US10544421B1
A system and method for creating crystals from human acetylcholinesterase. The crystals can then be analyzed using X-ray crystallography. A segment of DNA for human acetylcholinesterase is isolated that includes the codon sequence GAGGGC. A polyhistidine tag is inserted between codon GAG and codon GGC to produce a recombinant acetylcholinesterase construct. The recombinant acetylcholinesterase construct is used to transfect cells on a prepared growth medium. The growing cells secrete a portion of the recombinant acetylcholinesterase construct. The secreted portion is concentrated and the tag cleaved. The concentrate is then buffered and used to form crystals.
US10544420B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for increasing production of an alkaloid product through the epimerization of a (S)-1-benzylisoquinoline alkaloid to a (R)-1-benyzlisoquinoline alkaloid via an engineered epimerase in an engineered host cell. A (S)-1-benzylisoquinoline alkaloid is contacted with said engineered epimerase. Contacting said (S)-1-benzylisoquinoline alkaloid with said engineered epimerase converts said (S)-1-benzylisoquinoline alkaloid to said (R)-1-benzylisoquinoline alkaloid.
US10544415B2
Methods are described for producing enteroendocrine cells that make and secrete insulin in a mammal by blocking the expression or biological activity of one or more forkhead box O (Foxo) proteins or biologically active fragments or variants thereof.
US10544410B2
Disclosed herein are expression vectors which display a passenger polypeptide on the outer surface of a biological entity. As disclosed herein the displayed passenger polypeptide is capable of interacting or binding with a given ligand. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the expression vectors. N/C terminal fusion expression vectors and methods of making and using are also disclosed.
US10544407B2
The present invention provides methods, compositions and articles of manufacture useful for the prophylactic and therapeutic amelioration and treatment of gram-positive bacteria, including Streptococcus and Staphylococcus, and related conditions. The invention provides compositions and methods incorporating and utilizing Streptococcus suis derived bacteriophage lysins, particularly PlySs2 and/or PlySs1 lytic enzymes and variants thereof, including truncations thereof. Methods for treatment of humans are provided.
US10544405B2
This disclosure relates to Cas9-nucleic acid complexes and uses related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure contemplates transgenic plants and animals genetically engineered to express Cas9-nucleic acid complexes disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing, diseases, conditions, cancer, viral infections or other pathogenic infection using vectors configured to express a Cas9-nucleic acid complex disclosed herein.
US10544403B2
Presented herein are transposase enzymes and reaction conditions for improved fragmentation and tagging of nucleic acid samples, in particular altered transposases and reaction conditions which exhibit improved insertion sequence bias, as well as methods and kits using the same.
US10544399B2
This invention discloses a method of increasing production of virus-like particles comprising expressing an avian influenza matrix protein. The invention also comprises methods of making and using said VLPs.
US10544398B2
The present invention describes a viral RNA expression plasmid and a method for obtaining viral particles based on the plasmids comprising transfecting animal cells with an expression vector or a set of expression vectors capable of expressing a nucleoprotein and RNA-dependent polymerase RNA; and transfecting the animal cell with an expression vector or a set of expression vectors with nucleotide sequences encoding recombinant RNA molecules.
US10544391B2
This disclosure relates to methods for sorting sperm cells in a microfluidic chip. In particular, various steps are incorporated to align and orienting sperm in flow channels, as well as, to determining sperm orientation and measure relative DNA content for analysis and/or sorting.
US10544387B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to bioreactors for maintaining biological objects (e.g., organ or engineered tissues) under culture conditions. In some embodiments, bioreactors and cover assemblies are provided that comprise a support base for supporting a biological object. In some embodiments, bioreactors and cover assemblies are provided that comprise a movable support base configured such that a user can manipulate its position and thus the relative position of the biological object.
US10544386B2
An improved system and process for rapidly producing distilled spirits having characteristics associated with a much longer maturation process is provided. The method involves (a) subjecting an unmatured spirit to ultrasonic energy at a power of at least 3 Watts/Liter for at least one hour while maintaining the temperature of the unmatured spirit between 90° F. and 150° F.; and (b) subjecting the unmatured spirit and wood to actinic light at a wavelength ranging from 400 nm to 1000 nm for a cumulative exposure of at least 2,280,000 lux hours. The disclosure also provides embodiments where a spirit processed with ultrasonic energy is mixed with a spirit that has been separately treated with light to give characteristics of a mature spirit.
US10544371B2
Described is an industrial scale chemical reactor or reactor containing a shell having an inner wall, and at least one channel inside the shell. The shell has a circular, square, or rectangular cross-sectional area. All of the internal dimensions of the channel are greater than 10 mm, and optionally less than 50 mm. The channel has a rectangular cross-sectional area, and contains a catalyst bed containing catalyst particles and/or pieces containing catalyst particles packed inside the channel. The reactor has improved shell volume utilization, catalyst loading capacities, heat exchange efficiency, process intensification, or combinations thereof, compared to currently existing reactors. Exothermic reactions, such as the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis can be performed inside the channels of the reactor. Also described are methods of making the reactor.
US10544366B2
Provided are a liquid crystal composition satisfying at least one of characteristics including a high maximum temperature, a low minimum temperature, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy and large negative dielectric anisotropy, or the liquid crystal composition having a suitable balance regarding at least two of the above characteristics; and an AM device including the composition. The liquid crystal composition contains a specific compound having large negative dielectric anisotropy as a first component, and a specific compound having small viscosity as a second component, and may contain a specific component having high maximum temperature or small viscosity as a third component, a specific component having negative dielectric anisotropy as a fourth component, or a specific compound having a polymerizable group as an additive.
US10544361B2
The invention relates to an organic molecule comprising a structure of formula 1 and to the use thereof in optoelectronic components. wherein: X is SO2, CO or a C—C single bond; m is 0 or 1; n is 1, 2 or 3; r is 0 or 1; s is 0 or 1; LG is a divalent linker group, selected from: or LG is an element-element single bond.
US10544360B2
The present invention relates to mixtures comprising at least one phosphorescent dopant and at least one compound of one of the formulae (1) and (2), and the use thereof in electronic devices, especially in organic electroluminescent devices.
US10544359B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a semiconductor nanocrystal siloxane composite resin composition, and a cured product using the same. In the preparation method, the semiconductor nanocrystals are added during a non-hydrolytic sol-gel condensation reaction for forming a siloxane structure so that a siloxane resin having a dense inorganic network, which includes a siloxane bond, is encapsulated and thus is dispersed in the semiconductor nanocrystals through a chemical interaction and a chemical bond, thereby preventing a reduction in inherent characteristics (quantum efficiency) of the semiconductor nanocrystals resulting from an external oxidizing environment. Accordingly, when the curing of the resin composition is carried out, a cured product, which can be applied to various applications including a semiconductor nanocrystal siloxane composite having excellent reliability, can be provided.
US10544357B2
Y-Grade NGL fracturing systems and methods of using Y-Grade NGL stimulation fluids.
US10544349B2
Compositions comprising: (i) a hydraulic cement; and (ii) a polymer comprising at least one monomer having an oxazoline group. Methods of cementing in a well comprising: (A) forming a hydraulic cement composition comprising: (i) a hydraulic cement; (ii) a polymer comprising at least one monomer having an oxazoline group; and (iii) water; (B) introducing the hydraulic cement composition into the well.
US10544347B2
A method for formulating a hydraulic fracturing fluid composition with increased viscosity and resistance to degradation at increased temperature and pressure. The method includes preparing an alkanolamine borate formulation compatible for mixing with a hydraulic fracturing fluid comprising polysaccharides; preparing the hydraulic fracturing fluid comprising polysaccharides; and mixing the alkanolamine borate formulation with the hydraulic fracturing fluid, such that the alkanolamine borate formulation causes crosslinking of the hydraulic fracturing fluid.
US10544331B2
A composition useful as an asphalt additive includes a plurality of substrate particles and a coating layer disposed on the particles, the coating layer including a solid elastomer. A method of producing an asphalt additive includes mixing an emulsion comprising an elastomer with a plurality of substrate particles. Another composition useful as an asphalt additive includes a plurality of substrate particles substantially coated with a first coating layer and a second coating layer, the first coating layer including a solid elastomer. An asphalt mix includes the asphalt additive composition, aggregate, and a binder.
US10544329B2
A crosslinkable composition includes a first silicon-containing resin comprising alkyl groups and alkyl groups and a second silicon-containing resin comprising alkyl groups. The first silicon-containing resin has a weight average molecular weight from 1000 AMU to 10,000 AMU. The second silicon-containing resin has a weight average molecular weight from 900 AMU to 5000 AMU. The composition further includes at least one solvent and at least one heat-activated catalyst.
US10544328B2
The present invention provides a photoimageable composition comprising a polyamideimide resin, an aprotic solvent, and one or more nitrogen containing ethylenically unsaturated monomers. By addition of the nitrogen containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer, UV curable acrylates can be added to the composition, and the composition is stable. The compositions of the present invention can produce high resolution images that are flexible, hard, and have excellent resistance.
US10544320B2
An ink composition that offers a recorded image having rubfastness and having high quality without causing a mottling phenomenon, an inkjet recording method using the same, and a colored article. The ink composition includes a compound represented by the following formula (1): a colorant, a dispersant, and a C4-C12 alkanediol, in which the content of the compound represented by formula (1) is 0.1 to 5% by mass. In the formula (1), R1 represents a hydroxy group or the like, R2 represents an alkyl group or the like, R3 represents an alkyl group or the like, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or the like, and R5 represents an alkyl group.
US10544309B2
A bright pigment of the present invention is a bright pigment including flaky particles and a metal oxide layer covering each surface of the flaky particles. The metal oxide layer has a thickness variation coefficient (standard deviation of thickness of the metal oxide layer/average thickness of the metal oxide layer) of 20% or less. The bright pigment preferably contains a sodium component, and the sodium component is Na2O. The content of Na2O in the flaky particles is 3% by mass or more and less than 9.5% by mass. The bright pigment preferably has a specific surface area of 5.0 m2/g or less.
US10544302B2
The disclosure concerns a polymer blend derived from transesterification of (i) 69.9 to 95 weight percent polycarbonate; and (ii) 4.9 to 30 weight percent liquid crystal polymer; in the presence of 0.01 to 0.1 weight percent catalyst; wherein the polymer is transparent.
US10544297B2
The present invention refers to a fiber reinforced polymer composition comprising a polypropylene, carbon fibers, fibers other than carbon fibers and a polar modified polypropylene as coupling agent as well as to an article comprising the fiber reinforced polymer composition.
US10544295B2
The invention relates to a nontacky film-forming polymer composition (cover material), and tacky hot melt adhesives in the form of pellets which are coated with the polymer composition and producible by coextruding the hot melt adhesive and the cover material. The film-forming composition comprises 5 to 40% by weight of at least one Fischer-Tropsch wax having a melting point of >95° C. and 30 to 70% by weight of at least one metallocene-catalyzed polyolefin having a softening point of >95° C. and a melt flow index (MFI) (230° C., 2.16 kg) of ≤1000 and ≥300 g/10 minutes. The invention further relates to suitable uses for such hot melt adhesives, methods for their use, and products containing these adhesives.
US10544292B2
A rubber composition comprises at least one phenol/aldehyde resin based on at least one aromatic polyphenol comprising at least one aromatic ring bearing at least two hydroxyl functions in the meta position relative to one another, the two positions ortho to at least one of the hydroxyl functions being unsubstituted, and at least one aromatic polyaldehyde selected from 1,3-benzenedicarboxaldehyde, 1,4-benzenedicarboxaldehyde and mixtures of these compounds.
US10544279B2
Ester mixtures comprising the esters A(COOR1)(COOR1)x, A(COOR1)(COOR2)x, A(COOR2)(COOR1)x and A(COOR2)(COOR2)x, can be produced in a targeted way by processes in which acids A(COOH)x+1 or derivatives thereof are reacted with an amount (m1+s1) of R1OH and an amount m2 of R2OH, the reaction mixture being heated at boiling, the alcohol R1OH having a lower boiling point than the alcohol R2OH, A being an aromatic, alicyclic or aliphatic radical, x being 1 or 2, and R1 and R2 independently of one another being substituted or unsubstituted aryl radicals or linear or branched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl radicals having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, m1 and m2 corresponding to the mole equivalents of the alcohol radicals OR1 and OR2 to be introduced into A(COOH)x+1 or derivatives thereof, and s1 being greater than 0.
US10544277B2
Gray expanded polystyrene achieving target molecular weight, bead size, bead distribution, and cell structure may be reproducibly prepared by suspension polymerization by introducing to the suspension polymerization an additive that is carbon black and/or graphite only after approximately 20 to 60 wt % of the styrene monomer has been converted to polystyrene. Introducing the additive at this point slows the polymerization rate, such as for an optimized period of time to allow for the droplet size to equilibrate to the desired target range. In one nonlimiting embodiment, the styrene polymerization rate has about 35 wt % to about 60 wt % styrene monomer remaining after about 3 hours from the beginning of polymerizing.
US10544273B2
Disclosed are ethylene polymer compositions containing a homogeneously-branched first ethylene polymer component and a homogeneously-branched second ethylene polymer component of higher density than the first ethylene polymer component. The ethylene polymer composition can be characterized by a density from 0.912 to 0.925 g/cm3, a melt index less than 3.5 g/10 min, and a CY-a parameter at 190° C. from 0.25 to 0.65. These polymer compositions have the excellent dart impact strength and optical properties of a metallocene-catalyzed LLDPE, but with improved machine direction tear resistance, and can be used in blown film and other end-use applications.
US10544272B2
The present invention provides a stretchable film including: a cured product of a composition which contains (A) a (meth)acrylate compound having a siloxane bond, (B) a (meth)acrylate compound other than the component (A) having a urethane bond, and (C) an organic solvent having a boiling point in the range of 115 to 200° C. at atmospheric pressure; wherein the component (A) is localized in the direction of a surface of the film. The stretchable film of the present invention is excellent in stretchability and strength as well as repellency on the film surface.
US10544271B2
A copolymer of propylene with hexene-1 containing from 5 to 9% by weight of recurring units derived from hexene-1, having a melting temperature from 125 to 140° C. and Melt Flow Rate (ASTM D1238, 230/2.16 Kg) from 0.1 to 3 g/10 min., is used to produce blown films having valuable mechanical and optical properties.
US10544269B2
A thermoplastic polymeric nanocomposite particle made by a method comprising: forming a polymer by polymerizing a reactive mixture comprising at least one of a monomer, an oligomer, or combinations thereof; said monomer and oligomer having two reactive functionalities, said polymerizing occurring in a medium also containing dispersed nanofiller particles possessing a length that is less than 0.5 microns in at least one principal axis direction, wherein said nanofiller particles comprise at least one of dispersed fine particulate material, fibrous material, discoidal material, or combinations of such materials, whereby said nanofiller particles become incorporated into the polymer.
US10544256B2
The present invention relates to the use of oligo-N,N-bis(3-aminopropyl)methylamine as hardener for epoxy resins, and also to a corresponding curable composition, curing thereof, and the cured epoxy resin obtainable therefrom.
US10544253B2
A curable composition for making polyisocyanurate comprising products obtained by combining and mixing at an isocyanate index of at least 100 at least a polyisocyanate composition, an isocyanate reactive composition comprising at least 50 mol % diols and a toughening agent comprising acrylic block copolymers.
US10544251B2
A tube including a hydrogenated block copolymer (a), wherein the hydrogenated block copolymer (a) includes, in a molecule, a polymer block mainly including a conjugated diene compound (C), a polymer block mainly including a conjugated diene compound (B), and a polymer block mainly including a vinyl aromatic compound (S).
US10544241B2
A macromonomer precursor is provided that includes a polymeric chain derived from farnesene and a single functional terminal end. The functional terminal end may include a hydroxyl group, an amino group, an epoxy group, an isocyanato group, or a carboxylic acid group. The terminal end of the macromonomer precursor may then be reacted with a (meth)acrylate to form a macromonomer having a (meth)acrylate functionalized terminal end that may be (co)polymerized with radically polymerizable monomers, such as alkyl(meth)acrylate monomers. Alternatively, a copolymer may be obtained by first deriving a poly(meth)acrylate from (meth)acrylate monomers having reactive groups that would allow the macromonomer precursors to be grafted onto the poly(meth)acrylate in a second step. The resulting copolymer may be incorporated as an additive in various formulations, such as a lubricant, a hydraulic fluid, a cosmetic composition, and an adhesive composition.
US10544234B2
The present invention relates to functionalized copolymer rubbers containing nitrile groups and to the preparation thereof, to vulcanizable mixtures comprising functionalized copolymer rubbers containing nitrile groups and to the preparation thereof, and to vulcanizates based on functionalized copolymer rubbers containing nitrile groups, to the preparation thereof and to the use thereof as technical material.
US10544232B2
The present invention provides methods for treating hypercholesterolemia. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia a pharmaceutical composition comprising a PCSK9 inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the PCSK9 inhibitor is an anti-PCSK9 antibody such as the exemplary antibody referred to herein as mAb316P. The methods of the present invention are useful for treating patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia who are not adequately controlled by maximum tolerated dose statin therapy with or without other lipid lowering therapy.
US10544229B2
The present invention relates to agonistic antibodies specifically binding human CD40, polynucleotides encoding the antibodies or antigen-binding fragments, and methods of making and using the foregoing.
US10544225B2
Provided are antibodies that specifically bind to Programmed Death-1 (PD1, Pdcd-1, or CD279) ligand (PD-L1) and inhibit PD-L1-mediated cellular signaling and activities in immune cells, antibodies binding to a set of amino acid residues required for its ligand binding, and uses of these antibodies to treat or diagnose cancer, infectious diseases or other pathological disorders modulated by PD-L1-mediated functions.
US10544222B2
The present invention provides multispecific molecules, e.g., comprising more than one ISVD or Nanobody, that bind to PD1 and CTLA4. These molecules have been engineered so as to reduce the incidence of binding by pre-existing antibodies in the bodies of a subject administered such a molecule. Methods for increasing immune response, treating cancer and/or treating an infectious disease with such molecules are provided.
US10544220B2
Bispecific antibodies directed to CD3 and CD20 and uses of such bispecific antibodies, in particular use thereof in the treatment of diseases in which specific targeting and T cell-mediated killing of cells that express CD20 is desired.
US10544217B2
Antibodies that bind to programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1), compositions comprising such antibodies, and methods of making and using such antibodies are disclosed.
US10544213B2
Described are molecules specifically binding to human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) also known as amylin, particularly human-derived antibodies as well as fragments, derivatives and variants thereof for antagonizing islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) induced β-cell damage and impaired glucose tolerance which are symptoms typically associated with diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2D).
US10544212B2
The invention provides antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to IL-33, as well as uses, and associated methods thereof.
US10544199B2
The present invention provides a fusion polypeptide comprising a first domain and a second domain, wherein the first domain comprises a polypeptide ligand which binds to a cell surface-associated antigen and the second domain comprises aglycosylated interferon α 2b (IFNα2b) having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 2. The aglycosylated IFNα2b further comprises one or more amino acid substitutions or deletions which attenuate the activity of the aglycosylated IFNα2b.
US10544191B2
Methods and compositions are provided for generating macrocyclic peptides from genetically encoded, ribosomally produced polypeptide precursors. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, and methods for generating combinatorial libraries of macrocyclic peptides. These methods can be used to produce vast libraries of conformationally constrained peptide ligands as well as facilitate the functional screening of these libraries to identify compound(s) with desired activity properties.
US10544182B2
The present invention provides desosamine and mycaminose analogs and nitro sugars and methods for their preparation. The invention also provides methods of cyclizing a compound of Formula (A′) with glyoxal to give a nitro sugar of Formula (B). Methods for the preparation of compound of Formula (D′) are provided comprising cyclization of a nitro alcohol to give a nitro sugar and reduction and alkylation of the nitro sugar to give a desosamine, mycaminose, or an analog thereof.
US10544181B2
A novel gelator including a sugar derivative; a gelator including a compound of Formula (1) or Formula (2): wherein R1 is a linear or branched alkyl group having a carbon atom number of 9 to 20, a cyclic alkyl group having a carbon atom number of 13 to 20, or a linear or branched alkenyl group having a carbon atom number of 9 to 20, R2 is a hydrogen atom, a linear or branched alkyl group having a carbon atom number of 1 to 10, or an aryl group optionally having a substituent, and R3 and R4 are hydroxy groups.
US10544178B2
A compound of formula (I) includes any forms of tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, wherein the formula (I) is presented as: wherein the definitions of X, R1, and R2 are as specified in the specification hereof. The preparing method and the usage in cancer treatment of such compound are also provided by the present invention.
US10544172B2
A process for the preparation of a composition comprising amine-containing phosphate glycerides including: phosphorylating a solution which comprises mixed glycerides that contain fatty acid portions and an amine under conditions which are substantially water-free and under which said phosphorous pentoxide reacts with reactive constituents in said solution to form said amine-containing phosphate glycerides and a lubricating composition comprising a lubricant, the aforesaid composition in an amount which improves the properties of the lubricating composition, and optionally one or more other constituents which improve the properties of the lubricating composition.
US10544156B2
The invention concerns a compound of the following formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof as well as a pharmaceutical composition containing such a compound, and the use of such a compound as a drug, notably as a DNMT inhibitor, in particular in the treatment of cancer.
US10544155B2
The present invention relates to spirocyclic quinolizine derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrug thereof, compositions comprising at least one spirocyclic quinolizine derivative, and methods of using the spirocyclic quinolizine derivatives for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
US10544154B2
Provided herein are prodrugs of opioid receptor antagonists such as nalmefene and naltrexone, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for the treatment of behavioral disorders.
US10544153B2
The presently described technology provides compositions comprising aryl carboxylic acids and, for example NSAIDs, chemically conjugated to oxycodone (4,5-α-epoxy-14-hydroxy-17-methylmorphinan-6-one) to form novel prodrugs/compositions of oxycodone, including benzoates, salicylates, propionates, fenamates, and acetates, which have a decreased potential for abuse of oxycodone. The present technology also provides methods of treating patients, pharmaceutical kits and methods of synthesizing conjugates of the present technology.
US10544146B2
A compound of formula (I): wherein: M is hydrogen or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt-forming cation; Y is OR1 or NR2R3, and R1 ,R2, R3 and M are as defined herein. Also, methods of treating bacterial infection, pharmaceutical compositions, molecular complexes and processes for preparing compounds.
US10544144B2
The present invention relates to the fused pyrimidine piperidine cyclic derivative represented by the following formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a process for preparing the same, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X, Y and Z are defined as in the description. The present invention further provides use of said fused pyrimidine piperidine cyclic derivative in manufacture of a medicament for preventing or treating FGFR kinase mediated disease such as cancer.
US10544143B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) N-oxides, or salts thereof, wherein G, A, R1, R5, and n are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as inhibitors of signaling through Toll-like receptor 7, or 8, or 9, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
US10544141B2
Provided herein are compounds useful for the treatment of HBV infection in a subject in need thereof, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of inhibiting, suppressing, or preventing HBV infection in the subject.
US10544133B2
Compounds having the following formula: or a stereoisomer or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, wherein R2 is a monocyclic heteroaryl group, and R1, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined herein, are useful as kinase modulators, including IRAK-4 inhibition.
US10544132B2
The invention provides a compound of formula (I): or tautomer or a solvate or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the various substituents are as defined in the claims. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds of formula (I), processes for making the compounds and the medical uses of the compounds.
US10544128B2
Isoquinoline compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present invention concerns the use of an isoquinoline compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, fibrotic disorders, bone or cartilage diseases, and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as genetic diseases and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases due to mutations or dysregulation of the Wnt pathway and/or of one or more of Wnt signaling components. Also provided are methods for treating Wnt-related disease states.
US10544126B2
The present invention provides compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in which q, R11, R12, R13 and R14 are as defined in the specification, for use in therapy.
US10544122B2
Compounds of Formula 1 and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof are useful as TLR7/8 antagonists.
US10544121B2
Improved methods of synthesizing 6-aryl-4-aminopicolinates, such as arylalkyl and alkyl 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylates and arylalkyl and alkyl 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluoro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)pyridine-2-carboxylates, are described herein. The improved methods include a direct Suzuki coupling step, which eliminates the protection/de-protection steps in the current chemical process, and therefore eliminates or reduces various raw materials, equipment and cycle time as well as modification of other process conditions including use of crude AP, use of ABA-diMe, and varying pH, catalyst concentration, solvent composition, and/or workup procedures. This includes synthesis of 2-aryl-6-aminopyrimidine-4-carboxylates.
US10544119B2
The present invention relates to a preparation method for a chiral intermediate for use in statins, acquired with chloroacetic acid and benzyl alcohol as starting materials via a series of reactions, namely etherification, condensation, substitution, and asymmetric reduction. The preparation method provided in the present invention has a novel route of synthesis, allows an intermediate compound to be introduced conveniently into the chiral center of a glycol via enzyme reduction, and not only is low in costs, but also is reliable in quality. The route of synthesis provided in the present invention uses raw materials of low costs, has an easy to operate process, and provides a final product of great purity and high yield.
US10544117B2
Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprise functionalized lactone derivatives of formula (I) having a disease-modifying action in the treatment of diseases associated with dysregulation of 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 7 activity.
US10544116B2
Disclosed herein is a process for purifying propylene oxide, including the steps of: (i) providing a stream S0 containing propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, and an organic compound containing a carbonyl group —C(═O)—; and (ii) separating propylene oxide from the stream S0 by subjecting the stream S0 to distillation conditions in a distillation column to obtain a gaseous top stream S1c which is enriched in propylene oxide compared to the stream S0, a liquid bottoms stream S1a which is enriched in acetonitrile and water compared to the stream S0, and a side stream S1b containing propylene oxide which is enriched in the carbonyl compound compared to the stream S0.
US10544115B2
A continuous process for the preparation of propylene oxide, comprising a start-up stage and normal run stage, wherein the normal run stage comprises (i) continuously providing a liquid feed stream comprising propene, hydrogen peroxide, acetonitrile, a formate salt, water and optionally propane, wherein in the liquid feed stream, the molar amount of the formate salt relative to the molar amount of hydrogen peroxide at a given point of time during the normal run stage is aN(Fo/H2O2); (ii) continuously passing the liquid feed stream provided in (i) into an epoxidation zone comprising a catalyst comprising a titanium zeolite having framework type MWW, and subjecting the liquid feed stream to epoxidation reaction conditions in the epoxidation zone, obtaining a reaction mixture comprising propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, the formate salt, optionally propene, and optionally propane; (iii) continuously removing an effluent stream from the epoxidation zone, the effluent stream comprising propylene oxide, acetonitrile, water, at least a portion of the formate salt, optionally propene, and optionally propane; wherein the normal run stage is characterized in an average rate of change of aN(Fo/H2O2) of less than 0 h−1.
US10544100B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formulas III and V that are useful as pharmaceutical agents, particularly as autophagy inhibitors.
US10544097B2
The present invention, relates to solid state forms of N-[2-[(1S)-1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl]-2,3-dihydro-1,3-dioxo-1H-isoindol-4-yl]acetamide represented by the following structural formula-1 and process for their preparation. The present invention also relates to an improved process for the preparation of N-[2-[(1S)-1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl]-2,3-dihydro-1,3-dioxo-1H-isoindol-4-yl]acetamide compound of formula-1 and intermediates thereof.
US10544096B2
A continuous method for the manufacture of a 2-aryl-3,3-bis(hydroxyaryl)phthalimidine comprising continuously heating an anhydride with a phenol in the presence of a catalyst and a first co-catalyst, to form a first reaction mixture comprising a phenolphthalein compound; precipitating the phenolphthalein compound; combining a primary arylamine with an acid catalyst and a second co-catalyst to form a second reaction mixture; adding the phenolphthalein compound to the second reaction mixture; continuously heating the second reaction mixture to provide a third reaction mixture comprising a crude phthalimidine; and treating the crude phthalimidine to remove aminophenol and purify the phthalimidine is provided.
US10544092B2
Disclosed is a malononitrile oxime ether compound having a novel structure as shown in the general formula I. Respective substituents in the general formula I as defined in the specification. The compound of the general formula I exhibits an excellent microbicidal activity, and can effectively prevent and treat plant diseases caused by bacteria and fungi. Also provided is a use of the compound of the general formula I as a microbicide in the agricultural and other fields.
US10544087B2
Disclosed is a process for performing a reductive amination of a first functional group in an organic feed substrate, which feed substrate comprises at least one further functional group containing a halogen atom, in the presence of hydrogen, a nitrogen-containing compound, and a catalyst, wherein the presence of the nitrogen-containing compound, expressed in a molar ratio relative to the first functional group in the organic feed substrate, at least during the reaction as long as the conversion of the organic feed substrate has not yet reached 80%, is maintained below a level of 1.3. Further disclosed is a composition of the invention comprising at least 98.0% wt of 2-chloro-benzyl-dimethylamine, at most 0.60% wt of the meso-o-Cl-BDMA dimer and at least 1 ppm wt of the (+/−)-o-Cl-BDMA dimer and any use therefor.
US10544081B2
A process for preparing an aromatic compound or compounds where at least one mandelic group —CHOH—COOH is described, comprising a reaction for condensation of at least one aromatic compound with glyoxylic acid or derivatives thereof, wherein said condensation reaction is carried out substantially in the absence of any acid or any base added to the reaction medium. The condensation reaction is followed by an oxidation reaction in order to obtain aromatic aldehyde.
US10544079B2
Process for the direct conversion of diisobutene to a carboxylic acid.
US10544071B2
The process to recover heat in oxidative dehydrogenation of butene to butadiene is presented. The process utilizes heat recovered in oxidative dehydrogenation of butene to butadiene to generate steam. The process utilizes the circulated water stream generated in oxidative dehydrogenation of butene to butadiene for steam generation. A feedstream comprising butene is mixed with steam and preheated air at the inlet of the oxidative dehydrogenation reactor.
US10544069B2
The invention describes a method for dimerization of ethylene implementing a step for treatment of raw effluent by neutralization, at the outlet of the reactor, of the catalyst for dimerization of ethylene into but-1-ene by a particular alcohol.
US10544066B2
The present disclosure relates to an improved nitrification inhibitor composition and its use in agricultural applications.
US10544062B2
The present disclosure relates to a molybdenum silicide based composition comprising aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and to the use thereof in high temperature applications.
US10544061B2
The present application provides vanadium dioxide doped with Ti, or vanadium dioxide further doped with other atoms selected from the group of W, Ta, Mo, and Nb. The vanadium dioxide of the present application is excellent in moisture resistance and in which deterioration of endothermic characteristics due to moisture is suppressed.
US10544058B1
The present invention relates to glass composites, including filled glass composites and uses thereof. In particular examples, the composites provide improved thermal expansion characteristics. Also described are methods of forming such composites, such as by adding a particle filler to a glass mixture.
US10544054B2
A method for detecting and controlling the amount of cationic species in a water stream in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure is carried out by adding a solution containing a pre-determined quantity of a fluorescent tracer to the sample of water stream to obtain a solution comprising a complex. The fluorescence emission spectra of the solution is measured for detecting the presence or absence of the cationic species based on the attenuation and shift of the emission peak in the range of 640 nm to 655 nm.
US10544047B2
The rate of rod fallover in the production of polycrystalline silicon by the Siemens process is sharply reduced by cleaning the Siemens reactor base plate by at least a two-step procedure comprising suctioning the base plate in one step, and subsequently cleaning with liquid or solid cleaning medium in a second step, between each phase of rod removal and new support body installation.
US10544037B2
The present disclosure relates to an integrated semiconductor device, comprising a semiconductor substrate; a cavity formed into the semiconductor substrate; a sensor portion of the semiconductor substrate deflectably suspended in the cavity at one side of the cavity via a suspension portion of the semiconductor substrate interconnecting the semiconductor substrate and the sensor portion thereof, wherein an extension of the suspension portion along the side of the cavity is smaller than an extension of said side of the cavity.
US10544035B2
A sensor component having a MEMS sensor and an ASIC for one sensor function each. A base element, a wall element in the form of a frame and a cover together enclose a cavity of a housing. The MEMS sensor is mounted inside the cavity on the base element of the housing. The ASIC has an active sensor surface and is mounted on or under the cover or is embedded in the cover. Electrical external contacts for the MEMS sensor and ASIC are provided on an external surface of the housing. The cavity has at least one opening or bushing.
US10544030B2
The disclosed device is a multi-compartment container. Each compartment is capable of holding a different liquid. The user actuates a valve to dispense the liquid of his or her choice.The multi-compartment pitcher with selectable dispensing port eliminates spillage from the top, and eliminates fumbling over multiple and various drinks or liquids. The device compartmentalizes multiple drinks or liquids within a single container, while easily dispersing the drink or liquid from the designated bottom port.
US10544026B2
The present invention relates to a method of introducing nitrogen into a beverage container. The beverage container (10) includes a cylindrical neck part (16) having a circumferential rim (18) defining an opening (20). The cylindrical neck part includes an outer circumferential flange (22) encircling the cylindrical neck part. A connecting element (36) having a circular closure plate (64) and a cylindrical housing (54) having a set of inwardly oriented locking parts (56) is positioned such that the cylindrical housing is at least partially covering the cylindrical neck part and a fluid path (58) is defined between the connecting element and the cylindrical neck part. A collar (42, 44) having a gas inlet (48) is placed about the cylindrical neck part and gas is injected into the beverage container via the gas inlet. Finally, the connecting element is moved towards the cylindrical neck part for arresting the connecting element to the cylindrical neck part and sealing the circular closure plate against the circumferential rim.
US10544022B2
Provided are systems and methods for monitoring the position of a handle of a material handling vehicle comprising a handle, a first sensor positioned along the material handling vehicle, a second sensor positioned along the handle, and a controller configured to retrieve first positional information from the first sensor, retrieve second positional information from the second sensor, and compare the first positional information with the second positional information. The controller can adjust the operation of at least one of a lift motor and a drive motor of the material handling vehicle based on the comparison of the first positional information with the second positional information.
US10544018B2
A lift assembly comprises a base, a drive mechanism, a flexible drive element extending from the drive mechanism along a fleet axis, and a sheave directing the drive element from the fleet axis to an output axis. The sheave is coupled to the base at a first sheave mount aligned with the fleet axis. The assembly can further include a second sheave mount aligned with the fleet axis and configured to be coupled to the sheave to allow the sheave to be de-coupled from the first sheave mount and coupled to the second sheave mount, resulting in substantially no change in a fleet angle of the fleet axis. Preferably, the sheave is positioned on a first side of the fleet axis when coupled to the first sheave mount, and the sheave is positioned on a second side of the fleet axis (e.g., opposite the first side) when coupled to the second sheave mount.
US10544017B2
A winch is described that includes a drum, a motor and transmission, and a tensioner. The motor and transmission apply torque to the drum, thereby enabling the drum to draw in and let out a line. The tensioner is positioned adjacent to the drum, such that when the line passes between the tensioner and drum, the line is in frictional contact with the tensioner and drum. The tensioner rotates with a linear speed exceeding a linear speed of the drum as the line is let out from the drum, and rotates freely as the line is drawn onto the drum. Methods for making and using the winch are also described.
US10544015B1
Described is a device for lifting an elongated object from a deck of a vessel subject to movements in a heave direction. The device comprises rigid supports provided on the deck of the vessel for supporting the object at a first height relative to the deck, and retractable supports provided on the deck of the vessel for supporting the object at a second height relative to the deck, which second height is larger than the first height. A lifting crane is configured to take up the object from the retractable supports at the second height. An actuator system is configured to lower the retractable supports in the heave direction to a third height relative to the deck at the instant in time the object is lifted from the retractable supports, the third height being smaller than the second height. A method using the device is also described.
US10544007B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to computer-implemented methods, computer systems, and computer program products for operating an elevator car. The method includes receiving first inputs from one or more sensors. The method further includes receiving second inputs from one or more cameras. The method further includes determining the presence of a passenger on the elevator using the first inputs and the second inputs. The method further includes determining a set of characteristics related to the passenger using the first inputs and the second inputs. The method further includes predicting a set of predicted actions of the passenger, using machine-learning techniques. The method further includes determining an action to perform based on the set of predicted actions.
US10544003B2
A tape dispenser housing wound adhesive tape includes a brake spoke tapering (i.e., narrowing) from a distal radial end to a proximal radial end relative to a tape rotational axis, wherein the brake spoke effectuates the braking of wound adhesive tape on a hub by contacting the wound adhesive tape, the hub, or both simultaneously.
US10543999B2
A sheet conveyance apparatus includes a conveyance portion, a reverse conveyance portion, and first and second conveyance regulating portions. An engagement portion contacts the first conveyance regulating portion so that it pivots in a first pivoting direction in an interlocked manner with the second conveyance regulating portion. The first and second conveyance regulating portions are arranged between the conveyance portion and the reverse conveyance portion in a first sheet conveyance direction, and an urging member urges the first and second conveyance regulating portions toward a position where the first and second conveyance regulating portions project to a first conveyance path through which the sheet conveyed from the conveyance portion toward the reverse conveyance portion is conveyed.
US10543991B2
A buffering device comprises a frame and a conveyor belt, a supply station, a discharge station, a first reversing member reverses the conveying direction of the conveyor belt, and a return guide includes a second reversing member. The buffering device is configured such that the conveyor belt moves from the supply station via the first reversing member to the discharge station, after which the conveyor belt is guided back to the supply station via the return guide. A portion of the conveyor belt n forms a buffer section of which the length varies. The remaining portion of the conveyor belt forms a compensation section for compensating a change of length of the buffer section during simultaneous displacement of the first and second reversing members with respect to the frame. The first reversing member includes a buffer carriage for radially guiding the conveyor belt, which guide is fixed to the carriage.
US10543990B2
An agricultural conveyor is provided. The agricultural conveyor includes a self-propelled chassis. A conveyor is carried by the self-propelled chassis. The front end of the conveyor is configured to be raised and lowered automatically.
US10543984B1
A robotic system is disclosed. The robotic system includes a robot. A module is coupled to the robot. An item is disposed within the module. The module includes a release door configured to be selectively opened and closed. When the release door is selectively opened, the item is dropped from the module.
US10543981B2
A forklift bin includes a container affixed to a frame. The container includes a bottom sloped with respect to a swing door. The swing door can be retained via magnets.
US10543979B2
A beverage preparation capsule containing a beverage preparation ingredient, having a body with side walls formed from one or more substantially air- and liquid-impermeable sheet materials defining a chamber containing a beverage preparation ingredient and further defining an outlet channel having an upstream end in fluid communication with the chamber for escape of beverage from the chamber. At least a region of the outlet channel is filled by a filtration material for filtering the beverage escaping from the chamber. Also provided is a clamp assembly for preparing a beverage from such a capsule, the clamp assembly comprising two or more clamp members, wherein an inner wall of at least one of the clamp members comprises a concave base surface for receiving the capsule and one or more pressure pads projecting from the concave base surface for selectively constricting a region of the capsule. Also provided are a beverage preparation apparatus and system comprising the clamp assembly, and a method of preparing a beverage from the apparatus.
US10543973B2
A system for maintaining a temperature within a cooler is disclosed. In one embodiment, the cooler can include an outer shell comprising an insulating material. The cooler can also include a temperature retention insert resting inside the outer shell. In another embodiment, the cooler can include an outer shell and an isolation chamber with one or more vertical support strips. In another embodiment, a cooler can comprise an outer shell with multiple grooves in the inner wall of the outer shell wherein the grooves can secure one or more temperature retention blocks.
US10543969B2
A carrier for holding at least one container includes a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior space of the carrier and including a front panel, a back panel, at least one side panel, a first bottom panel, a second bottom panel, and at least one central panel. At least one divider flap extends from the at least one central panel to at least one of the front panel and the back panel. The first bottom panel includes at least one male locking feature and the second bottom panel includes at least one female locking feature for receiving the at least one male locking feature. The at least one male locking feature engages the at least one divider flap to lock the at least one divider flap in a generally perpendicular position relative to the central panel.
US10543962B2
A cap assembly for a container has an inner sleeve that is secured to the neck of the container and an outer cap that is adjustably secured to the inner sleeve. The outer cap can be adjusted downwardly relative to the inner sleeve so that a gap between the bottom of the outer cap and a top of the container can be minimized or eliminated.
US10543961B2
A container cap is a container cap including a molded article formed of a resin composition containing 70 to 94% by mass of a polyolefin (A), 3 to 15% by mass of an acid-modified polyolefin (B) and 3 to 15% by mass of a m-xylylene group-containing polyamide (C), in which a ratio (X/Y) of a percentage (X) of polyamide-derived nitrogen in a cap top surface portion to a percentage (Y) of polyamide-derived nitrogen in a cap side surface portion, is 1.2 to 3.0, as measured by a total nitrogen analysis.
US10543959B2
A storage bag comprising first and second zipper profiles provided adjacent to an opening to the interior of the bag. The first and second zipper profiles are provided with opposing closure elements that respectively interlock with each other. The storage bag further includes first and second isolation sections between the first and second zipper profiles and a slider to occlude and to de-occlude the closure elements of the first and second zipper profiles. The slider includes a first zipper profile opening member and a support member with a second zipper profile opening member that is (i) disposed between the first and second isolation sections, and (ii) separate and distinct from the first zipper profile opening member.
US10543942B2
Embodiments of product handling systems facilitate transfer of individual product items from incoming bulk form into dedicated trays for inspection, sorting, selection, and packaging. Inspection may comprise interrogation of product items within a tray by electromagnetic (e.g., optical, hyperspectral) or other (e.g., physical, acoustic, gas sensing, etc.) techniques. Prior to packaging, product items disposed within the tray may be stored in a moveable carousel responsible for controlling environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, illumination, ambient gases, product-to-product interactions, and/or others. Movement of product items from a carousel's transfer station to an outside staging position may be accomplished using robots and/or conveyor belts. Embodiments may allow rapid, low-cost consumer selection of specific individual product items based upon their accompanying metadata (e.g., source, identifier), in combination with the results of inspection (e.g., visual appearance). Embodiments may receive product items pre-packaged in tray format to expedite inspection, sorting, selection, and packaging.
US10543931B2
A method and system of monitoring aural and message alerts received during flight in an internet of things (IOT) cockpit of an aircraft generated by systems within the cockpit, the method includes: receiving a plurality of alerts which include at least one of an aural alert or message alert; applying a first natural language processing (NLP) process to the aural alert to convert the aural alert to a text alert consistent in structure with the message alert for aggregating together with the message alert to form a concatenated message alert; and identifying the context of the concatenated message alert by applying a second NLP process to the concatenated message alert in its entirety and subsequent tagging the concatenated message alert to associate a tagged message with a display element wherein the tagged message is a concatenated message.
US10543928B2
An electric power distribution system for an aircraft is provided, which includes an engine gearbox, a power distribution center, two or more three-phase synchronous electric power generators, a neutral current transformer per generator, a single set of power feeder wires, and a single generator control unit (GCU). The generators are connected in parallel with each other, and connected with the power distribution center by the same set of power feeder wires. The GCU is electrically coupled with each generator to feed the generator with an excitation field current, and with each neutral current transformer to sense an instantaneous neutral-current value. The GCU is adapted to perform a generator voltage regulation loop based on a desired voltage value and the at least two sensed instantaneous neutral-current values by individually modifying the excitation field current of each generator.
US10543924B2
A system is provided. The system includes an air conditioning pack; a first medium; a second medium; a first mixing point located outside the air conditioning pack and configured to mix the first medium with the second medium; and a second mixing point located inside the air conditioning pack and configured to mix the first medium with the second medium.
US10543921B2
Disclosed is a lightweight seat (100) that includes a seat base (102), a seat bottom (103) attached to an upper portion of the seat base, a seat back (101) attached to a rear portion of the seat bottom, and a seat belt assembly (150) secured to the seat bottom. The seat belt assembly may include a strap (104) attached to an underside of the seat bottom and extending from a first end adjacent to first side of the seat bottom to a second end adjacent to a second side of the seat bottom and a seat belt disposed adjacent to an upper side of the seat bottom, wherein a first end of the seat belt is attached to the first end of the strap and a second end of the seat belt is attached to the second end of the strap.
US10543918B1
This disclosure describes a configuration of a multi-propeller aerial vehicle (MPAV). The components of the MPAV are designed for easy manufacture, assembly, configuration and replacement. Likewise, the configuration of the MPAV is designed for increased flight duration.
US10543916B2
A rotor assembly includes a yoke operably associated with a rotor blade. The yoke includes a first device and a second device that attach the rotor blade to the yoke. The first device is configured to allow transverse movement of the rotor blade about a chord axis and rotational movement about a pitch-change axis. The second device is configured to allow rotational movement of the rotor blade solely about the pitch-change axis. The method includes rotating rotor assembly about a first plane of rotation, while retaining a relatively stiff out-of-plane rotation and a relatively soft in-plane rotation during flight.
US10543915B2
A propeller assembly includes propeller blades that self-fold when not in use, which reduces the overall footprint of the propeller assembly and enables efficient storage. During flying conditions, the propeller blades unfold and extend to a flight configuration that enables the generation of lift on the propeller blades and consequently to an attached aerial vehicle. In various embodiments, the transitioning of the propeller blades between a flight and folded configuration may be enabled by torsion springs coupled to each propeller blade. For example, the torsion springs cause each propeller blade to rotate and self-fold when no external forces are applied. Alternatively, during flying conditions, centrifugal forces that arise as the propeller assembly rotates counteract the torsion springs, enabling each propeller blade to achieve an extended flight configuration. Therefore, the propeller blades of the propeller assembly are optimally oriented without the need for human intervention.
US10543905B1
In an embodiment, a system for battery shifting for center of gravity (CG) control includes a battery holder and a controller. The battery holder is adapted to change between a first battery position and a second battery position in a vehicle. The battery holder being in the first position causes the vehicle to have a first CG and the battery holder being in the second position causes the vehicle to have a second CG. The controller is configured to move the battery holder into the first position at least some of the time when the vehicle is flying at a first angle such that the vehicle has a CG in a first vehicle location, and move the battery holder into the second position at least some of the time when the vehicle is flying at a second angle such that the vehicle has a CG in a second vehicle location.
US10543903B2
Actuators for high lift devices on aircraft are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes an actuator for a high lift device of an aircraft including a motor and a transmission, where the transmission includes a first gear stage and a second gear stage, the first gear stage including a first worm gear and the second gear stage including a second worm gear, the first worm gear, the second worm gear and the motor operative to prevent backdrive of the actuator.
US10543892B2
Seismic autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for recording seismic signals on the seabed. The AUV may be negatively buoyant and comprise an external body (which may be formed of multiple housings) that substantially encloses a plurality of pressure housings. Portions of the external body housing may be acoustically transparent and house one or more acoustic devices for the AUV. The AUV may comprise a main pressure housing that holds substantially all of the electronic components of the AUV, while a second and third pressure housing may be located on either side of the main pressure housing for other electronic components (such as batteries). A plurality of external devices (such as acoustic devices or thrusters) may be coupled to the main pressure housing by external electrical conduit. The AUV may comprise fixed or retractable wings for increased gliding capabilities during subsea travel.
US10543876B2
A track support rail for slidably supporting a track assembly of a machine includes a body having a first body end, a second body end, a crown portion, and an upper support surface. The body extends along a longitudinal axis between the first and second body ends. The crown portion is disposed between the first and second body ends along the longitudinal axis. The upper support surface extends along the longitudinal axis between the first and second body ends. The upper support surface includes first and second curved segments. The first curved segment has a first curved shape and extends from the first body end toward the crown portion of the body. The second curved segment has a second curved shape and extends from the second body end toward the crown portion of the body. The first curved shape is different from the second curved shape.
US10543870B1
A hitch assist system is provided herein that includes a sensing system configured to detect a trailer proximate a vehicle. A steering system is configured to alter a path of the vehicle. A transmission system has one or more gears therein. A controller is disposed within the hitch assist system and is configured to control the steering system of the vehicle along a path to align a hitch ball with a coupler of the trailer, detect a fault of the steering system or a gear change in the transmission system and pausing the control of the vehicle, and monitor the coupler during repositioning of the vehicle.
US10543869B2
An electronic control unit diagnoses a short failure of an inverter FETs and diagnoses whether the failure of the FET-short detecting section has occurred. The unit controls a motor through an inverter including a bridge having an upper-stage FETs and a lower-stage FETs via an MCU, having: an FET-short detecting section to detect a short failure of the upper-stage FETs and the lower-stage FETs based on respective connection point voltages of the upper-stage FETs and the lower-stage FETs; and a diagnostic function to detect a failure of the FET-short detecting section. The diagnostic function diagnoses the failure of the FET-short detecting section at start up and turns-OFF the upper-stage FETs and the lower-stage FETs when the failure is detected. The FET-short detecting section diagnoses the short failure of the upper-stage FETs and the lower-stage FETs when the failure of the FET-short detecting section is not detected.
US10543868B2
When an AC rotary machine having a rotor structure for generating saliency, and including first three-phase windings and second three-phase windings is controlled, a first position estimation command to be superimposed on a voltage command or a current command directed to each of the first three-phase windings and a second position estimation command to be superimposed on a voltage command or a current command directed to each of the second three-phase windings are set to have the same frequency, and caused to have a phase difference, thereby increasing an estimation accuracy of a rotation position of the AC rotary machine.
US10543862B1
The present invention is generally a load-bearing assembly that may be expanded so as to increase a surface area on which to support different sized loads. The load-bearing assembly may be constructed with multiple T-shaped frames or housings that register with each other forming a unique H-shaped frame design. The two T-shaped housings register with each other in a manner that facilitates the adjustment of the width of the load-bearing assembly. Extensions enclosed within each housing and extendable at terminal ends of each T-shaped housing extend outwardly from their respective terminal ends to adjust a length of the load-bearing assembly. The load-bearing assembly may be constructed of a light, sturdy metal alloy that is lightweight. Applications include moving inventory inside warehouses or moving furniture or appliances from one location to another.
US10543859B2
It is described a system and method to monitor railway wheels, which includes obtaining images of the railway wheel by means of stereo cameras and performing a three-dimensional and two-dimensional model of the railway wheel by means of these images. This two-dimensional model is subjected to analysis of the profile of the railway wheel, comparing it with a two-dimensional model of an ideal wheel and thus measuring the effective wear of its profile. The three-dimensional model is subjected to analysis of the surface of the railway wheel, also comparing it with a three-dimensional model of an ideal wheel and thus measuring the effective wear of its surface.
US10543851B2
A parking assistance system executes a process to measure the parking space by a sensor prior to carrying out an automated parking maneuver and to detect the parking space type from a plurality of detectable parking space types using specific criteria on the basis of the measurement of the parking space. The plurality of parking space types includes a longitudinal parking space type, in which a vehicle can park longitudinally, a transverse parking space type, in which a vehicle can park transversely, and a universal parking space type in which the vehicle can park both longitudinally as well as transversely. In the event that the parking space has been detected as a universal parking space type, the parking assistance system provides the driver with the choice to select a parking direction, namely whether the parking assistance system is to park longitudinally or transversely into the parking space. The parking assistance system parks the vehicle into the parking space longitudinally or transversely according to the selection of the driver, wherein the parking trajectory depends on the selection of the driver.
US10543848B2
An Electronic Stability Control (ESC) system for a vehicle is disclosed. An electronic control unit (ECU) is programmed to reduce vehicle lateral skidding by reducing differences between an intended vehicle direction and/or yaw rate and an actual vehicle direction and/or yaw rate by applying modifications to operation of the vehicle brakes and/or throttle. The ESC system receives inputs from wheel speed sensors, a steering wheel position sensor, a yaw rate sensor and a lateral acceleration sensor. The ESC system also receives input that indicates at least a property of the road upon which the vehicle is located, wherein the road upon which the vehicle is located is determined from a positioning system that uses a map database and the property is determined from the map database. The ESC system incorporates the road property information in determining when and/or how to modify operation of the vehicle to reduce vehicle skidding.
US10543834B2
A method for operating a drive device for a motor vehicle, which has an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. A drive shaft of the internal combustion engine can be coupled to a motor shaft of the electric motor by a shift clutch. The shift clutch is adjusted to a desired clutch torque over a dragging period for startup of the internal combustion engine. Prior to the startup, a quantity of heat that is expected to accrue in the shift clutch during the startup is predicted and, when the predicted quantity of heat exceeds a limit value, at least one operating parameter of the drive device that influences the startup is chosen in such a way that the quantity of heat expected to accrue is reduced.
US10543833B2
A system and method are provided for hybrid electric internal combustion engine applications in which a motor-generator, a narrow switchable coupling and a torque transfer unit therebetween are arranged and positioned in the constrained environment at the front of an engine in applications such as commercial vehicles, off-road vehicles and stationary engine installations. The motor-generator is preferably positioned laterally offset from the switchable coupling, which is co-axially-arranged with the front end of the engine crankshaft. The switchable coupling is an integrated unit in which a crankshaft vibration damper, an engine accessory drive pulley and a disengageable clutch overlap such that the axial depth of the clutch-pulley-damper unit is nearly the same as a conventional belt drive pulley and engine damper. The front end motor-generator system includes an electrical energy store that receives electrical energy generated by the motor-generator when the coupling is engaged. When the coupling is disengaged, the motor-generator may drive the pulley portion of the clutch-pulley-damper to drive the engine accessories using energy returned from the energy store, independent of the engine crankshaft.
US10543829B2
A hybrid vehicle includes an engine, a first motor, a planetary gear mechanism, a second motor, a battery, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: set a shift stage based on a depression amount of an accelerator and a vehicle speed or a driver's operation; set a base driving force based on the degree of the depression amount of the accelerator, the vehicle speed, and a target rotation speed; set a correction driving force such that the correction driving force increases with an increase in elapsed time after upshifting or an increase in the vehicle speed after upshifting when the shift stage upshifts; and control the engine, the first motor, and the second motor such that a driving force obtained by correcting the base driving force using the correction driving force is output to the drive shaft.
US10543823B2
In order to minimize spreading, without additional parts, of connecting bolts of a pneumatic brake booster in a manner which is brought about by the deformation of a bearing surface on a booster housing before and during its assembly on a provided vehicle body part, it is proposed that the bearing surface is assigned a planar surface section in an immediately adjacent manner which is configured so as to be plane-parallel with respect to the bearing surface and so as to be axially inwardly recessed on the booster housing with a circumferential step.
US10543819B2
A power-assisted hydraulic braking system includes a main brake line into which a setpoint brake pressure can be introduced via a brake valve actuated by a brake pedal, and from which a plurality of wheel brake lines branch off, each leading to an actuating unit of a wheel brake, and a valve arrangement of an ABS controller, comprising an inlet valve disposed between the main brake line and one of the wheel brake lines and an outlet valve disposed between the relevant wheel brake line and a pressureless return line. The inlet valve and the outlet valve are embodied as pressure-controlled 2/2-way switching valves with suitably sized switching cross-sections. At least one pilot control valve is associated with each of the inlet valve and the outlet valve, via which a control connection can be alternately subjected to a low or high control pressure to change over.
US10543813B2
A wiper blade is presented having a wiper strip, a primary frame, and a pair of secondary frames. The primary frame having a connection device capable of connecting the wiper blade to a wiper arm disposed on a top side of the primary frame, and a connection structure disposed, on opposite ends of the primary frame. The pair of secondary frame, each have a central pivot connection portion and two leg portions extending from the central pivot connection portion, a pivot structure disposed on the central pivot connection portion of the secondary frames wherein the pivot structure of the secondary frames are connected to the connection structures on the ends of the primary frame. A wiper blade is also presented having a wiper strip, a force distribution structure having opposite ends, and a cover.
US10543808B2
Method for preventing security breaches via the two-thief method of attack of passive remote keyless entry systems for vehicles. The method involves the transmission of a signal between a fob and the vehicle, where the level of the signal changes in a particular pattern. At the receiving side, anomalies in the pattern of the received signal (e.g., levels, timing) are detected and used to detect attempts to mimic the signal.
US10543806B2
A seatbelt assembly that includes a tongue assembly having a weblock mounted to a tongue selectively securable to a buckle; a webbing extends through the weblock between a torso portion and a lap portion; and with the weblock allowing for the webbing to slide between the torso and lap portions when in an unlocked position and pivoting relative to the tongue when in a locked position to reorient the torso portion extending from the tongue.
US10543805B2
A side airbag device includes: an airbag which is stored in a storage part provided on a side of an occupant sitting on a seat of a vehicle in a normal posture, and is deployed and inflated forward between the occupant and a side wall part by an inflation gas supplied from a gas generator in response to an impact applied from a side to the side wall part of the vehicle; an exhaust port configured to exhaust an inflation gas, the exhaust port being provided with the airbag and open toward a direction along a wall surface of the side wall part; and an opening varying mechanism configured to reduce an opening area of the exhaust port in a later stage of deployment and inflation of the airbag compared to an initial stage.
US10543804B2
A first panel 12 includes: a fold-back part 12c formed by folding back the first panel along an edge part 12a of the first panel; and a seam allowance part 12d laid on top of the fold-back part 12c, the second panel 13 is sewed to the first panel with a first chain stitch 17 while being laid on top of the fold-back part 12c, and a chain part 17a of the first chain stitch 17 is located between the fold-back part 12c and the seam allowance part 12d. Thus, because the chain part 17a of the first chain stitch 17 is covered by the seam allowance part 12d of the first panel 12, the chain part 17a of the first chain stitch 17 is prevented from rubbing against other members during deployment of the airbag 11, whereby the reliability of a sewing section 14 can be enhanced.
US10543801B2
An airbag for a vehicle includes an airbag cushion and a tether. The airbag cushion is installed on one side of a seat and is composed of multiple chambers. When the airbag is deployed, the airbag cushion extends to a front side of the seat and the chambers are consecutively arranged in a superior-inferior direction of the seat. The tether connects the chambers to each other or connects one chamber to a vehicle body. The multiple chambers include a normal chamber deployed to the front side of the seat and a confining chamber bent toward an occupant when being deployed. The confining chamber is pressed by the adjacent normal chamber, or pulled or pressed by the tether. Thus, a front half portion of the confining chamber is folded toward a rear half portion of the confining chamber, thereby coming into tight contact with the occupant.
US10543798B2
A method and apparatus for protecting a passenger during a crash comprises a moveable seat with an energy absorber (EA) that allows the seat to stroke a finite distance to decelerate the passenger in a controlled manner. The seat is designed so that one of a plurality of fixed profile EA's can be selectively engaged to provide a tailored EA composite profile adapted to the occupant's weight and anticipated crash environment. The tailored EA composite profile applies a frequency matched, low onset force to the seat, which substantially eliminates problems associated with dynamic overshoot of the passenger's spine.
US10543793B2
A decorative part for an interior trim of a motor vehicle includes a carrier layer and a covering layer. The covering layer is arranged on the carrier layer. The covering layer has a higher fraction of natural fibers than the carrier layer and is mechanically connected to the carrier layer by needle punching.
US10543791B2
A display screen mount mounts a display screen (6) to the rear of a seat (1). The mount includes a guide which defines a guide path to guide the display screen support (7) from a stowed position to a deployed position. The guide path also allows for adjustment of the viewing angle in the deployed position. The guide path has a linear portion (105) along which the display screen support (7) is guided into a deployed position in which the screen is visible to the user and a non-linear portion (106) which allows different viewing angles of the display screen (6) to be adopted in the deployed position.
US10543787B2
A rearview mirror for a vehicle includes a housing defining an interior cavity and an open side, a substrate rigidly coupled within the open side of the housing and having a reflective surface thereon, and an actuation mechanism coupled within the housing. The actuation mechanism has a mounting plate rotatably coupled within the cavity of the housing at a first end of the mounting plate, a first gear rack being defined on a second end of the mounting plate, and a motor rigidly coupled within the interior cavity of the housing adjacent the second end of the mounting plate. The motor has a first pinion gear coupled with an output shaft thereof and in a mesh engagement with the gear rack.
US10543773B2
A cinch strap system for securing cargo to a dolly or other type of hand truck having a first and second strap. The first strap has opposing first and second loop ends. A first loop is on the first loop end of the first strap and secures at least two rings to the first strap. A second loop is on the second loop end of the first strap. The second strap is of longer length than the first strap and includes a second strap loop on one end of the second strap. The end of the second strap opposing the second strap loop is a free end.
US10543772B1
A strap securing device and method for securing a free end of a strap to a metallic surface including an upper jaw, a lower jaw, and a leverage arm is disclosed. One of either the lower jaw or the upper jaw has a jagged contour and a magnetic surface. The upper jaw and the lower jaw are secured together through the leverage arm, which pinches the free end of a strap between the upper and lower jaws. The magnetic surface allows for attachment of the strap securing device to a metallic surface, such as the surface of a truck bed.
US10543771B2
An assembly for mounting a platform to a vehicle rooftop is disclosed. The assembly includes a rail mounted on a bottom side of the platform, having a linear track. A clamp assembly is slidably mounted in the linear track, and is configured to grip a crossbar. The clamp assembly includes a fixation device configured to stop movement of the clamp assembly in a selected position along the track.
US10543758B2
Embodiments for reducing unwanted motion experienced by an occupant of a vehicle by a processor. In response to an anticipated movement of the vehicle, a motion of a seating surface of the vehicle is caused to at least partially compensate for the anticipated movement of the vehicle.
US10543745B2
The present invention relates to a curve-combined square pressure tank with which curves are combined so as to maintain internal high pressure, improve space efficiency, and reduce the weight thereof, and to a pressure tank, in which planes and curves are combined, formed by connecting flat plate members and curved members, having a plurality of aligned tension members for connecting the flat plate members facing each other, and having stress buffer parts formed at connection parts of the flat plate members and the curved members so as to enable internal pressure to be maintained.
US10543733B2
A heating, ventilation, and air condition (HVAC) system of a work vehicle includes a housing configured to mount to a structure of a cab of the work vehicle. The housing includes at least one mounting assembly configured to support at least one heat exchanger within the housing, and the at least one mounting assembly is configured to position the at least one heat exchanger such that the at least one heat exchanger extends through the structure from an interior of the cab to an exterior of the cab while the at least one heat exchanger is coupled to the at least one mounting assembly.
US10543732B2
A vehicle air-conditioning unit has an air conditioning case and a case interior member. The air conditioning case defines a case passage in which air flows toward a vehicle compartment. The air conditioning case has a recess defining portion that is located in the case passage and defines a recessed portion. The case interior member has a guide portion and a cover. The guide portion guides the air flowing in the case passage. The cover is located in the recessed portion. The cover prevents the air, flowing in the case passage, from flowing into the recessed portion.
US10543723B2
Air pressure measuring device (10) for a vehicle wheel (2), having a valve body (11) which constitutes a first element (31) and which can be inserted in a through-hole (5) in a vehicle wheel rim (1), having a cap nut (30) which constitutes a second element (32) for axially tensioning valve body (11) on the vehicle wheel rim (1), wherein when the air pressure measuring device (10) is in the installed state a threaded connection (35) is created between the valve body (11) and the cap nut (30), consisting of a thread (40) formed on the valve body (11) and a thread (41) formed on cap nut (30), wherein, in order to create one of the two threads (40, 41) both elements (31, 32) are made from materials of different hardnesses, a self-cutting thread (40) is produced in the element (31) that is made of the harder material, and a deforming section (39) is produced in the element (32) that is made of the softer material, in and in which the other thread (41) can be created by cooperation with the self-cutting thread (40).
US10543721B2
A method of operating a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) includes executing tire pressure monitoring of at least one tire installed on a vehicle in a first mode, and transmitting frequency signal loss information to a center if a loss of a frequency signal in the first mode occurs in a designated time period.
US10543717B2
A drive axle shaft and method for making the same are provided. The drive axle shaft includes an elongate tubular body and a wheel flange. The elongate tubular body has a longitudinal axis and comprises a first end portion and a second end. The second end is configured to be coupled to a side gear in a differential. The wheel flange is disposed at the first end portion and is configured to support a vehicle wheel. The elongate tubular body and the wheel flange are formed as a unitary body without any weld therebetween.
US10543713B2
A pamphlet with a plurality of pages with a placard attached to the fold line of the pamphlet at a plurality of connection points by, staples. The placard attached to the fold line can be pivoted about the fold line to a position perpendicular or parallel to the pamphlet.
US10543703B2
A tape cassette having a box-like case having first through sixth outer walls. The first and second outer walls extend in parallel and arranged in a first direction perpendicular to the first and second outer walls, the third and fourth outer walls extend in parallel and arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the third and fourth outer walls, the fifth and sixth outer walls extend in parallel and arranged in a third direction perpendicular to the fifth and sixth outer walls, and the first, second and third directions are perpendicular to each other. A discharging port is provided on the fourth outer wall, and a substrate having a storage storing electronically-retrievable information regarding the tape cassette. The substrate is provided to the third outer wall, and at least a part of the substrate overlaps at least a part of the discharge port in the second direction.
US10543702B2
A transportation device includes a cover member that is displaceable between a closing position for closing an opening of a body case and an opening position for opening the opening, a processing unit that is arranged inside the body case, and performs a specified processing with respect to a medium transported to a working area communicating with the outside of the body case through the opening when the cover member is positioned at the opening position, and a transmitted unit that is positioned at a first position different from a position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the closing position, and is positioned at a second position which is the position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the opening position.
US10543701B2
A thermal transfer printing apparatus including a feed roll feeding an ink ribbon during forward rotation, a thermal head performing a printing process that involves thermally transferring a color material onto first printing paper using the ink ribbon fed by the feed roll, and a recovery roll winding up the used ink ribbon during forward rotation, the used ink ribbon being the ink ribbon that has been subjected to the thermal transfer. After the feed roll and the recovery roll are rotated backward to rewind the used ink ribbon onto the feed roll, the used ink ribbon is fed from the feed roll and a color material is thermally transferred by the thermal head onto second printing paper based on a disturbance pattern. Because the disturbance pattern is superimposed on a residual image remaining on the ink ribbon, it is possible to prevent leakage of the residual image.
US10543699B2
A printing apparatus includes a holding unit that holds a plurality of roll bodies, a transport device (100) which has a transport unit (110) that imparts a transport force by coming into contact with a medium (M), a pressing unit (120) which presses the medium (M) toward the transport unit (110), and an adjustment unit (140) which is able to adjust a pressing force on the medium (M) in each of a plurality of regions in a width direction, the transport device (100) is able to transport the plurality of mediums (M) in the transport direction (F) in a state of being lined up in the width direction, a printing unit which performs printing on the medium (M), and a control unit which controls the adjustment unit (140) such that pressing force on the medium (M) in the non-printing state is smaller than in the printing state.
US10543697B2
A method for printing on at least partially transparent containers, wherein, in a first printing step, a first printing image is printed onto the container by the application of at least one printing ink, and wherein, in a second printing step, a second printing image is printed onto the container by the application of at least one printing ink, wherein the printing images are printed at least partially covering one another, and specifically in such a way that ink layers are applied in a temporal offset sequence onto the container, wherein a first ink layer is allocated to the first printing image and a second ink layer is allocated to the second printing image, and that between the first and second printing image a reflection layer is at least partially provided, by means of which the printing images are at least partially optically separated from one another.
US10543696B2
A thermal print head includes: a substrate having an obverse surface; a plurality of heat generators arranged on the substrate in a main scanning direction; and a wiring layer provided on the substrate and constituting an energization path to the heat generators. The substrate has a protrusion protruding from the obverse surface and extending in the main scanning direction. The protrusion has a top portion having the largest distance from the obverse surface, and an inclined portion connected to the top portion in a sub-scanning direction. The inclined portion is inclined relative to the obverse surface at a predetermined angle. Each of the plurality of heat generators extends across a boundary between the top portion and the inclined portion. Each of the heat generators is formed on at least a part of the top portion and at least a part of the inclined portion in the sub-scanning direction.
US10543695B2
A photocurable white ink composition for inkjet printing contains: a photopolymerizable compound that contains: virtually no vinyl formamide; 0.1 to 20 percent by mass of a monofunctional monomer containing an ether group relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; 35 to 70 percent by mass of a monofunctional monomer containing a cyclic structure relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; 5 to 40 percent by mass of a multifunctional monomer relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; an acyl phosphine oxide photopolymerization initiator by 3 to 20 percent by mass relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; and titanium dioxide; wherein, the viscosity of said photocurable white ink composition for inkjet printing is 100 mPa·s or less at 25° C.
US10543693B2
A tank includes: a first surface which extends in a first direction, which defines a liquid storage chamber, and which has an inlet for injecting the liquid into the liquid storage chamber; and a pair of second surfaces which extend in a second direction intersecting the first surface and which define the liquid storage chamber, wherein at least a part of each of the second surfaces is composed of a film, and at least one of the pair of second surfaces has a first area which has a first length in the second direction from the first surface and which is composed of a wall having a rigidity higher than that of the film.
US10543692B2
A liquid supply unit includes an outer shell, a liquid supply portion that is arranged in the outer shell and can supply a liquid to the liquid ejection apparatus, and an engaged structure including an engaged portion that can engage with the engagement portion of the liquid ejection apparatus, and a first opening that is formed in the outer shell and through which the engagement structure can be inserted. The engaged portion is arranged further inward than an outer surface of the outer shell.
US10543689B2
A roll unit includes a feeding roller to which a belt-shaped member is wound, and a winding roller to which the belt-shaped member fed from the feeding roll is wound. One of the feeding roller and the winding roller is relatively movable to the other of the feeding roller and the winding roller.
US10543682B2
A head unit control circuit controls a head unit. The head unit includes an ejector, a determination circuit, and an ejection limit circuit. The ejector includes a displaceable piezoelectric element for controlling the liquid ejection. The piezoelectric element is displaced by changing a drive signal potential. The determination circuit determines whether the piezoelectric element has a predetermined electrical storage capability. The ejection limit circuit stops the drive signal to limit the ejection of the liquid based on the determination. The head unit control circuit includes: a first terminal that outputs an instruction signal instructing the head unit to execute the determination; a second terminal that outputs the drive signal; and a third terminal that is between the first terminal and the second terminal. The third terminal has a smaller potential change width than the second terminal when the ejecting section ejects the liquid.
US10543681B2
An object of the invention is to provide a liquid jet head and a liquid jet device each capable of improving the print quality even in the case in which an error occurs in the print data. The liquid jet head includes a receiving section adapted to receive print data, a discriminant section adapted to discriminate whether or not the print data received is non-defective, and a control section adapted to hold the print data in a case in which the print data is non-defective, or perform printing based on the print data held currently without holding the print data received in a case in which the print data received is defective.
US10543676B2
An image recording method includes a first intermediate image forming step of applying an ink onto an intermediate transfer member to form a first intermediate image, a second intermediate image forming step of applying a transfer assisting liquid containing thermoplastic resin particles and rosin-based resin particles to the first intermediate image formed on the intermediate transfer member to form a second intermediate image, and a transfer step of bringing the second intermediate image formed on the intermediate transfer member into contact with a recording medium, peeling off the second intermediate image from the intermediate transfer member while the contact state with the recording medium is maintained, and transferring the second intermediate image to the recording medium. In the transfer step, the second intermediate image brought into contact with the recording medium has a temperature not less than the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic resin particles.
US10543675B2
A blade assembly of a waste catchment system for a roller comprises a support plate for attachment to a tray of the waste catchment system and a blade holder. The blade holder is configured to receive a blade having a free edge adapted to engage with the roller to be cleaned. The blade holder includes a channel for receiving and retaining the blade, the blade being insertable into and removable from the blade holder by sliding with respect thereto. The blade holder and the blade comprise respective co-operating elements configured to permit sliding of the blade relative to the blade holder in the longitudinal direction of the blade and to constrain the blade against movement relative to the blade in a direction perpendicular to the said longitudinal axis.
US10543673B2
Described herein is a system and method for detecting and compensating for an anomaly in three-dimensional object fabrication. A wall thickness computation component computes a wall thickness of a three-dimensional object to be fabricated. An edge map generation component generates an edge map for one or more portions of the three-dimensional object to be fabricated satisfying one or more wall thickness criteria. The wall thickness criteria includes, for example, a computed wall thickness less than an extrusion width of a fabrication apparatus, a computed wall thickness greater than an extrusion width and less than twice the extrusion width and/or a computed wall thickness not an integer multiple of the extrusion width. A tool path generation component generates a tool path based on the generated edge map.
US10543671B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to the decorating and printing of three-dimensional edible media on a printable base media based on a user selected image. A base can be determined to support and couple the printed 3D edible media based on the user selected image to the printable base media. Using a user interface, the user selected image can be modified and adapted to print based on a 3D printer's capabilities. Maneuvers of either a platform or a printhead of the 3D printer can be tracked for secondary treatments to either the printed 3D edible media or the printable base media.
US10543670B2
A separating film with an anti-adhesion layer for preventing an adhesive connection between a thermally curable levelling compound, applied in the region of a joining zone of a first component, and a joining zone of a second component to be joined to the first component. The anti-adhesion layer is provided, at least in parts, with a heating layer. As a result of the actively electrically heatable heating layer of the separating film, which is an integral part of the separating film, the processing time for joining two components, which are subject to tolerances, using a thermally curable levelling compound (known as liquid shimming), can be reduced by at least 40% compared with the conventional process.
US10543663B2
A thermal protection system is provided for a vehicle substructure. The thermal protection system comprises an outer layer for protecting the vehicle substructure. The thermal protection system further comprises an inner layer for conforming to the vehicle substructure. The thermal protection system also comprises an insulation layer sandwiched between the inner and outer layers. The insulation layer includes a porous low-density ceramic insulating material having a densified portion that covers an inner surface of the outer layer to strengthen adhesion.
US10543660B2
A heat-insulation sheet includes a first silica xerogel layer, a second silica xerogel layer, and a composite layer. The first silica xerogel layer includes a first silica xerogel, and the second silica xerogel layer includes a second silica xerogel. The composite layer is located between the first silica xerogel layer and the second silica xerogel layer, and includes at least one type of unwoven fabric fibers, and a third silica xerogel. The third silica xerogel is located in a spatial volume of the unwoven fabric fibers.
US10543657B2
In one example, a housing for an electronic device may be disclosed which may include a first multi-layer structure. The first multi-layer structure may include a first layer and a second layer formed on the first layer. Each of the first layer and the second layer may include a plurality of protruding features and a plurality of recessing features on an edge of the first layer and the second layer. At least one of the plurality of recessing features of one layer may intersect at least one of the plurality of protruding features of other layer.
US10543656B2
The present disclosure relates to a shrink film comprising a polyester composition comprising: (1) at least one polyester which comprises: (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising: (i) about 70 to about 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues; (ii) about 0 to about 30 mole % of aromatic and/or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; and (b) a diol component comprising: (i) about 0.01 to about 30 mole % neopentyl glycol residues; (ii) about 0.01 to about less than 15 mole % 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues; (iii) about 50 to 90 mole % ethylene glycol residues; and (iv) about 2 to 15 mole % total diethylene glycol residues in the final polyester composition; wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, and wherein the total mole % of the diol component is 100 mole %.
US10543651B2
An end-cap arrangement for a polymer pressure vessel comprises an end-cap, a filler element for being provided in the vicinity of the end part of the polymer pressure vessel, and a polymer outer ring. The end-cap comprises a polymer end-cap part and a polymer inner ring part being integrally connected to the polymer end cap part. The end-cap is provided for inserting into an end part of the polymer pressure vessel such that the polymer end-cap part seals the end part of the polymer pressure vessel. The polymer inner ring part and the polymer outer ring are arranged for providing radial compression of the filler element.
US10543649B2
There is disclosed a cutting mechanism for severing elongate fibre reinforcement material in composite material lay-up equipment, the cutting mechanism comprising a cutting element and a counteracting element which cooperate to sever fibre reinforcement material extending through the nip between them, the cutting element being mounted on an elongate arm which is pivotable about a pivot axis A spaced from the nip, to displace the cutting element relatively to the counteracting element to perform a cutting stroke, the mechanism further comprising guide means arranged to guide the fibre reinforcement material through the nip in a feed direction transverse to the pivot axis A, and an actuation device for driving the elongate arm in a cutting stroke, the actuation device acting on the elongate arm at a position away from the cutting element. There is also provided composite material lay-up equipment comprising the cutting mechanism.
US10543641B2
A 3D printer has a dual stage structure and includes: a frame; an extrusion unit having a nozzle configured to extrude a raw material; a stacking base unit positioned under the extrusion unit and configured to receive the raw material on a surface thereof so that an object is formed in a layer-by-layer manner on the surface; and a cutting unit positioned between the stacking base unit and the extrusion unit and configured to grind or cut the object formed on the surface of the stacking base unit, wherein the frame is configured to be connected to outer sides of the stacking base unit, the extrusion unit, and the cutting unit, the stacking base unit and the cutting unit are configured to be vertically movable along the frame, and the nozzle is configured to be movable on a plane.
US10543627B2
An injection apparatus including a plasticizing unit (2) that plasticizes a raw material resin and an injection unit (3) that injects a plasticized molten resin. The plasticizing unit includes a heating cylinder (20) having a foaming gas injection valve and a screw (21) provided inside the heating cylinder. The rotation and advance and retreat movements of the screw are controlled such that a raw material resin is plasticized by the screw and a foaming gas injected from a foaming gas injection valve is dissolved in the plasticized molten resin. After the screw retreats to a prescribed position according as the molten resin accumulates in the front end side of the heating cylinder by the screw that is rotating, the screw advances with rotating to cause the molten resin which has been accumulated in the front end side of the heating cylinder to be transferred to the injection unit.
US10543626B2
Articles and methods of manufacture of poly(vinyl chloride)-based substrates are described. The substrates may be utilized in various consumer, industrial, transportation, building and construction, and agricultural applications and may include reclaimed poly(vinyl chloride).
US10543622B2
Various aspects of an apparatus are disclosed. In a particular aspect, an apparatus comprising a cylindrical filter, a filter cleaning knob, and a filter cleaning flap is disclosed. Within such embodiment, the filter cleaning knob is configured to rotate the cylindrical filter. The filter cleaning flap is coupled to the cylindrical filter and configured to sequentially make contact with a plurality of pleated segments of the cylindrical filter as the filter cleaning knob is rotated.
US10543618B2
A pallet feeder assembly for use with a concrete products machine of a type supporting a mold box within a production zone comprises a conveyor having a load/unload expanse configured to be disposed below the production zone, an upstream staging expanse upstream, and upstream and downstream ends. A plurality of sensors operative to detect a presence of a pallet on the conveyor are disposed along a length of the conveyor and include sensors disposed upstream and downstream of the load/unload expanse. Transport means on the conveyor move a pallet loaded on the transport means between the upstream and downstream ends of the conveyor. An open portion within the load/unload expanse is configured to admit a lifting means for raising the pallet from the transport means up into the production zone against an underside of a mold box during a production cycle of a concrete products machine.
US10543610B2
A shaving blade cartridge includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis having a top side, a bottom side opposite to the top side, and first and second longitudinal sides each extending longitudinally along the longitudinal axis between the top and bottom sides. A primary cutting blade is mounted on the housing between the first and second longitudinal sides, and has a cutting edge. A primary cap is located rearward of the cutting edge. A primary guard is located forward of the cutting edge. A trimming element, mounted on the housing, has a trimming edge. The trimming edge and the cutting edge are opposite one another. The primary cap is provided on a rear element, and the rear element is fitted on the housing. The trimming element is sandwiched between the housing and the primary cap.
US10543590B2
A fastener-driving tool has a housing including a combustion chamber, where the combustion chamber generates combustion for driving a fastener, and a processor associated with the housing and in communication with the combustion chamber. The processor is configured to cause an initial combustion in the combustion chamber and cause a fastener to be driven when a first actuation event and a second actuation event occur, and is configured to cause at least one subsequent combustion in the combustion chamber and cause at least one additional fastener to be driven when only the first actuation event occurs.
US10543582B2
An abrasive film capable of preventing an undercut of an optical fiber after polishing, while providing a great grinding force is provided. An abrasive film includes a substrate and an abrasive layer overlaid on a top face side thereof, the abrasive layer including a resin binder and abrasive particles dispersed in the resin binder; the content of abrasive particles having a primary particle size of no less than 70 nm being no less than 10% by mass and no greater than 50% by mass with respect to the total abrasive particles; the content of the abrasive particles in the abrasive layer being no less than 84% by mass; and the indentation hardness of the abrasive layer being no greater than 370 N/mm2. The abrasive particles are preferably silica particles. An average thickness of the abrasive layer is preferably no less than 4 μm and no greater than 15 μm.
US10543571B2
A Ni—Cr—Fe-based alloy brazing filler material to which Cu is added, and which has a low melting temperature, and is inexpensive and excellent in corrosion resistance and in strength, for use in manufacture of stainless-steel heat exchangers or the like, specifically, a Ni—Cr—Fe-based alloy brazing filler material, including, in mass %, Cr: 15 to 30%; Fe: 15 to 30%; Cu: 2.1 to 7.5%; P: 3 to 12%; and Si: 0 to 8%; and the balance being Ni and unavoidable impurities, wherein the total content of Cr and Fe is 30 to 54%, and the total content of P and Si is 7 to 14%.
US10543569B2
A bonding material of a silver paste contains: fine silver particles having an average primary particle diameter of 1 to 200 nm, each of the fine silver particles being coated with an organic compound having a carbon number of not greater than 8, such as sorbic acid; and a solvent mixed with the fine silver particles, wherein a diol, such as an octanediol, is used as the solvent and wherein a triol having a boiling point of 200 to 300° C., a viscosity of 2,000 to 10,000 mPa·s at 20° C. and at least one methyl group, such as 3-methylbutane-1,2,3-triol or 2-methylbutane-1,2,4-triol, is mixed with the solvent as an addition agent.
US10543568B2
A laser processing head able to prevent leakage of a coolant out of a flow path or a coolant supply pipe. The laser processing head includes a closed-circulation path that circulates the coolant for removing the heat generated in the laser processing head due to a laser beam propagating in the laser processing head, and a coolant circulation device that allows the coolant to flow in the circulation path and circulates the coolant in the circulation path.
US10543561B2
A welding gun includes a driving-force transmission mechanism which converts linear displacement of an output unit of a driving unit into rotational displacement of a clamping arm. The driving-force transmission mechanism includes: an inclined part which is integrally displaced with the linear displacement of the output unit, and which is inclined with respect to the displacement direction of the output unit; and a part to be pressed which is pressed by the inclined part. The clamping arm rotates in accordance with movement of the part to be pressed which is pressed by the displaced inclined part, and generates clamping force.
US10543555B2
The invention described herein generally pertains to a system and method related to a semi-automatic or a manual welding operation and utilizing a member or a clamp to removeably secure a torch or a torch cable to a wire feeder. The member can include a first portion that is separated from a second portion, wherein a curved portion is in between the first portion and the second portion. The member can include an opening on the first portion that blocks a path of connect or disconnect with a portion of the torch or the torch cable. Further, the member can include an aperture on the second portion that is used to couple to a portion of the wire feeder with a fastener.
US10543554B2
A welding or cutting system is provided that uses welding cables between a wire feeder and a power supply for high-speed data communications between the wire feeder and the power supply. A system designed as discussed herein eliminates the need for voltage and/or current sense leads for communication arc voltages/currents detected at the welding operation.
US10543545B2
A method of initializing a multiferroic element for obtaining a stable element operation includes applying at least one selected from a group consisting of an electric field and a magnetic field to the multiferroic element under a temperature condition equal to or higher than a phase transition temperature. The multiferroic element has a laminated structural body including a first alloy layer and a second alloy layer. The first alloy layer is formed by using any of antimony-tellurium, bismuth-tellurium and bismuth-selenium as a principal component. The second alloy layer is laminated on the first alloy layer, and formed by using a compound represented by the following general formula (1) as a principal component. The second alloy layer is configured to undergo phase transition between a reset phase and a set phase. Electric polarization is not caused in the reset phase, but caused in the set phase. The second alloy layer undergoes the phase transition from the reset phase to the set phase at the phase transition temperature.[Chemical Formula 1] M1-xTex (1) Here, in the above-mentioned general formula (1), M represents an atom of any of germanium, aluminum and silicon, and x represents a numerical value of 0.5 or more and lower than 1.
US10543544B2
This disclosure relates to a machine tool comprising a tool holder which rotates relative to a workpiece to be machined and has a tool axis, and a plurality of cutting inserts that are removably attached to the tool holder, the active cutting edges of said cutting inserts having a common cutting circle which is coaxial to the tool axis. According to this disclosure, the tool holder has a cylinder-type insert seat shell for radially positioning the cutting inserts, which rotates about the tool axis. The cutting inserts have at least one contact surface that can be brought into contact with the insert seat shell.
US10543542B2
A miter saw includes a base assembly, a bevel arm pivotably coupled to the base assembly, and a saw unit pivotably coupled to the bevel arm about a horizontal chop axis. The saw unit includes a saw blade rotatable about a blade axis and a motor having an output shaft inclined at an oblique included angle relative to the blade axis. The miter saw also includes a guide rail coupling the saw unit to the base assembly and a battery selectively electrically connectable with the motor to provide power to the motor. The bevel arm and saw unit are pivotable relative to the base assembly, from an orientation in which the saw blade is substantially vertical, in both a first direction about the bevel axis by a bevel angle of at least about 45 degrees and an opposite, second direction by a bevel angle of at least about 45 degrees.
US10543541B2
A helical broach which eliminates the need for a fixing means for fixing a workpiece during gear machining is provided. The helical broach includes: a plurality of cutting edges; a spiral flute formed between adjacent cutting edges to extend in a spiral manner with a predetermined helix angle with respect to an axial direction of the helical broach; and a gullet formed between adjacent cutting edges to extend with a predetermined helix angle with respect to a circumferential direction of the helical broach. In the helical broach, the expression: 0.5≤tan β/tan(α+β)≤0.7 is satisfied, wherein β is the helix angle of the spiral flute, and (90°−α) is the helix angle of the gullet with reference to a central axis of the helical broach. An internal gear machining method using the helical broach is also provided.
US10543527B2
Conditions for soft reduction are determined in a method of continuous casting in accordance with a method utilizing the thickness of a slab strand to prevent center segregation from occurring in the strand due to an insufficient pressing rate or internal cracks from occurring in the strand due to an excessively high pressing rate.
US10543525B2
A method of verifying that a robot carried self-piercing rivet gun system is set-up so that workpieces that are to be riveted will be normal to a self-piercing rivet gun of the robot carried self-piercing rivet gun system during riveting includes utilizing a perpendicularity sensor to verify that the workpieces will be normal to the self-piercing gun during riveting.
US10543521B2
Disclosed is a press forming method press forming a workpiece between a die and a punch, while pushing the punch into the die by means of a relative motion of the die and the punch, the method includes: producing an intermediate molding (100B) having ridges (100d) formed in predetermined parts of the workpiece, and then press forming the intermediate molding (100B) into a final shape, to thereby substantially thicken and work-harden the predetermined parts of the workpiece.
US10543510B2
Non-conductive substrates, especially the sidewalls of micro/nano holes thereof are chemically modified (i.e., chemically grafted) by reduced graphene oxide (rGO). The rGO possesses excellent electrical conductivity and therefore the modified substrates become conductive, so that it can be directly electroplated. These rGO-grafted holes can pass thermal shock reliability test after electroplating. The rGO grafting process possesses many advantages, such as a short process time, no complex agent (i.e., no chelator), no toxic agents (i.e., formaldehyde for electroless Cu deposition). It is employed in an aqueous solution instead of an organic solvent, and therefore is environmentally friendly and beneficial for industrial production.
US10543509B2
An apparatus having a conductive body defined by a plurality of nanotubes forming a planar structure. The apparatus further includes a plurality of junctions, formed by adjacent nanotubes, and a plurality of conductive deposits positioned at the junctions to electrically join the adjacent nanotubes at the junctions and reduce electrical resistance between the nanotubes, thereby increasing overall conductivity of the body.
US10543508B2
A piston for a cartridge has a medium side and an actuation side, and includes a piston body, a piston cover arranged adjacent to at least a part of the piston body and a valve arranged within the piston body and adjacent to the piston cover, the piston body including a centering portion arranged at an outer region of an outer peripheral surface thereof. The centering portion including at least one venting device.
US10543507B2
A casing for coaxially receiving and fitting a cartridge or a cartridge-like container on an ejection device for ejecting a viscous compound, wherein at least one shell portion of the casing is telescopic, and wherein the telescopic portion has at least two tubular portions which are arranged coaxially to one another in certain portions, and which are displaceable relative to one another in the axial direction. The tubular portions are inter-engaged via latching elements and can be locked relative to one another in different positions, and that the first tubular portion has a flange with a coupling element at a first end and can be releasably connected by the coupling element to the ejection device directly or via an intermediate piece, and that the first tubular portion has a sliding portion on which the second tubular portion is displaceable between a first locked position into a second locked position.
US10543504B2
A microfluidic die is disclosed that includes a plurality of heaters above a substrate, a plurality of chambers and nozzles above the heaters, a plurality of first contacts coupled to the heaters, and a plurality of second contacts coupled to the heaters. The plurality of second contacts are coupled to each other and coupled to ground. The die includes a plurality of contact pads, a first signal line coupled to the plurality of second contacts and to a first one of the plurality of contact pads, and a plurality of second signal lines, each second signal line being coupled to one of the plurality of first contacts, groups of the second signal lines being coupled together to drive a group of the plurality of heaters with a single signal, each group of the second signal lines being coupled to a remaining one of the plurality of contact pads.
US10543503B1
A system and method for tagging, tracking, locating and identifying people and vehicles transporting people using Perfluorocarbon tracers. An on-going problem faced by military as well as law enforcement personnel is that of friendly fire incidents. To prevent possible friendly-fire incidents, troops would separate the two layers of the uniform patch, thereby releasing a controlled release of the Perfluorocarbon vapors. Other “friendly” troops, equipped with sensors tuned to the specific perfluorocarbon characteristics would thus be able to literally view a plume around the tagged person or object. The system may conversely be used to tag enemies. Formulations of mixed perfluorocarbons may be used to provide coding of emissions.
US10543502B2
A workpiece processing arrangement comprises a spray booth (2) defining a work space (21), and operable to provide a controlled environment for spraying of material, a first oven (4) located adjacent a first end of the spray booth, the first oven defining an internal zone, and a second oven (5) located adjacent a second end of the spray booth, the second oven defining an internal zone (51). The arrangement also includes a transport rail (6) which extends from the internal zone (41) of the first oven (4), through the work space (21) of the spray booth (2) into the internal zone (51) of the second oven (5), the transport rail (6) being adapted for transport of a workpiece (10) between the work space (21) of the spray booth (2) to the internal zone of the first or second oven (4, 5). A corresponding method of processing a work piece in such an arrangement indicates the steps to be used when processing a first and a second workpiece The ovens may have both a baking and a curing zone. A ventilation system with an air curtain (23) may be included.
US10543501B2
Methods and systems comprising a first and a second powder coating apparatus, with each apparatus comprising a tubular barrel having an axial bore extending longitudinally therethrough, are usable for coating an interior surface of a tubular member. Each coating apparatus comprises a conical member connected with the tubular barrel and at least one gas conduit connected to the tubular barrel for communicating gas into the tubular barrel. The at least one gas conduit contains a gas flow control valve connected thereto for controlling the volumetric flow rate of gas through the at least one gas conduit. Each coating apparatus further comprises at least one container for holding a coating material, an inlet conduit for communicating the coating material into the axial bore of the tubular barrel, and a plurality of gas nozzles connected to the tubular barrel for inducing spiraling gas flow through the axial bore of the tubular barrel.
US10543498B2
A sealant coating nozzle and a sealant coating apparatus are provided. The sealant coating nozzle includes a nozzle cavity, a nozzle opening communicated with the nozzle cavity, telescopic inner films located in the nozzle cavity and driving apparatuses configured to drive the telescopic inner films to deform in the nozzle cavity; a volume of the nozzle cavity is reduced by the telescopic inner films in a first deformation state to extrude sealant in the nozzle cavity via the nozzle opening, and the volume of the nozzle cavity is increased by the telescopic inner films in a second deformation state to suck the sealant at the nozzle opening into the nozzle cavity.
US10543491B2
The invention discloses a multi-stage suspension magnetizing roasting-magnetic separation system and method for refractory iron ore, which belongs to the field of mineral processing technology. This system comprises multistage suspension preheater, multistage suspension oxidizer, multistage suspension redactor, on-line grade analyzer, ore-like splitter, magnetic separator, dust remover, roots blower and other components and connection modes. The refractory iron ore treated by the present method can be produced to homogeneous magnetite or maghemite accurately, and through magnetic separation, on-line grade analyzer detection and ore-like splitter, the concentrate powder which reach the set grade can be obtained, and the unqualified ore powder enters the next stage of oxidation-reduction-magnetic separation-split treatment. Through the present system and method, products with different roasting quality can be obtained, and can avoid the phenomenon of over burning or under burning occurring in the past process and equipment.
US10543485B2
A device is described having a first surface having a plurality of first areas and a second surface having a plurality of second areas. The first surface and the second surface are opposed to one another and can move relative to each other from at least a first position where none of the plurality of first areas, having a first substance, are exposed to plurality of second areas, having a second substance, to a second position. When in the second position, the plurality of first and second areas, and therefore the first and second substances, are exposed to one another. The device may further include a series of ducts in communication with a plurality of first second areas to allow for a substance to be disposed in, or upon, the plurality of second areas when in the first position.
US10543483B2
A method and assembly for utilizing open-cell cellular solid material in a component separation unit to separate one or more process streams into component process streams having desired compositions. A method and assembly for using said open-cell cellular solid material to separate process streams into desired component process streams in a component separation unit, wherein the open-cell cellular solid material can include oxides, carbides, nitrides, borides, ceramics, metals, polymers, and chemical vapor deposition materials.
US10543482B2
The present invention relates to a stable palladium ion catalyst aqueous solution for electroless metal plating that does not use boric acid and can be used stably over a wide pH range. The catalyst solution for electroless plating of the present invention contains palladium ion, palladium ion complexing agent, and a specific amine compound and is alkaline.
US10543476B2
Disclosed herein is a porous material comprising a biopolymer functionalized with a carbon dioxide capturing moiety; where the biopolymer is in the form of a foam or an aerogel having a bulk density of 500 grams per cubic meter to 2500 grams per cubic meter. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising functionalizing a biopolymer with a carbon dioxide capturing moiety; dissolving the biopolymer in an aqueous solution to form a first solution; reducing the temperature of the first solution to below the freezing point of the aqueous solution; displacing the aqueous solution with a first solvent that has a lower surface tension than a surface tension of the aqueous solution; and drying the first solvent to produce a porous biopolymer having a bulk density of 500 grams per cubic meter to 2500 grams per cubic meter.
US10543471B2
The present invention discloses a thermosensitive nanocapsule and a preparing method thereof. The thermosensitive nanocapsule includes core materials and wall materials. The preparing method includes: first, making water phase and oil phase respectively, forming microemulsion by means of high speed shearing after mixing, and forming nanoemulsion via ultrasonic treatment or high pressure homogenization; then adding nitrogen to the emulsion and carrying out the reaction under a temperature of 40-80° C. for 3-4 hrs in the nitrogen atmosphere; finally obtaining the thermosensitive nanocapsule with an embedding rate of 90-94%, a particle size of less than 150 nm and a dimension polydispersity index of 0.09-0.17. In present invention, the monomer that forms the wall material of the nanocapsules is made from common biological materials, and has a good biocompatibility. The wall material has a temperature sensitivity, and can control the delayed release of core material by adjusting temperature.
US10543465B2
The invention relates to a rotary shaft (23) for processing foodstuffs, wherein the rotary shaft (23) has a rotation axis and the rotary shaft comprises at least one tool (11). The at least one tool (11) extends along the rotation axis. The tool (11) further has an airfoil profile such that the tool comprises a leading edge, a trailing edge, an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the leading edge and the trailing edge are different.
US10543461B2
Provided is a cartridge-type hollow fiber membrane module including a hollow fiber membrane unit module with a free end and a cartridge frame and a submerged water treatment apparatus including an air diffuser apparatus capable of intermittent and continuous aeration disposed below the hollow fiber membrane module, wherein the cartridge-type membrane module with the free end using the coarse bubble generating air diffuser apparatus capable of intermittent/continuous aeration in conjunction with an air accumulation pipe may control aeration/non-aeration cycles through adjustment of the volume of an air chamber and an amount of inflow air and carry out continuous aeration based on changes in raw water load and a concentration of solids in a membrane separation tank.
US10543456B2
A process for forming a solid product or products is disclosed. The process is provided with n desublimating exchangers. An exchanger E1 being associated with a first exchanger and an exchanger En being associated with an nth exchanger, n representing the number of exchangers. The n exchangers comprise at least one direct-contact exchanger comprising a contact fluid. A process fluid is passed through the n exchangers in order from E1 through En. The process fluid comprises a product component or components. The solid product or products form from the product component or components in the plurality of exchangers by desublimation. The solid product or products are separated from the process fluid. In this manner, a solid product or products is formed.
US10543454B2
The present invention provides a carbon dioxide absorbent comprising a primary amine and a dialkylene glycol dialkyl ether or trialkylene glycol dialkyl ether. The carbon dioxide absorbent according to the present invention has an excellent carbon dioxide absorptivity, absorption rate and regeneration property.
US10543451B2
Ammonia-adding apparatus and methods for ammonia-based desulfurization use multi-stage control, calculate a theoretical amount of ammonia based on gas amounts provided by an inlet continuous emission monitoring system (CEMS) and an outlet CEMS of the ammonia-based desulfurization device or associated gas amounts, a SO2 concentration provided by the inlet CEMS, and a predetermined SO2 concentration of the outlet CEMS. The apparatus and methods calculate a corrected theoretical amount of ammonia using half of the ratio of the actual amount of added ammonia to the actual amount of removed sulfur dioxide as a correction coefficient for the theoretical amount of ammonia; add an ammonia absorbent equivalent to the corrected theoretical amount of ammonia to the ammonia-based desulfurization device through an ammonia metering means and an ammonia control valve, and automatically control the actual ammonia flow rate based on the actual SO2 concentration and a change trend provided by the outlet CEMS.
US10543442B2
Disclosed are multiple stage rotating coalescer devices comprising a first stage and a second stage. The first stage may include a rotating coalescing element comprising coalescing media. The second stage is positioned either upstream or downstream or the first stage. The second stage may include one of: (i) a rotating cone stack separator, or (ii) a separate rotating coalescing element comprising coalescing media.
US10543424B2
Programmable hand-held video gaming controller with integrated foot-pedal gaming controller platform
A gaming platform including a programmable hand-held video gaming controller in electrical communication with an integrated foot-pedal gaming controller. The programmable hand-held video gaming controller including at least one game function activation area, each of the at least one game function activation areas operating a game function, each of the at least one game function activation areas further including a function control transfer switch. The integrated foot-pedal gaming controller platform including at least one foot pedal configured to control at least one game function when a corresponding function control transfer switch on the programmable hand-held video gaming controller is activated.
US10543412B2
Disclosed is a golf chipping game and methods of play for a golf chipping game. The golf chipping game includes an inclined playing surface having a plurality of holes defined therein; an impact absorbent material comprising or affixed to the playing surface; and a chipping mat disposable a distance from the playing surface.
US10543406B2
A golf club having a head with a series of tracks forming a three-dimensional pattern; weights for positioning along channels; and a mechanism for securing the weights at positions along the channels so as to customize center of gravity and moment of inertia. The channels can all interconnect to allow a weight to be moved from one to another. The club can include a removable cover for at least a portion of the surface to cover the channels and the weights. The weights can comprise a spherical member disposed in a channel; a member external to a surface of the head; and a coupling between the spherical member and the external member to allow the spherical member and the external member to capture between them a wall in which a track is formed. The channels may be in the removable cover, or below the removable cover, in the head.
US10543404B2
The golf club head of the present invention includes a face portion, a crown portion, and a sole portion. The golf club head also has an interior space surrounded by the face portion, the crown portion, and the sole portion. A first channel and a second channel that extend in a toe-heel direction and are recessed toward the interior space side are formed in the sole portion. The first channel is disposed on a face side relative to the second channel, and has a first main inner wall disposed on the face side, and a first sub inner wall disposed on a back side. The first main inner wall is formed with a longer length in a face-back direction than the first sub inner wall, and is inclined so as to extend upward while extending toward the back side.
US10543401B2
A resin composition for golf balls includes specific amounts of (A) polyurethane or polyurea and (B) an oxazoline group-containing acrylic polymer or an oxazoline group-containing styrene polymer. A golf ball having a core encased by a cover of one or more layers, wherein at least one cover layer is formed of this resin composition, exhibits a good adhesion between adjoining layers, enabling the ball to achieve a high scuff resistance without lowering the initial velocity of the ball.
US10543398B2
A wireless positioning apparatus is disclosed, which includes at least one first device and at least one second device. Each first device is disposed on each moving object and is configured to transmit a wireless signal. Each second device is disposed on a fixed position and is configured to detect a strength of the wireless signal of each first device. The wireless positioning apparatus further includes a data processor, which is configured to receive the strength of the wireless signal of each first device detected by each second device, to calculate a distance between each first device and each second device, and to ultimately determine a position of each first device to thereby realize the positioning of each moving object. A wireless positioning method and a sports training apparatus comprising the wireless positioning apparatus are also provided in the disclosure.
US10543395B2
A treadmill includes a deck, an incline mechanism attached to the deck, and a lift assist mechanism that offloads a portion of the lifting force from the incline mechanism when the incline mechanism changes an elevation of a portion of the deck.
US10543382B2
A method of treating vaginal tissue atrophy in a female subject, the method including the steps of engaging an energy delivery element with tissue in or around the subject's vagina; applying energy to the tissue from the energy delivery element; and increasing blood flow to internal vaginal tissue to an increased level above a baseline level of blood flow to the internal vaginal tissue, the increased level of blood flow to the internal vaginal tissue persisting after the applying step ceases. The invention also provides devices for performing this therapy.
US10543376B2
Several defibrillators, defibrillator architectures, defibrillator components and methods of operating defibrillators are described. In one aspect, a defibrillator (as for example an automated external defibrillator) that can be powered by a mobile communication device such as a smart cellular phone or a tablet computer is described. Utilizing a phone (or other mobile communication device) as the power supply for an external defibrillator allows the external defibrillator to be smaller and, in some circumstance, removes the need for a battery that stores sufficient energy for shock delivery—which would need to be checked and/or replaced on a regular basis. Additionally, when desired, certain control functionality, computation, data processing, and user instructions can be handled/presented by the mobile communications device thereby further simplifying the defibrillator design and improving the user experience. This architecture takes advantage of the nearly ubiquitous availability of smart phones, tablet computers and other mobile communication devices.
US10543369B2
An antenna having an inductor assembly including at least two conductors, which each define a conductor diameter Dc, and an electrically non-conductive carrier defining at least two lumens in which the at least two conductors are respectively located. The carrier maintains a conductor spacing S between the at least two conductors, and the inductor assembly defines at least one turn. The conductor spacing S and conductor diameter Dc together define a S/Dc ratio that ranges from about 0.5 to about 1.2.
US10543368B2
A neurostimulation system senses electrographic signals from the brain of a patient, extracts features from the electrographic signals, and when the extracted features satisfy certain criteria, detects a neurological event type. A mapping function relates the detected neurological event type to a stimulation parameter subspace and a default stimulation parameter set where the values of the stimulation parameters define an instance of stimulation therapy for the patient. The decision whether to implement a stimulation parameter subspace or a default stimulation parameter set may be informed by integrating other information about a state of the patient. A stimulation parameter subspace or stimulation parameter set may optimized by testing it against various thresholds until certain effectiveness criteria is satisfied. The neurological event type may be one of several electrographic seizure onset types.
US10543361B2
A system and method for localizing a deep brain stimulation electrode in vivo in a subject or object is provided. A magnetic resonance imaging system obtains MR image data from a volume-of-interest by way of a zero echo time (ZTE) or ultrashort echo time (UTE) pulse sequence, with one or more of a phase domain image and a magnitude domain image being analyzed from the MR image data acquired by the ZTE or UTE pulse sequence. One or more electrodes are localized within the volume-of-interest based on an analysis of the phase domain image and/or magnitude domain image. In localizing the electrodes, a multi-scale correlation-based analysis of the volume-of-interest is performed to estimate at least one of an electrode center and electrode contact locations of the electrode, with the localization being achieved with a fast scan-time and with a high level of accuracy and precision.
US10543354B2
PIVCs with extension sets can include one or more flow diverting features for maximizing the amount of flushing that occurs within the interior of the catheter adapter. These flow diverting features can therefore minimize the amount of residual blood, medicament, or other fluid that may exist within the catheter adapter after the PIVC has been flushed via the extension set. The flow diverting features may be in the form of structural modifications to the side port of the extension set, separate components that are contained within the side port or catheter adapter, integrated components within the side port or catheter adapter, other features or some combination of any of these features.
US10543348B2
A method of using a vibrating gastrointestinal capsule in coordination with an ingestible medicament for treatment of an ailment of the GI tract. The vibrating gastrointestinal capsule, is provided to the subject, and includes: a housing; a vibrating agitation mechanism causing the housing to exert vibrations on an environment thereof; a power supply for powering said vibrating agitation mechanism; and a control mechanism for activating said vibrating agitation mechanism to operate in said vibration mode of operation. The subject ingests the ingestible medicament and the vibrating gastrointestinal capsule. At least one of a time of ingesting of the vibrating gastrointestinal capsule and a timing or activation delay of the vibration mode of operation is controlled, such that the vibration mode of operation at least partially transpires or completely transpires within an actual or estimated absorption time period of the ingestible medicament within the gastrointestinal tract of the subject.
US10543343B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include needle devices in which a needle has a notch or slot. A flashback indicator is provided at least in part in the needle lumen at the notch, adjacent the notch, or partially inside and partially outside of the notch. In use, blood flow through the needle lumen is indicated at the flashback indicator. When used with a catheter tube, the flashback indicator can be viewed through the catheter tube. The needle with the notch and flashback indicator may be used with a variety of needle applications, including as catheter assemblies, indwelling assemblies, and most, if not all, over-the-needle type devices.
US10543335B2
A gas flow reversing element is provided comprising a main piece defining at least one closable outlet opening, a branching piece extending from the main piece, a line connector connected to the distal end of the branching piece, a pressure connector connected to the main piece, the pressure connector being structured to be fluidly connected to a pressurized gas supply; and a nozzle being configured and arranged in the main piece in such a way that a gas flow flowing in the main piece from the pressure connector through the nozzle to the at least one outlet opening, with the at least one outlet opening being disposed in the second open position, a gas flow can also be generated in the branching piece in a direction toward the at least one outlet opening.
US10543333B2
A vent arrangement is provided to a mask or associated conduit to discharge exhaled gas from the mask to atmosphere. The vent arrangement is structured to diffuse the exhaust vent flow to produce less air jetting, thereby increasing the comfort of the patient and their bed partner. For example, the vent arrangement may include one or more grill components and/or media constructed and arranged to diffuse vent flow.
US10543330B2
The present disclosure relates generally to an oral appliance and to methods of using such a device. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a device including an inflatable balloon and a guide assembly. One aspect of the present disclosure provides an oral device including an elongated member extending from a proximal end to a distal end, and an inflatable balloon attached to the elongated member near the distal end, the inflatable balloon having a central lumen. Another aspect provides a method of intubating a patient using an oral appliance as disclosed herein.
US10543327B2
This disclosure describes systems and methods for providing novel adaptive base flow scheduling during ventilation of a patient to optimize the accuracy of estimated exhaled tidal volume. Further, this disclosure describes systems and methods for providing novel adaptive inspiratory trigger threshold scheduling during the novel adaptive base flow scheduling.
US10543326B2
This disclosure describes systems and methods for determining patient fatigue during ventilation of a patient. The disclosure describes novel notification and/or management of patient fatigue during ventilation. Further, the disclosure describes system and methods for preventing diaphragm fatigue or weakness.
US10543320B2
A drive assembly for a drug delivery device is provided, including a piston rod which is moveable in a distal direction in order to deliver a dose of medication, and including a drive element which is configured to cause a movement of the piston rod. The drive assembly further includes a decelerating mechanism which is configured to decelerate the movement of the drive element such that the movement of the piston rod is decelerated during the dispense of a dose. The decelerating mechanism includes a decelerating element which is fixed with respect to a housing of the drug delivery device at least during the dispense of a dose and the drive element, wherein the drive element is configured to rotate with respect to the housing during the dispense of a dose, and wherein the decelerating element and the drive element rub against each other during the dispense of a dose.
US10543312B2
A fluid delivery system includes a pressurizing mechanism. The pressurizing mechanism includes: a substantially cylindrical body having a movable member positioned therein that divides the body into a first chamber and a second chamber; a plunger rod connected to a first side of the movable member and extending through a substantially closed first end of the body; and an elongated member connected to a second side of the movable member and extending through a substantially closed second end of the body. The plunger rod configured to operatively engage a fluid container. Fluid is dispensed from the fluid container by forming a vacuum within at least the first chamber by moving the movable member toward the second end of the body, allowing atmospheric pressure to enter the second chamber, and actuating the pressurizing mechanism to cause the moving member to move towards the first end of the body.
US10543310B2
The present invention generally relates to receiving bodily fluid through a device opening. In one aspect, the device includes a flow activator arranged to cause fluid to be released from a subject. The flow activator may be actuated in a deployment direction by a deployment actuator, which may in turn cause fluid release from a subject. The flow activator may also be moved in a retraction direction by a retraction actuator. In one aspect, the device may include a vacuum source that may help facilitate fluid flow into the opening of the device and/or may help facilitate fluid flow from the opening to a storage chamber. In one aspect, an effector may enable fluid communication between the opening and the vacuum source and may do so in response to actuation of the flow activator.
US10543309B2
A system or method includes an infusion apparatus controllable to provide a fluid flow from a replaceable fluid dispenser at a set flow rate. The infusion apparatus may be commanded to operate on a replacement fluid dispenser to provide one or more boluses of the plurality of boluses into an infusion line. If the infusion apparatus is not being prevented (e.g., by system back pressure or frictional forces) from delivering the one or more boluses then the infusion apparatus may be controlled to deliver a plurality of boluses at a set flow rate. If the infusion apparatus is being prevented from delivering the one or more boluses then the infusion apparatus may be controlled to pressure prime the replacement fluid dispenser by accelerating one or more commands to the infusion apparatus to deliver one or more boluses into the infusion line.
US10543306B2
An apparatus for providing an extracorporeal blood circuit control includes a base module having a control device and a patient module releasably connected to the base module and having blood-conducting components of the extracorporeal blood circuit. A pivot system is also provided at the base module and at the patient module to pivot the patient module relative to the base module about a horizontal axis.
US10543304B2
Extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus (10) having a monitor (20) mounted on a multiple axis monitor mount (30) are described herein along with methods of rotating the monitor about multiple axes (31, 33). In one or more embodiments, the monitor mount is water resistant to facilitate cleaning of the blood treatment apparatus.
US10543303B2
Multi-cell battery packs can be made safer with certain features that mitigate the consequences of cell failure. Parameters of a cell are monitored to determine when the cell should be disconnected from the pack in case of a fault. The battery is reconfigured to continue operating in a safer mode. An over-charging prevention system reduces the maximum voltage that remaining battery pack can be charged to, so that the cells do not overcharge. Additional circuitry allows the disconnected cell to be periodically reconnected to the battery pack to determine if its conditions have sufficiently improved. The cells also include components for self-powering these cell functions while it is disconnected from the rest of the circuit.
US10543302B2
A method of operating an implantable blood pump implanted within a heart of a patient comprising measuring at least one from the group consisting of a current drawn by the implantable blood pump and a blood flow from the implantable blood pump during operation; correlating the at least one from the group consisting the current and the blood flow to a systolic arterial pressure and a diastolic arterial pressure; and adjusting a speed of an impeller of the implantable blood pump relative to a predetermined speed to correspond to an increase the at least one from the group consisting the current during a systolic phase of a cardiac cycle and a decrease in the at least one from the group consisting the current and the blood flow during a diastolic phase of the cardiac cycle.
US10543300B2
Provided are drainage systems that may include a drainage manifold and may be suitable for draining fluid from a tissue site. The drainage manifold may include a plurality of elongate members having a moveable end that may be adapted to configure the drainage manifold to treat a uniquely shaped tissue site. The drainage manifold may be coupled to a drainage tube with a transitional connector to provide a drainage system capable of distributing reduced pressure to the tissue site to enhance the drainage of fluids.
US10543298B2
A tetracycline salt comprising a tetracycline and an organic acid wherein the organic acid is oxalic acid or maleic acid is provided. The tetracycline is preferably doxycycline, minocycline, sancycline, lymecycline, tetracycline or demeclocycline, and preferred salts include oxycycline maleate, minocycline oxalate, tetracycline oxalate, demeclocycline maleate, demeclocycline oxalate, sancycline maleate, lymecycline maleate, or lymecycline oxalate. A pharmaceutical formulation comprising a tetracycline salt according to the invention is also provided, as is a medical device having coated thereon a salt or pharmaceutical formulation according to the invention. A salt of the invention, or a formulation of the invention are also provided for use as medicaments, particularly for use in the treatment or prevention of an inflammation and/or an infection. There is also provided a method of preparing a tetracycline salt, which method comprises reacting a tetracycline base with an excess of an organic acid in a solvent.
US10543295B2
Embolic particles are described. The particles are reaction products of a prepolymer solution including at least one polyether macromer and an appropriate monomer.
US10543287B2
Genetically-modified zebrafish lacking one or more immune-related genes, and the use thereof, e.g., in cell or tissue transplantation methods or in stem cell biology. In a first aspect, the invention provides a genetically-modified fish whose genome is homozygous for engineered or induced genetic alteration, e.g., an alteration that changes the sequence of the genomic ONA resulting in insertion and deletion of nucleotides that disrupt protein function or shift the frame of translation leading to premature protein termination, in one or more immune-related genes selected from the group consisting of: foxn1, rag2, jak3, prkdc, and interleukin 2-receptor gamma a and (IL2RGa and IL2RGb), wherein the genetic alteration results in an inactivation (i.e., loss of expression or function) of both alleles of the immune-related gene.
US10543281B2
Provided is a pharmaceutical preparation including a polymerized camptothecin derivative that is obtained by bonding a camptothecin derivative having nanoparticle-forming properties by associating in an aqueous solution, to a polymer carrier, the pharmaceutical preparation composition having enhanced preparation stability. Particularly, a pharmaceutical preparation maintaining nanoparticle-forming properties and camptothecin derivative bonding stability, which are important factors, and having excellent storage stability is provided. Disclosed is a pharmaceutical preparation including a block copolymer in which a polyethylene glycol segment is linked to a polyglutamic acid segment including a glutamic acid unit having a camptothecin derivative bonded thereto; and a saccharide. The pharmaceutical preparation forms associates in an aqueous solution, and the ratio of change in the scattered light intensity of the associates of the pharmaceutical preparation obtained after the pharmaceutical preparation is stored for 4 weeks at 40° C. under light-shielded conditions, is 20% or less.
US10543270B2
The present disclosure provides a method of treating wound healing in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a compound that inhibits VEGF-B signalling.
US10543268B2
The present invention relates, in general, to attenuated swine influenza viruses having an impaired ability to antagonize the cellular interferon (IFN) response, and the use of such attenuated viruses in vaccine and pharmaceutical formulations. In particular, the invention relates to attenuated swine influenza viruses having modifications to a swine NS1 gene that diminish or eliminate the ability of the NS1 gene product to antagonize the cellular IFN response. These viruses replicate in vivo, but demonstrate decreased replication, virulence and increased attenuation, and therefore are well suited for use in live virus vaccines, and pharmaceutical formulations.
US10543267B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to a composition including a factor H binding protein (fHBP) and a Neisseria meningitidis non-serogroup B capsular polysaccharide. The invention further relates to uses of a composition that includes fHBP, such as, for example, uses to elicit an immune response against N. meningitidis serogroup B strains and non-serogroup B strains. The compositions and methods described herein are directed to administration in humans, including adults, adolescents, toddlers, and infants.
US10543256B2
Physically and chemically stable pharmaceutical formulations in the form of an aqueous suspension comprising a reconstituted pulmonary surfactant are useful for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and other respiratory disorders.
US10543250B2
Antimicrobial peptides, compositions and methods are described that are useful for treating infectious diseases, including those caused by drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria (e.g., Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter) and parasite-caused diseases such as malaria. The peptides include a modular kinocidin gamma-core connected directly, or through a short spacer, to a kinocidin C-terminal alpha-helix.
US10543244B2
This invention relates to methods and compositions for providing improved insulin-sensitivity and/or enhanced insulin-like action, which leads to improved glucose uptake and utilization. This invention also relates to methods and compositions for lowering LDL, lowering triglycerides, increasing HDL, and lowering high blood pressure in a subject. The methods comprise administering to a subject an effective amount of a water extract of cinnamon and an effective amount of a water extract of Radix Astragali.
US10543242B2
The present invention relates to a composition for improving the health status of various joints in the human body. The composition includes at least one plant extract as fatty base with active role, at least one extract from plants with anti-microbial properties, at least one extract from plants with analgesic and/or anti-inflammatory properties, and at least one extract from plants with anti-rheumatic and regenerative properties, to which dimethylsulfoxide, allantoin and/or potassium alum may be added. The composition may be used to treat osteoarthritis, rheumatic joint disease, joint swelling, pain, hallux valgus, traumatic conditions of the joints including sprains, strains, post-surgical recovery, bone edema, and speed up the recovery of athletes post-injury.
US10543241B2
Provided are processes of reducing and/or eliminating risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome in a subject through the administration of a nelumbo extract. The nelumbo extract supplement is administered orally, intravenously, or subcutaneously. In one aspect, a daily dose of 10-1,000 mg of the extract supplement is administered to the subject for a period of 6 weeks to 6 months.
US10543234B2
Disclosed herein are cell preparations useful for modulating various peripheral immune functions, methods for making said cell preparations, and methods for their use.
US10543223B2
The present invention relates to mannose derivatives of formula (I): wherein R1 represents H, CO—(C1-C6)-alkyl or CO-alkylaryl, Y represents a single bond, CH2, O, NR3, S, A represents O, NH or S, X represents H and X′ represents OH or X and X′ taken together with the carbon atom bearing them form a CO group, R2 represents H, a linear or branched (C1-C6)-alkyl or CF3, R3 represents H, a C1-C6 alkyl, a CO—(C1-C6)-alkyl, CF3 or COCF3, and R is as described in claim 1. The mannose derivatives of formulae (I) are useful for treating pathologies associated with the presence of adherent Escherichia coli (AEC), in particular inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis; a urinary tract infection, in particular painful bladder syndrome and cystitis, more particularly interstitial cystitis; irritable bowel syndrome; metabolic diseases such as metabolic obesity, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia; autoimmune inflammatory diseases; and colorectal cancer, in particular colon cancer.
US10543222B2
Pharmaceutical compositions showing the ability to inhibit or suppress replication of a filovirus in an individual are disclosed. The disclosed compositions are useful for treating, reventing, or reducing the spread of infections by filovirus. A method includes administering at least one agent of the present disclosure to an individual infected with or exposed to a filovirus, wherein the step of administering is carried out for a suitable time period so that the individual is treated; and determining whether the individual has been treated, wherein the step of determining includes one of measuring an inhibition in viral replication, measuring a decrease in viral load, or reducing at least one symptom associated with the filovirus.
US10543217B2
Disclosed is a method of treatment or prevention of frailty in an elderly patient, particularly having an age of 60 or older. The method provides the concomitant parenteral administration of a combination of an anabolic steroid and a vitamin D compound. A preferred combination comprises nandrolone decanoate and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). The invention, in a further preference, provides a booster therapy to support frail elderly that have undergone hospitalization or surgery to retain independence and regain their regular physical and mental activities.
US10543211B2
Provided herein include methods and compositions for treating diseases or conditions. In some embodiments provided are methods for treating one or more diseases or conditions selected from the group consisting of hypertension, heart failure, dyspnea, and sleep apnea. In certain embodiments provided are methods that include administering a compound of formula (I) as disclosed herein. In some embodiments provided are methods that include administering a P2X3 and/or a P2X2/3 receptor antagonist.
US10543206B2
The present invention is directed to processes for making and compositions containing quinolines such as formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein: X1 is H, Br, Cl, or X2 is H, Br, Cl, or n1 is 1-2; and n2 is 1-2.
US10543205B2
The invention relates an oral delivery vehicle tablet containing nicotine, the delivery vehicle tablet being formed by compression of a plurality of particles, the oral delivery vehicle tablet comprising nicotine, the oral delivery vehicle tablet comprising sugar alcohol(s) in an amount of 40 to 100% by weight of the delivery vehicle tablet, wherein at least 10% by weight of the delivery vehicle tablet comprises a plurality of particles consisting of erythritol and wherein the delivery vehicle tablet comprises a plurality of further sugar alcohol particles in an amount of at least 10% by weight of the delivery vehicle tablet, wherein said further sugar alcohol particles comprise at least one sugar alcohol and wherein said further sugar alcohols particles have a composition which is different from said particles consisting of erythritol.
US10543184B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a combination of a therapeutically-effective amount of the antiviral compound aciclovir and a therapeutically-effective amount of the COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib. The invention is further related to methods of treating functional somatic syndromes by administering a therapeutically-effective combination of aciclovir and celecoxib.
US10543169B2
The present application provides methods of administering an IL-22 dimer to an individual, such as a human individual, comprising intravenously administering to the individual an effective amount of an IL-22 dimer, wherein the amount of the IL-22 dimer is about 2 μg/kg to about 200 μg/kg (such as about 10 μg/kg to about 45 μ/kg), as well as methods of treating diseases by following such administration methods. Also provided are kits, unit dosages, and articles of manufacture for use in any one of the methods described herein.
US10543164B2
A deodorant stick comprising: at least about 25% of a liquid triglyceride; at least one antimicrobial; a primary structurant with a melting point of at least about 50° C.; and less than 8% of secondary structurants having a melting point of at least about 60° C.; said stick being free of an aluminum salt; and said stick having a hardness from about 80 mm*10 to about 140 mm*10, as measured by penetration with ASTM D-1321 needle.
US10543159B2
The present invention provides an agent for activating proliferation of follicle dermal papilla cells comprising an acidic saccharide alkaline earth metal salt, wherein the acidic saccharide is selected from the group consisting of a phosphorylated saccharide and lactobionic acid. The acidic saccharide is preferably a phosphorylated saccharide. The alkaline earth metal salt is preferably a calcium salt or a magnesium salt. In accordance with the present invention, the proliferation of follicle dermal papilla cells is promoted. Thus, the agent for activating proliferation of follicle dermal papilla cells is expected to produce hair-restoration and hair-growth effects such as treatment of hair thinning, prevention of hair loss, promotion of hair restoration, and promotion of hair growth.
US10543155B2
Combinations of a zinc salt and an isothiocyanate are provided, and more particularly to a consumer acceptable oral composition containing such combination which is effective in the reduction of volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs).
US10543143B2
A server of a gait data management system includes: an obtaining unit that obtains a first sensor value obtained when a walker walks with assistance from a walking assistance device; an accumulating unit that accumulates the first sensor value, and the walking assistance device includes: an actuator that drives a joint; a storage unit that stores a walk algorithm that is for determining a drive level of the actuator and is generated through statistical processing on a gait value indicating walking characteristics and calculated from the first sensor value accumulated in the accumulating unit; a sensor that obtains a second sensor value obtained when the walker walks with assistance from the walking assistance device; a control unit that determines the drive level of the actuator according to the second sensor value using the walk algorithm; and a transmitting unit that transmits the second sensor value to the server.
US10543131B2
A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. The disposable absorbent article also includes five areas, wherein the first area is more breathable than each of the second area and the third area, and wherein the first area is less breathable than each of the fourth area and the fifth area.
US10543123B2
A device and a method for using laser energy for treatment of tissue, which can include generating short bursts of energy at a range of pulse repetition rates. The method comprises selective surface and/or three-dimensional interactions for therapeutic use and/or to modify or remove tissue from targets. The device and method can subsurface disruptions in tissue at selected depths and densities.
US10543118B2
A joint apparatus includes a first fixed ring, a second fixed ring arranged spaced apart from the first fixed ring, an extension portion comprising a bar extending from the first fixed ring in a direction toward the second fixed ring and an end portion disposed at an end portion of the bar in the direction toward the second fixed ring, a first flexure extending from the second fixed ring in a direction toward the first fixed ring and supporting the end portion, and a second flexure extending from the second fixed ring in the direction toward the first fixed ring and supporting the end portion, the second flexure being disposed at an opposite side to the first flexure with respect to the extension portion.
US10543112B2
An adjustable socket system includes a socket frame having a proximal area, a distal area opposite the proximal area, a first component arranged along a first side of the socket system, and a second component arranged along a second side of the socket system. The first component is connected to the second component. A tubular insert is arranged on an interior of at least the proximal area of the socket frame. The tubular insert forms an interior surface of the socket system. At least one tensioning element operatively connects the tubular insert to the first and/or second components. At least one tensioner is attached to the at least one tensioning element that selectively tensions the tensioning element to adjust a circumference of at least one area of the socket system.
US10543104B2
Spinal plates with additional features to improve the stability of the interface between the plate and the underlying bone. A bone plate may include one or more sharp ridges along the periphery of its underside. When attached to bone, the ridge digs into the bone and increases stability. A bone plate may alternatively or additionally include one or more holes for optional spikes, which may be inserted once the plate is attached to the bone. By separating the spikes and including them as an optional component, the plate may enhance stability while reducing or eliminating the chance of the spike injuring the patient. Furthermore, bone screws may incorporate alternating notches and ridges into the head of the screw. The notches and ridges may interface with a set screw, thereby preventing rotation and loosening of the screw.
US10543097B2
An orthopaedic surgical instrument system includes a first broach including a first end configured to be separately secured to a handle and a tapered body having a plurality of cutting teeth defined therein, and a second broach including a first end configured to be separately secured to the handle in place of the first broach, a first tapered body extending distally from a second end positioned opposite the first end, and a second tapered body extending distally from the first tapered body. The tapered body of the first broach and the first tapered body of the second broach have a first outer geometry and the second tapered body has a second outer geometry different from the first outer geometry.
US10543094B2
An orthopaedic implant can replace a joint in a patient. The orthopaedic implant includes a first component having a first component surface and a second component having a second component surface. The first component surface and the second component surface mate at an interface. The first component surface includes a metal substrate, a nanotextured surface, a ceramic coating, and a transition zone. The nanotextured surface is disposed directly upon the metal substrate and has surface features in a size of 10−9 meters. The ceramic coating conforms to the nanotextured surface and includes a plurality of bio-active sites configured to attract and retain calcium and phosphorous cations. The transition zone is disposed between the metal substrate and the ceramic coating. The transition zone includes a concentration gradient transitioning from the metal substrate to the ceramic coating and there is no distinct interface between the metal substrate and the ceramic coating.
US10543093B2
Methods and tools capable of treating diffuse or localized pain attributable to fluid accumulation within a bone. Such methods may utilize an instrument that includes a pilot adapted to penetrate soft tissue between the bone and the skin of a living being. The pilot is used in combination with a penetration tool to penetrate the bone, penetrate into the cortex of the bone, and form a seal against the surface of the bone, and after which fluid is removed from within the bone. Alternatively, the method may utilized a penetration tool equipped with a stopper bar to limit penetration to the periosteum of the bone, and/or may be implanted and connected to an implanted pump.
US10543090B2
Methods and devices for transvascular prosthetic chordae tendinea implantation are disclosed. A catheter is advanced into the left atrium. A helical ventricular anchor subassembly is advanceable through the catheter, having a ventricular suture extending proximally through the catheter. A leaflet anchor subassembly is advanceable through the catheter, having a leaflet suture extending proximally through the catheter. From an atrium side, the leaflet anchor subassembly can be anchored to a superior surface of a mitral valve leaflet and a leaflet anchor can be advanced into the mitral valve leaflet to secure the mitral valve leaflet to the leaflet suture. The ventricular anchor subassembly secures the ventricular anchor to a ventricular wall. The leaflet suture and the ventricle suture may be tensioned and connected by a suture lock to form an artificial chordae.
US10543089B2
A prosthetic remodeling annuloplasty ring for use in tricuspid or mitral valve repairs to provide support after annuloplasty surgery. The annuloplasty ring includes a relatively rigid core extending around an axis that is discontinuous to define two free ends. A suture-permeable interface surrounding the core includes floppy regions adjacent both free ends of the core. Sutures are used to attach the annuloplasty ring to the annulus, including at least one suture through each of the floppy regions to secure the free ends of the ring and minimize the risk of ring dehiscence, or pull through of the sutures through the annulus tissue. The floppy regions may project from each free end into the gap toward each other, be radially enlarged such as paddle-like extensions, or may comprise outwardly lateral extensions at the free ends of the core.
US10543087B2
Disclosed herein is a delivery system for percutaneous heart valve repair, the delivery system including a steerable sheath configured to provide percutaneous access into a heart and to deliver an implant. The system may also have a steering mechanism configured to manipulate and orient the implant, a ball joint mechanism configured to connect the steerable sheath to the steering mechanism, a main knob assembly configured to advance and retract a multilumen shaft assembly, a stabilizing tool including a plurality of prongs configured to engage the implant within the heart to make an intimate contact with the heart tissue using a stabilizer and a tongue assembly, and a back assembly including: the actuation mechanism, a suture routing mechanism, a tip lock mechanism, and a back cover configured to protect all sutures being cut by mistake.
US10543084B2
A medical device for treating a heart valve insufficiency, with an endoprosthesis which can be introduced into a patient's body and expanded to secure a heart valve prosthesis in the patient's aorta. In an embodiment, the endoprosthesis has a plurality of positioning arches configured to be positioned with respect to a patient's aorta and a plurality of retaining arches to support a heart valve prosthesis. The endoprosthesis includes a first collapsed mode during the process of introducing it into the patient's body and a second expanded mode when it is implanted.
US10543080B2
The present disclosure concerns embodiments of implantable prosthetic devices, and in particular, implantable prosthetic valves, and methods for making such devices. In one aspect, a prosthetic device includes encapsulating layers that extend over a fabric layer and secure the fabric layer to another component of the device. In particular embodiments, the prosthetic device comprises a prosthetic heart valve, and can be configured to be implanted in any of the native heart valves. In addition, the prosthetic heart valve can be, for example, a transcatheter heart valve, a surgical heart valve, or a minimally-invasive heart valve.
US10543073B2
A system and method for closing a fascial opening is disclosed. The system may include a strap that may be locked into each of a pair of anchors placed anterior to a muscle and on opposite sides of a fascial opening, one or more delivery tubes for delivering the anchors, and a needle for pulling the strap into each anchor. The method may include the steps of placing a dilating port through a skin incision, inserting an anchor through the dilating port, placing a strap into the body cavity, whereupon the strap may be pulled through the anchor. A second anchor may be placed on the contralateral side of the defect so that the strap may be pulled through the second anchor and cinched tightly closing the defect. The anchors may have a locking aperture that engages with the strap.
US10543050B2
In a minimally invasive surgical system, a hand tracking system tracks a location of a sensor element mounted on part of a human hand. A system control parameter is generated based on the location of the part of the human hand. Operation of the minimally invasive surgical system is controlled using the system control parameter. Thus, the minimally invasive surgical system includes a hand tracking system. The hand tracking system tracks a location of part of a human hand. A controller coupled to the hand tracking system converts the location to a system control parameter, and injects into the minimally invasive surgical system a command based on the system control parameter.
US10543048B2
A robotic system is described for determining and using an insertion force threshold to avoid too much force being applied to a flexible instrument placed within a patient. The robotic system comprises a medical instrument comprising an elongate body, and further comprises a robotic arm coupled to the instrument as well as a controller configured to receive instrument data based in part on a current location of the elongate body, access patient data associated with the patient, determine an insertion force threshold, receive an insertion force detected by a force sensor coupled to the robotic arm, compare the insertion force with the insertion force threshold, and responsive to the insertion force exceeding the force threshold, generate a recommendation signal for the robotic system.
US10543047B2
A robotic instrument driver for elongate members includes a first elongate member, and at least one manipulator mechanism configured to manipulate the first elongate member, and at least one articulating drive configured to articulate the first elongate member, positionable on a bed and beside a patient access site. The manipulator and articulating drive are positioned relative to each other a distance less than the insertable length of the first elongate member, stationary in position.
US10543045B2
A medical navigation system for displaying a three dimensional (3D) surface video of a target is provided. The medical navigation system comprises a 3D imaging device, a camera, a display, and a controller electrically coupled to the 3D imaging device, the camera, and the display. The controller has a processor coupled to a memory. The controller is configured to perform calibration of input devices; acquire 3D depth data of the target from a signal generated by the 3D imaging device; construct a 3D surface contour of the target based on the 3D depth data; acquire a video stream of the target from a signal generated by the camera; generate a 3D surface video based on the 3D surface contour and the video stream; and display the 3D surface video on the display.
US10543043B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for providing laser energy through a catheter towards a second end portion of the catheter. Based on a characteristic of the laser energy multiple types of ablation therapy may be implemented. A first ablation therapy is directed at the target site when the laser energy at the second end portion of the laser energy delivery system has a first characteristic. A second ablation therapy is directed at the target site when the laser energy at the second end portion of the laser energy delivery system has a second characteristic. The first ablation therapy may be an optical ablation therapy wherein the laser energy is directed at the target site as optical energy and the second ablation therapy may be a pressure wave ablation therapy wherein pressure waves are directed at the target site as pressure wave energy.
US10543041B2
An energy-based surgical system includes a light beam source and a probe defining a channel about a longitudinal axis thereof and a side opening near a distal end thereof. Methods of nerve detection using the system include positioning the probe adjacent targeted tissue, transmitting a beam of light from the light beam source through the channel of the probe and the side opening of the probe to the targeted tissue, measuring a response to determine the presence of a nerve within the targeted tissue, and delivering energy to the targeted tissue with the probe to treat tissue.
US10543037B2
The present disclosure relates to devices, systems and methods for positioning a neuromodulation device at a treatment site and evaluating the effects of therapeutic energy delivery applied to tissue in a patient. Before, during and/or after therapeutic energy delivery, a system can monitor parameters or values relevant to efficacious neuromodulation by emitting and detecting diagnostic energy at the treatment site. Feedback provided to an operator is based on the monitored values and relates to a relative position of the treatment device at the treatment site, as well as assessment of the likelihood that a completed treatment was technically successful.
US10543036B2
A fluid cooling system for cooling a microwave antenna includes an energy source configured to supply microwave energy to a microwave antenna for ablating tissue, a fluid source, a centrifugal pump, and a cooling member coupled to the centrifugal pump and configured to contact the tube to cool fluid flowing through the tube.
US10543033B2
Systems and methods for cryoablation of a tissue. In at least one embodiment of a cryoablation system of the present disclosure, the cryoablation system comprises an expandable stent comprising a proximal end and a distal end, a sidewall defining a lumen extending between the proximal end and the distal end, and a cryoablation chamber at the distal end, the expandable stent configured to permit blood flow therethrough, and a cryoablation device comprising at least one coolant tube at least partially positioned within the cryoablation chamber, wherein the at least one coolant tube is operable to produce a cryogenic environment sufficient to ablate at least a portion of a tissue engaged within the cryoablation chamber.
US10543029B2
The invention relates to methods of stabilizing bone implants, including inserting a self-tapping implant having at least two helical grooves running in opposite directions around the implant.
US10543028B2
An adjustable wedge can be used in an Evans technique foot and ankle reconstructive wedge surgery. The adjustable wedge can include a slide. The slide can be positioned to a suitable location on a patient's calcaneus, then fastened to the calcaneus through first and second holes through the slide at opposite ends of the slide. The adjustable wedge can include a body having a pair of wedged surfaces configured to contact the cutout of the calcaneus. The body can include a slot extending between the wedged surfaces. The slot can be sized to accommodate the slide so that the slide is slidable within the slot. A circumferential surface can extend circumferentially between the wedged surfaces. A threaded hole can extend through the circumferential surface to the slot. The threaded hole can receive a fastener, such as a set screw, to secure the slide to the body.
US10543026B2
Fracture fixation devices and methods achieve stabilization of a bone fragment. A nail section of the device is dimensioned to be positioned within an intramedullary canal of a bone such that the nail section spans a fracture site in the bone. The nail section bends into a post-insertion configuration different from a pre-insertion configuration when inserted into the intramedullary canal. The nail fastening section is connected to the nail section by a connecting element on a first side of the fracture site. At least a portion of the nail fastening section is positioned outside the bone. A first end of the nail section and a second end of the nail fastening section are positioned on an opposite second side of the fracture site when the fracture fixation device is implanted in the bone.
US10543025B2
Internal bone fixation devices and methods for using the devices for repairing a weakened or fractured bone are disclosed herein. A device for use in repairing a fractured bone includes a delivery catheter having an elongated shaft with a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, wherein the delivery catheter has an inner void for passage of at least one reinforcing material and an inner lumen for passage of a light source; a conformable member releasably engaging the distal end of the delivery catheter, wherein the conformable member moves from a deflated state to an inflated state when the at least one reinforcing material is delivered to the conformable member; and an adapter releasably engaging the proximal end of the delivery catheter for receiving the light source and the at least one reinforcing material.
US10543009B2
A surgical device has a jaw assembly with a first jaw and a second jaw, a pivoting linkage, and a camming assembly configured to pivot the jaw assembly. A cam slot having a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion may have a Y shaped configuration. A flexible shaft allows further pivoting of the jaw assembly.
US10543005B2
A system for preparing a bone for implantation of a component of an orthopedic implant device. The system includes a forming tool having a sleeve member that is selectively received within a handle member. The sleeve member has a guide slot that is sized to receive axial passage of at least a portion of a guide. The guide slot and/or sleeve member may be positioned and/or configured to facilitate at least linear and/or rotational displacement of the forming tool about, or relative to, the guide, and thereby provide a degree of freedom in the location at which the forming tool may form a shape or opening in the bone relative to one or more reference axes. The handle member may include a connection member that is structured to be operably coupled to a bone preparation device that is structured to facilitate the displacement of bone material.
US10542995B2
A vaso-occlusive device includes an inner coil made from inner coil wire having a first diameter and formed from a first material, and an outer coil disposed at least partially around the inner coil and made from outer coil wire having a second diameter and formed from a second material. The inner coil has a first pitch and the outer coil has a second pitch. The first diameter, material, and pitch are different from the second diameter, material, and pitch, respectively. In some embodiments, the second diameter is less than the first diameter, the second material is softer than the first material, and the second pitch is more open than the first pitch. In some embodiments, the inner coil extends proximally beyond the outer coil. In one embodiment, a vaso-occlusive device includes an outer coil defining a lumen and an inner coil disposed at least partially in the lumen, wherein the vaso-occlusive device also includes an intermediate layer disposed between the inner coil and the outer coil, wherein the intermediate layer includes a biocompatible metal or a biocompatible, swellable polymer. The vaso-occlusive device may also include a biodegradable coating disposed on the outer surface of the inner coil. In one embodiment, a vaso-occlusive device includes an outer coil and a plurality of inner coils of increasing size each disposed immediately inside of the outer coil or one of the inner coils.
US10542974B2
A surgical instrument comprising an end effector, a firing member, an elongate shaft, and a handle is disclosed. The end effector comprises an anvil, a channel, and a staple cartridge. The firing member comprises a first camming member configured to engage the anvil during a staple firing stroke, a second camming member configured to engage the channel during the staple firing stroke, and a cutting member. The handle comprises a motor configured to output a rotary motion, a power source, a control system configured to control the speed of the rotary motion, a rotary drive member, and a control system. The firing member is operably responsive to the rotation of the rotary drive member. Torque is output from the motor to the rotary drive member. The control system is configured to limit the output from the motor to the rotary drive member.
US10542970B2
An elongate shaft assembly for use with a stitching device includes a hub assembly and an end effector. The hub assembly includes insertion and engaging portions. The insertion portion includes a main rod, a rotatable hub operatively coupled with the main rod such that axial displacement of the main rod rotates the rotatable hub, and first and second arms operatively coupled with the rotatable hub such that rotation of the rotatable hub causes reciprocating axial displacement of the first and second arms. The engaging portion is movable relative to the insertion portion between a reload position in which the rotatable hub is in a distal-most position and rotatable independent of axial displacement of the main rod, and a loaded position in which axial displacement of the main rod rotates the rotatable hub.
US10542962B2
Radiation treatment is delivered to a patient by positioning the patient such that a radiation beam is delivered to a lesion within the patient along a beam-delivery path while securing a diagnostic imaging device about the patient such that the diagnostic imaging device does not intersect the beam-delivery path. Radiation therapy is simultaneously delivered along the beam-delivery path while diagnostic images are obtained using the imaging device.
US10542951B2
A mammography apparatus including an x-ray source having an x-ray tube with one or more focal spots, a controller for controlling one or more parameters of the x-ray exposure, a digital image receptor configured to generate an x-ray image from objects positioned between the x-ray source and the digital image receptor, a specimen tray configured to receive samples from a biopsy, a positioning arm for positioning the specimen tray between the x-ray source and the digital image receptor, and a detector configured to detect the presence of the specimen tray when it is positioned. The controller is configured to adjust, select or configure one or more parameters of the x-ray exposure in reaction to the detection of the presence of the specimen tray in such a way that the one or more parameters are adapted to the specific needs of imaging biopsy specimens.
US10542944B2
A method is for scattered ray correction of projection measurement data recorded by a computer tomography system. In an embodiment, the method includes recording, localizing, identifying and correcting. In the recording, projection measurement data is recorded from a plurality of projection angles and the projection measurement data is captured in a sinogram. In the localizing, features in the projection measurement data of the sinogram are localized in a defined angle range about a projection angle. In the identifying, a scatter distribution for the projection angle is identified from the localized features by way of a trained identification algorithm. In the correcting, the projection measurement data of the projection angle is corrected on the basis of the scatter distribution.
US10542933B2
An exercise test evaluation system includes an acceleration sensor that is worn by a user during an exercise test and acquires acceleration values of a foot of the user, a heart rate sensor that is worn by the user and measures a heart rate of the user, and a processor. The processor acquires a first maximum acceleration value and a second maximum acceleration value, calculates a reliability score using the first and second maximum acceleration values, acquires a walking velocity and a heart rate of the user and estimates a maximum oxygen intake amount using the user's walking velocity and heart rate if the reliability score is equal to or higher than a specific threshold value, and estimates the maximum oxygen intake amount using the user's walking velocity if the reliability score is lower than the specific threshold value.
US10542932B2
In one embodiment, measuring mitochondrial capacity includes performing arterial occlusions on a patient, measuring oxygenated hemoglobin/myoglobin and deoxygenated hemoglobin/myoglobin within the patient's body during the occlusions, calculating a blood volume correction factor that accounts for a change in blood volume that occurs during the arterial occlusions, and applying the correction factor to the measured oxygenated hemoglobin/myoglobin and deoxygenated hemoglobin/myoglobin measurements to obtain correct oxygenated hemoglobin/myoglobin and deoxygenated hemoglobin/myoglobin measurements.
US10542930B1
A computer system for assessing sound to analyze a user's sleep includes a processor configured to perform operations including: (i) storing sample sound data associated with a plurality of sample sleep events, the sample sound data including a plurality of sample characteristics each respectively associated with at least one sample sleep event of the plurality of sample sleep events; (ii) receiving, from a client device, subject sound data collected during a sleep interval; (iii) analyzing, using a machine learning algorithm, the subject sound data collected during the sleep interval; (iv) identifying, based upon the analyzing, a subject characteristic associated with the subject sound data; (v) comparing the subject characteristic with the plurality of sample characteristics; and (vi) determining, based upon the comparing, whether the subject characteristic substantially matches at least one sample characteristic to identify one or more subject sleep events occurring during the sleep interval.
US10542926B2
Described herein are various apparatus and systems useful in sensory discrimination. Through the use of a multi-well sample plate, the high-throughput analysis apparatus and method allow for rapid sensory discrimination of a large number of samples.
US10542925B2
The present invention relates to a device and method for monitoring vital signs of a subject. In particular, the device for monitoring vital signs comprises, an imaging unit for obtaining image data of said subject, an interface for receiving motion data of said subject and/or said imaging unit, a processing unit for extracting vital signs of said subject from said image data, and a control unit for adapting parameters of said imaging unit and/or said processing unit based on the received motion data. A further aspect of the invention relates to a fitness device comprising a device for monitoring vital signs and a motion detection unit for providing said device for monitoring vital signs with motion data.
US10542923B2
A system and urine sensing devices for and method of monitoring kidney function is disclosed, wherein the system and method can be used for the early detection of acute kidney injury (AKI). Namely, a kidney function monitoring system provides a portable urine monitor system that can provide real-time and continuous feedback about urine output and/or level of at least one urinary component (e.g., sodium). The kidney function monitoring system further comprises at least one urine sensing device, wherein the urine sensing device comprises a digital weight scale, a stand onto which a urine collection vessel can be positioned, and an interface between the digital weight scale and the stand that transfers the force of the stand and contents of the urine collection vessel to the digital weight scale. Further, the portable monitoring device comprises an adaptive and modular self-learning algorithm for the real-time assessment of AKI risk.
US10542918B2
A method for modulating a response signal includes introducing functionalized particles into a lumen of subsurface vasculature, wherein the functionalized particles are configured to interact with one or more target analytes present in blood circulating in the subsurface vasculature; and non-invasively detecting the one or more target analytes. A response signal, which may include a background signal and an analyte response signal related to interaction of the functionalized particles with the one or more target analytes, is transmitted from the subsurface vasculature. A modulation configured to alter the response signal such that the analyte response signal is affected differently than the background signal may be applied to a portion of subsurface vasculature. Analyte detection may be achieved by differentiating the analyte response signal from the background signal.
US10542917B2
A sensing device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a conductive trace. A micro-controller is attached to the conductive trace and data transmission means is connected to the micro-controller. A sensor is embedded within the PCB and is connected to the micro-controller via the conductive trace. The sensor is configured to sense at least one physiological parameter in a patient.
US10542912B2
Methods, systems and kits are disclosed for facilitating a subject's muscle contractile capabilities. Movement patterns with muscle hierarchy are also disclosed.
US10542898B2
A biometric information measurement device is provided. The device includes a substrate unit including components required for operation of the biometric information measurement device, and electrodes for measuring biometric information. The components and the electrodes are disposed on a single side of the substrate unit. The device also includes a case having a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is attached to an attachment pad for attaching the biometric information measurement device to a body, and the second surface faces the single side of the substrate unit. The electrodes are each exposed through respective openings in the first surface.
US10542895B2
A blood pressure measurement cuff is worn on a measurement site that extends in longitudinal direction in substantial round bar shape and gradually becomes thinner from one side to another side in longitudinal direction. A band-shaped body is included which is configured to contain an air bladder between an inner cloth that is to come into contact with the measurement site and an outer cloth that opposes the inner cloth, the band-shaped body being configured to be wrapped in a circumferential direction around the measurement site. A plate member is included which is provided between the outer cloth and the air bladder in a thickness direction and in a region that corresponds to at least a portion in the circumferential direction of the band-shaped body. The thickness of the plate member gradually becomes thinner from the one side to the other side in the longitudinal direction.
US10542891B2
A non-invasive measurement of biological tissue reveals information about the function of that tissue. Polarized light is directed onto the tissue, stimulating the emission of fluorescence, due to one or more endogenous fluorophors in the tissue. Fluorescence anisotropy is then calculated. Such measurements of fluorescence anisotropy are then used to assess the functional status of the tissue, and to identify the existence and severity of disease states. Such assessment can be made by comparing a fluorescence anisotropy profile with a known profile of a control.
US10542890B2
An example magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) coil base apparatus for use with interchangeable attachable and detachable coil attachments is described. The coil base apparatus electrically and mechanically couples to different MRI coil attachments designed for imaging different body parts (e.g., ankles, knees, wrists, elbows, shoulders). The MRI coil base apparatus includes elements (e.g., channel, pre-amplifier, mixer, feed circuit, decoupling circuit) for controlling the coil attachment to transmit radio frequency (RF) energy that produces nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in an object exposed to the RF energy. The coil attachment includes elements that transmit the RF energy and a copper trace that receives resulting NMR signals. The coil base apparatus may include a slide apparatus for repositioning the coil attachment in one axis when the coil attachment is coupled to the coil base apparatus or a pivot apparatus for rotating the coil attachment when it is coupled to the coil base apparatus.
US10542886B2
A flexible, integrated, urine-based diagnostic device designed such that one or more diagnostic channels are integrated into the body of the device. Each diagnostic channel is designed to contain an immunoassay to detect the presence of a selected analyte so that the device can return a visible readout indicating the presence of the analyte. The flexibility of the device aids the user in the sample collection process.
US10542883B2
A system and method for diagnosing and treating glaucoma is presented. The system imparts pressure on the anterior chamber of a eye using a coupling mechanism, while capturing three-dimensional imagery of the eye using optical coherence tomography angiography. Applying pressure in various areas of the eye, imparts changes that can help detect parts of the eye, or diagnose certain disorders related to the drainage of aqueous humor. A controller coupled to the optical coherence tomography angiography scanner may be used to guide a laser for excision of the trabecular meshwork for enhancing aqueous humor drainage thus lowering intraocular pressure and preventing glaucoma.
US10542882B2
Photobleaching device and method and dark adapted perimetry device and dark adapted perimetry method
A dark adapted perimetry device comprising a photobleaching device, a concave, array guide, the guide comprising a stimulus target array comprising a plurality of stimulus target light sources positioned within the guide and a control unit to selectively illuminate light sources comprised in the plurality of stimulus target light sources at a predetermined luminance is disclosed. The stimulus target light sources may be illuminated by a LED complex source comprising two or more LEDs. Also disclosed is a method using the perimetry device. A bleaching device comprising an eye piece for positioning the eye, a locator for moving the bleaching device into and out of the optical path, an imaging system for tracking the gaze direction or a fixation target, an illumination source and a bleach control device to control the brightness and pulse form of the illumination source is also disclosed along with a method of photobleaching.
US10542879B2
It becomes possible to easily retrieve an imaging portion from the inside of a body. When receiving an external force from forceps (33), the gripping portion (22) causes a camera unit (11) to be displaced following displacement of the forceps (33) while maintaining a posture of the camera unit (11) with respect to the forceps (33), and, when receiving an external force other than the external force from the forceps (33), the gripping portion (22) causes the camera unit (11) to rotate with a contact point (61) as a center, or causes the camera unit (11) to rotate so that the contact point (61) is rotationally moved.
US10542863B2
A dishwasher provided that may include a washing chamber, a rack adapted to accommodate items to be washed by washing liquid within the washing chamber, an arm, and an arm moving arrangement arranged to move the arm within the washing chamber. The arm may include at least one washing liquid removing element arranged to touch at least one of the rack and washing liquid at the rack upon movement of the arm to remove the washing liquid from the rack. The embodiments herein also relate to method for removing washing liquid from a rack of a dishwasher.
US10542857B2
An upright cleaner removes dust from a drum brush. The upright cleaner includes a case having a suction port, a drum brush rotatably provided in the case to sweep and guide foreign matter to the suction port, a dust removal unit provided in the case so that the dust removal unit is moved between a first position where one side of the dust removal unit contacts the drum brush and a second position where the side of the dust removal unit is separated from the drum brush, and a lever connected to the dust removal unit to actuate the dust removal unit.
US10542855B2
Methods and apparatus for cleaning a surface with a cleaning device having a body with a handle, a connector, and one or more cleaning heads that are removably attached to the cleaning device. Each cleaning head include a lower surface arranged to contact a surface to be cleaned and a dirt collection chamber permanently attached to the cleaning head. The cleaning head may include a support structure to support the dirt collection chamber and a cleaning sheet. The cleaning head also may include a suction nozzle. At least a portion of the dirt collection chamber may be made of a filter material.
US10542854B2
Exemplary embodiments of wipes dispensers are disclosed herein. An exemplary wipes dispenser includes a container, a plurality of wipes contained within the container, a fluid for wetting the plurality of wipes and a self-orientating outlet nozzle. The self-orientating outlet nozzle includes a moveable outlet opening. The moveable outlet opening aligns with the direction of pull of the wipe when the wipe is pulled out of the dispenser at an angle that is not substantially vertical.
US10542853B2
Multi-ply fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Modulus (GM Modulus) of less than 1700 g/cm at 15 g/cm as measured according to the Modulus Test Method described herein and a Geometric Mean Elongation (GM Elongation or GM Elong) of less than 11.7% measured according to the Elongation Test Method described herein are provided.
US10542842B2
Provided is a food cooking appliance comprising: a bowl having a side wall; and a blade, the bowl and blade being designed to have a relative rotary movement about an axis of rotation. The blade includes a lifting means shaped so as to lift the food with which it comes into contact, and a means for pushing the food toward the lifting means. The appliance is characterized in that: the aforementioned side wall includes a widened section, the lifting means extends directly vertically above the widened section, and the respective projections of the lifting means and of the widened section overlap in a single plane parallel to the axis of rotation. The invention can be used in the field of cooking appliances.
US10542835B1
A curtain rod mounting assembly for mounting a curtain rod over a window includes a sleeve that is mountable to trim around a window. A pair of fasteners is each extendable through a respective one of the first and second apertures to engage the trim around the window. In this way the sleeve is retained on the trim having the sleeve is horizontally oriented. A bracket is slidably coupled to the sleeve and a receiver is removably coupled to the bracket. A hook is slidably coupled to the receiver such that the hook is spaceable a selected distance from the trim around the window thereby facilitating the hook to receive a curtain rod.
US10542831B2
An interconnecting blanket assembly for a plurality of users comprising an upper blanket section which further comprises at least two inner blanket sections configured to form a double layered blanket assembly. The inner blanket sections are fixedly attached to the upper blanket section at the centerline of the inner blanket sections via a stitching pattern and a plurality of peripheral edges of the upper blanket section is removably attached to the inner blanket sections via a fastening mechanism to provide selective comfort for the users.
US10542830B2
A twist-tie dispenser comprises a twist-tie cluster and a base. The base includes a top portion, a rear wall extending downward from the top portion, and an open front. A latching structure for removably mounting the base to a fixture is defined at least in part by a first hook-like extension protruding from the rear wall of the base, the first hook-like extension defining a pocket formed by an upper stop surface and a vertical retention surface, the latching structure also defined at least in part by a flexible portion of the rear wall that is configured to elastically deflect through a cut-out provided on the rear wall in a direction from the rear wall toward the open front when a rod-like mounting structure of the fixture is inserted into the pocket of the first hook-like extension, the flexible portion also defining a lower stop surface that opposes the upper stop surface of the first hook-like extension when the rod-like mounting structure is within the pocket and is captured between the lower stop surface and the upper stop surface.
US10542826B2
A method and system enabling delivery of a sleep therapy type is provided. The method includes receiving a value of a parameter measured by physical sensors while a mammal is in contact with a first subset of the physical sensors. A second subset of the physical sensors, whose received value differs from a predetermined reference value of an environmental parameter, is determined. A physical part subset of the second subset, corresponding to a specified body part, is determined by utilizing the second subset and virtual data for identifying virtual sensors spatially distributed to map a space occupied by the mammal's body parts. In response, a therapy device positioned in sufficiently close proximity to the specified body part to effectively deliver the specified therapy type to the specified body part is determined and a control signal is generated and transmitted to the therapy device.
US10542823B2
A traveler's personal arm rest device comprises a chest portion and a pair of shoulder straps configured to supportively maintain the chest portion against the anterior side of a wearer's torso. In an embodiment, the chest portion may be securely folded to define a tubular cavity sized to accommodate all of the wearer's arms therein so that such arms may be maintained and comfortably supported by way of the straps in a resting position that is in line with his or her own body. The disclosure may provide a wearer with increased comfort while seated in cramped modes of public transportation and further prevent passive aggressive and even assertive arguments with neighbors regarding available arm resting spaces. Elements enabling compact self-stowage when not in use, providing ergonomic support when worn, and permitting storage of personal belongings therein are also provided.
US10542817B2
A height adjustable device can comprise: a base; a first scissor linkage assembly coupled to the base and having a first scissor joint; a second scissor linkage assembly coupled to the base and having a second scissor joint; a worksurface coupled to the first and second scissor linkages; a bracket movably coupled to the first scissor linkage and the second scissor linkage and movable relative to the worksurface; and a first energy storage member coupled to the worksurface and connected by at least one tension member to the bracket, wherein the first energy storage member is configured to bias the bracket in a horizontal direction.
US10542814B2
A new lip balm applicator comprises an upper portion and a lower portion that are interengageably connected to one another to define the applicator, and a support assembly for supporting a solidified lip balm material within the applicator. The support assembly comprises supporting ribs formed on an inner surface of the lower portion and a lower opening having a closing lid, whereby the solidified lip balm material circumvents at least part of the supporting ribs. A novel method for manufacturing the lip balm applicator comprises interengaging the upper and lower portions of the lip balm applicator and pouring a liquefied lip balm material into the lower opening until at least part of the projecting supporting ribs are covered by the liquefied balm material and solidified.
US10542808B2
A device includes a pump and a brushhead. The pump includes a housing and plunger. The housing has an upper opening, a cavity configured to store a composition therein, and a tip having a dispensing opening. The plunger is slidably disposed within housing such that it is moveable with respect to the housing. The brushhead includes a first plurality of bristle bores and a second plurality of bristle bores, each of which extend from a bottom surface of the brushhead towards an opposing top surface and have a bristle bundle extending therefrom. The brushhead includes a generally central throughhole extending between the bottom surface and the opposing top surface. The pump is coupled to the brushhead via the tip of the housing such that actuation of the plunger causes a portion of the composition stored in the housing to be dispensed on at least a portion of the bristle bundles.
US10542804B1
The present disclosure provides a protective case, which includes a main frame unit. The main frame unit includes an inner ring surface and an outer ring surface. The main frame unit has two first side portions, two second side portions and four round corner portions. The inner ring surface has a recess recessed toward the outer ring surface. The recess has at least one second groove region formed in one of the first side portions, the second side portions and the round corner portions, and at least one flat region connected to the second groove region. The second groove region is adjacent to a bottom surface and recessed toward the bottom surface. The flat region is configured in the main frame unit so as to facilitate demolding when the main frame unit is fabricated.
US10542801B2
A method of manufacturing a case for a mobile electronic device is provided for cases having a generally rectangular shape, two long side walls extending substantially parallel to another, and two short end walls extending substantially parallel to one another between the long side walls. The method includes molding a case portion of a first material of a first hardness forming a substantial portion of the side walls and end walls, and a second material of a second hardness extending around the inner periphery of the first material wherein the first hardness is greater than the second hardness, presenting a strip to an outer periphery of the case portion, applying heat and pressure to a backing layer, and removing the backing strip from which the foil has been removed. The present method is advantageous in that it provides a case with a durable and chemically resistive finish.
US10542798B2
A buoyant support (1) for an object (2), with at least the following components: a floating body (3), an insertion sleeve (7) for holding the object (2) and a clamping device (4) with at least one upper-side clamping part (5) and at least one lower-side clamping part (6), Due to the modular construction, the support can be dismantled into its individual parts, in order to thus facilitate the transport thereof. The components of the support are dimensioned such that these can be easily accommodated and stowed in a carrying bag.
US10542796B2
Disclosed is a luminous necklace structure. The present invention adopts the following technical solution: A luminous necklace structure, comprising a battery case; a chain rope with both ends connected with the battery case; at least one pendant connected with the chain rope; so that the battery case can supply power to the chain rope and make the pendant luminous. The chain rope comprises two conductive wires which are fixedly connected in parallel. The battery case comprises a casing and a power supply assembly provided in the casing, with two ends of the two conductive wires connected to the casing and the conductive wires electrically connected to the power supply assembly.
US10542795B2
An article of jewelry having at least one slider is disclosed. The slider includes a body defining a securing channel and a sliding channel. The slider also includes a securing flap extending from the body and configured to be pressed from a first position to a second position such that the securing flap is pressed at least partially into the securing channel to restrain the band when the band is disposed therein.
US10542787B2
A helmet assembly includes a face shield and a single, center top mounting arrangement that operatively connects a center top location of the face shield to a center front mount on the helmet. The face shield can be raised and lowered about a pivot axis provided in the mounting arrangement between a tilted up, non-use position and a lowered, deployed position. The mounting arrangement can include a detent and two recesses, wherein the detent engages a first recess at a slightly forwardly displaced position to allow ventilation between the helmet and mandible and the face shield and a second recess at the tilted up, non-use position. The recess and detent engagement can be overcome by easy manual force acting on the face shield to reposition the face shield.
US10542785B2
A method for selecting clothing includes a computer that processes markings and produces a three-dimensional mathematical model of the body of a subject, which is input into a database using an identification number pertaining to the same. The database is accessible by the buyer, the seller and the clothing manufacturer. The method is applicable for selecting clothing for humans, and also for animals. Standard-shape graphical elements are applied, in a regular pattern, to an elastic covering which is worn on the body, and the relationship between the elements is used as a basis for forming a three-dimensional model of the body. Models of clothing, which correspond to the parameters of the three-dimensional model of the subject, are selected from clothing databases. A consumer receives, on the screen of their computer, three-dimensional images of their body in the selected clothing models.
US10542778B2
A combination of an inhaler and a refill pack. The inhaler comprises a reservoir for an inhalable composition, a heating element and/or vibrating transducer to selectively volatilise at least some components of the composition and at least one inhaler capacitor arranged to supply electrical power to the heater and/or vibrating transducer when a user inhales from the inhaler. The refill pack comprises a refill reservoir of inhalable composition and a battery coupled to a refill capacitor, and is arranged to engage with the inhaler and to simultaneously refill the reservoir and recharge the inhaler capacitor from the refill capacitor. The invention also extends to the inhaler and refill pack separately and to a method of refilling and recharging the inhaler.
US10542765B2
The freezer enclosure is maintained at a temperature equal to or less than the freezing point of the beverage. Gears, rotatably mounted on a shelf, include sets of aligned interconnected gears and gears connecting the gears in the sets. A drive gear is mounted to and moveable with the shaft of a motor. The drive gear is connected to one of the gears in one of the sets to drive the gears in each set. A coaster-shaped member is moveable with the gears and supports a bottle which contains the beverage. The bottle is locked to the member such that it rotates with the member. The motor continuously rotates the bottle to agitate the beverage to keep the beverage from freezing. Internal baffles in the bottle increase the agitation resulting from the rotation.
US10542762B2
A kit for curing a food product includes a nitrite curing salt component (NPS) and a sugar substance component. The sugar substance component is a sucrose isomer composition. The sucrose isomer composition consists primarily of the sucrose isomers isomaltulose and trehalulose.
US10542760B2
The present invention relates to a skin or surface disinfectant composition with broad spectrum antimicrobial activity comprising one or more essential oil (and/or one or more component thereof) and one or more fruit acid. The compositions of the invention may be used as non-toxic alternatives to conventional disinfectants or may be added to other antimicrobial agents to enhance their activity. The invention provides effective alternatives to harsher products which may be particularly useful in personal care and household products and where children and/or pet exposure may be a concern.
US10542754B2
A method of protecting rice from infestation and attack by pests comprises contacting rice with a pesticidal composition that comprises a synergistically effective amount of spinetoram and methoxyfenozide. The pesticidal composition comprises methoxyfenozide in an amount of at least three parts by weight per one part by weight of spinetoram.
US10542753B2
The invention relates to a composition formulated to produce improved budbreak, flowering and disease resistance in perennial fruit crops and/or ornamental trees, comprising: (a) one or more compounds represented by the structure: in which R′ is OH or OCOCH3, and R″ is H, a monovalent cation, any C1-C10 alkyl group (saturated, unsaturated, linear or branched), any C7-C10 alkaryl group, or a phenyl group; and (b) an alkoxylated amine represented by the structure: in which A is selected from N, N1R1, or N→O, and wherein R1 is H, methyl or benzyl, R2 is any C8-C22 alkyl group (saturated, unsaturated, linear or branched), R3 is any C2-C4 alkyl group (linear or branched), x is in the range of 0 to 4 and y+z is in the range of 2 to 50. A method of use is also included, as is a method for preparing the composition.
US10542752B2
Grease-like compositions are provided for repelling rodents. The compositions utilize nontoxic mineral, synthetic, or vegetable oil based gels containing silica, clay, urea, polytetrafluoroethylene, or metallic soap thickeners and capsaicin.
US10542750B2
A wet wipe includes a cleansing composition and a substrate. The cleansing composition includes a preservative enhancing agent selected from the group consisting of caprylyl glycol; caprylyl glyceryl ether; glyceryl caprylate; sorbitan caprylate; ethylhyexyl glycerin, and combinations thereof. The cleansing composition includes a preservative selected from the group consisting of benzoic acid; lactic acid; sorbic acid; malic acid; maleic acid, and combinations thereof. The cleansing composition has a pH less than about 4. A method of making the cleansing composition may include dissolving one or more preservatives with water to form a solution; adding a rheology modifier to the solution; adding an emulsifier to the solution; adding a preservative enhancing agent to the solution; and adding citric acid to the solution.
US10542747B2
The present invention is directed to novel methods of increasing the abiotic environmental stress tolerance of a plant, to methods of improving the quality and/or yield of a plant crop, to methods of application of a cyclopropene such as 1-MCP to a plant, and to crops produced using said methods.
US10542746B2
An adjuvant composition contains lecithin and an organosilicon surfactant as defined herein.
US10542745B2
Disclosed are methods, device kits, and systems for improved quantification of mRNA from whole blood. More particularly, the devices and kites related thereto are useful for the controlled and repeatable ex vivo stimulation of whole blood.
US10542742B1
A game blind includes a frame having a central opening sized to accommodate a user, a plurality of support members coupled to the frame, and a blind element secured to one of the mounting points. The frame is suspended above a ground surface by the plurality of support members, which allow a user to level the frame relative to the ground surface by adjusting the position of the support members relative to the frame. The game blind may be configured in an in-use position when hunting or observing wild game, or a collapsed position when transporting or storing the game blind. In the collapsed position, the blind element may interface with at least one of the support members, which secures the blind element to the frame.
US10542741B2
A device for producing an animal sound such as an elk, deer, or turkey vocalization, the device having two pivotably or vertically connected portions, one portion bearing a bent vibratable reed and the other a compressible foam lining, wherein the sound is produced by blowing air over the reed, the pitch being adjustable by pivoting the portions to be more or less parallel to each other or moving the portions vertically to be closer together or further apart. In another embodiment, there is a single reed-bearing portion, the tongue serving in place of the foam-lined portion.
US10542740B2
Provided is a chemical agent vaporizing/discharging device which can efficiently vaporize and discharge a chemical agent from a chemical agent retainer, and sufficiently diffuse the chemical agent, even when the device is used in a relatively large space or outdoors. A chemical agent vaporizing/discharging device 100 comprises: a chemical agent retainer 50 having a chemical agent retention layer 10 including interstices 11 for allowing retention of a volatile chemical agent, and a gas permeable layer 20 including voids 21 having a size larger than a size of the interstices 11; and a rotational drive part 60 for driving the chemical agent retainer 50. A shape and a size of the chemical agent retainer 50, and a rotational speed of the rotational drive part 60, are set so that a centrifugal effect of 10 to 150 (G) is obtained during rotation of the chemical agent retainer 50.
US10542739B1
An apparatus wearable on a torso of a user to support a fishing rod has a primary panel defining an upper partially spherical socket and a lower partially spherical socket receptive to a partially spherical joint member coupled to a fishing rod in a rotating engagement. A partially spherical joint member slides in a partially cylindrical groove extending from the upper partially spherical socket to the lower partially spherical socket partially spherical joint member. A harness member secures the primary panel to the torso and redirects horizontal forces against the primary panel to a vertical direction. With a butt seat attached to the primary panel, user gains leverage during rail fishing by applying a pulling weight force on the primary panel and the rod while seated thereon.
US10542729B2
A product for therapeutic, non-slip animal boots. The product includes boots of various materials molded into grids and shaped to cover an animal's paws, and a means of securing the boots to the animal's paws.
US10542710B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV581707. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV581707, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV581707 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV581707 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV581707.
US10542709B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH672558. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH672558, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH672558 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH672558.
US10542702B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV681019. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV681019, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV681019 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV681019 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV681019.
US10542699B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH356476. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH356476, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH356476 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH356476.
US10542698B2
New lettuce variety designated ‘Brentwood’ is described. ‘Brentwood’ is a lettuce variety exhibiting stability and uniformity.
US10542691B1
A soybean cultivar designated 73040436 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 73040436, to the plants of soybean cultivar 73040436, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 73040436, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 73040436. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 73040436. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 73040436, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 73040436 with another soybean cultivar.
US10542690B1
A soybean cultivar designated 71052129 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 71052129, to the plants of soybean cultivar 71052129, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 71052129, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 71052129. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 71052129. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 71052129, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 71052129 with another soybean cultivar.
US10542686B2
The subject invention provides compositions and methods of using the same for improving plants' defense by employing naturally-derived chemicals. In a specific embodiment, the composition is from Parthenium argentatum Gray, also known as the guayule plant. Preferred compositions can up-or downregulate growth genes responsible for the targeted plants' defense mechanisms in order to create physical and/or chemical barriers, and produce detouring exudates, antagonistic compounds, or fumigating compounds that prevent and treat damages from pests in agronomic or non-agronomic plants.
US10542683B2
This emitter (120) has double ridges provided around a hole (173) which forms a portion of a flow path between a reduced-pressure flow path and a discharge part. A first ridge (174), which is the outermost ridge, is provided with four first grooves (177) which intersect said ridge. A second ridge (175) is provided with one second groove (178) which intersects said ridge. As the external liquid pressure increases, a film (140) sequentially adheres to the first ridge (174) and the second ridge (175). The flow rate of an irrigation liquid is adjusted to an amount capable of passing through the groove or grooves in the ridge to which the film (140) is adhered.
US10542672B2
Measuring lateral separation distances and longitudinal separation distances from a center of a plant to be cut to a reference point on a harvester; determining a lateral and longitudinal blade displacement and moving a cutting tool; activating a cut and lift mechanism to cut a plant with the cutting tool; while the cutting tool remains in contact with the plant, removing an outer leaf from the cut plant.
US10542671B2
A support frame; a cut and lift mechanism coupled to the support frame; a tool carrying platform coupled to the cut and lift mechanism; an outer leaf removal device coupled to the tool carrying platform; a cutting tool coupled to the tool carrying platform; a controller in data communication with the cut and lift robot; and a plant center locator in data communication with the controller.
US10542668B2
The tie rod end includes a housing with an inner bore that extends along a central axis. A stud is partially received in the inner bore and has a shank portion which extends out of the inner bore for attachment with a gearbox. The tie rod end further includes an elastic boot body which extends from a first boot end, which is sealed with the housing, to a second boot end. A boot bearing, which is made of a plastic material, is secured with the second boot end. The boot bearing is in a dynamic sealing engagement with the shank portion of the stud. The boot bearing presents a plurality of radially inwardly extending and annularly-shaped ribs that contact the shank portion.
US10542667B2
A lawn mower robot may include an inner body; an outer cover; wheels rotatably mounted; a rotating plate rotatably mounted on a bottom surface of the inner body; a plurality of blades spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the rotating plate; and a blade protection cover formed to be spaced apart from the blades, wherein the blade protection cover comprises a plurality of protrusion portions spaced apart from each other on a circular arc in front of a blade protection cover body, and a distance between the plurality of protrusion portions is formed to be smaller toward both side end portions with respect to a front-rear directional center line of the blade protection cover.
US10542662B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing primed seed, a method for improving the germination rate of seed, and a use of a gaseous composition.The method for preparing primed seed comprises successively: providing seed that is capable of germinating, exposing said seed to a treatment atmosphere for an exposure time of at least 1 second, wherein the treatment atmosphere has a relative humidity of 50% or more and a temperature of 50-100° C., and wherein the exposure time has a duration of 30 minutes or less, and cooling and optionally drying said seed.
US10548249B2
Disclosed herein are arrangements for shielding in electronic assemblies, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, an electronic assembly may include a circuit board having a first face and a second opposing face, and a shield coupled to the second face of the circuit board. The circuit board may have a hole extending therethrough, and the shield may extend into the hole towards the first face.
US10548245B2
A system and an method to provide cooling of electronic components mounted in a tray by means of a cold plate, is disclosed. The system comprises a cold plate that is mounted in a rack with removable trays mounted on rails affixed to the underside of the cold plate. In one embodiment, compatibility with Open Rack specifications developed by the Open Compute Project is disclosed.
US10548235B1
Harsh environment key panel and bezel structures for a user interface device are disclosed. In embodiments, a user interface device includes a printed board, a switch mounted to the printed board, and a key panel disposed upon the printed board. The key panel includes a plurality of printed device layers forming a bezel, a button configured to actuate the switch, and a deformable interface between the bezel and the button. The plurality of printed device layers can include at least one continuous printed device layer that forms portions of the bezel, the button, and the deformable interface. The continuous printed device layer may include at least one rigid device material that forms a portion of the bezel and a portion of the button and a deformable device material that forms a portion of the deformable interface between the bezel and the button.
US10548234B2
An ultraviolet light-resistant article that includes: a substrate having a glass or glass-ceramic composition and first and second primary surfaces; an ultraviolet light-absorbing element having a an absorptivity greater than 50% at wavelengths from about 100 nm to about 380 nm and a thickness between about 10 nm and about 100 nm; and a dielectric stack formed with a plasma-enhanced process. Further, the light-absorbing element is between the substrate and the dielectric stack. Alternatively, the light-absorbing element can include one or more ultraviolet light-resistant layers disposed within the dielectric stack over the first primary surface.
US10548230B2
Semiconductor devices, semiconductor device assemblies, and methods of making such semiconductor devices and semiconductor device assemblies. Material may be removed from a semiconductor device having a first thickness to obtain a second thickness and a carrier may be attached to the semiconductor device having a third thickness with the third thickness plus the second thickness substantially equaling the first thickness. The carrier has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that differs from the CTE of the semiconductor device. The addition of the carrier to the semiconductor device may change the overall warpage or CTE of a semiconductor device assembly. The semiconductor device assembly be include a redistribution layer between the semiconductor device and a substrate. A material may encapsulate the carrier and the semiconductor device. The carrier may provide electromagnetic shielding. A coating may be applied to external surface of the semiconductor device assembly to provide electromagnetic shielding.
US10548225B2
A display device includes a first substrate, a flexible printed circuit, and a film. The flexible printed circuit is disposed on a first area of the first substrate. The film is disposed on the first substrate and the flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit includes a second substrate, a pad area, and a dummy pad. The pad area comprises pads disposed on the second substrate. The pads extend in a first direction and are spaced apart from one another in a second direction crossing the first direction. The dummy pad is disposed on the second substrate. The dummy pad is spaced apart from the pad area.
US10548219B2
The present invention provides a stress relaxation substrate for relaxing stress generated due to differences in the hardness of a circuit substrate and a cloth body. This stress relaxation substrate is disposed between a cloth body and a circuit board having a wiring, wherein the stress relaxation substrate includes a stress relaxation layer harder than the cloth body, and softer than the circuit board, an adhesive layer provided on one surface of the stress relaxation layer, and a conductive portion provided on the stress relaxation layer to be formed between a first surface and a second surface.
US10548203B2
The present invention is directed to a method for bidirectional communication between a command unit and a plurality of LED control units connected thereto. In accordance with the invention, it is possible to supply control commands to LED control units with high speed, or to return execution results from these control units to a command unit. Therefore, the present invention provides for a highly efficient and thus highly performant method for communication between several serially connected control units. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a respective device for bidirectional communication as well as a computer program product including control commands for implementation of the method.
US10548198B2
Systems and methods for maintaining the illumination intensity of one or more LEDs above a minimal intensity level. The systems and methods may include: (1) a current regulator for regulating the current in a circuit; (2) a voltage source for applying current to a circuit; (3) an LED with a minimal intensity level that correlates to a set-point temperature; and (4) a thermal sensor that is in proximity to the LED and adapted to sense a temperature proximal to the LED. The thermal sensor may transmit a signal to the current regulator if the sensed temperature exceeds the set-point temperature. Thereafter, the current regulator may take steps to regulate the current in order to maintain the LED illumination intensity above the minimal intensity level.
US10548195B2
System and method for providing at least an output current to one or more light emitting diodes. The system includes a control component configured to receive at least a demagnetization signal, a sensed signal and a reference signal and to generate a control signal based on at least information associated with the demagnetization signal, the sensed signal and the reference signal, and a logic and driving component configured to receive at least the control signal and output a drive signal to a switch based on at least information associated with the control signal. The switch is connected to a first diode terminal of a diode and a first inductor terminal of an inductor. The diode further includes a second diode terminal, and the inductor further includes a second inductor terminal.
US10548191B2
Self-identifying solid-state transducer (SST) modules and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, for example, an SST system can include a driver and at least one SST module electrically coupled to the driver. Each SST module can include an SST and a sense resistor. The sense resistors of each SST module can have at least substantially similar resistance values. The SSTs of the SST modules can be coupled in parallel across an SST channel to the driver, and the sense resistors of the SST modules can be coupled in parallel across a sense channel to the driver. The driver can be configured to measure a sense resistance across the sense resistors and deliver a current across the SSTs based on the sense resistance.
US10548189B2
A lighting driver (300, 400) for driving at least one lighting device (120) includes a control unit (310, 410) disposed on a first side of an electrical isolation barrier (320, 420), and a power supply unit (350, 450) disposed on a second side of the electrical isolation barrier so as to be electrically isolated from the control unit. The control unit supplies a single enable signal (302, 402) across the electrical isolation barrier to the power supply unit. The power supply unit includes a switching circuit (S1/S2) configured to selectively enable and disable, in response to the single enable signal, two output voltages for supplying power to an external device (130) which communicates data with the lighting driver.
US10548188B2
A controller for controlling a plurality of serially-connected LED strings includes a reference voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of reference voltages. The reference voltage generator is further configured to vary the plurality of reference voltages based on a sampled voltage signal. The sampled voltage signal can include one or both of a peak voltage of the rectified input AC voltage and a peak voltage of an LED diode forward voltage Vf. The controller further includes a plurality of linear regulators, each linear regulator coupled between a cathode of a corresponding LED string and a common current sense node, and each linear regulator is configured to regulate a current through a corresponding LED string according to a corresponding reference voltage.
US10548185B2
Integrated management of connected assets that utilize different technologies and that are located across disparate wireless communications networks is facilitated herein. A method can comprise evaluating, by a system comprising a processor, first data associated with a first device operable with a first computing platform and second data associated with a second device operable with a second computing platform different from the first computing platform. The method can also comprise transforming, by the system, at least a first portion of the first data and at least a second portion of the second data into third data. The third data can be compatible with the first data and the second data. Further, the method can comprise rendering, by the system, the third data as an integrated view of at least the first portion of the first data and at least the second portion of the second data.
US10548182B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may transmit, to a user equipment (UE) operating in a discontinuous reception mode, a wakeup signal indicating whether data is available to be transmitted to the UE, the wakeup signal transmitted using a first set of transmit beams, which may be selected from a periodic beam management procedure, in accordance with a beam sweeping configuration. The base station may receive, from the UE and based at least in part on the wakeup signal, a response signal. The base station may perform, based at least in part on the response signal, further beam update procedures to identify a second set of transmit beams for future transmissions of the wakeup signal and/or for transmission of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to the UE.
US10548170B2
The present disclosure provides a method a user equipment (UE) to perform random access to a radio network comprising an uplink physical resource configuration (UL) and supplementary physical resource configuration (SUL). A random access request containing a preamble may be transmitted from the UE to the radio network on a physical random access channel (PRACH) of one of the uplink physical resource configuration or the supplementary uplink physical resource configuration. A random access response for the UE indicating the physical resource configuration on whose PRACH the random access request was sent may be received at the UE, wherein the indication is made by a Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RA-RNTI) used to identify the random access response. The radio network may be accessed by the UE based on information in the random access response.
US10548169B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and specifically, to a method and a device for the method which comprises the steps of: receiving a PDCCH including uplink scheduling information; and transmitting, at a UL SF, a PUSCH indicated by the uplink scheduling information, wherein, if the PDCCH requests a transmission of an ACK, the PUSCH includes ACK information about a SF set corresponding to the UL SF, wherein the SF set includes a plurality of SFs.
US10548167B2
Provided are a method for performing a random access process in an unlicensed band, and a device using the same. The device receives a random access preamble (RAP) order instructing the transmission of a RAP. The device performs a clear channel assessment (CCA) in an unlicensed cell during an RAP window so as to transmit the RAP when the device succeeds in CCA.
US10548162B2
A user apparatus according to an embodiment is provided. The user apparatus communicates with a base station in a wireless communication system. The user apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain resource allocation information in which downlink signal reception quality is associated with radio resources used for uplink signal transmission; a measurement unit configured to measure the downlink signal reception quality; and a transmission unit configured to determine a radio resource of the radio resources used for uplink signal transmission by comparing the resource allocation information with the measured downlink signal reception quality, and transmit an uplink signal by using the determined radio resource.
US10548159B2
A method and apparatus are provided for dynamic resource allocation, scheduling and signaling for variable data real time services (RTS) in long term evolution (LTE) systems. Preferably, changes in data rate for uplink RTS traffic are reported to an evolved Node B (eNB) by a UE using layer 1, 2 or 3 signaling. The eNB dynamically allocates physical resources in response to a change in data rate by adding or removing radio blocks currently assigned to the data flow, and the eNB signals the new resource assignment to the UE. In an alternate embodiment, tables stored at the eNB and the UE describe mappings of RTS data rates to physical resources under certain channel conditions, such that the UE uses the table to locally assign physical resources according to changes in UL data rates. Additionally, a method and apparatus for high level configuration of RTS data flows is also presented.
US10548142B2
Various embodiments to enable Spectrum Access System (SAS) interference mitigation options are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a memory to store a data sequence, and one or more processing devices coupled to the memory. The processing devices to generate an interference metric associated with a first group and a second group of infrastructure nodes of a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network infrastructure based on measurement information. The measurement information comprises measurements related to the transmission of data sequences associated with the first group and the second group. Thereupon, configuration settings are determined for infrastructure nodes of the first group and second group based on the generated interference metric. Each configuration setting represents a frequency band and transmission power level for a corresponding infrastructure node to access data in the LTE network infrastructure.
US10548139B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for the display of a multi-screen virtual billboard. The virtual billboard utilizes individual mobile devices as portions of a display screen (e.g., as individual pixels or groups of pixels). Each mobile device is configured to display a portion of the virtual billboard corresponding to a location of the mobile device. The mobile devices forming the virtual billboard are triggered in order to display a graphic or other visual information in synchronization with the other mobile devices.
US10548135B2
A mobile station receives a downlink control structure in a first carrier, where the downlink control structure indicates that control information for the mobile station is on a second, different carrier. The mobile station decodes the control information in the second carrier, where the control information specitl.es resource allocation of a wireless link for the mobile station. More specifically, according to some implementations, the control channel in the first carrier specifies the resource allocation for an extended control channel in the second carrier, where the extended control channel specifies the resource allocation for traffic data of a wireless link for the mobile station.
US10548134B2
A node is configured for connection to a massive multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) array to provide spatially multiplexed channels in an unlicensed frequency band. The node includes a memory configured to store samples of non-spatially filtered signals received by the node during a first listen-before-talk (LBT) operation used to acquire the unlicensed frequency band. The node also includes a processor configured to determine, based on a number of previously stored samples, a duration of a silent time interval during which the node collects samples of non-spatially filtered signals and stores the samples in the memory. The node further includes a transceiver configured to perform a second LBT operation to acquire the unlicensed frequency band using a spatial filter determined based on the samples stored in the memory.
US10548130B2
Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes identifying a priority parameter associated with data to be transmitted on an uplink carrier; selecting, based at least in part on the identified priority parameter, between a first type of message for requesting uplink resources in a shared radio frequency spectrum band or a dedicated radio frequency spectrum band, or a second type of message for requesting uplink resources in the dedicated radio frequency spectrum band; and transmitting the selected type of message.
US10548126B2
A method and apparatus for downlink and uplink control management of component carriers during carrier aggregation in a new radio wireless communication system is disclosed. For example, the method and apparatus include receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a slot format indicator in at least one slot of at least one component carrier of a plurality of component carriers from a network entity, where the at least one component carrier includes a group common Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), the slot format indicator within the group common PDCCH indicating at least slot structure information for one or more other component carriers from the plurality of component carriers; and communicating, with the network entity, using the at least slot structure information for the one more other component carriers.
US10548124B2
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication. In one method, a control format indicator value for a frame may be received over a physical carrier in a shared spectrum. Based on the control format indicator value, a number of subframes of the frame to be used by a base station for downlink transmissions over the physical carrier may be determined. The control format indicator value may indicate an end of transmission, if data is to be transmitted during the frame, a number of subframes to be used for transmission, or whether the current subframe is the final subframe used for transmission. In some cases, a user equipment (UE) may use the control format indicator value to determine a sleep schedule. Further, ACK/NACK transmissions by a UE may be scheduled based on the control format indicator value.
US10548120B2
The present invention discloses an information acquiring method, including: acquiring initial information according to at least one preset resource set, where the at least one resource set is used to indicate a resource used to acquire the initial information. In the information acquiring method according to embodiments of the present invention, a terminal may receive the initial information by using a preset resource set without a need to detect a widest scope of resources, thereby improving receiving efficiency of the terminal, and further reducing power consumption of the terminal.
US10548116B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises allocating a control channel resource in a wireless relay transmission frame on a wireless relay link; generating a control signaling based on at least one of a resource allocation scheme, a status of the wireless relay link and a traffic condition of the wireless relay link; mapping the control signaling to the allocated control channel resource via at least one of a time-first mapping, a frequency-first mapping, and a multiplexing mapping; and transmitting the control signaling in the allocated control channel resource on the wireless relay link to at least one associated relay node.
US10548114B2
An apparatus controlling channel assignments for a shared access system is disclosed. The apparatus generates a first registration in a database that indicates that a first channel is assigned to a device and sends the identity of the first channel to the device. The device may use the first channel to communicate with other devices in the system. The apparatus may receive a query from the device indicating the first channel is encumbered. In response to the query, the apparatus may send the identity of a second channel to the device, generate a second registration in the database that indicates that the second channel is assigned to the device, and generate an amendment to the database indicating that the first channel is encumbered. The apparatus may then verify whether the first channel is encumbered and remove or keep the amendment in the database based on the verification.
US10548111B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for efficiently managing groups of stations (STAs) receiving simultaneous transmissions in a multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) scheme. One example method generally includes; for a first apparatus in a number of groups of apparatuses, allocating a first spatial stream position for each of at least one first group in the number of the groups; and transmitting a first unicast message to the first apparatus, wherein the first unicast message comprises an indication of the allocated spatial stream position for each of the at least one first group and, for each group in the number of the groups, an indication of a membership status, in the group, of the first apparatus.
US10548101B2
A method for accessing a millimeter wave cell by a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting a millimeter wave according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a millimeter wave link connection configuration message from a legacy cell that is radio resource control (RRC)-connected to the terminal; measuring discovery signals from the millimeter wave cells located around the terminal on the basis of the millimeter wave link connection configuration message; and transmitting a first type random access preamble to one of the millimeter wave cells on the basis of a result of the measuring of the discovery signals, wherein the measuring of the discovery signals is performed on the basis of a signal detection wave form that is specifically configured for each millimeter wave cell.
US10548098B2
A method for reporting power headroom-related information for a plurality of aggregated carriers. The method includes reporting in a bitmap the power headroom-related information for a number of the aggregated carriers that is less than or equal to the total number of aggregated carriers, wherein the power headroom-related information is one of a power headroom for at least one of the aggregated carriers and a path loss for at least one of the aggregated carriers.
US10548092B2
A high-frequency signal processing apparatus and a wireless communication apparatus can achieve a decrease in power consumption. For example, when an indicated power level to a high-frequency power amplifier is equal to or greater than a second reference value, envelope tracking is performed by causing a source voltage control circuit to control a high-speed DCDC converter using a detection result of an envelope detecting circuit and causing a bias control circuit to indicate a fixed bias value. The source voltage control circuit and the bias control circuit indicate a source voltage and a bias value decreasing in proportion to a decrease in the indicated power level when the indicated power level is in a range of the second reference value to the first reference value, and indicate a fixed source voltage and a fixed bias value when the indicated power level is less than the first reference value.
US10548090B2
It is disclosed a base station of a cell having at least a first and a second antenna sector, where the base station is distributed in terms of location and a method performed in said base station for determining an uplink power control target for a UE that is connected to the first antenna sector. The method comprises estimating (42, 504), in the at least the first and the second antenna sectors, a thermal noise floor; and determining (44, 516) the uplink power control target based on a maximum of the estimated thermal noise floors in all of the at least the first and the second antenna sectors. The method improves uplink performance of cells with antenna sectors having different receiver sensitivity, and provides enhanced observability of UEs for cells extending over multiple base stations.
US10548080B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, methods, computer-readable media and systems configurations for managing state transitions of communication circuitries in wireless networks. Embodiments manage radio resource control (RRC) state transitions and/or discontinuous reception (DRX) state transitions. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10548077B2
A method of energy saving is applied to a mobile communications network comprising at least two radio access technology systems (102; 104) having a plurality of base stations (108-118). The method comprises the steps of: assigning (136a; 136b) respective priorities to the radio access technology systems; and an energy saving server (136a; 136b) instructing, on the basis of the priorities, a selected radio access technology system to reduce the operational state cells in a group of cells. This reduction occurs if the selected radio access technology system and/or another radio access technology system is able to maintain service to served mobile terminals.
US10548076B2
A wireless resource is utilized efficiently.An information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus that includes a control unit. The control unit provided in the information processing apparatus performs control for aborting, when a packet decided to be transmitted from a second network different from a first network to which the own apparatus belongs is detected, reception of the packet. Further, the control unit provided in the information processing apparatus performs control for dealing with carrier sense as an idle state based on a reception strength of the packet decided to be transmitted from the second network.
US10548063B1
A wireless device or UE is configured to function as a relay on behalf of a donor access node. The relay UE performs call admission controls including balancing the resources of the relay access node with the resources provided by the donor access node providing services to end UEs via the relay access node, i.e. a backhaul connection of the relay UE. The backhaul throughput is compared to a throughput requirement of the end UEs being served by the relay UE. If the throughput requirement is larger than the backhaul throughput, any new connection requests from an additional end UE may be rejected. A threshold may be defined to ensure that there are ample resources at the backhaul prior to accepting connection requests from additional end UEs.
US10548056B1
A method for controlling handover of a user equipment device (UE) between (i) a first cell site that provides dual-connectivity service on a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT and (ii) a second cell site that provides standalone first-RAT service, wherein the handover includes transitioning the UE from source first-RAT service to target first-RAT service. The method includes setting a handover threshold to use as a basis to evaluate whether target first-RAT coverage detected by the UE is sufficiently stronger than source first-RAT coverage detected by the UE, where setting the handover threshold includes setting the handover threshold to a value selected based on whether the UE has detected that second-RAT coverage of the first cell site meets a defined threshold measurement threshold. Further, the method includes applying the set handover threshold as a basis to control whether to invoke the handover of the UE.
US10548051B2
A radio network (6) and a radio terminal (4) are configured to, when the radio terminal (4) is using a first cell (10) served by a first radio station (1) as a primary cell and a second cell (20) served by a second radio station (2) as a secondary cell, change the secondary cell form the second cell (20) to a third cell (30) while keeping communication status information regarding the radio terminal (4) on the second cell (20). It is thus, for example, possible to enable a communication service in the secondary cell to be continued after the secondary cell is changed when the radio terminal which is simultaneously using a plurality of cells served by different radio stations changes the secondary cell from a cell of one radio station to a cell of another radio station.
US10548044B2
A first access network in which a bearer transfer path that guarantees a predetermined QoS has been established and a second access network in which a transfer path which is different from that in the first access network has been established are provided, and PCRF 60 transmits to a mobile station an uplink traffic switching request including information of a flow of which the access system type is switched, out of flows in which a UE 10 performs communication, and information of an access system type to be a switching destination of the flow, and the UE 10, upon receiving the uplink traffic switching request, switches a transfer path of the flow included in the uplink traffic switching request to that of the access system type. This makes it possible to provide a mobile communication system or the like in which a transmission path of a flow established by a mobile station capable of being simultaneously connected to a plurality of radio access networks is able to be switched without making alterations to all the radio access networks, with initiative taken by a control station installed in a core network.
US10548037B2
A method for identifying cellular networks using a computer processor and a signal receiver including determining whether a cellular network being used is either an LTE-DL, LTE-UL, GSM, CDMA2000 or UMTS network. The determination is made on the basis of individual tests eliminating one network at a time based on unique characteristics of each particular network.
US10548035B2
Techniques described herein relate to performing wireless diagnostic analyses including execution and evaluations of interactive content resources executed by execution devices on and/or for separate content receiver devices. A multi-phrase diagnostic session may proceed with an execution of an initial set of diagnostic modules on an execution device, during which interactive content is transmitted/received from a connected receiver device. The results of the diagnostic modules may be evaluated in real-time and transmitted to a diagnostic analyzer server to select additional diagnostic modules for execution during the diagnostic session. The diagnostic analyzer server may select the additional diagnostic modules based on based on response data received via the content execution device to the interactive content of the previously executed diagnostic modules, and/or data received from additional data sources related to the content receiver.
US10548032B2
A system may collect, from a wireless network, first data pertaining to nodes in the wireless network. Each datum of the first data belongs to one of two or more categories/For each of the nodes, for each of the categories, and for each datum belonging to the category, the system may determine if the datum is outside of a first range of values, and if the datum is inside the first range, the system may calculate a first base network performance health (NPH) score that is a function of the nodes, the categories, the data, and time. The system may also apply first deep learning to a first neural network among a plurality of neural networks to update first coefficients for correlating the first base NPH score to a mean opinion score, for each of the categories.
US10548031B2
Communication systems are described that use signal constellations, which have unequally spaced (i.e. ‘geometrically’ shaped) points. In many embodiments, the communication systems use specific geometric constellations that are capacity optimized at a specific SNR, over the Rayleigh fading channel. In addition, ranges within which the constellation points of a capacity optimized constellation can be perturbed and are still likely to achieve a given percentage of the optimal capacity increase compared to a constellation that maximizes dmin, are also described. Capacity measures that are used in the selection of the location of constellation points include, but are not limited to, parallel decode (PD) capacity and joint capacity.
US10548019B2
A method at a network element, and a system, for resource reservation in an unlicensed spectrum band. The method includes determining quality of service requirements of traffic queued for a network operator. Further, the method includes reserving resources in the unlicensed spectrum band for the network operator in accordance with the quality of service requirements to form a coordination frame for the traffic, where the coordination frame has a flexible proportion of the resources from the unlicensed spectrum.
US10548018B2
A resource allocation indication method, a device, and a system are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal device, first indication information; and determining, by the terminal device, a target resource based on the first indication information, and sending uplink data on the target resource, where the target resource includes a resource block in M basic resource units that is allocated to the terminal device; a position of an allocated resource block in each of the M basic resource units corresponds to a first frequency domain position of a resource block in a first resource block set; the first frequency domain position is a frequency domain position obtained after a second frequency domain position of a resource block in a second resource block set is shifted; and the M basic resource units are arranged in ascending order in frequency domain.
US10548011B2
Approaches presented herein enable challenge-response authentication of a user based on information captured by a personal internet of things (IoT) device set associated with the user. Specifically, in one approach, a personal IoT device set comprising at least one device records and stores data associated with a user. The data is synchronized and stored to a computerized authentication system, which prompts the user with an authentication question based on the synchronized and stored data. The user may find an answer to the authentication question by reviewing data recorded and stored in the device of the personal IoT device set. The user may then enter the found answer to the authentication question, thereby authenticating the user. The personal IoT device set may comprise a single device or may comprise a plurality of devices, the information of one of which may be selected as the basis of the authentication question.
US10548009B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate an overwrite of wireless credentials with user-input credentials. An extended wireless setup may be initiated at an access point when a predetermined input is received. During the extended wireless setup period, the access point may request updated wireless credentials from a user via a direct message or through a web page interface. The access point may overwrite currently used wireless credentials with the updated wireless credentials received from user input, and the access point may use the updated wireless credentials for establishing future wireless connections with one or more stations.
US10548008B2
A method and device for authenticating wireless communication links between devices. The method may comprise sending a first frame from first device to a second device. The first frame may comprise a header and a payload containing data packets for implementing a first Extensible Authentication Protocol. A first secure link may be established between the first network interface card of the first device and the first network interface card of the second device, then an action management frame may be sent across the first link. The action management frame may comprise the header, a payload comprising a vendor-specific information element containing identifying information about the first device, and an action that instructs the second device to implement a second Extensible Authentication Protocol through a second network interface card of the second device. A second secure link may be established between the second network interface cards of each device.
US10548006B2
Systems, methods, apparatus and other mechanisms of authorizing a device to receive subscriber services via a network by comprising identifying a customer premises equipment (CPE) access device in communication with a device to be authorized for receiving subscriber services, determining a location associated with the CPE access device; and authorizing the device for receiving subscriber services if the CPE access device location is a valid location for a subscriber account associated with requested subscriber services.
US10548004B2
In a communication system comprising a first network operatively coupled to a second network, wherein the first network comprises a first security edge protection proxy element operatively coupled to a second security edge protection proxy element of the second network, a method comprises configuring at least a given one of the first and second security edge protection proxy elements to determine whether to apply at least one security operation at the transport level for incoming packets based at least in part on source and destination networks for the incoming packets.
US10548000B2
This document discusses, among other things, a Cellular Internet-of-Things (CIoT) network architecture to enable communication between an apparatus of a CIoT User Equipment (UE) and a network through a CIoT enhanced Node B (eNB) according to a lightweight Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol. An apparatus of a CIoT eNB can process data for communication between the CIoT UE and the network. The lightweight NAS protocol supports a reduced set of NAS messages for communication between, for example, the CIoT UE and the CIoT eNB, such as using a modified NAS message, or one or more new messages.
US10547998B2
A transmission method of a base station is provided. The base station generates a first discovery signal block including a first PSS (primary synchronization signal) and a first SSS (secondary synchronization signal). The base station generates a second discovery signal block including a second PSS and a second SSS. Also, the base station transmits the first discovery signal block and the second discovery signal block.
US10547995B2
The present invention relates to a method and a device for a first device transmitting/receiving data through a Bluetooth mesh network wherein a first message for setting the address of the first device is received from a second device, wherein the first message comprises at least one among an address field comprising the address, or a first response field indicating a request or no request for a response to the first message, and if the response field indicates a request for a response, a first response message to the message is transmitted to the second device.
US10547991B2
Systems and methods utilize a machine type communication interworking function and mapping function to manage and route requests from a variety of devices in data networks.
US10547987B2
An apparatus having both a Bluetooth-compatible transceiver and a cellular-telephony transceiver has a control circuit operably coupled to the foregoing configured to facilitate at least one on-board application using voice-based user input. The control circuit, upon determining that a call-setup message as received via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver specifies a particular predetermined number (such as a predetermined number that comprises an invalid number to serve as a telephone number) to call, automatically uses audio content received via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver as the aforementioned voice-based user input for that on-board application. By one approach, the apparatus can provide that predetermined number to a given secondary platform as part of a conveyed contacts list.
US10547986B2
Determining a context of communications between at least two users to determine when a root URL is being shared. The root URL being shared may then be evaluated to determine a context of need or purpose of a user of the URL and suggest whether an updated URL, which is an expanded or a direct URL would be the best fit for the user's needs and dynamically replaces the shared root URL with the updated direct URL.
US10547981B2
Implementations of the present specification include receiving, from a computing device, feature information of a Wi-Fi signal that is detected by the computing device, the feature information including identification information of the Wi-Fi signal; searching a database to identify one or more target objects associated with the feature information of the Wi-Fi signal, the database mapping feature information of a plurality of Wi-Fi signals to identification information of a plurality of target objects; and providing identification information of at least one target object of the one or more target objects to be displayed on the computing device.
US10547969B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for location tracking. In one embodiment, an apparatus receives a message sent to a user of a mobile device in a wireless network, and a processor determines at least one location parameter. Data is extracted from the message, and initiation of a computing function (e.g., transmission of a communication to the mobile device) is triggered by a match between the location and the data from the message.
US10547968B2
The present invention is directed to methods and systems for requesting information from a mobile device with a fencing agent. The fencing agent determines a position with a DNS resolver, queries geofences with an IP address, receives an anchor point with an IP address from the DNS resolver. The device with the fencing agent is able to receive multiple anchor points within multiple geofences within an ROI and translate fence points into fence geometries. Geofence information is stored and registered in a database of geofences, and each geofence is associated with a plurality of geographic designators, wherein each of the plurality of geographic designators is associated with an IP address.
US10547967B2
A method includes a mobile device receiving data from a first beacon in a plurality of beacons, wherein the data indicates a plurality signals strengths of signals received by the first beacon from the other beacons in the plurality of beacons. The mobile device uses multivariable regression based on the data received from the first beacon and signal strengths of signals received by the mobile device from the other beacons in the plurality of beacons to determine distances from the mobile device to the beacons. The mobile device determines a location of the mobile device based on the determined distances.
US10547966B2
Location based services to users of electric vehicles (114) are facilitated. Users that are in possession of a wireless communication device (116) may receive RF signals in the form of beacons (109) transmitted by an EVSE (102). The information contained in the signals may be used to facilitate for the user when the user wishes to take advantage of different services (132,134,136), nearby the EVSE (102) as well as further away from the EVSE (102).
US10547959B2
The invention concerns a mobile terminal with at least two transducers (LSm, LSs1, LSS2) used simultaneously as loudspeakers for stereophonic effect. According to the invention, one of said transducers is a main transducer (LSm) with a main working frequency band (Bm) corresponding to at least the phone frequency band, while the other transducer is a secondary transducer (LSs1; LSs2) with a secondary working frequency band (Bs1; Bs2) band different from said main frequency band, the lowest frequencies of said secondary working frequency band (Bs1; Bs2) being greater than the lowest frequencies of said main working frequency band.
US10547958B2
The invention relates to a sound reproduction device which comprises a signal source, a power source, an amplifier, and a loudspeaker. The sound reproduction device further comprises an impedance measuring device and an analysis device. The impedance measuring device is connected to loudspeaker leads of the loudspeaker in order to measure impedance values, and the impedance measuring device is connected to the analysis device in order to forward the measurement results. The analysis device is also connected to the signal source and/or to the amplifier in order to adapt a signal fed to the loudspeaker.
US10547954B2
A microphone includes a substrate, an opening in the substrate, and a support structure in the opening. The support structure includes a first bracket formed in a closed-loop pattern and a second bracket connecting the first bracket to a periphery of the opening. The support structure in the opening increases the mechanical reliability of the microphone.
US10547953B2
Sound waves cause pressure changes in the air, and the pressure changes cause changes in the dielectric constant of air. Capacitive sensor measurements indicative of the changes in the dielectric constant of air can be processed to extract features associated with sound waves in the air. The features can include sound pressure levels represented and recordable as audio samples. Furthermore, the features can help identify types of sounds, determine direction of travel of the sound waves, and/or determine the source location of the audio. Instead of relying on movement of a mechanical member to transduce sound waves through a port into an electrical signal, an improved microphone uses capacitive sensing to directly sample and sense static pressure as well as dynamic pressure or pressure changes in the air to derive audio samples. The resulting microphone avoids disadvantages of the conventional microphone having the moving mechanical member and port.
US10547948B2
A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, a rear structure configured to support the display panel, a vibration generator configured to vibrate the display panel, and a supporting member between the display panel and the vibration generator, the supporting member being configured to maintain a distance between the display panel and the vibration generator.
US10547941B1
A system includes a computer and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the computer to identify a target and to adjust a frequency of an acoustic message from a vehicle based on a predicted target trajectory and a predicted vehicle trajectory.
US10547940B1
A sound collection equipment is disclosed. The sound collection equipment includes a speaker, a microphone and a processing unit. The speaker is used for generating a test sound having a first frequency. The microphone is used for receiving an external sound. The processing unit is electronically connected to the microphone and the processing unit. The processing unit is used for determining whether a frequency range of the external sound includes the first frequency and whether the energy of the external sound exceeds a predetermined energy value, and for judging that the sound collection equipment is in a usage state when the frequency range of the external sound includes the first frequency and the energy of the external sound does not exceed the predetermined energy value.
US10547937B2
Various aspects include approaches for controlling acoustic beams. In some particular aspects, a system includes: a microphone array; and a control system coupled with the microphone array, the control system programmed to control the microphone array by: processing a signal from a beacon device to identify a physical location of the beacon device relative to the microphone array; and focusing the microphone array in a direction based upon the physical location of the beacon device prior to receiving an audio input at the microphone array.
US10547931B2
A headset is described which includes a speaker capsule and a headband connected to the speaker capsule with a first sensor on the headset for sensing an angle of rotation of the speaker capsule relative to the headband, and a second sensor on the headset for sensing a Don/Doff event. The angle of rotation sensor can indicate whether the speaker capsule on the headband is in a wearable position or in a non-wearable position. Logic controls an operation of the headset in response, such as changing power management modes, signaling host devices, and enabling/disabling the second sensor.
US10547926B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for processing an audio signal on a stereo audio device. Left and right audio signals are encoded as mid and side channel signals by taking the sum and difference of the left and right audio signals, respectively. The side channel is outputted to a first signal pathway that features a dynamic range compressor. The mid channel is outputted to a second signal pathway which is then spectrally decomposed into a plurality of sub-band signals using one or more bandpass filters. Each sub-band signal is then provided to a dynamic range compressor, compressed and outputted to a gain stage. Subsequently, each compressed sub-band signal is outputted from the gain stage and recombined. The outputs of the first and second signal pathways are then recombined and decoded in order to produce left and right audio signals. The left and right audio signals are then outputted.
US10547922B2
A solar speaker self-adjusting control system includes a photovoltaic panel, a voltage conversion device, a speaker device, an embedded processing device, and a calling device. The photovoltaic panel is for receiving solar energy and outputting a voltage signal; the voltage conversion device is connected to the photovoltaic panel for converting the voltage signal outputted by the photovoltaic panel into voltage values required by the system; the embedded processing device is connected to the calling device and speaker device for converting a voice signal transmitted from the calling device into a control current that drives the operation of the speaker device; and the calling device is embedded into a dashboard at a front end of the motor vehicle and connected to the embedded processing device installed in the dashboard at the front end of the motor vehicle through a cable. This system achieves the self-adjusting control effect of a solar speaker.
US10547915B1
The present invention provides a major innovative development in low latency live streaming at scale which includes a Viewer to transmit a series of requests for Media Segments ahead-of-time the Media Segment data is expected to exist and a Server capable of delivering Media Segment data, as it is being generated, to one or more Viewers. Specifically, the invention incorporates a method of embedding Playlist Data into Media Segment data to enhance ultra-low latency playback, while providing an immediate transferring of essential Playlist Data to the Viewer.
US10547913B2
A method of processing a data stream comprising: (a) receiving said data stream including a watermark message encoded within said data stream; (b) extracting a corresponding recovery file location from said watermark message; (c) receiving a recovery file based upon said recovery file location that includes a corresponding content identifier; (d) selectively extracting said content identifier from said recovery file when said content identifier is an object that includes properties of a pattern expression to express a constraint as a string, where said string is entertainment identifier register information.
US10547911B2
Devices and methods are provided for generating reminder notifications pertaining to time-sensitive media content. In various embodiments, the method includes the step or process of establishing whether time-sensitive media content is desirably viewed by an end user of the media receiver. If establishing that time-sensitive media content is desirably viewed by the end user, it is further determined whether a reminder notification should be generated for the time-sensitive media content at a specified time relative to a change in availability of the time-sensitive media content from a media content provider. If further determining that a reminder notification should be generated for the time-sensitive media content, the reminder notification is generated at the specified time; e.g., the media receiver may generate the reminder notification itself or transmit instructions to a user-carried electronic device to generate the notification reminder.
US10547909B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for providing interactive electronic commerce functionality via graphical overlays on live streaming video. An indication is received that an item is featured or discussed in a live video stream. The live video stream is sent to a client. Data encoding a selectable graphical overlay is sent to the client in response to the indication. The selectable graphical overlay is configured to be rendered by the client relative to the live video stream. A selection of the selectable graphical overlay is configured to perform an interactive function relative to the item.
US10547894B2
A synchronized video stream switching method for a video wall system. The video wall system includes a transmitter having first and second channels, and a receiver having third and fourth channels. The method includes: (a) After receiving a control command, the transmitter uses the first channel to transmit the first video stream to the third channel, and uses the second channel to transmit a pre-switch command to the fourth channel. (b) After receiving the pre-switch command, the receiver preserves the first video stream in the third channel. (c) After the switching event occurs at the transmitter in response to the control command, the transmitter transmit the second video stream via the first channel, but the receiver continues to preserve the first video stream in the third channel within a predetermined time period. (d) After the predetermined time period, the receiver accepts the second video stream in the third channel.
US10547891B2
Apparatuses, methods and systems to enable display of media content, the apparatus includes: a remote control device; a button pad with a set of buttons for controlling a media player device wherein the set of buttons comprises at least a plurality of buttons to navigate an user interface on a display device, and to display streaming media content on the display device wherein the button pad is part of the remote control device, the button pad further includes: a first set of buttons ordinarily designated to navigate the user interface; and a second set of buttons ordinarily designated to play streaming media content wherein the second set of buttons further configured for use to navigate the user interface with the first set of buttons.
US10547890B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory that is configured to store subscriber identity module (SIM) information corresponding to a communications service provider that provides a network. The SIM information is received, via the network, from an external device. A processor-implemented manager module is operatively connected to the memory and is configured to change, based on at least the SIM information, at least a part of a user interface to be displayed through a display operatively connected to the electronic device.
US10547881B2
To reduce the transport amount of MMT data transport control signaling.Detailed information regarding files under a directory agreeing with an MPU, is not transported in a DDMT, and detailed information regarding items under the MPU agreeing with the directory is not transported in a DAMT. A file describing the detailed information regarding the items under the MPU agreeing with the directory, is described as one item and is passed to the MPU so that transport is performed. In addition, an MPU node descriptor indicating that the MPU agrees with the directory, is arranged into the DAMT so that matching with the directory is performed.
US10547876B2
A video cache rule generation system for generating cache rules for caching and playing back a video includes an obtaining module, a determining module, an extracting module, a comparing module, and a generating module. The obtaining module obtains URL addresses. The determining module determines whether each URL address belongs to a video URL address according to a media tag library. The extracting module divides a first URL address into chunks and extracts first key chunks from the chunks after division. The comparing module compares each first key chunk with a key chunk subclass, and marks a second key chunk where the second key chunk is found to be different from the key chunk subclass. The generating module generates a cache rule through generating a list of marked key parameter chunks. A video cache rule generation method is also provided.
US10547872B2
An encoding apparatus encoding a bitstream including an image frame is disclosed. The encoding apparatus comprises a selection unit for selecting a plurality of pixels including non-zero transform coefficients in a transform coefficient block constituting an image frame, an inverse transform unit for generating a plurality of groups of code candidates including combinations of codes assignable to the non-zero transform coefficients of the selected plurality of pixels and generating candidate reconstruction blocks by performing an inverse transform on each of the transform coefficient blocks in which the sign is assigned to the non-zero transform coefficients according to the generated plurality of groups of code candidates, a cost calculation unit for calculating a cost on the basis of a pixel value difference between pixel values of a plurality of pixels selected from among the generated candidate reconstruction blocks and pixel values of other pixels adjacent to the selected plurality of pixels and an encoding unit for assigning different predetermined codewords to a plurality of groups of code candidates on the basis of the calculated cost and encoding one codeword of the codewords into encoding information of non-zero transform coefficients of the selected plurality of pixels.
US10547864B2
The present technique relates to an image processing device and method which can suppress an increase in an operation time. The image processing device has: an encoding control unit which, upon encoding independently performed per slice for dividing a picture into a plurality of pictures, controls whether or not to adopt for motion information a merge mode of merging a relevant region of an operation target with a surrounding region positioned in a surrounding of the relevant region, based on information of surrounding regions which belong to a relevant slice to which the relevant region belongs; and an encoding unit which encodes the relevant region in the merge mode or a mode other than the merge mode under control of the encoding control unit. The present disclosure is applicable to the image processing device.
US10547861B2
A video image decoding device (1) is equipped with a TT information decoder (14) that, in the case where encoded data includes merge/skip information that merges or skips presence information indicating whether or not frequency-domain transform coefficients are included in the quantized transform coefficients, does not decode the presence information, and a TT information inference unit (33) that, in the case where the encoded data includes merge/skip information that merges or skips the presence information, infers the presence information. The TT information decoder (14) uses presence information inferred by the TT information inference unit (33) to decode the encoded and quantized transform coefficients.
US10547860B2
A video decoder or encoder can be used to convert and process different video streams having different combinations of frame rate and Chroma fidelity. Rather than setting the maximum sample rate of the encoder based on a Luma sample rate, the encoder's throughput is set based on a maximum color sample rate. Additionally, the picture buffer size can be set based on a maximum number of color pictures. An input of the video decoder receives an input video stream having a given display resolution and encoded in a first format employing a first combination of frame rate and Chroma fidelity. Processing circuitry in the decoder converts the input video stream from the first format to an output video stream having a second format, the second format having the given display resolution and employing a second combination of frame rate and Chroma fidelity different from the first combination.
US10547857B2
When a switching portion at which a sequence of video streams to be transmitted is switched from a first sequence to a second sequence having a different frame rate from the first sequence is provided, display control information is inserted into at least encoded image data of a picture corresponding to the switching portion or a packet containing the encoded image data. A reception side performs display control of pictures using the display control information and implements an excellent display.
US10547854B2
A device for coding video data is configured to determine that a current block of video data is coded using an intra prediction mode; add an intra prediction mode of a first neighboring block of the current block to a most probable mode candidate list for the current block; add an intra prediction mode for a second neighboring block of the current block to the most probable mode candidate list for the current block; add an intra prediction mode for a third neighboring block of the current block to the most probable mode candidate list for the current block; and code the current block of video data using an intra prediction mode.
US10547851B2
Disclosed are methods for coding and decoding at picture layer and slice layer, and corresponding coder and decoder. The method comprises: coder selecting, according to network transmission state and video characteristic, different constrained loop filter (CLF) and/or constrained intra-prediction (CIP) control modes for one of the following three objects: 1: different video sequences; 2: pictures in different periods in the same video sequence; 3: different slices in the same picture; according to the selected CLF and/or CIP control mode, coding CLF and/or CIP control flag bits in picture layer parameter set and slice layer parameter set; and a decoder parsing slice layer bitstream containing header information, picture layer parameter set and/or slice layer parameter set, and according to the obtained CLF and/or CIP control flag bits, decoding picture and slice by using the corresponding CLF and/or CIP control mode. Through the present invention, a desirable tradeoff can be achieved between coding efficiency and error resilience performance.
US10547847B2
An image encoding method according to the present invention, which is performed by an encoding apparatus, comprises the steps of: generating an adaptive motion vector range (AMVR) enable flag; deriving a motion vector difference (MVD) with respect to a current block; deriving a representative MVD value of an MVD range including a value of the MVD from among a plurality of MVD ranges; generating a coded MVD corresponding to the representative MVD value; and outputting the AMVR enable flag and the coded MVD through a bit stream. According to the present invention, the amount of bits allocated to an MVD can be reduced and the overall coding efficiency can thus be increased.
US10547846B2
Image information is often transmitted from one electronic device to another. Such information is typically encoded and/or compressed to reduce the bandwidth required for transmission and/or to decrease the time necessary for transmission. Embodiments are directed to tagging objects or primitives with attribute tags to facilitate the encoding process. Other embodiments are directed to codecs running on hardware and/or software.
US10547843B1
A system and method of forming entropy coding groups in an entropy encoder includes providing multiple prefix codebooks, each prefix codebook being associated with a bit-based representation; receiving a block of sample values as a current block of sample values; forming multiple entropy coding groups; converting the sample values in each entropy coding group to a selected bit-based representation; determining the bit-based representation used for each respective entropy coding group; selecting a first or second prefix codebook for a respective entropy coding group in response to the determining; applying the selected prefix codebook to encode a prefix value of the respective entropy coding group; forming the bit-representation of the entropy coding groups, where the bit-representation of each entropy coding group includes a prefix encoded using the selected prefix codebook and one or more sample values; and providing the bit-representation of the entropy coding groups as an output.
US10547827B2
The invention relates to a method for aligning at least two image recording elements of two camera modules of a stereo camera system, in particular with respect to their roll angle relative to one another, as well as to a stereo camera system whose camera modules or image recording elements are aligned in accordance with such method.
US10547824B2
Provided is a data processing apparatus for calculating confidence coefficient data to indicate a confidence of pixel values of a second image data. The apparatus acquires similarity between a pixel value of a first pixel of the first image data corresponding to a target pixel of the confidence coefficient data, and each pixel value of a plurality of second pixels around the first pixel. The apparatus acquires the confidence coefficient by determining an estimated pixel value in the third pixel of the second image data corresponding to the first pixel, based on the similarity of each of the plurality of second pixels, each pixel value of the plurality of fourth pixels around the third pixel and the pixel value of the third pixel and by comparing the pixel value of the third image and the estimated pixel value in the third pixel.
US10547819B2
A method and system for visualizing micro-contrast. At least one processor obtains a selected root image from a digital video, generates an assistive image, and blends the assistive image with the selected root image to obtain a mutated image, which configured to be displayed by a display device. The selected root image includes root pixels each associated with color values. The assistive image is generated based on a plurality of micro-contrast scores comprising a micro-contrast score calculated for each of at least a portion of the root pixels. The micro-contrast score is calculated for a selected one of the root pixels by identifying a submatrix centered at the selected root pixel, and calculating the micro-contrast score for the selected root pixel based on the color values associated with only sample pixels positioned one each at corners of the submatrix.
US10547813B2
A method and system for video relay service calling with audio monitoring is described. The method includes initiating a video relay service call, the video relay service call including a video portion between a sign language interpreter and a user who is deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech impaired (D-HOH-SI); an audio portion between the sign language interpreter and a called party; and one or more call parameters. The method further includes determining whether one of the call parameters indicates that the video relay service call should be monitored; in response to determining that the video relay service call should be monitored, directing at least the audio portion of the video relay service call to an audio monitoring service so that the audio portion of the video relay service call between the sign language interpreter and the called party can be monitored by the audio monitoring service.
US10547811B2
A smart camera system is disclosed. The camera can work with cloud data storage systems and compute cloud. A call center can access the cloud to provide security monitoring services.
US10547803B2
An imaging arrangement comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; and a signal processing arrangement. A first and a second line of the matrix each comprise a light-receiving pixel and a reference pixel, the light-receiving pixels each receive incident light and output a light signal based on the incident light, and each reference pixel outputs a pixel signal for forming an address signal. The processing arrangement provides a first address signal and a second address signal, wherein: the first address signal indicates the position of the first line and comprises a signal value based on the pixel signal from the first line; and the second address signal indicates the position of the second line and comprises a signal value based on the pixel signal from the second line; and the signal value of the first address signal is different to the signal value of the second address signal.
US10547799B2
An apparatus for increasing the resolution of at least one portion of a cryogenically cooled and vacuum-sealed infrared imaging detector including a two-dimensional detector array having a fill factor value, the portion of the array successively exposed to an image scene to acquire multiple infrared imaging samples of the scene, a masking filter having a single pattern, disposed between the array and the image scene and operative to reduce the fill factor value of the portion of the array by a fill factor reduction amount (FFRA), an optical element disposed between the masking filter and the image scene, a directional angle shifter for shifting an angle at which the imaging samples are directed onto the portion of the array thereby successively shifting the image scene relative to the portion of the array between each of the imaging samples by a shifting increment corresponding to the FFRA and a processor.
US10547798B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for implementing a reality overlay device. A reality overlay device captures information that is pertinent to physical surroundings with respect to a device, the information including at least one of visual information or audio information. The reality overlay device may transmit at least a portion of the captured information to a second device. For instance, the reality overlay device may transmit at least a portion of the captured information to a server via the Internet, where the server is capable of identifying an appropriate virtual billboard. The reality overlay device may then receive overlay information for use in generating a transparent overlay via the reality overlay device. The transparent overlay is then superimposed via the device using the overlay information, wherein the transparent overlay provides one or more transparent images that are pertinent to the physical surroundings. Specifically, one or more of the transparent images may operate as “virtual billboards.” Similarly, a portable device such as a cell phone may automatically receive a virtual billboard when the portable device enters an area within a specified distance from an associated establishment.
US10547797B1
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure can help to automatically generate images displaying activity-based information and distribute such images to other users, such as members of a social network. The image may be modified based on activity data associated with other users and/or from other activity sensors.
US10547796B2
A calibration equipment of a mechanical system includes a light emitter emitting a light beam, a light sensing module, and an operating module. The light sensing module includes a carrier plate, and a plurality of light sensing units located on the carrier plate. The plurality of light sensing units receive the light beam and generate a plurality of image data. The operating module receives the plurality of image data and generates a calibrated kinematic parameter.
US10547793B2
A camera unit and method of control are described. The camera unit has a camera flash sub-unit configurable to emit flash light having an adjustable characteristic. A camera sensor sub-unit generates raw color data when exposed to light for processing into a digital image. The camera unit also includes a camera controller for coordinating operation of the camera flash sub-unit and the camera sensor sub-unit. The camera controller monitors one or more ambient light characteristics in a vicinity of the camera unit. Prior to receiving a command instructing the camera unit to generate the digital image, the camera controller repeatedly configures the camera flash sub-unit based on the monitored ambient light characteristics to adjust the characteristics of the emitted flash light. Once the camera controller receives the command, the camera sensor sub-unit is instructed to expose an image sensor using the pre-adjusted camera flash light to increase illumination.
US10547787B2
A distance measurement device includes an imaging optical system, an imaging unit, an emission unit, a derivation unit which performs a distance measurement to derive a distance to a subject based on a timing at which directional light is emitted by the emission unit and a timing at which reflected light is received by a light receiving unit, a shake correction unit which performs shake correction as correction of shake of the subject image caused by variation of an optical axis of the imaging optical system, and a control unit which performs control such that the shake correction unit does not perform shake correction or performs shake correction with a correction amount smaller than a normal correction amount determined in advance in a case of performing the distance measurement and performs shake correction with the normal correction amount in a case of not performing the distance measurement.
US10547781B1
An apparatus includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to (a) receive (i) a plurality of first samples selected from a first picture of a sequence of pictures, (ii) a plurality of smooth first samples corresponding to the plurality of first samples, (iii) a plurality of second samples selected from a second picture of the sequence of pictures, and (iv) a plurality of smooth second samples corresponding to the plurality of second samples, and (b) generate a plurality of adjusted first samples by combining the smooth first samples, the first samples, and the smooth second samples. The second circuit may be configured to generate a plurality of values based on the plurality of adjusted first samples and at least one of the plurality of first samples and the plurality of second samples. The first samples and the second samples generally have different levels of a lighting condition. The adjusted first samples and the second samples generally have similar levels of the lighting condition.
US10547777B2
A camera shooting information generation apparatus generates extended UMID data having basic UMID data serving as a unique identifier identifying material data globally uniquely, and a source pack including information on altitude, longitude, and latitude, each of which is constituted of 8 nibbles, wherein first to fifth nibbles of the altitude indicate last 5 digits of a value of an altitude relative to the sea level of the local geoid, an eighth nibble of the altitude indicates whether the altitude relative to the sea level of the local geoid has a positive value or a negative value and a description target of the source pack, a seventh nibble of the altitude indicates: the number of GPS satellites each serving as a transmission source of a signal received when a camera shooting position of an imaging apparatus is detected; a first flag indicating whether a supportive apparatus is used when the camera shooting position is detected; and a second flag indicating which one of the first digit of the value of the altitude relative to the sea level of the local geoid and a PDOP value of the detected camera shooting position is specified at a sixth nibble of the altitude, and the sixth nibble of the altitude indicates either the first digit of the value of the altitude or the PDOP value. The camera shooting information generation apparatus includes a fixed value setting unit configured to invalidate a value set as the PDOP value at the sixth nibble by setting, at the seventh nibble, a first fixed value which indicates: the number of the GPS satellites being no more than two; and the flag indicating the PDOP value being specified at the sixth nibble, and which is unused in a format specification of the extended UMID data, a camera shooting azimuth setting unit configured to set a value of a camera shooting azimuth of the imaging apparatus at the sixth nibble, an altitude setting unit configured to set a value of the altitude relative to the sea level of the local geoid, and an extended UMID data generation unit configured to generate the extended UMID data in which values are set by the fixed value setting unit, the camera shooting azimuth setting unit, and the altitude setting unit.
US10547746B2
A system and method for dynamically updating a service level agreement during a communication with a contact center are disclosed. The system and method are configured to display an initial time associated with a predetermine SLA path and then update the displayed time based on a communication between an agent and a customer.
US10547745B2
A system and method for allowing a telemarketer to place a series of telephone calls to called parties utilizes a distributed processing architecture. This allows the telemarketer to utilize data stored at remote locations to help interact with called parties. In addition, the telemarketer can utilize telephone assets to quickly and easily place multiple simultaneous calls to different called parties.
US10547743B2
Systems and methods are described herein for sending notifications associated with different use or active modes of a mobile device, such as a smart phone, tablet, and so on. For example, a mobile device may be in a busy mode, where a user associated with the mobile device is busy on a call, and/or in an entertainment mode (or other non-communication mode), where the user is utilizing entertainment functions provided by the mobile device (e.g., watching a video, playing a video game, listening to a podcast, and so on).
US10547734B2
A system and method for augmenting a graphical user interface by filtering options within a text message displayed within the graphical user interface includes determining that a content of the text message includes a plurality of options, receiving a location information of the sending device, the location information of the sending device being used to determine a venue corresponding to a physical location of the sending device, determining that the venue corresponding to the physical location of the sending device is relevant to the plurality of options, retrieving a contextual information from the venue about the plurality of choices, and augmenting the graphical user interface of the sending device by appending the contextual information to the plurality of options of the text message, such that the graphical user interface of the sending device simultaneously displays both the contextual information and the plurality of options.
US10547720B2
A method for automatically saving an unknown number in a mobile phone includes comparing a telephone number being answered or dialed with numbers in an address book, and determines whether the telephone number is an unknown number. If yes, conversation content is monitored, and keywords of the conversation content are extracted after the call is successfully connected. After the call ends, a user is prompted whether to save, if yes, the keywords are arranged in order for the user to select.
US10547718B2
A mobile terminal including a flexible display; an intermediate case including an opening; an internal case within the intermediate case for rolling the flexible display in and out of the intermediate case through the opening; a first case covering one end of the intermediate case; a second case covering the other end of the intermediate case; a first magnetic member provided within an interior of the intermediate case; and a plurality of second magnetic members provided under the flexible display such that the flexible display is rolled by an attractive force between the plurality of second magnetic members and the first magnetic member.
US10547714B2
Frame formatting for communications within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. A signal is processed within a communication device using at least two respective downclocking ratios (e.g., a first downclocking ratio applied to a first portion of the signal such as a frame or packet extracted there from, a second downclocking ratio applied to a second portion of the signal). Alternatively, a signal is divided into more than two respective portions, and different respective downclocking ratios are applied to those different respective portions (e.g., a first downclocking ratio applied to a first portion of the signal, and so on up to an n-th downclocking ratio applied to an n-th portion of the signal). Some implementations apply a singular or common downclocking ratio to more than one portion of the signal (which may be contiguous/adjacent or non-contiguous/non-adjacent within the signal).
US10547713B2
A system and method for transmitting state based input over a network are presented. Embodiments of the present invention are operable to generate vector data comprising a composite of all state data associated with the state of all user input claims of a client system and transmit the vector data from the client device to a host device over a network. Embodiments of the present invention are further operable at the host device to determine a simulated input state at the client side by performing a comparison of the vector data currently received to a last known vector data and rendering output in response to the comparison.
US10547704B2
Predictive pre-fetching of streams for 360 degree video is described. User view orientation metadata is obtained for a 360 degree video stream that includes data for a plurality of viewports. Data corresponding to one or more high-resolution frames for a particular one of the viewports is pre-fetched based on the user view orientation metadata and those frames are displayed. The high resolution frames are characterized by a higher resolution than for remaining viewports.
US10547699B2
Methods and apparatus for mobile device identification using TCP segment timestamps are disclosed. A request from a mobile device is received at a server. A TCP connection, initiated by the mobile device, is made between the server and the device, and a timestamp generated by the mobile device is retrieved from the options field of the TCP SYN segment. Other identifying information is received from the mobile device source, including an IP address, port, and HTTP headers. Based on the identifying information, the mobile device timestamp, and a current timestamp generated by the server, a likelihood is determined that the particular mobile device previously communicated with the server.
US10547696B2
A method and associated computer system. A processor queries a service catalog and a virtual service inventory to obtain network service instances including a virtual network function. The processor seamlessly replaces the virtual network function by a new version of the virtual network function without interruption of the network service in the production environment. The processor deploys the new version of the virtual network function unattached to the production environment, including: replacing a network address of the virtual network function in the load balancer with a network address of the new version of the virtual network function. In response to a determination by the processor that the virtual network function has a floating network address, the processor detaches the floating network address from the virtual network function and attaches the detached floating network address to the new version of the virtual network function.
US10547693B2
A physical security system is described comprising a simplified method for selection of a compute node from a cluster of compute nodes with which to assign a role or acquire a service. The method determines a scalar priority value for compute nodes in the cluster, and allows selection of a compute node by simply choosing the highest priority scalar value. Scalar priority values may be determined by one or more of: a compute node license type, capacity limits, a hardware capability, a software capability, and a current node load.
US10547690B2
A connection destination server instruction apparatus for causing a client terminal to connect to a specific sever in a plurality of servers, including: parameter acquisition means configured to acquire a server parameter on each server; area name acquisition means configured to acquire an area name of a location of the client terminal based on a connection request; connection destination determination means configured, when an area indicated by the area name belongs to a specific area, to regard one or more servers placed in the specific area in the plurality of servers to be candidates of the specific server, and to determine the specific server from the one or more servers that are the candidates by using the server parameter acquired by the parameter acquisition means; and connection destination instruction means configured to transmit, to the client terminal, information of the specific server.
US10547686B2
A display apparatus having a communicator configured to communicate with an external device; a display; and a controller configured to receive schedule information about reproduction of a plurality of pieces of content from the external device, determine whether second content to be reproduced following first content is completely downloadable until a reproducing completion time of the first content based on the received schedule information, download the second content while reproducing the first content if it is determined that the second content is completely downloadable, and start downloading the second content instead of reproducing first content if it is determined that the second content is not completely downloadable.
US10547682B2
Techniques disclosed herein dynamically scale components of an application using microservices. An exemplary technique involves executing the application on a computing device such as a server. For example, the application can be executed to host server-side services using the components of the application locally on the computing device. The technique monitors use of the components during execution of the application and determines to migrate a component to a microservice based on the use of the component during the execution of the application. The technique then migrates the component to a micro service by initiating launch of the micro service on a remote computing device and converting local calls for the component to remote calls for the microservice in the application.
US10547681B2
Encoding a file into a plurality of chunks, wherein a subset of the plurality of chunks may be used to create a functional equivalent of the file. At least one additional chunk is created from the plurality of chunks. The at least one additional chunk is directed to be stored in a cache memory and the plurality of chunks are directed to be stored on at least one storage node. Upon demand for the file, at least one additional chunk is cased to be retrieved from the cache and at least a portion of the plurality of chunks are caused to be retrieved from the at least one storage node and the functional equivalent of the file is constructed through utilization of the at least one additional chunk and the portion of the plurality of chunks.
US10547678B2
A stand-alone, network accessible data storage device, such as a filer or NAS device, is capable of transferring data objects based on portions of the data objects. The device transfers portions of files, folders, and other data objects from a data store within the device to external secondary storage based on certain criteria, such as time-based criteria, age-based criteria, and so on. A portion may be one or more blocks of a data object, or one or more chunks of a data object, or other segments that combine to form or store a data object. For example, the device identifies one or more blocks of a data object that satisfy a certain criteria, and migrates the identified blocks to external storage, thereby freeing up storage space within the device. The device may determine that a certain number of blocks of a file have not been modified or called by a file system in a certain time period, and migrate these blocks to secondary storage.
