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| US10358217B2 |
Human transporting drone
Disclosed herein is a human transporting drone including a drone core, a human receptacle for accommodating a human, the human receptacle being detachably housed in the drone core, ropes connected to the human receptacle, and rope winding mechanisms mounted on the drone core, for winding the ropes to house the human receptacle into the drone core and unwinding the ropes to release the human receptacle from the drone core. |
| US10358213B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle protective frame configuration
This disclosure describes a configuration of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that includes a frame that provides structural support for the UAV, protection from foreign objects that may come into contact with the UAV, and protection from precipitation so that the UAV can be used in a wide range of weather conditions. The UAV may have any number of lifting motors. For example, the UAV may include four lifting motors (also known as a quad-copter). |
| US10358212B2 |
Aircraft rotor assembly with composite laminate
An aircraft is provided and includes an airframe, a blade disk, which is rotatable relative to the airframe, including a plurality of rotor blades, a rotor shaft disposed to drive rotation of the blade disk relative to the airframe and a pitching of each of the rotor blades about corresponding pitch axes and a rotor assembly configured to form couplings by which each of the rotor blades is coupled to the rotor shaft. The rotor assembly includes a composite laminate arranged to resolve loading associated with the couplings in-plane of the composite laminate. |
| US10358208B2 |
Hybrid flow control method for simple hinged flap high-lift system
Systems, methods, and devices are provided that provide hybrid flow control for a simple hinged flap high-lift system using sweeping jet (SWJ) actuators for active flow control (AFC) and adaptive vortex generators (AVGs) that may be actuated by flap deflection for passive flow control (PFC). The various embodiments may significantly reduce mass flow, differential pressure, and power requirements for equivalent flow control performance when compared to using AFC only. The various embodiments may reduce the power requirement of AFC, while still maintaining the aerodynamic performance enhancement necessary for high-lift applications using a simple hinged flap. The various embodiments may provide the necessary lift enhancement for a simple hinged flap high-lift system, while keeping the pneumatic power requirement (mass flow and pressure) for the AFC within an aircraft's capability for system integration. |
| US10358207B2 |
Adaptable rotor control system for a variable number of blades
In one embodiment, a rotor hub comprises a yoke for attaching a plurality of rotor blades, a constant velocity joint to drive torque from a mast to the yoke and to enable the yoke to pivot, and a rotor control system configured to adjust an orientation of the plurality of rotor blades. Moreover, the rotor control system comprises: a swashplate, a phase adapter fulcrum, a plurality of actuators controlled based on a flight control input, a plurality of lower pitch links configured to transfer motion between the plurality of actuators and the swashplate, a plurality of phase adjustment levers configured to adjust a control phase associated with motion transferred between the plurality of actuators and the plurality of lower pitch links, and a plurality of upper pitch links configured to adjust a pitch of the plurality of rotor blades, wherein there are more upper pitch links than lower pitch links. |
| US10358205B2 |
Shutter mechanism for covering a wing deployment opening
A shutter mechanism for covering a wing's spreading opening formed in an airborne body and a method for covering such opening while implementing the shutter mechanism, wherein the shutter comprises at least one flap assembly, and wherein from the instant that a deployed wing of the airborne body passed and moved over it, it is biased by traction of at least one springy element to an angular motion around an axis, unto a condition where the flap component of the assembly is positioned so that it is substantially conformal to the outline of the outer surface of the fuselage of the airborne body and while it covers the opening through which the wing passed in its motion; and from an instant that the wing returned and connected to the flap component of the assembly, the flap is biased to an angular motion counter the spring, to the state that the wing returns and is relocated on its top surface. |
| US10358204B2 |
Joint assembly and method connecting an aircraft belly fairing to the fuselage provided with a particularly positioned stringer
A joint assembly in an aircraft connecting a belly fairing to the fuselage of the aircraft. The belly fairing has a sewing angle connected to a main belly fairing section, while the fuselage has a fuselage skin with an exterior and an interior. The joint assembly includes a sewing angle with a flange connected to the fuselage skin exterior at a fixation zone of the fuselage skin, with the fixation zone being overlapped by the flange where it is connected thereto. The joint assembly further includes a stringer connected to the fuselage skin interior and overlapping the fixation zone. This joint assembly is less susceptible to vibrations. The disclosure herein also pertains to a method of providing such a joint assembly. |
| US10358203B2 |
Vessel display system and small vessel including the same
A vessel display system includes a first screen display unit, a second screen display unit, and a screen transition unit. The first screen display unit displays a first screen that includes vessel-related information related to navigation of a vessel. The second screen display unit displays a second screen including function information related to a function usable during the navigation of the vessel and common display information including at least one of the vessel-related information displayed in the first screen. The screen transition unit performs transition from the first screen to the second screen. |
| US10358200B2 |
Large outboard motor for marine vessel application and related methods of making and operating same
An outboard motor for a marine vessel application, and related methods of making and operating same, are disclosed herein. In at least one embodiment, the outboard motor includes a horizontal-crankshaft engine in an upper portion of the outboard motor, positioned substantially positioned above a trimming axis of the outboard motor. In at least another embodiment, first, second and third transmission devices are employed to transmit rotational power from the engine to one or more propellers at a lower portion of the outboard motor. In at least a further embodiment, the outboard motor is made to include a rigid interior assembly formed by the engine, multiple transmission devices, and a further structural component. In further embodiments, the outboard motor includes numerous cooling, exhaust, and/or oil system components, as well as other transmission features. |
| US10358192B2 |
Inflatable watercraft with an embedded drive
The object of the invention is an inflatable watercraft (1) (SUP—stand up paddling) with an embedded drive and having a specially shaped recess in the center, preferably in the center of gravity of the watercraft (1), into which a housing (2, 2′) of a drive assembly is inserted before the watercraft is filled with air. While the watercraft (1) is filled with air, the air pressure firmly fixes the housing (2, 2′) of the drive assembly to a proper position. The housing (2, 2′) accommodates the drive assembly that comprises a storage battery (4), an electric motor (5), a compressor (3) and an electronic circuit (8), wherein the drive assembly is provided with a flow-through channel (6), in which a drive screw (7) is arranged, and both the input and the output sides of the flow-through channel (6) are protected by grates. |
| US10358188B2 |
Floating offshore structures with round pontoons
A floating offshore structure includes a buoyant hull including a first column, a second column, and a pontoon coupled to the first column and the second column. Each column is vertically oriented and the pontoon extends horizontally from the first column to the second column. Each column has a central axis, an upper end, and a lower end. The pontoon includes a first tubular member and a second tubular member positioned laterally adjacent to the first tubular member. Each tubular member has a central axis, a first end coupled to the lower end of the first column, and a second end coupled to the lower end of the second column. The longitudinal axis of the first tubular member and the longitudinal axis of the second tubular member are disposed in a common horizontal plane. |
| US10358184B2 |
Bicycle pedal
A bicycle pedal comprises a pedal axle, a pedal body, and a cantilever bearing structure. The cantilever bearing structure is rotatably coupling the pedal body to the pedal axle about a rotational axis. The cantilever bearing structure comprises a first bearing and a second bearing. The first bearing has at least two rows. The first thrust load ratio is larger than the first radial load ratio. The second bearing has at least one row. The second bearing has a second radial load ratio and a second thrust load ratio. The second radial load ratio is larger than the second thrust load ratio. |
| US10358180B2 |
Adjustable seatpost
A seat post assembly for a bicycle has a first tube with a first distal end and a second tube with a second distal end. The first and second tubes are movable relative to one another to establish a distance between the first and second distal ends. A first pressure chamber has a loaded pressure proportional to a load applied along the tube axis. A second pressure chamber has a second pressure not proportional to the load. A flow path connects the first and second pressure chambers. A valve is disposed along the flow path and is configured to move between a closed position closing the flow path and an open position opening the flow path between the first and second pressure chambers. An isolator of the valve is configured to nullify any resultant force produced by the loaded pressure of the first pressure chamber acting on the isolator. |
| US10358178B2 |
Track assembly for tracked vehicle
The present invention relates to a track assembly for a tracked vehicle, which, particularly, comprises: a support shaft disposed to be orthogonal to a traveling direction of a work body; a connecting collar for connecting the support shaft to the work body while supporting both ends of the support shaft; a rotary roller fitted on the outer periphery of the support shaft and rotating while supporting the inner peripheral surface of a track; a first detection unit disposed between the support shaft and the rotary roller to measure the number of rotations of the rotary roller or the acceleration thereof; a second detection unit for measuring the temperature of a lubricant applied between the support shaft and the rotary roller; a third detection unit disposed on the rotary roller to measure a wear state of the rotary roller; and a communication unit for communicating, to the outside, a result value measured by the first detection unit or the third detection unit. Therefore, the track assembly can improve the efficiency and reliability of work. |
| US10358172B2 |
Latching assembly for multi-functional tailgate door
A vehicle includes a cargo bed, one door, and a latch assembly. The cargo bed includes a plurality of walls. The one door is coupled to the cargo bed and pivotable about a horizontal axis between a closed position and a horizontal open position, and about a vertical axis between the closed position and a vertical open position. The latch assembly includes a striker pin, a latch mechanism, a receiver, and a cam. The striker pin is attached to a respective one of the plurality of walls so as to extend outwardly therefrom. The latch mechanism coupled to the door and selectively latched onto the striker pin. The receiver is coupled to the respective one of the plurality of walls. The cam is coupled to the latch mechanism and the one door. The cam and the receiver cooperate to restrict vertical movement of the one door when the one door is pivotable about the vertical axis. |
| US10358170B2 |
Truck bed foldable shelf
A truck bed foldable shelf includes a platform and a support hingedly attached to the platform with a first hinge at one end and hingedly attached to a truck bed rim at an opposing end with a second hinge, spaced apart from the first hinge, such that the shelf is configured to freely hang under the lip in a stowed position and lie in a horizontal orientation in a raised position. |
| US10358168B2 |
Vehicle lower section structure
A crossing member disposed along a vehicle width direction between inflected portions of side members is capable of transmitting load from one of the side members to the other of the side members when the one side member deforms toward a vehicle width direction inward. Accordingly, when collision load is input due to an offset collision or the like, the collision load is transmitted from the one side member input with the collision load to the other side member through the crossing member, and the collision load is supported by the other side member. |
| US10358162B2 |
Steering control device
A steering control device includes a controller configured to execute turning processing of controlling a controlled variable to a command value corresponding to an operation of a steering wheel by controlling a turning-side actuator in a cutoff state, the controlled variable being at least one of a turning angle of the steered wheels and a turning angle rate that is a changing rate of the turning angle; and transmission switching processing of controlling a switching device such that the switching device is switched from the cutoff state to a transmission state on condition that an absolute value of a difference between the controlled variable and the command value continues to be equal to or larger than a threshold when the turning processing is executed. |
| US10358155B2 |
Establishing an ad hoc communication network, and priority-controlled data transmission in a rail vehicle
A method for establishing communication and for transmitting data between sensor units in a rail vehicle uses a communication network which has multiple network nodes. An advantageous communication network and/or an advantageous data transmission can be achieved if the sensor units independently form an ad hoc network with a network topology for transmitting data in the rail vehicle, configure the network, and change the network topology over the course of the data transmission and/or if the communication network is an ad hoc network and the network nodes are sensor units. A rail vehicle including a communication network which has multiple network nodes is also provided. |
| US10358151B2 |
Railcar truck roller bearing adapter-pad systems
A railcar truck and adapter pad system for placement between a roller bearing and side frame pedestal roof of a three-piece railcar truck. Many different features of the pad and/or the adapter-pad interface are configured to improve stiffness characteristics to satisfy both curving and high speed performance of the railcar truck. |
| US10358148B2 |
System and method for reducing vapor generation in liquefied natural gas fueled vehicle
A method of reducing vapor generation in an LNG fueled vehicle is provided. The LNG fueled vehicle includes an LNG fuel system including an external LNG pump. The method includes a step of predicting if the LNG fueled vehicle will be operated during a first forthcoming time period using a controller. If the LNG fueled vehicle will be operated during the first forthcoming time period, as determined by the first predicting step, the method includes cooling the external LNG pump. |
| US10358141B2 |
Methods and apparatus to extricate a vehicle from a stuck condition
Methods and apparatus to extricate a vehicle from a stuck condition, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a command to place a vehicle in a stuck mode. The stuck mode corresponds to an autonomous control mode of the vehicle. The method further includes autonomously controlling the vehicle in the stuck mode to attempt to extricate the vehicle from a stuck condition. |
| US10358140B2 |
Linearized model based powertrain MPC
A propulsion system, control system, and method are provided for optimizing fuel economy, which use model predictive control systems to generate a plurality of sets of possible command values and determine a cost for each set of possible command values based on weighting values, a plurality of predicted values, and a plurality of requested values. The set of possible command values having the lowest cost is determined. A linearized axle torque requested value and a linearized axle torque measured value are each created by subtracting an estimated disturbance. The estimated disturbance is determined based on a model of a relationship between measured engine output torque and measured transmission ratio. The linearized axle torque measured value is used to compute the predicted values, which are used to determine the cost. The linearized axle torque requested value is also used to determine the cost. |
| US10358139B2 |
Integrated analysis system and method for responding to sudden acceleration of a vehicle
An integrated analysis system includes a data collector configured to acquire an image of an accelerator pedal and an image of a brake pedal for vehicle control and collect on-board diagnostic (OBD) data, distance measurement values obtained by measuring an extent to which the accelerator pedal and the brake pedal are applied, and a decibel value of an inside of a vehicle resulting from a sudden acceleration; a data integrator configured to perform an integration process by overlaying the measured data on the image collected by the data collector; a sudden acceleration determiner configured to determine the sudden acceleration of the vehicle by using image data integrated information integrated by the data integrator; and an image display configured to provide a driver with sudden acceleration determination information obtained from the sudden acceleration determiner, the image data integrated information, vehicle driving information using the OBD data, and emergency relief information. |
| US10358137B2 |
Vehicle control device and vehicle control method
A vehicle control device includes: a requested torque acquisition module that acquires a requested torque requested to a motor that drives a wheel; a control subject designation module that designates one of a wheel speed and a motor rotation speed as a control subject on the basis of the requested torque; and a control module that performs feedback control in a manner that the control subject designated by the control subject designation module becomes equal to a target value. |
| US10358135B2 |
Operating method for a vehicle drive train of a working machine including a drive motor, a transmission and an output
A method for the operation of a vehicle drive-train of a working machine having a drive motor, a transmission whose transmission ratio can be varied continuously, and a drive output. A rotational speed (nmot) of the drive motor can be varied by the driver, by the driver's actuation of a first control element (50), within a rotational speed range (53) delimited by an upper characteristic line (nmoto) and a lower characteristic line (nmotu). The characteristic lines (nmoto, nmotu) are functions of a reciprocal transmission ratio (irez) of the transmission. Furthermore, the rotational speed (nmot1) of the drive motor that can be set by the driver by way of the first control element (50), can be influenced by the driver's actuation of a second control element (51) and as a function of an operating condition of the working machine. |
| US10358131B2 |
Vehicle spacing control
A method of determining a safe distance (dsafe) between a first vehicle (1) and a second vehicle (2) moving ahead of the first vehicle, each vehicle having a state which comprises at least one of a position (s1, s2), a speed and an acceleration of the respective vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: —collecting sensor data relating to the state of the vehicles (1, 2), —determining, using the sensor data and a time-dependent description of the state of the second vehicle (2), a state of the second vehicle (2) as a result of a maximum deceleration of said second vehicle, —determining, using a time-dependent model of the behavior of the first vehicle (1) and said state of the second vehicle (2), a state of the first vehicle (1) as a result of said maximum deceleration of said second vehicle (2), and —determining, using said state of the second vehicle (2) and said state of the first vehicle (1), the safe distance (dsafe). Said state of the second vehicle (2) and said state of the first vehicle (1) involve uncertainties introduced by the sensor data, thus increasing the safety margin of the method. |
| US10358129B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic vehicle control according to traffic
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to operating a vehicle while in traffic. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to detecting that a present level of the traffic proximate to the vehicle satisfies a traffic threshold, determining a control profile according to at least the present level of traffic. The control profile indicates at least an acceleration input and a target cruising speed for the vehicle that avoids braking to decelerate the vehicle while traveling in the traffic. The method includes controlling one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle according to the control profile to cause the vehicle to substantially maintain the target cruising speed while traveling in the traffic. |
| US10358124B2 |
Driving force control method during engine clutch slipping of TMED HEV
A driving force control method is provided for engine clutch slipping of a TMED HEV that includes an engine 10 and a second motor 50, a first motor 30 disposed at a transmission side, an engine clutch 20 interposed between the engine 10 and the first motor 30, and a multi-clutch transmission 35 connected with an output terminal of the first motor 30. The method includes verifying whether a control for maintaining a target speed of the engine is achieved by an engine feedback control or by a second motor torque feedback control and applying clutch pressure for the clutch slipping with hydraulic pressure. When the clutch pressure is applied clutch slipping transmission torque is estimated. Torque of the engine clutch is equivalent to the pressure as a load. Second motor dischargeable limit torque, second motor assist torque, and engine torque are calculated to then execute a slip control. |
| US10358120B2 |
Stop maintaining system of vehicle
A vehicle stop maintaining system is provided, which includes a foot brake mechanism for braking vehicle wheels by applying hydraulic brake pressure according to brake pedal depression, a brake force control mechanism for braking the wheels by controlling a pressurizer, an electric parking brake mechanism for braking the wheels by operating an electric brake mechanism, and a controller comprising a processor for entering a first stop mode when a vehicle stopped state is detected. The processor executes a first determining module for determining existence of an interruptive factor, and a second determining module for determining a failure of the electric parking brake mechanism. If the interruptive factor exists, the controller executes a second stop mode. If the electric parking brake mechanism is determined as failed under the second stop mode, the controller operates a notification device for issuing a notification to a vehicle driver. |
| US10358112B2 |
Immobilizer device for a wheel
An immobilizer device is provided for preventing the travel of a wheel, particularly the wheel of a vehicle. The immobilizer device utilizes an elongated pin to pass through a portion or aperture of the wheel, and the immobilizer device prevents travel of the wheel by acting as a chock. Some embodiments of the immobilizer device comprise an indexing feature to guide the elongated pin into an aperture and a receiver tube to guide the elongated pin into another aperture. Then the elongated pin may be placed in a locked position to secure the immobilizer device to the wheel. |
| US10358111B2 |
Height adjusting device
A height adjustment device for a belt deflector having a guide rail (10) which has a C-shaped cross section with a base (11) and two side limbs (13) which project in the same direction from the base (11), a carriage (20) which is guided in the guide rail (10) such that it can be displaced and fixed, and a return spring (70) which is fastened to the carriage (20) and is guided within the guide rail (10). At least one of the side limbs (13) having at least one spacer element (15) for spacing the return spring (70) away from the side limb (13). |
| US10358110B2 |
Airbag with flow regulator
An airbag includes: an airbag body formed in a bag shape with an occupant-side panel facing an occupant and an opposite-side panel facing a steering wheel in a deployed state; and a flow regulator arranged inside the airbag body and configured to regulate a direction of flow of gas supplied from an inflator. The flow regulator includes: a flow-regulator body arranged such that at least part of the flow-regulator body faces the inflator; fixed portions provided at mutually separated positions on the flow-regulator body and fixed to the opposite-side panel; and a notch provided between the fixed portions in a recessed shape toward a center of the flow-regulator body and forming a gas passage port between the notch and the opposite-side panel, the gas passage port being a port through which the gas supplied from the inflator flows. |
| US10358107B2 |
Front passenger seat airbag device
A front passenger seat airbag device includes a module case; a front passenger seat airbag configured such that, in a folded state, a height of a first airbag section positioned at a vehicle outer side is lower than a height of a second airbag section positioned at a vehicle inner side, and widths of the first airbag section and the second airbag section are substantially the same; an inflator disposed at a bottom side of the module case; and a raising member disposed at a bottom portion of the module case, and that raises a height of a first support face supporting the first airbag section to be higher than a height of a second support face supporting the second airbag section, such that a height of an upper face of the first airbag section is substantially aligned with a height of an upper face of the second airbag section. |
| US10358105B2 |
Shock absorbing structure of vehicle door
A shock absorbing structure of a vehicle door including a vehicle body panel with a service hole includes a door trim and a shock absorber. The door trim covers the vehicle body panel from an interior side of a vehicle. The shock absorber is mounted to the vehicle body panel to cover the service hole. The shock absorber includes a shock absorbing portion that is inserted in the service hole. The shock absorbing portion is disposed such that an end of the shock absorbing portion on an exterior side of the vehicle is disposed more to the exterior side of the vehicle than the service hole and between the vehicle body panel and the door trim. |
| US10358098B2 |
Vehicle speaker system
A vehicle speaker system includes a speaker having a diaphragm that generates a sound pressure, a frame that supports the diaphragm vibratably, and a driving unit attached to the frame to drive the diaphragm. A position of the speaker relative to a partition separating a vehicle-cabin inner space and an engine compartment inner space is determined so that the sound pressure generated by an action of the diaphragm passes through an opening in the partition. A shield member is provided with at least a part thereof being located between the speaker and an obstacle generation source located in the engine compartment inner space to obstruct an operation of the speaker. An open part allowing a first space provided between the speaker and the shield member to communicate with the engine compartment inner space is provided in such a direction as not to be directed toward the obstacle generation source. |
| US10358097B2 |
Roof box apparatus
The invention relates to a roof box (1). Roof box (1) has a housing with a main cavity (2) for housing sheet material. The housing has front and rear end walls (4,5) and opposing side walls (6). Connection means (20) are provided to connect the housing to a vehicle. An opening (9) is provided through which sheet material can be introduced into the main cavity and one or more rollers (10) may be provided at or adjacent the opening. The side walls may extend outwardly at or adjacent the rear of the cavity. A pair of elongate secondary side cavities (12) and a front wall member may be provided on top of the main cavity to create a loading space therebetween. A rear holding plate may be removably located in one or more sets of slots provided in the elongate secondary side cavities. The elongate side cavities may be extendable. |
| US10358096B2 |
Clamping member for a load carrier foot
A clamping member for a load carrier foot clamping mechanism includes a clamping mechanism and a discontinuous contact portion. The clamping mechanism is configured to couple a load carrier foot to a continuous supporting portion of a vehicle. The discontinuous contact portion has at least two contact sections arranged at an obtuse angle and configured to contact the supporting portion so that the clamping member is usable for supporting portions arranged at different angles. |
| US10358092B2 |
Device for adjusting a shell-shaped housing part, a supporting frame for use in such a device, and a vehicle provided with such a device
The invention relates to a device for the adjustment of a shell-shaped housing part, for example a mirror housing. The device, in particular a door mirror device, comprising a base part (2) on which a support frame (3) is provided by means of a first hinge construction (3, 20, 25, 30, 60). Furthermore, the device comprises a first actuator (4) with which the carrier frame is pivotable relative to the base portion to a part of a substantially upwardly extending first pivot axis (5) between a folded position, in which the supporting frame, for example, lying substantially along the body of a motor vehicle, and a unfolded position, in which the supporting frame, for example, is oriented substantially transversely to the body. With the aid of a second hinge construction (30, 35, 60, 63) a carrier (6), in particular for carrying a mirror surface, is disposed on the support frame. Further, the apparatus comprises a second actuator (7) with which the carrier is pivotable with respect to the supporting frame is pivotable, wherein said carrier, and an optionally carried thereon reflecting surface, with respect to the supporting frame is only pivotable/are to a substantially transverse to the substantially upward direction-extending second hinge axis. |
| US10358091B2 |
Automated vehicle mirror adjustment
Technologies are generally described for methods and systems effective to adjust a position of a mirror in a vehicle. In an example, a method for adjusting a position of a mirror in a vehicle may include a processor effective to receive an image of an operator of a vehicle. The processor may identify a reference point in the image and depth data. The processor may generate a mirror adjustment signal based on the depth data and the reference point. The processor may further send the mirror adjustment signal to the mirror to adjust a position of the mirror. |
| US10358090B2 |
Vehicle imaging device, vehicle imaging display system, and vehicle
A vehicle imaging device for displaying an image of the outside of a vehicle on a display unit used in the vehicle includes an imaging unit that is attached to the vehicle, images of the outside of the vehicle, and outputs an imaging signal; an image signal generation unit that performs a generation process of generating an image signal indicating an image to be displayed in each line of the display unit based on the imaging signal, and outputs the image signal to the display unit; and a timing control unit that controls a timing when the image signal generation unit outputs the image signal to the display unit. |
| US10358087B2 |
Laminated glass and vehicular display device
There is provided laminated glass including a display suited to windshield glass.The laminated glass 30 according to the present invention is configured by bonding, through substantially rectangular interlayers 16, 18 and 20, a substantially rectangular glass plate 12 and a substantially rectangular glass plate 14, which have the same sizes as each other. The laminated glass 30 has a plurality of rectangular organic EL displays 34, 36 and 38 as displays built at certain positions in the laminated glass 30. In other words, the laminated glass 30 according to the present invention suited to windshield glass is configured by interposing the organic EL displays 34, 36 and 38 between the interlayer 16 and the interlayer 20 disposed between the glass plate 12 and the glass plate 14. |
| US10358086B2 |
Vehicle periphery image display device and camera adjustment method
An onboard periphery image display device for adjusting transformation rule of each camera mounted on an automobile is provided. A predetermined calibration pattern of a calibration member is placed in a capture area of a reference camera and another calibration pattern of the calibration member is placed in a capture area of an adjustment-targeted camera. The onboard periphery image display detects a coordinate of an image of a reference calibration pattern based on the image of the predetermined calibration pattern captured by the reference camera, detects an coordinate of an image of an adjustment calibration pattern based on the image of the another calibration pattern captured by the adjustment-targeted camera, and adjusts the transformation rule determined for the adjustment-targeted camera based on the detected coordinates. |
| US10358077B1 |
Tailgate towing replacement accessory
A truck having a towing accessory adapted to carry a second vehicle comprising a truck bed having a proximal end and a distal end and a towing accessory attached to the distal end of the truck bed, wherein the towing accessory is adapted to support a pair of wheels of a second vehicle by extending the length of the truck bed. The towing accessory includes a first frame member and a second frame member with lengths spanning a width of the truck bed and spaced substantially parallel to one another. The first frame member and the second frame member are connected by a support adapted to secure a pair of wheels of the second vehicle within the towing accessory. |
| US10358074B2 |
Tailgate lift apparatus and method
A pickup truck tailgate lift apparatus attachable with no body modification, to create a powered lift function utilizing the tailgate as a load platform. Two side assemblies, which extend a lift mechanism beyond the rear bumper, are mounted over the existing tailgate pivot and upper cable anchor pin so that the tailgate may be opened and closed with respect to the side assemblies in the same manner that it is opened and closed with respect to the cargo box. The vehicle tailgate is attached to an electric drive plate assembly so that the tailgate, and a load place on the tailgate, is raised or lowered as the drive plate assembly is raised and lowered. In one embodiment, an electric motor is placed on each side to drive a treaded rod to move a drive plate up or down. |
| US10358073B2 |
Truck loader
A truck loader is provided which includes a base placeable within a truck bed; a first end of a platform is pivotably connectable to the base proximate to a first end of the base; a support is pivotably secured to the platform and pivotably secured to the base proximate to a second end of the base. The support is moveable from a first position, where a second end of the platform is positioned proximate to the base, to a second position, where the second end of the platform is elevated relative to the base. |
| US10358070B2 |
Adjustable head restraint assembly for vehicle seats
A head restraint assembly is provided with a head restraint frame mounted to a post for movement along the post for adjustment relative to a vehicle seat. The head restraint frame has a contact surface. A biasing member is mounted to the head restraint frame for movement relative to the head restraint frame to maintain the head restraint frame in a locked condition along the post. An actuation member is mounted to the head restraint frame for movement relative to the head restraint frame. The actuation member cooperates with the biasing member such that movement of the actuation member moves the biasing member, thereby disengaging the biasing member from the post to permit movement of the head restraint along the post such that the biasing member engages the contact surface in the second position to provide feedback to the user of an unlocked condition of the head restraint frame. |
| US10358068B2 |
Conveyance seat
A rear-side end of a protrusion configured to prevent an armrest stored in a storage space from pivoting to a usage position is formed at a side of a seat back, the side defining at the storage space. The armrest has a pad and a cover covering the pad. The pad has a back-side end engageable with the rear-side end. The rear-side end of the protrusion is arranged on a path of the back-side end of a recess, the path created when the armrest pivots from the usage position to the storage position. The back-side end of the recess is arranged rearward of the rear-side end of the protrusion when the armrest is at the storage position. |
| US10358065B2 |
Pneumatic four way lumbar
A lumbar support system for a seat backrest, the lumbar support system includes a carrier having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The carrier is movable with respect to the seat backrest in a first direction and in a second direction opposite the first direction. The lumbar support system further includes a first bladder coupled to the first end of the carrier, a second bladder coupled to the second end of the carrier, and a third bladder coupled to the carrier. The third bladder has a contact surface and is configured to move with the carrier. The first bladder is inflatable to move the carrier in the first direction, and the second bladder is inflatable to move the carrier in the second direction. The third bladder is inflatable such that the contact surface is extendable in a third direction. |
| US10358062B2 |
Vehicle seat
To make a vehicle seat having functionality for blowing air from the surface of the seat feel comfortable for an occupant to sit on without feeling recesses of opening parts of air-blowing grooves thereon, while ensuring that the efficiency of blowing air to the seat surface is kept high. In the vehicle seat, a urethane pad of a seat cushion and a urethane pad of a seat back have through-holes and groove parts formed thereon, wherein the through-holes are connected to a duct at one end, and the groove parts have openings along a surface covered by a seat cover and are connected to the other ends of the through-holes. Each groove part is formed such that the respective opening has a narrower cross-sectional shape than an internal space of the groove part on the inner side of the urethane pad for the seat cushion/seat back. |
| US10358059B2 |
Utility vehicle
A utility vehicle includes a cargo box and a seat device located on the front side of the cargo box. The seat device includes a seat bottom and a seat back that includes a first lateral swinging shaft that extends in a lateral direction, a seat back frame that swings about the first lateral swinging shaft between an upright position and a horizontal position at which the seat back frame overlaps with the seat bottom, and a seat back main body that is attached to the seat back frame. The seat back frame in the horizontal position defines an expansion floor by which the floor of the cargo box is expanded in a forward direction. The seat back main body swings to a hanging orientation with respect to the seat back frame in the horizontal position and is located in front of the seat bottom. |
| US10358057B2 |
In-vehicle signage techniques
System and method for displaying data to a vehicular occupant about road signs includes a display system arranged to be visible to the occupant and a processor coupled to the display system for receiving data about signs along roads on which the vehicle travels and displaying the received data to the occupant. The data may be provided by a map database containing data about signs along roads on which the vehicle travels, with the processor being coupled to the map database and receiving data about signs along the roads from the map database. A communications unit may be arranged in the vehicle and receives data about signs along the roads on which the vehicle travels from a transmission unit coupled to each sign. The processor may be coupled to or integrated with the communications unit and receives data about signs along the roads from the signs via the communications unit. |
| US10358055B2 |
Angle adjusting device and seat having the same
An angle adjusting device is provided, which includes a ratchet, multiple sliders, an expansion and retraction mechanism, and a sliding groove plate. The ratchet is provided with n inner teeth; and m slider groups consisting of the multiple sliders include one base slider group and m−1 deflecting slider groups, where the outer teeth of the deflecting slider groups have an angular deflection about a central shaft of the ratchet with respect to the outer teeth of the base slider group, and the angular deflection is (Z+k/m)360/n degrees, and 1≤k≤m−1, and the expansion and retraction mechanism is capable of simultaneously push the multiple sliders to extend in radial directions. The outer teeth of different sliders can simultaneously abut against or be engaged with the inner teeth at different phases, thus achieving the stable securing and stepless adjusting of the ratchet position. |
| US10358049B2 |
Method for controlling fuel cell vehicle, and fuel cell vehicle
A method for controlling a fuel cell vehicle includes: calculating total system power for the fuel cell vehicle; calculating power accumulation device target power; calculating fuel cell target power, the power accumulation device target power and the fuel cell target power satisfying the total system power; controlling a first converter to regulate power of a power accumulation device based on the power accumulation device target power, the first converter being provided between the power accumulation device and a motor driver, the motor driver being to drive a motor to generate travelling power; and controlling a second converter to regulate power generated by the fuel cell based on the fuel cell target power, the second converter being provided between the fuel cell and the motor driver. |
| US10358047B2 |
Electric power storage system
An electric power storage system for a vehicle includes a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of a battery, a battery heater, a charger connectable with an external power supply and configured to deliver external power to the battery and the battery heater, and a controller. In the system, a first electric power is supplied to the battery heater when the state of charge of the battery is larger than a predetermined value and the temperature of the battery is equal to or lower than the predetermined temperature, and a second electric power is supplied to the battery heater when the state of charge of the battery is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value and the temperature of the battery is equal to or lower than the predetermined temperature. The first electric power is smaller than the second electric power. |
| US10358042B2 |
Underwater mobile body
An underwater mobile body includes: a secondary battery; a detector that detects a remaining amount of electricity stored in the secondary battery; a power generation unit that uses natural energy to generate electricity with which the secondary battery is charged; and a transition unit that when the remaining amount of electricity detected by the detector decreases below a predetermined threshold, causes transition to a charge mode in which the secondary battery is charged. |
| US10358040B1 |
Drive assembly and system for utility vehicle
A compact generator and coolant pump assembly may be used on a vehicle having a fluid reservoir and a plurality of electrical components disposed on the vehicle. The generator includes a rotor and stator disposed in a housing and the rotor is driven by a rotatable input member to generate an electrical output for use by one or more components of the vehicle. The assembly also includes a circulating pump connected to an upper portion of a generator housing and driven by the rotatable input member. A clutch assembly driven by the rotatable input member and engaged to and driving a clutch output may be located adjacent to the lower housing of the generator. |
| US10358038B1 |
Wind turbine for electric car
A system for harnessing wind energy to charge the electric storage battery of a vehicle, whether the vehicle is parked or in motion. While the vehicle is being driven, a roof-mounted, internal wind turbine harnesses wind energy and causes rotation of the shaft of an electric generator mounted to an interior surface of the roof. For charging the battery while the vehicle is parked, an external wind turbine is storable in the vehicle when not in use and attaches to the internal wind turbine. Cups of the kind used in cup anemometers are attached to radial arms that extend from an external shaft of the external wind turbine and catch ambient wind currents while the vehicle is parked, causing the external shaft and the generator shaft to rotate. |
| US10358035B2 |
System and method for powering a hydraulic pump
A hydraulic pump powering system includes a mobile vehicle, a first electric current generator device, and one or more electric pump motors. The mobile vehicle has first and second prime movers. The first electric current generator device is disposed onboard the mobile vehicle and is configured to be mechanically coupled with the first prime mover to convert movement created by the first prime mover into first electric current. The one or more electric pump motors are configured to receive the first electric current to power a hydraulic pump. The second prime mover is configured to generate movement that is converted into a propulsive force that propels the mobile vehicle. The one or more electric pump motors are configured to receive the first electric current in order to power the hydraulic pump to pump a fluid into a pumping location located off-board the mobile vehicle. |
| US10358034B2 |
System and method for controlling a vehicle display in a moving vehicle
A method and system for controlling one or more functions associated with a vehicle display includes providing a steering wheel having a left zone and a right zone. The method includes determining a left contact value and a right contact value based on at least one of a plurality of sensors of the steering wheel. Further, the method includes comparing the left contact value to a left contact threshold that maximizes contact of a left hand with the steering wheel within the left zone and comparing the right contact value to a right contact threshold that maximizes contact of a right hand with the steering wheel within the right zone. Upon determining a non-driving passenger is present in the vehicle, the one or more functions associated with the vehicle display are enabled or disabled. |
| US10358030B2 |
Method for operating a drivetrain for a motor vehicle and corresponding drivetrain
A method for operating a drivetrain for a motor vehicle, said method includes: reducing a transmission torque transmitted between a primary drive axle operatively connected with a secondary drive axle of the motor vehicle via a clutch configured to allow adjustment of the transmission torque when determining at the secondary drive axle a wheel slip which exceeds a defined slip threshold value. |
| US10358027B2 |
Series of mounting supports and mounting support for fastening radiator modules, and method for manufacturing mounting supports
A series of mounting supports, a mounting support for fastening radiator modules and a method for producing mounting supports, in particular for motor vehicles for fastening radiator modules by which the variability of a mounting support with respect to the arrangement of radiator modules can be increased. A series of mounting supports for fastening radiator modules in the front-end structure of motor vehicles relates to mounting supports having a frame which comprises an upper transversal support, two lateral vertical supports and a lower transversal support. At least an upper bearing area and at least a lower bearing area for mounting a radiator module are formed on the frame. Adapter elements for connecting between the mounting support and a radiator module are arranged on the mounting support in the upper bearing area and/or in the lower bearing area, which allow the variable fastening of radiator modules in different relative positions. |
| US10358024B2 |
Electric-drive vehicle structure
An electric-drive vehicle structure is provided, which includes a cross member bridged between side frames in a front part of a vehicle, a motor suspended below the cross member, a tray fixed to an upper surface of the cross member, and an electric unit for driving a motor, fixed onto the tray. A front edge of the electric unit is located forward of a front edge of the cross member, and the tray has a front edge located, throughout a width thereof, forward of the electric unit. |
| US10358021B2 |
Vehicle protection assembly
A vehicle protection assembly for protecting a vehicle from hail damage includes a tarp that is selectively placed over a vehicle thereby facilitating the tarp to completely cover the vehicle. A bladder is positioned within the tarp and the bladder is selectively inflated. The bladder absorbs impact energy from hail thereby inhibiting the hail from damaging the vehicle when the tarp is positioned on the vehicle. A plurality of straps is provided and each of the straps is removably coupled to the tarp. Each of the straps is extended beneath the vehicle when the tarp is positioned on the vehicle to retain the tarp on the vehicle. |
| US10358020B2 |
Sunroof seal assembly and method for a vehicle
A sunroof seal assembly and method for a vehicle includes a sunroof frame disposed on the vehicle that defines a sunroof opening into which an associated sunroof panel is received, a first seal member mounted to the sunroof frame for sealing to an underside of a roof of the vehicle and a second seal member slideably mounted to the first seal member for sealing to the associated sunroof panel when the associated sunroof panel is in a closed position. |
| US10358018B2 |
Vehicle door
A vehicle door includes a door box with first and second walls and a second wall and a window frame module, in which a window frame, a first window shaft reinforcement and a second window shaft reinforcement are connected into a structural unit. The first window shaft reinforcement features a groove that accommodates an upper edge of the first wall. An upper edge of the second wall is covered by the second window shaft reinforcement. |
| US10358016B2 |
Air conditioner for vehicle
An air conditioner for a vehicle includes a first heat exchanger that exchanges heat between a refrigerant in a refrigeration cycle and a heat medium, a second heat exchanger that exchanges heat between air to be blown into a vehicle interior space and the heat medium, and a casing disposed in the vehicle interior space to form an air passage through which the air flows and to accommodate the second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger is disposed under the casing, and a partition wall for partitioning an engine room from the vehicle interior space is interposed between the first heat exchanger and the casing. |
| US10358015B2 |
Air-conditioning system for a machine
An air-conditioning system including a primary circuit and a secondary circuit is provided. The primary circuit includes a flow of refrigerant, an evaporator and a chiller configured to exchange heat between a coolant and the refrigerant. The secondary circuit includes a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the chiller to receive the coolant. The heat exchanger includes a phase change material in heat exchange relationship with the coolant, such that the coolant exchanges heat with the phase change material to store thermal energy in the phase change material. The air-conditioning system is implemented in a machine in which during an idle-off state, the stored energy in the heat exchanger is discharged to provide an air-conditioning effect. |
| US10358010B2 |
Interlinked active suspension
A vehicle suspension system may include hydraulic actuators, first and second conduits, and first and second switch valves. Each actuator includes a cylinder and a piston that divides an interior of the cylinder into compression and rebound chambers. First and third ports of each cylinder are openings to the rebound chamber. Second and fourth ports of each cylinder are openings to the compression chamber. The first conduit connects the third port of a first actuator with the fourth port of a second actuator. The second conduit fluidly connects the third port of the second actuator with the fourth port of the first actuator. The first switch valve is connected to the first and second ports of the first one of the hydraulic actuators. The second switch valve is connected to the first and second ports of the second one of the hydraulic actuators. |
| US10358009B2 |
Suspension device
A rubber sheet includes: a main body fitted to a mounting portion formed so as to be depressed at the spring guide, the main body supporting a coil spring; and lips formed to project from respective side surfaces of an inner periphery and an outer periphery of the main body in a radial direction, the lips being configured to abut on the spring guide to prevent a foreign matter from invading between the main body and the mounting portion. |
| US10358004B2 |
Device and assembly for detecting tire parameters of transiting vehicles
A device for detecting tire parameters of transiting vehicles, comprising an electronic unit for processing radio signals that carry measurements of at least one parameter of at least one tire of a vehicle, such as the pressure, and further comprising a detector of the transit of vehicles for the activation of the processing of the radio signals. |
| US10357999B2 |
Tyre for motorcycles
Tyre for motorcycles includes a carcass structure, a belt structure arranged in a radially outer position with respect to the carcass structure and a tread band arranged in a radially outer position with respect to the belt structure, wherein the belt structure is of the zero degree type and includes at least one reinforcing cord having an elongation at break smaller than about 3%; the cord includes a plurality of first metal wires twisted together so as to form a core of first metal wires and a plurality of second metal wires twisted together around said core; and the number and the diameter of the second metal wires are such that the second metal wires are not able to fully enclose the core. |
| US10357997B1 |
Drive axle assembly with moveable axle shaft and method of operation
A drive axle assembly includes a differential assembly, a wheel hub assembly, an axle shaft, and an actuator mechanism. The actuator mechanism is adapted to move the axle shaft between a first axial position in which the axle shaft is engaged with the wheel hub assembly, and a second axial position in which the axle shaft is disengaged from the wheel hub assembly. |
| US10357995B2 |
Wheel adapter for a mobile lift device
A lift device includes a wheel assembly coupled to a frame. The wheel assembly includes a rim having an inner barrel, an outer barrel, and a lip defining a first surface and a second surface. The lift device also includes an adapter plate and an axle having a first end coupled to the frame and a second end including a hub. The adapter plate includes a barrel portion defining a first face and a second face, a hub portion directly coupled to the hub, and a transition portion extending between the barrel portion and the hub portion. The second surface of the lip engages the first face of the barrel portion when the wheel assembly is in a first configuration and the second face of the barrel portion when the wheel assembly is in a second configuration thereby reducing a track width of the lift device. |
| US10357994B2 |
Wheel and its reinforced member
A rim section 18 is provided with e disk section 20 and is secured to a jig by patting the disk section 20 as the lower side. By allowing a groove section 40 (an engaging section) provided along a circumferential direction of the inner peripheral surface 21 of the rim section 18 to engage with a bent end section 48 of a reinforced member 14 attached from the upper side of the jig, the reinforced member 14 can be easily positioned on the inner peripheral surface 21 of the rim section 18. |
| US10357991B2 |
Security ink based security feature
A security article may include a substrate. The security article may include a layer of security ink. The layer of security ink may include a set of color-shifting interference particles. The security article may include a layer of magnetic color-shifting ink. The layer of magnetic color-shifting ink may include a set of magnetically aligned magnetic particles. A color-shifting property of the layer of security ink and a color-shifting property of the layer of magnetic color-shifting ink may have a threshold level of similarity to create a color matching effect. |
| US10357985B2 |
Printing system
An intermediate transfer member (ITM) for use in a printing system to transport an ink image from an image forming station to an impression station for transfer of the ink image from the ITM onto a printing substrate, wherein the ITM is an endless flexible belt of substantially uniform width which, during use, passes over drive and guide rollers and is guided through at least the image forming station by means of guide channels that receive formations provided on both lateral edges of the belt, wherein the formations on a first edge differ from the formations on the second edge by being configured for providing the elasticity desired to maintain the belt taut when the belt is guided through their respective lateral channels. |
| US10357984B2 |
Printer
A printer includes a recording head; a platen roller; a first case to which the recording head is attached, the first case including a paper-feed port for feeding recording paper; a second case to which the platen roller is attached, the second case including a paper-ejection port for ejecting the recording paper; and a lock lever that is disposed in the first case and includes a support configured to rotatably support a shaft of the platen roller. The printer is configured such that the shaft of the platen roller is placed in the support when the first case and the second case are joined together. |
| US10357982B2 |
Image recording apparatus
An image recording apparatus for recording an image on a sheet includes a recording section which records the image on the sheet in a transport passage for transporting the sheet in a transport direction and multiple plates which are spaced apart from each other in a widthwise direction. These multiple plates include a first type of plate and a second type of plate. Plates of a first type of plate are configured to overlap a sheet when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction and the widthwise direction, while plates of the second type of plate do not. |
| US10357981B2 |
Unit capable of being inserted in and pulled out from image forming apparatus main body and image forming apparatus including same
Provided is a unit including a unit case, a positioning frame, and a pair of through shafts. The unit case includes a first frame disposed on a downstream side in a mounting direction, a second frame disposed on an upstream side in the mounting direction, and a pair of end frames. The positioning frame is disposed on an upstream side in the mounting direction with respect to the second frame and is positioned in a direction perpendicular to the mounting direction with respect to an image forming apparatus main body. The through shaft penetrates the first frame, the second frame, and the positioning frame. The through shaft is provided with a regulating pin that engages with the image forming apparatus main body so as to regulate movement of the unit case in an attachment/detachment direction. |
| US10357976B2 |
Liquid cartridge provided with liquid supply portion having guide groove
A liquid cartridge configured to be inserted into a cartridge attachment section includes: a cartridge body having a liquid storage chamber, and a liquid supply portion configured to supply the liquid stored in the liquid storage chamber to an outside. The liquid supply portion includes: a front end face facing frontward, an outer peripheral surface extending rearward from the front end face, and at least one guide provided at the outer peripheral surface. Each of the at least one guide is guided by corresponding at least one projection of the cartridge attachment section during attachment of a liquid supply tube of the cartridge attachment section to the liquid supply portion at a time of attachment of the liquid cartridge to the cartridge attachment section. Each of the at least one guide includes: a first guide portion, and a second guide portion. |
| US10357975B2 |
Liquid ejection apparatus
A liquid ejection apparatus, including: a liquid ejector; a housing including a tank storage portion in which is stored a tank for accommodating a liquid to be supplied to the ejector, the housing having an opening through which the tank storage portion and an exterior of the housing communicate; a lid attached to the housing and configured to be selectively positioned at one of a closed position at which the opening is closed and an open position at which the opening is opened; and an operation panel including an operating portion which is provided for at least one of front and upper surfaces of the housing and which is to be externally operated, wherein the lid is attached to the housing so as to be slidable in an up-down direction with respect to the housing, the lid being positioned at the open position by sliding upward from the closed position. |
| US10357973B2 |
Liquid ejecting apparatus and cleaning device
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, a first wiping portion which is able to wipe away the liquid that is adhered to the nozzle surface, and a second wiping portion which is able to hold the liquid that is adhered to the nozzle surface by contacting the nozzle surface, wherein it is possible to perform a first maintenance operation in which the nozzle surface is wiped using the first wiping portion and a second maintenance operation in which the second wiping portion is caused to contact the nozzle surface due to the second wiping portion being biased by the first wiping portion. |
| US10357971B2 |
Method for manufacturing liquid jetting apparatus and liquid jetting apparatus
A method for manufacturing a liquid jetting apparatus includes: a wire formation step of forming a wire so that a part of the wire covers a piezoelectric film; and an electrode formation step of forming a second electrode, after the wire formation step, on a surface of the piezoelectric film on a side far from a vibration film so as to be in electrical conduction with the wire. The liquid jetting apparatus includes: a flow passage formation portion; and a piezoelectric actuator having the vibration film provided on the flow passage formation portion, the piezoelectric film arranged on the vibration film, a first electrode arranged on a surface of the piezoelectric film on a side near to the vibration film, the second electrode arranged on the surface of the piezoelectric film on the side far from the vibration film, and the wire connected to the second electrode. |
| US10357968B2 |
Ink-jet head having passage unit and actuator units attached to the passage unit, and ink-jet printer having the ink-jet head
A printhead module includes a plurality of rows of printhead nozzles, at least some of the rows including at least one displaced row portion, the displacement of the row portion including a component in a direction normal to that of a pagewidth to be printed, wherein the displaced row portions of at least some of the rows are different in length than the displaced row portions of at least some of the other rows. |
| US10357965B2 |
Printing apparatus and printing method
A printing apparatus having an ink application unit applying a first ink containing at least resin as a solid content onto a discharge medium, a reaction liquid application unit applying a reaction liquid reacting with a component in the ink to aggregate the solid content in the first ink onto the discharge medium, and a liquid absorbing unit for bringing a liquid absorbing member of a porous body into contact with an ink image formed by the ink and the reaction liquid on the discharge medium to absorb liquid to thereby reduce the amount of the liquid in the ink image, in which a layer is formed with the first ink and the reaction liquid on the discharge medium, and then a test pattern utilized for detection is printed by applying a second ink different from the first ink to a part of the layer by the ink application unit. |
| US10357962B2 |
Printing utilizing a virtual mask
A method and apparatus for printing on an article are disclosed. An embodiment of a method may include the generation of a virtual mask that can designate areas for printing and/or designate areas to exclude from printing. A method may include utilization of the virtual mask during either 2D or 3D printing such that a print design is printed in areas designated for printing by the virtual mask. |
| US10357961B2 |
Stencils
A stencil for printing a pattern of deposits on a substrate, wherein the stencil comprises an electroformed metal sheet which has a first layer which includes an apertured region through which a printing medium is applied in a printing operation, and a second layer which overlies a substrate to be printed and includes a plurality of apertures, wherein the apertures of the second layer extend across and beyond the apertured region in the first layer, whereby the second layer includes a plurality of through apertures in registration with the apertured region of the first layer, each having a pattern corresponding to that to be printed on the substrate, and a plurality of blind apertures disposed adjacent and outwardly of the apertured region in the first layer. |
| US10357960B2 |
Three-dimensional curing of a two-dimensionally printed object
A printing system is used to selectively print a layer material on a surface that is initially in a planar or two-dimensional shape. After the layer material is printed onto the surface, it is exposed to an amount of radiation from a radiation source and partially cured. Several layer materials may be placed on top of one another and are also partially cured. The flat surface may be reshaped into a nonplanar or three-dimensional shape, and the layer materials are again exposed to an amount of radiation and fully cured. |
| US10357957B2 |
Adept three-dimensional printing
The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing methods, apparatuses, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium. The disclosure delineates real time manipulation of three-dimensional printing to reduce deformation. The present disclosure further provides 3D object formed using the methods, apparatuses, and systems. |
| US10357955B2 |
Method for forming a 3D printed seat support system
A method for forming a three-dimensionally (3D) printed flexible support apparatus includes: producing arrays of V-spring elements using a 3D printing system, each array including a plurality of V-spring elements arranged in a predefined array shape, and each V-spring element having a predefined firmness or hysteresis characteristic; arranging the arrays of V-spring elements in at least one two-dimensional (2D) array grid using the 3D printing system, such that at least one V-spring element of each array is attached to a V-spring element of at least one adjacent array; and shaping the at least one array grid according to a predefined volume to form the support apparatus. |
| US10357948B2 |
Shrink films with high tear resistance, and methods of making thereof
A multilayer ethylene-based shrink films comprising a core layer comprising a polyethylene resin, and two skin layers, wherein the core layer is positioned between the two skin layers, wherein the polyethylene resin comprises greater than 50 mol. % of the units derived from ethylene and less than 30 mol. % of the units derived from one or more alpha-olefin comonomers, has greater than 50% of the copolymer fraction eluting between 75.0° C. and 95.0° C. as determined by Crystallization Elution Fractionation (CEF), and has a density ranging from 0.915 to 0.940 g/cc, and wherein the film is biaxially-oriented. |
| US10357944B2 |
Aluminum alloy sheet, bonded object, and member for motor vehicle
An aluminum alloy substrate bears a first layer on at least one side thereof, and a second layer on at least part of the first layer. The first layer includes an oxide film containing Mg in a content of from 0.1 atomic percent to less than 30 atomic percent. The second layer contains siloxane bonds. The second layer is disposed in a mass of coating of from 0.1 mg/m2 to less than 30 mg/m2. Assume that parallel polarized light is applied to the side bearing the first layer and the second layer at an incident angle of 75°, and resulting data are analyzed by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy to give a spectrum. In the spectrum, a peak occurring adjacent to 1057 cm−1 has an area of 0.01 or more with respect to a base line drawn from 1026 cm−1 to 1084 cm−1. |
| US10357943B2 |
Articles having an exposed surface coating formed from copper nanoparticles
Various touch surfaces can lead to the spread of many types of secondary infections. Although copper has some capacity for conveying antiseptic properties, it can be problematic to form a copper-containing surface upon an article that does not otherwise contain copper. Copper nanoparticles can be used to address this situation by forming a plurality of copper islands upon the substructure of an article. Articles having antiseptic properties can include an exposed surface coating containing a plurality of copper islands, and a substructure underlying the exposed surface coating, in which the substructure contains a material differing from copper. The copper nanoparticles can remain in their original form in the exposed surface coating, or at least a portion of the copper nanoparticles can be fused together to form the copper islands. Biocidal activity beyond limiting transfer of secondary infections can also be expressed in the articles. |
| US10357939B2 |
High performance light weight carbon fiber fabric-electrospun carbon nanofibers hybrid polymer composites
The present disclosure relates to the development of high performance light weight carbon fiber fabric-electrospun carbon nanofibers hybrid polymer composites and a process thereof. In this process continuous carbon nanofiber sheets of diameter in the range of few hundred nanometers are developed from electrospun PAN nanofibers and sandwich between the carbon fiber fabric epoxy resin prepregs to develop hybrid polymer composites by compression molding technique with low content of carbon fibers. |
| US10357933B2 |
Woven tubular thermal sleeve and method of construction thereof
A thermal sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve has a tubular woven wall extending along a central axis between opposite open ends with an outer reflective foil layer fixed thereto. The wall is woven with lengthwise extending warp yarns and circumferentially extending fill yarns. The fill yarns include first and second fill yarns bundled in side-by-side abutting relation as a single pick, thereby forming discrete single pick bundles in axially spaced relation from one another. The first fill yarn is provided as a standard monofilament, while the second fill yarn is provided having a low melt material melted and bonded to the abutting first fill yarn and to portions of the abutting warp yarns, wherein the spaces between the discrete bundles remain substantially free of melted material, thereby further enhancing longitudinal flexibility of the sleeve. |
| US10357927B2 |
Light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same
A light emitting device includes a light emitting element having an upper face and lateral faces; a light transmissive member covering at least a portion of the upper face of the light emitting element and transmitting light emitted from the light emitting element; a first reflector covering at least a portion of lateral faces of the light transmissive member; and a second reflector covering the lateral faces of the light emitting element. The first reflector includes a first bottom face and a second bottom face. A plane in which the first bottom face of the first reflector extends is different than a plane in which a lower face of the light transmissive member extends. The second bottom face of the first reflector is located inward of the first bottom face of the first reflector, and is coplanar with the lower face of the light transmissive member. The first bottom face of the first reflector is covered by and in contact with the second reflector. |
| US10357926B2 |
Metal/CFRP composite structure, and its manufacturing method and apparatus
Provided are a metal/CFRP composite structure which has lightweight and high strength by combining hot-pressed metal material(s) and carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) material(s), and its manufacturing method and apparatus. A metal blank material is heated to a temperature at which quenching is possible to obtain a first intermediate product quenched by hot-pressing. The first intermediate product, and a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) prepreg comprising carbon fiber and uncured thermoset plastic are set into CFRP forming dies followed by press-forming the prepreg to obtain a secondary intermediate product having the CFRP in intimate contact with a surface of the first intermediate product. The CFRP and the first intermediate product are firmly adhered together by thermal curing of thermoset plastic located in the boundary of the CFRP and the first intermediate product, by subjecting the thermoset plastic contained in the CFRP prepreg to thermal curing. |
| US10357924B2 |
Composite feedstock strips for additive manufacturing and methods of forming thereof
Provided are composite feedstock strips for additive manufacturing and methods of forming such strips. A strip may include continuous fibers extending parallel to the principal axis of the strip. The cross-sectional distribution of these continuous fibers may be uneven. Specifically, the fibers may be concentrated near the center of the strip and may be positioned away from at least some portions of the strip surface. A strip may be formed by laminating a layup of one or more fiber-containing plies and one or more of resin plies. The position of the different types of plies in the layup is used to control distribution of the fibers and other materials within the strip. The laminated sheet is slit into multiple strips in a direction parallel to the continuous fibers. The cross-sectional profile of the slit strips may be later changed without disturbing orientation of the continuous fibers. |
| US10357920B2 |
Gas phase integrated multimaterial printhead for additive manufacturing
Sputtering printheads, additive manufacturing systems comprising the same, and methods for additive manufacturing are provided. Sputtering printheads of the present invention use a plasma to sputter a feedstock material which is directed towards a target. A printhead can include a heater to heat the feedstock to, or near, the material's melting point as it is being sputtered to increase the deposition rate. A convergent nozzle can also increase the deposition rate. Printheads of the present invention are readily reconfigurable such that the same printhead can be used to deposit different materials, such as metals and non-metals, in succession by replacing the feedstock material and making changes to a few settings. Additive manufacturing systems of the present invention can be operated at normal room temperatures and pressure. |
| US10357919B2 |
Method and apparatus for photo-curing with self-lubricating substratum for the formation of three-dimensional objects
Three-dimensional objects are formed by exposing a photo-curing liquid polymer to a radiation. The three-dimensional objects form by growth, due to the progressive curing of the photo-curing liquid polymer, in a space between a sheet transparent to the radiation and a supporting plate, that is, a portion already formed of the objects. During the growth process, the supporting plate progressively moves away from the transparent sheet. On the side of said transparent sheet facing towards the photo-curing liquid polymer, a membrane is arranged. The membrane is transparent to the radiation, and is covered by a layer of liquid lubricant that is released gradually by the membrane. |
| US10357917B2 |
Method for manufacturing nanometric objects using the rupture of a layer deformed by wrinkles
A method for manufacturing a nanoscale object from a structure including a strained elastic layer on a foundation in a solid state present at a surface of a rigid substrate, the method reiterating: melting the foundation for a duration higher than or equal to 50 ns, thickness of the foundation being at least 20 nm and lower than a predetermined thickness corresponding to a theoretical peak-to-peak amplitude of wrinkles, the melting generating a simultaneous deformation of the elastic layer and of the foundation and a localized contact between the elastic layer and the rigid substrate insulating the regions from the foundation; solidifying the foundation to bring the foundation back to the solid state; until the foundation reaches yield point of the elastic layer. |
| US10357910B2 |
Techniques for coating pipes
A thermoplastics injection molding process coats a field joint of a pipeline by positioning a mold tool around the field joint to define a mold cavity. Thermoplastics material injected into the mold cavity forms a field joint coating that will set in the mold cavity. As the thermoplastics material shrinks in the mold cavity while the field joint coating sets, compacting pressure is applied radially inwardly within the mold cavity against a radially outer side of the field joint coating. A compacting fluid introduced into the mold cavity between the mold tool and the field joint coating may be used to apply pressure against the field joint coating. This accelerates and controls cooling of the field joint coating while maximizing quality. |
| US10357908B2 |
Method for manufacturing resin substrate with hard coating film and resin substrate with hard coating film
Provided are: a method for efficiently manufacturing an abrasion-resistant resin substrate with a hard coating film with adhesiveness and weather resistance obtained by sequentially laminating a primer layer and a hard coating layer on a resin substrate without decreasing the adhesiveness and the weather resistance; and a resin substrate with hard coat film obtained by this method. A method for manufacturing a resin substrate with a hard coating film having a primer layer and a hard coating layer, includes: a step of forming a primer layer containing an acrylic polymer on one main surface of a resin film to obtain a resin film laminate; a step of forming a resin substrate by injection molding on another main surface of the resin film in the resin film laminate; and a step of applying a hard coating layer forming composition on the primer layer and curing the hard coating layer forming composition. |
| US10357906B2 |
Method of producing composite members having increased strength
This invention relates to extruded composite materials specifically focusing on the increasing load bearing capacity and the overall strength of composites. Injectable conformable structural core materials are used to replace foam cells inside extruded composite materials thereby increasing the overall load bearing stability and strength. The core materials are tailored to have a desired CTE with respect to the structural materials. The core materials may also incorporate fibers and solid structural fillers for increasing the strength of the composite member. The objective is to enable composite materials to have the highest structural load bearing capability possible so that these technologies can be used as the replacement of wood, in aerospace applications and for other purposes. |
| US10357898B2 |
Portable tile cutter
A portable tile cutter includes a main unit having a base frame and a guard connected to the base frame, a cutter blade pivotally mounted at the guard, a driving unit connected to the guard and operable to rotate the cutter blade, a first handle connected to the driving unit, and a second handle connected to the guard and providing a grip. The component parts of the portable tile cutter are so arranged that moving one or both the driving unit and the second handle can achieve adjustment of the gap between the first handle and the grip of the second handle. Thus, the portable tile cutter can fit different users having different body sizes. |
| US10357891B2 |
Shaving razor interconnection mechanism and method of making simplified interconnection
A reduced cost interconnection for shaving razor cartridges. A base member is injection molded as a single continuous mass. The base member defines at least one void that may receive a mass increasing member. The base member has a handle portion integrally formed with a living hinge and an interconnection feature. The interconnection feature is biased to detachably engage a counterpart interconnection feature of a blade cartridge. Elastomeric reinforcement in over molded onto the base member to improve the structural integrity of the living hinge. |
| US10357889B2 |
Inner blade of rotary electric shaver
An inner blade of a rotary electric shaver decreases a rake angle and increases an erecting angle in a small blade, which can prevent remaining hair from appearing on one end side in a cross section of hair, and which can prevent poor shaving performance and increased sliding resistance against an outer blade. An inner blade of a rotary electric shaver includes an outer blade whose upper surface functions as an annular shaving surface having multiple hair inlets, and the inner blade having a plurality of small blades which rotate while coming into sliding contact with a lower surface of the outer blade. The small blade is formed by erecting a portion of a metal plate so that an angle of a front side in a rotation direction with respect to a plate surface of the metal plate becomes an acute angle, the front side in the rotation direction has a concave portion having a shape hollowed toward a lower end portion from an upper end surface which comes into sliding contact with the outer blade, and an upper end edge defined by the upper end surface and the concave portion functions as a blade edge. |
| US10357887B2 |
Handle with lighting effect
A handle having illuminating features, such as on a utility tool, the handle having a housing made up of a first housing section and a second housing section that mate with each other to define a cavity, the first housing section having a plurality of slots through which an internally positioned set of LEDs can emit. The second housing section may similarly have a plurality of protrusions and a second set of LEDs to transmit light. Translucent diffusers may be positioned between the LEDs and their respective housing sections. The utility tool may have additional tools that are spring-loaded to facilitate opening the tools and maintaining the tools in a closed configuration. |
| US10357884B2 |
Systems and methods for providing dynamic vacuum pressure in an articulated arm end effector
A system is disclosed for providing dynamic vacuum control to an end effector of an articulated arm. The system includes a first vacuum source for providing a first vacuum pressure with a first maximum air flow rate, and a second vacuum source for providing a second vacuum pressure with a second maximum air flow rate, wherein the second vacuum pressure is higher than the first vacuum pressure and wherein the second maximum air flow rate is greater than the first maximum air flow rate. |
| US10357882B2 |
Data upgrading methods and devices for robots
The present disclosure relates to a data upgrading method, including: transmitting a data region preparation request for preparing a data region, transmitting a length of the upgraded data packet via a block control instruction frame, wherein a node adjusts the data region according to the length of the upgraded data packet, receiving the length of the data region, and transmitting the upgraded data packet according to a predetermined sending sequence. As such, the abnormal operations may be avoided and the reliability may be enhanced. |
| US10357876B2 |
Robot system
A robot system includes a conveying device, a robot, a control unit for controlling operation of the robot by transmitting a drive signal to a motor of the robot, and for outputting a driving speed control signal to the conveying device, and an encoder for detecting a conveying speed of the conveying device in a regular operation mode, where, when the robot is to be operated in a teach mode and a test mode, the control unit transmits a drive signal to the robot such that an operation speed is reduced by a received override value, and outputs the driving speed control signal such that the conveying speed of the conveying device is reduced by the override value. |
| US10357868B2 |
Grinder, cover, and lock nut
A grinder includes a motor, a housing, a spindle and a cover. The spindle protrudes downward from the housing, is driven by the motor, and thereby rotates. The cover is provided on the spindle in the circumferential direction and at least partially covers a tool accessory, which is mounted on the spindle. The cover is configured such that at least one part deforms and/or is composed of an elastic material. |
| US10357866B2 |
Method and device for the surface finishing of workpieces
A method for the surface finishing of workpieces moves the workpiece, including rotating about at least one axis, relative to a bed of a granular grinding and/or polishing material. The workpiece is accelerated to different speeds of rotation in relation to the bed of the granular grinding/polishing material. The workpiece or a container containing the bed of granular grinding/polishing material to be accelerated in periodic cycles of at most 5 sec between speeds of rotation and a second speed of rotation and/or to be rotated during continual acceleration at continually different speeds of rotation. A device for carrying out the method, such as a drag- or dip-finishing machine, includes a control device to impose speed of rotation profiles of the aforementioned type on a rotary drive workpiece holders, on which the workpieces can be clamped, or on a container containing the bed of granular material during the operation. |
| US10357864B2 |
Glass-plate working apparatus
A glass-plate working apparatus 1 includes: two grinding worktables 17A and 17B which undergo NC controlled movement or angularly controlled rotation independently of each other and a grinding head 18 which undergoes NC controlled movement in correspondence with the grinding worktables 17A and 17B, wherein the grinding worktables 17A and 17B are adapted to alternately move in a planar coordinate system in cooperation with the grinding head 18 and alternately repeat operation in which while one of the grinding worktables 17A and 17B, while holding a glass plate 2, is effecting the grinding of the glass plate 2 by the grinding head 18, the other one of the grinding worktables 17A and 17B effects an operation of discharging the glass plate 2 and receiving a next glass plate 2, to thereby allow the grinding head 18 to proceed with grinding on a continual basis. |
| US10357863B2 |
Error identification method of machine tool and error identification system of the same
An error identification method includes a tool sensor position acquisition stage, a reference block position acquisition stage, a relative position calculation stage, a reference tool position acquisition stage, a position measurement sensor measurement stage, a length compensation value calculation stage, a diameter compensation value acquisition stage, a position measurement stage, a position compensation stage, and a geometric error identification stage. The diameter compensation value acquisition stage acquires a radial direction compensation value of the position measurement sensor with the measured jig. The position measurement stage indexes the rotation axis to a plurality of any given angles and measures respective positions of the measured jig. The position compensation stage compensates the position measurement value at the position measurement stage using the length direction compensation value and the radial direction compensation value. The geometric error identification stage identifies the geometric error from the plurality of position measurement values. |
| US10357862B2 |
Pneumatically operated percussive tool driver with integral debris suction apparatus
A pneumatically operated tool driver has a debris suction apparatus including a dust gathering assembly fastened to the front head of tool driver and surrounding the tool, a venturi element mounted on the tool driver, and an air diverting apparatus that uses pressurized air to establish an airflow through the venturi element to create a suction upstream of the venturi element that draws debris from the dust gathering assembly to a dust collection site. The air diverting apparatus obtains the pressurized air from an exhaust diverter that captures pressurized exhaust air expelled through the tool driver's exhaust port, and from a capillary tube coupled to the tool driver's inlet air port. |
| US10357861B2 |
Magnetic sample holder for abrasive operations and related methods
Magnetic sample holders for abrasive operations include an array of magnets embedded in a matrix material. Each magnet of the array is positioned between about 0 mm and about 4 mm from at least one adjacent magnet of the array. Exposed surfaces of the magnets of the array are coplanar with a planar working surface of the matrix material. Methods of forming a polycrystalline diamond compact element include magnetically securing an alloy sample to an array of magnets embedded in a matrix. Each of the magnets of the array is within about 4 mm of at least one adjacent magnet of the array. A portion of the alloy sample is abraded away, and the alloy sample is positioned proximate to diamond grains and a substrate. The alloy sample, diamond grains, and substrate are subjected to a high pressure/high temperature process to sinter the diamond grains. |
| US10357859B1 |
Clamping system for securing a work piece to a fixture
The present invention is directed to a clamping system for supporting a work piece in position for receiving a machining operation and more particularly to a clamping system for supporting a work piece for receiving a machining operation whereby the work piece is held in position by exerting pressure against two or more locations along the surface of the work piece and that the supporting force at least one location is directed against the work piece in at least two vectors. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the clamping system of the subject invention is effective for supporting more than one work pieces in position for receiving a manufacturing operation. |
| US10357855B2 |
Method for tightening a thread joint
A method for tightening a thread joint of a base part with a small thread pitch and a part to be attached with a large thread pitch by rotation in screw-in direction of a differential thread connector, including portions of a one-directional thread corresponding to the threads of the base part and the part to be attached. The differential thread connector can be screwed on the small thread of the base part to a predetermined length, subsequently the part to be attached is screwed on the large thread of the differential thread connector until contact with the base part is reached, and the preliminary tightening is carried out in screw-in direction, and subsequently the differential thread connector is rotated in screw-out direction and the final tightening is carried out. |
| US10357853B2 |
Safety device for mounting in the gas supply installation of a cutting torch of a flame-cutting machine
The relevant regulations in the field of automated flame-cutting technology stipulate various safety devices for the process-gas supply of a cutting torch. The invention relates to the simplified installation and maintenance of the safety devices and to a compact structure thereof. Proposed is a multi-functional safety module, in the module body of which there are integrated a first and a second safety element to prevent flame- or gas-blowout, and in which there is provided a mechanical plug-type connection for establishing a gas-tight connection between the safety elements and the corresponding gas lines of the cutting torch. |
| US10357852B2 |
Flux with dibasic acid mixture
Provided is a flux, flux residue of which keeps a predetermined viscosity during reflow and after a reflow step without hindering wettability of a solder alloy, the flux being compatible with an underfill in an underfill hardening step. The flux contains a thermosetting resin, a hardening agent, an organic acid and a solvent in which the flux contains 3% or more by mass to 8% or less by mass of the resin, 1% or more by mass to 5% or less by mass of the hardening agent to remain within a limit of an additive amount of the resin, 5% or more by mass to 15% or less by mass of the organic acid and a remainder of the solvent. |
| US10357848B2 |
Laser machining systems and methods
A laser machining method includes directing, from an F-theta lens having a long focal length of greater than about 250 millimeters, a laser beam at a non-perpendicular beam tilt angle from an optical axis of the lens having a top-hat profile and a narrow beam divergence angle of between about 1 degree and about 3 degrees towards a workpiece on a stage movable in at least an X-direction and a Y-direction, engaging the directed laser beam with the workpiece disposed in the usable field of view, moving the workpiece and the directed laser beam relative to each other, and removing portions of the workpiece with the directed laser beam to define a machined surface. |
| US10357843B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for scoring a glass article
Disclosed herein are methods and apparatuses for scoring a glass article, including positioning a plasma flame of a plasma torch and the glass article in close proximity to one another; and moving the plasma torch across a surface of the glass article to form at least one indentation in the surface, wherein the at least one indentation is formed from the plasma flame melting at least a portion of the glass surface to form a scoring line, without penetrating through a total thickness of the glass article. |
| US10357842B2 |
Method for welding nonferrous metal sheets
A method for welding nonferrous metal sheets, particularly thin aluminum sheets, using commercially available welding equipment and procedures resulting in reduced cost and faster welding speed without the need for high clamping force, specialized equipment or training, or specialized sheet surface and edge treatments, involving positioning the edges of the thin nonferrous sheets between heavier nonferrous metal bars or sheets in a manner that allows a weld bead or molten weld pool to be formed that incorporates all three layers of the metal, the posterior welding material member, the thin sheet sandwiched between, and the anterior welding material member forming the “sandwich”. The anterior and posterior welding material members and the thin sheets then are welded together with the thin sheets captured between them and with the edges forming a weld “nugget” between the welding material members creating an impermeable airtight seam joining the sheets together. |
| US10357841B2 |
Metal cap assembly for optical communications
A cap assembly for optical communications comprising a housing that includes a front side perpendicular from a bottom side, opposing parallel first and second sides perpendicular from the bottom side, and a back side disposed perpendicularly between the first side and the second side offset from respective ends of the first side and the second side opposite the front side. The back side includes an opening there-through and a three-sided ledge formed along an interior of the first side leg, an exterior of the back side, and an interior of the second side leg. The cap assembly further includes a window configured to contact the three-sided ledge of the back side, the glass panel covering the opening there-through and attached to the assembly via a solder pre-form. |
| US10357839B1 |
Method for electrochemical machining using sympathetic waveform interactions
A system and method for combining the effects of magnetic field waveforms, ultrasonic motion and pulsed electric field waveforms in an electrolytic cell creates a sympathetic interaction among the three waveforms that improves the electrochemical machining process. Precisely controlling the coupled effects of simultaneously applying at least two of the three waveforms to the electrochemical cell improves the metal removal rate of the process and the surface finish of the resulting piece. The coupled effects are termed a sympathetic interaction as they can be damped or amplified by modifying the phasing, frequency, orientation or amplitude of the waveforms. In an electrochemical machining process aided by an external magnetic field and periodic ultrasonic relative motion between the tool and working piece, improvements are realized by utilizing for at least two of the magnetic field waveform, electric waveform and ultrasonic waveform, a common frequency and a chosen phase lag between the two waveforms. |
| US10357830B2 |
Method for the production of an element subject to wear, element subject to wear and temporary aggregation structure to produce said element subject to wear
The method for the production of an element subject to wear, comprising a metal matrix and at least a core of hard material. The method provides a first step in which a temporary aggregation structure is prepared with at least partly open pores, which volatilize or in any case eliminate at least partly when subjected to heating. A second step in which, on the whole internal and external surface of said temporary aggregation structure, a liquid mixture of a binder with metal powders which contain hard elements or their precursors is uniformly distributed. A third step in which the temporary aggregation structure is deteriorated by means of a thermal action of controlled heating, so as to take at least part of the temporary aggregation structure to evaporation, rendering free a volume inside the core, and to consolidate the mixture according to the conformation of the temporary aggregation structure. A fourth step in which the core is disposed in a mold so as to only partly occupy the free volume of the mold. A fifth step in which a molten metal material is cast in the mold, which metal occupies the free volume and the volume that has been made free, both inside and outside the core, so as to anchor to the latter and thus form a single body. |
| US10357828B2 |
Methods and leading edge supports for additive manufacturing
The present disclosure generally relates to methods for additive manufacturing (AM) that utilize support leading edge structures in the process of building objects, as well as novel leading edge support structures to be used within these AM processes. The support structure is positioned adjacent the object between the object and a first side of the powder bed. The support structure has a shape that tapers outward in the direction from the first side to the object. |
| US10357827B2 |
Apparatus and methods for production additive manufacturing
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes: a build module comprising a build chamber, and a least one of but less than all of the following elements: (a) a directed energy source; (b) a powder supply; (c) a powder recovery container; and (d) a powder applicator; and a workstation comprising the remainder of elements (a)-(d) not included in the build module. |
| US10357826B2 |
Aluminum alloy powder formulations with silicon additions for mechanical property improvements
An improved aluminum alloy powder metal includes silicon additions. When this improved powder metal with silicon additions is sintered to form a sintered component, the resultant component exhibits many improved mechanical strength properties and improved thermal resistance. |
| US10357824B2 |
Dendritic silver powder
A new dendritic silver powder can be mixed with a synthetic resin to give electroconductive films having sufficient electroconductivity. Even when the films vary in thickness, the electroconductivity of the films can be maintained. The volume-cumulative particle diameter D50 (referred to as “D50D”) determined by adding the silver powder to water containing a dispersant, applying 300-watt ultrasonic waves to the resultant mixture for 3 minutes, and examining the dispersion with a laser diffraction/scattering type particle size analyzer is 1.0-15.0 μm and that the ratio of the volume-cumulative particle diameter D50 (referred to as “D50N”) determined by adding the silver powder to the water containing a dispersant and examining the mixture under the same conditions as for the D50D except that no ultrasonic waves are applied, to the D50D, D50N/D50D, is 1.0-10.0. |
| US10357823B2 |
Investment casting
A method for designing a baffle including using patterns to produce an array of shell moulds, generating a 3-D image of the outer surface of each shell mould in the array of shell moulds, stacking the individual 3-D images for a plurality of the shell moulds to produce a conglomerate shell mould profile, determining a maximum cross sectional area of the conglomerate shell mould profile in a plane orthogonal to a direction along which the shell moulds are to be drawn through the baffle, defining a baffle profile segment which is consistent with a substantial portion of the conglomerate shell mould profile at the maximum cross sectional area, scaling the baffle profile segment to provide an offset clearance between the baffle profile segment and the maximum cross sectional area of the conglomerate shell mould profile, and reproducing the baffle profile segment to provide an array of baffle profile segments. |
| US10357818B2 |
Reusable casting head device
A reusable casting head device comprises a casting head control mechanism, a casting head mechanism and a temperature control mechanism. A gate of the casting head is sealed by the gate holder to allow that initially heated molten aluminum is rapidly heated in the casting head, thus improving efficiency; the casting head made of beryllium copper is heated and maintained by the high-frequency heating ring, thus providing a high accuracy of temperature measurement and control; and the rotating cylinder, the positioning cylinder and the reverse rotating cylinder are employed for procedure operation to intelligentize the casting operation, thus providing low production cost. |
| US10357814B2 |
Coiling head apparatus and system
The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for a new and improved coiling head utilized in wrapping elongated materials, which may have a zero and or near zero gap between leaves thereby reducing and or elimination indentations in the coiled elongated materials. |
| US10357813B2 |
Copper alloy tube with excellent high-temperature brazeability and manufacturing method therefor
Provided is a copper alloy tube that is a drawn tube made from a CuCrZr alloy which suppresses the deterioration of mechanical strength and, in particular, the coarsening of crystal grains even in a temperature zone of a solutionizing treatment, and is thus excellent in high-temperature brazeability, as well as the manufacturing method therefor. The manufacturing method comprises a solutionizing step of heating and holding a tubular extrusion material at a solutionizing temperature of 900° C. or greater and then water-quenching the tubular extrusion material; a main process step comprising a set of steps including a drawing process step of drawing the tubular extrusion material, and an intermediate annealing step of heating at an annealing temperature and then water-quenching the drawn material; and an adjusting process step of further drawing the drawn material and setting average crystal grain sizes in a vertical cross section along an axis as well as a horizontal cross section orthogonal to the axis to 50 μm or less each. The average crystal grain sizes of the vertical cross section and the horizontal cross section are each set to 100 μm or greater and the annealing temperature is set to 900° C. or greater after the solutionizing step, thereby making it possible to make the average crystal grain sizes of the vertical cross section and the horizontal cross section 100 μm or less after the adjusting process step, even if heating is performed at at least 980° C. for 30 minutes followed by air-cooling. |
| US10357812B2 |
Methods and apparatus to monitor material conditioning machines
Methods and apparatus to monitor conditioning machines are disclosed herein. An example system includes a plurality of work rolls to process a continuous strip of material positioned between an entry and an exit of an apparatus. A sensor is positioned downstream from the exit of the apparatus. The sensor measures a first distance between an upper surface of the strip material and a predetermined reference. The sensor measures a second distance between the upper surface of the strip material and the predetermined reference. The first and second distances is measured at at least one of two different locations or two different instances in time as the strip material exits the apparatus. A controller compares the first distance and the second distance to detect material curvature or longbow in the strip material. |
| US10357806B2 |
Substrate treating apparatus and method
The inventive concepts provide an apparatus for treating a substrate. The apparatus includes a housing proving an inner space in which a substrate is treated, a spin head supporting and rotating the substrate in the housing, an injection unit comprising a first nozzle member spraying a first treatment solution to the substrate put on the spin head, and a controller controlling the first nozzle member. The first nozzle member includes a body, a vibrator, a pump, and a power source. |
| US10357798B2 |
Vapor sheath for liquid dispensing nozzle
The present disclosure provides a device for preventing the fouling of a liquid dispensing nozzle. The end of the dispensing nozzle is placed in a hollow interior of a band carrying the same solvent that is dispensed by the nozzle. The solvent on the band evaporates into a gap between the band and the dispensing nozzle, thus providing a vapor sheath, or environment in the gap, that helps to prevent the fouling of the dispensing nozzle. |
| US10357796B2 |
Hot melt adhesive supply and methods associated therewith
A melter for heating and melting particulate hot melt adhesive into a liquefied form is disclosed. The melter includes a heated receiving device having an interior with an inlet configured to receive the particulate hot melt adhesive and an outlet. A flexible hopper holds a supply of the particulate hot melt adhesive and a particulate hot melt adhesive feed device allows the particulate hot melt adhesive to be directed from the flexible hopper to the inlet of the heated receiving device. |
| US10357791B2 |
Trigger-type liquid ejector
A trigger-type liquid ejector includes: an ejector main body; and nozzle member provided with an ejection hole. The ejector main body includes: a vertical supply pipe for sucking-up liquid; an ejection barrel communicating with the inside of the vertical supply pipe; and a trigger mechanism including a trigger, the trigger being arranged to be movable rearward in state of receiving forward force, and the trigger mechanism being lead liquid from the vertical supply pipe into the ejection barrel in accordance with rearward movement of the trigger and to eject the liquid from the ejection barrel. The nozzle member is provided with: a cylinder communicating with the inside of the ejection barrel through a supply hole; a plunger accommodated in the cylinder to be movable rearward in a state of receiving forward force; and a communication hole allowing the inside of the cylinder and ejection hole to communicate with each other. |
| US10357789B2 |
Paint receptacle comprising a supple pouch
A receptacle to be fitted to a spraying tool includes an outer container, a contractible supple container housed within the outer container and containing a liquid component to be sprayed, and a removable closure member provided at the upper part of the outer container. The base of the supple container includes a locking member that is intended to protrude downwards from the underside of said base, through a through-hole provided within the base of the outer container. The receptacle also includes an immobilizing device in order to releasably lock the locking member, through said through-hole, such as to immobilize the supple container within the base of the outer container. The supple container may include at least one secondary removable container containing a product to be mixed with the liquid product contained within the supple container. |
| US10357787B2 |
Centrifugal separator having energy consumption reducing devices
The invention relates to a centrifugal separator comprising a casing which delimits and seals off a space in which a rotor is arranged. The rotor forms a separation space which is sealed or isolated from the space, and in which separation space centrifugal separation of a higher density and a lower density component from a fluid takes place. An inlet extends into the rotor for introducing fluid to the separation space, and a first outlet extends from the rotor for discharge of a component separated from the fluid. The space is connected to a pump device which is arranged to remove gas, thereby maintaining negative pressure in said space. The rotor comprises at least one second outlet extending from the separation space to the space for discharge of at least one higher density component separated from the fluid. The invention also relates to a method in such a centrifugal separator. |
| US10357786B2 |
Centrifugal separator
A centrifugal separator for separation of liquid particles from a gas stream, includes a stationary frame, a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The frame comprises a tubular element defining a rotor space inside itself and a liquid transportation space outside the tubular element. A centrifugal rotor is arranged in the rotor space and rotatably supported in the frame around a rotational axis. At least one opening is provided in the tubular element, between the rotor space and the liquid transportation space, for conducting liquid separated from the gas stream from the rotor space to the liquid transportation space. |
| US10357782B2 |
Flotation separation using lightweight synthetic beads or bubbles
Apparatus, such as a flotation separation device, features a flotation cell or column configured to receive a mixture of water, valuable material and unwanted material; receive polymer-based materials, including polymer bubbles or beads, configured to attach to the valuable material in the mixture; and provide enriched polymer-based materials, including enriched polymer bubbles or beads, having the valuable material attached thereon. |
| US10357776B2 |
Impact cutter blade and holder system and method
An impact cutter blade and holder system is disclosed. The impact cutter blade and holder system includes: a cutter disk, a plurality of impact holders, and a plurality of impact cutter blades. The cutter disk has a central axis about which the cutter disk is configured to rotate. The plurality of impact holders are secured to the cutter disk. The plurality of impact cutter blades is secured to the plurality of impact holders. |
| US10357775B2 |
Flowcell cartridge with floating seal bracket
A cartridge for use with chemical or biological analysis systems is provided. The cartridge may include a floating microfluidic plate that is held in the cartridge using one or more floating support brackets that incorporate gaskets that may seal against fluidic ports on the microfluidic plate. The floating support brackets may include indexing features that may align the microfluidic plate with the seals. |
| US10357774B2 |
Module with collapsible fluid chamber and onboard fluid chamber compression element
A module for processing fluids includes one or more collapsible fluid chambers supported on a substrate, a compression element supported on the substrate and configured to be movable with respect to the one or more chambers, and an actuating element coupled to the compression element and configured to effect movement of the compression element relative to the one or more fluid chambers to collapse each fluid chamber by compressing the fluid chamber between the compression element and the substrate as the compression element moves over the fluid chamber. A method for motivating a fluid out of a fluid chamber comprises the steps of providing a module that includes one or more collapsible fluid chambers supported on a substrate, a compression element supported on the substrate and configured to be movable with respect to the one or more chambers, and an actuating element coupled to the compression element and configured to effect movement of the compression element relative to the one or more fluid chambers and moving the actuator element to move the compression element across at least a portion of t substrate and compress the fluid chamber, thereby motivating the fluid out of the fluid chamber. |
| US10357772B2 |
Manipulation of fluids, fluid components and reactions in microfluidic systems
Microfluidic structures and methods for manipulating fluids, fluid components, and reactions are provided. In one aspect, such structures and methods can allow production of droplets of a precise volume, which can be stored/maintained at precise regions of the device. In another aspect, microfluidic structures and methods described herein are designed for containing and positioning components in an arrangement such that the components can be manipulated and then tracked even after manipulation. For example, cells may be constrained in an arrangement in microfluidic structures described herein to facilitate tracking during their growth and/or after they multiply. |
| US10357766B2 |
Chromatography membranes formed by thiol-ene or thiol-yne click polymerization reactions
Disclosed are composite materials and methods of making them. The composite materials comprise a support member and a cross-linked gel, wherein the cross-linked gel is a polymer synthesized by thiol-ene or thiol-yne polymerization and cross-linking. The cross-linked gel may be functionalized by a thiol-ene or thiol-yne grafting reaction, either simultaneously with the polymerization or as the second step in a two-step procedure. The composite materials are useful as chromatographic separation media. |
| US10357764B2 |
Phosphacycle compound and process for production thereof
The invention relates to oligomerization of olefins, such as ethylene, to higher olefins, such as a mixture of 1-hexene and 1-octene, using a catalyst system that comprises a) a source of chromium b) one or more activators and c) a phosphacycle-containing ligating compound. Additionally, the invention relates to a phosphacycle-containing ligating compound and a process for making said compound. |
| US10357761B2 |
Catalyst for fluidized catalytic cracking and method for fluidized catalytic cracking
The present invention relates to a catalyst for fluidized catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon oil containing a framework-substituted zeolite-1 in which zirconium atoms and/or hafnium atoms form a part of a framework of an ultra-stable Y-type zeolite. |
| US10357760B2 |
AEI type zeolite, method for producing same, and uses thereof
Provided is a method for producing an inexpensive, high-performance AEI type zeolite and an AEI type zeolite having a Si/Al ratio of 6.5 or less by using neither an expensive Y type zeolite as a raw material nor dangerous hydrofluoric acid. The method for producing an AEI type zeolite having a Si/Al ratio of 50 or less includes: preparing a mixture including a silicon atom material, an aluminum atom material, an alkali metal atom material, an organic structure-directing agent, and water; and performing hydrothermal synthesis of the obtained mixture, in which a compound having a Si content of 20% by weight or less and containing aluminum is used as the aluminum atom material; and the mixture includes a zeolite having a framework density of 14 T/1000 Å3 or more in an amount of 0.1% by weight or more with respect to SiO2 assuming that all Si atoms in the mixture are formed in SiO2. |
| US10357759B2 |
Use of olivine catalysts for carbon dioxide reforming of methane
Disclosed are metal oxide catalysts, and methods for their use, that includes a bulk metal oxide catalyst composed of at least two metals and nesosilicate. The catalyst is capable of catalyzing the carbon dioxide reforming of methane to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide. |
| US10357757B2 |
Stacked sorbent assembly
A stacked sorbent assembly for use in sorbent dialysis. The stacked sorbent assembly contains two or more interchangeable sorbent pouches that allow for fluid to freely pass into and through the sorbent materials, while keeping the sorbent materials inside the sorbent pouches. Any of the pouches in the sorbent cartridge can be reused and/or recharged. |
| US10357753B2 |
Enhanced contact electrical discharge plasma reactor for liquid and gas processing
An electrical discharge plasma reactor system for treating a liquid, a gas, and/or a suspension. The reactor system includes a reactor chamber configured to hold the liquid and a gas, a discharge electrode disposed within the gas of the reactor chamber, a non-discharge electrode disposed within the liquid, a gas diffuser disposed within the liquid and configured to induce the generation of a layer of foam on the surface of the liquid in a plasma-contact region, and a power supply connected to the discharge electrode and configured to induce the discharge electrode to generate plasma in the plasma-contact region. |
| US10357748B2 |
Magnetically coupled mixer with thrust bearing friction control
Magnetically coupled mixer having an impeller magnetically coupled to a drive shaft and thrust bearings that support the impeller. The drive shaft can be moved along its axis, and an upwardly directed axial force is applied to the drive shaft to partially offset downward forces exerted by the impeller and thereby reduce friction between the thrust bearing surfaces while maintaining contact between them. In one disclosed embodiment, the force is applied to the drive shaft by a pair of magnets arranged so that the magnetic fields interact to produce the force, and the magnitude of the force is controlled by adjusting the distance between the magnets. The forces exerted by the impeller can be monitored and utilized in controlling the magnitude of the force applied to the shaft. |
| US10357747B2 |
Method for producing spiral wound separation membrane element
A method for producing a spiral wound separation membrane element includes preparing a composite semipermeable membrane having a skin layer on the surface of a porous support. The method further includes forming on the skin layer a protective layer containing 35 mg/m2 or more of an anionic polyvinyl alcohol to prepare a protective layer-equipped composite semipermeable membrane, preparing an unwashed spiral wound separation membrane element from the protective layer-equipped composite semipermeable membrane, and passing wash water through the unwashed spiral wound separation membrane element to remove the protective layer on the skin layer. |
| US10357743B2 |
Oxidation catalyst for a diesel engine exhaust
An oxidation catalyst is described for treating an exhaust gas produced by a diesel engine comprising a catalytic region and a substrate, wherein the catalytic region comprises a catalytic material comprising: bismuth (Bi), antimony (Sb) or an oxide thereof; a platinum group metal (PGM) selected from the group consisting of (i) platinum (Pt), (ii) palladium (Pd) and (iii) platinum (Pt) and palladium (Pd); and a support material, which is a refractory oxide; wherein the platinum group metal (PGM) is supported on the support material; and wherein the bismuth (Bi), antimony (Sb) or an oxide thereof is supported on the support material and/or the refractory oxide comprises the bismuth, antimony or an oxide thereof. |
| US10357741B2 |
Method for controlling aerosol production during absorption in ammonia desulfurization
Apparatus and methods for controlling aerosol production during absorption in ammonia desulfurization, by removing sulfur dioxide in flue gas with an absorption circulation liquid containing ammonium sulfite, so as to control the aerosol production during absorption in ammonia desulfurization. Efficient desulfurization and dust removal may be achieved by staged solution composition control and reaction condition control. At the same time ammonia escape and aerosol production during absorption may be controlled. The flue gas may be subjected to preliminary temperature lowering and purification, and may be allowed to contact with an absorption circulation liquid and a fine particle washing circulation liquid sequentially. Levels of solution compositions and reaction temperatures may be controlled. |
| US10357740B2 |
Liquid redistributor
A liquid redistributor, arranged in a packing column between two packings, wherein in the column a liquid phase is guided from top to bottom and against the same a gas phase from bottom to top, comprising a liquid distributor tray and a droplet damping tray, which attenuates the fluidization of the liquid layer on the liquid distributor tray as caused by the droplets falling down. |
| US10357737B2 |
System for removing sulfur from fuels using cylindrical adsorbent containers
A sulfur removal system including a first reactor and a second reactor that are located in series to one another each having an adsorbent that includes cobalt and copper on an activated carbon support, a method of desulfurizing a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon stream via the sulfur removal system, and a method of making the adsorbent. Various embodiments of the sulfur removal system, the desulfurizing method, and the method of making the adsorbent is also provided. |
| US10357736B2 |
Downdraft table with self-closing louvre
Implementations disclosed herein provide a compact downdraft table system including a vertically oriented cylindrical filter cartridge located below a work surface in a main housing of the downdraft table, a purge assembly in the main housing vertically aligned with the filter cartridge that discharges purged air to an interior of the filter cartridge to purge particulates collected on an exterior of the filter cartridge, and a self-closing louvre in the main housing that permits air flow from the work surface, through the louvre, and through the filter assembly in a first direction, and prevents purged air flow from flowing through the louvre to the work surface in a second direction opposite the first direction. |
| US10357735B2 |
Downdraft table with spark arrestor
Implementations disclosed herein provide a compact downdraft table including a spark arrestor oriented below a work surface, a vertically oriented cylindrical filter cartridge located below the work surface, a fan assembly that draws air through the work surface, the spark arrestor, and the filter cartridge and exhausts filtered air out of the downdraft table, a purge assembly that discharges purged air to an interior of the filter cartridge to purge particulates collected on an exterior of the filter cartridge, wherein the spark arrestor, filter cartridge, fan assembly, and purge assembly are all contained within a main housing for the downdraft table. |
| US10357734B2 |
Air freshener
An air freshener is disclosed. The air freshener includes a body case defining the air freshener, the body case having a filter installation opening formed in one side thereof, a filter housing disposed in the body case, the filter housing having a power terminal disposed therein, a drawer configured to be withdrawn from the inner space of the filter housing through the filter installation opening, and an electric dust collector separably located in the drawer, the electric dust collector having a power-receiving terminal disposed therein, wherein the power terminal contacts the power-receiving terminal in the state in which the drawer is settled in the inner space of the filter housing. |
| US10357730B2 |
Filter media and elements
Fibrous filter medium that includes a melt-blown filter layer comprising melt-blown fibers and a high-efficiency glass-containing filter layer comprising glass fibers. |
| US10357725B2 |
Method for producing moulded articles
A method for producing molded articles from a base substance which is mixed with a solvent to produce a molding solution, and subsequently this solvent is at least partially removed from the molding solution and the molding solution is supplied to a device (8) for molding, the molding solution is supplied to a vertical cylindrical thin-film evaporator (2) and a horizontal cylindrical thick-film dissolver (4). |
| US10357721B2 |
Distributed and autonomous control system for guided-path vehicles
A ride control system that uses a state determination assembly to determine vehicle position and speed of the vehicle. The control system automatically prevents collisions between the controlled vehicle and other vehicles and obstacles along the vehicle's path without human operator intervention based on its position and speed as well as that of the other vehicles and the position and current operating state of upcoming obstacles. The control system automatically maintains a predetermined clearance between the controlled vehicle and other vehicles and obstacles, such as on a ride path, without human operator intervention regardless of vehicle inertia. The control system may be configured to automatically position and/or park a vehicle anywhere along the ride path with a high degree of accuracy in a minimum amount of parking time, without human operator intervention, and regardless of vehicle inertia. |
| US10357720B2 |
System and method for providing in-game timed offers
A system and method are disclosed for providing an in-game offer to one or more players of an online game. The offer is provided to players that have newly joined the game and/or to players that have not yet made a purchase. In some implementations, the offer may be meant to incentivize purchase upon entry into the game. The in-game offer may comprise an offer to one or more items and a bonus comprising one or more bonus items provided to the player responsive to the offered items being purchased. The in-game offer may only be made available to a qualifying player for a certain amount of time. |
| US10357713B1 |
Utilizing gaming behavior to evaluate player traits
A system includes at least one hardware processor in communication with a user computing device associated with a user and a memory storing instructions. When executed by the at least one hardware processor, the instructions cause the at least one hardware processor to perform operations including receiving gaming behavior data associated with the user playing a computer game on the user computing device, the gaming behavior data includes one or more of session-based behavior data, game-selection behavior data, and ancillary gaming behavior data, determining a first trait of the user based on the gaming behavior data, and automatically computing a financial risk factor associated with the user based on the determined first trait. |
| US10357710B2 |
Digit mounted device for launching projectiles
A finger-mounted device for launching a projectile in response to a flick of a finger by a user. The finger-mounted device may comprise a securing means for securing a launcher to the finger of the user. The securing means may comprise a strap, loop, or cinch. The finger-mounted device may further comprise a launch guide extending outwardly from a base member. A projectile may be mounted onto or into the launch guide. The projectile is launched in response to the user flicking the finger, using the thumb as a tensioning means. The projectile may take a wide variety of forms. |
| US10357709B2 |
Unmanned aerial vehicle movement via environmental airflow
An arena includes a porous surface through which an airflow is output, thereby providing lift for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to push the UAV away from the porous surface. The airflow may also provide thrust to push the UAV in a direction that is parallel to the porous surface. The UAV may include one or more propellers that can provide lift, thrust, or both to the UAV. The airflow may be modified over a duration of time to modify lift or thrust to the UAV. The airflow may be modified based on regions of the arena to modify lift or thrust in different regions of the arena. The arena may include a scoreboard to display a score that may be modified as a result of actions undertaken by the UAV. Two or more UAVs may be used to play a game via the arena. |
| US10357708B2 |
Systems and methods for non-synchronous cooperative and competitive play on multiple connected pinball machines
The present invention is directed at enhancing pinball gameplay through non-synchronous multiplayer competitive and cooperative play. In the primary embodiment this is achieved by treating the logic and circuitry of an individual pinball machine as a “Client,” that is connected to a server or “Host”. The Host is in bidirectional communication with the individual pinball machines or Clients. The status of the Client, such as score, progress on completing features and other game metrics may be communicated to the Host at predetermined intervals. These game metrics may be communicated by the Host to all Clients. When a gameplay objective is completed on a client, the player is presented with a gameplay choice. This choice may be to change the status of his Client or change the status of another player's Client. |
| US10357702B2 |
System for controlling the use of an exercise course by a person in a climbing park
A system for controlling use of an exercise course by a person in a climbing park has a guiding element, which extends along a longitudinal direction and along which a person can move between a connecting section of the guiding element and a disconnecting section of the guiding element. A securing device is movably attachable along the guiding element between the connecting section and the disconnecting section. The securing device is connectable to the guiding element in the connecting section and is disconnectable from the guiding element in the disconnecting section. An identification device is configured such that, by the identification device, at least a connecting of the securing device within the identification section is identifiable, such that an occupancy of the guiding element with another person is identifiable therewith. An actuating device of the securing device is controllable with the identification device, such that the actuating device of the securing device is adjustable in a clearance position and, upon identification of the occupancy of the guiding element by another person, in a blocking mode. The actuating device of the securing device is coupled with the securing device, such that, in the blocking mode, a connecting of the securing device in the connecting section and/or a displacing of the securing device along the guiding element is blocked. |
| US10357701B2 |
Timing ball
A striking apparatus for all fighting art forms such as boxing to improve a user's fighting skills. The striking apparatus includes a timing ball having a link disposed thereon; an elongated adjustable rope; a swivel mounted to a swivel plate, the swivel plate being mounted to a backboard; the backboard being attached to a frame; the link disposed on the timing ball being attached to the elongated adjustable rope, the rope being attached to the swivel; and the timing ball configured to be struck by the knuckles of a user's fist. Another embodiment of the invention includes a punching apparatus station for all fighting art forms which generally includes the same configuration as the striking apparatus referenced-above. Importantly, the striking apparatus advantageously is a cross between a speed bag, a double end bag, and a maze ball but is beneficially more effective than all three. |
| US10357698B2 |
Golf club head or other ball striking device with removable and/or movable sole member
A ball striking device, such as a golf club, includes a head with a face having a striking surface configured for striking a ball and being defined by a plurality of peripheral edges, a body connected to the face and extending rearwardly from the peripheral edges of the face, and a sole member connected to the sole of the body. The sole member may be removably connected to the sole, which can permit removal and replacement with another sole member having a different property. The sole member may additionally or alternately be movably connected to the sole, which can permit adjustment of the sole member, such as to change the lie angle of the head. The sole member may be at least partially received in a receiver in the sole and may form at least a portion of the lowermost surface of the head. |
| US10357695B2 |
Golf club head or other ball striking device having impact-influencing body features
A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a face with a striking surface configured for striking a ball and a channel extending across a portion of the sole. The channel may be recessed from adjacent surfaces of the sole and have a depth of recession from the adjacent surfaces of the sole, wherein the channel comprises a center portion extending across a center of the sole, a heel portion extending from a heel end of the center portion toward the heel, and a toe portion extending from a toe end of the center portion toward the toe, wherein the width and the depth of the center portion of the channel are substantially constant, and wherein the depth of the channel is greater at the heel and toe portions than at the center portion. |
| US10357694B2 |
Golf club head or other ball striking device having impact-influencing body features
A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a face with a striking surface configured for striking a ball and a channel extending across a portion of the sole. The channel may be recessed from adjacent surfaces of the sole and have a depth of recession from the adjacent surfaces of the sole. The channel may have a cross-sectional profile that is asymmetric with a front wall and a rear wall where the front wall is longer than the rear wall. The channel may also have a center thickness that is different than a thickness at the heel and toe sides. |
| US10357691B2 |
Ball structure and method for making the same
The present invention relates to a ball structure and method for making the same. The ball structure includes an inner bladder and a plurality of covers. The covers surround the inner bladder. Each of the covers includes a base fabric layer, a middle layer and a surface layer. The middle layer is formed from a first polyurethane (PU) solution. A PU solid content of the first PU solution is greater than 70 wt %. The middle layer is a foamed layer, and a porosity thereof is 25% to 85%. The surface layer is formed from a second polyurethane (PU) solution. A PU solid content of the second PU solution is 5 wt % to 20 wt %. |
| US10357688B2 |
Exercise biofeedback using sensor-equipped athletic garments
An exercise feedback system monitors the performance of athletes wearing a garment with sensors while exercising. The sensors generate physiological data such as muscle activation data, heart rate data, or data describing the athlete's movement. The system extracts features from the physiological data and compares the features with reference exercise data to determine metrics of performance and biofeedback. Based on the physiological data, the system may also modify exercise training programs for the athlete. The exercise feedback system can display the biofeedback using visuals or audio, as well as modified exercise training programs, via the athlete's client device in real time while the athlete is exercising. By reviewing the biofeedback, the athlete may correct the athlete's exercise form to properly use the target muscles for the exercise, or change the certain workouts to personalize the training program. |
| US10357687B1 |
Lean 7 fitness
An apparatus and system for obtaining metrics associated with a user's athleticism are disclosed. The user performs a workout using the apparatus, and the workout is scored based on a scoring system. The scoring system may be objective, thereby facilitating score standardization, and individual users for which scores have been recorded may be ranked by the system. Individual users may associate their system profiles with one or more positions for one or more sports. The rankings may be filtered by position and sport to facilitate identification of one or more users of interest, such as for a college recruiting purposes or professional sports team drafts. |
| US10357686B2 |
Virtual golf system and methods
Virtual golf system for playing golf, comprising a plurality of trackable golf balls, wherein each golf ball comprises transmitting means for broadcasting electromagnetic beacon signals for detecting a position of the golf ball, a position determination unit comprising three receiving antenna's arranged for receiving beacon signals broadcasted by any of said plurality of trackable golf balls, and wherein said position determination unit is arranged to determine a position of said golf ball on a driving range based on time differences of a broadcasted beacon signal received by said receiving antenna's. A plurality of trackable golf balls and a plurality of players may be active at the same time. Trackable golf balls may be paired with specific players. A game controller advances a virtual game of golf each time a trackable golf ball is stroked by a player. |
| US10357677B2 |
Total body board rack
Disclosed is a new vertical body board fitness device. The device comprises a vertical body board comprising a plurality of pad eyes for running resistance bands therethrough and a stand to which the body board is secured. In one embodiment, the device comprises a vertical rectangular frame in lieu of the body board. |
| US10357676B2 |
Bi-directional device and methods of its use
This presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a bi-directional toy configured to be used as a trampoline and further to be used, upon turning said bi-directional toy upside down, in at least one of the following functions: a playpen-like device, a water pool, and a sphere pool. The toy comprises at least a frame with a plurality of legs configured to elevate the trampoline from a base surface; a bounce mat configured to allow usage of the toy as a trampoline; and the encircling member configured to be attached to the legs for creating a delimited area for use in at least one of the functions. |
| US10357669B2 |
Composition containing a cellulose derived capsule with a sunscreen
A sunscreen composition comprised of one or more sunscreen active agents encapsulated in a cellulose derived capsule wherein the composition can contain one or more additional agents. A sunscreen composition can be mixed with a bodywash, shampoo, conditioner, lotion, gel, soap, cream, hand sanitizer, spray or mousse and can be used by an individual during their normal hygiene processes, such as during a shower or bath or while applying a body product to their skin or hair. |
| US10357662B2 |
Apparatus and method for irradiating a surface with light
An apparatus and method is provided for irradiating a portion of a patient's scalp with light. The apparatus includes a source of light including one or more wavelengths in a range of about 630 nanometers to about 1064 nanometers. The apparatus further includes an output optical element in optical communication with the source. The output optical element includes an emission surface configured to emit a light beam having a cross-sectional area greater than about 2 cm2 at the emission surface of the output optical element and having a time-averaged irradiance in a range of about 10 mW/cm2 to about 10 W/cm2 across the cross-sectional area. The apparatus further includes a thermally conductive portion configured to be placed in thermal communication with the irradiated portion of the patient's scalp and to remove heat from the irradiated portion of the patient's scalp at a rate in a range of about 0.1 Watt to about 5 Watts. |
| US10357661B2 |
Medical device and method for internal healing and antimicrobial purposes
Process and device for directly medicinally treating interior tissue during or after intubation of a patient by passing medicinal radiant energy transversely through the intubation device to irradiate the internal patient tissue for promoting healing or for an antimicrobial effect. The invention is useful in conjunction with endoscopies and catherizations, such as urinary catherization, gastric and pulmonary endoscopies, and the like procedures. The process and device can also provide liquid flow and/or vision. |
| US10357659B2 |
Implant charging protection
An external charger includes at least one coil antenna, comprised of one or more loops of wire, and a coil excitation system connected to the at least one coil antenna. The coil excitation system is configured to drive the one or more loops or wire with alternating current to generate a magnetic field that is configured to induce current in at least one implantable coil of an implantable medical device. The external charger also includes an electrical non-conductive safeguard enclosure disposed around the one or more loops of wire. The coil safeguard enclosure is configured to prevent the implantable medical device from being positioned within a predetermined vicinity of the one or more loops of wire. |
| US10357658B2 |
Implantable auditory prosthesis usage restriction
An implantable auditory prosthesis includes at least one implantable sound sensor that is configured to detect sound signals from within a recipient and to use these internally detected sound signals for use in stimulating the recipient. The implantable auditory prosthesis is also configured to receive sound signals from an external sound source and to use the externally detected sound signals for use in stimulating the recipient. The implantable auditory prosthesis uses the sound signals received from the external sound source to stimulate the recipient, while restricting the use of sound signals detected at the implantable sound sensor when the external sound source is not present/available to provide sound signals to the implantable auditory prosthesis. |
| US10357652B2 |
System and method for using impedance to determine proximity and orientation of segmented electrodes
A method for implanting a neurostimulation lead within a patient includes measuring impedances of electrodes on the lead in order to correctly position the lead relative to a target tissue region. The electrodes are circumferentially segmented electrodes that are spaced from each other about the longitudinal axis of the lead. When the difference between the impedances of the electrodes exceeds a threshold value, the lead is in the correct position. In accordance with another embodiment, impedance measurements are used to select which one of the electrodes is closest to the target tissue region. By determining which electrode has the highest impedance and which electrode has the lowest impedance, the type of tissue adjacent to each electrode can be determined based on the conductivity properties of the tissue. The target tissue region may be a spinal cord, a posterior longitudinal ligament, white matter, or gray matter. |
| US10357651B2 |
Method of manufacturing a flexible conductive track arrangement, flexible conductive track arrangement and neurostimulation system
Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a flexible conductive track arrangement for a neurostimulation system such as a cochlear implant device. The method allows for the arrangement to be manufactured without the need for a transfer substrate by embedding the metal structures of the arrangement in a ceramic dielectric material formed in an atomic layer deposition process, which can be performed at a temperature that is compatible with the polymer processing steps of such an arrangement. A flexible conductive track arrangement and a neurostimulation system are also disclosed. |
| US10357650B2 |
Electrode transition seal for implantable lead body
An implantable stimulation lead is disclosed that includes an elongated lead body having opposed proximal and distal end portions, the lead body being formed from a material having at least one circumferential seal region associated with the distal end portion thereof within which a cylindrical electrode is positioned, the seal region being formed from at least one transition component made from a material that is softer than the material from which the lead body is formed. |
| US10357648B2 |
Treatment method and medical appliance
A treatment method includes an indwelling step of indwelling a medical appliance in a trachea T of a patient, the medical appliance having a plurality of types of metals disposed side by side on a side surface of a pipe body, and the medical appliance generates a current between adjacent metals out of the plurality of types of metals when in contact with a foreign substance or saliva having flown into the trachea. |
| US10357645B2 |
Needleless IV injection port
A needleless injection port assembly includes first and second body parts and a resilient barrier received within the body. A cannula attached to the first body part is received within an internal cavity of the resilient barrier. The resilient barrier is moveable between a less axially compressed first position in which fluid flow through the injection port assembly is prevented and a more axially compressed second position in which fluid flow through the assembly is allowed. An interference fit is provided between the resilient barrier and the cannula to seal against fluid flow through the cannula when the resilient barrier is in the first position. The cannula has an internal fluid passageway with a non-circular cross section providing increased fluid flow. |
| US10357644B2 |
Prestressed valve for a medical functional device and a medical functional device
A valve arrangement for a medical functional device, wherein the valve arrangement comprises a valve body, which is connected with a separately thereof produced or manufactured cap, wherein the valve body comprises at least one element or spring element, which effects a prestressing or bias of the valve body in the cap. |
| US10357642B2 |
Removable tips for use with skin treatment systems
An apparatus for treating skin has a console with a user input device and a handpiece assembly. The handpiece assembly is configured to treat skin. A fluid line provides fluid communication between the console and the handpiece assembly. A manifold system is coupled to the console and controlled by the user input device. The manifold system is configured to hold releasably a plurality of fluid sources and deliver fluid from at least one of the plurality of fluid sources to the handpiece assembly. |
| US10357641B2 |
Tips for skin treatment device
An apparatus for treating skin has a console with a user input device and a handpiece assembly. The handpiece assembly is configured to treat skin. A fluid line provides fluid communication between the console and the handpiece assembly. A manifold system is coupled to the console and controlled by the user input device. The manifold system is configured to hold releasably a plurality of fluid sources and deliver fluid from at least one of the plurality of fluid sources to the handpiece assembly. |
| US10357636B2 |
IV access device having an angled paddle grip
An IV access device can include a needle hub having an angled paddle grip to facilitate insertion of the catheter at a low angle. The angled paddle grip can also minimize any interference that an extension tube or stabilization platform may cause during insertion. By employing an angled paddle grip, the catheter can be inserted while maintaining the stabilization platform in an orientation that is substantially parallel to the patient's skin. Also, in cases where the extension tube may run parallel with the stabilization platform, the angled paddle grip can prevent the extension tube from extending into the patient's skin during insertion. This will prevent the stabilization platform and/or the extension tube from catching on the patient's skin or otherwise inhibiting a smooth insertion of the catheter. |
| US10357634B2 |
Steerable catheter with wire-tensioning mechanism
A spool and gear mechanism for tensioning and manipulating the steering/deflection control wires of a steerable catheter device provides for a desired level of tension that will allow operation of the device without too little or too much tension in those wires. In a wire-tensioning mechanism for a steerable catheter, the mechanism includes at least a first and second steering/deflection control wire each attached to the spool by winding around its own detent-engaged rotatable gear in the spool and extending out through a radial wall of the spool to engage into a steerable catheter body. In a multi-spool system, the wire-tensioning/winding gears of each spool preferably are accessible for adjustment via apertures of an adjacent spool. |
| US10357631B2 |
Catheter with tapering outer diameter
In some examples, a catheter comprises an inner liner, an outer jacket, and a structural support member positioned between at least a portion of the inner liner and the outer jacket. The inner liner, the outer jacket, and the structural support member define a catheter body that comprises a proximal portion having a first outer diameter, a distal portion having a second outer diameter less than the first outer diameter, the distal portion including a distal end of the catheter body, and a medial portion positioned between the proximal portion and the distal portion, the medial portion tapering from the first outer diameter to the second outer diameter. |
| US10357628B2 |
Removable cartridge for oxygen concentrator
A removable gas separation cartridge includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, and a bed of adsorbent material. The cartridge is removable from an oxygen concentrator which separates oxygen from ambient air by using an absorption process. |
| US10357621B2 |
Luer connection adapters for retractable needle syringes
A connector mountable to a syringe barrel has a proximal barrel-engaging portion, a distal luer fitment portion, and a fluid aperture therethrough. The barrel-engaging portion of the connector includes an axial ledge configured to abut the axial distal edge of a glass syringe barrel. The connector facilitates mounting a luer assembly to the barrel. The luer assembly may be a tip cap having a complementary luer fitment for connection to the luer fitment portion of the connector. The luer assembly may be a luer needle assembly having a complementary luer fitment for connection to the luer fitment portion of the connector. The connector and syringe may further include an immobile, compressible needle seal. The needle seal is adjacent to or engageable with the barrel-engaging portion of the connector. The syringe may be configured with a plunger capable of engaging a retractable needle. |
| US10357620B2 |
Determining catheter status
A method for determining the status of a catheter of an implanted infusion system, where the catheter is intended to deliver a fluid composition to CSF of a patient, includes monitoring catheter pressure, developing a pressure modulation profile based on the monitored pressure, and comparing the developed pressure modulation profile to a predetermined pressure profile. The predetermined pressure profile may be a profile of cerebrospinal fluid or a bolus infusion or withdrawal profile for the catheter. A determination of catheter status, such as properly functioning, occluded or leaky, can be made based on the comparison. |
| US10357617B2 |
Medicament delivery device comprising a locking mechanism
A medicament delivery device includes a tubular housing having opposite proximal and distal ends; an injection drive configured to exert force on a medicament container to expel medicament; and an injection drive holder configured to releasably hold the injection drive in a pre-tensioned state before injection of the medicament. The injection drive holder includes a tubular extension part for receiving the injection drive to be axially movable therein and a release ring coaxially arranged on the tubular extension part, the release ring being axially movable between proximal and distal positions along the outer surface of the tubular extension part. The tubular extension part is configured to engage with the injection drive when the release ring is at the proximal position and release the injection drive as the release ring moves distally from the proximal position. |
| US10357614B2 |
Injection pen
An injection pen (1) includes a housing (2), a lead screw (75), a dose set member (6), a setback member (17), and a rotatable driver (60). The lead screw (75) is axially moveable in the housing (2). The dose set member (6) is connected to the housing (2) for dose setting and dose correcting. The setback member (17) is operatively connected to the dose set member (6). The rotatable driver (60) is operatively connected to the setback member (17) and the lead screw (75). The driver (60) is prevented from rotating during dose setting and dose correcting, and the driver (60) rotates during an injection to axially move the lead screw (75). |
| US10357610B2 |
Self-injection device
A device (100) for delivering a medicament into a patient's body by injection into or through the patient's skin, including: a main body having a bottom enclosure (104) that has a top surface including a button guide latch (268); a reservoir (160) disposed within the main body for containing the medicament; an injection needle (152) for penetrating the skin of the patient, the needle (152) having a lumen and communicating with the reservoir (160) when the device (100) is activated; a pressurizing system (140, 144) for pressurizing the reservoir (160) when the device (100) is activated; and an activator button (128) movably disposed on the main body and movable from a pre-activated position to an activated position. The activator button (128) includes an activation arm (228). When the activator button (128) moves from the pre-activated position to the activated position, an end of the activation arm (228) engages with the button guide latch (268) and prevents return movement of the activator button (128). |
| US10357608B2 |
Re-loadable auto injector
A reloadable auto injector wherein a syringe assembly is movably positioned between a first position in which the needle is accommodated inside a housing and a second position in which the needle protrudes outside the housing. The assembly comprises a syringe, a plunger rod and a plunger rod driver configured to apply a force to the plunger rod to advance the plunger rod in the syringe for delivering at least one dose of medicament. A syringe driver is configured to apply a force to the assembly thereby moving the assembly from the first position to the second position. A reload handle may be connected to the assembly so that user operation of the reload handle retracts the assembly to the first position and simultaneously reload the syringe driver to thereby ready the auto injector for delivering a further dose of medicament. The plunger rod driver is not re-activated. |
| US10357607B2 |
Correction factor testing using frequent blood glucose input
An apparatus comprises receiving a user prompt in a blood glucose (BG) management device to start a determination of an effective correction factor, receiving sampled blood glucose data of a patient obtained during a specified time duration, including a time duration after delivery of an initial insulin correction bolus, determining the effective correction factor using the BG management device according to a determined decrease in the blood glucose level of the patient and an amount of insulin in the initial insulin correction bolus, and cancelling the determination of the effective correction factor if a blood glucose level of the patient is outside of a specified range of blood glucose levels. |
| US10357606B2 |
System and method for integration of insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring
A portable insulin pump can integrate and display data from a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) to allow a user to more readily determine whether any interaction with the pump is necessary. Data from the CGM can automatically be transmitted to the pump and can be displayed for user analysis or automatically analyzed to present recommendations to the user based on combined data from the CGM and the pump. |
| US10357605B2 |
Infusion pump system with disposable cartridge having pressure venting and pressure feedback
Embodiments are directed to portable infusion devices, systems, and methods of using the same for dispensing materials. In some cases, the devices, systems and methods may be used for infusing a material such as medicament, e.g., insulin, into a body in need thereof. |
| US10357600B2 |
Extracorporeal blood treatment system, disposable set and valve unit for pre/post infusion
Disposable set for an extracorporeal blood treatment system. The disposable set includes an extracorporeal blood circuit having a blood withdrawal line and a blood return line configured to be attached to a blood treatment device and an infusion circuit coupled to the extracorporeal blood circuit through infusion lines. The disposable set further includes an infusion valve unit configured to be releasably connected to an infusion pump of the extracorporeal blood treatment system, the infusion valve unit incorporating a one-way valve or seal to control the flow of infusion liquid through the infusion cicuit. |
| US10357595B2 |
Agent for regenerating tympanic membrane or external auditory canal
Provided is a tympanic membrane or ear canal regeneration agent comprising a combination of a gelatin sponge that carries basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and a covering material. The covering material is used not only to fix the gelatin sponge to the affected portion, but also for the purpose of preventing drying and infections to provide a culturing environment that is favorable for regenerating tissue isolated from the outside. To promote tissue regeneration, the margin of the tympanic membrane or ear canal defect is preferably freshened in advance. |
| US10357592B2 |
Extracellular Matrix—synthetic skin scaffold
The present invention provides a process or preparing an extracellular matrix composition which comprises: (a) mixing an aqueous solution of fibrinogen with a coagulating agent and a bulking agent and a foaming agent; (b) causing the mixture to foam and coagulate; (c) incubating the mixture obtained in step (b) with a cross-linking agent; and (d) washing the cross-linked composition obtained in step (c) to remove the cross-linking agent. Wherein the foaming agent consists of or comprises one or more surfactant agent(s) from the class of sugar-surfactants. The invention also relates to the formulation mixture as such, and to the products of the process. |
| US10357591B2 |
Selectively polymerizable compositions and methods of use in vivo
Otologic materials and methods are provided. For example, a cell-adhesive, biodegradable hydrogel scaffold loaded with time-released drugs for repairing chronic tympanic membrane perforations is disclosed, methods of making same and administering same are provided. This hydrogel may promote vascular in-growth and epithelial cell growth of the tympanic membrane with the purpose of closing the perforation and providing a barrier between the external and middle ear. The hydrogel is initially a liquid polymer that only gels upon exposure to specific conditions, such as exposure to light. This scaffold may simultaneously induce repair of the tympanic membrane while preventing or alleviating middle ear infection, thus filling a void in current tympanic membrane perforation therapies. |
| US10357590B2 |
Bioresorbable ceramic composition for forming a three dimensional scaffold
The present disclosure is directed to a bioresorbable ceramic composition having a plurality of biocompatible ceramic granules, each of the granules having a coating of a plurality of calcium containing particles, where at least a portion of the particles are bound to at least a portion of an outer surface of each of the granules, and further where the composition is flowable in a dry state. The present disclosure is also directed to a three dimensional scaffold for bone repair that includes the bioresorbable composition, which upon implantation to a locus of repair defines an interconnected pore network between outer walls of the coated granules of the composition. Finally, the present disclosure is directed to methods of forming both the bioresorbable ceramic composition and the three-dimensional ceramic scaffold. |
| US10357588B2 |
Absorbent article comprising polymeric foam and intermediates
Absorbent articles are described comprising an absorbent composite. The absorbent composite comprises a first absorbent layer comprising a polymeric foam having an average cell size of at least 100 microns. The polymeric foam has at least one property selected from a) an indentation force deflection of less than 75 N at 50%; or b) a constant deflection compression set of less than 25% for a deflection of 50%; or a combination of a) and b); and a second absorbent layer in fluid communication with the fluid transport layer. In another embodiment, the a second absorbent layer has an average absorption capacity of at least 20 g/g. In another embodiment, a polyurethane foam is described having an average cell size of at least 100 microns. The polyurethane foam comprises the reaction product of at least one polyol component having polyethylene oxide units and a polyisocyanate component that comprises at least 75 wt-% of at least one polymeric polyisocyanate that lacks urethane linkages. In some embodiments, the polyurethane foam is free of superabsorbent polymer. In some embodiments, the polyurethane foam has an average cell size up to 500 microns. In some embodiments, the polyurethane foam comprises at least 12 wt-% ethylene oxide units. Also described are various composites comprising the polyurethane foam described herein in combination with another substrate such as a second absorbent layer, a fluid impervious backsheet, and/or a fluid pervious topsheet. |
| US10357573B2 |
Block copolymer conjugate of physiologically active substance
A physiologically active substance-conjugated block copolymer having enhanced efficacy and/or safety is provided by enhancing the property of penetrating into a target diseased tissue and/or enhancing excretability, compared to known physiologically active substance-conjugated block copolymer, and suppressing sensitization of the physiologically active substance to normal tissues other than a target diseased tissue. Disclosed is a block copolymer including a polyethylene glycol segment connected with a polyamino acid derivative segment conjugated with a physiologically active substance, in which the molecular weight of the block copolymer is from 2 kilodaltons to 15 kilodaltons, and the light scattering intensity of a 1 mg/mL aqueous solution of the physiologically active substance-conjugated block copolymer as measured with a laser light scattering photometer is at least twice or more the light scattering intensity of toluene. |
| US10357572B2 |
Prodrugs activated by caspase
Described are prodrug conjugates that release a chemotherapeutic agent upon activation by caspase, and methods using such prodrug conjugates to induce apoptosis, amplify apoptosis, and treat cancer. |
| US10357565B2 |
Targeting microbubbles
This invention related to manufactured microbubbles, as well as methods of using manufactured microbubbles, for example, in medicinal applications. The invention pertains to the physical structure and materials of the microbubbles, as well as to methods for manufacturing microbubbles, methods for targeting microbubbles for specific medicinal applications, and methods for delivering microbubbles in medical treatment. |
| US10357553B2 |
Compositions and methods for combination therapy with dengue virus and dendritic cells
Described herein are compositions and methods for treating cancer through the combination of tumor antigen-pulsed dendritic cells and Dengue Virus. The combination of the two forms of therapeutic intervention provides enhanced tumor cell reduction compared to either alone. The cancer targeted by compositions and methods described herein may be a solid cancer or blood cancer. |
| US10357552B2 |
Peptides and combination of peptides and scaffolds for use in immunotherapy against Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) and other 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. |
| US10357549B2 |
Pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) and peptide derivatives thereof for use in osteoblast differentiation and bone growth
The present invention provides compositions and methods for differentiating a stem cell into an osteoblast or osteoblast progenitor cell. In certain embodiments, the invention may be used for promoting bone formation and increasing bone mass. In one embodiment, the composition comprises an agent which increases PEDF expression, PEDF activity, or both. In one embodiment, the composition comprises full-length PEDF. In one embodiment, the composition comprises a PEDF fragment or PEDF-derived peptide. |
| US10357548B2 |
α-galactosidase A and 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin co-formulation
The present application provides for compositions comprising α-galactosidase A in combination with an active site-specific chaperone for the α-galactosidase A, and methods for treating Fabry disease in a subject in need thereof, that includes a method of administering to the subject such compositions. The present application also provides methods for increasing the in vitro and in vivo stability of an α-galactosidase A enzyme formulation. |
| US10357539B2 |
Use of peptides that block metadherin-SND1 interaction as treatment for cancer
The present disclosure related in general to methods of treating cancer by interfering with the interaction of metadherin with Staphylococcal nuclease domain-containing 1 (SND1) using peptides or other compounds that inhibit the binding of SND1 with metadherin and inhibit the activity of the MTDH-SND1 complex in tumor cells. |
| US10357538B2 |
Vaccines for the treatment of cancer and compositions for enhancing vaccine efficacy
The present invention relates to the treatment and prevention of cancer. The present invention relates to vaccines comprising solubilized components of cancer cells or cancer-associated cells. Moreover, the present invention also relates to methods of producing vaccines from biological samples comprising cancer cells or cancer-associated cells and using said vaccines for the treatment or prevention of cancer in subjects. The present invention also relates to methods of producing vaccines, in particular, autologous vaccines. The present invention also relates to therapeutic uses of mesenchymal stem cells and to methods of treatment and or prevention that comprise administering mesenchymal stem cells to a subject. The present invention also relates to methods of enhancing the efficacy of vaccines and methods for the treatment and prevention of cancer, and to compositions and kits suitable for use in the methods. |
| US10357537B2 |
Cyclotides as immunosuppressive agents
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a cyclotide for use in immune suppression as well as to a method for immune suppression comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a cyclotide to a subject in need thereof. The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a cyclotide for use in treating or preventing a disorder selected from the group consisting of (i) an autoimmune disorder; (ii) a hypersensitivity disorder; and (iii) a lymphocyte-mediated inflammation. Likewise, the present invention also relates to a method for treating or preventing a disorder selected from the group consisting of (i) an autoimmune disorder; (ii) a hypersensitivity disorder; and (iii) a lymphocyte-mediated inflammation. The present invention further relates to a method of screening for and/or selecting an immunosuppressive cyclotide or a mutation which results in a mutated cyclotide having an induced or enhanced immunosuppressive activity. The present invention further relates to a method of producing an immunosuppressive cyclotide or an immunosuppressive pharmaceutical composition. The present invention further relates to a mutated cyclotide having immunosuppressive activity and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. |
| US10357535B2 |
Daptomycin formulations and uses thereof
Lyophilized daptomycin formulations having improved reconstitution times are provided. The lyophilized daptomycin formulations include an additive, which can be a pharmaceutically acceptable antioxidant, a pharmaceutically acceptable organic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable glucose derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a combination thereof. Also provided are methods of methods of preparing the lyophilized daptomycin formulations, and methods of treating bacterial infections and treating or preventing biofilms by using the lyophilized daptomycin formulations. |
| US10357530B2 |
Combination of valerian root extract and lavender oil for use in the treatment of sleep disorders
The present invention relates to a combination of valerian root extract and lavender oil treating of sleep disorders, as well as to a combination of preparation comprising valerian root extract and lavender oil. |
| US10357528B2 |
Composition for treating corneal diseases or conjunctival diseases
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating corneal diseases or conjunctival diseases, containing a maple leaf extract as an active ingredient. The maple leaf extract exhibits an effect of inhibiting hyperemia in the eyeball in which hyperemia has been induced and an effect of inhibiting angiogenesis in the eyeball in which corneal damage has been induced, thus being effectively used in a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating corneal diseases or conjunctival diseases. |
| US10357527B2 |
Compositions and methods for maintaining or enhancing homeostasis or function of female lower reproductive tract
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for making and using topical compositions comprised of an isotonic, biome-friendly solution containing xylose and/or a Salvia extract. The compositions are useful for, for example, maintaining or enhancing female lower reproductive tract (LRT) homeostasis and physiological function. In particular, topical compositions of this disclosure can be formulated for use as a freshening, menopausal, fertility, and/or perineal composition. |
| US10357526B2 |
Compositions for the treatment of infections caused by mite Demodex spp
The invention relates to compositions and kits for treating infections caused by the mite Demodex Spp, said compositions comprising essential oils selected from the group consisting of Eruca sativa oil, Zingiber officinale oil, and Alpinia officinarum oil and mixtures thereof incorporated into solvents and vehicles, and presented in a kit in the form of a solution, a suspension, an emulsion or a dispersion. The compositions are topically applied for the treatment of infections and disorders caused by Demodex Spp in humans. |
| US10357525B2 |
Use of a polysaccharide mixture for treating hyperglycemia
Disclosed herein is a novel use of a polysaccharide mixture for the treatment of hyperglycemia and/or disorders related thereto (e.g., diabetes mellitus). The polysaccharide mixture comprises about 30-50% (wt %) of β(1→3) glucan and β(1→6) glucan, and has a molecular weight of at least 500,000. The polysaccharide mixture may be administered to a subject suffering from hyperglycemia in a dose of about 1 to 1,000 mg/Kg to ameliorate or alleviate symptoms associated with hyperglycemia. |
| US10357522B2 |
Bacteriophage compositions and methods of selection of components against specific bacteria
The subject matter of the instant invention relates to methods of compounding compositions comprising bacteriophage effective for treating bacterial infections, including but not limited to, multidrug resistant bacterial infections. The invention also relates to compositions, bacterial diversity sets, and phage libraries prepared according to the methods of the instant invention. |
| US10357520B2 |
Compositions comprising bacterial strains
The invention provides compositions comprising bacterial strains for treating and preventing cancer. |
| US10357510B2 |
Metal nanoclusters and uses thereof
Provided herein are metal nanoclusters, having a high absorption to volume ratio, and uses of the same, such as in generating singlet oxygen, or in protecting surfaces from high intensity light. |
| US10357502B2 |
Stabilized modified release vitamin D formulation and method of administering same
A stabilized formulation for controlled release of a vitamin D compound is disclosed. The formulation comprises one or both of 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and a cellulosic compound. The stabilized formulations exhibit a stable dissolution profile following exposure to storage conditions and demonstrate improved pharmacokinetic parameters compared to unstabilized formulations. |
| US10357500B2 |
Neuro-protective agents and uses thereof
Use of 5α-androstane-3β,5,6β-triol and analogs thereof in the preparation of a drug for the prophylaxis or treatment of an altitude sickness caused by hypobaric hypoxia is provided, so as to provide a new drug for the prophylaxis or treatment of an altitude sickness. Researches revealed that 5α-androstane-3β,5,6β-triol treatment can effectively reduce vasogenic edema of brain tissue of Macaca fascicularis caused by hypobaric hypoxia, reduce the increased cerebral water content, and protect from neuronal vacuolar degeneration caused by hypobaric hypoxia, therefore it can improve neurological dysfunctions caused by hypobaric hypoxia and is useful in prophylaxis or treatment of an altitude sickness. |
| US10357490B2 |
Combinations for the treatment of neuroblastoma
Disclosed are methods of treating neuroblastoma in a cancer patient by administration of a Trk inhibitor in combination with one more chemotherapeutic agents. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Trk inhibitor and one or more chemotherapeutic agents. |
| US10357485B1 |
Anti-cancer compound
An anti-cancer compound is a compound having the following structural formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. |
| US10357484B2 |
Heterocyclic compound
The present invention provide a heterocyclic compound having a HDAC inhibitory action, and useful for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and/or inflammatory diseases, graft versus host disease, cancers, central nervous diseases including neurodegenerative diseases, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and the like, and a medicament comprising the compound.The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof. |
| US10357481B2 |
Substituted triazolo bicyclic compounds as PDE2 inhibitors
The present invention is directed to substituted triazolo bicyclic compounds of formula I which are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of central nervous system disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 2 (PDE2). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD), or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction. |
| US10357480B2 |
Biotin for treating peripheral demyelinating neuropathy
The invention relates to the use of biotin for treating Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, as well as demyelinating peripheral neuropathies and Neuromyelitis optica (NMO). |
| US10357476B1 |
Method for treating coronary artery disease
The use of a combination of carvedilol, metformin, evolocumab, and one or more statins to remove atheromas from coronary arteries and thereby treat coronary artery disease is disclosed. The method treats coronary artery disease by removing one or more atheromas from one or more coronary arteries of a patient by administering a therapeutically effective amount of: (a) carvedilol; (b) metformin; (c) evolocumab; and (d) one or more statins; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, or derivative of one or more of (a)-(d). In some embodiments, the one or more statins comprise simvastatin. In some embodiments, the one or more statins comprise rosuvastatin. In some embodiments, the one or more statins comprise atorvastatin. In some embodiments, the one or more statins comprise pravastatin. |
| US10357473B2 |
Method for treating a prolifitive disorder with a cis-diamine platinum complex
A method for treating a proliferative disease, disorder, or condition comprising administering a cis-diamine platinum(II) thione complex. A cis-diamine platinum(II) thione complex and compositions containing it. |
| US10357471B2 |
Composition and method for treating neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
Provided herein are methods for treatment of a neurodegenerative disease, such as neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis including administering to a subject in need of such treatment a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that mediates upregulation of TPP1. |
| US10357470B2 |
Antimicrobial-antibiofilm compositions and methods of use thereof
Compositions comprising chelating agents, metal ion salts, gelling agents or a buffer, antimicrobials, antibiofilm agents and a pH adjuster or a buffer for the prevention and treatment of wound infections and food-borne diseases involving bacterial biofilms are disclosed. The anti-infective properties of a composition include reduction or killing of anaerobic/aerobic/facultative gram-negative and gram-positive wound infection associated bacteria occurring in polymicrobial biofilms. The composition may be in the form of lotion, cream, ointment, dressing, bandage, rinse, soak, gel, spray, or other suitable forms, including certain devices. Additionally, the invention offers an efficient method of delivering the formulated composition containing one or two chelating agents or chelating agents alone or in combination with a metal ion salt using either a nanoparticle or other efficient delivery systems. |
| US10357468B2 |
Medicaments for slowing Parkinson's disease
Opicapone, levodopa and an AADC inhibitor are described for use in slowing the progression of Parkinson's Disease. |
| US10357462B2 |
Multiparticulates of spray-coated drug and polymer on a meltable core
A pharmaceutical composition comprises multiparticulates comprising a melt-congeal core and a solid amorphous dispersion layer of a poorly water soluble drug and polymer. The multiparticulates are suitable for improving bioavailability of poorly water soluble drugs. The melt-congeal cores facilitate application of the solid amorphous dispersion layer, and allow incorporation of additional optional components to the core so as to adjust the release of drug from the multiparticulate. |
| US10357460B2 |
Particulate comprising a calcium-containing compound and a sugar alcohol
The present invention relates to a particulate material and a solid dosage form notably tablets comprising a regularly shaped calcium-containing compound such as a calcium salt as a therapeutically and/or prophylactically active substance and a pharmaceutically acceptable sugar alcohol such as, e.g., sorbitol and/or isomalt that has a micro structure as evidenced by SEM. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the particulate material and solid dosage form. The process involves agglomeration of the calcium-containing compound and the pharmaceutically acceptable sugar alcohol by means of roller compaction. The particulate material obtained by roller compaction is suitable for use in the further processing of the particulate material into e.g. tablets such as chewing tablets. |
| US10357459B2 |
Method of drug formulation based on increasing the affinity of crystalline microparticle surfaces for active agents
Methods are provided for coating crystalline microparticles with an active agent by altering the surface properties of the microparticles in order to facilitate favorable association on the microparticle by the active agent. Types of surface properties that are altered by the disclosed methods include electrostatic properties, hydrophobic properties, and hydrogen bonding properties. |
| US10357453B2 |
Methods of eye treatment using therapeutic compositions containing dipyridamole
A method comprising: administering an effective amount of a topical dipyridamole to a subject in need thereof due to a disorder selected from the group consisting of keratitis, corneal abrasion and corneal ulcer. |
| US10357451B2 |
Enteral nutrition
An object of the present invention is to provide an enteral nutrition that is simply injected and suppresses gastro-esophageal reflux.The present invention provides an enteral nutrition comprising 0.1 to 1.0 mass % of alginic acid and/or sodium salt thereof, calcium, and 0.1 to 3.5 parts by mass of a chelating agent per part by mass of the calcium. |
| US10357450B2 |
Process for forming microbubbles with high oxygen content and uses thereof
Formulations containing a carrier and microbubbles encapsulating oxygen gas, and methods for making and using the formulations are described herein. The formulations are manufactured by a process which includes high shear homogenization. The resulting microbubble suspension may be centrifuged to further concentrate the microbubbles. The resulting concentrated LOM suspension preferably has an oxygen content ranging from 50 to 99% (vol). Prior to administration to a patient, the viscosity of the LOM suspension may be reduced to the desired viscosity, preferably similar to the viscosity of the patient's blood. The resulting LOM formulation typically has an oxygen concentration ranging from 65 to 80% (vol). The microbubbles are formed from one or more lipids, preferably one or more phospholipids, most preferably DSPC, and preferably also contain one or more stabilizing agents/excipients, preferably cholesterol. |
| US10357449B2 |
Formulations for parenteral delivery of compounds and uses thereof
The present invention provides formulations that achieve effective delivery of methylnaltrexone compositions. The provided formulations are useful for preventing, treating delaying, diminishing or reducing the severity of side effects resulting from use of analgesic opioids. |
| US10357445B2 |
Cross-linked composition and cosmetic composition comprising the same
A cross-linked composition comprises the reaction product of an organohydrogensiloxane and a cross-linker, in the presence of a hydrosilylation catalyst. The organohydrogensiloxane comprises siloxy units of average formula (I): (R43SiO1/2)(R42—SiO2/2)a(R1R4SiO2/2)b(R4HSiO2/2)c(R2R4SiO2/2)d(R3R4SiO2/2)e—(R43Si—O1/2). Each of R1 and R2 is an independently selected hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group. R3 is a hydrogen atom or a group having at least one carboxyl group or a precursor thereof. R4 is an independently selected substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group. Further, a≥0, b≥0, c≥1, d≥0, and e≥1. The cross-linker has at least two aliphatic unsaturated hydrocarbon groups. A method of forming the cross-linked composition comprises the steps of providing the organohydrogensiloxane and cross-linker, and combining the organohydrogensiloxane and cross-linker in the presence of the hydrosilylation catalyst to form the cross-linked composition. A cosmetic composition is provided that includes the cross-linked composition and at least one cosmetic component. |
| US10357444B2 |
Clear suspending personal care cleansing compositions
Compositions of the present invention include an anionic surfactant, a zwitterionic surfactant, a superhydrophilic amphiphilic copolymer, an organic acid; and a polymer selected from the group consisting of a non-hydrophobically modified alkali-swellable emulsion polymer and a non-crosslinked hydrophobically modified acid-swellable emulsion polymer, wherein, when the composition contains the non-hydrophobically modified alkali-swellable emulsion polymer, the non-hydrophobically modified alkali-swellable emulsion polymer is present in an amount of about 0.1% to 5% by weight, and when the composition contains the non-crosslinked hydrophobically modified acid-swellable emulsion polymer, the non-hydrophobically modified acid-swellable emulsion polymer is present in an amount of about 0.1% to 5% by weight, and wherein the composition has an NTU value of 95 or less, a yield value of about 0.1 Pascal or more and pH of from about 3 to about 6.5. |
| US10357443B2 |
Active-substance mixtures for styling agents
Cosmetic agents and methods for temporarily shaping keratin-containing fibers using the cosmetic agents are provided herein. In one embodiment, the cosmetic agent includes a cosmetic carrier. The cosmetic agent further includes at least one chitosan or derivative thereof. The cosmetic agent further includes at least one hydrophobic pyrogenic silicic acid. The cosmetic agent also includes at least one non-ionic, anionic, or amphoteric film-forming polymer. In another embodiment, the method includes the step of using the cosmetic agent for temporarily shaping keratin-containing fibers. |
| US10357442B2 |
Surfactant-containing cleansing agents with at least four different preservatives
Cleansing compositions include at least one special preservative combination. The cleansing compositions are used for the cleaning and/or care of skin and/or hair, and specific preservative combination is used for preserving such surfactant-containing cleansing compositions. |
| US10357440B2 |
Composition comprising at least one 2-(3,4-disubstituted)phenyl-1-(3,4-disubstituted)phenyl-1-hydroxyethane for preventing and/or treating the signs of ageing of the skin
The present invention relates to the cosmetic use, in a composition containing a physiologically acceptable medium, of at least one compound of formula (I) in which: —R3 means a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl radical, —R1 and R2 mean, independently of each other, a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched C1-C6 alkyl radical; a benzyl radical; a linear or branched C1-C6 alkylcarbonyl radical not conjugated with the carbonyl; or a linear or branched C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl radical, and/or of an isomer and/or of a salt and/or of a solvate of said compound of formula (1), for preventing and/or treating the signs of ageing of the skin and its appendages. |
| US10357438B2 |
Metal salt compositions
The disclosure provides oral care compositions comprising zinc ions and citrate ions with molar ratios which unexpectedly high zinc bioavailability, together with methods of preparing and using the same. |
| US10357436B2 |
Solid-stabilized oxidizing agent preparation, product and kit for oxidatively changing the color of hair
An oxidizing agent preparation (A) for oxidatively changing the color of keratin fibers, in particular human hair, is present in the form of an oil-in-water emulsion (O/W emulsion), and includes (a1) an oil phase including one or more fat constituents (F), (a2) a water phase, (a3) hydrogen peroxide, and (a4) at least one type of fine-grain particles (P) having a mean particle size of less than 200 μm (micrometers). A product that includes the aforementioned oxidizing agent preparation (A) is packaged in the form of a storage container. A multi-component packaging unit includes the oxidizing agent preparation (A) also includes a separately packaged dye (B). |
| US10357425B2 |
Massage device and method of use
A massage device that includes a housing, an electrical input, a motor, a switch in electrical communication with the electrical input and the motor and configured to selectively provide power from the electrical input to the motor, an actuated output operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciprocate in response to activation of the motor, and a treatment structure operatively connected to a distal end of the actuated output. The actuated output is configured to reciprocate the treatment structure at a frequency of between about 15 Hz and about 100 Hz, and at an amplitude of between about 0.15 and about 1.0 inches. The combination of amplitude and frequency provides efficient reciprocation of the treatment structure such that the treatment structure provides therapeutically beneficial treatment to a targeted muscle of a user. |
| US10357417B1 |
Rubber coating
Rubber Coating casket liner will be fitted within the perimeter of the inside of the casket (10). The Rubber Coating casket tray will be placed on the slab of a mausoleum and the casket will rest inside the perimeter of the tray (18). The Rubber Coating liquid will be used as a filler and a sealant. The spray will be used to seal the outside of the concrete burial vault (20), from water entering inside. The coating spray used in the inside will prevent decomposed human body fluids from escaping out of the vault into the ground. |
| US10357411B2 |
Rapid extraction tool
A device for rescuing a downed firefighter comprising a first rigid non flammable leg having a proximal end and a distal end, a second rigid non flammable leg having a proximal end and a distal end, a connecting member, the proximal end of the first leg and the second leg being connected to the connecting member, the first and second rigid non flammable legs diverging outwardly from the proximal ends to the distal ends, a grasping element being secured to the connecting member, at least one flexible cross member extending between the first leg and the second leg, and at least one flexible strap secured to at least one of the legs or cross member. The device is particularly useful for rescuing downed firefighters. |
| US10357410B2 |
Pre-strained laminates and methods for making the same
A method of forming a three-dimensional laminate for an absorbent article is provided. The method comprises providing a first nonwoven layer, providing a second nonwoven layer, and applying a pre-strain force to the first nonwoven layer or to the second nonwoven layer. The method comprises joining the first nonwoven layer to the second nonwoven layer while the first nonwoven layer or the second nonwoven layer is in a pre-strained condition, and releasing the pre-strain force to form the three-dimensional laminate. |
| US10357407B2 |
Hot melt adhesive
A hot melt adhesive material and articles made using the hot melt adhesive to assemble structures in an article. The adhesive material typically is manufactured by blending amorphous polymer with a compatible amorphous polymer. |
| US10357405B2 |
Pressure device
An adhesive pressure bandage for treating a wound or reduce scarring of a skin of a patient, the pressure bandage including a pressure member made of an elastic material. The pressure member comprising a curved central portion and two end portions. The pressure member also having two sides, an inner surface facing towards the patient and an outer surface facing away from the patient, and between the inner surface and the skin of the patient is an adhesive to attach the pressure member to the skin of the patient. Between the inner surface of the pressure member and the skin of the patient is a treatment device that is in contact with the wound, after the adhesive pressure bandage is applied to the skin of the patient, this treatment device is located between a central portion of the pressure member and the wound. The curved central portion of the pressure member being such that when the treatment member is initially placed against the wound, and the adhesive pressure bandage is not yet adhered to the skin of the patient, the pressure member is concave relative to a surface of the skin of the patient. When the adhesive pressure bandage is adhered to the skin of the patient and largely follows a contour of the skin of the patient, a deflection of the adhesive pressure bandage from its initial curved state to a state where it largely follows the contour of the skin of the patient produces a therapeutic pressure on the wound of the patient. |
| US10357402B2 |
Method and system for determining the occlusion effect in an earpiece
Provided is a disclosure for measuring the occlusion effect due to the depth of seal of the earpiece in the ear canal using a single microphone. |
| US10357401B2 |
Elastic tension changing headband
Embodiments provide a retention apparatus for a head-mounted device and a head-mounted apparatus including the retention apparatus and the head-mounted device. The retention apparatus includes left and right band portions arranged on respective sides of a user's head, which connect to the head-mounted device at one end, and include opposing free ends that are arrangeable toward a back side of the wearer's head. The retention apparatus includes left and right elastic straps and an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism is arrangeable at the back of the user's head and includes arms the telescope into and out of the adjustment mechanism. The elastic straps are attached to the left and right band portions at first ends and to respective arms of the adjustment mechanism at second ends. Adjustably moving the arms of the adjustment mechanism stretches or relaxes the elastic straps, adjusting tension of the retention apparatus. |
| US10357399B2 |
Closed-loop laser eye surgery treatment
A laser eye surgery system includes a laser to generate a laser beam. A topography measurement system measures corneal topography. A processor is coupled to the laser and the topography measurement system, the processor embodying instructions to measure a first corneal topography of the eye. A first curvature of the cornea is determined. A target curvature of the cornea that treats the eye is determined. A first set of incisions and a set of partial incisions in the cornea smaller than the first set of incisions are determined. The set of partial incisions is incised on the cornea by the laser beam. A second corneal topography is measured. A second curvature of the cornea is determined. The second curvature is determined to differ from the target curvature and a second set of incisions are determined. The second set of incisions is incised on the cornea. |
| US10357398B2 |
System and process for treatment of myopia
A process for preventing or treating myopia includes applying a pulsed energy, such as a pulsed laser beam, to tissue of an eye having myopia or a risk of having myopia. The source of pulsed energy has energy parameters including wavelength or frequency, duty cycle and pulse train duration, which are selected so as to raise an eye tissue temperature up to eleven degrees Celsius to achieve therapeutic or prophylactic effect, such as stimulating heat shock protein activation in the eye tissue. The average temperature rise of the eye tissue over several minutes is maintained at or below a predetermined level so as not to permanently damage the eye tissue. |
| US10357396B2 |
Patient warming device with patient access
A patient warming device with patient access for maintaining normothermia and/or treating hypothermia is provided. The device includes a first compliant layer and a second compliant layer sealed together around an outer border to contain a liquid between the two layers and to form a wrap that surrounds and conforms to a body portion of a patient. A plurality of flaps extends from opposite sides of a generally longitudinal central portion of the wrap, such that one or more flaps from the opposite sides fasten to each other to surround the body portion. The flaps are openable during functional use to provide access to an underlying patient body surface. A continuous fluid flow path extends between the first compliant layer and the second compliant layer between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet to carry liquid and deliver heat through the wrap. |
| US10357395B2 |
Menstrual cup
A menstrual cup and applicator for use in the vagina. The menstrual cup having a receptacle for holding fluid and having a stem device connected to the top of the cup and extending through the open cavity through the bottom of the cup. The stem is configured to actuate the side and rim of the cup to allow for easier insertion and removal of the cup. The applicator may have several components and is configured to grasp a folded cup and position the cup in a deployed position within the vagina. Additionally, the applicator is designed to aid in the removal of the menstrual cup. |
| US10357392B2 |
Trunk supporting exoskeleton and method of use
An exoskeleton (100) includes two torque generators (116, 118), two thigh links (104,106), and a supporting trunk (112) rotatably coupled to the thigh links (104, 106). When a wearer bends forward in the sagittal plane such that the supporting trunk (112) extends beyond a predetermined angle A with respect to vertical, at least one of the torque generators (116, 118) imposes a resisting torque between the supporting trunk (112) and a corresponding thigh link (104, 106), thus imposing a force onto a wearer's trunk and thighs to aid in supporting the wearer in a bent position. The exoskeleton (100) may include an active or passive means (116, 134) for actuating the torque generators (116, 118). When the supporting trunk (112) does not extend beyond the predetermined angle A, the torque generators (116, 118) do not impose resisting torques between the supporting trunk (112) and the thigh links (104, 106) during the entire range of motion of the thigh links (104, 106), thus enabling a wearer to walk, run, and sit without constraint while in a substantially upright position. |
| US10357391B2 |
Orthopedic device for treating complications of the hip
A hinge for an orthopedic device includes a first part having a first end with a gear component, and a second part hingedly attached to the first part. The second part defines a cavity at a first end, and a worm is located within the cavity and engages the gear component. An adjustment element is adapted to regulate the worm relative to the gear component for articulating the first part relative to the second part. |
| US10357381B2 |
Powered and passive assistive device and related methods
Systems and methods for assistive devices for replacing or augmenting the limb of an individual, such devices comprising a joint and a powered system; the powered system having a first configuration in which the powered system rotates the joint by applying power to the joint, and a second configuration that allows for rotation of the joint without actuation of the powered system. |
| US10357380B2 |
Acetabular orthopaedic surgical instrument and method of using same
A method of reproducing a central axis of a femoral neck prior to resection during an implantation process includes the step of attaching a frame to the acetabulum of a patient, wherein the frame includes first and second movable arms and a lockable swivel bearing. The method further includes the steps of orienting and locking the swivel bearing in position and utilizing the position of the swivel bearing to position acetabular instrumentation to match a planned acetabular implant orientation. |
| US10357379B2 |
Set of instruments for the implantation of an acetabular prosthesis
A set of instruments is for implantation of an acetabular prosthesis. The set of instruments may include a tool configured to operate in an acetabular cavity of a patient, a first emitter associated with the tool and configured to emit a control signal to be aligned with a reference signal for identifying a correct orientation of the tool relative to the acetabular cavity, and an acetabular reference guide to be fixed to a bone site of the patient separate from the acetabular cavity. The set of instruments may include a second emitter associated with the acetabular reference guide and configured to emit the reference signal. |
| US10357377B2 |
Implant with bone contacting elements having helical and undulating planar geometries
An implant includes a first body member and a second body member connected by a plurality of bone contacting elements. Some of the bone contacting elements may have a generally helical geometry. Some of the bone contacting elements may have an undulating planar geometry. The bone contacting elements may have a rounded cross-sectional shape or a rectangular cross-sectional shape. |
| US10357376B2 |
Intervertebral prosthetic disc
A prosthetic disc for insertion between adjacent vertebrae includes upper and lower plates, a core disposed between the plates, and at least one projection extending from at least one of the upper and lower curved surfaces of the core into at least one recess of one of the inner surfaces of the plates. The recess is oversize with respect to the projection to allow sliding movement of the plate over the core while retaining the core between the plates during such sliding movement. The projection(s) may include a rod extending through an axial hole in the core, multiple surface features of the core, or the like. |
| US10357374B2 |
Transcorporeal spinal decompression and repair systems and related methods
Bone plates for engaging bone members are described herein. The bone plates can receive one or more screws to secure the bone plates to an underlying bone member. The one or more screws can be inserted into bone plate holes that can be considered locking or non-locking. The bone plates described herein can have particular combinations of locking and/or non-locking holes. In addition, instruments such as distal and proximal aiming guides can accompany the bone plates to guide one or more screws into the bone plates. |
| US10357372B2 |
Radial head trials
A radial head trial device for replacement of a proximal radial head includes a stem component having a center longitudinal axis extending between a proximal end and a distal end, a head component axially and removably attachable to the stem component, wherein the head component is interchangeable with a selection of other head components each axially and removably attachable to the stem component, an anti-rotation feature, and a recess, wherein the anti-rotation feature is structured to be received in the recess to prohibit rotation of the head component relative to the stem component. |
| US10357371B2 |
Hip prosthesis devices
A hip prosthesis device including a femoral stem, the femoral stem including an elongate stem sleeve having a blind hole extending in a longitudinal direction and a hole opening at an upper frontal end of the stem sleeve; a stem core having an elongate stem shaft inserted in the blind hole and slidable in the longitudinal direction, a neck having a lower neck portion and an upper neck portion, a lower end of a lower neck portion attached to an upper end of the stem shaft, the upper neck portion attachable to a femoral head; a shock absorber mechanism operatively provided between the stem shaft and the stem sleeve to act against a downwardly directed longitudinal sliding motion of the stem shaft relative to the stem sleeve; and a closure cap positioned to close the hole opening with a through hole which the neck extends with its lower neck portion. |
| US10357370B2 |
Periprosthetic fracture management enhancements
The present invention provides for a variety of fracture fixation options should a fracture occur after total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty, and provides associated methods and apparatus for application of provided fixation. The ability to pre-engineer fracture fixation contingent solutions into femoral or tibial components provides for a distinct clinical advantage in the planning and execution for periprosthetic fracture fixation. Said methods and apparatus include targeting devices which allow for intimate association of fixed angle locking screws in pre-drilled holes in an existing prosthetic, femoral nail, or other components including additional fixation components. Use of pre-engineered fracture fixation contingent solutions into femoral or tibial components provides for a distinct clinical advantage in the planning and execution for periprosthetic fracture fixation. Such apparatus and methods further include the use of alignment devices and other components to allow for ease of repair of periprosthetic fractures utilizing the pre-engineered solutions. Such targeting devices are required in specific circumstances as the prosthetics may prevent x-ray imaging and consequently free hand alignment. |
| US10357368B2 |
Sacroiliac joint implants and implantation methods
Sacroiliac (SI) joint implants for promoting SI joint fusion and methods of their delivery are described herein. The SI joint implant has a spacer operatively coupled to a planar member having tapered holes to receive fastening elements. When placed in the SI joint, the spacer engages the articular surfaces of the SI joint while the plate traverses the SI joint. The implant is held in place fastening elements, which are inserted through the tapered holes in the planar member. The implant is delivered via an inferior inlet MIS procedure, wherein the SI joint is accessed through an inlet inferior to the SI joint. |
| US10357366B2 |
Implantation of repair devices in the heart
Apparatuses and devices usable for annuloplasty are provided. These can include a plurality of helical tissue anchors and an annuloplasty structure for placement on a heart valve annulus. The annuloplasty structure can include a plurality of compressible or adjustable subunits, and a plurality of anchor mounts alternately disposed with respect to the plurality of compressible/adjustable subunits. The anchor mounts are coupleable to the helical anchors and can define a path for passage therethrough of a respective helical tissue anchor. The apparatuses and devices can be independently adjustable and can be adjustable for treating various sizes of patient annuli. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US10357365B2 |
Annuloplasty repair devices, systems and methods
An annuloplasty prosthesis and delivery system for implanting the prosthesis adjacent an annulus of a heart valve having leaflets for adjusting the annulus to improve valve function includes a ring prosthesis made of shape memory material and having tissue attachment members which attach to the annulus in the atrium and commissural legs extending from the ring between the leaflets and secure against the underside of the valve in the ventricle. The prosthesis is carried via an orientation loop and attaches to the heart tissue such that when the prosthesis is manipulated and relaxed the annulus is adjusted to reduce or eliminate regurgitation. |
| US10357363B2 |
Transcatheter valve delivery system with crimped prosthetic heart valve
Stented prosthetic heart valve crimping tools and methods, and transcatheter delivery systems for delivering a crimped prosthetic heart valve. Methods of the present disclosure include crimping or compressing a stented prosthetic heart valve via spherical compression to a spherically compressed shape, and then delivering the so-shaped prosthesis to a target site. Delivery systems carrying a spherically-compressed prosthesis have a reduced length profile as compared to conventional, elongated configurations, providing increased maneuverability and positioning. |
| US10357362B2 |
Valve delivery device with a piezochromatic feedback indicator and methods of use
Heart valve delivery systems and methods for providing a clinician with feedback during a stented prosthetic heart valve delivery procedure. Feedback is provided using piezochromatic indicators incorporated into elements of the delivery device, such as the handle assembly, shaft assembly and capsule to indicate when detrimental forces, or forces nearing those that are detrimental, are being applied to the delivery device during the prosthetic heart valve loading, delivery or deployment procedure. Other embodiments incorporate a feedback indicator to indicate that a delivery device has previously been used and is not in a new condition. |
| US10357361B2 |
Heart valve pinch devices and delivery systems
Pinch devices and access systems that can be used to secure a prosthetic heart valve to a heart valve annulus and to treat valvular insufficiency. A pinch device can be a separate expandable element from the prosthetic heart valve that is first advanced to the annulus and deployed, after which an expandable prosthetic heart valve can be advanced to within the annulus and deployed. The two elements can clamp/pinch the heart valve leaflets to hold the prosthetic heart valve in place. The pinch device can have a flexible, expandable annular frame. A combined delivery system can deliver the pinch device and prosthetic heart valve with just a single access point and aid more accurate coaxial deployment. The pinch device can be mounted near distal end of an access sheath, and a catheter for delivering the prosthetic heart valve can be passed through a lumen of the same access sheath. |
| US10357360B2 |
Prosthetic valve with aligned inner and outer frames
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to prosthetic valves and methods of use thereof. In one implementation, an expandable prosthetic valve for implantation within a native mitral valve may be provided. The prosthetic valve may be expandable from a radially contracted state to a radially expanded state. The prosthetic valve may include an expandable outer frame and an inner frame with tissue anchors extending therefrom. The outer and inner frames may be configured and interconnected such that ventricular ends of the inner and outer frames are substantially aligned when the frames are in the radially expanded state and are not substantially aligned when the frames are in the radially contracted state. |
| US10357358B2 |
Heart valve prosthesis
A heart valve prosthesis comprising: a support structure comprising a framework deformable between an expanded state and a compressed state and vice versa; and a flow-control structure, supported by the support structure, for permitting blood flow in a first direction, and for restricting blood flow in a direction opposite to the first direction. At least one end of the support structure comprises a plurality of apexes of the framework. The support structure is collapsible into the compressed state by pulling on the apexes, to enable it to be drawn into a sheath having an inner radial dimension smaller than the radial dimension of the support structure in the expanded state. |
| US10357356B2 |
Accommodating intraocular lenses and methods of use
Accommodating intraocular lenses and methods of use. The accommodating intraocular lenses include peripheral regions that are adapted to be more responsive to certain types of forces than to other types of forces. For example, the accommodating intraocular lenses can include haptics that are stiffer in an anterior-to-posterior direction than in a radial direction. |
| US10357354B2 |
Monolithic biocompatible implantable laminated materials
Metal foils, wires, and seamless tubes with increased mechanical strength are provided. As opposed to wrought materials that are made of a single metal or alloy, these materials are made of two or more layers forming a laminate structure. Laminate structures are known to increase mechanical strength of sheet materials such as wood and paper products and are used in the area of thin films to increase film hardness, as well as toughness. Laminate metal foils have not been used or developed because the standard metal forming technologies, such as rolling and extrusion, for example, do not lend themselves to the production of laminate structures. Vacuum deposition technologies can be developed to yield laminate metal structures with improved mechanical properties. In addition, laminate structures can be designed to provide special qualities by including layers that have special properties such as superelasticity, shape memory, radio-opacity, corrosion resistance etc. Examples of articles which may be made by the inventive laminate structures include implantable medical devices that are fabricated from the laminated deposited films and which present a blood or body fluid and tissue contact surface that has controlled heterogeneities in material constitution. An endoluminal stent-graft and web-stent that is made of a laminated film material deposited and etched into regions of structural members and web regions subtending interstitial regions between the structural members. An endoluminal graft is also provided which is made of a biocompatible metal or metal-like material. The endoluminal stent-graft is characterized by having controlled heterogeneities in the stent material along the blood flow surface of the stent and the method of fabricating the stent using vacuum deposition methods. |
| US10357353B2 |
Combination double-barreled and debranching stent grafts and methods for use
A combination double-barreled and debranching stent graft and methods for its use, where the stent graft comprises, a main body stent graft defining a single lumen with distal and proximal ends, a first bifurcation in the main body defining first and second lumens, the main body stent graft defines a tubular wall that is contiguous with the first and second lumens such that any fluid entering the main body stent graft must exit by entering one of the first or second lumens, (c) a second bifurcation within the first lumen defining a first leg and a second leg, (d) a third bifurcation within the first leg defining a third leg and a fourth leg, and (e) a fourth bifurcation within the second leg between about 10 mm and about 20 mm distal from the second bifurcation defining a fifth leg and a sixth leg. |
| US10357351B2 |
Storage assembly for prosthetic valve
In a particular embodiment, the present disclosure provides a prosthetic valve delivery assembly that includes a storage tube. A prosthetic valve having a frame is at least partially disposed within the storage tube. A nose cone is located distally to the valve. A removable tab is disposed between the distal end of the frame and the nose cone. The tab assists in maintaining the position of the nose cone relative to the distal end of the frame. |
| US10357347B2 |
Electric toothbrush
An electric toothbrush includes a stem member on which a replaceable toothbrush is mounted. The stem member is made of synthetic resin and has a cavity for accommodating a DC motor and a vibration shaft connected to the DC motor. One end of the cavity is opened for inserting the DC motor and the vibration shaft together, and the other end thereof is closed. A free end of the vibration shaft is rotatably supported at the closed end of the cavity. The cavity has a cone-shaped wall so that the DC motor is firmly held in the cavity by a rigid contact between a shoulder portion of the DC motor and the cone-shaped wall. |
| US10357344B2 |
Method for manufacturing a denture
There is disclosed a method for manufacturing a denture comprising an artificial gingiva surface, a seating surface facing at least a part of the gingiva surface when placed in the mouth of a patient, at least one tooth receiving hole provided in the artificial gingiva surface and extending through to the seating surface and an artificial tooth arranged in the tooth receiving hole, The method comprises printing an intermediate denture base comprising the artificial gingiva surface, the at least one tooth receiving hole for receiving the artificial tooth, arranging the artificial tooth in the at least one tooth receiving hole, fixing the intermediate denture base in a milling machine, and milling the denture comprising providing the seating surface by removing at least a part of the tooth extending through the tooth receiving hole. This provides an improved manufacturing process of denture. |
| US10357332B2 |
Depth adjustable surgical pin
A depth adjustable surgical pin retains a surgical template at a desired depth, vertical and horizontal position, and pressure against an organic substrate. The surgical pin provides a housing and a retention rod that work in conjunction to achieve this retention function. The housing is defined by a mount end, rod end, inner sidewall having a female thread, and an outer sidewall having ridges for adhering to a drill guide aperture of the surgical template. The housing sets at a predetermined depth in the drill guide aperture. The retention rod comprises a proximal end having a cap, distal end tapering to a sharp point, and a male thread that threadably engages the housing. The retention rod serves as an anchor and provides added strength to the surgical template. The housing becomes an integral part of the surgical guide template to guide the retention rod into a locking position. |
| US10357328B2 |
Marking device with retractable cannula
A marking device according to one embodiment of the invention comprises a handle, a cannula having a cannula distal end and slidably mounted to the handle, and a stylet having a stylet distal end and slidably mounted to the handle in the cannula. The stylet distal end is spaced proximally of the cannula distal end to form a marker recess that receives an imaging marker. The marking device further comprises an actuator operably coupled to the cannula to effect retraction of the cannula into the handle following implantation of the imaging marker. The imaging marker can be implanted by advancing the stylet relative to the cannula to eject the imaging marker from the marker recess, or the cannula can be retracted relative to the stylet to expose the imaging marker. |
| US10357327B2 |
Tissue-stabilization method for medical procedures
A method and apparatus for designing and fabricating a pantomesh. The pantomesh includes a plurality of pantomesh elements each including a pairs of links connected to one another by a revolute joint at points between their ends. Each of a plurality of the pantomesh elements is connected using spherical joints to a plurality of neighboring pantomesh elements, wherein a first line that extends along one side of a first pantomesh element forms a first variable angle with a second line that extends along an opposite side of the first pantomesh element. In some embodiments, at least some of the pantomesh elements of the pantomesh are not isosceles trapezoidal elements. In some embodiments, the pantomesh is used to compress breast tissue during an MRI procedure. In some embodiments, the pantomesh is connected to one or more actuators that facilitate remote control of the amount of compression provided. |
| US10357326B1 |
MRI breast biopsy targeting grid and cube
A medical device localization assembly includes an exterior frame, at least one lateral bar, a plurality of locating members and a targeting guide. The exterior frame includes a distal face configured to compress against tissue. The at least one lateral bar extends within the exterior frame and at least one open recess is formed between the lateral bar and the exterior frame. The plurality of locating members are positioned along an inner side of the exterior frame and the at least one lateral bar. The plurality of locating members extend into the at least one open recess and the at least one open recess is configured to removably receive the targeting guide at the proximal face. The plurality of locating members are sized and shaped to removably hold the guide cube such that the plurality of locating members are configured to correspond to the shape of the targeting guide. |
| US10357321B2 |
Splayed cable guide for a medical instrument
An apparatus includes a housing, a cable guide, a first cable, and a second cable. The housing is coupled to a shaft of a medical instrument. The cable guide is coupled to the housing, and defines a shaft opening into a passageway defined by the shaft. A first guide groove and a second guide groove are defined by the cable guide, with each of the first guide groove and the second guide groove being splayed outward from the shaft opening. The first cable is routed within the first guide groove and through the shaft opening, and is configured to slide within the first guide groove. The second cable is routed within the second guide groove and through the shaft opening, and is configured to slide within the second guide groove. |
| US10357318B2 |
System and method for determining the position and orientation of a tool tip relative to eye tissue of interest
System and method for determining the position and orientation (P&O) of a tool-tip relative to an eye tissue of interest. The system includes and imaging and tracking module coupled with a processor. The imaging and tracking module at least includes an imager. The imager acquires at least one image of at least one tissue-reference-marker. The imaging and tracking module further determines information relating to the P&O of the tool. The processor determines the P&O of the tissue-reference-marker according to the acquired image of the tissue-reference-marker. The processor determines the P&O of the eye tissue of interest, according to the P&O of the tissue-reference-marker, and a predetermined relative P&O between the tissue-reference-marker and the eye tissue of interest. The processor also determines the P&O of a tool-tip according to a tool-marker and determines the relative P&O between the tool-tip and the eye tissue of interest. |
| US10357317B2 |
Handheld scanner for rapid registration in a medical navigation system
A handheld scanner is provided for use in registering a patient for a medical procedure with a medical navigation system. The handheld scanner has a housing having a main body portion having a first end and a second end and a handle portion having a first end and a second end with the second end attached to the second end of the main body portion with a bridge portion. The handheld scanner further has a circuit board contained in the housing, a processor connected to the circuit board, a light emitter contained in the main body portion and connected to the circuit board, a light detector contained in the main body portion and connected to the circuit board, and a button connected to the circuit board and located on the second end of the handle portion. The button is engageable by a thumb of a hand holding the handle portion. |
| US10357313B2 |
Steerable laser probe
A steerable laser probe may include a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end, a plurality of actuation controls of the handle, a flexible housing tube having a flexible housing tube distal end and a flexible housing tube proximal end, and an optic fiber disposed within an inner bore of the handle and the flexible housing tube. An actuation of an actuation control of the plurality of actuation controls may gradually curve the flexible housing tube. A gradual curving of the flexible housing tube may gradually curve the optic fiber. An actuation of an actuation control of the plurality of actuation controls may gradually straighten the flexible housing tube. A gradual straightening of the flexible housing tube may gradually straighten the optic fiber. |
| US10357309B2 |
Ablation current measurement
Ablation apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes an insertion tube, an ablation electrode disposed at a distal end of the tube, a conducting element, and a sensor. The conducting element conducts an ablating current from a proximal end of the tube to the ablation electrode, and the sensor measures an amplitude of the ablating current at the distal end of the tube. Other embodiments are also described. |
| US10357306B2 |
Planar ferromagnetic coated surgical tip and method for making
The present invention relates to surgical dissection tips comprising a substrate comprising beryllium copper and a ferromagnetic layer coating at least a portion of the substrate, and methods of making such surgical dissection tips. |
| US10357304B2 |
Tissue treatment
There is provided in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention a method and/or a device of treating tissue near a first lumen comprising inserting an energy emission element into a second lumen and delivering energy in an amount sufficient to cause one or more spaced apart areas of tissue damage at preselected locations in tissue near the first lumen. There is also provided a method and/or a device for treating a carotid artery wall, for example, to reduce signal conduction. There is also provided a method and/or a device for treating a wall of a lumen in a limb, for example, to increase blood flow. There is also provided a method and/or a device for treating a wall of a heart, for example, to stop abnormal signal propagation. |
| US10357301B2 |
Surgical instrument with planetary gear system
A surgical instrument for applying a rotational force to a structural element during a surgical procedure. The instrument may be designed for increasing an input force to produce an enlarged output force adequate for fracturing an excess section of the elongated element from a remainder of the structural element. The instrument may include an input mechanism that receives an external rotational input force, a planetary gear system that multiples the input force, and an output mechanism that attaches to and delivers the multiplied rotational output force to the excess section of the structural element. The output mechanism may also be configured to capture the separated excess section. The instrument may include a housing and a handle for grasping and manipulating during the surgical procedure. |
| US10357300B2 |
Dispensing system and method
A delivery system is provided that includes a device having a body extending along a longitudinal axis between proximal and distal ends. The body includes a proximal chamber, a distal chamber and a wall between the chambers. The body includes a first port in communication with the proximal chamber and a second port in communication with the distal chamber. A shaft is movably positioned within the body. The shaft extends through the wall and includes a proximal plunger positioned within the proximal chamber and a distal plunger positioned within the distal chamber. Pressure introduced through an opening in the proximal end moves the shaft such that the proximal plunger moves a fluid within the proximal chamber out of the first port and the distal plunger moves a fluid within the distal chamber out of the second port to simultaneously actuate a bone filler dispenser. Systems and methods are also provided. |
| US10357299B2 |
Bone joining apparatus and method
Provided is a bone joining device suitable for joining a first bone piece to a second bone piece. Also provided is a method of joining a first bone piece with a second bone piece in a living mammal. The method comprises inserting the above bone joining device between the first bone piece and the second bone piece. |
| US10357296B2 |
Modular bone screw for surgical fixation to bone
The invention discloses a modular surgical bone screw assembly having a threaded base portion and a screw head adapted to attach a variety of structures to bone. The features of the screw include a modular design for the assembly that separates the function of anchorage to the recipient bone to one of the modules of the device (threaded portion) from the other function of attaching another element (such as bone block, membrane, orthodontic wires, elastics etc) to a second module (the screw head). The design also allows the head to be exchanged after the implant has been placed. |
| US10357292B2 |
Composite internal fixators
A multi-layer, fiber-reinforced composite orthopedic fixation device having a design selected based on a desired characteristic of the orthopedic fixation device. The design may be selected according to a model of the device, the model defining design constraints, and the design may comprise a pattern of the fiber angle for each layer. The selection of a design may be analyzed using finite element analysis to determine whether the design will comprise the desired characteristic. |
| US10357291B2 |
Device for straightening and stabilizing the vertebral column
A device for straightening and stabilizing the vertebral column, particularly for stabilizing broken vertebrae, includes a supporting implant which is plastically expandable by internal pressure. The supporting implant can be placed into the interior of a vertebral body which has been fractured under compression or between adjacent vertebral bodies. A pressure balloon to which pressure fluid can be admitted may be arranged in the interior of the supporting implant for producing the internal pressure. |
| US10357289B2 |
Coupling assembly for coupling a rod to a bone anchoring element and bone anchoring device with such a coupling assembly
A coupling assembly for coupling a rod to a bone anchoring element includes a receiving part with an accommodation space defining an opening for inserting and accommodating a head of the bone anchoring element, and a pressure element having a cap portion configured to hold the head. In an inserting position, the cap portion of the pressure element is expandable in the accommodation space of the receiving part, and a first retaining element is configured to prevent the pressure element from moving towards a first end of the receiving part. In a pre-locking position, the head is held in the cap portion of the pressure element and is pivotable in the receiving part, while the cap portion is restricted from expanding to prevent removal of the head, and where a second retaining element is configured to prevent the pressure element from moving from the pre-locking position towards the inserting position. |
| US10357287B2 |
Bone fixation assembly
The present invention is directed an anchor assembly for use in spinal fixation to interconnect a longitudinal spinal rod with a patient's vertebra. The anchor assembly preferably includes a bone anchor, a body with a rod-receiving channel, an insert member (preferably a bushing), and a locking cap with a saddle. The anchor assembly preferably enables in-situ assembly where the bone anchor may be secured to the patient's vertebra prior to being received within the body of the bone anchor assembly. Accordingly, the anchor assembly enables a surgeon to implant the bone anchor without the body to maximize visibility and access around the anchoring site. Once the bone anchor has been secured to the patient's vertebra, the body may be snapped onto the bone anchor and a spinal rod may be inserted into the rod-receiving channel. |
| US10357285B2 |
Anatomic external fixation system for the ankle
An external fixator system includes a proximal frame configured to restrict motion in a lower extremity of a subject, and a frame connector assembly. The proximal frame includes a first, second, and third component. The first component can support a first clamp to secure a first pin inserted within a bone extending between a foot and a knee of the lower extremity. The third component extends from a second end of the second component. The first, second and third components have longitudinal axes that are substantially coplanar. The third component includes an extension to extend over a dorsal portion of the foot of the subject and to support a second clamp to secure a second pin inserted within a bone of the foot. The frame connector assembly extends from the second component to support a third clamp to secure a third pin inserted within a third bone of the foot. |
| US10357284B2 |
Surgical needle device
Various surgical introducer needle and anchor systems are provided. The systems can include an introducer needle and a tissue support implant or sling device. The implant device can include one or more anchoring devices. The introducer needle device can include a handle assembly and a needle assembly. The needle assembly can include a generally hollow needle, and a wire traversable therein. The wire can include a distal tip adapted to selectively retract or withdraw from the engaged anchoring device upon deployment of the anchor and/or implant. |
| US10357278B1 |
Slit maker
A slit maker is configured to make a slit in skin to receive a hair follicle. The slit maker has a shaft, having a shaft central axis. A helix is mechanically coupled to the shaft. A tip is at an end of the helix. An edge is beveled onto the tip being collinear to an edge line. An edge angle is measured from the edge line to the shaft central axis. The edge angle is at least 10 degrees but no more than 60 degrees or least 130 degrees but no more than 170 degrees. |
| US10357276B2 |
Medical device
A medical device includes an expandable-and-contractible member capable of radially expanding and radially contracting, an incising member disposed on an outer circumference of the expandable-and-contractible member and having a hollow portion, a core wire inserted in the hollow portion, a distal tip, and a ring. The core wire is capable of sliding in a longitudinal direction of the medical device as the expandable-and-contractible member expands or contracts. The incising member is therefore not likely to come off upon radial expansion or radial contraction of the expandable-and-contractible member, and is therefore not likely to interfere with the expanding or contracting movement of the expandable-and-contractible member. |
| US10357270B2 |
Resisting torque in articulating surgical tools
Various exemplary systems, devices, and methods are provided for resisting torque in articulating surgical tools. In general, a surgical tool can include an elongate shaft having at a distal end thereof an end effector configured to engage tissue. The end effector can be configured to articulate relative to the elongate shaft. The surgical tool can include a cutting element configured to translate longitudinally along the end effector to cut the engaged tissue. When the end effector is articulated, the longitudinal translation of the cutting element along the end effector exerts a torque force on the end effector that urges the end effector away from its current angled orientation. The surgical tool can be configured to have a corrective tension or force applied thereto that counteracts the torque force. |
| US10357267B2 |
Sinus anesthesia kit
An apparatus and method for anesthetizing various portions of a patient's nasal sinuses. For example, a kit can be provided that includes a first agent configured to modulate a rate of absorption of a subsequently-applied topical agent by one or more nasal structures. The kit also includes a first applicator configured to apply the first agent to a first portion of the one or more nasal structures. The kit also includes a second agent configured to anesthetize the first portion of the one or more nasal structures subsequent to application of the first agent and a second applicator configured to apply the second agent to the second portion of the one or more nasal structures. |
| US10357266B2 |
Clot retrieval system
A platform of devices for removing obstructions and other objects within a blood vessel or other interior lumen of an animal is provided. The system may be deployed in the lumen from a catheter(s) and the system includes a proximal hub, and a distal basket comprised of a plurality of cells. A number of different baskets designs are disclosed. Methods of manufacturing such baskets out of a single tube of a memory metal without the need for any welding, and methods of use are also disclosed. |
| US10357265B2 |
Devices and methods for removal of acute blockages from blood vessels
A clot retrieval device comprises an elongate shaft 104 and an expandable clot retrieval element 2101 on the shaft, the clot retrieval element comprising a framework formed from a substrate material such as Nitinol and having a plurality of struts 2105 and crowns 2102, at least some of the struts 2105 comprises at least one widened portion 2104 of the substrate material to provide enhanced radiopacity. The framework is coated with a radiopaque material such as gold. The device is rendered radiopaque with reduced damping effects. |
| US10357262B2 |
Systems and methods to modify intravascular lesions
A system including a console and a catheter assembly. The console may include an ultrasound-producing mechanism configured to convert an electric current into a vibrational energy. The console also may include a driving-parameter modifier configured to modify driving parameters to selectively provide one or more output modes for the vibrational energy. The catheter assembly may include a sheath including a sheath lumen and a core wire at least partially disposed within the sheath lumen. The core wire may include a proximal portion and a distal portion of the core wire, wherein the proximal portion of the core wire is coupled to the ultrasound-producing mechanism. A working length of the distal portion of the core wire beyond the sheath may be configured for longitudinal, transverse, or longitudinal and transverse displacement in accordance with the one or more output modes for the vibrational energy to effect different intravascular lesion-modification procedures. |
| US10357257B2 |
Anti-skid surgical instrument for use in preparing holes in bone tissue
Described herein is an anti-skid surgical instrument for use in preparing holes in bone tissue. The disclosed surgical instrument provides the ability to prepare a precise hole in bone tissue during surgery (e.g., spinal surgeries and pedicle screw placement, intramedullary screw placement). The disclosed surgical instrument accomplishes precise hole placement regardless of whether the angle between the drill axis and surface of the bone tissue is perpendicular. The disclosed technology includes a flat drilling surface which is perpendicular to the surface of the body of the surgical instrument. This reduces the likelihood of the surgical instrument skidding on the surface of the bone tissue and thereby increases the precision of the hole. |
| US10357256B2 |
Assembly and system including a tibial cut guide
A system that can be used in a knee replacement procedure can include a tibial cut guide and an alignment guide. The tibial cut guide can have a first guide portion coupled to and adjustable relative to a second guide portion. The first guide portion can be configured to define a sagittal cut slot and a proximal cut slot. The alignment guide configured for extramedullary mounting to the patient and configured to couple with the second guide portion of the tibial cut guide, the alignment guide having a first mechanism and a second mechanism of differing construction, the first mechanism and the second mechanism are both configured to be actuated to facilitate extension and retraction of the alignment guide to position the tibial cut guide in a desired proximal-distal location relative a tibia of a patient when the tibial cut guide and the alignment guide are assembled together. |
| US10357253B2 |
Endoscopic treatment tool
An endoscopic treatment tool includes: a needle tube in which a needle tube insertion passage extending from a distal end to a proximal end of the needle tube is formed; a stylet which is disposed to move freely in the needle tube insertion passage; a main manipulation part which is connected to a proximal end side of the needle tube, the main manipulation part supporting the stylet such that the stylet advances while rotating, and the main manipulation part operating the stylet; a manipulation transmission member which has flexibility and the manipulation transmission member is connected to the stylet; and an auxiliary manipulation part which includes a handle fixed to a proximal end portion of the manipulation transmission member and the auxiliary manipulation part is configured such that the manipulation transmission member advances while rotating in accordance with a manipulation of the handle. |
| US10357252B2 |
Surgical staple configurations with camming surfaces located between portions supporting surgical staples
A surgical staple driver configured for use with a surgical staple cartridge that operably interfaces with a surgical instrument camming member that is axially movable along a first cam axis. A driver body is slidably supportable within the surgical staple cartridge. A camming surface is provided on the driver body that is oriented for camming engagement with the camming member along the first cam axis. The driver further includes a staple supporting portion that is configured to operably support at least one surgical staple thereon relative to the camming surface such that when the camming member engages the camming surface, the camming member passes transversely under a portion of a staple crown of at least one surgical staple supported on the staple supporting portion. |
| US10357251B2 |
Surgical staples comprising hardness variations for improved fastening of tissue
A surgical staple cartridge is disclosed comprising a plurality of staples removably stored within the surgical staple cartridge. The staples comprise staple legs which extend from a staple base portion. The staple legs comprise staple tips configured to pierce tissue and contact a corresponding forming pocket of an anvil of surgical stapling instrument. The staples further comprise zones having different hardnesses. |
| US10357249B2 |
Surgical stapling apparatus including releasable surgical buttress
A staple cartridge for use with a surgical stapling apparatus includes a cartridge body including a tissue contacting surface defining a plurality of staple retaining slots, a staple disposed within each staple retaining slot of the cartridge body, and a substantially circular buttress. The buttress includes an inner portion, an outer portion, and a middle portion extending between the inner portion and the outer portion. At least one stiffened region joins the buttress to the tissue contacting surface of the cartridge body. The inner portion, the middle portion, the outer portion, and the at least one stiffened region are all formed from a common material. |
| US10357243B2 |
Method and apparatus for treating a hip joint, including the provision and use of a novel suture passer
A suture passer comprising: a shaft having an axis; a first jaw mounted to the shaft in alignment with the axis, the first jaw being configured to releasably support a length of suture thereon; a second jaw movably mounted to the shaft; and a needle movably mounted to the shaft, the needle having a hook and being configured to reciprocate in alignment with the axis so that the hook can selectively pass by the second jaw and engage suture releasably supported on the first jaw; wherein the first jaw comprises a spring for selectively binding the suture to the first jaw, and further wherein the spring comprises a recess for receiving the suture therein. |
| US10357237B2 |
Boot for limb and ankle trauma surgery using modular distractor
A boot assembly apparatus, system and method for elevating the patient's limb when using a manual distractor unit is mounted upon a support frame attached to an operating table side rail. A foot strap is attached to the boot assembly apparatus and to the patient's ankle with a patient's knee support pad, extending from the distractor unit, is positioned under the patient's knee to provide traction to the patient's ankle, which is secured to the support frame. The boot assembly apparatus may be formed with a plurality of attachment points for the foot strap so as to provide improved access to the ankle area with advantages of allowing additional types of procedures a surgeon could perform on the patient and/or the ability of the surgeon to access the ankle area and lower leg. |
| US10357236B2 |
Elevation device for modular distractor for use in ankle and leg surgery
An elevation apparatus, system and method for elevating the patient's limb when using a manual distractor unit is mounted upon a support frame attached to an operating table side rail. A foot strap is attached to the extension apparatus and to the patient's ankle with a patient's knee support pad, extending from the distractor unit, is positioned under the patient's knee to provide traction to the patient's ankle, which is secured to the support frame. The extension apparatus may be formed with a plurality of attachment points for the foot strap so as to provide improved access to the ankle area with advantages of allowing additional types of procedures a surgeon may perform on the patient and/or the ability of the surgeon to access the ankle area and lower leg. |
| US10357235B2 |
Intraocular expansion and retention devices
An intraocular expansion and retention device (“IERD”) expands the iris, enlarging the pupil during intraocular surgery, and can be removed following the procedure without damaging the eye tissue. The intraocular expansion and retention device includes a number of stepped blades that form pockets to cup the iris margins and expand the pupil allowing increased visualization during intraocular surgery. |
| US10357230B2 |
Devices, system, and methods for guiding an operative tool into an interior body region
A guide device establishes a guide passage through a guide tube, through which an operative tool can be deployed into an interior body region for use. A steering assembly, in use, deflects or bends the distal end region of the guide tube, so that the operative tool can be placed in a desired orientation with respect to tissue. The steering assembly is desirable configured for single handed operation by the clinician. The steering assembly is also desirably configured to provide a mechanical advantage sufficient to translate relatively small increments of clinician control into relatively larger increments of guide tube deflection. In one arrangement, the steering assembly includes a rack and pinion linkage system. In another arrangement, the steering assembly includes a pivoting lever system. |
| US10357228B2 |
Image processing method and apparatus
An image processing method and an image processing apparatus are provided. The image processing method measures a myocardial performance index (MPI), the image processing method including: obtaining a region of interest (ROI) for measuring the MPI, based on signal levels of an input signal and an output signal of a heart spectrum image; obtaining a plurality of marker areas, within the obtained ROI, wherein at least one marker for measuring the MPI is located in each of the plurality of marker areas, based on at least one from among a feature value of the input signal and a feature value of the output signal; and obtaining the at least one marker for each of the plurality of marker areas. |
| US10357226B2 |
System and method for model-independent quantification of tissue viscoelastic properties using ultrasound
A model-independent method for producing a viscoelastic tissue property metric using ultrasound is provided. A mechanical stress, such as an acoustic force, is applied to a tissue using an ultrasound system and tissue displacement resulting from the applied acoustic force is measured. From the tissue displacement measurements, a complex modulus, such as a relative complex modulus, is extracted. A loss tangent is calculated from the extracted complex modulus. Using the calculated loss tangent, viscoelastic tissue property metrics may be calculated. |
| US10357223B2 |
Method and apparatus to detect lipid contents in tissues using ultrasound
A method for quantifying an amount of fat contained in a liver or other tissue of a subject in vivo includes varying the temperature of a target area in a subject, imaging thermal strain of the target area using an ultrasound scanner, and quantifying the amount of fat in the targeted area based on the thermal strain imaging. In some embodiments, the thermal strain imaging is performed using high-resolution, phase-sensitive speckle tracking to differentiate between fat-based tissue and water-based tissue. |
| US10357215B2 |
Computed tomographic apparatus and method for controlling the same
A computed tomographic (CT) apparatus and for a method of controlling the same are provided. The CT apparatus includes an X-ray scanner configured to divide X-rays penetrating a subject by energy bands, and capture scout images of the respective energy bands. The CT apparatus further includes an image processor configured to generate substance images of substances of the subject, based on the scout images, and a display configured to display a substance image of the substance images. The CT apparatus further includes an input interface configured to receive a scanning region for the displayed substance image. |
| US10357211B2 |
Method for dual energy and/or contrast enhanced breast imaging for screening, diagnosis and biopsy
Systems and methods for x-ray imaging a patient's breast in combinations of dual-energy, single-energy, mammography and tomosynthesis modes that facilitate screening for and diagnosis of breast abnormalities, particularly breast abnormalities characterized by abnormal vascularity. |
| US10357209B2 |
Bidirectional physiological information display
A patient monitor for displaying a physiological signal can include a visual element having a middle portion indicative of a transition in the physiological signal between physiological states. The visual element can also include first and second extremity portions, the first extremity portion extending from the middle portion in a first direction and the second extremity portion extending from the middle portion in a second direction. The visual element can also include an actionable value indicator to specify a value about the middle portion and the first and second extremity portions. The patient monitor can also include a processor configured to cause the value indicator to actuate in both the first and second directions according to changes in the physiological signal. |
| US10357208B2 |
Method for determining a three-dimensional image dataset by an X-ray device
A method for determining a three-dimensional image dataset by an X-ray device is disclosed herein. The method includes recording projection images of an examination object from a plurality of recording angles, and reconstructing the image dataset from the projection images, wherein, for at least one examined projection image, in each case an interference condition is evaluated the fulfillment of which is dependent upon at least parts of the image data of the (respective) examined projection image and/or upon at least one parameter of the radiation source during the recording of the (respective) examined projection image and indicates that the (respective) examined projection image is a projection image with interference during the recording of which arcing has occurred in the radiation source. The method also includes disregarding at least one projection image with interference, or giving the projection image a lower weighting than all the projection images with no interference, or replacing the projection image with a synthetic projection image. |
| US10357207B2 |
Alert system for hypo and hyperglycemia prevention based on clinical risk
A device for generating alerts for Hypo and Hyperglycemia Prevention from Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) determines a dynamic risk based on both information of glucose level and a trend obtainable from a CGM signals. The device includes a display whose color depends on the DR (for example, red for high DR, green for low risk). When DR exceeds a certain threshold, alerts are generated to suggest the patient to pay attention to the current glucose reading and to its trend, both of which are shown on the display in numbers and symbols (e.g. an arrow with different slope or color). |
| US10357206B2 |
Variable indication estimator
A variable indication estimator which determines an output value representative of a set of input data. For example, the estimator can reduce input data to estimates of a desired signal, select a time, and determine an output value from the estimates and the time. In one embodiment, the time is selected using one or more adjustable signal confidence parameters determine where along the estimates the output value will be computed. By varying the parameters, the characteristics of the output value are variable. For example, when input signal confidence is low, the parameters are adjusted so that the output value is a smoothed representation of the input signal. When input signal confidence is high, the parameters are adjusted so that the output value has a faster and more accurate response to the input signal. |
| US10357202B2 |
System and method for non-intrusive health monitoring in the home
A hand-held device, such as a remote control, is provided for operation of a consumer appliance and is equipped with one or more biometric sensors to capture and report on the health condition of a user of the hand-held device. The data captured by such a hand-held device may be evaluated locally in the hand-held device itself or may be conveyed to a target consumer appliance either for local evaluation by that consumer appliance or for onward transmission to a central off-site monitoring service. |
| US10357200B2 |
Scanning laser vein contrast enhancer having releasable handle and scan head
The present invention is a Miniature Vein Enhancer that includes a Miniature Projection Head. The Miniature Projection Head may be operated in one of three modes, AFM, DBM, and RTM. The Miniature Projection Head of the present invention projects an image of the veins of a patient, which aids the practitioner in pinpointing a vein for an intravenous drip, blood test, and the like. The Miniature projection head may have a cavity for a power source or it may have a power source located in a body portion of the Miniature Vein Enhancer. The Miniature Vein Enhancer may be attached to one of several improved needle protectors, or the Miniature Vein Enhancer may be attached to a body similar to a flashlight for hand held use. The Miniature Vein Enhancer of the present invention may also be attached to a magnifying glass, a flat panel display, and the like. |
| US10357192B2 |
Vacuum pressure regulators for use during blood collection
A regulator for modulation of the flow rate of blood out of a patients blood vessel during blood collection is disclosed. The regulator includes a housing having a housing inlet, a housing outlet, and a wall defining a housing interior. At least a portion of the wall includes a flexible member. A valve is associated with the flexible member and is in communication with the housing interior. The regulator is designed so that upon an application of a differential pressure within the housing interior, the flexible member and/or valve automatically move with respect to either the housing inlet or housing outlet to modulate a flow of blood moving through the housing. A manual over-ride device can be provided to enable a user to over-ride the automatic regulation and manually regulate the flow of blood through the housing. |
| US10357185B2 |
Person support apparatuses with motion monitoring
A person support apparatus, such as a bed, cot, stretcher, or the like, includes an exit detection system that utilizes an occupant motion parameter to determine whether to issue an alert or not. The motion parameter may be based on the weight and motion of the occupant. Successive positions of the occupant are determined in order to calculate a velocity of the occupant. In some embodiments, the kinetic energy of the occupant is used to determine if an alert should be issued. Objects positioned on the person support apparatus may also be detected and tracked. Auto-zeroing of a built-in scale, as well as automatic recognition of the removal, movement, and/or addition of objects is also provided. |
| US10357184B2 |
Surgical tool systems and method
Embodiments of the invention provide a guided surgical tool assembly with a guide tube including a sensor, a surgical instrument including a detectable feature moveable within the guide tube, and the sensor capable of detecting the detectable feature when the surgical instrument is inserted in the guide tube. Some embodiments include a sensor pad, a guide stop coupled to the surgical instrument, a plunger mechanism including a compressible spring mechanism coupled to the guide tube, and a wiper capable of being sensed by the sensor pad. Some embodiments include a guided surgical tool assembly system comprising a tool sensor system including a processor and at least one data input/output interface. Some embodiments include a medical robot system with a guided surgical tool assembly and including a robot coupled to an effectuator element configured for controlled movement and positioning along one or more of an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis. |
| US10357182B2 |
Method and device for controlling MRI noise
A device according to one disclosed embodiment comprises: a control part which determines at least one target frequency of an MRI noise signal generated in an MRI device and generates a control signal for the determined target frequency; and an output part which outputs the control signal, wherein the target frequency is the frequency of the MRI noise signal to be controlled and the control signal is a signal in which at least one of the size and the phase of the MRI noise signal is changed. |
| US10357179B2 |
Length measurement device, length measurement method, program, shape estimation device, and body fat percentage measurement device
A length measurement device includes a tape portion (10) which is provided with a plurality of electrode pads (100a, 100b, 101a, 1010b, . . . ) arrayed thereon and is used in a state being wound around a measuring object, an impedance acquisition unit that selects any pair of electrode pads from a plurality of electrode pads and acquires electrical impedance between the pair of electrode pads, and a length calculation unit that calculates a length between the pair of electrode pads, based on a change in impedance of the pair of electrode pads. |
| US10357177B2 |
Systems and methods for electrical impedance imaging
A method and system for performing electrical impedance imaging of a subject of interest using a plurality of electrodes is provided. The method includes applying one or more determined current patterns to one or more electrodes of the plurality of electrodes. Further, the method includes determining a resultant voltage at at least one electrode of the one or more electrodes in response to the one or more determined current patterns. Moreover, the method includes estimating a change in a contact impedance for the at least one electrode of the one or more electrodes. Additionally, the method includes calculating a compensated voltage for the at least one electrode based on an estimated change in a corresponding contact impedance of the at least one electrode. |
| US10357172B2 |
Electrode lead wire connector
Electrode lead wire connectors configured to be connected to an electrode for defibrillation and/or heart monitoring are disclosed. The electrode lead wire connector includes a one-piece electrically conductive connector contact having one end that is configured to be connected to a lead wire and an opposite end having an electrode receiving section that is configured to releasably receive a post of an electrode. The electrode receiving section includes a detent for retaining the post of the electrode within the electrode receiving section. Resilient engagement between the detent and the post provides a user of the electrode lead wire connector with tactile feedback indicating that the post of the electrode is fully engaged with the electrode receiving section of the one-piece electrically conductive connector contact. |
| US10357171B2 |
Adjustable ECG sensor and related method
An adjustable ECG sensor is attachable to a patient to sense cardiac signals and includes an adjustable leadwire having a flexible substrate, a conductor extending along the flexible substrate, and a connector end connectable to a receiver associated with an ECG monitor. The adjustable ECG sensor further includes an electrode having an electrode pad, a clip connected to the electrode pad and attachable to any one of multiple locations on the adjustable leadwire, and a pin that punctures the flexible substrate and electrically connects to the conductor of the adjustable leadwire. The adjustable ECG sensor is fitted to the patient by attaching the clip of the electrode to one of the multiple locations on the adjustable leadwire. |
| US10357169B2 |
Methods for determining whether patient monitor alarms are true or false based on a multi resolution wavelet transform and inter-leads variability
Methods for automatically determining whether a patient monitor alarm will sound from a true or false signal, in particular from ventricular tachycardia (VT) and suppressing false alarms without eliminating any true alarms are presented. A multiresolution wavelet is extracted from a raw ECG waveform. Features are then extracted from the wavelets that account for summary statistics, noise, areas under the curve and summary statistics of the KL-divergence of the power spectra density between every two ECG leads. A classifier can be then be trained and its performance measured. |
| US10357168B2 |
Time transformation of local activation times
An automatic method of determining local activation time (LAT) from at least three multi-channel cardiac electrogram signals including a mapping channel and a plurality of reference channels. The method comprises (a) storing the cardiac channel signals, (b) using the mapping-channel signal and a first reference-channel signal to compute LAT values at a plurality of mapping-channel locations, (c) monitoring the timing stability of the first reference-channel signal, and (d) if the timing stability of the monitored signal falls below a stability standard, using the signal of a second reference channel to determine LAT values. Substantial loss of LAT values is avoided in spite of loss of timing stability. |
| US10357165B2 |
Method and apparatus for acquiring bioinformation and apparatus for testing bioinformation
An apparatus for acquiring bioinformation, including a laser irradiator configured to irradiate a laser beam onto a region of interest including blood vessels; a sensor configured to detect a first change in a laser speckle pattern generated by the laser beam reflected from the region of interest; and a processor configured to acquire a biosignal indicating a second change in blood flow within the blood vessels based on the detected first change in the laser speckle pattern, and to acquire the bioinformation by using the biosignal, wherein the laser beam emitted from the laser irradiator is incident at an angle to the region of interest. |
| US10357160B2 |
Image acquiring apparatus, systems, and methods
Two-dimensional image acquiring apparatuses, systems, methods and storage mediums are provided herein. An apparatus includes a Spectrally Encoded Endoscopy (“SEE”) probe including a diffractive element, the diffractive element operating to separate and diffract a transmitted light into separated light beams such that the diffracted light beams are superposed or substantially superposed on a target region; an image sensor that operates to acquire one or more intensities from a detected light; and an imaging optical system that operates to image light beams separated from the detected light, wherein the diffractive element, the imaging optical system, and the sensor are disposed for each of the light beams separated from the detected light to acquire spectral data of each of the light beams separated from the detected light. The diffractive element operates to rotate such that an image of the image sensor is changed, and a two-dimensional image is acquired. |
| US10357159B2 |
Systems and methods for communication between medical devices
Systems and methods for conducted communication are described. In one embodiment, a method for communicating with implantable medical devices may comprise sensing, by a first medical device, a noise signal delivered into a patient's body by a second medical device and delivering, by the first medical device, a cancelling signal into the patient's body. In at least some additional embodiments the method may further comprise, while delivering the cancelling signal into the patient's body, delivering a conducted communication signal into the patient's body for reception by a second medical device. |
| US10357158B2 |
System and method for exchanging duty-cycle information in wireless networks
A wireless medical device (12) includes at least one sensor (14, 18, 22) which monitors physiological data of a patient or an actuator (26) which delivers therapy to the patient. A wireless transceiver (40) transmits and receives information packets related to at least one of the monitored physiological data and the delivered therapy. The wireless transceiver (40) has a duty-cycle limit. The duty-cycle module (50) determines the duty-cycle parameters for the wireless transceiver (40) according to the duty-cycle limit. A communication module (60) controls the transceiver (40) to broadcast at least one duty-cycle parameter when transmitting an information packet or when acknowledging receiving an information packet from a neighboring wireless medical device. |
| US10357156B2 |
Telemedicine consultation and diagnostic systems and methods therefore
A telemedicine cart includes a body with casters mounted underneath, a monitor mounted to the body, and a power supply connection coupled to the monitor. The body includes a cabinet with a hinged door for access to the interior of the cabinet when opened. A screen on the monitor has a portrait orientation and is disposed above the cabinet, in a vertical plane perpendicular to the bottom of the cabinet. The screen is longer than it is wide. The screen is longer than a height of the cabinet beneath the screen. A video of a vertically upright person displayed on the screen, will appear to be at or near an average standing height of adults to a user in front of the screen, and will appear to be life-sized or near life-sized to the user. |
| US10357152B2 |
Glasses-shaped electronic device
A left electronic-component compartment has a left FPC receiving port, through which a flexible printed circuit (FPC) is inserted into the left electronic-component compartment, located adjacent to a left hinge. In the left electronic-component compartment, a left waterproof member is fitted adjacent to a left connector, which serves as a connection between the FPC and a battery. The left waterproof member prevents moisture, dust, and other foreign matter from entering the battery. A right electronic-component compartment has a right FPC receiving port, through which the FPC is inserted into the right electronic-component compartment, located adjacent to a right hinge. In the right electronic-component compartment, a right waterproof member is fitted adjacent to a right connector, serving as a connection between the FPC and electric circuitry. The right waterproof member prevents moisture, dust, and other foreign matter from entering the electric circuitry. |
| US10357151B2 |
Method of identifying and eye disorder of an observer and apparatus for implementing the same
Systems and methods for using an interocular inhibition procedure (IIP) for discriminating between anisometropic amblyopia and myopia, two disorders commonly confused in visual examination without proper optical correction. Opaque and translucent patching are positioned over the fellow (or untested) eye resulting in different contrast sensitivities in the amblyopic (or tested) eye. A pinhole aperture may be used for identifying amblyopia and myopia/hyperopia. |
| US10357144B2 |
Method and circuit for muting electromagnetic interference during maneuvering of a device
A switching circuit includes a first switch and a second switch respectively connecting a first terminal and a second terminal of an electrical coil to a positive terminal of a voltage source, a third switch and a fourth switch respectively connecting the first terminal and the second terminal of the electrical coil to a negative terminal of the voltage source, and a controller to control the switching circuit in a current control mode to alternate a voltage polarity of the voltage source to thereby control a magnitude and direction of the electrical current of the electrical coil, and to control the switching circuit in a current hold mode to disconnect the electrical coil from the voltage source and to short-circuit the electrical coil to maintain the magnitude and direction of the electrical current at the transition time when the switching circuit switched to the current hold mode. |
| US10357143B2 |
Endoscope
An endoscope includes a plate member to which a member be operated to bend a bendable portion is fixed and which includes a through hole, and a tubular unit formed in a tubular shape to make a fluid flow and including a coupling portion which functions as a protruding portion disposed so as to be protruded from an outer surface. The endoscope further includes a positioning mechanism which positions the plate member and the tubular unit relative to each other so as to dispose the protruding portion around a periphery of the through hole including the through hole. |
| US10357138B2 |
Cleaning apparatus with larger debris pick up
New and novel structure(s) for cleaning surfaces have been disclosed. The device may include: a wiping surface, which may be disposable; a brush roll/larger debris gathering mechanism: a wiping surface, which may be disposable; a brush roll/larger debris gathering mechanism; a local debris storage and/or staging area, and a larger remote debris storage structure. Additionally, there are mechanisms and structures disclosed for powering the brush roll, activating the brush roll from an out of use position to an in use position, and moving the waste from one area to another. The invention at hand uniquely and inventively improves upon the known devices in this field. |
| US10357135B2 |
Vacuum cleaner
Provided is a vacuum cleaner including a cleaner body; a cover member provided at an upper portion of the cleaner body to be opened and closed; a suction hose installed at a front surface of the cover member and configured to suction dust; moving wheels provided on both side surfaces of the cleaner body; a wheel motor assembly connected to the moving wheels and configured to rotate the moving wheels for travel; a plurality of obstacle detecting members disposed at one side of a front of the cover member and configured to detect an obstacle located at a front and/or a side of the cleaner body; and a PCB configured to control an operation of the wheel motor assembly according to a detected signal of the obstacle detecting member. |
| US10357132B1 |
Sloped soap holder
A sloped soap holder including a rectangular base unit and a plurality of foot members disposed on a bottom surface of the rectangular base unit. A single continuous sloped soap platform is disposed on a top surface of the rectangular base unit. Each of a right pair and a left pair of a plurality of a pair of vertically disposed X-shaped side supports has a lower surface disposed on the top surface of the rectangular base unit and an inner surface attached to each of the right edge and the left edge, respectively, of the sloped soap platform. Each of a plurality of drain openings and a plurality of linear grooves is disposed within the sloped soap platform. A plurality of raised diagonally disposed linear tracks is also disposed on the sloped soap platform. |
| US10357127B2 |
Sheet metal beverage brewer housing and method of making same
A beverage brewer housing (10) for passing hot water though a dry ingredient to create a freshly brewed beverage with a lower housing section (14) for protectively containing a hot water tank and an upper housing section (12) attached to and cantilever supported upon the lower housing section (14) having a rearward upper section open to the lower housing section (14) for protectively containing an upper part of the hot water tank and a forward upper section for containing temperature sensitive electronics. A closure plate (26) defines a floor for the forward upper section to support the electronics and an upwardly extending interior wall (27) thermally, protectively, separating the forward upper section from heat within the rearward upper section generated by the hot water tank. Both Each of the housing sections (12, 14) are made from a single work piece of thin-walled stainless steel having a pair of planer side walls, a planer back wall and a curved front wall and an inwardly extending collar to enhance the lateral rigidity of the lower housing. |
| US10357125B2 |
Decorative tree
A decorative tree comprises a base, a pole inserted in the base, and plural hoops that are pivotably connected in series prior to complete assembly of the tree. The lowest hoop is attached to the outer rim of the base, an uppermost hoop is provided to connect toward the top of the pole, and one or more intermediate hoops are interposed between the lowest and uppermost hoops. Each hoop has a pivotable connection to an adjacent hoop. The connection of a particular hoop to a lower adjacent hoop is formed on one side of the hoop and a connection of that particular hoop to an upper adjacent hoop is formed on a substantially opposite side of the hoop. Upon complete assembly of the tree, the uppermost hoop is extended toward the top of the tree and the hoops are expanded upward so as to form a decorative pattern of hoops with alternating angular orientations. The hoops may be of one or more shapes and sizes and may be wrapped with light strips to illuminate the tree. |
| US10357124B2 |
Compound, composition, and method for protecting skin from high energy visible light
A compound, composition, and method for the protection of skin from the harmful effects of radiation, and particularly the harmful effects of high energy visible (HEV) radiation, are disclosed. The compound is a melanin derivative that can be formulated into compositions containing the melanin derivative and a suitable carrier. The composition is topically applied to the skin to reduce the risk of photoaging and improve skin repair due to damage from radiation. |
| US10357123B2 |
Apparatus to prevent curling of a rug corner
An apparatus to prevent curling of a rug corner. The apparatus includes a rigid and planar V-shaped body having a top surface and a bottom surface. A hook-and-pile fastener detachably secures the body and rug together. The body maintains the rug corner in a flat condition thus preventing any curling of the rug. |
| US10357117B2 |
Rocking cradle
A cradle with a resonant, high efficiency mechanism for swinging (oscillating) the cradle with multiple swinging styles is described. Vertical and horizontal swinging are enabled with a single actuation mechanism. In an embodiment, the actuation mechanism consists of a motor with an eccentric load and a motor control system that can control the angular velocity and/or angular position of the motor. Use of the eccentric load enables actuation in the vertical and horizontal directions with the single actuation mechanism. For motion feedback, the control system uses a motion sensor. A spring system is used as the potential energy storage element for vertical resonant oscillations. For horizontal oscillations, the system acts like a pendulum and the potential energy due to gravity is used for energy storage. The spring system is designed to ensure that with change in mass of the baby, minimal change in oscillation frequency occurs. |
| US10357112B2 |
Collapsible floating assemblies
A floating assembly for suspending a person on water has a foldable frame member that has a folded and an unfolded orientation, the frame member defining a periphery for the assembly. A sheet material covers portions of the frame member when the frame member is in the unfolded orientation. A plurality of floatation sleeves are attached to the periphery. A plurality of floatation devices are removably inserted into each of the floatation sleeves. |
| US10357111B2 |
Releaseably engaged armchair cushion
A cushion for releaseably engaging an armrest, said cushion having a top portion, a padded portion, a bottom portion, and an attachment means configured to releaseably engage the cushion to an armrest, where said armrest comprises a top portion, where said attachment means comprises a hook member and a loop member, where the hook member of the attachment means engages the cushion and the loop member of the attachment means engages the armrest. |
| US10357109B2 |
Upholstered modular furniture item
An upholstered modular furniture item (1) is described that is formed by a plurality of modular compositions substantially composed of polymeric material. The furniture item is configured such that the modular compositions can be combined with one another by means of at least one fitting element arranged in each one of the modular compositions so that different modular compositions have fitting elements with an interacting structural form for providing the combination of the modular compositions and formation of the modular furniture item (1). |
| US10357106B1 |
Rack for various items
A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing a coat rack, a shoe rack and a tool rack all modified from a staple commodity of construction commerce such as polyvinylchloride piping. Methods for modifying this construction material for a specific use as one of the various types of racks is disclosed along with the tools and techniques necessary for such modifications. |
| US10357104B2 |
Equipment rack having caster brackets
An equipment rack having one or more caster bracket assemblies. The caster bracket assembly is selectively mountable on a frame of the equipment rack at multiple mounting locations. The caster bracket can define a gap between the caster bracket assembly and a brace of the equipment rack frame which may be used for ingress/egress of cables or wires. Associated methods are also disclosed. |
| US10357102B2 |
Furniture with organizational frame
In various implementations, furniture, such as a table (e.g., a desk) and/or free-standing board, may include an organizational frame to which other members (e.g., table top, white board, smart board, etc.) may be coupled. The frame may include legs and at least one organizational member disposed between two or more of the legs. The organizational member may include a plurality of openings. The opening(s) in the organizational member may be able to couple with one or more organization tools. |
| US10357099B2 |
Back carrier and an extension plate for a back carrier
A back carrier has a back plate and a shoulder strap. The back plate has a longitudinal extent and, in the direction of its longitudinal extent, has an upper and a lower end section. The upper end section reaches as far as the upper end of the back plate. The strap extends on the back side of the back plate, which faces toward the back of a user. The strap is fastened with a first strap section in the area of the upper end section to an upper fastening location and is fastened with a second strap section in the area of the lower end section to a lower fastening location. In the area of the upper end section, the back plate has a recess for receiving an extension plate. In the direction of the longitudinal extent, the recess is open toward the upper end of the back plate. |
| US10357093B2 |
Surface-mountable razor holder
A surface-mountable razor holder is disclosed. The surface-mountable razor holder includes a rear surface, a front surface, and a magnet. The rear surface is to mount the surface-mountable razor holder to an external surface. The front surface substantially conforms to a shape of a shaving razor. The magnet is disposed in a cavity formed by the surface-mountable razor holder. The magnet is to removably secure the shaving razor to the front surface. |
| US10357090B2 |
Glow-in-the-dark rotomolded cooler
A cooler including a container comprising a linear low-density polyethylene and a glow-in-the-dark additive, a lid comprising the linear low-density polyethylene and the glow-in-the-dark additive and coupleable to the container, each of the container and the lid including an insulation layer, and the glow-in-the-dark additive emitting light when exposed to an external electromagnetic radiation source. A method includes rotomolding a cooler comprising a linear low-density polyethylene polymer and a glow-in-the-dark additive. A method of using a cooler comprising a linear low-density polyethylene polymer and a glow-in-the-dark additive includes exposing the cooler to an external electromagnetic radiation source and removing the cooler from the source, and illuminating the surrounding area with the cooler. |
| US10357087B2 |
Umbrella system
An umbrella system includes a support pole connected to a rotating tube positioned around a center tube that extends between the support pole and a center support that is connected to an umbrella frame. The rotating tube has one or more helical grooves therein that are engaged by teeth of a hub which is connected to the umbrella frame. As the rotating tube is rotated, the hub is driven along the length of the rotating tube thereby opening and closing the umbrella frame. In one arrangement system includes a motor housing assembly including a plurality of batteries and a motor that includes a driven gear that meshes with a stationary gear which causes rotation of the rotating tube. The system also includes a counterbalance assembly positioned within the rotating tube. The counterbalance assembly includes at least one spring positioned within the rotating tube that provides a counterbalance force. |
| US10357085B2 |
Jewelry enhancer
A jewelry enhancer is provided which may repurpose items of jewelry, display items of jewelry and be worn as an adornment. The jewelry enhancer includes a plurality of hinged rings, capable of opening, closing and securing multiple strands of string jewelry therethrough. The jewelry enhancer further includes a button-clip that can secure and display shank buttons, a bar pin capable of affixing the jewelry enhancer to garments, a jewelry bale capable of attaching the jewelry enhancer to items of string jewelry and a brooch bar capable of eclipsing the button-clip for a fashionable effect. |
| US10357075B2 |
Impact attenuation system for a protective helmet
A protective football helmet is provided having a one-piece molded shell with an impact attenuation system. This system includes an impact attenuation member formed in an extent of the front shell portion by removing material from the front portion. The impact attenuation member changes how a portion of the shell having the impact attenuation member responds to an impact force having a component applied substantially normal to the impact attenuation member as compared to how the left and right side portions respond to the impact force. |
| US10357069B2 |
Gauze mask with folding lines capable of enabling the gauze mask to be folded into a flat package or unfolded into a three dimensional configuration
A gauze mask with folding lines capable of enabling the gauze mask to be folded into a flat package or unfolded into a three dimensional configuration, includes two folding portions connected to a main covering portion and two main pieces. Each of the two folding portions includes at least three folding pieces, when in use, the folding pieces will be stretched out and prop up one another, which provides a better support and enables to the gauze mask to be unfolded into a three dimensional structure. When unfolded, the gauze mask can obtain a strong support and three dimensional sense. |
| US10357068B2 |
Method and garment for assisting a wearer with regulating body temperature
A temperature-regulating garment is provided for assisting a user with regulating body temperature. A garment body has first and second major garment body edges. The garment body has a neckline formed by a least a portion of the first major garment body edge. The garment body has a front right panel, a front left panel, and a back panel. At least one armhole is located laterally between the back panel and a selected one of the right front panel and the left front panel. First and second neck pockets are each configured to accept a temperature-regulating pack. The first neck pocket is disposed upon at least one of the right front panel and the back panel, spanning the first major garment body edge. The second neck pocket is disposed upon at least one of the left front panel and the back panel, spanning the first major garment body edge. |
| US10357060B2 |
E-vaping device cartridge holder
A base for an e-vaping device is configured to couple with multiple cartridges configured to generate separate, respective dispersions. The cartridges may include one or more atomizer assemblies or vaporizer assemblies. The base may include multiple connectors electrically coupled to the power supply. The connectors may be configured to removably couple with various cartridges. Different cartridges may be interchangeably coupled with the connectors. Different cartridges may be swapped from the connectors. The base may include control circuitry configured to independently control dispersion generation by cartridges coupled to the base. The control circuitry may control dispersion generation by controlling power supplied to the cartridges. The control circuitry may control electrical power supplied based on information accessed from one or more of the cartridges. |
| US10357057B2 |
Smoking article with mouth end cavity
A smoking article (10) comprises a tobacco rod (12) and a filter (14) connected to the tobacco rod (12). The filter (14) comprises a first filter segment (18, 20) comprising one or more breakable capsules, wherein each breakable capsule comprises an outer shell and an inner core containing an additive. The filter (14) further comprises a hollow tube segment (22) downstream of the first filter segment (18, 20) and positioned between a downstream end of the first filter segment (18, 20) and the mouth end of the filter (14). The hollow tube segment (22) defines a cavity (24) at the mouth end of the filter (14). A plug wrap (23) circumscribes the first filter segment (18, 20) and the hollow tube segment (22), wherein the plug wrap (23) has a basis weight of less than 90 grams per square meter. |
| US10357055B2 |
Tobacco having reduced tobacco specific nitrosamine content
The present document generally relates to methods and materials involved in producing tobacco or smokeless tobacco product comprising chlorate. For example, chlorate can be used to reduce tobacco specific nitrosamine content in tobacco or smokeless tobacco products. |
| US10357052B2 |
Rebaudioside A and stevioside with improved solubilities
The invention describes sweetening compositions and methods to prepare sweetening compositions containing steviol glycosides, salts, and other natural or synthetic sweeteners with improved solubilities and sensory profiles. |
| US10357049B2 |
Spontaneous antimicrobial essential oil nanoemulsions and their use as a food and surface disinfectant/sanitizer
The use of low energy spontaneous emulsification method to fabricate acidified antimicrobial nanoemulsions suitable for utilization as a food disinfectant/sanitizer is described. The method of these teachings includes pouring an organic phase (containing oil and surfactant and oil-soluble components) into an aqueous phase (containing water and water-soluble components), which leads to the spontaneous formation of fine droplets due to rapid diffusion of the surfactant from the oil phase into the aqueous phase. |
| US10357047B2 |
Arthrobacter gandavensis strains
An Arthrobacter gandavensis strain having an activity against Clostridium perfringens selected from the strains AP1 filed with DSMZ on Feb. 19, 2014 under the number DSM 28444, AP2 filed with DSMZ on Feb. 19, 2014 under the number DSM 28445, AP3 filed with DSMZ on Feb. 19, 2014 under the number DSM 28446 or AP4 filed with DSMZ on Feb. 19, 2014 under the number DSM 28447. |
| US10357046B2 |
Direct-fed microbials and methods of their use
The present invention is directed to direct-fed microbials for use in improving the performance of an animal, improving the health of an animal, improving the environment of an animal, and combinations thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to isolated Bacillus strains 86 and 300, and strains having all of the identifying characteristics of these strains, for uses comprising the above-mentioned uses. |
| US10357044B2 |
Cotton candy preparing device
A cotton candy preparing device is desired which does not operate with a pan portion removed. To provide a cotton candy preparing device that prevents a user from taking some time before getting aware that the device is not operating properly, there is provided a cotton candy preparing device having a pan portion that is fixed on to a main body portion by a locking piece, wherein a power supply switch is incorporated in the main body portion, wherein the power supply switch has a switch operating rod that enables on and off operations of a circuit, and a locking body that restricts a sliding movement of the switch operating rod, and wherein when the pan portion is fixed to the main body portion by the locking piece, the locking body is moved by the locking piece to thereby enable the switch operating rod to slide. |
| US10357041B2 |
Healthy layered cookie
The disclosure concerns a method for producing a layered cookie comprising at least one biscuit and a filling, the layered cookie containing 10 wt % to 25 wt % fat and 15 wt % to 40 wt % sugar, wherein the slowly-digestible-starch-over-total-available-starch ratio of the layered cookie is at least 31 wt %, the method including: forming a dough comprising a cereal flour, fat, sugar and at most 8 wt % added water relative to the total weight of the dough; molding the dough into the shape of a biscuit; baking the biscuit; and assembling the biscuit with a filling to form a layered cookie; wherein the cereal flour comprises refined cereal flour, in an amount of at least 21 wt % over the total weight of the dough, with a water absorption under 55% as measured by Brabender® Farinograph®. |
| US10357039B2 |
Baking device
A baking device for producing baked goods, in particular for producing filled baked goods, includes baking presses that can be swung open and closed, can be moved from a feeding device through the baking chamber of the oven and to a goods removal device on a continuously moving continuous conveyor that circulates in the longitudinal direction of the oven. The baking presses have a lower baking mold and an upper baking mold, each movable between open and closed positions about a baking-press axis. The baking presses are connected to the continuous conveyor by releasable mechanical connections. The baking device also has a baking-press removal station at at least one point of the continuous conveyor, at which baking-press removal station baking presses can be removed and reattached. The removal and redelivery of the baking presses are performed on the continuously moving continuous conveyor. |
| US10357038B2 |
Mixotrophic chlorella-based composition, and methods of its preparation and application to plants
Methods preparing a liquid mixotrophic Chlorella based composition comprising pasteurization and stabilization of a low concentration of mixotrophic Chlorella whole cells that have not been subjected to a drying process are disclosed. The liquid composition can be used to enhance the emergence and growth of plants in low concentration and low frequency soil and foliar applications. |
| US10357037B2 |
Synthesis of MOFs
The present invention relates to the synthesis of a variety of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) using low temperature and solvents which are considered to be not particularly harmful to the environment. There is also provided novel MOFs which may be made by the desired processes. |
| US10357035B2 |
Microbiocidal anilide derivatives
Compounds of the formula (I) wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, useful as a pesticides, and especially fungicides. |
| US10357032B2 |
Macrostructure forming surfactants useful as spray drift control agents in pesticide spraying applications
The present invention relates to an aqueous agrochemical spray solution containing an agrochemical active and a surfactant. The spray solution comprises a dispersed phase comprising dispersed particles which have an average particle size between 1 to 100 microns and the concentration of said dispersed particles is from about 0.001 to 5 wt %. The aqueous agrochemical spray solution is capable of reducing the volume of the fine droplets in mist whose size is less than 150 microns during spraying by at least 20% compared to the same aqueous spray solution without the presence of the surfactant. The present invention also relates to a method of reducing the spray drift of an aqueous agrochemical spray solution upon spraying with a spraying apparatus. The method includes adding the surfactant to the aqueous agrochemical spray solution in an amount effective to form the dispersed phase. |
| US10357031B1 |
Insect repelling recycled fire log
The insect repelling recycled fire log is a manufactured fuel product that is configured for use as a fuel in a recreational combustion activity such as a bonfire or a campfire. The insect repelling recycled fire log releases an insect repellent that encourages insects to move away from the immediate areas surrounding the recreational combustion activity area during the said activities. The natural insect repellent is an airborne repellent that is released by the combustion of the insect repelling recycled fire log. The insect repelling recycled fire log comprises a fuel, an accelerant, and an ignition apparatus. |
| US10357025B2 |
Spinning fishing lure with bead elements with auditory attractant characteristics
Methods and apparatus for the creation of novel fishing lures is provided. In some examples. In some examples, the lure comprises a body wire including attachment features which may be reversibly attached to the lure. In some examples, the device may have the ability to comprise moving parts on its body which can be attractive to fish. In some examples the fishing lure comprises multiple moving parts that can create visual and sound based attractive aspects. |
| US10357023B2 |
Apparatus for shellfish aquaculture
A pneumatically controlled shellfish aquaculture apparatus is provided. A frame has containers for holding shellfish secured to the top side of the frame and tanks secured to the bottom side of the frame. Each tank has an air supply line connected to the tank and an opening on the bottom side of the tank. Each air supply line is connected to a manifold for controlling airflow to the tanks. Air is used to displace water in the tanks by pushing the water out of the openings in the bottom of the tanks in order to float the frame. To submerge the frame, the tanks are depressurized to allow water to displace the air in the tanks. When floating, the tanks lift the frame and the containers out of the water to allow air desiccation in order to prevent bio-fouling of the equipment and shellfish. |
| US10357022B2 |
System and method for animal control
Described is system to modify and prevent the destructive behavior of household animals. The system includes two units. One unit is attached to the animal and the second unit is used as a control unit. The animal behavior modification is applied according to the distance between the units and the animal behavior. |
| US10357021B1 |
Pet grooming tool
A pet grooming tool has a handle, a support member, and a grooming mechanism for de-shedding and grooming coarse, long, thick fur and fine, short fur or the undercoat of an animal during the grooming process while using a single tool. The grooming mechanism has a rod, a plurality of spacers, a plurality of single-sided combs, and a plurality of double-sided combs, with each of the combs having a cutting edge. The spacers and combs are arranged such that this single tool can be utilized for different animals having varying lengths and thicknesses. This tool minimizes the need for expert technique and experience in grooming an animal. |
| US10357015B2 |
Robotic arm with double grabber and method of operation
A robotic attacher comprises a main arm suspended from a rail, a supplemental arm coupled to the main arm, and a gripping portion coupled to an extension of the supplemental arm. The gripping portion comprises a first grabber positioned side-by-side with a second grabber. The first grabber is operable to attach a first teat cup to a first teat of a dairy livestock and the second grabber is operable to tilt downward independent of the first grabber in conjunction with the first grabber attaching the first teat cup. The second grabber is operable to attach a second teat cup to a second teat of the dairy livestock and the first grabber is operable to tilt downward independent of the second grabber in conjunction with the second grabber attaching the second teat cup. |
| US10357014B2 |
Tomato hybrid DR4299TC
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid DR4299TC and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DR4299TC and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US10357012B1 |
Alfalfa variety RRL43M113
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated RRL43M113. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety RRL43M113. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety RRL43M113 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety RRL43M113 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10357011B1 |
Alfalfa variety RRL43A108
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated RRL43A108. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety RRL43A108. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety RRL43A108 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety RRL43A108 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10357007B2 |
Soybean variety 01064743
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064743. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064743. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064743 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064743 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods. |
| US10356998B1 |
Maize inbred PH40PT
A novel maize variety designated PH40PT and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH40PT with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH40PT through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH40PT or a locus conversion of PH40PT with another maize variety. |
| US10356993B2 |
Tomato line FDR9Q14-0260
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FDR9Q14-0260. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line FDR9Q14-0260, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US10356991B2 |
Method for three-dimensional moisture control using resistivity data
A system and method for moisture control includes a computer, a probe controller connected to the computer, a set of probes connected to the probe controller, a sprinkler controller connected to the computer, and a set of sprinklers connected to the sprinkler controller. The set of probes are driven into the ground according to a predetermined set of positions. A set of high voltage currents is injected into the ground through the set of probes and measurements are taken. A three-dimensional resistivity model is generated from the measurements and is compared to a set of moisture requirements. A set of sprinkler commands is generated based on the three-dimensional resistivity model and the set of moisture requirements. If the three-dimensional resistivity model meets the set of moisture requirements, the set of sprinklers are activated in each of a set of sprinkler zones according the three-dimensional resistivity model where watering is needed. |
| US10356990B1 |
Water conservation apparatus and method for programmable irrigation controllers
A water conservation apparatus is connectable to a legacy irrigation controller to provide access to the irrigation controller to enable a remote user to selectively disable watering irrespective of the watering schedule programmed in the irrigation controller. The apparatus is connectable to the rain sensor of irrigation controllers having rain sensor connections. In irrigation controllers not having rain sensor connections, the apparatus is connectable to the common line of the valve control lines to selectively interrupt current to the valves. The apparatus is connectable to a Wi-Fi router to enable communications to a cloud-based server such that the apparatus is able to receive control signals from the server to selectively disable watering based on current and predicted weather conditions. |
| US10356983B2 |
Indexing net wrap system
A wrapping mechanism is described that comprises at least two material support cylinders, a mechanism support cylinder, and a first and a second support plate, which are all rotatable about a support axis. The wrapping mechanism can comprise a pair of frame plates, a drive mechanism, a brake system, a lock mechanism, at least one feed roller and a feed plate. The wrapping mechanism can be integrated into an agricultural harvester such as a baler or combine. |
| US10356981B2 |
Agricultural header with constant reel to cutter relationship
A header for an agricultural vehicle includes: a header frame; a flexible cutter supported by the header frame and including a plurality of cutting edges; a reel including a plurality of reel sections movably supported by the header frame, each of the reel sections including a plurality of tines and being independently movable from the other reel sections; and at least one rigid link connecting the flexible cutter to one of the reel sections, the at least one rigid link being configured to transmit flexing forces acting on the flexible cutter to the connected one reel section such that a substantially constant separation is maintained between the flexible cutter and the connected one reel section. |
| US10356979B2 |
Monitoring system for an agricultural harvester and agricultural harvester
A monitoring system for a combine harvester. The monitoring system includes a sensor configured to provide a measurement wave to a flow of crop residue on the harvester and to receive a response wave from the flow of crop residue. The monitoring system further includes a processor having an input terminal for receiving a response signal of the sensor representative of the response wave. The processor is configured to determine a crop parameter associated with the density of the flow of crop based on the response signal of the sensor. The processor further has an output terminal for outputting a density signal representing the crop parameter. |
| US10356977B2 |
Electric walk behind greens mower
An electric walk behind greens mower includes an electric reel motor rotating a cutting reel; an electric traction motor rotating at least one traction drive roller; and an electronic control unit commanding the electric traction motor and the electric reel motor to rotate at reduced speeds during a turn if an electronic signal indicates a deviation from a normal walk speed. The electronic control unit also may determine if the actual speed of the electric traction motor is substantially less than the speed specified by a speed lever, and then command the electric reel motor and the electric traction motor to rotate at a lower speed than specified by the speed lever. The electric walk behind greens mower also may include a battery management system that activates a low voltage power supply if a key switch is turned from the off position to the run position, and that provides a start signal to an electronic control unit if the key switch is momentarily turned from the run position to the start position whereby the electronic control unit activates a high voltage power supply to the electric reel motor and the electric traction motor. |
| US10356976B2 |
Drive arrangement for driving a cutter bar of a cutting mechanism
A drive arrangement for the reciprocating drive of a cutter bar comprises an input element which can be set into a continuous pivoting movement by a drive device, and an output element which is coupled to the cutter bar and is coupled to the input element by a coupling rod. The output element is pivotably connected to a first end of a first lever and of a second lever, which levers, for their part, are pivotably mounted. The levers and the output element are dimensioned in such a manner that the output element essentially only carries out a lateral movement. |
| US10356974B2 |
Sowing unit and uses thereof
A sowing unit including water-absorbing material, an enclosure and a seed, wherein the water-absorbing material includes a hygroscopic negatively-charged material capable of binding a positively charged nutrient ion selected from NH4+, L-arginine, L-lysine and L-histidine; and optionally a nutrient including a positively charged nutrient ion selected from K+, NH4+, L-arginine, L-lysine and L-histidine. Methods and uses of the sowing unit are described. |
| US10356973B2 |
Soil tilling apparatus having a combing or leveling device
A soil tiling apparatus (1) having a combing or leveling device (4) mounted in front thereof, wherein, when the tool intensity of the combing or leveling device (4) is adjusted, at the same time in the driving direction a change in the distance between the tool supports to each other or to the trailing soil tilling tools (3) is brought about in a simple manner. |
| US10362715B2 |
Automatically cooling computer system components for safe servicing
Automatically cooling computer system components for safe servicing includes: determining that a target component of a plurality of components is to be serviced; and reducing temperature of one or more components of said plurality of components if such one or more components exceeds a threshold temperature and such one or more components are within a predefined area of the target component. |
| US10362707B2 |
Reduced depth data storage assembly and rack server
A method of making a reduced-depth rack server includes: forming a tray structure of a carrier having a service panel attached to two opposed side panels and a bottom panel; inserting a longest dimension of a data storage device in a sideways orientation with at least one electrical connector of the data storage device proximate to a selected lateral panel; electrically connecting a first electrical connector of an interposer cable to the at least one electrical connector of the data storage device; and attaching a second electrical connector attached to one of the tray structure and the data storage device directed towards an insertion end of the data storage assembly in an orientation opposite to the service panel and aligned to electrically connect with a backplane of a reduced-depth rack server in response to the tray structure being inserted in a rack server chassis. |
| US10362706B2 |
Server systems with hinge mechanisms
Examples herein relate to server systems with hinge mechanisms. In one example, a server system includes a first enclosure and a second enclosure, the first and second enclosure each include a front end and a back end disposed opposite to each other, the front end having an opening. The server system further includes a hinge mechanism, the hinge mechanism connecting an upper edge of the back end of the first enclosure to an upper edge of the front end of the second enclosure. The first enclosure is adapted to rotate around the hinge mechanism. |
| US10362703B2 |
Electric motor inverter
An electric motor inverter includes at least one DC-link capacitor that has contacting layers. The electric motor inverter also includes circuit breakers which are mounted on at least one substrate, and capacitor connecting plates which are attached with first sections to the contacting layers. Second sections of the capacitor connecting plates which are arranged opposite the first sections are attached to the at least one substrate. |
| US10362698B2 |
Method and system for environmental sealing of electrical enclosures
As described herein, an electrical enclosure is sealed against environmental contamination. An enclosure cabinet has an interior space. The interior space is accessible through an opening. A door or cover selectively closes the opening. The enclosure cabinet is manufactured of numerous parts and has holes, joints, gaps, seams and/or fasteners. Electrical control devices are mounted in the cabinet. A thick-film elastomeric coating is on an outer surface of the cabinet. The coating has a thickness of at least 0.6 mm to provide a monolithic bridging layer over holes, joints, gaps, seams and/or fasteners to prevent environmental contamination from penetrating the cabinet. |
| US10362697B2 |
Support for a mobile electronic device
A support for a mobile electronic device which includes a rigid elongated base strip approximately a length of a mobile electronic device. The base strip is longer than wide and has a first end, a second end, an upper surface, and a lower surface. An elongated layer of material, having upwardly projecting micro-suction cups, is secured to the upper surface of the base strip. According to a first aspect, a rigid support member is provided that, when in an operative position, extends substantially vertically from the upper surface at the second end of the base strip. According to a second aspect, an attachment band is provided that enables the base strip to be mounted to a human hand. |
| US10362692B2 |
Encapsulated electrical device and method of fabrication
In one embodiment a device may include an electrical assembly having at least one electrical component; an inner shell comprising a first polymeric material conformally disposed around the electrical component, the inner shell comprising a first mechanical strength; and an outer shell comprising a second polymeric material conformally disposed around the inner shell, the outer shell comprising a second mechanical strength greater than the first mechanical strength, wherein the electrical component comprises a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), the inner shell comprises a second CTE, and the outer shell comprises a third CTE, and wherein a difference between the first CTE and second CTE is less than a difference between the first CTE and third CTE. |
| US10362683B2 |
Printing method using two lasers
The invention relates to a laser printing method that includes the following steps: (a) the provision of a receiver substrate (4); (b) the provision of a target substrate (5) comprising a transparent substrate (50) one surface of which has a coating has a coating (51) constituted of a solid metal film; (c) the localized irradiation of the said film (51) through the said transparent substrate (50) by means of a first laser (6) in order to reach the melting temperature of the metal in a target zone of the said film which is in liquid form; (d) the irradiation of the said liquid film through the said transparent substrate by means of a second laser on the said target zone defined in the step (c), in order to form a liquid jet in the said target zone and bring about the ejection thereof from the substrate in the form of molten metal; (e) the depositing on the receiver substrate of a molten metal drop over a defined receiving zone, with the said drop solidifying upon cooling. |
| US10362681B2 |
Flexible circuit electrode array and method of manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a flexible circuit electrode array adapted to electrically communicate with organic tissue including the following steps: a) providing a flexible polymer base layer; b) curing the base layer; c) depositing a metal layer on base layer; d) patterning the metal layer and forming metal traces on the base layer; e) roughening the surface of the base layer; f) chemically reverting the cure of the surface of the base layer; g) depositing a flexible polymer top layer on the surface of the base layer and the metal traces; h) curing the top layer and the surface of the base layer forming one single flexible polymer layer; and i) creating openings through the single layer to the metal trace layer. |
| US10362679B2 |
Lamp comprising a flexible printed circuit board
The present invention relates to a lamp (1) comprising at least two solid state light sources (9), a envelope (2) comprising a light transmittable surface (3) adapted to transmit light from the solid state light sources, a heat sink (4) extending from inside the envelope to the outer surface of the envelope such that it divides the envelope into at least two compartments (16), and a flexible printed circuit (7) at which the solid state light sources are mounted. The flexible printed circuit is attached to the heat sink such that the solid state light sources are distributed in both of the compartments. The present invention is advantageous in that manufacturing, and in particular assembly, of the lamp is facilitated since the number of components to assemble is reduced and the need of soldering (e.g. of wires to circuit boards) is reduced. |
| US10362678B2 |
Crystal packaging with conductive pillars
A packaged module for use in a wireless communication device has a substrate supporting a crystal assembly and a first die that implements at least a portion of a radio frequency baseband subsystem. The crystal assembly, positioned between the first die and the substrate, includes a crystal, an input terminal configured to receive a first signal, an output terminal configured to output a second signal, a conductive pillar, and an enclosure configured to enclose the crystal, where the conductive pillar is formed at least partially within a side of the enclosure and extends from a top surface to a bottom surface of the enclosure. The conductive pillar conducts a third signal distinct from the first and second signals. |
| US10362676B1 |
Substrate and electronic device
Provided is a substrate including a first wiring layer coupled to another wiring layer through a plurality of vias, wherein in the first wiring layer, an area of a first region except an aperture is greater than an area of a second region except an aperture, the first region being enclosed by a first line segment passing through a first connection part of a first via and being parallel to a first short side of the first wiring layer and a second line segment passing through a second connection part of a second via and being parallel to the first short side, the second region being enclosed by the second line segment and a third line segment passing through a third connection part of a third via and being parallel to the first short side, the first, second, and third connection parts connecting to the first wiring layer. |
| US10362674B2 |
Electronic module power supply
Power may be supplied to an electronic module according to various techniques. In one general implementation, for example, a system for supplying power to an electronic module may include a printed circuit board, the electronic module, and a conductive foil. The board may include a number of contact locations on a first side, with at least one of the contact locations electrically coupled to a via to a second side of the board. The electronic module may be electrically coupled to the contact locations on the first side of the board and receive electrical power through the at least one contact location electrically coupled to a via. The foil may be adapted to convey electrical power for the electronic module and electrically coupled on the second side of circuit board to at least the via electrically coupled to a contact location that receives electrical power for the electronic module. |
| US10362670B2 |
Fabric signal path structures for flexible devices
An electronic device such as a cover for a portable device may be provided with a body having hinge portions. The hinge portions may allow the body to bend about one or more bend axes. The cover may have electrical components such as a keyboard. A keyboard may be mounted at one end of the cover and a connector may be mounted at an opposing end of the cover. A flexible fabric signal path structure may be formed from metal traces on a flexible fabric substrate. At one end of the cover, the flexible fabric signal path structure may be coupled to a printed circuit in the keyboard using conductive adhesive. At the opposing end of the cover, the metal traces on the flexible fabric substrate may be coupled to the connector. |
| US10362665B2 |
Methods and apparatus for optical metrology
Methods and apparatus for generation of radiation by high harmonic generation, HHG. The apparatus comprises: a chamber for holding a vacuum, the chamber comprising a radiation input, a radiation output and an interaction region at which, in use, a medium is present, the chamber being arranged such that, in use, when driving radiation propagates through the radiation input and is incident upon the medium, the medium emits radiation via HHG, the emitted radiation propagating through the radiation output; and at least one plasma generator at the radiation input and/or the radiation output for generating a plasma volume allowing the driving radiation and emitted radiation, respectively, to propagate through the plasma volume. |
| US10362661B2 |
Load control adjustment from a wireless device
A wearable wireless device may be configured for control of a parameter of a load control device. The load control device may be responsive to a network device, for example, to provide fine tune adjustment of the parameter. The wearable wireless device may include a touch-responsive visual display for displaying feedback of the parameter of the load control device. The visual display may be configured to be actuated to receive a user input to adjust the parameter of the load control device. An actuation of the visual display of the wearable wireless device may adjust the parameter by a greater percentage than the fine tune adjustment provided by the network device. |
| US10362660B2 |
Lighting control system and lighting control method
A lighting control system includes: a plurality of control devices each assigned with a unique identifier; a plurality of lighting devices controlled by one or more control devices among the control devices; and an operating device that collectively turns the lighting devices on or off. Each control device includes a transmitter that transmits the unique identifier or a control command including the unique identifier, to the lighting devices. Each lighting device includes: a receiver that receives the unique identifier or the control command from each of the one or more control devices; a storage that stores the unique identifier received by the receiver, in response to a predetermined operation on the operating device; and a controller that performs operation control according to the control command when the unique identifier included in the control command and the unique identifier stored in the storage are identical. |
| US10362654B2 |
Lighting apparatus
A lighting apparatus includes first and second light emitting areas, a color temperature controller, and a balance circuit. The first light emitting area includes first light-emitting arrays connected in series and outputs light of a first color temperature. The second light emitting area includes second light-emitting arrays connected in series and connected to the first light emitting area in parallel. The second light-emitting arrays output light of a second color temperature different from the first color temperature. The color temperature controller is selectively connected to at least one of an input node of the first light emitting area and an input node of the second light emitting area. The color temperature controllers determines an on/off state of the first and second light emitting areas. The balance circuit is connected to at least one of the first and second light emitting areas in series. |
| US10362644B1 |
Flyback converter with load condition control circuit
A driver circuit includes a load control circuit for supplementing a light emitting diode (LED) load in a low load condition. The low load condition corresponds to an output voltage across the LED load below a predetermined threshold voltage. The driver circuit includes an isolation transformer. A primary side circuit is coupled to a primary winding of the isolation transformer and includes a constant current control integrated circuit (IC) and a switch. The constant current control IC controls an output current to the LED load. A load control circuit is coupled to across the LED load and includes an auxiliary load which ensures that the isolation transformer operates in a continuous mode. The auxiliary load supplements the LED load with in a low load condition, but not in a high load condition. The auxiliary load may be configured to quickly discharge an output capacitor in a power off condition. |
| US10362637B2 |
Integrated heater and sensor system
The present disclosure provides a thermal system that includes an array of heating resistor circuits having first termination ends and second termination ends, and a plurality of nodes connected to the heating resistor circuits at the first and second termination ends. The thermal system further includes power wires to provide power to the heating resistor circuits and signal wires to sense a temperature of each of the heating resistor circuits. Each node is connected to a power wire and to a signal wire, and a number of heating resistor circuits is greater than or equal to a number of power wires and to a number of the signal wires. |
| US10362635B2 |
Method and apparatus for reporting dual mode capabilities in a long term evolution network
An apparatus for communicating with a Long-Term Evolution LTE network comprises a wireless communications module operable in a Frequency Division Duplexing FDD mode and a Time Division Duplexing TDD mode, the apparatus having different capabilities in the FDD and TDD modes. The apparatus sends capability information related to capabilities and/or feature groups supported by the apparatus to the network, the capability information including a legacy part and an extension part such that a legacy LTE node can comprehend the capability information from the legacy part and not from the extension part. The extension part is included in an existing User Equipment Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access UE-EUTRA-Capability Information Element, or is separate to the UE-EUTRA-Capability Information Element. A Radio Access Network RAN node for use in the LTE network is also disclosed, the node being arranged to identify different capabilities and/or feature groups supported by the apparatus in the FDD and TDD modes based on the capability information. Methods for use in the apparatus and node are also provided. |
| US10362634B2 |
Communication control method
In a communication control method according to a present embodiment, at least one radio terminal of a first radio terminal and a second radio terminal discoveries the other radio terminal by executing a discovery for discovering a proximal terminal. The at least one radio terminal reports, to a network apparatus that the other radio terminal is discovered. The network apparatus requests, while the first radio terminal is located within a coverage of a cell, at least one of the first radio terminal and the second radio terminal to make a preparation for executing a relay by the second radio terminal by utilizing a proximal service. |
| US10362633B2 |
Method and system for communicating between private mesh network and public network
A wireless communication system includes a first wireless network having first nodes each assigned a unique first address, a second wireless network having second nodes each assigned a unique second address, a border router node constituting an interface between the second network and a third wireless network, and at least one access point constituting an interface between the first and third networks. At least one of the first nodes is a mesh router node in the first network and a border router node in the second network (MR/BR node). The MR/BR node has unique addresses respectively assigned in the first and second networks. The MR/BR node receives a communication in the first network and transmits it to at least one second node in the second network. The MR/BR node receives a communication in the second network and transmits it to at least one first node in the first network. |
| US10362632B2 |
Architecture for radio access network and evolved packet core
As radio access network (RAN) architecture evolves and evolved packet core deployments get more distributed, there is an opportunity to provide significant optimizations of latency and processing. Certain embodiments can provide these and other benefits using vertical aggregation of radio access network and evolved packet core functionalities. A method can include operating a network element as a per-user-equipment control plane entity. The method can also include operating the network element as a first user plane entity (for example, a per-user-equipment user plane entity). The method can further include operating the network element as a second user plane entity. The method can additionally include operating the network element as a per-cell control plane entity. The method can also include operationally interconnecting the per-user-equipment control plane entity, the first user plane entity, the second user plane entity, and the per-cell control plane entity via interfaces. |
| US10362623B2 |
Apparatus and method for paging overlap mitigation
An apparatus and a method. The apparatus includes a first subscriber identity module (SIM); a second SIM; a dual SIM resource controller (DSRC) connected to the first SIM and the second SIM; and a radio frequency (RF) communication entity connected to the DSRC, wherein the DSRC performs one of scheduling a first paging preparation period of the first SIM prior to a second paging preparation period of the second SIM and re-attempting by the first SIM an RF request for the RF communication entity after an initial RF request for the RF communication entity is not granted. |
| US10362619B2 |
UE initiated service-driven end-to-end bearer data path modification
According to an aspect, an existing end-to-end bearer data path of communication between a wireless device and an endpoint in a core network is modified. The wireless device receives parametric information identifying respective service capabilities of network nodes in the core network that are available for forming alternate end-to-end bearer data paths of communication between the wireless device and the endpoint. The parametric information is used to determine that a more favorable end-to-end bearer data path of communication between the wireless device and the endpoint is available. The more favorable end-to-end bearer data path has a more favorable service capability in the core network as compared to the existing end-to-end bearer data path. The wireless device requests a path modification from the existing end-to-end bearer data path to the more favorable end-to-end bearer data path. |
| US10362617B2 |
Method and system for a mobile communication device to access services
A method and a system for accessing through a second mobile telecommunication network to services offered by a first mobile telecommunication network comprising the steps of: establishing a first communication channel with the second network, based on a secondary SIM card; establishing a second communication channel with the first network using the first communication channel, wherein a user of the mobile communication device is authenticated using a primary SIM card; registering, through the second communication channel, the user of the mobile communication device into the first network using the information stored in the primary SIM card; and accessing from the mobile communication device to services offered by the first network through the second communication channel. |
| US10362614B2 |
Authentication and pairing of devices using a machine readable code
An MR code is generated within a browser on a client device and is read by a mobile application on a mobile device. A communication channel is then established through a web-based service, between the browser and the mobile application on the mobile device. The mobile application generates a user interface display on the mobile device that allows user selection of content. The mobile application sends a link to that content to the browser, which accesses and renders the content on the client device. User input commands to control the rendered content are also received at the mobile device and sent to the browser through the communication channel. |
| US10362612B2 |
Virtual private networking based on peer-to-peer communication
Methods and systems for enabling multiple mobile devices to access an access gateway when at least one of the multiple mobile devices is unable to establish a virtual private network connection with the access gateway are described herein. For example, in some embodiments, a mobile device may configure itself as a member of a mesh network. A virtual private network connection may be established between the mobile device and the access gateway. The mesh network may include one or more other member devices that are unable to establish a virtual private network with the access gateway. After completing its configuration, the mobile device may receive, over a peer-to-peer connection of the mesh network, data that is intended for the access gateway and that is from one of the other member devices. The mobile device may transmit the data to the access gateway via the virtual private network connection. |
| US10362608B2 |
Managing wireless client connections via near field communication
Systems and methods for automatically obtaining WiFi profile data from an NFC device are provided. According to one embodiment, a client security application obtains a WiFi profile of a WiFi network via a near-field communication (NFC) device of the WiFi client device and establishes a WiFi connection with the WiFi network using the WiFi profile. |
| US10362607B2 |
Wireless communication method, enode B and user equipment with coverage enhancement (CE) level selection
Provided are wireless communication methods, an eNB and a UE. A wireless communication method with coverage enhancement performed by an eNB comprises transmitting one or more MAC RARs to one or more UEs in response to receiving one or more random access preambles (RA-preambles) from the one or more UEs, wherein the transmitting is able to be performed by a first manner in which the MAC RAR(s) in response to the RA-preamble(s) belonging to one RA-preamble set corresponding to one CE level are carried by a PDSCH which is scheduled by a first PDCCH scrambled by a set-specific RNTI, and the set-specific RNTI is related to the set index of the one RA-preamble set. |
| US10362606B2 |
Resource allocation for uplink multi-user transmission in WLAN
Improved uplink multi-user (UL MU) resource allocation is proposed. For the UL MU scheduling information of trigger frame, N (N>1) bits indicate allocated resource unit (RU) in unit of 26-tone RU, 52-tone RU, 106-tone RU, 242-tone RU, 484-tone RU and 996-tone RU in 80 MHz, and indicates the allocated RU in 80+80 MHz. The UL MU scheduling information of a multi-user request-to-send (MU-RTS) frame indicates an allocated channel corresponding to ‘242*M’-tone RU with a same bit pattern as the N bits of the first UL MU scheduling information, wherein ‘M’ is an integer greater than 0. |
| US10362601B2 |
Information processing device
To efficiently use radio resources.An information processing device is an information processing device that receives a packet transmitted from another information processing device using wireless communication. The information processing device is an information processing device that includes a control unit. The control unit included in the information processing device performs control such that one packet detection condition is selected to be used from a plurality of packet detection conditions in regard to a plurality of packets transmitted from the other information processing device using wireless communication. The control unit included in the information processing device performs control such that one reception operation is selected to be performed from a plurality of reception operations in regard to a plurality of packets transmitted from the other information processing device using wireless communication. |
| US10362597B2 |
Periodic uplink grant alignment in a cellular network
A node (100, 200) of a cellular network controls sending of first uplink grants to a communication device (10). The first uplink grants indicate first uplink radio resources allocated to the communication device (10) and are sent in response to receiving scheduling requests from the communication device (10). Further, the node (100, 200) controls sending of second uplink grants to the communication device (10). The second uplink grants indicate second uplink radio resources allocated to the communication device (10) and are sent according to a configured periodicity. Depending on a periodicity of opportunities for transmission of the scheduling requests by the communication device (10) and the configured periodicity of sending the second uplink grants, the node (100, 200) controls an alignment of the sending of the second uplink grants with respect to the opportunities for transmission of the scheduling requests. |
| US10362595B2 |
Method for transmitting uplink control channel in wireless communication system and device therefor
A method for transmitting an uplink control channel for a terminal configured to support multiple transmission time interval (TTI) lengths in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed by the terminal and may comprises the steps of: receiving a first physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) according to a first TTI length at a first time point; receiving a second PDSCH according to a second TTI length differing from the first TTI length at a second time point; and when TTIs for transmitting uplink control channels for the received first PDSCH and second PDSCH overlap, transmitting uplink control information for the first PDSCH and second PDSCH on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) having the shorter TTI length among the first TTI length and the second TTI length. |
| US10362586B2 |
System and method for spatial reuse in directional random access
A method for channel reservation and communication using carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) with directional antennas in a wireless network. A source station (STA) may transmit a directional request to send (RTS) frame to a destination station before a data transmission. Upon receipt of the RTS frame, the destination STA may transmit a transmit network allocation vector (TNAV) frame instructing receiving stations not to perform transmissions toward the destination STA for a predefined period of time, which may include a channel quality measurement (CQM) period. The destination STA may transmit a directional clear-to-send (CTS) frame when channel quality estimated during the CQM meets a criterion. The source STA may then transmit a directional data transmission to the destination STA upon receipt of the CTS frame. |
| US10362581B2 |
Communication system for alleviating interference arising due to coexistence
A communication apparatus is disclosed, which comprises a base station module and an access point module for providing wireless connectivity to a communication network to at least one mobile communication device; an interface for coupling the base station module and the access point module for performing at least one of: a channel restriction operation; a power restriction operation; an intelligent uplink scheduling operation; a carrier frequency reselection operation; and a traffic steering operation; whereby alleviating an interference arising due to coexistence of the base station module and the access point module. |
| US10362575B2 |
Techniques for configuring uplink transmissions using shared radio frequency spectrum band
Techniques for wireless communications over a shared radio frequency spectrum band, may include techniques for transmitting uplink data transmissions using allocated uplink resources. Allocated uplink resources may include an uplink channel comprising a number of allocated interlaces of resource blocks (RBs) for use by a user equipment (UE). An incoming data stream may be processed and data separated into each of the allocated interlaces of RBs for the UE. Such separation may be through demultiplexing the data stream to obtain data for the allocated interlaces of RBs. The demultiplexed data may be mapped onto associated resource elements associated with the allocated interlaces of RBs, and transmitted. Different types of uplink channels, such as a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and/or a physical random access channel (PRACH) may be allocated to interlaces of RBs in one or more subframes of a transmitted radio frame. |
| US10362574B2 |
Uplink resource allocation techniques for shared radio frequency spectrum
Disclosed techniques provide for different uplink resource allocation schemes in transmissions that use different shared radio frequency spectrum bands. In some cases, the different shared radio frequency spectrum bands may have different transmission characteristics or parameters, and associated resource allocation schemes may be selected to provide transmissions that are more likely to comply with the transmission characteristics or parameters associated with a particular band. In some cases, resource allocation types may be identified based on one band and mapped to identify uplink resources for an uplink transmission on a different shared radio frequency spectrum band. |
| US10362573B2 |
Method and system for multi-protocol transmissions
Methods and systems for multi-protocol transmissions in shared spectrum are disclosed. According to principles described herein, a wireless transmitter is configured to generate subcarriers or symbol information from one OFDM technology using subcarriers of another OFDM technology. With this approach, a wireless transmitter configured to transmit OFDM symbols using subcarriers and a subcarrier frequency spacing associated with one OFDM protocol can also be configured to transmit OFDM symbols associated with another OFDM protocol which normally uses different subcarriers and a different subcarrier frequency spacing. In one application, an LTE transmitter uses LTE subcarriers to generate 802.11 (e.g. Wi-Fi) subcarrier or symbol information that can be understood by Wi-Fi receivers, for example to reserve the channel for a certain duration, to indicate a transmission time associated with an on-going and/or upcoming symbol transmission or to create a carrier sense indication, for example, to cause Wi-Fi receivers and other radio technologies to consider the channel as busy. |
| US10362564B2 |
Communication system, mobile station, base station, response decision method, resource configuration decision method, and program
It is possible to solve the problem that a downstream control information amount is significantly increased if allocation information is periodically reported because no allocation method of a default E-DCH resource configuration is defined for a preamble signature. A base station and a mobile station decide a default resource configuration by using a total number of resource configurations or a value obtained from the total number. |
| US10362560B2 |
Multimedia broadcast multicast communication method, apparatus, and system
The embodiments of the present invention relates to a multimedia broadcast multicast communication method, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes: receiving, by a base station, first indication information at a first time, where the first indication information instructs the base station to suspend transmitting service data in a multimedia broadcast multicast service MBSFN manner; and sending, by the base station, second indication information to user equipment UE according to the first indication information, so that the UE suspends, at a second time according to the second indication information, receiving the service data in the MBSFN manner. The first time is earlier than the second time, and duration between the first time and the second time is less than a multicast control channel MCCH modification period. The user equipment is notified in a more timely manner to suspend transmitting the service data in the MBSFN manner. |
| US10362558B2 |
Paging for longer paging cycles
A radio network node receives a page request from a core network node. The page request indicates to page a wireless communication device. The radio network node determines a next occurrence of a monitoring window during which the wireless communication device will monitor a paging channel associated with the radio network node. If the amount of time until the next occurrence of the monitoring window exceeds an amount of time that the radio network node can store the page request, the radio network node discards the page request and sends a response to the core network node indicating that the page request was discarded; the response includes a paging timer value that indicates when the core network node should repeat the page request. |
| US10362556B2 |
Messaging scheme for positioning
A method of providing position assistance to a UE, the method comprising providing, by a location server, at least one unsolicited message, each message comprising one of data selected from a list comprising GNSS ephemeris assistance data, GNSS acquisition assistance data, OTDOA assistance data and eNB position data for a predefined area. |
| US10362555B2 |
Cellular telecommunications network
This disclosure provides a method of calculating a distance between a first and second base station in a cellular communications network, and a base station for performing said method, the method including a first base station periodically measuring a power of received signals from a second base station; the first base station identifying a first and second most frequent power of received signals in the periodic measurements; and the first base station determining a distance to a second base station based on the identified first and second most frequent power. |
| US10362554B1 |
Location-based access point module control
Apparatus and method relating to wireless communication access points are described. In one embodiment an apparatus including one or more antennas to function as an access point for wireless communication is described. In some cases the apparatus or methods may include determining location information and/or one or more operating characteristics of one or more wireless communication access points. |
| US10362553B2 |
Determining location of wireless-enabled device
An example method is provided in according with one implementation of the present disclosure. The method comprises generating a base image representing a location of a wireless-enabled device with data from a plurality of wireless beacons and generating an image fingerprint for the location of the wireless-enabled device by using the base image. The method further comprises comparing the image fingerprint for the location of the wireless-enabled device with a plurality of existing image fingerprints associated with the plurality of wireless beacons, and determining a location of the wireless-enabled device based on the comparison. |
| US10362549B2 |
Method and apparatus for setting up interface between access points
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for setting up an interface between access points, where a first AP receives measurement information reported by at least one station associated with the first AP, to learn an AP identifier of a second AP having a capability of supporting an AP2AP interface, determines an AP identifier of a candidate AP according to interface information in the measurement information, and sends, to the candidate AP by using an AC, a first request message requesting an IP address used for setting up a communications interface between APs, the candidate AP sends, by using the AC, a response message to the first AP according to the first request message, and the first AP determines, according to the response message, whether to set up an AP2AP communications interface with the candidate AP that sends the response message. |
| US10362548B2 |
Synchronization signal transmission method and apparatus
The present disclosure relates to the mobile communications field, and in particular, to a synchronization signal sending method. A network device obtains a first signal after performing discrete Fourier transform (DFT) and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation, or OFDM modulation on a Zadoff-Chu (ZC) sequence whose root index is 1. The network device obtains a second signal after performing DFT and OFDM modulation, or OFDM modulation on a conjugate sequence of the ZC sequence whose root index is 1. The network device generates a synchronization signal, where the synchronization signal includes the first signal and the second signal. The network device sends the synchronization signal to a terminal device. |
| US10362546B2 |
Preamble synchronization signal in unlicensed frequency band
An eNB transmits a preamble signal including synchronization information before transmitting data in an unlicensed band where the synchronization information is in accordance with a licensed frequency band communication standard used in a primary cell (Pcell) provided by the eNB. The preamble signal is transmitted in accordance with a timing structure used in the Pcell using the licensed frequency band. The eNB provides a secondary cell (Scell) that has a service area that at least partially overlaps with a service area of the Pcell. The preamble signal provides synchronization information to a user equipment (UE) device for the Scell. |
| US10362536B2 |
Dynamic connection path detection and selection for wireless controllers and accessories
Controllers can communicate with accessories using various paths, such as a wireless communication path. A controller can maintain reachability information for each accessory indicating the path(s) via which the accessory is currently reachable. Maintaining the reachability information can include scanning to detect broadcasts from the accessories and updating the reachability information based on the results of scanning. Scanning parameters such as scan interval and scan duration can be selected dynamically based on the current operating context of the controller (e.g., where the controller is located, what processes are active on the controller, what other devices have been detected within communication range of the controller). |
| US10362535B2 |
System and method for push-to-talk (PTT) key one-touch calling
A system and method for push-to-talk (PTT) key one-touch calling is provided. In an embodiment, a client device accesses a discontinuous reception (DRX) mode policy. The DRX mode policy is in accordance with push-to-talk (PTT) usage patterns of at least the client device. The client device selects a DRX cycle time based on the DRX mode policy. The client device applies the DRX cycle time to a cellular network interface of the client device. |
| US10362534B2 |
Access point handover method in wireless communications, network control node, and user equipment
Embodiments of the present invention relate to an access point handover method in wireless communications, a network control node, and user equipment. The method includes: when user equipment is handed over to a target base station, obtaining AP information of a target AP having an association relationship with the target base station; and sending a first indication message to the user equipment, where the first indication message includes the AP information, and the first indication message is used to instruct the user equipment to perform AP handover according to the AP information. |
| US10362527B2 |
Selectively providing access to network services based on frequency band information
A device may receive a request to access a network service from a user equipment (UE) roaming on a visiting public mobile network (VPMN). The device may receive UE radio frequency (RF) band information that identifies a UE supported set of RF spectrum bands, and may receive VPMN RF band information that identifies a VPMN supported set of RF spectrum bands. The device may determine whether to permit or deny access to the network service based on the UE RF band information and the VPMN RF band information, and may provide an instruction to permit or deny access to the network service based on the UE RF band information and the VPMN RF band information. |
| US10362525B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of relay backhauling with millimeter wave carrier aggregation
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of relay backhauling with millimeter wave carrier aggregation. For example, a first Relay Node (RN) may include a cellular transceiver configured to communicate with a Donor evolved Node B (DeNB) over a cellular frequency band of a Primary cell (PCell); a millimeter-wave (mmWave) transceiver to communicate with a second RN via a backhaul link over a mmWave frequency band of a Secondary cell (SCell) within the PCell; and a controller to process a Relay-Physical-Downlink-Control-Channel (R-PDCCH) message received by the cellular transceiver over the cellular frequency band of the PCell, the R-PD-CCH message including cross-carrier scheduling information to schedule a downlink allocation over the backhaul link, the controller to trigger the mmWave transceiver to receive a downlink data packet from the second RN during the downlink allocation. |
| US10362524B2 |
Network apparatus and user terminal
eNB 200 controls wireless connections established by UE 100-1 with other communication apparatuses. The eNB 200 performs control such that number of the wireless connections established by the UE 100-1 is equal to or less than a connection allowance number indicating an upper limit number of the wireless connections allowed to the UE 100-1. |
| US10362517B2 |
Distributed handoff-related processing for wireless networks
Provided is a process, medium, or system including using block chain as a distributed routing environment for contract based handoff to route streaming data to edge-based data centers. |
| US10362515B2 |
Information obtaining method and apparatus based on unlicensed cell
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies and disclose an information obtaining method and apparatus based on an unlicensed cell (Uscell). On an unlicensed cell, precision of obtained Uscell information is significantly improved, so as to enable a base station to complete addition and deletion of a Uscell. A specific embodiment of the present invention includes: obtaining detection indication information, where the detection indication information is used to instruct to identify a Uscell and/or instruct to measure a reference signal corresponding to the Uscell, then, performing detection according to the detection indication information, and reporting a detection result to a base station. Technical solutions provided in the present invention are mainly applied to an information obtaining process of the Uscell. |
| US10362512B2 |
Method and apparatus for setup of a circuit switched call during circuit switched fallback
A method, at a user equipment (‘UE’), the method: sending a request to a first network for Circuit Switched Fallback (‘CSFB’); receiving, responsive to the request, redirection information; acquiring a second network based on the redirection information; initiating establishment of Circuit Switched (‘CS’) voice radio bearers with the second network; waiting for a predetermined event to occur; after the predetermined event has occurred, establishing a Packet Switched (‘PS’) connection with the second network. Further, a method, at a network element, the method receiving a request for Circuit Switched Fallback (‘CSFB’) from a user equipment (‘UE’); sending, to the UE, redirection information; receiving a Routing Area Update (‘RAU’) message from the UE; waiting for a predetermined event to occur; upon the predetermined event occurring, responding to the RAU message. |
| US10362511B2 |
Method and apparatus for determining PDU session identity in wireless communication system
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for determining a PDU session identity in a wireless communication system. A method for determining, by a session management function (SMF) node, a packet data network (PDU) session identity during handover of user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, may include receiving a request message for requesting the establishment of a PDU session for the UE from an access and mobility management function (AMF) node, wherein a handover for the UE from a first wireless communication system to a second wireless communication system has been determined, determining a PDU session identity for the PDU session established for the UE when the request message is received, and sending a response message including the determined PDU session identity to the AMF node in response to the request message. |
| US10362510B2 |
Method and terminal for controlling network traffic in wireless communication system
Disclosed are a traffic control method and terminal, the traffic control method comprising the steps of; transmitting, to a base station, a first message including information of an installed application; receiving a second message including information of a barring parameter for the application; determining whether to bar a data transmission on the basis of the barring parameter according to the generation of data from the application, during an operation in a radio resource control (RRC) connection mode; and selectively transmitting the data to the base station according to a determination result. |
| US10362509B2 |
Incident broadcast retransmission in a vehicular network
A system for transmission of incident information includes maintaining a table of RSSI values for a plurality of stations. When an incident is detected, the system first sends a broadcast packet with incident information, and next sends a unicast packet to any station below a particular RSSI threshold until the unicast packet is acknowledged or a retransmission interval passes. |
| US10362508B2 |
Communication adaptation based on link-performance characteristics
Adapting communication of information based on link-performance characteristics is discussed herein. For the example, an apparatus can include an interface circuit and a processor. The interface circuit communicates with an electronic device via a link. And the processor is communicatively coupled to the interface circuit. The interface circuit provides one or more performance metrics characterizing the link to the processor. And the processor adapts a communication with the electronic device via the link based on the one or more performance metrics. |
| US10362507B2 |
Systems and method for quality of service monitoring, policy enforcement, and charging in a communications network
Methods for quality of service monitoring, policy enforcement, and charging in a communications network, are disclosed. The methods include mapping quality of service parameters to measured parameters of a real-time video or packet data unit flow. The mapping may be used to monitor bursty traffic to adhere to quality of service requirements, perform traffic shaping, and for use in reporting certain network events. The measured parameters of real-time packet data unit flow include a first bit rate measured over a short-term measurement window and a second bit rate measured over a long-term measurement window. The short-term and long-term measurement windows are differently sized. |
| US10362504B2 |
Periodic channel status information (CSI) reporting for enhanced interference management and traffic adaptation (EIMTA) systems with CSI subframe sets
Wireless device, method, and computer readable media are disclosed for determining which channel status information (CSI) report of a user equipment (UE) to drop from a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) packet. The method may include determining that a first CSI report and a second CSI report are to be sent in the PUCCH, where the first CSI report has a first reporting type and a first CSI sub-frame set, and the second CSI report has a second reporting type and a second CSI sub-frame set. The method may include determining to drop the first CSI report if the first CSI sub-frame set has a second lower priority than the second CSI sub-frame set. The determination to drop may be further based on a CSI processor index, serving cell index, and the CSI report priority. |
| US10362503B2 |
Communication network aggregation test payload
A first node (2) of a first network using a first radio access technology signals (SI) a second node (3) of a second network using a second radio access technology start and stop of a test data session and to send test data packets to a UE (1) in an aggregation mode via the second node (3) in the test data session. The UE (1) is associated with the second node (3). The test data packets comprise payload and an aggregation header including an indication that the payload comprises test data. The first node (2) determines (S4) a service level of the UE (1) with respect to the second node (3) based on a report on a throughput of the test data packets sent by the second node (3) in the test data session. |
| US10362502B2 |
Method for analysing a wireless link of a Wi-Fi node, respective circuit performing the method, and application
A method for analyzing a wireless link (3) of a wireless node of a customer premises equipment (CPE) device (1) during operation of the CPE device comprises: performing an active test, during which a data transmission is forced through the wireless link, to obtain a first set of parameters, and performing before or after the active test a passive test, which is a monitoring mode during which a data transmission of the CPE device is monitored, to obtain a second set of parameters. In particular, based on the first set of parameters, it is determined whether and to which extent the wireless link is in an uncertainty zone, and based on the second set of parameters, the decision is made to assign an observed decrease in a measured data rate to physics effects or to interference effects. |
| US10362501B2 |
Method and apparatus for monitoring a performance of an Ethernet data stream
An apparatus for monitoring a performance of an Ethernet data stream, EDS, said apparatus comprising: an evaluation unit adapted to evaluate sync headers and block type fields of line code vectors of the Ethernet data stream, EDS; and a counter unit adapted to increment at least one performance counter in response to the evaluated sync header and the evaluated block type field of each line code vector of the Ethernet data stream, EDS. |
| US10362497B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for signaling with geometric constellations in a raleigh fading channel
Communication systems are described that use signal constellations which have unequally spaced (i.e. “geometrically spaced,” or “non-uniform”) points. In many embodiments, the transmitters and receivers use specific non-uniform quadrature amplitude modulation (NU-QAM) constellations. In a variety of embodiments, NU-QAM constellations are capacity optimized using a bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM, also referred to as “parallel decode”) capacity measure. In a number of embodiments, the transmitters and receivers are described that use specific NU-QAM constellations that provide gains in BICM capacity relative to constellations that maximize the minimum distance between constellation points. |
| US10362495B2 |
Communications system, service common apparatus, mobile network node apparatus, and data communication method
The present invention aims to provide a communication system capable of optimizing network processing. The communication system according to the present invention includes an application server (10) configured to detect a behavior of a communication terminal (50) and a service common apparatus (20) configured to receive an identifier of the communication terminal (50) and behavior information on the communication terminal (50) transmitted from the application server (10) via a first interface defined between the service common apparatus (20) and the application server (10) and to transmit the identifier of the communication terminal (50) and the behavior information on the communication terminal (50) to a mobile network node (40) via a second interface defined between the service common apparatus (20) and the mobile network node (40) to optimize a parameter regarding the communication terminal (50). |
| US10362491B1 |
System and method for classifying a physical object
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by one or more interfaces, a location of a physical object and receiving, by the one or more interfaces and from a data platform, an image associated with the physical object and the location of the physical object. The method also includes extracting, by one or more processors and from the image, an attribute associated with a feature of the physical object and classifying, by one or more processors, the attribute, wherein classifying the attribute comprises associating the attribute with a characteristic of the feature of the physical object. The method further includes classifying, by the one or more processors, the physical object and determining, by the one or more processors, to identify the physical object as eligible for modification. |
| US10362490B2 |
Method for determining cell coverage for device-to-device (D2D) operation performed by terminal in wireless communication system, and terminal using the method
Provided are a method for determining cell coverage for a device-to-device (D2D) operation performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method. The method comprises: receiving a specific signal which is repeatedly transmitted from a cell; determining whether successful detection of the specific signal is maintained for at least a specific amount of time; and declaring that the specific signal is beyond the cell coverage, when the successful detection of the specific signal is not maintained for at least the specific amount of time. |
| US10362482B2 |
Network operation and trusted execution environment
Example techniques described herein can provision network functional modules for execution in trusted execution environments of portable computing devices. A monitoring application of a portable computing device can validate a trusted execution environment of the portable computing device, determine a present operational capacity of the portable computing device, and transmit indications of the validation and the present operational capacity to a control node via an authenticated connection. The application can detect a remote computing device on one network and determine that the remote device has a trusted execution environment. The application can report the computing device to the control node on another network. A network functional module can receive a request and determine that the portable computing device cannot perform an operation of the request. The module can select another computing device and transmit an indication of the operation to the selected computing device via an authenticated connection. |
| US10362481B2 |
Multi-tiered user authentication methods
Aspects of the present invention provide an approach for user authentication during a user session which potentially requires multiple user authentications. A library of authentication methods is provided for preforming the user authentications. For authentication, a threshold contribution value is set which needs to be exceeded for authentication to occur. To carry out the authentication, a chain of authentication methods is constructed at run time, selected from the library in order to provide an aggregate contribution value which exceeds the threshold. During run time, the contribution value of each authentication method is dynamically adjusted, so that construction of the chain uses current amounts for the contribution values of each authentication method. This allows the chain to be reconstructed at run time taking into account changing circumstances. Specifically, not yet executed authentication methods may be unlinked from the chain and replaced with one or more new ones. |
| US10362476B2 |
Method for sending or receiving system information
It is presented a method, performed in a network node, for sending system information. The method comprises the steps of: broadcasting, using at least one message, a system information table and a version indicator of the system information table, wherein each entry of the system information table comprises an entry identifier and a set of system access parameters, such that a radio node broadcasting an entry identifier is accessible through system access by a wireless terminal having access to the system information table; and broadcasting, a version message comprising the version indicator of the system information table, the version message omitting the system information table. A corresponding network node and wireless terminal are also presented. |
| US10362474B1 |
Method and apparatus for network procedures by mobile hotspot for client devices
A mobile Hotspot is a device that includes a modem for wide area mobile broadband access and a Hotspot Access Point to distribute the internet to local client devices over a local area network such as Wi-Fi. Some of the local client devices may have mobile broadband capability of their own but may use the internet service from the mobile Hotspot when connected to it. In that case the client device may still need to maintain the communication link with the wide area mobile broadband network even when not actively using its services. A method and apparatus are disclosed that enable a mobile Hotspot to maintain the communication link with the wide area mobile broadband network on behalf of the client device. This may enable the client device with mobile broadband connection capability to reduce its power consumption. |