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US10100147B2	Organic zinc catalyst, preparation method thereof, and method of preparing poly(alkylene carbonate) resin using the same An organic zinc catalyst having more uniform and fine particle size and showing more improved activity in a polymerization process for the preparation of a poly(alkylene carbonate) resin and a preparation method thereof, and a method of preparing a poly(alkylene carbonate) resin using the organic zinc catalyst, are provided. The preparation method of the organic zinc catalyst includes the steps of surface-treating a zinc precursor with a dispersant, and reacting the surface-treated zinc precursor with dicarboxylic acid to form a zinc dicarboxylate-based catalyst.
US10100146B2	Polyester polyquaternary ammonium compound collectors for reverse froth flotation of silicates from nonsulfidic ores The present invention relates to a compound obtainable by the condensation of a polyol having 3-4 hydroxyl groups, adicarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, an alkanolamine and a fatty acid, followed by reaction with an alkylating agent. This compound is useful as a collector in a process for the reverse froth flotation of non-sulfidic ores containing silicate as impurities, especially phosphate ores.
US10100144B2	Method for making particulate amine-functionalized polyaryletherketone polymers and copolymers thereof The present invention provides a method of preparing an amine-functionalized (e.g. amine-terminated) polyaryletherketone polymer, or imide- or sulphone-copolymer thereof and amine-protected analogs thereof, said method comprising the step of polymerizing a monomer system in a reaction medium comprising a capping agent comprising —NR2, —NRH or a protected amine group.
US10100143B2	Dihydropyrrolo[2,3-F]indole-diketopyrrolopyrrole semiconducting materials, and methods and uses thereof Described herein are heterocyclic organic compounds. More specifically, described herein are compounds based on the combination of fused pyrrole structures with diketopyrrolopyrrole structures, methods for making these compounds, and uses thereof. The compounds disclosed have improved electronic, polymerization and stability properties that allow for improved material processability and inclusion in organic semiconductor devices.
US10100142B2	Polyphenylene ether modified phenol-benzaldehyde multifunctional epoxy resin and use The invention provides a polyphenylene ether modified phenol-benzaldehyde multifunctional epoxy resin with formula (I) wherein A is: PPE are: Z are: Y are: Their manufactured is following steps: polyphenylene ether 100 parts is dissolved in solvent, then phenol-benzaldehyde multifunctional epoxy resin 100˜450 parts and catalyst 0.01˜5 parts are added, stirred and mixed at 90˜180, for 1˜4 hour, to obtain formula (I) solution. Said product is formulated with compositions for laminate, having excellent electrical properties and heat resistance. The dielectric constant is 4.03(1 GHz), dissipation factor is 0.0046(1 GHz) and no delamination longer than 60 minutes dipping in 288 soldering test after 2 hours pressure cooking test. Application is insulating materials for highly reliable electronic components such as EMC, PCB substrates, laminate and insulating plates.
US10100141B2	Reactive amine catalysts for polyurethane applications Tertiary amine catalysts having isocyanate reactive groups that are capable of forming thermally stable covalent bonds able to withstand temperatures up to 120° C. are disclosed. These catalyst can be used to produce polyurethane foam having the following desirable characteristics: a) very low chemical emissions over a wide range of environmental conditions and isocyanate indexes (e.g. indexes as low as 65 but higher than 60) while meeting all physical property requirements; b) sufficient hydrolytic stability to maintain the catalyst covalently bound to foam without leaching of tertiary amine catalyst when foam is exposed to water or aqueous solutions even at temperatures higher than ambient (temperature range 25° C. to 90° C.); and c) stable contact interface between the polyurethane polymer and other polymers (for example polycarbonate) with minimal migration of tertiary amine catalyst from polyurethane polymer to other polymers yielding no noticeable polymer deterioration at the point of contact even under conditions of heat and humidity.
US10100140B2	Use of polymers comprising two segments as polymer additives Materials having structure (1), wherein R and R1 may be the same or different and each independently represents an alkyl or aryl group, X may be hydrogen or a C1 to C20 alkyl group which may be branched or linear and wherein the aromatic ring substituent joined to polymer B is positioned meta or para to the aromatic ring substituent joined to polymer A and, wherein polymer A is a non-polar polymer formed by metallocene catalysis and polymer B is a polymer formed by radical catalysis of a polar monomer are used as polymer additives particularly to improve the compatibility of mixtures of polymers.
US10100139B2	Hose, composition including silane-grafted polyolefin, and process of making a hose A silane-grafted polyolefin composition is disclosed, and includes a desired reduced specific weight material. The composition finds application in a wide array of uses, and in particular automotive and uses such as hoses, where this composition is used in place of conventional materials such as TPV and EPDM rubber formulations.
US10100134B2	Method for manufacturing polymer compound A method for manufacturing a polymer compound which has a constituent unit (a10) which includes a hydroxy group and a constituent unit (a1) which includes an acid decomposable group of which a polarity increases due to an effect of an acid, the method including copolymerizing a monomer for deriving a constituent unit (a0) which includes a group which protects a phenolic hydroxyl group or a hydroxy group of a carboxy group with an organic silicon compound and a monomer for deriving the constituent unit (a1) and obtaining a prepolymer which has the constituent unit (a0) and the constituent unit (a1), and selectively deprotecting the constituent unit (a0) by reacting a compound which has a fluoride anion with the prepolymer and obtaining a polymer compound which has the constituent unit (a10) and the constituent unit (a1).
US10100131B2	Chemical pulping of chitinous biomass for chitin Methods of separating chitin from a chitinous biomass that contains chitin and non-chitin material by a chemical pulping process that uses a protic ionic liquid or a composition comprising acid and base precursor molecules are described. Also described are methods for purifying chemically pulped chitin resulting in a pure chitin material with a high molecular weight and a higher degree of acetylation in comparison to traditional pulping and ionic liquid extraction based methods.
US10100130B2	Dual specificity antibody fusions The present invention provides dual specificity antibody fusion proteins comprising an antibody Fab or Fab′ fragment with specificity for an antigen of interest, said fragment being fused to at least one single domain antibody which has specificity for a second antigen of interest.
US10100125B2	Humanised anti kallikrein-2 antibody The present invention provides antibody polypeptides with binding specificity for human kallikrein-2 (hK2), wherein the antibody polypeptide comprises (a) a heavy chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 2 and SEQ ID NO: 3 and/or (b) a light chain variable region comprising the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 4 and SEQ ID NO: 5 and SEQ ID NO: 6, and wherein the heavy chain variable region and light chain variable region comprise framework amino acid sequences from one or more human antibodies. The invention further provides use of said antibody polypeptides in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.
US10100124B2	Antibodies directed to HER-3 and uses thereof The present invention relates to binding proteins that bind to HER-3 and polynucleotides encoding the same. Expression vectors and host cells comprising the same for the production of the binding protein of the invention are also provided. In addition, the invention provides compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diseases associated with HER-3 mediated signal transduction and/or its ligand heregulin.
US10100121B2	Anti-mesothelin binding proteins The present disclosure provides compositions and methods relating to antigen binding proteins, in particular, antibodies and bispecific antibodies which specifically bind to mesothelin. The disclosure provides nucleic acids encoding such antigen binding proteins and antibodies and methods of making and using such antibodies, including methods of treating and preventing cancer or other hypoproliferative disorders and related disorders by administering such antigen binding proteins and antibodies to a subject in need of such treatment.
US10100119B2	Anti-human interleukin-1 receptor accessory protein antibody and its use for treating cancer The present invention provides an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof with binding specificity for human interleukin-1 receptor accessory protein (IL1RAP) wherein the antibody or antigen-binding fragment is capable of inhibiting to domain 3 of human IL1RAP. The invention further provides the use of such antibodies or an antigen-binding fragments in the treatment and/or diagnosis of cancers, such as leukemias and melanoma.
US10100116B2	FcγRIIB-specific antibodies and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to antibodies or fragments thereof that specifically bind FcγRIIB, particularly human FcγRIIB, with greater affinity than the antibodies or fragments thereof bind FcγRIIA, particularly human FcγRIIA. The present invention also provides the use of an anti-FcγRIIB antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof, as a single agent therapy for the treatment, prevention, management, or amelioration of a cancer, preferably a B-cell malignancy, particularly, B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, an autoimmune disorder, an inflammatory disorder, an IgE-mediated allergic disorder, or one or more symptoms thereof. The invention provides methods of enhancing the therapeutic effect of therapeutic antibodies by administering the antibodies of the invention to enhance the effector function of the therapeutic antibodies. The invention also provides methods of enhancing efficacy of a vaccine composition by administering the antibodies of the invention.
US10100115B2	Methods for the treatment of vascularizing cancers The invention concerns therapeutic compositions for the treatment of vascularizing cancers, especially, glioblastoma. In particular, the invention is directed to compositions that comprise a molecule having a binding ability that is specific for B7-H3 and a molecule having a binding ability that is specific for a cell-surface factor (or its receptor) that is involved in promoting tumor angiogenesis (especially VEGF or its receptor, VEGFR). The invention is additionally directed to the use of such compositions in the treatment of such cancers, and in particular, in the treatment of glioblastoma.
US10100112B2	Therapeutic agents for the treatment of diseases associated with undesired cell proliferation The present invention relates to inhibitors of the expression and/or activity of LIF for the treatment of cancer. Particularly, the present invention provides an in vitro method for designing a customized therapy for a patient suffering from cancer comprising (a) quantifying the expression levels of LIF in said patient, and (b) comparing said expression levels with control levels, wherein if the expression levels of LIF in said patient are greater than the control values, then an inhibitory agent of LIF is administered to said patient.
US10100110B2	Sequences directed against hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and polypeptides comprising the same for the treatment of cancers and/or tumors The present invention relates to biological materials against HGF and more in particular to polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides; to methods for preparing such polypeptides; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such polypeptides; to compositions and in particular to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise such polypeptides, for prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. In particular, the biological materials of the present invention inhibit binding of HGF to its receptor c-Met.
US10100108B2	Antibodies to HGF and compositions containing The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for HGF. 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-HGF antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-HGF antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-HGF antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with HGF.
US10100107B2	Method for identifying a compound useful with myosin regulatory light chain polypeptide antibody for treatment of an inflammatory disease Provided is a means for inhibiting a function of CD69, whereby allowing suppression of an inflammatory response. That is, provided are: a composition for treating an inflammatory disease which includes an antibody that specifically recognizes a myosin regulatory light chain polypeptide (hereinafter abbreviated as Myl), preferably Myl9, Myl12a, and Myl12b, and inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69; a method of treating an inflammatory disease, including administering, to a subject diagnosed as having an inflammatory disease, a therapeutically effective amount of the antibody; and a method of identifying a compound that inhibits a result of an effect of coexistence of Myl with CD69, and a method of identifying a candidate compound for treating an inflammatory disease, including selecting a compound that inhibits the result.
US10100104B2	Methods of diagnosing tau-protein-associated disease 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).
US10100102B2	Compositions and methods for inhibiting pathogen infection The presently-disclosed subject matter relates to antibodies, compositions, and methods for inhibiting and treating pathogen infection and providing contraception. In particular, the presently-disclosed subject matter relates to inhibiting and treating pathogen infection and providing contraception in a subject using compositions and antibodies capable of trapping pathogens or sperm in mucus, thereby inhibiting transport of pathogens or sperm across mucus secretions. The subject matter further relates to methods for monitoring the effectiveness of vaccines by detecting antibodies capable of trapping pathogens in mucus.
US10100100B2	Metallothionein-derived peptide fragments The present invention relates to neural cell survival, differentiation and proliferation promoting peptide fragments derived from metallothioneins (MT), pharmaceutical compositions comprising said peptide fragments and uses thereof for treatment of diseases and conditions where the effects of stimulating neural cell proliferation, differentiation and/or survival, and/or stimulating neural plasticity associated with learning and memory are beneficial for treatment.
US10100098B2	Insulin production methods and proinsulin constructs Novel proinsulins and glargine, aspart and Lis-Pro proinsulin analogs having specific amino acid and/or nucleic acid modifications suitable for improved methods of insulin production, as well as novel and highly efficient processes for preparing the same. The novel proinsulins and proinsulin analogs may be converted into human insulin and insulin analogs, respectively, that are useful in therapeutic preparations.
US10100093B2	Polypeptides and immunizing compositions containing Burkholderia polypeptides and methods of use This disclosure provides isolated polypeptides isolatable from a Burkholderia spp., compositions that include one or more of the polypeptides, and methods for making and methods for using the polypeptides. This disclosure also provides antibody that specifically binds one or more of the polypeptides isolatable from a Burkholderia spp, compositions that include such antibody, and methods for using such antibody.
US10100090B2	Substituted urea depsipeptide analogs as activators of the CLPP endopeptidase In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted urea depsipeptide analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as activators with the ClpP endopeptidase; synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating infectious disease using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of search in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US10100088B2	Glycopeptide derivatives for the preservation and protection of biological materials and microorganisms The present invention relates to a compound of the following formula (I): in which at least one and only one group chosen among R5, R6 and R7 is a group of the following formula: The present invention relates also to uses thereof for preservation and/or protection and/or regeneration of biological materials and or microorganisms and for cosmetic or dermatological applications such as anti-aging, skin protection and skin regeneration; to culture, storage and/or preservation media comprising such a compound; to cosmetic or dermatological compositions comprising such a compound; to processes for preparing such a compound; and to synthesis intermediates.
US10100087B2	Immunogenic WT-1 peptides and methods of use thereof This invention provides peptides, immunogenic compositions and vaccines, and methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, and inducing immune responses to a WT-1-expressing cancer, comprising peptides derived from the WT-1 protein.
US10100083B2	Leukemia stem cell targeting ligands and methods of use The present invention is directed to C-type lectin-like molecule-1 (CLL1) specific ligand peptides, comprising the amino acid motif LR(S/T), and methods of their use, e.g., for imaging detection for diagnosis of leukemia and the presence of leukemic stem cells (LSCs) and targeted therapy against leukemia mediated at least in part by CLL1-expressing LSCs.
US10100082B2	Hexapeptide for neuroprotection against a β toxicity The present investigation involves designing of a novel hexapeptide, which spontaneously self-assembles to form nanovesicles in physiological conditions. This peptide not only strongly binds with β-tubulin near taxol binding site, but also binds with microtubule lattice in-vitro, as well as intracellular microtubule networks. Interestingly, it inhibits amyloid fibril formation upon co-incubation with Aβ peptide in-vitro and shows excellent neuroprotection against Aβ infected neuronal cell (PC12). Present invention provides a novel approach to produce a peptide-based therapeutics for neurodegenerative disease.
US10100079B2	Progesterone-cationic lipid hybrid as anticancer agent and the process of synthesis thereof The present invention relates to the development of the cationic progesterone compounds as a novel anti-tumor agent. The present invention provides a method for the preparation of novel series of progesterone derivatives. The invention also provides information related to highly selective anti-cancer activities of these compounds in wide range of cancer cell irrespective of their progesterone receptor status. Thus, the presently disclosed cationic progesterone compounds offer a viable option as anti-cancer therapeutics.
US10100075B2	Process for the preparation of sofosbuvir The present disclosure relates to processes for the preparation of sofosbuvir or of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The present disclosure also provides intermediates useful in the synthesis of sofosbuvir.
US10100071B2	Heterocyclic selenamonophosphites protected on a hydroxyl group and processes for preparation thereof Novel heterocyclic selenamonophosphites protected on the hydroxyl group, processes for preparation thereof and the use thereof as ligand.
US10100070B2	Borate-based base generator, and base-reactive composition comprising such base generator A compound capable of providing a composition having high storage stability without reacting with a base-reactive compound, even when stored in a mixed state with the base-reactive compound, as well as capable of generating a strong base by irradiation of light (active energy rays) or heating. A base generator comprises the compound and a base-reactive composition comprises the base generator and the base-reactive compound. The compound is represented by the general formula (A).
US10100068B2	Amidine group—or guanidine group—containing silane A silane of the formula (I) containing at least one aliphatic amidine group- or guanidine group-containing alkoxy group, to a method for producing same, to conversion products thereof, and to the use thereof as a catalyst in curable compositions, in particular based on silane group-containing polymers. The silane of the formula (I) is largely odorless and non-volatile at room temperature. The silane accelerates the hydrolysis and condensation reaction of silane groups very effectively without impairing the storage stability of silane group-containing polymers. Additionally, the silane is very tolerable in silane group-containing compositions, whereby such compositions are not prone to separate, migrate, or evaporate the catalyst.
US10100066B2	Modulators of sestrin-GATOR2 interaction and uses thereof The present invention provides compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
US10100065B2	Compound for labeling mitochondria and method of producing the same This invention relates to a compound for labeling mitochondria and a method of producing the same, wherein the compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2 below, and is useful in labeling mitochondria. In Chemical Formulas 1 and 2, n is 4 or 10.
US10100062B2	Methods for the acylation of maytansinol Disclosed is a method of preparing an amino acid ester of maytansinol by reacting maytansinol with an N-carboxyanhydride of an amino acid (NCA) in the presence of a drying agent. Also disclosed is an improved method of preparing an amino acid ester of maytansinol in which a nucleophile is added to the reaction mixture after completion of the reaction between maytansinol and an N-carboxyanhydride of an amino acid.
US10100061B2	Oxazepine compound and agricultural/horticultural insecticide containing said compound as active ingredient, and method for using the same An oxazepine compound, or salt thereof, has General Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 may be identical or different, representing a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, alkyl group, etc.; R5 and R6 may be identical or different, representing a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, or phenyl group, pyridyl group, etc., that may be substituted together with a carbon atom to which R5 or R6 is bonded; R7 represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkynyl group, cyano alkyl group, alkoxy alkyl group, etc.; Y represents an oxygen atom, S, NH, etc.; Y1 represents a C═O, C═S, CH2 group, etc.; A represents a CH group, etc.; and m represents 0 or 1], as well as an agricultural/horticultural insecticide using such oxazepine compound or salt thereof as its active ingredient, and method for using the same.
US10100058B2	Fused heterocyclic compounds as CaM kinase inhibitors The present disclosure relates to compounds that are CaM Kinase inhibitors and to their use in the treatment of various disease states, including atrial fibrillation and myocardial infarction. In particular embodiments, the general structure of the compounds is given by Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R9 and R10 are as described herein, to methods for the preparation and use of the compounds and to pharmaceutical compositions containing the same.
US10100055B2	Imidazopyrroloquinoline salt, method for producing the same, medicament, cosmetic, and food There is provided a production method for the purpose of improving the solubility of an arginine-residue imidazopyrroloquinoline in water and making the purity thereof high. There is provided a compound represented by general formula (1): wherein n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; and M is an alkali metal or ammonium.
US10100042B2	[5,6]—fused bicyclic antidiabetic compounds Novel compounds of the structural formula (I), and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are agonists of G-protein coupled receptor 40 (GPR40) and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the G-protein-coupled receptor 40. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and of conditions that are often associated with this disease, including obesity and lipid disorders, such as mixed or diabetic dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia.
US10100038B2	Isoquinolin-3-yl carboxamides and preparation and use thereof Isoquinoline compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present invention concerns the use of an isoquinoline compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, fibrotic disorders, bone or cartilage diseases, and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as genetic diseases and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases due to mutations or dysregulation of the Wnt pathway and/or of one or more of Wnt signaling components. Also provided are methods for treating Wnt-related disease states.
US10100035B2	Substituted 2-[3-(1-methyl-piperidin-4-yl)-propylamino]-pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acids and amides and methods of making the same The present invention relates to certain intermediates useful in the preparation of certain benzoimidazol-2-yl pyrimidines and processes for preparing them. In particular, the present invention relates to various 2-[3-(1-methyl-piperidin-4-yl)-propylamino]-pyrimidine-5-carboxylic acids and amides as useful intermediates in the preparation of compounds including
US10100034B2	Process for preparing an anti-cancer agent, 1-((4-(4-fluoro-2-methyl-1H-indol-5-yloxy)-6-methoxyquinolin-7-yloxy)methyl)cyclopropanamine, its crystalline form and its salts The present invention relates a new process to synthesize 1-((4-(4-Fluoro-2-methyl-1H-indol-5-yloxy)-6-methoxyquinolin-7-yloxy)methyl)cyclopropanamine (AL3818). A stable crystalline form of A13818 has been prepared. Salts and their crystalline forms of AL3818 have been also prepared. Anti-cancer and optometric activities of AL3818 and its salts have been further tested. New process has been outlined in Scheme I.
US10100032B2	Crystalline forms of 3-(4-amino-1-oxo-1,3 dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione The invention relates to novel crystalline forms of 3-(4-amino-l-oxo-l,3 dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione, including a novel urea cocrystal of 3-(4-amino-l-oxo-l,3 dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione; a novel gallic acid cocrystal of 3-(4-amino-l-oxo-1,3 dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione; a novel propyl gallate cocrystal of 3-(4-amino-l-oxo-1,3 dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione; and a novel L-tartaric acid cocrystal of 3-(4-amino-1-oxo-1,3 dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione. The preparation and characterization of the novel crystalline forms according to various embodiments of the invention are described. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the novel crystalline forms, and the therapeutic use of the novel crystalline forms.
US10100028B2	Synthesis routes for prostaglandins and prostaglandin intermediates using metathesis Methods of synthesizing prostaglandins, prostaglandin analogs and their synthetic intermediates are described. The methods can comprise metal-catalyzed metathesis reactions. Also provided are synthetic intermediates that can be used in the synthesis of the prostaglandins and prostaglandin analogs.
US10100024B2	Process for the epoxidation of an olefin In a process for the epoxidation of an olefin, where a mixture comprising olefin, hydrogen peroxide, water and methanol with a weight ratio of water to methanol of less than 1 is passed through a catalyst fixed bed comprising a shaped titanium silicalite catalyst, catalyst breakage is reduced by conditioning the dry catalyst with at least one conditioning liquid comprising water and from 25 to 45% by weight methanol.
US10100021B2	Crystalline(2S,4R)-5-(5′-chloro-2′-fluoro-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-yl)-2-(ethoxymethyl)-4-(3-hydroxyisoxazole-5-carboxamido)-2-methylpentanoic acid and uses thereof In one aspect, the invention relates to a crystalline form of the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising this crystalline form; methods of using this crystalline form and its soluble form (I); and processes for preparing soluble (I) and crystalline (I′) forms.
US10100019B2	N2-(2-methoxyphenyl)pyrimidine derivative, method for preparing same, and pharmaceutical composition for cancer prevention or treatment containing same as active ingredient The present invention relates to a N2-(2-methoxyphenyl)pyrimidine derivative, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of cancer comprising the same as an active ingredient. The N2-(2-methoxyphenyl)pyrimidine derivative, the optical isomer thereof, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof of the present invention is very effective in suppressing anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) activity and as a result it can improve the effectiveness of treatment on cancer cells having anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion proteins such as EML4-ALK and NPM-ALK, so that it can be effectively used as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer.
US10100016B2	Condensed ring derivative, and preparation method, intermediate, pharmaceutical composition and use thereof Disclosed are a condensed ring derivative, and a preparation method, an intermediate, a pharmaceutical composition and a use thereof. The condensed ring derivative of the present invention has a significant inhibitive effect on URAT1, which can effectively alleviate or treat hyperuricemia and other related diseases.
US10100004B2	Compounds for targeting drug delivery and enhancing siRNA activity Here described are compounds consisting of the structure (targeting molecule)m-linker-(targeting molecule)n, wherein the targeting molecule is a retinoid or a fat soluble vitamin having a specific receptor on the target cell; wherein m and n are independently 0, 1, 2 or 3; and wherein the linker comprises a polyethylene glycol (PEG) or PEG-like molecule, as well as compositions and pharmaceutical formulations including these compounds which are useful for the targeting and delivery of therapeutic agents; and methods of using these compositions and pharmaceutical formulations.
US10100003B2	Salts of carnitine derivatives and methods of production Disclosed are salts, such as nitrates, of acetyl-L-carnitine and propionyl-L-carnitine and methods of making the compounds.
US10100002B2	Method for separating N,N,N'-trimethylbisaminoethylether and/or N,N-dimethylbisaminoethylether from a mixture The present invention relates to a method for separating N,N,N′-trimethylbisaminoethylether and/or N,N-dimethylbisaminoethylether, from a mixture A comprising N,N,N′-trimethylbisaminoethylether, and N,N-dimethylbisaminoethylether, wherein said method comprises the steps of: (a) contacting said mixture A with an acylating agent, to form a mixture B comprising the amides of N,N,N′-trimethylbisaminoethylether and of N,N-dimethylbisaminoethylether, respectively; and (b1) separating the amide of N,N,N′-trimethylbisaminoethylether from mixture B; and (c1) recovering N,N,N′-trimethylbisaminoethylether from its amide by means of a transamidation reaction; and/or (b2) separating the amide of N,N-dimethylbisaminoethylether from mixture B; and (c2) recovering N,N-dimethylbisaminoethylether from its amide by means of a transamidation reaction.
US10100001B2	Adenylyl cyclase inhibitors for neuropathic and inflammatory pain The invention generally relates to adenylyl cyclase inhibitor compounds and methods for treating neuropathic or inflammatory pain by using those compounds.
US10100000B2	Method for synthesizing 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7) or a salt thereof In a method for synthesizing 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7) or an N-substituted diamino derivative thereof or a salt of 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene or of the N-substituted diamino derivative, a carbodiimide is reacted with a dinitromethane anion. The reaction of the carbodiimide with the dinitromethane anion takes place in a solution.
US10099999B2	Method for synthesizing 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7) or a salt thereof In a method for synthesizing 1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene (FOX-7) or a salt thereof, an isourea derivative cation, which consists of a C(NH2)(NH2+) radical and a nucleofugal leaving group bonded to the carbon atom of the C(NH2) (NH2+) radical, is reacted with a dinitromethane anion. The reaction of the isourea derivative cation with the dinitromethane anion takes place in a solution.
US10099998B2	Compound, and separation method, synthesis method and use thereof The invention relates to new compounds as well as a separation method, a synthetic method and use thereof. It is demonstrated by an assay on activity that the compound has an activity of inhibiting an HMG-CoA reductase. In addition, the invention also relates to a derivative of the compound.
US10099995B2	Resveratrol esters A resveratrol ester has the following structure: R1, R2 and R3 are H or Each R4 is independently a carbon chain of 2 to 4 carbon atoms comprising a terminal carboxylic acid moiety, a carbon chain of 1 to 5 carbon atoms comprising an amine moiety, or R5 is a carbon chain of 3 or 4 carbon atoms having a terminal carboxylic acid moiety. At least one of R1, R2 and R3 is Salts of resveratrol esters are also included.
US10099993B2	Metabotropic glutamate receptor positive allosteric modulators (PAMS) and uses thereof Provided herein are small molecule active metabotropic glutamate subtype-2 and -3 receptor positive allosteric modulators (PAMS), compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions comprising the compounds.
US10099990B2	Process for flashing a reaction medium A process for producing acetic acid is disclosed in which the methyl iodide concentration is maintained in the vapor product stream formed in a flashing step. The methyl iodide concentration in the vapor product stream ranges from 24 to less than 36 wt. % methyl iodide, based on the weight of the vapor product stream. In addition, the acetaldehyde concentration is maintained within the range from 0.005 to 1 wt. % in the vapor product stream. The vapor product stream is distilled in a first column to obtain an acetic acid product stream comprising acetic acid and up to 300 wppm hydrogen iodide and/or from 0.1 to 6 wt. % methyl iodide and an overhead stream comprising methyl iodide, water and methyl acetate.
US10099988B2	Process for production of acrylic acid Provided are integrated processes for the conversion of beta propiolactone to acrylic acid. Systems for the production of acrylic acid are also provided.
US10099986B2	Hydrosilane/Lewis acid adduct, particularly aluminum, iron, and zinc, method for preparing same, and use of said same in reactions for reducing carbonyl derivatives Disclosed is an adduct between a Lewis acid, preferably aluminum trichloride, iron trichloride, or zinc dichloride, and a hydrosilane;—a method for preparing same; and a method for for reducing, particularly, an aldehyde, a ketone, an α,β-unsaturated ketone, an imine, or an α,β-unsaturated imine.
US10099983B2	Narrow range alcohol alkoxylates and derivatives thereof The present invention relates generally to narrow range alcohol alkoxylates and derivatives thereof, such as alkyl ether sulfates.
US10099979B2	Catalytic methods for the production of an alcohol from an alkane The present invention generally relates to apparatuses, systems, and methods for oxidation of an alkane (e.g., methane) into an alcohol (e.g., methanol) in the presence of a catalyst.
US10099975B2	Alkynyl-tolanes, liquid-crystal mixtures containing them and components for high-frequency technology Compounds of formula I their use in liquid-crystalline media, for example, for the phase shifting of microwaves for tunable phased-array antennae, and their use for high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the gigahertz range.
US10099973B2	Method for preparing p-xylene and co-producing propylene with high selectivity A method for preparing p-xylene and co-producing propylene with a high selectivity, comprising: a) bringing a raw material containing toluene and methanol and/or dimethyl ether into contact with a catalyst in a reaction system for reaction; returning an ethylene-enriched C2− component discharged from the reaction system to the reaction system, and continuing the reaction with the raw material on the catalyst to produce propylene; b) separating a C6+ component discharged from the reaction system to obtain a product p-xylene; and c) separating a C3 component discharged from the reaction system to obtain a product propylene.
US10099972B2	Methods and systems for producing liquid hydrocarbons Systems and a method are provided for producing an aromatic hydrocarbon and generating electricity from a tail gas stream. The method includes feeding a first stream including a raw natural gas into a reactor. The method includes converting the first stream, at least in part, to a second stream including an aromatic hydrocarbon within the reactor. The method includes separating the second stream into a tail gas stream and a liquid aromatic hydrocarbon stream and combusting at least a portion of the tail gas stream to generate electricity.
US10099969B2	Process for the isomerizing dehydration of a primary alcohol feedstock substituted in position 2 by an alkyl group on a catalyst comprising an iron-type zeolite Isomerizing dehydration of feedstock containing a primary alcohol substituted in position 2 by an alkyl group in which the feedstock is heated to the reaction temperature by indirect heat exchange then vaporization by mixing with a diluent effluent, the diluted and vaporized feedstock being dehydrated in at least one dehydration reactor operating in gas phase at an inlet temperature comprised between 250 and 375° C., at a pressure comprised between 0.2 MPa and 1 MPa and at a WHSV comprised between 1 and 18 h−1, in the presence of a catalyst comprising a zeolite having at least one series of channels the opening of which is defined by a ring with 8 oxygen atoms (8MR) and a binder, the catalyst being coked beforehand in-situ or ex-situ, so as to produce a dehydration effluent, the latter being treated and separated into a diluent effluent, an alkenes effluent and a heavy hydrocarbons effluent.
US10099968B2	Solid combustible propellant composition A combustible solid propellant composition is disclosed that includes an oxidizer of the reaction product under vacuum of potassium periodate and isocyanate, a polymer binder, a plasticizer, and a fuel.
US10099956B2	Borosilicate glass for pharmaceutical container and glass tube for pharmaceutical container A borosilicate glass for a pharmaceutical container having high appearance quality, particularly a small number of air lines, and a glass tube for a pharmaceutical container are provided. The borosilicate glass for a pharmaceutical container contains, in mass %, from 70.0 to 78.0% of SiO2, from 5.0 to 8.0% of Al2O3, from 5.0 to 12.0% of B2O3, from 0 to 4.0% of CaO, from 0 to 4.0% of BaO, from 4.0 to 8.0% of Na2O, from 0 to 5.0% of K2O and from 0.001 to 1.0% of SnO2.
US10099955B2	Method and apparatus for fabricating microstructured optical fibers Prior to fabrication of an optical fiber with desired optical properties, a preform geometry is determined dependent upon a fiber geometry that possesses the desired optical properties. The desired geometry may contain a large number of channels. The processor determines the preform geometry by tracking backwards in time the parameters of a set of conformal mappings that describe the cross section of the fiber. Some of the drawing process parameters may be specified, while other parameters may be determined along with the preform geometry. The determined preform geometry may be used to fabricate the required preform. Using this preform, the determined drawing process parameters may be used to draw the desired fiber.
US10099952B2	Method for treating organic wastewater and organic wastewater treating system A method for treating organic wastewater includes: proceeding with anaerobic fermentation on organic wastewater to obtain a fermentation liquid; nitrifying a portion of the fermentation liquid to obtain a first fermentation liquid containing nitrate nitrogen, and separating the remaining portion of the fermentation liquid to obtain a second fermentation liquid containing propionic acid; mixing the first and second fermentation liquids to obtain a mixture; and removing nitrogen and phosphorus from the mixture and then proceeding with sedimentation to obtain a sediment and a supernatant discharged as purified water. An organic wastewater treating system includes an anaerobic fermentation reactor, an aeration tank, a fermentation liquid separating equipment, a biological removal reactor for removing nitrogen and phosphorus, and a sedimentation tank. The mixing ratio of two fermentation liquids is controlled to achieve balance between carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus during the nitrogen and phosphorus removal process, achieving highly efficient and simultaneous removal of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus without additional carbon source.
US10099950B2	Bio-electrochemical system for treating wastewater The invention relates to bio-electrochemical systems for treating wastewater, and sour gas produced by anaerobic digestion of organic material. The invention further relates to novel anode/cathode pairing schemes, and electric and hydraulic architectures for use in bio-electrochemical systems.
US10099948B2	Spiral-shaped disinfection reactors This disclosure includes disinfection reactors and processes for the disinfection of water. Some disinfection reactors include a body that defines an inlet, an outlet, and a spiral flow path between the inlet and the outlet, in which the body is configured to receive water and a disinfectant at the inlet such that the water is exposed to the disinfectant as the water flows through the spiral flow path. Also disclosed are processes for disinfecting water in such disinfection reactors.
US10099947B2	Water treatment solution with chelating base product A water treatment solution may include a metal salt and a base product fluid. The base product fluid may include a molecular compound that is a chelating compound. The molecular compound may have the formula: ((NH4)2SO4)a.(H2SO4)b.(H2O)c.(NH4HSO4)x. In the formula, a may be between 1 and 5, b may be between 1 and 5, c may be between 1 and 5, and x may be between 1 and 10. The water treatment solution may be formed by adding the metal salt to the base product fluid and water. The water treatment solution may be added to water in need of treatment. The water in need of treatment may be a static body of water.
US10099943B2	Apparatus and methods for desalination and mineral reduction of water resources by vertical freezing Apparatus and methods are disclosed for separating salts, minerals, organic matter and other impurities from seawater, brackish water, wastewater or other water resources by freezing contained water in a downward vertical direction. Generally, feed water is pumped into a tank and a refrigerant contacts the upper surface of the feed water to form a layer of ice. During this process, salt and other impurities are rejected from the ice layer into the feed water below. By continuing this process, the feed water will freeze in a downward direction as the ice layer thickens. Salt and other impurities will continue to be rejected into the feed water and may be drained from the tank through a drain pipe after a block of ice is formed. Additional feed water may then be pumped into the tank to raise the block of ice for removal or ejection from the tank.
US10099940B2	Method of producing electrolytic manganese dioxide with high compact density and electrolytic manganese dioxide produced therefrom A method for producing electrolytic manganese dioxide with high compact density where electrolytic manganese dioxide pieces are milled in a classifying mill to produce first milled manganese dioxide particles where 30% of the particles are larger than 200 mesh and up to 95% of the particles are smaller than 325 mesh. The first milled manganese dioxide particles are milled a second time to produce manganese dioxide particles having a second particle size distribution. Also, an electrolytic manganese dioxide particle composition, wherein when the particle size distribution of the composition is plotted as a function of base-10 logarithm of the particle size, a first peak is centered at a particle size from 40-100 μm and contributes a minimum of 20% of the area under the curve of the overall particle size distribution and a maximum of 45% of the area under the curve of the overall particle size distribution.
US10099937B2	Conversion of metal carbonate to metal chloride A process for preparing metal chloride Mx+Clx−, in which metal carbonate in solid form is reacted with a chlorinating agent selected from chlorine and oxalyl chloride to give metal chloride Mx+Clx−, where the metal M is selected from the group of the alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, Al and Zn, Li and Mg, or Li, and x corresponds to the valency of the metal cation, and wherein metal M is additionally added as a reactant to the metal carbonate/chlorinating agent reaction.
US10099935B2	Molecular sieve, manufacturing method therefor, and uses thereof This invention relates to a molecular sieve, especially a SCM-1 molecular sieve or SCM-2 molecular sieve of the MWW family as represented in FIGS. 1 and 2. As compared with a prior art molecular sieve, the molecular sieve according to this invention exhibits improved catalytic performance and good service life and regeneration performance. The molecular sieve can be produced with a simplified procedure, under mild operation conditions, with less energy and material consumption and fewer side reactions, with a high product purity at low cost and a high yield. This invention further relates to a process for producing these molecular sieves and use thereof as an adsorbent or a catalyst.
US10099934B2	Molecular sieve, COK-5, its synthesis and use A molecular sieve having the structure of COK-5 is produced using, as a structure directing agent, at least one diquaternary ammonium compound selected from the group consisting of 1,4-bis(N-propylpyrrolidinium)butane dications, 1,4-bis(N-butylpyrrolidinium)butane dications and 1,5-bis(N-propylpyrrolidinium)pentane dications.
US10099933B2	Post-treatment of deboronated MWW zeolite A process for the post-treatment of a zeolitic material having an MWW framework structure, the process comprising (i) providing a zeolitic material having an MWW framework structure, wherein the framework structure of the zeolitic material comprises X2O3 and YO2, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element and wherein the molar ratio X2O3:YO2 is greater than 0.02:1; (ii) treating the zeolitic material provided in (i) with a liquid solvent system thereby obtaining a zeolitic material having a molar ratio X2O3:YO2 of at most 0.02:1, and at least partially separating the zeolitic material from the liquid solvent system; (iii) treating the zeolitic material obtained from (ii) with a liquid aqueous system having a pH in the range of 5.5 to 8 and a temperature of at least 75° C.
US10099932B2	Rapid synthesis method of small-crystal-grain ZSM-5 molecular sieve A rapid synthesis method of a small-crystal-grain ZSM-5 molecular sieve, the method comprising: preparing a mixed silicon-aluminum glue solution, placing the solution in a crystallization kettle for low-temperature nucleation, enabling high-temperature crystallization growth of the solution, and obtaining a crystallization product, namely, a small-crystal-grain ZSM-5 molecular sieve, the nucleation temperature being 60-120° C., nucleation time being 1-3 hours, a crystallization growth temperature being 150-170° C., and crystallization growth time being 1-3 hours. The method is easy to operate, and has a short operation time, thus being able to complete within 6 hours; in addition, the product has uniform grain sizes, is in a mono-dispersed state, and has a high crystallization degree to a submicron degree.
US10099931B2	One-step preparation method for hollow shell type small grain ZSM-5 molecular sieve A method for directly preparing an empty shell type small grain ZSM-5 molecular sieve. The method comprises: uniformly mixing and stirring an organic template agent, a silicon source and water; dripping an aqueous solution of an aluminum source into the mixture; preserving room temperature, and continuously stirring for a period of time; and performing hydrothermal crystallization, and washing, drying and roasting the obtained product to obtain the molecular sieve. The molecular sieve has high degree of crystallinity and uniform particle size. Moreover, the method requires short time, simple operation and only one step, no extra surfactant is needed, and secondary acid and alkali treatment is not needed.
US10099930B2	Method for the production of carbon nanotube structures The present invention relates to a method for the production of carbon nanotube structures.
US10099927B2	Derivatization of carbon A process for derivatization of an elemental carbon surface comprising exposing the carbon surface to a reaction mixture containing a thiol and a free radical initiator, and inducing decomposition of the initiator to free radicals so that moieties from the thiol become covalently attached to the carbon surface. The process can derivatize carbon with a redox active compound having a functional group which can be converted electrochemically between reduced and oxidized forms. Such derivatized carbon may be used in an electrode of an electrochemical sensor.
US10099924B2	Process for manufacturing a purified aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution Process for manufacturing a purified aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution, in which a crude aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution is subjected to a washing operation with at least one organic solvent, and wherein an organophosphorus chelating agent is added to the organic solvent.
US10099922B2	Method of loading a vessel A method for loading an axial-radial flow vessel containing a bed of a particulate catalyst having a radial-flow portion and an axial-flow portion supported on and in fluid communication with the radial flow portion, includes: (i) placing a first catalyst material in the radial-flow portion and (ii) placing a second catalyst material in the axial-flow portion, wherein the second catalyst material has a smaller particle size than the first catalyst material. A vessel loaded with first and second catalyst materials is also described.
US10099918B2	Photostructured chemical devices and methods for making same A photostructurable ceramic is processed using photostructuring process steps for embedding devices within a photostructurable ceramic volume, the devices may include one or more of chemical, mechanical, electronic, electromagnetic, optical, and acoustic devices, all made in part by creating device material within the ceramic or by disposing a device material through surface ports of the ceramic volume, with the devices being interconnected using internal connections and surface interfaces.
US10099917B2	Encapsulated microelectromechanical structure After forming a microelectromechanical-system (MEMS) resonator within a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer, a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) cover wafer is bonded to the SOI wafer via one or more eutectic solder bonds that implement respective paths of electrical conductivity between the two wafers and hermetically seal the MEMS resonator within a chamber.
US10099914B2	Bulk cooking oil distribution system Systems and methods for supplying fresh cooking oil to fryers and removing used cooking oil from the fryers of facilities. The systems and methods include utilizing one or more portable vehicles to carry fresh and used oil for delivery and collection to and from fryers in remote kitchens, or kitchens where hard piped oil lines are not preferred. Also provided are methods of delivering cooking oil to, and removing cooking oil from, the facility via one or more additional vehicles that travels between the facility and one or more depots. In one embodiment there is provided a bulk cooking oil distribution system having a bulk fresh cooking oil tank and a bulk used cooking oil tank. The system includes a fresh cooking oil tank and a used cooking oil tank, where these tanks are associated with a portable device for delivery and pickup of cooking oil in a facility.
US10099913B2	Sump base dispensing system for bulk bin and bag combination A sump base dispensing system for dispensing a flowable material includes a bulk bin container having a bottom wall and a plurality of upstanding side walls foldably joined to the bottom wall to form an interior space. One of the plurality of the side walls includes a dispensing opening. A cassette is configured to be disposed into the interior space bulk bin container and is positioned within the bottom wall of the bulk bin container. The cassette includes a product bag having a respective inlet and outlet ports used for respective filling and dispensing the flowable material from the product bag. A sump base dispensing apparatus is configured to be attached to the product bag via a dispensing fitment so as to assist in removing the flowable material residual through the dispensing fitment by gravity force.
US10099912B2	Liquid supplying device and photoresist coating equipment The present invention provides a liquid supplying device and a photoresist coating equipment. The liquid supplying device i A liquid supplying device, comprising: a tank for storing liquid; and a liquid transfer pipe inserted into the tank, and an elastic retractable structure is provided on at least one portion of the liquid transfer pipe, and a pipe end portion of the liquid transfer pipe in the tank is always contacted with and pressed against an inner wall of the tank. In the present invention, the liquid is able to be output continuously, and a problem of the prior art in which the liquid stored in the tank cannot be used sufficiently can be avoided.
US10099910B2	Screw-lid removal and attachment device A screw-lid removal and attachment device for removal and attachment of screw-lids includes a housing that is tubular. The housing has an annular wall that is deformable and extends downwardly from a top, defining a bottom that is open. The bottom, which defines a cavity positioned in the housing, is substantially complementary to a lid to be removed or attached to a container. A grip is coupled to an exterior of the annular wall. A catch is coupled to an interior of the annular wall. The cavity is configured for insertion of a lid. The grip is configured to be grasped by the user to collapse the annular wall, such that the catch engages the lid. The grip is configured to allow the user to impart a counter-clockwise force to the housing for removal of the lid or a clockwise force to attach the lid.
US10099909B2	Aerialift safety device and fall restraint Systems, methods and apparatus to increase the frequency and/or probability of use of a personal safety device, and to reduce the probability that a person is exposed to a dangerous situation unless and until a safety device has been engaged. One apparatus includes an alarm that is activated by the use of a mechanized instrument to remind a worker using the instrument to engage a safety device before proceeding to use the instrument, and an actuator for a switch that can be used by the worker to deactivate the alarm. Another apparatus includes a switch to prevent operation of a mechanized instrument unless a safety device is engaged by a worker using the device, and an actuator for a switch that can be used by the worker to permit operation of the instrument. In a mechanized instrument, another apparatus includes a plurality of sensors that measure distances between themselves, and a microprocessor to activate an alarm concerning engagement of a safety device before operation of the instrument and/or to prevent use of the instrument until a safety device is engaged.
US10099908B1	Load-supporting apparatus and lift formed therewith A load-supporting apparatus includes a pair of support assemblies each including a base, and a slide, formed with an abutment, mounted to the base for movement between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the base. The support assemblies extend in the same direction, and a linkage assembly interconnects the slides and enables adjustment of the support assemblies toward and away from one another. The abutments of the slides define contact points that engage and stabilize a load relative to the support assemblies, when the load is supported by the slides. The bases of the support assemblies are concurrently mountable releasably to a lift operable for raising and lowering the load-supporting apparatus between raised and lowered positions. The support assemblies are enabled for adjustment toward and away from one another via the linkage assembly, when the bases of the support assemblies are concurrently mounted releasably to the lift.
US10099905B2	Crane A crane includes: a boom; a jib; a front post that is swingably attached to a tip end side of the boom; a rear post that is swingably attached to the tip end side of the boom; a post-side pendant member, with one end of the post-side pendant member being attached to a tip end of the rear post; a boom-side pendant member, with one end of the boom-side pendant member being attached to another end of the post-side pendant member, and another end of the boom-side pendant member being attached to the boom; and a post driving device having a link mechanism that rotates the rear post in a range including a position at which the rear post is swung down to the front post side and a position at which the rear post is swung down to the boom side, while the boom is held down in a horizontal position.
US10099900B2	Clamp device for lifting equipment and other items to an elevated position A clamp device for lifting equipment from a first position to a second elevated position. The present device includes a body member and a clamping member. A cord, cable or rope may be received within the body member and secured therein when the clamping member is attached thereto. Eyelets located on the body member may be used to attach various equipment and supplies thereto. A wench or other hoisting device may be used to raise the cord, cable or rope associated with the present clamp device and the equipment attached thereto to an elevated position.
US10099896B2	Rope terminal assembly and a hoisting apparatus A rope terminal assembly of a hoisting apparatus includes a first compression member having a first contact face and a second compression member having a second contact face. The compression members are placed such that their contact faces face each other and delimit between them a gap. A belt-shaped rope having a thermoplastic polymer coating forming the outer surface of the rope is placed in the gap, the contact faces of the compression members compressing against opposite wide sides of the belt-shaped rope. One or both of the compression members includes on the contact face thereof, and/or in proximity of the contact face thereof, one or more indentations, each indentation forming a cavity in the compression member which is in open connection with the gap and arranged to be empty when the thermoplastic polymer coating of the rope compressed by the contact face is solid, and to receive via said open connection thermoplastic polymer coating of the rope flowing from the gap pushed by the compression when the thermoplastic polymer coating melts. An elevator is provided with the rope terminal assembly.
US10099893B2	Hoistway communication system A communication system includes a host node and a plurality of network nodes. The host node has a processor, a non-transitory computer memory, a host receiver, and a host output select line. Each of the plurality of network nodes has an input select line, an output select line, and a tri-state transceiver. The host node and the plurality of network nodes are daisy chained such that the input select line of one of the plurality of network nodes is coupled to the output select line of the preceding node. The tri-state transceiver of each of the plurality of network nodes is activated when the input select line of that node receives a token from the output select line of the preceding node.
US10099888B2	Device for processing optical fibers The invention relates to a device for processing optical fibers, comprising: a pair of pulleys (1, 2) arranged to receive in a space between them a first optical fiber element (4), and a drive mechanism. In order to obtain a device capable of efficiently and reliably processing optical fibers the first pulley (1) in the pair of pulleys comprises a circumferential first groove (5) in a circumferential contact surface (6) for receiving the first optical fiber element (4), the first groove (5) being shaped to accommodate the first optical fiber element (4) such that less than half of the cross sectional surface area of the first optical fiber element (4) protrudes out of the first groove (5), and a second pulley (2) in the pair of pulleys comprises a circumferential contact surface (7) contacting a surface of the first optical fiber element (4).
US10099886B2	Sheet processing apparatus and sheet discharge method In accordance with an embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus comprises a first tray, a second tray, a third tray, a lower supporting plate, a drive section and a control device. The second tray is located at the lower part of the first tray. The third tray is located at a downstream side with respect to the second tray in a sheet conveyance direction. The lower supporting plate can support the sheet from the lower part. The drive section drives the lower supporting plate. The control device controls the drive section to arrange the lower supporting plate at the downstream side with respect to a conveyance starting point of the sheet in the sheet conveyance direction in a case of skipping the first tray and the second tray to convey the sheet to the third tray.
US10099885B2	Conveying apparatus A conveying apparatus, including: a main body unit including a conveyor mechanism, a first tray to receive a medium conveyed through a first conveyance path, and a switcher to switch a destination of the medium; an intermediate unit removably mountable on the upper surface of the main body unit and including a first introduction opening formed in its lower surface and at least one conveyance roller for conveying the medium through a second conveyance path and discharging the medium from a second discharge opening formed in its upper surface; and a tray unit removably mountable on the upper surface of the intermediate unit and including a second introduction opening formed in its lower surface and at least one second tray to receive the medium conveyed through a third conveyance path, the intermediate unit having a length in a height direction smaller than that of the tray unit in the direction.
US10099884B2	Conveying apparatus A conveying apparatus, including: a conveyor mechanism; a housing; a first tray configured to receive a medium conveyed by the conveyor mechanism; an image reader disposed above the first tray, wherein a first discharge opening for discharging the medium outside the housing is formed in an upper surface of the housing so as not to overlap the image reader when viewed from above, and wherein the conveying apparatus further includes: a switcher for switching a destination of the medium selectively between the first tray and the first discharge opening; and a tray unit removably mountable on the upper surface of the housing and including a first introduction opening opposed to the first discharge opening, a second conveyance path for conveying the medium passed the first discharge opening and the first introduction opening, and at least one second tray for receiving the medium conveyed through the second conveyance path.
US10099882B2	Method of and an arrangement for securing a trailing end of a web in a web roll to a surface of the roll A trailing end (14′) of a web in a web roll (14, 14.1) is secured to a surface of the web roll in a slitter-winder (10) by attachment articles (30) which extend over a trailing end of the web on the roll surface. Each attachment article has an adhesive surface positioned on a path of movement of the web roll, facing toward the roll, and, while the roll is moved, it is attached on the surface of the web roll. An arrangement (11) for securing a trailing end of a web to the roll in a slitter-winder (10) has a roll handling system (24) to move the rolls (14) via a path, and an adhesive article distribution system (28) positioned to attachment the article, in which the two systems co-operate so that, as the rolls are moved, the attachment article is attached on the surface of the web roll.
US10099880B2	Method and apparatus for winding straps An apparatus for winding straps comprises a motor having a shaft extending therefrom to a distal end, the shaft being rotatable thereby along a shaft axis and having a slot extending longitudinally therealong from the distal end. The apparatus further comprises a spool guide located proximate to the distal end of the shaft adapted to retain a strap on the shaft and a strap guide extending parallel to and spaced apart from the shaft axis.
US10099879B1	Paper feeding device A paper feeding device includes a first transmission module mounted in a transaction device, a pickup shaft, at least one pickup roller and at least one separation roller. The pickup shaft is rotatably and pivotally connected to the transaction device. The pickup shaft is connected with the first transmission module, and the first transmission module is capable of driving the pickup shaft to rotate towards a clockwise direction or an anticlockwise direction. The at least one pickup roller is fastened around the pickup shaft. The at least one separation roller is rotatably and pivotally connected to the transaction device. An outer surface of the at least one separation roller oppositely abuts against an outer surface of the at least one pickup roller.
US10099876B2	Sheet material thickness detection device, sheet material anomaly detection device, sheet material feeding device, and image forming device A sheet material thickness detection device includes a guide member, a non-rotating pressing member, a sensor, and a calculator. The guide member guides one side of a sheet material being conveyed. The pressing member presses the sheet material against the guide member in a manner displaceable in accordance with the thickness of the sheet material. The sensor is configured to magnetically or electrically detect a displaced amount of the pressing member that is displaced in accordance with the thickness of the sheet material. The calculator is configured to calculate the thickness of the sheet material based on an output signal of the sensor.
US10099874B2	Sheet conveying apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a supporter having a support surface configured to support sheets; a supplier having a conveying surface exposed from the support surface and moved to supply one or more sheets; a separator including a separating roller and a retard roller located downstream of the supplier; and an inclined surface disposed upstream of the nip position and pivotable about a pivot axis. The inclined surface has a first end portion and a second end portion, and the second end portion is located downstream of the first end portion. The inclined surface is inclined such that the second end portion is nearer to the support surface than the first end portion. The first end portion is located upstream of a downstream end portion of the conveying surface. The second end portion is spaced apart from the conveying surface.
US10099873B2	Magazine for sheet packaging elements There is described a magazine (1) for sheet packaging elements (2) in which side portions (4a) of said packaging elements (2) are held in a vertical position by transport and support branches (15, 18, 20) of main and secondary units (6, 8, 9) and said packaging elements (2) are advanced in respective conveying spaces (16, 19, 21) along a path (P) parallel to said transport and support branches (15, 18, 20) of said main and secondary units (6, 8, 9). The packaging elements (2) are advanced along said path (P) from an inlet section (7) to an outlet section (12). During conveying, batches (3) of packaging elements (2) are formed between an accumulation unit (8) and an auxiliary conveying unit (9) so that said packaging elements (2) are advanced in said batches (3) towards an end packaging station.
US10099871B2	Component supply device A loose component supply device provided with component supply apparatus that stores multiple components, frame to which the component supply apparatus is detachably attached, claw member for locking the component supply apparatus to the frame, and a component support member that supports multiple component in a scattered state, the components having been ejected from an entrance of the component supply apparatus that is attached to the frame; the locking of the component supply apparatus to the frame is released by an operator grasping grip of the component supply apparatus. The component supply apparatus is swung, and with the swinging linking mechanism is operated such that shutter rotates downwards. That is, with the releasing of the locking of the component supply apparatus, the entrance of the component supply apparatus is covered by the shutter.
US10099870B2	Handling device Embodiments of the present invention relate to a handling device for handling a metal component part between a furnace device and a further processing device. The handling device comprises a temperature-control chamber, in which the metal component part can be inserted, and a conveying device. The temperature-control chamber comprises a temperature-control unit that adjusts a temperature in the temperature-control chamber. The temperature-control chamber can be conveyed between a receiving position, in which the metal component part can be conveyed from the furnace device into the temperature-control chamber, and a dispensing position, in which the metal component part can be conveyed from the temperature control chamber to the further processing device. The conveying device is configured in such a manner that the metal component part can be conveyed in the receiving position by means of the conveying device between the furnace device and the temperature-control chamber and that the metal component part can be conveyed in the dispensing position by means of the conveying device between the temperature-control chamber and the further processing device.
US10099869B2	Palletizing installation and a method for palletizing A palletizing installation comprising two palletizing devices (10, 20) and a linear common feed conveyor (1). Each palletizing device has a stationary mounted shutter device (22) and a pallet lifter (26). A stationary mounted row formation platform (28) is present to form thereon a row of products, which platform has a lateral side that extends adjacent a lateral side of the common feed conveyor. Each palletizing device comprises a product row transfer mechanism (30) that is adapted to slide a row of products from the row formation platform onto the layer formation surface of the shutter device in closed state. The installation further comprises a product ejector system and one or more product ejector devices (41) which are adapted to eject a product from the common feed conveyor such that the product moves onto a selected product location of said at least two row formation platforms.
US10099868B1	Set of water pipes with capsules for heavy cargo and irrigation transportation system Developed to transport any products, whether industrialized or not, via streams, in different geographic regions. By means of a piping circuit (1) housing distributing stations (3), in suitable points in the region of installation are formed streams driven by hydraulic pumps (2) successively installed along the length of such circuit (1). The streams are provided with conveyor capsules (4) of any industrial objects or not, capable of being carried by these capsules (4). In this way, the piping circuit (1) can be installed so as to cover large a geographic area and, for its internal rapids, to promote the transport of goods of all kinds. For control on delivery, upon stop at the predefined distribution station (3), the corresponding conveying capsule (4) shall be identified by its electronic registration. These capsules (4), after being unloaded at their distribution stations (3), are returned to the circulation by the circuit (1) and so on, thus forming an unprecedented supply system for large geographical regions.
US10099861B2	Helical conveyor A conveyor comprises a helical conveying path having an upright central axis, a frame and an endless conveying member for transporting a product through the conveying path which conveying member is displaceable with respect to the frame. In a central portion of the conveying path, as seen in radial direction from the central axis, the conveying member is provided with an upwardly directed supporting surface for supporting a product. The width of the supporting surface in radial direction from the central axis is smaller than 10% of the distance between the central axis and the supporting surface. At opposite sides of the supporting surface the conveying path is free from obstacles at the height level of the supporting surface. The conveyor is provided with a helical guide for guiding the conveying member along the guide.
US10099857B2	Calender stack and method for producing a film from thermoplastics A calender stack including at least two rollers between which a nip can be formed. The ends of the rollers are supported in rotary fashion in bearings and one of the rollers is stationary and at least one other roller is embodied as an advancing roller and has a first adjusting system by which it is possible to move the bearings of the advancing roller, thus changing the nip. The advancing roller has a respective adjusting system on each of its two bearings and associated with each first adjusting system, a second adjusting system is provided, by which it is possible to adjust an axial offset of the advancing roller relative to the stationary roller.
US10099854B2	Trashcan system and related methods of use A trashcan system is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the trashcan system includes an inlet located about a trashcan to be proximate to a surface upon which the trashcan is placed in order to entrain materials disposed upon the surface into air communicated into the inlet. The trashcan system, in various aspects, includes a collector disposed within the trashcan. A chamber of the collector may receive air with materials entrained therein communicated from the inlet, and the chamber may be adapted to collect materials entrained in the air. An exit may be located about the trashcan that communicates with the chamber to exhaust the air from the chamber, in various aspects. A vacuum assembly located about the trashcan, the vacuum assembly cooperates with the inlet, the chamber, and the exit to communicate the air into the inlet, through the chamber, to the exit where the air is exhausted.
US10099853B2	Recyclable container A recyclable container includes a hollow body having an outer surface and an inner surface. The hollow body includes a top end, a bottom end, and at least one side panel. The at least one side panel defines a fitted cutout, and the hollow body defines a cavity interior to the hollow body and about continuous from the top end to the bottom end. The fitted cutout defines an opening from the outer surface to the cavity. A top panel contacts the top end of the hollow body, and a bottom panel contacts the bottom end of the hollow body.
US10099852B2	Corrugated steel floor in a shipping container The invention relates to a corrugated steel floor (1) in a shipping container (20), which steel floor (1) is positioned with corrugations comprising a number of ridges (6) and grooves (7) running towards an opening (21) for loading and unloading goods to be shipped or stored in the container (20), where a distance between the ridges (6) measured from a substantial vertical one side (8) of a groove (7) to a substantial vertical other side (9) of the groove (7) is shorter than or equal to 40 mm. Further the grooves (7) of the corrugations are flush with or placed on a door sill (14) and the floor (1) can be assembled of a plurality of floor slabs (10). Further the floor (1) can be provided with lashing means.
US10099851B2	Self-retracting, insulated dry ice container and gas dispenser for enhanced shipping container refrigeration A self-retracting dry ice container enclosing solid carbon dioxide and retracting as the solid carbon dioxide sublimates is provided
US10099849B2	Capsule and system for making beverages A capsule for making beverages, containing a powdered food substance which can be extracted by passing hot water through it, the capsule (1) comprising a cup-shaped containment body (3) which inside it forms a chamber (2) for housing (16) the powdered food substance, and which comprises a bottom portion (7) through which, in use, hot water can be fed into the capsule (1), and a lateral wall (4) connected to the bottom portion (7) and forming an access opening for accessing the chamber (2), and a closing element (9) fixed to the lateral wall (4) at the access opening for closing it, and through which, in use, the beverage can come out of the chamber (2). The capsule (1) also comprises a filter element (10) which is permeable to water and positioned inside the chamber (2) between the powdered food substance and the bottom portion (7), the filter element (10) resting on the bottom portion (7) and being free to move away from the latter towards the inside of the chamber (2) except for the resistance applied by the powdered food substance. The invention also relates to a system for making beverages which comprises the capsule (1).
US10099846B2	Egg carton with mating cell and lid post structure Plastic egg cartons having mating cell and lid posts for improved egg protection. The carton has a base tray and hinged lid, the tray including a plurality of cells for receiving individual eggs, and the tray having a plurality of cell posts each formed at an intersection of four adjacent cells as an extension of the sidewalls of the four adjacent cells. Preferable, each cell post has four generally planar ramp surfaces, one disposed respectively on each of the four sidewall extensions. The lid has a plurality of lid posts for mating with the cell posts when the lid is in a closed position.
US10099841B2	Dispensing device for solid portions and method for dispensing solid portions A dispensing device for solid portions Fk present in bulk having an axis of rotation 2. The dispensing device 1 has (a) a positioning device 3, and b) a retaining device 4, having at least two retaining means arranged coaxial to the axis of rotation for accommodating one solid portion Fk each. The positioning device 3 and the at least two retaining means 5 can be moved relative to one another on paths coaxial to the axis of rotation, such that the positioning device 3 can be oriented in alignment with the retaining means 5 individually during the movement and at least one of the at least two retaining means 5 can be filled with one solid portion Fk each by means of the positioning device 3. Furthermore, the at least two retaining means 5 can be emptied by rotating the retaining device 4 to output the solid portions Fk.
US10099837B2	Food container having Si-DLC layer and manufacturing method thereof There are provided a food container having a silicon incorporated diamond like carbon (Si-DLC) layer and a method thereof. The food container includes a container made of a plastic material; an intermediate thin layer formed on a surface of the container; and a Si-DLC layer formed on the intermediate thin layer. Accordingly, it is possible to provide porous plastic container having a Si-DLC layer and a manufacturing method thereof, which can implement high oxygen barrier properties and excellent mechanical characteristics by stably depositing a Si-DLC layer on a food container having lower surface energy without breaking the Si-DLC layer.
US10099835B2	Protective packaging structure and method for manufacturing the same A packaging structure for at least one article includes a pair of generally rectangular support structures with front, side, rear, and interior walls. The walls divide the rectangular support structure into a plurality of triangular sections. The front and interior walls contain a least one opening configured to correspond with the configuration of the article to hold and secure the article in place. The packaging structure is created from a rectangular blank made of foldable material that has a plurality of spaced vertical fold lines, panels, and aligned openings each configured to correspond with the configuration of the article. The packaging structure is formed by folding the blank along the fold lines and securing the blank in the folded condition. The blanks are formed first within computer aided design software by determining the dimensions and profile of a packaging structure, forming openings for an article in a packaging structure, unfolding the packaging structure within the design software into a flat pattern to form a master blank, and using the master blank to create cutting dies for forming additional blanks.
US10099826B2	Pourer with retractable spout The present invention relates to a pourer comprising a tubular body which is able to be attached to a container and a pouring spout accommodated within the tubular body and reversibly movable relative to the tubular body between a retracted position and an extracted position. The pouring spout has a pouring lip conformed to define a pouring orientation and the tubular body and the pouring spout are coupled together by coupling means that are able to guide the movement of the pouring spout relative to the tubular body between the retracted and extracted positions and prevent rotation of the pouring spout relative to the tubular body to hold the relative angular position of the pouring lip with respect to the tubular body.
US10099823B2	Vial cap There is provided a vial cap with which, when there is a possibility that a cover which covers a stopper for a vial has come off and the stopper for the vial has been contaminated at a stage prior to use, the fact can easily be recognized. The vial cap is a resin vial cap (1) to be attached to a mouth portion (72) of a vial (70) to fix a stopper (74) fitted into the mouth portion (72) so that the stopper may not come off the mouth portion (72). The vial cap (1) is provided with a cap main body (8) that has an upper opening (6) formed therein and a cover (40) that covers the upper opening (6) of the cap main body (8). The cap main body (8) has a plurality of pin-receiving holes (10) formed therein, and the cover (40) has a plurality of fixing pins (46). Each pin-receiving hole (10) and a fixing pin (46) that is paired with the pin-receiving hole (10) are formed in complementary shapes. The plurality of fixing pins (46) of the cover (40) are accommodated in the plurality of pin-receiving holes (10) of the cap main body (8), and the cap main body (8) and the cover (40) are joined with the pin-receiving holes (10) and the fixing pins (46) engaged.
US10099822B2	Closure assembly A closure assembly includes a cap having a top panel joined to a circumferential skirt by a plurality of bridges and an opening in the top panel. A plurality of complementary projections are provided on the inner surface of the skirt. An intermediate member has a top portion. An annular sealing surface joins and rises from the top portion. A neck is formed on the top portion located to protrude through the opening. A closure base with a complementary annular sealing surface is adapted to telescopically receive the annular sealing surface. A plurality of projections extend from the closure base. A sealing member is applicable between the annular sealing surface and complementary annular sealing surface to provide a seal between the intermediate member and the closure base.
US10099818B2	Reclosable zipper having child resistant features A reclosable child-resistant plastic zipper assembly of indefinite length is disclosed. The assembly has a first zipper strip and a second zipper strip, the zipper strips having complementary reclosure profiles. The zipper assembly lacks upper flanges, but instead terminates at a pair of closure tabs that meet at an opening point when the strips have been mated to provide the closure. The zipper strips each further include a texturized gripping region on the exterior surfaces to enable a user to open the zipper assembly. The assembly may be affixed to the upper end of a bag or other flexible container to provide child-resistant access to the contents therein.
US10099816B2	Portable cooling assembly A portable cooling assembly for separating food and beverages from ice includes a shell that has a top, which is open. A lid is reversibly couplable to the shell to close the top. The lid and the shell are insulated. A grate is positioned to reversibly couple to the shell substantially equally distant from a bottom and a midpoint of the shell. The grate defines an upper chamber and a lower chamber. A plurality of baskets is reversibly couplable to the shell and positionable in the upper chamber. The baskets are positioned proximate to the top. The top is configured to insert ice into the lower chamber, followed by the grate, and then articles, such as food and beverages, into the baskets and the upper chamber to cool the articles. The grate is configured to separate the articles from the ice and melted ice in the lower chamber.
US10099811B2	Method for manufacturing bottle A method for manufacturing a bottle including forming the bottle (10) that is formed in a bottomed tubular shape and has a bottom wall section (19) provided with a contact part (18) positioned at an outer circumferential edge thereof and a deformable tube part that is of a multilevel topped tubular shape, is provided upright at the contact part (18), and blocks an inside of the contact part (18); the method having a primary blow molding process of performing biaxial stretch blow molding on a preform to obtain a primary intermediate molded article; a heat treatment process of heating the primary intermediate molded article to be forcibly shrunken and molded into a secondary intermediate molded article; and a secondary blow molding process of performing blow molding on the secondary intermediate molded article to obtain the bottle (10).
US10099805B2	Artificial gravity system with rotating hub that is sealed with rotary seals A habitation module that provides an artificial gravity environment. In one embodiment, the habitation module includes a core structure having cylindrical sections spaced apart from one another, and a hub that slides over one of the cylindrical sections of the core structure to span a distance between the cylindrical sections. The hub includes a plurality of portals spaced radially around a circumference of the hub, and gravity chambers attach to portals of the hub. A drive mechanism rotates the hub about an axis in relation to the core structure to simulate a gravitational force within the gravity chambers. Rotary seals form an air-tight seal between the hub and the cylindrical sections of the core structure so that the interior of the hub and the gravity chambers may be pressurized.
US10099795B2	Precision operator for an aircraft autothrottle or autopilot system An autothrottle system for an aircraft includes a motor, actuator assembly, and position sensor operatively connected between the motor and a moving portion of the actuator assembly. An electronic controller is configured to control the motor to move the actuator assembly to actuator positions based at least on position information from the position sensor to move the throttle lever to lever positions. The actuator assembly includes a bearing assembly having a plurality of bearings to contact a surface of a shaft for converting rotational movement of the shaft into linear motion of the bearing assembly along the shaft. The actuator assembly further includes a shuttle arm having at one end a mounting surface to attach to the bearing assembly and at the other end a linkage arm operatively coupled to the attachment end of the lever.
US10099793B2	Distributed electric ducted fan wing The Distributed Electric Ducted Fan Wing concept incorporates multiple electric ducted fans on lifting surfaces configured to provide integrated aerodynamics and propulsion resulting in enhanced aerodynamic characteristics and thus aircraft performance. The concept uses a plurality of electric ducted fans (EDFs) to not only provide thrust, but to also blow air across the upper surface of a substantial portion of the lifting surface area increasing lift at little loss in efficiency. Not only can the total lift on the surfaces be enhanced, but the lift distribution managed: to aid in aircraft control; ameliorate the effects of turbulence: reduce shed vortices; mitigate the effects of system failures; eliminate stalls; and compensate for crosswinds. This concept offers the potential for increasing electric airplane efficiency and performance, enhancing Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) capabilities, improving passenger comfort, and reducing the structural stress and cost of aircraft.
US10099785B1	Drone with ring assembly Disclosed is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a pre-defined shape to deploy one or more items. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes an upper housing, a lower housing, and a power unit. The upper housing includes plurality of rotors to lift and propel the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Further the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes various electronic components such as plurality of electronic cards, a processing unit, a Global Positioning System (GPS), a communication unit, an electronic gyroscope, a barometer, engines and flight control system, video camera, a forward looking infrared (FLIR) device, a microphone, and a laser telemeter/designator/range finder. The power unit powers the aforementioned electronic components. The lower housing includes plurality of storage units to stores one or more items. The lower housing is removably attached with the upper housing in a way to deploy the items at a predetermined location through plurality of openings.
US10099783B1	Accessory mounting for rotary wing aircraft An improved accessory mounting is disclosed for a rotary wing aircraft comprising a frame supporting a plurality of driven propellers. A transceiver is connected to a electronic flight control for directing the flight of the rotary wing aircraft. An accessory frame receives an accessory load to be carried by the rotary wing aircraft. A battery is disposed on the frame for powering the transceiver. A quick change mounting removably mounts the accessory frame to the frame. Preferably, the battery is movable relative to the frame for compensating for different weights of the accessory load secured to the accessory frame to adjust the center of mass for proper flight of the rotary wing aircraft. An integral balance included for adjusting the center of mass assisting of the rotary wing aircraft.
US10099778B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle To provide an unmanned aerial vehicle that can allow its airframe to approach a structure surface safely and is able to move on a surface of the structure, while keeping a constant clearance between the structure surface and the airframe. This is solved by an manned aerial vehicle including one or a plurality of rotors and a plurality of rotating bodies having one or more driving sources, wherein at least a part of each of the rotating bodies in their rotational radius direction extends forth on an air intake side of the rotors relative to a position of rotational planes of the rotors, and negative pressure produced on the air intake side of the rotors causes the airframe to adhere by suction to a structure surface, and in this state, by driving the plurality of rotating bodies, the vehicle is enabled to travel on the surface.
US10099777B2	Elevator load alleviating control for a rotary wing aircraft One aspect is a flight control system for a rotary wing aircraft including a main rotor system and an elevator control system. A flight control computer of the flight control system includes processing circuitry configured to execute control logic. The control logic includes an inverse plant model that produces a main rotor feed forward command based on a pitch rate command, and a load alleviation control filter configured to reduce loads on a main rotor system and produce an elevator command for an elevator control system. A transformed elevator command filter produces a main rotor pitch adjustment command based on the elevator command, and a main rotor command generator generates an augmented main rotor feed forward command for the main rotor system based on the main rotor feed forward command and the main rotor pitch adjustment command.
US10099776B2	Rheologic fluid coupler for redundant linear electromechanical actuators An actuation assembly includes a first shaft comprising a first end disposed opposite a second end. The actuation assembly further includes a second shaft with a first end disposed opposite a second end. The first end of the second shaft is disposed within the second end of the first shaft such that the first end of the second shaft can move relative the second end of the first shaft. A fluid chamber formed between the first shaft and the second shaft at the second end of the first shaft. Magnetorheologic fluid is disposed inside the fluid chamber and a magnetic field generating coil is disposed around the second end of the first shaft and the first end of the second shaft.
US10099767B2	Sandwich panel inserts and related methods The present disclosure relates to inserts for use with sandwich panels, such as composite panels, and related methods. Presently disclosed inserts may include a retention feature and/or an anti-rotation feature that may be configured to retain the insert in place within a bore formed in the sandwich panel. In this manner, presently disclosed inserts may be secured without the use of adhesive compounds, which may increase efficiency and/or reduce costs in manufacturing apparatus that include one or more sandwich panels having one or more inserts placed therein. Presently disclosed methods of installing an insert into a sandwich panel may include rotating the insert with respect to the sandwich panel as the insert is installed, such that a portion of the insert may be positioned under the skin of the sandwich panel (e.g., a portion of the insert may be positioned between the skin and the core of the sandwich panel).
US10099764B2	Side-intake piston jet propulsor A Side-Intake piston water jet propulsor for marine vehicles employs a concept of Side-Intake of water and generates thrust through piston's reciprocating motion in cylinder. The concept of Side-Intake makes intake openings on the side and near the discharging end of the cylinder wall to achieve that the piston separates the cylinder into a dry and a wet compartment during its movement. The dry compartment is kept at atmospheric or ambient pressure. As a result, the piston confronts air or ambient pressure instead of water during its recovering stroke for water intake. From hydrodynamics point of view, this characteristic of piston's recovering stroke through air achieves the same function as an oarsman recovering his oar through air. However, said propulsor achieves that under water or a vessel's water line.
US10099762B2	Method of manufacturing a rotor body of a Magnus-type rotor A method is provided for manufacturing a rotor body of a Magnus-type rotor. The method includes providing a plurality of arcuate panels, wherein each of the panels has an arc-length less than a predetermined circumference of the rotor body. The method further includes positioning at least three such arcuate panels in mutual edge-wise abutment to form circumferentially a hollow cylindrical loop, wherein longitudinal edges of adjacent panels are mutually attached to each other. The method further optionally includes co-axially stacking one above another at least two loops of substantially similar diameter. The method further includes connecting edges of adjacent loops to define the rotor body of a predetermined height.
US10099761B2	Water turbine propeller A water turbine propeller includes an optional turbine casing having forward and rearward openings, a rotational cylindrical unit, a plurality of rotating foil blades rigidly secured to the inner periphery of the rotational shaft on a common shaft, and an engine or motor which rotates the rotational shaft within the turbine casing. The operation of the engine causes the rotation of the rotational shaft and the helical blades direct water into the forward opening of the turbine casing and out the rearward openings of the turbine casing, thereby creating a focused torque (or vortex) effect on the water flow for a propulsive force.
US10099759B1	Autonomous submersible structure An autonomous submersible structure includes a cage for protecting cargo contained within a volume of the cage, two or more independently operated propellers, and a raised platform. The raised platform includes a plurality of sensors and computers that detect at least one of: water quality, water pressure, or objects in the vicinity of the cage. The raised platform includes a navigating system that controls a direction of travel of the cage based on feedback provided by the plurality of sensors and computers, and a power generator that provides power to the sensors, the navigating system, and the feeding mechanism. The autonomous submersible structure includes a ballast for counterbalancing the weight of the raised platform, wherein the navigating system controls the two or more independently operated propellers to alter the direction of travel of the cage, and wherein the raised platform is environmentally sealed and a portion of the raised platform is positioned above water level.
US10099756B2	Marker and recovery device A marker and recovery device comprising: an enclosure secured to a torso of a wearer; a bladder configured to fit within the enclosure in an uninflated state, the bladder including an elongate tube being physically connected at a first end to the enclosure; a first upper tube fluidly connected to the elongate tube at a distal end of the elongate tube; and a second upper tube fluidly connected to the elongate tube at the distal end of the elongate tube; and an inflation mechanism to inflate the bladder to extend the bladder from the uninflated state to a deployed state in which said elongate tube extends from said enclosure and where the first upper tube and second upper tube form a handle portion at the end of the elongate tube.
US10099755B2	Marine rail mounted lighting system and associated methods A pivoting rail mounted lighting system for boats which includes three separate portable housings and a light source located in these housings. Each light source being visible from outside the housing such that when the first housing is illuminated, a red colored light source is illuminated for rail mounting to the Port side of the vessel, when the second housing is illuminated, a green colored light source is illuminated for rail mounting to the Starboard side of the vessel, and when the third housing is illuminated, an All Around white light is illuminated for rail mounting to the portions of the vessels railing systems. A quick connect and release pivoting bracket is connected to the housings and is designed to releasably connect to multiple positions along boat railings and allow the light housings to be “pivoted” into the proper direction to display the correct angle of light.
US10099749B2	Snowmobile having electronically controlled lubrication A snowmobile has a frame, an endless drive track, a pair of skis, an engine operatively connected to the endless drive track, an oil tank, an electronic oil pump and an electronic control unit (ECU). The engine has at least one cylinder, a crankcase, and at least one exhaust valve. The electronic oil pump fluidly communicates with the crankcase and the at least one exhaust valve. The oil tank fluidly communicates with an inlet of the electronic oil pump for supplying oil to the electronic oil pump. The electronic oil pump delivers oil from the oil tank to the crankcase and the at least one exhaust valve. The ECU is electrically connected to the electronic oil pump for controlling actuation of the electronic oil pump.
US10099748B2	Saddle-type vehicle A saddle-type vehicle can be driven by finer control by judging the driver's demand based on operation of the driver relative to the vehicle when the engine is started from the idle-stop state. A saddle-type vehicle can include bar handle mounted on its opposite tip ends a grasping grip grasped by the driver and a throttle grip for an accelerator operation; an engine controller for automatically stopping an engine and making the engine an idle-stop state: and a clutch. The saddle-type vehicle can include a judgment controller for judging a driver's demand based on operation conditions of the driver relative to the vehicle and a clutch controller for selecting a travel state and a stopped state.
US10099739B2	Bicycle guard and drive unit equipped with bicycle guard A bicycle guard is provided that has a minimal number of parts required for mounting. A drive unit is provided with the bicycle guard. The bicycle guard includes a first attaching part and a housing. The first attaching part is configured to be attached to a first connection part that connects a bicycle frame. The housing is configured to rotatably support a crankshaft.
US10099735B2	System and method for monitoring track tension for a track assembly of a work vehicle A system for monitoring the track tension for a track assembly of a work vehicle may include a track tensioning assembly having a fluid-driven actuator. The actuator may be configured to adjust the track tension of the track assembly based on a fluid pressure of fluid within the actuator. The system may also include a wireless pressure sensor provided in operative association with the actuator that is configured to detect the fluid pressure within the actuator. Additionally, the system may include controller communicatively coupled to the wireless pressure sensor. The controller may be configured to monitor the fluid pressure within the actuator based on wireless pressure signals received from the wireless pressure sensor, wherein the monitored fluid pressure is indicative of the track tension for the track assembly.
US10099733B1	Endless track and guide member A track assembly is formed from an endless track, an elongate guide member, a drive sprocket, and a plurality of track engaging rollers. The endless track has an inner surface having a plurality of parallel circumferential ridges. Formed between the circumferential ridges is a circumferential channel. The guide member is at least partially positioned and closely received within the circumferential channel. The track engaging rollers are arranged in a pair of parallel rows near an outer side of each circumferential ridge. During track rotation, the guide member remains closely received within the channel, and the rollers contact the outer side of the ridges to resist lateral movement of the track. Positioning of the guide member in the circumferential channel, with the rollers outside the ridges, laterally stabilizes the track thereby reducing the risk of the track slipping off the track assembly.
US10099731B2	Devices for controlling the downforce generated by a vehicle during cornering An automobile comprising first and second flaps provided on either side of a centerline on the underside of the automobile is provided. Each flap is deployable from first positions that extend minimally into the flow to respective second positions where each flap extends maximally into the flow of air when the automobile is in motion to reduce the downforce generated by the automobile. A control unit adapted to receive inputs that indicate the dynamic state of the automobile is further provided. The control unit select positions of the first and second flaps depending on the dynamic state to control the downforce generated by the automobile. If the inputs indicate that the automobile is cornering, the positions of the first and second flaps are selected so as to counter roll of the automobile.
US10099730B1	Dynamic vehicle spoilers Arrangements described herein include dynamic spoiler systems and methods for controlling such systems. The dynamic spoiler can include a housing operatively connected to a vehicle structure, such as a truck bed tailgate. The housing can have a lower panel, an upper panel, and an opening between the lower and upper panels. The dynamic spoiler can also include a fin moveable between a retracted position and one or more extended positions. In the retracted position, the fin can be substantially entirely located within a cavity defined by housing. In an extended position, the fin can extend at least partially out of the housing through the opening in a rearward direction.
US10099729B2	Nose gap reducers for trailers A nose gap reducer for reducing drag on a vehicle is disclosed. The nose gap reducer may be coupled to a vehicle such as a trailer of a semi-trailer truck for example. The trailer may be positioned between a tractor unit or between another trailer.
US10099728B2	Work vehicle A work vehicle has a cabin supported via an anti-vibration member to a bracket that extends to a vehicle body outer side from a vehicle body frame. The bracket mounts a weight member. The weight member is attached to a position in the bracket, said position being located outward of the anti-vibration member, with the weight member protruding to the vehicle body outer side from the bracket.
US10099727B2	Vehicle pillar structure A vehicle pillar structure comprising a pillar portion extending in parallel with an outer end portion of a windshield and the pillar portion having a hollow structure, the pillar portion comprising an outer side wall at a vehicle exterior side of the pillar portion; an inner side wall at a vehicle cabin side of the pillar portion; and a pair of side walls linking the outer side wall and the inner side wall. At least a portion of the outer side wall is an outer side transparent portion, at least a portion of the inner side wall is an inner side transparent portion and, as viewed from a driver position, overlaps with the outer side transparent portion, and a tensile strength of the outer side wall is lower than that of the inner side wall.
US10099726B2	Patch welded blank on an A-pillar A body for a vehicle includes an A-pillar defining a C-channel along a first surface of the A-pillar. The body further includes a support disposed within the C-channel and defining a shape matching the C-channel to mate the support along an entirety of the first surface via pre-formed spot welds aligned with the first surface. The welds are defined along a single plane being parallel to the first surface, wherein the welds are spaced to secure the support within the C-channel to form flush contact between the support and the first surface.
US10099725B2	Vehicle body side structure A vehicle body side structure includes: a side sill extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle at a side bottom of the vehicle and having a recess sagging inward in a width direction of the vehicle; a door being hollow, having a door bottom portion disposed so as to overlap the side sill when seen from a side, and being arranged at an outer side of the side sill in the width direction; and a force transferring member having a projection protruding inward in the width direction, being disposed in a hollow interior of the door bottom portion, and being configured to transfer force acting inward in the width direction to the side sill.
US10099716B2	Rack guide for rack and pinion steering device, rack and pinion steering device and manufacturing method of rack guide for rack and pinion steering device A rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device, a rack and pinion steering device and a manufacturing method for a rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device, has a simple configuration with a close contact property being kept between a rack guide and a rack guide base member to ensure quietness. A rack guide for a rack and pinion steering device includes: a casing; a pinion to be slidably supported by said casing; a rack bar having a rack tooth meshed with said pinion; a rack guide including an abutment portion to which said rack bar is to be slidably abutted and a recessed portion, which is continued to said abutment portion, to be spaced from said rack bar; a rack guide base member for receiving said rack guide; and urging means for urging said rack guide against said rack bar through said rack guide base member.
US10099710B1	Garage cart assembly A garbage cart assembly for includes a cart and a plurality of garbage containers that are positioned on the cart. The cart is selectively rolled along a support surface thereby facilitating the plurality of garbage containers to be transported along the support surface. A cage is coupled to the cart to inhibit the plurality of garbage containers from falling off of the cart. A dolly is provided and the dolly is selectively rolled along the support surface. The dolly is selectively and removably coupled to the cart thereby facilitating the cart to be urged along the support surface.
US10099707B2	Bogie comprising a wheelset drive mounted on bearings A bogie (6) comprises a bogie frame (7). The bogie frame (7) is mounted on bearings (7b) via a first spring device (7a). A wheelset shaft (8) is mounted in the bearings (7b). A wheelset drive (9) concentrically surrounds the wheelset shaft (8) and acts thereupon. The wheelset drive (9) is spring-mounted on the bearings (7b) by means of a second spring device (16) exclusively associated with the wheelset drive (9). A two-level clutch (15) is arranged between the wheelset drive (9) and the wheelset shaft (8).
US10099704B2	Electromagnetic noise analyzing apparatus, controlling apparatus and controlling method Provided is an electromagnetic noise analyzing apparatus, a controlling apparatus, and a controlling method in each of which the continuous change of the running state of a vehicle or a railway vehicle is considered. The controlling apparatus includes: a vehicle running control section which outputs, on the basis of operation information of a vehicle, a vehicle driving parameter as a driving state of the vehicle; a signal converting section which converts the vehicle driving parameter into a noise parameter as an electric parameter; and an electromagnetic noise analyzing section which calculates, on the basis of the noise parameter, the amount of electromagnetic noise propagating in the vehicle.
US10099702B2	Method and apparatus for vehicle accessory and load management A vehicle is described, and includes a drivetrain system including an internal combustion engine and a geartrain, an accessory device, and a route monitoring system. A controller includes an instruction set to monitor operation of the accessory device, and a request to operate the accessory device. When the request to operate the accessory device includes a request to activate the accessory device based upon not exceeding a limit for an operating parameter of the accessory device, the instruction set executes to determine a horizon for the vehicle based upon the projected path for the vehicle, determine a projected road load and a speed constraint based upon the horizon for the vehicle, and determine a projected axle torque command based upon the projected road load. A first routine determines a first command for operating the accessory device that minimizes fuel consumption and meets the projected axle torque command.
US10099695B2	Hybrid vehicle control device A hybrid vehicle control device is provided that is capable of controlling a drive source according to a travel plan. The hybrid vehicle control device is configured to be mounted in a hybrid vehicle including a drive source having an engine and a motor/generator, and a navigation system that acquires travel environment information of a planned travel route. The control device is configured such that, upon selection of a “travel plan mode”, which controls the drive source according to a travel plan set for low fuel travel based on travel environment information acquired from the navigation system in the absence of the selection of an “eco-mode”, which controls the drive source to prioritize fuel efficiency over power performance, the selection of the “travel plan mode” is linked with a setting operation for the “eco-mode”.
US10099694B2	Motor vehicle A motor vehicle is controlled: during a prescribed transition from an accelerator ON state to an accelerator OFF and brake OFF state, the control unit makes a rear wheel distribution ratio that is a ratio of a torque of the rear wheel to a sum of a torque of the front wheel and the torque of the rear wheel, change to a first prescribed distribution ratio after changing from a value during the accelerator ON state to a second prescribed distribution ratio that is larger than the first prescribed distribution ratio.
US10099693B2	Control method of dual clutch transmission for hybrid electric vehicle and control system for the same A control method of a dual clutch transmission for a hybrid electric vehicle, and a control system for the dual clutch transmission. The control method includes: a handover step of performing a handover process of a transmission while controlling clutch torque of an engaging-side input shaft to maintain a rotational speed change rate of the engaging-side input shaft at a reference change rate; and an actual shifting step of synchronizing a rotational speed of a motor with a rotational speed of the engaging-side input shaft when the first finish determining step determines that the handover process has finished, and of increasing a rotational speed change rate of the motor by increasing motor torque when a synchronization rate is a reference synchronization rate or less.
US10099688B2	Vehicle control method and vehicle control system A vehicle control method of performing automatic braking for automatically braking a vehicle or alarm output, depending on a possibility of a collision between the vehicle and an obstacle, includes: cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when an accelerator operation amount is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output, and cancelling the automatic braking or the alarm output, when a given cancellation condition is satisfied under a situation where the accelerator operation amount of the vehicle is smaller than the predetermined threshold value, during the automatic braking or the alarm output.
US10099687B2	Automatic clutch vehicle It is preferable to reduce an uncomfortable feeling arising from an abrupt driving force generated in an automatic starting clutch in an automatic clutch vehicle. When an automatic clutch operating device is about to automatically engage a starting clutch, a brake controller drives a brake actuator to forcibly actuate a brake device, thereby braking a driving wheel WR. Here, a brake pressure to be applied to the driving wheel WR can be set as a brake pressure such as to change an expected driving torque which is accompanied by an uncomfortable feeling in the absence of control by the brake controller into a norm driving torque which is not accompanied by the uncomfortable feeling, taking into account the clutch capacity and an engine control output.
US10099685B2	Hybrid electric vehicle and method of efficiently controlling transmission thereof A transmission control method that improves fuel economy when gear shift and engine clutch release are to be simultaneously performed is provided. A parallel type hybrid electric vehicle having an engine clutch mounted between an electric motor and an engine includes a first controller that executes transmission gear shift during a first control period and a second controller that operates the engine clutch and generates an engine clutch release request. A third controller permits the engine clutch release request to release the engine clutch before the second control period upon determining that a time when the release request has been generated is within a third control period, which is a period before a second control period in which actual shift is generated within the first control period, and a remaining time until a time when the second control period is started is equal to or greater than a critical time.
US10099684B2	Method for operating a drive unit for a hybrid vehicle A method is provided for operating a drive unit for a hybrid vehicle. Through a planetary transmission, an electric motor is coupled to an input shaft of a first sub-transmission and an input shaft of a second sub-transmission shifted in parallel to the first sub-transmission. Through a frictional-locking separating clutch, an internal combustion engine is able to be coupled to the input shaft of the first sub-transmission and, if the separating clutch is locked, is coupled to the same element of the planetary transmission together with the input shaft of the first sub-transmission. For coupling the internal combustion engine at the output coming out of all-electric driving, the torque provided by the internal combustion engine is transferred through the slip-controlled separating clutch in order to unload the previously locked shift element and disengage it in the unloaded state.
US10099682B1	Controlling motor torque to reserve battery energy in a hybrid vehicle A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a traction motor, a battery, and a controller. The controller is programmed to, responsive to the engine achieving maximum torque capacity while the engine and motor operate to completely satisfy a demand that exceeds the maximum torque capacity, maintain the engine at the maximum torque capacity and reduce torque output of the motor to a non-zero value such that the engine and motor do not operate to completely satisfy the demand.
US10099681B2	User interface apparatus of non-uniform displacement engine control system and control method of the user interface apparatus of non-uniform displacement engine control system A user interface apparatus for controlling a vehicle comprising a non-uniform displacement engine comprising at least two sizes of cylinders having different displacements, a motor connected to a driving shaft of the engine, and a motor controller for controlling the motor, the user interface apparatus includes an input for selecting a control mode of the non-uniform displacement engine and the motor, an interface controller communicating with the motor controller such that the motor is controlled in the selected control mode, and a display device for displaying information about the selected control mode, wherein the user interface apparatus has a control mode for controlling the motor to compensate for a difference in torque due to different displacements of the cylinders such that a sum of engine torque and motor torque in explosion stroke of each cylinder is uniform.
US10099680B2	Hybrid vehicle A hybrid vehicle includes a first controller configured to output a first control signal for a first inverter, a second controller configured to output a second control signal for a second inverter and a third control signal for the first inverter, and a selection circuit configured to output either of the first control signal or the third control signal to the first inverter. The third control signal is a signal for simultaneously turning on either of upper arm switching elements or lower arm switching elements of a plurality of arms of the first inverter. The second controller starts an engine by outputting the third control signal while outputting the second control signal to drive a second motor generator when abnormality occurs in the first controller.
US10099678B2	Method of controlling hybrid electric vehicle Provided is a method of controlling a hybrid electric vehicle capable of improving acceleration response upon kick-down. The method includes calculating a rising gradient of a motor speed increasing during kick-down shift based on a present speed of a motor for driving the vehicle which is detected at a control unit in real time, upon detection of demand of kick-down shift due to acceleration operation of a driver, calculating a falling gradient of intervention torque based on the rising gradient of the motor speed at the control unit, determining an entry point of intervention control based on the present speed of the motor detected at the control unit in real time, and performing torque intervention control for controlling driving of the motor in order to output intervention torque, namely, motor torque decreased based on the falling gradient of intervention torque calculated from the determined entry point at the control unit.
US10099675B2	System and method for improving fuel economy and reducing emissions when a vehicle is decelerating A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a fuel control module, a transmission control module, and a starter control module. The fuel control module selectively stops fuel delivery to cylinders of an engine while the engine is coupled to a transmission of a vehicle when an accelerator pedal is not depressed. The transmission control module selectively decouples the engine from the transmission while fuel delivery to the cylinders is stopped. The fuel control module selectively allows the engine to stop while the vehicle is moving by not resuming fuel delivery to the cylinders when the engine is decoupled from the engine. The starter control module controls a starter to automatically restart the engine when the accelerator pedal is depressed after fuel delivery to the cylinders is stopped and the engine is decoupled from the engine.
US10099672B2	System for measuring brake balance on multi-axel commercial vehicles by monitoring brake temperatures The present invention provides a system for monitoring brake balance of a motor vehicle by measuring temperatures of each wheel having a temperature sensor constructed and arranged for measuring temperature of a motor vehicle brake and recording each temperature measurement as a temperature reading, a communications link between said sensors and a data compiler, wherein the communication link receives transmitted information from each of said sensors relating to temperature readings, a temperature groups sorter configured to receive information on temperature readings from said data compiler and sorts each reading into one of at least two groups based on a selected temperature group range, and an output configured for output of information relating to said temperature readings from said temperature groups sorter.
US10099671B2	Electric brake system An electric brake system is disclosed. The electric brake system comprises an electronic control unit configured to control a hydraulic pressure supply device and valves on the basis of hydraulic pressure information and pedal displacement information and including a circuit board on which a plurality of electronic elements are mounted, and the hydraulic pressure supply device configured to generate hydraulic pressure using a rotational force of a motor that is activated in response to an electrical signal output from the electronic control unit, wherein the circuit board and a housing of the hydraulic pressure supply device contact each other to transfer heat generated at the plurality of electronic elements to the housing of the hydraulic pressure supply device.
US10099669B2	Brake control device A brake control device includes: a liquid pressure line provided for each vehicle wheel and supplied with a brake liquid pressure; a pressurization unit configured to supply a pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line; an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality of the liquid pressure line at a time the brake liquid pressure of the liquid pressure line is not greater than a threshold value; and a pressurization adjustment unit configured to continuously supply the pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line of the normal vehicle wheel having a low abnormality occurrence risk and suppress the supply pressure of the pressurization brake liquid pressure to the liquid pressure line of the vehicle wheel having a high abnormality occurrence risk until the abnormality of the liquid pressure line is detected by the abnormality detection unit.
US10099668B2	Method and device for operating a vehicle A method is described for operating a vehicle, including the following steps: determining a respective traction of the vehicle wheels; determining which of the respective tractions of the vehicle wheels per axle of the vehicle is the highest traction; determining which of the respective highest tractions per axle is the lowest traction; controlling a admission pressure-generating device as a function of the determined lowest traction of the respective highest tractions per axle such that the admission pressure-generating device regulates a brake pressure in a single-channel brake circuit for the vehicle wheels as a function of the determined lowest traction such that the vehicle is decelerated according to the regulated brake pressure. Also described are a corresponding device, a corresponding system, and a computer program product.
US10099665B2	Method for preventing a motor vehicle from rolling off The invention relates to a method for preventing a motor vehicle from rolling away, in which the motor vehicle includes an automated manual transmission, preferably a dual-clutch transmission. In the method in which a vehicle of this type is reliably prevented from rolling away, the NEUTRAL selector lever position is engaged only when the motor vehicle is at a standstill and a motor vehicle brake has been actuated.
US10099661B2	Parking brake apparatus A drive unit for actuating a brake device by a driver's operation, when a vehicle is parked or stopped, is disposed independently in a trailing arm for each of right and left rear wheels. Thus, the drive unit for actuating the brake device via a wire when the vehicle is stopped or parked can be loaded, even if the space of the vehicle is tight. That is, the drive unit for actuating the brake device via the wire when the vehicle is stopped or parked can be loaded, regardless of the space of the vehicle.
US10099660B2	Truck-mounted concrete pump and method for operating same This disclosure relates to a truck-mounted concrete pump comprising a concrete-distributing boom which is constituted by a plurality of folding boom arms and rotationally mounted on a slewing gear on a chassis, and a tilt sensor for detecting a tilt of the truck-mounted concrete pump. According to this disclosure, the truck-mounted concrete pump is provided with a safety device which restricts the operating range of the concrete-distributing boom subject to a tilt of the pump, said safety device being coupled to the tilt sensor. The safety device is designed to limit the slewing motion on the slewing gear and/or the swiveling motion of at least one boom arm.
US10099656B2	Swipe and tap verification for entry system using swipe and tap touch switch A system and method for providing access to a vehicle operation includes a first user-input interface, a second user-input interface, and a vehicle controller. The first user-input interface is configured to interact with a user via a swipe-up input. The second user-input interface is configured to interact with the user via an application independent of the swipe-up input. The vehicle controller is configured to control the vehicle operation in response to detecting a first swipe-type user-input via the first user-input interface and a second user-input via the second user-input interface within a predetermined time.
US10099652B2	Energy absorbing device, seat belt retractor and seat belt device An energy absorbing device, a seat belt retractor, and a seat belt device, that can change an energy absorption characteristic continuously, and improve durability. A base plate that is connected to a spool and has a corrugated groove annularly formed, a cover plate that is opposingly connected to the base plate and has a corrugated groove synchronized with the corrugated groove of the base plate, a plurality of driving pins with a first end inserted into the corrugated groove of the base plate and a second end inserted into the corrugated groove of the cover plate, a plurality of mass bodies that are arranged in respective intermediate portions of the driving pins, and intermediate plates that are inserted with the driving pins, arranged on both sides of the mass bodies, and connected to a locking base.
US10099650B1	Shear pin failure system Aspects of the disclosure relate to adjusting a shear pin to minimize an impact force felt by an object in a collision with a vehicle. For example, one or more second computing devices may receive, from one or more first computing devices, information indicating that an impact with an object is imminent. In response to the received information, the second computing devices may determine a first shear force for a first shear pin, wherein the first shear force is a desired amount of shear force necessary to break the first shear pin. The second computing devices may send a triggering signal to activate an actuator prior to an impact with the identified impact target. The actuator, in response to receiving the triggering signal, may adjust the first shear pin in a first pinhole, so the first shear pin will break at the first shear force.
US10099649B2	Pedestrian protection airbag device A pedestrian protection airbag device has an airbag case that is provided on a bottom surface side of a rear end portion of a vehicle hood, an airbag that includes a hood underside bag portion that is housed inside the airbag case and is inflated and deployed towards the vehicle rear side by pressure from gas which is generated by an inflator, and that is laid out on a bottom surface side of the hood, and that also includes a bag main body portion that is connected to the hood underside bag portion and that is inflated and deployed towards the vehicle top surface side from between a rear end portion of the hood and a glass windshield, and vertical joining portions that join the airbag vertically and reduce the thickness in the vehicle up-down direction of the hood underside bag portion in the inflated and deployed state.
US10099647B2	Airbag assembly An instrument-panel assembly in a vehicle includes an instrument panel extending along a longitudinal axis and an airbag supported by the instrument panel. The airbag is inflatable from an undeployed position to a deployed position. In two embodiments, the airbag includes a side extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis and a tether attached to the side, and the side has a fold when the airbag is in the deployed position. Alternatively, in a third embodiment, the airbag in the deployed position has a tapered shape from a vertical perspective relative to the instrument panel at the instrument panel.
US10099645B2	Center airbag device and control method thereof A center airbag device may include: an inflator positioned between first and second seats, and generating an operating gas; a chamber part receiving the operating gas generated by the inflator, and expanding between the first and second seats; an internal tether part positioned in the chamber part, and connected to one or more of the top and side surfaces of the chamber part so as to control the deployment shape of the chamber part; and a locking release part connected to the internal tether part, and removing a restriction of the internal tether part according to a control signal.
US10099640B1	Pivoting bumper for vehicle Method and apparatus for a pivoting bumper for attachment to the rear of a vehicle wherein the bumper is pivotable on one side having a latch on the opposing side so that the bumper can be pivoted away from the vehicle in order to access internal portions of the vehicle. The bumper is attached to the vehicle in a modular fashion using left and right opposing brackets which brackets would generally be expected to be bolted on to the vehicle. Each of the left and right brackets has a wing-shaped upper portion which projects outwardly so as to protect the vehicle against backing into an object. The pivoting latch portion has a hook on one end and a safety pin on the opposite end so that the bumper can be secured to the vehicle when the latch is in a latched position.
US10099638B2	Bumper assembly A bumper assembly includes a beam and a plurality of members attached to and positioned sequentially along the beam. Each member includes an outer tube extending transverse to the beam and an inner tube extending parallel to and in the outer tube. Adjacent ones of the members are configured to contact each other when both adjacent ones of the members are deformed.
US10099636B2	System and method for determining a user role and user settings associated with a vehicle A system includes a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a vehicle network. The system further includes a wireless earpiece worn by a user in operative communication with the vehicle network. The vehicle is configured to determine a role of the user and user settings for the vehicle from data received from the wireless earpiece and implement the user settings for the vehicle. A method for adjusting user settings associated with a vehicle based on data from a wireless earpiece includes acquiring user data from a wireless earpiece worn by a user at a vehicle, based on the user data, determining by the vehicle one or more user settings and a role of the user, and automatically adjusting by the vehicle of one or more vehicle features based on the one or more user settings in accordance with the role of the user.
US10099632B1	Integrated bracket for trim ring reinforcement A trim component for a vehicle is provided. The trim component may include a trim panel, a backing layer, and a speaker. The trim panel may have tapered sidewalls extending from a trim reinforcement, offset from a periphery of the opening and terminating at an edge. The backing layer may be disposed along a first surface of the trim panel and wrapping around the edge to define a trim ring. The speaker may be attached to a second surface of the trim panel and spaced outwardly from the trim ring.
US10099622B2	Step assembly for a fire truck A stair assembly for a vehicle includes a frame, a first stair 80, a second stair 70, and an actuator. The frame includes a plate extending between a first side member and a second side member. The first stair 80 is rotatably coupled to the frame and includes a first step body positioned on a first side of the plate. The second stair 70 is rotatably coupled to the frame and includes a second step body positioned on the first side of the plate. The actuator is configured to move the first stair 80 and the second stair 70 between a deployed position and a storage position, and the actuator is separated from the first step body and the second step body by the plate.
US10099615B2	All-round view monitoring system for a motor vehicle A view monitoring system for a vehicle, comprising four pairs of cameras, a processing unit, a visual display unit, an obstacle detection unit and a signaling unit. The four pairs of cameras may be positioned on a front, rear, and sides of the vehicle and detect images of the same number of areas near the vehicle. The processing unit may be configured to provide a single overall image of the surroundings of the vehicle in response to the images. The visual display unit may display the overall image. The obstacle detection unit may detect obstacles in the overall image. The signaling unit may signal the detected obstacles to the driver.
US10099614B2	Vision system for vehicle A vision system for a vehicle includes an image sensor disposed at a subject vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the subject vehicle. A control is operable to process image data captured by the image sensor to detect an object exterior of the subject vehicle. The control is operable to process captured image data to detect points of interest present in the field of view of the image sensor and, responsive to processing of captured image data, the control is operable to determine movement of the detected points of interest. The control is operable to process captured image data to determine movement vectors and, responsive to processing of captured image data, the control is operable to determine an object of interest in the field of view of the image sensor and exterior of the subject vehicle.
US10099609B2	Machine safety dome A site-aware controller and various sensors determine if objects are located within a safety dome surrounding a machine such as a construction vehicle. The site-aware controller compares data from the various sensors to determine if the machine or independently moveable implements located on the machine are capable of impacting objects within the safety dome and/or travel of the machine into restricted areas. Detection of objects within the safety dome can trigger alerts (e.g., visual and/or audible) to an operator of the machine of a particular situation. Detection of objects within the safety dome can also prevent further movement of the machine or independently moveable implements located on the machine to prevent impacting the objects. The system can also prevent movement of the machine into restricted areas.
US10099607B1	Vehicle utility light assembly A vehicle utility light assembly is disclosed in which an elongated body portion functions to be stowable in a first position within a vehicle body panel. The elongated body portion further functions to be vertically-releasable from the first position to a second position, and being operable to selectively illuminate the vehicle body panel from above by a light source of the elongated body portion.
US10099606B2	Dome light assemblies and units that produce natural and courtesy light patterns A dome light assembly that includes a reflective surface facing an interior; a light-diffusing element over the reflective surface having a plurality of corresponding opposed edges and LED sources; and a controller for directing the sources to transmit a plurality of light patterns from the element into the interior based at least in part on a plurality of inputs. Further, each source is configured to direct incident light into the corresponding edge. These light patterns include natural light and other light patterns. The inputs include manual inputs, weather inputs, exterior light sensor inputs, temporal inputs and global positioning system inputs.
US10099601B2	Vehicle lamp Provided is a vehicle lamp including an operation unit configured to operate an optical axis adjustment bevel gear provided in a lamp to be axially rotated. An axial rotation force transfer body of the operation unit includes an operation rod operated to be axially rotated, a driving rod engaged with the gear, and a wire interconnecting the operation rod and the driving rod in an axial rotation direction, and the driving rod is formed of a metal which is hard to rust. The driving rod is formed by a metal/injection/molding (MIM) technique. A support member extends between the driving rod and the lamp.
US10099600B2	Steering wheel switch device A steering switch device, which is mounted on a steering wheel, includes a linear switch that includes a hollow insulator having restorability and two electrode wires arranged spirally along an inner surface of a hollow part in the hollow insulator while being kept not in contact with each other, wherein a winding pitch coiling spirally the electrode wires is at least not more than 10 mm, and a detecting device that detects a press of the linear switch by sensing a contact of the electrode wires. The linear switch is arranged so as to be along at least part of a surface of the steering wheel.
US10099596B1	Riser apparatus and system for vehicle transport Riser apparatuses and systems for vehicle transportation are disclosed. Embodiments include a riser with a top surface configured to receive a vehicle. The riser has a front end and a back end opposite the front end. The apparatus is configured such that rotating a lift mechanism causes a front end of the riser to move both in a first horizontal direction and in a first vertical direction to a first raised position such that the front end of the riser is supported by at least one rotatable leg. Rotating the lift mechanism also causes a back end of the riser to move in the first horizontal direction, and causes a latch to engage a carrier rod to secure the riser in the first raised position.
US10099592B2	Telescoping power head restraint with cover assembly A headrest assembly includes a linkage system that is at least partially disposed within a housing. The linkage system is operable between fore and aft positions relative to the housing. An adjustable cover assembly includes a first member coupled to the linkage system for movement therewith, and a second member pivotally coupled to the first member. The second member includes an engagement flange configured to contact a portion of the housing to pivot the second member rearwardly as the adjustable cover assembly is driven outward by the linkage system during the positioning of a headrest bun.
US10099591B2	Dual configuration headrest system A dual configuration headrest system includes a seat having a top side and a back edge. A backrest is attached to the seat and extends upwardly from the top side. A housing is attached the backrest and is positioned over an upper edge of the backrest. The housing has a top wall, a bottom wall, first lateral wall and a second lateral wall. A front side of the housing is open. A head support is mounted within the housing and has a first side and a second side positioned opposite of each other. The head support further has a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side. The head support is rotationally mounted within the housing such that the first side or the second side is positioned in an opening in the front side when the head support is rotated relative to the housing.
US10099587B2	Armrest locking device The present disclosure provides an armrest-locking device that is disposed in an armrest that is stowed in an armrest case of a rear seatback. The armrest-locking device includes: a locking member disposed at any one of the armrest case and the armrest; a locking bracket rotatably coupled to the other one of the armrest case and the armrest, the locking member inserted into a groove formed on a peripheral portion of the locking bracket when the armrest is stowed; and a holding bracket. In particular, the locking bracket rotates in a forward direction to be fastened to the locking member when the locking member is inserted; and the holding bracket has an end to engage with the locking bracket when the locking bracket is rotated, maintaining the rotation state of the locking bracket.
US10099586B2	Fixing structure for surface skin, and vehicle seat Provided is an inexpensive fixing structure for a surface skin, an operation by which is simple. A fixing structure for a surface skin, the fixing structure being used for fixing to a core 17 a surface skin 14 having an opening 22, wherein the surface skin 14 in at least the portion in which the opening 22 is formed is formed of a soft material, the opening 22 is formed by an edge part 14c of the surface skin 14, a groove 20 is formed in the core 17, and the surface skin 14 is fixed to the core 17 by the edge part 14c of the surface skin 14 being inserted into the groove 20. Since the surface skin 14 is fixed to the core 17 merely by inserting the edge part 14c of the surface skin 14 into the groove 20 in the core 17, a simple operation is realized. Since there is no need to provide the edge part 14c of the surface skin 14 with an attachment device, the fixing structure for the surface skin 14 is inexpensive.
US10099585B2	Vehicle seat A vehicle seat including: a seat frame forming a framework of the vehicle seat; and a wire connected to the seat frame and to which an axial force in an axial direction thereof is configured to be applied, wherein a bent portion or a diameter-enlarged portion is provided to at least one end portion of the wire, wherein a flat part of the seat frame is provided with a locking portion into which the bent portion or the diameter-enlarged portion is inserted and which is configured to receive the axial force in an in-plane direction, and wherein a separation preventing member is attached to the flat part and prevents the wire from being separated from the flat part in a state where the bent portion or the diameter-enlarged portion is inserted into the locking portion.
US10099578B2	Pumping device for vehicle seat The present disclosure provides a pumping device of a vehicle seat and its operation mechanism. The pumping device includes: a housing encasing a pumping mechanism; a spring guide which has a ring shape formed with a cavity and is seated on a top surface of the housing, a coil spring being inserted in the spring guide; and a lever bracket which has a protruding portion formed on a central portion, an operating lever being coupled to a flange, and a locking protrusion protruding from the flange and locked to the coil spring through the guide slit of the spring guide. In particular, the protruding portion is connected to a cam of the pumping mechanism in a state of being inserted into the cavity of the spring guide.
US10099573B2	Drive system and vehicle A drive system includes a drive device including an electric power generator; a fuel cell; a secondary battery; a fuel cell step-up converter including a diode; a relay connected to wiring between the fuel cell step-up converter and the drive device; a secondary battery step-up converter connected; a fuel cell voltage sensor; a secondary battery voltage sensor; and a controller. The controller stops the secondary battery step-up converter when a short-circuit fault of the diode is detected, disconnects the relay when a voltage of the fuel cell is higher than a voltage of the secondary battery after stopping the secondary battery step-up converter, and when the voltage of the secondary battery is higher than or equal to the voltage of the fuel cell, executes a voltage control process which increases the voltage of the fuel cell relative to the voltage of the secondary battery, and disconnects the relay.
US10099567B2	Vehicle auxiliary battery charging system Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an auxiliary battery charging system for monitoring and regulating the energy flow to an auxiliary battery in a vehicle. More specifically, the auxiliary battery charging system of the present disclosure includes a monitoring controller configured to operate with a plurality of sensors, a display device and a battery charger to display the battery status (such as temperature, voltage, time of last charge); initiate charging of the auxiliary battery when the auxiliary battery voltage reaches a predetermined minimum voltage; and disable the charging process when the auxiliary battery voltage has reached an optimum level.
US10099562B2	Cooling strategy for battery systems Embodiments describe a battery system that includes a first battery module coupled to a regenerative braking system and a control module that controls operation of the battery system by: determining a predicted driving pattern over a prediction horizon using a driving pattern recognition model based in part on a battery current and a previous driving pattern; determining a predicted battery resistance of the first battery module over the prediction horizon using a recursive battery model based in part on the predicted driving pattern, the battery current, a present bus voltage, and a previous bus voltage; determining a target trajectory of a battery temperature of the first battery module over a control horizon using an objective function; and controlling magnitude and duration of electrical power supplied from the regenerative such that a predicted trajectory of the battery temperature is guided toward the target trajectory of the battery temperature during the control horizon.
US10099557B2	Vehicle driven by motor and control method of charging and discharging of secondary battery provided in vehicle A vehicle driven by a motor includes: a secondary battery configured to supply an electric power to the motor; a power regeneration portion configured to supply, to the secondary battery, a regenerative electric power that is recovered at a time of braking the vehicle; a power storage amount detecting portion configured to detect a power storage amount of the secondary battery; and a controlling portion configured to control charging and discharging of the secondary battery. The controlling portion estimates a regenerative electric power, and estimates an expected power-storage increasing amount, so as to calculate a virtual power storage amount from a sum total of the expected power-storage increasing amount and an actual power storage amount. The controlling portion performs charging and discharging on the secondary battery based on the virtual power storage amount.
US10099550B2	Power Transmission Device A power transmission device includes: an axle housing having a central hole where a drive shaft is penetrated; a wheel hub disposed in an outer portion of the axle housing via wheel bearings; a speed-reducer housing chamber provided in the wheel hub to cover an opening end portion of the axle housing; a gear speed reducer, formed inside the speed-reducer housing chamber, to decelerate a rotation of the drive shaft and transmit the rotation to the wheel hub; and a wet-type brake mechanism housed in a brake chamber formed between the axle housing and the wheel hub, and actuated such that braking is applied to a rotation of the wheel hub relative to the axle housing. Further, floating seals are disposed between a lubrication space and the speed-reducer housing chamber, and a circulation passage for oil that includes an oil filter is connected to the lubrication space.
US10099540B2	Motor vehicle door with hidden key cylinder A motor vehicle door is provided. That door includes a door body that carries a door handle and a decorative trim feature remote from the door handle. A key cylinder is carried on the door body behind an access door in the decorative trim feature. The positioning of a hidden key cylinder at a position remote from the door handle frees designers to provide a motor vehicle door with a cleaner and more aesthetically appealing appearance.
US10099539B2	Variable transmission moon roof module with multiple transparent panels A moon roof module includes a first transparent panel, a second transparent panel and a third transparent panel packaged in a compartment between the first transparent panel and the second transparent panel. The moon roof module also includes an actuator configured to displace the third transparent panel between a first position and a second position. A related method of switching a moon roof module between a transparent state and an opaque state is also disclosed.
US10099537B2	Roller blind arrangement with lateral guide A roller blind arrangement for shading a transparent vehicle section having a roller blind web, which can be wound to form a roller blind winding and is guided at its lateral edges in relation to a vertical longitudinal center plane of the roller blind in each case in one guide rail, as well as a drive device having a drive pinion which drives two driving means which are each guided in one of the guide rails. The driving means are in each case designed as a toothed belt. The toothed belt can have at least one flat surface for coupling to the roller blind web, and the driving means are joined within the guide rails to the roller blind web in each case solely via their respective flat surfaces and are detached from the roller blind web in a section arranged between the guide rails and the roller blind winding.
US10099535B2	Vehicle air-conditioning unit An air conditioning case includes a first partition wall that receives a condensed water generated by an evaporator, and the first partition wall is disposed above an overlapped portion of a heater core and between the evaporator and the heater core. Therefore, the first partition wall can prevent the condensed water dropped from the evaporator from being applied directly to the heater core. As a result, in a structure in which at least a portion of the heater core overlaps with the evaporator from below, the condensed water of the evaporator is less likely to be applied to the heater core.
US10099532B2	Environmental control system and method for a battery in a vehicle An environmental control system for a battery in a vehicle includes an air intake for receiving ambient air from outside the vehicle. A duct system provides communication between the air intake and the battery. The duct system includes a movable door which can facilitate or inhibit movement of air between the air intake and the battery. An air outlet facilitates air flow from the duct system to the ambient environment outside the vehicle. A fan cooperates with the duct system for moving the air through a heat exchanger in the duct system and across the battery. A control system controls operation of the fan and the movable door, and is configured to determine whether the battery environment requires fresh air or recirculated air.
US10099531B2	Device for air conditioning a drive train and a passenger compartment of a vehicle The invention relates to an air conditioning device comprising a refrigerant circuit and a coolant circuit. The refrigerant circuit comprises at least a compressor, an internal heat exchanger, an external heat exchanger and an evaporator The coolant circuit comprises at least a first heat exchanger associated with a first component, a second heat exchanger associated with a second component and a radiator. A fluid/fluid heat exchanger is installed in the refrigerant circuit and in the coolant circuit, with the coolant circuit comprising a first loop and a second loop which are interconnected by an interconnection device. The first loop comprises the fluid/fluid heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger associated with the first component and a means for heating the coolant with the means interposed between the interconnection device and the fluid/fluid heat exchanger, the second loop comprising the second heat exchanger associated with the second component and the radiator.
US10099530B2	Vehicle suspension pan hard bar (track bar) tensioning and damping technique A tensioning device for attachment to a vehicle suspension system reduces play at ends of a pan hard bar (track bar) of the vehicle suspension system, remedying instabilities that can occur in vehicle suspensions. The device can include a bracket clamped to the pan hard bar at a point between the ends of the pan hard bar, or may be otherwise mounted to a bracket formed on the pan hard bar in OEM installations. The other end of the device is secured to the frame or the axle of the vehicle, generally near an end of the pan hard bar. The device is pre-tensioned to apply force at the ends of the pan hard bar, and includes a damping plunger to also damp forces that vibrate the ends of the pan hard bar, further loosening attachments. The tension is field-adjustable and may be tuned for various applications.
US10099525B1	Trailer hitch drawbar tightening mechanism A drawbar for a trailer hitch receiver tube has a translation screw passing from the back end to the front end of the drawbar in a longitudinal unthreaded passage in the drawbar. A ramp nut is threaded onto the translation screw and is retained in a ramp nut chamber in the front end of the drawbar. A captive ball is retained in a captive ball retention chamber passing between the ramp nut chamber and the exterior of the drawbar. A ramp on the ramp nut pushes the ball to extend beyond the exterior of the drawbar when the translation screw is turned to pull the ramp nut backward in the ramp nut chamber. This eliminates all play between the drawbar and the receiver tube in which the drawbar is inserted. A spring between the ramp nut and the drawbar may urge the ramp nut forward.
US10099524B1	Adjustable trailer hitch Method and apparatus for an adjustable trailer hitch which allows each of three differently sized user selected balls to be adjusted laterally and longitudinally so that the tongue of the trailer can be more easily attached to the towing vehicle. The trailer hitch has a body portion mounted on a slide-tube for insertion in a receiver-tube wherein the body portion has an interior space which allows the draw bar to move laterally from side to side inside the space along with a plurality of apertures so that the draw bar can be laterally adjusted using the apertures and a locking pin. When the draw bar is moved all the way to the left or right the user selected ball is automatically aligned with the receiver tube due to the effective sizing of the draw bar which is assured by the right and left stops of the body portion contacting the right and left outer edges of the draw bar.
US10099523B2	Valve for air chambers A valve for air chambers includes a fixed body and a mobile selector body, wherein the mobile selector body is disposed coaxially in the fixed body. The mobile selector body is configured to slide with respect to the fixed body. The mobile selector body has a first position of use, associated during use to at least a first outlet, and a second position of use, associated during use to at least a second outlet.
US10099518B2	Central tire inflation system and method A processor for controlling operation of a central tire inflation system. The processor controls the central tire inflation system to inflate a vehicle tire from a current tire pressure to a target tire pressure. The processor is configured to generate one or more output signals to cause the central tire inflation system to supply compressed air to inflate the tire from said current tire pressure to the target tire pressure in at least first and second stages. In the first stage, the central tire inflation system supplies compressed air to inflate the tire from the current tire pressure to an intermediate tire pressure. In the second stage, the central tire inflation system supplies compressed air to inflate the tire from the intermediate tire pressure to the target tire pressure. The first and second stages of the inflation are discrete from each other.
US10099510B2	Direct bolt simulated cap A cap configured to be connected to a wheel having a hub and a series of openings configured to receive fasteners attaching the wheel to a vehicle. The cap includes a disc defining a series of openings. The number of openings in the cap is less than the number of openings in the wheel. Each opening in the cap is configured to align with a corresponding opening in the wheel. Additionally, the cap is configured to conceal a remainder of the openings in the wheel that are not aligned with the openings in the cap.
US10099509B2	Wheel bearing apparatus incorporated with a wheel speed detecting apparatus A wheel bearing apparatus, incorporating a wheel speed detecting apparatus, has a mounting portion (17) on a cover body (15). It includes an insertion portion (17a) formed with a bottom insertion bore (22), and a cylindrical securing portion (17b). A wheel speed sensor unit (18) is secured in the insertion portion (17a) by a securing bolt (21), via a mounting member (20). The insertion portion (17a) of the mounting portion (17) is arranged at a horizontal position through the center of a bottom 15c of the cover body (15). The securing portion (17b) is arranged at a position vertically below the insertion portion (17a). The wheel speed sensor (18) and a pulser ring (14) oppose each other, via a bottom (22a) of the insertion bore (22). A discharging portion, with an axially extending slit (24) or discharging groove (26), is formed at a road surface-side of the insertion bore (22) to communicate the insertion bore (22) with the outside.
US10099506B2	Laser bleach marking of an anodized surface A deep black housing for a handheld electronic device is disclosed having one or more high resolution, bleached markings. The bleached markings are significantly lighter than the housing and exhibit a smooth appearance. Methods for preparing a housing having the finish and markings are also disclosed, including housings for use in mobile phones.
US10099504B2	File folder hanging rods and related methods File folder hanging rods and related methods are disclosed. An example hanging rod to hang a file folder includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and outer flanges extending between the first end and the second end. The example hanging rod includes a middle portion between and protruding from the outer flanges. The middle portion has an M-shaped cross-section to increase a rigidity of the hanging rod. The example hanging rod includes a first notch adjacent the first end and a second notch adjacent the second end that enable the hanging rod to hang from the support structure.
US10099501B2	Method for the preforming and rounding of a book block An apparatus and a method for the preforming and rounding of a book block. A support strip is arranged at an adjustable loading height for accommodating a fore-edge of the book block to be rounded. A transport device transports the book block at the loading height toward the support strip. A preform press is adjustable in a vertical direction above the back of the book block and includes at least two preforming tools. A rounding device including two rounding rolls driven in opposite directions for rotation around parallel rotational axes clamps the book block between the two rounding rolls for rounding the book block. At least a first drive is connected to at least one of the preforming tools to displace at least one of the preforming tools in a longitudinal direction extending parallel to the rotational axes to change a spacing between the preforming tools in the longitudinal direction.
US10099498B2	Thermal transfer recording medium A thermal transfer recording medium that is able to better suppress bleeding or scumming of an image and better suppress the occurrence of peeling lines or abnormal transfer during thermal transfer. The thermal transfer recording medium according to an embodiment includes a heat-resistant slip layer that is formed on one surface of a base material, an undercoat layer that is formed on the other surface of the base material, and a dye layer that is formed on a surface of the undercoat layer that is opposite from the surface that faces the base material; wherein the dye layer includes at least a thermally transferable dye, a first binder resin and a release agent; the release agent includes polyether-modified silicone oil and a perfluoroalkyl compound, and the ratio of the polyether-modified silicone oil and perfluoroalkyl compound, on the basis of a weight ratio, is within the range 9:1 to 6:4.
US10099494B2	Modular printer having print bar chassis seated on maintenance chassis A modular printer includes: a media support defining a media feed path; and a plurality of pagewide printing units spaced apart along a media feed direction of the media feed path. Each printing unit includes: a maintenance chassis fixedly positioned over the media feed path; and a print bar chassis seated on the maintenance chassis, the print bar chassis supporting one or more print modules extending across a width of the media feed path. A lift mechanism raises and lowers the print bar chassis relative to the maintenance chassis, with each print bar chassis being independently liftable from a printing position to a maintenance position. A footprint of each printing unit in both the printing and maintenance positions is defined by a perimeter of the maintenance chassis.
US10099493B2	Printing unit having fixed frame supporting independently movable capper and wiper A pagewide printing unit for mounting over a media feed path and printing onto media. The printing unit includes: a print module having a printhead; a maintenance module having a fixed frame supporting a capper and a wiper, the print module being movable relative to the fixed frame; and a lift mechanism for raising and lowering the print module relative to the fixed frame between a maintenance position a printing position. The fixed frame is in a same fixed position in both the maintenance and printing positions. Further, the capper and the wiper are each independently movable relative to the fixed frame.
US10099492B1	Printing apparatus There is provided a printing apparatus including: a base; a thermal head; a first motor; a second motor; a head holding member holding the thermal head; a first pivoting member and a second pivoting member pivotally supported by the base; a guide rail extending in a second direction and connected to a first end of the first pivoting member on a first side in a first direction and to a second end of the second pivoting member on the first side in the first direction; a head pressing member which is in contact with the guide rail to be slidable in the second direction and facing the thermal head from a first side in a third direction; and a movement mechanism configured to move the head holding member in the second direction through driving of the second motor.
US10099491B2	Ink-jet printer There is provided an ink-jet printer including a conveyer, a recording head, a carriage, an ink receiver and a controller. The controller executes: receiving a recording instruction; determining an ink amount to be jetted in a flushing process; moving the carriage in a first orientation up to a returning position corresponding to the ink amount; moving the carriage in a second orientation opposite to the first orientation from the returning position to a sheet facing area; executing a flushing processing; and executing recording. The returning position is located at a first position downstream from the sheet facing area in the first orientation, under a condition that the determined ink amount is less than a threshold value; and the returning position is located at a second position downstream from the first position in the first orientation, under a condition that the determined ink amount is not less than the threshold value.
US10099489B2	Apparatus and method for trimming a print sheet, and registering the location of an image An apparatus and method are provided for trimming a print sheet and registering the location of an image on the print sheet. The apparatus may include a sensor system arranged to detect a guide line on the print sheet to align the print sheet relative to a cutter. The sensor system emits first and second light beams through the print sheet, and a controller is configured to detect the presence of the guide line through the light beams to align the guide line on the print sheet relative to the cutter. The apparatus may also include a vacuum chamber extending through a plate, with a float positioned within the vacuum chamber. In a first configuration, a vacuum is drawn in the chamber moving the float within the vacuum chamber away from the base such that a print sheet is moveably receivable between the plate and the base. In a second configuration, a positive pressure is created in the chamber moving the float within the vacuum chamber in a direction towards the base to contact a print sheet positioned between the plate and the base.
US10099483B2	Fluid ejection cartridge with controlled adhesive bond A fluid ejection cartridge may include a substrate including substrate ribs that define fluid feed slots extending from a first side to a second side of the substrate, fluid chambers having nozzle openings on a first side of the substrate, an ejection element within each of the fluid chambers and a substrate carrier on a second side of the substrate. The substrate carrier may include carrier ribs that define fluid passageways having oblique centerlines and internal widths that gradually increase from a first width proximate the substrate to a second width, greater than the first width, distant the substrate. Concavely tapered adhesive bonds directly contact faces of the substrate ribs and the carrier ribs to adhere the substrate ribs to the carrier ribs.
US10099481B2	Ink fill device, ink filling method, ink cartridge manufacturing method and ink cartridge A joint section of a fill device is coupled to a supply opening of an ink cartridge, and a pressing force section presses an inside plug of the ink cartridge into the supply opening, to press down the inside plug against a biasing unit and release an opening to connect an ink fill section with an ink container. A first pump is operated and fills ink to the inside of the ink container. After the filling, the joint section separates from the supply opening, and the inside plug seals the supply opening by the biasing unit. Ink is filled with no spilling, into the ink container having an ink supply section with valve, and the ink cartridge can be manufactured with good efficiency.
US10099480B2	Fluid supply device, septum device usable with fluid supply device and method thereof A septum device usable with a fluid interconnect unit of a fluid supply device is disclosed. An example septum for use with a fluid supply device, the septum includes a body defining an interior aperture, the body, including: an exterior surface defining a groove to receive a locking member of the fluid supply device when the septum is inserted into the fluid supply device; and a protrusion extending into the interior aperture, the protrusion to rotate at least a portion of the exterior surface toward the locking member in response to an extraction member entering the aperture.
US10099476B2	Piezoelectric thin film, method of manufacturing the same, piezoelectric thin film manufacturing apparatus and liquid ejection head A piezoelectric thin film is manufactured by sequentially executing: a step of coating a substrate by applying a coating solution containing an organic solvent and a piezoelectric thin film precursor to form a coating layer; a step of evaporating the organic solvent from the coating layer in a windless environment to obtain a dried coating layer containing the piezoelectric thin film precursor; and a step of heating the dried coating layer to form a piezoelectric thin film from the dried coating layer containing the piezoelectric thin film precursor.
US10099471B2	Screen printing mask and manufacturing method thereof A screen printing mask (10) includes a main mesh (20), a main resin layer (30), and an additional net-like section (50A). The main resin layer (30) is provided on the main mesh (20) and has a through-hole (35). The additional net-like section (50A) may have a first additional layer (50Aa) and a second additional layer (50Ab). The first additional layer (50Aa) is provided on the main mesh (20), together with the main resin layer (30) by curing, through absorption of light, photocurable resin applied onto the main mesh (20). The second additional layer (50Ab) is provided on the first additional layer (50Aa) by curing, through absorption of light, a photocurable resin applied onto the first additional layer (50Aa). The additional net-like section (50A) has a greater thickness or depth than the main resin layer (30) so that a thicker portion is printed on a substrate in accordance therewith.
US10099470B2	Mandrel for printing apparatus, printing cylinder and printing apparatus A mandrel for use in a printing apparatus includes a substantially cylindrical mandrel shaft and plastic expansion rings that are slidably and coaxially mounted on the mandrel shaft. The mandrel also includes a locking assembly including a fixed stop ring and a single locking ring that is axially movably mounted on the mandrel shaft. The expansion rings are positioned between the stop ring and the locking ring. In the unlocked position of the locking ring the expansion rings are in a released state in which the axial compression and the radial expansion of the expansion rings are smaller than in a locked position of the locking ring. A printing cylinder sleeve can be fixedly connected to the mandrel by bringing the expansion rings in the radially expanded state. When the printing cylinder sleeve has to be exchanged, this is feasible when the expansion rings are in the released state.
US10099469B2	Method for printing electrical-component identification labels obtained from whole base supports A method for producing labels from a base support according to predefined card standard ISO CR80 ISO 7810 is disclosed. In the method, a base support is provided according to the predefined standard, the base support comprising at least one non-removable region and at least one removable region having dimensions substantially corresponding to the size of the label to be printed. The base support is inserted into a printer for performing printing on base supports according to the standard. Alphanumeric and/or graphical labelling information is selectively printed on at least one removable region of the base support. The printed base support from is then extracted from the printer. Accordingly, selective printing of identification labels for electrical components by means of thermal printers is achieve without the need for special base plates.
US10099467B2	3D printed environmental control and life support system A method including breaking down a component with a recycler to reduce the component to a recycled material composition that includes an original material of the component and debris that attached to the component during prior use, applying the recycled material composition within an additive manufacturing device to create a recycled component, and producing the recycled component from the additive manufacturing device, the recycled component material composition includes both the original material of the component and the debris attached to the component.
US10099465B2	Composite laminate enabling structural monitoring using electromagnetic radiation Electromagnetic radiation scanning is used to monitor the integrity of a composite laminate structure. The composite laminate structure is optically resonant at a frequency of electromagnetic radiation, allowing inconsistencies in the laminate to be detected and mapped.
US10099462B2	Releasable polyester high gloss metal transfer film A carrier film of thermoplastic polyester has releasable metal adhesive properties suitable for a metal transfer in which the polyester film is metalized and the metal layer is subsequently transferred to a permanent adhesive-coated substrate. The metal layer is in direct contact with the polyester carrier film and no intermediate release layer is present. Desired metal adhesion is provided by dispersing an suitable surfactant, and optionally, a hydrocarbon wax, uniformly into the polyester film. Surfactant on the outer surface of the carrier film modifies metal adhesion to the polyester such that the metal can be removed in a metal transfer operation.
US10099460B2	Method for producing preform and method for producing fiber-reinforced plastic molding A method for producing a preform for manufacture of a fiber-reinforced plastic molding. The method includes: fixing a resin-equipped film rolled out from a roll state including a release film and a fixing resin and containing a partially-cured thermosetting resin, to a surface of the dry fiber fabric rolled out from a roll with the fixing resin interposed therebetween, thereby obtaining a first dry fiber fabric; separately fixing the resin-equipped film to a surface of the dry fiber fabric rolled out from a roll with the fixing resin interposed therebetween, and detaching the release film, thereby obtaining one or more second dry fiber fabrics; and laminating the second dry fiber fabrics on a surface of the first dry fiber fabric with the fixing resin of the second dry fiber fabrics interposed therebetween.
US10099459B2	Adhesive for insulative articles An adhesive composition that improves structural integrity and insulative properties when applied to a cellulosic substrate is provided. The adhesive composition includes a plurality of microspheres and an emulsion-based polymer that has (i) an elastic modulus greater than 0.5 MPa in the range temperature range of 70° C. to 110° C.; (ii) an absolute log(E)/T slope of less than 0.05 in the range temperature range of 70° C. to 110° C.; and (iii) a tan d value less than 0.6 at 90° C.
US10099457B2	Adhesive tape for jacketing elongate material such as especially cable looms and jacketing method An adhesive tape, especially for jacketing elongate material such as cable looms in a motor vehicle, having a carrier material which is provided at least on one side with an adhesive coating, characterized in that the carrier material consists of a laminate, the laminate being formed from a textile carrier in the form of a staple fiber web or a spunbonded web and from a film which is located on the underside of the textile carrier and is made preferably of polyolefins, TPU or PVC such as plasticized PVC, more preferably of polyolefins, the film having a thickness of 15 to 80 μm.
US10099454B2	Cover tape for packaging electronic part The object of the present invention is to provide a cover tape for packaging an electronic part which enables the reduction of the production time, and decreases the defective fraction due to the temperature variation of the sealing trowel, the present invention provides a cover tape for packaging an electronic part which includes a base layer and a sealant layer, and is closely adhered to a carrier tape, wherein the sealant layer is made of a resin composition; a main component in the resin composition has a melting point of 100° C. or less; a peeling strength A under fixed measurement conditions after heat-sealing to a polycarbonate sheet through the sealant layer at 220° C. for 0.015 seconds and a peeling strength C under the fixed measurement conditions after heat-sealing to a polycarbonate sheet through the sealant layer at 180° C. for 0.015 seconds satisfy conditional expressions 1 and 2 below; and after peeling, a part of the sealant layer remains on a surface of the carrier tape to which the sealant layer is closely adhered; Conditional expression 1: 20 (g)≤A≤70 (g) and Conditional expression 2: 0.43≤C/A≤1.0.
US10099450B1	Multilayer flame barrier and fire shelter incorporating same A lightweight multilayer flame barrier includes alternating layers of a metal foil and an insulation layer to form a barrier layer. The metal foils may be configured on both the barrier surface and the interior surface. A barrier layer may be attached or coupled to a support layer. The lightweight multilayer flame barrier may be configured as a portable shelter that can be carried by fire service people and therefore may be lightweight and thin to enable compact storage and transport. The lightweight multilayer flame barrier may provide high convective exposure time in a thin lightweight composite.
US10099449B2	Method of forming a substrate assembly A method of forming a substrate assembly includes preparing a substrate in a chamber, combining a solid-state nitrogen source and a boron source on the substrate, forming a metal layer on a surface of the substrate including the combined solid-state nitrogen and boron sources, and forming a first hexagonal boron nitride sheet directly bonded to the surface of the substrate by performing a heat treatment on the substrate including the metal layer and the combined solid-state nitrogen and boron sources.
US10099447B2	Structural body and core According to one embodiment, there is provided a structural body including a core composed of fiber and a support, which is a component of the core and is in contact with the core.
US10099446B2	Heat insulating sheet, heat insulating material, method of manufacturing heat insulating sheet, and method of manufacturing heat insulating material It has been difficult to achieve weight reduction while satisfying a required insulation property in a heat insulating material configured by alternately stacking a metal vapor-deposited sheet and a net. A heat insulating sheet comprises: a first thermal conduction suppressing layer that suppresses thermal conduction; a first radiant heat reflecting layer that is placed on one surface side of the first thermal conduction suppressing layer and reflects radiant heat; and a protruding portion protruding from a surface of the first radiant heat reflecting layer on an opposite side of a surface on which the first thermal conduction suppressing layer is stacked, the protruding portion containing a resin at least on its surface.
US10099443B1	Press A press is used to extract juice from food matter contained within a cartridge. The cartridge is compressible by the press and juice can be expelled through a cartridge outlet extendible through the press region.
US10099436B2	Process and apparatus for producing fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin tape Provided are a process and an apparatus for producing a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin tape, the process and the apparatus being capable of preventing fiber cut from occurring at the start of production of the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin tape. The provided process includes a resin impregnation step of opening a fiber bundle and impregnating the fiber bundle with molten thermoplastic resin and a through-nozzle passing step of passing the fiber bundle having undergone the resin impregnation step through a slit formed in a nozzle. The through-nozzle passing step includes setting, at the start of production, a gap dimension of the slit to a dimension larger than a normal dimension and changing the gap dimension of the slit to the normal dimension when a predetermined condition is satisfied, after the production start.
US10099434B2	Composite airfoil structures An airfoil structure is presented. The airfoil structure includes an outer casing substantially surrounding a composite core. The composite core includes a plurality of fiber bands, each of the plurality of fiber bands is placed at a predetermined position and orientation at a time, wherein the plurality of fiber bands are interwoven in an in-plane and out-of-plane orientation by interleaving each of the plurality of fiber bands placed in a plane with one or more of the plurality of fiber bands of an adjacent plane to define an interleaved structure. A method for manufacturing an airfoil structure including the composite core is also presented.
US10099432B2	Manufacturing method for fiber-reinforced resin sheet and manufacturing device therefor Provided is a manufacturing method for a fiber-reinforced resin sheet, the method being able to favorably impregnate a reinforcing-fiber base material with a thermoplastic resin. A fiber-reinforced resin sheet S is manufactured by introducing a reinforcing-fiber base material F in sheet form and a thermoplastic resin P into the gap between a pair of impregnating rolls 10A, 10B and impregnating the reinforcing-fiber base material F with the thermoplastic resin P while rotating the pair of impregnating rolls 10A, 10B. The surface of each of the pair of impregnating rolls 10A, 10B has formed thereon a resin holding layer 12 that elastically deforms along the thickness direction thereof when the impregnating rolls are pressed against each other and holds the molten thermoplastic resin P therein so as to be able to discharge the thermoplastic resin P upon pressing of the impregnating rolls against each other. Upon pressing of the impregnating rolls against each other, the reinforcing-fiber base material F is impregnated with the thermoplastic resin P while the resin holding layer 12 is elastically deformed.
US10099431B2	Method to increase radial strength of a bioresorbable scaffold Methods of fabricating a polymer scaffold with increased radial strength including steps of elongation or strain of a biaxially oriented tube and annealing or thermal processing of the strained tube at a constant strain are disclosed. The steps of elongation and thermal processing increase axial direction chain orientation and lamellar crystal growth, increase radial strength, and decrease the thickness of the tube. The method allows fabrication of a scaffold with thinner struts which provide sufficient radial strength.
US10099425B2	Manufacturing process for papermaking belts using 3D printing technology A papermaking belt including zones of material laid down successively using a 3D printing process. The zones include at least a pocket zone configured to form three dimensional structures in a paper web by applying vacuum to pull the paper web against the pocket zone. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the zone also include at least one vacuum breaking zone configured to limit an amount of paper fibers pulled through the pocket zone by the applied vacuum.
US10099424B2	Air adsorbing and sound absorbing structure An air adsorbing and sound absorbing structure with a first portion comprising a first material comprising an open-celled foam with an air-adsorbing material coupled to the foam, where the first portion has a first air adsorption capacity and a first density. There is a second portion fixed to or integral with the first portion, wherein the second portion comprises one or more of: a different material than the first material, a second air adsorption capacity that is different than the first air adsorption capacity, and a second density that is different than the first density.
US10099422B2	Method and system for additive-ablative fabrication A method of solid free form fabrication (SFF) is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving SFF data collectively pertaining to a three-dimensional shape of the object and comprising a plurality of slice data each defining a layer of the object. The method also comprises, for each of at least a few of the layers, dispensing a building material on a receiving medium, straightening the building material, and selectively ablating the building material according to respective slice data.
US10099420B2	Systems and methods for uniform expansion and heat setting of medical devices Systems and methods for uniformly expanding and heat setting medical devices. One method can include expanding a medical device by advancing the medical device over a preheated expander, the medical device being uniformly expanded as the medical device is advanced over the preheated expander; and heat setting the expanded medical device while the medical device is positioned over the expander, the preheated expander being maintained at a predetermined heat-setting temperature. The preheated expander can be positioned within a thermal chamber that maintains the preheated expander at the predetermined heat-setting temperature. The medical device can be physically separated from the preheated expander when the medical device is positioned over the expander and can be comprised of a shape-memory material. The preheated expander can remain heated during the expansion and heat setting of a plurality of medical devices.
US10099418B2	Method and product for creating furniture components from composites Filament winding or another technique can be used to create composite parts having various layers of pigmented fibers. The composite parts can then be milled to form one or more flat surfaces on the composite part. Due to the layering of pigmented fibers, the flat surfaces can have a pattern that resembles wood grain or another pattern. These milled composite parts can then be used as components for furniture or other items.
US10099417B2	Sheath flow methods for fabricating structures A sheath flow system having a channel with at least one fluid transporting structure located in the top and bottom surfaces situated so as to transport the sheath fluid laterally across the channel to provide sheath fluid fully surrounding the core solution. At the point of introduction into the channel, the sheath fluid and core solutions flow side by side within the channel or the core solution may be bounded on either side by the sheath fluid. The system is functional over a broad channel size range and with liquids of high or low viscosity. The design can be readily incorporated into microfluidic chips without the need for special manufacturing protocols. Uses include extruding materials and/or fabricating structures.
US10099415B2	Injection molding machine In an injection molding machine, a locking mechanism of a safety cover of the injection molding machine is operated to be in a locked state in a case where injection pressure inside an injection device is equal to or higher than a predetermined value. Accordingly, a maintenance work of the injection molding machine can be performed only in a state in which pressure inside an injection cylinder is sufficiently lowered, so that a risk of jetting of resin is lowered and safety of an operator can be secured.
US10099412B2	Method of making a dispenser or a part thereof and a dispenser or part made by said method A method for manufacturing a dispenser part, such as a dispenser or a part of a dispenser, having at least two component parts joined by a seam extending from a first side edge to a second side edge of the dispenser part. The method involves using a single mold and producing the dispenser part using a two component injection molding process. A dispenser or a dispenser part including at least two component parts joined by a seam achieved by the method, and a component part used in such a dispenser or dispenser part are also described.
US10099410B2	Method of making a panel A method is provided for manufacturing a seamless, reinforced panel of any desired length using a single mold. The seamless panels of the present invention may be used in a variety of construction application. In one embodiment, the method includes inserting at least a portion of a plurality of lattice trusses into a mold having an axial length, inserting a first filler material into the mold, the first filler material encapsulating at least a portion of the plurality of lattice trusses to form a panel segment, translating the panel segment a linear distance, the linear distance less than the axial length of the mold such that a portion of the panel segment remains in the mold, and inserting a second filler material into the mold, the second filler material intermixing with the portion of the panel segment remaining in the mold to form a seamless panel.
US10099407B2	Coatings and films as mandrel sealer It is sometimes advantageous to coat or seal the mandrel before laying on, coating, or wrapping the mandrel with composite plastic material. This invention provides improved coating with improved function that is easily removable from the cured product. The effective coating materials are applied directly to the mandrel as a coat or as a film or tape. Thermally expandable coat or film also reduces manufacturing costs for composite plastic products.
US10099406B2	Method for printing of three-dimensional objects A method for preventing detachment of a three-dimensional object from a printing tray of a printing apparatus is disclosed. The method includes printing a carpet of building material below and around the base of a three-dimensional object to be printed; and printing said three-dimensional object. The portions of the carpet that protrude out of the boundaries of the base of the three-dimensional object are coated with one or more layers of support material to help keep the carpet flexible and adhesive in texture.
US10099397B2	Waterjet stream catcher A catcher for a fluid stream and a method of capturing a fluid stream from a nozzle and dissipating the energy therein includes receiving the fluid stream into a housing through an aperture; and deflecting the fluid stream obliquely within the housing in one or more preselected directions.
US10099396B2	Motorized spiral cutting device A food spiral cutting machine includes a base, a drive unit, a screw, a cutter assembly and a locking device. The drive unit comprises a motor, a gearbox and an open drive nut. The gearbox comprises a planetary gear reduction group and a pair of bevel gears. A first bevel gear connects to the output of the planetary gear set, and the first bevel gear drives a second bevel gear which is provided with a spline inside the gear center hole. The first bevel gear meshes with the second bevel gear at right angle. An open drive nut rests on the underside of the screw. A screw is provided with a slot along the screw axis. The spline of the second bevel gear keys with the slot of the screw.
US10099388B1	Robotic finger assemblies A robotic compliant jaw gripper includes one or more fingers, wherein each finger comprises a plurality of phalanges configured to grasp an object, wherein an internal compliant element is compressed, or wherein a proximal phalange contacts a compliant element as the finger applies pressure against the object; and a preload unit is configured to change the durometer of the compressible element.
US10099387B2	Apparatus, system and method for providing a vacuum ejector for an end effector An apparatus, system and method for providing a vacuum ejector for an end effector. Embodiments may include at least an end effector and a vacuum chamber for gripping an element during semiconductor processing. The end effector may include at least two clamp arms for placing a gripped element; a vacuum cup having a mouth capable of sealing to the gripped element to provide a vacuum chamber to the gripped element; a vacuum ejector pin extending into the vacuum chamber and including a plurality of ports substantially at a tip thereof proximate to the gripped element, wherein the vacuum is applied by the plurality of ports; and an ejector pin actuator that is capable of moving the vacuum ejector pin toward the gripped element through the vacuum chamber in the y-axis until the sealing of the mouth is broken and the gripped element is ejected.
US10099383B2	Handheld robot operation unit and corresponding method A handheld robot operation unit includes a housing having a handle-like grip section, a basic safety control device arranged in the housing, and at least one holder connected to the housing and configured for manually detachably coupling the housing to a device that is different from the handheld robot operation unit and which electronically communicates with the basic safety device. The holder includes a first holding arm for mechanically connecting the handheld robot operation unit to a first edge section of the device, with an opposite edge section of the device being free. A second holding arm is configured to mechanically connect the handheld robot operation unit to a second edge section of the device, adjacent the first edge section and forming a corner section of the device, with an edge section of the device opposite the second edge section being free. A corresponding method is disclosed.
US10099374B2	Robotic safety using wearables A system for increasing safety during robot-human collaborations in a manufacturing environment is provided. The method includes at least one wearable device for use by a human worker and an industrial robot in operative communication with the at least one wearable device. The industrial robot is equipped to detect location of the human worker using the at least one wearable device. The at least one wearable device may include an earpiece. The at least one wearable device may include a set of earpieces including a left wearable earpiece and a right wearable earpiece.
US10099373B2	Multi-axis robot including a tool head and a drag chain for guiding flexible lines A multi-axis robot includes robot drives, a tool head, a drag chain for guiding flexible lines along at least a part of the robot up to the tool head, and an auxiliary system for moving a tool head-side end of the drag chain. The auxiliary system includes at least one auxiliary system drive for moving the tool head-side end. The auxiliary system drive is different than the robot drives. The multi-axis robot advantageously allows collisions between the tool-side end of the drag chain and the object to be treated or other objects in the vicinity of the robot to be avoided, ensuring that the surface of the object may be treated, in particular printed on by an inkjet print head, without disruption.
US10099372B2	Detecting and classifying workspace regions for safety monitoring Systems and methods monitor a workspace for safety purposes using sensors distributed about the workspace. The sensors are registered with respect to each other, and this registration is monitored over time. Occluded space as well as occupied space is identified, and this mapping is frequently updated.
US10099368B2	System for controlling light and for tracking tools in a three-dimensional space A system adapted for supporting workflow in a three-dimensional space which provides, among other things, hands-free control and adjustment of lighting within the three-dimensional space. The system of the present invention is also adapted for delivering, tracking, and retrieving tools in the three-dimensional space. The system of the present invention includes various subsystems, which are referred to herein as modules, that both act independently and co-dependently, as will be described in greater detail below, in conjunction with a central control computer module. The modules consist, in an exemplary embodiment, of the cable robot module, the central computer module, the imaging module, the illumination module, and the object manipulator module.
US10099367B2	Robot arm and robot A joint driving device includes: a reduction gear output shaft that transmits a torque to a second link; a transmission shaft that transmits reaction of the torque to a first link; a transmission shaft outer cylinder arranged on the outer circumference of the transmission shaft and connected to the transmission shaft; a reduction gear output shaft outer cylinder arranged in the outer circumference of the reduction gear output shaft and connected to the reduction gear output shaft; and a wire body arranged between the first link and the second link and including at least one of a wire and a pipe. The transmission shaft includes the motor frame as at least a part. The wire body is housed in a space between the transmission shaft outer cylinder and the transmission shaft, and a space between the reduction gear output shaft outer cylinder and the reduction gear output shaft.
US10099363B1	Adjustable hand tool collecting rack An adjustable hand tool collecting rack includes a base formed with multiple T-shaped rails thereon. Each rail includes an elongated stub having two opposite sides each having a wing laterally extending therefrom. Multiple partition boards are transversally slidably mounted onto the base, wherein each partition board is vertical relative to the tool supporting surface of the base. Each partition board has multiple T-shaped grooves defined in a sliding side thereof, wherein each T-shaped groove is slidably coupled with a corresponding one of the T-shaped rails. Multiple protrusions laterally extend from two opposite faces of each of the multiple partition boards. Each protrusion has a lower side aligns with a contour of a top portion of a corresponding one of the multiple T-shaped grooves and the lower side of each of the multiple protrusions abuts a top portion of a corresponding one of the multiple rails.
US10099362B2	Handle assembly for drywall finisher box A handle assembly for a container, the container having a pivotally mounted pressure plate for dispensing a seaming compound, includes a connector plate configured for removably coupling to the pressure plate, a first handle for gripping with a first hand of a user, and a second handle for gripping with a second hand of the user. Each of the first handle and the second handle is coupled to the connector plate.
US10099358B2	Gripping tool A gripping tool for extracting a pin during a surgical procedure, the gripping tool including: two lever arms, each arm having a nose end and a handle end, the two lever arms joined together proximate to but spaced apart from the nose end by a bridging portion, the bridging portion including a central fulcrum region; the nose ends of each the lever arms having one or more teeth adapted to interlock with the one or more teeth of the other lever arm; each nose end having a longitudinal aperture therein extending through the interlocking teeth adapted, in use, to align and receive the pin; such that in use, urging together the handle ends of the lever arms causes the nose ends to move relative to each other such that the interlocking teeth misalign and grip the pin.
US10099353B2	Nut-fastening tool An operation switch sends an ON signal to a control processor indicating the operation switch is triggered by a user. A magnetic sensor sends a sensor signal to the control processor based on a displacement of a chip rod in a rearward direction. In the case where the sensor signal has not yet been sent, the control processor performs a control in a first mode where a brushless DC motor is not driven. In the case where sensor signal is sent, control processor performs a control in a second mode wherein the brushless DC motor is driven. An output in the first mode is lower than in the second mode. Because of this manner of construction, even if an ON input is triggered and held by the user, electric power is conserved while the operation switch is switched on and a hexagonal nut is not fastened, improving power consumption efficiency.
US10099352B2	Torque wrench system In a torque wrench system with a drive unit (2) and a ratchet unit (3), which can releasably be assembled to a wrench unit, wherein drive unit (2) and ratchet unit (3) releasably are rigidly connected with each other in the assembled condition, the drive unit (2) includes a first drive coupling element (5) and the ratchet unit (3) includes a ratchet (18) and a second drive coupling element which is in driving engagement with the ratchet (18) and, in the assembled condition of drive unit (2) and ratchet unit (3), also with the first drive coupling element (5) for driving the ratchet (18), the drive unit (2) includes at least one latch (7) which is movable from an unlocking position, in which the drive unit (2) and the ratchet unit (3) are releasable from each other, into a locking position, in which the drive unit (2) and the ratchet unit (3) are rigidly connected with each other in the assembled condition, and back, and at least one actuating element (9) with which the at least one latch (7) is movable from the one into the other position, and the ratchet unit (3) includes a latch receptacle (23) which is in locking engagement with the latch (7) in its locking position for rigidly connecting the drive unit (2) with the ratchet unit (3) in their assembled condition.
US10099348B2	Bead handling tongs with reamer A bead manipulating tongs is provided. The tongs have a pair of elongated polymeric clenching arms, a polymeric clamp being formed on the interior surface of at least one of the elongated clenching arms, and a bead manipulating tool grasped by the polymeric clamp. The elongated clenching arms have a generally U-shaped profile with the open portion of the U of each arm facing the other, the uprights of the U on each arm forming a generally perimetral wall about a portion thereof. An interruption is formed in the perimetral wall of the elongated clenching arm proximate the polymeric clamp. The head of the bead manipulating tool is congruent to the interruption in the perimetral wall of the elongated clenching arm. A spring positioned between the elongated clenching arms urges one end of each of the elongated clenching arms into engagement with an end of the other elongated clenching arm.
US10099346B1	Methods of fabricating a polycrystalline diamond compact Embodiments relate to PDCs, methods of fabricating PDCs, and applications for such PDCs. In an embodiment, a PDC includes a substrate and a pre-sintered PCD table including an interfacial surface that is bonded to the substrate. The pre-sintered PCD table may be substantially free of leaching by-products in a region at least proximate to the interfacial surface. In an embodiment, a method of fabricating a PDC includes providing an at least partially leached PCD including an interfacial surface. The method includes removing at least some leaching by-products from the at least partially leached PCD table. After removing the at least some leaching by-products, the method includes bonding the interfacial surface of the at least partially leached PCD table to a substrate to form a PDC.
US10099342B2	Truer, truing apparatus including truer, grinder, and truing method A truer includes: a core formed into a truncated cone; and an abrasive grain layer fixed onto an outer peripheral surface of the core. The core includes: a base that is a small-diameter portion of the truncated cone and has a disc shape; and a tubular member extending from an outer peripheral edge of the base in the direction in which a rotation axis of the truncated cone extends. The tubular member has a hollow tubular shape. The tubular member includes an outer peripheral surface tapered so that a portion of the tubular member opposite to the base and adjacent to an extremity of the tubular member is a large-diameter portion of the truncated cone. A recess opening toward the extremity is defined inward of the tubular member.
US10099338B2	Grinding booth assembly and method for grinding a work piece A portable booth assembly for receiving a work piece to facilitate working on a work area of the work piece including a housing and an inner core disposed within an interior area of the housing is provided. The portable booth assembly includes an aperture that is formed in the housing and the inner core. The aperture is configured to receive the work piece. The inner core defining the aperture is configured to be supported by the work piece if the work piece is large, or support the work piece if the work piece is small, and isolate the work area within the portable booth assembly. The portable booth assembly further includes a cut out formed in the housing. The cut out is configured to enable access to the work area for working on the work area.
US10099337B2	Tools for lens processing A lens processing system used for removing a lens blank (98, 110) from an edging block (40). The system includes an elongated collet (22) that engages the mating edging block (40). The block (40) includes an enlarged groove (41) that receives a pair of blades (65, 66) extended upwardly from the floor (75) of the collet (22). Each lens blank (98,110) is formed to include a series of surface markings (191,192) to verify proper functioning of the edging machine that forms a finished lens. Each lens blank also includes a series of circular markings (117,133) arranged in diagonal rows to verify the accurate drilling of bores with the lens blank (98,110).
US10099334B2	Machining system A machining system with a configuration in which working machines, including a machine tool, are configured to be disposed in a line, and in which multiple working machines perform operations on one work in order, is provided. The machining system includes: a base; and multiple working machine modules which are mounted on the base and are arranged in an arrangement direction, and has a configuration in which each of the multiple working machine modules is capable of being drawn out from the base along a track extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the arrangement direction.
US10099325B2	Method for manufacturing a hybrid heat exchanger A method for manufacturing a heat exchanger structure includes additively forming a top layer of a header after disposing a corrugated core within the header to retain the corrugated core within the header. Additively forming the top layer can include filling the corrugated core with powder until a suitable layer of powder overlays the corrugated core and the header and sintering the powder to form the top layer of the header.
US10099322B2	Methods for cold spray repair Methods for aircraft component repair and reclamation are provided. Cold spraying aircraft panels include identifying a fastener hole in an aircraft panel in need of repair, capturing the location of the fastener hole, and depositing cold spray material about the fastener hole for reclaiming the aircraft panel. Any excess material may be removed. Cold spraying hydraulic lines includes identifying a surface of the hydraulic line in need of repair, aiming a cold spray nozzle at the surface of the hydraulic line and depositing a cold spray material on the surface of the hydraulic line. Excess cold spray material may be removed as needed.
US10099313B2	Linear friction welding system with phase change assembly A linear friction welding system in one embodiment includes a ram configured to vibrate along a welding axis, a cam follower operably connected to the ram, an eccentric including an eccentric outer periphery operably engaged with the cam follower, and an inner periphery, a first power shaft slidingly engaged with the eccentric, a second power shaft eccentrically engaged with the inner periphery, a timing component operably connected to the first power shaft and the second power shaft, a motor configured to drive the timing component, and a phase change mechanism engaged with the timing component and movable between a first position defining a first phase relationship between the first power shaft and the second power shaft, and a second position defining a second phase relationship between the first power shaft and the second power shaft.
US10099305B2	Electric discharge machine having rotary table An electric discharge machine is provided with a rotary table disposed in a working tank and fitted with an object to be machined. The rotary table is provided with a working fluid penetration detection unit configured to detect penetration of a working fluid into the rotary table body.
US10099302B2	Tabletop cutting device Two 18V-type rechargeable batteries (31 and 31) are attached in series so as to allow a 36V-type tabletop cutting device (C1) to be utilized. By utilizing the 18V batteries which are highly prevalent for electric tools, it is possible to use the 36V-type tabletop cutting device (C1) as well as to reduce costs for the batteries.
US10099299B2	System, method and apparatus for grooving pipe bells A pipe has an axis, a cylindrical portion, a cylindrical belled end and a conical transition portion between the cylindrical portion and the cylindrical belled end. A machine includes a body having an axis, a head configured to be complimentary in shape to the conical transition portion, a cutting portion configured to be complementary in shape to the cylindrical belled end, and the cutting portion is configured to rotate relative to the body and the pipe during formation of the groove to cut the groove inside the pipe.
US10099298B2	Cutting insert and indexable drill The present disclosure relates to a cutting insert and an indexable drill. The cutting insert and the indexable drill according to the present disclosure are configured such that when the cutting insert is mounted on the indexable drill, the cutting insert is easily inserted into the indexable drill at the initial time, and strong coupling force is implemented between the indexable drill and the cutting insert at a point of time at which the cutting insert is completely mounted. In addition, the cutting insert, according to the present disclosure, has excellent rigidity, when compared to cutting inserts in the related art that perform identical/similar cutting processing, since a portion, which is weak in rigidity, is provided as a thick portion.
US10099297B2	Tool and method for machining fiber-reinforced materials A tool for machining fiber-reinforced materials, said tool having a tool body having a particular cutting edge that has at least a main function surface and has a diamond coating applied at least to said main function surface. In order to provide a tool and a method which are especially suitable for machining fiber-reinforced materials, the surface of the diamond coating has a reduced peak height Spk of less than 0.25 μm.
US10099289B2	Additive manufacturing of three-dimensional articles Provided is a method for forming a three dimensional article comprising the steps of: providing at least one electron beam source emitting an electron beam for at least one of heating or fusing said powder material, where said electron beam source comprises a cathode, an anode, and a grid between said cathode and anode; controlling the electron beam source in at least two modes during said formation of said three dimensional article; applying a predetermined accelerator voltage between said cathode and said anode; applying a predetermined number of different grid voltages between said grid and said cathode for producing a corresponding predetermined number of electron beam currents; and at least one of creating or updating a look-up table or mathematical function during one of the at least two modes, wherein said look-up table or mathematical function defines a relationship between a desired electron beam current and an applied grid voltage.
US10099287B2	Dynamic pressure bearing and method for manufacturing same Dynamic pressure bearing (10), including: a green compact (10′), as a base material, of raw material powder including metal powder capable of forming an oxide coating; and dynamic pressure generating portions (A1 and A2) formed through die molding on an inner peripheral surface (8a) forming a radial bearing gap with an outer peripheral surface (2a1) of a shaft to be supported, that is, a shaft member (2). An oxide coating (11) is formed between particles of the metal powder by subjecting the green compact (10′) to steam treatment, and the dynamic pressure bearing (10) has a radial crushing strength of 150 MPa or more.
US10099286B2	Preparation method of electrical contact material A preparation method of an electrical contact material includes steps of: adopting chemical plating to cover nickel coating on aquadag or metallic oxide, then covering with silver coating, and forming Ag—Ni—C or Ag—Ni—MeO core-shell structure, which improves interface wettability of aquadag, metallic oxide and silver matrix, and removes the adverse effect on the electrical contact material mechanical property due to bad interface wettability in conventional powder metallurgy method. What is important is that the silver in intermediate composite particles is replaced by nickel coating, thus reduce the silver use level. The main function of silver coating is to improve inoxidizability of composite particles, sintering granulation property and the deformability during the manufacturing process of intermediate composite particles, thus improve the technological property.
US10099285B2	Metal transfer device A metal transfer device including a cast trough body that includes a vessel for receiving liquid metal, a heater for heating the trough body, and a reinforcing layer provided on an outer surface of the cast trough body between the trough body and the heater. The reinforcing layer includes a composite ceramic material having a high thermal conductivity.
US10099284B2	Method and assembly for forming components having a catalyzed internal passage defined therein A method of forming a component having an internal passage defined therein includes positioning a jacketed core with respect to a mold. The jacketed core includes a hollow structure formed from at least a first material and a first catalyst, and an inner core disposed within the hollow structure. The method also includes introducing a component material in a molten state into a cavity of the mold, and cooling the component material in the cavity to form the component. The inner core defines the internal passage within the component.
US10099283B2	Method and assembly for forming components having an internal passage defined therein A method of forming a component having an internal passage defined therein includes positioning a jacketed core with respect to a mold. The jacketed core includes a hollow structure formed from at least a first material and a second material, and an inner core disposed within the hollow structure. The method also includes introducing a component material in a molten state into a cavity of the mold, and cooling the component material in the cavity to form the component. The inner core defines the internal passage within the component.
US10099279B2	Method of making thin floor plate A method of making floor plate includes assembling a pair of casting rolls laterally disposed to form a nip, assembling a hot rolling mill downstream of the nip having work rolls with a surface pattern forming the negative of a raised slip-resistant pattern desired in a floor plate, introducing molten metal through at least one metal delivery nozzle to form a casting pool supported on the casting rolls above the nip; counter rotating the casting rolls to form shells on the casting surfaces of the casting rolls to cast metal strip of less than 2.2 mm thickness downwardly from the nip, and delivering the cast metal strip to and through the hot rolling mill to form by the negative of the slip-resistant pattern on the work rolls a raised slip-resistant pattern of between 0.3 and 0.7 mm in height in a floor plate of less than 1.7 mm thickness.
US10099275B2	Rib bumper system A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first cavity, a second cavity and a rib between the first cavity and the second cavity, the rib including a first rib surface that is substantially flat and a second rib surface that is tapered.
US10099274B2	Evaporative pattern casting method In the following expression, it is assumed that a thickness of a coating agent applied to a foam pattern [2] is t (mm), a diameter of a hole part [3] is D (mm), and a normal-temperature transverse strength of the dried coating agent is σc (MPa). At the time of producing a casting provided with a hole having a diameter of 18 mm or smaller and a length of 1 (mm), a coating agent that satisfies the following expression is used when a solidification end time te (sec) at which solidification of a melt ends on a periphery of the hole part [3] is within a time t0 (sec) at which thermal decomposition of the coating agent ends. σc≥{t0/(t0−te)}×(1.5×10−4×12/t2+160/D2)
US10099273B2	Method for delivering and setting self-piercing rivets Fastener delivery apparatus for automatically selecting and delivering fasteners such as rivets to a setting tool. The fasteners are pre-loaded in a package and dispense via at least one fastener delivery tube that interconnects the setting tool to a fastener feeder device. The fastener feeder device releases selected fasteners from the package into the delivery tube. The fasteners are transportable individually or in groups in the tube from the feeder device to the tool. A transfer station attached to the tool or the delivery tube transfers a fastener from the delivery apparatus into the tool, transfer station is adjacent to the tool so that a delivered fastener may be inserted by the transfer station into the tool and a second position in which it is clear of the tool so as to permit the tool or a portion thereof to move towards a workpiece to insert a smooth, rapid and reliable delivery of fasteners of various sizes and types to the nose of a setting tool in any particular order and provides all the fastener types for any particular work cycle.
US10099270B2	Two-piece guide pin and method A two-piece guide pin for metal forming dies includes a guide pin body formed from a cut length of an elongate, solid bar of stock having a cylindrical shape and a hard and smooth finished exterior surface with an outside diameter selected for close reception and reciprocal motion in an associated die bore. An alignment member is formed on a first end of the guide pin body. A guide pin head is formed from a cut length of an elongate, solid bar of stock having an outside diameter that is substantially greater than that of the guide pin body, and is rigidly connected with the second end of the guide pin body in a generally concentric relationship to define an enlarged head that positively limits travel between an associated die shoe and die pad.
US10099268B2	Method for manufacturing an extrusion die Method for producing an extrusion die having a functional surface for metal extrusion material, comprising the following steps: providing a die support body, depositing a weldable substance containing cobalt and/or nickel onto a subsection of the die support body by means of an effective bonding application process to produce an inseparable deposition layer, machining the deposition layer in a chipping and/or material removal process to form the functional surface of the extrusion die, and carrying out a CVD coating process with a reaction gas at least on the functional surface.
US10099267B2	High-density, crack-free metallic parts In various embodiments, three-dimensional layered metallic parts are substantially free of gaps between successive layers, are substantially free of cracks, and have densities no less than 97% of the theoretical density of the metallic material.
US10099264B2	Bubble enhanced cleaning method and chemistry A method of cleaning equipment such as heat exchangers, evaporators, tanks and other industrial equipment using clean-in-place procedures comprising applying a pre-treatment solution prior to the application of an override use solution. A gas generating use solution is present in either the pretreatment or the override use solution. The gas generating use solution is capable of releasing gas on and in a soil, resulting in a soil disruption effect and enhanced cleaning.
US10099262B2	Specific device for cleaning electronic components and/or circuits The disclosure relates to a device for cleaning electronic components and/or circuits. The cleaning device comprises a first vessel containing a liquid, a support for holding the electronic components and/or circuits, a fluid injection system including nozzles allowing the projection of jets of fluid to sweep the surface of the components, and a fluid mixer including a first inlet suitable for receiving a pressurized liquid, a second inlet suitable for receiving a pressurized gas, and an outlet designed to supply the injection system with two-phase fluid. The first inlet is coupled to the outlet by an inner duct, the second inlet is coupled to a pressurized gas supply and to an injector for injecting the gas into the inner duct.
US10099254B2	Classification method of particulate water absorbent resin A particulate water absorbent resin is obtained by polymerizing an unsaturated monomer so as to form a cross-linked polymer hydrogel and drying and pulverizing the cross-linked polymer hydrogel, and plural classification steps different from each other are carried out so as to remove fine powder. In this manner, the present invention provides the method for classification of particulate water absorbent resin which method allows particulate water absorbent resin having a desired particle diameter range to be efficiently obtained at low cost while securing the high productivity even in case where a larger production equipment is used.
US10099253B2	Transducer with mesa An ultrasonic transducer having a container, a base an actuator and a membrane system. The membrane system can include a membrane, a mesa and a standoff. The mesa can be shaped to achieve one or more target frequencies and other target vibrational properties, such as amplitudes. The actuator may be a flexure having one or more electroactive materials, such as piezoelectric and/or electrostrictive materials. The flexure may be fixed at one end to a wall of the container be in communication with the membrane system at or around its other end. The actuator may be in contact with the membrane system through the mesa and/or the standoff. The standoff may include an adhesive filled with beads to achieve a specific thickness.
US10099252B2	Method for forming multilayer coating film A method for forming a multilayer coating film includes applying an aqueous first base coating composition (A) onto a cured electrodeposition coating film, applying an aqueous second base coating composition (B) without preheating, performing preheating, further applying a clear coating composition (C), and simultaneously heat-curing the first base coating film, the second base coating film, and the clear coating film. The aqueous first base coating composition contains a specific aqueous polyester resin, a specific aqueous acrylic resin, a specific aqueous urethane resin and a melamine resin. A breaking energy of a coating film formed of the aqueous first base coating composition and a peel strength between the coating film and the cured electrodeposition coating film are controlled to specific values.
US10099247B2	Anti-reflective coating for sapphire A coated substrate includes a sapphire substrate and an anti-reflective coating comprising a silicon-based material, wherein the anti-reflective coating has refractive index of 1.23 to 1.45 and a Mohs hardness of at least 4. A method of coating a sapphire substrate with an anti-reflective coating includes applying a liquid formulation to a sapphire substrate to form a coated substrate, and curing the coated substrate at a temperature of at least 500° C. to form an anti-reflective layer on the sapphire substrate.
US10099243B2	Adhesive dispensing device having optimized reservoir and capacitive level sensor An adhesive dispensing device includes a heater unit for melting adhesive, a fill system communicating with a receiving space for feeding the heater unit, and a reservoir for receiving melted adhesive from the heater unit. The dispensing device also includes a capacitive level sensor located along a sidewall of the receiving space such that the level of adhesive in the receiving space can be detected by sensing the difference in dielectric capacitance where the adhesive is located compared to where air acts as the dielectric. The size of the driven electrode produces a broader sensing window capable of generating multiple control signals corresponding to different fill levels of adhesive. The receiving space and reservoir are minimized in size so that adhesive is not held at elevated temperatures long enough to char or degrade.
US10099241B2	System and method for depositing a material on a workpiece A manufacturing system for applying a material to a workpiece comprising a blade unit having a blade element for selectively moving along first and second axes for applying the material to the workpiece. A reciprocating motor is coupled to the blade unit for reciprocating the blade element along the first axis concurrent with movement of the blade element along the second axis, and a vibration detector is coupled to the blade unit for detecting the vibrational movement of the blade element. The vibration detector generates an output signal corresponding to the vibrational movement of the blade element. A control unit is coupled to the vibration detector for generating an output signal in response to the vibration detector signal, and a regulating device adjusts a parameter of the reciprocating motor in response to the output signal of the control unit.
US10099236B1	Apparatus and method for spraying color into cracks of a moving formed quartz slab to create veins in an engineered stone An apparatus including a device which moves a first portion of a soft, damp, and/or wet slab out of alignment with a majority of the slab and thus introduces a first crack in the slab; and a device for spraying a first colored material into the first crack of the slab. The device which moves the first portion of the slab out of alignment with the rest of the slab may include a first lift bar. The device for spraying the first colored material in the first crack of the slab may include a first spray bar having a plurality of nozzles fixed thereto, arranged in a substantially straight line. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus may also include a device which moves a second portion of the slab out of alignment with the majority of the slab and thereby introduces a second crack in the slab.
US10099235B2	Handheld pressure washer A handheld pressure washer device is provided that is electrically driven and does not require an external pump. The device comprises a handle section, a barrel section, and a water intake that is configured to secure to a standard water hose. The device includes a battery pack or connection to an external electrical power source, which delivers electrical power to an electric motor within the barrel section. The electric motor drives a driveshaft, which imparts rotary motion on an impeller within the barrel section. The impeller pressurizes and accelerates water within a conduit, causing the water to rapidly pass through a stator and through the outlet of the device. The speed of the electric motor is controlled by a user trigger, while the intake and outlet include coupling to affix attachments and water hoses thereto, respectively. The device provides a compact, handheld unit for pressurizing water from a hose.
US10099231B2	Reversing mechanism for an irrigation sprinkler with a reversing gear drive A sprinkler can include a turbine, a nozzle, a gear drive and a reversing mechanism. The gear drive and the reversing mechanism rotatably couple the turbine and the nozzle. The gear drive can shift a direction of rotation of an output stage that is coupled to the reversing mechanism. The reversing mechanism can include a shift member coupled with the gear drive.
US10099228B2	Apparatus for performing counter flow centrifugation and method of using same An apparatus and method for performing counter flow centrifugation. The apparatus includes at least one vessel, a gear fixedly attached to at least a portion of the vessel such that rotation of the gear rotates the vessel, a handle assembly and a plurality of tubes extending through the handle assembly and to the vessel. The gear is configured to be rotated by a drive system. The handle assembly is rotatably attached to the gear and includes an opening therein. At least a portion of the gear engages at least a portion of the drive system through the opening. The handle assembly is configured to be rotated by the drive system. The vessel can be rotated at twice a speed of the handle assembly when the apparatus is inserted into a bowl of the counter flow centrifuge.
US10099226B2	Ionization device The present invention relates to a glass parts release prevention, or specifically a glass splinter protection, for ionization devices, wherein a glass bulb is at least partially covered by a polymer film. The electrode is arranged within the glass bulb, and an outer electrode is slid over the outer contours of the polymer film.
US10099215B2	Management of recharger effluent pH Systems and methods for managing effluent from recharging zirconium phosphate and/or zirconium oxide are provided. The systems and methods control the pH of the zirconium phosphate and zirconium oxide effluent to allow for safe disposal. The systems and methods provide for management of the recharger effluent pH while recharging zirconium phosphate and zirconium oxide either independently or concurrently.
US10099213B2	Processes for regenerating catalysts useful in Fischer-Tropsch processes The present disclosure relates to processes for regenerating catalysts. In certain aspects, a process for regenerating a deactivated catalyst disposed in a first organic material includes removing a substantial portion of the first organic material from the catalyst to provide a dewaxed catalyst having less than about 40 wt % (e.g., less than about 20%) organic material disposed thereon. The dewaxed catalyst is then contacted with a flow of a substantially inert gas at a temperature of at least about 200° C. to provide an inert gas-treated catalyst having less than about 10 wt % organic material disposed thereon. The inert gas-treated catalyst is then contacted with an oxygen-containing gas at a temperature of at least about 200 ° C. to form an oxidized catalyst (e.g., having less than 2 wt % carbonaceous material disposed thereon). The oxidized catalyst is then contacted with a hydrogen-containing gas at a temperature of at least about 200° C. to form a regenerated catalyst. Finally, the regenerated catalyst can be disposed in a second organic material. The regenerated catalysts can be useful, for example, in Fischer-Tropsch processes.
US10099208B2	Hydroprocessing catalyst prepared with waste catalyst fines and its use A hydroprocessing catalyst composition that comprises a shaped support that is formed from a mixture of inorganic oxide powder and catalyst fines and wherein the shaped support has incorporated therein at least one metal component, a chelating agent and a polar additive. The hydroprocessing catalyst composition is prepared by incorporating into the shaped support a metal component, a chelating agent and a polar additive. The hydroprocessing catalyst composition has particular application in the catalytic hydroprocessing of petroleum derived feedstocks.
US10099207B2	Multimetallic core/interlayer/shell nanoparticles A multimetallic core/interlayer/shell nanoparticle comprises an inner core formed from a first metal. An interlayer is disposed on the first layer. The interlayer includes a plurality of gold atoms. An outer shell is disposed over the interlayer. The outer shell includes platinum and the first metal. A surface of the NP is substantially free of gold. The first metal is selected from the group consisting of nickel, titanium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, copper, vanadium, yttrium, ruthenium, palladium, scandium, tin, lead and zinc.
US10099206B2	Catalytically active material, method for producing same, and use thereof A catalytically active material is provided. The material includes a mixed oxide having a first metal selected from group 4 of the periodic table of elements and/or a second metal, and at least one further metal selected from group 11 of the periodic table of elements, wherein the macroscopic composition of the material given by the chemical formula corresponds to the composition of the material at a molecular level. A coating made of such a material is also provide, as is an article having such a coating, and a method for producing such a material.
US10099199B2	Reactive scrubbing for upgrading product value, simplifying process operation and product handling An apparatus for removing formaldehyde from a blend of partially oxygenated hydrocarbons includes a reactor for reacting a hydrocarbon-containing gas with an oxygen-containing gas in a reactor vessel to form first product blend. The first product blend includes a blend of partially oxygenated compounds that include formaldehyde. The apparatus also includes a reactive scrubbing station in fluid communication with the reactor where the blend of partially oxygenated compounds that include formaldehyde is contacted with a reactive scrubbing liquid at the reactive scrubbing station to form a reactive liquid-formaldehyde compound.
US10099197B2	Reactor system for high throughput applications A reactor system for high throughput applications includes a plurality of reactor assemblies, each reactor assembly including: a fluid source, which fluid source is adapted to provide a pressurized fluid to the flow-through reactors, a flow splitter which flow splitter includes a planar microfluidic chip, which microfluidic chip has a chip inlet channel and a plurality of chip outlet channels, which microfluidic chip further includes a plurality of flow restrictor channels, where each flow restrictor channel extends from said chip inlet channel to an associated chip outlet channel, where the chip inlet channel and the chip outlet channels each have a diameter, where the diameter of the chip inlet channel is the same or less than the length of said chip inlet channel and where the diameter of each chip outlet channel is the same or less than the length of said chip outlet channel.
US10099195B2	Method for positioning structures in indentations and arrangements thus obtainable Positioning structures in at least one indentation present on a or in a support, wherein said indentation is an indentation having a diameter in the nanometer range, makes it possible to position the structure in the indentation substantially centrally with defined orientation. A support having at least one indentation, wherein the indentation has a size in the nanometer range, includes a predetermined structure which is arranged substantially centrally within said indentation and which optionally has a functional unit diametrically opposite to the side pointing to the bottom surface. The arrangement is especially suitable for single molecule analysis and, here especially, for single molecule sequencing and other high-throughput methods.
US10099194B2	Microcapsules produced from blended sol-gel precursors and method for producing the same The present invention features microcapsule particles with an oil or aqueous liquid core, and shell composed of a blend of metal or semi-metal oxide polymers. Methods for preparing and using the microcapsule particles in personal care, therapeutic, cosmetic and cosmeceutic products are also provided.
US10099192B2	Polymer shells The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of polymer shells, preferably composed of cellulose or hemicellulose, comprising the steps of dissolving the polymer component in a first solvent, preferably an organic solvent and precipitating the polymer component by contacting the first solution with a second solvent, which second solvent has a polar character, and in which second solvent the polymer component is essentially insoluble, thereby obtaining polymer shells. Moreover, the invention refers to the polymer shells as such, having permeable and responsive properties, as well as various applications comprising such polymer shells within the fields of drug delivery, separation techniques, and inter alia filling material.
US10099190B2	Termination device of a reactor of a fluid catalytic cracking unit The invention relates to a termination device of a tubular reactor comprising at least one separation element adapted for the separation of solid particles and gaseous effluents and at least one coupling element that is part of an end of said tubular reactor, said separation element being connected to said coupling element, characterized in that each element of the termination device is made of ceramic material. The invention also relates to a tubular reactor, having a vertical or substantially vertical axis, of a fluid catalytic cracking unit equipped with a termination device according to the invention and to a corresponding fluid catalytic cracking unit.
US10099189B2	Packing for reaction tube, reaction tube, and reaction method using same In a fixed-bed flow reaction using a multitubular heat exchange type reactor, an object of the present invention is to provide a novel packing for a reaction tube, which can control the reaction ratio in the vicinity of the reaction tube inlet, reduce the load unevenly placed on the catalyst in the reaction region, and distribute the load on the entire catalyst layer, a heat exchange type reactor, and a reaction method using the reaction tube. The packing for a reaction tube of the present invention is characterized in that the volume is continuously or step-by-step decreased from one end part or midway toward the other end part.
US10099186B2	Method and device for coating or mixing granular products, more in particular peanuts, with a substance The present invention relates to a device for coating and mixing granular products, in particular food products, more in particular peanuts, the device comprising a compartment defined by a rotary bottom part and a stationary circumferential side wall, the device further comprising: a product supply for supplying the products into the compartment, a substance supply for supplying a substance into the compartment, a drive for rotating the rotary bottom part about its substantially vertical axis, wherein the rotary bottom part and the stationary circumferential side wall comprise non-stick parts which define a substantial part of an inner surface of the compartment and which are manufactured from a non-stick material, wherein said non-stick parts are mechanically connected to the device via detachable connectors, allowing fast replacement of worn-out non-stick parts by new, same non-stick parts.
US10099184B2	Composite nanostructures having a crumpled graphene oxide shell Composite nanostructures having a crumpled graphene oxide shell and a nanoparticle selected from titanium dioxide, silver and magnetite within the shell are disclosed. The nanostructures may be incorporated into a filtration membrane suitable for purifying water for targeted separations and for human consumption.
US10099183B2	Solvent-resistant separation membrane The present invention provides a separation membrane that is usable at a high temperature and a high pressure. The solvent-resistant separation membrane of the present invention has an average pore diameter of the separation membrane surface of 0.005 to 1 μm and includes a portion where a degree of cyclization (I1600/I2240) as measured by the total reflection infrared absorption spectroscopy is 0.5 to 50.
US10099182B2	Water-proof and dust-proof membrane assembly and applications thereof Disclosed is a water-proof and dust-proof membrane assembly and applications thereof. The water-proof and dust-proof membrane assembly comprises a body and a supporting member. The body is of membrane and has a first surface, a second surface, and an asymmetric porous structure formed between the first surface and the second surface of the body. The asymmetric porous structure has a thickness ranging between 1 μm and 1000 μm, a first volumetric porosity ranging between 5% and 99%. The asymmetric porous structure has plural pores, and each pore has a pore diameter between 0.01 μm and 15 μm. The supporting member is of a polymeric material and has a first contacting surface, a second contacting surface, and a second volumetric porosity which is greater than the first volumetric porosity. The first contacting surface of the supporting member is adhered to the first surface of the body.
US10099179B2	Reverse osmosis system A reverse osmosis system comprises a permeate collection tube which is connected at one end to a distribution system for permeate which comprises at least one device for cleaning and/or disinfection. The permeate collection tube, the cleaning and/or disinfection device and a circulation pump are arranged in a circulation circuit.
US10099178B2	Draw solutions and methods of treating an aqueous liquid A method of treating an aqueous liquid. The method comprises providing an aqueous feed liquid comprising water and at least one solute to a first side of a membrane. A draw solution comprising water and a draw solute comprising at least one of a phosphazene compound and a triazine compound is provided to a second side of the membrane. At least a portion of the water of the aqueous feed liquid is osmosed across the membrane and into the draw solution to form a diluted draw solution comprising water and the draw solute. The water of the diluted draw solution is separated from the draw solute of the diluted draw solution to form a purified water product. Draw solutes comprising phosphazene compounds and draw solutes comprising triazine compounds are also disclosed, as are methods of forming the draw solutes.
US10099177B2	Desulfurization method for gas containing sulfur oxide and desulfurization apparatus Provided is a desulfurization method for sulfur oxide gas that includes: bringing a first sulfur oxide gas into contact with a humidifying liquid to obtain a second gas; separating at least part of the humidifying liquid from the second gas to obtain a third gas; contacting the third gas with an alkaline agent-containing liquid and oxygen to remove sulfur oxide from the third gas; using the alkaline agent-containing liquid as the humidifying liquid to be brought into contact with the first gas in the humidifying liquid contact step; acquiring at least part of the humidifying liquid separated from the second gas; removing gas from the humidifying liquid; and recovering a by-product, the alkaline agent-containing liquid, and oxygen from the humidifying liquid from which the gas has been removed in the gas removal step, the by-product recovery step being performed only downstream of the humidifying liquid acquisition step.
US10099175B2	Amount-of-seawater control device for scrubber, amount-of-seawater control method for scrubber, and amount-of-alkali control device A control device for a scrubber includes a converter which calculates a minimum amount of seawater: a minimum amount of seawater necessary for an absorption reaction of the sulfur oxide by the seawater, from an engine output and a sulfur content of fuel oil; another converter which calculates a corrected amount of seawater: an amount of seawater at which the sulfur oxide in the exhaust gas discharged from the scrubber is equal to or less than a set value; a summing element which calculates a set amount of seawater by summing the minimum amount and corrected amount of seawater; a pump control device which implements control such that seawater corresponding to the set amount is supplied to the scrubber; and an alkalinity setting device which sets the alkalinity of the seawater in accordance with traveled waters. The amount of seawater supplied to the scrubber is adjusted based on the alkalinity.
US10099173B2	Humidity controlling apparatus A humidity controlling apparatus comprising: a moisture absorption unit including a base material rotatable about a rotation shaft and a macromolecular moisture absorbent provided in a layer on an outer periphery of the base material; and a heat source partially heating the moisture absorption unit, the macromolecular moisture absorbent having a hydrophilic state capable of absorbing moisture in the air and a hydrophobic state which releases the moisture sorbed in the hydrophilic state, the macromolecular moisture absorbent having a nature such that when temperature rises, the macromolecular moisture absorbent changes from the hydrophilic state to the hydrophobic state, and when the temperature falls, the macromolecular moisture absorbent returns from the hydrophobic state to the hydrophilic state, requires small thermal energy and can efficiently control humidity.
US10099171B2	Gas capture plant A gas capture plant is provided. The gas capture plant includes an absorption tower for dissolving an object gas that requires regeneration in a lean absorbent liquid to produce rich absorbent liquid. A regeneration tower heats the rich absorbent liquid produced in the absorption tower to produce the lean absorbent liquid from which the regeneration gas is separated and the produced lean absorbent liquid is supplied back to the absorption tower. A gas condensing device condenses the regeneration gas received from the regeneration tower to separate condensate and target gas, thereafter, supplying the separated condensate to the regeneration tower, and exhausting the separated target gas. The gas condensing device includes a condenser and a reflux apparatus disposed within one housing and the condenser is disposed above the reflux apparatus.
US10099167B2	Device for the detachable fastening of a drying agent cartridge to a housing of a compressed-air treatment installation of a vehicle A device is provided for the detachable fastening of a drying agent cartridge to a housing of a compressed-air treatment installation of a vehicle, in particular of a utility vehicle. The device includes a crimped formation on the cartridge base of the drying agent cartridge, which crimped formation has an abutment surface, and an insertion opening on the housing of the compressed-air treatment installation, into which insertion opening the crimped formation can be inserted at least in sections, and in which insertion opening the crimped formation, in the inserted state, is secured in an axial direction by way of a form fit.
US10099164B2	Oil separator An oil separator is provided with a casing having an inlet for air and an outlet for air, an expansion chamber for expanding air introduced therein through the inlet, an accommodation member communicating with the expansion chamber in the vertical direction, a collected liquid storage portion provided below the accommodation member, and a connecting hose having an oil separator connection end for being connected to the inlet and an air dryer connection end for being connected to an air dryer. The connecting hose is configured such that the oil separator connection end is located higher than the air dryer connection end.
US10099163B2	Water purifier A water purifier is provided, including a framework, including a plurality of vertical supporting members respectively vertically arranged in intervals and a metal frame disposed on top ends of the plurality of vertical supporting members, the metal frame having two first through holes; two filtering mechanisms, received in the framework and connected in series, one of the two filtering mechanisms for being connected to a water source; a magnetizer, received in the framework, the magnetizer connected to the other of the two filtering mechanisms in series and being communicable with outside; a shell, covering the framework, including a plastic cover covering the metal frame, the plastic cover including two first pass holes corresponding to the two first through holes and two cover bodies disposed on the two first pass holes, the two cover bodies being capable of sealing the two filtering mechanisms respectively.
US10099160B2	Waste disposal methods Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for collecting, storing, separating, and disposing of waste material from an oil and gas well site in order to enhance payload efficiency. An embodiment of a method, for example, may include introducing a waste material into an enhanced-payload mobile vessel positioned at the oil and gas well site, the waste material selected to include one or more of a sludge waste material, a solids-laden wastewater material, and a dry waste material. The method may further include transporting the waste material when positioned in the enhanced-payload mobile vessel along roadways to an off-site waste management facility. Additionally, the method may include dumping the waste material from the enhanced-payload mobile vessel by a site-based lifting mechanism into a receiving vessel at the off-site waste management facility thereby to dispose of the waste material at a reduced transportation cost.
US10099159B2	Oil separator and drain discharge system An oil separator which can discharge collected liquid in a short time and a collected liquid discharge system are provided. This oil separator performs gas-liquid separation on fluid containing oil and collects liquid, which contains oil. The oil separator is provided with an oil trap, which traps liquid, a reservoir, which stores the liquid trapped by the oil trap, a collected liquid discharge port, which discharges the collected liquid stored in the reservoir, and a three-way valve.
US10099154B2	Multi-effects desalination system A multi-effects desalination system includes a plurality of vessels, including a first vessel, a second vessel, a third vessel, a fourth vessel, and a fifth vessel. Each vessel includes a plurality of heat tubes, a sprayer, and a housing including a preheater tube bundle. Each sprayer can be disposed above a respective plurality of heat tubes in each vessel for discharging saline water onto the plurality of heat tubes. A first tube connects a compressor unit with the first vessel. A second tube extends between a saline water source and a plurality of sprayers. Each vessel is configured to accommodate a different effect or stage of desalination occurring in the system. The housing can be configured for collecting fresh water. The fresh water collected in each housing can be transferred by the third tube to a fresh water tank.
US10099152B1	Tie puppet A tie puppet assembly that removably attaches to a standard tie. The tie puppet is located on the reverse side of the outer tie panel. The puppet features including tubular fabric member, a face panel member and a working V shaped mouth, are designed to lay flat on the back of the tie panel until the user flips the tie panel around and puts his or her hand into the tubular member and fingers into the V shaped mouth assembly, thereby causing the surprise and delight of turning an ordinary neck tie into a moving, talking puppet.
US10099150B2	Water ride having a variable water level The invention relates to a water ride (10) having a variable water level and a route (20) on which at least one vehicle (12), provided for accommodating at least one rider, can be moved, the route (20) having at least one fixedly arranged route segment (22) in which the at least one vehicle (12) is guided through water (30). In the region of the route segment (22), means are provided for raising or lowering the water level (32) of the water (30) in such a way that the at least one vehicle (12) can pass through the route segment (22) both at a raised water level (32a) and at a lowered water level (32b).
US10099145B2	Video game recording and playback with visual display of game controller manipulation A system and method for recording and playback of game data is provided. A recording engine may be configured to record and playback game data, including broadcast data received over a network. The recording engine may be included in a game console or at other network-enabled devices, such as a desktop computer. The recording engine may be configured to record the game data in a buffer memory, an archival memory, and to assist in the display of the game (e.g., interacting with a graphics processing unit). Game data stored in the buffer memory may later be transferred to the archival memory. Playback commands may be operable when a portion of the game broadcast has been recorded. When a playback command is received, the game recording engine may access a portion of the game data from buffer or archival memory and displays a selected portion and may be subject to certain seek functions (e.g., fast forward and rewind). Spectators may be able to independently archive and playback game data using local memory.
US10099144B2	Sports simulation system A golf simulation system includes a processor configured to receive image data from a launch area sensing unit to determine position, velocity, acceleration and spin of a golf ball and to calculate a trajectory of the golf ball into a golf scene presented on a display surface. The system includes a processor that generates a profile of a golf ball travel path over a plurality of images, determines the golf ball travel path length per image of the plurality of images, identifies regions corresponding to one or more markings on the golf ball, determines the distance between the regions in each image, calculates the spin rate and tilt of the golf ball using the determined distance, and uses the golf ball travel path length and camera device frame rate to estimate a spin tilt axis of the golf ball using the orientation of the regions in each image and the relative angle between the longitudinal axis of the regions and the longitudinal axis of the golf ball travel path.
US10099143B2	Geocaching games having virtual prizes awarded in an associated video game and related methods and computer program products Methods of implementing geocaching games are provided in which information is provided regarding a location of a waypoint. Thereafter, it is confirmed that a player of the game physically arrived at the waypoint. After such confirmation has been obtained, the player may be awarded a virtual prize. Related geocaching games and computer program products are also disclosed.
US10099142B2	Video game processing program and video game processing system A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a video game processing program product for causing a server to realize functions to create a rank regarding a video game for each of a plurality of users is provided. The functions includes: a managing function configured to manage the plurality of users in a state where the plurality of users is grouped into groups by every predetermined number; a creating function configured to respectively create ranks for the users in each of the groups; a setting function configured to set up grades for the users in each of the groups on the basis of the ranks of the users; a dividing function configured to divide the groups into a plurality of elements, the plurality of elements respectively corresponding to the grades; and a composing function configured to compose a new group using the plurality of elements.
US10099141B2	Server device, control method for server device, game system, and computer-readable recording medium A server device and the like that can make a whole game and SNS more active by promoting the movement of players between groups to enhance the mobility of game participants. A server device comprises: an information storage unit for storing information of a game in which a plurality of players are able to participate and which includes a battle event; and a control unit for accessing the information and executing an operation related to the game. The server device executes a predetermined step that includes performing, when a first player transfers from a first group to a second group, payment and receipt of transfer points as compensation for the transfer between at least two out of the first player, the first group, and the second group.
US10099139B2	Game apparatus, program, and game providing method A controller of a game apparatus causes a display unit of a player to display a first game screen on which commencement of a battle event can be instructed. When the player instructs the commencement of the battle event on the first game screen, if the player has a collection-not-completed item group in which only some items have been collected among a plurality of items, the controller causes the display unit to display, immediately after the first game screen, a second game screen on which another player who owns an item not yet collected by the player in the collection-not-completed item group can be selected as a candidate from whom the item is to be taken when the battle event is achieved.
US10099136B2	Gaming system and method of using the same A gaming system includes a non-transitory computer readable medium for storing a game program; and a computer connected to the non-transitory computer readable medium. The computer is configured to execute the game program for building a competition game space to be shared by a plurality of users including a first user and a second user through a network. The computer is further for updating a game point, which is associated with a predetermined user and a game object associated with the predetermined user, based on arranging of the game object in the competition game space. The computer is further for conducting processing so as to inhibit the game object from being arranged in the competition game space after a competition time period has elapsed since the competition game space is built. The computer is further for comparing the game points associated with each user to select a winner.
US10099129B2	System and method for improving the graphics performance of hosted applications One or more hardware components identify a bottleneck stage within a processor pipeline that processes frames of a video stream. The bottleneck stage has a first clock. An upstream stage receives a feedback signal from the bottleneck stage. The upstream stage has a second clock and the feedback signal includes information as to time required by the bottleneck stage to operate on data and information as to time the data spent queued. The upstream stage adjusts the speed at which the upstream stage operates and queues data to approximate the speed at which the bottleneck stage is operating and queuing data.
US10099123B2	Method and apparatus for managing a gaming application An embodiment of the present disclosure includes, for example, a method for receiving from a first device a request to initiate a video game with a second device, determining a location of the first device, detecting a difference between first computing resources of the first device and second computing resources of the second device, instructing the first device, the second device, or both to adjust a resource configuration to mitigate an aspect of the difference between the first computing resources and the second computing resources, and coordinating an exchange of first control information provided by the first device and second control information provided by the second device to enable a multiplayer session of the video game between the first device and the second device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10099119B2	Touch screen inputs for a video game system Example systems and methods involve detecting an input to a touchscreen display of a video game apparatus; determining a video game action based on a shape of the input; and determining a timing of the video game action based on a color associated with the input.
US10099118B2	Interface for advancing game by touch input, and terminal A terminal includes a display, a touch panel, and a processor. The processor is configured to detect an initial touch position corresponding to a first touch input. The processor is configured to generate instructions for displaying a timing indicator that moves from the initial touch position to a predetermined position, and then moves from the predetermined position to the initial touch position. The processor is configured to detect whether a next touch input is received when the timing indicator is displayed as overlapping the initial touch position. The processor is configured to generate instructions for displaying an elastic object having an initial shape at the initial touch position. The processor is configured to generate instructions for displaying the elastic object deformed from the initial shape so as to form a leading edge portion extending toward the predetermined position. The timing indicator superimposed over the leading edge portion.
US10099115B2	System and method for user creation of digital objects Implementations of systems and methods according to present principles enhance and improve current methods of object creation. In such systems and methods, in addition to keeping track of a seller of an object (as seen, e.g., by an auction house notation), the identities and contributions are maintained of creators of component or subcomponent parts, or those who provided or crafted materials, either for a component or for the finished item, or those whose skills or talents contributed to the creation or obtaining of an item, component, subcomponent, or material, allowing subsequent benefits to such creators, including compensation or recognition.
US10099108B2	Dynamic rigidity mechanism Embodiments are directed to a support apparatus. The support apparatus might comprise a body configured to support an entity. The body might comprise a material that has a physical property. The support apparatus might further comprise a coupler system configured to couple electric current from a power source to the material. The material is arranged such that coupling an electric current to the material changes the physical property of the material. Embodiments are further directed to a method. The method might comprise forming one or more cavities in a support apparatus. The method might further comprise providing one or more couplers in electrical contact with each of the one or more channels. The method further comprises filling each of the one or more cavities with a fluid that has electrically changeable rigidity. Finally, the method might comprise connecting a power source to each of the one or more couplers.
US10099106B1	Auxiliary shot clock The auxiliary shot clock is used during a basketball game. The auxiliary shot clock is a timing device that: 1) operates a five-second timing device that detects a five-second violation for an inbound pass; 2) operates a ten-second timing device that detects a half court violation after an inbound pass; 3) displays the time of the five-second timing device; 4) displays the time of the ten-second timing device; 5) generates an alarm signal on expiration of the five-second timing device; and, 6) generates an alarm signal on expiration of the ten-second timing device. The auxiliary shot clock comprises a five-second timing device, a ten-second timing device, one or more time lapse displays, and a plurality of control signals. The five-second timing device, the ten-second timing device, and the one or more time lapse displays are electrically interconnected using the plurality of control signals.
US10099101B1	Golf club grip with sensor housing A golf club grip for a golf club includes an elongated member having a first end, a second end, an inner surface and an outer surface. The first end is configured to receive a golf club shaft. The second end includes a recessed opening. The recessed opening extends away from the second end longitudinally toward the first end. A sensor housing comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is received within the recessed opening. The first portion couples the sensor housing to the elongated member. The second portion receives a removable housing therein.
US10099097B2	Golf club grip Provided is a grip for a golf club having a body with an axial passage extending substantially the length of the body and an air passage extending through a side wall of the body into the axial passage to allow air to escape from the axial passage as the shaft of the golf club is advanced into the axial passage.
US10099095B2	Golf club head with adjustable center of gravity A golf club head comprising a slidable weight for adjusting the location of the club head center of gravity is disclosed herein. The club head has an S-shaped channel disposed in its sole and a slidable weight assembly comprising a retention plate, at least one bolt, and a weighted base. The weighted base comprises at least one spherical portion extending from its underside to permit the slidable weight assembly to slide smoothly within the channel, which preferably has a partially tubular cross-section along a vertical Z-axis. The bolt, when tightened, reversibly fixes the slidable weight assembly to a pair of rails extending into the channel from the channel's walls.
US10099094B2	Metal wood club A golf club head, comprising a body having a center of gravity, wherein the body comprises a coordinate system with an x-axis located horizontal to the face, a y-axis located vertical to the face, and a z-axis located through the face; and a weight system configured to adjust the location of the center of gravity of the body, wherein the weight system comprises a plurality of weight channels formed in the body, an elongate adjustable weight configured to selectively reside in each of the plurality of weight channels, wherein the elongate adjustable weight comprises an aperture at a first end of the elongate adjustable weight, and a fastener configured to reside in the aperture and engage the body, wherein the fastener is configured to affix the elongate adjustable weight to the body.
US10099093B2	Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom portion, a top portion, a plurality of ports on the bottom portion and a plurality of inner support portions in the hollow body portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10099092B2	Golf club with flexure A golf club head including a face having a flat ball-striking surface and a body that form a flexure. The golf club head has a feature formed in a sole of the golf club head that provides a flexure.
US10099091B2	Grooves of golf club heads and methods to manufacture grooves of golf club heads A golf club head including a club face defined by a toe end, a heel end, a top rail and a sole. The golf club head including a plurality of grooves disposed on the club face between the top rail and the sole. Each groove extends between the toe end and the heel end. Depths of the grooves vary in a direction extending between the top rail and the sole and in a direction extending between the heel end and the toe end. Widths of each of the plurality of grooves vary in a direction extending between the heel end and the toe end.
US10099085B2	Targeted limb rehabilitation using a reward bias A multi-limb exercise machine and method that includes a plurality of user-movable input components, an input measurement device associated with each of the input components, a feedback device for providing the user with output information that indicates the difference between a current performance level and a performance target, and a processor that receives input information about user effort applied to each of the input components and communicates the output information to the feedback device. The input components are each configured to be moved by a limb of a user and to resist being moved. The processor determines the difference between performance levels based at least in part on a reward bias that decreases the difference more for effort applied to one of the input components than for effort applied to another of the input components.
US10099082B2	Leg lift dumbbell The invention is a dumbbell adapted for lifting by the legs. In particular, it is designed to fit in the crook of the knee for exercises such as the kneeling dumbbell leg lift and the fire hydrant leg lift. The handle is offset from center, flush with the top of the weights to prevent the dumbbell from rolling down the calf. The weights are fixedly attached to the handle so they do not rotate. The weights have a horseshoe shape, elongated vertically so they do not slip off the leg, and flattened at the bottom for stability on the floor. The weights also taper inward at the base to hold the leg firmly. Options include an adjustable length handle, magnetic additional weights, a handle cushion, and an electronic user interface to adjust the number of reps and the rest period.
US10099078B1	Compressed air foam mixing device A compressed air foam (CAF) mixing device is suitable for use in a CAF system which includes a pressurized source of a water soap mixture and a pressurized air source. The CAF mixing device includes an inlet portion, a venturi portion and a deceleration portion. The venturi portion communicates with the inlet portion and includes a constricted zone which presents a smaller cross sectional area than the inlet portion. The venturi portion opens into the deceleration portion which has a substantially larger cross sectional area than the venturi portion. At least one pressurized air conduit communicates with the pressurized air source and is arranged to be adjacent to the deceleration portion. At least one aperture which communicates between the pressurized air conduit and the deceleration portion introduces high pressure air into the deceleration portion in order to produce a water soap foam (CAF) suitable for firefighting.
US10099074B2	Fall protection device and systems and methods for use thereof Disclosed is a fall protection device, and methods and systems for using the device, that can be attached to a structural beam at elevated heights. The device includes an upper component and a lower component adapted to fit together around the structural beam, and a pair of quick release pins for passing through a pair of transverse openings in the upper component and the lower component. The upper component has a generally L-shaped profile and includes a horizontal leg having a slot in the lower surface along the length thereof for receiving an upper portion of the lower component having a thickness less than the slot thickness. The device includes at least one transverse opening through the upper and/or lower component for tying off one or more safety lines. The upper and/or lower component includes vertically and horizontally oriented rollers for moving the device along the structural beam when attached.
US10099071B2	Multipurpose device for use with a rope A multifunction device for use generally with ropes and cords is disclosed. A rope portion of the device is about three times longer as it is wide. A brake bar extends perpendicularly from one end of the rope portion, and a brake retainer extends upward and perpendicular from the brake bar, forming a slot between the rope portion and brake retainer. There are three openings in the rope portion, one at each end, with the middle opening offset toward the upper opening for accommodating a narrowed region in said rope portion below the middle opening. The rope portion is about 3 times longer than its width, the brake bar is about half as wide as the rope portion and the brake retainer is about half as wide as the brake bar. The device has use as a belay, a rappel, an anchor, an auger, a toggle and other uses.
US10099068B2	Imaging-guided delivery of X-ray radiation An X-ray system comprises: a source of an X-ray diverging beam having a central imaging portion and a peripheral treatment-portion; a lens transforming the peripheral treatment portion of the X-ray beam into a converging beam directed to a target; a shutter located between the X-ray source and the target in the central imaging portion of the X-ray radiation; and a detector of imaging radiation after interaction with the target and to provide imaging information of the target.
US10099067B2	Radiation therapy dose calculation Radiation therapy dose calculation methods, systems and computer program products, for use with a treatment delivery device for treating a patient and utilizing a scattered radiation detector in making independent dose calculations. The scattered radiation detector is configured to acquire measurement information during patient treatment, which is used to determine an estimate of the output of the treatment delivery device. Other information is acquired including patient imaging data, gantry angle information and collimator position information utilized during patient treatment. The acquired information is utilized along with the treatment delivery device output estimate to determine dose delivered to the patient.
US10099066B2	Laser ionization therapy assembly A laser ionization therapy assembly having a reservoir defined by a peripheral wall and a base; a support device having a support coupling member and a support opening; and a laser module accommodating a laser diode, the laser module having an opening and a laser module coupling member, wherein the support device is fixedly attached to the peripheral wall of the reservoir and the laser module is detachably coupled thereto, wherein the laser diode is positioned at an angle relative to the base of the reservoir so that laser light is directed through the openings of the laser module and support device to a predetermined location within the reservoir at a height of between ½ inch to 1 inch above the base, and wherein the laser light has a wavelength of between about 630 and 640 nm and a peak power of about 10 mW.
US10099064B2	Tooth-whitening process A tooth-whitening process includes providing an array of LEDs disposed in a first plane and forming an inner arc having an inner focal point and an outer arc having an outer focal different from the inner focal point; applying a whitening composition to at least the anterior surfaces of at least six mandibular or maxillary anterior teeth and maintaining the whitening composition on the at least six teeth for a first time period; after the first time period, directing a light radiation comprising blue visible light or near-visible UV light of at least a threshold intensity from the least a first array of LEDs for a second time period to the anterior surfaces of the at least six teeth, the first time period having a duration greater than 50% of a total duration of the first time period and the second time period; and removing the whitening composition from the at least six teeth.
US10099062B2	Methods and devices for multi-stage ventricular therapy Methods and apparatus for a three-stage ventricular cardioversion and defibrillation therapy that treats ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation at low energy levels. An implantable therapy generator adapted to generate and selectively deliver a three-stage ventricular therapy and at least two leads operably each having at least one electrode adapted to be positioned proximate the ventricle of the patient. The device is programmed to deliver a three-stage therapy via both a far-field configuration and a near-field configuration of the electrodes upon detection of a ventricular arrhythmia. The three-stage therapy includes a first stage for unpinning of one or more singularities associated with the ventricular arrhythmia, a second stage for anti-repinning of the one or more singularities, both of which are delivered via the far-field configuration of the electrodes, and a third stage for extinguishing of the one or more singularities associated delivered via the near-field configuration of the electrodes.
US10099059B2	Modular antenna for implantable medical device Subject matter such as a method or apparatus can include an implantable antenna assembly, comprising a dielectric shell including first and second substantially parallel outer face portions, and a third outer face portion extending between the first and second portions, a spiral conductor extending along the first, second, and third portions on a surface of the dielectric shell. The dielectric shell and spiral conductor can be configured to be mechanically attached to a dielectric compartment, such as configured to be coupled to a housing of an implantable medical device. In an example, the implantable antenna assembly is configured to be electrically coupled to an implantable telemetry circuit configured to wirelessly transfer information electromagnetically using the implantable telemetry antenna, such as included as a portion of an implantable medical device.
US10099056B2	System for stimulation therapy of the vagus nerve by implementation of a state transition model operating at multiple temporal or spatial resolutions One system includes a stimulation device such as a vagus nerve stimulation lead, and a controller for controlling the stimulation device according to a set of stimulation parameters. A memory of the stimulation device contains a state transition model, and for each state defines a set of stimulation parameters and at least one expected response during the application of stimulation with the parameters. A matrix determines the transition rules between states based on physiological levels measured versus target levels. A state transition control unit determines, in an organized timely method, possible transitions between states according to the rules on physiological levels obtained in response to the implementation of the stimulation parameters of the current state, and a transition from a current state to a new state causes a corresponding change in the parameter set used for stimulation.
US10099055B2	Neurostimulation titration utilizing T-wave alternans Systems and methods are provided for delivering neurostimulation therapies to patients. A titration process is used to gradually increase the stimulation intensity to a desired therapeutic level until a target T-wave alternans change from a baseline T-wave alternans is achieved.
US10099050B2	Interventional medical devices, device systems, and fixation components thereof A fixation mechanism of an implantable medical device is formed by a plurality of tines fixedly mounted around a perimeter of a distal end of the device. Each tine may be said to include a first segment fixedly attached to the device, a second segment extending from the first segment, and a third segment, to which the second segment extends. When the device is loaded in a lumen of a delivery tool and a rounded free distal end of each tine engages a sidewall that defines the lumen, to hold the tines in a spring-loaded condition, the first segment of each tine, which has a spring-biased pre-formed curvature, becomes relatively straightened, and the third segment of each tine, which is terminated by the free distal end, extends away from the axis of the device at an acute angle in a range from about 45 degrees to about 75 degrees.
US10099049B2	Power transducer for a retinal implant using using a contact lens Apparatus, systems and methods employing contact lens as power source for powering a retinal implant are provided. In an aspect, a contact lens includes a substrate that forms at least part of a body of the contact lens and a circuit disposed on or within the substrate comprising. The circuit includes a power harvesting component configured to receive energy in a first form from an external power source and convert the energy from the first form to a second form and an energy transfer component configured to transmit the energy in the second form to device remote from the contact lens when the contact lens is worn over an eye.
US10099044B2	Ultrasound mediated delivery with critical-organ protection A device for delivery of a substance (144) using energy to protect, at a site of activation, against a side effect of another substance (156) that was delivered, is being delivered, and/or will be delivered, at another site. The activation may be non-invasive, remote and the energy beam (140) may be an ultrasound beam. A first of the substances can be activated at a particular energy level, and the second is then activated at a lower level so that a population of particles bearing the first substance is not inadvertently activated during activation of the second substance. The device may comprise a system to control the levels of energy applied.
US10099041B2	Apparatus and methods for coating medical devices Embodiments herein include apparatus and methods for coating medical devices. In an embodiment, a coating apparatus is included having a coating application unit including a movement restriction structure, a fluid applicator having a lengthwise major axis, a fluid distribution bar having a body angled with respect to the major lengthwise axis of the fluid applicator between 0 and 20 degrees, a rotation mechanism and an axial motion mechanism. The axial motion mechanism configured to cause movement of at least one of the coating application unit and the rotation mechanism with respect to one another. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US10099037B2	Sheath retainer devices, systems and methods In general, medical sheath systems that can employ retainer devices having a plurality of channels configured to retain a sheath assembly in one or more curved configurations are described. In one embodiment, a retainer device may releasably retain a curvable tube of the sheath assembly in any of multiple curved configurations that range, for example, in selectable increments between 0° to 180°.
US10099036B2	Steerable catheter using flat pull wires and having torque transfer layer made of braided flat wires A catheter assembly includes an inner liner made of flexible material and an outer layer having a steering mechanism. The steering mechanism includes at least one flat wire and a corresponding lumen through which the flat wire may travel. The steering mechanism may also include at least one pull ring to which the flat wires are attached. A layer of heat shrink material may encompass the outer layer. A braided wire assembly may also be provided in the outer layer, and may be formed by braiding a plurality of flat wires into a wire mesh. The overall cross-section of the catheter assembly is preferably substantially circular. A catheter shaft may include a plurality of segments of differing hardness characteristics. The outer layer typically comprises a melt processing polymer such that the catheter assembly may be laminated using heat.
US10099032B2	Catheter with integrated insertion aid A catheter is disclosed that includes an elongated shaft, an insertable end formed in or connected to one end of the elongated shaft, and a discharge end formed in or connected to the opposite end of the elongated shaft. Further, the catheter includes an insertion aid that at least partly encircles the discharge end, and is integrally and releasably connected to the discharge end. The catheter can be easily produced, and at the same time, the insertion aid may easily be removed for use as an insertion aid when using the catheter.
US10099021B2	Inhaler device An inhaler device of a powdered substance contained in a capsule comprises a capsule seat suitable for receiving the capsule, said capsule seat being made in two parts which can be reciprocally distanced, each capsule seat part being suitable for retaining a respective capsule part. Means of separation are operable to cause the distancing of said two capsule seat parts.
US10099020B2	Drug dose cartridge for an inhaler device Devices and methods are described for preparing, managing, and/or administering metered doses of substances for vaporized administration. In some embodiments, dose cartridges comprising at least one botanical substance include a heating element integrated into the cartridge in close contact with the botanical substance. In some embodiments, cartridge-mounted doses are stored in a magazine, optionally in carousel form, before use. Transport of a cartridge from a magazine to an electrically operated vaporizing chamber which activates the heating element is provided by a mechanical pickup means.
US10099007B2	Dressing for use with an infusion kit A dressing, for use in securing an infusion set on a skin surface, the dressing consisting of a film having a skin contacting surface and a non-skin-contacting surface, the skin-contacting surface being provided with an adhesive; a releasable backing layer provided on the non-skin-contacting surface of the film; a releasable liner provided on the skin-contacting surface of the film layer and overlaying the adhesive wherein an aperture is provided having a first portion extending from an edge of the film, backing layer and liner opening into a second portion having a geometry which is identical or substantially similar to the geometry of the perimeter of the hub of an infusion set, and wherein at least one handle is provided between the film and the liner.
US10099006B2	Assembly for injecting a viscous liquid product An assembly used in the injection of a contrast product into a patient is disclosed. This assembly includes a container, an injection flowpath, and a filling flowpath. The injection flowpath extends from the container to the patient, while the filling flowpath extends from a feed source to the container. Part of the injection flowpath is also used by the filling flowpath. One connector is disposed between an upstream filling line tubular section and a pump coupling section within the filling flowpath, while another connector is disposed between a downstream filling line tubular section and this same pump coupling section. This allows the upstream filling line tubular section, the pump coupling section, and the downstream filling line tubular section to differ in one or more respects, for instance with regard to hardness.
US10099000B2	Device and method for identifying a malfunction in an extracorporeal blood circulation Methods and systems for identifying a malfunction in the extracorporeal blood circulation of a dialysis machine are disclosed. The malfunction may be identified by detecting at least one state parameter; determining a first evaluation criterion for identifying a malfunction in the extracorporeal blood circulation (FEB); using the first evaluation criterion, making a decision with respect to the presence of a malfunction in the extracorporeal blood circulation, generating a first error signal, and monitoring the detected state parameter; determining at least one further evaluation criterion; using the at least one further evaluation criterion, making a decision with respect to the presence of a malfunction in the extracorporeal blood circulation and generating at least one further error signal; combining the first error signal and the at least one further error signal to result in a combined error signal; and triggering an alarm if the combined error signal exceeds a predetermined limit value.
US10098999B2	Apparatus and method for the vibratory stimulation of at least one portion of a vascular access device for its monitoring The present invention relates to an apparatus for monitoring a vascular access device, including at least one signal generator for generating vibrations in order to stimulate the vascular access device or a portion thereof to vibrate, at least one signal receiver for detecting vibrations of the vascular access device or of said portion thereof, and at least one evaluation device for evaluating the detected vibrations. Moreover a method for monitoring the vascular access device by using the apparatus of the invention is specified.
US10098998B2	Air trap for a medical infusion device An air trap for a blood circuit and method for removing air from blood in a dialysis unit. The air trap may include a blood inlet supply line, a blood outlet supply line, and a container having an approximately spherical internal wall, an inlet at a top end of the container connected to the blood inlet supply line, and an outlet at a bottom end of the container connected to the blood outlet supply line. The inlet may be offset from a vertical axis of the approximately spherical internal wall such that blood entering the container is directed to flow in a spiral-like path. The inlet port may be arranged to introduce blood into the container in a direction that is approximately tangential to the approximately spherical inner wall of the container and/or in a direction that is approximately perpendicular to the vertical axis of the container.
US10098994B2	Blood processing unit with heat exchanger core for providing modified flow path A blood processing apparatus may include a heat exchanger and a gas exchanger. At least one of the heat exchanger and the gas exchanger may be configured to impart a radial component to blow flow through the heat exchanger and/or gas exchanger. The heat exchanger may be configured to cause blood flow to follow a spiral flow path.
US10098986B1	Ready to use biodegradable and biocompatible artificial skin substitute and a method of preparation thereof The present invention relates to a three-dimensional cell culture system which can be used to culture a variety of different cells (Human mesenchymal stem cells, Human fibroblast, Keratinocytes, fibroblast differentiated form mesenchymal stem cells in vitro and keratinocytes differentiated form mesenchymal stem cells in vitro) in vitro for continued periods of time. In the present invention, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from bone marrow or umbilical cord are inoculated and grown on a pre-established scaffold or matrix made up of chitosan and gelatin. The developed tissue constructs contain cells, growth factors, cytokines and other regulatory factors secreted by cells. The developed bioengineered tissue constructs provide the support, growth factors and essential cytokines for wound healing. Developed tissue construct useful in the treatment of burns wound, diabetic foot ulcer wound and type of chronic skin wounds. It is helpful in healing and regeneration of skin tissue.
US10098984B2	Method for grafting polymers on metallic substrates A method of conferring modified properties, e.g. modified physical and/or biochemical properties, to a metallic substrate surface, including at least two steps being (i) a first step including at least exposing the substrate surface to a hetero-bifunctional anchoring molecule carrying at least a silane group and at least a A1 group, the A1 group being optionally introduced within the anchoring molecule via a preliminary functionalizing step, and (ii) a second step of exposing the substrate surface to a polymer carrying at least three groups A2 capable of reacting with A1 in a thiol-ene reaction, the number average molecular weight of the polymer being greater than 1 000 g/mol.
US10098982B2	Compositions and methods for macrophage conversion The present invention describes methods and compositions of hydrogel microspheres for inducing macrophage conversion by sequentially converting a first population of wound macrophages in a wound to M2A macrophages by exposing the first population of wound macrophages to IL-4 and converting a second population of wound macrophages to M2C macrophages by exposing the second population of wound macrophages to IL-10. One aspect describes a method of inducing macrophage conversion in a wound. Another aspect describes compositions and methods of preparing a hydrogel microsphere for wound healing. Yet another aspect describes methods for treating a chronic wound with hydrogel microspheres.
US10098980B2	Multi-layer articles Multilayer articles having an absorbent nonwoven layer and a barrier layer are described, including those having a surfactant-treated, aliphatic polyester, nonwoven absorbent layer and a barrier layer. Multilayer articles including a tie layer used to enhance the bond between the hydrophilic absorbent layer and the barrier layer are also described. Methods of making and using such articles are also described.
US10098974B2	Catalytic radiofluorination One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of preparing radiofluorinated substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, and alkenyl compounds. In a preferred embodiment, potassium fluoride-18 is used. Another aspect of the invention relates to arylammonium compounds containing fluorine-18 that are useful as imaging agents. In certain embodiments, the ammonium compound is a tetraaryl ammonium salt. Another aspect of the invention relates to arylsulfonium compounds containing fluorine-18 that are useful as imaging agents. In certain embodiments, the sulfonium compound is a triaryl sulfonium salt. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of obtaining a positron emission image of a mammal, comprising the steps of administering to a mammal a compound of the invention, and acquiring a positron emission spectrum of the mammal.
US10098971B2	Library of pH responsive polymers and nanoprobes thereof The present disclosure relates to polymers which contain a hydrophobic and hydrophilic segment which is sensitive to pH. In some aspects, the polymers form a micelle which is sensitive to pH and results in a change in fluorescence based upon the particular pH. In some aspects, the disclosure also provides methods of using the polymers for the imaging of cellular or extracellular environment or delivering a drug.
US10098968B2	Anti-EGFR antibodies and antibody drug conjugates The invention relates to anti-epidermal growth factor (EGFR) antibodies and antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), including compositions and methods of using said antibodies and ADCs.
US10098967B2	Self-assembly of therapeutic agent-peptide nanostructures Disclosed are conjugates of hydrophobic drugs linked to protected or unprotected amino acids or peptides. The disclosed conjugates are amphiphilic and can self assemble into nantubes. Nanotubes comprising the conjugates are also described and can have high loading of the drug and protect it from degradation or elimination. The nanotubes are well suited to deliver hydrophobic and unstable drugs to individuals.
US10098965B2	Compounds and compositions for the treatment of ocular disorders The disclosure describes prodrugs and derivatives of prostaglandins, carbonic anhydrase inhibitors, kinase inhibitors, beta-adrenergic receptor antagonists and other drugs, as well as controlled delivery formulations containing such prodrugs and derivatives, for the treatment of ocular disorders.
US10098964B2	Inclusion complexes and methods for making the same The invention provides novel formulations comprising a stable inclusion complex of tributyrin and a cyclodextrin. In one particular embodiment, the formulation comprises an oven dried inclusion complex of tributyrin and γ-cyclodextrin that is effective in minimizing or preventing the unpleasant taste and odor of tributyrin, thus making it suitable for oral administration and delivery to the digestive tract and intestines. The invention provides compositions of these inclusion complexes and methods of using them that are advantageous as food, medicinal and other products, where the negative sensory properties of tributyrin can be a liability.
US10098963B2	Weekly dosing regimens for anti-CD30 VC-PAB-MMAE antibody drug-conjugates Methods for the treatment of CD30-expressing cancers are provided. The methods comprise administering to a subject in need thereof a weekly dose of from about 0.8 mg/kg to about 1.8 mg/kg of an antibody-drug conjugate compound having formula (I); or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein: mAb is an anti-CD30 antibody unit, S is a sulfur atom of the antibody, A- is a Stretcher unit, and p is from about 3 to about 5.
US10098957B2	Long-acting polymeric delivery systems Compositions comprised of a delivery vehicle or delivery system and an active agent dispersed within the delivery vehicle or system, wherein the delivery vehicle or system contains a polyorthoester polymer and a polar aprotic solvent. Also disclosed are low viscosity delivery systems for administration of active agents. The low viscosity delivery systems have a polyorthoester polymer, a polar aprotic solvent and a solvent containing a triglyceride viscosity reducing agent. Compositions described include an amide- or anilide-type local anesthetic of the “caine” classification, and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), along with related methods, e.g., for treatment of post-operative pain or for prophylactic treatment of pain. The compositions are suitable for delivery via, e.g., direct application and instillation, intradermal injection, subcutaneous injection, and nerve block (perineural).
US10098953B2	Therapeutic agent for fibroid lung Disclosed are: a substance transfer carrier to an extracellular matrix-producing cell in the lung, which comprises a retinoid; a therapeutic agent for fibroid lung, which utilized the carrier; and a preparation kit of the therapeutic agent.
US10098952B2	Inorganic nanoparticles compositions in combination with ionizing radiations for treating cancer The present application relates to activable inorganic nanoparticles which can be used in the health sector, in particular in human health, to disturb, alter or destroy target cancerous cells, tissues or organs. It more particularly relates to nanoparticles which can generate a surprisingly efficient therapeutic effect, when concentrated inside the tumor and exposed to ionizing radiations. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a population of nanoparticles as defined previously, as well as to their uses.
US10098951B2	Antibody/T-cell receptor chimeric constructs and uses thereof The present application provides antibody-TCR chimeric constructs comprising an antibody moiety that specifically binds to a target antigen fused to a TCRM capable of recruiting at least one TCR-associated signaling module. Also provided are methods of making and using these constructs.
US10098947B2	Salmonella conjugate vaccines The invention relates to a conjugate based on Vi polysaccharide which is fragmented and a carrier protein, to compositions comprising said conjugate and to methods for making said conjugates and compositions.
US10098941B2	Immunological compositions containing attenuated Histophilus somni This disclosure provides attenuated Histophilus somni strains, compositions comprising same, and methods of production and use thereof. The attenuated strains may express lower or no levels of various virulence-associated genes, relative to the corresponding pathogenic bacteria Advantageously, the attenuated Histophilus somni strains may be administered orally, intranasally, intra-tracheally, or subcutaneously.
US10098935B2	Aquaporin tolerizing vaccines and methods of use thereof The instant disclosure provides aquaporin DNA tolerizing vaccines and methods of using such vaccines for treating individuals having neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and NMO spectrum disorders. Aspects of the methods include administering to the individual, in need thereof, an effective amount of an aquaporin DNA tolerizing vaccine to reduce one or more symptoms of NMO or an NMO spectrum disorder. Compositions and kits for practicing the methods of the disclosure are also provided.
US10098933B2	Compositions of engineered human arginases and methods for treating cancer Compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer are described, and, more preferably, to the treatment of cancers that do not express, or are otherwise deficient in, argininosuccinate synthetase, with enzymes that deplete L-Arginine in serum. In one embodiment, the present invention contemplates an arginase protein, such as a human Arginase I protein, comprising at least one amino acid substitution and a metal cofactor, said protein comprising an increased catalytic activity when compared with a native human Arginase I.
US10098930B2	PEGylated Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Compounds A chemically modified human Growth Hormone (rhGH) prepared by attaching a transient linker which comprises a polyethylene glycol. The chemically modified protein may have a much longer lasting rhGH activity than that of the unmodified rhGH, enabling reduced dose and scheduling opportunities and the modified rhGH may not cause lipoatrophy. Also includes methods of use for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases or disorders in which use of growth hormone is beneficial.
US10098928B2	Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for enhancing targeting of therapeutic compounds to the central nervous system Pharmaceutical compositions and methods for enhancing targeting of therapeutic compounds to, inter alia, the CNS applied via intranasal administration while reducing non-target exposure are provided. In certain embodiments, at least one vasoconstrictor is provided intranasally prior to intranasal administration of at least one therapeutic compound. In other embodiments, the vasoconstrictor(s) and therapeutic compound(s) are combined in a pharmaceutical composition and delivered intranasally. The present invention substantially increases targeting of the therapeutic compound(s) to, inter alia, the CNS while substantially reducing unwanted and potentially harmful systemic exposure. The preferred administration of the invention applies the vasoconstrictor(s) and/or therapeutic compound(s) to the upper third of the nasal cavity, though application to the lower two-thirds of the nasal cavity is also within the scope of the invention.
US10098922B1	Increasing telomere length in a cell A method of increasing the lengths of telomeres in animal cells is practiced by administering an aqueous extract of an Uncaria species to an animal. The animal may be a human and the Uncaria species may be Uncaria tomentosa. Human subjects receiving a daily dose of an aqueous extract of Uncaria tomentosa for a sufficient period of time exhibited an increase in telomere length relative to a baseline measurement taken prior to treatment. The extract may be administered topically or systemically.
US10098920B2	Method for producing a complex of biologically active substances exhibiting hypoglycemic activity The invention relates to medicine and chemical and pharmaceutical industry, in particular, to methods for producing a complex of biologically active substances exhibiting hypoglycaemic activity of plant material. A method for producing a complex of biologically active substances exhibiting hypoglycaemic activity comprises extracting bean herb with alcohol followed by concentrating and/or drying the extract, wherein the extraction is carried out with 96% alcohol resulting in a first extract and a bean herb residue, wherein the first extract is concentrated resulting in a first solid extract or it is concentrated and dried resulting in a first dry extract and the bean herb residue is extracted with 70% alcohol resulting in a second extract at least a portion of which being concentrated resulting in a second solid extract or being concentrated and dried resulting in a second dry extract.
US10098914B2	Treatment of vocal cords with autologous dermal fibroblast formulation Dosage units consist of an autologous cell therapy product composed of fibroblasts grown for each individual to be treated for augmentation or regeneration of vocal cords. The suspension of autologous fibroblasts, grown from a biopsy of each individual's own buccal mucsoa or skin using current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) and standard tissue culture procedures, is supplied in vials containing cryopreserved fibroblasts or precursors thereof, having a purity of at least 98% fibroblasts and a viability of at least 85%, for administration of from one to six mL, preferably two mL administered three times approximately three to six weeks apart, of cells at a concentration of from 1.0-2.0×107 cells/mL.
US10098913B2	Composition of stem cells having highly expressed FAS ligand This disclosure relates in general to a stem cell treatment. This disclosure further relates to a stem cell treatment using a composition comprising stem cells having highly expressed Fas-L. This disclosure further relates to a stem cell treatment of multiple myeloma. This disclosure also relates to a composition comprising stem cells having highly expressed Fas-L. This disclosure also relates to preparation of a composition comprising stem cell having highly expressed Fas-L. This disclosure also relates to preparation of a composition comprising stem cells having highly expressed Fas-L by using a salicylate. An example of salicylate may be aspirin. This disclosure further relates to a stem cell treatment of multiple myeloma. This disclosure also relates to a stem cell treatment of an inflammatory disease and/or autoimmune disease.
US10098912B2	Treatment and prophylaxis of radiation dermatitis The present disclosure relates to topical formulations comprising purified water, milk protein fluid and thickener, in particular a hydrogel and a lotion, and their use in treatment of radiation dermatitis, in particular in a two-step process for the treatment of radiation dermatitis.
US10098909B2	Ionic cocrystal of lithium, lispro, for the treatment of fragile X syndrome The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an ionic co-crystal (ICC) of lithium with salicylic acid and 1-proline (LISPRO). The pharmaceutical composition can further comprise an anti-inflammatory agent, for example, salicylic acid. An embodiment of the invention provides a method for treating Fragile X Syndrome (FXS) in a subject by administering to the subject a composition comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of LISPRO.
US10098908B2	Method of treating a mammalian teat and related compositions A method of treating or protecting a mammalian teat by applying a topical composition to the teat, wherein the topical conditioning composition comprises (a) citrate; (b) methylene blue; and (c) an alkyl para-hydroxybenzoate; as well as related methods and compositions.
US10098907B2	Method for treating constipation The present invention provides a method of treating constipation and compositions useful in said method. The method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a crosslinked carboxymethylcellulose having high elastic modulus coupled with high absorbance capacity when swollen in simulated gastric fluid/water (1:8) and simulated intestinal fluids.
US10098905B2	Immunomodulating gene therapy The present invention relates, in general, to Pompe disease and, in particular, to a methods of treating Pompe disease and to compounds/constructs suitable for use in such methods.
US10098901B2	Derivatives of oxazaphosphorines and therapeutic uses thereof The present invention relates to novel derivatives of oxazaphosphorines, pharmaceutical compositions and therapeutic uses thereof, in particular for treating or preventing cancer.
US10098900B2	Pharmaceutical compositions and their use for treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases Described herein are combination therapies for cancer (such as lymphoid malignancies) and immune diseases (such as autoimmune diseases and inflammatory diseases). The therapies comprise the combined use of inhibitors of BTK, mTOR kinase, and Bcl-2 or their signaling pathways, and immunomodulatory drugs. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising these inhibitors.
US10098899B2	Drug with activity against the herpes virus family The invention relates to medicine, and specifically to synthetic biologically active derivatives of carbopentoxysulfanilic acid. The novel substance comprises a (2,6-dichlorophenyl)amide salt of carbopentoxysulfanilic acid of general formula: Where X is Na, K, NH4; the drug may be contained in tablets, including sublingual tablets, or in capsules, or in suppositories, or in drops, or in mixtures, or in ointments, creams or other forms for application to the skin and mucosae, or in an oral-buccal film, or in a spray, or in a liquid for parenteral administration, or in chewing gum. A preparation having pronounced activity against herpes viruses is thus produced.
US10098896B2	C-17-heteroaryl steroidal CYP17 inhibitors/antiandrogens, in vitro biological activities, pharmacokinetics and antitumor activity Described are steroidal C-17 benzoazoles, pyrimidinoazoles (azabenzoazoles) and diazines. Methods for their synthesis are also described, which include methods having a step of nucleophilic vinylic “addition-elimination” substitution reaction of 3β-acetoxy-17-chloro-16-formylandrosta-5,16-diene or analogs thereof and benzoazole or pyrimidinoazole nucleophiles and methods having a palladium catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of 17-iodoandrosta-5,16-dien-3β-ol or analogs thereof with tributylstannyl diazines. The compounds are potent inhibitors of human CYP17 enzyme as well as potent antagonists of both wild type and mutant androgen receptors (AR). The compounds are useful for the treatment of human prostate cancer.
US10098895B2	Treatment of symptoms related to neurodegenerative disorders through pharmacological dermal activation of cranial nerves A method for treating a symptom of a neurodegenerative condition. The method includes topically administering a composition that contains a sex steroid or a cannabinoid or a mixture of both to the forehead, to an area of the outer ear of the subject not including the ear canal, or to both of these anatomical locations. The symptom treatable by the method is a motor symptom or a non-motor symptom.
US10098894B2	Transdermal cream This disclosure relates to transdermal pharmaceutical compositions containing progesterone in combination with one or more solubilizing agents and penetration enhancers, wherein the pharmaceutical compositions are formulated as creams for topical administration. In some embodiments, the transdermal pharmaceutical compositions contain progesterone, a medium-chain oil, and d-limonene. In some embodiments, the transdermal pharmaceutical compositions contain progesterone, a medium-chain oil, a penetration enhancer (e.g., propylene glycol, a fatty acid ester of propylene glycol, a glycol ether), and optionally d-limonene. In certain embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions further include estradiol. Methods for treating conditions associated with hormone deficiency in a subject are also described.
US10098892B2	Solid dosage formulations of an orexin receptor antagonist The present invention is directed to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound suvorexant, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a concentration-enhancing polymer, and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant. The concentration-enhancing polymer is a polymer that forms an amorphous dispersion with suvorexant, that is insoluble or almost completely insoluble in water by (a) dissolving the suvorexant or (b) interacting with the suvorexant in such a way that the suvorexant does not form crystals or crystalline domains in the polymer. A concentration-enhancing polymer is water soluble or readily disperse in water, so that when the polymer is placed in water or an aqueous environment (e.g. fluids in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract or simulated GI fluids), the solubility and/or bioavailability of suvorexant is increased over the solubility or bioavailability in the absence of the polymer.
US10098889B2	Complexes and salts of dihydropyrimidine derivatives and their application in pharmaceuticals This invention relates to L-tartaric acid complexes, acid addition salts, base addition salts of the compound named (S)-4-(((R)-6-(2-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-5-(methoxycarbonyl)-2-(thiazol-2-yl)-3,6-dihydropyrimidin-4-yl)methyl) morpholine-3-carboxylic acid or tautomer thereof and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and further relates to use of the compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions in the manufacture of a medicament, especially for use in preventing, managing, treating or lessening a HBV infection. The complex, acid addition salt or base addition salt of the present invention is crystalline form, substantially crystalline form, polymorphism, amorphism, hydrate or solvate.
US10098881B2	Compounds Methods for the treatment of Fragile X that includes administering to a subject in need thereof a compound of formula (I): are described herein.
US10098880B2	Combination of nelfinavir, metformin and rosuvastatin for treating cancer caused by aberrations in PTEN/TP53 The present disclosure relates to a method of treating cancer using a composition comprising Nelfinavir, Metformin, Rosuvastatin, optionally along with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The said composition is used for the treatment of cancer caused due to aberration in PTEN gene, optionally along with aberration in TP53 gene and related genes selected from group comprising PI3K, CDKN2A, MDM2 and MDM4.
US10098875B2	Method of treatment for mental disorders The invention relates to a medicament or a method for treating mental disorders, in detail, ADHD comprising lurasidone, or a combination of lurasidone and a D4 receptor agonist.
US10098874B2	Temozolomide powder formulation The present invention relates to a solid pharmaceutical composition of temozolomide that has good and consistent flowability as a powder and taste masking and is readily dispersible in an aqueous solution suitable for oral administration, e.g., as a dry sprinkle. This permits patients and healthcare workers to accurately measure doses.
US10098869B2	Compounds for the treatment of cancers associated with human papillomavirus The present invention relates to the pyrrolidine substituted with flavone derivatives, represented by the compounds of Formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate, a stereoisomer or a diastereoisomer thereof for use in the treatment of cancers associated with human papillomavirus. The present invention also relates to the pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of Formula (I) for the treatment of cancers associated with human papillomavirus.
US10098867B2	Use of phytocannabinoids in the treatment of ovarian carcinoma The present invention relates to the use of phytocannabinoids in the treatment of ovarian cancer. Preferably the phytocannabinoid is selected from the group consisting of: cannabidiol (CBD); cannabidiol acid (CBDA); cannabigerol (CBG); cannabigerolic acid (CBGA); cannabigerol propyl variant (CBGV); and tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV). In a further embodiment the one or more phytocannabinoids are used in combination with each other. Preferably the combination of cannabinoids consists of CBD and CBG.
US10098861B1	Pharmaceutical composition comprising sodium benzoate compound and clozapine, and uses thereof The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a sodium benzoate compound and clozapine; and a method for preventing, treating and/or reducing the risk of a neuropsychiatric disorder by administering such pharmaceutical composition.
US10098858B2	Aqueous loxoprofen-containing patches An aqueous loxoprofen-containing patch is provided, which has good stability and excellent transdermal absorption of loxoprofen. The aqueous patch includes loxoprofen or a salt thereof and triacetin. Specifically, the aqueous patch includes, based on the weight of the adhesive gel base, 0.1 to 5% by weight of loxoprofen or a salt thereof, 0.5 to 5% by weight of triacetin, 1 to 30% by weight of a water-soluble polymer, 0.01 to 5% by weight of a cross-linking agent, 10 to 90% by weight of purified water, and 0 to 20% by weight of an inorganic powder.
US10098857B2	Topical and transdermal delivery of HIF-1 modulators to prevent and treat chronic wounds Compositions and methods are provided for the prevention and treatment of chronic wounds, including, without limitation, pressure ulcers and diabetic ulcers, by transdermal delivery of an agent that increases activity of HIF-1α in the wound.
US10098856B2	Alternating sympathomimetic therapy for the treatment of respiratory ailments A combination of dosage units for alleviating respiratory ailments and a method of alleviating respiratory ailments which uses this combination of dosage units. The dosage units comprise one or more first dosage units comprising pseudoephedrine and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and one or more second dosage units comprising phenylephrine and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10098855B2	Composition comprising ASM inhibitor as active ingredient for preventing or treating degenerative neurological disorders The present invention relates to a composition comprising an ASM inhibitor as an active ingredient for preventing or treating degenerative neurological diseases. According to the present invention, when ASM is partially removed in an Alzheimer's disease model mouse, that is when ASM is inhibited therein, such when as an Alzheimer's disease model mouse with a partial removal of ASM is in a parabionic union with an Alzheimer's disease model mouse, or when an Alzheimer's disease model mouse is injected with the serum of an Alzheimer's disease model mouse from which ASM gene has been removed, the deposition of β-amyloid in the brain tissue is inhibited and the ability to learn and remember are improved, and the present invention confirms such superb effects. Accordingly, ASM inhibitor can be effectively used to prevent or treat degenerative neurological diseases.
US10098845B2	Muco-adhesive, controlled release formulations of levodopa and/or esters of levodopa and uses thereof The invention provides a controlled release oral solid formulation comprising (a) a controlled release component comprising core comprising levodopa and/or an ester of levodopa or salts thereof, wherein the core is coated with a layer of a muco-adhesive polymer and externally coated with a layer of an enteric coated polymer; and (b) a decarboxylase inhibitor component.
US10098840B2	Nanoparticulate composition containing antibiotics for intramammary administration in animals The present invention relates to the development of two types of polymer nanocapsules to encapsulate cloxacillin benzathine, an antimicrobial drug. More specifically, this invention relates to a new form of treatment for mastitis in dairy cattle. Two nanocapsule formulations have been developed and can be used to encapsulate various drugs, besides cloxacillin benzathine, providing a new therapy for mastitis in cows, avoiding the inconvenience of the use of high doses of drugs used in conventional formulations, thus contributing to an improvement in milk quality.
US10098838B2	Water-soluble granular material for producing a drinking soltuion The invention relates to water-soluble granules for preparing a drinkable solution, in particular for preventing or treating symptoms associated with mild to moderate chronic venous insufficiency of the lower extremities, containing at least 20 percent by weight of a concentrated extract of red wine leaves, and to a ready-to-use packaging unit comprising one or more portion sachets which contain the granules according to the invention.
US10098836B2	Method for forming a molded two-layer ocular implant The present invention generally relates to local therapies for the eye and, more particularly, to shaped controlled-release ocular implant devices, including methods for making and using such devices, for delivery of therapeutic agents to the eye. A molded two-layer ocular implant comprises a therapeutic agent for treatment or prevention of a disorder of the eye. The implant comprises a polymer layer and a silicone adhesive layer with a therapeutic agent interspersed therein and joined to the polymer layer. This implant is for placement in the sub-Tenon's space of the eye and provides sustained release of the therapeutic agent during the treatment or prevention of the disorder of the eye.
US10098835B2	Process for making controlled release medical implant and non-implant products A multi-step method of making a mammalian subcutaneous medical implant or non-implant for releasing self-contained drugs on a controlled basis over at least a 3 day period includes depositing at least portions of one or more individual layers of the implant by at least one computer controlled 3-D printer. The 3-D printing method may be accomplished via an array of 3-D nozzles that deposit materials (such as plastics, thermoplastics, coating materials, drug-containing matrix materials, non-drug containing matrix materials, bonding materials, biodegradable materials and/or the like) in very small, precise portions. The materials may be deposited in liquid, powder, sheet or other forms. Non-implant forms may also be provided by the techniques disclosed herein.
US10098831B2	Surface-treated powder and cosmetic having the same Provided is a surface-treated powder, where at least one compound of general formula (1) adheres to the surface of the powder. In formula (1), R2 is a monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having 6-12 carbon atoms, R4 is a monovalent non-aromatic hydrocarbon group having 1-30 carbon atoms, R1 and R0 are a group selected from aforementioned groups defined for R2 and R4, and R3 is a group of formula (2), R5 is a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 8 carbon atoms and R6 is an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a, b, c, and d are integers of from 0-3, 0-200, 1-150, and 0-50, respectively, provided that when a is 0, d and e are integers of from 1-50 and 0-2, respectively, and c/(b+c+d) is 0.25 or more.
US10098829B2	Low water metal ion dentifrice A dentifrice composition having a low water phase comprising effective amounts of polyphosphate and ionic active ingredients. The composition comprises a source of metal ions, an inorganic phosphate salt having four or more phosphorus atoms and a cross-linked polyvinylpyrrolidone thickening agent in a single phase. Preferred metal ions are stannous, copper and zinc, in particular from zinc citrate and stannous fluoride.
US10098828B2	Cosmetic method for controlling odors The invention relates to a cosmetic method for treating human body odors. Said method includes:(i) applying, to the skin, a composition containing a polymer (I): wherein R′ is, separately, H or an acetyl grouping or a —CO-L-X grouping, the polymer containing at least one R′═—CO-L-X grouping, L being a divalent hydrocarbon group containing 1 to 20 carbon atoms, X denoting a photoactive azide or diazirine group, and n ranging from 5 to 2000; then (ii) exposing the skin to visible light. The method used on the skin can also be used on materials for deodorizing malodorous environments such as shoe soles or clothing.
US10098822B2	Dental stain removal and prevention Provided herein is a method for removing a chemical stain from a dental surface or inhibiting chemical staining of a dental surface, comprising contacting the dental surface with an oral care composition comprising zinc phosphate and an orally acceptable carrier.
US10098821B2	Process of manufacture of an antiperspirant composition A process for manufacture of an antiperspirant composition comprising the reaction of an aqueous solution of aluminum sesquichlorohydrate, water soluble calcium salt and amino acid, at a total anhydrous solids content of from 33 to 60% by weight and at a temperature of at least 65° C., for a period of from 1 to 24 hours, wherein the molar ratio of water soluble calcium salt to aluminum sesquichlorohydrate is at least 1:40 and the molar ratio of amino acid to aluminum sesquichlorohydrate is at least 1:20, the mixture then being cooled to less than 25° C. and diluted with at least an equal weight of water or to a total anhydrous solids content of less than 31% by weight, the dilution phase being performed within 10 days of cooling phase.
US10098814B2	Sealing arrangement and container associated with same A sealing arrangement is for a container (1) and/or container part, such as a closure cap placed onto the container (1). The interior of the container (1) is used to accommodate a medium, particularly a fluid bottled in a sterile manner, which can be removed from the container (1) by a removal device such as a syringe needle. The removal device penetrates sealing material (9) connected to the container. The sealing material (9) is fixedly connected to the outside (7) of the container (1) and/or container parts facing the environment by a fused and/or adhesively bonded connection.
US10098813B2	Perfusion dosage form The present invention relates to a method for enabling hospitals or clinics to administer a dose of a drug to patients in need thereof while avoiding steps of manipulation, dilution, reconstitution, dispensing, sterilization, transfer, handling or compounding before intravenous administration.The present invention further relates to a perfusion system comprising different sets of perfusion containers, each container comprising a ready-to-infuse, stable, sterile, aqueous perfusion solution of a drug, wherein the set of perfusion containers alone or in combination provides for direct intravenous administration of a desired dose of the drug to a patient in need thereof, such that the delivered dose is equal to or within ±5% of the calculated dose.
US10098807B1	Walking cane device An improved walking cane device adapted to be used by a blind person to aid in walking and navigating upon any walking surface, use information pre-programmed upon a computer module, use information gathered by a receiver member in an elongated shaft, and send information through a speaker member in the elongated shaft and the wireless earpiece to the blind person for aiding in walking and navigating upon any walking surface.
US10098806B2	Tactile warning panel apparatus with smart technology Multipurpose tactile warning panels (TWPAs) for use in pedestrian walkways, and in particular tactile warning panels that are designed and built with multifunction/multipurpose capabilities that serve the visually impaired and enable the deployment of smart city technology. The TWPAs integrate tactile warning systems and subsurface enclosures that can withstand pressures of five (5) tons up to and exceeding sixty (60) tons and incorporate small cells, beacons, sensors, Fog Computing, electric energy generation, rechargeable power supplies, wireless M2M communication and a plethora of other smart city technologies.
US10098797B2	Endboard for a person support apparatus A person-support apparatus comprises a frame configured to support a person thereon, and an endboard assembly configured to be removably coupled to the frame. The endboard assembly includes an endboard assembly including an endboard body and a plurality of support members that are configured to removably couple the endboard body to the frame in a use position and cooperate to maintain the endboard body in an upright orientation when the endboard assembly is uncoupled from the frame and in a storage position.
US10098796B2	Powered roll-in cots According to one embodiment, a roll-in cot may include a support frame, a pair of back legs, a pair of front legs, and a cot actuation system. The pair of back legs and the pair of front legs can be slidingly coupled to the support frame. Each of the pair of front legs can include a front wheel and an intermediate load wheel. The intermediate load wheel is offset from the front wheel by a load wheel distance. A front actuator can raise the pair of front legs such that the front wheel and the intermediate load wheel of each of the pair of front legs are aligned along a loading level. The intermediate load wheel of each of the pair of front legs can be offset from the pair of back legs by a loading span. The load wheel distance can be greater than the loading span.
US10098795B2	Absorbent article An absorbent article that has an exterior body. In the exterior body is an edge part which is forming a part of the leg opening unit. A rear end of the absorber is positioned in the crotch region so as not to overlap with a waistline elastic member. In an absorber disposition region in which the absorber is disposed, an end in a widthwise direction of the exterior body is positioned inside in the widthwise direction more significantly than an end in the widthwise direction of the absorber, and a part of a leg-holes elastic member is disposed.
US10098793B2	Tampon having spirally shaped grooves A tampon for feminine hygiene, having an insertion end, a recovery end, a recovery tape, and a longitudinal axis. The tampon is made of compressed fibrous material and has an outer surface that is at least partially provided with spirally shaped, pressed longitudinal grooves. The grooves define spirally shaped longitudinal ribs. Also disclosed is a method for producing the tampon.
US10098792B2	Methods and apparatuses for making absorbent articles having contoured belts The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for assembling disposable pant diapers having contoured elastic belts. During the assembly process, opposing end regions of chassis are connected with the elastic belts in the form of first and second continuous elastic laminates. The chassis are then folded to place the elastic laminates into a facing relationship. The inner longitudinal edges of one or both the elastic laminates are then cut to define a contoured shape. Discrete pieces of trim material may be removed from one or both the elastic laminates, and the first and second continuous elastic laminates are cut in the cross direction to form discrete pant diapers. In some configurations, a single knife both removes the trim material and cuts the elastic laminates in cross direction. And in some configurations, a first knife removes the trim material and a second knife cuts the elastic laminates in cross direction.
US10098788B2	Electro-optical glare-protection filter with a liquid crystal cell being a fringe-field switching cell for a welder protection device The electro-optical glare protection filter includes a liquid crystal cell, which is a laterally extended liquid crystal cell defining a volume between two laterally extended sides. The volume containing liquid crystals and having, in a vertical direction perpendicular to lateral directions, a thickness being smaller than an extension of the volume in any lateral direction. The FFS cell includes a first electrode structure and a second electrode structure, which are arranged to change an orientation of the liquid crystals in the volume when a voltage is applied between them. Both the first and the second electrode structure are present at the same laterally extended side of the volume. The first electrode structure may include a plurality of electrically separate electrodes, and the second electrode structure may include a plurality of electrode lines.
US10098786B2	Steerable laser probe A steerable laser probe may include a handle, an actuation structure, an optic fiber, and a housing tube. The housing tube may include a first housing tube portion having a first stiffness and a second housing tube portion having a second stiffness. The second stiffness may be greater than the first stiffness. The optic fiber may be disposed within the housing tube and within an inner bore of the handle. A compression of the actuation structure may be configured to gradually curve the optic fiber. A decompression of the actuation structure may be configured to gradually straighten the optic fiber.
US10098782B2	Laser therapy system and method for treatment of a collagen structure and of varicose blood vessels in an eye The present invention refers to a Laser therapy system and a method for treatment of a sclera/conjunctiva of an eye, comprising: a dispenser for a photosensitizer agent; a 3D imaging unit; an image processing unit being adapted to recognize the collagen tissue structure and to determine a thickness thereof; a UVA light source being adapted to a crosslinking of the collagen tissue; a second Laser light source being adapted to be absorbed mainly by varicose blood vessels; an optical system for deflecting and focusing the UVA light and the second Laser light on a focus point within the sclera/conjunctiva; a processing and control unit being adapted to determine a target thickness and a thickness deviation; a pattern for an application of the UVA light energy; a UVA light energy to effect a growth of the collagen tissue structure until the target thickness is achieved.
US10098780B2	Sleep apnea prevention A method and apparatus for sleep apnea prevention includes a clamp that has an upper clamp segment having a distal end and a hinge end, the distal end being is adapted to engage the patient's upper lip adjacent the nose and a lower clamp segment having a distal end and a hinge end, the distal end being adapted to engage the patient's lower jaw behind the mandibular symphysis. A hinge connects the upper and lower segments at the hinge ends. The upper and lower segments apply force to the patient's face and jaw such that the lower jaw is moved upwardly and forwardly. Adjustable force can be applied by elastic members connected to the upper and loser segments. Alternatively, the hinge can be held in a desired position by a hand-adjustable nut and bolt. The distal end of the upper clamp segment can include portions that project laterally and upwardly in order to apply compressive force to a patient's face on either side of the patient's nose.
US10098778B1	Compliant body support system for crouching and kneeling work Methods and systems for passively supporting the upper body of a human user working at or near the ground are described herein. In one aspect, an upper body support system braces the torso of a human user against a surface of the work environment. This frees the hands and arms of the human user that would otherwise be occupied supporting the human torso. This enables a human user to comfortably use both hands to execute a particular work task. The upper body support system performs the support functionality described herein without the use of active devices. The upper body support system includes one or more passive upper body support assemblies each coupled to a harness assembly worn by the human user. Each passive upper body support assembly includes an extensible body support limb that extends toward the surface of the working environment and supports the human user compliantly.
US10098777B2	Ankle stirrup An ankle stirrup has a base, an ankle holder, a holder extender, and four combination structures. The ankle holder is pivotally combined with the base. The holder extender is pivotally combined with the ankle holder and located over the ankle holder. The four combination structures are disposed on the base, the ankle holder, and the holder extender to combine with the base, the ankle holder, and the holder extender. The ankle stirrup can achieve a fixing effect for an ankle of a user.
US10098773B2	Restrictive and/or obstructive implant for inducing weight loss Described herein is a system for inducing weight loss in a patient, which comprises an extragastric space occupier positionable in contact with an exterior surface of a stomach wall to form an inward protrusion of wall into the stomach, and a retention device positionable in contact with the wall to retain the inward protrusion and to thereby capture the extragastric space occupier within the protrusion.
US10098772B2	Kink resistant stent graft A stent graft is disclosed and can include a stent and a graft engaged with the stent. The graft can include an inner surface and an outer surface. Further, at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface can include a plurality of protrusions as viewed in cross section extending through a longitudinal axis.
US10098769B2	Device and method for loading implant into delivery system A device and method for loading an implant into a delivery system are disclose which are capable of simplifying operations required in interventional surgery using the implant. The device includes a guide cap (1), a guider (2) and a guiding tube (3). The guide cap (1) has a conical section (101) and a straight or conical tube (103) in communication with a small open end (102) of the conical section, and the conical section has a large open end (104) that flares outward, thereby forming a flange (105) facing the tube (103). The guider (2) has tapered sections (9, 10) that are tapered along an axis of the guider and thus form large and small open ends (8, 11). The small open end (11) has a diameter greater than a diameter of the small open end (102) of the conical section of the guide cap (1). The guide cap (1) and the guider (2) are so sized that the flange (105) can cover and be locked to the guider (2), with an end portion of the straight or conical tube (103) protruding from the small open end (11) of the guider (2). The guiding tube (3) is a round tube with two open ends, in which the first open end has a diameter greater than the diameter of the small open end (102) of the conical section of the guide cap and smaller than the diameter of the small open end (11) of the guider.
US10098759B2	Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a central ramp, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the central ramp capable of being moved in a first direction to move the first and second endplates outwardly and into an expanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed down an endoscopic tube.
US10098758B2	Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations.
US10098755B2	Stand alone interbody spinal system An embodiment includes an orthopedic fusion system comprising: a cage; a curved first channel coupling a lateral wall of the cage to a superior surface of the cage; a curved second channel coupling the lateral wall of the cage to an inferior surface of the cage; a third channel coupling the superior surface of the cage to the inferior surface of the cage; a curved first anchor configured to slide within the first channel; a curved second anchor configured to slide within the second channel; and a resilient member comprising a resilient first arm that projects across a portion of the first channel and a resilient second arm that projects across a portion of the second channel. Other embodiments are described herein.
US10098750B2	Prosthetic intervertebral disk An intervertebral disk prostheses for the total replacement of an intervertebral disk of the lumbar and cervical spine has an upper plate having upwardly projecting formations anchoring it to an upper vertebra on its upper face and a concavity on its inner face surrounded by an edge. A lower plate is provided with downwardly projecting formations anchoring it to a lower vertebra on its lower face and a flat inner face surrounding a groove extending front-to-back. A middle plate between the upper and lower plate has on its upper face a convexity that is identically or differently shaped to the concavity on the inner face of the upper plate and a ridge extending front-to-back surrounded by a flat lower face of the middle plate. The ridge has flanks and the groove houses the ridge of the middle plate and permits the ridge to slide front-to-back in the groove.
US10098747B2	Extended patellofemoral Disclosed herein are knee replacement systems for replacing the articular surface of a distal femur. The systems include one or more unicompartmental components, namely patellofemoral, lateral condylar and medial condylar components. The components are configured such that when engaged to the femur the peripheries thereof do not cross specific locations and/or regions of the femur, namely the intercondylar notch and condylopatellar notch. The patellofemoral components described herein preferably have an extension portion extending posteriorly from a posterior periphery thereof towards an intercondylar notch of the femur without contacting the intercondylar notch of the femur when the patellofemoral component is engaged to the femur. The extension portion preferably extends posteriorly from a posterior periphery of the patellofemoral component towards the condylopatellar notch of the femur without contacting the notch.
US10098743B2	Prosthetic implant support structure A prosthetic system that includes a prosthetic implant and a support structure secured to an inner surface of a cavity of a bone is disclosed. The support structure defines a channel that extends through the length of the support structure. The prosthetic implant is received in the channel, and a portion of the prosthetic implant is secured to an inner surface of the support structure by an adhesive. The support structure may comprise a pair of partially hemispherical components arranged in spaced apart relationship thereby defining the channel between the pair of components.
US10098737B2	Tissue anchor for annuloplasty device An apparatus including an implant configured to be coupled to cardiac tissue of a patient, the implant including a sleeve; a spool coupled to the implant; a flexible contracting member coupled to the spool and the sleeve such that winding the contracting member around the spool tightens the contracting member; and a tissue anchor including a distal tissue coupling element configured to couple the tissue anchor to the cardiac tissue of the patient; and a proximal implant-receiving element configured to receive at least a portion of the implant and facilitate coupling of the implant to the tissue anchor; and a proximal implant-receiving element including an implant-restraining element coupled to a portion of the implant-receiving element, the implant-restraining element being configured to restrain the implant from separating from the implant-receiving element.
US10098733B2	Expandable prosthetic valve having anchoring appendages A heart valve prosthesis includes an expandable prosthetic valve including three valve leaflets coupled to an anchoring structure. The anchoring structure includes an annular member and a plurality of arms movably coupled to the annular member at one end. The free ends of the arms extend radially away from the prosthesis toward a valve annulus. The arms are configured to fit in a space defined between an open native valve leaflet and a wall of a valve sinus. The arms are sufficiently resilient such that they resist downward movement in response to pressure exerted on the prosthesis, facilitating anchorage and stabilization of the prosthesis at the implantation site.
US10098731B2	Mitral valve repair Apparatus and methods are provided for use with a mitral valve of a heart of a subject. The apparatus includes a P1-anchor, a P2-anchor, and a P3-anchor, that are anchored to tissue in a vicinity of, respectively, P1, P2 and P3 segments of a posterior leaflet of the mitral valve, a tether being fixedly coupled to the P2-anchor, and slidably coupled to the P1 and P3 anchors. A cardiac-site anchor anchors the tether to an anchoring location that is at a cardiac site that is anterior and inferior to the posterior leaflet. Other embodiments are also described.
US10098730B2	Injector for implanting an intraocular lens An injector system for implanting an intraocular lens into an eye includes an injector body having a front and rear ends; a cannula arranged at the front end, which provides a transport channel for a lens to be implanted; a magazine with a receptacle area for a lens which is securable in the receptacle area by a retainer, the magazine being arranged so that a lens can be fed into the transport channel via the preferably lateral inlet opening; a folding body insertable into the magazine and into the inlet opening, for pushing the lens into the transport channel in a manner so that the lens is partially foldable around the folding body; and a slider which is slideably arranged in the injector body and which can be pushed into the transport channel via the front end so that the lens can be ejected from the transport channel.
US10098725B2	Endovascular treatment aid An endovascular treatment aiding device is an endovascular treatment aiding device including a flexible shaft; a filter fixed to the shaft such that an opening section is formed in the proximal side, wherein a ring having elastic restoring force is fixed to the opening section, which filter is capable of being opened and closed in an umbrella-like manner, and is in a conical shape having a bottom formed by the ring when the filter is open; and a linear supporting member fixed to the ring and a part of the shaft such that they are connected to each other, which linear supporting member enables closing the filter by application of an external force to the proximal side; wherein coils formed with a radio-opaque material is/are wound around the ring; when the filter is closed, a plurality of mountains pointing toward the distal side and a plurality of valleys pointing toward the proximal side are alternately formed in the ring to form a shape in which the mountains are positioned close to each other, and the valleys are positioned close to each other; and the coils are arranged on the ring such that the coils contain the positions fixed by the supporting member on the ring, but do/does not contain the positions of the peaks of the mountains and the peaks of the valleys.
US10098723B2	Non-entangling vena cava filter A method of treating a patient includes providing an implantable vessel filter including a plurality of legs and center-post, inserting the filter into a delivery assembly, and deploying the filter at a desired location in a patient's body. One or more of the legs may have a hook at a distal end thereof and the center-post includes a grooved distal section to receive the hooks. The filter legs transition from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration during deployment.
US10098722B2	Absorbable/biodegradable composite yarn constructs and applications thereof Absorbable composite medical devices such as surgical meshes and braided sutures, which display two or more absorption/biodegradation and breaking strength retention profiles and exhibit unique properties in different clinical settings, are made using combinations of at least two types of yarns having distinctly different physicochemical and biological properties and incorporate in the subject construct special designs to provide a range of unique properties as clinically useful implants.
US10098717B2	Apparatus and methods for cleaning teeth and gingival pockets Various apparatus and methods for cleaning teeth and gingival pockets are disclosed herein. A fluid platform can include a pressure wave generator configured to propagate pressure waves through a treatment fluid. The pressure waves may be sufficient to remove undesirable dental deposits from a treatment tooth, neighboring gums, and/or spaces between the tooth and gums.
US10098716B2	Lithium silicate glass ceramic and glass with hexavalent metal oxide Lithium silicate glass ceramics and glasses containing specific oxides of hexavalent elements are described which crystallize at low temperatures and are suitable in particular as dental materials.
US10098713B2	Scanning sequence for an intra-oral imaging system Provided are a system, method, and computer readable storage medium for generating an intra-oral scan of a dentition. A contiguous scan of an occlusal surface of at least a part of one arch of the dentition is generated. At least one additional surface is associated to the contiguous scan of the occlusal surface.
US10098706B2	Operation input device and medical manipulator system Provided is an operation input device for inputting an operation command to a medical manipulator having a distal-end-side moving portion having at least one joint on a distal end and a proximal-end-side moving portion that is connected to a proximal-end side of the distal-end-side moving portion and moves the distal-end-side moving portion, and the operation input device includes a first operation portion that generates a moving command for driving the distal-end-side moving portion in accordance with an operation command input with a palm or a finger and a second operation portion that is linked to the first operation portion and generates the moving command for driving the proximal-end-side moving portion in accordance with an operation command input with a wrist or an arm.
US10098701B2	Force measurement apparatus, force measurement method, force measurement program, force measurement integrated electronic circuit, and master-slave device A force measurement apparatus includes a force detection unit that measures a force generated when a forceps is brought into contact with an inside of a body when an operator inserts a forceps or an endoscope into the body and measures a force generated when the forceps acts on a living body from outside the body, a reference information generating unit that generates reference information serving as information of a force acquired by the force detection unit when the forceps is located at a predetermined position, and an individual force calculation unit that individually calculates a force generated when the forceps acts on the living body in the body based on the reference information.
US10098698B2	Laser probe tip A probe tip for communicating and laterally directing electromagnetic radiation comprises a waveguide, a primary capsule, a compressible member and a malleable secondary capsule. The waveguide is configured to communicate electromagnetic radiation and includes a beveled surface at a distal tip for redirecting electromagnetic radiation in a lateral direction. The primary capsule is attached over the distal tip of the waveguide. The compressible member covers a portion of the primary capsule. The malleable secondary capsule is positioned over the primary capsule and the compressible member, and includes a crimp that compresses the compressible member against the primary capsule and secures the secondary capsule to the primary capsule.
US10098697B2	Microwave tissue dissection and coagulation A surgical instrument is configured to concurrently dissect and coagulate tissue. The surgical instrument includes a handle and a shaft extending distally from the handle. The shaft includes an outer hypotube, a lumen coaxially-disposed within the hypotube and extending beyond a distal end thereof, a coaxial feedline coaxially-disposed within the lumen, and having an inner conductor and an outer conductor disposed coaxially about the inner conductor, and a coolant tube coaxially-disposed between the lumen and the coaxial feedline to form an inflow conduit and an outflow conduit. The instrument further includes a dissecting head assembly coupled to a distal end of the shaft. The dissecting head assembly includes a dielectric core having a substantially planar radiating surface and at least one non-radiating surface, a reflective coating disposed on the at least one non-radiating surface of the dielectric core, and a blade extending from the radiating surface.

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