the archwire slots aligned along a common path with each other. The invention helps minimizing efforts in the manufacturing and provides the brackets with a precise archwire slot. |