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| US10180146B2 |
Axial fan and fan assembly
An impeller of an axial fan includes a cup-shaped blade support portion configured to cover a rotor holder, and blades in a circumferential direction outside of the blade support portion. Rotation of the impeller generates a downward air flow from the inlet to the outlet. The axial fan includes first and second balance correction portions. The first balance correction portion is located between the blade support portion and the rotor holder. The second balance correction portion is located axially below the first balance correction portion, and is located axially below the rotor holder and a junction of each blade with the blade support portion. The impeller includes a first cone portion located axially below the second balance correction portion, and decreases in diameter with decreasing height. The impeller includes a cylindrical portion including a cylindrical outer circumferential surface and located between the first cone portion and the second balance correction portion. |
| US10180145B2 |
Fan salt-fog-resistant structure and fan frame thereof
A fan salt-fog-resistant structure and a fan frame thereof. The fan salt-fog-resistant structure includes a base seat having a bearing cup and at least one flow guide body. Multiple connection bodies outward extend from the base seat. The flow guide body is disposed at a junction between the base seat and the connection bodies. The fan frame includes a main body having a first open side and a second open side and a flow passage defined therebetween. One end of the connection body is connected with the second open side. When airflow entraining moisture and salt fog flows through the junction between the base seat and the connection bodies, the flow guide body serves to guide the airflow and prevent the airflow from forming eddy, whereby the salt fog entrained by the airflow will not crystallize to form sediments at the junction between the base seat and the connection bodies. |
| US10180134B1 |
Systems and methods for controlling multi-chamber subsea pumps
Methods and systems for controlling the timing of a fluid driven positive displacement pump (FDPDP) are disclosed using pump inlet pressure, flow rate and time domain control. Pressure is thus controlled at various flow rates of fluids to be pumped in subsea environments. The FDPDP includes a plurality of pressure vessels connected by piping, each vessel having two chambers. One chamber is connected to a source of fluid to be pumped and the other chamber is connected to a source of driving fluid. The methods synchronize pumping chambers that have no mechanical means to control timing between each pumping chamber. The control methods described utilize algorithms which receive feedback from the pumping system to control the pumping sequence and adapt to any parameter changes to maintain a constant range of desired pressure. |
| US10180124B1 |
Laser igniter with integral optimal geometry prechamber
A laser igniter that avoids autoignition and soot formation within the prechamber and will minimize the formation of Nitrogen Oxides (NOx). The laser igniter has a laser spark plug with a microlaser and a prechamber integrally formed with the laser spark plug. The prechamber has six nozzle holes with three of the nozzle holes having a large diameter and three of the nozzle holes having a small diameter. The large and small nozzle holes are in a staggered arrangement. |
| US10180123B2 |
Method for producing injectors, in particular fuel injectors
A method is provided for pairing at least two injectors, e.g., two fuel injectors for a direct injection system of an internal combustion engine, wherein a criterion for the pairing of the at least two injectors is a total leakage and/or a pressure difference at a transfer pin of the respective injector. A method for producing an injector, e.g., a fuel injector for a direct injection system of an internal combustion engine, is also provided, wherein at least two instances of mechanical backlash, e.g., instances of pairing backlash, that are relevant to injection amounts, leakage amounts, and/or pressure differences of the injector are paired with each other. |
| US10180121B1 |
Outboard motor with sound enhancement device and method for modifying sounds produced by air intake system of an outboard motor
An outboard motor includes an internal combustion engine and a cowl covering the engine. An air vent allows intake air into the cowl, an air intake duct routes the intake air from the air vent to the engine, and a throttle body meters flow of the intake air from the air intake duct into the engine. A sound enhancement device is located proximate the throttle body. A sound duct is provided, and has an inlet end located proximate the sound enhancement device and an outlet end located proximate an outer surface of the cowl. The sound enhancement device is tuned to amplify a first subset of sounds having a desired frequency that are emitted from the throttle body, and the sound duct transmits the amplified sounds to an area outside the cowl. A method for modifying sounds produced by an air intake system of an outboard motor is also provided. |
| US10180116B2 |
Heat medium circulation structure and hot water temperature control method for micro combined heat and power generator
The present invention provides a heat medium circulation structure for a micro-combined heat and power (micro-CHP) generator in which a heat medium that primarily looses heat by undergoing heat exchange with water in a hot-water tank and thus has a low temperature further performs heat exchange with low-temperature direct water supplied through a direct water line, thereby further loosing heat, in a return line heat exchanger, and then returns to a stirling engine through a heat medium return line, thereby effectively cooling a low temperature portion of the stirling engine. Thus, the heat medium circulation structure enables high electricity production efficiency. Further provided is a hot water temperature control method for a micro-CHP generator in which the consumption of hot water is detected by a flow sensor. First and second predetermined temperatures are defined to operate a stirling engine in the case of temperature droppings of hot water respectively due to natural radiation and consumption of hot water. |
| US10180115B2 |
Piston crown bowls defining combustion chamber constructions in opposed-piston engines
A combustion chamber for an opposed-piston engine is defined between a pair of pistons disposed for opposing reciprocal movement in a cylinder. The combustion chamber is formed between crowns of the pistons and has a radius that decreases from the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. Each crown includes a periphery, a bowl within the periphery defining a concave surface with a first portion curving inwardly toward the interior of the piston and a second portion curving outwardly from the interior, and a convex surface within the periphery curving outwardly and meeting the second portion of the concave surface to form a ridge. Each ridge has a height that decreases with the distance from a longitudinal axis. |
| US10180111B2 |
Gas sensor control device
An O2 sensor includes a sensor element using a solid electrolyte layer and a pair of electrodes placed at a position to interpose the solid electrolyte layer, detects an exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine as an object of a detection, and outputs an electromotive force signal depending on an air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas. The sensor element is connected with a constant current circuit supplying a constant current that is prescribed. A microcomputer calculates a resistance value (element resistance) of the sensor element, and performs a restriction on the constant current supplied by the constant current circuit on the basis of the element resistance. |
| US10180110B2 |
Method for operating an internal combustion engine based on a characteristic value determined from a lamda value, and internal combustion engine
A method for operating an internal combustion engine, having of the following steps: operating the internal combustion engine with a gas fuel; detecting a lambda value in the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine; determining at least one variable from the detected lambda value, characterizing the quality of the gaseous fuel; and controlling the internal combustion engine based on the at least one variable. |
| US10180107B2 |
System and method for adjusting combustor fuel split
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more processor-executable instructions wherein the one or more instructions when executed by a processor of a controller, cause acts to be performed is provided. The acts to be performed include controlling a fuel split to a combustor of a gas turbine utilizing automatic tuning and switching control of the fuel split to the combustor of the gas turbine to utilizing an adjusted fixed fuel split schedule instead of automatic tuning. The adjusted fixed fuel split schedule includes a fixed fuel split schedule adjusted via a biasing value, and the biasing value is based on both the fixed fuel split schedule and an automatic tuning based fuel split. |
| US10180106B2 |
Solenoids for gas turbine engine bleed valves
A solenoid for a bleed valve includes a solenoid body with an actuation fluid passage, a bleed valve passage, and a drive fluid chamber. A main armature is disposed within the solenoid body and is movable between open and closed positions, the actuation fluid passage being in fluid communication with the control outlet in the open position, the actuation fluid passage being fluidly isolated from the bleed valve passage in the second position. A pilot armature is disposed within the solenoid body, is movable relative to the main armature, and is operably coupled to the main armature by the drive fluid chamber to move the main armature between the open and closed positions by controlling issue of a drive fluid into and out of the drive fluid chamber. |
| US10180105B2 |
Adjustable cable for exhaust duct liner hanger
A hanger includes a connector assembly for coupling the hanger to a first annular duct, a bracket for coupling the hanger to a second annular duct concentrically disposed within the first annular duct, and a cable formed by a plurality of wires bound together that extend from the connector assembly to the bracket. A plurality of circumferentially-spaced hangers placed in tension support an exhaust duct liner relative to an exhaust duct. The hangers permit circumferential and axial displacement at each hanger of the exhaust duct liner relative to the exhaust duct. The displacement of the exhaust duct liner relative to the exhaust duct at each hanger is permitted in a first radial direction that decreases tension in the cable and is restrained in a second radial direction that increases tension in the cable. |
| US10180103B2 |
Engine supercharger
Disclosed herein is a technique for providing an engine supercharger allowing an exhaust gas to efficiently act on a turbine in a wide operating range. A turbine for use in a supercharger includes a turbine housing, a turbine scroll formed inside the housing continuously with a turbine lead-in route, and a turbine wheel to turn on an axis of rotation close to a tongue portion. The turbine lead-in route is partitioned by a partition wall into first and second lead-in routes. Exhaust variable valves are provided upstream of the second lead-in route in order to change the flow rate of the exhaust gas to be introduced. When viewed in the direction in which the axis of rotation extends, a downstream end of the partition is aligned with the axis of rotation and the tongue portion. |
| US10180099B2 |
Heat insulating structure for exhaust junction pipe
A heat insulating structure for an exhaust junction pipe to be disposed in an area in which exhaust gas passages having different respective lengths are merged together comprises a first heat insulation portion that covers and provides heat insulation for at least a portion of one branch part of branch parts that are branched in the exhaust junction pipe; the one branch part forms one exhaust gas passage in a not-yet-merged state of the exhaust gas passages, and forms the one exhaust gas passage having a short length. |
| US10180098B2 |
Control device of exhaust sensor
A control device of an exhaust sensor comprises a battery voltage detection part detecting a voltage of a battery, and a heater control part setting a target temperature of an electrochemical cell and controlling the electric power supplied from the battery to a heater. The heater control part sets the target temperature to a first temperature after startup of the internal combustion engine until the voltage of the battery recovers to a predetermined voltage, and switches the target temperature from the first temperature to a second temperature when the voltage of the battery recovers to the predetermined voltage. The first temperature is a temperature lower than an operating temperature of the electrochemical cell and at least a lowest temperature at which a Leidenfrost phenomenon occurs at the protective layer. The second temperature is a temperature of the operating temperature or more. |
| US10180094B2 |
Internal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine, wherein a chemical thermal storage device is provided with a first heater including a first element generating heat when chemically adsorbing a reaction medium supplied from a storage part through a first connection pipe and desorbing the reaction medium if heated by the heat of exhaust in a state chemically adsorbing the reaction medium and a second heater including a second element generating heat when chemically adsorbing a reaction medium supplied from a storage part through a second connection pipe and desorbing the reaction medium if heated by the heat of exhaust in a state chemically adsorbing the reaction medium and wherein the control device controls the opening degrees of the first valve and the second valve so that the reaction medium supplied to the second heater is preferentially recovered at the storage part. |
| US10180091B2 |
Breather apparatus for engine
A breather apparatus for an engine includes a breather chamber, one side portion and other side portion of the breather chamber, and a bottom face of the other side portion. The breather chamber is formed, along substantially half a circumference of a cylinder bore, in a cylinder block. The one side portion of the breather chamber is provided with a blow-by gas introduction hole leading blow-by gas in the crank chamber to the breather chamber and a one-way valve opening and closing the blow-by gas introduction hole. The other side portion of the breather chamber has a pipe connection hole connecting a breather pipe to the breather chamber and with a breather oil return passage. The bottom face of the other side portion projects into the crank chamber to a level lower than a bottom face of the one side portion. |
| US10180080B2 |
Electromagnetic propeller brake
Techniques are described for using an electrical motor to slow down or stop a propulsor during an operation mode where the engine is to be otherwise running but the speed of the propulsor should be low or the propulsor should be stopped. |
| US10180079B2 |
Communicating signal between rotating antenna and plurality of stationary antennae based on displacement
Methods and systems for communicating a signal between a rotating antenna and a plurality of stationary antennae based on an axial displacement of the rotating antenna are provided. In one example, the method can include obtaining one or more measurements of an axial displacement of the rotating antenna from one or more axial displacement sensors. The method can further include determining a selected stationary antenna from the plurality of stationary antennae based at least in part on the measurements of an axial displacement of the rotating antenna. The method can further include activating the selected stationary antenna to communicate a signal with the rotating antenna. The method can further include communicating a signal between the rotating antenna and the selected stationary antenna. |
| US10180075B1 |
On-wing component wear analysis with fluid quality sensing
Technologies for engine fluid quality monitoring are disclosed herein. An engine system includes a gas turbine engine having one or more mechanical components, a fluid quality sensing system, and an engine controller. Each mechanical component includes a tracer material embedded in the mechanical component during manufacture. The fluid quality sensing system applies a laser beam to debris captured in an engine fluid of the gas turbine engine and detects a light signature generated by tracer material in the debris in response to application of the laser beam. The engine controller identifies the tracer material as a function of the light signature. The engine controller determines a potential wear state of a mechanical component as a function of the tracer material. The engine controller may select the mechanical component from multiple mechanical components based on the tracer material. Each mechanical component has a predetermined association with a corresponding tracer material. |
| US10180072B2 |
Additively manufactured bladed disk
A bladed disk for a gas turbine engine is provided. The bladed disk includes a rotor disk, a plurality of rotor blades, and an interlocking transition zone. The rotor disk includes a plurality of fused layers of a first material formed via additive manufacturing and defines an outer rim. The plurality of rotor blades includes a plurality of fused layers of a second material formed via additive manufacturing. The interlocking transition zone includes a plurality of projections alternately extending from the outer rim of the rotor disk and the plurality of rotor blades, respectively, to undetachably couple the rotor disk and the plurality of rotor blades. |
| US10180071B2 |
Composite blades for gas turbine engines
A turbine wheel for use in a gas turbine engine having a plurality of blades attached to a rotor disk. Each blade is formed as a composite structure including a number of plies of ceramic-containing material. The blades each include a root to fit within dovetail slots of the rotor disk to couple the blades to the rotor disk. |
| US10180068B2 |
Gas turbine unit
A gas turbine unit having a compressor section, a combustion chamber section containing at least one combustion chamber, and a turbine section, wherein, starting from a compressor inlet, a flow path extends. The gas turbine unit is equipped with at least one first and one second cooling air path. The first cooling air path draws off compressed air from the flow path upstream of the at least one combustion chamber. The first cooling air path has a higher pressure level than the second cooling air path and feeds the cooling air. The second cooling air path has a draw-off point in the compressor section, and extends from the compressor section to the turbine section, bypassing the at least one combustion chamber. After components have been cooled, the first cooling air path feeds the cooling air into the second cooling air path at an infeed point as additional cooling air. |
| US10180062B2 |
Gas extraction calibration system and methods
A system and method calibrate efficiency of a gas extraction system in extracting hydrocarbons from mud flowing in a drilling operation. A background reading of a hydrocarbon is extracted from the mud flowing in the drilling operation with the gas extraction system and is checked for stability. An injection operation injects a known concentration of the hydrocarbon into mud, and a subject reading of the hydrocarbon is obtained with the gas extraction system during the injection operation. A correction factor of the hydrocarbon is determined for the gas extraction system by comparing the subject reading against its corresponding known concentration. Then, at least one operational reading of the hydrocarbon extracted from the mud with the gas extraction system can be corrected using the determined correction factor. |
| US10180061B2 |
Methods of evaluating rock properties while drilling using downhole acoustic sensors and a downhole broadband transmitting system
Methods of identifying rock properties in real-time during drilling, are provided. An example of such a method includes connecting a downhole sensor subassembly between a drill bit and a drill string, operably coupling acoustic sensors to a downhole data interface, and operably coupling a surface computer to the downhole data interface. The method can also include receiving raw acoustic sensor data generated real-time as a result of rotational contact of the drill bit with rock during drilling, transforming the raw data into the frequency domain, filtering the transformed data, and deriving a plurality of acoustic characteristics from the filtered data. This can be performed by a petrophysical properties analyzing program stored in memory of the computer. The method can also include deriving petrophysical properties from the filtered data utilizing a petrophysical properties evaluation algorithm employable to predict one or more petrophysical properties of rock undergoing drilling. |
| US10180060B1 |
System, method and apparatus for downlinkable, high speed telemetry for measurement while drilling or logging while drilling
A pulser for generating positive pressure mud pulses includes a signal shaft disposed to move between an up position and a down position within a ceramic shaft seal, the signal shaft connected at a top end to a drive shaft, the signal shaft sealing a poppet orifice when in the down position, wherein the drive shaft is connected to an actuator, the actuator connected to a hybrid bearing and a pulser coupling. The pulser is contained in a drill collar and configured to connect to a bottom end assembly. The pulser includes a pressure compensation membrane. |
| US10180056B2 |
Systems and methods for acquiring generating watercut and bottleneck notifications at a well site
A system may include a monitoring device that may receive data associated with one or more properties of a well. The well may produce a flow of hydrocarbons. The monitoring device may receive data associated with the well and determine whether the flow of hydrocarbons includes a percentage of water greater than a threshold based on whether the data is outside a profile associated with the flow of hydrocarbons at the well over time. The monitoring device may then send an alarm notification to another device indicating an increased water cut in the flow of hydrocarbon. |
| US10180055B2 |
Fluid injection filtration system
A method of filtering a fluid for injection into an injection well comprises opening an actuator valve, actuating a pump in fluid communication with the actuator valve, receiving a fluid comprising solids within a filter assembly, where the pump is in fluid communication with the filter assembly, separating at least a portion of the suspended solids in the fluid within the filter assembly, ceasing separation of the suspended solids from the fluid, initiating a cleaning cycle for the filter assembly after ceasing separation of the suspended solids, washing at least the portion of the suspended solids from the filter assembly into a solids collection vessel using a cleaning fluid after initiating the cleaning cycle, and resuming separation of the suspended solids from the fluid after washing at least the portion of the suspended solids from the filter assembly. |
| US10180046B2 |
Downhole flow control apparatus with screen
A flow control apparatus is provided for deployment downhole as part of a wellbore string. The flow control apparatus includes a flow control member having a screened portion for filtering debris from reservior fluid that is incoming into the wellbore. |
| US10180042B2 |
Methods and systems for a tool with a chamber to regulate a velocity of fluid between an outer diameter of a piston and an insert
The present application describes a velocity chamber to regulate a velocity of fluid between an outer diameter of a piston, and an insert to limit, reduce, etc. erosion against the tool and casing. |
| US10180038B2 |
Force transferring member for use in a tool
A tool for use in a wellbore comprising a seal assembly, a collet member, and a cone member. The seal assembly is coupled to the collet member and in engagement with the cone member. A force transferring member is movable from a first state that prevents relative movement between the seal assembly and the cone member, to a second state where the seal assembly is movable relative to the cone member. |
| US10180036B2 |
Drilling fluid disposal injection system and method
A portion of a drilling fluid waste is injected into a well. A cross-sectional dimension of solids in a slurry is reduced. The slurry includes the drilling fluid waste. A property of the slurry, of the well, or both is measured. A model is obtained based at least partially upon the property. The model represents an interaction of the slurry with the well. An additive is introduced into the slurry in response to measuring the property, generating the model, or both. The slurry is injected into the well after the additive is introduced. |
| US10180032B2 |
Diamond cutting elements for drill bits seeded with HCP crystalline material
A polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC), which is attached or bonded to a substrate to form a cutter for a drill bit, is comprised of sintered polycrystalline diamond interspersed with a seed material which has a hexagonal close packed (HCP) crystalline structure. A region of the sintered polycrystalline diamond structure, near one or more of its working surfaces, which has been seeded with an HCP seed material prior to sintering, is leached to remove catalyst. Selectively seeding portions or regions of a sintered polycrystalline diamond structure permits differing leach rates to form leached regions with differing distances or depths and geometries. |
| US10180030B2 |
Ram accelerator system
One or more ram accelerator devices may be used to form one or more holes in geologic or other material. These holes may be used for drilling, tunnel boring, excavation, and so forth. The ram accelerator devices propel projectiles which are accelerated by combustion of one or more combustible gasses in a ram effect to reach velocities exceeding 500 meters per second. |
| US10180029B2 |
Window covering motorized lift and control system motor and operation
A motorized lift assembly for a window covering includes a movable window covering material and cords for moving the window covering material. The motorized lift assembly also includes a motor assembly including a motor, a speed reducing gear train driven by said motor for adjusting positions of said cords, where the motor is a low voltage, high speed motor operating at greater than 12,000 rpm. |
| US10180026B2 |
Flexible portable security bag with an elongate zipper
A portable, universally fitting, stylish, lockable security box or bag that integrally affixes to a an object such as the support or cross bar on a frame of a beach lounge chair, a stroller, bike, wheelchair or similar member where it is desirable to protect your valuables on a stationary or a larger movable object. The security bag is a device preferably comprised of a flexible flap component and a main bottom component which encloses the valuables of the user. When the security bag is positioned over an elongate object, such as the support bar of a chair, stroller or other object, the security bag can be affixed to the elongate object by employing a locking mechanism to close the security bag around the support object. The security bag includes an elongate zipper closure to provide a secure internal cavity formed by the two main components which makes this device simple and unique. The exterior design of the security bag makes universal fit a reality and protects the valuables of the user by securing them to a larger object and also hiding them from the view of third parties. |
| US10180025B2 |
Power closure panel system performance optimizer
A power optimizer system for power closure panels includes a closure panel power actuator system comprising at least a motor operatively connected to a vehicle closure panel. A controller is configured to determine an optimal electrical current draw for the power actuator system according to one or more inputs relating at least to a vehicle battery status, a vehicle ambient temperature, a vehicle grade, and a vehicle climate control system status. Methods of modeling/optimizing the appropriate electrical current draw for power closure systems operating in varying voltage, temperature, grade, and climate control system conditions relative to a vehicle, or other similar mechanisms are also described. |
| US10180022B1 |
Hinge assembly to pivotably mount blind flange to pipe weld neck flange
A hinge assembly to pivotably mount a blind flange to a weld neck flange includes a front assembly having a front plate and a plurality of front link plates coupled to the front plate, the front plate having a plurality of openings, each opening in the front plate coupled to mechanical fasteners to secure the front plate to the blind flange, a rear assembly pivotably mounted to the front assembly and having a rear plate and a plurality of rear link plates coupled to the rear plate, the rear plate having a plurality of openings, each opening in the rear plate coupled to mechanical fasteners to secure the rear plate to the weld neck flange, each front link plate disposed between a pair of adjacent rear link plates, and a pin disposed through each front link plate and the pair of adjacent rear link plates. |
| US10180019B2 |
Enhanced security handcuff apparatus
A handcuff design is provided, including a handcuff strand having ratchet teeth with openings formed therein, a ratchet button comprising teeth configured to interface with the openings formed in the handcuff strand, a universal handcuff key receptacle configured to receive a universal handcuff key, a pawl arrangement including a rotatable pawl element configured to be moved in a direction away from the handcuff strand by the universal handcuff key, the pawl arrangement including a spring mechanism, and a lock bar configured to impede movement of the pawl arrangement unless moved to an unlocked position. |
| US10180014B2 |
Key drive device
There is provided an electrical key lock device, including a second gear configured to rotate by driving power received from a motor, a first gear configured to transfer the driving power, received through the rotation of the second gear, to an external rotational element, and a third gear arranged between the second gear and the first gear and configured to transfer the driving power generated by the motor to the first gear. The third gear enables switching between closing and opening of a transfer path of the driving power between the second gear and the first gear. |
| US10180013B2 |
Privacy tent
Various implementations include a fully collapsible and portable tent. For example, in various implementations, the tent includes a frame assembly that includes two or more frame members and two hubs spaced apart from each other. Ends of the frame members are coupled to the hubs. At least one of the frame members is pivotably coupled to the hubs via pivotable brackets. The pivotably coupled frame member pivot about a first axis extending through each end of the pivotably coupled frame member and the respective pivotable bracket, and the pivotable brackets pivot about a second axis extending through the pivotable bracket and the respective hub, wherein the first axis is spaced apart from the first axis. The pivotable brackets allow the tent to be moved between the collapsed and expanded positions quickly and with minimal effort. |
| US10180012B1 |
Insect bivy
An individual sized, sleeping bivy in the form of a lightweight, self-supporting, personal shelter that provides protection from bug bites and stings and, more particularly, concerns a personal shelter sized for an individual regardless of whether that individual is a child or a grown adult male to prevent illness and death, especially among children. The bivy includes an endoskeleton or frame overlaid and integrated with mosquito netting, and includes a flooring member connected to the endoskeleton. The endoskeleton is preferably, but not necessarily, an inflatable structure or a self-rising structure that can be collapsed into a small package suitable for easy carrying, for mass distribution, or to be supplied via airdrops. |
| US10180011B2 |
Post support apparatus
A post, column or pile support apparatus for fixing a post end to a substrate which includes support member between upper and lower plate members. The support member is connected between the upper and lower plate members and includes a central post member and at least two wall plate member. The upper plate member provides an upper outer planar surface to support at least an end of a post. A wall member is provided which is connected to the upper plate member opposite to the support member to provide an upwardly oriented perimeter wall forming at least one recess therein for the sliding receipt of an end of a post, column or pile. The lower plate member is shaped to be supported by and connected to the substrate. The wall plate members have at least one aperture being adapted to allow reinforcing there through and around. |
| US10180009B2 |
Automatic spa and pool cover removal device
An automatic spa or pool cover for covering a spa is described having a retractable frame, which rides along a top surface of the spa, attached to a front edge of an insulated cover. A motorized cover roller attached to a back edge of the insulated cover and functions to roll up and retract the insulated cover and pull the frame to slide along the top lip of the spa side walls to retract the frame. In one embodiment, the frame is spring-loaded and extends from its retracted position to its extended position by the force of the springs. In an alternative embodiment, conventional actuation devices may be used to extend the frame. It also includes a retractable angled top cover covering the retractable frame which is supported by a guide proximate the motorized cover roller. |
| US10180008B2 |
Hybrid operating room for combined surgical and fixed imaging services in an ambulatory surgical center
An outpatient surgical center can include a hybrid operating room. The hybrid operating room can include at least one radiation shielded wall, a floor, and a ceiling. The hybrid operating room can also include an imaging device disposed in the hybrid operating room. The hybrid operating room can further include an operating table disposed in the hybrid operating room. A building for the outpatient surgical center can initially be constructed to conform to International Building Code (IBC) Class B standards. |
| US10180006B2 |
Man-portable unitary and integrated platform systems and system segments and methods for employing system segments
A system and method are provided for employing man-portable unitary platform system segments, particularly as components of integrated castle defense systems. A lightweight modular and mobile system of integrated platform segments is provided to facilitate users integrating flexible platform configurations secured to existing wall structures to support myriad user tasks. Individual platform system segments can be autonomously employed, or can be linked together after being quickly attached to a wall, a structure, or another supporting surface by two users in minimal time. In law enforcement, security, military and/or paramilitary employment scenarios, individual platform system segments are emplaced, and linked together, to provide a unitary defensible position in a matter of minutes. An overall platform structure of a plurality of individual man-portable platform system segments provides operational and employment flexibility that was previously unattainable to bolster or boost defenses of a particular position against increasing, and increasingly agile, threats. |
| US10180005B2 |
Mechanical locking system for floor panels
Floor panels are shown, which are provided with a vertical locking system on short edges including a displaceable tongue that is displaced in one direction into a tongue groove during vertical displacement of two panels. Building panels provided with a locking system for vertical locking of a first and a second building panel by a vertical displacement of the panels relative each other, a displaceable tongue is in a sidewardly open displacement groove provided at an edge of a first panel, said tongue cooperates with a tongue groove provided at an adjacent edge of a second panel for locking the edge and the adjacent edge vertically. |
| US10179999B2 |
Structural system and method using monolithic beams having improved strength
Exemplary embodiments include a structural system for replacing a standard beam. The standard beam has a weight per unit length, a depth in a load direction, a characteristic cross-sectional shape and a width in a cross direction substantially perpendicular to the load direction. The structural system includes a monolithic beam having the characteristic cross-sectional shape and the depth in the load direction. The monolithic beam may also have the weight per unit length. The monolithic beam includes first and second flanges connected by a transverse section. The first and second flanges extend in the cross direction and have first and second thicknesses, respectively, in the load direction. The flanges are not wider than the width in the cross direction. At least one of the flanges has the width in the cross direction. The thicknesses are different. The flanges and the transverse section are an integrated structure forming the monolithic beam. |
| US10179994B2 |
Fluid movement device
According to the present invention there is provided a fluid movement device suitable for drying adjacent surfaces such as floors, walls or ceilings or items such as furniture, in which the device comprises an inlet for receiving pressurised fluid, and at least one vent to direct said fluid towards said surfaces or items, and at least one pathway to allow escape of humid air generated through drying from the surface being dried to the surrounding environment. |
| US10179991B2 |
Forming column assemblies for moment resisting bi-axial beam-to-column joint connections
A method of fabricating a biaxial moment resisting column assembly allows the column assembly to be formed with a minimum of external fixturing. A column of the column assembly functions as a jig for sequentially attaching each gusset plate to the column and in some instances to other gusset plates to form a gusset plate assembly of the column assembly. In some embodiments, all welds used to form the gusset plate assembly are made in the horizontal welding position. Movement of the column to different positions can be achieved by rotation about its longitudinal axis. |
| US10179990B1 |
Method for tracking the location of a sewage hose through dark sewage pipes
A method for tracking the location of a sewage hose. A sewage main line hose is connected to a sewage truck. A phosphorescent leader hose is connected to the end of the main line hose. A nozzle is connected to the end of the phosphorescent leader hose. The glow of the phosphorescent leader hose is observable in a dark sewage line. The location of the main line hose and the nozzle can be easily determined after observing the glow from the phosphorescent leader hose. In a preferred embodiment the phosphorescent leader hose utilizes europium phosphorescent powder for its phosphorescent properties. |
| US10179989B2 |
Stormwater chamber with stackable reinforcing ribs
An arch-shaped corrugated chamber having corrugation peaks and valleys, with reinforcing ribs provided on the corrugation peaks. The ribs extend upwardly from a chamber base to a rib upper end, and have an arch-shaped cross-section with an outer surface extending outwardly from a corrugation peak and a fin extending inwardly from the corrugation peak, and optionally, a rib line provided on the rib outer surface on the rib arch-shaped cross-section. A channel formed by the inner surface of the rib is sized to receive a corresponding rib of a second chamber so that multiple similar chambers with ribs may be stacked together. |
| US10179985B2 |
Structural tensioning system
A structural tensioning system for selective coupling to a pier pipe having an elongate threaded rod and a tensioning device. The tensioning device having an elongate body that is configured receive a treaded end of the threaded rod and defines a slot in a distal end portion, a pair of opposed co-axial elongate openings, and a pair of opposed passages that communicate between respective portions of the slot and respective portions of the pair of opposed co-axial elongate openings. A portion of each elongate opening is configured to receive a bolt that is mounted in the pier pipe when the tensioning device is positioned in a tensioning position and portions of the slot, the pair of opposed co-axial elongate openings and the pair of opposed passages are configured to selectively receive the bolt that is mounted in the pier pipe as the tensioning device is moved to the tensioning position. |
| US10179979B1 |
Bridge span and methods of moving a bridge span
A bridge span assembly can include multiple bridge spans, each of which can include a frame, a stabilizing member for engaging with construction equipment, and a coupling joint for attaching the frame to construction equipment with an elongate member. By attaching the bridge span assembly to construction equipment with the stabilizing member and coupling joint, an operator can place the bridge span assembly over an obstacle using only the construction equipment. The construction equipment or other equipment can then safely traverse the obstacle without causing damage to the obstacle or the construction equipment. |
| US10179978B2 |
Rail system, for an electrical pallet conveyor system
Rail system for an electrical pallet conveyor system, having a switch point which is arranged between a main track and a plurality of secondary tracks and which includes a plurality of moving rail sections. Depending on their position, the rail sections are able to connect the main track to the secondary tracks. The moving rail sections which are associated with one rail of the main track are in this case mounted on a first moving slide, and the moving rail sections which are associated with the second rail of the main track are mounted on a second moving slide which can move independently of the first slide. A dedicated drive which can be separately actuated by a control device is associated with each slide. |
| US10179977B2 |
Coating composition capable of embodying paper feel for food packing paper
The present invention relates to a coating composition capable of embodying paper feel for food packing paper, comprising a resin mixture, additive and solvent, characterized in that said additive comprises 3 to 12% by weight of polyethylene-based wax. |
| US10179972B2 |
Method for utilizing lignin separated from black liquor as lime-kiln fuel
A method of utilizing lignin-containing material separated from spent kraft pulping liquor including: acidifying the liquor to a pH not less than seven thereby precipitating solid particles, separating precipitated solid particles from the accompanying liquid, and subjecting the separated precipitated solid particles to a washing process in which: the separated precipitated solid particles are washed with an aqueous medium or aqueous media in one or more washing steps, in each one of the washing steps, the aqueous washing medium contains, in a dissolved form, significant amounts of one or more added sodium salts, and a combined concentration of the added sodium salts in the washing medium in each of the washing step exceeds three percent by weight; and utilizing as fuel in a lime kiln at least part of the washed lignin-containing material is utilized as fuel in a lime kiln of a pulp mill. |
| US10179966B2 |
Laundry treatment apparatus
A laundry treatment apparatus equipped with a thermoelectric module includes a thermoelectric element configured to emit heat from a first surface and to absorb heat through a second surface, a first heat exchange unit configured to contact the first surface of the thermoelectric element to undergo heat exchange with air upon receiving heat from the first surface, a heat transfer member having an interconnecting surface that is configured to contact the second surface of the thermoelectric element to be in a heat conducting relationship with the second surface, and a second heat exchange unit configured to contact the interconnecting surface of the heat transfer member, and that is configured to undergo heat exchange with air to enable heat to be absorbed by the second surface of the thermoelectric element through the heat transfer member. |
| US10179965B1 |
Radiology garment dispensing, cleaning, and tracking system
A radiology garment storage and cleaning system, for storing and cleaning radiology garments, each garment including a radiology apron and a radiology collar. The radiology garment storage and cleaning system includes a storage apparatus, which is divided into a number of compartments for accepting a radiology garment, the compartments extending from the first side to the second side. Each compartment is equipped with a cleaning system, a door with a lock and at least one status light. The storage apparatus also includes an ID card and a monitoring system which is in electronic communication with the ID card reader, the lock of each compartment, each of the cleaning mechanisms, and the status light of each compartment. The monitoring system is configured to monitor when the radiology garment is placed in one of the compartments, automate the cleaning of the garment, and track the garment's usage. |
| US10179963B2 |
Fabric treating appliance
A fabric treating appliance includes a rotatable basket defining a treating chamber for receiving a load of laundry items for treatment. A float valve can be incorporated into the basket structure, selectively opening or closing the valve based upon the liquid level in a tub. As liquid fills the tub, the float valve will rise until it moves into a closed position, permitting the basket and treating chamber to fill with liquid. As the tub drain, the float valve can fall, opening the valve and permitting liquid to drain from the basket or treating chamber. The opened or closed positions can be selectively operated by opening or closing a pump or sump and allowing a tub to drain or fill, respectively. |
| US10179960B2 |
Upper-torso garment with tubular-jacquard knit structure
An upper-torso garment includes a chest-covering portion. The chest-covering portion includes a knit textile region having a tubular-jacquard knit structure. The tubular-jacquard knit structure includes a number of interlocking cross overs in which a first yarn strand transfers from the front bed to the back bed and a second yarn strand transfers from the back bed to the front bed, and in which the yarn strands transfer back over. |
| US10179956B2 |
Anodic oxide coating, treatment method therefor, and piston for internal combustion engine
Provided are an anodic oxide coating for an aluminum-based material, a treatment method therefor, and a piston for an internal combustion engine, the anodic oxide coating having both high heat insulation properties and high corrosion resistance, high durability and high impact resistance, and high water-repellent and oil-repellent functions. The treatment method includes the steps of: forming a second anodic oxide coating 2b by application of AC-DC superimposition electrolysis to an aluminum-based material 1; and, after the step, forming a first anodic oxide coating 2a by application of direct-current electrolysis to the aluminum-based material 1, wherein the second anodic oxide coating 2b is formed on the first anodic oxide coating 2a. |
| US10179949B2 |
Method for metalizing polymer substrate and polymer article prepared thereof
A method for metalizing a polymer substrate and a polymer article prepared thereof. First, a polymer substrate having a base polymer and at least one metal compound dispersed in the base polymer is provided. Then, a surface of the polymer substrate is irradiated with an energy beam such that a water contact angle of the surface of the polymer substrate is at least 120°. The surface of the polymer substrate is then subjected to chemical plating. |
| US10179946B2 |
Coated article having low-E coating with IR reflecting layer(s) and niobium bismuth based high index layer and method of making same
A coated article includes a low emissivity (low-E) coating on a glass substrate. The low-E coating includes at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver, gold, or the like, and at least one high refractive index layer of or including NbBi. The high index layer (e.g., NBBiOx) is designed and deposited so as to be amorphous in the low-E coating, so as to better withstand optional heat treatment (HT) such as thermal tempering. The high index layer may be a transparent dielectric high index layer. |
| US10179942B2 |
Hydrometallurgical process and method for recovering metals
A mineral processing facility is provided that includes a cogen plant to provide electrical energy and waste heat to the facility and an electrochemical acid generation plant to generate, from a salt, a mineral acid for use in recovering valuable metals. |
| US10179939B2 |
Growth-independent detection of cells
Disclosed herein are various methods, systems, and compositions for the growth independent detection of cells such as microorganisms including bacteria. While existing cellular detection methodologies benefit from cell growth, the methods, systems, and compositions disclosed herein demonstrate embodiments that are independent of cell growth while still allowing for cell-based detection. |
| US10179932B2 |
Methods for high-throughput labelling and detection of biological features in situ using microscopy
Methods of labelling one or more subcellular components (e.g., an organelle and/or subcellular region) in vivo are provided. Methods of labelling a protein in vivo are provided. Methods of determining a nucleic acid sequence in situ are also provided. |
| US10179924B2 |
Method for producing sugar solution
A method of producing a sugar liquid includes hydrolyzing with a filamentous fungus-derived cellulase a product obtained by adding a water-soluble inorganic salt(s) to a pretreated product of cellulose to a final concentration of 5 to 35 g/L; and subjecting the hydrolysate to solid-liquid separation and filtering the obtained solution component through an ultrafiltration membrane to recover the filamentous fungus-derived cellulase as a non-permeate and to obtain a sugar liquid as a permeate. |
| US10179921B2 |
Method for producing polyphenol compounds
The present invention relates to a method for producing polyphenol compounds, i.e. phloroglucinol or one of its derivatives, with a polyketide synthase of type III (PKSIII) from a brown marine alga. The invention also relates to recombinant nucleic acids coding for a polyketide synthase of type III (PKSIII) from the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus (E. siliculosus), to recombinant vectors comprising these nucleic acids, as well as to host cells comprising these vectors. Finally, the invention relates to a method for preparing of various compounds by means of polyphenol compounds produced according to the aforementioned method. |
| US10179919B2 |
Multigenome retroviral vector preparations and methods and systems for producing and using same
The present invention provides novel multigenome retroviral vectors, methods and packaging systems for making such retroviral vectors and methods of use. |
| US10179914B2 |
CDC25A inhibitor for the treatment of drug resistant cancer or for the prevention of tumor relapse
The present invention concerns a CDC25A phosphatase inhibitor for use in the treatment of a drug resistant cancer and/or in prevention of tumor relapse in a patient suffering or having suffered from cancer. |
| US10179911B2 |
Negative selection and stringency modulation in continuous evolution systems
Strategies, systems, methods, reagents, and kits for phage-assisted continuous evolution are provided herein. These include strategies, systems, methods, reagents, and kits allowing for stringency modulation to evolve weakly active or inactive biomolecule variants, negative selection of undesired properties, and/or positive selection of desired properties. |
| US10179909B2 |
Non-natural amino acid tRNA synthetases for pyridyl tetrazine
The invention provides methods and compositions for a mutein aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase that preferentially charges a tRNA with a non-natural amino acid. Also provided are methods for incorporating the non-natural amino acids, pyridinyl-amino tetrazine amino acids, into a protein, and further conjugating a biologically active adduct to the pyridinyl-amino tetrazine. |
| US10179905B2 |
Factor VII conjugates
The present invention relates to the conjugation of Factor VII polypeptides with heparosan polymers. The resultant conjugates may be used to deliver Factor VII, for example in the treatment or prevention of bleeding disorders. |
| US10179903B2 |
Microorganism having L-lysine producing ability and L-lysine producing method using same
The present invention relates to a microorganism having improved L-lysine-producing ability and an L-lysine-producing method using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a microorganism of the genus of Corynebacterium, in which acetate kinase activity is further enhanced over inherent activity, and an L-lysine-producing method using the same. |
| US10179895B2 |
Device for fuel and chemical production from biomass-sequestered carbon dioxide and method therefor
A process and apparatus for converting sequestered carbon to fuel, such as methane, and/or materials, such as fermentation substrates, biopolymers, bioplastics, oils, pigments, fibers, proteins, vitamins, fertilizers and animal feed. The apparatus comprises a deep well carbon-sequestering bioreactor coaxially located within a deep well anaerobic bioreactor. Carbon is sequestered into a photosynthetic biomass or a heterotrophic biomass, which is subsequently digested by an anaerobic biomass containing methanogenic microbes, whereby methane is a digestion product. |
| US10179891B2 |
Use of branched polyesters based on citric acid as additive in washing compositions, detergents or a formulation for water treatment
The present invention relates to the use of branched polyesters obtainable by polycondensation of citric acid with at least one polyalcohol, and optionally with polycarboxylic acid component as additive in washing compositions, cleaners, detergents or a formulation for water treatment and to mixtures comprising such branched polyesters. The invention further relates to the use of hydrophobically modified branched polyesters, and to the method for cleaning, washing or water treatment using such branched polyesters. |
| US10179887B1 |
Organoleptic compounds
The present invention relates to novel compounds and their use as fragrance materials. |
| US10179883B2 |
Integrated PTSA/membrane method and system for H2S and CO2 removal from biogas
Biogas containing H2S and CO2 is upgraded by removing H2S using PTSA and CO2 using two stages of gas separation membranes. The first stage permeate may optionally be used a regeneration gas stream. The second stage permeate may optionally be used a cool down gas stream. The PTSA unit includes two or more adsorbent beds each selective for water, VOCs, and H2S over CO2 and for H2S over methane. |
| US10179882B2 |
System and method for injecting liquid odorant into a natural gas pipeline
The invention relates to a system and a method for injecting liquid odorant into a natural gas pipe, the system comprising: a tank containing the odorant in liquid form; a high-pressure pump connected to the tank; a common injection manifold fed with liquid odorant by the high-pressure pump; a plurality of odorant injectors fed with liquid odorant under pressure by the common injection manifold for the purpose of injecting the odorant into the gas pipe so as to cause it to be atomized in the gas pipe; and an electronic injection computer for controlling the injectors and the high-pressure pump. |
| US10179879B2 |
Method for removing mercury from crude oil
A method is provided for recovering mercury from a crude oil into an alkaline ammonium sulfide contacting solution. Soluble mercury complexes in the contacting solution are converted to particulate mercury. The particulate mercury can be recovered by filtering, and the ammonium sulfide in the contacting solution recycled to the aqueous contacting solution. |
| US10179872B2 |
Fluid loss additive for water based drilling fluids with improved thermal stability
A polymer microsphere for use as a fluid loss additive in drilling muds including a hydrophobic core of hydrophobic monomers and a hydrophilic shell of hydrophilic monomers wherein the hydrophilic shell surrounds the hydrophobic core. The polymer microsphere is capable of forming micelles or microgels in water without using surfactants and can be block, graft, and random copolymers. The hydrophilic shell is physically or chemically linked to the hydrophobic core. The polymer microsphere further includes crosslinkers, preferably where the crosslinkers are monomers containing at least two ethylenically unsaturated groups. |
| US10179871B2 |
Two-component binder system with cyclocarbonate and epoxy groups
The present invention relates to a binder system containing a resin component and a curing agent component, wherein the resin comprises at least one compound carrying at least two cyclic carbonate groups and at least one compound carrying at least two epoxy groups, and the curing agent comprises at least one multifunctional amine as well as the use of the binder system as an adhesive/sealant and the use of this adhesive/sealant. |
| US10179870B2 |
Abrasive composition
Provided herein are abrasive compositions that use surfactants containing block copolymers of both propylene oxide and ethylene oxide moieties. Abrasive compositions derived from these copolymers were capable of providing both superior levels of cut rate while preserving a high quality surface finish on gelcoat surfaces comparable to those achieved using conventional rubbing compounds. |
| US10179866B2 |
Resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure, and method of producing structure containing phase-separated structure
A resin composition for forming a phase-separated structure, including: a block copolymer, and an ion liquid containing a compound (IL) having a cation moiety and an anion moiety, the cation moiety of the compound (IL) having a dipole moment of 3 debye or more. |
| US10179864B2 |
Mess free coloring system
A mess-free coloring system comprising a coloring medium and optionally one or more coloring utensils is disclosed. The coloring medium can include a substrate with or without decorative effects and one or more coating layers on a surface of the substrate. In various examples, the one or more coating layers include a color-triggering developer, e.g., in the form of a substantially clear resin, and an opaque pigment. Decorative effects integrated with or disposed on the substrate, while initially obscured by the one or more coating layers, can be revealed when the coating layers are mixed with at least one color precursor stored and dispensed from a coloring utensil. The opaque pigment is selected and configured such that, upon receipt of at least one color precursor by the one or more coating layers, a change in the pigment's reflective index occurs as the pigment dissolves into the clear resin developer. |
| US10179861B2 |
Prilled compounded thermoplastic roadway marking materials
This invention provides a convenient method of forming and applying a thermoplastic material for roadway markings, comprising: obtaining individual components of a thermoplastic composite material suitable for roadway markings; mixing and heating the individual components to produce a fully compounded form of the thermoplastic composite material; solidifying and prilling the fully compounded form of the thermoplastic composite material to produce a plurality of thermoplastic prills; on a marking vehicle or mobile apparatus, introducing the thermoplastic prills to an on-board melter to produce a liquid phase of the thermoplastic prills; and applying the liquid phase of the thermoplastic prills to a roadway, thereby marking the roadway. Compositions and systems are also described. Surprisingly, prills melt in approximately half the time as the powder/granular form. Also, the melter can be operated at lower temperature, leading to less discoloration of material. |
| US10179851B2 |
One-step production of a polypropylene composition
The present invention relates to a process for providing a polypropylene composition comprising a branched polypropylene (b-PP), a polypropylene composition as well as a film comprising the polypropylene composition. |
| US10179848B2 |
Tire member manufacturing method and tire manufacturing method
A first tire member manufacturing method includes an operation in which a master batch is made, and an operation in which the master batch, peptizing agent, and processing additive are mixed. The operation in which the master batch is made includes an operation in which carbon-black-containing pre-coagulation rubber latex is coagulated to obtain a coagulum, an operation in which a compound according to Formula (I), below, is added to the water-containing coagulum, and an operation in which the compound according to Formula (I) is dispersed within the coagulum. In Formula (I), R1 and R2 each indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, an alkenyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, or an alkynyl group having 1 to 20 carbons. R1 and R2 may be the same or different. M+ indicates sodium ion, potassium ion, or lithium ion. |
| US10179846B1 |
Self-healing polymeric material synthesized by guiding magnetic microcapsules
A process of making magnetic microcapsules and a process of making polymeric material having self-healing properties. The process of making polymeric material having self-healing properties includes the steps of mixing microcapsules containing magnetic nanoparticles in a liquid polymer before curing, and guiding the microcapsules in the liquid polymer before curing by magnetic forces to a desired location or locations. Finally, the liquid polymer with the microcapsules is cured to a solid polymeric material. |
| US10179841B2 |
Sorting two-dimensional nanomaterials by thickness
The Present teachings provide, in part, methods of separating two-dimensional nanomaterials by atomic layer thickness. In certain embodiments, the present teachings provide methods of generating graphene nanomaterials having a controlled number of atomic layer(s). |
| US10179840B2 |
Condensation curable resin composition and semiconductor package
A resin composition comprising (A) a silphenylene skeleton-bearing organosilicon compound containing at least two hydroxyl and/or alkoxy groups per molecule and (B) an organosilicon compound having a hydrogen atom and a hydroxyl and/or alkoxy group on a common silicon atom, or comprising (C) a silphenylene skeleton-bearing organosilicon compound having a hydrogen atom and a hydroxyl and/or alkoxy group on a common silicon atom is condensation curable without a need for catalysts. The cured product has satisfactory hardness, crack resistance, heat resistance and light resistance. |
| US10179832B2 |
Storage stable heat activated quaternary ammonium catalysts for epoxy cure
The present invention relates to a catalyst composition for curing epoxy group containing compounds comprising a base and a quaternary ammonium salt, of Formula (I): with R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Y, A and X being as defined herein. Also encompassed are adhesive compositions containing said catalyst composition and the use of the catalyst composition. |
| US10179831B2 |
Amine-catalyzed thiol-curing of epoxide resins
A composition containing an epoxide compound with two or more epoxide groups, a thiol ester with two or more ester groups and two or more thiol groups and/or a thiol ether with two or more thiol groups, and 0.005-2 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, of a tertiary amine which has a 5- or 6-membered aliphatic nitrogen heterocycle, said composition containing less than 1 wt. % of a primary amine. The composition can be used as, an embedding medium for microscopy and as an adhesive and to an optical element which comprises the composition. |
| US10179829B2 |
Modified amino resins
This invention relates to products H made by reaction of a cyclic alkyleneurea U, at least one multifunctional aldehyde A2, and at least one of (a) an aminoplast former M that is not the same as the cyclic alkyleneurea U, and (b) a monofunctional aldehyde A1, which product H is optionally etherified by reaction of at least a part of the hydroxyl groups formed by addition reaction of N—H groups and aldehyde groups, with an alcohol having from one to ten carbon atoms, and wherein glyoxal is present in the at least one multifunctional aldehyde A2, to processes for their preparation, and to a method of use thereof in coating compositions. |
| US10179828B2 |
Curable composition for permanent resist films, and permanent resist film
A curable composition and a permanent resist film made using this curable composition are provided. The composition dissolves well in solvents, gives coatings superior in alkali developability, thermal decomposition resistance, light sensitivity, and resolution, and is particularly suitable for the formation of permanent resist films. Specifically, the composition is a curable composition for permanent resist films and contains a phenolic hydroxyl-containing compound (A) that has a molecular structure represented by structural formula (1): (where R1 is hydrogen, alkyl, or aryl, and n is an integer of 2 to 10; R2 is alkyl, alkoxy, aryl, aralkyl, or halogen, and m is an integer of 0 to 4; if m is 2 or more, the plurality of R2s may be the same or different from one another, and may be bonded to either of the two aromatic rings in the naphthylene structure) and a photosensitizer (B1) or curing agent (B2). |
| US10179825B2 |
Battery powered portable paint system
A portable electric (battery) powered paint system designed to worn in a typical workman's tool belt and thus accompany the painter as he moves from wall to wall and room to room without the restriction of electrical cords plugged into wall outlets. The invention consists of a paint reservoir, an electric paint pump, a power pack of two or more 18 Volt batteries, a paint applicator and associated paint supply tubing for transfer of paint from the reservoir to the paint applicator. The invention provides the painter with a self-contained powered painting system. |
| US10179820B2 |
Anti-HER2 antibodies and immunoconjugates
The invention provides anti-HER2 antibodies and immunoconjugates and methods of using the same. |
| US10179818B2 |
Cytotoxic benzodiazepine derivatives
The invention relates to novel benzodiazepine derivatives with antiproliferative activity and more specifically to novel benzodiazepine compounds of formula (I)-(VII). The invention also provides conjugates of the benzodiazepine compounds linked to a cell-binding agent. The invention further provides compositions and methods useful for inhibiting abnormal cell growth or treating a proliferative disorder in a mammal using the compounds or conjugates of the invention. |
| US10179806B2 |
Influenza virus vaccines and uses thereof
Provided herein are influenza hemagglutinin stem domain polypeptides, compositions comprising the same, vaccines comprising the same and methods of their use. |
| US10179803B2 |
Methods for inhibiting immune complex formation in a subject
Polypeptides and other compounds that can bind specifically to the CH2-CH3 cleft of an immunoglobulin molecule, and methods for using such polypeptides and compounds to inhibit Fc-mediated immune complex formation, are described. |
| US10179802B2 |
Conotoxin peptide κ-CPTX-BTL04, preparation method therefor, and uses thereof
Provided are a conotoxin peptide κ-CPTx-btl04 and a derivative polypeptide. The amino acid sequence of the conotoxin peptide is indicated by SEQ ID NO: 1. Also provided are a conotoxin peptide preparation method and uses of the conotoxin peptide in the treatment of diseases related to a calcium ion channel. |
| US10179795B2 |
Synthesis of amine boranes and polyhedral boranes
The present invention relates in general to a method for the synthesis and purification of 1) the polyhedral borane decahydrodecaborate and dodecahydrododecaborate anions and their salts and 2) amines and amine boranes. The organoammonium halide is combined with alkali metal tetrahydroborate to form organoammonium tetrahydroborate, which upon pyrolysis provides organoammonium decahydrodecaborate and organoammonium dodecahydrododecaborate. |
| US10179792B2 |
Hepatitis B antiviral agents
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: X-A-Y-L-R (I) which inhibit the protein(s) encoded by hepatitis B virus (HBV) or interfere with the function of the HBV life cycle of the hepatitis B virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HBV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HBV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention. |
| US10179791B2 |
Spiro-cyclic amine derivatives as S1P modulators
The present invention relates to spiro-cyclic amine derivatives of the formula (I) wherein R1 is selected from cyano, (2-4C)alkenyl, (2-4C)alkynyl, (1-4C)alkyl each optionally substituted with CN or one or more fluoro atoms, (3-6C)cycloalkyl, (4-6C)cycloalkenyl or a (8-10C)bicyclic group, each optionally substituted with halogen or (1-4C)alkyl, phenyl, biphenyl, naphthyl, each optionally substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from halogen, cyano, (1-6C)alkyl optionally substituted with one or more fluoro atoms, (1-6C)alkoxy optionally substituted with one or more fluoro atoms, amino, di(1-4C)alkylamino and (3-6C)cycloalkyl optionally substituted with phenyl which may be substituted with (1-4C)alkyl or halogen, phenyl substituted with phenoxy, benzyl, benzyloxy, phenylethyl or monocyclic heterocycle, each optionally substituted with (1-4C)alkyl optionally substituted with one or more fluoro atoms, monocyclic heterocycle optionally independently substituted with halogen, (1-6C)alkyl optionally substituted with one or more fluoro atoms, (3-6C)cycloalkyl, or phenyl optionally substituted with (1-4C)alkyl or halogen, and bicyclic heterocycle optionally substituted with halogen or (1-4C)alkyl optionally substituted with one or more fluoro atoms; —Y—(Cn-alkylene)-X— is a linking group wherein Y is attached to R1 and selected from a bond, —O—, —CO—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —NH—, —CH═CH—, —C(CF3)═CH—, —C≡C—, —CH2—O—, —O—CO—, —CO—O—, —CO—NH—, —NH—CO—, and trans-cyclopropylene; n is an integer from 0 to 10; and X is attached to the phenylene/pyridyl moiety and selected from a bond, —O—, —S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —NH—, —CO—, —CH═CH—, and trans-cyclopropylene; R2 is H or independently selected from one or more substituents selected from halogen, (1-4C)alkoxy and (1-4C)alkyl optionally substituted with one or more fluor atoms; and R3 is (1-4C)alkylene-R4 wherein the alkylene group may be substituted with one or more halogen atoms or with (CH2)2 to form a cyclopropyl moiety, or R3 is (3-6C)cycloalkylene-R4, —CH2-(3-6C)cycloalkylene-R4, (3-6C)cycloalkylene-CH2—R4 or —CO—CH2—R4, wherein R4 is —OH, —PO3H2, —OPO3H2, —COOH, —COO(1-4C)alkyl or tetrazol-5-yl; Q is a bond or —O—; —W-T- is selected from —CH═CH—, —CH2—CH2—, —CH2—O—, —O—CH2—, —O—CH2—CH2—, and —CO—O—; R5 is H or independently selected from one or more halogens; Z is CH, CR2 or N; and A represents a morpholine ring structure or a 5-, 6- or 7-membered cyclic amine; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate or hydrate thereof or one or more N-oxides thereof. The compounds of the invention have affinity to S1P receptors and may be used in the treatment, alleviation or prevention of diseases and conditions in which (a) S1P receptor(s) is (are) involved. |
| US10179789B2 |
Methylenedioxybenzo [I] phenanthridine derivatives used to treat cancer
The invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein A, B, X, and Y have any of the values defined in the specification, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, processes for preparing such compounds, and therapeutic methods for treating cancer and other topoisomerase mediated conditions. |
| US10179788B2 |
Fused pyrimidine compound or salt thereof
The present invention provides a novel RET inhibitor comprising, as an active ingredient, a compound or a salt thereof that have not been known for their RET inhibitory activity, and also provides an agent for preventing or treating diseases (e.g., malignant tumors) that can be prevented or treated by RET inhibitory activity. The RET inhibitor comprises, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by Formula (I) below or a salts thereof: wherein A, R1 to R3, X, and n are as defined in the specification. |
| US10179786B2 |
Selective dual inhibitors of PI3 delta and gamma protein kinases
The present invention relates to a selective dual delta (δ) and gamma (γ) PI3K protein kinase modulator (S)-N-(5-(4-amino-1-(1-(5-fluoro-3-(3-fluorophenyl)-4-oxo-4H-chromen-2-yl)ethyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-3-yl)-2-methoxyphenyl) methane sulfonamide, methods of preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of PI3K kinase mediated diseases or disorders with them. |
| US10179784B2 |
Pyrimidine or pyridine compounds, preparation method therefor and pharmaceutical uses thereof
The present invention disclosed a class of pyrimidine or pyridine compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, stereoisomers, prodrugs and solvates thereof, preparation method therefor and pharmaceutical compositions and pharmaceutical uses thereof. See e.g., Formula I below. The compounds can inhibit the variants of EGFR (Epidermis Growth Factor Receptor) proteinases, and therefore can inhibit the growth of a variety of tumor cells effectively. The compounds can be used to prepare antitumor drugs, used for the treatment, combined therapy or prevention of various different cancers. The compounds can overcome the drug resistance induced by the existing first-generation EGFR inhibitors such as gefitinib, erlotinib and so on. Particularly, the compounds can be used to prepare drugs for treating or preventing diseases, disturbances, disorders or conditions mediated by epidermis growth factor receptor variants (such as L858R activated mutants, Exon19 deletion activated mutants and T790M resistant mutants). |
| US10179783B2 |
Tetrahydropyridopyrazines as modulators of GPR6
The present invention provides compounds of formula I: which are useful as modulators of GPR6, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods for treatment of conditions associated with GPR6, processes for making the compounds and intermediates thereof. |
| US10179782B2 |
Substituted sulfonamide compounds
The invention is concerned with the compounds of formula I: and salts thereof and other compounds of formulas II-IX as disclosed herein. In addition, the present invention relates to methods of manufacturing and methods of using the compounds of formulas I-IX as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The compounds may be useful in treating diseases and conditions mediated by TRPA1, such as pain or asthma. |
| US10179780B2 |
Azole benzene derivative and crystalline form thereof
There are provided: 4-methyl-2-[4-(2-methylpropoxy)-3-(1H-1,2,3,4-tetrazol-1-yl)phenyl]-1,3-thiazole-5-carboxylic acid, a sodium salt thereof and crystals of these, useful as a therapeutic agent and a prophylactic agent for gout, hyperuricemia and the like, and a method for producing the same. |
| US10179776B2 |
Compounds and methods of use to treat schizophrenia
The invention relates to particular 2-((1-(2-hydroxy-2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl)methyl)isoindolin-1-one analogs and pro-drugs, in free, pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or substantially pure form as described herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use in the treatment of diseases that can be therapeutically and/or preventively treated by the nerve control function of sigma ligands. |
| US10179771B2 |
Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for the treatment of inflammatory disorders
The present invention discloses compounds according to Formula I: wherein Cy, R1, L1, R3, R4, R5, La, and Ra are as defined herein. Novel benzimidazoles according to Formula I, able to inhibit JAK are disclosed, these compounds may be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition, and may be used for the prevention and treatment of a variety of conditions in mammals including humans, including by way of non-limiting example, allergic diseases, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, proliferative diseases, transplantation rejection, diseases involving impairment of cartilage turnover, congenital cartilage malformations, and/or diseases associated with hypersecretion of IL6 or hypersecretion of interferons. |
| US10179768B2 |
Electrochromic two-core viologen derivatives and optical articles containing them
The present invention relates to a group of novel electrochromic materials. More specifically, it relates to electrochromic materials having two-core viologens and the use of these two-core viologens as a variable transmittance medium for the manufacture of an optical article, such as an ophthalmic lens. |
| US10179767B2 |
Substituted benzamides and methods of use thereof
The invention provides compounds having activity as sodium channel (e.g., NaV1.7) inhibitors that are useful for treating sodium channel-mediated diseases or conditions, such as pain, as well as other diseases and conditions associated with the mediation of sodium channels, and compositions containing such compounds and methods for using such compounds and compositions. |
| US10179765B2 |
N-hydroxylsulfonamide derivatives as new physiologically useful nitroxyl donors
The invention relates to N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives that donate nitroxyl (HNO) under physiological conditions and are useful in treating and/or preventing the onset and/or development of diseases or conditions that are responsive to nitroxyl therapy, including heart failure and ischemia/reperfusion injury. Novel N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives release HNO at a controlled rate under physiological conditions, and the rate of HNO release is modulated by varying the nature and location of functional groups on the N-hydroxysulfonamide derivatives. |
| US10179760B2 |
DMF distillation
A method of obtaining purified DMF from a mixture comprising DMF and hydrogen chloride (HCl) involving distillation is provided. |
| US10179757B2 |
Process for obtaining a formate from a reaction mixture
The invention relates to a process for obtaining a formate from a reaction mixture (10) in which a polyoxometallate ion, which acts as a catalyst, is in contact with an organic material at a temperature below 120° C. to produce formic acid in an aqueous solution, with the following steps: a) separating a mixture of formic acid and water from the reaction mixture by reverse osmosis and/or as vapor (18), the vapor (18) subsequently being condensed, and b) reacting the formic acid with a hydroxide (24) in aqueous solution to produce a solution of a formate. |
| US10179755B2 |
Method for preparing branched alcohol
A method for preparing a branched alcohol by dimerizing an aliphatic monoalcohol having three or more carbon atoms in the presence of a base and a catalyst. The dimerization reaction is performed under atmospheric pressure while injecting a hydrogen gas. With this method, it is possible to obtain a dimerized alcohol with excellent yield even when using a branched aliphatic monoalcohol as the starting material. |
| US10179752B2 |
1-octene composition
The present invention relates to a 1-octene composition. The 1-octene composition according to the present invention is prepared by ethylene oligomerization and comprises a high content of 1-octene and monomers useful for copolymerization of 1-octene at the same time. |
| US10179749B2 |
Low-temperature co-fired ceramic material and preparation method thereof
A low-temperature co-fired ceramic material comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 35-50% of CaO, 5-15% of B2O3, 40-55% of SiO2, 1-5% of nanometer Al2O3, 1-5% of MgO and 1-5% of nanometer ZrO2. A preparation method comprises the following steps: ball milling and mixing according to the formula, sintering at a high temperature, quenching in deionized water, grinding, performing wet ball-milling, drying and grinding; and finally, granulating to prepare a green body, discharging glue, and sintering, to obtain a low-temperature co-fired ceramic material. According to the low-temperature co-fired ceramic material and the preparation method thereof provided in the present disclosure, the prepared low-temperature co-fired ceramic material has the advantages of low dielectric constant, low loss, good overall performance and the like. |
| US10179748B2 |
Laser processing of sapphire substrate and related applications
A method of laser processing a material to form a separated part. The method includes focusing a pulsed laser beam into a laser beam focal line, viewed along the beam propagation direction, directed into the material, the laser beam focal line generating an induced absorption within the material, the induced absorption producing a hole or fault line along the laser beam focal line within the material, and directing a defocused carbon dioxide (CO2) laser from a distal edge of the material over the plurality of holes to a proximal edge of the material. |
| US10179745B2 |
Water recovery system for use in confined spaces
A water recovery system can treat water in a confined space. The wastewater treatment system includes a cation-exchange device in which water to be treated, such as wastewater originating in a space station, water discharged by the human body, water produced by condensing water vapor contained in the air, is directly introduced to a cation-exchange resin and thereby treated by cation exchange; a diamond-electrode electrolysis device in which organic substances, urea, and other nitrogen compounds contained in water discharged from the cation-exchange device are decomposed; a catalytic decomposition device in which the residual organic component is brought into contact with a catalyst to be decomposed; an electrodialysis device in which water discharged from the catalytic decomposition device is treated by electrodialysis to produce desalted water as well as an acid and an alkali; and a mineral adding device in which a mineral is added to the desalted water. |
| US10179741B2 |
Post-treatment of deboronated zeolite beta
A process for the post-treatment of a zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure, the process comprising (i) providing a zeolitic material having a BEA framework structure, wherein the framework structure of the zeolitic material comprises X2O3 and YO2, wherein Y is a tetravalent element and X is a trivalent element and wherein the molar ratio X2O3:YO2 is greater than 0.02:1; (ii) treating the zeolitic material provided in (i) with a liquid solvent system thereby obtaining a zeolitic material having a molar ratio X2O3:YO2 of at most 0.02:1, and at least partially separating the zeolitic material from the liquid solvent system; (iii) treating the zeolitic material obtained from (ii) with a liquid aqueous system having a pH in the range of 5.5 to 8 and a temperature of at least 75° C. |
| US10179740B2 |
Form of silicon and method of making the same
The invention relates to a new phase of silicon, Si24, and a method of making the same. Si24 has a quasi-direct band gap, with a direct gap value of 1.34 eV and an indirect gap value of 1.3 eV. The invention also relates to a compound of the formula Na4Si24 and a method of making the same. Na4Si24 may be used as a precursor to make Si24. |
| US10179739B2 |
Catalytic method for multi-wall carbon nanotubes
A method for preparing multi-wall carbon nanotubes comprising atomizing a precursor solution comprising an aromatic hydrocarbon and a carrier gas. The mixture is then injected through an ultrasonic atomization system to form atomized precursor droplets. Then by injecting the atomized precursor droplets from the top of a vertical chemical vapor deposition reactor, the droplets can then react with a reaction gas in the reactor vessel to form a film that adsorbs to a growth surface in the reactor vessel. Layer by layer multi-wall carbon nanotubes are formed. This method is repeated to form layers of the multi-wall carbon nanotubes. The nanotubes formed have an outer diameter of 10 nm-51 nm and a length to diameter aspect ratio of 7200-13200. |
| US10179737B2 |
Spherical silicon oxycarbide particle material and manufacturing method thereof
Provided are spherical silicon oxycarbide particle material and manufacturing method thereof, wherein the average particle size is in the range of 0.1-100 μm and having a sphericity of 0.95-1.0.Spherical silicon oxycarbide particle material and manufacturing method thereof are provided as follows. Organotrialkoxysilane is hydrolyzed in a pH 3-6 acetic acid aqueous solution, thereafter an alkaline aqueous solution such as a pH 7-12 ammonia water was added to the obtained hydrolysate. The condensation reaction is performed in an alkaline range to form spherical polysilsesquioxane particles that are spherical silicon oxycarbide precursors that has no melting point or softening point. Sintering was then performed at a sintering temperature of 600-1400° C. under inert atmosphere to obtain spherical silicon oxycarbide particle material. |
| US10179735B2 |
Method for purifying contaminated gaseous hydrogen chloride
Impure gaseous hydrogen chloride from organochlorosilane hydrolysis is freed of impurities by first scrubbing with an organochlorosilane, which may be the same or different from the organochlorosilane(s) hydrolyzed, and then further scrubbing with chloromethane. The purified gaseous hydrogen chloride is preferably used in chlorosilane synthesis. |
| US10179734B2 |
Fuel supply apparatus
A fuel supply apparatus comprising; a reaction chamber for hosting a reaction when a fuel generating fluid and a fuel generating substance are brought together to generate fuel, a plurality of discrete fuel generating fluid chambers, each chamber being separately rupturable; and, a heater assembly adapted to, when in use, selectively rupture the fuel generating fluid chambers to supply fuel generating fluid to the reaction chamber. |
| US10179730B2 |
Electronic sensors with sensor die in package structure cavity
Disclosed examples include sensor apparatus and integrated circuits having a package structure with an internal cavity and an opening that connects of the cavity with an ambient condition of an exterior of the package structure, and an electronic sensor structure mechanically supported by wires in the cavity and including a sensing surface exposed to the cavity to sense the ambient condition of an exterior of the package structure. |
| US10179729B2 |
Hermetic encapsulation for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices
Embodiments of the invention describe hermetic encapsulation for MEMS devices, and processes to create the hermetic encapsulation structure. Embodiments comprise a MEMS substrate stack that further includes a magnet, a first laminate organic dielectric film, a first hermetic coating disposed over the magnet, a second laminate organic dielectric film disposed on the hermetic coating, a MEMS device layer disposed over the magnet, and a plurality of metal interconnects surrounding the MEMS device layer. A hermetic plate is subsequently bonded to the MEMS substrate stack and disposed over the formed MEMS device layer to at least partially form a hermetically encapsulated cavity surrounding the MEMS device layer. In various embodiments, the hermetically encapsulated cavity is further formed from the first hermetic coating, and at least one of the set of metal interconnects, or a second hermetic coating deposited onto the set of metal interconnects. |
| US10179723B2 |
Systems and methods of remotely controlling a materials handling vehicle
A materials handling vehicle includes an operator platform from which an operator can drive the vehicle; a traction control system for advancing the vehicle across a floor surface; at least one sensor configured to detect the presence of an object located at a position proximate to the vehicle; and a controller communicably coupled to the at least one sensor and the traction control system. The controller is responsive to the output of the at least one sensor to stop or slow down the vehicle if an object is detected proximate to the vehicle and the vehicle is traveling in response to a remote travel request. However, the controller does not slow down or stop the vehicle if an object is proximate to the vehicle while the operator is driving the vehicle on the operator platform. |
| US10179721B2 |
Device for automatically connecting a vehicle to an electric power supply
A device for automatically connecting a vehicle to an electric power supply, comprises: a turn-over-anchor (48, 210), including a first connector part (42, 216) connected to the cable (28, 208); and a docking station (50, 212), including a second connector part (44, 230) configured for mating with the first connector part (42, 216) according to a vertical coupling axis (47, 236), when the turn-over-anchor (48, 210) is vertically deposited into the docking station (50, 212). The device further includes two horizontally spaced vertical rods (58′, 58″, 246′, 246″), each of which is arranged so as to vertically penetrate into a guide opening or hole (62′, 62″, 248′, 248″) of an opposite element (50′, 50″), when the turn-over-anchor (48, 210) is deposited into the docking station (50, 212), and is dimensioned so as to be self-locking in the hole (62′, 62″, 248′, 248″), if the turn-over-anchor (48, 210) is subjected to a significant force that is not aligned with the vertical coupling axis (47, 236). |
| US10179720B2 |
Removable vehicle top lift system hook
A removable vehicle top lift system is disclosed herein. Described embodiments of a removable vehicle top lift system include a T-shaped body includes adjustable left, right, and rear arms that may be adjusted to accommodate the size of different removable vehicle tops. The left, right, and rear arms also include hooks for engaging a removable vehicle top. Balancing mechanisms for a removable vehicle top lift system are disclosed. Hooks with mechanisms to hold down a window of a removable vehicle top are also disclosed. |
| US10179712B2 |
Towable dock-lift trailer
A highway towable dock-lift trailer for use in loading and/or unloading trucks, rail cars, containers, etc., for example, in any location and across all industries and applications, and can include a tow bar that allows the trailer be towed to a desirable position or location. When the tow bar is removed from the trailer or repositioned relative to the frame, either a truck can back into position or the trailer lift can be positioned against the truck, etc., and the trailer lift is then ready to load and/or offload the truck. As an operator elevates the loading platform of the trailer, via hydraulic lifting means, for example, the lift can move up to truck height and hydraulically operated lifting arms can operate opposed automatic folding ramps, which simultaneously can open for load distribution and close for safety. The trailer can include a plurality of screw down or hydraulically actuated jacks to level and secure the platform, and the trailer can include bumpers to absorb the forces from a truck accidentally impacting the trailer. |
| US10179706B2 |
Conveyor combiner system and method for automated prescription fulfillment
An automated method and system for transporting vials from multiple upstream locations to a downstream location and for combining N number of conveyor lanes from N number of upstream location (e.g., capping stations) down to one conveyor lane. The system is adapted to transport vials from a more-distant upstream location faster than vials from a closer upstream location so that they reach the downstream location at approximately the same time. Guide members placed at an angle to the traveling axis of the conveyor lanes divert the vials onto a single conveyor lane for transporting the vials to a downstream location. |
| US10179705B2 |
Feeder and method for feeding components into an assembly line
A system for presenting isolated components to an assembly line over a plurality of cycles includes a container configured to direct components towards a central axis. An elongated pedestal within the container has ribs which define an upper surface and a plurality of channels. The pedestal is reciprocally mounted to move along the central axis, and isolates components during each cycle. The isolated components are transferred to an assembly line. The number of isolated components of each cycle is measured and the value stored. A threshold value is calculated based on a number of stored values. A running average of the quantity of isolated components for a number of cycles can then be compared to the threshold to determine when to refill the component container. |
| US10179703B2 |
System and method for delivering proppant to a blender
A system for conveying proppant includes a conveyor assembly having a conveyor belt that receives proppant from one or more containers having proppant stored therein. The system also includes a conveyor auxiliary unit connected to an end of the conveyor assembly having one or more joints to enable expansion and collapse of the conveyor belt from the conveyor assembly. The system further includes a proppant chute to direct the proppant from the conveyor belt into a blending hopper, the proppant chute being positioned at a higher elevation than an inlet of the blending hopper. |
| US10179689B2 |
Pill box in automatic pill dispenser
A pill box which can be loaded by user with pills and which can dispense a particular desired pill or pills when the user presses or repeatedly presses a button of the pill box. The pill box includes a case defining a picking opening, a rotating member rotatably mounted in the case, and a thumb-operated pressing structure. The rotating member includes a ratchet wheel and a plurality of pill grips each containing a pill or pills. The pressing structure includes a sliding member slidably mounted to the case and a pawl abutting the ratchet wheel. The sliding member is slidable relative to the case and the pawl moves the ratchet wheel one click per thumbpress to rotate the ratchet wheel to align one of the plurality of pill grips with the picking opening for taking out the pill or pills. |
| US10179686B2 |
Storage container with heat storage material that provides heat to shelf included in storage container
The present invention is intended to provide a storage container that includes a shelf member holding a heat storage material arranged optimally. In a storage container that preserves an object at predetermined temperature, the storage container includes a storage room in which the object is preserved, and a shelf member disposed within the storage room, the shelf member including a flat portion on which the object is placed, and a heat storage material arranged to the flat portion in a way distributed depending on a temperature distribution near the flat portion within the storage room during steady operation. The heat storage material is arranged to be localized to a region of the flat portion at a relatively low-temperature side depending on the temperature distribution within the storage room. |
| US10179677B2 |
Aseptic package fluid dispensing apparatus and methods of dispensing liquids from flexible packages
An apparatus and method are provided for dispensing a liquid from within a flexible package. The apparatus includes a fitment and a piercing member. The fitment is secured to a wall of the flexible package and has a passageway extending through it and a screw-thread section. The piercing member has a passageway extending through it, a piercing tip, and a screw-thread section. The piercing member is configured for insertion in the passageway of the fitment, with the screw-thread sections engaging each other to cause the piercing tip to penetrate the package, whereupon the liquid within the package can flow into and through the piercing member. |
| US10179676B1 |
Dispenser with self-closing cap
A dispenser with self-closing cap allows opening of said cap, dispensing of contents from said dispenser and closing of said cap using only one hand.In the first embodiment, said dispenser comprises a cap, tube, base and elastic cord internally disposed between said cap and said base.In a second embodiment said dispenser incorporates a D-ring attachment into the dispenser of the first embodiment.Multiple dispensers of the first embodiment can be transported and stored on one's person in a caddy with integral matching boreholes to receive said dispensers.Multiple dispensers of the second embodiment can be grouped on a split ring much as keys on a keyring.In a third embodiment the cap of said dispenser incorporates an O-ring which guards the contents of said container against moisture or allows the storage and dispensing of gels, creams or other viscous fluids.Said dispenser finds application in diverse areas; for example, in fly fishing for the dispensing of split shot; in the work shop for dispensing of small screws, washers, and related hardware; in the arts and craft field for the dispensing of beads, and in the medical field for the dispensing of pills. |
| US10179671B2 |
Dispenser-packaging for protective eyewear
Aspects of the invention provide a dispenser-package for storing protective eyewear glasses comprising an exterior box having a top, a bottom and four sidewalls along a first length, and an interior retention mechanism for holding a plurality of protective eyewear glasses along a second length. The exterior box completely receives the interior retention mechanism and securely holds the plurality of protective eyewear glasses in place. The exterior box includes a detachable area in proximity to the bottom to allow accessing one or more of the protective eyewear glasses held in place. As a result, a more convenient and efficient way to store and distribute protective eyewear glasses encourages healthcare professionals and patients to wear them and maintain personal safety. |
| US10179669B2 |
Apparatus and method for labelling individual packs
An apparatus and method for labelling packs including an advancement device for transporting a pack in a transporting direction, a dispensing device for dispensing a label into a dispensing position, and an application device for applying the dispensed label to the pack. A punch including a punch shank and punch foot moves the dispensed label from a receiving position, where the punch foot receives the label, to a discharging position, where the label is applied to the pack by the punch foot. The punch shank is pivotally mounted about a first pivot axis transverse to the transporting direction, and is movable axially in a guide element. The punch shank is connected to a lifting element of a lifting device via an articulation. The lifting element is movable parallel to a direction angled relative to the transporting direction. A first drive with a motor drives the lifting element. |
| US10179666B2 |
Packaging machine with phased split-pitch barrel loader
A barrel loader for a carton packaging machine for packaging articles, including a leading pusher arm assembly and a trailing pusher arm assembly, the pusher arm assemblies positioned adjacent to a carton conveyor that move along a longitudinal path and cooperate to push an article group into a carton. Each pusher arm assembly has a pusher arm that carries a face on one end and also is extendable and retractable on guide rails transverse to the longitudinal path. The pusher arm assemblies are driven in a downstream direction along the longitudinal path by endless chains. One of the endless chains can be advanced or retarded in phase relative to the other endless chain to move the loader arms and associated faces further apart or closer together parallel to the longitudinal. |
| US10179662B2 |
Aircraft airframe assembly
An assembly process for assembling at least part of an aircraft airframe, the assembly process comprising: providing a first assembly including a first part of the airframe and a first reference structure attached thereto; providing a second assembly including a second part of the aircraft airframe and a second reference structure attached thereto; receiving, by a first receptacle, the first reference structure; receiving, by a second receptacle, the second reference structure; moving, by an actuation device, the receptacles into a predetermined configuration, thereby moving the first part of the aircraft airframe and the second part of the aircraft airframe into a predetermined configuration; and performing an assembly operation on the airframe parts to fixedly attach together the first part of the aircraft airframe and the second part of the aircraft airframe, thereby producing the part of the aircraft airframe. |
| US10179661B2 |
Ground connect duct for environmental control systems
A ground connect duct includes a ground connect flange with an inner diameter and an outer diameter, wherein the inner diameter is between 7.000 inches and 9.000 inches and the outer diameter is between 9.000 inches and 11.000 inches, a V-band flange, and a duct body with the inner diameter, wherein the duct body is coupled to the ground connect flange and the V-band flange to have an overall length between 6.261 inches and 8.261 inches and to dispose the V-band flange at an angle between 6.000 degrees and 8.000 degrees relative to the ground connect flange. |
| US10179655B2 |
System for detecting the presence of emission vapors for aircraft using a composite visual image
A system is provided for generating an alert to the presence of emission vapors for a low altitude in-flight aircraft. An obstacle database and a terrain database provide parameters for obstacles and terrain features to a synthetic vision processor. The processor creates a graphic overlay of the terrain and obstacles that is combined with thermal images of emission vapors by a combined vision processor to create a combined synthetic image. An emissions threat calculator analyzes the synthetic image for the presence of emission vapors. If any emission vapors are detected in proximity to the aircraft, an alert and suggested maneuvers to avoid the emission vapors are sent to the aircraft. |
| US10179652B2 |
Active frost forecasting, detection and warning system and method
An active frost warning system for the forecasting and/or detection of active frost conditions by determining the surface or skin temperature of an active frost sensor and comparing the surface or skin temperature with outside ambient temperature and frost point temperature is provided. The system predicts active frost conditions when the surface or skin temperature of the sensor is less than frost point temperature or when the rate of cooling of the surface or skin temperature indicates that the surface or skin temperature of the sensor will be less than the frost point temperature in the future. |
| US10179651B2 |
Seat fastening device
To provide a simple seat fastening device with enhanced flexibility and the possibility of an easy movement of vehicle seats, a seat fastening device for fastening vehicle seats in a vehicle is provided comprising a seat track and a slider in a sliding engagement with the seat track. The slider includes a seat fixation element to fix a foot of a vehicle seat, wherein the seat track includes a C-shaped profile and the slider includes a base inserted in the C-shaped profile and wherein the slider includes a clamp to clamp the slider against an inner surface of the C-shaped profile. At least one linear roller contact bearing is located between the C-shaped profile and the slider. |
| US10179648B2 |
Airborne drone launch and recovery apparatus
An airborne drone launch and recovery apparatus for selectively launching drones located on the underside of a carrier aircraft or recovering drones following flight of the drones, the airborne launch and recovery apparatus has an extensible stinger slidable along the length of a stinger sheath between a retracted position proximal the rear portion of the carrier aircraft and an extended position in front of the carrier aircraft, and a catcher shuttle carried on the forward part of the stinger for extending into the non-turbulent air in front of the carrier aircraft when the stinger is in the extended position. The carrier shuttle includes a launch/recovery assembly for selectively either having a locked condition for the recovery guide of a drone prior to the positioning of the catcher shuttle in a selected for the launch of the drone, and having an open condition for receiving the recovery guide of a drone at the termination of the flight of the drone to terminate the flight. |
| US10179643B2 |
Apparatus and methods for actuation of flight control surfaces
An exemplary apparatus includes a common movable driving member for actuating a plurality of flight control surfaces; a first power transfer device configured to variably adjust power transfer from the common movable driving member to a first of the plurality of flight control surfaces; and a second power transfer device configured to variably adjust power transfer from the common movable driving member to a second of the plurality of flight control surfaces. The power transferred to the second flight control surface may be adjusted independently of the power transferred to the first flight control surface. Apparatus and methods for actuating flight control surfaces using magneto-rheological fluid or electro-rheological fluid are also disclosed. |
| US10179642B1 |
Composite structure with integrated hinge
A composite structure with an integrated hinge is disclosed. In various embodiments, the composite structure includes a plurality of layers of fiber reinforced polymer material; and a hinge structure comprising one or more layers of bendably flexible hinge material a first region of which is interleaved between adjacent layers of said layers of fiber reinforced polymer material comprising the composite structure and bonded to said adjacent layers by bonding material comprising said composite structure, and a second region of which extends beyond said layers of fiber reinforced polymer material comprising the composite structure. |
| US10179638B2 |
Crown raceway support (CRS) for crown integration panel (CIP)
A dual-bracketed support system and a corresponding method are disclosed. The dual-bracketed support system includes (i) a first bracket connected to a support structure for a crown portion of an aircraft, (ii) a second bracket, and (iii) a support rod having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is connected to the first bracket and the distal end is connected to the second bracket. The second bracket is configured to allow the support rod to translate along a longitudinal axis defined by the support rod. |
| US10179637B2 |
Turbulence enhancer for keel cooler
A keel cooler assembly comprising a coolant tube including a plurality of turbulence enhancers for improving the heat transfer of the coolant without substantially increasing pressure drop of the coolant. In one embodiment, the turbulence enhancers are provided for generating turbulent wakes in the coolant for disrupting laminar boundary layers for improving heat transfer. In another embodiment, the turbulence enhancers are provided for generating and propagating turbulent vortexes in the coolant to enhance mixing of the bulk coolant for improving heat transfer. In other embodiments, turbulators, including inserts or impediments, are provided having various configurations and being arranged in predetermined patterns for enhancing turbulence of the coolant for improving keel cooler heat transfer efficiency without substantially increasing pressure drop. |
| US10179633B2 |
Apparatus and methods for routing
An electronic navigational system may automatically develop nautical routes, may retrieve previously-developed nautical routes, or may combine previously developed route(s) or route segment(s) with an automatically developed route or route segment(s). |
| US10179631B2 |
Water running tunnel hull ski
The disclosed invention is a user-propelled device with no moving parts. The user places a single ski on each foot, the skis being independent from one-another. As the user strides the natural motion of his legs causes the skies to rise and fall with respect to the surface of the water. This rising and falling motion, and the resulting weight shift of the user, engages and disengages a plurality of paddles. Through this natural motion, the paddles are engaged when the foot is moving backward with respect to the user, and disengaged when moving forward with respect to the user. The result is forward motion with a natural gait, with automatic paddle engagement and disengagement. |
| US10179630B2 |
Floating community
A sustainable floating community based on a mass-produced modular, pre-fabricated kit of parts referred to as floating modular units. The floating modular units are designed to allow for various needs while remaining simple to deliver and assemble by hand in remote destinations prone to volatile shifts in water levels and currents. The floating modular units are ready to assemble, can be erected for use on land and bodies of water, are easily collapsible for transport, thereby serving as highly adaptable transportable structures. |
| US10179629B1 |
Cockpit covering system and method for skiffs
A cockpit covering system for a small boat comprises a tent or cover comprising a plurality of walls portions, each of the plurality of wall portions having a lower portion and wherein the tent is sized to extend over a recessed area of a cockpit and enclose an interior that extends from above deck height to below the height of a base layer. The base layer is attachable to the lower portion of each of the plurality of walls and positionable around the cockpit outer perimeter. A compressible gasket below the base layer rests on a deck of the small boat around the cockpit outer perimeter. A plurality of webbing straps extend from the outer perimeter of the boat to the cockpit outer perimeter and are attached to the tent covering system. Tension applied to the plurality of straps extending from the small boat outer perimeter to the cockpit outer perimeter compresses the compressible water and/or bug proofing layer to form a seal around the cockpit recessed area. Pole bracket housings may be provided on webbing straps to secure tent poles at deck level at various locations on the deck. |
| US10179627B2 |
Frictional propulsion device and vehicle using same
In a propulsion device including a main wheel having a plurality of driven rollers fitted on and arranged circumferentially along an annular core member so as to be rotatable around tangential lines of the annular core member at respective positions thereof on the annular core member, a pair of drive disks positioned on either side of the main wheel in an individually rotatable manner, a plurality of drive rollers supported along an outer periphery of each drive disk so as to be each rotatable around a rotational center line extending in a skewed relationship to a rotational center line of the corresponding drive disk, and a drive unit for individually rotatively driving the drive disks, a plurality of guide rollers are rotatably supported by a body frame and engage at least one driven roller not engaged by any of the drive rollers from either side. |
| US10179625B2 |
Electrically assisted bicycle
An electrically assisted bicycle includes a crank shaft, pedals, an electric motor, a pedal effort sensor that detects a pedal effort exerted on the pedals, a propelling detection sensor that detects that the electrically assisted bicycle is starting to be propelled, and a controller that executes a first control in which a command value provided to the electric motor is obtained based on the output of the pedal effort sensor and a second control in which a command value provided to the electric motor is obtained based on the output of the pedal effort sensor and the output of the propelling detection sensor. The controller is configured or programmed to select the first control or the second control as a calculation method of a command value provided to the electric motor during a period of time from a state in which the electrically assisted bicycle is stopped until a detection of the rotation of the crank shaft. |
| US10179624B1 |
Golf trike
A golf trike that has a slot between two storage compartments between its rear wheels. The slot fits and holds the front tire of a towed golf trike. A bag rack on the front golf trike articulates forward out of the way of the slot on the front trike to allow the front tire of the rear trike to fit into the slot. When the golf trike is not towing another trike the bag rack articulates rearward to hold a golf bag for routine play. |
| US10179622B2 |
Seat post
A seat post having a quill head with a top surface, a lower cradle rotatable with respect to the top surface about an axis (X), and an upper cradle, reciprocally coupled for clamping the saddle rails (R) of a bicycle. The seat post includes front and rear fasteners connecting the upper cradle to the quill head, and front and rear pivots in which the front and rear fastener are respectively engaged in order to adjust the rails (R) angle with respect to the quill head. The quill head includes front and rear seats in which the pivots are respectively rotationally engaged, the axes (Y,Z) of the pivots being displaced substantially at a same distance (D) from the axis (X), regardless of rails (R) angle adjustment; the top surface has a convex shape, the lower cradle includes a lower concave seat suitable to engage the top surface. |
| US10179618B2 |
Crawler track
A crawler track includes a link and is driven in a direction of travel by a sprocket having a plurality of teeth. The link includes a pad, a first grouser, and a second grouser. The pad defines a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, a first end, and a second end spaced apart from the first end along the direction of travel. The pad defines at least one opening extending through the pad between the first surface and the second surface, and the opening is operable to receive a sprocket tooth. The first grouser is positioned on the first surface proximate the first end of the pad, while the second grouser is positioned on the first surface proximate the second end of the pad. The first grouser and the second grouser extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel of the track. |
| US10179615B2 |
Apparatus, system, and related methods for holding and maneuvering an industrial vehicle spare tire
An apparatus, system, and related methods for holding and maneuvering an industrial vehicle spare tire include a tire support positioned on an industrial vehicle. An industrial vehicle tire is removably securable to the tire support, wherein the tire support has at least two independently adjustable threaded members for controlling engagement of the tire support and the industrial vehicle tire. A winch is positioned proximate to the gate of the industrial vehicle. At least one pulley is positioned above the tire support, wherein at least one winch cable is connected between the winch and the at least one pulley. |
| US10179610B2 |
Front vehicle-body structure of vehicle
A front vehicle-body structure of a vehicle comprises a hinge pillar, an apron reinforcement, a suspension housing, a side sill, and a connecting member which connects the apron reinforcement to the hinge pillar in a brace shape and connecting the apron reinforcement to a front portion of the side sill. The connecting member includes first and second bending portions which are positioned between a rear face portion and a side face portion and between a forward flange and the side face portion, respectively, and the apron reinforcement and the side sill are continuous to each other via at least one of the first and second bending portions. |
| US10179609B2 |
Arrangement of a rear axle module on a vehicle body, and a rear axle module for such an arrangement and a two-axle, two-track vehicle which is at least partially driveable by means of an electric motor and has such an arrangement
An arrangement of a rear axle module on a two-axle, two-track vehicle which is at least partially electrically driveable by an electric motor is provided in which a rear axle bracket designed for the fastening of wheel-guiding links of a rear axle and a housing for accommodating components for providing electrical energy together form the module, with the housing arranged in a front region of the rear axle module. The rear axle module includes bearing brackets by which the module is connected from below to the vehicle body, including two rear axle bracket bearings which are to the rear of the rear axle module with respect to the direction of travel, two central rear axle bracket bearings arranged in a central region of the rear axle module, and two front bearings arranged on the housing in the front region of the rear axle module. |
| US10179608B2 |
Parking assist device
According to one embodiment, a parking assist device includes a detector configured to detect a target parking position from a captured image obtained from an imager; a position identifier that identifies, during a period while the vehicle is moving after the captured image was displayed on the display device and before a captured image captured next by the imager is displayed, the target parking position with respect to a current position of the vehicle, based on a first moving amount by which the vehicle has moved since the captured image was displayed on the display device and on a positional relation between the vehicle and the target parking position at the time when the captured image was captured; and a parking assist unit that guides the vehicle during the period based on the identified target parking position when a request for guiding the vehicle to the target parking position is made. |
| US10179604B2 |
Charge pressure circuit arrangement for steering control for a vehicle
A steering system is described for a vehicle having steerable wheels. A hydraulic charge pressure circuit may be configured to provide charge pressure to one or more hydraulic components of the vehicle and a hydraulic drive pressure circuit may be configured to provide working pressure to one or more other hydraulic components of the vehicle. Hydraulic machines may rotate front wheels in order to drive the vehicle, and a front valve assembly may control steering of the front wheels by controlling the hydraulic machines. The hydraulic machines may be driven to rotate the front wheels by the working pressure from the hydraulic drive pressure circuit, and the front valve assembly may control the front hydraulic machines to steer the agricultural vehicle by controlling flow of hydraulic fluid from the hydraulic charge pressure circuit through the front valve assembly. |
| US10179599B1 |
Paper and/or phone holder accessory for a shopping cart
A holder accessory for a handlebar of a shopping cart is provided that includes a platform and two securing members that are attachable around and aligned with a horizontal cart push bar portion and a cart transverse portion of the shopping cart handlebar. The transverse securing member provides cantilevered support for the platform, while the push bar securing member is angularly offset from and generally oriented perpendicularly from the push bar securing member to provide support against lateral forces. A stem extends from the underside of the platform to the transverse securing member to hold the platform at a suitable angle for use. Optionally, but preferably, the platform includes a lower ledge upon which a mobile phone, paper, or pen may be rested and an upper retention member to temporarily hold or fasten paper to the platform. |
| US10179598B1 |
Mobile cart
A mobile cart for use in virtual reality and monitor-based multi-participant experiences, DJ configurations, karaoke and audio uses incorporating vertical supports extending from the housing, supporting fixed, pivotal or rotative booms radially extending from the housing serving as supports for equipment such as microphones, positional sensors, head mounted displays, and retractable tethers performing cable management by holding one or more equipment cables above a user's head to prevent user cable-entanglement, such as, when using head mounted displays. |
| US10179597B2 |
Automated wayside asset monitoring with optical imaging and visualization
The Automated Wayside Asset Monitoring system utilizes a camera-based optical imaging device and an image database to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance of environmental geographical information pertaining to railway transportation. Various components of the Automated Wayside Asset Monitoring system can provide features and functions that can facilitate the operation and improve the safety of transportation via a railway vehicle. |
| US10179596B2 |
Rail warning system and method
A rail warning system using wireless portable transmitters/receivers is described. The rail warning system uses a chirp spread spectrum modulation scheme, and alerts personnel in work zones on or near train tracks as well as optionally, on track equipment and train operators, of approaching trains or on track equipment. Portable wayside devices may also be positioned on the rail web, optionally magnetically, to alert work personnel, allowing for secure placement but also portability to other locations on the same track or adjacent tracks. |
| US10179594B2 |
Anti-pollution-flashover locomotive roof composite insulator
An anti-pollution-flashover locomotive roof composite insulator, comprising: a support body, and several groups of sheds arranged side by side along the axial direction that are set around the sidewall of the support body, wherein the sheds protrude out of the sidewall of the support body along the radial direction, the upper end of the uppermost shed is set with an upper metal fitting, and the lower end of the lowermost shed is set with a lower metal fitting. The creepage distance of the sheds between the upper metal fitting and the lower metal fitting is 1085 mm-1095 mm, and the arcing distance between the upper metal fitting and the lower metal fitting is 245 mm-255 mm. The insulator employs a long specific creepage distance in terms of structural design, thus providing a good pollution flashover resistance, and under the same pollution condition, a good pollution flashover resistance that is over twice of that of a porcelain insulator with the same creepage distance may be obtained, and hence it is especially applicable for moderate and serious polluted regions. |
| US10179593B2 |
Motorized carriage that is movable in translation on a rail
Motorized carriage (1) that is able to move in translation along a longitudinal axis (X) along a horizontal rail, said carriage (1) comprising at least one wheel (4), in particular of the friction wheel type, that is driven in rotation by an electric motor (5) and is mounted so as to pivot about a transverse axis (Y) on a holder (3) which carries said motor (5), said carriage (1) comprising a chassis (2) incorporating guide means (23, 24) mounted so as to slide on the chassis (2) along a vertical axis (Z) orthogonal to the longitudinal axis (X) and transverse axis (Y) and cooperating with elastic stressing means (25, 26) that are designed to move the guide means (23, 24) in the direction of the rail, where the holder (3) is in sliding contact with said guide means (23, 24) along the longitudinal axis (X) and vertical axis (Z), this sliding contact being designed to convert a movement of the holder (3) along the longitudinal axis (X) into a concurrent movement of the holder (3) along the vertical axis (Z) in the direction of the rail. Said carriage (1) can be used in video surveillance systems. |
| US10179583B2 |
Vehicle subsystem coordination and control
A current value of a state-of-motion from a second controller can be received by a first controller. The first controller determines a subset of a target value of the state-of-motion to be achieved by a subsystem and transmits a command to a third controller in communication with the subsystem to achieve the subset of the target value of the state-of-motion. The third controller commands the subsystem to approach the subset of the target value of the state-of-motion. |
| US10179581B2 |
Hybrid vehicle
In a hybrid vehicle configured such that a sun gear, a carrier and a ring gear of a planetary gear are respectively connected with a rotating shaft of a motor MG1, a crankshaft of an engine and a driveshaft and that a motor MG2 is connected with the driveshaft, when a required braking force that is to be output to the driveshaft is equal to or less than a reference value Tref in an accelerator-off state, the braking force by engine braking is output to the driveshaft by motoring of the engine by the motor MG1. When the required braking force becomes greater than the reference value Tref, on the other hand, the power output from the engine by load operation of the engine in a reverse rotating direction is output as the braking force to the driveshaft. |
| US10179578B2 |
Method for controlling braking of vehicle to prevent jerk when parking or stopping vehicle
A method for controlling braking of a vehicle is configured to prevent a jerk which occurs when a driver removes his or her foot from a brake pedal when the vehicle is parked or stopped using a parking gear. The method is carried out such that a constant braking force is transferred to front and rear wheels, and braking pressure is gradually removed by using Electronic Stability Control (ESC) in consideration of a longitudinal direction acceleration in a state where the vehicle is parked or stopped. |
| US10179577B2 |
Method for controlling operation of a braking system independent of the state of an electronic stability control system
A method for controlling an emergency braking system of a motor vehicle having a stability control system when the stability control system is deactivated or placed in a reduced mode. The method includes the step of determining whether the stability control system is in a deactivated or reduced mode and keeping the automatic emergency braking system active even if the stability control system is deactivated or in a reduced mode. The system includes temporarily activating the stability control system if a hazardous situation exists requiring generation of an emergency braking command. |
| US10179574B2 |
Brake system, method for operating same
The disclosure relates to a brake system of a motor vehicle having at least one parking brake which can be activated, having a plurality of means for operating the parking brake and having at least one control device which has at least one of the means, characterized in that at least one further control device has at least another of the means. |
| US10179567B2 |
Protocols for remote vehicle access systems
Protocols for wireless communications between controllers in vehicles, key fobs, and sensors are shown. In particular, methods of parallel processing and interweaving data in signals are provided. |
| US10179563B2 |
Seatbelt safety release device
A vehicle safety release system effecting an automated release and having, inter alia, a seatbelt, an integrated circuit (control unit), a power source, a transmitter, and a collision detection sensor, is contemplated. The safety release system also contemplates a manual release built to work in tandem with the system's automated release. The safety release system may be operated by both a manual input and the input from one or more collision detection sensors. When a push button is depressed a signal is sent to the control unit to release the seatbelt. Aspects of embodiments of the invention also contemplate access to the seatbelt's base latch to enable removal, if needed. |
| US10179560B2 |
Method and device for disconnecting at least one ignition output stage for a squib of a pyrotechnic protection means for a vehicle
A method for disconnecting at least one ignition output stage for a squib of a pyrotechnic protection device for a vehicle. The method includes a step of setting an activation signal at an activation level when an amperage of the trigger current for the ignition output stage exceeds a predefined current threshold value, a step of determining a period of time during which the activation signal is set at the activation level, and also a step of supplying a switch signal for disconnecting the ignition output stage, as a function of a comparison of the period of time with a predefined minimum current flow duration. |
| US10179554B2 |
Electric wire holder and wire harness
An electric wire holder includes a fixed portion to be fixed to a support panel provided on a vehicle body and a holding portion that extends from one end of the fixed portion and is configured to hold an electric wire to be routed to an electric parking brake. The holding portion is provided with an opening for receiving the electric wire, the opening being open between a leading end of the holding portion and the one end of the fixed portion, and a recessed portion for accommodating the electric wire that has passed through the opening. In the recessed portion, a serration is formed on an inner surface at a position corresponding to a region to be crimped by a crimping tool. |
| US10179546B2 |
Full display mirror
A display mirror assembly for a vehicle is presented that includes a full display module and an electro-optic element that includes a first substantially transparent substrate having first and second surfaces disposed on opposite sides thereof. The second surface includes a first electrically conductive layer. A second substantially transparent substrate has third and fourth surfaces disposed on opposite sides thereof. The third surface includes a second electrically conductive layer. A primary seal is disposed between the first and second substrates. The seal and the first and second substrates define a cavity therebetween. An electro-optic medium is disposed in the cavity. The electro-optic medium is variably transmissive such that the electro-optic medium is operable between generally clear and darkened states. A first electrical connection and a second electrical connection are positioned on the same side of the electro-optic element. |
| US10179544B2 |
Vehicle exterior observation device and imaging device
A vehicle exterior observation device is provided with imaging devices (1L, 1R) and an image control unit (2). The imaging devices (1L, 1R) are each provided with: an imaging element (13) having an imaging surface; a first image-producing optical system (14t) configured so as to form, on the imaging surface, a first image of a first imaging area (13t) of the vehicle exterior at a first imaging magnification; and a second image-producing optical system (14w) configured so as to form, on the imaging surface, a second image of a second imaging area (13w) of the vehicle exterior at a second imaging magnification different from the first imaging magnification. The image control unit (2) is configured so as to detect the first imaging area (13t) and the second imaging area (13w), synthesize the first image and the second image on the basis of the detected first imaging area and second imaging area so that the first image and the second image are displayed in succession, and display the synthesized images on monitors (3L, 3R). |
| US10179542B1 |
Vehicle climate status indicator
A climate status indicator for a vehicle includes a light guide positioned around a vent perimeter. The climate status indicator additionally includes a light device coupled to at least one vent fin. The light guide and/or the light device are configured to provide a visual indicator of a climate status. |
| US10179540B2 |
Systems and methods for providing haptic effects
Systems and methods for providing haptic effects are disclosed. One disclosed system comprises an actuator, a non-volatile memory configured to store a haptic effect profile, and a processor in communication with the actuator and the non-volatile memory. The processor may be configured to receive a sensor signal indicating a movement of a manipulandum, to identify an effect parameter associated with the sensor signal in the haptic effect profile, and to generate an output signal based, at least in part, on the effect parameter. The generated output signal may be configured to cause the actuator to output a haptic effect associated with the effect parameter. |
| US10179539B2 |
Built-in optical component for the interior fittings of an aircraft and correspondingly fitted aircraft
Visible built-in component for the interior fittings of an aircraft, comprising a partially transparent stone layer or glass layer and a luminous layer arranged thereunder for backlighting the stone layer or glass layer, wherein the luminous layer comprises a plurality of luminous strips and a partially transparent intermediate layer is provided between the luminous layer and the stone layer or glass layer. |
| US10179534B2 |
Vehicle lighting apparatus
A vehicle lighting apparatus that emits light diagonally toward a road surface from a vehicle includes: a light source; an image generation part that modulates light emitted from the light source and that generates an image; a light-focusing optical system that focuses light having the image generated by the image generation part; and a reflection part that reflects light focused by the light-focusing optical system toward the road surface, wherein the reflection part has a reflection surface having a curvature that is gradually increased from a projection direction rearward side toward a projection direction frontward side. |
| US10179532B2 |
Front tow extended saddle
A front tow extended saddle configured for mounting a vehicle to a towing vehicle and a method of towing a vehicle using the front tow extended saddle are provided. The front tow extended saddle includes front, middle, and rear portions, with the front and rear portions extending along different planes. A protective cover extends along the front tow extended saddle and is supported above the wheels of the towing vehicle. |
| US10179530B2 |
Simultaneously rotatable and translatable vehicle head restraint
A vehicle head restraint assembly includes a base portion coupleable to a vehicle seat back, the base portion including a cross member portion. Also included is a head restraint operatively coupled to the cross member portion and rotatable about the cross member portion. Further included is a helical drive assembly for translating the head restraint during rotation of the head restraint. |
| US10179528B2 |
Vehicle seat
A vehicle seat includes: a seat cushion; a seat back; a side cover provided at a side of the seat cushion and having a recess and a protrusion; a first operation lever provided in the recess; and a second operation lever provided in the recess between the first operation lever and the seat cushion. The protrusion is positioned behind the first operation lever and is disposed such that when a seat belt is fastened, the webbing of the seat belt is abutted against the protrusion. The rear side face of the first operation lever is positioned inside a side face of the protrusion and the rear upper face of the first operation lever is positioned below the upper face of the protrusion. |
| US10179523B2 |
Rotation movement control mechanism and seat
A structure in which two worm wheels are disposed across a worm provides an increase in locking reliability while maintaining stable operation during rotation. At the time of rotation, respective rotating fulcrums set at both end portions in an axial direction of a worm are supported by bearing parts. At the time of locking, a locking fulcrum set at an eccentric position on one end portion in the axial direction of the worm is supported by one bearing part, while on the other end portion in the axial direction, the rotating fulcrum is supported by the other bearing part as is. As a result, the angle of lead of the worm supported by the pair of bearing parts is changed between the time of rotation and the time of locking and becomes smaller at the time of locking than at the time of rotation, whereby an increase in locking reliability can be achieved. |
| US10179520B2 |
Fuel cell vehicle
A fuel cell vehicle comprises a fuel cell module, a vehicle body frame, a plurality of mounting portions and a tank. A front portion of the vehicle body frame that a front side mounting portion is attached to is configured to be movable upward in a vehicle height direction when a load is applied in the vehicle longitudinal direction. A rear side mounting portion configured to mount a rear side of the fuel cell module in the vehicle longitudinal direction to the vehicle body frame is configured to be more easily breakable, compared with the front side mounting portion, when the load is applied in the vehicle longitudinal direction. |
| US10179517B2 |
Module system for a charging apparatus, charging apparatus and vehicle including a charging apparatus constructed from the module system
A module system is configured for establishing a plurality of variants of a charging device of a vehicle and includes a first module type with a first interface and a second interface; multiple variants of a second module type, each having a first interface and a second interface, wherein the variants have different second interfaces; multiple variants of a third module type, each having a first interface and a second interface, wherein the variants have different second interfaces; wherein the first interface of the second module type is configured for coupling with the first interface of the first module type, wherein the first interface of the third module type is configured for coupling with the second interface of the first module type, and wherein the charging socket can be constructed from a coupling of a variant of the second module type, the first module type, and a variant of the third module type. |
| US10179515B2 |
System for charging battery of electric vehicle including a controller connected to at least one switch
The application relates to a system for charging a battery of an electrical vehicle. The electrical vehicle charging system of the present application is helpful for decreasing the converter capacity while maintaining the charging capacity and electrical vehicles with various nominal voltages can be charged simultaneously. In one aspect the system for charging an electrical vehicle includes: a plurality of central converters, at least one switch electrically connected to the central converters, at least one transformer electrically connected to an external AC power supply, at least one distributed converter for supplying at least one distributed DC voltage with a level below that of the central converter, and a controller connected to the at least one switch. |
| US10179512B2 |
Vehicle and electric power supply unit incorporated in vehicle
A control section is configured to perform a high-degree abnormal state control in which the control section terminates a specified shifting step for shifting a vehicle to an operable state and shifts the vehicle to an operation inhibiting state when an operation checking section determines that the vehicle is in a predetermined high-degree abnormal state, and the control section is configured to perform a low-degree abnormal state control different from a normal state control without terminating the specified shifting step, when the operation checking section determines that the vehicle is in a predetermined low-degree abnormal state different from the predetermined high-degree abnormal state, and perform the normal state control, when the operation checking section determines that the vehicle has been restored from the predetermined low-degree abnormal state to a state in which the vehicle is operable normally. |
| US10179511B2 |
Harvester electrical energy generation
A harvester may include a reciprocating member to engage a crop, an electrical generator to convert reciprocating motion of the reciprocating member into electrical energy and an electrical storage unit storing the electrical energy. The harvester may include a first movable member to engage a crop, an electrical generator at least partially carried by the first movable member to generate electrical energy from movement of the first movable member, a second movable member carried by the first movable member and an actuator to drive movement of the second movable member using the electrical energy. |
| US10179510B2 |
Vehicle arrangement, method and computer program for controlling the vehicle arrangement
A vehicle arrangement includes a display for providing an indication of a status of a first vehicle function, a first operational interface for controlling the first vehicle function, and a control unit connected to the display and the first operational interface, the control unit being adapted for selectively controlling the display for displaying the status of the first vehicle function. The vehicle arrangement further includes an arrangement for detecting an intention to control the first operational interface, and the control unit selectively controls the display for displaying the status of the first vehicle function at and for a predetermined time period following the detection of an intention to control the first operational interface. |
| US10179508B2 |
Low gravity all-surface vehicle
Vehicles are disclosed which have a lower center of gravity than existing all-terrain, amphibious, and unmanned ground vehicles due to the location of propulsion units and other vehicle components inside the wheels of the vehicle. The vehicles can climb over large obstacles yet are also able to corner at high speeds. The vehicles can be configured for direct manual operation or operation by remote control, and can also be configured for a wide variety of missions. |
| US10179504B2 |
Sunshade for a vehicle
A sunshade is configured to extend over a portion of an operator area of the vehicle and includes a frame configured to be removably coupled to mounts for side view mirrors of the vehicle and a body coupled to the frame. At least a portion of the body is configured to move between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the vehicle. |
| US10179495B2 |
System and method for adjusting a motor vehicle chassis
An adjustment system and method for adjusting a chassis property of a motor vehicle wherein an understeering sensitivity of the motor vehicle is increased upon detecting that a trailer has been coupled to the motor vehicle. A detection unit operates to detect when a trailer is attached or coupled to the motor vehicle. |
| US10179492B2 |
Method for operating a rotation damper
A method for operating a rotation damper for a motor vehicle which has an electric generator with a stator and a rotor includes detecting with a direction of rotation detection module a change of a direction of rotation of the rotor relative to the stator between a first direction of rotation and a second direction of rotation which is opposite to the first direction of rotation; generating with the direction of rotation detection module a signal indicative of an actual direction of rotation of the rotor relative to the stator; and as a function of the signal conducting an electrical current converted by the electric generator to a first electrical load having a first resistance value when the rotor rotates in the first direction of rotation, or to a second load having a second resistance value when the rotor rotates in the second direction of rotation. |
| US10179485B2 |
Tire module with piezoelectric transducer
A tire module and cover for attachment to a pneumatic tire for vehicles is disclosed. The tire module has a device for measuring and/or monitoring the air pressure in the tire, a transmitter, a mechanical-electrical transducer, and an accumulator for electrical energy storage. The cover includes a flange which extends outwardly away from the tire module and has an underside for attachment to the inner side of the tire, said flange forming the edge of the interior space of the cover. The inner height of the cover may be less than or equal to the height of the tire module measured from the underside to the top side thereof. The flange has an inwardly directed projection which engages beneath the tire module. The underside of the tire module is higher up in the region of the flange projection as compared to a central underside region. |
| US10179480B2 |
Semi-hollow pneumatic tire for agricultural machines, in particular for sowing machines
The semi-hollow pneumatic tire has an axis of revolution and comprises a sole mountable on the periphery of a rotary support, a tread opposite the sole, and two sidewalls each connecting the sole and the tread so as to form together a cover which defines an uninflated chamber inside the pneumatic tire. The tread has a concave profile according to a plane passing through the axis of revolution, and the pneumatic tire comprises two annular ridges which extend, respectively, the two sidewalls in the outer radial direction and which are connected to two opposite ends of the tread, the two annular ridges defining, respectively, two principal directions which intersect at an acute angle so that, when the pneumatic tire comes into contact with soil, by being subjected to a vertical load, the two annular ridges move closer together locally. |
| US10179479B2 |
Plant oil-containing rubber compositions, tread thereof and race tires containing the tread
Disclosed herein are rubber compositions comprising at least one elastomer; reinforcing filler comprising carbon black, silica, or a combination thereof; at least one hydrocarbon resin; and at least one plant oil and optionally at least one additional oil, wherein the total amount of reinforcing filler is at least 25% by weight of the rubber composition and the total amount of oil is at least 60 phr and comprises about 15 to about 35% by weight of the rubber composition. The rubber compositions are useful in tire treads, particularly tire treads for race tires. In certain embodiments the at least one plant oil comprises coconut oil. |
| US10179477B2 |
Axle assembly having a support bearing assembly
An axle assembly having a support bearing assembly. The support bearing assembly may be mounted to a differential carrier and may engage a back side of a ring gear. The support bearing assembly may rotatably support the ring gear and may inhibit deflection of the ring gear away from a drive pinion. |
| US10179476B2 |
Collapsible wheels and methods of making collapsible wheels
Embodiments of collapsible wheels and methods of making collapsible wheels are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. |
| US10179474B2 |
Marker and stamp system
A marker and stamp system embodied in a double-end device is provided. The device includes a marker end and an opposing stamp end. The stamp end enables the creation of clear and concise group presentations/instructions through the uniform application of predetermined symbols via a stamp applicator portion and marking template, while the marker end facilitates the presentation of tailored, free-hand markings via application of a marker nib. |
| US10179473B2 |
System device and method for flagging documents
Disclosed are a system, device and method for flagging documents, wherein a Flagging Device (FD) retains one or more page flags and affixes them to the edges of a document's pages, and a Flagging Ruler (FR) detachably accepts the Flagging Device (FD) while allowing for it to travel and be positioned along its length, while accepting and holding one or more pages, to be flagged, relative to the Flagging Device FD. |
| US10179471B2 |
Method of marking a holographic matrix and holographic matrix produced by this method
A method of marking a holographic matrix. The method includes forming the holographic matrix, which is designed to produce holograms by printing. At least one anti-copy mark on the holographic matrix is formed and at least one copy-robust mark on the holographic matrix is formed. At least one of the steps for forming at least one mark on the holographic matrix uses laser-structuring of the holographic matrix surface. Preferably, the anti-copy mark represents a message and a plurality of redundancies of the message carried by the anti-copy mark. Also, preferably, a picosecond laser is used to form the anti-copy mark is formed. |
| US10179469B2 |
Inkjet printing of pearlescent and metallic colours
A method of inkjet printing a color image including a metallic or pearlescent color includes the steps of applying on part of an ink receiver a layer containing a pearlescent or metallic pigment having a volume mean particle size of at least 3.0 μm as measured by laser diffraction; and inkjet printing on part of the layer containing the pearlescent or metallic pigment a layer with a white inkjet ink containing a white pigment having an average particle size between 250 and 400 nm as measured by differential centrifugal sedimentation. |
| US10179468B2 |
Drying media
A drying apparatus usable with a printing system includes a housing, a first set of radiative heating elements, a second set of radiative heating elements, and an air handling device. The housing includes a front region and a rear region adjacent to the front region. The front region includes an inlet to receive media. The rear region includes an outlet to pass media there through. The first set of radiative heating elements is disposed within the front region to heat the media. The second set of radiative heating elements is disposed within the rear region to heat the media. The air handling device is disposed across from the second set of radiative heating elements to jet air within the rear region to cool the media prior to the media being passed through the outlet. |
| US10179466B2 |
Inkjet product coding printing system and method
An inkjet product coding printing system comprises a plurality of printing objects comprising a travel direction and a printing surface arranged vertically; at least one inkjet printer head, wherein the inkjet printer head further comprises a plurality of ink nozzles facing the printing surface of the plurality of printing objects, wherein the plurality of ink nozzles is arranged in a plurality of rows configured along the travel direction of the plurality of printing objects, wherein the inkjet printer head can move up and down vertically, wherein the inkjet printer head moves orthogonally to the travel direction of the plurality of printing objects when the inkjet printer head ejects an ink; a motion unit connected with the inkjet printer head; and at least one control system controlling the motion unit and the inkjet printer head, and a method of printing product coding information by the inkjet product coding printing system. |
| US10179465B2 |
Cutter accessory for printing system
A cutter accessory is provided for use in combination with a printing device as part of a printing system. The cutter accessory includes a body that is configured to be mounted onto the printing device. An access door is mounted to the body and movable between a closed position and an open position. A slot is defined in the access door and configured to receive printed material from the printing device when the access door is in the closed position. A cutting blade is movably mounted to the body, with at least one cam being associated with the cutting blade. The cam is operable to move the cutting blade with respect to the slot to cut the printed material and is accessible when the access door is in the open position, but not accessible when the access door is in the closed position. |
| US10179461B2 |
Printing apparatus
Provided is a printing apparatus capable of continuous printing.A printing apparatus (200) includes a slot (230) to and from which a memory unit (100) storing permitted usage amount information can be attached and removed, and a processing unit (210) that carries out a process for updating estimated ink amount information that is information for estimating an amount of the ink in an ink holding unit (220). In a state where the memory unit (100) is attached to the slot (230), the processing unit (210) carries out a charging process that updates the estimated ink amount information using the permitted usage amount information, on the basis of a process for determining whether or not consumed ink amount expressed by the estimated ink amount information exceeds a prescribed threshold (WTH). The processing unit (210) carries out a setting process for making the prescribed threshold (WTH) variable. |
| US10179457B2 |
Waste liquid tank and printer
A waste liquid tank includes a case. The case includes a first accommodating portion having an inlet and a first communication opening, a second accommodating portion having a second communication opening and a connecting portion connecting the first communication opening and the second communication opening, wherein a cross-sectional area of the connecting portion is less than a cross-sectional area of the first accommodating portion and is less than a cross-sectional of the second accommodating portion. The waste liquid tank includes a first absorber accommodated in the first accommodating portion, a second absorber accommodated in the second accommodating portion and a third absorber accommodated in the connecting portion. The connecting portion includes a passage defined between the third absorber and a peripheral portion of the connecting portion, the passage allowing the first accommodating portion to communicate with the second accommodating portion and for air to pass therethrough. |
| US10179455B2 |
Dual regulator print module
A print module includes a printhead die, an input regulator to regulate input fluid pressure to the die, and an output regulator to regulate output fluid pressure from the die. A method includes receiving fluid at an input regulator to a print module, creating a fluid pressure differential within the print module between the input regulator and an output regulator, flowing fluid from the input regulator through a printhead die and to an output regulator using the pressure differential, and drawing fluid from the output regulator. |
| US10179454B2 |
Inkjet printing system with non-contact cleaning station
An inkjet printing system includes an printhead with a nozzle face having nozzles arranged along an array direction. A pressure source is configured to provide a positive or negative pressure to an ink source. A valve is fluidically connected between the ink source and the inkjet printhead. A cleaning station is configured to confront the nozzle face across a gap. The cleaning station includes a cleaning fluid dispenser for dispensing cleaning fluid onto the nozzle face. The cleaning station includes a waste fluid collector having a vacuum inlet that is displaced from the cleaning fluid dispenser in a first direction for collecting dispensed cleaning fluid. The cleaning station includes a blower that is displaced from the cleaning fluid dispenser in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The blower is configured to direct a gas stream along the nozzle face to move dispensed cleaning fluid toward the vacuum inlet. |
| US10179453B2 |
Liquid ejection head and liquid ejection apparatus
Provided is a liquid ejection head comprising: an ejection opening row along a first direction; a pressure chamber with print-element; a passage communicating with the pressure chamber; a supply opening row along the first direction with supply openings extending in a second direction to supply liquid to the passage; a collection opening row along the first direction with collection openings extending in the second direction to collect a liquid from the passage; a first common supply passage along the first direction to supply a liquid to the supply opening row; a first common collection passage along the first direction to collect a liquid from the collection opening row; a first supply side communication opening extending in the second direction to supply a liquid to the first common supply passage; and a first collection side communication opening extending in the second direction to collect a liquid from the first common collection passage, wherein at least one of the first supply side communication opening and the first collection side communication opening is provided at a plurality of positions. |
| US10179451B2 |
Liquid ejection head and ink jet printer
A liquid ejection head includes an ejection port to eject liquid, a pressure chamber communicating with the ejection port, and a piezoelectric element to pressurize the pressure chamber and eject from the ejection port, the liquid stored in the pressure chamber. At least a part of a wall portion defining the pressure chamber includes a portion where vibration characteristics are different between a pressurized state in which the pressure chamber is pressurized by the piezoelectric element and a depressurized state in which the pressure chamber is depressurized by ejecting the liquid from the ejection port and stopping pressurization to the pressure chamber, and the portion having different vibration characteristics is adapted to reduce pressure fluctuation in the pressure chamber in the depressurized state. |
| US10179450B2 |
Liquid discharge head
A liquid discharge head includes a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact disposed apart from each other, a flexible wire connecting the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact to each other, and a drive element configured to generate a driving force for discharging liquid from nozzles in accordance with an electrical signal supplied via the first electrical contact, the flexible wire, and the second electrical contact. The flexible wire has a folded portion being folded when viewed in the width direction of the flexible wire. |
| US10179446B2 |
Methods for additively manufacturing composite parts
A method of additively manufacturing a composite part comprises applying a thermosetting resin to a non-resin component to create a continuous flexible line by pulling a non-resin component through a first resin-part applicator, in which a first quantity of a first part of the thermosetting resin is applied to the non-resin component, and by pulling a non-resin component through a second resin-part applicator, in which a second quantity of a second part of the thermosetting resin is applied to at least a portion of the first quantity of the first part of the thermosetting resin, applied to the non-resin component. The method further comprises routing the continuous flexible line into a delivery guide and depositing, via the delivery guide, a segment of the continuous flexible line along a print path. |
| US10179444B2 |
Machine for optical bonding, system and method of use thereof
An adhesive application valve comprising an applicator, a Z-axis actuator operably connected to the applicator, wherein the Z-axis actuator and the rotation device are each capable of moving independently of each other to position the applicator in a position to apply an amount of adhesive to a top substrate prior to bonding with a bottom substrate is provided. Furthermore, a machine comprising an end effector, and an adhesive application valve configured to apply an amount of adhesive onto the top substrate, the end effector configured to place the top substrate into a position of engagement with the adhesive application valve, and place the top substrate onto the bottom substrate to facilitate initial contact between the adhesive applied to the top substrate and a fill material applied to the bottom substrate is also provided. A method of optical bonding is further provided. |
| US10179442B2 |
Fluorescent displays containing an interlayer film of polyvinylacetal which comprises plasticizers
A fluorescent display suitable for use in a heads up display contains a laminated glass structure containing a plasticized polyvinyl acetal film, at least one fluorophore, and at least one UV absorber, wherein the fluorophore and UV absorber are and remain spatially separated in the laminating film such that UV light projected from a display generating projector remains able to activate the fluorophores, and a UV component of sunlight has lessened ability to activate the fluorophore. |
| US10179439B2 |
Wind turbine blade part manufactured in two steps
A method of manufacturing a portion of a wind turbine blade is described. The method comprising the steps of: laying up a primary fiber material in a mold; infusing said primary fiber material with a primary resin; substantially curing said primary resin in said primary fiber material to form a cured blade element; laying up a secondary fiber material on top of at least a portion of said cured blade element; infusing said secondary fiber material with a secondary resin different to said primary resin, wherein said secondary resin has a higher strength level than said primary resin; and curing said secondary resin in said secondary fiber material to form an integrated reinforced section on said cured blade element. |
| US10179438B2 |
Method and assembly for manufacturing door skin and wall with doorway
A method of manufacturing a door skin and a fuselage wall having a doorway and a member extending into the doorway for abutting the door includes placing a first sheet of uncured composite material on a mold plate to define the door and fuselage skin, disposing an insert over the first sheet overlapping a desired periphery of the door, placing a second sheet of uncured composite material on a peripheral portion of the insert and over the first sheet adjacent the peripheral portion of the insert to form the member, curing the sheets and bonding the sheets together adjacent the insert during the cure, removing the insert from between the sheets after cure, and separating the door skin from the wall skin after cure by moving a cutting tool through the first sheet and without penetrating the second sheet around the desired periphery of the door. An assembly for manufacturing the door skin and a fuselage wall is also discussed. |
| US10179437B2 |
Chamber coupler
Electric welding coupler for the welding of pipes made of thermoplastic material or other weldable plastics comprising a cylindrical body made of thermoplastic material or other weldable plastics, containing at least one welding element, wherein the welding element is arranged close to the inner diameter of the cylindrical body, wherein the welding element forms at least two welding zones, a contact for feeding the electric current and at least one cavity, wherein the cavity is arranged in the cylindrical body, wherein a reinforcing ring is arranged around the outer circumference respectively outer diameter of the cylindrical body. |
| US10179434B2 |
Molding assembly and molding process
Molding assemblies and molding processes are disclosed. The molding assemblies are for producing a product and include a first subassembly and a second subassembly for the producing of the product. The first subassembly includes a cavity insert arrangement corresponding with the design of the product, a movable insert abutting the cavity insert arrangement, and rail members securing the movable insert with interlocking features at a specific location, the specific location being one of multiple movable insert positions. The molding process includes molding a first product with the movable insert and the additional movable insert being positioned at a first movable insert portion, removing the subassembly from the second subassembly, re-positioning the movable insert and the additional movable insert to a second movable insert position, and molding a second product with the movable insert and the additional movable insert being positioned at the second movable insert portion. |
| US10179431B2 |
Plastic part with reduced read-through
A mold assembly includes a first mold portion defining a cavity having a first wall with an edge and a second mold portion defining a surface positionable at a predetermined distance from the edge. A lifter is positionable within the cavity and is spaced apart from the first wall and the surface, the lifter including a plurality of pins extending toward the first wall and aligned in a first direction generally parallel with the edge. |
| US10179428B2 |
Mechanically reinforced foam insulation panel and methods of making the same
A formation assembly for use in manufacturing a reinforced insulation panel including a foam material and a reinforcing structure includes a back plate including a first surface configured to receive the foam material, and a first support sheet spaced from the first surface to form a gap therebetween, wherein the first support sheet supports the reinforcing structure. The formation assembly also includes a second support sheet spaced from the first support sheet, wherein the second support sheet defines an upper boundary of the reinforced insulation panel. A rigid structure is coupled to the second support sheet, wherein the rigid structure restricts movement of the reinforced insulation panel. |
| US10179420B2 |
Safety cover for lightning punch
A safety cover is provided for a cutter head or punch head of the type used in making holes and slits in plastic film, so that the punch head may be transported, stored, installed or removed without exposing the sharp cutting blades to an operator's hands. The safety cover may be of a box-like construction with a generally keyhole-shaped opening formed on its upper wall. The keyhole opening has a wider portion open to the distal or machine side, a narrow slot portion, and a round portion that accommodates the round punch blade of the punch head. |
| US10179418B2 |
Shaving device for skin hairs
The invention relates to a shaving device for skin hairs. The device comprises a skin-contacting surface structure (14, 15), a cutter (6) for cutting hairs in a hair-cutting area (16), a shape-changing smart material (7), and a controller for controlling activation of the shape-changing smart material during use of the shaving device. The shape-changing smart material is configured, arranged and effective to adapt the relative position and/or relative orientation between at least part of the skin-contacting surface structure (14) and at least part of the hair-cutting area (16). |
| US10179415B2 |
Hand cutter with a retractable blade
A hand cutter comprising a housing, a blade assembly, an actuator assembly, a gear assembly and a retraction means with the gear assembly connecting the actuator assembly to the blade assembly in such a manner that a movement of said actuator slide is transmitted to said blade assembly via said gear assembly with a gear ratio of said gear assembly such that moving said actuator slide moves said blade assembly by a larger distance. |
| US10179413B2 |
Wrist and jaw assemblies for robotic surgical systems
An end effector for use and connection to a robot arm of a robotic surgical system, wherein the end effector is controlled and/or articulated by at least one cable extending from a respective motor of a control device of the robot surgical system, is provided. The end effector includes a wrist assembly, and a jaw assembly. The jaw assembly includes a cam pulley rotatably supported on at least one support plate of the jaw assembly, wherein the cam pulley is operatively connected to a proximal end of each of the jaws of the jaw assembly such that rotation of the cam pulley results in one of an opening and closing of the jaw assembly. |
| US10179410B2 |
Modular robotic systems
Exemplary embodiments provide modular robotic systems that allow one or more operation parameters of a robotic actuator, or group of actuators, to be dynamically configured or reconfigured. The operation parameters may be, for example, the X, Y, and/or Z position of the actuator or group of actuators with respect to other actuators, the arrangement of the actuator(s) into an array or matrix, the rotation or pitch of an actuator, the distance between actuators, the grip strength or grip surface of an actuator, etc. Accordingly, the same robotic manipulator(s) may be used for multiple purposes in multiple different contexts, manipulators can be swapped out on-the-fly, and robotic systems may be dynamically reconfigured to perform new tasks. |
| US10179405B2 |
Piezoelectric drive device, robot, and drive method thereof
A piezoelectric drive device includes a vibrating plate and multiple piezoelectric drive units that are disposed in the vibrating plate, and that respectively have a contact portion which can come into contact with a driven body. |
| US10179404B2 |
Stocking tool
Provided is a stocking tool. The stocking tool includes a first adjustable rigid side member, a second adjustable rigid side member, and a handle operatively coupled to the first adjustable rigid side member and the second adjustable rigid side member. The first adjustable rigid side member and the second adjustable rigid side member move toward and away from each other to adjust a width defined between the first and second adjustable rigid side members. The handle is moveable between a locked position with the handle activating a locking device and an unlocked position with the handle deactivating the locking device. The width defined between the first and second adjustable rigid side members receives product on the shelf and the first and second adjustable rigid side members align the received product on the shelf. |
| US10179401B2 |
Pivotal arm support device
The present disclosure relates to an arm support device including a coupler adapted to be coupled to a handle, an arm support positioned above the coupler, and a pivot pin that connects the arm support to the coupler. In certain examples, the coupler has different types of size adjustment mechanisms. For example, the coupler can include a first size adjustment mechanism for providing larger adjustments in size, and a second adjustment mechanism for providing smaller adjustments in size. |
| US10179400B2 |
Power tool
A power tool includes a motor, a driving mechanism, a body housing, a handle, and a rear position defining member. The driving mechanism is driven by the motor and configured to drive a tool bit in a longitudinal direction. The body housing houses the motor and the driving mechanism. The handle is connected to the body housing so as to be allowed to move with respect to the body housing between a front position and a rear position in the longitudinal direction, while being biased by a biasing member in the longitudinal direction. The handle includes a handle base and a handle cover. The rear position defining member extends from the body housing to a position between the handle base and the handle cover in the longitudinal direction and is configured to define a rear position of the handle. |
| US10179397B1 |
Valve seat puller
The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method for replacing seats utilizing J-shaped hooks on a puller shaft that may be compressed to pass through the seat and expand back to engage the seat from below for pulling upward and removal. |
| US10179393B2 |
Clamping device
Device and methods comprising a clamping device or vise which applies stabilizing force to a workpiece for a machining, operation using an adjustable stock engagement point, the stock engagement point being adjustable by inserting shims or spacers between the stock engagement surface (e.g., a gripper wall and the body of the device). |
| US10179390B2 |
Methods of fabricating a polycrystalline diamond compact
Embodiments relate to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) and methods of manufacturing such PDCs in which an at least partially leached polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table is infiltrated with a low viscosity cobalt-based alloy infiltrant. In an embodiment, a method includes forming a PCD table in the presence of a metal-solvent catalyst in a first high-pressure/high-temperature (“HPHT”) process. The method includes at least partially leaching the PCD table to remove at least a portion of the metal-solvent catalyst therefrom to form an at least partially leached PCD table. The method includes subjecting the at least partially leached PCD table and a substrate to a second HPHT process effective to at least partially infiltrate the at least partially leached PCD table with a cobalt-based alloy infiltrant having a composition at or near a eutectic composition of the cobalt-based alloy infiltrant. |
| US10179389B2 |
Automated compensating flow control assembly for a solid material separator
A compensating flow control assembly for a solid material separator such as a magnetic separator or air wash separator. The compensating flow control assembly automatically controls or adjusts the amount of contaminated shot blast media flowing from a hopper to a rotary magnetic drum, in the case where the solid material separator is a magnetic separator, or to an air chamber in the case where the solid material separator is an air wash separator, based upon the amount of contaminated shot blast media being fed to and held by the hopper. |
| US10179386B2 |
Torque measurement tester for a hole treating rotary tool
Proposed is a torque measurement tester for testing hole-treating rotary tools used on hole treating operations such as drilling, tapping, reaming, countersinking, or the like under real operation conditions for determining the most optimal operations parameters. The torque measurement unit consists of a package of three sensor units, in which the first unit is connected to the frame of the tester via pressure sensors for measuring a thrust force acting in the Z-axis direction, the second sensor unit measures forces acting on the tool in the direction of the X-axis, and the third sensor unit measures forces acting in the Y-axis direction. All measurements are carried out irrespective of each other without mutual effect on the measurement data. The third unit resiliently supports the rotary tool relative to the second unit, while the second unit is connected to the first sensor unit. |
| US10179381B2 |
Insertion tool
An insertion tool includes at least one machining region, and at least one fastening region. The at least one fastening region is configured to couple to at least one tool holding fixture of a handheld machine tool, and has at least two fastening elements arranged substantially into a circle around a drive axis. The at least one fastening region is further configured to be at least substantially free of recesses in a radial direction within the circle. |
| US10179380B2 |
Temporary placement device able to adjust orientation of workpiece
A temporary placement device comprises a carrying member having a carrying surface on which a workpiece is placed and a drive device driving the carrying member. The carrying member is formed to be deformable. The drive device includes a connecting member connected to a center part of the carrying member and moving in an up-down direction. The drive device moves the connecting member between a top end position where the carrying surface of the carrying member becomes flat and a bottom end position where the carrying surface becomes recessed downward. |
| US10179374B2 |
Method and apparatus for laser cutting transparent and semitransparent substrates
The present application is directed to a method and apparatus for processing a transparent or semitransparent material with a laser beam resulting in deterministic separation of a single sheet of the material into two or more pieces. |
| US10179368B2 |
Wire electric discharge machine having estimation function for filter replacement timing
A wire electric discharge machine has a function of estimating the time for replacement of a filter based on a use situation for the machine. A time Tr during which the filter is serviceable is calculated according to an equation, Tr=|(Pd−Pn)/ΔP|, based on a fluid pressure variation amount ΔP, a current filter fluid pressure Pn, and a filter life pressure. A remaining available time Td for the filter which takes into account the operation rate of the machine is calculated according to an equation, Td=Tr/W. |
| US10179362B2 |
System and process to provide self-supporting additive manufactured ceramic core
A core for use in casting an internal cooling circuit within a gas turbine engine component, the core including a core body with an outer skin in which a core body additively manufacturing binder is locally eliminated. A method of manufacturing a core for casting a component, including casting a core body for at least partially forming an internal passage architecture of a component; and forming an outer skin on the core body in which a core body binder is locally eliminated. |
| US10179356B2 |
Methods and apparatus to control a hem profile of strip material
Methods and apparatus for controlling a hem profile in roll-forming processes are described. An example roll-forming apparatus includes a first plurality of work rolls to form a first hem on a material and a second plurality of work rolls. One of the second plurality of work rolls is adjustable relative to an opposing work roll and to the first plurality of work rolls to adjustably control a profile of the first hem. |
| US10179355B2 |
Bioremediation enhancing agents and methods of use
A method for treating contaminated water or other contaminated media has been developed. Bioremediation enhancing agents (BEAs) such as yeast metabolites (YM) and other yeast derived products are used to facilitate microbial treatment of the contaminated material. Polysaccharides are also an effective BEA when used alone or in combination with the yeast derived products. The BEAs may work with microbes and electron donors to improve the rate of contaminant degradation and to increase the efficiency of electron donor utilization. A number of novel electron donors are also disclosed. |
| US10179353B2 |
Spraying apparatus for cleaning carboys and associated methods thereof
A spraying apparatus is disclosed that allows the interior of a carboy that has been used to make beer. The spraying apparatus comprises a main arm, an articulating arm, a hose, and a controller, the main arm being operationally connected to the articulating arm, and the controller controlling the amount of articulation from the articulating arm. The device is able to reach areas in the carboys that are hard to reach with brushes. |
| US10179352B2 |
Pivoting tube brush
Pivoting brush heads and associated machines in which cleaning of interior tube surfaces occurs by a forward non-cleaning pass of a pivoting brush head through a tube followed by a reverse cleaning pass where the pivoting brush head engages and cleans the interior surface. The pivoting brush head has a first position for the forward pass producing minimum engagement of interior tube surfaces, and a second position for the reverse pass of full cleaning engagement with the interior tube surfaces. |
| US10179351B2 |
Method and apparatus for cleaning flat objects with pulsed liquid jet
A method and apparatus for pulsed jet cleaning of flat objects based on the principle of enhancing formation of droplets of the cleaning medium by increasing the boundary surface area between the jets emitted though the nozzles of the cleaning unit and the surrounding atmosphere. In various embodiments of the invention, these droplet formation enhancement means are located inside the nozzle at the nozzle outlet end and are made in the form of a jet splitter, threaded grooves on the inner surface of the nozzle body, or in the form of a thin tube for the supply of gas into the flow of the liquid cleaning medium for the formation of gas bubbles in the medium. The method also takes into account such factors as a mass ratio between the droplets and the contaminant particles, velocity of droplets, organization and sequence of jets that attacks the surface of the wafer and flows that wash-out the separated particles, etc. |
| US10179350B2 |
Cleaning device
A cleaning device (100) according to the present invention is constituted by including in a cleaning nozzle member (21) provided inside a cleaning tank (2): a large pipe diameter part (211) that supplies a cleaning fluid (31) pressure-fed from a retention tank (3); a small pipe diameter part (212) that increases the speed of a flow rate for the cleaning fluid (31) flowing in the large pipe diameter part; a conical pipe diameter part (213) that generates a fluid that includes minute bubbles by cavitation; and a guide pipe diameter part (214) for accommodating an object (5) to be cleaned. The cleaning fluid (31) is ejected to the entirety of the object (5). |
| US10179349B1 |
Cleaning tool
The present invention provides a cleaning tool comprising a tool head device and a handle portion, the tool head device comprises a cutting edge, and the handle portion is rotatably connected to the tool head device; the cutting edge is exposed outside of the handle portion in the use state; and the cutting edge is entirely or partially covered by the handle portion in the non-use state. |
| US10179344B2 |
System and method for painting a structure
A system for painting a structure includes a motorized, wheeled vehicle that is movable along a surface and includes a frame and a lift structure coupled with the frame. The system also includes a support structure supported by the lift structure, and a table supported by the support structure. The table is translatable relative to the support structure. The system also includes a mount structure rotatably coupled with the table and a kit of parts that includes a spray head assembly configured for releasable attachment to the mount structure. The system further includes a paint reservoir and a pump, each being supported by one of the vehicle and the support structure. |
| US10179343B2 |
Dispensing system, packaging system, package, closure system, dispensing gun system, method of making a package, and method of dispensing a product
The present invention includes a dispensing system for dispensing a packaged product, e.g. a condiment, including a pouch (60) having the product therein cooperates with a dispensing gun (30) to dispense a dose of product. In various aspects the invention includes a packaging system that includes a container (40) and a flexible package (50) with a frangible seal (70), and a flexible pouch (60); a dispensing assembly (100) for dispensing a product from the package; a dispensing gun system; a method of making a package; and a method of dispensing a product. The packaging system includes a container such as a rigid sleeve, and a flexible pouch positioned within the container interior, and also includes a valve that enables the product to exit the pouch interior and be dispensed. An optional diffuser coordinates with the valve to dispense product from one or more product outlets. |
| US10179340B2 |
Activator applying device, hydraulic transfer apparatus incorporating the same activator applying device, and article with hydraulically transferred pattern manufactured with the same hydraulic transfer apparatus
Activator applying device including a receiving pan that stores an activator for activation of a transfer film, and a spreading roller that rotates while being dipped in the activator in the receiving pan and applies the activator that has adhered to the surface thereof in a dip section of the activator applying device to the transfer pattern in a different section of the activator applying device. The activator is fed to the receiving pan in an amount greater than the amount of the activator applied to the transfer pattern, and an excessive activator is discharged through a discharge port of the receiving pan. The activator is applied to the transfer pattern with the discharge port being located on the side where the activator is drawn up from the dip section, and the discharge port being located at the position of a streak caused by uneven dispersion of the additive pigment. |
| US10179339B2 |
Bubbler assembly
A bubbler assembly including a pipe that telescopes relative to a surface of a pool or spa such that an exit opening of the bubbler is closer to the water surface than is conventionally possible. When in the initial position, a first end of the telescoping pipe is flush or substantially flush with the surface of the pool or the spa. When in the extended position, the first end of the telescoping pipe is adjacent the water surface, which is spaced apart from the surface of the pool or spa. By transferring the exit opening of the bubbler to a location adjacent the water surface, the plume need travel only a small distance through the main body of water before penetrating the water surface. |
| US10179336B2 |
Portable air cleaner with improved multi-stage electrostatic precipitator
An electrostatic precipitation air cleaner to reduce ozone output is provided. The electrostatic precipitation air cleaner includes a housing with an air inlet and outlet. Located in the housing are an air mover for moving a stream of air along an airflow path between the inlet and the outlet, an ion emitter electrode positioned in the airflow path downstream of the inlet for ionizing particulates entrained in the stream of air, a collector electrode having an inlet downstream of the ion emitter electrode, and an intermediate element intermediate the ion emitter electrode and the collector electrode. The collector electrode is comprised of a plurality of collector plates spaced apart in a direction transverse to the airflow path. The plates are electrically biased to create and maintain an electric field in the space therebetween to precipitate ionized particulates entrained in the stream of air onto a confronting surfaces of the plates. |
| US10179333B2 |
Integral cap sample cup
This invention relates to the design and construction of a novel sample cup including an integral cap for use in XRF Spectroscopy. |
| US10179332B2 |
Filtration device
A device for collecting cellular material from a fluid sample comprises first and second chambers that are releasably connected and which define a fluid flow path from the first chamber to the second chamber. A porous membrane is between the chambers when they are connected to each other, in the fluid flow path. An absorbent body is positioned in close proximity to the downstream surface of the porous membrane, and a resilient member is arranged to urge the absorbent body towards the porous membrane. In use, a sample introduced into the first chamber contacts the upstream surface of the porous membrane and fluid is drawn through the porous membrane and is absorbed by the absorbent body. Cellular material is retained upon the upstream surface of the porous membrane. After separation of the chambers, the porous membrane can be removed from the device for analysis of the deposited cellular material. |
| US10179326B2 |
Supported iron catalysts, methods of making, methods of hydrocarbon decomposition
Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide for a supported fused Fe catalyst, a method of making the supported fused Fe catalyst, methods of hydrocarbon decomposition, and the like. |
| US10179322B2 |
Application of hybrid aluminosilicates
The use of hollow particles of hybrid aluminosilicates of imogolite or allophane type, characterized in that they have their external surface functionalized with Al—OH units and their internal surface functionalized at least in part with Si—R units, with R representing a nonhydrolyzable unit, preferably a hydrocarbon unit, as vehicle for one or more hydrophobic substances, in particular considered in the oil industry, the hydrophobic substances being chosen from any compound containing a linear or branched aliphatic chain having at least 4 carbon atoms, surfactants, biocides and methane clathrates inhibitors. |
| US10179321B2 |
Method for removal of metals from aqueous solutions using bio adsorbents
The present invention provides a method (100) for removal of metals from aqueous solutions comprising the steps of treating (102) the aqueous solutions with an adsorbent, allowing (104) the aqueous solutions and the adsorbent to be in contact for a predetermined time to obtain treated aqueous solutions, collecting (106) the treated aqueous solutions, filtering (108) the treated aqueous solutions and discharging (110) the filtered aqueous solutions. The adsorbent comprising plurality of natural biomaterials. Further, the plurality of natural biomaterials are capable of adsorbing the metals from the aqueous solutions. |
| US10179318B1 |
Method for generating formaldehyde monomer vapor
A method of generating a desired gas is provided. The method includes introducing a matrix comprising media containing a parent compound and an inert media into an effusion tube comprising a first zone and a second zone. The first zone includes a micro-porous metal tube, and a closed end. The second zone includes a non-porous metal tube, and an open end. Heating the effusion tube, produces a desired gas. |
| US10179312B2 |
In situ formation of biocidal metal nanoparticles on thin-film composite reverse osmosis membranes for biofouling mitigation
The present invention relates to a method including reacting a solution of a salt of a biocidal metal with an active layer of water purification membrane, discarding the biocidal metal salt solution such that a thin layer of the biocidal metal salt solution remains on the membrane surface, reacting a reducing agent solution with the active layer of the membrane and the thin layer of the biocidal metal salt solution thereby forming a biocidal metal nanoparticle-modified membrane, removing the reducing agent solution, and rinsing the biocidal metal nanoparticle-modified membrane. |
| US10179304B2 |
Tank fitting apparatus and method
A tank fitting apparatus and method is provided. The tank fitting apparatus includes a bottom plate apparatus. The bottom plate apparatus includes a bottom plate having a bottom surface, a top surface, and a bottom plate passageway. The bottom plate apparatus further includes a bolt connected to the bottom plate and extending from the top surface of the bottom plate. The tank fitting apparatus further includes a valve apparatus. The valve apparatus includes a pipe and a valve integrally formed with the pipe. The valve is movable between an open valve position and a closed valve position. A top plate integrally formed on the pipe and extends outwardly from the pipe. The valve apparatus has a connected tank fitting position where the bolt of the bottom plate apparatus extends through the top plate of the valve apparatus to connect the valve apparatus with the bottom plate apparatus. |
| US10179303B2 |
Top load liquid filter assembly, system, and methods
A top load liquid filter assembly includes a filter lockout mechanism to ensure that the filter base and cover are not connectable unless there is a proper filter cartridge installed therein. The filter system can also include an automatic drain mechanism and a cartridge retention mechanism. One example embodiment further includes an air bleed vent. A filter cartridge usable in the topload liquid filter assembly includes first and second protrusions and cover-gripper members. Methods of use, installing, servicing, and retaining can be practiced. |
| US10179297B2 |
Compact wastewater concentrator using waste heat
A compact and portable liquid concentrator includes a gas inlet, a gas exit and a flow corridor connecting the gas inlet and the gas exit, wherein the flow corridor includes a narrowed portion that accelerates the gas through the flow corridor. A liquid inlet injects liquid into the gas stream at a point prior to the narrowed portion so that the gas-liquid mixture is thoroughly mixed within the flow corridor, causing a portion of the liquid to be evaporated. A demister or fluid scrubber downstream of the narrowed portion removes entrained liquid droplets from the gas stream and re-circulates the removed liquid to the liquid inlet through a re-circulating circuit. Fresh liquid to be concentrated is also introduced into the re-circulating circuit at a rate sufficient to offset the amount of liquid evaporated in the flow corridor. |
| US10179293B2 |
Waterslide with angled transition
The present disclosure provides a waterslide comprising an upstream flume segment having a first cross-section, the upstream flume segment defining a first slide path, and a downstream flume segment having a second cross-section different than the first cross-section, the downstream flume segment defining a second slide path. The waterslide further comprises an angled transition linking the upstream flume segment to the downstream flume segment, wherein the angled transition defines a discontinuity between the upstream and downstream flume segments, thereby defining an inflection between the first and second slide paths. |
| US10179291B2 |
Session speech-to-text conversion
Examples described herein provide various devices that enable users to participate in a session. The examples allow a user that is unable to hear, or that is incapable of hearing, to participate in an in-session voice chat by receiving text messages that have been converted from speech to text (e.g., transcribed messages). The user enables a speech-to-text conversion feature on his or her own device. Based on the enabled feature, a notification can be sent to other devices participating in the session. Based on the notification, the other devices are tasked with capturing utterances and sending corresponding speech data to a speech-to-text conversion device so that voice communications can be converted to text messages. Subsequent to conversion, the text messages can be displayed in a chat interface presented as part of the displayed content for the session. |
| US10179288B2 |
Adaptive object placement in computer-implemented games
A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein for an Alliance Engine. The Alliance Engine receives a selection, by a first player, of a first tile to be controlled by a first enforcer asset on behalf of the first player. The first tile provides access to a first type of in-game resource to the first player. The Alliance Engine detects the first tile is adjacent to a second tile. The second tile is controlled by a second enforcer asset on behalf of a second player. The first player and the second player belong to a player alliance. The second tile providing access to a second type of in-game resource to the second player. Based on the detected adjacency, the Alliance Engine transfers a portion of the first type of in-game resource of the first tile to the second player. The Alliance Engine transfers a portion of the second type of in-game resource of the second tile to the first player. |
| US10179287B2 |
Systems and methods for scenario generation and monitoring
Processor based systems and methods of defining a scenario event comprising the steps of identifying an event having an event attribute and generalizing the event attribute to define a generalized event whereby the generalized event is the scenario event. In some embodiments, the steps further comprise identifying a first and second event, generalizing a first and second event attribute to define a first and second generalized event and connecting the first and second generalized event in a continuous envelope to create a scenario envelope. Processor based systems and methods of monitoring an activity comprising the steps of monitoring an activity having an activity attribute and comparing the activity attribute to an event envelope to determine a status of the activity relative to the event envelope. |
| US10179285B2 |
Game program and game apparatus
Scrolling of a game image is controlled appropriately while increasing the amusement of the game. A game program causes a computer to perform: a reproducing step for reproducing a part of a game image on a display screen, the part of the game image including a first path displayed therein with a first object arranged on the first path, the first object indicating to a player an operation content of the computer, the part of the game image also including a second object displayed therein, the second object moving along the first path as time passes and indicating to the player an operation timing of the operation content; a first changing step for changing a display scaling factor for the first path; a shifting step for shifting an area displayed on the display screen as time passes according to a second path; and a correcting step for correcting the first path or the second path so that the second object, which is moving along the first path with the changed display scaling factor, is displayed on the display screen. |
| US10179284B2 |
Information processing system, server, storage medium having stored therein information processing program, and information processing method
An example of an information processing system includes one or more terminal apparatuses and a server. Each of the one or more terminal apparatuses transmits, to the server, action information indicating an action of a user regarding the terminal apparatus. The server receives the action information from the terminal apparatus. The server stores, for respective types of actions, pieces of history information, each indicating a numerical value corresponding to history of the action of the user. Based on the received action information, the server updates history information corresponding to the action information. Under the condition that a combination of the plurality of pieces of history information satisfies a predetermined combination condition, the server transmits provision information to a terminal apparatus that is the same as or different from the terminal apparatus as the transmission source of the action information. |
| US10179282B2 |
Joystick input apparatus with living hinges
A joystick apparatus includes a handgrip connected to a hinge mechanism by a rigid bar. The hinge mechanism includes two living hinges that surround the bar and provide a restoring spring force in six degrees of motion. A third living hinge surrounds the bar and includes a disc member positioned between the center of the third living hinge and the bar. The third living hinge provides a restoring force in five degrees of motion, while rotation of the bar along its longitudinal axis causes the disc member to rotate relative the third living hinge. The rotation of the disc member relative to the third living hinge may be tracked with a Hall effect sensor. Other sensors may be provided on the hinge mechanism to track the motion of the bar and to cause a connected device to move in a fashion corresponding to movement of the joystick. |
| US10179279B2 |
Method and apparatus for adapting to gaming venue states
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for detecting that a gaming system has presented a first of a plurality of gaming venue states of a game, presenting a first of a plurality of screen shots at a display responsive to detecting the first gaming venue state, detecting that the gaming system has transitioned to a presentation of a second of the plurality of venue states, and presenting a second of the plurality of screen shots at the display responsive to detecting the second gaming venue state. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10179278B2 |
Storage medium having stored therein game program, game apparatus, game system, and game processing method
An input of a user is received from an input unit, and in accordance with the input of the user, an operation object displayed on a display screen moves in a predetermined movement-allowed range. A plurality of sound objects appear and move in the display screen, the sound objects set for sounds to be output in accordance with a composition to be performed. Then, if the operation object and each sound object have made contact with each other, the sound set for the sound object is output. |
| US10179275B2 |
Word forming game and methods to play the game
A word-forming game and methods to play the game are disclosed. In one implementation, the method includes obtaining a plurality of game pieces amongst which at least one game piece bears a rotatable indicia on a face thereof, wherein the rotatable indicia depicts a different set of one or more letters when viewed from different viewing orientations. The method further includes linearly arranging the game pieces on a gaming surface to form a first word, wherein the first word includes a first set of one or more letters depicted by the rotatable indicia when viewed from a first viewing orientation, and rotating the at least one game piece bearing the rotatable indicia to form a second word different from the first word, wherein the second word includes a second set of one or more letters depicted by the rotatable indicia when viewed from a second viewing orientation. |
| US10179274B2 |
System and method for an extended chess game
A chess-type game played on a game board of ten columns and eight rows, or ten columns and ten rows. The game is played with traditional chess game pieces plus additional wizard game pieces. During a turn the wizard game pieces can be moved one space away in any direction, or alternately can be exchanged with any other game piece on the board belonging to the same set. |
| US10179272B2 |
Snowboard binding and boot
A snowboard boot and binding system is disclosed which facilitates the engagement and disengagement of a snowboard boot and binding. The snowboard boot may include a boot engagement member extending from a rear of the boot. The boot engagement member is moved downwardly into a corresponding binding engagement member to provide an arrangement which prevents forward movement of the boot. The boot engagement member also may include one or more serrations to engage with one or more pawls on the binding to prevent upward movement of the boot. A snap-in arrangement may be provided in a boot toe region. The boot has protrusions extending outwardly from each side of the boot to engage with catches on the binding sidewalls. As the boot is pressed downwardly into the binding, the protrusions splay the catches until reaching recesses, at which point the catches rebound to capture the protrusions against upward movement. |
| US10179271B2 |
Sports helmet with adjustable chin strap system
A protective sports helmet that includes a chin strap system that allows for rapid, one-handed adjustment of the chin strap by the player while the helmet is worn is provided. The chin strap assembly includes a protective chin cup and a pair of straps extending from opposed sides of the chin cup and having a plurality of securing elements. The assembly also includes a pair of adjustable connectors affixed to the helmet and that include a central opening that receives an extent of the strap and a depressible lever that engages the securing elements. The adjustable connector allows movement of the strap in a first direction, and prevents movement of the strap in a second direction when the lever and securing elements are engaged. The adjustable connector allows movement of the strap in both the first and second directions when the lever is not engaged with the securing elements. When the strap is sufficiently loosened, but not disengaged from the connectors, the helmet can be removed from the player's head. |
| US10179270B2 |
Target training apparatus and methods including goal access
Described herein are illustrative embodiments of an ice hockey target training apparatus for training users to shoot pucks into a standard sized NHL goal, and methods for retrieving pucks from behind such apparatus. The apparatus may include a blocking surface including a first blocking portion and a second blocking portion coupled by a coupling mechanism. The first blocking portion may be configured to be coupled to a goal and to cover at least a portion of the upper portion of the goal. The second blocking portion configured to cover at least a portion of the lower portion of the goal. The coupling mechanism may be configured to move the second blocking portion relative to the first blocking portion to access the base of the goal to retrieve the scoring media from within the goal while the first blocking portion remains coupled to the goal. |
| US10179265B2 |
Exercise apparatus using constant velocity resistance training
Exercise equipment provides maximum effort repetitions, every rep, safely, through constant velocity. With constant velocity resistance, every person using the equipment can achieve maximum resistance for each repetition, whether their strength maxes out at 5 lbs. or 500 lbs. of resistance. The constant velocity resistance allows for reduced resistance with each repetition as fatigue sets in, without changing the equipment settings. The exercise equipment includes a line coupled to a handle, and retracted by a retraction assembly. An impeder provides resistance for pushing/pulling (depending on the exercise) based on constant rotational velocity of the impeder, rather than resisting with a force of gravity, spring force, or friction. The impeder prevents extraction of the line faster than the constant rotational velocity. Thus, a user can push/pull as hard as desired, and the line can only be extracted as limited by the velocity of the impeder. |
| US10179264B2 |
Monitoring fitness using a mobile device
Athletic performance monitoring and tracking may provide multiple ways in which to track athletic movement and activity. In one example, an athletic monitoring device may include or be associated with multiple types of movement sensors and switch between the sensors or use both depending on various factors including type of workout. Workouts may also be tagged with various parameters including mood, weather, terrain, athletic equipment used and the like. In one or more examples, the parameters may be automatically determined based on location. User workouts and accomplishments may also be celebrated through messages from celebrities, family, friends and other users. In some cases, the messages may be triggered by various conditions. Coaching may also be provided to the user to help improve workouts and overall athletic performance. Running routes may also be automatically tracked, stored and shared. |
| US10179263B2 |
Selecting and correlating physical activity data with image data
Example embodiments may relate systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media configured to correlate image data of a user performing physical activity with data collected during the user's performance. Data may include sensor data measuring, force, acceleration, speed, and/or processed sensor data from one or more sensors. Certain embodiments may determine whether the user is within a performance zone based on user attributes. Correlation of the image data with physical activity data may be based, at least in part, whether the user is within a performance zone. |
| US10179261B2 |
Standing step trainer
The standing step trainer is a device that allows a user to engage in movement that is similar to walking, although less strenuous. The standing step trainer assists users in raising their center of mass after it has been lowered via plantar flexion, ankle flexion, dorsiflexion, and knee flexion. Because users receive an assist in returning to an upright, neutral standing position, they are able to move on the standing step trainer for extended periods of time. This type of movement has been shown to provide myriad health benefits including an increase in the flow of nitric oxide throughout the blood. The methods of the present invention disclose using the standing step trainer to attain these and many other health benefits while working at a desk, watching television, attending class, or any other activity that has heretofore been done from a sitting or standing position. |
| US10179258B1 |
Apparatus and system for an integrated exercise device
An apparatus, system, and method for using a portable exercise device. Various exercises are performable using the exercise device, including standing, sitting, and kneeling exercises that are particularly suited for resistance training. The portable exercise device includes a frame defining an empty space. The portable frame includes a top bar parallel to a bottom bar, and two side bars including a first side bar and a second side bar, as well as a first frame handle and a second frame handle. The first frame handle and the second frame handle are affixed substantially near an upper portion of the first side bar and the second side bar. The first frame handle and the second frame handle are in horizontal alignment with respect to each other. The portable exercise frame includes a set of attachment points distributed around the portable exercise frame configured to receive resistance bands. |
| US10179255B2 |
Fire protection sprinkler assembly
A sprinkler assembly (10) includes a (plastic) sprinkler frame (12) and a deflector assembly (30) circumferentially disposed about the sprinkler frame. The deflector assembly includes a receiver portion (32), a deflector member (34), and at least one extension member (36) to space the deflector member from the receiver portion. The at least one extension member is peripheral with respect to the receiver portion and the deflector member. The sprinkler assembly can be configured with the deflector assembly translating with respect to the sprinkler frame. Alternatively, the deflector assembly can be fixed with respect to the sprinkler frame. |
| US10179252B2 |
Irradiation device and method
Irradiation device for irradiating an irradiation object with heavy charged particles, comprising a support for the irradiation object, and an irradiation nozzle irradiating a charged particle beam towards the irradiation object, wherein the beam is deflected within the irradiation nozzle. The support for the irradiation object is moveable at least horizontally, and the irradiation nozzle is moveable at least vertically and rotatable around a nozzle swivel axis along which the particle beam enters into the irradiation nozzle. |
| US10179247B2 |
Interstitial laser therapy control system
An interstitial laser therapy control system is disclosed. The control system includes a thermistor controller apparatus, a microprocessor, a storage device, at least one input device, a display, an electro-mechanical shutter switch, an electro-mechanical emergency shutoff switch, and an electro-mechanical master power switch. The microprocessor is configured to monitor temperatures detected by one or more thermistors connected to the thermistor controller. Based on the temperatures, the microprocessor determines when treatment has been successful and when application of laser energy needs to be halted. The control system also enables an operator to pause and resume treatment using the input device. The electro-mechanical shutter switch sends a signal to a laser source to close a shutter on the laser. The electro-mechanical emergency stop button causes power to be cut off to the laser source. The electro-mechanical master power switch shuts off power to all components in the interstitial laser therapy apparatus. |
| US10179246B2 |
Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system using security NFC tag for uploading configuration data
A wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) system includes a processor, a memory, a wireless communication module (DWCM), and an NFC tag that stores information for how an accessing device may access the DWCM wirelessly. An accessing device such as a defibrillator configurator with an NFC reader may read the NFC tag of the WCD system, if it has adequate permission to do so. Upon so reading, the accessing device will know how to address the DWCM wirelessly, and thus install or update configuration data, software updates, or request memory downloads from operations. The use of the NFC tag requires close proximity, which hampers both inadvertently programming the wrong WCD system, plus a WCD system being attacked maliciously. |
| US10179243B2 |
Systems and methods for providing temporary induced dyssynchrony therapy to patients with atrial tachycardia
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for providing temporary induced dyssynchrony (TID) therapy to patients with atrial tachycardia. An implantable cardiac device includes a pulse generator coupled to a plurality of electrodes, and a controller communicatively coupled to the pulse generator and configured to cause the pulse generator to apply TID therapy to a patient's heart via the plurality of electrodes, determine that the patient's heart is experiencing atrial tachycardia, and adjust at least one parameter of the TID therapy based on the determination. |
| US10179242B2 |
Tissue oxygenation monitoring in heart failure
A medical device for monitoring delivery of a therapy that includes a therapy delivery module to deliver a therapy, a controller to set a therapy delivery control parameter, an optical sensor to produce a signal corresponding to tissue light attenuation, and a processor configured to compute a tissue oxygenation measurement from the optical sensor signal, wherein the controller, the optical sensor, and the processor operate cooperatively to determine a setting of the therapy delivery control parameter corresponding to a maximum tissue oxygenation. |
| US10179240B2 |
Multimodal prescription techniques
A method, including obtaining data relating to electric hearing, obtaining data relating to acoustic hearing and preparing a prescription for a multimodal hearing prosthesis for an individual based on the obtained data relating to the electric hearing and the acoustic hearing. In an exemplary embodiment, the method entails comparing the data relating to electric hearing to the data relating to acoustic hearing and preparing the prescription based on the results of the comparison. |
| US10179235B2 |
Methods and apparatus for bilateral renal neuromodulation
Methods and apparatus are provided for bilateral renal neuromodulation, e.g., via a pulsed electric field, via a stimulation electric field, via localized drug delivery, via high frequency ultrasound, via thermal techniques, etc. Such neuromodulation may effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis and/or inducement of apoptosis, alteration of gene expression, action potential attenuation or blockade, changes in cytokine up-regulation and other conditions in target neural fibers. In some embodiments, neuromodulation is applied to neural fibers that contribute to renal function. In some embodiments, such neuromodulation is performed in a bilateral fashion. Bilateral renal neuromodulation may provide enhanced therapeutic effect in some patients as compared to renal neuromodulation performed unilaterally, i.e., as compared to renal neuromodulation performed on neural tissue innervating a single kidney. |
| US10179232B2 |
Catheter with back-flow prevention
A catheter including a tube with a coupling assembly at one end. The coupling assembly has an interior volume within which a ball is capture between a seat and a retainer. When fluid flows through the catheter in a first directed the fluid flows around the ball and exits through a port. When fluid starts to back-flow in a second direction the ball seals against the seat preventing flow in the second direction. |
| US10179229B2 |
Devices and methods for treating the skin using a porous member
According to some embodiments, a skin treatment assembly comprises a tip comprising a proximal end and a distal end, a container configured to secure to the tip along the proximal end of the tip, wherein the container is configured to contain a liquid, and a porous member configured to extend at least partially within an interior of the container such that it contact a liquid contained within the container, wherein the porous member is configured to extend at least partially within an interior of the tip and is configured to facilitate the transfer of liquid from the container to the distal end of the tip. |
| US10179227B2 |
Resilient tube over dilator balloon
A dilation device comprises an elongate shaft, an inflatable balloon, and a resilient tube. The inflatable balloon is disposed along the shaft. The resilient tube is also disposed along the shaft and is positioned to encompass at least part of the inflatable balloon. The resilient tube is configured to impose an inwardly directed resilient bias on at least a portion of the exterior of the inflatable balloon. At least part of the resilient tube is secured to one or both of the elongate shaft or the inflatable balloon. |
| US10179224B2 |
Enhanced flexibility neurovascular catheter with tensile support
An enhanced flexibility neurovascular catheter is provided, such as for distal neurovascular access or aspiration. The catheter includes an elongate flexible body, having a proximal end, a distal end and a side wall defining a central lumen. A distal zone of the side wall includes an outer jacket surrounding a helical coil, and the outer jacket is formed from a plurality of tubular segments positioned coaxially about the coil. A proximal one of the tubular segments has a durometer of at least about 60D, and a distal one of the tubular segments has a durometer of no more than about 35D. An axially extending filament within the side wall extends at least about the most distal 10 cm of the length of the catheter. The axially extending filament serves as a tension support and resists elongation of the catheter wall under tension, such as when the catheter is being proximally retracted through tortuous vasculature. |
| US10179220B2 |
Animal respiratory treatment masks and system
The invention involves masks and systems for providing respiratory treatments to various animals including horses, mules and ponies. The masks are low in cost due to simple designs, a very low thickness requiring less material and the systems include the masks of the invention. |
| US10179217B2 |
Respiratory knowledge portal
A monitoring system for multiple medical ventilators is provided. In one aspect, the monitoring system includes a memory that includes instructions, and a processor. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to receive data for a plurality of medical ventilators, and identify a configuration for each of the plurality of medical ventilators from the received data for the plurality of medical ventilators. The processor is also configured to execute the instructions to associate each patient with a respective one of the plurality of medical ventilators, determine an identification and status for each patient associated with one of the plurality of medical ventilators, and provide, for display, information indicative of the configuration of each of the plurality of medical ventilators and indicative of the identification and status of each patient associated with one of the plurality of medical ventilators. Methods and machine-readable media are also provided. |
| US10179212B2 |
Injection device having needle shield locking
An injection device for expelling a dose of drug from a held cartridge (600) is described. A needle shield (350, 380) is axially movable relative to a base (200, 220, 230) between a proximal collapsed position and a distal extended position. A needle shield lock comprises a deflectable lock element (392) operable to prevent the needle shield (350, 380) from being moved towards the proximal collapsed position. A lock activator (402) associated with a plunger (310, 400) exerts an activation force on the deflectable lock element when the plunger assumes a final position. A biasing means (403) is arranged to act between the lock activator (402) and the deflectable lock element (392), the biasing means (403) being configured to resiliency transfer the activation force from the lock activator (402) to the deflectable lock element (392) to enable the needle shield (350, 380) to become locked in the distal extended position but only when the plunger (310, 400) assumes the final position. |
| US10179209B2 |
Injection needle covering system
A needle covering system for a needle of a syringe. A boot of the system defines a contaminant-proof pocket for the needle. A sealing ring portion of the boot forms a seal with a support portion of the syringe. A body of the boot is collapsible to allow movement of a needle pierceable end portion of the boot toward the sealing ring portion for a tip of the needle to pass through the boot end portion for an injection. A securement collar of the system presses the sealing ring against the support portion of the syringe and is a remnant portion of a protective shell. |
| US10179206B2 |
Medicament delivery device
A medicament delivery device is presented having a housing, and a medicament container holder arranged movable in a longitudinal direction in relation to the housing. The medicament container holder is arranged to accommodate a medicament container, is arranged as a multi-chamber container having a medicament and a diluent in different chambers, a plunger rod operably arranged to act on the medicament container, a retaining element capable of releasably retaining the plunger rod to the housing, actuation force elements capable of, upon activation, moving the medicament container holder in relation to the housing such that the plunger rod acts on the medicament container for mixing the medicament and the diluent. |
| US10179200B2 |
Disposable cassette and system for dialysis
A disposable cassette and system for dialysis are disclosed. An example disposable cassette includes a rigid portion, a fluid source inlet configured to be placed in fluid communication with a fluid source, and a fluid pumping receptacle placed in fluid communication with the fluid source inlet. The fluid pumping receptacle is configured to operate with a fluid pump actuator to pump fluid from the fluid source. The example disposable cassette also includes a dampening chamber formed as part of the rigid portion and in fluid communication with the fluid pumping receptacle. The dampening chamber is sized and arranged to reduce pressure fluctuations in the fluid delivered from the fluid pumping receptacle. The example disposable cassette further includes an outlet in fluid communication with the dampening chamber. The outlet provides dialysis fluid for a dialysis treatment. |
| US10179197B2 |
Catheter pump with a pump head for insertion into the aorta
A catheter pump comprising a pump head for insertion into the aorta. The pump head includes: a rotor having propellers that can be displaced from a folded insertion position in which the pump head can be inserted into the aorta, to an unfolded operating position in which the rotor can be set in rotation, and a cage surrounding the propellers. The cage comprises a distal, proximal sheath and filaments running between sheaths. The sheaths are moved towards one another at or before the unfolding of the propellers in a manner that the regions of the filaments lying between the sheaths expand radially outward, to form a space surrounding the unfolded propellers. At least some or all of the filaments are configured so as to each have at least one main section that engages one sheath and splits into at least two minor sections in the direction toward the other sheath. |
| US10179195B2 |
Method comprising contacting tissue with a cross-linkable polyester prepolymer
The present inventions in various aspects provide elastic biodegradable polymers. In various embodiments, the polymers are formed by the reaction of a multifunctional alcohol or ether and a difunctional or higher order acid to form a pre-polymer, which is cross-linked to form the elastic biodegradable polymer. In preferred embodiments, the cross-linking is performed by functionalization of one or more OR groups on the pre-polymer backbone with vinyl, followed by photopolymerization to form the elastic biodegradable polymer composition or material. Preferably, acrylate is used to add one or more vinyls to the backbone of the pre-polymer to form an acrylated pre-polymer. In various embodiments, acrylated pre-polymers are co-polymerized with one or more acrylated co-polymers. |
| US10179194B2 |
Self-assembling peptides, peptidomimetics and peptidic conjugates as building blocks for biofabrication and printing
The present invention relates to the use of peptides, peptoids and/or peptidomimetics capable of self-assembling and forming a (nanofibrous) hydrogel in biofabrication. The present invention further relates to methods for preparing hydrogels and to methods for preparing continuous fibres and to methods for obtaining multi-cellular constructs with defined, precise geometrics. The present invention further relates to various uses of such hydrogels for obtaining mini-hydrogel arrays and 3D organoid structures or 3D macromolecular biological constructs. |
| US10179192B2 |
Injectable peripheral nerve specific hydrogel
The present invention relates to a peripheral nerve-specific hydrogel material, which is deliverable in a minimally invasive fashion, sustains the growth of neurons, and speeds recovery following surgical reconstruction. |
| US10179191B2 |
Flexible tissue matrix and methods for joint repair
Compositions and methods for repair of tissue defects are disclosed. The compositions are prepared by entangling high molecular weight polycaprolactone polymer molecules with a polysaccharide such as hyaluronic acid by a dual solvent emulsion process to produce a porous flexible matrix which supports cell and tissue growth in vivo and ex vivo. |
| US10179188B1 |
Resorbable embolization spheres
Embolic materials, suspensions, kits and related methods useful for embolization are disclosed. An embolic material can comprise a resorbable microsphere including cross-linked gelatin as its primary ingredient and having a substantially spherical shape with a diameter of about 50 micrometers to about 1,500 micrometers, inclusive. The microsphere can optionally include one or both of a marker or an active agent. The microsphere can be cross-linked, such as with glutaraldehyde or formaldehyde, which can affect the microsphere's in vivo degradation profile and ability to withstand a sterilization process at certain temperatures. In an embodiment, the microspheres can resorb during an in vivo time period of between about 24 hours and about 15 weeks, inclusive. An embolization suspension can include a plurality of resorbable microspheres and a liquid carrier, and the suspension can be disposed in a syringe, vial or other applicator for administration to a patient. |
| US10179187B2 |
Bioresorbable embolization microspheres
The present disclosure is generally directed to an embolic material which, in some embodiments, may be in the form of a microsphere or a plurality of microspheres. The embolic material generally comprises carboxymethyl chitosan (CCN) crosslinked with carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC). In some embodiments, the embolic material may further comprise a therapeutic agent, such as doxorubicin. |
| US10179185B2 |
Method for producing water-absorbing polymer particles
A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles is provided, comprising a) a polymerization step in which an aqueous monomer solution comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer M which bears acid groups and may have been at least partly neutralized and at least one crosslinker is polymerized to obtain an aqueous polymer gel; b) a pelletization step in which the aqueous polymer gel having a solids content of 35 to 70% by weight and a temperature of 75 to 125° C. is forced from a high-pressure zone through a die plate into a low-pressure zone and pellets are obtained, the pressure differential between the high-pressure zone and the low-pressure zone being 4 to less than 14 bar and the orifice ratio of the die plate being 30 to 80%; c) a drying step in which the pellets are dried to a moisture content of less than 10% by weight; d) a grinding step and a classifying step to obtain water-absorbing polymer particles; and e) surface crosslinking of the water-absorbing polymer particles. The water-absorbing polymer particles have a high swell rate and a high retention capacity combined with a favorable ratio of permeability of the swollen gel bed SFC to centrifuge retention capacity CRC. |
| US10179184B2 |
Device for dispensing a fragrance, and motor vehicle having such a device
A device for dispensing a fragrance includes a container which has at least one outlet opening and is used for receiving the fragrance. Associated to the container is an electric heating element for heating the fragrance and a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the fragrance. The electrical heating element is controlled by a controller as a function of the temperature detected by the temperature sensor. |
| US10179179B2 |
Magnetic nanoparticles for disease diagnostics
Provided herein is a nanoparticle comprising a metal core and a polymer shell coating the metal core useful as a magnetic resonance contrast agent. |
| US10179165B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against various cancers
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules. |
| US10179164B2 |
Method for inducing an immune response for treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases or conditions
The invention is related to peptide constructs, i.e., polypeptides obtained by linking together two or more peptides based on or derived from different molecules, which are useful in the treatment or prevention of cancer or the treatment of autoimmune diseases and compositions containing same, methods for producing same, and methods for using same; wherein the peptide constructs have the formula P1-x-P2 where P2 is a peptide associated with forms of cancer or an autoimmune condition and P1 is a peptide which will bind to a class of immune cells such as dendritic cells. The peptide construct can cause the maturation of immature dendritic cells to a more mature state. The peptide construct or the more mature dendritic cells can be administered to a subject to a modulate or to initiate an immune response against cancer cells, and can be used with dyes, radioisotopes, or therapeutic agents for detection of the immune target and/or treatment of cancer and autoimmune conditions. |
| US10179161B2 |
Compositions and methods for enhancing cardiac function in the neonate
The invention provides novel pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating newborns in need of enhanced cardiac function, in particular, newborns suffering from cardiomyopathy, or a related disease or condition. |
| US10179160B2 |
Therapeutic compositions for the treatment of dry eye disease
Described herein are materials and methods of treating dry eye disease in a subject. |
| US10179159B2 |
Topical anesthetic formulation
The topical medicament gel formulation of the present invention includes an anesthetic, an anti-microbial, an oxidant, a nutrient, a diuretic, an opioid, an anti-emetic, an anti-seizure drug, and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), USP in a molecular, as opposed to a salt form, as the active ingredient. Additional constituents illustratively include a skin penetration enhancer and a gelling agent. This invention deals with problems commonly associated with topical application of local medicaments such as: slow onset of action; need for occlusion; and rapid loss of effect due to rapid systemic dispersion. The invention permits enhanced penetration of the medicament and thereby allows for a lesser total dosage of pharmaceutically active ingredient. The use of a lesser total dosage also decreases systemic toxicity. |
| US10179157B2 |
Slim and aqua concentrate having standardized and triple salt stabilized (−)-Hydroxycitric acid from Garcinia cambogia extract for making concentrate and slimming water and their derived product for weight management
The present invention discloses a slim and aqueous extract of Garcinia cambogia comprising (−)-hydroxycitric acid as dietary product for weight management. The present invention also discloses a process of preparation of aqueous extract wherein the Garcinia cambogia fruit rinds are subjected to cold circulation to retain the phytochemical components and the aqueous extract is adjusted to neutral pH and stabilized with triple mineral salt of calcium, magnesium and potassium and decolorized using activated carbon. The colorless, odorless aqueous extract obtained is subjected to qualitative and quantitative analysis to obtain pure concentrate, which is useful in food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries as dietary supplement. The concentrate equivalent to 1500 mg of (−)-hydroxycitric acid on dried basis is used for the consumption with the distilled water. The slim and aqueous extract concentrate of Garcinia cambogia is useful in treatment of overweight, obesity and hypercholesterolemia. |
| US10179154B2 |
Chimeric VSV virus compositions and methods of use thereof for treatment of cancer
Methods of treating cancer including administering to a subject with cancer a pharmaceutical composition including an effective amount of a chimeric VSV virus are disclosed. The chimeric viruses are based on a VSV background where the VSV G protein is replaced with one or more heterologous viral glycoproteins. In the most preferred embodiment, the VSV G protein is replaced with the glycoprotein from Lassa virus or a functional fragment thereof. The resulting chimeric virus is an oncolytic virus that is attenuated and safe in the brain, yet still retains sufficient oncolytic activity to infect and destroy cancer cells such glioblastoma, and to generate an immune response against infected cancer cells. Methods of using chimeric viruses as a platform for immunization against other pathogenic microbes are also provided. |
| US10179152B2 |
Therapy with cells from human placenta and hematopoietic cells
Provided herein are methods of treatment comprising administering to a subject, e.g., a human subject, mononuclear cells from human placental perfusate and hematopoietic cells, and compositions comprising them, and their uses to establish chimerism, engraft tissue (e.g., blood), reduce the severity or duration of graft versus host disease, and treat or ameliorate symptoms of metabolic disorders and hematologic disorders, such as hematologic malignancies. |
| US10179146B1 |
Compositions and methods for mitigating drug resistant bacteria
A broad-based remediation mechanism against MRFs and alternative fecal indicators such as multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, including nanotechnology formulations and methodologies that may be used to develop novel mitigation strategies against certain drug resistant bacterial strains. The current invention relates to mitigation of drug resistant bacteria from nosocomial infections, for example in hospitals and in food animals, and to the identification and mitigation of lytic bacteria from algae biomass-fed wastewaters for algae cultivation. The invention uses hybrid nanomaterials comprising oligo-chitosan and zinc oxide formulated as nanoparticles and micelles. The inventors unexpectedly found unique properties of very small oligomers of chitosan that effectively mitigate MRF and alternative resistant strain-induced illnesses without compromising the balance of the beneficial flora in the physiological and ecological microenvironments. Also, the combination of chitosan with zinc oxide demonstrated synergistic and unexpected effects in remediation of important food-borne bacteria including the resistant types. |
| US10179133B2 |
Pyrrolopyrimidine compounds for the treatment of cancer
Compounds of Formula I: wherein: one of X and X′ is N and the other of X and X′ is C, are described, along with compositions containing the same and methods of use thereof in the treatment of cancer. |
| US10179131B2 |
Hepatitis B antiviral agents
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: which inhibit the protein(s) encoded by hepatitis B virus (HBV) or interfere with the function of the HBV life cycle of the hepatitis B virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HBV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HBV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention. |
| US10179130B2 |
Controlled release hydrocodone formulations
A solid oral controlled-release oral dosage form of hydrocodone is disclosed. The dosage form comprising an analgesically effective amount of hydrocodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a sufficient amount of a controlled release material to render the dosage form suitable for twice-a-day administration to a human patient, the dosage form providing a C12/Cmax ratio of 0.55 to 0.85, said dosage form providing a therapeutic effect for at least about 12 hours. |
| US10179129B2 |
Prophylactic leukotriene inhibitor and implant displacement therapy for prevention and treatment of capsular contracture in silicone breast augmentation
A method of treating or preventing capsular contracture in a patient resulting from surgical insertion of a silicone breast implant in a surgically created implant pocket. The method includes administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a leukotriene receptor antagonist prior to the formation of a capsular contracture in the patient. The method further includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of displacement of the breast implant within the surgically created implant pocket, the therapeutically effective amount of displacement of the breast implant being administered post-surgically but prior to the formation of a capsular contracture in the patient. |
| US10179127B2 |
Pharmaceutical formulations comprising a pyridylaminoacetic acid compound
Provided is a pharmaceutical preparation for treatment or prevention of glaucoma or ocular hypertension, comprising 0.0003 to 0.01% (w/v) of isopropyl (6-{[4-(pyrazol-1-yl)benzyl] (pyridin-3-ylsulfonyl)aminomethyl}pyridin-2-ylamino) acetate, or a salt thereof. The pharmaceutical preparation has an excellent intraocular pressure lowering effect and may be used as a therapeutic or preventive agent for glaucoma or ocular hypertension or an intraocular pressure lowering agent. |
| US10179122B2 |
Use of melatonin
The present invention relates to melatonin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use as a medicament, the use of melatonin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the preparation of medicament, the use of melatonin as a food supplement and a pharmaceutical unit dosage form. |
| US10179120B2 |
Dosage regimen of ferric trimaltol
The present invention relates to a dosage regimen of ST10 (ferric trimaltol) for the treatment of patients suffering from iron deficiency with or without anaemia. Specifically the invention relates to the treatment of patients with 30 mg ST10 twice daily. |
| US10179118B2 |
Pharmaceutical compositions of dimethyl fumarate
Pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms of dimethyl fumarate containing low levels of certain impurities are disclosed. |
| US10179116B2 |
Methods, compositions, and kits for treating pain and pruritis
The invention features a method for inhibiting one or more voltage-gated ion channels in a cell by contacting the cell with (i) a first compound that activates a channel-forming receptor that is present on nociceptors and/or pruriceptors; and (ii) a second compound that inhibits one or more voltage-gated ion channels when applied to the internal face of the channels but does not substantially inhibit said channels when applied to the external face of the channels, wherein the second compound is capable of entering nociceptors or pruriceptors through the channel-forming receptor when the receptor is activated. The invention also features a quarternary amine derivative or other permanently or transiently charged derivative of a compound that inhibits one or more voltage-gated ion channels when applied to the internal face of the channels but does not substantially inhibit said channels when applied to the external face of the channels. |
| US10179115B2 |
Methods for treating malaria using potassium channel inhibitors
The present invention relates to the field of anti-malarials. In particular, the disclosure relates to methods for treating malaria in a subject by administering to said subject a potassium channel inhibitor. The disclosed potassium channel inhibitors provide wide bioavailability, long half-life, and good toxicity profiles while showing high potency for killing parasites which cause malaria. In certain exemplary embodiments, the potassium channel inhibitor is an inhibitor of calcium-activated potassium channels. In certain exemplary embodiments, the potassium channel inhibitor is an inhibitor of the Gardos channel. |
| US10179113B2 |
Cell-targeting nanoparticles comprising polynucleotide agents and uses thereof
A method of generating a particle is disclosed, the particle being for delivery of a polynucleotide to a target cell. The method comprises (a) contacting the polynucleotide with a composition comprising cationic molecules, wherein the cationic molecules condense the polynucleotide by electrostatic interactions to generate a complex, wherein the cationic molecules are not comprised in a liposome; and (b) covalently binding the complex to a targeting moiety at a pH equal to or below about 4.5, thereby generating the particle for delivery of the polynucleotide agent to the target cell. Use of the particles and compositions comprising same are also disclosed. |
| US10179112B2 |
Viral vector nanocapsule for targeting gene therapy and its preparation
The invention provides novel methods, materials and systems that can be used to generate viral vectors having altered tissue and cell targeting abilities. In illustrative embodiments of the invention, the specificity of lentiviral vectors was modulated by a thin polymer shell that synthesized and coupled to the viral envelope in situ. The polymer shell can confers such vectors with new targeting ability via agents such as cyclic RGD (cRGD) peptides that are coupled to the polymer shell. These polymer encapsulated viral vectors exhibit a number of highly desirable characteristics including a higher thermal stability, resistance to serum inactivation in vivo, and an ability to infect dividing and non-dividing cells with high efficiencies. |
| US10179106B2 |
Liposomes comprising polymer-conjugated lipids and related uses
The present invention provides liposomes comprising a lipid bilayer and a polymer-conjugated lipid, wherein said polymer-conjugated lipid is incorporated into said lipid bilayer. The present invention also provides methods of producing the liposomes as well as a method of delivering a nucleic acid to a subject comprising the step of administering said nucleic acid encapsulated in a mixed liposome, a method for performing diagnostic imaging in a subject, comprising the step of administering a diagnostic agent encapsulated in a mixed liposome, and methods for treating, inhibiting, or suppressing a pathological condition in a subject comprising administering to said subject a mixed liposome. |
| US10179104B2 |
PH dependent carriers for targeted release of pharmaceuticals along the gastrointestinal tract, compositions therefrom, and making and using same
Novel drug carriers capable of targeted and/or pH dependent release of biologically active agents into selected pH environments including the gastrointestinal (GI), ophthalmic, urinary, or reproductive tracts. Unexpectedly, carriers including free fatty acids (FFA) are able to deliver biologically active agents to various pH environments. Such targeted delivery is tailorable and useful for active agents that are: (a) injurious to the upper GI tract (esophagus, stomach, and duodenum), (b) acid labile, (c) impermeable/insoluble compounds in GI fluids, (d) susceptible to first pass metabolism, and/or (e) cause stomach irritation, upset, or dyspepsia. |
| US10179103B1 |
Anti-cellulite cream
The present invention features novel cosmetic skin care compositions for improving the appearance of skin, and particularly for improving the appearance of cellulite. |
| US10179102B2 |
Hair conditioner for wavy and curly hair
The present application discloses hair conditioning compositions which provide effective hair conditioning, particularly to wavy or curly hair, the conditioning benefit lasting in the hair over several (up to 10) subsequent shampooings. The compositions comprise a film-forming polyester that is the reaction product of at least one diol, at least one polyol, and at least one dicarboxylic acid; polyquaternium-52 and/or polyquaternium-37; and at least one amino or aminopropyl-functional silicone, in an aqueous vehicle. The composition may additionally include dimethicone and/or a branched-chain ester. The method of conditioning hair using the defined compositions is also disclosed. |
| US10179101B2 |
Pharmaceutical composition for topical application in the auditory canal
A composition for topical application in the auditory canal is provided. The composition includes 5% to 40% by weight on the total weight of the composition of an ester of vitamin E with a carboxylic acid of formula R—COOH, in which R is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 19 carbon atoms, or an alkenyl or alkynyl radical having from 2 to 19 carbon atoms, and an oily vehicle selected from the group of hydrogenated polyisobutene, hydrogenated polydecene and mixtures of hydrogenated polyisobutene and/or hydrogenated polydecene with hydrogenated polyolefins, in particular hydrogenated C6-C14 hydrogenated polyolefins, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cyclopentasiloxane, and mixtures thereof. The composition can be used to remove earwax from the auditory canal as well as to normalize the epithelium of the auditory canal in cases of friction stress in individuals wearing hearing aids or in individuals using earplugs as hearing protection. |
| US10179100B2 |
Transparent aqueous cleansing composition comprising a nonionic and cationic surfactant mixture
An aqueous cleansing composition comprising a cationic surfactant, a nonionic surfactant, and a thickener comprising an alkoxylated methyl glucose ether, wherein a weight ratio of cationic surfactant to nonionic surfactant is greater than 0.9:1. The combination of the cationionic:nonionic surfactant ratio with the alkoxylated methyl glucose ether thickener provides the composition with cold weather stability. Cold weather stability is observed when the composition remains transparent after cold storage. |
| US10179099B2 |
Decolorization of dyed keratin fibers
Agents for the reductive decolorization of dyed keratin fibers contain, in a cosmetic carrier, (a) at least one compound of formula (I), A[(CR1R2)SO2M]p,q (I), in which A represents N(R3)3-q or O(R4)2-p, R1, R2, R4 represent a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group, R3 represents residues selected from the group of a hydrogen atom, a C1-C20 alkyl group, a C3-C8 cycloalkyl group optionally substituted with one to three C1-C4 alkyl residues, M represents residues selected from a hydrogen atom or an equivalent of an alkali metal ion, alkaline-earth metal ion, or metal ion, p represents 1 or 2, q represents 1, 2, or 3, wherein at least one of R1, R2, R4 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group if A represents O(R42-p), and R3 does not represent a hydrogen atom if q equals 1, and (b) optionally at least one compound of formula (II), A[(CR1R2)SO3M]p,q (II). |
| US10179097B2 |
Dye composition comprising a para-phenylenediamine oxidation base and an amphoteric or cationic polymer in a medium rich in fatty substances
The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibers, in particular keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising: a) at least one oxidation base 3-(2,5-diaminophenyl)-1-propanol and/or acid salts thereof and/or solvates thereof such as hydrates; b) at least one coupler; c) at least one polymer chosen from cationic polymers and amphoteric polymers, and mixtures thereof; d) at least one fatty substance; the total amount of fatty substances being at least 10%, e) optionally at least one basifying agent; and f) optionally at least one chemical oxidizing agent. The invention also relates to a process for dyeing keratin fibers such as the hair using the composition of the invention, and to a multi-compartment device for using the composition of the invention. |
| US10179095B2 |
Autophage activating resveratrol topical composition for skin improvement and treatment
An autophage activating resveratrol topical composition includes a ceramide or a pseudoceramide, a fatty acid, a phytosterol, and a resveratrol. The ceramide or pseudoceramide, the fatty acid, the phytosterol, and the resveratrol form a multi-layered encapsulation system. A method of inducing autophagy in skin includes applying the autophage activating resveratrol topical composition to a skin, and inducing autophagy in the skin to improve skin barrier function and skin self-purification function. |
| US10179094B2 |
Foaming skincare formulations
In one aspect, the present invention is directed to formulations comprising at least one pressure generating vehicle along with at least one skincare active agent in a container such that the pressure generating vehicle would eject the formulation as foam, whipped cream or a similar form upon application of external pressure on the container. |
| US10179093B2 |
Compositions and methods for coloring keratinic fibers
Cosmetic compositions and methods for changing the color of keratinic fibers are provided herein. In an embodiment, a cosmetic composition for lightening the color of keratinic fibers includes at least two separately packaged formulations (A) and (B), which are mixed immediately prior to application to give an application mixture. The formulation (A) includes at least one dye chosen from the group of oxidation dye precursors, direct dyes, or a combination thereof. The composition (B) is a flowable composition including water and at least one oxidizing agent. Formulation (A) has been packaged in a water-soluble film including, based on its total weight, at least about 60% by weight of a polymer mixture having a multimodal molecular weight distribution. |
| US10179091B2 |
Sensor equipped medicinal container
Medicinal container bags are presented. Bags can include openers capable of sealing an opening of the bag. Disclosed bags further comprise electronic assemblies configured to detect opening or closing events as the openers move along the rims of the bag opening. The assemblies can compile usage data based on opener movement, and then provide the data to remote monitoring systems. |
| US10179090B2 |
Packaging
A package includes a container made from a paperboard, cardboard or other foldable sheet material, and houses at least one blister pack. The blister pack is secured within an internal space of the container by means of a frangible connection, breakage of the frangible connection allowing complete removal of the blister pack from the container. |
| US10179086B2 |
System and method for determining depth of chest compressions
Systems and methods for determining depth of compressions of a chest of a patient receiving chest compressions. A field detector is used having at least two coils at a fixed distance from each other. |
| US10179085B2 |
Light-emitting diode and massage device for delivering focused light for vaginal rejuvenation
A rejuvenation and massage device is provided for treating mucosa tissue, such as vaginal tissue, affected by Vaginal Relaxation Syndrome (VRS) or other conditions, through vibration, thermal loading, and light emittance for a duration of time. In one embodiment, the device is an insertable device that includes Low-Level Laser Light (LLLT) therapy to treat the vaginal tissue. The light emittance by one or more light emitters is in a range sufficient to provide therapeutic effects through light radiation. To enhance the therapeutic effects of light radiation provided by the device, the device is configured to provide increased energy density into target tissue of vaginal muscles though a light configuration component (e.g., a focusing component, such as a concave lens assembly, a convex assembly, a pre-lensed light emitter or other focusing optical mechanism) associated with the light emitter that concentrates the light emitted from the light emitter. |
| US10179084B2 |
Massage apparatus having massage pressure sensing and adapting device mechanism
A massage apparatus is provided with a movable base frame at the bottom, a massage mechanism and a pressure sensing and adapting drive mechanism. The massage mechanism and the pressure sensing and adapting drive mechanism are provided on the movable base frame. The massage mechanism has a left and a right clamp plate, a linking post, a malaxation part and a pummelling part. The left and right clamp plates are fixedly provided on the movable base frame, and the malaxation part and the pummelling part are provided between the left and right clamp plates. The massage apparatus automatically senses the massage pressure and automatically adjusts the massage pressure in real-time within a provided pressure range according to the different body types of users. The massage apparatus automatically adapts to changes in the height and the curvature of the back of the human body in the course of massaging. |
| US10179079B2 |
Human machine interface for lower extremity orthotics
A lower extremity orthotic control system determines a movement desired by a user, particularly with a user employing gestures or other signals to convey or express their intent to the system, and automatically regulates the sequential operation of powered lower extremity orthotic components. In a particular application, the orientation of a stance leg is used to determine when the user wants to initiate a step, as well as when the user is in a safe position from which to take a step. The invention has particular applicability for use in enabling a paraplegic user to walk through a controlled operation of a human exoskeleton coupled to the user's lower limbs. A controller receives inputs regarding a motion desired by the user, determines the desired motion and then controls the movement of the user's legs or limbs through actuation of the exoskeleton. |
| US10179077B2 |
Patient support with stand-up and sit features
A bed is provided having a base frame, a patient support assembly connected to the base frame, and a tilt frame connected between the base frame and the patient support assembly. The tilt frame is rotatable adjacent the foot end of the bed to place the patient support assembly, including the head section, seat section and foot section thereof, in a generally vertical position to allow a patient to exit the bed in a standing orientation. The bed also has a foot board assembly connected to the foot section, the foot board assembly having a foot board separately moveable about a longitudinal axis of the bed toward the head end and the foot end of the bed. |
| US10179074B2 |
Alginate wound dressing and method of making the same
A method (400) of manufacturing a wound dressing includes obtaining alginate fibers (108) and the step (404) of spraying either the alginate fibers (108) or a dressing or dressing layer (610) of the alginate fibers with an aqueous solution (801) comprising a polysaccharide, which can be carboxymethylcellulose. The step of spraying can occur while the alginate fibers, dressing, or dressing layer are wet. A step (405) of flash drying can follow to remove the solute of the aqueous solution to leave the polysaccharide along the alginate. The step of spraying can be selective, such that only portions of the dressing layer include the polysaccharide. |
| US10179070B2 |
Systems and methods for laser beam direct measurement and error budget
Embodiments of the present invention generally describe systems, devices, and methods for directly measuring pulse profiles during pulse delivery. In some embodiment, the pulse profiles may be measured while the pulse is delivered to ablate a material. Embodiments, may calculate ablation spot parameters based on the pulse profiles and may refine one or more subsequent laser pulses based on deviations from the calculated ablation spot parameters from desired ablation spot parameters. In some embodiments, a fluence profiler is provided. The fluence profiler may measure a pulse profile of a laser pulse from a portion of the laser pulse. The fluence profiler may utilize a UV radiation energy sensor device and a camera-based imager. The measurements from the UV radiation energy sensor device and the camera-based imager may be combined and scaled to provide a measured pulse profile that corresponds to the delivered pulse. |
| US10179064B2 |
WhipFlash [TM]: wearable environmental control system for predicting and cooling hot flashes
This invention is a sleep environment control system which uses wearable technology with physiological sensors to predict when a person will have a hot flash and to proactively provide localized cooling or accelerated airflow for that person for a limited time to alleviate the adverse effects of that hot flash. In an example, a physiological sensor can be a body temperature sensor, skin conductance sensor, or EEG sensor. This system can reduce interruptions of a person's sleep due to hot flashes and improve their quality of life. |
| US10179061B2 |
Foot pivoting device
A foot pivoting device for correcting drop foot includes a belt that is configured to extend around a waist of a person, such that the belt is supported on the waist of the person. The device also comprises a strap that has a first end and a second end. The first end is couplable to the belt such that the strap is configured to extend along a front side of a leg of the person. A fastener is coupled to the second end of the strap. The fastener is configured to couple the second end of the strap to a shoe worn by the person proximate to a front end of the shoe. The front end of the shoe is pivoted upwardly when the leg of the person is pivoted forwardly at the hip. |
| US10179059B1 |
Oral appliance for appetite suppression
The oral appliance for appetite suppression is a device that limits the range of motion of the mouth which prevents impulse eating. In one potential embodiment of the disclosure the oral appliance of appetite suppression comprises an upper molar clip, a lower molar clip, and an elastic band. |
| US10179057B2 |
Tracheobronchial Y-stents, delivery catheters and delivery apparatus, and methods for delivering bronchial Y-stents
Y-stents and delivery apparatus for delivering the Y-stents include a delivery catheter with an open distal end having two, circumferentially opposed extensions separated by two receiving portions which receive an anatomical junction. |
| US10179055B2 |
Pump system for use with a prosthetic device
A vacuum suspension system includes a prosthetic socket adapted to receive a residual limb. A pump system includes a pump mechanism in fluid communication with the prosthetic socket, and at least one sensor associated with the prosthetic socket and/or the pump mechanism. A control system is operably connected to the pump mechanism and the least one sensor. The control system is arranged to receive and process data from the at least one sensor and to actuate the pump mechanism based on the received data from the at least one sensor. |
| US10179054B2 |
Spinal fusion cage system with inserter
The present disclosure relates to a spinal fusion impactor tool that includes an attachment means for securing an implant device to the distal end of the tool, a means for adjusting the angle of the distal head relative to the handle to better position the implant for introduction into the implant site, means for remotely releasing the implant device at the distal end and a clamp device on the shaft of the tool to secure tabs, attachments and other devices. The impactor tool is preferably used in conjunction with implantation of an intervertebral fusion cage that is equipped with shims having tabs or other removing means, but may also be used to introduce, for example, an implant, graft, fusion device, wedge or distractor device into any joint space or bony region in preparation for implantation. |
| US10179051B2 |
Orthopaedic knee prosthesis having controlled condylar curvature
An orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a femoral component having a condyle surface. The condyle surface is defined by one or more radii of curvatures, which are controlled to reduce or delay the onset of anterior translation of the femoral component relative to a tibial bearing. |
| US10179048B2 |
Integrated heart valve delivery system
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a delivery apparatus for delivering a prosthetic heart valve to a native valve site via the human vasculature without the need for a separate introducer sheath. The delivery apparatus is particularly well-suited for advancing a prosthetic valve through the aorta (i.e., in a retrograde approach) for replacing a stenotic aortic valve. |
| US10179046B2 |
Gripping and pushing device for medical instrument
In one representative embodiment, a gripping and pushing device for a medical instrument comprises an elongated main body defining a lumen. The elongated main body comprises one or more deflectable portions that can be pressed radially inwardly toward a shaft of the medical instrument extending through the lumen. One or more elastomeric gripping layers can be secured to the inner surface of a respective deflectable portion at axially spaced apart attachment locations. The one or more gripping layers are axially deformable relative to the one or more deflectable portions between the attachment locations when manual pressure is applied to the one or more deflectable portions to press the one or more gripping layers against the shaft and move the shaft longitudinally into a patient's body. |
| US10179045B2 |
Stented prosthetic heart valve having wrap and methods of delivery and deployment
Systems and methods of delivering and deploying a stented prosthetic heart valve having a wrap that is automatically deployed to prevent or mitigate paravalvular leakage. In various embodiments, during transcatheter delivery of the stented prosthetic heart valve, the wrap is extends beyond a stent frame of the stented prosthetic heart valve so that the profile of the stented prosthetic heart valve is not increased during delivery. The disclosed embodiments are arranged and configured so that upon expansion of a stent frame of the stented prosthetic heart valve, a plurality of elongated members automatically pull the wrap distally into a deployed arrangement. |
| US10179041B2 |
Pinless release mechanism
A locking mechanism for a medical implant may comprise a buckle member fixedly attached to a tubular anchor member, a post member axially translatable relative to the buckle member, wherein the post member includes a first proximal portion and a second proximal portion, the first proximal portion being disposed adjacent to the tubular anchor member and the second proximal portion being disposed radially inward of the first proximal portion, and an actuator element including a lateral protrusion proximate a distal end thereof, the actuator element being releasably coupled to the post member. The post member may include an engagement portion configured to engage the buckle member such that movement of the post member distally relative to the buckle member is prevented. The second proximal portion may be configured to deflect away from the first proximal portion to release the actuator element. |
| US10179038B2 |
Oral care device with sacrificial electrode
An oral care implement includes a housing defining a cavity and configured for at least partial insertion into an oral cavity. An opening in the housing fluidly connects the cavity to an environment of the housing. First and second spaced electrodes are disposed in the cavity. An electrical connection electrically connects the first electrode and the second electrode to a power source. At least one of the first electrode or the second electrode is a sacrificial electrode and passing a current through the electrical connection causes the sacrificial electrode to oxidize. |
| US10179033B2 |
Magnetic-anchored robotic system
Present example embodiments relate generally to a surgical system comprising an internal anchor assembly configurable to be inserted into and positioned inside a cavity of a body. The surgical system further comprises an external anchor assembly configurable to magnetically couple to the internal anchor assembly. The external anchor assembly may comprise a magnetic assembly. The magnetic assembly may include one or more superconducting magnets configurable to generate a magnetic field. The magnetic assembly may further include a conductive housing for receiving the one or more superconducting magnets. The external anchor assembly may further include a temperature control section configurable to control a temperature of the one or more superconducting magnets via the conductive housing. The external anchor assembly may further include an external anchor body configurable to receive the magnetic assembly and the temperature control section. The external anchor body may be fixably positionable outside of the body. |
| US10179032B2 |
Method and system for computer assisted surgery
A method and system for computer assisted orthopedic feedback of at least one surgical object relative a pre-operative plan are disclosed. The pre-operative plan includes a virtual object, which is the virtual representation of the surgical object, and a virtual structure, which is the virtual representation of the patient structure. The method comprises providing the pre-operative plan including planned position and orientation of the virtual object relative to of the virtual structure; obtaining the position of the patient structure based on a surface of the patient structure using a surgical navigation system; obtaining the position of the surgical object using the surgical navigation system; registering the patient structure to the virtual structure and the surgical object to the virtual object; tracking a current position and orientation of the surgical object using the surgical navigation system; and providing feedback of a current position and orientation of the surgical object relative to the planned position and orientation of the virtual object based on the tracked current position and orientation of the surgical object. |
| US10179029B2 |
Cooled microwave denervation catheter configuration and method
A method of performing denervation with a cooled microwave denervation catheter assembly includes advancing a catheter body over a guide wire in a body lumen of a patient to a treatment location adjacent targeted nerves, with the guide wire being located in an interior lumen of the catheter body, inflating the balloon with cooling fluid to contact a wall of the body lumen of the patient, removing the guide wire from the interior lumen of the catheter body, and inserting a microwave antenna catheter into the interior lumen of the catheter body, so that denervation treatment may be performed by simultaneously circulating cooling fluid in the balloon and supplying power to the microwave antenna, to cause the targeted nerves to be heated to a temperature sufficient to cause thermal damage while the wall of the body lumen is maintained at a temperature where thermal damage does not occur. |
| US10179027B2 |
Catheter apparatuses having expandable baskets for renal neuromodulation and associated systems and methods
Methods and apparatus are provided for treating hypertension, e.g., via a pulsed electric field, via a stimulation electric field, via localized drug delivery, via high frequency ultrasound, via thermal techniques, etc. Such neuromodulation may effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis and/or inducement of apoptosis, alteration of gene expression, action potential attenuation or blockade, changes in cytokine up-regulation and other conditions in target neural fibers. In some embodiments, neuromodulation is applied to neural fibers that contribute to renal function. In some embodiments, such neuromodulation is performed in a bilateral fashion. Bilateral renal neuromodulation may provide enhanced therapeutic effect in some patients as compared to renal neuromodulation performed unilaterally, i.e., as compared to renal neuromodulation performed on neural tissue innervating a single kidney. |
| US10179022B2 |
Jaw position impedance limiter for electrosurgical instrument
An electrosurgical system may comprise an RF current generator, a handle body, an end effector have a first jaw including a first energizing surface electrically contacting a first terminal of the RF generator, and a second jaw including a second energizing surface electrically contacting a second terminal of the RF current generator, in which the two jaws form a jaw angle. The system may also comprise a shunt impedance circuit including a shunt impedance element having a pre-determined impedance value, in which the shunt impedance element is reversibly placed electrically in parallel with the first and second energizing surfaces when the jaw angle is at least a pre-determined angle. The system may also comprise an impedance detector in electrical communication with the first and second energizing surfaces. The system may be used to measure an impedance between the first and second energizing surfaces by the impedance detector. |
| US10179017B2 |
Orthopedic tool for bone fixation
A orthopedic tool (10) for bone fixation is provided for driving a bone pin into a fractured bone to stabilize the fractured bone by maintaining the fractured bone in a reduced state. The tool may be a handheld device including a magazine (56) having a plurality of passageways (98) containing one or more bone pins (62) positioned within the passageways. The tool may also include a pneumatically—powered piston (64) having a projection (70) that is sized for receipt within the plurality of passageways, the projection applying sufficient force to the bone pin to drive the bone pin out of the magazine and into the fractured bone. |
| US10179016B1 |
Apparatus, system, and method for crimping a cable for bone fixation
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for crimping a cable. The apparatus comprises a cannulated set screw, comprising a screw channel configured to receive the cable. The apparatus also comprises a cannulated receptacle, configured to receive the cannulated set screw and comprising a receptacle channel configured to receive the cable. |
| US10179013B2 |
Variable angle bone fixation device
A bone fixation element includes a threaded head and a shaft extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end, an outer surface of the head being one of carburized and nitrided and including a first groove extending into an outer surface of the head along a path interrupting the threading and extending along an angle counter to an angle of the threading. |
| US10179012B2 |
Systems and methods for orthopedic repair
According to some embodiments, an implant for correcting a deformity in or near a joint of a subject includes an implant body having an internal lumen, a suture side hole or window extending through a wall of the implant body and providing access to the internal lumen through an exterior of the implant body, a tension assembly comprising a first bone anchor and a second bone anchor, wherein the first and second bone anchors are configured to be placed on opposite sides of the implant body, and an adjustable suture loop coupling the first bone anchor to the second bone anchor, wherein at least a portion of the at least one adjustable suture loop is positioned within the internal lumen of the implant body. |
| US10179009B2 |
Needleless transseptal access device and methods
A needleless transseptal device assembly, and associated methods, for accessing the left atrium of a human heart includes a tubular body sized to navigate vasculature, and a dilator having a proximal end and a distal end. The dilator is substantially housed and axially movable within the tubular body. The assembly further includes a guidewire that is substantially housed and axially movable within the dilator. The guidewire includes a flexible proximal section and a flexible distal section, and the flexible distal section has a distal end with rotatable, septal tissue cutting elements. The distal end may be configured with a blunt shape. Further, the tubular body and the dilator may be arranged in a steerable configuration. A torquing member may also be coupled to the proximal section of the guidewire to assist in the rotational movement of the septal tissue cutting elements. |
| US10179007B2 |
Reinforcing slider for surgical hand tool
A surgical hand tool includes a handle that has an inner cavity. The handle has a proximal end and a distal end. The surgical hand tool also includes a primary tube extending outwardly from the cavity at the distal end, a reinforcing slider slidably disposed over the primary tube, and a biasing member coupled to the handle that biases the reinforcing slider away from the handle. The surgical hand tool also includes a retention mechanism coupled to the handle, the retention mechanism configured to engage and disengage with the reinforcing slider to control relative movement between the reinforcement slider and the handle. |
| US10179006B2 |
Disposable circumcision anastomat
A disposable circumcision anastomat includes: an inner ring (2) and an outer ring (1) corresponding to the inner ring (2); wherein the outer ring (1) includes arc sidewalls, and the arc sidewalls are connected to arc blades (7); a loop blade faces inwards; convex structures (8) are repeatedly arranged at internal portion of the outer ring (1) for fixing, and the arc blades (7) form containing spaces (6) with the convex structures (8). With the disposable circumcision anastomat for removing redundant prepuce or phimosis, incision is neat, postoperative bleeding hardly happens, operation is easy, operation time is short, healing is fast, side effects is slight, patients suffer less, and postoperative recovery is fast. |
| US10179002B2 |
Apparatus and method for treating disorders of the ear, nose and throat
Apparatus for use in surgeries to treat disorders of the ear, nose, and throat including a hand-held device and rotating blade assembly. The apparatus may be connected to a vacuum source. A method of use is also disclosed. |
| US10178998B2 |
Lateral grinding drill with continuously variable angle and driving component thereof
The present invention discloses a lateral grinding drill with continuously variable angle, including a tube body component and a grinding head arranged at the front end of the tube body component, the grinding head being configured to be driven to pitch and rotate on its own axis, the tail end of the grinding head is articulated to the inner tube body along the circumferential direction in a form of transmission, and a flexible transmission part is arranged at least on the front end of the inner tube body, which is configured to be articulated to the tail end of the grinding head and be able to transmit torque. The present invention adopts a direct articulated structure to transmit the transmission between the inner tube body and the grinding head, and can implement pitching motion. A flexible transmission structure is used to compensate the axis deviation caused by the pitching and driving. The transmission structure is simple, and the transmission cycle is short, which facilitates stable control to improve the efficiency of the surgery. In addition, with the structure which can adjust the grinding head in both the pitching and circumferential positions, it achieves the universal direction adjustment of the grinding head, which can have a good adaptability for the surgery position and good accuracy to improve the efficiency in surgery operation, and shorten postoperative recovery time, to alleviate the suffering of the patients while reducing treatment cost. |
| US10178997B2 |
High-speed powered hand tool with improved motor cooling
A surgical device comprising: a handpiece comprising a distal end and a proximal end; a chamber formed within the handpiece; a motor disposed within the chamber; an exhaust port in fluid communication with the chamber, the exhaust port being configured for attachment to a suction source so as to apply suction to the chamber; and at least one inlet port in fluid communication with the chamber, the at least one inlet port being configured to allow ambient air to be drawn into the chamber. |
| US10178990B2 |
Apparatus for inserting surgical thread, and surgical procedure kit for inserting surgical thread comprising same
A medical thread insertion surgery kit includes an insertion path forming unit which includes a pipe member comprising a pipe that is hollow and forms a path through which a medical thread is to be inserted and a support member comprising a support rod that is inserted into the pipe of the pipe member and has stiffness greater than stiffness of the pipe member; a medical thread supply unit which supplies a medical thread through the pipe member after the support member is removed from the insertion path forming unit; and a push unit that is slidable in the pipe of the pipe member and pushes the medical thread through the pipe of the pipe member. |
| US10178985B2 |
Detachably joined ultrasonic probe device
The present invention relates to a detachably joined ultrasonic probe device, including modular ultrasonic probe and a case for detachably joining with the modular ultrasonic probes, which enables the user to select a suitable ultrasonic probe according to desired performance and diagnosis frequency region. The device according to the present invention includes: a plurality of ultrasonic probe modules horizontally arranged in the direction of generating an ultrasonic wave; a case consisting of an outer housing with one open side for receiving and enclosing the plurality of ultrasonic probe modules, and a separation housing provided between the plurality of ultrasonic probe modules for separating the ultrasonic modules from one another, so as to detachably join with the ultrasonic modules; and a control module installed in the case for controlling the plurality of ultrasonic probe modules. |
| US10178980B2 |
Radiation sources and detector array for imaging modality
A radiation system includes a first rotating unit that rotates about a first axis of rotation. The first rotating unit includes a first radiation source that generates radiation within a first radiation spectrum. The radiation system includes a second rotating unit that rotates about a second axis of rotation. The second rotating unit includes a detector array that detects at least a portion of the radiation generated by the first radiation source. The first and second rotating units may rotate, synchronously, asynchronously, at the same speed and/or at different speeds relative to one another. |
| US10178979B2 |
Endorectal prostate probe composed of a combined mini gamma camera and ultrasound sensor
A dual modality probe is disclosed having both a gamma probe sensor and an ultrasound sensor. A dual imaging system is provided having the probe and at least one external gamma imaging detector and a data acquisition computer system for collecting data simultaneously from the gamma probe sensor, the gamma imaging detector, and the ultrasound sensor of the probe. A method for evaluating a target organ of a patient utilizing the probe and imaging system, and performing a biopsy of the organ is disclosed. |
| US10178970B2 |
Sensory prosthetic for improved balance control
A feedback device for measuring balance related information, and for producing a stimulation of the skin that encodes that information in a way that is useful to the wearer of the device. At least one sensor detects balance information and transmits at least one balance information signal to a signal processing subsystem. The signal processing subsystem converts the received balance information signal into at least one stimulation control signal. The signal processing subsystem then transmits the stimulation control signal to at least one stimulator, which provides stimulation to a wearer of the device reflecting the stimulation control signal received from the signal processing subsystem. |
| US10178961B2 |
Apparatus and methods for determining damaged tissue using sub-epidermal moisture measurements
The present disclosure provides apparatuses and computer readable media for measuring sub-epidermal moisture in patients to determine damaged tissue for clinical intervention. The present disclosure also provides methods for determining damaged tissue. |
| US10178950B2 |
Imaging probes and associated devices, systems, and methods utilizing an elastomeric optical element
The imaging probe can comprise a housing, having a proximal region configured to be coupled to an optical cable; a cannula, extending from a distal region of the housing; an optical guide, positioned partially in the housing and partially in the cannula, configured to receive an imaging light from the cable in the proximal region of the housing, and to guide the imaging light towards a distal end of the cannula; an optical focusing element, configured to receive the imaging light from the optical guide, and to emit a focused imaging light; an elastomeric optical element, configured to receive the focused imaging light from the optical focusing element, and to be deformable to redirect the focused imaging light; and an actuator system, configured to deform the elastomeric optical element to redirect the focused imaging light. |
| US10178949B2 |
Method, software and apparatus for testing a patient's visual field
A method for testing a patient's (2) visual field using testing apparatus. A fixation target is provided on a display (3) at a known target position and the patient's (2) direction of gaze is tracked using an eye tracker to determine the patient's point of regard. A marker (5) is provided on the display (3) indicating the patient's (2) point of regard, where the marker (5) moves with movement of the patient's (2) point of regard. It is detected when the marker (5) is moved to the fixation target and a new target is then provided on the display at a further known target position. The new target is recorded as detected if the marker (5) is moved to the new target, with the new target then becoming the fixation target. The steps are repeated for further new targets for determining the patient's (2) visual field based on the positions of the new targets that have been detected. |
| US10178946B2 |
Oral monitor
An oral monitoring system is provided. The oral monitoring system includes one or more cameras configured for installation in a mouth for capturing images. A memory is configured for storing images. One or more processors are configured to process images captured by the one or more cameras, and a wireless transmitter is configured to transmit data corresponding to the captured images. A chemical sensor is further provided and the wireless transmitter is further configured to transmit data corresponding to substances detected by the chemical sensor. |
| US10178944B2 |
Endoscope with guide
An instrument for use with an endoscope may include an elongate section configured to move exterior to the endoscope. The elongate section may include a distal end and a proximal end. The instrument may also include an end effector attached to the distal end of the elongate section, and an actuation device attached to the proximal end of the elongate section. The actuation device may be configured to operate the end effector. The instrument may also include a guiding member coupled to the elongate section. The guiding member may be configured to be coupled to an external surface of the endoscope to permit the guiding member to move longitudinally relative to the endoscope. The guiding member may be coupled to the elongate section such that the end effector may extend past a distal end of the endoscope and move in a transverse direction independent of the movement of the distal end of the endoscope. |
| US10178935B2 |
Scaling reduction in a boiler used in a surface cleaning apparatus
A steam generator for a surface cleaning apparatus is described. The steam generator includes: a first chamber for generating steam and collecting scale; a water inlet disposed proximate a first end of the first chamber; a heater in thermal contact with the first chamber; a second chamber housed within the first chamber and in fluid communication with the first chamber; and a steam outlet for releasing steam and in fluid communication with the second chamber, wherein the steam outlet is disposed distal to the first end of the first chamber. |
| US10178922B1 |
Floor mat
The present disclosure provides a mat including a base having a top surface and a bottom surface. The mat also includes a plurality of cylindrical supports extending away from the bottom surface of the base. A first end of each of the plurality of cylindrical supports is coupled to the bottom surface of the base and a second end of each of the plurality of cylindrical supports includes a plurality of semi-circular cutouts spaced apart by a separation distance in a first plurality of rows. Adjacent rows of the first plurality of rows are offset by one half of the separation distance. The mat also includes a plurality of secondary supports extending away from the bottom surface of the base. The plurality of secondary supports are spaced apart by one half of the separation distance in a second plurality of rows on the bottom surface of the base. |
| US10178919B2 |
Woven picture frame and method of use
An adjustably-sized and shaped picture frame formed of corner pieces around which are looped or woven one or more filaments such as colored yarns to form the frame borders. The frames created can be customized to various shapes and sizes. The corner pieces may be molded or molded and machined, and may have a diamond shape with inner side edges that align with outer corners of a sheet of artwork. The filament is woven around posts on both a front face and an outer corner of the corner pieces. A chamfer under a lower face of each corner piece may be used to secure free ends of the filament. |
| US10178917B2 |
Refrigerated display cases with thermal-block doorframes
In a refrigerated display case having an interior volume that is accessed through a door panel being opened from a doorframe, a frame cover is included that may reduce condensation or the power required to avoid condensation on a door panel. The frame cover is formed of a non-metallic material that provides a thermal break. The frame cover may also be formed with air pockets to further enhance the thermal break. Moreover, it may be formed to attach with an interference fit and thereby avoid fasteners. Other embodiments and features are presented. |
| US10178916B2 |
Changing mat restraint system
Embodiments of an apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a changing mat, a mat-native restraint system, and a pass-through structure. The mat-native restraint system is coupled to the changing mat at a location on the changing mat to receive and secure a user on the changing mat. The pass-through structure is disposed in the changing mat to accommodate pass-through, at the changing mat, of at least a portion of a mat-foreign restraint system to secure the changing mat to a changing surface and to further secure the user on the changing mat. |
| US10178907B2 |
Oral care implement
An oral care implement is provided. The implement comprises a head having a first surface and a group of non-parallel tooth cleaning elements extending from the first surface of the head. The tooth cleaning elements together define therebetween a conically-shaped cavity. Moreover, the tooth cleaning elements together define a wall around the cavity, the wall having a proximal end adjacent the first surface of the head and a distal end distal from the first surface of the head, the distal end of the wall being defined by distal ends of a plurality of the tooth cleaning elements. |
| US10178904B2 |
Hair clip for increasing hair volume and curl lift
A hair clip, particularly for curly hair, includes a first curved jaw having a proximal end portion and a curved distal end portion; and a second curved jaw coupled to the first jaw. The second curved jaw has a proximal end portion and a curved distal end portion. An axle is coupled to the proximal end portions of the first and second curved jaws, thereby permitting the first and second curved jaws to pivot relative to one another between an open position and a closed position. The clip also has a biasing element disposed between the proximal end portions of the first and second curved jaws. The biasing element applies a biasing force to both the first and second curved jaws such that in a rest position, the first and second curved jaws are in the closed position. |
| US10178898B2 |
Metallic fastener member and fastener equipped with same
An improved season cracking resistance of a metallic fastener member is provided and includes a copper alloy containing zinc as a base material. The metallic fastener member includes, as a base material, a copper alloy containing zinc, and the metallic fastener member has a surface to which a rust prevention treatment has been applied and has such a property that, when analyzed by a scanning X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy apparatus, a maximum value of an atomic concentration of Mn is detected at a depth of 100 nm or less from the surface. |
| US10178897B2 |
Snap button and a method of use
A button assembly includes a back member, a socket or a stud secured with an eyelet or a rivet to the back member and a shell crimped onto the back member. Indicia may be disposed on the exterior surface of the shell. The button assemblies, each with a unique image, can be used to form a puzzle or provide a method of personal expression or a method of communication. |
| US10178895B1 |
Dual key ring
A dual key ring consisting of a ring holder, a first ring and a second ring is disclosed. The ring holder includes a connection tube with a ring hole transversely cut through one end thereof for securing the first ring, a movable block axially movably mounted in the connection tube with a round hole thereof for axial alignment with the ring hole, a locating block mounted in the connection tube, a first elastic member stopped between the movable block and the locating block, a movable cylinder coupled to the connection tube, steel balls rotatably mounted in ball holes around the movable cylinder and rotatably positioned in an inner annular groove in the connection tube, a connection rod mounted in the movable cylinder and stopped against the locating block, a connector coupled to the movable cylinder for securing the second ring and a second elastic member supported between the connection rod and the connector. |
| US10178893B1 |
Shoe
A shoe comprises a sole having an upper surface and a lower surface, and a top member having an outer surface and an inner surface and mounted on the sole. The top member and sole to together define a space for receiving a foot, and the top member further comprises an opening. A fastener is provided in the top member and extends from the opening and continues over the top member such that a portion of the top member is movable between a first position in which the space is substantially closed and a second position in which a portion of the top member is folded back from the sole to provide access to the space. |
| US10178892B2 |
Protection devices for use in shoes or other products
A variety of devices for protecting a user's foot from injury are disclosed. In one embodiment, the device may be a metatarsal protection device, which may include a first layer of material having top and bottom surfaces, with at least one of such surfaces including a series of cones or a pattern of hexagons thereon. The metatarsal protection device may also include a second relatively rigid layer of material overlying the first layer, and the first layer may be shaped to conform to the metatarsal region of the user's foot, such that the device is configured to protect the metatarsal region against injury. Other configurations and variations of a metatarsal protection device are also disclosed, as are other uses for the principles of the invention(s) disclosed herein (e.g., protection devices for other areas of the foot, etc.). |
| US10178890B1 |
Intelligent electronic footwear and control logic for executing automated footwear features
Presented are intelligent electronic footwear with controller automated features, methods for making/using such footwear, and control systems for executing automated features of intelligent electronic footwear. An intelligent electronic shoe (IES) includes an upper that attaches to a user's foot, and a sole structure that is attached to the upper and supports thereon the user's foot. An alert system, which is mounted to the sole structure and/or upper, generates predetermined outputs in response to electronic command signals. The IES system also includes a wireless communications device that wirelessly communicates with a remote computing node, and a footwear controller that communicates with the wireless communications device and alert system. The footwear controller receives location data indicative of the user's and remote computing node's locations, determines whether the user's location is within a predetermined location/proximity to the node's location and, if so, transmits command signals to the alert system to notify the user/vehicle. |
| US10178885B1 |
Eyeglasses pocket
A pocket for temporarily securing a pair of eyeglasses to clothing. The pocket is affixed to the clothing and has a narrow vertical segment the length of the eyeglass temple, and a pair of different angles which begin a bottom segment. The bottom segment has an end, an upper edge; and a bottom edge. The vertical segment has a top edge, not stitched to said article of clothing, and an endward vertical edge. The endward vertical edge makes an endward right angle to the top edge. The vertical segment has a distal vertical edge, distal from the endward vertical edge. The distal vertical edge makes a distal right angle to the top edge. The endward vertical edge; and the distal vertical edge are stitched to the clothing. The bottom segment widens from the pair of different angles to the end, at which end the bottom segment is wider than the narrow vertical segment width. The end, upper edge, and bottom edge are all stitched to the clothing. The endward vertical edge makes an endward outside obtuse angle to the upper edge. The distal vertical edge makes a distal inside obtuse angle to the bottom edge. The upper edge makes an end inside obtuse angle to the end. The end makes an end inside acute angle to the bottom edge; and the endward outside obtuse angle is smaller than the distal inside obtuse angle. |
| US10178881B2 |
Electronic cigarette
An electronic cigarette includes a battery assembly, an atomizer assembly and a cigarette bottle assembly. An external thread electrode is located in one end of battery assembly. An internal thread electrode is located in one end of atomizer assembly. The battery assembly and the atomizer assembly are connected by the screwthread electrode. The cigarette bottle assembly is inserted into the other end of the atomizer assembly and both form a cigarette type or cigar type body. |
| US10178878B2 |
Smoking article including a liquid delivery member and a wrapper
There is provided a smoking article comprising an aerosol forming substrate, a mouthpiece axially aligned with the aerosol forming substrate, a liquid delivery member and a wrapper surrounding at least a portion of the smoking article. The liquid delivery member is disposed in the aerosol forming substrate or in the mouthpiece, and comprises structural material releasably enclosing liquid. The wrapper includes at least one area permeable to the liquid and at least one area impermeable to the liquid. At least a portion of the at least one permeable area is aligned with or downstream of the liquid delivery member. When the liquid is released from the liquid delivery member, the liquid can migrate to the outer surface of the smoking article via the permeable area or areas of the wrapper. |
| US10178875B2 |
Methods of modifying or imparting taste using organic compounds
A method of imparting to, or modifying in, a comestible product, umami taste, including the addition to a comestible product base of at least one compound of formula (I) wherein one of X1, X2, or X3 is selected from the group consisting of S, N and O and the remaining two are CH2; and A is selected from in which R1, R2, R3, R4 R5, R6 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, OH, OMe, OEt, COOH, COOR7, in which R7 is selected from linear or branched C1-C7 alkyl, and CONR8R9, in which R8 and R9 are independently selected from hydrogen and straight or branched C1-C4 alkyl; or any two adjacent substituents R2-R6 together form a ring of 5 or 6 members; and n is 1 or 0. |
| US10178864B2 |
Portable organ perfusion system
A profusion system for a mammalian organ comprising a first and a second pump to propel perfusion fluid through one of a closed fluid circuit system and a selectively closeable fluid circuit system that includes an organ artery and an organ vein, a filter cartridge bank consisting of a plurality of filtration cartridges, and a first and a second fluid reservoir. |
| US10178863B2 |
Positioning system for a sprayer boom
A positioning system, for a boom having right and left boom arms, comprises: a first actuator for moving the right boom arm relative to a support frame; a second actuator for moving the left boom arm relative to a support frame; a first hydraulic link between the first and second actuators; and a hydraulic control device for controlling movement of hydraulic fluid within the first hydraulic link, thereby controlling extension and/or retraction of the first and second actuators. |
| US10178861B2 |
Fly catcher
A fly catcher includes a housing having an orifice formed in an upper peripheral portion and communicating with an inner chamber of the housing, and a cover includes a lower peripheral portion rotatably engaged with the upper peripheral portion of the housing, the cover includes an opening for selectively aligning with the orifice of the housing when the cover is rotated relative to the housing, and the cover includes a casing extended from an upper portion into the cover, and the casing includes an aperture for guiding a fly or mosquito into the cover and the housing. The cover includes a key slidably engaged with a channel of the housing for guiding and limiting the cover to rotate relative to the housing. |
| US10178858B2 |
Pest control system and method
A system and method of monitoring and controlling cellulose-consuming pests in a predetermined location with existing wells formed in the ground, provides for the use of an assembly that has a main body with a transverse upper lip, a flexible resilient sealing member fitted underside the lip in a surrounding relationship to the main body, and tightening bolts extending through the lip and the sealing member. When torque is applied to the tightening bolts, the sealing member is then compressed, causing it to expand horizontally and engage the interior walls of the existing well by sealing same. The main body is configured to removably receive one or more bait unit therein. A cap covering an open top of the main body covers the bait units when the system is positioned in the well. |
| US10178855B2 |
Retractable leash system
An animal restraint system which involves variable adjustability of maximum extension. A braking device with a pivoting tip which can move from a neutral position to a locked engaged position, a disengaged position, and a semi-engaged position. The semi-engaged position allows for spool rotation in the direction of retraction, while preventing spool rotation in the direction of extension. A brake lock with multiple settings including engaged position, disengaged position, and a semi-engaged position. A spool with teeth where one or more of the teeth is different from the others in shape, size or relative position to promote brake engagement efficiency. A leash maximum settings display. A moving “leash” guide which reduces tangling during extension and retraction. An adjustable handle grip to accommodate different hand sizes. A snap-on accessory attachment system. A leash dispenser system which limits full extension to reduce system failure. |
| US10178851B2 |
Elevated animal waste repository
A litter box stand. The litter box stand includes a support platform having an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface of the support platform is configured to support a litter box. A plurality of legs are coupled to the lower surface of the support platform. The plurality of legs support the support platform in an elevated position when resting on a surface. A plurality of step platforms are coupled to the plurality of legs. The step platforms are disposed circumferentially and at a different height about the plurality of leg so that a cat may step up the step platforms and into the litter box. |
| US10178849B1 |
Maize hybrid X08M639
A novel maize variety designated X08M639 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 X08M639 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08M639 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08M639, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08M639 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08M639 and methods of using maize variety X08M639 are disclosed. |
| US10178844B1 |
Variety corn line FF6893
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated FF6893, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line FF6893 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line FF6893, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line FF6893, and plants produced according to these methods. |
| US10178841B1 |
Variety corn line IFX5651
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated IFX5651, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line IFX5651 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line IFX5651, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line IFX5651, and plants produced according to these methods. |
| US10178836B2 |
Hybrid tomato variety 72-761 RZ
The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-761 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-761 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-761 RZ. |
| US10178833B2 |
Agricultural baler with auxiliary motor
An agricultural baler has a shaft, a flywheel connected to the shaft, and a disc brake system including a brake disc with a toothed rim for engaging with an auxiliary motor. The brake disc may be directly mounted on the flywheel. The baler may have a brake controller for controlling the disc brake system, and a motor controller for controlling the auxiliary motor, or an integrated baler controller for controlling both. The auxiliary motor may be arranged for rotating the flywheel forward or backwards. |
| US10178832B2 |
Stripper harvesting apparatus wherein the processing devices extend over a predominant or the entire part of the working width and wherein air from a fan and the crop stripper rotor air stream flow through the cleaning air channel
A harvesting apparatus for harvesting cereal grains, rice, grains or seeds, is operated as a front, side or rear attachment and has a crop stripper extending over a working width which is generating a rotor air stream, an inclined chute having a first edge facing the crop stripper and a second edge facing away from the crop stripper. The second edge is disposed to lie lower than the first edge facing the crop stripper and is attached between a threshing apparatus and a separation apparatus which extend over the predominant or the entire part of the working width. The harvesting apparatus has a cleaning air channel, wherein air from a fan and the crop stripper rotor air stream flow through the cleaning air channel for cleaning the crop. The cleaning air channel extends over the predominant part or the entirety of the working width. |
| US10178824B1 |
Sweep plow implement
A sweep plow implement includes a frame, sweep plow assemblies, wheel assemblies and actuators. Each sweep plow assembly is mounted to the frame by a standard which extends down from the frame. Each wheel is supported by a triangular structure which straddles the standard and which includes a wheel strut which is pivotably mounted to the frame forward of the wheel and carries the wheel at its distal end. An actuator connects between the frame and each wheel strut. When the actuator is extended, the frame is lifted to a maximum height and when the actuator is retracted, the frame is lowered to a minimum height. When the actuator is retracted sufficiently, the sweep plow assembly is at an elevation suitable for drafting the sweep plow assembly through farm ground soil. |
| US10178822B2 |
Seeding tool
A plough assembly (10) to be drawn by a plough frame that is attached to a prime mover. The assembly (10) includes a digging shank (14) attached to a clamp (11) that is to be attached to the plough frame. Attached to the lower end of the shank (14) is a digging assembly (21). The digging assembly (21) includes a mounting (22) and a digging blade (23). Behind the digging blade (23) is a twin road seeding boot (76). Following the boot (76) is a press wheel (68), with the seeding boot (76) having a transverse width greater than the transverse width of the blade (23). |
| US10178821B2 |
Rotor shaft for use in an aerating device
Rotor shaft for use in an aerating device for a ground, wherein the rotor shaft comprises at least one connecting disc which extends transversely of the axis of the rotor shaft and on which at least two knives are arranged, wherein each knife is provided with two knife connecting holes and is connected between the connecting disc and a connecting ring, wherein the connecting disc and the connecting ring are provided with knife connecting holes which coincide with the knife connecting holes of the knives, wherein bolts are arranged through the coinciding knife connecting holes in order to connect the connecting disc, the knives and the connecting ring, wherein the connecting ring is constructed from at least two ring sectors which together form the connecting ring. |
| US10182517B2 |
Electronic apparatus enclosure device and electronic apparatus cooling system
A vapor pipe 103 connects a heat dissipation portion 200 and each of a plurality of heat receiving portions 102. A liquid pipe 104 connects the heat dissipation portion 200 and each of a plurality of the heat receiving portions 102. A bypass pipe 105 connects the vapor pipe 103 and the liquid pipe 104. A valve 106 opens and closes a flow path of the bypass pipe 105. A first connection portion 107 connects the vapor pipe 103 and the bypass pipe 105. A second connection portion 108 connects the liquid pipe 103 and the bypass pipe 105. The first connection portion 107 is disposed at a position higher than that of the second connection portion 108. As a result, refrigerant can be efficiently transported in a short time. |
| US10182513B2 |
Phase change material heat sinks
A heat sink includes a core body. The core body defines a coolant plenum, sealed first and second chambers, and first and second coolant conduits. The sealed first and second chambers each house a phase change material. The first and second coolant conduits are separated from one another by the coolant plenum and are in fluid communication with the coolant plenum for transferring heat between coolant flowing through the core body and the phase change material. |
| US10182510B2 |
Automation module for building automation
The invention relates to an automation module for building automation, which is designed to be installed in a wall of a house as an at least partially concealed installation. The automation module comprises a high voltage region (6) and a low voltage region (4). It additionally comprises an insulation region (5) for separating said high (6) and low (4) voltage regions, a first circuit board (41, 41′) having at least one input interface (411, 414), a second circuit board (42) having at least one control unit (422), and a third circuit board (61) having at least one switching element (611). Said first, second and third circuit boards (41, 41′; 42, 61) and the insulation region (5) are arranged one above the other in layers. |
| US10182509B1 |
Wedge clamp for circuit board
A wedge clamp is provided. The wedge clamp includes wedge members aligned with a shaft and in sliding contact with surfaces of the neighboring wedge members. Some of wedge members each include a finger and a void, with the finger of a first member slidably inserted within the void of a second wedge member and vice versa. The fingers and voids extend at an acute angle, and the fingers and voids of other wedge members extend at another acute angle on an opposite side of a vertical axis. When the shaft is rotated some wedge members vertically translate with respect to the remaining wedge members. When the shaft is rotated in the reverse direction the wedge members translate vertically in the opposite direction returning to an original position. The interaction of the fingers and voids mechanically drive the moved wedge members into the original state. |
| US10182508B2 |
Electronic component housing package, multi-piece wiring substrate, and method for manufacturing electronic component housing package
An electronic component housing package includes an insulating substrate having an upper surface including a mount for an electronic component, a frame-shaped metallized layer surrounding the mount on the upper surface of the insulating substrate, and a metal frame joined to the frame-shaped metallized layer with a brazing material. The frame-shaped metallized layer includes a first sloping portion sloping inwardly from an upper surface to an inner peripheral surface. The brazing material includes a fillet portion formed between an upper outer periphery of the frame-shaped metallized layer and the metal frame, and a filling portion formed between the first sloping portion and the metal frame. |
| US10182507B1 |
Small form-factor pluggable transceiver
A small form-factor pluggable transceiver includes a housing, which includes an upper cover, a lower cover fastened to the upper cover, and a front plate arranged between an end of the upper cover and an end of the lower cover. The front plate, the upper cover, and the lower cover are assembled together so as to jointly define an accommodating space. The front plate includes a metallic layer defining a main surface thereof and two plastic structures connected to the metallic layer. The front plate has two through holes penetrating through the metallic layer for respectively accommodating two electrical signal connectors, and the two plastic structures are respectively arranged in the two through holes. When the two electrical signal connectors are respectively disposed in the two through holes, the plastic structures are arranged between the metallic layer and the electrical signal connectors separated from the metallic layer. |
| US10182505B2 |
Circuit board and circuit module
A circuit board includes a board base element, a communication circuit connection terminal, an antenna connection terminal, and a circuit pattern including wires and lands to which predetermined circuit elements are mountable. The predetermined circuit elements include optional elements including a first coil and a second capacitor. The optional elements are electronic components to be mounted or not in the circuit pattern depending on whether a second antenna is connected to a second antenna connection terminal. The predetermined circuit elements further include basic elements including a first capacitor and first and second filters. The basic elements are electronic components to be mounted in the circuit pattern regardless of whether the optional elements are mounted. The circuit pattern is formed such that the single circuit board can optionally support plural types of antenna configurations by changing a manner of mounting the optional elements and changing the circuit configuration. |
| US10182504B1 |
Rounded latching structure
A rounded latching structure includes a main body, a back cover, and a lock. The main body defines a groove bound by a bottom wall and a sidewall. The bottom wall defines a slot. The side wall includes a first snap. The back cover defines a second slot and includes a second snap. The back cover is slidable relative to the main body along the groove defined in the main body. The first snap is snapped in the second slot. The second snap is snapped in the first slot. The lock includes a resisting portion for fixing the back cover to the main body when the back cover is snapped to the main body. |
| US10182495B2 |
Ground terminal for an electronic device
The present invention relates to a ground terminal for an electronic device. The ground terminal comprises a ground cable connecting device, an electrical switch, an electrical conductor connecting the ground cable connecting device to the electrical switch. The ground terminal and its ground cable connecting device is configured so that the electrical switch is brought in to a first mode in response to an electrical wire being connected to the ground cable connecting device, the first mode being a mode in which the switch establish electrical conduction between an electrical circuit of the electronic device and the ground cable connecting device. Moreover, the ground terminal and its ground cable connecting device is configured so that the electrical switch is in a second mode when no electrical wire is connected to the ground cable connecting device, the second mode being a mode in which the switch is electrically isolating the electrical circuit of the electronic device and the ground cable connecting device from each other. |
| US10182492B2 |
Airtight structure
An airtight structure includes a first plate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a second plate mounted on the second surface of the first plate, a wick structure mounted between the first plate and the second plate, a first fixed pin welded with the first plate and the second plate, and a second fixed pin welded with the first plate and the second plate. The second plate bonds to form a cup portion. The cup portion and the first plate together define a cavity. The wick structure is received in the cavity, a bottom surface of the cup portion forms a first through hole for receiving the first fixed pin therein. An outer periphery of the cup portion forms a second through hole. The second through hole is spaced apart from the first through hole. |
| US10182491B2 |
Deuterium-deuterium neutron generators
Various embodiments include apparatus and methods of using the apparatus having a neutron generator. The neutron generator can include a neutron generator tube having a cylindrical inner surface that bounds a cylindrical cavity, a field ionization array cylindrically distributed on the cylindrical inner surface, and a target rod positioned in the cylindrical cavity. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. |
| US10182487B2 |
Distributed fixture beacon management
Apparatuses, methods, apparatuses and systems for a light fixture are disclosed. One apparatus of the light fixture includes a sensor unit and a light intensity controller. The sensor unit includes a sensor operative to generate a sense signal based on at least one of sensed motion or light, wireless communication circuitry operative to maintain a link with a network, and a controller. The controller is operative to manage communication with the network, manage reception of beacons through the wireless communication circuitry, wherein the beacons are received from an object, and the beacons include information associated with the object, and generate dimming control base on at least one of the sensed signal and communication from the network. The light intensity controller is configured to receive the dimming control and operative to adjust an emitted light intensity of a luminaire of the light fixture. |
| US10182486B2 |
LED drive circuit
Provided is an LED drive circuit whereby the light emission color is easily changed when dimming by adjusting the current that drives the LED. The LED drive circuit has: a variable constant current source; a first LED row having a plurality of LEDs connected in series and emitting light in a first light emission color; a second LED row having a plurality of LEDs connected in series and emitting light in a second light emission color; and a current limiting circuit including a current detection element and a switch element. The LED drive circuit is characterized by: the threshold voltage for the first LED row being larger than the threshold voltage for the second LED row; the first LED row and the second LED row being connected in parallel to the variable constant current source; and the current limiting circuit limiting the current flowing to the second LED row, on the basis of the current flowing to the current detection element via the first LED row. |
| US10182485B2 |
Lens structure for high intensity LED fixture
A lens structure for a light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture includes one or more lenses, each of which is configured to be located over an LEDs of the lighting fixture. Each lens includes a bowl-shaped collimator, an air gap positioned over the dome and extending into a first end of the collimator, and a core positioned over the air gap and extending into an opposing second end of the collimator. |
| US10182483B2 |
Lighting apparatus
A lighting apparatus includes: a white light source; a blue light source; a reflector layer which reflects light; a light diffuser layer which is light transmissive and disposed on an anterior surface side of the reflector layer; and a scatter panel which is light transmissive and disposed on an anterior surface side of the light diffuser layer to face the light diffuser layer. At least a portion of a gap between the scatter panel and the reflector layer and at least a portion of a gap between the scatter panel and the light diffuser layer change from a first end side to a second end side of the lighting apparatus. The white light source and the blue light source are disposed on the first end side of the lighting apparatus to emit light toward the light diffuser layer and the scatter panel. |
| US10182478B2 |
Systems and methods for current regulation in light-emitting-diode lighting systems
Systems and methods are provided herein for current regulation. An example system controller includes: a first controller terminal configured to receive an input voltage, the first controller terminal being further configured to allow a first current flowing into the system controller based at least in part on the input voltage in response to one or more switches being closed; a second controller terminal configured to allow the first current to flow out of the system controller through the second controller terminal in response to the one or more switches being closed; a fourth controller terminal coupled to the third controller terminal through a first capacitor, the first capacitor not being any part of the system controller; and an error amplifier configured to generate a compensation signal based at least in part on the current sensing signal, the error amplifier including a second capacitor. |
| US10182474B2 |
Flexible display device with multiple types of micro-coating layers
There is provided a flexible display having a plurality of innovations configured to allow bending of a portion or portions to reduce apparent border size and/or utilize the side surface of an assembled flexible display. |
| US10182473B2 |
Power converter and cooking apparatus including the same
A power converter and a cooking apparatus including the same are disclosed. The power converter includes a switching unit to perform switching using a direct current (DC) voltage and to output an alternating current (AC) voltage, a driving unit to output a high-frequency voltage to a magnetron based on the AC voltage, an output voltage detector to detect an output voltage flowing to the magnetron, and a controller to calculate a frequency command value based on the detected output voltage, to generate a frequency command value by avoiding a resonance frequency when the calculated frequency command value corresponds to the resonance frequency, and to output the generated frequency command value to the switching unit. Therefore, it is possible to stably perform oscillation. |
| US10182472B2 |
Wireless kitchen appliance operated on induction heating cooker
The present invention relates to a kitchen appliance (1) suitable for being wirelessly operated on an induction heating cooker (K), comprising a programmable microcontroller (2), one or more than one electronic circuit (3) that provides the microcontroller (2) to control the communication means, user interface and sensors, providing communication with the induction heating cooker (K) whereon the kitchen appliance (1) is operated, a power control circuitry (4) that supplies the microcontroller (2) and the electronic circuits (3) with low level DC voltage, a rectifier (5) that converts the AC voltage to DC voltage and a buffer capacitor (6) which filters the DC voltage at the rectifier (5) outlet. |
| US10182468B2 |
Method for performing D2D communication in wireless communication system and device therefor
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method by which a terminal performs device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: converting into a radio resource control (RRC) connection state through the transmission of a service request; being allocated a resource for the D2D communication; transmitting a D2D signal through the allocated resource; and receiving a system information block (SIB) after transmitting the D2D signal, wherein if the SIB includes information on a resource pool, the terminal does not perform an RRC recovery-related operation even if RRC connection failure occurs. |
| US10182466B2 |
Optimizing keepalive and other background traffic in a wireless network
Systems and methods for optimizing keepalives or other non-interactive or background traffic from applications on a mobile device are disclosed. A keepalive optimizer can detect keepalive and other background traffic and optimize such traffic by blocking keepalives, advancing or delaying execution of keepalives, delaying repeatable background requests based on radio state, device state or characteristics, policy, transaction characteristics, application characteristics, and/or the like. The disclosed keepalive optimization methods facilitate management of traffic and/or conservation of resources on the mobile device and the network. The keepalive optimization can be performed by an application sending the keepalives or by a local proxy on the mobile device. |
| US10182461B2 |
Efficient use of HS-SCCH orders and MAC control information
This disclosure relates to wireless communication. In one aspect, the technology described herein concerns a method performed by, or executed in, a control node of a wireless communication network, e.g. a RNC. The method comprises generating (401) an identifier (e.g. a handshake ID), and associating (402) the identifier with one HS-SCCH order as well as one MAC Control Information. It is thus possible to establish a one-to-one mapping between the identifier and said HS-SCCH order and said MAC Control Information. Furthermore, the generated identifier and its associated HS-SCCH order as well as its associated MAC Control Information may be communicated to another node (e.g. a UE and/or a RBS) of the wireless communication network. |
| US10182452B2 |
Techniques for communicating feedback in low latency wireless communications
Various aspects described herein are related to communicating feedback communications received over multiple component carriers (CCs) in wireless communications. The communications can be received from a serving node over the multiple CCs configured in carrier aggregation or multiple connectivity. One or more of the multiple CCs can be determined for transmitting feedback regarding the communications received over at least one CC of the multiple CCs, wherein the one or more of the multiple CCs are selected for transmitting the feedback based at least in part on a transmission time interval (TTI) duration for the at least one CC. Feedback related to receiving the communications from the serving node over the at least one CC can be transmitted over the one or more of the multiple CCs. |
| US10182451B2 |
Method and apparatus for requesting scheduling in cellular mobile communication system
The present invention relates to a method for a terminal requesting scheduling to transmit uplink data in a mobile communication system. More specifically, the present invention, in a system that aggregates carriers between different base stations, defines a process and a method for scheduling requests so that a terminal can transmit “scheduling request” control information to each base station, thereby enabling effective transmission of dynamic scheduling and uplink data. |
| US10182447B2 |
Method for processing received signal by forming RE group in MIMO receiver
Disclosed are a method and a receiver for processing a received signal, the method dividing a plurality of resource elements (RE) to create RE groups by considering the inter-relationships between the channels of the plurality of REs, selecting a reference RE for each RE group, and generating, for each RE group, a detection signal from a received signal on the basis of channel information of the reference RE. |
| US10182444B2 |
Signal transmission method, user equipment, and base station
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a signal transmission method, user equipment, and a base station. The method includes: determining a feature parameter of UE; and according to the feature parameter of the UE and a preset correspondence, determining a coverage enhancement technology used to transmit a first signal, and/or determining a second signal that the UE supports transmitting, and/or determining a function, supported by the UE, of a third signal. The present invention can optimize resource utilization of a system, decrease processing complexity, and reduce power consumption. |
| US10182443B2 |
Communications device, infrastructure equipment, wireless communications network and methods
A user terminal configured to perform communication with an infrastructure equipment of a mobile communications network. The user terminal including a receiver configured to receive signals transmitted by the infrastructure equipment in accordance with a wireless access interface and a transmitter configured to transmit signals to the infrastructure equipment in accordance with the wireless access interface. The user terminal is configured to receive an indication on a downlink of the wireless access interface of one of a plurality of different subcarrier spacing which the communications device should use to transmit or to receive the signals representing the data. |
| US10182442B2 |
Method and device for performing communication by using plurality of resource arrangement techniques in wireless LAN system
A method and a device for performing communication by using various RUs in a wireless LAN are presented. If a center resource unit located in the vicinity of a DC frequency band exists, whether the corresponding center resource unit is used can be determined according to whether a discontinuous channel allocation is applied. The center resource unit can be used as a null subcarrier for canceling the interference, which becomes a problem due to the discontinuous channel allocation. If the center resource unit is used as the null subcarrier, the center resource unit is inserted into different frequency chunks, thereby mitigating the interference that can be generated for each frequency chunk. |
| US10182441B2 |
Telecommunications apparatus and methods
A method of operating a terminal device and network infrastructure equipment in a wireless telecommunications system for communicating on a primary cell supporting a primary component carrier on radio resources within a first frequency band and a secondary cell supporting a secondary component carrier on radio resources within a second frequency band. The infrastructure equipment establishes plural configuration settings for the secondary carrier based on measurements of radio usage in the second frequency band, which are conveyed to the terminal device. The terminal device makes channel quality measurements for the secondary component carrier according to the different configuration settings and reports these to the infrastructure equipment. Based on the measurements of channel quality for the different configurations, the infrastructure equipment selects one of the configuration settings, and conveys an indication of this to the terminal device in association with an allocation of transmission resources on the secondary component carrier. |
| US10182434B2 |
Deriving an indication of a communications parameter using reference symbols
A perturbation is made to contents and/or locations in time and frequency of Reference Signals transmitted by a cell, such that the perturbation implies information regarding a capability or configuration of the cell as regards availability or configuration of a network functionality, in particular a facility to offer a narrowband virtual carrier operation. The contents and/or locations in time and frequency of the reference signals used are typically based on physical cell identity. In certain embodiments the PCI carried by some identifiable RS resources is changed, in others, the RS is transmitted in unexpected resources. The network functionality configuration information is inferred from various relationships between these transmissions and the cell's actual PCI and/or expected RS transmission resources. |
| US10182433B2 |
System and method for overlapping rate region zoning
System and method embodiments are provided for configuring a network to forward traffic from a first network zone to a second network zone. In an embodiment, a first zone controller of the first zone receives information indicating network capability. The information includes a plurality of parameters of a constraint function. The first network controller provisions a network node, e.g., at the second zone, to forward traffic from the first zone to the second zone in accordance with the received information. The information indicating network capability includes one or more variables relating to the constraint. The constraint relates to at least one current traffic level or at least one wireless link in the second zone. |
| US10182422B2 |
Wireless communications system, mobile station, base station, and communication method
A wireless communications system includes a base station and a mobile station. The base station transmits a second control signal used for configuring a first interval during which a first control signal having a plurality of formats is monitored and a second interval that is different from the first interval. The mobile station monitors the first control signal for the plurality of the formats during the first interval, and monitors the first control signal for formats fewer than the plurality of the formats during the second interval. |
| US10182421B2 |
Authorized shared access carrier aggregation with sensing
A method for managing spectrum resources by a network node in a wireless communication system may include determining an availability of a first channel of a spectrum, and assigning a second channel to a secondary carrier in response to determining that the first channel is available. In the alternative, or in addition, the method may include unassigning the second channel to the secondary carrier in response to determining that the first channel is unavailable. The spectrum may be, or include, Authorized Shared Access (ASA) spectrum. The method may be performed by one or more nodes of a network that is a secondary user of the spectrum. The channel may be deemed unavailable when in use by a primary user of the ASA spectrum. A wireless communication apparatus include a processor coupled to a memory holding instructions for execution by the processor to cause the apparatus to perform operations as described above. |
| US10182419B2 |
Telecommunications apparatus and methods
A method of operating first and second terminal devices for transmitting data in a device-to-device communication mode in a wireless telecommunications system supporting communications on a first carrier operating over a first frequency band and a second carrier operating over a second frequency band. The first terminal device transmits control signalling on the first carrier and this is received by the second terminal device. The control signalling comprises an indication of an allocation of radio resource blocks on the second carrier to be used for transmitting user-plane data from the first terminal device to the second terminal device. The first terminal device then proceeds to transmit the user-plane data to the second terminal device on the second carrier using the radio resource blocks on the second carrier identified by the control signalling. The control signalling may also provide an indication of an allocation of radio resource blocks on the first carrier to be used for transmitting user-plane data to the second terminal device. |
| US10182417B2 |
Method for camping on sectors and terminal device
The present disclosure provides a method (300) in a terminal device for camping on sectors. The method (300) comprises: detecting (S310) a broadcast signal from an access node, the broadcast signal being associated with a first sector and having a signal strength higher than a first threshold; adding (S320) the first sector to a set of sectors for the terminal device to camp on; and monitoring (S330) a system message from each sector in the set. |
| US10182416B2 |
Automatically modifying notifications based on distance from a paired wearable smart device
A method of management notifications on a mobile communication device includes pairing a wearable smart device with the mobile communication device, and automatically disabling notifications on the mobile communication device in response to determining that the paired wearable smart device has moved away from the mobile communication device. For example, the mobile communication device may be a smartphone and the wearable smart device may be a smartwatch. Optionally, the mobile communication device and the wearable smart device may pair using a wireless personal area network standard, such as Bluetooth™, and may also communicate using a wireless local area network, such as Wi-Fi™. |
| US10182414B2 |
Accurately tracking a mobile device to effectively enable mobile device to control another device
A method, system and computer program product for tracking a mobile device. A reference position of the mobile device and a frequency offset between the mobile device and another device are estimated. Samples are then fetched at various frequencies from the receivers. The fetched signals are mixed with a pseudo transmitted signal. A relative distance between the mobile device and the other device is computed based on a change in frequency of the mixed signal at a current location, a velocity of the mobile device and the estimated frequency offset. An absolute distance between the mobile device and the other device is determined using the reference position and the computed relative distance. A location of the mobile device is then determined based on the mobile device's velocity and the determined absolute difference. |
| US10182411B2 |
Method and access point for implementing timing synchronization in a radio communication network
Disclosed are a method and an Access Point (AP) for implementing timing synchronization by one or more root timing reference APs in a radio communication network. Each of the one or more root timing reference APs selects an external timing reference source from existing networks that at least partially overlap with the radio communication network, derives a reference timing from the external timing reference source, and propagates the reference timing to neighboring APs in the radio communication network. |
| US10182406B2 |
Power headroom report for a wireless device and a base station
A wireless device receives message(s) comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of cells for communication with a base station. The message(s) comprise a first information element (IE) indicating a new extended power headroom report is configured. The first IE is configured as setup when: a secondary cell is configured with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a second IE indicates that a power headroom report is configured as setup. The wireless device transmits a media-access-control (MAC) packet comprising one or more power headroom reports. |
| US10182405B2 |
Wireless communication device and method for controlling transmission power
Disclosed is a wireless communication device that can suppress an increase in power consumption of a terminal while preventing the degradation of SINR measurement precision resulting from TPC errors in a base station. A terminal controls the transmission power of a second signal by adding an offset to the transmission power of a first signal; an offset-setting unit sets an offset correction value in response to a transmission time gap between a third signal transmitted the previous time and the second signal transmitted this time; and a transmission power control unit controls the transmission power of the second signal using the correction value. |
| US10182404B2 |
Transmit power calibration for matching the coverage of different radio technologies on a common radio node
A method for wireless communication may comprise, for example, automatically determining first power settings for a first radio access technology (RAT) based on second power settings for a second RAT, and automatically applying the first power settings as power settings for the first RAT. |
| US10182403B2 |
Diplexed coupler for carrier aggregation
A wireless device is disclosed that can support carrier aggregation uplink (“CAUL”) communication using a single wideband coupler. A single wideband coupler that can operate or support some or all of the communication bands of the wireless device can be used in conjunction with one or more diplexers and/or filters to measure the power of individual communication bands involved in the transmission process. Further, the use of a wideband coupler and switching network to measure the transmit power from the one or more transmit paths or main paths of a wireless device can reduce the size of a transceiver and reduce the insertion loss attributed to the power measurement components compared to systems that use separate measurement systems for each transmit path. The power measurement system may occur in a separate path in electrical connection with the wideband coupler, which may therefore be termed a coupler path. |
| US10182402B1 |
Locator device with low power consumption
An apparatus may include an interval timer; a power control; a subscriber identity module (SIM); an SMS packetizer; a geo-locator; an RF communicator; and logic to operate the interval timer cooperatively with the power control to cause a transition of the geo-locator from a sleep state to a wake state after a defined time interval, and to operate the geo-locator to receive signal levels and cell ids from a group of cellular base stations. |
| US10182400B2 |
Low-power wake-up mechanism for wireless devices
Systems and methods are described for a wireless electronic device including a primary wireless transceiver and a secondary wireless transceiver. An electronic processor is configured to operate the wireless device and communicate through the primary wireless transceiver when in an active mode and to monitor the secondary wireless receiver for a wake-up signal when in a sleep mode. The electronic processor transitions from the sleep mode into the active mode in response to detecting the wake-up signal through the secondary wireless receiver. |
| US10182399B1 |
Receive operation mode reporting and subsequent frame transmission based on transitions between power management modes
Systems and techniques relating to wireless networking, namely employing power management (PM) indication mechanisms in addition to ROM indication mechanisms so as to support ROM related outage period enhancements, include: transmitting a first data frame, wherein a format of the first data frame comprises: (i) a field indicating a change in receive operation mode (ROM) settings, and (ii) a subfield having a value indicating a power management mode of the wireless device; receiving an acknowledgement frame to enable a power management mode associated with the subfield in the first frame, the acknowledgement frame having been transmitted by a second wireless device in response to receiving the first frame by the second wireless device, wherein the power management mode delays transmission of additional frames to the first wireless device until receiving a second data frame having a value indicating a change in the power management mode. |
| US10182397B2 |
State change enabled by a hierarchical class of a radio access network device
Enabling a changing of a state of a device based on a hierarchical class of the device is disclosed. Non-macro radio access network (RAN) devices can be comprised in a network connected to a macro RAN device via a gateway RAN device. The gateway RAN device can be connected to a field RAN device via an intermediate RAN device. A state of a field RAN device can be altered based on a criterion. In an embodiment the criterion can be use of the hierarchical class of the RAN device, e.g., a field class RAN device, by an active or idle UE. In an embodiment the criterion can be use, by an active or idle UE, of another RAN device that is a logical neighbor to the field RAN device. Altering the state can result in a power savings or improved interference characteristics of the network. |
| US10182395B2 |
Terminal, base station, reception quality reporting method, and data transmission state switching method
The objective of the invention is to control switching of ON/OFF states of a cell without increasing the overhead of signaling to a terminal. A setting information reception unit (203) receives setting information related to a second offset value to be commonly added to reception-quality measurement-values of OFF-state base stations. A base station state determination unit (206) determines whether a reception quality measurement-target base station is an ON-state base station or an OFF-state base station. If the reception quality measurement-target base station is an OFF-state base station, the base station state determination unit (206) calculates a reception-quality measurement-result by adding at least the second offset value to a reception-quality measurement-value of the reception quality measurement-target base station, and then determines whether to report the reception-quality measurement-result. |
| US10182392B2 |
Broadcast information block assistance for a wireless device
This disclosure relates to broadcast information block assistance for a wireless device. The wireless device may obtain a first plurality of broadcast information blocks from a first base station. The wireless device may receive a second plurality of broadcast information blocks associated with the first base station from a source other than the first base station. The wireless device may determine if the second plurality of broadcast information blocks match the first plurality of broadcast information blocks based on version information specified in the first plurality of broadcast information blocks. When the broadcast information blocks match, the wireless device may use the first and second pluralities of broadcast information blocks to perform communication with the first base station without obtaining the second plurality of information blocks from the first base station. |
| US10182388B2 |
Method for detecting discovery signal for device-to-device communication in wireless communication system, and device for same
Disclosed is a method by which a terminal detects a discovery signal for device-to-device communication in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: forming a discovery signal group, comprising the pre-set number of code words, on the basis of a discovery signal of a terminal of another user that is already known; receiving and decoding the predetermined discovery signal; and determining that the discovery signal of the other user's terminal is detected when the decoded discovery signal is included in the discovery signal group. |
| US10182387B2 |
Method and apparatus for distributing content via diverse networks
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, predicting opportunities for a mobile communication device to access a network via available pathways during a first time period according to a history of network connectivity of the mobile communication device, selecting a first pathway of the available pathways according to the opportunities that are predicted for the mobile communication device to access the network via the available pathways during the first time period, and directing transmission of first data to the mobile communication device via the first pathway during the first time period, wherein a presence of a second data at the mobile communication device enables an application to access the first data at the mobile communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10182385B2 |
Multi-path wireless mesh networks
Provided is a process that includes obtaining a directed acyclic graph describing a plurality wireless connections between a plurality of downstream nodes forming a multi-path route to an Internet connected wireless transceiver; determining an encoding kernel specifying transformations to be performed by the plurality of downstream nodes on data received from upstream nodes; transmitting at least part of the encoding kernel to at least some of the downstream nodes; and transmitting data from a data source to a downstream node in the directed acyclic graph specified by the encoding kernel such that the data is conveyed through the multi-hop, multi-path route to the Internet connected wireless transceiver. |
| US10182384B2 |
Methods for operating a mobile station and a base station in a radio communication system, mobile station and base station thereof
The embodiments of the invention relate to a method for operating a mobile station (MS) in a radio communication system (RAN). The method contains receiving first radio resource information for a transmission of first reference signals via a first radiation beam (BM1-BS1) being directed towards a first direction by at least one neighboring base station (BS1) of a serving base station (BS2) of the mobile station (MS) and at least second radio resource information for a transmission of at least second reference signals via at least one second radiation beam (BM2-BS1, . . . BM5-BS1) being directed towards at least one second direction by the at least one neighboring base station (BS1). The method further contains receiving the first reference signals based on the first radio resource information, receiving the at least second reference signals based on the at least second radio resource information, determining first quality information of the first radiation beam (BM1-BS1) based on the received first reference signals and at least second quality information of the at least second radiation beam (BM2-BS1, . . . BM5-BS1) based on the received at least second reference signals, and transmitting at least one of the first quality information and the at least second quality information to the serving base station (BS2). The embodiments further relate to a method for operating a base station (BS2) in a radio communication system (RAN), to a mobile station (MS) for operation in a radio communication system (RAN) and to a base station (BS2) for operation in a radio communication system (RAN). |
| US10182364B2 |
Performing a channel state information measurement in an enhanced machine-type communication
The present disclosure proposes indicating to the UE a set of CSI reference subframes that may be used in performing a CSI measurement. The set of CSI reference subframes may be measured over multiple frequencies when frequency hopping occurs. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may receive information associated with a number of CSI reference subframes to use in performing CSI measurements in a narrowband communication. In addition, the apparatus may monitor subframes on at least two frequency channels including a PDCCH. Further, the apparatus may perform a CSI measurement across the at least two frequency channels based on the information associated with the number of CSI reference subframes. |
| US10182357B1 |
System and method for bottom-up invocation of control signal repeaters in a mesh lighting network
Example embodiments of the invention efficiently organize, control and prioritize a distributed lighting network. A mesh lighting network is organized from the bottom up into groups of lighting devices with control signal repeaters fanning out control signals to each group. Each lighting device is capable of forwarding control signals to additional lighting devices. During build-out of the mesh network, as new lighting devices are installed, the control network automatically selects a device whose repeater function will provide the most reliable and efficient distribution of control signals to the new group of devices being installed. |
| US10182345B2 |
Remote profile modification for device recovery assist
A system is provided for recovering a mobile device by enabling an authorized user to remotely change the profile of the device to assist others in returning the device to the user. Initially, a user registers the mobile device with a recovery assist server. When the user is unable to locate the device because it is, for example, lost or stolen, the user indicates with the server that the device is missing. The device and the server are configured to communicate with each other, for example, periodically or, in another example, on device start up. If the device is identified as missing on the server, the operation of the mobile device is configured based on a missing profile associated with the mobile device. Once the device is located, the user indicates with the server that the device is no longer missing. When the device is unidentified as missing on the server, the operation of the mobile device is configured based on a user profile associated with the mobile device. When the mobile device is configured based on the missing profile, the mobile device may, for example, display a background image or play a ring tone to inform persons near the device that the device is considered mislaid and to provide such persons with information for returning the device. |
| US10182342B2 |
Device network status information
To provide status information on devices in a device network, the devices are configured to broadcast status information, both own and received, and store in addition to own status information also received status information of other devices. |
| US10182341B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for online subscription data configuration
The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus, and a method for online subscription data configuration. This method for online subscription data configuration includes: acquiring, by a subscription data configuration function device (SMF), equipment capability information of a user equipment (UE) and information of a service supported by the UE; generating, by the SMF, user subscription data according to the equipment capability information of the UE and the information of service supported by the UE, and generating user service subscription data according to the information of the service supported by the UE; where the user subscription data and the user service subscription data include an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) allocated to the UE by the SMF; performing, by the SMF, subscription data configuration on a home subscriber server (HSS) and a subscription profile repository (SPR), according to the user subscription data and the user service subscription data. |
| US10182333B2 |
Method for operating an emergency call system and emergency call system
An emergency call system and a method for operating the emergency call system are provided. The emergency call system includes a mobile device and receiving stations. The mobile device has a radio module to transmit an emergency call and each of the receiving stations is configured as a router and has an alarm device and a radio module to receive the emergency call. The emergency call is transmitted from the mobile device to a first receiving station to trigger the alarm signal and a position of the mobile device relative to the receiving stations is determined. Depending on the position, only one of the receiving stations is selected to trigger the alarm signal. |
| US10182332B2 |
Personal security system
A method for providing assistance to each of a plurality of users, each having been enrolled as a member of a community includes receiving, at a server, communications from corresponding mobile devices, each of which is associated with a user who has enrolled as a member in a first community. These emergency communications were initiated by activation of respective personal security buttons on the mobile devices, and provide information about respective security conditions. In response to the communications, the server alerts corresponding first and second security services that are appropriate responding to the respective security conditions. |
| US10182331B2 |
Terminal device and early warning method thereof
The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a terminal device and an early warning method for the terminal device. The method includes: a terminal starts a global positioning system (GPS) positioning to acquire current geographical location information in real time, and matches the current geographical location information with geographical location information of a set region in a service area of a base station to which the terminal belongs; if a matching result is that the terminal has left the set region of the base station to which the terminal belongs, the terminal performs an early warning operation. The terminal device includes a matching unit and an early warning processing unit. |
| US10182329B1 |
Quarantine network for wireless devices
A system and method for a quarantine network for a personal area network are provided. A plurality of devices that are connected to a first personal area network are identified. A first device is designated as being authorized to communicate using the first personal area network and a second device of the plurality of devices is designated as not being authorized to communicate using the first personal area network. The first device is instructed to disconnect from the first personal area network. Communications with the second device are ceased. After ceasing communication with the second device, the second device continues to be connected to the first personal area network. It is then determined that the first device is connected to a second personal area network. The first device is instructed the first device to use a network key for communications with a network controller. |
| US10182328B1 |
Point of sale (POS) device responsive to detected interference with antenna
A payment object reader or POS device tracks performance of a wireless transceiver. In response to detection of a dip in performance of the wireless transceiver, the payment object reader or POS device retunes the wireless transceiver, enables a first subsystem of the payment object reader or POS device from a disabled state, transmits a notification indicating a defect, or identifies a tamper attempt. Sensor measurements and other actions within the payment object reader or POS device can be correlated with wireless transceiver underperformance and used to predict actions to take. |
| US10182326B2 |
Method and device for controlling device using bluetooth technology
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling a connection between a first device and a second device by using a Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) or a Bluetooth BR/EDR. According to the present invention, the control device transmits first control information for changing the mode of the device to at least one of the first device and the second device, and connects the first device to the second device The second device can control the connection between the first device and the second device. |
| US10182321B2 |
Wireless data transfer
Techniques for setting up wireless data transfer are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may be configured to monitor network traffic. A context or origin of the network traffic may be determined. Control options for setting up a wireless data transfer may be determined and presented to a user. Based upon user input, a control option may be selected. Routing network traffic may be performed based upon the selected control option. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10182320B2 |
Method of transmitting information regarding an emergency between a mobile terminal and an emergency management site
Methods and devices for transmitting information regarding an emergency between a mobile terminal and an emergency control center. The method includes communicating first information regarding the emergency via a control channel of a mobile radio system between the mobile terminal and the emergency control center and communicating second information regarding the emergency via a speech channel of the mobile radio system between the mobile terminal and the emergency control center. The control channel may be a logical channel. The speech channel may also be a logical channel. Via the control channel, an SMS which may include the first information regarding the emergency, such as the emergency site and the time of the emergency, may be transmitted from the mobile terminal to the emergency control center. |
| US10182311B2 |
Prioritization of messages within a message collection
In some embodiments, a computer implemented method of processing messages may include receiving priority information from at least one sponsor, the priority information to be used in determining a priority of one or more messages received from a plurality user devices, creating a message collection using a plurality of messages received from the plurality of user devices, and prioritizing at least one message in the message collection according to the received priority information. |
| US10182309B2 |
Magnetic fingerprinting for proximity-based systems
Systems, devices, and methods for magnetic fingerprinting for proximity-based systems are described herein. One device includes instructions stored thereon executable by a processor to receive location information associated with a mobile device in a facility, determine that the mobile device is within a particular distance of an area of the facility based on the location information, determine magnetic field information associated with the mobile device, and allow access to the area via a relay associated with the area responsive to a determination that the user is allowed access based on the magnetic field information. |
| US10182305B2 |
Secure location-based events and notifications
Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided. In one embodiment, the location of entities (e.g., computing entities and establishments) can be monitored or identified to determine whether they are within a configurable/determinable distance/proximity from each other. Such determinations can be used to automatically provide notifications and/or allow or disallow events. |