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US10106029B2	Fuel tank structure A fuel tank structure includes: a fuel tank that is installed in an automobile and that accommodates fuel; a bag-shaped member that is fixed to a ceiling portion of an interior of the fuel tank, and that can inflate and deflate; and a supporting plate that is provided at the bag-shaped member at a position facing a bottom portion of the fuel tank, the supporting plate having a specific gravity that is lower than a specific gravity of the fuel and causing the bag-shaped member to inflate toward the bottom portion of the fuel tank due to a weight of the supporting plate.
US10106028B1	Internal transmission oil cooler mounting strategy A method for internal transmission oil cooler (ITOC) mounting includes molding an ITOC end tank to include at least one aperture extending through an external fluid port for connecting a transmission fluid line. At least one ITOC mounting fixture is disposed internal to the ITOC end tank, and an ITOC having at least one fluid aperture surrounded by an O-ring is aligned with the at least one mounting fixture. The ITOC is snapped into the at least one mounting fixture to create a press fit fluid seal between the O-ring and the at least one aperture of the end tank.
US10106024B2	Hybrid manual transmission A vehicle powertrain includes a manual transmission with an input shaft including a plurality of input gears and at least one main shaft including a plurality of driven gears engaged with the input gears. An engine includes a drive shaft drivingly connected to the input shaft via an engine disconnect clutch and a launch clutch. An electric motor is non-concentric with the input shaft and is drivingly connected to the input shaft via the launch clutch.
US10106023B2	Vehicular door structure When a first weather strip is mounted in a door panel, first, a hook portion of the first weather strip is locked to a lock hole formed so as to be open in the door panel. Next, a clip portion of the first weather strip is engaged with a clip hole formed so as to be open in the door panel. A second weather strip is mounted on an opposite side of the door panel opposite to the first weather strip. With the above, the first weather strip and the second weather strip are mounted in the door panel from both directions extending in the vehicle width direction, and a first lip of the first weather strip and a second lip of the second weather strip continue in a longitudinal direction.
US10106022B2	Truck cover system A truck cover system with a rail defining a cover slot that couples to a cover that extends over a bed of a truck. A clamp system couples the rail to a truck wall. The clamp system includes a first clamp frame that couples to the truck wall, and the first clamp frame includes first and second ends with respective first and second sets of teeth. The first set of teeth engages rail teeth on the rail, and a second clamp frame couples to the rail and to the first clamp frame to secure the rail to the truck. The second clamp frame includes third and fourth ends with respective third and fourth sets of teeth. The third set of teeth couples to the truck wall and the fourth set of teeth couples to the second set of teeth of the first clamp frame.
US10106017B2	Sun visor assembly having multiple mirrors A sun visor assembly including a visor body and a mirror panel pivotally connected to the visor body. The mirror panel includes a first mirror oriented in a first direction and a second mirror oriented in a second direction. The two mirrors have different magnification factors.
US10106016B2	Roller blind sheet for a protective device of a vehicle interior compartment Roller blind sheet for a protective device of a vehicle interior compartment, including a flexible structure which is displaceable between a pulled-out protective position and compactly stored rest position in a vehicle interior. The structure is associated with lateral reinforcing metal tapes on opposite longitudinal sides thereof, and in the assembled state the tapes are guided in vehicle-related, lengthwise shiftable guiding rails. On the longitudinal sides of the structure, thin connecting strands made of metal are fixed, which are welded to the respective metal tape using a plurality of welding spots spaced along the longitudinal direction of the longitudinal sides.
US10106014B2	Operation knob for register An operation knob that includes fin insertion holes formed at both side surfaces of the operation knob, a jig insertion hole formed at a side of the operation knob, and a separation portion formed by separating a part of the jig insertion hole. In the separation portion, a connection portion partially connects an upper facing side and a lower facing side of the connection portion and retains a predetermined clearance therebetween. The first separation surface of the connection portion on the upper facing side and the second separation surface of the connection portion on the lower facing side are contacted with each other, thus even if the connection portion is deformed so that the clearance becomes narrower, a minimum clearance corresponding to a height of the connection portion is retained based on the first separation surface and the second separation surface contacting each other.
US10106009B2	Suspension control apparatus for vehicle and control apparatus for damping-force adjustable shock absorber A suspension control apparatus for a vehicle including a damping-force adjustable shock absorber interposed between a vehicle body and a wheel of a vehicle, and a controller for variably controlling damping-force characteristics of the damping-force adjustable shock absorber between hard and soft. The controller is configured to switch the damping-force characteristics to a soft side when a direction of a stroke of the damping-force adjustable shock absorber is reversed between an extension stroke and a contraction stroke.
US10106008B2	Suspension controlling apparatus for vehicle A suspension controlling apparatus for a vehicle includes a suspension whose damping force is variably settable and a control unit capable of controlling the damping force of the suspension on the basis of a target damping force, to control the damping force of the suspension with a desired control amount and a high responsibility. A control unit includes a acceleration calculation device for calculating an acceleration in a forward and rearward direction of a vehicle on the basis of an operation input amount to the vehicle and a target damping force setting device for determining a target value of damping force on the basis of a damping force map determined in advance in response to the acceleration and a differentiation value of the acceleration.
US10106004B2	Amphibious vehicle Provided is an amphibious vehicle capable of maintaining stable vehicle posture by pitching control during cruising on water and also reducing wave drag caused by waves on water. The amphibious vehicle according to the present invention is characterized by being provided with: a vehicle body (11) capable of moving on sea and land; a front flap (14A) with one end portion secured to a lower end portion of the vehicle body (11) in such a manner that a principal surface is inclined with respect to a front surface (11a) of the vehicle body (11); and a rear flap (14B) with one end portion secured to a lower end portion of a rear surface (11b) of the vehicle body (11).
US10106002B2	Hitch receiver A height adjustable hitch receiver is disclosed and described.
US10106001B2	Hitch ball mount and method of forming the hitch ball mount A hitch ball mount is shown and described. The hitch ball mount may include a generally tubular body having first and second end portions, the first end portion engageable with a hitch receiver of a towing vehicle, and a drop portion monolithic with the tubular body and formed between the first and second end portions of the tubular member. The hitch ball mount may further include a hitch ball mounting portion monolithic with the drop portion and tubular body, the hitch ball mounting portion formed at the second end portion of the tubular member and extending from the drop portion, where a hitch ball is selectively attachable to the hitch ball mounting portion.
US10105998B2	Wireless tire monitoring device The present invention relates to a wireless tire monitoring device for a vehicle. Accordingly, the wireless tire monitoring device (100) includes: a) a tire pressure/temperature signal transmitting device (110); b) at least one sensor unit (130) for measuring or detecting at least one parameter relating to the conditions of the tire (200); c) an antenna (150) for transmitting signal corresponding to the tire conditions; wherein the wireless tire monitoring device (100) is detachably mounted to a valve stem (210) of the tire (200) and being served as a cap for the valve stem (210); wherein the antenna (150) includes at least one curvature strip (151) configured at same axis (Z-Z) with the valve stem (210) so that it center axis aligns with the valve stem (210) of the tire (200); and wherein the antenna (150) and valve stem (210) share a common axis (X-X) of a tire wheel (230) and adapted to be revolved about the common axis (X-X) of the tire wheel (230).
US10105996B2	Inner tube protective device Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel solution for preventing pinch flats and installation flats incurred by an inner tube as a result of the wheel striking an object. Embodiments are directed to an inner tube protector that fits within a tire and provides mechanical protection to the inner tube against tire strikes. Embodiments may include an inner region adapted to support an inner tube installed around a rim of a wheel. Additionally, embodiments may include an outer region adapted for insertion within and against the rim lip of the rim which provide protection to the inner tube responsive to the wheel striking an object. As such, embodiments may be positioned between the rim and inner tube in a manner that dulls an edge of the rim lip and, thereby, provides protection to the inner tube when compressed against the otherwise sharp edges of the rim lip.
US10105994B2	Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire includes a tread surface which is sectioned into a center area, a mediate area arranged in an outer side of the center area, and a shoulder area arranged in an outer side of the mediate area, wherein inclined grooves are formed spaced apart in a tire circumferential direction, the inclined grooves continuously extending from the mediate area to the shoulder area, in blocks in the mediate area and the shoulder area sectioned by the inclined grooves, an angle of inclination of a side wall on a leading side with respect to a normal direction of the tread surface is greater than an angle of inclination of a side wall on a trailing side with respect to a normal direction of the tread surface, and a plurality of dimples are formed in the side wall on the leading side of the block in the mediate area.
US10105986B2	Foldable palette blank A foldable palette blank includes a working portion defining a first working surface and a second working surface opposite from the first working surface, the working portion defining a reservoir hole extending from the first working surface to the second working surface; a support portion defining a first support surface and a second support surface opposite from the first support surface; and a hinge disposed between the working portion and the support portion of the foldable palette blank, the hinge flexibly connecting the working portion to the support portion, the hinge foldable about a hinge axis; wherein the support portion is configured to cover an end of the reservoir hole when the foldable palette blank is folded about the hinge, and the working portion is positioned in facing contact with the support portion.
US10105983B2	Marking pen A marking pen including a body having a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis that extends centrally through the body and through the first end and the second end, and a pen adjacent the first end. The body is generally cylindrical from the first end to the second end. The marking pen further includes a fin that extends from the body between the first end and the second end. The fin is integrally formed with the body and has a height measured normal to the longitudinal axis. The height of the fin gradually increases in a direction from the second end toward the first end.
US10105980B1	Printing apparatus, main body of printing apparatus and cassette There is provided a printing apparatus which includes a base, a movable member which is movably held by the base, to be movable along a first direction which is parallel to the base, a spring which applies a bias to the movable member, at one side in the first direction, a bearing which is supported by the movable member, a roller which is rotatably supported by the bearing, and is extended in a second direction orthogonal to the base, and which guides the ink ribbon, a first detection target member which is provided to the roller, to be rotatable integrally with the roller, and a first sensor which is provided to the movable member, and is facing the first detection target member, and which detects rotation of the first detection target member.
US10105972B2	Inkjet recording device An inkjet recording device allows a recording medium to be set easily, and prevents the recording medium from being warped so that printing quality is not lowered. An inkjet printer includes a bed including a surface that supports a recording medium, and a pivoting device that pivots the bed around a horizontal axis to locate the bed horizontally or vertically or pivots the bed around the horizontal axis to incline the bed with respect to a horizontal plane. The inkjet printer also includes a pair of guide rails provided on the bed and extending in an X direction and a movable member extending in a Y direction, engaged with the pair of guide rails and slidable on the pair of guide rails to move in the X direction.
US10105968B2	Sheet processing device and image forming system A sheet processing device for pressing a fold line formed in a sheet, the sheet processing device comprises a pressing portion configured to press a sheet while rotating about a rotation axis. The pressing portion includes a pressing unit having a projecting shape, disposed over a predetermined range in a direction of the rotation axis to have a position in a rotation direction about the rotation axis changed according to the direction of the rotation axis, and an impact absorbing member provided at a part of the pressing unit of the pressing portion, abutting on the sheet at first in the rotation direction of the pressing portion, the impact absorbing member configured to reduce impact upon abutting on the sheet.
US10105962B2	Liquid ejection apparatus A liquid ejection apparatus includes: a head; a first-liquid-passage member defining a first liquid passage as a portion of a liquid passage connecting between the head and a tank; a second-liquid-passage member, as another portion of the liquid passage, defining a second liquid passage and having a gas permeability less than the first-liquid-passage member; a purging device; and a controller configured to: obtain air-position information relating to a position of air having flowed into the liquid passage from a liquid inlet opening; and execute a liquid discharge processing in which the controller controls the purging device to execute a liquid purging operation such that an amount of the liquid discharged when the air position indicated by the air-position information is located in the second liquid passage is less than that of the liquid discharged when the air position is located in the first liquid passage.
US10105961B2	Liquid supply device including liquid container and external member, and printing device including same A liquid supply device includes a liquid container that includes a liquid containing chamber, which is capable of containing liquid, and a liquid inlet, which allows the liquid containing chamber to be filled with liquid. An external member covers at least a portion of the liquid container excluding a portion where the liquid inlet is located from an outer side. A seal member seals a gap between the external member and the liquid inlet. The liquid supply device is configured to allow the liquid to be supplied from the liquid container to a printing unit that performs printing on a medium using the liquid.
US10105957B2	Liquid tank having first and second chambers A tank includes a case provided with a pair of lateral walls separated in a first direction, a first chamber and a second chamber retaining a liquid, a liquid channel rendering communication between the second chamber and the outside of the case, a liquid inlet port for filling the first chamber with the liquid, a first communicating port rendering communication between the first chamber and the second chamber, and a second communicating port rendering communication between the second chamber and the liquid channel. If the first chamber and the second chamber retain the liquid at the maximum amount retainable in the tank in the usable posture, then with the tank in such a rotated posture that one of the pair of lateral walls becomes the upper end of the tank along a vertical direction, the first communicating port is positioned above the level of the liquid at the maximum amount.
US10105951B2	Liquid discharge apparatus, head drive control device, recording medium, and actuator drive control device A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head and a head drive controller. The liquid discharge head includes an actuator including an electromechanical transducer element. The head drive controller controls the liquid discharge head. The head drive controller includes a drive waveform generator and a voltage updater. The drive waveform generator generates a drive waveform to be applied to the electromechanical transducer element. The voltage updater updates a voltage value of the drive waveform to a larger value with an elapse of time. The voltage updater sets a time interval of update of the voltage value to be longer as a number of times of the update is greater.
US10105949B2	Recording element substrate, liquid ejection head, and liquid ejection apparatus A recording element substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of energy generating elements arranged on the substrate to form an element row, a plurality of supply ports arranged along the element row to form a supply port row, and a plurality of supply paths extending from the plurality of supply ports along the thickness direction of the substrate, wherein a plurality of beam portions disposed between adjacent supply ports in the direction of the supply port row has a plurality of conductor layers in which a conductor layer including a power supply conductor connected to the energy generating elements and a conductor layer including a ground conductor connected to the energy generating elements, are stacked along the thickness direction of the substrate, and wherein at least one of the plurality of conductor layers is occupied by one power supply conductor or one ground conductor.
US10105948B2	Image inspection device, image inspection method, program, and ink jet printing system An image inspection device analyzes data of a first read image obtained by reading a defective nozzle detection pattern which is recorded in a first region of a recording medium by a single pass ink jet printing apparatus to detect a defective nozzle of a line-type ink jet head used to record the defective nozzle detection pattern and stores a history of the detection result of the defective nozzle in a history information storage unit. The image inspection device analyzes data of a second read image of a printed image recorded in a second region of the recording medium to detect an image defect of the printed image and collates information about the detected image defect with history information stored in the history information storage unit to specify a defective nozzle causing the image defect.
US10105945B1	Inkjet recording apparatus and recording method using the same An inkjet recording apparatus 100 which records on a transferred recording medium X by an inkjet scheme, wherein the inkjet recording apparatus 100 includes guide rolls R for guiding the recording medium X, the recording medium X being negatively charged, recording units 1, 2, 3, and 4 formed of a plurality of recording heads 1a, 2a, 3a, and 4a for spraying ink onto the recording medium X, and a conductive frame unit 11 for supporting the recording heads 1a, 2a, 3a, and 4a, the recording heads 1a, 2a, 3a, and 4a and the conductive frame unit 11 having a continuity relation and the recording heads 1a, 2a, 3a, and 4a being grounded via the conductive frame unit 11.
US10105944B2	Liquid discharge head, liquid discharge device, and liquid discharge apparatus A liquid discharge head, includes a plurality of nozzles from which a liquid is discharged, a plurality of individual-liquid-chambers that communicate with the plurality of nozzles, a supply-side common-liquid-chamber to supply the liquid to the plurality of individual-liquid-chambers, a plurality of drainage channels that communicate with the plurality of nozzles, a drainage-side common-liquid-chamber to drain the liquid in the plurality of drainage channels, a supply-side filter disposed upstream from the plurality of nozzles in a liquid flow direction in which the liquid flows through the liquid discharge head; and a drainage-side filter disposed downstream from the plurality of nozzles in the liquid flow direction.
US10105943B2	Lamination apparatus and lamination method using the same Disclosed herein are a lamination apparatus which adheres substrates to a cover window having a curved surface and a lamination method using the same. The lamination apparatus includes a first jig on which a cover window is mounted, wherein a curved surface portion is formed in the cover window and a curvature center thereof is positioned behind the curved surface portion, a second jig on which a guide member is seated, wherein a substrate is mounted on the guide member and the guide member has a width greater than that of the substrate, and an interference member provided to interfere with both facing front surfaces of the guide member, wherein the interference member interferes with the guide member and the guide member is bent when the second jig approaches the first jig.
US10105942B2	Systems and methods for forming radius fillers for composite structures Systems and methods for forming radius fillers for composite structures are disclosed herein. The systems include a sheet-locating structure that has a support surface and a support surface edge. The systems further include a separation device, a conveyance structure, and a layup surface. The methods include locating a sheet of composite material on a first support surface and translating the sheet of composite material such that a first portion of the sheet is supported by the first support surface and a second portion of the sheet extends past the support surface edge. The methods also include separating the second portion of the sheet from the first portion of the sheet to form a strip of composite material. The methods further include conveying the strip of composite material onto a layup surface and repeating the methods to form the radius filler from a plurality of strips of composite material.
US10105938B2	Self-stiffened composite panel and method of producing same The disclosure proposes a method for producing a panel having an outer skin and stiffeners that have a connecting portion, and at least one projecting portion, the method comprising a step of draping layers of fibers over at least one insert such that each layer of fibers has a connecting portion and a portion that projects downwardly from the connecting portion, a step of draping a layer of fibers that forms the outer skin, and a step of bonding the layers of fibers together. The disclosure also provides a device for implementing the method.
US10105933B2	Luminous automotive-vehicle glazing unit and automotive vehicle with such a glazing unit A luminous automotive-vehicle glazing unit includes a first glazing pane, made of organic or mineral glass, of refractive index n1 of at least 1.4 with first and second main faces; a light source coupled to the first glazing pane; and a light-extracting system including a scattering layer of width of at least 1 cm including scattering dielectric particles bound by a transparent matrix of refractive index n2. The scattering particles are mainly microparticles that are spaced apart from one another and that include a shell made of a transparent dielectric material and making contact with the transparent matrix, the shell surrounding a core of refractive index n3 of at most 1.15 and of largest dimension called D3 in a range extending from 5 μm to 200 μm, the microparticles having a largest dimension D′ smaller than 2D3.
US10105932B2	Process for producing laminated glass composites with embedded electrically conductive structures Production of glass laminates containing electrically conductive structures is facilitated by including the electrically conductive structures on a first polyvinyl acetate film with low or no plasticizer content, and employing a second polyvinyl acetal film with a high plasticizer content.
US10105921B2	Closure for a product-retaining container A synthetic closure for a product-retaining container is constructed for being inserted and securely retained in a portal-forming neck of said container, said closure comprising at least a core member comprising at least one cycloolefin-based copolymer.
US10105918B2	Internal optical elements produced by irradiation-induced refractive index changes Systems and methods are provided for forming an optical element within a transparent material using an irradiating optical beam, where the irradiating optical beam is employed to induce internal refractive index changes in the transparent substrate. Optical elements such as bulk and gradient index lenses may be formed in the transparent structure according various embodiments of the disclosure. An optical element may be formed by selecting a refractive index profile for the optical element, determining a corresponding suitable spatially dependent irradiation intensity profile for producing the selected refractive index profile, focusing an irradiating optical beam within the transparent structure, and controlling an intensity and position of the focused irradiating optical beam within the transparent structure according to the spatially dependent irradiation intensity profile.
US10105917B2	Off-road vehicle tire repair patch, kit, and method A patch kit and method for repairing a tear in a sidewall of an off-road vehicle tire includes an inside patch component, an outside patch component, and a compressing component for assembling, joining and compressing the inner and outer patch components together with the tire sidewall sandwiched therebetween. The compressing component is a threaded rod and a nut or bolt head to dispose on both ends. The inside and outside patch components are rigid or semi-rigid cupped shells with a hole for the threaded rod, so that the rod may pass through the patches and the tear for compression by tightening a nut. To facilitate tire repair without removing the tire from its rim, a recovery cable is temporarily connected to pull together repair components after they are separately pushed through the tear into the tire.
US10105915B2	Rigidized fiber array A composite component includes a fiber array, a plurality of platelets bridging between fiber filaments of the fiber array and rigidizing the fiber array, and a resin-based phase disposed within voids of the fiber array. A method of making a composite component is also disclosed.
US10105913B2	Wind turbine blades and method of manufacturing the same Method of making a spar cap includes: providing a plurality of composite strips, each strip being of constant cross section defined by first and second sides and edges, the first and second sides comprising first and second abutment surfaces, the strip being of uniform thickness between the abutment surfaces, a first edge region of the strip comprising a first edge being of relatively reduced thickness, the first side of the strip comprising an edge surface, and the strip having a peel ply layer at least partially covering the first abutment surface and the edge surface; removing the peel ply layers; stacking the strips such that the first abutment surface abuts an abutment surface of an adjacent strip to define an interface region, such that a clearance region is defined; supplying resin to the respective clearance regions and causing the resin to infiltrate into the interface regions; and curing the resin.
US10105912B2	Fiber substrate stacking method, manufacturing method of roll of fiber substrate group, fiber substrate group, and aircraft The present invention aims to sufficiently impregnate each layer of a fiber substrate group composed of fiber substrates, which are used for fiber-reinforced resin molding by a resin injection method, with a resin. To successively stack a plurality of fiber substrates, each of which has arrayed fiber bundles and is a material composing a fiber-reinforced resin along with a resin, with their fiber bundles oriented in the same direction, the plurality of fiber substrates are integrated in a state where border zones between the fiber bundles adjacent to each other in an array direction are aligned with one another among the fiber substrates.
US10105911B2	End of arm tooling End of arm tooling system and a method for manufacture is provided. The end or arm tooling system provides automated material handling, part manipulation, pre-forming and transferring of a pre-impregnated carbon fiber material. A robot is connected to end of arm tooling for automated material handling and transfer operations from at least a lower preform tool system where light compression is applied to a molding press. The end or arm tooling system includes a cured silicone membrane as well as vacuum and air blow off, allowing for robotically preforming, picking up and dropping-off pre-impregnated carbon fiber materials which are notoriously sticky and difficult to handle.
US10105909B1	Three-dimensional multifunctional ablative thermal protection system A system for fabricating an ablative, 3D fiber-woven thermal protection material, with porosity 0.5-15 percent, reduced thermal conductivity, very low thermal recession, high glass transition temperature, high frontface-backface temperature difference, relatively high mass density, and significant compression strength and tensile strength.
US10105908B2	Process for producing modified olefin polymer in an extruder The present invention is directed to a process for producing a modified olefin polymer in an extruder having a feed zone, a melting zone, optionally a mixing zone and optionally a die zone, (A) introducing a stream of an olefin polymer into the feed zone of the extruder; (B) introducing a stream of a free radical generator directly into the feed zone or the melting zone or the mixing zone, if present, of the extruder; (C) introducing a stream of a functionally unsaturated compound directly into the feed zone or the melting zone or the mixing zone, if present, of the extruder; (D) extruding the mixture in the extruder at a temperature which is greater than the decomposition temperature of the free radical generator and the melting temperature of the olefin polymer but less than the decomposition temperature of the olefin polymer thereby producing the modified olefin polymer in the extruder; and, optionally, (G) passing the melt of the modified olefin polymer through the die zone to a pelletiser.
US10105901B2	Rapid prototyping apparatus with page-width array printing module A rapid prototyping apparatus with a page-width array printing module is disclosed. The rapid prototyping apparatus includes a construction platform, a movable platform and a page-width array printing module. The construction platform has a construction chamber. The length of the construction chamber is ranged from 0.8 m to 1.5 m, the width of the construction chamber is ranged from 0.8 m to 1.5 m, and the height of construction chamber is ranged from 0.8 m to 1.2 m. The movable platform is disposed above the construction platform. The page-width array printing module is installed on the movable platform and synchronously moved along a single direction in a reciprocating motion. The page-width array printing module has plural inkjet head structures disposed thereon, so that a rapid prototyping width-page printing operation is performed.
US10105900B2	Coating unit A coating unit for a coating machine for coating plate- or strip-shaped workpieces, which contain wood, wood materials, plastic, or the like at least in some sections, with a coating material. The coating unit includes a first interface for accommodating an exchangeable joining-agent processing device and for supplying said exchangeable joining-agent processing device with energy, and a first exchangeable joining-agent processing device that can be coupled to the first interface, which first exchangeable joining-agent processing device has an energy conversion device for converting the energy provided via the interface in order to prepare a joining agent for joining the coating material.
US10105898B2	Resin joined body, manufacturing method of resin joined body, and vehicle structure A resin joined body includes a thermoplastic resin molded body and a thermosetting resin molded body. The thermosetting resin molded body has a thermoplastic resin portion embedded in the thermosetting resin molded body and exposed at a portion of a surface of the thermosetting resin molded body. The thermoplastic resin portion of the thermosetting resin molded body is welded to the thermoplastic resin molded body thereby joining the thermosetting resin molded body to the thermoplastic resin molded body.
US10105897B2	Method for calculating support structures and support elements for attaching a support strut of same Method for calculating support structures, consisting of support struts, for a three-dimensional layered object on a platform, comprising: for each layer, determining a surface of the layer that is open in relation to a lower layer, and determining support points, on which the layer is to be supported; assigning a respective cone to each support point, with each cone located with the cone tip in the respective support point and opening toward the platform; forming groups of support points of all layers to be supported, with each group being assigned all of the support points, the cones of which forming overlaps with other cones of other support points; and for each group, calculating at least one support structure, with one support strut ending in each support point of each group, and the support structure standing on the platform or on a portion of the object lying below the group.
US10105896B1	Nozzle head cleaning module A nozzle head cleaning module including a base housing having a main slope; a main carrier received in the base housing, a sub-carrier received in the main carrier and has a cover protruding upwardly, and an interference structure is provided. A set of one or more horizontal planes is formed on the main slope. A set of one or more main slide pins contacting with the main slope protrudes from the main carrier including a sub-slope, and the main carrier is moved along the main slope. When resting on the main slope, the main slide pin contacts with the main slope by multiple contact points. When resting on the horizontal plane, the main slide pin contacts with the horizontal plane by multiple contact points. The horizontal plane support main slide pin to maintain the cover in a raised position when the main slide pin is located thereon.
US10105886B2	Thermoplastic injection molded element with integral thermoplastic positioning system for reinforced composite structures Disclosed embodiments may relate generally to manufactured elements having composite reinforcement, and more specifically to elements comprising a composite precisely positioned within the element for support. Embodiments of such elements typically may be formed using injection molding. Embodiments may further comprise an integral thermoplastic positioning system for positioning the composite, and encapsulating thermoplastic forming the exterior geometry of the element.
US10105885B2	Two-layered injection molded field joint for pipeline applications A method of coating a field joint and a coated field joint formed thereby. The field joint coating includes a first thermal insulation material injection molded over the uncoated field joint to form a first layer, and a second thermal insulation material injection molded over the first layer to form a second layer. The second material has a greater flexibility than the first material and a lower maximum operating temperature than the first material. In certain embodiments, the second material forms a significant part of the volume of the field joint coating.
US10105884B2	Tool for forming an injection molded composite construct A structure is injection molded onto a group of panels to form a container. The container has a tray and an injection-molded feature. The tray has a plurality of side panels that extend at least partially around, and at least partially define, a cavity of the container. The tray has a plurality of multi-part flanges with at least one of the multi-part flanges including a lower flange portion and an upper flange portion. The injection-molded feature has band that is injected molded onto the lower flange portion and the upper flange portion. An injection-molded strip extends along and at least partially defines the corner of the container. The strip extends downward from the inner portion of the band in the elongate corner of the container. A tool is also disclosed for forming the container.
US10105870B1	Combination polycrystalline diamond bit and bit holder A combination bit and bit holder assembly includes a bit holder having a forward body portion and a shank. The forward body portion includes an upper end and a lower end. An insert is mounted in the bore of the upper end of the body portion. The insert also includes a central bore that receivingly retains a receiving cup. The receiving cup includes a bottom portion and an annular flange that extends from the bottom portion and defines a hollow forward portion. A bit is mounted in the hollow forward portion of the receiving cup which is configured to have a ductility that provides impact absorption to the bit.
US10105863B2	System and method for object and operator profiling in an object detection system in a saw A method for operating an object detection system in a saw produces profiles for materials used in work pieces. The method includes operating a motor in the saw to move an implement and cut a work piece formed from a predetermined material, recording, a sensing signal produced in the object detection system during contact between the work piece and the implement, generating a detection profile for the material of the work piece based on the recorded sensing signal, storing, the detection profile in a memory in the saw, and operating the saw and the object detection system using the detection profile to distinguish between contact of the implement with a work piece formed from the predetermined material and contact of the implement with a portion of a body of an operator.
US10105861B2	Slitting apparatus and method for producing separator roll A wrinkle caused in a separator roll is inhibited. A slitting apparatus (6) changes a conveying direction of a first separator (12a) by a direction changing roller (68) toward a first take-up roller (70U), and conveys the first separator via an assisting roller (69) which is provided between a take-up position of the first separator to be wound and the direction changing roller so as to shorten a conveying distance between the take-up position and a roller immediately before the take-up position.
US10105860B2	Tool for controlled cutting A Tool for making controlled cuts using a template cutting guide to facilitate the registration and cutting of a workpiece including, an elongated body portion having a top face and a bottom face separated by a thickness, a cutting guide slot sized to receive and control a cutting blade and extending through the thickness of the elongated body which may include guide lines with equidistant spacing. Additionally, the cutting guide may utilize push pins or fasteners to secure the cutting guide to the workpiece. The cutting guide allows the user to execute precise cuts in material such as mat board using a standard utility knife.
US10105859B2	Guide for cutting walls A wall cutting guide includes a guide member for guiding a cutting tool, the guide member having an opening therein and the opening having first and second sides; and a clamp. The clamp includes a deformable locator which can be deformed by a variable amount, a spindle, and a handle. The locator is arranged to be inserted in a hole in a wall. The spindle extends through the opening and out of the first and second sides of the opening. On the first side of the opening the handle is connected to the spindle. On the second side of the opening the locator is connected to the spindle. The handle is adjustable to control the amount by which the locator is deformed thereby to locate the locator in the hole.
US10105857B2	Safety razor A safety razor includes a handle and a head portion. The handle has a first end portion with a handle aperture and a second end portion. The head portion is removably coupled to the first end portion of the handle and has a replaceable lubrication member, a guard, a replaceable blade, and a cap. The lubrication member has one or more lubrication strips. The guard has one or more notches configured for receiving the lubrication strips of the lubrication member. The blade has at least one cutting edge. The cap has a projection extending therefrom, and the projection is configured to extend through respective apertures in the blade, the guard, and the lubrication member and into the handle aperture to removably couple the head portion to the handle.
US10105855B2	Quick disconnect apparatus for modular tooling A modular tooling receiver that includes a wall having a port that extends through it, an engaging member that is movably disposed in the port, and a lock actuator that is disposed on a first side of the wall. The lock actuator is moveable between a first position in which the lock actuator urges the engaging member in a first direction defined from the first side of the wall to a second side of the wall and a second position wherein the lock actuator permits the engaging member to move in a second direction defined from the second side of the wall to the first side of the wall. A first biasing element biases the lock actuator toward the first position. A damper controls a rate of motion of the lock actuator from the second position toward the first position.
US10105854B1	Gripper-mounting mechanism A gripper-mounting mechanism includes an outer shell, a motor unit, a first transmission unit, and a plurality of second transmission units. The outer shell includes spaced-apart first and second walls, and a receiving wall that extends from the second wall toward the first wall and that defines a receiving channel adapted to receive an end effector therein through an opening of the second wall. The first transmission unit includes a transmission gear unit driven by the motor unit. The second transmission units surround the receiving wall. Each of the second transmission units includes a grip member driven movably by the transmission gear unit. The grip members are movable relative to the outer shell toward or away from each other.
US10105853B1	Flexible robot end-effector for assembling door closure A flexible end-effector for a robot includes a frame and a clamp assembly movably coupled to the frame. As such, the clamp assembly is movable relative to the frame along a first direction, wherein the clamp assembly includes a locator and a clamp movably coupled to the locator. The clamp assembly also includes pneumatic actuator coupled to the clamp to move the clamp between an open position and a closed position. The flexible end-effector further includes linear motion slides coupled between the clamp assembly and the frame to allow the clamp assembly to move linearly relative to the frame along the first direction. Further, the flexible end-effector includes a servomotor assembly coupled to the linear motion slide to actuate the linear motion slide. The servomotor assembly includes a servomotor and a motor controller integrated with the servomotor.
US10105851B2	Torch and torch attachment An attachment for a torch includes a combustion cone mounted on a fuel delivery tube. The combustion cone bounds a combustion chamber and has an inlet through which fuel from the tube enters the chamber to create a flame when the torch ignites the fuel. The cone diverges away from the inlet and to an outlet to enable the flame to diverge and spread within the chamber. The chamber substantially contains the flame therein. At least one apertured radiator, and preferably, a pair of apertured radiators, is mounted in the chamber in direct contact with the flame, and heated by the flame to a temperature sufficient to cause each radiator to radiate infrared radiation through and past the outlet. A tipping-resistant holder holds a fuel canister of the torch upright when placed on a support surface.
US10105846B2	Robot control system having stop function A robot control system includes an operation command output unit which outputs an operation command of a motor, a position detection unit which is provided on the motor to detect the position of a control shaft, a stop signal output unit which outputs a stop signal to stop the robot when the speed of the control shaft acquired from the position detection unit exceeds a speed threshold value, and an operation command interruption unit which interrupts the operation command outputted from the operation command output unit when the stop signal is outputted.
US10105845B1	Modular robot system A robotic system includes a body including at least one attachment mechanism configured to removably couple a modular component to the body. The modular component includes at least one movable part operable to move relative to the body when the modular component is attached to the body. The system includes a communication interface coupled to the body and configured to be communicatively coupled to the modular component to receive information relating to the modular component and operation of the at least one movable part. The system includes a control system coupled to the body and the communication interface. The control system is configured to: in response to the modular component being attached to the body, receive the information from the modular component by way of the communication interface, and operate the at least one movable part of the modular component according to the information.
US10105844B2	System and method for controlling robotic machine assemblies to perform tasks on vehicles A robotic machine assembly includes a movable robotic arm configured to perform an assigned task that involves moving toward, engaging, and manipulating a target object of a vehicle. The assembly also includes a communication circuit configured to receive manipulation parameters for the target object from a remote database. The manipulation parameters are specific to at least one of the vehicle or a vehicle class in which the vehicle belongs. The assembly also includes one or more processors configured to generate a task performance plan for the robotic arm based on the manipulation parameters. The task performance plan includes prescribed forces to be exerted by the robotic arm on the target object to manipulate the target object. The one or more processors also are configured to drive movement of the robotic arm during performance of the assigned task according to the task performance plan.
US10105843B2	Robot device, remote control method of robot device, and program There is provided a robot device including a behavior plan unit that detects a current status of the robot device or an external environment and that decides one behavior plan of a plurality of behavior plan candidates as a future behavior plan, based on the current status, and a display control unit that decides one display pattern of a plurality of previously prepared display pattern candidates as display content to be displayed on a remote control device that remotely controls the robot device based on the decided behavior plan and that cause the remote control device to display the display pattern decided by the behavior plan unit.
US10105836B2	Processing apparatus A processing apparatus with a novel structure where a tool side rotates in relation to a main body side, capable of producing excellent quality transmission of an electrical signal from the tool side to the main body side with a simpler and more compact composition, and capable of driving an ultrasonic transducer provided on the tool side more effectively. A pair of signal coils are disposed between the main body side and the tool side so as to be able to transmit an electrical signal, and a power supply frequency to the ultrasonic transducer provided to the tool side is controlled by a power supply control member. At least one of the signal coils is provided with a coil winding path that reduces noise electromotive force generated due to an effect from power coils provided to the main body side and the tool side.
US10105834B2	Adapters for chain pipe vises Adapters are described which enable a wide array of tools to be secured and/or mounted in a chain pipe vise. Also described are methods of using adapters with chain pipe vises in order to stably mount tools in the chain pipe vise.
US10105833B2	Swimming pool skimmer basket handle A skimmer basket handle with a horizontal crossbar, a post that extends upwardly from the crossbar to a grip, and a leg that extends downwardly from the crossbar to a foot. The crossbar extends the diameter of the basket. Horizontal knobs at each end of the crossbar fit into openings in the sides of the basket. The post maintains the grip above the water line. The leg and foot are sized and shaped so that the bottom of the foot rests on the floor of the basket when installed to maintain the handle in the upright position. To make the length adjustable for different depth baskets, the leg is relatively short and the foot has a tubular upward extension with an internal stop located at the desired position during manufacture to suit the distance to the floor of the basket.
US10105832B2	Battery powered tool The present disclosure relates to a battery powered tool (1) extending in a longitudinal direction (Z), comprising a tool body (10) and a battery pack (20), which battery pack is arranged on the tool body and adapted to power the tool. The tool body is provided with a through aperture adapted to receive the battery pack, such that the tool body at least partly surrounds the battery pack.
US10105828B2	Wrench structure for small-distance operations A wrench structure for small-distance operations includes a wrench, a driving device, a latching device and an elastic device. The wrench includes a wrench head, a central portion and a rear end which has an operation area and a slot area with two latching grooves that are vertical, parallel and overlapped with each other, each of the latching grooves having a lateral angle offset. The driving device includes a ratchet member disposed in the operation area, an outer ring portion of the ratchet member having plural driving teeth. The latching device includes two latching members, two front end surfaces of the latching members having plural teeth individually, the latching members being in the latching grooves and being connected with the plural driving teeth individually, a lateral angle offset being between the latching members. The elastic device is disposed in the slot area for urging the latching members.
US10105826B2	Methods of making polycrystalline diamond bodies having annular regions with differing characteristics Polycrystalline diamond bodies having an annular region of diamond grains and a core region of diamond grains and methods of making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a polycrystalline diamond body includes an annular region of inter-bonded diamond grains having a first characteristic property and a core region of inter-bonded diamond grains bonded to the annular region and having a second characteristic property that differs from the first characteristic property. The annular region decreases in thickness from a perimeter surface of the polycrystalline diamond body towards a centerline axis.
US10105825B2	Method of making polishing layer for chemical mechanical polishing pad A method of forming a chemical mechanical polishing pad polishing layer is provided, including: providing a mold having a base with a negative of a groove pattern; providing a poly side (P) liquid component; providing an iso side (I) liquid component; providing a pressurized gas; providing an axial mixing device; introducing the poly side (P) liquid component, the iso side (I) liquid component and the pressurized gas to the axial mixing device to form a combination; discharging the combination from the axial mixing device at a velocity of 10 to 300 m/sec toward the base; allowing the combination to solidify into a cake; deriving the chemical mechanical polishing pad polishing layer from the cake; wherein the chemical mechanical polishing pad polishing layer has a polishing surface with the groove pattern formed into the polishing surface; and wherein the polishing surface is adapted for polishing a substrate.
US10105823B1	Dental tool sharpening fixture adapter An adapter for a fixture for sharpening dental instruments has an engagement arm for connecting to the fixture and for creating a holding space for different width sharpening stones, a bearing shelf for supporting different width sharpening stones, and a base member for supporting the adapter when connected to the fixture.
US10105815B2	Multiaxial vibration-peening system A method for controlled peening includes forming a surface layer on a workpiece by impacting a surface with a tool wherein the tool is under control to form compressive residual stresses in the surface layer. A system for peening a workpiece includes a tool configured to vibrate and an effector operatively connected to control the tool. The tool includes a peening surface. The tool is configured to cause controlled impact between the peening surface and a surface of a workpiece to form a surface layer of the workpiece with compressive residual stresses. The effector is configured to move the tool in multiple axes.
US10105814B2	Polishing sheet, polishing tool and polishing method A polishing sheet includes a sheet including one side having a surface, a plurality of convex portions provided to project from the surface of the one side of the sheet, a plurality of first abrasive grains provided on an upper surface of each of the convex portions, and a plurality of second abrasive grains provided on the surface of the sheet. The second abrasive grains each have hardness higher than that of the first abrasive grains.
US10105807B2	Abnormality diagnosis device for machine tool, and abnormality diagnosis method Provided is an abnormality diagnosis device for a machine tool, and an abnormality diagnosis method, whereby it is possible to diagnose the degree of damage to a spindle system due to a collision. An abnormality diagnosis device (40) for a machine tool (1) has: a displacement sensor (36) for detecting the amount of displacement of a spindle bearing (30); an acceleration sensor (38) for detecting the acceleration of a ram (28); a collision determination unit (46) for determining whether the ram or a spindle (32) has collided with a work piece, on the basis of at least the amount of displacement of the spindle bearing detected by the displacement sensor or the acceleration of the ram detected by the acceleration sensor; and a damage determination unit (50) for determining the degree of damage to the spindle bearing on the basis of at least the amount of displacement of the spindle bearing, the acceleration of the ram, or a frequency characteristic of vibration of the ram due to rotation of the spindle obtained from the acceleration of the ram, when the collision determination unit determines that the ram or the spindle has collided with the work piece.
US10105805B2	Cutting tool and method for cutting openings in a body A device is arranged to be able to provide openings in a body. The device comprises a cutting head having a front and a rear. The cutting head is provided with a cutting device; a power transmission body arranged to be able to transmit power from a driving means to the cutting device; a drive unit holder, wherein the drive unit holder is adapted to be able to be arranged at a distance (A3) from the rear of the cutting head; at least one connecting body having a first and a second end portion, wherein the connecting body connects the cutting head to the drive unit holder; and a support arranged to be able to rotatably hold the device on a body.
US10105800B2	Apparatus and method for manufacturing coil screens Apparatus and method for manufacturing coil screens. Apparatus includes a working surface having a first edge and a second edge; a joining device, which is structured and arranged to deposit coils on the working surface, being movable over the working surface in a direction of movement from the first edge to the second edge; and a slider, which is arranged on the working surface at least in a region of the first edge, being movable perpendicularly to the direction of movement of the joining device.
US10105799B2	Hub unit manufacturing apparatus An axial section of a continuous portion where an outer peripheral surface of a spindle portion of a main spindle in which a punch is installed is continuous with an outer peripheral surface of a punch holder is formed of a first circular arc joined to the outer peripheral surface of the spindle portion and a second circular arc joined to the outer peripheral surface of the punch holder. The first circular arc and the second circular arc are in contact with each other. The second circular arc is smaller than the first circular arc in curvature radius.
US10105798B2	Surface improvement of additively manufactured articles produced with aluminum alloys A method for improving the surface of an aluminum alloy article includes manufacturing the aluminum alloy article using an additive manufacturing technique, wherein the article as-manufactured includes one or more of cracks, roughness, or porosity at a surface of the article; coating the surface of the aluminum alloy article with a diffusion element, the diffusion element being capable of diffusing at least 0.2 mils into the article; heating the aluminum alloy article coated with the diffusion element to cause the diffusion element to diffuse the at least 0.2 mils into the article, thereby forming a diffusion layer of at least 0.2 mils in thickness comprising both aluminum alloy and diffusion element; and removing the diffusion layer from the aluminum alloy article, whereby upon the removing, a resulting improved surface of the article comprises fewer or smaller cracks, reduced roughness, or reduced porosity.
US10105797B1	Welding table A welding table may include a table top and one or more legs coupled with the table top. The table top and the one or more legs may be electrically conductive. To inhibit an electric charge from being transmitted from the table top to the one or more legs, the one or more legs may be electrically isolated from the table top. By electrically isolating the one or more legs from the table top, electrical equipment associated with the welding table may be protected from damage, such as electrical burnout. In certain implementations, the one or more legs may be height adjustable, and electrical equipment for adjusting the height of the one or more legs may be protected from damage by electrically isolating the one or more legs from the table top.
US10105795B2	Braze compositions, and related devices A braze alloy composition for sealing a ceramic component to a metal component in an electrochemical cell is presented. The braze alloy composition includes copper, nickel, and an active metal element. The braze alloy includes nickel in an amount less than about 30 weight percent, and the active metal element in an amount less than about 10 weight percent. An electrochemical cell using the braze alloy for sealing a ceramic component to a metal component in the cell is also provided.
US10105789B2	Systems and methods for ultrasonic welding Systems and methods to improve weld quality are described. For example, certain systems and methods described use weld quality monitoring as feedback to an ultrasonic welding process to improve weld quality. Still other systems and methods provide improvement to double sided and single sided ultrasonic welding through the use of selected multiple pulses.
US10105788B2	Systems and methods for ultrasonic welding Systems and methods to improve weld quality are described. For example, certain systems and methods described use weld quality monitoring as feedback to an ultrasonic welding process to improve weld quality. Still other systems and methods provide improvement to double sided and single sided ultrasonic welding through the use of selected multiple pulses.
US10105786B2	Device for changing electrode caps of a welding unit and welding method A device is configured for changing electrode caps of a welding unit. The device includes at least one reserve unit configured to hold in reserve electrode caps which are required for welding with the welding unit. The device also includes a cap changing unit configured to change an electrode cap mounted on a welding tool for another electrode cap held in reserve in the reserve unit. The cap changing unit is configured to arrange the electrode cap demounted from the welding tool in the at least one reserve unit.
US10105784B2	Weld line-detecting method and industrial robot The present invention is a weld line-detecting method when fillet welding by an industrial robot including a welding torch is taught. The welding torch on which an angle sensor having a contactor is attached is moved toward a welding object, angle information obtained when the contactor is in contact with the welding object is transmitted to the industrial robot, and the industrial robot moves the welding torch based on the angle information so that the angle of the contactor becomes zero. These operations are repeated, and the welding torch is moved toward a fillet part along the surface of the welding object. When the contactor arrives at the fillet part, a signal indicating that the contactor is pressed in the axial direction of the contactor is transmitted to the industrial robot. The industrial robot detects that the contactor arrives at the position to be welded on the weld line.
US10105781B2	Welding system inrush current control system and method A welding component, such as a remote pendant or wire feeder includes an inrush current control circuit. The welding component may be coupled to a welding power source when the power sources is live and outputting power. Power is stored in the component, such as in capacitors, for operation of a local power supply, such as for an operator interface, display, and the like. Upon connection to the power source, the current application to the capacitors may be delayed to reduce or prevent arcing. The inrush current may also be limited, as may the voltage, to similarly reduce arcing and to provide additional benefits.
US10105780B2	Method and system of using a consumable and a heat source with a weld puddle A system for and a method of controlling a filler wire and/or an heat source is provided. The system includes a high intensity energy source configured to heat at least one workpiece to create a molten puddle on a surface of the at least one workpiece. A filler wire feeder is configured to feed a filler wire into said molten puddle, and a travel direction controller is configured to advance the high intensity energy source and the filler wire in a travel direction to deposit the filler wire on the at least one workpiece. The system also includes a controller configured to move the filler wire and/or the energy source in at least a first direction during the feeding and advancing of the filler wire. At least the first direction is controlled to obtain a desired shape, profile, height, size, or admixture of a bead formed by the molten puddle.
US10105778B2	Joint part Provided is joint part capable of suppressing diffusion of carbon and nitrogen contained in the steel member to the TiAl-based alloy member and suppressing formation of voids, titanium carbide or a nitride due to diffusion of carbon and nitrogen contained in the steel member, and thereby suppressing decrease in the brazing strength. A joint part comprises a steel member containing alloy elements including C and Cr, a TiAl-based alloy member, and a Ni-based brazing filler metal via which the steel member and the TiAl-based alloy member are joined to each other, wherein the steel member has a carbide and a nitride each forming a bond with at least one of the alloy elements at least on a side of a boundary with the Ni-based brazing filler metal, and diffusion of C and N to the Ni-based brazing filler metal adjacent to the TiAl-based alloy member is suppressed by the carbide and the nitride. The joint part may be a turbine body 1 comprising a turbine wheel 2 and a shaft 3, and a structural steel material of the shaft 3 is structural steel material containing 0.30 to 0.45 wt % of C and 0.85 to 1.25 wt % of Cr, or a martensitic stainless steel material containing at most 15 wt % of C and 11.5 to 13 wt % of Cr.
US10105776B2	Wire electric discharge machine having function to correct detected value of tensile force There is provided a wire electric discharge machine including a calibrating unit which carries out calibration for obtaining a detected deviation amount of the tensile force detector based on the set tensile force and a tensile force detected by the tensile force detector when the set tensile force is applied, the calibrating unit correcting output of the tensile force detector by the detected deviation amount which is obtained by the calibration, and the wire electric discharge machine carries out feedback control of the tensile force of the wire electrode based on a corrected detected tensile force which is obtained by correcting the detected tensile force of the tensile force detector by the calibrating unit.
US10105774B2	Method for incorporating undercuts in tooth flanks of teeth of toothed wheels A machine tool and method for incorporating undercuts in left and right tooth flanks of teeth of a toothed gear blank by hob peeling, wherein the gear blank and a cutting wheel having cutting teeth with right and left cutting edges arranged at an axis intersection angle to the gear blank are continuously rotationally driven at a fixed speed ratio, the cutting teeth engage in the tooth flanks in a manner that removes shavings and the feed has at least one movement component in the direction of extension of the teeth of the gear blank.
US10105768B2	Cutter holder with vibration resistant structure A cutter holder has a body and a damping assembly. The damping assembly is contained inside the body. The damping assembly has a central damping pole and six auxiliary damping poles. The six auxiliary damping poles are arranged around the central damping pole. The body has a specific weight. The central damping pole has a specific weight larger than the specific weight of the body. Each one of the six auxiliary damping poles has a specific weight larger than the specific weight of the body. The damping assembly is utilized to reduce vibrations caused by machining.
US10105765B2	Combined drill and chamfer tool A combined drill and chamfer tool (13, 21) for producing boreholes (29) in a workpiece (28) and for subsequently producing a chamfer (30) on at least one bore edge of the borehole (29), comprising a drill bit (1), which is secured in a rotationally fixed manner in a base body (3), and at least one chamfering blade (4) arranged behind the drill bit (1) in the axial direction, said chamfering blade being mounted in a blade window (25) arranged in the drill shank (35) and spring-loaded so as to be displaceable transversely to the longitudinal axis of the combined tool (13, 21), wherein the drill body (13) comprising the drill bit (1) and the drill shank (35) is made of a solid hard metal material, and wherein a spring-loaded, displaceable control bolt (5) is located in a central longitudinal bore (36) of the solid hard metal drill, the front tip (15) of said bolt controlling the transverse displacement of the chamfering blade (4), which is transversely displaceable within the blade window (25).
US10105762B2	Cutting tool key, cutting head key assembly and method of attaching cutting head to tool holder A cutting tool key includes a handle component, for actuating rotation of the cutting tool key and a locking member that is attached to the handle component. The locking member includes a head receptacle portion at a rear end thereof and a sleeve member attached to the locking member. The sleeve member is elastically flexible and circumferentially surrounds the head receptacle portion. A cutting head key assembly includes a cutting head that is located at the head receptacle portion and elastically clamped thereat by the sleeve member. The cutting head key is rotated to releasably attach the cutting head to the tool holder.
US10105759B2	Method and apparatus for producing a rod-like body The method includes a preprocessing transfer step which places an unprocessed rod-like body in a receiving position; a post-processing transfer step which pushes a processed rod-like body with the unprocessed rod-like body, and thus transfers the processed rod-like body to a rail portion; a rail portion transfer step which pushes the processed rod-like body with the unprocessed rod-like body, and thus transfers the processed rod-like body while being guided by the rail portion; a withdrawing step which withdraws the processed rod-like body from the rail portion using a withdrawing unit; a detection step which detects that the processed rod-like body is transferred from the rail portion to the withdrawing unit; and a discharge step which discharges the processed rod-like body from the withdrawing unit in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the processed rod-like body.
US10105755B2	Composite casting part A process produces a composite cast part containing an insert part and casting material. The insert part is integrally bonded to the casting material. The process includes: producing the insert part formed of an exothermic material; encapsulating or embedding the insert part; inserting the encapsulated/embedded insert part into a casting mold; filling the mold with molten mass; and flowing a casting material on the insert part. The exothermic material ignites through contact with the flowing casting material or as a result of the ignition temperature of the exothermic mass being reached, whereby a temperature gradient between the cast material solidifying molten mass the insert part is reduced.
US10105754B2	Injection apparatus and molding machine A flow rate control valve configuring a meter-out circuit of an injection cylinder is an overlap type where a first port starts to be opened by a spool passing through an overlapping range. The control device holds a characteristic table linking a command value of a control command to the flow rate control valve and a velocity of a plunger including also the movement of the plunger which occurs due to a gap flow even if the spool is located in the overlapping range. Further, the control device specifies the command value corresponding to the target velocity set by operation of the input device based on the characteristic table, performs open control based on this command value, then performs the feedback control for realizing the target velocity.
US10105753B2	Opening/closing apparatus and molding apparatus An opening/closing apparatus is provided for use in a molding apparatus, such as an injection molding machine. The opening/closing apparatus may eliminate the influence of a slight gap formed between a bush and a pin in a link connecting portion of a toggle link mechanism and in addition, can enhance workability e.g., in mold replacement. An opening/closing apparatus of the present technology may include an opening/closing mechanism including a toggle link mechanism connecting a pressure-receiving platen and a movable platen; a drive mechanism for driving the opening/closing mechanism; and a core-back hydraulic cylinder for applying a load to the movable platen in a given direction in conjunction with the first drive mechanism, configured to perform the operation of slightly opening of the mold.
US10105752B2	Turbine blade manufacturing method A method of manufacturing a turbine blade, the method comprising forming a forging by forging stainless steel; heat treating the forging; and cooling the forging after the heat treatment; wherein in the heat treatment and the cooling, a plurality of the forgings are arranged in alignment, and adjacent forgings of the plurality of forgings are disposed so that at least respective portions of portions of the adjacent forgings corresponding to a region from a portion corresponding to a platform of a turbine blade to a center in a longitudinal direction of the turbine blade face each other and warm each other via radiant heat.
US10105751B2	Rivet dispenser and method for loading rivets into handheld rivet gun A rivet dispenser and method for manually loading a handheld rivet gun. The handheld rivet gun may include an attachment port, and the rivet dispenser may have a unitary, single-piece tool body having channels formed therein, sized and shaped to retain heads of a plurality of rivets. The method may include grasping the rivet dispenser in a first hand, grasping the rivet gun in a second hand, and inserting an end of one rivet, extending outward from the rivet dispenser, into the attachment port, thus attaching the rivet to the handheld rivet gun. The method may then include sliding the one rivet through and out of the channel of the rivet dispenser, via movement of the rivet gun and/or the rivet dispenser. Finally, the method may include actuating the rivet gun to install the one rivet into a hole of a structure or structures to be joined together thereby.
US10105750B2	Method for producing a blind hole in a metallic body A method for producing a blind hole in a metallic workpiece having at least one curved surface. One part of the material is pushed starting from approximately the horizontally extending curved tangent and from there approximately perpendicular in the direction of the material of the workpiece by means of reciprocating movement. Said method consists of the following steps: a) providing the workpiece with a matrix-type receiving element for the material which is to be displaced; b) pushing the workpiece material by means of a stamp in the axial direction of the receiving element, said material stamped by the stamp is initially sheared in an adiabatic state and flows partially into the receiving element; c) removing the material projecting from the receiving element.
US10105748B2	Method for producing a strip for packaging purposes A method for producing a strip consisting of aluminum or an aluminum alloy for packaging purposes, in particular for cans, can lids or can closures, which provides an individualized aluminum strip for packaging purposes, with which decorative or identification elements can be reliably embossed without additional production steps being required, for example at the producer of the packaging means, is achieved in that decorative or other identification elements are embossed into the strip in the last rolling pass of cold rolling and in that the strip thickness is greater in the area of the decorative and identification elements than in the remaining areas of the strip.
US10105742B2	Draw press die assembly and method of using the same A draw press die assembly includes an upper die, a lower die positioned beneath the upper die, a blankholder for supporting an associated workpiece, and a blankholder drive mechanism connected with at least one of the upper die and the blankholder. The blankholder drive mechanism is configured to provide a pulsating movement of the blankholder with respect to the upper die.
US10105740B2	Sanitary rotary tank cleaning apparatus A rotary tank cleaning spray nozzle assembly which includes a stationary housing, a rotary housing for rotation about a central axis of the stationary housing, and a nozzle carrying hub supported by the rotary housing for rotation about an axis transverse to the axis of the stationary housing. A support rod extends through the rotary housing and into the stationary housing with a lower end supporting the underside of the rotary housing and the upper end being secured by a retainer. The retainer is releasable to permit removal of the rotary housing and nozzle hub from an underside of the stationary housing. A fluid driven drive for the rotary housing and nozzle hub includes a pair of removably mounted bevel gear rings. In one embodiment, liquid lubricating, frustoconical, high load carrying bearings support rotatably.
US10105739B2	Spraying device A spraying device according to the invention, in particular, for low-pressure internal cleaning of containers, comprises: a, in particular, spherical, hollow spray head having a plurality of spray openings; a junction for fastening to a fluid connection, in particular, in a form-fitted, friction-locked, and/or substance-bonded manner; and a connecting tube that connects the spray head to the junction; wherein: the connecting tube comprises at least one elastic hinge section through which the spray head is mounted so as to be elastically movable relative to the junction; and/or a, in particular, spherical perturbation body is accommodated so as to be able to move within the hollow spray head.
US10105738B2	Device for cleaning and/or inspection of a flow channel A device for cleaning and/or inspection of a flow channel is provided including a purge hose introduced into the flow channel, charged with high pressure purge water, and connected to a channel nozzle provided with jet nozzles creating a recoil effect. The channel nozzle is controllable by rotation around its axis. A simple, cost-effective, trouble-free construction and high precision can be accomplished by subdividing the purge hose into at least two sections which are connected with each other by a coupling unit through which high pressure purge water flows. The device has a housing element connected to a purge hose section and a hollow piston element arranged in the housing element in an axially movable manner and connected to another purge hose section. The housing element and the hollow piston element are supported by a spring and are cooperating via a converter converting an axial movement into a rotation.
US10105737B2	Cleaning apparatus A cleaning apparatus includes a case and a cleaning head. The cleaning head is disposed on the case, and provided with a plurality of tines. The tines are separately arranged abreast. The tines are used to extend into gaps between plural conductive terminals of a semiconductor product for cleaning the semiconductor product.
US10105736B2	Separator with a bypass A separator may include a housing with a separation space in which a ventilation base is disposed and in which separation stock is perfusable by separation gas so as to separate fine stock from coarse stock. A separation-gas inlet and a separation-stock inlet may open into the separation space, and a fine-stock outlet and a coarse-stock outlet may lead out of the separation space. A bypass duct may be integrated in the housing for bypassing the separation space. The bypass duct may lead out of the separation-gas inlet and open out downstream of the separation space.
US10105734B2	Method of modifying a sample surface layer from a microscopic sample A method of modifying a sample surface layer in the vacuum chamber of a particle-optical apparatus, the method performed in vacuum, the method comprising: Providing the microscopic sample attached to a manipulator, Providing a first liquid at a first (controlled) temperature, Dipping the sample in the first liquid, thereby causing a sample surface modification, Removing the sample from the first liquid, Providing a second liquid at a second (controlled) temperature, Dipping the sample in the second liquid, and Removing the sample from the second liquid. This enables the wet processing of a sample in-situ, thereby enhancing speed and/or avoiding subsequent alteration/contamination of the sample, such as oxidation, etc. The method is particularly useful for etching a lamella after machining the lamella with a (gallium) FIB to remove the surface layer where gallium implantation occurred, or where the crystal lattice is disturbed.
US10105729B1	Material dispense tips and methods for forming the same A dispense tip constructed and arranged to communicate with a material dispensing pump comprises an elongated neck and a molded base having a first portion and a second portion opposite the first portion. The neck extends from the first portion of the base. The second portion is constructed and arranged to abut an outlet surface of the pump. An outermost region of the second portion of the base includes a compressible fluid-tight surface that compliantly conforms to the outlet surface when the dispense tip is mounted to the pump.
US10105723B1	Trackable dipole devices, methods, and systems for use with marking paint sticks Location systems and methods for locating paint and other markings on a surface are disclosed. A paint marking stick may include a magnetic field sonde that is actuated in conjunction with dispensing of paint or other markers, where the sonde generates a magnetic field signal in conjunction with dispensing of paint or placement of a marker. A corresponding utility locator may receive the sonde magnetic field dipole signal and determine and store positional information and type information associated with the paint or other marker.
US10105719B2	Electrostatic atomizer, mist generation method Provided is an electrostatic atomizing device which performs atomization at low cost. An electrostatic atomizing device (M4) is installed in an atomization chamber (10) of a separation apparatus. The electrostatic atomizing device (M4) includes a plate-like inclined surface electrode (101) and a plate-like counter electrode (102) parallel to the surface electrode (101). A solution is diffused by diffusers (108) onto an upper end of the surface electrode (101). The solution flows down along a front surface of the surface electrode (101) while being spread in a thin film form, and is atomized by an electric field between the surface electrode (101) and the counter electrode (102).
US10105714B2	Method for the radioactive decontamination of soil by dispersed air flotation foam and said foam The present invention relates to a process for treating an earth contaminated by at least one radionuclide such as cesium 137Cs comprising at least one step of separating said radionuclide by dispersed air flotation foam produced by blowing air bubbles in a suspension comprising said earth and at least one collector. The present invention also relates to the flotation foam obtained by implementing such a process.
US10105710B2	Meat grinder A meat grinder has a motor assembly and a grinding assembly. The motor assembly has a motor. The motor has an output axle having an annular abutting surface. The grinding assembly is securely connected with the motor assembly and has a grinding tube, a threaded rod, a blade, and an extrusion panel. The grinding tube is connected to the casing of the motor assembly and has an annular connecting base. The threaded rod is rotatably mounted in the grinding tube and has a connection segment. The connection segment is mounted through the connecting base, is connected with the output axle of the motor, and is stepped in section to form an annular abutting shoulder. The abutting shoulder is formed around the connecting segment and abuts the annular abutting surface of the output axle.
US10105708B1	Aspiration adapter and system An aspirator adapter may comprise a cap portion configured to removably mount on a collection container, a pipette interface portion mounted on the cap portion and configured to mount a pipette to the cap portion, and a gun interface portion mounted on the cap portion and configured to interface with a pipette gun. The pipette interface portion may define a pipette interface passage extending through the cap portion and the gun interface portion defining a gun interface passage extending through the cap portion.
US10105703B2	Device and method for pressure-driven plug transport and reaction The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid.
US10105699B2	Splittable fluid sample collector A splittable fluid sample collector for dividing a fluid sample into two or more portions, includes at least first and second fluid collector portions detachably connected to one another, each of the fluid collector portions including a handle and an absorbent sample pad affixed to an end of the handle. Further, a fluid sampling apparatus includes the aforementioned splittable fluid sample collector, at least one container and a closure for the container. Still further, a method for splitting a fluid sample including providing the aforementioned splittable fluid sample collector, collecting a fluid sample with the absorbent sample pads of the splittable fluid sample collector and splitting the first and second fluid collector portions of the splittable fluid sample collector from one another.
US10105698B2	Pipette with a tracking system A pipette is described which includes a piston for aspirating liquid into and dispensing out of a container in the pipette. The pipette is provided with at least one tracking element which is able to count the magnitude of some variable or variables relating to the amount of use of the pipette, at least one operating device for creating a limit magnitude for each variable, and for giving information when the limit value is exceeded. Thus, the user may, for instance, be warned when he may be exposed to high workload stress possibly causing injuries.
US10105695B2	Parallel passage fluid contactor structure A parallel passage fluid contactor structure for chemical reaction processes has one or more segments, where each segment has a plurality of substantially parallel fluid flow passages oriented in an axial direction; cell walls between each adjacent fluid flow passages and each cell wall has at least two opposite cell wall surfaces. The structure also includes at least one active compound in the cell walls and multiple axially continuous conductive filaments either embedded within the cell walls or situated between the cell wall surfaces. The conductive filaments are at least one of thermally and electrically conductive, are oriented in axially, and are in direct contact with the active compound, and are operable to transfer thermal energy between the active material and the conductive filaments. Heating of the conductive filaments may be used to transfer heat to the active material in the cell walls. Methods of manufacturing the structure are discussed.
US10105692B2	Zoned ammonia slip catalyst for use in combustion turbines A catalytic article for treating an exhaust gas stream containing one or more of NOx, hydrocarbons, CO, SOx and ammonia from a combustion turbine comprises (a) a substrate having an inlet end and an outlet end defining an axial length; (b) an oxidation layer comprising an oxidation catalyst comprising one or more noble metals, the oxidation layer being positioned on the substrate and covering the axial length of the substrate; and (c) an SCR layer comprising an SCR catalyst, the SCR layer being positioned on the oxidation layer and overlapping a portion of the oxidation layer, wherein the portion is less than 100%.
US10105690B2	Bound catalyst for selective conversion of oxygenates to aromatics A catalyst composition includes a zeolite, a binder, and a Group 12 transition metal selected from the group consisting of Zn, Cd, or a combination thereof, the zeolite having a silicon to aluminum ratio of at least about 10, the catalyst composition comprising about 50 wt % or less of the binder based on a total weight of the catalyst composition, the catalyst composition having a micropore surface area of at least about 340 m2/g, a molar ratio of Group 12 transition metal to aluminum of about 0.1 to about 1.3, and at least one of (a) a mesoporosity of greater than about 20 m2/g; (b) a diffusivity for 2,2-dimethylbutane of greater than about 1×10−2 sec−1 when measured at a temperature of about 120° C. and a 2,2-dimethylbutane pressure of about 60 torr (about 8 kPa).
US10105683B2	Porous member and catalyst member A porous member includes a base member and carbon nanostructures. The base member includes a porous body having a porosity of more than or equal to 80%. The carbon nanostructures are formed on a surface of the base member, and have a width of less than or equal to 100 nm. A catalyst member includes a catalyst arranged on surfaces of the carbon nano structures.
US10105680B2	Activated carbon with excellent adsorption performance and process for producing same The object of the present invention is to provide an activated carbon with a large equilibrium adsorption amount of 1,1,1-trichloroethane. And the activated carbon of the invention comprising: an equilibrium adsorption amount of 1,1,1-trichloroethane is 20 mg/g or more and a pore volume with the pore diameters of more than 20 Å and 300 Å or less is 0.04 cm3/g or more.
US10105679B2	Co-agglomerated composite materials A composite filter aid may include diatomaceous earth, natural glass, and a precipitated silica binder, wherein the filter aid has a permeability ranging from 3 to 20 darcys. A composite filter aid may include diatomaceous earth, perlite, and a precipitated silica binder, wherein the filter aid has an alpha density less than 15 lbs/ft3. A method for making a composite material may include blending diatomaceous earth and perlite, adding alkali silicate to the blended diatomaceous earth and perlite, and precipitating the alkali silicate as a binder to make the composite material. A method for filtering a beverage may include using a composite filter aid and/or composite material.
US10105674B2	Compositions and methods for entrapping protein on a surface The present invention provides a formulation to link protein to a solid support that comprises one or more proteins, Oligo-dT and one or more non-volatile, water-soluble protein solvents, solutes or combination thereof in an aqueous solution. Further provided is a method of attaching a protein to a surface of a substrate. The formulations provided herein are contacted onto the substrate surface, printed thereon and air dried. The substrate surface is irradiated with UV light to induce thymidine photochemical crosslinking via the thymidine moieties of the Oligo-dT.
US10105672B2	Thermal barrier coating and an ultra-high-temperature cold-wall suspension bed hydrogenation reactor comprising the same A thermal barrier coating and a cold-wall reactor including the coating are provided. A second ceramic layer is sandwiched between the conventional two-layer structures of the thermal barrier coating. The second ceramic layer is made of aluminum oxide stabilized zirconium oxide and the content of aluminum oxide does not exceed 30 wt %. The zirconium oxide in the first and second ceramic layer has a tetragonal crystal structure. A cold-wall reactor formed by applying the thermal barrier coating provides advantageous steel hydrogen corrosion resistance in ultra-high temperature. The effective volume of the hydrogenation reactor is fully used, overcoming the problem that the thermal insulation liner is easily damaged and causes local overheating of the reactor wall, as well as eliminating potential safety hazards of reactor wall local stress concentration caused by expansion and contraction of the liner cylinder attachment member.
US10105671B2	Microreactor systems and methods In various embodiments, a microreactor features a corrosion-resistant microchannel network encased within a thermally conductive matrix material that may define therewithin one or more hollow heat-exchange conduits.
US10105670B2	Heat recovery device Disclosed are a heat recovery device and a heat recovery method. According to the heat recovery device, it is possible to recovery heat which is discontinuously generated in a batch reactor. In addition, a heat-exchanged heat exchange medium is supplied to a heat storage facility so that various kinds and a great quantity of steams can be produced, if necessary, thereby utilizing these produced steams in various industrial fields.
US10105669B2	Tapered fluidized bed reactor and process for its use A fluidized bed reactor includes a gas distributor, a tapered section above the gas distributor, and an expanded head above the tapered section. The gas distributor defines a plurality of inlets surrounding a product withdrawal tube, which extends away from the fluidized bed reactor. The fluidized bed reactor is useful in a process for fluidizing relatively large particles, such as Geldart Group B particles and/or Geldart Group D particles, where said particles are in a bubbling fluidized bed residing, in whole or in part, in the tapered section. The fluidized bed reactor and process may be used for manufacturing polycrystalline silicon.
US10105661B2	Carbonation tower for beverage dispensing apparatus A carbonation tower for containers of household appliances, more specifically for appliances for the automatic preparation of instant drinks, which has been developed to provide more optimized operation and use and efficient than those achieved with the known similar. Said carbonation tower including a substantially elongated body included of at least one pipe provided with at least two holes and said pipe secured to a base including at least a nozzle, said cooperating base further including a lid of a lower compartment; said lid further including at least one toroidal contoured rib cooperating with at least one lower nozzle of the container, and wherein the water and the carbon dioxide are sucked by the upper edge of the pipe and/or the holes and expelled in a path orthogonal to the suction axis through the at least one nozzle.
US10105658B2	Transfer line A transfer line between the outlet of a steam cracker and the inlet for the quench system has metallic or ceramic inserts having a pore size from about 0.001 to about 0.5 microns inside the line forming a gas tight barrier with the inner surface of the line and having a vent for the resulting gas tight pocket are used to separate H2, CH4, CO and CO2 from cracked gases reducing the load on the down-stream separation train of the steam cracker.
US10105657B2	Separation membrane, hydrogen separation membrane including the separation membrane, and method of manufacturing the separation membrane Disclosed are a separation membrane including a Group 5-based alloy, wherein crystal particles in the alloy have an average minor axis length of about 3 μm to about 10 μm and an aspect ratio of about 1:8 to 1:20, wherein the alloy is represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, and a method of manufacturing the same. AxByCz (Chemical Formula 1) In Chemical Formula 1, A is vanadium, niobium, or tantalum, B and C are same or different and are independently selected from nickel (Ni), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), iridium (Ir), palladium (Pd), and platinum (Pt), x is a real number of greater than or equal to about 0.8 and less than 1, y+z=1−x, and y and z are independently real numbers of greater than or equal to about 0.
US10105643B2	Methods and systems for drying hydrogen gas used in hydrogen-cooled generators A hydrogen gas dryer or system for drying or removing water from hydrogen gas for use in hydrogen-cooled generators includes a drying tower or column comprising a housing, a heater, a desiccant, and a controller. The system is configurable and operable for regeneration of the saturated column, with activation of the heater to cause water retained in the saturated desiccant to turn into steam such as steam and exit on its own via the vent. A supply of generally dry hydrogen is used to purge the remaining vaporized water from the isolated substantially dry regenerated desiccant.
US10105640B2	Gas separation composite and method of producing same The present invention provides a gas separation composite which has high heat resistance and mechanical strength, prevents a support layer from being deformed or damaged by heat during formation of a gas separation membrane and heat during a gas separation operation, and properly supports a gas separation layer to obtain high gas permeability and gas separation properties; and a method of producing the gas separation composite. The gas separation composite includes a metal support having a plurality of through holes in the thickness direction and a gas separation layer laminated on the surface of the metal support. The thickness of the gas separation layer is in a range of 0.1 to 5 μm, the average opening diameter of the through holes of the metal support is in a range of 0.1 to 30 μm, and the opening ratio thereof is in a range of 0.05% to 10%.
US10105638B2	Apparatus for separating CO2 from combustion gas using multi-stage membranes An apparatus separating carbon dioxide from combustion gas using separation membranes, which includes: a first separation membrane in which combustion gas is injected into an inlet side of the first separation membrane; a second separation membrane in which residue gas of the first separation membrane is injected into an inlet side of the second separation membrane; and a third separation membrane in which permeate gas of the first separation membrane is injected into an inlet side of the third separation membrane, wherein at least a part of permeate gas of the third separation membrane is captured, and residue gas of the third separation membrane is injected into the inlet side of the first separation membrane or the second separation membrane. The present invention can be easily applied to an actual process by efficiently separating carbon dioxide using separation membranes.
US10105636B2	Air filter for the interior air of cabins of vehicles, agricultural, construction, and work machines The invention relates to an interior air filter element (10) for a driver's cabin (302) of agricultural and work machines, particularly having sprinkling or spraying devices for pesticides or fertilizers including a filter body (12) having an adsorption filter region (50) and a fine filter region (80) particularly for separating aerosols, wherein the filter body 12 is designed as a winding body having at least one winding layer.
US10105633B2	Sensor-based motion control dust scattering suppression system A sensor-based motion control fugitive dust suppression system comprises: a laser pointer provided on a frame to conduct a setting operation such that directions of a plurality of mist spray injection nozzles provided on a blast pipe located inside the frame correspond to the front end of a chisel of a hydraulic breaker; a data logger for collecting, from a sensor provided at the crushing apparatus, location source information for a hitting impact point of the hitting part; a location information processing unit analyzing the location source information collected from the data logger so as to generate the location information on the hitting impact point of the hitting part; and a system control unit for outputting a control signal so as to control a driving unit rotating the blast pipe in a vertical or horizontal direction, according to the location source information.
US10105630B2	Hollow filter element of a filter for filtering fluid, filter, filter housing, and seal of a hollow filter element A hollow filter element, in particular a multiple-bellows hollow filter element (44) of a filter (10) for filtering fluid, in particular air, water, fuel, oil, or urea-water solution, in particular of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, a filter (10), a filter housing (30) of a filter (10), and a seal (90) of a hollow filter element (44) are described. The hollow filter element (44) comprises at least two filter bellows (46, 48), which each comprise at least one filter medium (50), through which flow can occur for filtering of the fluid. The at least two filter bellows (46, 48) at least partially delimit at least one element interior (60, 64). The hollow filter element (44) comprises at least one end body (56, 68, 70) on an axial front and/or rear end side (52, 54) of the hollow filter element (44) with respect to an element axis (32). The hollow filter element (44) comprises at least one seal (90), which is arranged at least partially circumferentially with respect to the element axis (32) in the region of at least one of the end sides (54) of the hollow filter element (44). The at least one seal (90) comprises at least one partially circumferential radial outer and/or radial inner seal section (92, 94), which can cooperate with at least one corresponding sealing surface (100) of a filter housing (30) of the filter (10) to form a radial seal with respect to the element axis (32).
US10105629B2	Filter, hollow filter element, and filter housing of a filter, and seal of a hollow filter element A filter (10) for filtering fluid, in particular air, water, fuel, oil, or urea-water solution, in particular of an internal combustion engine, in particular of a motor vehicle, a multiple-bellows hollow filter element (44), a filter housing (30) of a filter (10), and a seal (90) of a hollow filter element (44) are described. The filter (10) comprises at least one filter housing (30), which comprises at least one inlet (28) for fluid to be filtered and at least one outlet (36) for filtered fluid. At least one hollow filter element, in particular a multiple-bellows hollow filter element (44) can be arranged in the at least one filter housing (30) such that it separates the at least one inlet (28) from the at least one outlet (36). The at least one filter housing (30) comprises at least one first housing part (42) having at least one installation opening (40) for the at least one hollow filter element (44), which can be closed using at least one second housing part (38). The at least one hollow filter element (44) comprises at least one filter bellows (46, 48), which comprises at least one filter medium (50), through which flow can occur for filtering of the fluid. The at least one filter bellows (46, 48) at least partially delimits at least one element interior (60, 64). An element axis (32) of the at least one hollow filter element (44) extends coaxially, axially, or in parallel in relation to an installation/removal axis of the at least one hollow filter element (44), in relation to which the hollow filter element (44) can be installed in the filter housing (30) and removed from the filter housing (30) through the at least one installation opening (40) in parallel, axially, or coaxially.
US10105628B2	Filter element A filter element for filtering impurities from air, whereby the filter element comprises one or more filters, whereby each filter is composed of a filter frame that is connected to a filter bag, characterized in that the filter frame and the inflow opening of the inlet piece have an aerodynamic design and that the filter bag is essentially cylindrical of which the one end is open and fastened to the inflow opening and the other end is closed.
US10105622B2	Filtration cassette and a stack of filtration cassettes The invention discloses a normal flow filtration cassette (1) stackable with like cassettes, said cassette comprising: at least three port conduits (2,3,4); an inlet chamber (5) in fluid communication at least with a first of said port conduits (2); an outlet chamber (6) in fluid communication at least with a second of the port conduits (3); and a filter medium (7) between said inlet chamber and said outlet chamber, wherein said at least three port conduits (2,3,4) are each in fluid communication with a corresponding inlet port (8,9,10) and are each in fluid communication also with one of a corresponding set of outlet ports (11,12,13), and wherein each of said set of inlet ports (8,9 10) is arranged to cooperate with a respective complementary outlet port of an adjacent like cassette when in a stack and said outlet ports (11,12,13) are each arranged to cooperate with a respective complementary inlet port of a further adjacent like cassette when in a stack.
US10105619B2	Modular solution for delivering a virtual reality attraction A comprehensive solution is provided to transforming locations and retail spaces into high-traffic VR attractions that provide a VR experience blended with a real-world tactile experience. A modular stage and kit of stage accessories suitable for a wide variety of commercial venues contains all of the necessary equipment, infrastructure, technology and content to assemble and operate a tactile, onsite VR attraction. Utilizing a modular set of set design and physical props, the physical structure and layout of the installations are designed to be easily rearranged and adapted to new VR content, without requiring extensive construction or specialized expertise.
US10105616B2	IR dongle with speaker for electronic device The present invention relates to an electronic device, and in particular, to the input and output of data from the electronic device. An object is connected to the electronic device and configured to convert a portion of the audio signal output by the electronic device into an audible output. The object also converts a portion of the audio signal output by the electronic device into an infrared signal that is emitted to a toy vehicle. With the object connected to the electronic device, the electronic device is able to remotely control the toy vehicle while the object outputs sound effects and other audible sounds.
US10105603B2	Automated tuning of computer-implemented games A system for automated tuning of a computer-implemented game is configured to enable definition of a performance metric indicative of player performance in a computer-implemented game that has tunable gameplay parameters. A performance target is defined that represents target values for the performance metric during progress in the game. The system executes a gameplay simulation using an automated player, and performs an iterative tuning operation based on results of the simulation. The tuning operation automatically determines a suggested value set for the tunable parameters.
US10105602B2	Dynamic adjustment of game controller sensitivity based on audio analysis An electronic device may receive a plurality of channels of game and/or chat audio during play of a game. The electronic device may detect one or more sounds on one or more of the audio channels during the monitoring of the plurality of audio channels. The electronic device may control, based on the detected one or more sounds, operation of a game controller that interacts with the game during play. The controlling of the operation of the game controller may comprise adjusting sensitivity of the game controller. The electronic device may determine directionality of the detected one or more sounds and adjust the sensitivity of the game controller based on the determined directionality of the detected one or more sounds. The electronic device may increase and/or decrease the sensitivity of the game controller in response to changes in the determined directionality of the detected one or more sounds.
US10105600B2	Game processing method and recording medium The information processing device 3 is caused to function as an information acquisition processing part 17 that acquires positional information of the other player character 33 located on a game field at the time of death of the other player character 33, an object display processing part 19 that displays based on the positional information an object 31 at the position corresponding to the death position of the other player character 33 on a game field on which the player character 33 is located, and a character appearance processing part 25 that causes a specter character 35 to appear in association with the object 31, and the specter character 35 is an enemy character corresponding to the other dead player character 33 and an enemy character with which the player character 33 is able to battle.
US10105597B1	Storage medium storing information processing program, information processing apparatus and information processing method A game apparatus includes two LCDs, and a game screen is displayed on one LCD, and a touch panel is set on the other LCD. A game screen for teaching an input timing and an input kind that are set in advance is displayed, and music for teaching the input timing is output. A player performs a touch-on operation, a touch-off operation, a flipping operation and a rubbing operation on the touch panel by viewing the game screen, and listening to the music. The input timing and input kind that are performed by the player and the input timing and the input kind that are set in advance are compared to thereby produce a situation corresponding to the comparison result.
US10105596B1	Broadcast dependent content delivery Providing extended content to a player of a game depending upon whether the player broadcasts the gameplay to viewers is disclosed. A content item server communicates game output to a plurality of user devices operated by participants in an online game. A game participant selects to stream output from the online game to one or more viewers via a broadcast streaming server. The content item server receives an indication from the broadcast streaming server that the game participant is broadcasting output from the online game to one or more viewers. Based at least upon the indication that a game player is broadcasting game output, the content item server determines to provide additional or extended game content to the game participant who is broadcasting the gameplay.
US10105595B2	Fantasy sports with situational substitutions of players Disclosed is a method and system for situational substitutions in fantasy sports. A server maintains personnel packages received from a client device operated by a user owning a fantasy team that includes a default personnel package and zero or more situational personnel packages of fantasy players. Each situational personnel package includes fantasy players and is associated with a specific situation that might occur within a real life sports game. The server detects a specific real life sports game situation matching the specific situation associated with a situational personnel package. Based on this detection, the server substitutes the fantasy player(s) in the situational personnel package for one or more of the fantasy players in the default package. The server determines a score for the fantasy team based on points accrued by fantasy players in the default personnel package and the substituted one or more fantasy players in the personnel package.
US10105591B2	Roulette ball launching system Disclosed are an apparatus, a system, and method for automatically launching roulette balls into a ball track of a roulette wheel.
US10105588B1	Snowboard binding with adjustment memory A binding for snowboard includes a base structure and a heel support pivotally mounted to the base structure for movement between an open position for allowing a user to insert or remove their boot from the binding and a closed position for securing the users boot in the binding. An adjustable foot strap is attached to the base structure and a tensioning system is attached to the heel support and the adjustable foot strap for applying a tensioning force to the adjustable strap when the heel support is moved to the closed position and for releasing the tensioning force from the adjustable foot strap when the seal support is moved to the open position.
US10105586B1	Mounting system for snowboard bindings and snowboard binding including same A snowboard binding mounting system. The system includes a base plate and a main gear disposed on the base plate, the base plate engageable with a snowboard binding, the base plate having a plurality of screw openings each extending through the base plate and disposed around a circumference defined by the main gear; a plurality of pinion gears disposed on the base plate and meshed with the main gear, each pinion gear having a shaft opening aligned with a corresponding one of the screw openings; and a plurality of screws, each screw defining a shaft that extends through one of the pinion gear shaft openings and the corresponding screw opening.
US10105582B1	Dumbbell bench rack assembly The present application discloses and describes a dumbbell bench rack assembly having a tray, a post, and a support. The assembly provides a place for users to temporarily hold dumbbell weights while working out on a weight bench. The post is inserted into an existing rack stand to keep the assembly vertical. The assembly also includes a tray were the dumbbell is temporarily placed. The tray is composed of two plates, in communication with each other at one edge and which extend above a horizontal. The tray's configuration secures the dumbbell and minimizes the possibility of the dumbbell accidently falling out of the tray. Finally, the assembly includes a support piece which stabilizes the tray and minimizes excessive flexure of the tray when a weight is placed in it.
US10105574B2	Technologies for managing user-specific workouts Technologies for generating user-specific workout plans and tracking a user's progress are disclosed. The user-specific workout plan may be based on a user's goal and the particular workout facility to be used by the user. During performance of the user-specific workout by the user, the user is provided with workout data regarding the user's performance. Such workout data may be based on sensor data generated by sensors of the exercise machine used by the user and/or other sensors carried or worn by the user.
US10105570B1	Never Tire™ exercise apparatus A tire-like exercise device having a substantially round outer periphery and a non-round inner periphery. The non-round inner periphery may be substantially rectangular and have one or more flat regions to provide hand and toe holds for performing various exercises. A first valve allows the firmness of the Never Tire™ exercise apparatus to be adjusted by increasing or decreasing inner air pressure. A second larger valve allows ballast, such as water or sand, to be input to the device to stabilize the apparatus against slipping and sliding.
US10105569B2	Exercise apparatus An exercise apparatus comprising: a foot support, a user interface that includes a visual display, the foot support being movable by the user on the frame back and forth through any one of a plurality of complete, reproducible and different arc segments of a master arcuate path, the foot support being interconnected to a selection device that enables the user to select any one of the plurality of arc segments, one or more detectors adapted to detect one or more of force, energy or power exerted by the user over time on the foot support or distance or velocity of travel of the foot support or resistance assembly during the course of the user's performance of all or a portion of an exercise cycle, the visual display displaying a visually recognizable format of one or more of the force, energy, power, distance, time or velocity.
US10105566B2	Weighted soft plate fitness device A weighted soft plate fitness device is disclosed. The device includes an adjustable dumbbell bar and a weighted soft plate fitness device coupled to the adjustable dumbbell bar. The adjustable dumbbell bar includes a hand grip and an end support coupled to the hand grip. The weighted soft plate fitness device includes a body having a generally circular shape; the body having two edges, wherein the two edges are attached together to form an interior volume; a central opening in the body; and a collapsible inlet which is in open communication with the interior volume and which is movable from a first position in which it extends at least partially outward from the tubular body, to a second position in which it extends at least partially inward into the interior volume.
US10105565B2	Weighted stretching and strengthening device A weighted stretching and strengthening device for exercise. This invention encourages a proper conditioning of the body's muscles and joints before playing in any sport that requires a swinging motion. This device enables the player to establish end range movements in the upper body, increases stamina to enhance a players striking ability, and, in turn, could help reduce injuries. This invention provides the player with a universal warm up and strengthening device that is durable, safe and easy to use.
US10105564B2	Challenge course with return track An apparatus and system whereby a user can move by guidance of a return track on a challenger course. The return track may extend away from the challenge course and overhang its main frame so the user can experience an element outside of the main frame.
US10105560B2	Solid foam stick manifold device A solid foam stick manifold device provides solid stick foam additive to multiple discharge lines. The device includes a housing having an interior space defining a mixing chamber configured for holding a solid foam stick. An inlet extends from the housing and is in fluid communication with the interior space directly into the mixing chamber. An outlet extends from the housing and is in fluid communication with the interior space. The outlet is positioned such that flow through the inlet passes through the mixing chamber before being expelled through the outlet for expelling foam produced by mixing of water with the solid foam stick within the mixing chamber.
US10105558B2	Fire suppression system A fire suppression system includes a high pressure inert gas source configured to provide a first inert gas output and a low pressure inert gas source configured to provide a second inert gas output. A distribution network is connected with the high pressure inert gas source and the low pressure inert gas source to distribute the first inert gas output and the second inert gas output throughout a confined space. A volume reduction system is positioned within the confined space and includes a seal member. The seal member is selectively deployable between a first position and a second position to isolate a first volume of the confined space from a second volume of the confined space and reduce an amount of the first inert gas output and the second inert gas output required to respond to a fire threat within the confined space.
US10105556B2	Respirator filter interface A respirator filter connection mechanism with a first attachment element, the first attachment element associated with a respirator mask. The mechanism has a second attachment element which is associated with a filter. It also has openings provided through the first and second attachment elements and configured to be aligned with an inlet or discharge port of the mask and an inlet or discharge port of the filter. One of the first and second attachment elements includes a spring element located proximate to a corresponding opening, while another the first and second attachment elements includes an attachment shelf located proximate to a corresponding opening. The spring element is configured to be linearly advanced into initial engagement with the attachment shelf until the spring element and attachment shelf couple to one another in an intermediate loaded position. The attachment shelf has a cam feature that slidably engages the spring element and pulls the spring element from the intermediate loaded position into a locked and sealed position as at least one of the attachment shelf and spring element is rotated relative to the other of the attachment shelf and spring element.
US10105550B2	System and method for optogenetic therapy Configurations are described for utilizing light-activated proteins within cell membranes and subcellular regions to assist with medical treatment paradigms, such as hypertension treatment via anatomically specific and temporally precise modulation of renal plexus activity. The invention provides for proteins, nucleic acids, vectors and methods for genetically targeted expression of light-sensitive proteins to specific cells or defined cell populations. In particular the invention provides systems, devices, and methods for millisecond-timescale temporal control of certain cell activities using moderate light intensities, such as the generation or inhibition of electrical spikes in nerve cells and other excitable cells.
US10105545B2	Assembly with a coaxial audio connector for charging an implantable medical device Disclosed is a charging coil assembly for a mobile device able to wirelessly provide power to charge a battery in an Implantable Medical Device (IMD). The assembly includes a coaxial connector that can be inserted into a coaxial audio port on the mobile device to allow bi-directional communications between the assembly and the mobile device. One or more housings coupled to the connector by a cable can include control circuitry, a charging coil, and a battery. The charging coil can be driven by control circuitry in the assembly or by a charging audio signal at an audio frequency provided by the mobile device via the audio port and connector. A Charging Application on the mobile device can detect and authenticate the charging coil assembly, and render a charging graphical user interface on the mobile device to control and/or monitor charging of the IMD.
US10105544B2	Implantable medical devices including a laser etched surface in bonded areas The present disclosure provides medical devices and methods of manufacturing medical devices wherein the medical device includes at least one bonding surface that has been roughed by laser etching to increase its surface area and improve its bonding characteristics. In many embodiments, the medical device is an implantable medical device that includes a hermetically sealed metallic housing that is bonded to a prefabricated non-metallic header. The hermetically sealed metallic housing includes at least one surface that has been subjected to a laser etching and roughening process to increase its surface area and improve its bonding characteristics. The laser etched surface may include spots created in a non-overlapping honeycomb-type pattern that may additionally include a series of spikes protruding therefrom to further improve bonding characteristics.
US10105536B2	Fixation sleeve equipped leadless pulse generator A leadless pulse generator is disclosed herein. The leadless pulse generator has a body, a helical anchor, an electrode, and a sleeve. The body includes a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end. The helical anchor distally extends from the distal end. The electrode is at the distal end. The sleeve distally extends from the distal end and has a proximal face and a distal face opposite the proximal face. The proximal face is adjacent the body. The sleeve coaxially extends about the helical anchor and further has a biased state wherein the distal face is near a distal tip of the helical anchor. The sleeve is configured to compress such that the distal face displaces proximally towards the proximal face upon the distal face being forced against the cardiac tissue in the course of the helical anchor screwing into the cardiac tissue.
US10105535B2	Implantable stimulation capsule The present disclosure relates to implantable capsules for stimulation. One implantable capsule includes a tubular body and a distal member provided at its distal end with an anchoring device adapted to penetrate into a tissue of a wall of an organ of a patient and a distal electrode, the body accommodating a set of functional elements of the capsule and including a proximal electrode. The capsule includes an electrically insulating member between the body and the distal member to isolate the distal member of said body.
US10105534B2	Cardiac lead with helix suture sleeve An implantable therapy lead is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the therapy lead includes an elongated lead body and a suture sleeve. The elongated lead body has a proximal region and a distal region opposite the proximal region. The suture sleeve is supported on the lead body and has a proximal end, a distal end opposite the proximal end, an outer surface extending between the proximal end and distal end, and an inner surface radially inward of the outer surface and extending between the proximal end and distal end. The inner surface defines a lumen through which the elongated lead body extends. A helical structure helically extends about a longitudinal center axis of the lumen and along the inner surface.
US10105533B2	Multi-loop coupling for lead extension and extraction A device for extending a lead according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a body, wherein the body is elongated and includes at least two apertures; a first filament loop comprising a filament, the filament extending along the inner surface of the body and through at least one of the at least two apertures, the first filament loop extending outside the outer surface of the body; a second filament loop extending outside the outer surface of the body; the first and second filament loops arranged so as to receive therethrough a lead, the first and second filament loops being tightenable about the lead in a manner that grips the lead between the first and second filament loops and an outer surface of the lead; and a tether coupled to the lead via one or more of the body, the first filament loop, and the second filament loop.
US10105532B2	Electrode arrays and their lead for use in biological implants Electrode arrays for biological implants are disclosed. Electrodes are arranged in such a way so that electrical traces overlap other electrical traces in a separate layer without X shaped crossing, while overlapping to a degree sufficient to prevent dielectric breakdown of the insulating, separating layer.
US10105527B2	Bayonet coupling assembly A female coupling device includes: a main body defining a fluid passage therethrough; and a clip member coupled to the main body, with the clip member including two opposing arms that extend from the clip member at generally a 45 degree angle relative to a mating male coupling device, the arms being positioned to engage the male coupling device when the male coupling device is mated to the female coupling device.
US10105521B2	Inflation device for balloon sinus dilation An inflation device useful for inflating a balloon provided with a surgical instrument, such as a balloon sinus dilation instrument. The inflation device includes a syringe, a connector, and mechanical pressure indicator. The syringe includes a plunger slidably disposed within a barrel. The connector is configured to fluidly connect an outlet of the syringe with a surgical instrument balloon in establishing a closed inflation system between the syringe and an interior of the balloon. The pressure indicator is associated with the syringe and is configured to transition from a non-alert state to an alert state when a pressure of the inflation system has reached a predetermined level. In some embodiments, the inflation device is characterized by the absence of a pressure gauge.
US10105513B2	Secured and self contained spinal cord stimulator leads and catheters A stimulator lead is herein disclosed. The stimulator lead includes a proximal portion that is configured for placement external the epidural space through a first opening, wherein said proximal portion is operatively connected to an IPG unit, a distal portion that is configured for placement external the epidural space through a second opening, and a third portion between the proximal and distal portions that is configured for percutaneous placement in an epidural space, wherein said middle portion includes at least one stimulator electrode for placement adjacent to target dura.
US10105511B2	Respiratory humidifier A respiratory humidifier (1) for a ventilation system is provided, the humidifier comprising: a housing (2), which is designed essentially in the shape of an “L” with a horizontal and a vertical part (4, 6) and a projecting portion (10) extending from the free end of the vertical part (6) toward the horizontal part (4), and which comprises a control unit, a user interface (12), and a heating plate (8), wherein the user interface (12) is arranged on the projecting portion (10) and the heating plate (8) is arranged on the horizontal part (4); and a liquid container (3), which is designed essentially in the shape of a “U”, comprising a recess (7) and a bottom plate (24) as well as two connector elements (5), each of which establishes a connection with a breathing tube; wherein the heating plate (8) can be heated for heating the liquid in the liquid container (3), and the bottom plate (24) can be brought into contact with the heating plate (8); wherein the liquid container (3) can be slid in such a way onto the housing (2) to establish an operating state so that, when in said operating state, the projecting portion (10) of the housing (2) is positioned above the bottom plate (24) of the liquid container (3).
US10105510B2	Breathing tube A breathing tube for conducting a gas mixture in a ventilation system is provided, the tube including a tube portion; a coupler connectable to the tube portion; a connecting piece connectable to the coupler and which is attachable to a tube or a machine; wherein a filter element for filtering the gas mixture is arranged between the coupler and the connecting piece. The coupler includes a first integral electrical heating device which surrounds the filter element and which is adapted to heat the filter element effectively.
US10105501B2	Aerosol generating and delivery device Particular aspects provide novel atomizers for generating particles over a broad range of MMAD size distributions, the eliminating the requirement for an impaction baffle in generating the desired particle sizes. In particular aspects, the atomization means communicates with a remote particle filter member configured and positioned to provide for particle size filtering. In additional aspects, the atomization means communicates with a particle dispersion chamber suitable to impart a desired particle flow pattern to particles within and exiting the dispersion chamber. In further aspects, the atomization means communicates with a nasal, ocular, oral or ‘vicinity’ adapter. The novel devices provide for targeted (e.g., nasal, ocular, oral, local vicinity), systemic, and/or topical delivery of an atomized liquid (e.g., via the nasal cavity, olfactory region, and mouth). Further exemplary aspects relate to aerosolization and delivery of perfume, fragrance, essential oil or cosmeceutical agents and the like.
US10105499B2	Activator for an autoinjector The invention relates to an activator unit for an autoinjector, comprising a substantially cylindrical housing (3) in which an axially movable pressure pin (4) is guided, said pressure pin being insertable counter to a spring unit and being lockable, when inserted, by means of detent projections (6) of a retaining element (5) that is connected to the pressure pin. The spring unit comprises a first coil spring (1) and at least one second coil spring (2) having a larger diameter than the first coil spring, the second coil spring being coaxial to the first coil spring.
US10105498B2	Drive mechanism of a drug delivery device A drug delivery device for dispensing of a dose of a medicament includes a housing extending in an axial direction and a piston rod to operably engage with a piston of a cartridge to displace the piston in an axial distal direction. The drug delivery device includes a dose indicating mechanism including a first spool and a second spool rotatably supported in the housing and a dose indicating tape coiled onto at least the second spool and fixed with an end to an outer circumference of the first spool. The first and second spools are oriented substantially parallel to each other and substantially parallel to the piston rod.
US10105494B2	Positive displacement flush syringe A flush syringe assembly comprises a barrel including a cylindrical side wall having an inside surface defining a chamber for retaining fluid, an open proximal end and a distal end having a passageway therethrough in fluid communication with the chamber. A plunger including an elongate body portion having a stopper at its distal end is provided. The stopper is slidably positioned in fluid-tight engagement with the inside surface of the barrel for driving fluid out of the chamber through the passageway. The stopper includes a distal portion and a proximal portion separated by a spring element and configured to compress when fluid is being driven through the passageway by motion of the plunger and to continue to drive fluid through the passageway after motion of the plunger has stopped.
US10105493B2	Drive mechanism for a drug delivery device The present invention relates to a drive mechanism for a drug delivery device for dispensing of a dose of a medicament, and to a respective drug delivery device, wherein the drive mechanism comprises: an elongated housing (20) extending in an axial direction (1, 2), a piston rod (160) to operably engage with a piston (14) of a cartridge (12) to displace the piston (14) in axial distal direction (1), a drive wheel (110) axially fixed to the housing (20), engaged with the piston rod (160) and rotatable relative to the housing (20) for driving the piston rod (160) in distal direction (1), a drive sleeve (30) axially displaceable relative to the drive wheel (110) to rotatably engage with the drive wheel (110) in a distal dose dispensing position and to disengage from the drive wheel (110) in a proximal dose setting position, wherein the drive sleeve (30) is rotatably secured to the housing (20) in the proximal dose setting position by means of a ratchet member (32).
US10105491B2	Collapsible syringe for fluid delivery system A collapsible syringe assembly for a fluid delivery system is a multi-component device that includes a cylindrical pressure jacket and a collapsible syringe that is received within the pressure jacket. The collapsible syringe includes a cap member and a compressible or deformable sidewall member. The collapsible syringe in one embodiment is adapted to be secured to the pressure jacket by the cap member. The cap member is formed with a discharge port, which may be formed as conventional luer fitting. The discharge port is disposed coaxially within an annular wall on the outward facing side of the cap member and may be recessed within the annular wall.
US10105488B2	Predictive infusion device operations and related methods and systems Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of operating an infusion device capable of delivering fluid to a user involves determining a current value for a physiological condition of the user influenced by the fluid violates a first threshold value, determining a predicted value for the physiological condition of the user violates a second threshold value, and automatically altering operation of the infusion device to modify delivery of the fluid to the user after determining the predicted value violates the second threshold value when the current value violates the first threshold value.
US10105487B2	Optimized bio-synchronous bioactive agent delivery system Optimized bio-synchronous drug delivery begins with establishing a bio-synchronous treatment protocol that incorporates individual temporal and innate biological characteristics into a pharmacological treatment plan. The bio-synchronous treatment protocol is thereafter initiated using bioactive agent delivery device. Bio-synchronous drug delivery includes continual collection of patient data such as physical, psychological, temporal and environmental characteristics. This data is analyzed so to not only determine an initial treatment protocol but to also determining whether modification to the ongoing bio-synchronous treatment protocol is required. And, responsive to determining a modification is required the system modifies the bio-synchronous treatment protocol and use of delivery device. These modifications and treatment protocols can include reactive and proactive psychological support supplied to the patient in a variety of formats.
US10105485B2	MRI surgical systems including MRI-compatible surgical cannulae for transferring a substance to and/or from a patient A cannula for transferring a substance to and/or from a patient includes a tubular support sleeve and a transfer tube. The support sleeve includes a rigid tubular member defining a lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the tubular member. The transfer tube is positioned in the lumen and extends beyond each of the proximal end and the distal end of the tubular member. The tubular member includes a rigid, MRI-compatible material.
US10105484B2	Insulin infusion set An insulin infusion set (30) for use with an inserter (40) is disclosed. The infusion set (30) includes an extension set (50). The extension set (50) includes a housing (70), a base (90) and a latching device (82). The base (90) houses a base septum (120) and an infusion cannula (42). The latching device (82) releasably attaches the housing (70) to the base. When the housing (70) is attached to the base (90), a part of the housing (70) extends into and opens the base septum (120).
US10105478B2	Analysis cartridge with filter unit A cartridge for processing a fluid which features a fluid-treatment element that is permeable to at least a part of the fluid, and a processing chamber that is disposed adjacent to the fluid-treatment element. The treated fluid which passes the fluid-treatment element is processed in the processing chamber.
US10105476B2	Fluid purification system Certain disclosed embodiments concern systems and methods of preparing dialysate for use in a home dialysis system that is compact and light-weight relative to existing systems and consumes relatively low amounts of energy. The method includes coupling a household water stream to a dialysis system; filtering the water stream; heating the water stream to at least about 138 degrees Celsius in a non-batch process to produce a heated water stream; maintaining the heated water stream at or above at least about 138 degrees Celsius for at least about two seconds; cooling the heated water stream to produce a cooled water stream; ultrafiltering the cooled water stream; and mixing dialysate components into the cooled water stream in a non-batch process.
US10105473B2	Pressure control apparatus Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for applying negative pressure to a wound site. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises a source of negative pressure, a processing element, and a memory comprising instructions configured to, when executed on the processing element, cause the apparatus to attempt to generate, via the source of negative pressure, a desired negative pressure at the wound site. If the desired negative pressure has not been generated after a first predetermined period of time, the instructions cause the apparatus to: deactivate the source of negative pressure for a second predetermined period of time, and subsequently attempt to generate the desired negative pressure at the wound site.
US10105469B2	Composition-of-matter and method for treating cardiovascular disorders A composition-of-matter for treating cardiovascular disorders and a method of using same are provided. The composition-of-matter includes a leptin antagonist and a carrier configured for localized release of the leptin antagonist.
US10105463B2	Ultraviolet (UV) sterilization module and air conditioner including UV sterilization module An ultraviolet (UV) sterilization module and an air conditioner including a UV sterilization module are provided. The UV sterilization module may include a porous main body; a plurality of UV lamps having external electrodes; a plurality of conductive holders connected to the external electrodes and that supports the plurality of UV lamps to be spaced from the porous main body; and at least one bus bar connected to the plurality of conductive holders and provided between the plurality of conductive holders and the porous main body.
US10105461B2	Device for facilitating a chemical reaction A device for facilitating a chemical reaction that includes an upper member, a lower member, and a dissolvable member disposed between them such that upper and lower chambers are formed having substantially equal volumes. The upper chamber receives a dry sodium chlorite and the lower chamber receives a dry acid mixture. The upper and lower members are joined, thereby sealing the upper and lower chambers and enabling the joined upper and lower members to be disposed in water such that said lower member engages the water first. The joined upper and lower members swell with absorbed water to engage the dry sodium chlorite and the dry acid mixture to form slurries to dissolve the dissolvable member to allow the slurries to react to generate chlorine dioxide gas that passes through the upper and lower members and into a space to be disinfected and/or deodorized.
US10105459B2	Method and apparatus for sterilizing container Inner and outer surfaces of a container which is filled with drink are sterilized. A sterilizer is applied to an outer surface of a container by blasting the sterilizer toward the outer surface of the container from at least one nozzle for sterilizer disposed so as not to intersect with a mouth portion of the container, an inner surface of the container is sterilized by heat of a hot-water supplied into the container from a nozzle for hot-water, and the sterilizer adhering to the outer surface of the container is activated with the heat transferred from the hot-water to thereby sterilize the outer surface of the container.
US10105456B2	Multimodal particles, methods and uses thereof The present disclosure, among other things, provides a composition of a particle including a substrate; at least a first condensation layer comprising at least a first dopant entity; and at least a second layer comprising a second dopant entity. In some embodiments, different dopant entities are included in different layers. In some embodiments, such dopant entities are or comprise detectable entities. This, in some embodiments, provided technologies achieve multi-modality particles. Among the many advantages of provided technologies include the ability to image particles by a plurality of distinct imaging modalities and/or in a plurality of contexts (e.g., pre-surgical, intraoperative and/or post-surgical environments). The present invention provides methods that include a single administration of particles to a subject, followed by a plurality of steps that comprise imaging the administered particles, which steps may utilize different imaging technologies and/or be performed at different times and/or in different environments.
US10105455B2	Fluorocoxib A loading into ROS-responsive nanoparticles Disclosed are compositions that comprise a cyclooxygenase-2-selective therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent having a therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent conjugated to a NSAID drug; and a ROS-responsive nanoparticle. Methods of making and using these compositions for drug encapsulation and delivery are also disclosed.
US10105453B2	Recombinant adeno-associated virus delivery of alpha-sarcoglycan polynucleotides The present invention relates to recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) delivery of an alpha-sarcoglycan gene. The invention provides rAAV products and methods of using the rAAV in the treatment of limb girdle muscular dystrophies such as LGMD2D.
US10105450B2	Promoter compositions An isolated promoter sequence comprising a nucleic acid of between 600 and 1700 nucleotides in length having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO:1, SEQ ID NO:2, SEQ ID NO:3, SEQ ID NO:4, SEQ ID NO:5, SEQ ID NO:6, or SEQ ID NO:7.
US10105449B2	Drug delivery polymers and uses thereof Described herein are platinum-based brush-arm star polymers (Pt-BASPs), or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, for delivery of platinum-based agents, such as oxaliplatin. Also provided are methods and kits involving the Pt-BASPs, or a pharmaceutical composition thereof, for treating proliferative diseases such as cancers (e.g., lung cancer, head-and-neck cancer, esophagus cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer, pancreas cancer, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer, or prostate cancer) in a subject.
US10105447B2	Method of treating obesity in a companion animal comprising administering a modified canine leptin polypeptide Modified canine leptin polypeptides and formulations and uses thereof, are provided including polyethylene glycol (PEG) modified canine leptin polypeptides, wherein the PEG moiety is covalently attached to a para-acetyl-phenylalanine (pAF) residue of the polypeptide, and related compositions and methods useful in treating companion animal obesity and other leptin-related disorders.
US10105446B2	Pharmaceutical compositions for high-capacity targeted delivery Provided herein are aptamers and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. In some embodiments, the aptamer selectively binds a protein of interest such as an extracellular receptor protein of interest (e.g., a cancer cell extracellular receptor protein, which may be differentially expressed in some embodiments). In some embodiments, the aptamer is directly linked by covalent bonding (e.g., via a geminal diamine linkage) to from 2 to 10 toxin compounds. Also provided herein is a method of selecting an aptamer that specifically binds to a protein expressed by a cell of interest, wherein in some embodiments the aptamer comprises at least one binding site for one or more active compounds. In some embodiments, primer regions flanking the variable region of the aptamers in the pool contains from 1 to 10 mismatches with respect to said forward or reverse primer.
US10105445B2	Hydrophilic polyurethane compositions This disclosure relates to a controlled-release composition containing a water-swellable linear polymer together with an active agent. The water-swellable linear polymer is obtained by reacting together: (a) a polyethylene oxide of number average molecular weight less than or equal to 4000 g/mol; (b) an aliphatic diol; and (c) a difunctional isocyanate. The ratio of components (a) to (b) to (c) is in the range of 0.01-0.1 to 1 to 1.01-1.1 in terms of equivalent weights. The amount of the polyethylene oxide is less than 50 wt % of the polymer. The polymer has a water swelling percentage of 20-100%.
US10105442B2	Treatment of diabetes type 1 using GLP-1 and anti-IL-21 The present invention relates to use of a GLP-1 agonist and an anti-IL-2 antibody in treatment and/or prevention of type 1 diabetes.
US10105441B2	Method for inhibiting or reducing dry eye disease by IL-1Ra The present invention comprises a composition with means to inhibit the function of the inflammatory cytokine IL-1 and methods for using this composition to treat inflammatory disease of ocular and adnexal tissues by topical administration. The present invention also discloses devices for delivering this composition to target tissues.
US10105438B2	Process of conjugation and novel synthetic oligosaccharide-protein conjugates obtained thereof The present invention relates to an improved process of conjugation to obtain synthetic oligosaccharide-protein (OS-PR) conjugates. The process of synthetic OS-PR conjugation is a rapid process providing oligosaccharide-protein conjugates which are highly immunogenic and elicit specific and homogenous immune responses. The synthetic oligosaccharide comprising of four to eight repeating units of respective monomers and at least one in-built terminal amino linker, said synthetic polysaccharide mimics natural polysaccharide obtained from gram negative bacteria such as Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, C, Y, W, X and Haemophilus influenzae and carrier protein is obtained from gram positive bacteria such as Clostridium tetani (tetanus toxoid) or Corynebacterium diphtheriae (CRM197) or their recombinant versions. The conjugation chemistry of the said oligosaccharide-protein conjugate of the present invention is thio-ether linkage. The present invention takes complete process time in the range of 14-22 hours. The said oligosaccharide-protein conjugates are useful in production of monovalent vaccine or multivalent combination vaccines and as diagnostic tool.
US10105435B2	Liposome compositions comprising an adjuvant that activates or increases the activity of TLR2 and uses thereof The invention provides compositions comprising liposomes, an antigen capable of inducing a humoral immune response, a carrier comprising a continuous phase of a hydrophobic substance, and an adjuvant that activates or increases the activity of TLR2. The invention also provides uses for such compositions in inducing a humoral response and methods for their use in the treatment of a disease, disorder or ailment ameliorated by a humoral immune response.
US10105431B2	Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharides and conjugates thereof The invention relates to activated Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 10A, 22F or 33F polysaccharides and processes for their preparation. The invention also relates to immunogenic conjugates comprising Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 10A, 22F or 33F polysaccharides covalently linked to a carrier protein, processes for their preparation and immunogenic compositions and vaccines comprising them.
US10105430B2	Method for preventing or treating M tuberculosis infection The present invention is directed to methods of preventing reactivation of active and latent M. tuberculosis infections by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a nucleic acid encoding a Mtb72f fusion protein, or a Mtb72f fusion protein or an immunogenic fragment thereof, for example together with an adjuvant. The Mtb72f nucleic acid or fusion protein can be administered with one or more chemotherapeutic agents effective against a M. tuberculosis infection. The methods also provide for shortening the time course of a chemotherapeutic regimen against a M. tuberculosis infection.
US10105427B2	Epidermal growth factor receptor variant III-mesothelin fusions and methods of using the same Provided herein are compositions and methods for eliciting an immune response in a subject. In particular, the present disclosure is directed to fusion proteins comprising an epidermal growth factor receptor variant III (EGFRvIII) polypeptide and a mesothelin polypeptide, and methods of eliciting an immune response using host cells comprising nucleic acid molecules encoding said fusion proteins. In some embodiments, the nucleic acid molecules can encode an EGFRvIII-mesothelin fusion protein comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least i) 90% identical, ii) 95% identical, or iii) 99% identical to EGFRvIIIx5-mesothelin35-622 as set forth in SEQ ID NO:8.
US10105425B2	Isolated donor MHC-derived peptide and uses thereof The invention relates to an peptide derived from a polymorphic region of donor MHC class II molecules which induces tolerance and thus prevents transplant rejection in a patient in need thereof. The invention relates to an isolated peptide of 15 or 16 amino acids long that comprises or consists of the amino acid sequence: REEYARFDSDVGEYR (SEQ ID NO: 1) or a function-conservative variant for use as drug. The invention relates to an in vitro method for determining whether a transplanted patient is tolerant, comprising a step of determining the presence of CD8+CD45RClow Tregs in a biological sample obtained from said transplanted patient, wherein the presence of CD8+CD45RClow Tregs is indicative of tolerance.
US10105420B2	Methods, compositions and screens for therapeutics for the treatment of synovial sarcoma Methods and compositions are provided for treating human synovial sarcoma (SS). Also provided are screens to identify therapeutics for the treatment of synovial sarcoma. These methods, compositions, and screens are based on the discovery that promoting the assembly of wild type BAF (also called mSWI/SNF) complexes in SS cells by increasing levels of wild type SS18 and/or decreasing levels of SS18-SSX fusion protein leads to the cessation of proliferation of malignant cells in synovial sarcoma.
US10105418B2	Oral administration of tocilizumab treatment of autoimmune disease The present invention provides a method for treating or delaying the onset of an autoimmune condition in a human subject comprising orally administering to the subject at an effective dose of tocilizumab.
US10105417B2	Methods and kits for maintaining pregnancy, treating follicular cysts, and synchronizing ovulation using luteinizing hormone This invention provides methods and kits for maintaining pregnancy in mammals. Pregnancy is maintained by administration of effective amounts of luteinizing hormone (LH) or chorionic gonadotropin (CG). Both LH and CG may be used alone, in combination with each other, or in combination with growth hormone (GH) or follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). Hormones are administered on about Day 4 to about Day 7 following insemination. Effective amounts of LH range from about 10 micrograms to about 25 milligrams, preferably about 2 to about 8 mg, and of CG range from about 100 IU (international units) to about 2000 IU. Mammals treatable by the methods of this invention include ungulates and related mammals, including bovines. Kits provided by this invention include effective amounts of one or more hormones, a device for administering the hormone(s) and instructions. This invention also provides methods for treating follicular cysts and for synchronizing ovulation in mammals using LH.
US10105416B2	Methods of treating mild brain injury The present disclosure provides methods for treating mild brain injury and other neurological disorders in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound comprising ghrelin.
US10105415B2	Compositions comprising granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease The present invention provides compositions comprising granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and fosfomycin for the treatment, prevention or alleviation of an inflammatory bowel disease such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis or necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn and premature infants by administration of the compositions into the intestinal lumen.
US10105406B2	Compositions and methods for enhancing brain function using acetyl-L-carnitine, huperzine A, Ginkgo biloba, and vitamin B complex A nutritional supplement composition for enhancing cognitive function includes Ginkgo biloba, rhodiola, acetyl-L-carnitine and huperzine A. The Ginkgo biloba, rhodiola and acetyl-L-carnitine are in a ratio a:b:c respectively such that a as the Ginkgo biloba is between about 690 and 1030, b as the rhodiola is between about 1,700 and 2,600 and c as the acetyl-L-carnitine is between about 8,000 and 12,000. The composition is formulated for oral administration and the Ginkgo biloba, rhodiola, acetyl-L-carnitine and huperzine A together account for at least 80 wt % of a dosage unit of the nutritional supplement composition.
US10105401B2	Composition comprising bioactive amino acids and/or peptides and marine oil in a stable oil-in-water emulsion, and the use of said composition as a functional or therapeutic composition The present invention relates to food supplements. Particularly, the present invention relates to a composition comprising marine oil in a stable oil-in-water emulsion, further comprising at least one specific bioactive amino acid or peptide, or derivatives thereof. In addition, the present invention relates to a process for the production of said composition and the use of said composition as a functional or therapeutic composition.
US10105399B2	Methods and compositions for treatment of bone defects with placental cell populations Provided herein are methods of using adherent placental stem cells and placental stem cell populations, and methods of culturing, proliferating and expanding the same. Also provided herein are methods of differentiating the placental stem cells. Further provided herein are methods of using the placental stem cells to formulate implantable or injectable compositions suitable for administration to a subject. Still further provided herein are provides methods for treating bone defects with stem cells and compositions comprising stem cells.
US10105398B2	Micronized placental tissue compositions and methods of making and using the same Described herein are compositions composed of micronized placental components and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compositions have numerous medical applications. Methods for making and using the micronized compositions are also described herein.
US10105397B2	Micronized placental tissue compositions and methods of making and using the same Described herein are compositions composed of micronized placental components and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compositions have numerous medical applications. Methods for making and using the micronized compositions are also described herein.
US10105386B2	Compositions for the treatment of dry eye The present invention relates to ophthalmic compositions and methods useful to treat dry eye, or to diagnose, cure, mitigate, treat, or prevent dry eye syndrome in man or other animals.
US10105384B2	Nucleic acids targeting TCTP for use in the treatment of chemo- or hormone-resistant cancers The present invention concerns a TCTP antagonist, in particular a nucleic acid targeting an m RNA encoding Translationally-Controlled Tumor Protein (TCTP), wherein said nucleic acid is capable of reducing the amount of TCTP in cells, for use in the treatment or prevention of hormone-independent cancer or chemo-resistant cancer, such as an androgen-independent prostate cancer.
US10105383B2	Therapy regimen and methods to sensitize cancer cells treated with epigenetic therapy to PARP inhibitors in lung cancer The presently disclosed subject matter provides methods to treat cancer cells using low doses of DNA demethylating agents and poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors. Methods also are provided for sensitizing a cell to a PARP inhibitor.
US10105382B2	Therapy regimen and methods to sensitize cancer cells treated with epigenetic therapy to PARP inhibitors in ovarian cancer The presently disclosed subject matter provides methods to treat cancer cells using low doses of DNA demethylating agents and poly ADP ribose polymerase (PARP) inhibitors. Methods also are provided for sensitizing a cell to a PARP inhibitor.
US10105373B2	Fused triterpene compounds and uses thereof The present invention discloses fused triterpene compounds, represented by the compounds of Formula I (as described herein), processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the said compounds, their use as retinoid-related orphan receptors gamma (RORγ) modulators and/or interleukin-17 (IL-17) inhibitors and methods for their use in the treatment of a disease or a disorder mediated by RORγ and/or IL-17.
US10105372B2	Methods of treating obesity using antioxidant inflammation modulators The present invention relates to methods of treating and/or preventing obesity comprising the administration of antioxidant inflammation modulators described herein, including for example bardoxolone methyl.
US10105371B2	Use of medications with neuroprotective properties to prevent or reduce the risk of ischemia-reperfusion injury in a subject Provided are methods for treatment and prevention of ischemia-reperfusion injury and chronic intermittent hypoxia related injury through administering a neuroprotective compound. A subject benefiting from the method of the invention may be prescribed or undergoing anti-VEGF treatment, for example an IVAV treatment regimen, or may be diagnosed with a disorder such as sleep apnea.
US10105370B2	1H-pyrazolo[3,4-B]pyridines and therapeutic uses thereof Provided herein are compounds according to Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and compositions comprising the same, for use in various methods, including treating cancers such as colon, ovarian, pancreatic, breast, liver, prostate and hematologic cancers:
US10105369B2	Therapeutically active compounds and their methods of use Provided are compounds useful for treating cancer and methods of treating cancer, for example an advanced solid tumor, such as a glioma, or angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL).
US10105368B2	Formulations of a Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor Described herein is the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) inhibitor 1-((R)-3-(4-amino-3-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, including novel pharmaceutical formulations thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the Btk inhibitor, as well as methods of using the Btk inhibitor, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US10105365B2	Solid antiviral dosage forms The present disclosure relates to solid dosage forms comprising antiviral compounds and methods of using such dosage forms to treat antiviral infection.
US10105361B2	Compositions and methods for increasing the metabolic lifetime of dextromethorphan and related pharmacodynamic effects This disclosure relates to methods administering various compounds in conjunction with dextromethorphan to a human being. Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to dextromethorphan or dextrorphan and bupropion, hydroxybupropion, erythrohydroxybupropion, threohydroxybupropion, or a metabolite or prodrug of any of these compounds are also disclosed.
US10105360B2	Method and composition for the treatment of opioid induced constipation The invention relates to a method of treatment using a solid oral pharmaceutical dosage form comprising an opioid receptor antagonist for use in the treatment of opioid induced constipation comprising the opioid antagonist equivalent to 24 mg of naloxone hydrochloride as twice daily formulation or equivalent to 48 mg of naloxone hydrochloride as once daily formulation, characterized in that the opioid antagonist has a rapid first pass metabolism with a plasma half-life of 2 hours or less in humans within the first 3 hours of oral administration of a solution, wherein the steady state pharmacokinetics result in a constant level of naloxone in the bloodstream, wherein the pharmacokinetics are independent of whether the dosage is administered once or twice daily, wherein the oral dosage form releases the opioid antagonist in a prolonged manner, wherein the in vitro release rate of the opioid antagonist measured using the paddle stirrer method according to Ph. Eur. at 75 rpm in 1000 ml 0.1 N hydrochloric acid at 37° C., is 15%±5% in 1 h, is 26%±5% in 3 h, is 40%±5% in 6 h, is 55%±7% in 10 h, is 67%±8% in 15 h, and is 78%±10% in 20 h.
US10105356B2	Aerosol pirfenidone and pyridone analog compounds and uses thereof Disclosed herein are formulations of pirfenidone or pyridone analog compounds for aerosolization and use of such formulations for aerosol administration of pirfenidone or pyridone analog compounds for the prevention or treatment of various fibrotic and inflammatory diseases, including disease associated with the lung, heart, kidney, liver, eye and central nervous system. In some embodiments, pirfenidone or pyridone analog compound formulations and delivery options described herein allow for efficacious local delivery of pirfenidone or pyridone analog compound. Compositions include all formulations, kits, and device combinations described herein. Methods include inhalation procedures, indications and manufacturing processes for production and use of the compositions described.
US10105354B1	Inhibition of crystal growth of roflumilast Roflumilast crystals have been shown to increase in size during storage. The size of the roflumilast crystals can affect the bioavailability and efficacy of a pharmaceutical composition. The growth of roflumilast crystals can be inhibited during storage by including hexylene glycol in the composition. The resulting composition has improved bioavailability and efficacy and can be used to inhibit phosphodiesterase 4 in a patient in need of such treatment.
US10105345B2	Tannin-containing gastrointestinal formulations and methods of use Tannin-containing compositions and methods of using same to enhance or maintain immune function during simplified nutrition feeding. Pharmaceutical compositions, including enteral nutrition compositions, are provided. The compositions comprise such tannins as proanthocyanidins and/or hydrolysable tannins. Administering the tannins to the gastrointestinal tract of a subject receiving simplified nutrition, such as with enteral nutrition therapy or parenteral nutrition therapy, attenuates or prevents deleterious effects on the gastrointestinal immune system that would otherwise occur with the simplified nutrition.
US10105344B2	Methods of reducing blood lactate concentration The present invention is directed to methods for reducing blood lactate concentration during exercise, physical activity or athletic performance.
US10105343B2	Cannabis based compositions and methods of treating hypertension The invention relates to a Cannabis-based pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of hypertensive disorders by submucosal delivery comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable base and an effective amount of at least one cannabinoid or endocannabinoid containing extract of a cloned hybrid of the plant Cannabis sativa, subspecies sativa and Cannabis sativa, subspecies indica of the CTSX-ISS lineage; and methods of treatment of primary and secondary hypertension, the secondary hypertension resulting from pheochromocytoma, primary hyperaldosteronism, adrenal hyperplasia, pulmonary hypertension, portal hypertension, folate deficiency hypertension, arterial hypertension or familial hypertension by administration between one and eight times per day.
US10105338B2	Use of genomic testing and ketogenic compounds for treatment of reduced cognitive function This invention relates to methods of using genotyping to select patients for treatment with compounds capable of elevating ketone body concentrations in amounts effective to treat reduced neuronal metabolism associated with reduced neuronal metabolism, for example Alzheimer's disease.
US10105337B2	Fumarate ester pharmaceutical compositions Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising fumarate esters, methods for making the same, and methods for treating subjects in need thereof. In particular, oral pharmaceutical compositions comprising fumarate esters are described.
US10105335B2	Fumarate ester dosage forms Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising fumarate esters, methods for making the same, and methods for treating subjects in need thereof. In particular, oral controlled release pharmaceutical compositions comprising fumarate esters suspended in liquid matrices are described. One embodiment described herein is a pharmaceutical composition comprising fumarate esters suspended in a lipid or lipophilic liquid with enhanced bioavailability.
US10105333B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising DGLA and use of same The present disclosure provides orally deliverable pharmaceutical compositions comprising DGLA and to methods of using same to treat a variety of conditions and disorders.
US10105332B1	Methods and composition for suppression of deep seated fungal growth on skin The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for suppressing the growth of fungus on selected areas of the skin. A composition for suppressing deep seated fungal growth comprising conjugated linoleic acid, Punicic acid, or combination thereof, and niacinamide and L-aspartic acid is provided herein. Methods of making and using the composition are also presently provided.
US10105328B2	Composition for reducing frequency of urination, method of making and use thereof Pharmaceutical compositions for reducing frequency of urination are disclosed. The pharmaceutical compositions comprise one or more prostaglandin pathway inhibitors and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the pharmaceutical compositions.
US10105324B2	Immediate release oral guaifenesin solution Disclosed is a method of treating or ameliorating a condition which can be treated or ameliorated by the administration of guaifenesin, which method comprises orally administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of an immediate release solution for oral administration of guaifenesin and at least one additional drug. In addition to water the solution comprises as solvents propylene glycol and glycerol in a concentration which significantly increases the bioavailability of guaifenesin in the human body.
US10105315B2	Methods of treating eosinophilic esophagitis The present disclosure provides methods of treating inflammation of the upper gastrointestinal tract, especially the esophagus, by administering an oral corticosteroid. In some cases, the methods include treating eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) by administering an oral corticosteroid in an induction phase and a maintenance phase to improve peak eosinophilic counts and symptoms. In embodiments, the methods include treating EoE by administering the oral corticosteroid at nighttime and/or while the patient is lying down.
US10105314B2	Orodispersible mannitol Coagglomerates of mannitol, whose laser volume-average diameter D4,3 is between 1 and 200 μm, and of granular starch, are characterized in that they have a disintegration behavior determined according to a test A such that the relaxation time measured is between 30 and 100 seconds and the swelling force is between 0.8 and 3.0 N.
US10105313B2	Uses of rose pigment compounds An object of the present invention is to provide hyaluronidase inhibitors, collagenase inhibitors, elastase inhibitors, MMP-1 production suppressors, and collagen synthesis promoters that contain as an active component one or more pigment compounds that are obtained as extracted from plants of the family Rosaceae, as well as agents for cutaneous application, skin cosmetics, and quasi-drugs that contain such pigment compounds. The present invention provides hyaluronidase inhibitors, collagenase inhibitors, elastase inhibitors, MMP-1 production suppressors, collagen synthesis promoters, agents for cutaneous application, skin cosmetics, and quasi-drugs that contain one or more compounds in a class of rosacyanins or one or more compounds in a class of rosadelphins as an active component.
US10105310B2	Cosmetic composition comprising PEBA The present invention relates to a composition comprising from 0.1 to 30% by weight of copolymer comprising polyether blocks and polyamide blocks (PEBA), and from 70 to 99.9% by weight of a medium which is acceptable in the cosmetics industry, in the perfumery industry and/or in the pharmaceutical industry. The present invention also relates in particular to a process for incorporating a copolymer comprising polyether blocks and polyamide blocks into a cosmetic, perfumery and/or pharmaceutical medium. The subject matter of the present invention is also the use of a copolymer comprising polyether blocks and polyamide blocks (PEBA) for producing a cosmetic, pharmaceutical or perfumery product, said PEBA being incorporated in the form of a composition in accordance with the invention.
US10105307B2	Makeup cosmetic and makeup kit comprising the makeup cosmetic and a top coating agent Provided is a makeup cosmetic which has a good feeling of use, without showing tautness or stiffness as in the case of using a silicone-based resin film or an offensive odor as in the case of using polyisoprene, and exhibits a good effect of preventing color migration. This makeup cosmetic is characterized by comprising polyisobutylene having a relative mass of 30,000-100,000 and a volatile hydrocarbon oil. Also provided are a top coating agent, which can be appropriately applied on the aforesaid makeup cosmetic, imparts glossiness and shows little color migration or blurring, a makeup kit comprising the aforesaid makeup cosmetic and the top coating agent, and a makeup method using the makeup kit.
US10105305B2	Compositions and methods for promoting skin regeneration and hair growth The present invention relates to the field of wound healing. Specifically, the present invention provides compositions and methods for promoting skin regeneration, more specifically, the generation of de novo hair follicles. In one embodiment, a method for stimulating hair follicle neogenesis in a subject comprises the step of administering to the subject an effective amount of a TLR3 agonist. In certain embodiments, the TLR3 agonist is a double stranded RNA (dsRNA). The present invention is also directed to treating common male pattern hair loss.
US10105303B2	Oral care composition comprising zinc amino acid halides Disclosed herein are oral care compositions comprising a zinc amino acid halide. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided.
US10105302B2	Compositions and methods for the removal of tattoos The present invention provides a method for removing a tattoo in a region of skin the method comprises administering to a least a portion of the tattoo, and a composition comprising an effective amount of a bisphosphonate and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient to at least cause fading of the tattoo in said region.
US10105301B2	Composition for colouring hair The present invention describes a composition for coloring hair, comprising at least one dye having the formula (I) and at least one dye having the formula (II): where the groups are defined in the description. The composition provides hair colorings stable and brilliant at various pH values and also resistant to washing.
US10105300B2	Use of charged surfactants for reducing textile staining by antiperspirants Disclosed is cosmetic or dermatological preparation which is present as an aerosol spray and comprises one or more antiperspirant substances and one or more cationic surfactants.
US10105299B2	Method of using sonochemical activaction to form meta-stable substances A method for forming a coated particle having a core particle that is fully coated by a dual-layer coating that includes an inner layer formed of a hydrophilic composition and an outer layer formed of a hydrophobic polymer. The core particles are added to a hydrophilic solution and mixed together. The hydrophobic polymer is then added to form a mixture. The mixture is sonicated to coat the particles and the coated particles are separated and dried to form meta-stable coated particles.
US10105297B2	Sunscreen compositions and methods for boosting efficacy The present disclosure relates to sunscreen compositions that are unique in simultaneously protecting skin from heat in while blocking UV radiation. The sunscreen compositions typically include: (a) laponite; (b) one or more UV filters; (c) one or more emulsifiers; and (d) water. The sunscreen compositions are useful for protecting skin from UV damage caused by sun exposure and for preventing heat from reaching the skin. Furthermore, the present disclosure describes methods for using laponite to boost the SPF of sunscreen compositions.
US10105295B2	Microcapsules comprising a water-immiscible core and a wall comprising the salt of a lewis acid and a lewis base A microcapsule suspension for treating a protein-containing surface includes droplets of a dispersed water-immiscible core phase, an aqueous continuous phase, and a wall surrounding each core phase droplet. The wall includes the salt formed from at least one Lewis base reactant and at least one Lewis acid reactant, wherein at least one Lewis base reactant or Lewis acid reactant is amphiphilic and wherein at least one Lewis acid reactant is selected from the group consisting of proteins, protein hydrolysates, charged amino acids, and water-soluble salts of any of these.
US10105289B2	Biomimetic mineral based endodontic cement composition and uses thereof Disclosed are biomimetic mineral based endodontic cement compositions. An endodontic cement comprises a paste A and a paste B. The paste A comprises a pozzolanic cementitious mineral paste and the paste B is a mixture comprising polyanionic polymers, phosphates, cement setting modulators, host-inclusion particles, bioactive glasses, and radiopacity agents suspended in a liquid carrier.
US10105288B1	Smart medication adherence refrigeration tray (SMART) A Smart Medication Adherence Refrigeration Tray (SMART) along with method of use to assist with self-management of medication treatment by patients. The SMART medication tray accepts a plurality of medication filled containers of various sizes along with individual storage compartments for each container. Each medication storage compartment uses an embedded scale mechanism to monitor the amount of medication being taken by the patient and to assist with the medication adherence compliance. A series of optical sensors are utilized to detect when medication bottles are placed on the storage compartment as well as when they are being removed. Medication tray utilizes wireless technology to interactively communicate with outside computing devices to receive medication prescription and assist with the adherence process.
US10105280B2	Massaging device A powered massaging device having a drive shaft having an axis of rotation and a massaging head with a skin engaging surface. The massaging head being attachable to the drive shaft for simultaneous rotation about the axis and vibration in a direction along the axis.
US10105271B2	Inner bowl of operating head of nursing machine, and nursing machine Disclosed is an inner bowl of a working head of a nursing machine, comprising a bowl body, a baffle, and a drying device; the front part of the bowl body is provided with a bowl mouth, the top surface of which is a horizontally arranged drain port, the bottom surface of which is an obliquely arranged U-shaped arc bottom, and both sides of the U-shaped arc bottom of which are uniformly provided with infrared-reflective feces sensors; the outer bottom surface of the bowl body is provided with a urine sensor; the baffle is vertically arranged on the bowl body and is connected to the drain port; the drying device is arranged at the rear side of the bowl body, and an air outlet of the drying device is arranged on the rear side wall of the bowl body below the baffle. Also disclosed is a nursing machine.
US10105270B2	Water birthing apparatus Water birthing apparatus for use in a bath sized to accommodate an adult woman in childbirth, the bath having a base wall and one or more side walls extending upwardly from the base wall to an upper edge to define an open top, including: a false floor sized to cover at least some of the base wall of the bath and including drainage means for draining water from above the false floor to below the false floor; and lifting means associated with the false floor and operable for moving the false floor between a lower position at which the false floor is adjacent or resting on the base wall and an elevated position spaced at which the false floor is spaced above the base wall, and wherein the lifting means includes a plurality of lifting arms connected to the false floor and extending from a movable carriage assembly mounted to a carriage track, the carriage assembly being movable up and down the carriage track.
US10105265B2	Dressing for wound treatment Examples include devices, systems and methods related to advanced wound therapy dressings. Specific examples are optimized for use with mobile continuous diffusion of oxygen therapy systems for the localized delivery of oxygen to damaged and healing tissues. Examples may utilize a conduit to deliver therapeutic fluids, including for example oxygen, where the conduit comprises a plurality of apertures or perforations. Examples may also include a spacer material with a plurality of distribution channels in fluid communication with the conduit.
US10105263B2	Visual prosthesis A visual prosthesis apparatus and a method for limiting power consumption in a visual prosthesis apparatus. The visual prosthesis apparatus comprises a camera for capturing a video image, a video processing unit associated with the camera, the video processing unit configured to convert the video image to stimulation patterns, and a retinal stimulation system configured to stop stimulating neural tissue in a subject's eye based on the stimulation patterns when an error is detected in a forward telemetry received from the video processing unit.
US10105262B2	Producing cut surfaces in a transparent material by means of optical radiation A method for producing a cut surface in a transparent material using optical radiation. A laser device separates the material using optical radiation and includes an optical unit focussing the radiation along an optical axis into an image field defining an image-field size. A focal position is adjusted transversely along the axis, producing a cut surface extending substantially parallel to the axis and, in projection along the axis, is a curve having a maximum extent. The focus is displaced by adjustment of the focal position along a trajectory curve lying in the cut surface. The cut surface has a maximum extent which is greater than the image-field size. The focal position is moved transverse to the axis along the curve. The image field is displaced transversely, and the focal position is adjusted in an oscillating fashion along the axis on the curve between an upper and lower axial focus position.
US10105261B2	Automated calibration of laser system and tomography system with fluorescent imaging of scan pattern A laser system calibration method and system are provided. In some methods, a calibration plate may be used to calibrate a video camera of the laser system. The video camera pixel locations may be mapped to the physical space. A xy-scan device of the laser system may be calibrated by defining control parameters for actuating components of the xy-scan device to scan a beam to a series of locations. Optionally, the beam may be scanned to a series of locations on a fluorescent plate. The video camera may be used to capture reflected light from the fluorescent plate. The xy-scan device may then be calibrated by mapping the xy-scan device control parameters to physical locations. A desired z-depth focus may be determined by defining control parameters for focusing a beam to different depths. The video camera or a confocal detector may be used to detect the scanned depths.
US10105260B2	Integrated ophthalmic surgical system An ophthalmic surgical system includes a chassis comprising a laser source. The system includes a gantry coupled to the chassis. The position of the gantry is adjustable. The system includes a reference interface coupled to the gantry. The reference interface comprises an attachment interface at a distal portion of the reference interface, configured to couple to a patient interface for docking with an eye. The reference interface is configured to move to a first plate position proximal to the chassis and a second plate position distal from the chassis. The system further includes an optical head unit coupled to the reference interface. The optical head unit comprises a laser scanner and a beam splitter. The optical head unit is configured to move to a first head unit position near a proximal end of the reference interface and a second head unit position which is a lockable surgical position near a distal end of the reference interface.
US10105259B2	Wound and therapy compress and dressing An article for therapy and treatment of at least one eye. The article includes a backing for application to the at least one eye. The backing includes at least one receiver positioned to align with the at least one eye. The article also includes at least one pod that is detachably secured within the at least one receiver. The at least one pod includes material for delivering therapy and treatment to the at least one eye.
US10105257B2	Suspension implant Methods and apparatuses for lifting, suspending and stiffening a patient's tissue are disclosed. In an embodiment, a surgical implant includes a body having a distal end and a proximal end, a needle attachment member located at the distal end of the body, a plurality of first barbs located on the body proximal to the distal end, the plurality of first barbs pointed towards the proximal end of the body, and a plurality of second barbs located on the body between the plurality of first barbs and the proximal end, the plurality of second barbs pointed towards the distal end of the body.
US10105254B2	Blow-moulding of ostomy bags An ostomy collecting bag is provided. The collecting bag has a continuous wall with a curvature instead of sealed edges. The collecting bag is truly three-dimensional. The collecting bag may be obtained by injection blow-moulding or extrusion blow-moulding. Methods of producing an ostomy collecting bags by either injection blow-moulding or extrusion blow-moulding is also provided. In injection blow-moulding, a pre-form is injection moulded and subsequently the pre-form is blow-moulded into an ostomy collecting bag. In extrusion blow-moulding, a tube is extruded and subsequently blow-moulded into an ostomy collecting bag. The ostomy collecting bag can thus be made without seals at the edges, which provides a more flexible collecting bag with a larger interior volume.
US10105253B1	Penile tension system A penile tension system features a semi-hard, semi-flexible cylindrical rod having a first handle and a second handle. The system features a soft, flexible noose member located on a cylindrical rod side wall. The system features an elastomeric linear fastening member. The system features a series of markings located on the rod side wall.
US10105251B2	Flexible support brace A flexible joint brace. The brace has a generally annular structure with a main section and at least one support section aligned along a plane of motion for the human limb or aligned along a meridian proximate to the joint. The main section is formed with larger holes throughout and the support section is formed with smaller holes, the smaller holes providing an increased volume of material that supports and stabilizes the underlying joint in the direction of movement affected by the injury or arthritis.
US10105250B2	Dual capture device for stent graft delivery system and method for capturing a stent graft A delivery system for delivering and deploying stents with proximal and distal apices includes a guidewire catheter, a nose cone assembly, a proximal capture portion and a stent graft with proximal and distal stents. The nose cone assembly is at the distal end of the guidewire catheter and includes a nose cone and a distal capture portion. The proximal capture portion is proximal to the distal capture portion of the nose cone assembly. The proximal stent is releasably secured to the distal capture portion and the distal stent is releasably secured to the proximal capture portion. The stent graft can be deployed by releasing the proximal stent and the distal stent from proximal and distal capture portions of the delivery system.
US10105242B2	Surgical instrument and method An adjustable spacer instrument, kit of parts and surgical methods of use in a knee arthroplasty procedure are described. The adjustable spacer comprises a first member having a substantially planar upper surface and a second member having a substantially planar lower surface. An angular adjustment mechanism is interposed between the first member and the second member, and is operable to adjust the degree of tilt between the upper surface and the lower surface. A releasable lock is provided which can maintain the degree of tilt. The spacer instrument can be used with the knee in extension or flexion to allow various cuts or re-cuts to be made to the tibia or femur while the ligaments are in balance or to balance the ligaments.
US10105239B2	Devices and methods for correcting vertebral misalignment Embodiments of devices and methods of correcting vertebral misalignment, including, e.g., spondylolisthesis, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vertebral implant may include an assembly configured to be secured to a first vertebral body, wherein the assembly includes a frame made of a first material and at least one end plate made of a second material different than the first material; a reducing plate configured to be slidably received over the central portion, wherein the reducing plate is configured to be secured to a second vertebral body; and an actuator configured to move the reducing plate relative to the frame.
US10105238B2	Expandable intervertebral implants Interbody spacers are expandable horizontally and vertically by an application of axial force, and lockable in an expanded configuration. The spacers include support members interconnected to end bodies by pivotable link members. The spacers are introduced between vertebral bodies in a compressed configuration and expanded to fill the intervertebral space and provide support and selective lordotic correction. Graft material may be introduced into the expanded spacer. Provisional and/or supplementary locking means lock the spacers in the expanded configuration. Embodiments of the spacers include symmetrically and asymmetrically configured spacers. Methods of expansion include symmetric expansion or asymmetric expansion along each of two directions.
US10105237B2	Multi-layer osteoinductive, osteogenic, and osteoconductive carrier A multi-layer osteogenic, osteoconductive and/or osteoinductive carrier device or system for applying an osteoinductive substance to a bone surface, and methods for making and using said carrier are disclosed. The multi-layer osteogenic carrier device can comprise a delivery layer comprising a porous material and an osteogenic material; and a support layer in communication with the delivery layer, the support layer capable of substantially conforming to an anatomical feature, wherein the support layer can hold the delivery layer in proximity to the anatomical feature. The multi-layer osteogenic carrier device can further comprise an adhesive layer capable of adhering the carrier to at least a portion of an anatomical feature, the adhesive layer in communication with at least a portion of the delivery layer. The carrier can be applied to and compressed to conform to the decorticated bone of a fusion site and kept in place by a rod clip attached to a spinal stabilization system. The carrier promotes fusion at least in part by providing an osteoinductive and osteoconductive substance at a target fusion site but also has the potential to be used with osteogenic material.
US10105232B2	System and method for performing percutaneous spinal interbody fusion A method of performing percutaneous interbody spinal fusion on adjacent vertebrae in a patient including the steps of: creating a percutaneous access opening on the patient, using indirect visualization to establish a surgical path through the access opening, creating a cavity in a disc space between the adjacent vertebra, without retraction, inserting an expandable implant into the cavity, the implant configured to fit through the access opening into the cavity, and expanding the implant within the cavity.
US10105230B2	Self-centering, anti-seizing acetabular liner A kit for use in arthroplasty. The kit including a shell which has a shell locking section. The kit further including a liner adapted to be inserted into the shell. The liner includes an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface is generally concave. The outer surface is adapted to engage the shell, and includes a liner locking section and a curved section. The curved section has a radius. The shell locking section and the liner locking section are adapted to engage one another. The shell locking section and the liner locking section are self-locking tapers. The curved section extends tangentially from the liner locking section at a first transition point.
US10105225B2	Devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation, including approximating mitral valve leaflets Systems and methods for approximating tissue segments, such as mitral valve leaflets, on a minimally invasive basis. The system includes first and second approximation devices each including a magnetic component and an attachment mechanism. Each device is connected to a target tissue segment by the corresponding attachment mechanism. Upon deployment at a target site, the tissue approximation devices are magnetically attracted to one another, approximating the tissue segments and maintaining the tissue segments in the approximated state.
US10105222B1	Native valve repair devices and procedures A system for implanting a repair device onto a native valve of a natural heart to repairing the native valve of a patient during a non-open-heart procedure. The system includes a paddle and a gripping member. The paddle is movable between an open position and a closed position. The gripping member has a weakened portion and a barbed portion. The barbed portion is configured to secure the gripping member to valve tissue of the native valve of the patient. A gripper control mechanism is configured to move the gripping member between an open position and a closed position. The gripper control mechanism comprises a suture removably attached to the gripping member at a first connection point and a pushing member configured to engage the gripping member at a second connection point. The weakened portion is between the first and second connection points. The pushing member is configured to push on the gripping member and the suture is configured to pull on the gripping member to flex the weakened portion and pivot the barbed portion.
US10105215B2	Intraocular lens and methods for providing accommodative vision An accommodating intraocular lens for providing a range of accommodative vision contains an optic and a haptic. The optic is disposed about an optical axis and includes an anterior surface and a posterior surface defining a clear aperture of the optic. The haptic is at least partially disposed inside the optic and includes an inner structure, an outer structure, and a plurality of arms disposed between and connecting the inner structure and the outer structure. The inner structure is circumferentially disposed about the optical axis, while the outer structure is circumferentially disposed about the inner structure and has an outer face. Each arm has proximal portion adjacent the inner structure and a distal portion adjacent the outer structure that is bifurcated in a radial direction from the proximal portion. The intraocular lens also has an outer surface defined by outer surfaces of the plurality of arms and an outer surface of the outer structure. The inner structure and at least a portion of the arms are disposed inside the clear aperture. The distal portion of each arm has a larger axial extent than an axial extent of the inner portion. The distal portion of each arm has a larger axial extent along the outer surface than an axial extent of the outer structure along the outer surface.
US10105212B1	Hair implants comprising enhanced anchoring and medical safety features A hair implant includes: (a) a hair strand anchor including: an anchor body; first and second hair chambers disposed within the anchor body; and at least one tunnel through the anchor body between the first and second hair chambers, where the tunnel is free of a hair; and (b) at least one hair strand having a portion thereof retained in at least one of the hair chambers; wherein the tunnel is configured to support collagen ligature growth after subcutaneous implantation by receiving and retaining collagen ligatures that anchor the hair implant to a hair implant recipient. Also disclosed is a hair implant including an anchor with first and second anchor bodies and at least one bridge connecting the anchor bodies and bridging at least one void between the anchor bodies, wherein the bridge supports and retains collagen ligature growth. Anchors, hair restoration and manufacturing methods are also disclosed.
US10105211B2	Apparatus and method for forming pilot holes in bone and delivering fasteners therein for retaining an implant Apparatus and methods for forming pilot holes in bone and deploying a staple therein for fixing a sheet-like implant to the bone. A pilot hole forming trocar assembly including a trocar and a position retention sleeve can be included. The trocar can be releasably coupled to the position retention sleeve and slide in keyed arrangement within the sleeve when uncoupled. The trocar can include a distal portion having a retractable blade and a pair of pilot hole forming spikes extending distally from the trocar shaft. Once the pilot holes are formed, the position retention sleeve maintains the position relative to the pilot holes while the trocar is removed and a staple delivery device can be inserted in the lumen of the position retention sleeve to deploy a staple in the pilot holes.
US10105208B2	Decellularized biologically-engineered tubular grafts This disclosure describes decellularized, biologically-engineered tubular grafts and methods of making and using such decellularized, biologically-engineered tubular grafts.
US10105206B2	Inferior vena cava filter with stability features A filter having a first set of members and a second set of members defining a trap sized to fit into a blood vessel. Each of the first and second members are configured to resiliently extend from the trap. At least one of the first set of members includes a first surface for engaging the vessel wall such that the at least one of the first set of members resists downstream movement within the vessel. At least one of the second set of members includes a second surface for engaging the vessel wall such that the at least one second member resists upstream movement within the vessel.
US10105205B2	Muscle wall defect prosthesis and deployment system A delivery device and implantable prosthesis for repairing a soft tissue defect such as an abdominal wall hernia. The delivery device includes a support body that is nested between a first and second layer of the prosthesis. The support body includes a zone of weakness to facilitate collapse of the nested delivery device and prosthesis. A handle extends from the support body and may be used to position the prosthesis as well as to cause the support body to move to a reduced configuration for removal of the support body from the prosthesis.
US10105204B2	Implants, tools, and methods for treatment of pelvic conditions Implants, tools, devices, systems, and related methods for treating pelvic conditions are disclosed, some of which provide support to body tissue to alleviate incontinence. An exemplary implant may comprise a tissue support portion adapted to be positioned to support any one of the urethra or anus, first and second end portions extending form the tissue support portion through body tissue, and an adjustment mechanism acting on or within one or both of the end portions. The adjustment mechanism may comprise one or more of a adjustment element and an adjustment mechanism coupled to the adjustment element.
US10105195B2	Orthodontic auxiliary and connector with modifiable activation parameters The present disclosure provides intra-oral devices for repositioning the relationship between upper and lower dental arches. The devices are attached to appliances on molar teeth of each arch and can be reactivated without removal or replacement of substantial components of the device.
US10105194B2	Orthognathic correction device and orthognathic correction method An orthognathic correction device includes a first retainer, a second retainer and at least two elastic members. The first retainer is configured to be removably worn on the maxillary dental arch of a patient and has at least two first connection parts fixed on the left and right buccal surfaces of the first retainer. The second retainer is configured to be removably worn on the mandibular dental arch of the patient and has at least two second connection parts fixed on the left and right buccal surfaces of the second retainer. The elastic members couple the first and second retainers worn and retained on the maxillary and mandibular dental arches of the patient, respectively, so as to drive the second retainer to move relative to the first retainer, thereby adjusting the relative position between the mandible and the maxilla of the patient.
US10105189B2	Techniques for correcting an error in a nonvolatile memory of an embedded component for an end effector in a robotic surgical system A method for correcting an error of a nonvolatile memory of an embedded component for an end effector used in a robotic surgical system is provided. The robotic surgical system includes a host controller in communication with the embedded component. The embedded component of the end effector performs a test process to test the nonvolatile memory. The host controller of the robotic surgical system requests a result of the test process from the embedded component of the end effector. The host controller determines that the error of the nonvolatile memory has occurred after requesting the result of the test process from the embedded component of the end effector. The host controller modifies the nonvolatile memory of the embedded component of the end effector to correct the error.
US10105188B2	Arm with a combined force and shape sensor An apparatus comprises a continuously flexible device and an actuation mechanism that acts to bend and straighten the continuously flexible device. The apparatus also includes a sensor apparatus that generates bend information about at least a portion of the continuously flexible device. The apparatus also includes an electronic data processor. The electronic data processor generates (i) external force information about at least one of a magnitude or a direction of an external force applied to the continuously flexible device, or (ii) both the external force information and internal force information about a bending force applied to the continuously flexible device by the actuation mechanism from (a) the generated bend information and (b) information representing at least one mechanical property of the continuously flexible device.
US10105186B2	Virtual rigid body optical tracking system and method A virtual rigid body optical tracking system includes a virtual rigid body generator for projecting a virtual rigid body, wherein the virtual rigid body forms a pattern of light on a surface. The virtual rigid body optical tracking system includes an optical detection system for detecting the pattern of light, and a data processing system in communication with the optical detection system. The data processing system is configured to determine a position of the virtual rigid body generator based on the detected pattern of light.
US10105177B2	Irrigated ablation electrode assembly having off-center irrigation passageway An irrigated ablation catheter includes a shaft and an electrode assembly affixed to a distal end of the shaft. The distal electrode assembly includes a manifold and an ablation electrode affixed together and extending along a center axis. The electrode has a distal irrigation passageway extending therethrough to an opening at a distal tip of the electrode. The opening of the irrigation passageway is offset in distance from the center axis, and allows a thermal sensor such as a thermocouple to be located in a sensor cavity in the electrode on or near the center axis. One variation involves providing a pair of distal irrigation passageways through the electrode where both of the openings of the passageways are offset from the center axis. The thermal sensor in this variation is located in the sensor cavity substantially on the center axis.
US10105174B2	Method for employing single fault safe redundant signals An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical instrument coupled to an electrosurgical generator. The electrosurgical system may include a first sensor and a second sensor, which are configured to detect redundant tissue properties and output a signal corresponding thereto. The electrosurgical system has a signal processing circuit for receiving and modifying the output signal from the second sensor. The electrosurgical generator may include a controller for receiving an output signal from the first sensor and a processed signal from the signal processing circuit. The controller compares the two signals received and shuts down the system based on the comparison of the first sensor and a processed signal.
US10105172B2	Radiofrequency amplifier impedance optimization The present disclosure is directed to an electrosurgical generator including a resonant inverter having an H-bridge and a tank. The generator also includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller configured to output PWM timing signals to the H-bridge. A switch is configured to select a modality from among a plurality of modalities and the PWM controller adjusts a frequency of the PWM timing signals based on the selected modality.
US10105169B2	Bone fixation systems, apparatuses, and methods with anti-back-out feature A locking clip for retaining a fastener in a bone fixation plate is provided. An embodiment of the locking clip comprises a flexure member and a body member coupled to the flexure member, the body member comprising a locking tab, the locking tab configured to provide an axial limitation to motion of the fastener in a non-rotationally-ratcheting manner, the flexure member resiliently flexible to permit displacement of the locking tab to allow passage of a fastener head of the fastener. An embodiment comprises a bone fixation plate assembly comprising a bone fixation plate and a locking clip. An embodiment comprises a locking fastener assembly comprising a fastener and a locking ring.
US10105166B2	Spinal rod link reducer The present invention includes a rod link reducer of a spinal fixation system that includes a first and a second spinal rod manipulator; a first spinal rod manipulator joint connected to the first spinal rod manipulator and a second spinal rod manipulator joint connected to the second spinal rod manipulator; a first and a second translatable transverse shaft connected to the first and second joints, respectively; and a universal reducer connected to both the first and second translatable transverse shafts, wherein the universal reducer, the shafts and the linkers provide movement and temporary fixation of a spine that has been manipulated into a final position during spinal surgery.
US10105161B2	Obturator having an insufflation pathway and an instrument guide A surgical access apparatus is presented including a cannula having a housing and a cannula shaft, the cannula shaft defining an internal lumen and a slot in communication with the internal lumen and an obturator insertable through the internal lumen of the cannula. The obturator includes an obturator shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and a tip member disposed at the distal end of the obturator shaft, the tip member configured to form an incision through tissue. An outer surface of the obturator shaft and the tip member defines a channel for receiving and directing insufflation fluid into a body cavity, a portion of the same channel also configured to guide a surgical instrument, such as a suture passer/grasper for closing an incision, towards and through the slot. In this way, the cannula and obturator can be employed both for forming an incision at the beginning of a surgical procedure and for closing the same incision at the conclusion of the surgical procedure.
US10105160B2	Surgical articles and methods for treating pelvic conditions Described are pelvic implants (e.g., urinary incontinence sling, hammock, etc.) and method of inserting a pelvic implant that provide treatment for pelvic floor disorders such as incontinence or stress urinary incontinence.
US10105159B2	Recanalization device Catheters for the removal of occlusions in a patient's vasculature. Exemplary catheters use a flexible distal end tube which is capable of coiling irregularly within the occlusion and securing it for removal.
US10105156B2	Multifunctional instrument A multifunctional instrument for HF surgical treatment of tissue, in particular for optional cutting, injecting and coagulating tissue is proposed. The multifunctional instrument has the following elements: at least one fluid chamber for receiving a fluid; a temperature control device communicating with said at least one fluid chamber for warming, heating or evaporating a fluid present in said fluid chamber; a temperature controller for controlling the temperature of the fluid present in the said fluid chamber, and at least one fluid outlet port arranged at a distal end of the multifunctional instrument and communicating with the said at least one fluid chamber.
US10105153B2	Multifunction retrieval devices and related methods A device may include a handle, and a sheath coupled to the handle. The sheath may include a lumen. The device may also include an instrument assembly coupled to the handle, and extending through the lumen of the sheath. The instrument assembly may include a basket configured to move relative to the sheath, and between contracted and expanded states. The instrument assembly may also include a forceps configured to reciprocate along a central longitudinal axis of the basket and through an interior of the basket, and move between contracted and expanded states.
US10105146B2	Bone cutting guide system for osteochondral transplantation A bone cutting guide for osteochondral transplantation, including a cutting guide block having a distal portion and a posterior portion, said distal portion having a distal cutting guide slot disposed therethrough, said posterior portion having a posterior cutting guide slot disposed therethrough; a plurality of condylar rails attached to said cutting guide block; a tower cutting guide disposed superior to said cutting guide block and having at least one cutting guide track disposed at an angle of between 0 and 180 degrees in relation to the angle of said posterior cutting guide slot; and fixation structure for attaching said cutting guide block and said tower cutting block to bone.
US10105144B2	Surgical clip and applier device and method of use A surgical clip is provided for ligating or transecting tissue, such as vessels, other tubular ducts, and the like and a surgical clip applier device for delivering and applying the surgical clip to the tissue. The surgical clip can include a spine and opposed arms extending from the spine where the arms can define a clamping length. In a resting state, the clip can be biased to a closed position such that the ends of each opposed arm are disposed in proximity to each other. With such biasing, when applied to a tissue, such as with a surgical clip applier, the clip can exert a positive clamping pressure to the tissue along the clamping length to seal the tissue and limit passage of fluids, such as blood, from the tissue.
US10105138B2	Surgical stapling instruments including a cartridge having multiple staples sizes A surgical stapling apparatus includes a staple cartridge and an anvil member. The staple cartridge includes a plurality of surgical fasteners disposed in rows of retention slots. The staple cartridge may have an annular or linear configuration of retention slots. The tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge may be tapered or stepped. The anvil member has a tissue contacting surface that includes a number of pockets arranged for substantially aligning with the retention slots. In addition, the tissue contacting surface of the anvil member may complement the tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge.
US10105136B2	Robotically-controlled motorized surgical instrument with an end effector A surgical tool configured for operation in connection with a robotic system. The surgical tool includes a shaft and an end effector extending distally from the shaft. The end effector comprises a first jaw member and a second jaw member movable relative to the first jaw member from a closed position to an open position in response to at least one axial motion. In addition, the surgical tool includes a motor configured to generate at least one rotational motion and a motion conversion assembly operably coupled to the motor and the second jaw member, wherein the motion conversion assembly is configured to convert the at least one rotational motion to the at least one axial motion.
US10105131B2	Intervertebral prosthesis placement instrument The invention concerns an intervertebral prosthesis placement instrument which can be used to facilitate accurate positioning of a spinal disc prosthesis between adjacent spinal vertebrae. The instrument has opposed jaws formed with tips that are shaped for insertion between the vertebrae. The jaws can be moved apart from on another to distract the vertebrae, allowing the prosthesis to enter between the vertebrae. The jaws also have opposed surfaces which are shaped to embrace the prosthesis between them and to guide the prosthesis into position.
US10105129B2	Draining device and method of draining liquid in eyelid aperture The draining device 1 is provided with a main body 11 including two side wall members 111 each having a tip end section 111B curved downward, and a connecting portion 12 connecting the side wall members 111. In a manner such that at least upper portions of adjacent side wall members 111 are spaced at a certain distance d and side surfaces 111a of the adjacent side wall members 111 face each other, by connecting the side wall members 111 of the main body 11 with the connecting portion 12, a liquid draining passage R for draining a liquid to a space between adjacent side wall members 111. For this reason, since the liquid inflow cross-sectional area S1 and the passage cross-sectional area S2 increase, it becomes possible to introduce a large amount of liquid into the gap between the side wall members and pass therethrough.
US10105128B2	Apparatus for pitch and yaw rotation The present invention is directed to a tool having a wrist mechanism that provides pitch and yaw rotation in such a way that the tool has no singularity in roll, pitch, and yaw. A positively positionable multi-disk wrist mechanism includes a plurality of disks or vertebrae stacked in series. Each vertebra is configured to rotate in pitch or in yaw with respect to each neighboring vertebra. Actuation cables are used to manipulate and control movement of the vertebrae. In specific embodiments, some of the cables are distal cables that extend from a proximal vertebra through one or more intermediate vertebrae to a distal vertebra, while the remaining cables are medial cables that extend from the proximal vertebra to one or more of the intermediate vertebrae. The cables are actuated by a pivoted plate cable actuator mechanism.
US10105127B2	Surgical instrument with a manual control Surgical instrument with a manual control device for actuation with a hand, wherein the control device can be displaced between a closed position and an opened position and the control device has: a finger lever with a first point of articulation and a second point of articulation, a central element with a third point of articulation and a fourth point of articulation, a connecting lever, which is pivotably arranged at the first point of articulation and at the third point of articulation, and a thumb lever, which is pivotably arranged at the second point of articulation and at the fourth point of articulation.
US10105124B2	Ultrasound diagnostic equipment with rechargeable ultrasound probes An ultrasound diagnostic equipment has at least one rechargeable ultrasound probe with a built-in battery, and a diagnostic equipment body connected to the at least one ultrasound probe in a wireless manner, wherein the diagnostic equipment body includes a power supply unit which supplies power to the battery of the at least one ultrasound probe, and a power supply controller which causes the battery of the at least one ultrasound probe to selectively perform refresh charging and top-up charging using the power supply unit on the basis of power supply information to the battery of the at least one ultrasound probe and the examination situation in the diagnostic equipment body.
US10105123B2	Analysis methods of ultrasound echo signals based on statistics of scatterer distributions The invention provides an analysis method of ultrasound echo signals based on statistics of scatterer distributions. The beginning of steps, choosing an ultrasound echo signal as a center, and calculating the signal image values of all ultrasound echo signals within a window block in an ultrasound image data to obtain an ultrasound scatterer value. Then, choosing another ultrasound echo signal as the center to repeat the previous steps until all of ultrasound echo signals may be calculated. The interval between each of ultrasound echo signal is one point distance. Finally, to output an ultrasound scatterer mode image with all ultrasound scatterer values by utilizing color scale. The ultrasound scatterer mode image can assist doctor to confirm the relative region of lesion in a target organ.
US10105122B2	Ultrasound diagnosis device, display device displaying ultrasound image, and method of operating ultrasound diagnosis device Provided is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, a display apparatus for displaying an ultrasonic image, and a method of operating the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a first communication unit configured to communicate with a probe, a second communication unit configured to communicate with a display apparatus, and a controller configured to communicate with an ultrasonic diagnostic application when the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is in communication with the probe and the display apparatus.
US10105118B2	Apparatus and method of processing medical image An apparatus and a method of processing a medical image are provided. The apparatus is configured to generate a cross-sectional image of an object by transmitting X-rays through a region of the object, and includes an X-ray generator configured to generate the X-rays. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to determine sub-regions included in the region, based on positions of body parts included in the region, determine image qualities of the sub-regions based on types of the body parts included in the sub-regions, control doses of the X-rays based on the image qualities, and control the X-ray generator to transmit the controlled X-rays to the region.
US10105112B2	X-ray generating tube, X-ray generating apparatus, and radiography system An X-ray generating tube including a transmission target having a minute focal spot. The X-ray generating tube includes a transmission target having a first surface configured to be irradiated with an electron beam; an electron emitting source configured to irradiate the transmission target with the electron beam obliquely; and a tubular forward shield member to define an extraction angle of an extracted X-ray beam. The forward shield member is disposed such that a central axis of the electron beam and a central axis of the X-ray beam whose extraction angle is defined are located at the same side with respect to a virtual normal plane perpendicular to the surface and a projection of the central axis of the electron beam to the surface.
US10105108B1	First responder dispatch system and methods of operation thereof A first responder dispatch system is disclosed comprising a sensing wearable configured to be worn by a first responder. The sensing wearable can comprise a wrist-worn electronic device, a power-generating garment, or a combination thereof. The sensing wearable can comprise a plurality of biometric sensors configured to measure a plurality of vital signs of the first responder. The system can comprise a server programmed to receive biometric data concerning a plurality of vital signs of the first responder measured by the sensing wearable. The server can also transmit alerts to a plurality of dispatch client devices over a plurality of secured real-time bidirectional connections concerning a status of the first responder. At least one dispatch client device can transmit a response to the server and the server can, in turn, transmit additional biometric data concerning the first responder to the dispatch client device.
US10105107B2	Medical system having combined and synergized data output from multiple independent inputs The present disclosure relates generally to medical systems and methods for combining and synergizing information in an expedient format for viewing on a display screen. In one embodiment, a method for combining and synergizing data from different medical systems comprises obtaining from a first medical system an image disposed relative to a first coordinate system, obtaining from a second medical system supplemental data; synchronizing first and second clocks of the first and second medical systems, respectively, and displaying in synchronicity the supplemental data combined with the image. In other embodiments, coordinate systems of the first and second medical systems can be co-registered. In another embodiment, sensor integration time and spatial accuracy of the first and second medical systems can be used with an algorithm to produce synergized information.
US10105104B2	Method and device for determining a duration of a critical state of a driver of a vehicle A method for determining a duration of a critical state of a driver of a vehicle. In this method, a state signal is read in, which represents a state of the driver detected using a sensor unit of the vehicle. It is subsequently checked whether the state signal represents the critical state or a non-critical state of the driver. If the state signal represents the critical state, a counter value of a counter representing the duration of the critical state is incremented. If the state signal represents the non-critical state, the counter value is held constant. If after the expiration of a reference hold time the state signal represents the non-critical state, the critical value is decremented.
US10105103B2	Remotely powered sensory implant An implant (110) includes an antenna unit (130) and an encapsulation. The antenna unit includes an elongated ferrite core (142) having a first length and an antenna coil (146) wound around the ferrite core, and is configured to communicate with an external unit (120) using inductive coupling of a magnetic field. The encapsulation encapsulates the antenna unit, and includes one or more openings (134) that are aligned with the ferrite core and have respective second lengths that are equal to or greater than the first length of the ferrite core.
US10105101B2	Methods, systems, and devices for optimal positioning of sensors A biomedical sensor has conducting elements disposed at least partly over a skin-facing surface. A sensing element detects a signal representative of a physiological parameter of a body using the conducting elements. A storage device stores a physiological model. A processor determines sensor placement quality by comparing the signal to the model and operates an indicator to indicate the determined quality. A method of measuring using the sensor includes computing a measurement acceptance criterion using numerous measurements, determining whether a subsequent test measurement corresponds to the measurement acceptance criterion obtained from the computing step, and indicating the results via the indicator. A system for measuring a physiological property of the body includes the sensor, a user interface device to receive measurements from the sensor, and a processor associated with the user interface device and configured to provide feedback if the measurement does not meet a selected acceptance criterion.
US10105098B2	Garment integrated sensing system and method A system for monitoring biometric signals of a user comprising: a set of wireless sensor interfaces coupled to a garment, each of the wireless sensor interfaces comprising: 1) an electrode layer comprising a receiving region, 2) a positional identifier, associated with a position on the garment, and 3) a retention subsystem; a set of wireless sensor modules, each of the set of wireless sensor modules comprising: a contact region electrically coupleable to the receiving region of the electrode layer, a set of sensors configured to detect a set of biometric signal types, and a positional interrogator configured to identify the position associated with the corresponding wireless sensor interface; and a control module, communicatively coupled to the set of wireless sensor modules, wherein the control module queries a subset of the set of biometric signal types for transmission from each of the set of wireless sensor modules based on their positions.
US10105095B2	Method and system for defining balance between physical activity and rest Disclosed is a method for defining a balance between physical activity and rest for a user. The method comprises collecting sensor data indicative of a measure of activity performed and rest taken by the user as a function of time; analyzing the sensor data to distinguish sedentary stages from stages of activity or rest; assigning a level to a given stage of activity or rest; evaluating a plurality of activity-rest parameters for the user; and calculating an activity-rest score from the plurality of activity-rest parameters, so as to provide a feedback indicating a status of the balance between the physical activity and the rest.
US10105093B2	Calculating a medicament dose A device comprising: means for obtaining a parameter of a sample of body fluid from a user; means for using information provided by one or more sensors to calculate a measure of physical activity of the user; means for calculating a medicament dose using at least in part the measured parameter and the measure of physical activity of the user; and means for indicating the calculated medicament dose to the user.
US10105089B2	Systems and methods for blood pressure measurement with psychological status validation Techniques for effectively and accurately measuring psychological influencing factors, such as the white coat effect and mental stress, that may affect or otherwise influence biometric measurements, such as blood pressure measurements, are described. Embodiments of a measurement validation system herein may utilize a method for determining an artery location on a living subject's skin and positioning a tonometry pressure sensor on the artery location for tonometric blood pressure measurement to obtain pressure pulse data for a subject. In operation according to embodiments, measurement logic of a measurement validation system may utilize the pressure pulse data to extract blood pressure data, heart rate data, blood pressure variability data, and heart rate variability data. The foregoing data may be utilized in identifying whether the blood pressure measurement properly and accurately reflects the situation of the subject.
US10105088B2	Method for producing an analytical magazine A method for producing an analytical magazine is proposed. The analytical magazine is designed to receive a plurality of analytical aids in a plurality of chambers. The method comprises the following steps: providing at least one first component of the analytical magazine, wherein the first component comprises a plurality of receptacles; providing a plurality of analytical aids, wherein the analytical aids are connected to one another and preferably oriented with respect to one another by at least one holding element; introducing the analytical aids into the receptacles; and separating the analytical aids from the holding element.
US10105087B2	Contact activated lancet device A lancet device including a housing and a lancet structure having a puncturing element. The lancet structure disposed within the housing and adapted for movement between a retaining or pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing, and a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through a forward end of the housing. The lancet device includes a drive spring disposed within the housing for biasing the lancet structure toward the puncturing position, and a retaining hub retaining the lancet structure in the retracted position against the bias of the drive spring. The retaining hub includes a pivotal lever in interference engagement with the lancet structure. An actuator within the housing pivots the lever, thereby moving the lancet structure toward the rearward end of the housing to at least partially compress the drive spring, and releasing the lever from interference engagement with the lancet structure.
US10105083B1	Microscale plasma separator The invention is directed to methods and devices for efficient separation of plasma from whole blood which are suitable for point of care use in resource poor environments. In some embodiments, elements of such devices comprise (a) a sample collection receptacle (SCR) with at least one port, the sample collection receptacle capable of holding a predetermined volume of a sample of undiluted whole blood drawn through a port; (b) a filter chamber having an inlet and an outlet, and containing at least one filter capable of separating plasma from blood cells as sample passes from an inlet side to an outlet side of the at least one filter whenever the filter chamber is placed in fluid communication with a port of the sample collection receptacle; and (c) a manually driven pump operationally associated with the SCR and filter chamber for (i) drawing a predetermined volume of sample into the SCR by a first user action and (ii) driving the predetermined volume at a substantially constant linear flow under a pressure not exceeding 2 psi from the SCR through the filter chamber and the outlet of the filter chamber by a second user action.
US10105082B2	Metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitor based sensor A glucose sensor comprises a conducting back electrode. The glucose sensor also comprises a silicon substrate in electrical contact with the conducting back electrode. The glucose sensor also comprises a dielectric layer disposed on the silicon substrate. The glucose sensor also comprises a pH sensing layer disposed on the dielectric layer. The glucose sensor also comprises a chemical layer disposed on the pH sensing layer, wherein the chemical layer is in contact with an aqueous solution. The glucose sensor also comprises a conductive electrode disposed on the dielectric layer, where in the conductive electrode is in contact with the aqueous solution.
US10105076B2	Systems and methods for monitoring a physiological parameter of persons engaged in physical activity The present disclosure provides system and method for monitoring of at least one physiological parameter of a person engaged in a physical activity, for example, an impact received by a player engaged in a contact sport such as football. The system includes a monitoring unit that actively monitors the physiological parameter of the person, wherein the monitoring unit generates an alert event when the monitored physiological parameter exceeds a threshold of the parameter. The monitoring unit determines whether the parameter exceeds an over-exposure threshold, wherein said threshold is based upon both a single incidence or cumulative incidences.
US10105074B2	System and method for visualizing electrophysiology data A method and system for visualization of electrophysiology information sensed by electrodes on a catheter, includes recording times of electrode signal acquisition, designating a reference electrode signal acquisition, assigning a relative time to each recorded time of electrode signal acquisition relative to the reference electrode signal acquisition, identifying the electrodes with signal acquisition, correlating assigned relative times to identified electrodes to generate a sequence of electrode signal acquisitions, and generating a visual representation of the sequence of electrode signal acquisitions generating a visual representation with a graphical image of the electrodes, wherein individual electrodes are visually marked to represent the sequence of electrode signal acquisitions.
US10105071B2	Method and device for acquiring ECG data and ECG detection system Embodiments of the present application provide a method and a device for acquiring ECG data, and an ECG detection system. A method for acquiring ECG data, comprising: acquiring ECG signals of heart; performing a first-stage amplification on the ECG signals, a multiple of the first-stage amplification including 5 to 10 times; performing band-pass filtering process within a first frequency range on the ECG signals on which the first-stage amplification has been performed, the first frequency range being 0.1 Hz to 50 Hz; performing a second-stage amplification on the ECG signals on which the band-pass filtering process has been performed, a multiple of the second-stage amplification including 40 to 50 times; performing analog-to-digital conversion on the ECG signals on which the second-stage amplification has been performed, to generate ECG digital signals; and outputting the ECG digital signals.
US10105063B2	Photoacoustic measurement device and laser light source A flash lamp 32 excites a laser rod 31. A Q switch 35 which changes the loss of the optical resonator according to the voltage applied is inserted on the optical path of a pair of mirrors 33 and 34 forming the optical resonator. An optical path shutter 39 is provided on the optical path of laser emission light. In a first operation mode in which laser emission is performed, the optical path shutter 39 is opened and the voltage applied to the Q switch 35 is changed from a high voltage to, for example, 0 V to emit pulsed laser light after the flash lamp 32 excites the laser rod 31. In a second operation mode in which the laser emission is interrupted and waited for, the optical path shutter 39 is closed and the voltage applied to the Q switch 35 is, for example, 0 V.
US10105062B2	Miniaturized photoacoustic imaging apparatus including a rotatable reflector A reflection-mode photoacoustic endoscope includes a tube, a light source configured to emit a light pulse suitable for photoacoustic imaging, an ultrasonic transducer configured to detect a response signal, and a light and acoustic reflector rotatable relative to the tube.
US10105057B2	Apparatus for optical analysis of an associated tissue The present invention relates to an apparatus 100 and, a method and a computer program for determining a parameter indicative of a tissue type of an associated tissue 116. In particular, the invention relates to an apparatus 100 comprising a spectrometer 102, which spectrometer comprises a light source 104 and a detector 106, 108 arranged to measure an optical spectrum. This enables determination of a first parameter being indicative of a bile concentration. As the inventors of the present invention have made the insight that bile concentration may serve as a discriminative feature for different tissue types, the apparatus is arranged to determine a second parameter indicative of a tissue type based on a concentration of bile. According to a specific embodiment, the apparatus further comprises an interventional device 112.
US10105054B2	System, software and method of streaming ECG/EKG data over bluetooth low-energy interface A system, software and method of streaming ECG/EKG data over Bluetooth low-energy interface.
US10105053B2	Handheld physiological sensor A handheld device measures all vital signs and some hemodynamic parameters from the human body and transmits measured information wirelessly to a web-based system, where the information can be analyzed by a clinician to help diagnose a patient. The system utilizes our discovery that bio-impedance signals used to determine vital signs and hemodynamic parameters can be measured over a conduction pathway extending from the patient's wrist to a location on their thoracic cavity, e.g. their chest or navel. The device's form factor can include re-usable electrode materials to reduce costs. Measurements made by the handheld device, which use the belly button as a ‘fiducial’ marker, facilitate consistent, daily measurements, thereby reducing positioning errors that reduce accuracy of standard impedance measurements. In this and other ways, the handheld device provides an effective tool for characterizing patients with chronic diseases, such as heart failure, renal disease, and hypertension.
US10105049B2	Methods and apparatus for anterior segment ocular imaging A projector and one or more optical components project a light pattern that scans at least a portion of an anterior segment of an eye of a user, while one or more cameras capture images of the anterior segment. During each scan, different pixels in the projector emit light at different times, causing the light pattern to repeatedly change orientation relative to the eye and thus to illuminate multiple different cross-sections of the anterior segment. The cameras capture images of each cross-section from a total of at least two different vantage points relative to the head of the user. The position of the projector, optical components and cameras relative to the head of the user remains substantially constant throughout each entire scan.
US10105043B2	Specula A vaginal speculum comprises upper and lower blades arranged to pivot relative to each other about coupling elements each associated with a respective blade. The upper blade is detachable from the lower blade, when the speculum is in situ in the vaginal cavity, upon pulling the upper blade generally proximally. This decouples the coupling elements from each other or detaches at least one of the coupling elements from the associated blade. The speculum has optional side blades.
US10105039B2	Multi-jet distributor for an endoscope The present specification describes a jet distributor provided to supply fluids to each of a plurality of jet openings in a multi-jet endoscope tip. In an embodiment, the jet distributor is supplied with a fluid from a jet pump. The jet distributor includes at least two fluid channels to provide the fluid supplied via the jet pump to the front-jet, right-side-jets and left-side-jets in the endoscope tip. The jet-distributor includes a motor which rotates a rotating plug. The rotating plug includes an internal fluid pathway which becomes intermittently aligned with each of a plurality of fluid output channels in the jet distributor as the plug rotates, thereby providing fluid in a successive manner to the jets in the endoscope tip.
US10105037B2	Insertion device On an inner peripheral surface of an assistance tool of an insertion device, a sliding surface extends from an assistance tool proximal surface toward a distal side, and when the assistance tool attached to an insertion section rotates, the sliding surface slides on a supporting surface around a longitudinal axis. A flange portion of the insertion section includes an opposed surface opposed to the assistance tool proximal surface with a gap when the assistance tool is attached to the insertion section. In a part where the assistance tool proximal surface is opposed to the opposed surface, a proximal end of an outer peripheral surface of the assistance tool does not form a step relative to the flange portion.
US10105032B2	Appliance with a retractable and slidable door Apparatus relating to an appliance having a housing with an aperture providing access to an interior compartment of the appliance and a door are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, the door may be designed to slide and retract within the housing when actuating between at least a closed position and an open position. Additionally, the door may be designed in various styles, wherein the particular style of door chosen may be dependent upon the particular appliance.
US10105031B2	Arrangement for a dishwasher for creating a wash zone with selectable position Provided herein is an arrangement for a dishwasher for creating a wash zone with a selectable position within a washing chamber of the dishwasher. The arrangement may include a water spray arm rotatably arranged around an axis in the washing chamber, and a support element arranged to support the spray arm in the washing chamber. The support element may lock the spray arm in at least one position within the washing chamber. The arrangement may include a control unit arranged to control the operation of the dishwasher and a user interface for selecting the desired wash zone position within the washing chamber, and arranged to communicate the information to the control unit. The control unit may lock the support element in the selected position to create the wash zone. A dishwasher that includes the arrangement and a method for creating a wash zone with a selectable position are provided.
US10105027B2	Cleaning device A vacuum cleaner comprises a housing; a motor fan assembly mounted in the housing; a pivotable inlet nozzle in fluid communication with the motor fan assembly; and a dirt container coupled to the pivotable inlet nozzle and the housing. The pivotable inlet nozzle is pivotable a first operable position whereby the pivotable inlet nozzle is in fluid communication with a flexible hose mounted on the housing and a second operable position whereby the pivotable inlet nozzle projects from the housing and is remote from the flexible hose.
US10105018B2	Two-piece foam piston pump A piston pump for dispensing fluid from a reservoir, an improved vacuum relief arrangement in which a passageway for flow of air from the atmosphere into the reservoir is provided at least in part through a piston-forming element of the piston pump.
US10105016B2	Portable water and energy saving bathtub A portable water and energy saving bathtub used in a shower room or a bathtub comprises a body liking an opened container, a step on the bottom is located beside the end wall. The other end is a flashboard gate, which includes a groove on inner faces of the container, the flashboard capable of moving is inserted into the groove until to a bottom of the groove, a water seal ring is set between the groove and the flashboard. A reducing-volume-chunk likes a cuboid has two legs sitting on the side walls of container, therefore, the reducing-volume-chunk is hanged in the container. A locking-releasing-device locks or releases the rock for the reducing-volume-chunk with the container.
US10105015B2	Wrap stand A wrap stand includes a central pillar with a number of slots arranged in columns to define pairs of slots for receiving one or more of a plurality of wires. The wires are formed as shelves when inserted into the pairs of slots, and include upwardly and downwardly extending tabs to prevent boxes of wrap or other articles from falling from the shelves.
US10105002B2	Improvements to coffee grinder A tamping augur may be controlled in various ways to obtain a consistent fill height and uniformity in the distribution of coffee grinds in a portafilter. Improvements to a conical burr grinder are also disclosed.
US10104997B2	External motor drive system for window covering system with continuous cord loop A motor drive system for operating a mechanism for raising and lowering window coverings includes a motor operating under electrical power and an electrically powered drive system. The motor drive system advances a continuous cord loop in response to positional commands from a controller. An input-output device includes a capacitive touch strip that receives user inputs along an input axis, and an LEDs strip aligned with the input axis. A group mode module communicates the positional commands to other motor drive systems within an identified group to operate respective other mechanisms of the other motor drive systems. A set control module enables user calibration of a top position and a bottom position of travel of the window covering. The input-output device extends vertically on the exterior of a housing for the motor drive system, and the housing supports input buttons of the group mode module and the set control module.
US10104995B2	Closeable beverage lid An improved closeable lid for a beverage container is described. The lid uses a base, a flanged gasket, a valve and a knob to allow a user to control the flow of liquid from the beverage container. The flanged gasket surrounds the base with radially extending flanges that conforms to the interior of the beverage container, creating a seal. The valve moves vertically to engage and disengage the seal created by mating the valve face to the valve seat. The vertical movement of the valve is modulated by the rotation of a knob that is connected to the valve that provides a threaded shaft. The user can consume liquid from the beverage container as a result one or more fluid apertures through the base allowing for the passage of fluids from the beverage container past the valve and through base to the user. When the knob is rotated to the closed position, the valve creates a seal preventing the flow of liquid through the fluid apertures of the base.
US10104992B2	Tea maker A tea maker comprises a vessel in which is located a conveyor. The conveyor, preferably vertically, transports a carriage. The conveyor and a carriage are surrounded by a tube and are protected from the water in the vessel. An enclosed basket is coupled to the carriage. An external user interface allows a user to select brewing parameters such as the type of beverage brewed, the brewing temperature, and the steeping time. The selection is sent to a processor. The processor then encodes the selection into a control data for the heating assembly or the conveyor.
US10104988B2	Fence panel display systems and methods Fence panel display systems can include a unitary foundation including a plurality of steps, at least one rail extending along the width of one of the steps, and at least two clamp assemblies adjustably coupled to the rail. A fence panel can be clamped to the foundation using the clamp assemblies by adjusting the clamp assemblies along the width of the step and by adjusting protrusions extending from main bodies of the clamp assemblies in a direction perpendicular to the width of the step.
US10104987B2	Shelving system A shelving system includes a plurality of horizontal support members, each horizontal support member having a length; a plurality of wall supports, each wall support including a first surface on which at least a portion of a horizontal support member rests; a plurality of brackets, each bracket attachable to the horizontal support members at different positions along the length of the horizontal support member; a plurality of vertical support members, each vertical support member coupled to at least one bracket; and a shelf attached to at least two of the plurality of vertical support members.
US10104984B2	Expandable mattress cover A mattress and an arrangement for altering a mattress' thickness or firmness, with an outer covering with a perimeter aligned with the perimeter of a mattress to be altered; an inner compressible material held within the covering; and a pocket is sized to accept a mattress insert, and wherein the pocket is attached on at least one side to a mattress.
US10104983B1	Adjustable mattress using inserted wands Embodiments of a mattress and methods of manufacturing the same, wherein the mattress includes a body having one or more openings for removable inserts that a user can position within the openings to adjust the mechanical characteristics of the mattress, including the amount and location of support provided by the mattress to the user. Some embodiments of the mattress include one or more covers, such as a fire-retardant cover, that can encompass the mattress body while still allowing a user to access the openings of mattress body.
US10104980B2	Bed set with footboard bench A bed set includes a bed frame which includes a headboard, and a footboard bench, wherein the footboard bench includes a base frame and a back frame upwardly extended from the base frame. The back frame of the footboard bench serves as a footboard of the bed frame to match with the headboard of the bed frame. In particular, an ornamental design of the back frame of the footboard bench matches with an ornamental design of the headboard of the bed frame, so as to enhance an aesthetic appearance of the bed set.
US10104968B2	Seat assembly for task-oriented seating A seat assembly for task-oriented seating comprises a seat support and a seat coupled to the seat support. The seat is movable under load, such as from the user's weight and movements, relative to the seat support. The seat has a cushion molded over a supporting armature with multiple bias elements. The seat and seat support are configured to deflect by predetermined amounts at defined locations over an extent of the seat assembly. In this way, the seat assembly provides for a range of comfortable and effective positions for users engaged in different active motions and having different preferences and sizes.
US10104967B2	Inflatable product and sofa An inflatable product includes a plurality of inflatable bodies, a plurality of connecting members, a plurality of gas pipes, a gas pump, a regulation device and a multiport valve. The connecting members are disposed on the inflatable bodies. The gas pipes are disposed outside or within the inflatable bodies to connect the connecting members. The gas pump, the regulation device and the multiport valve are connected to each other and connected to the inflatable bodies through the gas pipes and the connecting members so that the inflatable bodies can be selectively connected to or gas sealed from each other.
US10104966B2	Glider recline linkage with double blocker cams A blocker linkage for use in selectively locking a glider-recliner is provided. The glider-recliner is operable to move between closed, TV and full-recline positions. The blocker linkage includes a glide bracket having front and rear glide links pivotably coupled thereto. The rear glide link has a blocker pin coupled to it that extends outwardly. A carrier link is pivotably coupled to the bottoms of the front and rear glide links. A rear blocker cam is pivotably coupled to the carrier link. Similarly, a front blocker cam is also pivotably coupled to the carrier link. The rear blocker cam and the front blocker cam are operably coupled to cooperatively engage the blocker pin on the rear glide link when the glider-recliner is moved from the closed position to the TV and full-recline positions, preventing movement of the rear glide link (and thus the gliding movement supported by the carrier link).
US10104965B1	Toilet paper holder mounted adjustable bathroom shelf A bathroom shelf, with adjustable tabs to fit on toilet paper dispensers, that rests on the toilet paper roller and over the toilet paper roll. The shelf does not require any tools or additional hardware to install.
US10104957B2	Display and keyboard positioning apparatus, system, and method Embodiments include an apparatus for positioning items such as an electronic display, a keyboard, and/or a work surface. The apparatus can be attached proximate an edge of a generally planar support member to provide a multi-position workstation. In some cases the apparatus includes a display mount coupled to a support column and configured to support an electronic display and a keyboard. The support column may be movable with respect to support member between a sitting position and a standing position. Methods for positioning an electronic display and a keyboard are also included.
US10104955B2	Height-adjustable table In a table having a height-adjustable table top and supporting structures, the table top is secured on the supporting structures so that the supporting structures support the table top. The supporting structures are placeable on a floor. The table includes at least one band which connects the supporting structures and the table top to each other, so that the table top is supported by the supporting structures in that it hangs at the supporting structures with the aid of the band. The table permits a simple, convenient, quick and precise adjustment of the height of the table top according to the needs of the respective user of the table.
US10104952B2	Cap for vessel of cosmetics A vessel cap of cosmetics includes a coupling member formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof with a female screw part such that the female screw part is engaged with a male screw part formed on an outer circumferential surface of an opening formed in an upper portion of a vessel which receives liquid-phase contents, a spuit tube which is coupled to the coupling member to suck and discharge the contents received in the vessel, and a pumping unit of the spuit tube, which sucks the contents into the spuit tube after inserting the spuit tube into the vessel in a state that internal air of the spuit tube is partially discharged. The spuit tube is inserted into high-viscosity and liquid-phase contents received in the vessel after the internal air is discharged from the spuit tube, thereby previously preventing the discharged air from being introduced into the spuit tube.
US10104948B2	Hair product applicators and methods of using the same A device includes a pump and a brushhead. The pump includes a housing and plunger. The housing has an upper opening, a cavity configured to store a composition therein, and a tip having a dispensing opening. The plunger is slidably disposed within housing such that it is moveable with respect to the housing. The brushhead includes a first plurality of bristle bores and a second plurality of bristle bores, each of which extend from a bottom surface of the brushhead towards an opposing top surface and have a bristle bundle extending therefrom. The brushhead includes a generally central throughhole extending between the bottom surface and the opposing top surface. The pump is coupled to the brushhead via the tip of the housing such that actuation of the plunger causes a portion of the composition stored in the housing to be dispensed on at least a portion of the bristle bundles.
US10104944B2	Uni-directional movement pendant A pendant comprising: an anchor portion having a top flat portion, bottom flat portion and connector between and substantially perpendicular to the top flat portion and the bottom flat portion with a first end and a second end; at least one gemstone holder having a first side portion with a first protrusion and a second side portion with a second protrusion, an opening between the first side portion and the second side portion, a top portion in communication with the first side portion and the second side portion, wherein the anchor portion is received in the opening of each of the at least one gemstone holders to allow the gemstone holders to slide along the anchor portion; a first end rectangular support that is attached to a first end of the anchor portion; and a second end rectangular support that is attached to a second end of the anchor portion.
US10104943B2	Pull and release latch A pull and release latch including a releasable lock featuring stress preventers and a limit stop. The limit stop prevents the releasable lock from cantilevering too much to the point of breaking or stressing the releasable lock. A unique design allows a male component and a female component to be easily engaged while at the same time the pulling force to release the lock gives the same motion to separate the two components in a direction perpendicular to a cantilever axis.
US10104942B2	Survival belt buckle A survival belt buckle configured to be worn around the user's waist that may make a fire under different environmental conditions. The belt buckle includes a rigid body made of high carbon steel. The body includes a plurality of striking points that when stuck against a flint, chert rock, or quartz produces a spark to ignite dry tinder or other combustible material. On a perimeter edge of the body is a ferrocerium rod that can be used with a steel knife or stone to produce spark. Also, on a perimeter edge of the body is a magnesium bar that produces small shavings that can be ignited. Also, in the rigid body is a magnifying lens used to ignite tinder with sun rays. The belt buckle is waterproof, easily transported and can be use with a knife, hard stone, other metal pieces, or with similar belt buckles worn by others.
US10104941B2	Customization kit for articles of footwear A steaming apparatus for an article of footwear includes a steaming chamber adjoined to a plurality of wing portions. The steaming apparatus is configured to accommodate a steam source. The apparatus also includes provisions for securing the article of footwear within the steaming chamber such that a majority of the upper is subjected to steam. Articles of footwear may be placed in the steaming system to help customize the articles of apparel for a user's fit and comfort.
US10104940B2	Paint fixture for shoe portions Aspects hereof relate to a holding fixture for holding portions of a shoe during painting. The fixture has a lower jig and an upper jig. The lower jig has an outer wall from which a contacting surface extends. The contacting surface is sized to apply a compressive force to the midsole along a desired paint line, and prevents paint from moving onto the midsole below the contacting surface. The top jig has a lower surface configured to be placed in contact with the top surface of the midsole when the midsole is held in the lower jig and is shaped to apply a downward and outward force on the midsole at an edge defined by the top surface of the midsole and the outer perimeter surface of the midsole, to thereby prevent paint from moving onto the top surface of the shoe portion.
US10104938B2	Interchangeable cleat system for footwear An interchangeable cleat system for an article of footwear includes an outer sole member with a plurality of fixed cleat members and a plurality of removable cleat members. The spacing between the removable cleat members and the fixed cleat members may be approximately constant in at least one portion of the article of footwear. The differences in height between the removable cleat members and the fixed cleat members may be approximately constant within a portion of the outer sole member. The cleat system can include at least three sets of cleat members that can be interchanged over different portions of the outer sole member.
US10104936B2	Shoe with interchangeable sole The convertible shoe with interchangeable sole consists of an upper to hold the foot and an interchangeable outsole. There is an attachment surface on the underside of the upper and an attachment surface on the topside of the outsole, and the two attachment surfaces are paired and configured to securely attach the two components while also being detachable to allow for the interchange of different outsoles having different tread surfaces. The attachment surfaces are a non-flat contoured shape. There are two protruding ridges on one surface, one substantially under the toe and the other under the heel and part of the arch. These mate with a recessed channel on the other surface. There is also attachment material on both surfaces that are mated and provide a secure attachment.
US10104934B2	Footwear including sole assembly An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole assembly. The sole assembly includes a unitary, open-celled structure. Specifically, the sole assembly includes a lattice structure having an interconnected network of struts and nodes that cooperate to define voids. The struts and nodes are configured to generate predetermined support and flexure properties within the network. The lattice may be configured as a conformal lattice, being contoured to receive accessories or complementary support structures. The sole assembly may further include an insert formed of compression material (e.g., foam). In operation, the lattice and foam insert cooperate to provide stability and cushioning to the article of footwear.
US10104930B2	All weather cycling shoe cover A cycling shoe cover is designed to provide maximum protection from the elements such as rain, snow, and cold. It also provides aerodynamic benefit with minimum weight. The cover is flexible unitary made from an elastomer, such as silicone or latex rubber, and is highly elastic and waterproof. The upper part of the cover fits snugly over the cyclist's ankle to prevent water egress into the shoes from above. The lower part of the cover snugly cover and seals to the bottom edge of the shoe without interfering with the cycling shoe's cleat or attachment to the cycle pedal.
US10104926B2	Apparel A garment may include a waist portion having a fabric portion; a circumferential tightening device configured to tighten the waist portion, the circumferential tightening device including a first reversible tab and a second reversible tab spaced from each other along a circumferential direction, each tab attached to surface of the fabric portion at a proximal end of the reversible tab; each of the fabric portions having a fabric aperture formed therein and configured to allow the distal end of the corresponding tab to be inserted into the corresponding fabric apertures.
US10104922B2	Transformable glove A transformable glove is formed from multiple panels covering the fingertips, palm, and palm heel of a user. In one version, a back panel is joined to a finger panel, a palm panel, and a palm heel panel along side edges to form a glove, while creating openings allowing fingers to be extended outside the glove as desired. The finger panel combines with the distal end of the back panel to form a finger pocket which can be inverted to allow the fingers to emerge from the glove.
US10104921B2	Protective ventilated suit with integral hood A protective ventilated suit (10) is provided for protecting a user from environmental hazards. The suit (10) is a unitary construction and includes a unitary body portion (12), a unitary hood (14), and a releasable fastener system (16) for releasably connecting a front portion of the hood (14) to the body portion (12). The suit (10) includes a pair of donning openings (42) extending from opposite sides of a neck opening (40) across a shoulder covering part (48) of the body portion (12) to allow a user to don the suit (10).
US10104920B1	Pants or skirt with integral exercise bands The pants or skirt with integral exercise bands is adapted for use in exercise. The pants or skirt with integral exercise bands comprises a garment and a pelvic girdle. The pelvic girdle is attaches to the garment. The pants or skirt with integral exercise bands is a pelvic girdle adapted for use in a garment selected from the group consisting of a pair of pants or a skirt. The pelvic girdle is an elastic fabric that is formed in the shape of a tube. The pelvic girdle is positioned within the garment such that when the garment is worn normally, the normal locomotive motions of the wearer are resisted by the pelvic girdle therein enhancing the exercise benefit generally provided by the normal locomotive motion. Normal locomotive motions include, but are not limited to, walking forward, walking backward, stepping sideways, bending over, and stooping.
US10104919B2	Bra lining The current invention aims to absorb sweat and body odor from the breasts. It also protects the skin by providing a cushioned support strip below the bra wire. The invention is a lining to be affixed between the inner lining of a brassiere and the skin, having three layers and a set of flaps protruding from the device adapted to be folded outward to hold the device in place.
US10104914B2	Airflow in aerosol generating system with mouthpiece An aerosol generating system includes a liquid storage portion, a liquid transfer element, a power supply, and a heating element operably coupled to the power supply and configured to heat the aerosol generating substrate. The system also includes a cover over the liquid storage portion.
US10104903B2	Animal food and its appearance Animal feeds comprising at least one kibble comprising a colored appearance. The colored appearance can communicate to a purchaser of the animal feed that the kibble provides a health benefit. The kibble can further comprise an active, such as a Probiotic, that provides a health benefit. The active kibbles can be mixed with non-active kibbles.
US10104902B1	Herbaceous selenium-enriched sod non-antibiotic feed and method of manufacture thereof A non-antibiotic feed includes the following components by weight: 330-700 parts of corn, 140-230 parts of soybean meal, 80-210 parts of corn gluten meal, 35-150 parts of oil bran, 15-43 parts of rapeseed meal, 80-130 parts of wheat middling, and a feed additive. The feed additive can include various ingredients, including selenium and superoxide dismutase (SOD). The feed provides improved survival rate for poultry without using antibiotics.
US10104899B2	Methods for processing meat using phosphate free high pH compositions containing salt and sodium carbonate The present invention is in the field of processing meat. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of processing meat to enhance moisture retention and flavor during storage and cooking by infusing the meat with an aqueous composition containing salt and sodium carbonate at a pH in the range of from 10.1 to 11.3.
US10104898B2	Apparatus and method for transferring and placing collated sausage links into a packaging item An apparatus is provided for transferring at least one sausage link into a packaging item. The apparatus includes at least one drivable, rotatable conveyor device having at least one protruding vane, with the conveyor device being adapted and configured in such a way that the at least one sausage link can be placed on the vane in a receiving position, and that by rotating the conveyor device, the at least one sausage link can be placed onto or into the packaging item by the vane in a delivery position. The conveyor device may further include an impeller that forms, in part, a horizontal support surface for a group of sausage links.
US10104891B2	Fused 11-membered compounds and agricultural/horticultural fungicides containing them The invention relates to a compound or a salt thereof of formula [1], a fungicidal composition containing the compound or a salt thereof, a method for controlling plant disease occurring from phytopathogenic microorganism including the step of applying the fungicidal composition and a production method of the compound.
US10104887B2	Method for controlling agricultural pests in sugar cane The present invention relates to methods of controlling crop pests. In particular it relates to a method of applying pest control formulations without the use of water, wherein the pesticide is selected from the group comprised of thiamethoxam, imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiacloprid, fipronil, cyantraniliprole, chlorantraniliprole, or a mixture thereof, wherein the non-liquid pesticide formulation is applied between harvesting of the crop and spreading of mulch over the soil.
US10104886B2	Manufacture and use of agricultural spray adjuvants for hard water conditions The invention pertains to a method for manufacture and use of pesticides or agricultural spray adjuvants that counteracts the effects of hard water cat ions on anionic pesticides when applied in water spray solutions. The disclosed agricultural spray adjuvants include glyphosate compositions comprising a strong mineral acid, such as sulfuric acid, and a polyamine surfactant, such as tallow amine or coco amine.
US10104885B2	Pest control films and methods for making same Pest control compositions and methods for forming a pest control composition, comprising the steps of providing a lower polymer weave; providing an upper polymer film; and mixing a pest control agent with a polymer and extruding the resulting mixture between the lower polymer weave and the upper polymer film are discussed. In addition, methods of forming a pest control composition comprising providing a lower polymer weave layer and mixing a pest control agent with a polymer and extruding the resulting mixture on the lower polymer weave layer and pest control compositions formed by such processes are discussed. Also described are pellets and monolayer films of pest control agent and polymer.
US10104883B2	Non-aqueous solution of plant-growth regulator(s) and polar and/or semi-polar organic solvent(s) The present invention generally relates to non-aqueous solutions of plant growth regulator(s) and polar and/or semi-polar organic solvent(s), methods for making said non-aqueous solution, and methods for improving the growth and crop productivity of plants using said non-aqueous solution.
US10104879B2	Insect capturing device An insect capturing device and a method of using the same. The insect capturing device includes a housing. The insect capturing device also includes an insect disabling portion. The insect capturing device also includes one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) operable to emit light for attracting insects. The insect capturing device further includes a reflection surface. The LEDs are oriented to direct light onto the reflection surface for reflecting the light out from the housing to attract insects onto the insect disabling portion.
US10104875B2	System and method of enhancing reproduction in avian Methods and systems of promoting fertilization of eggs of an avian. While inseminating a plurality of avian eggs a spectrum substantially concentrated within a narrow range of wavelength irradiates the plurality of inseminated avian eggs to increase the motility of the sperm to increase the probability of conception of avian from the inseminated eggs.
US10104873B2	Egg printing system and method An egg printing system comprises a printer (30, 31, 32) and an endless egg conveyor (1) that is adapted to move the eggs (50) past the printer. The conveyor including an endless element running around a set of rotational wheels and a drive unit defining a conveying direction of the conveyor. The egg conveyor includes a lane of egg retaining pockets (10) coupled to the endless element, said lane of retaining pockets in use moving in the conveying direction. Each retaining pocket has a central axis and an upper receiving opening to receive an egg with a longitudinal axis of the egg generally aligned with said central axis of the pocket. The pocket has a side opening at a side thereof facing in the conveying direction and/or in the opposite direction, leaving a side surface area exposed of the egg that is received in the pocket. The retaining pockets remain in an upright position in every position in the lane. The printer is positioned at one of the head sections of the conveyor with a printing head facing the corresponding lane being directed to said side opening in the pocket to allow printing on said side surface area of the egg.
US10104870B2	System for identifying a lost/stray animal from a safe distance and notifying the owner if desired A method of identifying and assisting an animal comprises: transmitting a unique identification and serial number from an identification tag coupled to the animal to a first portable electronic device; inputting owner information from the first portable electronic device; receiving the unique identification and serial number from an identification tag by a second electronic device; and receiving the owner information on the second portable electronic device.
US10104869B2	Branding bracket A branding bracket is provided that has a bracket assembly and branding irons. The bracket assembly has a guide plate having two or more notches cut out of a top surface that receive the shaft of a branding iron. Guides are attached to the rear surface of the guide plate. When a branding iron is placed in the notch, a sleeve positioned on the shaft of the branding iron is slid over the guide to lock the branding iron to the bracket assembly, while still allowing the branding irons to move independently of one another. In one arrangement, the guide plate has multiple notches to allow the use of different sized branding irons, such as 3″, 4″ and 5″ irons.
US10104866B2	Pet pad and manufacturing method of pet pad Provided are a sheet for pets which contains carbon and has a superior appearance, and a method of manufacturing the sheet for pets. A sheet for pets is provided with a liquid-permeable front surface sheet, a liquid-impermeable back surface sheet, an absorbent layer that contains carbon and is positioned between the front surface sheet and the back surface sheet, and a front surface-side liquid-permeable sheet that is black and is positioned on the front surface sheet-side of the absorbent layer. The front surface-side liquid-permeable sheet is preferably formed from pulp fibers that have been dyed black.
US10104862B2	Endophytic microbial symbionts in plant prenatal care The present disclosure provides compositions comprising novel endophytes capable of promoting germination endophytes that have a symbiotic relationship with plants. The present disclosure further provides methods of improving seed vitality, biotic and abiotic stress resistance, plant health and yield under both stressed and unstressed environmental conditions, comprising inoculating a seed with the novel endophyte strains and cultivating a plant therefrom.
US10104861B2	Hybrid pepper SPP2423 One embodiment relates to seed and plants of pepper hybrid SPP2423. Another embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SPP2423, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10104858B1	Maize hybrid X95K896 A novel maize variety designated X95K896 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95K896 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95K896 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X95K896, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95K896. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95K896.
US10104855B1	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH728705 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH728705. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH728705, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH728705 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH728705.
US10104852B2	Plants and seeds of sorghum variety GSV644454 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the sorghum variety designated GSV644454. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety GSV644454, and to methods for producing a sorghum plant produced by crossing a sorghum plant of variety GSV644454 with itself or with another sorghum plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to sorghum seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety GSV644454 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety GSV644454.
US10104851B2	Maize hybrid X90K678 A novel maize variety designated X90K678 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X90K678 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90K678 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X90K678, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90K678. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90K678.
US10104841B2	RFID-based plant tracking and data management system for a greenhouse A system and method of tracking the position and status of plants or plant parts in a greenhouse or other growing area using identification tags such as RFID tags is disclosed.
US10104840B2	System and method of controlling a cleaning sieve in an agricultural harvester A cleaning section of an agricultural harvester. The cleaning section including a sieve, a plurality of load sensors, and a sieve slope compensating system. The sieve is positioned in the harvester to receive crop material from a threshing section. The plurality of load sensors are coupled to the sieve. The load sensors are configured to produce signals representative of a distributed load of the crop material on the sieve. The sieve slope compensating system is configured to tilt or side shake the sieve dependent upon the signals.
US10104836B2	Systems and methods for forming graphical and/or textual elements on land for remote viewing Disclosed are methods, devices, systems, computer readable media, and other implementations, including methods to form an aerially-viewable approximation of a target image by processing of land (e.g., an agricultural field) based on land data for a land/field and the target image. In an example, a method is provided that includes obtaining field data for a plurality of field portions each associated with respective soil attributes, obtaining a target image to be aerially viewed, and determining for each of the plurality of field portions, based, in part, on the field data and on the target image, an associated respective crop, selected from a plurality of available crops, and a corresponding respective crop density, such that grown crops resulting from planting of the determined associated crop at the corresponding crop density at the each of the plurality of field portions form, when viewed aerially, an approximation of the target image.
US10104825B2	Pull frame for an agricultural implement An agricultural implement includes a tool bar assembly configured to couple to a main frame of the agricultural implement and a pull frame. The tool bar assembly includes a first tool with a height that is adjustable relative to a soil surface. The pull frame includes a hitch assembly configured to be coupled to a work vehicle, a mounting portion configured to be removably coupled to the main frame of the agricultural implement, and a hollow portion that extends over the first tool bar between the hitch assembly and the mounting portion while the tool bar assembly and the pull frame are coupled to the main frame. The hollow portion is configured to accommodate one or more conduits.
US10104823B2	Vertical tillage scraper An agricultural tillage implement has a disk frame assembly connected to a pull hitch extending in a travel direction with frame members extending generally laterally with respect to the travel direction. At least one disk blade is connected to and supported by the frame members to till soil over which the agricultural tillage implement traverses. A disk scraper mounting member is connected to at least one frame member. A channel shaped disk scraper is connected to the disk scraper mounting member using a bolted joint connection. The channel shaped disk scraper has a square mounting end adjoining an inner perpendicular surface of the disk scraper mounting member. The channel shaped disk scraper is operable to scrape residue from the at least one disk blade and deflect it away from the travel direction.
US10104821B2	Multi-use gardening tool Multi-use tools having a stamped single piece tool head that includes a chevron-shaped body, and a coupling mechanism configured to couple a handle to the chevron-shaped body. Additional tools can include a chevron-shaped body comprising a first external edge, a second external edge, a first internal edge, and a second internal edge. The tool also includes a handle, a coupling mechanism demountably coupling the handle to the chevron-shaped body and a void formed by the first internal edge, the second internal edge, and the coupling mechanism. An apex of the chevron-shaped body points away from the handle.
US10111365B1	Mounting electronic device to thermally conductive pad of liquid-cooling mechanism in translational movement-minimizing manner A liquid-cooling mechanism, or sub-system, has a thermally conductive plate in which a cooling liquid channel is disposed, and a thermally conductive pad disposed on the thermally conductive plate. An electronic device is mounted to the thermally conductive pad, such as via a mounting component, in a manner that decreases translational movement of a contact surface of the electronic device against a contact surface of the thermally conductive pad. When mounted to the thermally conductive pad, the electronic device compresses the thermally conductive pad.
US10111362B2	Liquid-cooling heat dissipation device A liquid-cooling heat dissipation device includes: a flow guiding shell body (1) formed with a first flow channel (13), a second flow channel (14) and a third flow channel (15), wherein a heat dissipation space (16) is defined by the above-mentioned three flow channels (13, 14, 15); a primary pipe (2) disposed in the heat dissipation space (16) and extended from the first flow channel (13) towards the second flow channel (14), wherein the primary pipe (2) is communicated with the first flow channel (13); a plurality of secondary pipes (3) disposed in the heat dissipation space (16) and extended from the primary pipe (2) towards the third flow channel (15), wherein each of the secondary pipes (3) is respectively communicated with the primary pipe (2) and the third flow channel (15). Accordingly, advantages of lowering the flow resistance and increasing the heat dissipation performance can be achieved.
US10111361B2	Closed-loop cooling system and method A water based closed loop cooling system employed to cool waterborne data center facility generally comprise a plurality of filtered water intake pipes, a plurality of filtered water exhaust pipes, a plurality of heat exchangers, a plurality of closed loop cooling systems or closed loop coolant distribution units that may use freshwater as a coolant, and a plurality of piping systems. The energy efficient water based closed loop cooling system and method described may use naturally occurring cold water as a heat sink in a plurality of heat exchange systems. The systems and methods described in this document may be employed to provide an energy efficient water-based closed-loop cooling system to maintain interior ambient conditions suitable for proper operation of the plurality of computer systems therein.
US10111360B2	Electrical cabinet with improved heat dissipation An electrical cabinet for receiving functional electrical units, each including a plurality of electrical devices arranged on a bracket; and a mechanism for attaching the functional electrical units, the attaching mechanism configured to receive the functional electric units along a separation plane defining a first space located toward a front portion, and a second space located toward a back portion; a partition dividing the second space into a first subspace located toward the front portion and a second subspace located toward the rear portion, the partition configured in the electrical cabinet to form at least two passages enabling an airflow to circulate between the first subspace and the second subspace; and a cooling source arranged to be in contact with the airflow.
US10111359B2	Server rack A server rack configured to provide electrical connections with data storage modules upon contact includes a shell and a slide rail module slidably installed on the shell. The shell includes a power supply module. The slide rail module itself is electrically conductive and provided with a cable at each end. The cables are connected with the power supply module and the data storage module, and the data storage module is electrically connected with the power supply module.
US10111355B1	Equipment module adapter blocks Equipment racks, methods of installing equipment modules into equipment racks, and adaptor blocks for installing equipment modules into equipment racks are disclosed. In some examples, an equipment rack includes first and second rack rails and a carrier pack mounted to the first and second rack rails. The carrier pack includes first and second pack rails, each pack rail having a plurality of spaced apart mounting holes. The carrier pack includes first and second adapter blocks mounted to the first and second pack rails using the spaced apart mounting holes. Each of the first and second adapter blocks includes at least one post. The carrier pack includes an equipment module mounted to the first and second adapter blocks. The equipment module includes first and second spring loaded latches attached to the posts of the first and second adapter blocks.
US10111349B2	Bending adjustment device and related flexible display device, and manufacturing method thereof The disclosure provides a bending adjustment device, a related flexible display device, and a manufacturing method thereof. According to embodiments of the disclosure, the bending adjustment device comprises a plurality of conduits arranged in parallel. The bending adjustment device further comprises a plurality of air bags, wherein at least one air bag is disposed between the adjacent conduits of the plurality of conduits. The bending adjustment device further comprises at least one air sucking and charging apparatus connected to the plurality of conduits at their ends. The other ends of the conduits are closed. The air sucking and charging apparatus is configured to suck or charge air from or to the plurality of air bags through the plurality of conduits, such that the plurality of air bags expand and contract between the adjacent conduits.
US10111328B2	Photosensitive resin composition, dry film using same, printed wiring board, and method for producing printed wiring board The present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition containing (A) an acid-modified vinyl group-containing epoxy resin, (B) a photopolymerization initiator, (C) a thiol group-containing compound, and (E) a photopolymerizable compound, wherein the component (A) contains at least one acid-modified vinyl group-containing epoxy resin (A1) which is obtained from a bisphenol-novolak epoxy resin (a1) having a structural unit represented by a general formula (IV) or (V), and an acid-modified vinyl group-containing epoxy resin (A2) which is obtained from an epoxy resin (a2) differing from the epoxy resin (a1).
US10111325B2	Elastic conductor An elastic conductor includes a stretchable base, and conductors each having a longitudinal shape, being arranged on a surface of the stretchable base, and having a lower specific resistance and a higher modulus of elasticity than the stretchable base. In the first state, the conductors are spaced apart from each other in the second direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and are continuous in a section extending in the first direction as seen in the second direction from one end of the section to the other end of the section, in which a distance between the conductors adjacent to each other in the second direction in the second state is shorter than a distance between the conductors adjacent to each other in the second direction in the first state.
US10111322B2	Implementing reworkable strain relief packaging structure for electronic component interconnects A method and structure are provided for implementing enhanced reworkable strain relief packaging for electronic component interconnects. A plurality of custom strain relief pads is provided with a component footprint wiring layout on a component carrier or a component. The custom strain relief pads are disposed at component body perimeter locations. A solder mask is applied around these pad locations to provide a constrained area for a fusible surface coating. A fusible surface coating material is applied in the to the custom strain relief pads in the constrained area and then soldering of components is performed. Then a structural adhesive material is applied to the custom strain relief pad locations.
US10111321B2	Printed circuit board Various embodiments related to a printed circuit board in which a capacitor is embedded are described. The capacitor may include: a plurality of first conductive layers that have a plurality of first via holes; a plurality of second conductive layers that have a plurality of second via holes, wherein the first and second conductive layers are alternately arranged in turns; and a plurality of dielectric layers that are arranged between the first and second conductive layers. Other various embodiments are possible.
US10111320B2	Display device A display device includes a light source unit, a light guide plate including a light incident surface, an opposite surface, a light exit surface, and a light exit rear surface, a display panel provided on the light exit surface, a bottom chassis for housing the light guide plate, and an anti-static electricity member including a fluoride resin and contacting the bottom chassis, where the bottom chassis includes a bottom section and a sidewall section perpendicularly connected from the bottom section, and the sidewall section includes a first sidewall section more adjacent close to the light incident surface than the opposite surface, a second sidewall section, a third sidewall section, and the fourth sidewall section, and the anti-static electricity member is provided between the first sidewall section and the light source unit and contacting at least a portion of the first sidewall section.
US10111319B2	Cable connection board A cable connection board includes a signal layer disposed inside a board, a first layer and a second layer disposed inside the board with the signal layer being interposed therebetween, a cable coupled to the board so as to extend to a first surface of the board, a first solder joint portion that joins an outer conductor included in the cable and the first layer to each other, and a second solder joint portion that joins a front end of an inner conductor included in the cable and the signal layer to each other in the board.
US10111317B2	Printed circuit board for transmitting digital signals A printed circuit board includes a printed wiring board and a transmission circuit implemented on the printed wiring board and transmitting digital signals. The printed wiring board connected to the transmission circuit includes a main wiring pattern transmitting digital signals and a first wiring pattern having a connection end connected to the main wiring pattern and an open end. The printed wiring board further includes a second wiring pattern having a grounded end and an open end and extending in a direction in which the first wiring pattern extends. The second wiring pattern is disposed such that the grounded end of the second wiring pattern is disposed adjacent to the connection end or the open end of the first wiring pattern. By this, a printed circuit board capable of suppressing EMI is provided while increase in size of the printed wiring board is avoided.
US10111315B1	Arc suppression device and arc suppression method An arc suppression device includes an AC to DC converter, a switch, a resistor and a controller. The switch is coupled between the AC to DC converter and a plasma chamber. The resistor is coupled in parallel with the switch. The AC to DC converter is configured to convert an AC voltage into a DC voltage for providing to the plasma chamber. The controller is configured to detect a unit-time rate of change (ROC) of a plasma current received by the plasma chamber. When the controller determines that the unit-time ROC of the plasma current is larger than a first unit-time ROC threshold, the controller controls the switch to electrically isolate the AC to DC converter and the plasma chamber to reduce the plasma current to a first current value through the resistor.
US10111314B2	Energy generation by igniting flames of an electropositive metal by plasmatizing the reaction gas The present disclosure relates to generating energy. The teachings thereof may be embodied in methods for burning a reaction gas with an electropositive metal. An method for generating energy may include: supplying a reaction gas and an electropositive metal separately to at least one nozzle; wherein the electropositive metal is selected from alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, aluminum, zinc, mixtures, and/or alloys thereof; burning the reaction gas with the electropositive metal; and coverting the reaction gas before or during burning at least temporarily into a plasma.
US10111313B2	Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method According to one embodiment, a plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber; a decompression section configured to decompress inside of the processing chamber; a member including a control section to be inserted into a depression provided on mounting side of a workpiece, the control section being configured to thereby control at least one of in-plane distribution of capacitance of a region including the workpiece and in-plane distribution of temperature of the workpiece; a mounting section provided inside the processing chamber; a plasma generating section configured to supply electromagnetic energy to a region for generating a plasma for performing plasma processing on the workpiece; and a gas supply section configured to supply a process gas to the region for generating a plasma. The control section performs control so that at least one of the in-plane distribution of capacitance and the in-plane distribution of temperature is made uniform.
US10111311B2	Emitter and X-ray tube device having the same An emitter that can be lighted even if a line of any part thereof is broken by ensuring an electric pathway. The X-ray tube device includes an electron emission surface P having an electric pathway; electric heating elements 21, 22 that are connected electrically to both ends of said electron emission surface; and two branched terminals that are branched in the middle of the electric pathway of the electron emission surface P between electric heating elements 21 and 22; second electric heating element, in order from the electric heating element 21 as the supporting element 23 and the supporting element 24; and further comprises: a relay 33A that switches the electric heating element 21 and the supporting element 24 to be in a short-circuit/open condition and a relay 33B switches the electric heating element 22 and the supporting element 23 to be in a short-circuit/open condition. A bypass electric pathway may be formed where the short-circuit condition is switched on and such bypass electric pathway can exist at all locations relative to the electric pathway between the electric heating elements 21 and 22.
US10111309B2	Lighting control console having a slide control A lighting control console for controlling a lighting system includes digital adjusting commands being generated in the lighting control console that are transmitted to the lighting system via data links. The lighting control console includes at least one slide control for inputting operating commands via linear displacement of a control knob protruding from the upper side of the console housing. The upper side of the console housing includes a slit for each slide control. The slide control is fastened to said electronic circuit board and not to any fastening point on the console housing.
US10111306B1	Control system for user-activated selection of control functionality A lighting control system includes control devices each configured to be coupled with one or more lighting devices. Each of the control devices includes sensor(s) configured to measure a characteristic of an environment, and hardware circuitry configured to connect with a network for one or more of remotely controlling operation of the one or more lighting devices, communicating the characteristic that is sensed, or monitoring information received through the network. The hardware circuitry of the control devices are configured to operate between different operational modes to perform different functions to control the one or more lighting devices based on the characteristic that is measured by the one or more sensors, based on the information received via the network, or based on both the characteristic that is measured and the information received via the network. The system also includes switching hardware configured to change the operational mode of the control devices.
US10111305B2	Smart light system Systems and methods are disclosed with one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) with at least one optical transmitter and receiver optically coupled to an optical network over 1 Mbps using at least one LED with a first mode to communicate location and a second mode to communicate using broadband optical transmission; and a controller coupled to the LEDs, the controller communicating with the optical network using the optical transmitter and receiver.
US10111304B2	Interactive cord with integrated light sources This document describes an interactive cord with integrated light sources. An interactive cord includes a cable, a cover that covers the cable, and a plurality of light sources integrated into the cover. The cover includes capacitive touchpoints that enable reception of touch input that causes a change in capacitance to one or more conductive threads effective to trigger a function at a computing device. Different conductive threads can be used at different capacitive touchpoints to trigger different functions. The light sources are configured to indicate a position of a respective capacitive touchpoint on the cover.
US10111303B2	Calibration of light sensors A calibration method comprising, for each of one or more light sensors: (a) under influence of one or more substantially non-zero illumination levels in the target environment, using the light sensor to measure the sensed light level corresponding to each of these one or more illumination levels; (b) receiving a template light level value corresponding to each of the one or more illumination levels, representing the light level at a target location in the target environment substantially removed in space from the location of the light sensor, each of the one or more template light level values being assumed for the environment rather than measured by a light meter; and (c) determining a relationship between the sensed light level and the light level experienced at the target location, based on an evaluation of the one or more sensed levels relative to the one or more template light level values.
US10111299B2	Adaptive overvoltage protection for multifunction LED chain In one example, a method includes determining, by a device of a system, a voltage feedback value that represents a voltage level of a power signal being provided to a plurality of load elements that are selectively active. In this example, the method also includes adjusting, by the device and based on a quantity of load elements of the plurality of load elements that are active, the voltage level of the power signal such that the voltage feedback value remains less than or equal to an overvoltage threshold.
US10111298B2	LED light fixture dimming apparatus A microcontroller receives a LINE SYNC signal and a dimmer control voltage input and controls output switch timing of an output FET switch to generate a reverse phase PWM dimming signal for supply to associated LED driver apparatus.
US10111296B2	Systems, devices, and methods for calibrating LEDs The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for calibrating LED(s). In one aspect, a method includes: (1) obtaining a desired color value for each LED of a plurality of LEDs to be calibrated; (2) obtaining image information from an image sensor, the image information corresponding to operation of the plurality of LEDs; and (3) generating calibration information for each LED of the plurality of LEDs based on the desired color value for the LED and the obtained image information.
US10111293B2	Method of illumination having light emitting device with ceramic conversion material A method of delivering light from a lighting device including having at least one main LED, at least one auxiliary LED, and at least one ceramic light conversion element placed longitudinal to the path of light emitted from the main LED and orthogonal to the auxiliary LED; the method including the steps of switching on the at least one main LED, and changing the color temperature of the light emitted from the lighting device by switching on the at least one auxiliary LED.
US10111289B2	Light module for a light device of a motor vehicle and associated method A light module for a light device of a motor vehicle. The module according to the invention comprises driving means for the electrical power supply of at least one light source mounted as a load of the driving means and further comprises switching means capable of selectively short-circuiting at least one of the light sources of the module. The invention relates also to a method allowing for the selective short-circuiting of at least one light source of a light module according to the invention.
US10111288B2	Systems and methods for providing wave-based lighting efficiencies Embodiments of wave-based lighting efficiencies are provided. As an example, a method includes determining a characteristic of a voltage from an alternating current (AC) waveform, where the AC waveform is configured to power a load, and wherein the AC waveform includes positive voltage portions, negative voltage portions, and zero axis points. Some embodiments include determining a first position in the AC waveform to create a first step with a first step voltage and applying the AC waveform at the first step to a first predetermined portion of the load, where the first predetermined portion of the load has a first voltage rating that corresponds to the first step voltage.
US10111285B2	Adaptive turn-off delay time compensation for LED controller A light emitting diode controller integrated circuit includes counter circuitry having inputs coupled to a clock signal input pin, a pulse width modulated signal input pin, and a sense input pin, and has a count output coupled to a gate drive signal output to an external power transistor. The power transistor is connected in series between a power lead, a sense resistor, and a light emitting diode. The sense input pin is coupled to the series connection between the resistor and the transistor. The counter circuitry provides a Ton_delay equal to a Toff_delay of the power transistor. By counting up during a Ton_delay and down during a Toff_delay, the controller can be used with power transistors of unknown characteristics.
US10111281B2	Intelligent controller and method for electronic cigarette An intelligent controller of electronic cigarette includes a switch module, a voltage acquisition module coupled to a heating wire, a control module coupled to the switch module and the voltage acquisition module, respectively, a display module electrically connected to an output of the control module, and a battery electrically connected to the switch module, the voltage acquisition module, the control module and the display module, respectively. The control module sends a control signal to the voltage acquisition module to make the voltage acquisition module acquire a terminal voltage of the heating wire. After receiving a signal from the switch module, whether the heating wire of an atomizer is in a short-circuit condition, an open-circuit condition or a normal condition is detected based on the acquired signal, and a detection result is output such that these conditions of the heating wire are observed directly by users.
US10111278B2	Power amplifier circuit for communication systems A power amplifier includes an input for receiving an RF signal to be amplified; at least one power amplification circuit module in electrical connection with the input for amplifying the RF signal; at least one biasing circuit in electrical connection with the power amplification circuit for compensating the distortion of the RF signal so as to amplify the RF signal substantially linearly, and an output arranged to output the amplified RF signal.
US10111275B2	Scheduling failover for lighting controls A lighting control system of networks and devices designed to allow scheduled events to continue to operate in the case of partial or full network operation and failure. The lighting control system can rely on any network controller to act as a schedule master that evaluates a schedule of time-based lighting control events. When failure of the acting schedule master occurs or network communication therewith, the lighting control system changes the scheduling master to a different network controller based on a fail over protocol. The failover protocol includes detecting when an acting schedule master controller stops working by, for example, failing to receive a keep-alive message at a different network controller within a predetermined amount of time. Upon detecting failure of the schedule master controller, a network controller with a different controller identifier takes over as the schedule master in accordance with a controller identifier evaluation or protocol.
US10111272B1	Temporary bluetooth pairing The concepts and technologies disclosed herein provide a vehicle system that can prompt a user to select a BLUETOOTH pairing type—normal or temporary. In response to receiving selection of a temporary BLUETOOTH pairing type, the vehicle system can prompt the user to select a trigger for terminating a temporary pairing period during which the user device and the vehicle system are to be temporarily paired, and the vehicle system can receive selection of the trigger. The user device and the vehicle system can be paired. The vehicle system can receive data associated with the user and can store the data in a vehicle memory. The vehicle system can monitor for activation of the trigger. In response to the trigger being activated, the vehicle system can terminate the temporary pairing period thereby unpairing the user device and the vehicle system and can delete the data from the vehicle memory.
US10111258B2	Methods and systems for receiver initiated protection of a wireless communication exchange Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication are disclosed. In some aspects, a method includes receiving from a transmitting device, via a receiving device, a first wireless frame, the first wireless frame forming at least a portion of a wireless communication exchange between the transmitting device and the receiving device, transmitting to the transmitting device, in response to the first wireless frame, a second wireless frame indicating that the receiving device will enable protection for a remaining portion of the wireless communication exchange, transmitting during a contention period, in response to the indication, a frame reserving the wireless medium for a time period; and receiving, via the receiving device, the remaining portion of the wireless communication exchange from the transmitting device during the time period.
US10111256B2	Communications device and method for improving the transmission of random access messages A communications device to transmit data to a mobile communications network includes one or more network elements providing a wireless access interface for communication. The communications device includes a controller controlling a transmitter to transmit a random access message to a first network element via a random access channel of the wireless access interface common to one or more other communications devices, to receive in response an acknowledgement indicating an allocation of communications resources of a shared up-link channel for the communications device to transmit signals to the mobile communications network, or a negative acknowledgment indicating the communications device has not been allocated communications resources of the shared up-link channel. After detecting random access failure conditions by the controller, the controller in combination with the transmitter re-transmits the random access message one or more times, with a variable delay greater than or equal to a delay of a previous re-transmission.
US10111254B2	Method and apparatus for random access for multiple devices in wireless communication system A method for performing a random access by a device in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a broadcast signal including location information which indicates each of at least two partial areas included in a transmission area of a preamble sequence, and transmitting the preamble sequence through one of the at least two partial areas on the basis of the broadcast signal.
US10111253B2	Method and apparatus for interference alignment and multi-antenna signal process in wireless network Provided is a communication method in a wireless communication system using an interference alignment. The method includes: receiving, by a first AP, a data stream by using N1 (natural number) first reception antennas, and receiving, by a second AP, the data stream by using N2 (natural number) second reception antennas, in a wireless communication system including the first AP and the second AP which receive the data stream through a transmission beam which one or more user terminals having m (natural number) transmission antennas within a given number transmit; and updating to selectively add a part of user terminals which are newly connected to the first AP and the second AP to a set of connected user terminal, and transmitting, by each terminal of the set of connected user terminal, linearly independent transmission beams by applying an interference alignment with respect to a plurality of the first and the second reception antennas for the updated set of connected user terminal.
US10111250B2	Methods and apparatuses for coordinating resource scheduling between wireless networks Methods and apparatuses for coordinating resource scheduling between wireless networks are provided. The method comprises receiving a resource coordination request message from at least one wireless network, wherein the resource coordination request message includes identifiers of at least one pair of wireless links which include an interfered wireless link in the at least one wireless network and an interfering wireless link in a second wireless network. The method also comprises performing coordination about schedulable resources for the interfered wireless link and the interfering wireless link based on the resource coordination request message. The method further comprises transmitting a coordinated schedulable resource message to the at least one wireless network and the second wireless network such that at least one of the interfered wireless link and the interfering wireless link is scheduled according to the coordinated schedulable resource message.
US10111249B2	Common channel aquisition A method of selecting a common channel type for uplink transmission in a wireless communication network when conflicting instructions are received, a computer program product and user equipment operable to perform that method. The method comprises: attempting to acquire resource on a first type of common channel for uplink transmission of information in accordance with a first received instruction; receiving a second instruction to make any uplink transmission on a second type of common channel; determining whether there is any information to be sent and, if not, ceasing attempts to acquire resource on the first type of common channel. Aspects and embodiments described aim to provide a method to resolve a mixture of commands received by user equipment while aiming to ensure efficient overall network operation.
US10111246B2	Enhanced mechanism of scheduling request to multiple schedulers in a wireless network with inter base station carrier aggregation Apparatus and method are provided to enhance scheduling request to multiple schedulers with inter base station carrier aggregation. In one novel aspect, the UE monitors and detects one or more SR triggering event. The UE selects one or more base stations based on predefined criteria and sends the SR to the selected one or more base stations. In one embodiment, at least one LC of the UE is associated with multiple BSs with association priorities. In one embodiment, the association priorities are configured by the network. In other embodiments, the association priorities are derived based on predefined UE configurations, or are derived from load information received by the UE, or are derived from radio measurements. In one novel aspect, the UE upon detecting SR failure triggered on a triggering LC, sends SR failure indication to a RRC layer or associates the triggering LC with a different base station.
US10111244B2	Method and apparatus for performing backoff for scheduling request in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for scheduling uplink (UL) transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a backoff parameter from a network, and determines whether or not to apply the received backoff parameter before transmitting a scheduling request (SR) to the network via a dedicated channel. Whether or not to apply the received backoff parameter is determined according to a prioritized access, and the prioritized access corresponds to one of emergency access, high priority access, control element/information in media access control (MAC), radio link control (RLC) or packet data convergence protocol (PDCP), data radio bearer (DRB) for voice/video service, signaling radio bearer (SRB) 0, SRB 1, SRB 2, multimedia telephony service (MMTEL)-voice, MMTEL-video, and voice over long-term evolution (VoLTE).
US10111243B2	Computerized methods and apparatus for spectrum access A system and computerized method for controlling access to shared spectrum in which access is prioritized among different classes of devices so that top priority devices have immediate access to the shared spectrum and lower priority devices contend for access. In some embodiments, the system and computerized method comprises managing a set of priority classes of devices to use the shared spectrum and granting rights to one or more of the requesting devices to use a portion of the shared spectrum during a requested use period based on a decision making process.
US10111240B2	Apparatus and method enhancing quality of service architecture for LTE Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE) arranged for transmitting packets in a cellular network are disclosed herein. The UE can generate a first packet having a first packet classification information and a second packet having a second packet classification information. The first packet classification information can be associated with a different quality of service (QoS) requirement than the second packet classification information. The UE, using a packet filter, can determine, based on the first packet classification information, a first traffic flow from a plurality of traffic flows in a traffic flow template (TFT) for transmitting the first packet. Additionally, the UE can determine, based on the second packet classification information, a second traffic flow from the plurality of traffic flows for transmitting the second packet. Subsequently, the UE send the first packet to the first traffic flow and the second packet to the second traffic flow.
US10111234B2	Frequency assignment method and transmission apparatus therefor A frequency assignment method in a communication system is provided. The method includes transmitting, by a base station, a pilot signal to the plurality of terminals; receiving, by the base station, channel information and a Signal to Interference Ratio (SIR) from the plurality of terminals as feedback information; determining, by the base station, a number of subcarriers to be used for interference alignment and a terminal to which interference alignment is to be applied, using the feedback information; selecting, by the base station, a frequency set to be used for interference alignment among preset frequency sets for interference alignment, and generating a transmit precoding matrix using a maximum of Degrees of Freedom (DoF) that can be obtained for each frequency; and transmitting, by the base station, an index of the selected frequency set to the determined terminal using the generated transmit precoding matrix.
US10111231B2	Method and apparatus for performing D2D operation in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for performing a device-to-device (D2D) operation in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a D2D mode criterion from a network, and performs the D2D operation based on a D2D mode indicated by the D2D mode criterion. The D2D mode criterion may indicate various information, and may be either a D2D mode 1 or a D2D mode 2.
US10111229B2	Multi-subcarrier system with multiple numerologies A method of operating a user equipment comprises addressing multi-subcarrier system resources using multiple different numerologies available within a single carrier, the multiple different numerologies comprising a first numerology having resource blocks (RBs) with a first bandwidth and a first subcarrier spacing, Δf1, and a second numerology having RBs with a second bandwidth and a second subcarrier spacing, Δf2, which is different from Δf1, wherein the first numerology is aligned in the frequency domain relative to a frequency reference, Fref, according to mΔf1+Fref and the second numerology is aligned in the frequency domain relative to the frequency reference, Fref, according to nΔf2+Fref, where m and n are integers. The method further comprises transmitting and/or receiving information within the single carrier according to the at least one of the multiple different numerologies.
US10111226B2	Techniques to identify packets associated with an overlapping basic service set A wireless device may utilize enhanced OBSS identification techniques to determine whether an interfering transmission is associated with an OBSS. In an example, a wireless device may receive a WLAN packet that includes a preamble and a data region. The wireless device may analyze the preamble to determine whether the WLAN packet is an OBSS packet. If the wireless device determines there is insufficient information in the preamble to identify the WLAN packet as an OBSS packet, the wireless device may decode a portion of the data region (e.g., a MAC header) to determine if the WLAN packet is an OBSS packet. Prior to declaring a successful decoding of the MAC header, the wireless device may confirm the MAC header has been received reliably. Additionally or alternatively, BSS identifiers may be included in the data region and used to determine if the WLAN packet is associated with an OBSS.
US10111220B2	Channel access in vehicular communication network A method and a system for accessing a channel in a vehicular communication network are provided, where successive cycles each of which includes N time slots are defined in the channel. The method may include: a first communication device mounted on a first node receiving a channel allocation advertisement message from a second communication device mounted on a second node, where the channel allocation advertisement message includes information of how a communication area is divided into M regions and a mapping between the M regions and the N time slots; the first communication device determining in which region the first node is located based on the position of the first node and the information; the first communication device identifying a time slot based on the determined region and the mapping; and the first communication device competing for the identified time slot.
US10111219B2	Communication apparatus and communication method for receiving control information over a search space A communication apparatus has a receiver and a decoder. The receiver receives a control signal including first downlink control information and second downlink control information, and receives decoding area information that indicates whether the extended Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) should be decoded for each of a plurality of terminal apparatuses. The decoder decodes each of a plurality of first mapping candidates in the PDCCH area or decodes each of the plurality of first mapping candidates in the PDCCH area and each of the plurality of second mapping candidates in the extended PDCCH. A number of the second mapping candidates included in the user-specific search space equals to or is more than a number of the first mapping candidates included in the common search space.
US10111217B2	Downlink signaling for adaption of an uplink-downlink configuration in TDD communication systems An apparatus includes a User Equipment (UE) having a receiver and a decoder. The receiver is configured to receive, from an eNodeB (eNB), a signal indicating a configuration of a period to receive one or more Physical Downlink Control CHannels (PDCCHs) in respective one or more Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs). Each of the one or more PDCCHs conveys a same Downlink Control Information (DCI) format. The DCI format includes at least one field indicating a first Time Division Duplexing (TDD) UpLink-DownLink (UL-DL) configuration in a first cell for DL data receptions or UL data transmissions. A TDD UL-DL configuration includes ten TTIs each having a respective serial index from 0 to 9. The receiver is also configured to receive, from the eNB, at least one PDCCH of the one or more PDCCHs. The decoder is configured to decode the DCI format conveyed by the at least one PDCCH in a second cell. The period is a multiple of ten TTIs, and the one or more TTIs are in a last ten TTIs of the period.
US10111216B2	Reducing blind decoding in enhanced carrier aggregation Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured with a carrier aggregation (CA) configuration, which may include a large number of component carriers (CCs). Some of the CCs may be designated as basis CCs, and may have a flexible control channel configuration, while other CCs may be designated as supplemental CCs with a restricted control channel configuration. The restricted control channels may have a reduced number of decoding candidates, which may reduce the complexity and increase the likelihood of successfully decoding the control channels. For example, the restricted control channels may be limited to a subset of aggregation levels, a reduced control region, or other restrictions. In some cases, the CCs may be grouped into basis CCs and supplemental CCs based on physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) groups or based on CCs that utilize enhanced physical downlink control channels (ePDCCH).
US10111215B2	Device-to-device discovery resource allocation in communications A method for device-to-device communication includes receiving, in a D2D-capable user terminal from a network apparatus, measurement configuration information regarding a D2D discovery resource usage status. The user terminal performs, based on the received measurement configuration information, a corresponding measurement to determine the usage status of D2D discovery resources. The user terminal transmits, to the network apparatus, a report on the measurement performed in the user terminal, the report indicating the usage status of D2D discovery resources, in order the network apparatus to be able to adjust D2D discovery resource allocation based on the report.
US10111213B2	Method for reporting measurement result for determining position in wireless communication system, and device therefor A method for reporting a measurement result for determining a position in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is performed by a terminal and may comprise the steps of: receiving positioning reference signal (PRS)-related information comprising a position identifier of each of a plurality of base stations; performing a measurement on the PRSs transmitted by each of the plurality of base stations; if the position identifier of each of the plurality of base stations are identical to each other, selecting at least one measurement result among the measurement results for the PRSs; and reporting the selected measurement result to a serving base station.
US10111208B2	System and method for performing security management operations in network having non-static collection of nodes Machines in a managed network implement a set of rules that cause individual machines to directly interact with only a small number of machines in the network. Independent local actions of the individual machines collectively cause the individual machines to be self-organized into one or more communication orbits without any global control or coordination by a server or an administrator. The communication orbits are used for supporting security management, including, at a first node of the network, receiving a security management message from an upstream neighbor through a respective receiving channel from the upstream neighbor to the first node; performing one or more security management operations in accordance with the security management message received from the upstream neighbor; and forwarding the security management message to a downstream neighbor through a respective propagation channel from the first node to the downstream neighbor.
US10111205B2	Search process for physical downlink control channels in a communication system A method for a user equipment (UE) to determine locations for M candidate physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) in a set of N physical resource blocks (PRBs) in a transmission time interval (TTI) is provided. The method includes determining a location for each of M candidate PDCCHs in a different PRB if N is greater than or equal to M and determining a location for each of N candidate PDCCHs in a different PRB and determining a location for each of remaining M−N candidate PDCCHs in a different PRB if M is greater than N and 2N is greater than or equal to M.
US10111204B2	Scheduling assignment transmissions in device-to-device communications Techniques for scheduling assignment (SA) transmissions in device-to-device (D2D) communications are described. A D2D user equipment (UE) may use a block of time resources for SA transmissions. A D2D UE may transmit an SA transmission relatively quickly after determining that D2D data is to be transmitted to another D2D UE, relative to having to wait for specified time resources to send an SA transmission. The D2D data may then be transmitted following the SA transmission, reducing latency for transmission of the D2D data. It may be desirable for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) transmissions to have a relatively low latency to provide data from one vehicle to another with sufficient time for a vehicle to take action while moving at relatively high rates of speed.
US10111200B2	Infrastructure equipment and methods An infrastructure equipment as part of a mobile communications network receives an indication that data is to be transmitted to one of communications devices. In response the infrastructure equipment transmits a first paging message to the communications device to indicate the communications device is to receive the data via a wireless access interface. If a response to the transmitted first paging message is not received within a predetermined time, then if the infrastructure equipment can use a power boosting mode, to transmit the first paging message with a boosted power, or if the infrastructure equipment cannot use a power boosted mode for transmitting, to transmit a second paging message to one or more communications apparatus which can operate as a relay node for the communications device. The second paging message identifies the relay node and the communications device for which the infrastructure equipment is to transmit the data.
US10111198B2	Method and device for collecting location information Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and device for collecting location information. The method includes: sending a location subscription instruction to a user equipment (UE) by using a mobile communication network, where the location subscription instruction includes: instructing the UE to measure a cell detected by the UE; receiving instruction response information reported by the UE, where the instruction response information includes an identity (ID) of the UE, an ID of the cell detected by the UE, and signal strength information of the cell detected by the UE; and acquiring location information of the UE according to the received instruction response information.
US10111197B2	Generating and using a location fingerprinting map A computerized method for building a multisensory location map, the method may include: receiving, by an interface, multiple multisensory data vectors acquired by multiple mobile devices at multiple locations and location estimates indicative of the multiple locations; wherein at least a majority of the multiple locations are located within an area in which a granularity of global positioning system (GPS) based navigation is below an allowable threshold; wherein the location estimates are at least partially generated by internal navigation systems of the multiple mobile devices; and calculating, by a map calculator, in response to the multiple multisensory data vectors and the location estimates, a location fingerprinting map that comprises multiple grid points, wherein each grid point comprises a multisensory grid point fingerprint and grid point location information.
US10111195B2	Methods implemented in access nodes for maintaining synchronization in radio access network and associated access nodes A method implemented in Access Nodes (ANs) for maintaining synchronization in a radio access network employing a hierarchical synchronization mechanism. One of the methods is implemented in an Access Node (AN) at synchronization level 1 and comprises detecting that an AN at synchronization level 0 is down and initiating a random back-off procedure. The method further comprises determining whether a first synchronization signal generated at another AN at synchronization level 1 is received during the random back-off procedure. If it is determined that no first synchronization signal is received during the random back-off procedure, a second synchronization signal providing a synchronization reference is generated and broadcast upon completion of the random back-off procedure. The method also provides ANs for maintaining synchronization in a radio access network employing a hierarchical synchronization mechanism.
US10111188B2	Signaling of enhanced power control for eIMTA interference mitigation Methods, systems, and-devices are described for interference mitigation in a time-division duplex(TDD)wireless communication system. First and second subframe types may be identified for TDD subframes to be transmitted using the system. Different power control parameters associated with each subframe type may be identified based on transmission directions in neighboring cells for the particular subframes. One or more TDD subframes to be transmitted may be identified as a first or second subframe type, and power control may be applied to the transmitted subframes according the power control parameter associated with the subframe type. The identification of subframes and power control parameters to be applied to each type of subframe may be transmitted, for example, to a user equipment(UE). The information may be transmitted to a UE, for example, via radio resource control(RRC)signaling or via a physical layer control channel.
US10111187B2	Radio-frequency power supply, radio-frequency amplifier and method for improving efficiency of radio-frequency amplifier A method for improving an efficiency of a radio-frequency amplifier includes following steps. A set of predetermined parameters are set. A total circuit parameter is calculated according to the set of the predetermined parameters. A switch stress of a power switch is calculated according to the set of the predetermined parameters and the total circuit parameter. A first curve graph is made according to a duty cycle corresponding to the switch stress. The efficiency is calculated according to the set of the predetermined parameters and the total circuit parameter. A second curve graph is made according to the duty cycle corresponding to the efficiency of the radio-frequency amplifier. A value of the duty cycle is selected according to the first curve graph. The efficiency corresponding to the value of the duty cycle is obtained according to the second curve graph.
US10111182B2	Systems and methods for controlling radio beacon transmissions based on a number of detections of entry into a radio space An apparatus for radio beacon includes: a transmission circuit configured to transmit a radio beacon signal; a detection circuit configured to detect an entrance of an obstacle into a radio space of the transmission circuit; and a control circuit configured to control the transmission circuit, based on a control value corresponding to a number of times of detection which indicates the number of times the entrance of the obstacle has been detected in a given time in the detection circuit.
US10111178B2	Method and apparatus for controlling uplink power in wireless communication system A method and an apparatus for controlling uplink power in a wireless communication system are provided. The method for controlling uplink power of a User Equipment (UE) forming a transmission link with a plurality of BSs (BSs), a power headroom report trigger event by at least one of the plurality of BSs is detected. Power headroom information of the UE is reported to at least one of the plurality of BSs.
US10111177B2	Uplink power control in multi-user unlicensed wireless networks Methods and systems of providing uplink (UL) transmission power control are provided. The UL transmission power control is provided between access points (APs) and wireless stations in a multi-user (MU) unlicensed wireless network. The disclosed method includes participating in a first wireless communication between an AP and at least one station of a plurality of stations in an unlicensed wireless network, and using an uplink UL transmission power parameter transmitted from the AP to the at least one station to regulate UL power control of UL transmissions between the at least one station and the AP.
US10111175B2	Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in portable terminal An apparatus and method for reducing power consumption of a portable terminal are provided. More particularly, an apparatus and method for reducing power consumption generated in an idle state in order to solve a power consumption problem in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a state determination unit which is configured independently from an application processor for controlling applications and which wakes up when entering an idle mode to allow the application processor to sleep, and thereafter determines a state of the portable terminal, and if it is determined that the portable terminal escapes from the idle mode, allows the application processor to wake up.
US10111172B2	Systems and methods for localized device wakeup using bluetooth low energy communications Systems and methods for activating select devices are described herein. More particularly, this specification relates to using structure specific service IDs (SSSIDs) when two devices that are part of a common ecosystem are deciding whether to establish a connection according to a Bluetooth protocol. The SSSID can be a unique identifier that can be included in packets that are transmitted in accordance with the standards defining the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) protocol. The SSSIDs can be generated and provided to select devices such that only the select devices that are in possession of the SSSID are able to communicate with each other. This advantageously eliminates spurious activation of unintended recipient devices by enabling them to ignore the packet if the SSSID is not recognized, thereby enabling the unintended recipient device to remain in a low power sleepy state.
US10111171B2	Method and apparatus for HTTP adaptive streaming in wireless network environment The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system. Disclosed is a method of receiving a video segment from at least one streaming server by a client device using hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) adaptive streaming in a wireless network. The method includes: acquiring media presentation description (MPD) information by receiving an MPD file from the streaming server and parsing the received MPD file; determining a first parameter to minimize a cost function considering both energy consumption required for receiving a video segment and video quality of the segment based on the MPD information; requesting at least one video segment to the at least one streaming server during a first segment request round based on the first parameter; and receiving the at least one video segment from the at least one streaming server.
US10111170B2	Method for canceling scheduling requests triggered by a sidelink buffer status report in a D2D communication system and device therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for canceling a scheduling request triggered by a sidelink buffer status report in a D2D communication system, the method comprising: triggering one or more sidelink Buffer Status Reports (BSRs) for sidelink data available for transmission; triggering one or more Scheduling Requests (SRs); configuring one or more sidelink grants in one or more subframes within a certain period; checking, in a first subframe, whether remaining sidelink grants can accommodate all pending data available for transmission; and canceling the all of the one or more triggered SRs if the all of the one or more triggered SRs are triggered by the one or more sidelink BSRs and the remaining sidelink grants can accommodate all of the pending data available for transmission, wherein the remaining sidelink grants are sidelink grants configured in one or more subframes starting from the first subframe to end of the certain period.
US10111169B2	Systems and methods for processing and transmitting sensor data Systems and methods for processing, transmitting and displaying data received from an analyte sensor, such as a glucose sensor, are provided. The data can be displayed on a hand-held display device having a display such as a key fob device including a user interface, such as an LCD and one or more buttons allows a user to view data, and a physical connector, such as USB port.
US10111165B2	Network selection and random access method and apparatus of machine-type communication user equipment in mobile communication system A network selection, a random access method, and an apparatus of a Machine Type Communication (MTC) User Equipment (UE) for use in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) are provided. A cell selection method of an MTC terminal of the present disclosure includes receiving a message from a base station forming a cell, determining whether the message includes an MTC supportability indicator, and barring, when the message includes no MTC supportability indicator, scanning a frequency used in communication with the base station during a determined period.
US10111155B2	Method and arrangement in a telecommunication system Embodiments herein include methods and arrangements for controlling access of mobile devices to a network, such as GSM. The mobile devices belong to an access control class (ACC) and also belong to an additional access control class (EACC) that provides extended access control. The arrangement broadcasts system information to the mobile devices that comprises a first indicator indicating an ACC. The first indicator indicates whether a mobile device is allowed to access or is barred from accessing the network. The system information further comprises a second indicator indicating an EACC. The second indicator indicates whether a mobile device is allowed to access or is limited from accessing the network. Limited access may entail blocking a mobile device from initiating communications with the network, blocking the mobile device from receiving network initiated communications, or both. A mobile device blocked from network initiated communication may not answer a page from the network.
US10111152B2	Cell selection for airborne mobile cellular communications equipment A network node in a cellular telecommunications system hands over responsibility for serving a wireless communication equipment from a serving cell to a target cell, wherein the wireless communication equipment is situated in a first aircraft that is in-flight. An aircraft position, an aircraft velocity, and an aircraft direction are determined. For each candidate cell of a number of candidate cells, a level of beam distortion that would result from a beam directed from the candidate cell to the first aircraft is predicted. The target cell is selected from the candidate cells by identifying which of the candidate cells has a least amount of predicted beam distortion. The target cell is then signaled to prepare for a handover of responsibility for serving the wireless communication equipment.
US10111151B2	Method and apparatus for establishing group cell on basis of measurement signal variation The present specification suggests a method for establishing a terminal-centric group cell on the basis of measurement signal variation for cooperative transmission and handover in a mobile communication system. Specifically, a base station receives transmissions of parameters from a terminal, configures a terminal surrounding cell information table, and configures a cooperative cell cluster configuration table using the terminal surrounding cell information table as the terminal moves. The base station performs cooperative transmission and handover using the cooperative cell cluster configuration table. The terminal sends parameters to the base station periodically or when a certain condition is met, and the base station updates the terminal surrounding cell information table and the cooperative cell cluster configuration table using the parameters sent from the terminal to thereby use the same for mobility management.
US10111147B1	Intelligent call tracking to detect drops using S1-AP and SIP signaling A plurality of data packets is received from a wireless communication system. At least one of SIP signaling messages and S1-AP signaling messages associated with calls being made or attempted in the wireless communication system are analyzed for a specified time period to identify one or more dropped calls. At least one of SIP signaling error codes and S1-AP signaling cause codes associated with the identified dropped calls are analyzed to identify one or more call drop reasons. An ASI data set is generated based on the analysis of the at least one of the SIP signaling messages and the S1-AP signaling messages and based on the analysis of the at least one of the SIP signaling error codes and the S1-AP signaling cause codes.
US10111146B2	Method and device for selecting access network in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, a method and a device for selecting an access network are disclosed. A method by which a terminal selects an access network in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise the steps of: determining whether a packet service can be performed through a wireless LAN (WLAN) in use when the packet service is set to select a WLAN access network as an access network of the terminal for the packet service according to a predetermined rule while the terminal is using the WLAN; and performing an access network selection operation including a WLAN selection or a WLAN reselection as a candidate on the basis of the result of the determination step.
US10111143B2	Resource management method and apparatus for use in wireless communication system A resource management method and apparatus allows or restricts use of some or all of the resources of entities of a wireless communication system. A radio resource management method of a radio access point includes receiving a measurement report from a terminal, selecting another radio access point for serving the terminal in cooperation with the serving radio access point based on the measurement report and a Handover Restriction List (HRL), and transmitting a request for serving the terminal to the selected another radio access point.
US10111142B2	Device and method of handling a user equipment access stratum context A communication device for handling a user equipment (UE) Access Stratum (AS) context comprises a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device. The instructions comprise receiving a first radio resource control (RRC) message via a RRC connection from a first radio access network (RAN) of a first radio access technology (RAT), wherein the RRC message comprises a resume identity and indicates a RRC suspension; suspending the RRC connection in response to the first RRC message; keeping a UE AS context, when the RRC connection is suspended; selecting a cell of a second RAN of a second RAT different from the first RAT; and determining that the UE AS context and the resume identity are invalid in response to the selection.
US10111141B2	Apparatuses and methods for cell selection during a call fallback from an advanced network to a legacy network A mobile communication device including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from an advanced network and a legacy network. The controller receives a message from the advanced network via the wireless transceiver for redirecting the mobile communication device from the advanced network to the legacy network in response to a request for a call, searches for a suitable cell in the legacy network via the wireless transceiver in response to receiving the message, and camps on the suitable cell for making the call via the wireless transceiver regardless of the suitable cell being of a low priority and whether there is another suitable cell of a normal priority or not.
US10111138B2	Traffic classification over the base station subsystem transport network A method, performed by a base station (100) in a GSM/EDGE Radio Access Network, GERAN, of providing traffic classification for a data traffic flow, related to a General Packet Radio Service, GPRS, or Enhanced General Packet Radio Service, EGPRS. The method comprises the step of the base station (100) obtaining (S1), for the data traffic flow, a traffic-class-based network layer Quality of Service, QoS, attribute for traffic prioritization. The method also comprises the step of the base station (100) including (S2) the traffic-class-based network layer QoS attribute in data packets of the data traffic flow to provide network-layer traffic classification for the data traffic flow.
US10111135B2	Offloading traffic of a user equipment communication session from a cellular communication network to a wireless local area network (WLAN) A User Equipment including at least one processor, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processor, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the User Equipment at least: to conduct a processing for deciding whether or not it is acceptable to divert at least a part of a communication traffic of a communication currently conducted by the User Equipment with a first communication network to a second communication network, in case the decision is that it is not acceptable, to prepare a report indicating that the diversion of the communication traffic to the second communication network is not conducted, and to cause a transmission of the report to the first communication network.
US10111134B2	Communication apparatus, communication method, and communication system for handling frames of variable length Frames in a variable length frame format which are addressed to a plurality of users are multiplexed and preferably transmitted. Data frames having different lengths are multiplexed on a same time through space division multiple access, but since the multiplexed frames are transmitted while eventually having a same length, when the multiplexed data frames from the access point STA0 are received in the respective communication stations STA1 to STA3 in FIG. 4 or when data simultaneously transmitted from the respective communication stations STA1 to STA3 are received in the access point STA0 in FIG. 5, it is possible to eliminate an operation instability of AGC.
US10111133B2	Broadcasting signal transmitting apparatus, broadcast signal receiving apparatus, and broadcast signal transceiving method in a broadcast signal transceiving apparatus Disclosed is a broadcast signal transmitting apparatus, a broadcast signal receiving apparatus, and a broadcast signal transceiving method in a broadcast signal transceiving apparatus. The broadcast signal transmitting method comprises the following steps: compressing the headers of data packets of an IP stream identified by IP address information, wherein the compressed data packets include a first packet, the header of which contains static field information, a second packet, the header of which contains dynamic field information, and a third packet, the header of which contains the compressed static field information and/or the compressed dynamic field information; signaling IP-PLP mapping information for mapping the IP stream and a component PLP for transmitting the IP stream, the IP stream compression information, and the header information of the first packet to L2 signaling information; and transmitting the header information of the second and third packets via the component PLP, and transmitting the L2 signaling information via a common PLP.
US10111129B2	Method and apparatus for admission control of wireless communications network The present invention discloses a method for admission control of a wireless communications network. The method includes: comparing waiting time for scheduling of a first service with a first admission threshold, where the first service is a service for which a bearer has been established; if the waiting time for scheduling of the first service is greater than the first admission threshold, comparing a satisfaction rate of the first service with a second admission threshold; and if the satisfaction rate of the first service is greater than or equal to the second admission threshold, allowing establishment of a bearer for a second service, where the second service is a service for which bearer establishment is requested. According to the technical solutions provided in embodiments of the present invention, system capacity of a wireless communications network can be effectively improved without requiring complex and inaccurate calculation of resource usage.
US10111120B2	Apparatus and method for diagnosing anomaly in mobile communication network A network anomaly diagnosis device and a method thereof are provided. The network anomaly diagnosis device includes a data analyzer configured to receive a control plane message for a service provided to a terminal by a mobile network operator (MNO) from the terminal and analyze the control plane message, a database configured to collect results of analyzing control plane messages for services provided to the terminal by different MNOs including the MNO from the data analyzer and store the result of analyzing the control plane message for each MNO, and a controller configured to compare the result of analyzing the control plane message of the MNO at the data analyzer with the result of analyzing the control plane message for each MNO, the result being stored in the database.
US10111119B2	Methods for performing radio measurements and mobile terminal devices A mobile terminal device may include a first SIM, a second SIM, a radio processing circuit and a baseband processing circuit configured to interact with the radio processing circuit. The baseband processing circuit may be configured to identify one or more first measurement targets of a first radio measurement of the first SIM, identify one or more common measurement results from one or more measurement results of a second radio measurement of the second SIM, wherein at least one of the one or more common measurement results corresponds to a measurement target of the one or more first measurement targets of the first radio measurement, provide the one or more common measurement results to the first radio measurement as one or more measurement results of the first radio measurement, and perform mobility operations with the one or more measurement results of the first radio measurement or the one or more measurement results of the second radio measurement.
US10111117B2	Self-care self-tuning wireless communication system A customer self-service tuning system assists a mobile device user in adjusting his network settings and device configuration. Device, network and performance metrics are stored for a population. Over time all of these suggest changes in the device or network that change measured performance. The potential improvement(s) are presented to the user for selection. Performance measurements are taken and the user can choose to go forward with the new configuration or to revert. Each time a user requests self-care service, a new cohort is extracted from the then current overall population and analyzed for similarity to the user at that point in time. Each time an improvement is selected, the history of device states and network states is augmented. Identified variances are transformed into an action plan specific to a user and implemented on the device or network upon concurrence.
US10111111B2	Per-cell timing and/or frequency acquisition and their use on channel estimation in wireless networks A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a system timing is estimated, derived from timing of one or more cells, a timing offset is determined for a plurality of cells relative to the estimated system timing, and signals received form the plurality of cells are processed using the timing offsets. In addition, a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a carrier frequency is estimated, derived from a frequency of one or more cells, a frequency offset is determined for a plurality of cells relative to the estimated system timing, and signals received form the plurality of cells are processed using the frequency offsets.
US10111106B2	Telecommunications apparatus and methods A network infrastructure equipment establishes a configuration of radio resources within a second frequency band for use by a terminal device for communications with network infrastructure equipment based on a first radio access technology and communicates an indication of that to the terminal device. The terminal device establishes a configuration of radio resources for use by the terminal device for communications based on a second radio access technology and determines if there is any overlap in radio resources configured for use by two different radio access technologies, and if so communicates an indication of that to the network infrastructure equipment. In response the network infrastructure equipment establishes a replacement configuration of radio resources for communications with the terminal device based on the first radio access technology that avoids the radio resources indicated as subject to overlap, and transmits an indication of the replacement configuration to the terminal device.
US10111104B2	Method for measuring subband in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor According to one embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method for measuring a subband by pico base station(s) located within a coverage of a macro base station in a wireless communication system. The method is performed by a first pico base station, and comprises the steps of: receiving beacon signals from other pico base station(s) in the coverage of the macro base station via each subband of all the subbands of the whole band of the wireless communication system, and measuring the receiving quality of the beacon signal received via each subband; determining whether to select at least one subband from among said all subbands based on the measured receiving quality of the beacon signal; and transmitting, if at least one subband is selected, the beacon signal via the selected at least one subband.
US10111103B2	Spoof detection using proximity sensors Computer-implemented methods and systems for liveness analysis using proximity sensors are described. Reflective strength readings from a proximity sensor, such as an infrared proximity sensor incorporated in a mobile device, are received. A liveness measure is determined based on the one or more readings and a reflection threshold, and, based on the liveness measure, a determination is made whether a target in range of the proximity sensor is likely to be a live human.
US10111096B2	AP connection method, terminal, and server The present disclosure discloses an access point (AP) connection method, a terminal, and a server, and relates to the field of network technologies. The method includes: scanning a graphic identifier of a target AP, to obtain address information of the target AP, where the address information includes at least an identity of the target AP; acquiring, according to the identity and an operating system identifier of a terminal, target AP connection information prestored in a server; and connecting to the target AP according to the target AP connection information. In the present disclosure, after scanning a graphic identifier of a target AP, a terminal acquires, according to the identity and an operating system identifier of a terminal, target AP connection information prestored in a server; and connects to the target AP according to the target AP connection information, thereby implementing a connection to the target AP according to the graphic identifier of the target AP, which not only is convenient and fast, and time-saving and energy-saving, but also avoids, no matter how complex the access password is, a connection failure due to an excessively complex access password during a connection.
US10111093B2	Mobile device to provide continuous and discrete user authentication Disclosed is a mobile device to provide continuous and discrete user authentication. The mobile device may include: a contextual sensor; a soft biometric sensor; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: implement a background authentication process in a continuous manner based upon a soft biometric input from the soft biometric sensor and a contextual input from the contextual sensor; determine an anomaly event; and based upon the anomaly event, request a discrete authentication input from the user.
US10111089B2	Method and apparatus for downloading a profile in a wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for downloading profiles in a terminal in a wireless communication system include generating and storing an encryption key at a time point, loading the stored encryption key, when receiving profile download start information from a profile providing server, and downloading an encrypted profile for the electronic device from the profile providing server, via the loaded encryption key, and installing the encrypted profile in the electronic device. An electronic device configured to download a profile in a wireless communication system includes a memory, and a controller configured to generate an encryption key at a time point, store the encryption key in the memory, loading the stored encryption key, when receiving profile download start information from a profile providing server, and downloading an encrypted profile for the electronic device from the profile providing server, by using the loaded encryption key, and installing the downloaded profile.

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