US10934511B2
The embodiments disclose a method including bottling alcoholic beverages with selected ingredients including alcohol neutral spirits, alcohol and whisky, beer, wine, ingredients to add flavors and nutritional additive ingredients to benefit the health of an alcoholic beverage drinker, wherein a selection of alcohols includes vodka, tequila, gin, rum, brandy and other alcoholic spirits, wherein a selection of ingredients to add flavors includes flavorings including fruit flavorings, an artificial sweetener, and natural sweetener, wherein a selection of nutritional additive ingredients includes vitamins, minerals, fulvic acid, humic acid, ulmic acid and a purified and sanitized black water with humic acid and fulvic acid molecules in a mixed solution, and wherein bottling includes a bottling electronic monitoring, at least one control network, at least one bottling quality control process and a bottling labeling and packaging process and devices.
US10934509B2
A cleaning product having a spray dispenser and a cleaning composition suitable for spraying and foaming, the composition housed in the spray dispenser wherein the composition contains: i) 2 to 15% by weight of a surfactant system comprising an alkyl ethoxylated sulfate anionic surfactant and a specific co-surfactant; and ii) a specific glycol ether solvent.
US10934507B2
Disclosed herein are a solvent composition and methods of using the solvent composition. The solvent composition includes at least 80 wt. % of trans-1,2-dichloroetheylene (t-DCE), and 0.1 to 20 wt. % of at least one organic compound. The organic compound may be a hydrocarbon and/or an oxygenated solvent. The solvent composition may be used to clean a surface by contacting the surface with the composition to dissolve a contaminant on the surface. The composition may be used to remove a coating from a surface of a substrate by contacting the surface with the solvent composition to dissolve the coating and removing the composition containing the coating from the surface. The composition may also be used to deposit material on a substrate by dissolving the material in the solvent composition, applying the composition containing the material onto the substrate, and evaporating the composition from the substrate.
US10934498B1
A process for the economical and environmentally acceptable disposal of spent adsorbent recovered from an adsorption column used to remove HPNA compounds and HPNA precursors from hydrocracking unit bottoms and/or recycle streams includes removing the liquid hydrocarbon oil from the spent adsorbent material by a combination of solvent flushing, and/or heating and vacuum treatment, grinding the dried adsorbent material containing the HPNA compounds and HPNA precursors to produce free-flowing particles of a predetermined maximum size, and introducing the particulate adsorbent material into a membrane wall partial oxidation gasification reactor to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide synthesis gas, or syngas, which can be further processed by the water-gas shift reaction to increase the overall hydrogen recovered from the initial feed to the gasifier.
US10934496B2
The present invention relates to a method for reducing the cloud point of a Fischer-Tropsch derived fraction to below 0° C., wherein the method comprises subjecting the Fischer-Tropsch derived fraction to a cloud point reduction step comprising mixing the Fischer-Tropsch derived fraction, which comprises more than 80 wt. % of paraffins and 90 wt. % of saturates, with a solvent mixture (16), wherein the solvent mixture (16) comprises a paraffinic naphtha fraction (7) and a co-solvent (15); and subjecting the solvent treatment mixture (23) to a solvent de-waxing step (17).
US10934495B2
Systems and methods for crude oil separation and upgrading, which include the ability to reduce aromatic complex bottoms content in gasoline and higher-quality aromatic compounds. In some embodiments, aromatic complex bottoms are recycled for further processing. In some embodiments, aromatic complex bottoms are separated for further processing.
US10934483B2
A luminescent substance particle includes BaSnO3:Zn having a perovskite-type structure, a content of Zn (zinc) being more than 0.0% by mass and less than 8.0% by mass. Alternatively, a luminescent substance particle includes BaSnO3:Mg having a perovskite-type structure, a content of Mg (magnesium) being more than 0.0% by mass and less than 0.1% by mass.
US10934469B2
Lost circulation compositions, systems, and methods of using the same are described. A lost circulation composition comprises a water-swellable starch graft copolymer; and a carrier fluid. A method for bridging a lost circulation zone comprises providing a lost circulation composition comprising a water-swellable starch graft copolymer and a carrier fluid. Then introducing the lost circulation composition into a wellbore within a subterranean formation, wherein the subterranean formation comprises a lost circulation zone. Finally the lost circulation composition is placed into the lost circulation zone.
US10934466B2
A date palm seed lost circulation material (LCM) is provided having a date palm seed admixture of date palm seed particles of various sizes. The date palm seed particles may have a size greater than about 2380 microns in a range of about 40% to about 42% by weight, particles having a size greater than about 595 microns and less than about 2381 microns in a range of about 46% to about 48% by weight, particles having a size greater than about 400 microns and less than about 596 microns in a range of about 4% to about 6% by weight, particles having a size less than about 210 microns in a range of about 4% to about 6% by weight, and particles having a size less than about 149 microns in a range of about 1% to about 3% by weight. Methods of lost circulation control using and manufacture of a date palm seed LCM are also provided.
US10934463B2
The present invention provides an adhesive film including a resin having a silsesquioxane in a side chain and a urethane bond in a main chain, together with a method for forming the same. The inventive adhesive film has excellent stretchability and strength, with the film surface having higher adhesion and thinner film thickness.
US10934453B2
Cutin-based devices, coatings and methods of producing such devices and coatings are presented herein. Cutin-like materials (CLMs) are presented which mimic and adapt coatings found in nature for the next generation of functional coatings. Cutin has several advantages including excellent UV resistance, natural resistance to bacteria and viruses, noncorrosive, and stability under abrupt changes in temperature and environment. CLMs can be engineered at the nanoscale and readily impregnated with metals and metal oxides materials.
US10934442B2
The present invention provides a coating composition comprising a) a metal complex comprising an organic acid or anion thereof coordinated to a metal ion; and b) a polymer, wherein there is no covalent bond between said metal complex and the polymer.
US10934435B2
The present invention relates to azo dyes of formula wherein R1 denotes hydrogen or C1-C12alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C1-C12alkoxy groups, C1-C12alkylcarbonyl groups, C7-C25arylcarbonyl groups, hydroxyl groups, amino groups, cyano groups or halogen atoms and which may be interrupted one or more times by the radical —O—, —S—, —NR4—, —COO— or —OOC—, R4 is hydrogen or C1-C12alkyl; X is hydrogen or halogen; and R2 and R3 are each independently of the other hydrogen; C1-C12alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by cyano, carboxy, hydroxy, C1-C6alkoxy or C2-C8alkoxyalkoxy; or are C7-C25aralkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by cyano, carboxy, hydroxy, C1-C6alkoxy or C2-C8alkoxyalkoxy, to mixtures containing said dyes and to the use thereof in dyeing or printing semi-synthetic and especially synthetic hydrophobic fibre materials, more especially textile materials.
US10934432B2
Disclosed is a conductive polyamide resin composition that excels not only in electroconductivity, but also in fuel resistance, particularly resistance against alcohol-containing fuel, and further excels in fluidity and moldability, and is capable of yielding a molded article with high impact resistance, the conductive polyamide resin composition including: 84 to 40% by mass of a polyamide resin (A); 5 to 30% by mass of conductive carbon black (B); 3 to 30% by mass of an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (C) that has a reactive functional group capable of reacting with a terminal group of polyamide resin and/or an amido group on a principal chain of polyamide resin; and 1 to 20% by mass of a conductive polyethylene resin (D).
US10934420B2
The invention relates to a polymer composition comprising polyolefin (a), which is other than low density polyethylene (LDPE), and polyolefin (b), which is an LDPE polymer and obtainable by a high pressure process which process comprises the steps: (i) compressing one or more monomer(s) under pressure in a compressor, using a compressor lubricant for lubrication, (ii) polymerising a monomer optionally together with one or more comonomer(s) in a polymerisation zone, (iii) separating the obtained polyolefin (b) from the unreacted products and recovering the separated polyolefin in a recovery zone, wherein in step (i) the compressor lubricant comprises a non-mineral oil; a power cable, e.g. of a direct current (DC) power cable, use of a polymer composition and a process for producing a DC power cable.
US10934418B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising polysaccharide particles with an average size of about 0.1-10 mm. These particles comprise at least (i) about 50%-90% by weight water or an aqueous solution, and (ii) about 10%-50% by weight insoluble alpha-glucan, or an insoluble cationic ether thereof, comprising alpha-1,3-glycosidic linkages and having a weight-average degree of polymerization (DPw) of at least about 100. Further disclosed are methods of preparing these compositions, as well as systems for storing and/or moving them.
US10934414B2
A long film containing a cellulose acylate and a compound A having a molecular weight of less than 1,000 which satisfies conditions 1-4. Condition 1: containing two or more aromatic rings each directly connected to a hydroxyl group in a molecule. Condition 2: containing one or more carbon atoms directly connected to an aromatic ring directly connected to a hydroxyl group and do not constitute the aromatic ring in a molecule, the carbon atoms being directly connected to 1 to 3 aromatic rings. Condition 3: Each carbon atom directly connected to an aromatic ring directly connected to a hydroxyl group and not constituting the aromatic ring has no bond with a hydrogen atom. Condition 4: Each carbon atom directly connected to an aromatic ring directly connected to a hydroxyl group and not constituting the aromatic ring is bonded by a single bond to atoms other than hydrogen atoms.
US10934412B2
The present invention discloses a poly(terephthalate-co-sebacate) resin composition, comprising the following components: a. poly(terephthalate-co-sebacate); and b. an alkane, which is at least one selected from the group consisting of hexadecane, heptadecane, octadecane, nonadecane and eicosane; wherein a weight content of the alkane is 5 ppm-1000 ppm based on a total weight of the poly(terephthalate-co-sebacate) resin composition. The present invention controls the content of alkane in the composition within a range of 5 ppm-1000 ppm by adding an alkane, which not only enables the poly(terephthalate-co-sebacate) resin to have obviously improved blow molding properties, a film thickness range of less than 0.3 μm, and a relative deviation of film thickness of less than 2.0%, thereby guaranteeing a bubble stability and a continuity of blow molding, but also enables the film material to prevent the ink from stripping off the film material, and to prevent excessive ink from adhering to the film material in the printing process, so that the film shows excellent printing performance.
US10934408B2
The present invention relates to a surface modification method for a polyether-ether-ketone material. The method combines physical and chemical methods, and comprises the steps of performing plasma immersion ion implantation on the surface of the polyether-ether-ketone material with argon as an ion source, and then, soaking the polyether-ether-ketone material treated by plasma immersion ion implantation in a hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution, hydrofluoric acid aqueous solution, or ammonia water to make the surface of the modified polyether-ether-ketone material have nanoparticles, shallow nanoporous structures, and/or ravined nanostructures.
US10934404B2
The present disclosure is an acryl film formed from a main dope solution including an acryl resin shown in the following formula 1 and CSR particles, and peel strength measured in peeling speed of 0.5 mpm is 20 gf/2 inch or less, tear strength is 6 gf or more, has excellent peel strength, thereby visual stain by thickness unevenness is improved, and having excellent tear strength and good brittleness. a and b are an integer and 1 or more. MMA-BMA wherein, MMA is methyl methacrylate unit and BMA is butyl methacrylate unit.
US10934403B2
The invention provides a heat-shrinkable polyester film, which has a main shrinkage direction in a longer direction, exhibits a higher shrinkage ratio in the main shrinkage direction, has small difference in shrinkage ratio at a high temperature and a low temperature so as not likely to generate wrinkles or the like when being used as a label, and exhibits small over-time decrease in shrinkage ratio at a low temperature. The heat-shrinkable polyester film has, as a main component, ethyleneterephthalate, and an amount of a diethyleneglycol (DEG) component is 10-25 mol % with respect to 100 mol % of a polyhydric alcohol component in all of polyester resin that composes the film.
US10934402B2
Urethane-urea-acrylic cast sheet materials are made from a reaction product of components including polyisocyanate compound having at least two isocyanate functional groups and optional polyol (or pre-reacted urethane prepolymer having at least two isocyanate functional groups), curative having at least two amine functional groups, acrylic monomer, and optional multifunctional monomer having a first functional group having an active hydrogen and a second functional group having at least one double bond. The urethane-urea-acrylic cast sheet materials exhibit excellent impact properties and desirable hardness while also maintaining optical properties such as low haze that can be comparable to that of conventional cast acrylic sheet.
US10934391B2
A polyester composition, includes an aliphatic polyester and an aliphatic-aromatic copolyester. The aliphatic-aromatic copolyester is a copolymer having a repeating unit A and a repeating unit B. The preparation method for the polyester composition includes the steps of mixing all the components having the aliphatic polyester and the aliphatic-aromatic copolyester, and subjecting the resulting mixture to extrusion granulation.
US10934388B2
The present disclosure provides cis-polycycloolefins and methods for forming cis-polycycloolefins typically having 50% or greater cis carbon-carbon double bonds comprising contacting a first cyclic hydrocarbyl monomer with a catalyst represented by Formula (I): wherein: M is a group 8 metal; Q1, Q2, and Q3 are independently oxygen or sulfur; each of R1 and R4 is a halogen; R9 is C1-C40 hydrocarbyl or C1-C40 substituted hydrocarbyl; and each of R2, R3, R5, R6, R7, R8, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, R18, and R19 is independently hydrogen, halogen, C1-C40 hydrocarbyl or C1-C40 substituted hydrocarbyl. In at least one embodiment, a polycyclopentene has 50% or greater cis carbon-carbon double bonds.
US10934384B1
A polyurethane elastomer composition of (a) an organic diisocyanate, (b) a polyester resin; (c) a chain extender comprised of a polyhydric alcohol, (d) a crosslinker, (e) a plasticizer, (f) a surfactant, (g) a blowing or foaming agent, and (h) an optional dye; and where the elastomer has, for example, a hardness value of, for example, from about 20 Asker C to about 60 Asker C, a tensile strength of, for example, from about 1 MPa to about 10 MPa, a resilience of, for example, from about 30 percent to about 60 percent, an elongation at break of from about 150 percent to about 700 percent, and a tear strength of, for example, from about 2 Newtons/millimeters2 to about 4 Newtons/millimeters2.
US10934378B2
A reactive resin includes a vinyl ester resin as a base resin and an oligomeric itaconic acid ester as a reactive diluent.
US10934376B2
Provided herein are polyethylene compositions with broad orthogonal composition distribution. The polyethylene compositions may comprise at least 65 wt % ethylene-derived units and from 0 to 35 wt % of C3 to C12 olefin comonomer-derived units, and furthermore may exhibit a reversed comonomer index (RCI,m) of 100 kg/mol or greater, a Tw1-Tw2 value of from −16 to −38° C., and an Mw1/Mw2 value of at least 0.9, such as 0.9 to 4. Also provided are processes for making the polyethylene compositions, as well as films made from the polyethylene compositions. Such films may feature superior film stiffness for a given polyethylene composition density, and accordingly such films in some embodiments have average MD/TD modulus and density satisfying the following equation: Avg. Modulus≥1.2*(C1*Density−C2), where C1 and C2 are constants, such as C1=2,065,292 and C2=1,872,345.
US10934371B2
A process of stripping a dispersion of organic extender particles with volatile organic compounds and a method of reducing volatile organic compounds.
US10934358B2
Provided herein are novel compositions comprising anti-DEspR antibodies and fragments thereof, including fully human, composite engineered human, humanized, monoclonal, and polyclonal anto-DEspR antibodies and fragments thereof, and methods of their use in a variety of therapeutic applications. The compositions comprising the anti-DEspR antibodies and fragments thereof described herein are useful in diagnostic and imaging methods, such as DEspR-targeted molecular imaging of angiogenesis, and for companion diagnostic and/or in vivo-non invasive imaging and/or assessments.
US10934353B2
The present invention is based, in part, on the identification of novel antibodies that have binding affinity for both PD-L1 and PD-L2 and methods of using same.
US10934350B2
An anti-Ang2 antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds to an angiogenesis-inducing factor Angiopoietin-2 (Ang2) and complexes with a Tie2 receptor through Ang2, and methods of using the same.
US10934345B2
Broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV-1 which specifically bind to gp120 of HIV-1, a method of preparing such antibodies and the use thereof are provided.
US10934331B2
Cell loss by apoptosis is a common feature in certain conditions, including cancer. Dying tumor cells induce immune tolerance within the tumor microenvironment largely through highly conserved homeostatic clearance programs that are designed to restore tissue homeostasis and contribute to the formation of an immunosuppressive niche. The translocation of phosphatidylserine (PS) on cellular membranes, during the initial phases of apoptosis, functions as a recognition and removal signal that limits the immunogenicity of cell death. To remove inhibitory signals in the homeostatic clearance pathway a fusion protein comprising a phosphatidylserine binding domain and an immunostimulatory domain can restore immune responses to dead tumor cells in antigen cross presentation assays and promotes recruitment and retention of tumor antigen specific immune effector cells into tumors. These effects combine to elicit anti-tumor immunity, improve responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors, and enhance the effectiveness of adoptive T cell transfers using engineered T cells.
US10934330B2
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are disclosed. In particular, methods for modulating the activity of Cry1Ba proteins against lepidopteran or coleopteran pests are provided. Further, mutant Cry1Ba proteins having modulated insecticidal activity compared to native Cry1Ba proteins are disclosed.
US10934310B2
The present disclosure is directed to compounds of Formula (I) and methods of their use and preparation, as well as compositions comprising compounds of Formula (I).
US10934303B2
The present invention relates to an aryl ethene derivative, for inhibiting an estrogen-related receptor gamma (ERRγ) activity, a prodrug of same, a solvate of same, a stereoisomer of same or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of same, and a pharmaceutical composition containing same as an active ingredient.
US10934300B2
The invention provides a series of conformationally stable and selective kinase inhibitors, and methods of using the kinase inhibitors. The effect of atropisomerism on kinase selectivity was assessed, finding improved selectivity compared to rapidly interconverting parent compounds. The compounds herein are atropisomers having increased kinase selectivity, and are for use in treating conditions that benefit from selective kinase inhibition.
US10934295B2
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of antimicrobial compounds and to methods of making and using them. These compounds are useful for treating, preventing, reducing the risk of, and delaying the onset of microbial infections in humans and animals. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a compound of Formula (I): or a tautomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or tautomer.
US10934294B2
The present invention is directed to pyrazolopyrimidine compounds of the general structural formula I: which may be useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of disorders associated with phosphodiesterase 9 (PDE9). The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, such as hypertension, chronic kidney disease and heart failure, and neurological and psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, psychosis or Huntington's disease, and those associated with striatal hypofunction or basal ganglia dysfunction.
US10934283B2
Compounds that inhibit COMT enzyme and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are provided herein. Methods of treating various psychiatric and neurological disorders with the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions described herein are also provided.
US10934281B2
Described herein is dioxolane-containing compound of formula (I) wherein (i) Rf1 and Rf2 are independently linear or branched perfluoroalkyi groups having with 1-8 carbon atoms and optionally comprise at least one catenated heteroatom, or (ii) Rf1 and Rf2 are bonded together to form a ring structure having 4-6 carbon atoms and optionally comprise one or more catenated heteroatoms; Rf2 is a linear or branched perfluoroalkyi groups having with 1-3 carbon atoms; and R4 and R5 are independently selected from H, F, Cl, a linear or branched alkyl group having 1-3 carbon atoms, optionally wherein the alkyl group comprises at least one of: fluorine, chlorine, a hydroxyl group, or a catenated heteroatom; for use in cleaning compositions, as an electrolyte solvent, as a heat transfer fluid, or a vapor phase soldering fluid. There is also provided a method of making the dioxolane-containing compound, comprising: contacting a 1,2-diol compound with a fluorinated ethylenically unsaturated compound in the presence of a base.
US10934275B2
Provided herein are small molecule inhibitors for the targeting or IRE1 protein family members. Binding may be direct or indirect. Further provided herein are methods of using IRE1 small molecule inhibitors for use in treating or ameliorating cancer in a subject. Moreover, IRE1 small molecule inhibitors described herein are for the treatment of cancer, where the cancer is a solid or hematologic cancer.
US10934259B2
The present invention relates to a novel process for preparation of boscalid anhydrate form I and boscalid anhydrate form II.
US10934251B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing Lomitapide or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having high purity with acceptable levels of impurities.
US10934250B2
It is provided a compound of formula (I′); wherein R5 is selected from the group consisting of —H, —OM, —COOM, —NH2, —SO3M, (C1-C4)alkyl, and halogen; and A is a radical having at least 3 C atoms selected from the group consisting of: i) a radical of formula (i) wherein R7 is selected from the group consisting of —OM, and —COOM, and n is 0, 1 or 2; and ii) a radical of formula (ii) or of formula (iii) wherein R8 is selected from the group consisting of —H, (C1-C4)alkyl; and wherein M is independently selected from the group consisting of H, an alkaly metal, and NH4+. It is also provided a process for the preparation thereof, a composition comprising it, and its use for correcting deficiencies of metals in plants.
US10934231B2
Processes and multiple-stage catalyst systems are disclosed for producing propene by at least partially isomerizing butene in an isomerization reaction zone having an isomerization catalyst to form an isomerization reaction product, at least partially metathesizing the isomerization reaction product in a metathesis reaction zone having a metathesis catalyst to form a metathesis reaction product, and at least partially cracking the metathesis reaction product in a cracking reaction zone having a cracking catalyst. The isomerization catalyst may be MgO, and the metathesis catalyst may be a mesoporous silica catalyst support impregnated with a metal oxide. The metathesis reaction zone may be downstream of the isomerization reaction zone, and the cracking reaction zone may be downstream of the metathesis reaction zone.
US10934230B2
Provided is a method for producing aromatic hydrocarbons from light alkanes. A light alkane is contacted with catalyst particles in each of reactors, wherein each of the reactors is a fluidized bed reactor arranged in parallel with each other in a furnace. At least a portion of the alkane feed is converted to aromatic hydrocarbons using the catalyst particles, wherein the aromatic hydrocarbons form a part of a reactor effluent stream. The reactor effluent streams from each of the reactors are merged to form a first merged effluent stream. Catalysts particles deactivated through the light alkane conversion are either regenerated inside the reactors or withdrawn from the reactors for regeneration outside the reactors. The furnace comprises multiple furnaces, and the first merged effluent stream from each of the furnaces is further merged with each other to form a second merged effluent stream.
US10934229B2
A combustible solid propellant composition is disclosed that includes an oxidizer of the reaction product under vacuum of potassium periodate and isocyanate, a polymer binder, a plasticizer, and a fuel.
US10934225B2
There is provided herein a process for the compaction of Polyhalite with a Potassium salt, wherein said process comprising: mixing a feed of polyhalite with a feed of said Potassium salt in a mixer to yield a mixture; compacting said mixture in a compactor to yield masses; crushing said masses in a crusher to yield particles; screening said particles in a screener to yield fine particles in three different sizes: oversized fine particles which undergo a second crushing process and are retuned to said screener for screening, undersized fine particles which are transferred to said mixer for further mixing, and desired size fine particles which are transferred to a polish screener glazing, drying and oiling.
US10934223B2
Methods of producing a treated gas by removing nitrogenous compounds are disclosed. Methods of recovering nitrogenous compounds from a gas stream are disclosed. Methods of producing a fertilizer product from organic waste are disclosed. The methods may include introducing a gas stream having nitrogenous compounds into a nitrogenous liquid containing a salt of ammonia to absorb the nitrogenous compounds in the liquid and produce a treated gas. The methods may also include controlling the pH of certain solutions or introducing an oxidant into certain solutions to produce nitrogen ions. Systems for removing nitrogenous compounds including a reaction subsystem, an oxidation control subsystem, a dissolved solids concentrator, and a recirculation line are also disclosed. The systems may be employed to remove nitrogenous compounds from a gas stream, recover the nitrogenous compounds from the gas stream, or produce a fertilizer product from the recovered nitrogenous compounds.
US10934218B2
Method for manufacturing porous products consisting essentially of titanium suboxide(s) of general formula TiOx, the value of x being between 1.6 and 1.9, the method including a) mixing the raw materials including at least one source of titanium dioxide, a reducing agent comprising carbon, b) forming the product, c) optionally, in particular when organic products are used during step a), thermal treatment under air or an oxidizing atmosphere, d) sintering, for example at a temperature above 1150° C. but not exceeding 1430° C., under a neutral or reducing atmosphere, in which the source of titanium dioxide consists of at least 55 wt % of anatase.
US10934216B2
An article comprises a plasma resistant ceramic material comprising Y2O3 at a concentration of approximately 30 molar % to approximately 60 molar %, Er2O3 at a concentration of above 30 molar % to approximately 60 molar %, and at least one of ZrO2, Gd2O3 or SiO2 at a concentration of over 0 molar % to approximately 30 molar %.
US10934213B2
A cementitious adhesive composition, in particular a tile adhesive, especially for use in automatic tiling systems, includes 10-70 wt.-% of a hydraulic binder, in particular cement, 20-90 wt.-% of aggregates, in particular sand and/or calcium carbonate, and 0.01-5 wt.-% cellulose ether.
US10934211B2
The permeability of barrier layers formed from sodium bentonite clay may be significantly and unpredictably impacted upon contacting various ionic substances. Modifying agents may be admixed with sodium bentonite clay to lessen the impacts resulting from its contact with an ionic substance. Suitable modifying agents may comprise an anionic substance selected from the group consisting of a diutan, a polymer containing a 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid monomer, any salt thereof, and any combination thereof. Methods for forming a barrier layer may comprise: providing a barrier material comprising sodium bentonite clay and a modifying agent admixed with the sodium bentonite clay, the modifying agent comprising an anionic substance selected from the group consisting of a diutan, a polymer containing a 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid monomer, any salt thereof, and any combination thereof; and forming a barrier layer comprising the barrier material.
US10934206B2
A technical object of the present invention is to devise a top plate for a cooking appliance that can suppress proliferation of bacteria or mold. In order to achieve the technical object, the top plate for a cooking appliance of the present invention includes: a crystallized glass substrate having a cooking surface on which a cooking device is placed; and a decorative layer formed on the cooking surface, in which the decorative layer includes 30 vol % to 100 vol % of ZnO—B2O3-based glass and 0 vol % to 70 vol % of refractory filler powder.
US10934205B2
A method of manufacturing a glass core preform for optical fibres including providing a porous soot core preform having a central longitudinal hole extending axially therethrough and an a/b ratio of from 0.20 to 0.40; simultaneously dehydrating and doping with fluorine the soot core preform at a temperature of from 1000° C. to 1350° C. by exposing it to an atmosphere containing a chlorine-containing gas and a fluorine-containing gas, the content of the fluorine-containing gas in the atmosphere being of from 0.01% to 0.50% by volume, and simultaneously consolidating the soot core preform and closing the central longitudinal hole by exposing the soot core preform to an atmosphere substantially devoid of fluorine and of chlorine at a consolidation temperature of from 1500° C. to 1650° C., while reducing the pressure down the central hole, thereby forming a glass core preform.
US10934194B2
Systems and methods for the treatment of wastewater are provided. By incorporating one or more intermediate phosphate recovery reactors and manipulating the effluent and/or solid streams from those reactors, the systems and methods provide effluent and solid streams having customized phosphate content throughout the wastewater treatment process.
US10934187B1
Disclosed herein is a multifunction shower head including a ceramic member containing precious serpentine. The ceramic member containing precious serpentine and quartz porphyry is disposed inside the shower head to generate far infrared (FIR) radiation beneficial to the skin. Precious serpentine has antibacterial and deodorizing effects to providing an effect of purifying supply water. Permanent magnets of the multi-ionizer generate ionized water, and a channel of the multi-ionizer has a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape, such that flowing water is exposed to a magnetic field generated by the permanent magnets for a longer period of time. The multi-ionizer radiates negative ions beneficial to the human body.
US10934184B2
Systems and methods for sanitizing pool/spa water are provided. An electrolytic chlorinator is provided which includes a combined flow, temperature, and salt concentration sensor. The electrolytic chlorinator could include an acid tank for in-situ cleaning of the electrolytic chlorinator or acidification of pool/spa water where needed. A delayed polarity reversal technique is provided for de-scaling and managing passivation of the blades of an electrolytic chlorinator. The electrolytic chlorinator could include a sacrificial anode for protecting components of the chlorinator as well as other pool/spa components. The electrolytic chlorinator could include an integral, electrically-controlled acid generator, a brine tank for periodically superchlorinating and/or shocking pool/spa water, and/or a plurality of chemical tanks/feeds for periodically injecting chemicals into the chlorinator. A combined ultraviolet (UV)/Ozone and salt (electrolytic) chlorine generator is provided, as well as: filters having integral UV sanitizers; reflective linings for UV sanitization systems; means for injecting bubbles into pool/spa water.
US10934182B2
A system and method for treating flowing water systems with a plasma discharge to remove or control growth of microbiological species. The system and method protect other components of the water system from being damaged by excess energy from the electrohydraulic treatment. The system and method also recycle ozone gas generated by a high voltage generator that powers the plasma discharge to further treat the water. A gas infusion system upstream of or inside a plasma reaction chamber may be used to create fine bubbles of ozone, air, or other gases in the water being treated to aid in plasma generation.
US10934178B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that performs low-temperature desalination. During operation, the system feeds cold saline water through a liquid-cooling system in a computer data center, wherein the cold saline water is used as a coolant, thereby causing the cold saline water to become heated saline water. Next, the system feeds the heated saline water into a vacuum evaporator comprising a water column having a headspace, which is under a negative pressure due to gravity pulling on the heated saline water in the water column. This negative pressure facilitates evaporation of the heated saline water to form water vapor. Finally, the system directs the water vapor through a condenser, which condenses the water vapor to produce desalinated water.
US10934169B2
A drawing apparatus includes a support for supporting a part of a grown form and a drive unit for causing a relative movement of the support and the grown form to draw an extended form from the grown form. The support performs a double support in which, after a predetermined length of the extended form is drawn, at least one of a predetermined position of the extended form or a part of the grown form continuous with the extended form is again supported.
US10934168B1
The present invention relates to a bioactive or real-time and pathogen killing material comprised of a carbon nanostructure (preferably a fullerene but including other functionalized carbon-based nanostructures) that possess potent broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties. The present invention relates to the utilization of functionalized carbon nanostructures as a bioactive antimicrobial substance that is incorporated into a material, including a textile, fabric, solution, salve, or cream. The preferred embodiment of the present invention is fullerene derivatives that are chemically functionalized on the cage with a halogen element. The present invention pertains to a material that is suitable for barrier garments, accessory garments (shoe covers, masks, facial visors, etc.), textiles (bed sheets, blankets, towels, personal clothing, gowns, surgical drapes, curtains, drapes, pads, etc.), filtration matrices (for use in hemodialysis, hemofiltration, etc.), or aerosolized solutions, sprays, liquids, salves, or creams. The present invention further relates to a production method thereof.
US10934165B2
A hydrogen storage system includes a pressure-sealed sleeve defining an interior and having an outlet, a shaft extending through the interior of the sleeve, a set of porous chambers arranged axially along and concentric to the shaft, and a hydrogen storage, wherein at least some hydrogen gas is supplied to the outlet.
US10934156B2
A foam core (12) for a cushion (8, 9) of a seat part (2) or a reclining part or a back rest (3) of a piece of upholstered furniture (1) or a motor vehicle seat (11) or for a mattress or support surface of a piece of reclining furniture, with a core base (13) of foam material, in particular of cold foam, visco foam, latex foam or molded foam, there being in the core base (13) a plurality of spring strips (14) which run preferably at least essentially parallel to one another. It is provided that at least one spring strip (14) has an in particular pultruded fiber core (20) which has preferably glass fibers, and a mantle (21) of a thermoplastic material, in particular of polypropylene, which surrounds the fiber core (20).
US10934150B1
A beverage apparatus, the beverage apparatus being hand-holdable by a user of the beverage apparatus to be portable, can include a beverage chamber housing that includes a chamber for storing a consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include a dispensing assembly that includes a receptacle. The receptacle can retain a vessel. The vessel can include an electronic tag and can contain an additive. The dispensing assembly can be operatively controllable by a controller to output the additive from the vessel into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include one or more sensors, devices, or assemblies that can be used to detect a volume of liquid in the chamber or a liquid level in the chamber. The beverage apparatus can include an apparatus computer processor portion (ACP) and an apparatus database portion.
US10934147B2
A lifting device for platforms carrying a load is disclosed. A winch or piston is engaged with two vertical arms connected to two horizontal arms configured for attaching to a load carrying assembly such that exerting an upward force on the two vertical arms causes the horizontal arms to pivot upward to lift the load carrying assembly which enables transporting the platform and the load on it to another location. The lifting device is configured to quickly attach to and detach from the load carrying platform and for maintaining a level position during transportation. The horizontal arms are configured for retracting and extending which enables the tilting of the load carrying assembly backward or forward as needed for improved transportation stability and load discharge.
US10934144B2
An auxiliary tool to be employed when positioning elements, such as window and door frames is described, in relation to an adjacent flat or plane, such as within wall openings, whereby the auxiliary tool comprises an inflatable air cushion member (6) which through a hose connection means (10) is connected to a pumping device (12) and a bleeding valve (16). The air cushion member is shaped as a flat bag unit. The auxiliary tool furthermore comprises connecting elements (42, 46, 48) for the mutual fixation of an air cushion member (6) comprising one or more adjacent air cushion members which have two or more mutually fixed air cushion members (6) which selectively are inflatable. These are in a side by side relationship provided positioned in a common plane so that in total the flat bag unit sides form opposing sides within the auxiliary tool.
US10934143B2
A baler includes a body, and a wrap system that is attached to the body. The wrap system is operable to support a roll of wrap material in an installed position. A cover is attached to the body, and is moveable between an open position and a closed position. When in open position, the cover provides access to the wrap system from an exterior location. When in the closed position, the cover encloses the wrap system from the exterior location. The baler includes a lift system attached to one of the body and the cover. The lift system is concealed between the body and the cover when the cover is disposed in the closed position. The lift system is positioned below the cover when the cover is disposed in the open position. The lift system raises the roll of wrap material into the installed position.
US10934139B2
A lifting apparatus, including a support carriage movable along a track, a lifting element for holding a load, a lifting device for raising and lowering the lifting element vertically relative to the support carriage. The lifting device includes at least two tension elements, wherein each tension element can be wound onto the supporting carriage by a winding apparatus. A first drive is provided for driving a first winding apparatus and a second drive is provided for driving a second winding apparatus. The first drive has a drive motor which drives a shaft by a conical gear mechanism, the shaft drives a roller of the first winding apparatus by a gear mechanism element and the second drive has a drive motor which drives a roller of the second winding apparatus by a spur gear, parallel-shaft gear or planetary gear mechanism.
US10934138B2
The present disclosure relates to a crawler crane comprising at least one camera system, wherein the camera system is adapted to detect data relating to the relative position of the crawler crane to a suspended ballast and/or to at least one travelable ballast wagon.
US10934125B2
The invention provides a method and a system for monitoring of yarn drawn axially from a bobbin (24a). It is desired to monitor one or both of remaining capacity of an active bobbin and transfer from one active bobbin 24a to the next. A free portion (30) of the yarn moves circumferentially about the bobbin as the yarn is drawn from it. The invention involves a sensor responsive to electromagnetic radiation arranged to sense the free portion (30) of the yarn and to provide an output which varies with a period P corresponding to the period of the circumferential movement of the free portion of the yarn about the bobbin (24a). The period P can be interpreted to provide the desired information.
US10934123B2
A unit for applying first and second tabs, obtained from first and second webs, to a chassis web includes an applicator drum rotatable about an axis and including a main body. A plurality of carriers is movable between a lowered position close to the axis and a raised position away from the axis, each including a suction portion. A first carrier first suction and non-suction portions aligned along the axis. A second carrier includes second suction and non-suction portions aligned along the axis. The first suction portions alternate with the second non-suction portions and the first non-suction portions alternate with the second suction portions. A first system holds the first web on the applicator drum upstream of a cutting device. A second system holds the second web on the drum upstream of the cutting device.
US10934120B2
Method and apparatus for stacker module for automated composite-based additive manufacturing machine
A stacker component of an apparatus for automated manufacturing of three-dimensional composite-based objects for aligning registration of sheets. The stacker includes a sheet catcher; a frame having a base plate with the base plate having tapered registration pins to align a stack of substrate sheets. The registration pins are mounted in the base plate and project vertically to a location just below the sheet catcher. The stacker also has a presser with a press plate and a belt driver system that moves the press plate up and down allowing the press plate to exert downward pressure on the stack and a slide system with two guide rails that enable the base plate to be loaded and unloaded. A conveyor can be disposed so that after a substrate sheet exits a powder or printing system, the sheet is conveyed onto the sheet catcher.
US10934118B1
An assembly for dispensing sheeting from a roll comprises a main tube with a lower support extending from the main tube and configured to support the roll, and with an upper support extending from the main tube at a distance from the lower support. The lower support and the upper support secure opposite ends of the roll, such that the roll can rotate while sheeting is dispensed from the roll. In some embodiments, the assembly further includes one or more arms pivotally connected to the main tube and configured to partially enclose the roll and/or a securing member (or rod) configured to engage the roll along its length. In some embodiments, the assembly further includes a connection tube pivotally connected to the main tube and configured to removably attach the assembly to a vehicle.
US10934116B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet; a pair of conveyance rotary members arranged downstream of the image forming portion in a sheet conveyance direction and configured to convey the sheet, on which the image is formed, by a conveyance nip; and a guide portion configured to guide the sheet to the conveyance. The guide portion includes a first guide member formed into a sheet shape and having a first stiffness and an abutment surface configured to abut the sheet and a second guide member formed into a sheet shape and having a second stiffness higher than the first stiffness and arranged on a side opposite to the abutment surface of the first guide member, wherein a downstream edge of the first guide member is closer to the conveyance nip than a downstream edge of the second guide member.
US10934114B2
Some examples include a media level state indicator of an image forming apparatus. The media level state indicator including a gear assembly of interconnected gears including a first gear, a second gear, and a cam fixedly disposed on the first gear, the second gear coupled to a media lift system and rotatable with a shaft of the media lift system, the first gear and the cam rotatably coupled to the second gear, a cam follower to selectively contact the cam, the cam follower moveable in response to contacting rotational movement of the cam, and a signal device coupled to the cam follower, the signal device having a first media level state and a second media level state, the signal device to move between the first media level state and the second media level state as the media lift system changes a position of a lift plate.
US10934103B2
Embodiments relate to a conveying storage device for containers, comprising: a first/second drivable conveyor which can convey containers on a first/second conveying surface in a first/second direction, the first and the second conveyor being positioned parallel to one another such that containers are transferable from the first to the second conveying surface; a transfer device, which is movable along the conveyor, for transferring containers from the first to the second conveying surface; a guide body which is movable along a region between the first and the second conveyor above the first and the second conveying surface; and a guide railing for guiding and separating containers, said guide rail extending at an angle to the second direction and above the second conveying surface. The guide railing is variable in length and cooperates with the guide body such that the length of the guide railing and the angle can be varied.
US10934101B1
A material handling system for singulation of items is described. The material handling system can include, a singulation conveyor with a mechanical actuator. The mechanical actuator can be configured to manipulate an item on the singulation conveyor. Further, the material handling system can comprise a sensing unit comprising an imaging device that can be configured to capture an image of a zone of a singulation conveyor. Further, the material handling system can have a control unit that can be configured to classify, based on a classification model and the image, the item into a category. The category can be indicative of an orientation of the item with respect to another item and a conveying surface of the singulation conveyor. Further, the control unit can be configured to, generate instructions to cause actuation of a mechanical actuator to perform a singulation action based on the classification associated with the item.
US10934097B2
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a conveyor skirt system, the system comprising: a support member; a series of skirting panels releasably fixed to the support member; a rail assembly positioned outside the conveyor, extending in a direction substantially parallel to the direction of the conveyor; and a trolley assembly mounted on the rail assembly, the trolley assembly being adapted to engage and support one or more of the skirting panels.
US10934095B2
The present disclosure provides a modular belt having two or more longitudinal belt sections. Each belt section includes a traction element having a cord and a plurality of drive elements attached to the cord. The drive elements are spaced apart along a length of the cord. The belt section further includes a plurality of belt plates. Each belt plate is removably attached to a corresponding drive element of the traction element. The belt section may comprise at least one additional traction element to which each belt plate is attached. In this way, each belt plate may be attached to two or more traction elements. The modular belt includes two or more connectors, wherein each connector is configured to longitudinally couple two belt sections in order to form the modular belt as an endless belt.
US10934094B2
Disclosed herein is a movable platform (MP) for moving freight during cross-dock operations. The MP comprises a mechanical lift brake assembly that can be utilized to deploy a plurality of mechanical lift brakes preventing further movement of the MP. A MP forklift attachment that can be used to convey the MP and to engage or disengage the mechanical lift brake assembly. The MP forklift attachment can be attached to a conveyance vehicle, such as a forklift, or built into an automated guided vehicle.
US10934093B2
Embodiments provide shelves, bracket systems, automated picker robots, totes, and other features that may be used with delivery vehicle configurations that have automated cargo areas. A delivery vehicle may include a picking robot that selectively retrieves packages for delivery without requiring substantial human intervention for locating those packages. The cargo area of the delivery vehicle may further comprise a plurality of customizable shelving units that generate custom-sized shelves for packages. The shelves may include a plurality of individually movable shelf brackets having retaining members that pivot between an extended and retracted position to hold the package in place and to enable the picking robot to retrieve the package from the shelf. Another embodiment provides for a tote having a drive mechanism to hold letters so that a letter may be automatically retrieved from the cargo area and provided at a delivery location.
US10934090B2
A high density manufacturing cell or carousel for optimizing floor space usage to reduce equipment footprint and material travel path is disclosed. The carousel allows processing and transferring of products to be concurrently performed, minimising non-productive time. The manufacturing cell or carousel comprises: (a) a plurality of rotary platforms, (b) a plurality of vertical moving platforms, (c) a vertical walking beam, and (d) a load gripper and a unload gripper mounted to independent robots.
US10934089B2
A reusable dumpster bag that can be rolled and unrolled for storage and setup, and is configured to be emptied via the bottom of the bag. The dumpster bag has four sides defining an open top portion and an open bottom portion. A rear side of the dumpster bag is configured to wrap around the open bottom portion of the bag to define a temporary bottom surface adjacent to the open bottom portion. Strapping is disposed on the rear side of the dumpster bag and extends from an upper portion of the dumpster bag along the length of the rear side of the bag, wraps around the open bottom portion of the bag, and is removably secured to one or more attachment portions on the front side of the bag. The rear side of the bag can be selectively released via a quick release shackle having a pull cord.
US10934084B2
An appliance containment device may include a shell having a shell floor and a shell wall, and a cover having a cover floor and a cover wall. The cover wall and shell wall may be coupled together. A first mat may be coupled to the cover floor. A container cavity for receiving portions of an appliance may be formed above the cover floor and shell floor, and the cavity may be bounded horizontally by the shell wall and cover wall. Lower portions of an appliance may be positioned in the container cavity. Optionally, the device may include an encasement which may be positioned around the upper portions of the appliance with lower portions of the encasement extending into the container cavity, thereby allowing the device to encase the appliance within the shell, cover, and encasement.
US10934073B2
A gusset bag of the present invention includes a pair of flat surface portions, a pair of side surface portions, a content storing portion which is formed of the pair of flat surface portions and the pair of side surface portions and stores contents therein, an upper content non-storing portion which is provided above the content storing portion and stores no contents therein, a mouth portion provided on one of the pair of flat surface portions, a storing portion upper seal portion which is provided above the mouth portion and partitions the content storing portion and the upper content non-storing portion, an upper cut that has a shape in which at least one portion of a periphery of a predetermined region of the upper content non-storing portion on the storing portion upper seal portion side is not cut and another portion of the periphery is cut, and is formed to penetrate the pair of flat surface portions, and a penetrating portion provided in the predetermined region.
US10934066B1
Disclosed herein are embodiments of liquid dispensing container preferably configured as portable, handheld liquid dispensing containers. These liquid dispensing containers possesses a vent structure that provides improved liquid dispensing along with simplified vent construction and container integration. In these regards, these liquid dispensing containers advantageously overcome one or more shortcomings associated conventional liquid dispensing containers and other types of containers.
US10934065B2
A shaker top for dispensing products in a container, including a top unit having a peelable protective cover affixed upon a dispensing liner having at least one perforation, the top unit affixed to a mouth of a container. A method of manufacturing a shaker top with a peelable protective cover, including the steps of affixing a peelable protective cover upon a dispensing liner, assembling a top unit including the peelable protective cover and the dispensing liner, affixing the top unit to a mouth of a container, and covering the container with a cap. A shaker top with a peelable protective cover attached to a container, manufactured by the method of manufacture. A method of using a container having a shaker top with a freshness seal.
US10934060B2
A tube cap (104) for a multi-chamber tube container (102) comprises a base plate (106) and a lid (120). The base plate is coupleable to the multi-chamber tube container and has an opening disposed therein, wherein the opening is positionable in communication with at least a first tube head (114) of a first tube (112) of the multi-chamber tube container. The lid is removably coupleable to the base plate and has both a pintle (122) extending from and a gasket (124) disposed on an inner surface thereof. When the lid and the base plate are coupled, the pintle extends into and seals a first orifice (108) disposed in the first tube head and the gasket is urged into sealing contact with a second orifice (110) disposed in a second tube head (118) of a second tube (116) of the multi-chamber tube container.
US10934055B2
An expandable bowl has an open top and a plurality of configuration changing side members connecting the open top to a base member. The configuration changing side members are designed to allow a user to pull the base member to changing the side members from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration, thereby increasing the overall volume of the bowl. The expandable bowl may be useful for various products, such as pre-packaged salads, where the salads may be packaged and displayed in the collapsed configuration, thereby minimizing shelf space, and may be changed to the expanded configuration by a user to permit tossing of the salad without risking spillage of the contents of the bowl.
US10934049B2
Disclosed is a container comprising an opening to bring an enteral nutrient solution into or out of the container, a base which lies opposite the opening in a direction of longitudinal extent of the container for depositing of the container upright on an underlying surface, a hanging element arranged on the base in a first position extending substantially along the base, or in a second position where it protrudes at an angle from a plane defined by the base, and a hinge device which connects the hanging element to the base at a first end of the hanging element, to transfer the hanging element from the first into the second position. A receiving region for the hanging element is formed in the base. The hanging element can be releasably fixed in the first position using a connecting device. The hanging element is fixed movably within the first position.
US10934045B2
An apparatus for labeling support structures includes: a chassis having a locomotive assembly, and supporting a label generator and an effector assembly with an end movable relative to the chassis and carrying a label manipulator with an image sensor; a controller coupled to the locomotive assembly, label generator, effector assembly and label manipulator, and configured to: obtain label placement data defining a location relative to a support structure reference feature for replacement of a previous label with a new label; control the locomotive assembly to travel to the support structure; detect the reference feature via image data captured at the image sensor; control the effector assembly to place the label manipulator at the location relative to the reference feature; control the effector assembly and the label manipulator to remove and discard the previous label, retrieve the new label from the label generator, and place the new label at the location.
US10934043B2
A cutting method in a packaging machine using extensible film includes feeding products, wound in a continuous packaging or in a bundle of products, to a cutting unit; cutting the continuous packaging into finished groups of products using a movable cutting device that advances with the packaging to be cut and makes a transversal cut along the perimeter of the packaging; and bringing the movable cutting device back and performing a new cutting step simultaneously in two points of the packaging spaced from each other, with two vertical sections cut at a first point and two horizontal sections are cut at a second point to create a finished packaging. The packaging machine includes a cutting device, a slide moving forward and backward, and a side cutting device and an upper and lower cutting device spaced apart and acting simultaneously on the packaging to cut in two points vertically and horizontally.
US10934034B2
A method, apparatus and program product may determine load stability for a load to be wrapped based upon sensing the response or reaction of the load to a disturbance applied to the load, e.g., through intentionally moving, shaking, tilting, pushing, impacting or otherwise applying an input force to the load and sensing the response using one or more sensors. The sensed response may then be used to determine a load stability parameter that may be used in the control of a load wrapping apparatus when wrapping the load.
US10934031B2
A method for filling a particulate water absorbing agent includes a filling step of filling a particulate water absorbing agent into a filling container and a vibrating step of vibrating the filling container at the outside of the filling container, the vibrating step being conducted at least one time between the start and the end of the filling step, in which a vibration condition in the vibrating step satisfies the following conditions (a) and (b):(a) vibration by a vibrating body in contact with the filling container has a vertical directional component and a vibrational angle is within 90°±30°; and (b) total amplitude at no load and a vibration frequency at no load of the vibrating body are set so as to satisfy Equation 1-1 and Equation 2 or Equation 1-2 and Equation 2.
US10934025B2
A spacecraft including a spacecraft bus and a set of thrusters for changing a pose of the spacecraft. Wherein at least two thrusters are mounted on a gimbaled boom assembly connecting the two thrusters with the spacecraft bus, such that the two thrusters are coupled thrusters sharing the same gimbal angle. A model predictive controller to produce a solution for controlling thrusters of the spacecraft by optimizing a cost function over multiple receding horizons. The cost function is composed of a cost accumulated over the multiple receding horizons, including a cost accumulated over a first horizon using a dynamics governing a north-south position of the spacecraft, and a cost accumulated over a second horizon using a model of dynamics of the spacecraft governing an east-west position. A thruster controller to operate the thrusters according to their corresponding signals.
US10934014B2
A small thin display unit that can be installed in the flight deck for displaying only flight crew-selected tactical information needed for the task at hand. The flight crew can select the tactical information to be displayed by means of any conventional user interface. Whenever the flight crew selects tactical information for display, the user interface sends a corresponding request for tactical information to a computer system. The computer system processes the request, including periodically retrieving measured current values or computing current values for the requested tactical parameters and returning those current tactical parameter values to the display unit for display.
US10934011B2
A vehicle includes a main body and a gas generator producing a gas stream. At least one fore conduit and tail conduit are fluidly coupled to the generator. First and second fore ejectors are fluidly coupled to the at least one fore conduit. At least one tail ejector is fluidly coupled to the at least one tail conduit. The fore ejectors respectively include an outlet structure out of which gas from the at least one fore conduit flows. The at least one tail ejector includes an outlet structure out of which gas from the at least one tail conduit flows. First and second primary airfoil elements have leading edges respectively located directly downstream of the first and second fore ejectors. At least one secondary airfoil element has a leading edge located directly downstream of the outlet structure of the at least one tail ejector.
US10934006B2
An isolation valve comprising: a housing having an internal surface within the housing, the internal surface having a first outlet and second outlet; an air gate having an outward face opposite the internal surface, the air gate located within the housing and configured to move to at least one of a first position blocking flow to the first outlet, a neutral position blocking flow to neither the first outlet nor second outlet, and a second position blocking flow to the second outlet; a seal groove located on the outward face of the air gate; a seal located within seal groove, the seal configured to form a sealed connection with the internal surface around at least one of the first outlet when in the first position and the second outlet when in the second position; and a retainer configured to secure the seal within the seal groove using a fastening mechanism.
US10933994B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for delivering a package from a drone to a vehicle. In some instances, the method may include identifying the vehicle by the done. A wireless communication connection may be established between the drone and the vehicle. The vehicle may open an access door of the vehicle to expose an opening in the vehicle. A net configured to receive the package from the drone may be disposed within the vehicle below the opening. The drone may release the package into the net.
US10933986B2
A folding rotor blade assembly includes a blade fold support and a blade-fold actuator system coupled to the blade fold support. The blade-fold actuator system includes a motor, a tab configured to selectively prevent rotation of a blade tang of a rotor blade, and a cam connected to the blade fold support and coupled to the motor, the cam configured to move the tab between a locked position that prevents rotation of the blade tang and an unlocked position that permits rotation of the blade tang.
US10933984B2
Systems and methods include providing a coaxial helicopter with a main rotor system having an upper rotor system, a coaxial counter-rotating lower rotor system, and a rotor mast assembly having an upper rotor mast and a coaxial counter-rotating lower rotor mast. The upper rotor system and an associated upper vibration reduction system are coupled to the upper rotor mast. The upper vibration reduction system provides in-plane vibration control and reduction to the upper rotor system. The lower rotor system and an associated lower vibration reduction system are coupled to the lower rotor mast. The lower vibration reduction system provides in-plane vibration control and reduction to the lower rotor system. A third vibration reduction system is coupled to the rotor mast assembly and cooperates with the upper and lower vibration reduction systems to provide total in-plane vibration control and reduction to the main rotor system.
US10933981B2
A thin-skin support member is provided. The thin-skin support member may include a semi-circular edge and a flat edge that define a hollow cavity. A cylindrical cavity may be adjacent the hollow cavity and at least partially defined by the semi-circular edge. The cylindrical cavity may be configured to retain a strut assembly. A mounting interface may be coupled to the semi-circular edge and the flat edge. A torsion interface may be disposed adjacent the cylindrical cavity and configured to receive a torsion link. The thin-skin support member may be made using additive manufacturing and thus may have a grain structure grown in the direction of material being added.
US10933979B2
A spoiler actuator can be operated by applying high pressure to a first chamber of the actuator on receipt of a command to extend the spoiler; applying high pressure to a second chamber of the actuator on receipt of a command to retract the spoiler; and on failure of a supply of the high pressure actuating an anti-extension valve to prevent extension of the spoiler; disengaging the anti-extension valve to permit extension if pressure applied to the anti-extension valve exceeds a predetermined force of a spring biasing the anti-extension valve to the engaged position, wherein additional force is applied to the anti-extension valve if the spoiler is retracted beyond a neutral position.
US10933975B2
A hybrid wing autonomous aircraft having, an airframe, at least one hybrid wing member having an airframe end and an extended end, and having leading and trailing edges and a plurality of control structures, the airframe end coupled to the airframe, and the extended end further configured with a wing extension device, the wing extension device configured to extend a supplemental lifting surface from the extended end, an airframe actuator configured to cause the extension end of the hybrid wing member to move from a first position relative to the airframe to a second position relative to the airframe, wherein the second position is greater in distance from the airframe than the first position.
US10933970B2
An aircraft includes a body, a wing coupled to and extending from the body, and a strut. The wing includes a wing thickest region bounded by a wing thickest region leading boundary and a wing thickest region trailing boundary. The strut includes a strut thickest region bounded by a strut thickest region leading boundary and a strut thickest region trailing boundary. In a planform view, the wing thickest region overlaps the strut thickest region at an overlap region, where the overlap region including less than fifteen percent of the strut thickest region.
US10933963B2
A method for controlling a trim-tilt angle of a propulsion unit of a marine outboard motor. The method includes: receiving a request to increase the trim-tilt angle of the propulsion unit; determining a motor operation parameter; determining the trim-tilt angle of the propulsion unit; prior to increasing the trim-tilt angle in response to the request, determining if the propulsion unit is in a trim limit condition; increasing the trim-tilt angle of the propulsion unit in response to the request when the propulsion unit is determined not to be in the trim limit condition; and one of maintaining the trim-tilt angle of the propulsion unit and stopping increase of the trim-tilt angle of the propulsion unit when the propulsion unit is determined to be in the trim limit condition. A method for controlling the trim-tilt angle in view of an over-trim condition of the propulsion unit is also disclosed.
US10933957B2
A hull for a personal watercraft includes a compression-molded hull body. A main portion of the hull body includes a thermoplastic material embedded with non-directional chopped glass fibers. The main portion extends along an entirety of the length and of the width of the hull body. Port and starboard portions of the hull body include the thermoplastic material embedded with directional glass fibers. The directional glass fibers include longitudinally-oriented glass fibers. A majority of the longitudinally-oriented glass fibers have a length at least ten times greater than a mean length of the chopped glass fibers. The port and starboard portions extend vertically from proximate an upper edge of the hull towards a keel, and longitudinally along at least 50% of the length of the hull body.
US10933949B2
A bicycle operating apparatus comprises an operating member, a hydraulic unit, an electrical switch, and a wireless transmitter. The operating member is configured to be operated by a user. The hydraulic unit is configured to be operatively coupled to the operating member and is configured to operate a bicycle component in response to an operation of the operating member. The electrical switch is configured to be activated by an input operation from the user. The wireless transmitter is configured to be electrically connected to the electrical switch and is configured to wirelessly transmit a signal to an additional bicycle component in response to the input operation.
US10933946B2
A rear wheel sprocket arrangement for a bicycle comprises a plurality of coaxially arranged sprockets having different numbers of teeth, wherein an entire gear range of the sprocket arrangement is at least three-hundred fifty percent (350%), and wherein an average percentage gear stage step lies within a range of fifteen percent (15%) to thirty percent (30%).
US10933945B2
The present disclosure relates to structures and associated systems for connecting a hub apparatus to a wheel. In some embodiments, the hub apparatus includes (1) a housing assembly having an outer radius; and (2) a mounting portion circumferentially provided on at least one side surface of the housing assembly. The mounting portion is formed with a plurality of coupling structures configured to couple the hub apparatus to a wheel rim. The mounting portion defines a first radius smaller than the outer radius.
US10933943B2
This disclosure generally relates to an electric vehicle. More specifically, this disclosure describes a motor control system for an electric vehicle that activates and deactivates a hill hold assist mode and a hill start assist mode for the electric vehicle. The hill hold assist mode is used to help ensure the electric vehicle remains stationary while stopped on an uphill incline. Likewise, the hill start assist mode is used to help a rider of the electric vehicle start the electric vehicle moving again once it is stopped on the uphill slope.
US10933938B2
A foldable personal such as a tricycle which can be convertible into a stroller, is configured for accommodating a child therein and for preventing, when desired, the child from being able to steer the vehicle, vehicle having an operational state and a storage state, in which it can take an extremely compact form. The vehicle has a longitudinal axis lying in its vertical plane of symmetry and having a horizontal reference plane perpendicular to the plane of symmetry, and it takes its compact form in the storage state both in the direction along its longitudinal axis and in the directions perpendicular to this axis both along the plane of symmetry and perpendicular to the plane of symmetry.
US10933935B2
A linear actuator system includes a linear actuator including an outer body, an inner body disposed within the outer body, a fluid chamber at least partially extending between the inner body and the outer body, a piston chamber extending at least partially within the inner body, a valve configured to selectively fluidly couple the fluid chamber and the piston chamber to each other, a piston assembly including a piston, a variable volume within the piston chamber that extends between the piston and the valve, and a gas collector assembly including a fluid passageway. The piston assembly is disposed within the piston chamber, wherein a movement of the piston assembly causes a gas separated from a liquid within the variable volume to flow through the fluid passageway, through the valve, and into the fluid chamber.
US10933934B2
A saddle-type vehicle includes a vehicle body frame including a main frame extending obliquely rearward and downward from a head pipe, and a seat frame extending rearward from the main frame and supporting a riding seat, wherein a front wheel is supported by a front portion of the vehicle body frame via a front fork, and a rear wheel is supported by a rear portion of the vehicle body frame via a swing arm, and a vehicle height adjustment device provided below the seat frame to elastically support the seat frame and configured to adjust a height of the seat frame. The vehicle height adjustment device includes an actuator unit and a cushion unit connected with each other by a pipe. The actuator unit has a stepped portion, and at least a part of the cushion unit is disposed in a space formed by the stepped portion.
US10933926B2
An air diffuser assembly for attachment to a twist beam on a rear suspension system of an automobile that reduces the coefficient of drag (Cd) as the automobile is being driven. The air diffuser assembly includes an wind deflection portion that includes a top longitudinal edge and a bottom longitudinal edge being spaced apart by a pair of lateral edges. The main body further includes a first slope extending outwardly and downwardly from the top longitudinal edge and a second slope extending outwardly and upwardly from the bottom longitudinal edge. The first slope and second slope meet at an edge for deflecting an airflow across both the first slope and the second slope. The wind deflection portion includes an air tunnel diffuser defining an air passage for guiding airflow therethrough and directing it behind the automobile away an undercarriage of the automobile to further reduce the coefficient of drag (Cd).
US10933921B1
A mudflap assembly includes a bracket assembly that couples to a vehicle frame and a mudflap having a panel. The panel has a first edge coupled to the bracket assembly. The mudflap assembly also includes a lighting element encased in the bracket assembly proximate to the first edge of the mudflap. The lighting element illuminates the panel.
US10933920B2
A work vehicle including: a vehicle body frame; a prime mover part located on a front or rear part of the vehicle body frame; a bonnet configured to open and close by swinging, and covering the prime mover part; and an assist unit configured to assist the bonnet to operate to open. A lateral end portion of the vehicle body frame is provided with a first linkage part with which the assist unit is linked. A lateral end portion of a lower end part of the bonnet, which is located closer to an end cover than the first linkage part is, is provided with a second linkage part with which the assist unit is linked. The assist unit is provided with an expansion/contraction mechanism biased so as to expand, and is located laterally outside the prime mover part and spans the first linkage part and the second linkage part.
US10933919B2
A mount located in a wheel housing of a motor vehicle, the mount receiving an upper end of a shock absorber. The mount has a plurality of upper receiving points each mounting point for allowing a different shock absorber orientation.
US10933918B2
A vehicle-body upper structure includes a roof panel constituting an outer plate of a vehicle-body upper part, a roof side reinforcement provided below, in a vehicle up-down direction, an outer region of the roof panel in the vehicle width direction, and a roof side rail provided in an outer end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the vehicle-body upper part so as to extend along a vehicle front-rear direction. The roof panel includes an outer joining portion in an outer end portion of the roof panel in a vehicle width direction. The roof side reinforcement includes a rail joining portion and a roof joining portion, and the roof joining portion is joined to a predetermined part of the roof panel. The roof side rail is joined to the outer joining portion of the roof panel and the rail joining portion of the roof side reinforcement.
US10933915B2
A reinforcement is provided for the front structure of a motor vehicle. The motor vehicle comprises, on at least at one side laterally to a longitudinal axis of said vehicle, a front wheel, a generally vertical profile member (the A-pillar) located to the rear of the front wheel, and a transverse wall (the wheel arch) adjacent to the A-pillar defining the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The reinforcement is attached to the A-pillar and to the wheel arch, and is configured to interfere with the front wheel to limit an intrusion of the wheel into the passenger compartment in the case of a frontal crash on a portion of the vehicle aligned with the front wheel. The reinforcement comprises a generally flat central portion extending transversely along the A-pillar and the wheel arch.
US10933909B2
A control apparatus calculates an axial force deviation, which is a difference between an estimated axial force and an ideal axial force based on a target pinion angle of a pinion shaft in association with a turning operation of steered wheels. The estimated axial force is based on a state variable that reflects vehicle behavior or a road condition. The control apparatus includes a steering angle ratio change control circuit configured to calculate a target pinion angle serving as a basis for calculation of the command value. The steering angle ratio change control circuit calculates a speed increasing ratio from a steering angle ratio set based on a vehicle speed and a base gear ratio of a steering mechanism, and calculates a correction angle for a target steering angle by multiplying the speed increasing ratio and the target steering angle together.
US10933895B2
According to various embodiments, there is provided a control arrangement for maintenance of a collection of physical devices, the control arrangement including: a receiver configured to receive observation data, the observation data representative of physical conditions of each physical device of the collection of physical devices; a processor configured to compute respective maintenance output data of maintaining different combinations of the physical devices, based on the observation data; and a controller configured to determine the combination of the physical devices to be maintained based on a comparison of the computed respective maintenance output data, the controller further configured to control maintenance of the determined combination of the physical devices.
US10933885B1
A fail-safe system for accelerator pedal signal modifiers of throttle-by-wire systems for vehicles has a CPU electronically between an accelerator pedal position signal and a vehicle ECU using routines to modify the accelerator pedal position signal to the ECU. The system is monitored for faults and bypasses the modification routines to transmit the unmodified accelerator pedal position signal to the ECU when the accelerator pedal signal modifier has failed. The ECU is also monitored to detect the status of the vehicle transmission. When reverse gear is initiated, the modification routines are bypassed to transmit the unmodified accelerator pedal position signal to the ECU.
US10933880B2
In one embodiment, example systems and methods relate to a manner of providing lane curvature estimations. As vehicles travel, lane curvature estimates for lane segments as provided by the vehicle lane curvature estimation systems are collected. The estimated lane curvatures and the actual paths of the vehicles as they traveled in the lane segments are used as training data for a model that can both determine if a lane curvature estimate for a lane segment is likely incorrect and provide a correct lane curvature estimate. When a vehicle later travels such a lane segment, the model can be used to provide the vehicle with a correct lane curvature estimate. The correct estimate can be used by the vehicle in place of an estimate generated by the existing lane curvature estimation system of the vehicle.
US10933876B2
A host vehicle includes a combustion engine configured to provide a propulsion torque to satisfy a propulsion demand. The vehicle also includes at least one sensor configured to detect a position of a reference vehicle. A vehicle controller is programmed to determine a path between a current host vehicle location and an upcoming intersection. The controller is also programmed to forecast a path clearance time at which the host vehicle is able to traverse the intersection in response to sensor data indicating the reference vehicle moving within the path ahead of the host vehicle. The controller is further programmed to deactivate the engine prior to a host vehicle stop based on the path clearance time being greater than a time threshold.
US10933875B2
Provided is a vehicle turning control device which prevents a target yaw rate from being unstable, even if a control gain is changed in accordance with the magnitude of a yaw rate deviation or a road surface frictional coefficient. This vehicle turning control device includes a target yaw rate correction (32). The correction (32) calculates a target yaw rate with respect to the control gain determined based on a vehicle traveling information, using at least one of a plurality of calculated target yaw rates. The control gain is determined such that, as a road surface frictional coefficient decreases or as a yaw rate deviation increases, a yaw response characteristic approaches a basic yaw response characteristic from an initial yaw response characteristic.
US10933865B2
A driving assistance device includes a travel information acquisition unit, a first information acquisition unit, a second information acquisition unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, a first avoidance-amount setting unit, a second avoidance-amount setting unit, and a driving control unit. The second avoidance-amount setting unit sets, when the second avoidance-amount setting unit sets a control amount of a driving control as a second avoidance amount for performing a second avoidance driving action, the control amount smaller than a control amount that is set as a first avoidance amount by the first avoidance-amount setting unit, and sets, when the second avoidance-amount setting unit sets a start timing of the driving control as the second avoidance amount for performing the second avoidance driving action, the start timing later than a start timing that is set as the first avoidance amount by the first avoidance-amount setting unit.
US10933861B2
A method for controlling driving of a hybrid vehicle using dynamic traffic information includes: determining whether the hybrid vehicle passes through a traffic light based on the dynamic traffic information including traffic light information and traffic situation information, and determining a driving mode of the hybrid vehicle that is used on a road disposed between the hybrid vehicle and the traffic light based on whether the hybrid vehicle passes through the traffic light.
US10933858B2
In a vehicle drive apparatus, a drive gear which engages with a gear provided on the counter shaft is provided on the input shaft relatively rotatably to the input shaft, and the vehicle drive apparatus comprises a switching mechanism including an actuator and a connection/disconnection sleeve which is driven by the actuator in a direction of the first rotation axis and which selectively switches between a first state in which the drive gear is connected to the input shaft and disconnected from a non-rotating member and a second state in which the drive gear is disconnected from the input shaft and connected to the non-rotating member.
US10933856B2
An electropneumatic pilot unit for controlling a pneumatic consumer is provided herein. The pilot unit comprises at least two electromagnetic pilot valves. Each of the electromagnetic pilot valves comprises a coil for producing a magnetic flux along a valve axis, an armature which can be moved in the axial direction of the valve axis, a valve seat which can be closed and opened by the armature, and a pneumatic inlet port and a pneumatic outlet port. At least two of the pilot valves lie next to each other with parallel valve axes. Each pilot valve has a port which protrudes towards a common underside for connection to a pilot chamber of the consumer controlled by the pilot valves.
US10933853B2
An actuation device for a hydraulic actuation system, e.g., a motor vehicle brake or an electrified clutch actuator, may include a connection for an actuation device; a pressure supply device, driven by an electromotor drive, in the form of a piston or double-stroke piston pump; a piston cylinder unit that may be actuated by means of the actuation device; and an electronic control unit. An axis of the piston cylinder unit and an axis of the pressure supply device may be arranged in parallel.
US10933843B2
The invention relates to a wiper device comprising a wiper blade adapter (10), which comprises at least one coupling unit (12) provided to produce a connection with at least two different wiper arm adapters (14, 16, 18, 20, 22), and at least one external unit (24) and at least one internal unit (26) which is at least partially embraced by the outer unit (24), which jointly delimit at least partially a receiving space (28) for the wiper arm adapters (14, 16, 18, 20, 22) and which are arranged at least substantially immovably relative to one another.
US10933839B2
A system includes a vehicle roof. A track is fixed to the vehicle roof. A seatbelt retractor is engaged with the track and is movable relative to the vehicle roof along the track. The seatbelt retractor may be selectively positioned relative to the vehicle roof.
US10933837B2
A restraint system includes a steering-wheel hub, a steering-wheel handle mounted to the steering-wheel hub and extending less than 360° around the steering-wheel hub, an airbag housing disposed in the steering-wheel hub, an airbag inflatable from an uninflated position in the airbag housing, and a plurality of rods hinged to the airbag housing and attached to the airbag.
US10933812B1
An outside-vehicle environment monitoring apparatus includes: imaging devices including center, right, and left imaging devices; a controller; and display devices including center, right, and left display devices. The imaging devices respectively capture images of environments present in a center rear direction, a right rear direction, and a left rear direction from the vehicle. The controller acquires captured images and output display images based on the captured images. The display devices are arranged side by side within a visual range of an occupant. The center display device is disposed between the right and left display devices at a visible distance from the occupant different from the visible distance to the right display device and the visible distance to the left display device. The center display image displayed between the right and left display devices is visually perceived as having a depth relative to the right and left display devices.
US10933804B2
Disclosed herein is school bus safety device comprising a rigid arm configured to move outwardly from a school bus in order to block vehicular traffic, and to be stored along the side, rear, front, bottom or top of the school bus when not in use, and a recording device mounted proximate or on the arm and being configured to record a position and/or movement of a nearby vehicle. A school bus including the device, and corresponding methods, also are disclosed.
US10933802B2
A vehicle illumination system provided to a vehicle capable of traveling in an autonomous driving mode includes: an illumination unit configured to emit light toward an outside of the vehicle; and an illumination controller configured to change an illumination mode of the illumination unit, depending on a waiting time of the vehicle.
US10933792B2
A hitch attachment for dragging logs from a vehicle. The hitch attachment includes a base having a distal end and a proximal end. The proximal end of the base is configured to fit within a tow receiver of the vehicle. A vertical frame extends from the base in between the proximal end and the distal end. A log cradle is coupled to the distal end of the base. The log cradle includes a plurality of vertically extending teeth.
US10933791B2
A trailer apparatus has a hitch bar, a first frame member coupled to the hitch bar by a compound pivot, and to a second frame member, allowing the second frame member to rotate vertically about the first frame member, a wheel mounted on a horizontal axis to one side of the first frame member, an elongated connecting link member coupled to the first frame member at a and to the second frame member at a position along the length of the second frame member, a first cargo-supporting element mounted to the same side of the first frame member as the wheel is mounted and a second cargo-supporting element mounted to the second frame member on the same side as the wheel is mounted, wherein the trailer may be configured into three positions, one for loading, one for hauling, and a third with the apparatus stowed for transport.
US10933788B2
A foldable insert for a vehicle component includes a first body portion, a second body portion, and a bridge extending from the first body portion to the second body portion. The first body portion includes a first groove disposed adjacent the bridge, and the second body portion includes a second groove disposed adjacent the bridge opposite the first groove.
US10933786B2
A vehicle seat includes a foam body having a first region, a second region, a top surface, and a bottom surface, and a trench defined by and between the first and second regions. The trench includes at least one section including a narrow portion having a first width and extending downwardly into the trench from the top surface, and a base portion below the narrow portion having a second width greater than the first width. The vehicle seat further includes a trim attachment fixture disposed in the foam body below the trench, wherein the trim attachment fixture is configured to be secured to a trim cover by an attachment member disposed in the base portion.
US10933778B1
A rolling car seat assembly includes a seat base that is positionable on a vehicle seat. The seat base has a plurality of wheel wells therein. A car seat is provided that has a child seated therein. The car seat is positionable in a seated position or a rolling position. A plurality of rollers is each rotatably coupled to the car seat. Each of the rollers is positioned in a respective one of the wheel wells in the seat base when the car seat is positioned in the seated position. Each of the rollers rolls along a support surface when the car seat is positioned in the rolling position to transport the child without requiring the child to be carried. A handle is slidably coupled to the car seat for gripping to roll the car seat.
US10933775B2
On each of the two longitudinal sides of the cushion (2) of a seat (1) there is provided a front mechanism (4) and a rear lever (5) to move the seat, varying the height and inclination thereof. The rear lever (5) is hinged to the cushion (2) and to a rear supporting bracket (7). The hinging axis (a1) between the rear lever (5) and the cushion (2), is located at a lower position than the horizontal hinging axis (a2) between the rear lever (5) and the rear supporting bracket (7).
US10933768B2
A vehicle charging system includes a charger configured to adjust an output voltage to achieve a voltage request and output a measured output voltage. The vehicle charging system further includes a controller programmed to measure a terminal voltage of a traction battery being charged and receive the measured output voltage from the charger. The controller is further programmed to output the voltage request as a sum of a full charge voltage and an estimated voltage measurement error between the measured output voltage and the terminal voltage.
US10933767B2
Disclosed herein is a system for wirelessly transferring electric power from one electric vehicle to another, and a method of transferring charge. The charging system may establish a communications link between a buying vehicle and a selling vehicle, and may communicate with a marketplace server to facilitate the financial transactions associated with transferring electric power. The disclosure provides for a vehicle-to-vehicle transfer of charge while the vehicles are in motion.
US10933761B1
A system and method for powering an electrical load. The system and method including a first inverter for converting a first DC power provided from a battery within a vehicle to a first AC power. The system and method also including a rectifier that includes an input connected to a secondary winding of a transformer. The rectifier also having an output connected to at least two capacitors. The rectifier and capacitors converting the first AC power to a second DC power. The system and method also including an inverter for converting the second DC power to an output AC power that is supplied to a split-phase output. The system and method also connecting one leg of the split-phase output between the at least two capacitors and to a center tap of the transformer to modify a voltage amplitude of the second DC power.
US10933753B2
A solar vehicle carport with LED sensor light, including a carport top cover, a horizontal pipe assembly, a foot pipe assembly, an LED light module, and a solar receiving module. The horizontal pipe assembly is disposed on two sides of the carport top cover. The foot pipe assembly is engaged with the horizontal pipe assembly to support the carport top cover. The LED light module includes at least one LED light and LED sensor module electrically connected. The solar receiving module is disposed above the carport top cover and electrically connected with the LED light module. The solar vehicle carport with LED sensor light provided by this invention can utilize the solar energy to supply power to the LED light module, which is green and environment friendly. In addition, the LED light is turned on or turned off by a way of sensing, which is energy efficient and humanized.
US10933752B2
A device comprises motor controller coupled to a drive motor and a battery pack of a vehicle. The motor controller comprises a processor that is configured to: determine that the vehicle is engaged in a neutral braking mode, and after determining that the vehicle is engaged in the neutral braking mode: select a neutral braking torque curve, determine a rotational velocity of the drive motor, based on the determined rotational velocity of the drive motor, determine an amount of regenerative braking torque to apply to the drive motor based on the selected neutral braking torque curve, apply the determined amount of regenerative braking torque to the drive motor, wherein applying the determined amount of regenerative braking torque to the drive motor results in a regenerative current generated by the drive motor, and supply the regenerative current to the battery pack to at least partially recharge the battery pack.
US10933746B2
A vehicle display device, a vehicle display control apparatus for controlling the same, and a vehicle display system including the vehicle display device and the vehicle display control apparatus are provided. The vehicle display system includes a single vehicle display device and a vehicle display control apparatus that controls application of voltage for driving the single vehicle display device and controls the single vehicle display device to switch to and operate in one of a first mode for displaying a single view, a second mode for displaying a multi-view, a third mode for displaying a three-dimensional view, and a fourth mode for displaying a two-dimensional view.
US10933740B2
A fuel tank for a truck, the fuel tank having a fuel tank body with a peripheral wall and end walls that define at least one receptacle to receive a liquid or gaseous medium. At least one baffle is fixedly attached to the inside surface of the peripheral wall via an inner fixing member. An outer fixing member is to fixedly attach the fuel tank body to the chassis of the truck, and is also connected to the inner fixing member through the peripheral wall.
US10933734B2
A power transmission apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle, may include an engine and first and second motor/generator, the power transmission apparatus includes a planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements, a first shaft fixedly connected to the first rotation element and a rotor of the first motor/generator, a second shaft fixedly connected to the second rotation element and the engine, a third shaft fixedly connected to the third rotation element, a fourth shaft externally meshed with the second shaft and the third shaft, a fifth shaft fixedly connected to a rotor of the second motor/generator, a sixth shaft externally meshed with the fourth shaft and the fifth shaft and transmitting rotational power of the engine and the first and second motor/generators to a final reduction gear of a differential gear and three gear trains externally engaged with the first to sixth shafts.
US10933723B2
Disclosed are light glare reducing apparatuses and related methods. A light glare reducing apparatus includes a first polarized body, a second polarized body, and a movable coupling that attaches the second polarized body to the first polarized body with the second polarized body at least partially overlapping the first polarized body. The first polarized body includes a first polarized material that is optically polarized in a first direction relative to the first polarized body. The second polarized body includes a second polarized material that is optically polarized in a second direction relative to the second polarized body. The movable coupling is configured to enable the second polarized body to move relative to the first polarized body to change an angle of the second direction relative to the first direction.
US10933712B2
Disclosed is a cooling and heating system for a high-voltage battery of a vehicle, which includes: a radiator provided adjacent to a lower portion of a high-voltage battery module to radiate heat to outside air; an outside air cooling line configured such that cooling water circulates between the radiator and the high-voltage battery module, with a main valve being provided on the outside air cooling line; a bypass line configured such that a first end thereof branches from the main valve and a second end thereof is connected to the outside air cooling line to bypass the radiator, with a heat exchanger being provided on the bypass line; and a controller configured to control the high-voltage battery module to radiate heat through the radiator or to exchange heat with the heat exchanger by controlling the main valve when heat exchange of the high-voltage battery module is required.
US10933710B2
A modular electronic damping control system is described and includes a damping component located at a vehicle suspension location. The modular electronic damping control system also includes a control system configured to control the damping component, and determine the type of damping component present. Also, the control system is configured to automatically tune a vehicle's suspension based on the type of damping component present, and automatically monitor the damping component and determine when a change has been made to the damping component so that the control system can then automatically re-tune the vehicle's suspension based on the change to the damping component.
US10933702B2
A rotary joint assembly for a tire inflation system includes a rotating portion. The rotating portion is attached to a wheel rim for rotation therewith. The rotating portion includes a center portion which has an air passageway formed therein. The rotary joint assembly also includes a non-rotating portion. The non-rotating portion has a non-rotating portion air passageway formed therein. The non-rotating portion air passageway is in fluid communication with the air passageway formed in the rotating portion via a chamber. A pair of annular sealing members are attached to the rotating portion and sealingly contact a sealing surface of the non-rotating portion. The annular sealing members define an inboard end and an outboard end of the chamber.
US10933701B2
A wheel for a vehicle includes a tyre and a rim for supporting the tyre. A chamber is defined between the tyre and the rim for receiving pressurized air. The wheel further includes a detecting device located inside the chamber for detecting presence of water in the wheel.
US10933693B2
An exemplary embodiment of a caster adapter includes a connecting base for coupling the caster adapter to a caster, at least two panels forming at least part of an adapter member and defining the interior of the adapter member wherein at least a portion of a leg of an object is insertable into the interior of the adapter member. The adapter member may contain a leg conforming portion that protrudes outward from the interior of the adapter member and corresponds with a leg protrusion on a leg of an object wherein the leg protrusion will fit within the leg conforming portion such that the object may be lifted off the ground without the caster adapter, and coupled caster, slipping off of the leg. The leg may be inserted into the caster adapter through an opening in the side of the adapter member, wherein the opening is blocked by the use of at least one containment member interacting with the adapter member. The leg conforming portion may be customized depending on the leg protrusion location and size on the subject leg. The containment member not only acts to retain the leg within the caster adapter but also allows for quick release of the caster adapter from the leg. The adapter member of the caster adapter is customizable to fit various geometries of legs. The containment member may be retained in proximity to the caster adapter through the use of an attachment member that is attachable to the adapter member and the containment member.
US10933689B2
An omni-wheel including a hub, a plurality of rollers, and a braking system. The plurality of rollers are circumferentially arranged about the hub and arranged radially outward from the hub, where each roller of the plurality of rollers is secured to the hub by a roller mount. The braking system includes a first braking lever, having a first braking surface, pivotally secured to the roller mount, a second braking lever, having a second braking surface, pivotally secured to the roller mount, opposite the first braking lever, and an actuator arranged to rotate the first braking lever in a first rotational direction and the second braking lever in a second rotational direction. The first braking surface and the second braking surface contact at least one roller of the plurality of rollers when the first braking lever and the second braking lever are rotated by the actuator.
US10933682B2
Rods for use in a filing system are disclosed. An example file folder rod includes a first end, a second end and an elongated body extending between the first end and the second end, the elongated body having a longitudinal axis. The example rod also includes a hook coupled to the first end of the rod. The example hook includes a longitudinal portion extending along the longitudinal axis, an elongated hook portion coupled to an end of the longitudinal portion with the elongated hook portion extending from the longitudinal portion a first distance, and a first extension extending from the longitudinal portion with the first extension extending from the longitudinal portion a second distance, the second distance less than the first distance.
US10933680B2
A disclosed three-dimensional advent calendar defines multiple predefined advent spaces thereon demarcating an advent. The 3d calendar includes multiple decorated advent objects designed complementary to multiple predefined advent spaces. The 3d calendar also includes an adherent on a back side of the decorated advent objects, the adherent configured to temporarily keep the decorated advent objects proximal a predefined advent space. The adherent includes magnets, hook and loop material and sticky substances. For instance, the 3d calendar includes a Christmas tree, a Disney® Castle, a school graduation diploma, a bag of golf clubs and a baby crib. Exemplary decorated advent objects include Christmas tree ornaments, Mickey Mouse® head shaped objects, school objects, golf clubs, and pacifiers. Similar life milestones and business 3d calendars and matching advent objects are also included. An advent demarcating method via the 3d calendar and decorated advent objects is further included in the disclosure.
US10933676B1
A method and apparatus for printing a security mark via a non-fluorescent toner is disclosed. For example, the method may be executed by a processor and includes receiving an electronic file of a security mark to be printed on a substrate, determining an amount of halftone coverage for a non-fluorescent toner based on a brightness of the substrate, converting the electronic file of the security mark into a printer description language with the amount of halftone coverage that is determined, and causing the security mark to be printed on the substrate.
US10933673B2
A printing device includes: a housing; a print head extending in a first direction; a cassette receiving portion; and a movable cover. The cassette receiving portion is open in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The cassette receiving portion can selectively receive a first cassette or a second cassette whose size is greater than that of the first cassette. The movable cover is movable between a closed position and an open position for covering and exposing the cassette receiving portion in the second direction. The cassette receiving portion provides: a first cassette receiving portion for receiving the first cassette with the movable cover at the closed position; and a second cassette receiving portion for receiving the second cassette with the movable cover at the open position. A portion of the second cassette receiving portion is overlapped with the movable cover at the closed position in the first direction.
US10933669B2
A print element board includes a surface provided with a first side and a plurality of terminals arranged along the first side near the first side, in which an angle at a first peak located at a first end of the first side is smaller than an angle at a second peak located at a second end of the first side, and a printing element electrically connected with the terminals for recording. A distance between the first peak and a first terminal disposed closest to the first peak is longer than a distance between the second peak and a second terminal disposed closest to the second peak.
US10933664B2
A recording apparatus includes a recording unit, a first transport path through which a medium is transported in a first direction during recording, a second transport path through which the medium after the recording is transported along a path that is different from the first transport path in a second direction, a discharge roller pair that is disposed at a downstream position of the recording unit and that is configured to be displaced between a nipping position and a separation position, and a flap that is disposed downstream of the recording unit. When the following medium is transported on the first transport path, the preceding medium is transported on the second transport path, and the respective media are disposed at a position of the discharge roller pair at the same time, the discharge roller pair is disposed at the separation position, and the flap is disposed at an advanced position.
US10933646B2
A method of authenticating a consumable or detachable element of a continuous inkjet printer comprising: the controller of the printer generating a 1st item of random information that is dispatched to an authentication circuit of the element; encrypting the 1st item of information by the authentication circuit using a 1st encryption algorithm and a 1st secret key to form a 1st item of encrypted random information; dispatching the 1st item of information to the controller; encrypting the 1st item of information by the controller using a 2nd encryption algorithm and a 2nd secret key to form a 2nd item of encrypted random information; comparing the 1st item of encrypted random information with the 2nd encrypted item of random information to authenticate the consumable element; and if the consumable element is authenticated, dispatching at least one part of a 3rd key, termed the shared key, by the element to the printer.
US10933643B2
A print module including: a cradle having a longitudinal cavity; an elongate printhead assembly positioned in the longitudinal cavity; and a supply assembly slidably movable relative to the cradle along an axis perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the printhead assembly, the supply assembly having one or more ink couplings for fluidic connection to a printhead of the printhead assembly. The cradle includes a fixed limiter configured for abutment with a reaction plate of the printhead assembly so as to limit movement of the printhead assembly during movement of the supply assembly away from the printhead assembly.
US10933636B2
Disclosed herein is a material ejector (e.g., print head) geometry having alignment of material inlet channels in-line with microchannels, symmetrically disposed in a propellant flow, to obtain smooth, well-controlled, trajectories in a ballistic aerosol ejection implementation. Propellant (e.g., pressurized air) is supplied from above and below (or side-by-side) a microchannel array plane. Obviating sharp (e.g., 90 degree) corners permits propellant to flow smoothly from macroscopic source into the microchannels.
US10933631B2
An ink-jet head driving circuit includes: PMOS transistors each of which has an Nwell area, a drain terminal and a source terminal, the PMOS transistors connected to a piezoelectric element for jetting ink from a nozzle; and an NMOS transistor connected to the drain terminals of the PMOS transistors. The source terminals and Nwell areas of the PMOS transistors are connected respectively to power sources, and voltage of one of the power sources connected to the Nwell area of each of the PMOS transistors is equal to or higher than the highest voltage of the power sources connected to the source terminals of the PMOS transistors.
US10933628B2
In order to allow a worker to accurately and repeatedly mark an original plan on a working surface, provided is a nonrestrictive drive-type marking system including a nonrestrictive drive-type marking device, the nonrestrictive drive-type marking system including an input unit configured to receive data of content to be marked; a marking unit configured to mark the content corresponding to the data on a working surface; a driving unit configured to allow at least a part of the nonrestrictive drive-type marking device comprising the marking unit to nonrestrictively move on the working surface; a position detecting unit configured to sense position information of the nonrestrictive drive-type marking device; and a control unit electrically connected to the input unit, the marking unit, the driving unit, and the position detecting unit.
US10933623B2
A 3D printer system with a structural optimization tool to generate 3D models optimized for build materials such as those used in binder jetting technology-based printers. The structural optimization tool uses a computational approach to optimize mechanical and mass properties of large-scale structures (i.e., objects to be 3D printed), and the computational approach is tailored for fabrication on binder jetting technologies. To spend a material budget for printing an object wisely, the inventors in designing the computational approach turned the Bresler-Pister failure criterion into an objective measuring the potential of failure of an object or structure. This involved modeling the difference in tensile and compressive strength of the build material. To optimize structures under worst-case loads, the computational approach unifies an optimization to identify worst-case loads with an optimization to minimize the resulting failure potential, nesting them with first-order optimality constraints.
US10933615B2
It is provided a multilayer tube having a layer containing a specific aliphatic polyamide composition and a layer containing a semi-aromatic polyamide composition which contains a semi-aromatic polyamide having a specific structure or a mixture thereof, and the both layers being disposed adjacent to each other, wherein the aliphatic polyamide composition contains an aliphatic polyamide having a melting point of a specific value or less, and a ratio of the number of the methylene groups to the number of the amide groups is a specific value or more, an aliphatic polyamide having an absolute value of a difference in solubility parameter SP values to that of the aliphatic polyamide being a specific range, and an elastomer polymer containing a constitutional unit derived from an unsaturated compound having a carboxyl group and/or an acid anhydride group.
US10933607B2
There is provided a barrier film including a barrier layer having two opposing major surfaces, wherein the barrier layer comprise buckling deformations and non-buckling regions; a first organic layer in direct contact with one of the opposing major surfaces of the barrier layer; a second organic layer in direct contact with the other of the opposing major surfaces of the barrier layer; and a substrate in direct contact with the first organic layer or the second organic layer.
US10933605B2
A reduced vibration structure comprises honeycomb and a vibration damping coating on at least a portion of the internal surface of at least a portion of the cells of the honeycomb. The vibration damping coating is formed by curing a coating composition comprising acrylic polymer or copolymer emulsion and a vibration damping filler. The structure can include an adhesive coupled to both the upper surface and the lower surface of the honeycomb and two pieces of sheathing coupled to the adhesive, one on the upper surface and one on the lower surface of the honeycomb.
US10933602B2
A tire vulcanization mold including a sector mold divided into a plurality of pieces along a circumferential direction of a green tire, the sector mold configured to vulcanization mold a tread portion of the green tire into a predetermined shape, and an upper mold and a lower mold disposed on both sides of the green tire so as to sandwich the green tire therebetween in an axial direction of the green tire, the upper mold and lower mold configured to vulcanization mold a side portion of the green tire into a predetermined shape. The sector mold has a weir portion in a vicinity of a fitting portion between the sector mold, and the upper mold and the lower mold.
US10933594B2
The invention described herein provides a method and material for creating tools surfaces from a granulated material comprised of a particulate and binding material in compositions and ratios described below. The granulated material may be formed using a number of methods and provides for the efficient repair of worn or damaged areas. Additionally, the granulated material may be used by placing it on the surface of a tooling encasement, or may be used by itself without any further structural support. The granulated material may also be used for both forming and trimming/machining of the part to desired tolerances.
US10933593B2
Polymer compositions containing polyethylene particles having a multi-modal molecular weight distribution are disclosed. The polymer compositions are well suited to producing porous substrates through a sintering process. Formulations made according to the present disclosure can produce porous substrates having improved flexibility demonstrated by an increased flexural strength while still retaining excellent pressure drop characteristics.
US10933586B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are drawn to additive manufacturing apparatus and methods. An exemplary additive manufacturing system may include an extruder, the extruder having an opening dimensioned to receive a material. The apparatus may also include an extruder output in fluid communication with the extruder, wherein the extruder output extends away from the extruder along a longitudinal axis. One or more heaters positioned along at least a portion of the extruder output may also be included, and, as the material passes through the extruder output, the one or more heaters may at least partially melt the material. The system may also include a gear pump in fluid communication with the extruder output for receiving the at least partially melted material, and a nozzle in fluid communication with the gear pump for depositing the at least partially melted material.
US10933577B2
A unitary deflection member and a method for making a unitary deflection member is disclosed. The method can include the steps of: providing an additive manufacturing making apparatus; providing a material for the unitary deflection member, the material being compatible for use with the additive manufacturing making apparatus; generating a 3-D digital image of objects in a repeat element of the unitary deflection member, the objects including at least a reinforcing member and at least one protuberance of the unitary deflection member; assembling the objects into a digitized file including the at least one protuberance being on said reinforcing member; importing the digitized file to make numerical control file; and depositing the material using the additive manufacturing making apparatus to make the unitary deflection member.
US10933573B2
A liquid blow molding apparatus comprises: a mold (4) in which a preform (2) is to be placed; and a nozzle unit (6) having a supply port (9) capable of supplying a liquid from above into the preform (2) placed in the mold (4), wherein the nozzle unit (6) includes a seal body (13) that is movable among a closed position at which supply of the liquid through the supply port (9) is blocked, a first open position at which supply of the liquid through only part of the supply port (9) in a circumferential direction is allowed, and a second open position at which supply of the liquid through the whole supply port (9) in the circumferential direction is allowed.
US10933568B2
To provide a resin molding and a method for producing the same. A resin molding in which two types of substrates differing in thermal shrinkage are connected together, wherein the thermal shrinkage of a connection part of the two types of substrates is a value between the respective thermal shrinkages of the two types of substrates. It is preferred that the connection part be constituted of an end part of any one substrate of the two substrates. More specifically, there can be adopted an embodiment in which one substrate is a plate-like substrate including reinforcing fibers and a first thermoplastic resin binding the reinforcing fibers to each other and the other substrate is an injection-molded member connected in the plate face direction of the one substrate, wherein the thermal shrinkage of the other substrate is large as compared to the thermal shrinkage of the one substrate. Moreover, the connection part can be formed by adjusting the filling density of reinforcing fibers in an end part of the one substrate to be lower than the filling density of reinforcing fibers in the base part of the one substrate.
US10933564B2
A fastening belt for a recyclable, plastic, beverage bottle including: a length of flexible material affixed around a circumference of the bottle and positioned on a lower part of a body of the bottle; in a first partially compacted the material is disposed in a crease of a fold between the first and the second segments of the bottle; and in a second, compacted state, the material is configured to be passed over the neck of the bottle, thereby securing the first and second segments of the bottle in the compacted state folded over the third segment.
US10933557B2
Near InfraRed NIR technology, including NIR cameras and detectors, are used to detect irregularity in the surface of a wood product. Based on the detected irregularities at various locations in a given wood product, one or more actions are taken with respect to a production process used to produce the wood product to ensure the wood product is put to the most efficient, effective, and valuable use.
US10933556B2
Near InfraRed NIR technology, including NIR cameras and detectors, and machine learning methods and systems, including one or more Machine Learning (ML) based surface irregularity prediction models, are used to accurately identify surface irregularities on a surface of a wood product, such as a veneer sheet or ribbon, and provide irregularity prediction data for the wood product. Based on the irregularity prediction data for a given wood product, one or more actions are taken with respect to wood product or the production process to ensure the wood product is put to the most efficient, effective, and valuable use.
US10933555B2
A process for treating lignocellulosic pieces with a water-soluble lignocellulosic material preservative. The process comprises the step of contacting the lignocellulosic pieces with a water-based preservative solution having a contact temperature between about 70° C. and about 95° C., the water-based preservative solution containing the water-soluble lignocellulosic material preservative in a concentration above about 25% wt. A lignocellulosic treatment apparatus for treating lignocellulosic pieces is also provided.
US10933550B2
Size-reduction units, size-reduction machines, and methods capable of producing size-reduced products from a variety of solid and semisolid materials. A size-reduction unit includes a circular cutter adapted and arranged to cut a product into strips, a rotating cross-cutter adapted and arranged to receive the strips from the circular cutter, and a stripper plate. The cross-cutter has knives with cutting edges that are adapted and arranged to cut the strips into a size-reduced product, and the stripper plate defines a shear edge in proximity to the cutting edge of each knife of the cross-cutter as its cutting edge encounter the shear edge during rotation of the cross-cutter. The cross-cutter has a helical fluted shape comprising flutes between adjacent pairs of the knives.
US10933544B2
A guillotine style cutting mechanism that can cut material without a pair of pivoting blades that are externally exposed, does not require a user to open and close two fingers to operate, and can be operated in both the left and right hands (not designed for either hand). The cutting mechanism includes a receiving inlet (trap) for receiving the material, a stationary blade within the trap and a moveable blade that enters the trap when activated by an engagement mechanism. The cutting mechanism may include an outer housing having an open interior, an extension arm extending from the housing to create the trap, a stationary blade within the trap, a movable blade formed on a rod within the housing, and an engagement button that causes the moveable blade to traverse the housing so as to extend into the trap and engage the stationary blade to cut the material.
US10933540B2
To simplify production, a hollow-structure robot link-constituting member is obtained by joining two or more formed members obtained by press-forming steel sheets. Compared to when the robot link-constituting member is formed of castings, the thickness can be easily reduced and high strength can be maintained by forming a hollow structure by joining at least two formed members obtained by press-forming steel sheets. In this manner, significant weight reduction can be achieved compared to iron castings, and occurrence of defects can be reduced compared to aluminum alloy castings.
US10933535B2
A gripper and a robot are provided. The gripper may include a shell and at least two finger assemblies. The finger assemblies are utilized to grasp an object on two opposite sides of the object. Each finger assembly may include a connecting rod, a pad portion and a layer of synthetic fibrillar adhesive. The connecting rod may be movably connected to the shell. The pad portion may be connected to the connecting rod, and the connecting rod may move the pad portion towards the object under a driving force. The layer of synthetic fibrillar adhesive may be attached to the pad portion. Microfibers of the layer of synthetic fibrillar adhesive may be inclined away from the shell.
US10933506B2
A monopodic sander is provided for an operator to sand a surface. The monopodic sander comprises a rotary sanding head for contacting the surface and an extendable actuator rod having one end pivotally coupled to the rotary sanding head. The monopodic sander further comprises a controller handle operatively coupled to the one end of the extendable actuator rod to allow the operator to select a pressure applied by the rotary sanding head against the surface.
US10933493B2
An additive manufacturing system includes a build plate; a deposition system operable to dispense material as a melt pool to grow a workpiece on the build plate; a sensor system operable to determine a temperature of the workpiece being grown on the build plate adjacent to the melt pool; and a heater system operable to selectively heat the workpiece between the melt pool and the build plate.
US10933491B2
Disclosed is a laser beam processing device, the main part of which is a coupling device (1) for coupling a focused laser beam (2) into a fluid jet (3) of a defined cross-section. The coupling device (1) comprises a housing (4), in which a fluid nozzle is configured for forming the fluid jet (3). In addition, an outlet opening (6) is provided in the housing, through which the fluid jet (3) exits from the housing (4) and the cross-section of which is larger than the cross-section of the fluid jet (3). A passage chamber is provided between the fluid nozzle (5) and the outlet opening (6) for the fluid jet (3). According to the invention, a throttle bore is provided, which connects the passage chamber (7) to the pressure chamber and is dimensioned in relation to the outlet opening so that, in the region of the passage chamber which is arranged about the fluid nozzle (5), there is a pressure that is smaller than the pressure in the pressure chamber so that an overpressure does not form in the passage chamber with respect to the pressure in the pressure chamber. In addition, a method is disclosed for setting a pressure in the passage chamber (7) in a coupling device of this type, in which the pressure does not exceed the pressure in the pressure chamber.
US10933487B2
A spot welding apparatus includes a stationary frame having a housing formed therein. An upper welding gun is mounted to a length direction of a pressing unit disposed in the housing of the stationary frame. A plurality of lower welding guns are mounted on an outside of the stationary frame and ends of the plurality of lower welding guns selectively face one end of the upper welding gun in a length direction of the lower welding guns by the plurality of lower welding guns. A plurality of actuators are mounted on the outside of the stationary frame. A plurality of link units are disposed between the actuators and the lower welding guns, connect the actuators and the lower welding guns, respectively, and rotate as the actuators are operated.
US10933484B2
Engine-driven welding-type power supplies configured to simultaneously use external and engine power
An engine-driven welding power supply, comprising a frame, an engine attached to the frame, and a generator attached to the frame. The generator is driven by the engine and configured to output electrical power via an electrical receptacle. Weld power conversion circuitry is integrally attached to the frame and configured to output welding-type power. A power conductor configured to provide input power to the weld conversion circuitry is configured to be manually coupled to the electrical receptacle or to an external source of electrical power. The weld power conversion circuitry is configured to convert the input power received via the power conductor to welding-type power.
US10933483B2
A dispensing system includes an optional pre-heat station configured to receive an electronic substrate, a dispense station configured to dispense material on the electronic substrate received from the optional pre-heat station, an optional post-heat station configured to receive the electronic substrate from the dispense station, and a non-contact sensor positioned above the electronic substrate on at least one of the optional pre-heat station, the dispense station, and the optional post-heat station.
US10933478B2
The present invention relates to a tool for forming a joint in an interlocking side-lapped seam formed between first and second structural decking panels. The decking tool may include a frame, actuator, and arms with jaws, wherein the actuator forms a structural component of the decking tool and is located between the frame and the arms with the jaws. Moreover, the decking tool may further comprise one or more shields and jaw guards. The one or more shields may cover the arms on at least one side for protection. The one or more jaw guards may be utilized with or without the shields, and may or may not be integral with the shields. The one or more jaw guards have a number of benefits, such as protecting the jaws, positioning the jaws, being utilized as levers to help remove the jaws, and being utilized to prevent separation of the side-lap seam.
US10933468B2
A method of monitoring an additive manufacturing apparatus. The method includes receiving one or more sensor signals from the additive manufacturing apparatus during a build of a workpiece, comparing the one or more sensor signals to a corresponding acceptable process variation of a plurality of acceptable process variations and generating a log based upon the comparisons. Each acceptable process variation of the plurality of acceptable process variations is associated with at least one state of progression of the build of the workpiece and the corresponding acceptable process variation is the acceptable process variation associated with the state of progression of the build when the one or more sensor signals are generated.
US10933458B2
A stamping press binder assembly for forming a finished stamped product from a blank includes an upper die for at least partially forming the finished stamped product, a stationary punch, an inner lower binder, and an outer lower binder. The inner and outer lower binders are both supported by a single cushion.
US10933452B1
An anti-clogging liquid dispersion system and method for an air conditioner or heat pump is disclosed. A tank holds an anti-clogging liquid. A pump or valve connected with the tank periodically supplies the liquid to a condensate drain pan or the outlet of an existing drain line located exteriorly of a structure. One or more sensors are provided to detect moisture, flooding and/or lack of condensate flow and, when so detected, a control circuit causes the liquid to be supplied to the condensate drain pan to prevent flooding of a condensate drain pan or to clear a clogged drain line of an air handler of the air conditioner or heat pump. An additional dose of the liquid can also be supplied at any time when an unacceptable amount of condensate moisture and/or a clogged drain line has been detected.
US10933450B2
A vent hole cleaning method for cleaning a vent hole provided on a molding surface of a mold for vulcanizing a rubber product includes a step of detecting a shape of the molding surface; a step of calculating a position of the vent hole by comparing the shape of the molding surface obtained in the step of detecting with molding surface information stored in a controlling device in advance and including a position of the vent hole; a step of moving a cleaning means to the vent hole based on the calculated position of the vent hole; and a step of cleaning the vent hole by the cleaning means.
US10933443B2
A method for painting a component, in particular for painting a motor vehicle body component, with a decorative layer is provided. The decorative layer may be a decorative strip, a graphic element, a contrast surface or a pattern. The method includes applying a base coat layer, applying a decorative layer, which is within a decorative region with a limited surface area, to the component, and drying a limited drying region of the component, which drying region comprises at least part of the decorative region.
US10933440B2
A carbon film coating structure and a method for coating that structure onto a work are provided, in which a carbon material such as a carbon nanotube is applied to a work for coating thereof with high density and high integration so that the coating has an outstanding electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity, heat resistance, high strength and flexibility owing to the characteristics of carbon, and in which a carbon such as CNT is applied to the work for coating thereof easily and inexpensively, and with high density and high integration. A carbon material is coated or impregnated on a surface layer of a work. The work can deposit a suboxide or oxide containing metal ions. A porous primary film is formed on the surface layer of the work. The carbon film is coated or impregnated on an irregular part of the surface layer of the primary film.
US10933439B2
A paint roller frame and cage assembly and method of manufacturing includes providing an assembly having a handle and a shaft extending from the handle, and forming a unitary cage having a radially outward surface for supporting a roller cover. The cage includes a first cavity located at an end of the cage proximate the handle and a second cavity located at an opposite end of the cage. Each cavity is defined within the radially outward surface and has a radially opening slot. A cover retainer is receivable through a first slot and into the first cavity. The cover retainer includes radially extending fingers that extend through the slot to engage an inner diameter of the roller cover and secure the cover to the cage. A fastener is receivable through a second slot and into the second cavity to hold the cage on the shaft.
US10933437B2
A die head apparatus is provided with a front blade, a rear blade, a center blade, and an internal impurity removal space. The front blade and the center blade are configured to form a pool of a slurry. The internal impurity removal space is positioned between the center blade and the rear blade. A distance separating the rear blade and the substrate is set to be smaller than the distance separating the center blade and the substrate.
US10933425B2
Method and apparatus (100) for transforming organic and inorganic solid urban waste into aggregates, comprising an extruding machine connected to a reactor. The extruding machine is formed by an extrusion cylinder (103) through which a piston circulates (104) inside an extrusion cavity (106), which comprises three sections (107, 110, 111) and is fed with a parget obtained after pre-processing the waste. The end (115) of the third section (111) is connected to the reactor (112) through an opening (114). The reactor's longitudinal shaft is formed by a rotatory steel shaft (116) in which some steel blades are arranged (108), whose ends play the roles of cutting, hammering, punching and hydraulic helix as they rotate. Between the end of the blades and the wall of the reactor, there is a clearance of more than 0.1 mm of thickness. The reactor has a discharge valve (300) to discharge the parget present in the boundary area through some openings (304), once it has been processed by a series of pressure, vibration energy and decompression cycles.
US10933424B1
A grinding apparatus may include a frame and a pair of rolls each having a circumferential surface and being rotatably mounted on the frame, and a plurality of teeth located on the circumferential surface. In embodiments, at least one roll comprises a roll body structure rotatably mounted on the frame and a roll cover structure forming the circumferential surface, and the roll cover structure may be at least partially removable from the roll body structure to permit replacement of at least a portion of the circumferential surface without requiring removal of the roll body structure from the frame. In embodiments, the teeth on one roll may include an upper cap portion formed of a relatively harder material and a lower base portion formed of a relatively softer material. In embodiments, the teeth on one roll have a coating of a relatively harder material than a relatively softer base material forming the tooth.
US10933421B2
Disclosed herein are a device and method for the easy removal of selected individual wells, selected groups/strips of wells, or all strips of wells quickly and safely from a well strip plate. A well strip extractor press may include a manually pivotable well strip plate carrier having an open bottom, and an adjustable well strip extractor assembly having multiple press arms positioned to engage the bottom of a well strip plate positioned in the well strip plate carrier. A user may manually position a selection of press arms to align with those well strips that the user wishes to remove from the well strip plate. The user may lower the plate carrier into a frame assembly that pivotably mounts the press arms, causing the selected well strips that are to be dislodged from the well strip plate to engage individual extractor pins on the selected press arms, in turn causing those extractor pins to push the bottom portions of the selected well strips upward so as to at least partially dislodge from their seating within the strip well plate. Thereafter, a user may slide the strip well plate out from the plate carrier and remove the selected well strips from the well strip plate with ease.
US10933418B2
The present invention relates to biological sensing apparatus (12) which is configured to sense particles comprised in fluent material. The biological sensing apparatus (12) comprises particle sensing apparatus (32) comprised in an integrated circuit formed by a semiconductor fabrication process, the particle sensing apparatus being configured to sense an electrical property. The biological sensing apparatus further comprises a flow arrangement 30 configured to contain and provide for flow of fluent material. The particle sensing apparatus (32) is disposed relative to the flow arrangement (30) such that the particle sensing apparatus is operative to sense an electrical property of particles comprised in the fluent material as the fluent material flows through the flow arrangement.
US10933415B2
An analysis container comprises a main body; a first chamber that is provided inside the main body and holds a liquid sample; a second chamber; a liquid passage; and an air passage. The liquid passage connects the first chamber and the second chamber, and moves the liquid sample from the first chamber to the second chamber. The air flow chamber connects the first chamber and the second chamber, and moves air from the second chamber to the first chamber.
US10933407B2
A highly active quaternary mixed transition metal oxide material has been developed. The material may be sulfided to generate metal sulfides which are used as a catalyst in a conversion process such as hydroprocessing. The hydroprocessing may include hydrodenitrification, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodemetallation, hydrodesilication, hydrodearomatization, hydroisomerization, hydrotreating, hydrofining, and hydrocracking.
US10933406B2
A method of preparing large-size high-porosity Fe-doped photocatalytic porous magnetic microspheres, including: dissolving a soluble macromolecule in a distilled water to obtain a solution A having a concentration of 0.5-1.5 wt %; adding a photocatalyst to the solution A, and uniformly stirring the solution A to obtain a suspension B; mixing a saturated soluble ferric salt solution with the suspension B, and uniformly stirring the mixture to obtain a suspension C; dropwise adding the suspension C to a high-concentration alkali solution by a syringe equipped with a suitable needle size to form microspheres; ageing the reaction system and drying the formed microspheres after adding; calcining the dried microspheres at 600-1100° C.; cooling the calcined microspheres to obtain the large-size high-porosity Fe-doped photocatalytic porous magnetic microspheres.
US10933394B2
An apparatus for improving thermal efficiency of steam production is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus can include: a BFW heat exchanger in fluid communication with a hydrocarbon gas source and a boiler feed water source, wherein the BFW heat exchanger is configured to allow for the natural gas stream to exchange heat with the first BFW stream such that the hydrocarbon gas stream is pre-heated within the BFW heat exchanger and the BFW stream is cooled; a syngas production facility in fluid communication with the BFW heat exchanger, wherein the syngas production facility comprises a steam methane reformer (SMR) that is configured to convert natural gas within the hydrocarbon gas stream into a hot product stream comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide, wherein the SMR comprises a plurality of burners; and a third heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first heat exchanger and the syngas production facility, wherein the third heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between the hot product stream and the first BFW stream, thereby creating a hot BFW stream and a cooled product stream.
US10933380B2
The invention provides a method and a device for manufacturing a hollow fiber membrane module. The present invention, by penetrating the hollow fiber membrane wires into the steel wires and performing rigidization treatment, greatly improves the rigidity of the hollow fiber membrane wire module, thereby avoiding the bending and deformation of or the damage of hollow fiber membrane wire module due to a small force during the production process, which greatly improves the production efficiency of the hollow fiber membrane module. The device of the present invention is used to achieve the above-mentioned method.
US10933376B1
A reverse osmosis system includes a first pretreatment system and a fluid source located below a reservoir. A first membrane housing has a reverse osmosis membrane therein. A first turbocharger includes a first pump portion and a first turbine portion. The first pump portion receives feed fluid from the first pretreatment system, pressurizing the feed fluid and communicates the feed fluid to the feed fluid inlet. The first turbine portion receives brine fluid from the brine outlet. The system further includes a second and third turbocharger. A second turbine portion and the third turbine portion receive brine fluid from the first turbine portion. Second feed fluid is communicated through a booster pump, a second pretreatment system, and second pump portion to increase a pressure of the second feed fluid. The second feed fluid is communicated to the third pump portion which communicates the pressurized second feed fluid to the first pump portion.
US10933374B2
An exhaust emission control device for an engine is provided with a first purifying catalyst including an HC adsorbent that adsorbs HC at a low temperature and releases HC at a high temperature and a diesel oxidation catalyst capable of oxidizing HC, a second purifying catalyst including a NOx catalyst capable of storing NOx contained in exhaust, a NOx catalyst regenerator that regenerates the NOx catalyst while raising the temperature of the NOx catalyst, and HC controller that decides whether the amount of adsorbed HC that is HC adsorbed by the HC adsorbent is equal to or more than a preset reference amount and, when the amount of adsorbed HC is decided to be equal to or more than the reference amount, raises the temperature of the first purifying catalyst.
US10933370B2
A promoted activated carbon sorbent is described that is highly effective for the removal of mercury from flue gas streams. The sorbent comprises a new modified carbon form containing reactive forms of halogen and halides. Optional components may be added to increase reactivity and mercury capacity. These may be added directly with the sorbent, or to the flue gas to enhance sorbent performance and/or mercury capture. Mercury removal efficiencies obtained exceed conventional methods. The sorbent can be regenerated and reused. Sorbent treatment and preparation methods are also described. New methods for in-flight preparation, introduction, and control of the active sorbent into the mercury contaminated gas stream are described.
US10933368B2
Gas treatment systems and processes for reducing tail gas emissions such as SO2, SO3, H2SO4, NOx, HC, CO, and other pollutants are provided. The processes include transferring tail gas from at least one source of tail gas to at least one destination sulphuric acid plant via a tail gas transfer system, wherein the tail gas replaces or supplements one or more of the combustion gas, air feed, dilution gas, and quench gas used by the destination sulphuric acid plant. The systems include at least one destination sulphuric acid plant and a tail gas transfer system for transferring tail gas from at least one source of tail gas to the at least one destination sulphuric acid plant. The systems and processes described herein may be used to eliminate start-up emissions and/or convert sulphur-containing species present in tail gas emissions into commercial H2SO4.
US10933359B2
A feed system for a rotary screen separator has a feed housing and a feed lid movably attached to the feed housing. The feed housing has a feed chamber, an inlet opening, and an outlet opening. The feed chamber defines a proximal portion adjacent to the inlet opening and a distal portion at least a portion of which is adjacent to the an outlet opening. A cross-sectional area of at least a portion of the proximal portion is greater than a cross-sectional area of the distal portion. The feed lid is movably attached to the feed housing such that the feed lid covers the outlet opening in a closed position, and does not cover the outlet opening in at least one open position.
US10933357B2
A device and a method for filtering viscous or highly viscous liquids, in particular plastics melts, includes use of an oscillating filter plate.
US10933352B2
An emulsion is provided for defoaming water used in processing of various products such as cellulose or wood-based products or in food processing which is formed by reacting a fatty acid with a compound selected from the group consisting of ammonia, sodium, potassium and combinations thereof so as to form a water soluble soap, dispersing the water soluble soap in water and homogenizing the dispersed water soluble soap with hydrophobic oil or hydrocarbon oil to produce the emulsion. Methods for preparing the emulsion and using the emulsion are also provided. The emulsion is advantageous in that it can improve water resistance and/or reduce the use of water resistant additives during processing of cellulose or wood-based products or food-grade products.
US10933351B2
An effluent processing apparatus comprises a separator device arranged to receive an effluent mixture to separate oil and water from the effluent mixture and thereby to provide clean air. A member selectively allows either only oil or only water of the separated oil and water to pass from a first side of the member through openings in the member to a second side of the member. A sump is arranged to (i) receive and retain the oil on the first side if only water passes from the first side to the second side, and (ii) receive and retain the oil on the second side if only oil passes from the first side to the second side. Clean air from the separator device is exhausted through an air outlet to atmosphere, and water is drained through a water outlet to atmosphere.
US10933345B2
An apparatus is provided for installing a packing disk of a structured packing into a vessel of a material-exchange column. The apparatus has a separating device for separating the endless packing strip into individual packing sheets, a conveying device for conveying individual packing sheets to the vessel, to stack the individual packing sheets in the vessel to form the packing disk, and a measuring device designed to measure a preferably horizontal distance between two mutually opposite points of an internal contour of the vessel. The separating device is designed to separate individual packing sheets from the endless packing strip such that a respective length of the packing sheets is less than or equal to the measured distance. A central axis of the vessel is arranged horizontally in the apparatus.
US10933341B1
An educational toy that is formed of parts that function as tools. For example, a toy car axle can be a screwdriver.
US10933337B2
An amusement ride with controllable, and a racer motorcycle enabling at least one rider accelerating of the racer motorcycle and changing a position and an orientation of said at least one rider in relation to a vertical line during a riding.
US10933329B2
This disclosure relates to adjusting individualized content made available to users of an online game based on user gameplay information. In implementations, information relating to prospective usage of the online game is used to classify users according by user type, and content made available to the users is customized accordingly. Information relating to prospective usage may include predictive information such as demographic and geographic information, as well as game usage information for the users. User types may include resource collection, player versus player, and player versus environment. Customized content may include content made available to the users through the users in-game actions, such as exploring a map, researching a technology or skill, purchasing an in-game item, and completing an in-game achievement, including in-game items, in-game powers, in-game skills, in-game technologies, in-game pets, in-game transportation units, in-game units, and in-game buildings.
US10933328B2
A method includes communicatively coupling a physical object with a body. One or more of the body or the physical object has connectivity to a computer having a processor. The method also includes detecting a sound determined to match an audio fingerprint. The method further includes setting a function of the physical object based on the audio fingerprint. The method additionally includes generating a virtual representation of the physical object and the body in a virtual reality viewable by way of a display associated with the computer. Generating the virtual representation of the physical object and the body includes orienting a virtual version of the physical object with respect to a virtual version of the body. The method also includes causing the virtual version of the physical object to be usable in accordance with the function of the physical object.
US10933327B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a network-based game modification system. The network based game modification system can provide users with access to game application source data and editing tools through a game editor client. The game editor client can provide an interface by which the developers can provide access to public source data while preventing access to private game source data. Additionally, the game editor client can provide an interface for access to some of the developers tools.
US10933322B2
There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving an activation signal from a user interface, (b) receiving data indicative of an occurrence of an event, (c) allotting a benefit, in response to the occurrence of the event, (d) recognizing that the event occurred within a window of time with respect to a time of occurrence of the activation signal, and (e) modifying the benefit to yield a modified benefit. There is also provided a system that performs the method.
US10933319B2
A game of skill played simultaneously by several players whereby each participant effectively competes only against players having a similar skill tier to provide a better opportunity to win awards. The system includes a central computer system with each remote participant having a mobile device such as a cell phone. The system also provides for effective promotion or updating to a higher skill tier of successful players of the game. Each skill tier adds complexity which increase point potentials. The game play is relatively easy initially, permitting new users to enjoy success in the game. As the user becomes more skilled and reaches higher tiers prizes increase and game elements become more challenging thus motivating continued play while retaining a player's interest. While players are able to view all scores including those in higher tiers, they will know that players in other tiers had more opportunities to earn points.
US10933313B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that performs operations including detecting a first depression range of a button that includes an electro-mechanical sensor for detecting the first depression range, comparing the first depression range to a first actuation threshold, and asserting a first actuation state when the first depression range is at or exceeds the first actuation threshold. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US10933309B2
A biofeedback sensor attachment for a controller, the biofeedback sensor attachment comprising one or more sensors for obtaining biofeedback information arranged such that at least one sensor is in contact with a user's hand during normal use of the controller, and an output unit operable to output the biofeedback information about measurements made by the one or more sensors.
US10933300B2
Card handling devices may include one or more features for detecting a deficiency relating to at least one card. Methods of operating a card handling device may include detecting a deficiency relating to at least one card.
US10933296B2
A ski for use on ice or snow is disclosed. The ski includes a ski body having a tip portion, a tail portion, and a longitudinal running length extending between the tip portion and the tail portion and a substantially flat bottom surface for sliding on snow or ice. The ski also includes a suspension system comprised of a substantially rigid support structure secured to the longitudinally central region of the said ski body at two attachment locations separated by a distance of at least 5 inches along the longitudinal axis of the ski body, and at least one resilient element configured to exert an opposing force between the support structure and the ski body in the area between the two attachment locations.
US10933289B2
A head for a ball striking device includes a bracing member connected to an upper sole surface located on the sole of the body opposite the bottom sole surface. The bracing member includes a first end connected to a first point on the upper sole surface, a second end connected to a second point on the upper sole surface spaced from the first point, and a bridge portion extending between the first and second ends. The bridge portion extends upward from the upper sole surface and is spaced from the upper sole surface. The bridge portion may be formed by one or more trusses, and may define a generally triangular shape in one embodiment. The first and second ends may be connected to the upper sole surface using a variety of techniques, e.g., welding or other integral joining technique, integral forming, adhesive or other bonding material, or other technique.
US10933286B2
Embodiments of golf club heads, golf clubs, and methods to manufacture golf club heads and golf clubs are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having an interior cavity, a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a sole portion, and a top portion. A face portion having a face center is attached to the front portion. A port on the body portion may be connected to the interior cavity such that the interior cavity is at least partially filled with a polymer material from the port and such that the interior cavity at least partially extends over the port. A maximum width of the interior cavity may be below the face center and above the port. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10933285B2
Golf balls comprising a multi-layer core and a cover are disclosed. The multi-layer core comprises a center, an intermediate core layer, and an outer core layer. At least one layer of the multi-layer core is a high specific gravity layer.
US10933280B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for monitoring motion or other activity and using the successful completion of a goal to enable or disable functionality or features of an electronic device or applications running on a computing system. In particular, media devices and the features within can be disabled unless access availability has been determined for completion of a physical activity goal or other challenge and provided to the media device or a server controlling features of the media device.
US10933264B1
The portable fire safety enclosure system comprises a backpack, a protective cover, an extinguisher, and a breathing apparatus. The backpack may be adapted to be worn by a user to protect the user while the user exits from a burning building. The protective cover may comprise a flame retardant umbrella coupled to a clear flame retardant curtain. The protective cover may be deployed from within the backpack to surround the user and to prevent contact with burning materials. The extinguisher may be activated to spray a fire-suppressing substance from a nozzle located on the top of the protective cover. The extinguisher may extinguish flames that prevent exit from the burning building. The breathing apparatus may be adapted to provide a breathable gas to the user.
US10933263B2
Provided are an energy storage system (ESS) capable of increasing precision of a fire control system to accurately determine and extinguish a fire, and a fire control method of the ESS. The ESS according to the present disclosure includes a container, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system, and a fire control system, wherein the fire control system includes a fire extinguisher and a control panel, a smoke detector, a heat detector, and a flame detector mounted in the container, and a duct smoke detector mounted in a duct of the HVAC system, and wherein the control panel has a mode for operating the fire extinguisher when all of the smoke detector, the heat detector, and the flame detector detect a fire, a mode for operating the fire extinguisher when the duct smoke detector detects a fire, and a mode for operating the fire extinguisher when a manipulation button is operated.
US10933258B2
The disclosed calibration method includes a calibration phantom positioned on an adjustable table on the surface of a mechanical couch, with the phantom's centre at an estimated location for the iso-centre of a radio therapy treatment apparatus. The calibration phantom is then irradiated using the apparatus, and the relative location of the center of the calibration phantom and the iso-centre of the apparatus is determined by analyzing images of the irradiation of the calibration phantom. The calibration phantom is then repositioned by the mechanical couch applying an offset corresponding to the determined relative location of the centre of the calibration phantom and the iso-centre of the apparatus to the calibration phantom. Images of the relocated calibration phantom are obtained, to which the offset has been applied, and the obtained images are processed to set the co-ordinate system of a stereoscopic camera system relative to the iso-centre of the apparatus.
US10933248B2
Implantable systems are described that include a stimulation device positionable in vivo and configured to communicatively couple to electrodes configured to stimulate or block body tissue and an auxiliary device positionable in vivo and including one or more coils configured to wirelessly couple, in vivo, to the stimulation device and to wirelessly couple to an ex vivo device. The auxiliary device may include a coil driver and a power source controlled by a processor and memory for storing data instructions for the coil driver and for storing data received from the stimulation device. The auxiliary device may also include a radio transceiver and an antenna. The stimulation device may include a housing, a coil, a power source and an integrated circuit for controlling the electrodes. The stimulation device may be coupled to a cuff via a lead and physically coupled to the auxiliary device.
US10933242B2
Techniques for therapy delivery are described. A processing circuit may adjust a first therapy parameter from a first level to a second level, and responsive to the adjustment of the first therapy parameter, compare a level of an evoked compound action potential (ECAP) generated from therapy delivery based on the adjusted first therapy parameter to an ECAP threshold. The processing circuit may adjust a second therapy parameter from a third level to a fourth level based on the comparison. The second therapy parameter is different than the first therapy parameter. The processing circuit may cause therapy delivery with the first therapy parameter at the second level and the second therapy parameter at the fourth level.
US10933237B2
The inventive concept refers to a system, a method, and a computer program for providing training for pain improvement. According to an exemplary embodiment, a training providing method for pain improvement includes requesting, by a computer, a temperature providing device to provide a first temperature to a first body point, requesting, by the computer, the temperature providing device to provide a second temperature to a second body point, requesting a user to select a temperature matched with a specific condition among the first temperature and the second temperature, and calculating a correct answer rate after performing a trial of distinguishing between the first temperature and the second temperature by a predetermined number.
US10933231B2
Disclosed herein is a lead insertion tool for inserting a lead connector end of an implantable lead into a lead receptacle of a header of an implantable pulse generator, the implantable lead including a lead body extending distally from the lead connector end. The tool includes a lead pathway and an engagement mechanism. The lead pathway extends through the tool and is configured to receive the implantable lead. The engagement mechanism includes an engaged state and a self-biasing non-engaged state. When the engagement mechanism is self-biased into the non-engaged state, the implantable lead is free to displace along the lead pathway. When the engagement mechanism is forced into the engaged state, the lead cannot displace along the lead pathway.
US10933221B2
A steering assembly including a handle portion, the handle portion having a first screw with a first helical thread and a second screw with a second helical thread, the first and second threads being in opposite directions, and an actuator with an outer surface adapted to be actuated by a user, the actuator in operable communication with the first and second screws, wherein actuation of the actuator cause axial movement of the first screw in a first direction, and causes axial movement of the second screw in a second direction opposite the first direction.
US10933218B2
Systems, devices, and methods are provided for delivering chemical and electrical stimulation across one or more neural circuits. The systems, devices, and methods can also be used for sensing and recording specific neural activity. In certain embodiments, a system includes first and second fluid reservoirs, a manifold, and a delivery tube. The manifold may include first and second chambers therein. The first chamber may be in fluid communication with the first reservoir, and the second chamber may be in fluid communication with the second reservoir. The delivery tube may include a first conduit in fluid communication with the first chamber, a second conduit in fluid communication with the second chamber, and a third conduit configured to house an electrode therein. In this manner, a distal tip of the delivery tube is configured to be positionable adjacent to the one or more neural circuits for providing chemical and electrical stimulation thereto.
US10933217B2
A catheter assembly includes a flexible catheter having a lumen, a hub having a body including a proximal end and a distal end, the body defining a passageway extending from the proximal end to the distal end, the hub being coupled to one end of the catheter, and the passageway of the hub being in fluid communication with the lumen of the catheter, and a coupler including a base coupleable to and detachable from the hub, the base being coupled to at least one introducer assembly, each of the at least one introducer assembly including a port, a tubing and a hollow needle.
US10933207B2
A personalized drug delivery apparatus including drug containing structure; a spout configured to receive full lung exhalation; a mechanism configured to determine a personalized drug dosage according to the exhalation, the spout further configured to enable inhalation of the determined dosage.
US10933198B2
The disclosure relates to a cap assembly according to the present invention. The cap assembly comprises a medicament delivery device comprising a body having a proximal and a distal end. Further, the cap assembly comprises a graspable cap removably attached to the proximal end of the body. Further, the cap assembly comprises a graspable sleeve element having a proximal and a distal part, the sleeve element is arranged to at least partially enclose the body. The sleeve element is arranged to be non-removably attached to the body, but able to rotate relative to the body. The sleeve element is arranged to interact with the cap such that the cap is displaced proximally in relation to the body when the sleeve element is rotated relative to the body.
US10933191B2
A single package infusion set is provided, including one or more of the following inserters: pushbutton-type, squeeze-type, contact-type, skin pinching-type, folding retraction-type, or multistage-type inserter having at least one reusable stage. The infusion set further includes adhesion means with user-selectable degrees of adhesion strength, self-sealing tube connection means, a lens feature to view, a site beneath the set, exemplary tube management and connection elements, insulin supply, adhesion concealment means, finger loops on the inserter and site preparation wipes or sprays, optionally provided as part of the inserter. The system further includes a package which may hold a number of easily released sets, retrievable by an inserter, an exemplary insertion needle handle and shroud, an exemplary squeeze-type latch between an upper portion and a lower portion of the set, and/or a tool removable upper portion of the set.
US10933190B2
A rolling diaphragm syringe includes a proximal end having an end wall, a distal end having an open-ended discharge neck, a sidewall extending along a longitudinal axis, and a piston engagement portion protruding proximally from a central portion of the end wall and configured for engagement with a piston of a fluid injector. The piston engagement portion has a stem with a first end attached to the end wall, a second end extending proximally from the first end, and at least one protrusion that protrudes radially outward. The sidewall is flexible and rolls upon itself when acted upon by the piston such that an outer surface of the sidewall is folded in a radially inward direction as the piston is advanced from the proximal end to the distal end, and unfolded in a radially outward direction as the piston is retracted from the distal end to the proximal end.
US10933187B2
A method for controlling a device using a shape-memory alloy wire is disclosed. The method includes determining an ontime for the shape-memory alloy wire based on a target volume to be pumped by a pump plunger, determining the temperature of the shape-memory alloy wire and adjusting the ontime based on the temperature of the shape-memory alloy wire.
US10933180B2
A cardiac pump having a turbine with internal blades, includes a pump designed to circulate a fluid, including a housing, and a turbine which is arranged in the housing and is designed to move rotationally relative to the housing. The turbine includes a body designed to move rotationally, a hollow central part which extends through the body from one side to the other and is intended to allow the fluid to pass through the turbine, and at least one blade that is positioned on the inner wall of the body, in the hollow central part, and is designed to circulate the fluid.
US10933176B2
Medical waste collection manifolds that that may connect to a vacuum system to create suction, such that liquid, semi-solid, or solid biological or medical waste may be collected are provided. The manifold may be configured to collect hazardous waste in a manner to ensure proper containment.
US10933173B2
A microneedle or microneedle device includes a microneedle body extending from a base to a penetrating tip formed from a silk fibroin based material, which is easy to fabricate and highly biocompatible. The microneedle device can include one or more microneedles mounted to a substrate. The silk fibroin can include active agents to be transported into or across biological barriers such as skin, tissue and cell membranes. The silk fibroin microneedles can be fully or partially biodegradable and/or bioerodible. The silk fibroin is highly stable, affords room temperature storage and is implantable. The silk fibroin structure can be modulated to control the rate of active agent delivery.
US10933166B2
A mixture of polymers with lubricating properties is provided. The polymer can be used to produce a lubricating fluid. They can also be born on a surface or embedded in a porous material. This mixture of polymers comprises (a) a pharmaceutically acceptable bottle-brush polymer comprising a backbone with polymeric pendant chains, and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable linear polymer. In the lubricating fluid, the bottle-brush polymer and the linear polymer are dissolved together in a pharmaceutically acceptable solvent.
US10933157B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus capable of purifying air and maintaining freshness inside a refrigerator while minimizing deformation of the structure of an existing refrigerator, and a method for controlling the same. The apparatus for air purification and freshness maintenance according to the present invention is formed separately from a storage space (12) of a refrigerator (10) and is installed on a cooling passage (14) which communicates with the storage space (12) through an inlet (13) and an outlet (15), wherein a photocatalyst filter (30) is installed in the vicinity of the outlet (15) within the cooling passage (14), and a plurality of cells (32) forming an air vent are formed in the photocatalyst filter (30) in the same direction as the air flow direction within the cooling passage (14), in which a UV LED (41) for radiating ultraviolet rays toward the cells (32) of the photocatalyst filter (30) is installed.
US10933150B1
A conveyor belt sanitization apparatus and method are provided for sanitizing a conveyor belt of the species commonly found at grocery stores and supermarkets using ultraviolet (UV) light. One or more UV light bulbs in the apparatus may be positioned to effectively sanitize a conveyor belt.
US10933137B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US10933136B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US10933116B2
The present invention provides synthetic peptide compounds and uses thereof for therapy and diagnostics of complement-mediated diseases, such as inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, and microbial and bacterial infections; and non-complement-mediated diseases, such cystic fibrosis and various acute diseases. The invention is directed to modifications of a synthetic peptide of 15 amino acids from the Polar Assortant (PA) peptide, which is a scrambled peptide derived from human Astrovirus protein. In some embodiments, the invention is directed to peptide compounds that are peptide mimetics, peptide analogs and/or synthetic derivatives of PA (e.g., sarcosine derivatives) having, for example, internal peptide substitutions, and modifications, including PEGylation at the N-terminus and C-terminus. The invention further provides methods of selecting at least one synthetic peptide for treating various conditions.
US10933110B2
The present invention relates to a powdered composition obtained from saffron stigmas characterized in that it comprises from 0.03% to 1% dry weight of safranal; and at least 3.48% dry weight of crocins that encompasses the various trans-crocin-4 (major isomer), trans-crocin-3, trans-crocin-2′, cis-crocin-4, trans-crocin-2, trans-crocin-1 isomers and any of their mixtures.
US10933104B2
Methods are disclosed for treating and preventing gut barrier dysfunction or an illness associated with gut barrier dysfunction in a subject comprising administering to the subject bacterium that produce an indole or an indole metabolite and for identifying compounds and bacteria for use in treatment and prevention of gut barrier dysfunction or an illness associated with gut barrier dysfunction.
US10933098B2
Disclosed is a liquid medicament/supplement composition including a non-winterized marine source oil (e.g., oil derived from fish, krill, and/or squid), a food grade or pharmaceutically acceptable form of vitamin D3 or a derivative thereof admixed in the non-winterized marine source oil, a food grade or pharmaceutically acceptable form of vitamin A or a derivative thereof admixed in the non-winterized marine source oil, optionally a food grade or pharmaceutically acceptable form of CoQ10 or a derivative thereof admixed in the non-winterized marine source oil, a food grade or pharmaceutically acceptable form of concentrated eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid or ethyl ester, glyceride ester or salt of the acid and polyphenol rich vegetable oil admixed in the non-winterized marine source oil, and optionally a food grade or pharmaceutically acceptable form of melatonin or a derivative thereof admixed in the non-winterized marine source oil. The liquid medicament/supplement composition preferably has an oxidation amount measured as totox of less than 5, and the liquid medicament/supplement composition preferably has an overall eicosapentaenoic acid to docosahexaenoic acid ratio (EPA:DHA) ranging from 2:1 to 1:2 at a concentration ranging from 15 to 35 wt % of total liquid weight calculated as weight % of the corresponding free acid.
US10933086B2
Provided in the present invention is a novel use of composition containing a neoagarooligosaccharide mixture as an active ingredient. The neoagarooligosaccharide mixture and the like as an active ingredient of the composition according to the present invention can reduce the expression of RANKL, an osteoclast inducer, or IL-6, an inflammatory cytokine, and effectively inhibit differentiation of monocytes into osteoclasts. Thus, the composition according to the present invention may be used as a medicine or functional food for preventing, alleviating, or treating arthritis (especially rheumatoid arthritis). Further, the active ingredient of the composition according to the present invention can be obtained by an enzyme reaction between a readily available substrate such as agar or agarose and DagA as a beta-agarase derived from Streptomyces coelicolor. Thus, it can be produced at a relatively low cost and can easily be ingested by anyone because it has no side effects.
US10933085B2
The present invention provides compositions comprising hyaluronan with high elasticity, as well as methods for improving joint function, reducing pain associated with joint function and treating osteoarthritis by introducing into a joint a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising hyaluronan with high elasticity.
US10933081B2
The present invention provides methods comprising the in vivo delivery of small nucleic acid molecules capable of mediating RNA interference and reducing the expression of myostatin, wherein the small nucleic acid molecules are introduced to a subject by systemic administration. Specifically, the invention relates to methods comprising the in vivo delivery of short interfering nucleic acid (siRNA) molecules that target a myostatin gene expressed by a subject, wherein the siRNA molecule is conjugated to a lipophilic moiety, such as cholesterol. The myostatin siRNA conjugates that are delivered as per the methods disclosed are useful to modulate the in vivo expression of myostatin, increase muscle mass or enhance muscle performance. Use of the disclosed methods is further indicated for treating musculoskeletal diseases or disorders or diseases or disorders that result in conditions in which muscle is adversely affected.
US10933076B2
A therapeutic combination of drugs for the treatment of a liver cancer includes a crocin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable pro-drug thereof, and sorafenib. A method of treating, suppressing, or reducing the severity of a liver cancer in a subject, involves administering to the subject a first amount of sorafenib, and administering to the subject a second amount of a crocin or a pharmaceutically acceptable pro-drug thereof.
US10933069B2
Compounds for treatment of diseases having acidic or hypoxic diseased tissues and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, as well as methods for making and using the compounds and compositions.
US10933067B2
It is found that a nucleoside derivative represented by the following general formula (1) has an anti-viral activity and is less toxic to host cells. [in the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, R2 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom, R3 represents a cyano group, an alkyl group which may have a substituent, an alkenyl group which may have a substituent, an alkynyl group which may have a substituent, a halogen atom, or an azido group, R4 represents an amino group, a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a hydroxy group, R5 represents a nitrogen atom or a methine group, R6 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group, and R7 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group].
US10933059B2
Provided are a combination, an application thereof and a treatment method. The combination comprises one or more of a benzoheterocyclic compound of formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a solvate, a crystalline form, a cocrystal, a stereoisomer, an isotope compound, a metabolite and a prodrug thereof, and an androgen receptor pathway modulator and/or a hormone drug. The combination and treatment method may effectively inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells.
US10933057B2
Synergistic compositions and medical devices for use in treatment during gynecological procedures are provided. A gynecological device for treatment of cervical blockages without general anesthesia thereby suitable for out-patient service, saving time and money to the patients is provided. Synergistic compositions that enable the practioners to perform gynecological procedures without pain or bleeding to the patients are provided.
US10933055B1
The invention provides compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: The compounds, compositions, methods and kits of the invention are useful for the treatment of pain, cough, itch, and neurogenic inflammation.
US10933053B2
Disclosed are methods of administering cephalosporin/tazobactam to human patients with end stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis and suffering from a complicated intra-abdominal infection or a complicated urinary tract infection.
US10933051B2
The present invention provides carbapenem compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful in the treatment of bacterial infections, including drug resistant or multiple-drug resistant bacterial infections, and methods for treating such infections using such compounds and/or compositions. The invention includes administering an effective amount of a carbapenem compound or salt and/or prodrug thereof to a host in need of such a treatment.
US10933042B2
An intravenous baclofen solution is disclosed, along with methods of dosing and treatment therewith.
US10933040B2
A process for producing a pharmaceutical lozenge formulation comprising the steps of: (a) providing a liquid composition comprising a salt of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID salt) and a solvent system, (b) providing a molten lozenge-forming composition, (c) mixing the liquid composition with the molten lozenge-forming composition, and, (d) forming the resulting mixture into lozenges each containing a therapeutically effective amount of said NSAID salt/NSAID mixture. The present application discloses the corresponding NSAID-containing lozenge compositions and their use for the manufacture of a medicament for treating sore throat.
US10933033B2
A composition for preventing or reducing nephrotoxicity, and use thereof are provided, the composition including a Hypoxylon truncatum extract or an active component thereof.
US10933023B2
The invention is directed to a particle containing at least a volatile substance comprising a core comprising at least one matrix material and the at least one volatile substance and at least one coating layer, whereby a first coating layer is a non-confluent layer comprising at least a carrier material, whereby optionally the non-confluent layer contains at least one hydrophobic substance, and optionally the particle is surrounded by at least one confluent layer and/or further non-confluent layer(s) as well as to a process for producing the same.
US10933019B2
The present invention relates to liquid pharmaceutical compositions comprising daptomycin, methods of providing such compositions and the use thereof. Provided herein are formulations comprising daptomycin, one or more polar protic solvents, and mixtures thereof. Formulations according to the present invention can further comprise polar aprotic solvent and/or source of calcium.
US10933014B2
The present invention relates to aseptic suspensions, physically stable and injectable through a 25G needle or thinner, comprising crystalline, non-micronized 3-beta-hydroxy-5-alpha-pregnan-20-one particles, a mixture of acylglycerols and cholesterol, processes for preparing crystalline, non-micronized, 3-beta-hydroxy-5-alpha-pregnan-20-one suitable for such suspensions, as well as methods for manufacturing such suspensions.
US10933012B2
A cosmetic composition comprises (A) a silicone elastomer. The (A) silicone elastomer comprises the reaction product of: (a) a branched organosiloxane; (b) a crosslinking agent; and (c) a hydrosilylation catalyst. The cosmetic composition further comprises (B) a carrier fluid. A method of preparing the cosmetic composition is also disclosed.
US10932999B2
A method of preparing hydrophobic porous silica includes adding an alcohol to a solvent in which a porous silica particle including a hydrophilic group is dispersed and stirring the same to form a mixture, drying the mixture including the porous silica particle in a vacuum, and condensation reacting the hydrophilic group of the porous silica particle with the alcohol on the surface of the porous silica particle to modify the surface of the porous silica particle to be hydrophobic.
US10932994B2
The present invention relates to a kit of parts comprising Part A and Part B, Part A comprising: ascorbic acid, component(s) comprising an ascorbic acid moiety or derivative(s) thereof, optionally polymerizable component(s) without acidic moieties, optionally polymerizable component(s) with acidic moieties, and optionally filler(s), Part B comprising polymerizable component(s) without acidic moieties, polymerizable component(s) with acidic moieties, transition metal component(s), organic peroxide(s), and optionally filler(s), The invention is also directed to a redox initiator system comprising ascorbic acid, component(s) comprising an ascorbic acid moiety or derivative(s) thereof, transition metal component(s), preferably comprising a copper or iron ion containing salt, organic peroxide(s), preferably comprising a hydroperoxide or di-peroxide. The kit of parts and redox initiator system are particularly useful in the dental field.
US10932992B2
An apparatus is utilized to position and hold a baby bottle on a chest and/or stomach of an infant. Apparatus includes a body having a front section, a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, and a bottom section. A channel positioned within the body and extending through the front section is utilized for receiving a baby bottle. The channel is positioned at an angle in relation to the bottom section in order to properly position the baby bottle in relation to an infant's mouth.
US10932987B2
The invention provides a sensing control method and apparatus, and a vibration massage apparatus. The method includes: arranging a sensor which senses a trajectory of an external object, and controlling the change of output based on the direction of the trajectory. With the invention, a desirable control effect can be obtained based on the sensed direction of the trajectory of the external object without accurate positioning of the sensor. Not only the convenience of the sensing operation can be improved significantly, but also the control accuracy can be improved; meanwhile, the invention can be well applied to any device for control using several input control signals or variable input control signals for control, thus having a wide range of application and significantly optimizing user experience.
US10932974B2
A rotating and articulating bed includes a fixed bed frame with a horizontal support surface, an articulating bed member and a rotating and pivoting frame mounted on the horizontal support surface and in communication with the articulating bed member. The rotating and pivoting frame includes a bearing plate and a plurality of discrete bearings disposed between the bearing plate and the horizontal support surface. The rotating and pivoting frame is rotatable with respect to the horizontal support surface on the plurality of discrete bearings around a vertical axis passing through the horizontal support surface.
US10932966B2
A wheelchair is provided. The wheelchair includes supports for supporting a user. The supports are configured to reduce or prevent ischemia or pressure sores of the user. In another aspect, a system of supports for supporting a user is presented. A group of the supports is arranged along the perimeter of the shape. At least some of the group of the supports have different vertical positions. In another aspect, the supports are arranged as a repeating pattern of shapes, the individual supports being peripherally disposed along perimeters of the shapes. The repeating pattern of shapes includes a first shape overlapping with a second shape, and some of the individual supports are disposed along perimeters of both the first and second shapes.
US10932948B2
A phacoemulsification needle includes a hub for connection to an ultrasonic handpiece. An elongated shaft is formed with the hub and extends from the hub. A distal end of the shaft breaks-up tissue when the distal end is caused to be vibrated by the handpiece. At least a distal portion of the shaft is formed of a material that has properties providing advantages compared to a metal needle. Example properties include a substantially lower density, a substantially higher electrical resistivity, a substantially lower thermal conductivity, a substantially lower mechanical lateral stiffness, a substantially higher efficiency of converting electrical energy powering the handpiece into motion of the distal end, a substantially lower acoustical impedance, a substantially higher Poisson's ratio, and a substantially higher mechanical gain.
US10932945B2
A dual modality system includes a flexible chassis including a durable energy subsystem and a replaceable thermal subsystem. The durable energy subsystem has a plurality of energy emitters disposed in an emission region of the chassis having a length and a width, wherein the emission region length and emission region width are both substantially greater than an emission region depth. The replaceable thermal subsystem has a thermal source affixed to flexible web having an adhesive surface and at least one structure arranged and configured to couple the thermal subsystem to a chassis comprising a durable energy subsystem in a configuration wherein the thermal source is substantially superposed over the emission region of the chassis.
US10932938B2
A clamp installation tool is provided. The tool may include a longitudinal main body, a selectable retention mechanism, and a tip manipulation member. The longitudinal main body may have an elongate member with a longitudinal support platform to support a clamp. The selectable retention mechanism may have a plurality of bosses to be received into corresponding apertures of the clamp, and the tip manipulation member may be coupled to a distal end of the longitudinal main body and arcuately articulable relative to the longitudinal main body. The tool may be operable to install a clamp inside a body cavity.
US10932936B2
A minimally invasive system and method for providing weight loss by inducing the feeling of satiety whereby reconditioning experiences are combined with an intragastric device that is inserted into the gastric lumen via the esophagus and an external magnetic device is used as needed to magnetically attract the intragastric device towards the inner wall of the stomach.
US10932931B2
In some examples, a catheter defines a longitudinal axis and includes an inner member, a retaining member, and a support member. The inner member has an outer wall, and a portion of the inner member has a first stiffness. The retaining member defines a pocket configured to receive a connecting member of an expandable medical device. The retaining member has a second stiffness that is different from the first stiffness. The support member extends distally from the retaining member. In some examples, the support member is configured to be received radially within the expandable medical device when the connecting member is received within the pocket. The support member is configured to provide a gradual transition between the first stiffness of the inner member and the second stiffness of the retaining member.
US10932930B2
A retrieval device includes an elongate element having a collapsible retriever at its distal end, wherein the collapsible retriever can be axially delivered over or through an introducer to the site of an object to be retrieved, e.g., a failed endoluminal device. When the retrieval device reaches the failed endoluminal device, the endoluminal device and the retrieval device are withdrawn together through the introducer. The introducer is configured to force the retrieval device down over the endoluminal device reducing the french size of the spent endoluminal device upon extraction. The collapsible retriever can be configured to side-mount a delivery element, or it can be integrated into a delivery system.
US10932928B2
The present invention relates to a drug-releasing biodegradable stent. The drug-releasing biodegradable stent includes: a first stent structure configured to have a plurality of cells by means of the wire crossing pattern of a woven structure and be provided in a hollow cylindrical shape by weaving a metal wire made of a shape-memory alloy in a specific pattern on a jig; and a second stent structure formed as a 3D print that is provided to have a plurality of cells by means of the wire crossing pattern of a printed structure and also have a hollow cylindrical shape by performing 3D printing using a printing material including a biodegradable polymer and a drug, and disposed such that it covers the outer circumferential surface of the first stent structure or the outer circumferential surface thereof is covered with the first stent structure.
US10932922B2
A spinal implant insertion tool includes a handle portion and an attachment portion extending distally from the handle portion. A first attachment section on the attachment portion is adapted to secure a surgically sterile spinal plate to the spinal implant insertion tool. A second attachment section on the attachment portion is adapted to secure a surgically sterile spinal cage, so that the spinal plate and the spinal cage may be attached to the spinal implant insertion tool simultaneously. The second attachment section is sized to allow the spinal plate to pass over the second attachment section before the spinal plate is secured to the first attachment section.
US10932915B2
A prosthetic total knee replacement system comprises a distal femoral implant component, a tibial tray implant component and a fixed bearing tibial tray insert. The fixed bearing tibial tray insert is fixed to the tibial tray and articulates with the distal femoral implant component. The fixed bearing tibial tray insert component has a medial-lateral centerline and a stabilizing post. The stabilizing post has a medial-lateral centerline offset laterally from the medial-lateral centerline of the fixed bearing tibial tray insert.
US10932914B2
A tibial implant may include a plurality of implant subunits. The implant subunits may be configured for individual insertion within a wedge-shaped-void of the tibia. The implant subunits may further be configured for assembly in order to provide an implant substantially covering an exposed portion of cortical bone formed when performing a surgical osteotomy. Methods and kits for insertion and assembly of implants are further described.
US10932913B2
A multi-layered prosthetic element comprises a central body (1; 1′) of a substantially truncated conical shape and having a through axial cavity (2; 2′) open at both ends which gives the central body (1; 1′) a ring-shaped cross-section. The central body (1, 1′) comprises an outer portion (110; 110′), made of trabecular metal material, an inner portion (130; 130′), made of trabecular metal material, and an intermediate portion (120; 120′) made of metal material without significant porosity. The outer portion (110; 110′) and the inner portion (130; 130′) are integrally connected to the intermediate portion (120; 120′). The intermediate portion (120; 120′) is configured to mechanically resist to stresses transmitted to the inner portion (130; 130′) on one side and to the outer portion (110; 110′) on the other side.
US10932909B2
A device for treating regurgitation of a tricuspid valve (4) is disclosed. The device comprises a tricuspid valve plug (21) capable of compressing and expanding and a tricuspid valve plug fixing device used for anchoring the tricuspid valve-in-plug (21) to an orifice of the tricuspid valve (4). The tricuspid valve plug (21) is provided with an inflow end (42, 52) and an opposite outflow end (47, 57), and a prosthetic valve (50, 70) capable of being opened and closed is disposed in the tricuspid valve plug (21). When the tricuspid valve (4) is dosed, the prosthetic valve (50, 70) is automatically closed, and when the tricuspid valve (4) is opened, the prosthetic valve (50, 70) is automatically opened.
US10932908B2
An implantable prosthetic has a coaption portion, paddles, and clasps. The paddles are extendable from a folded closed position to an open position. A clasp has a fixed arm attached to the paddle. The clasps also have a moveable arm having a barbed portion and an end that is rounded. A hinge portion connects the fixed arm to the moveable arm.
US10932906B2
An assembly for transvascular replacement of a native aortic heart valve can have a radially collapsible and self-expandable prosthetic heart valve and a delivery apparatus. The valve can have an annular metal frame made of a shape-memory material with a plurality of posts extending from an end portion of the frame. The delivery apparatus can have a shaft comprising a valve connection portion that is releasably coupled to the posts of the valve. The valve connection portion can have a plurality of discrete radially facing recesses that receive the posts. The delivery apparatus can have a delivery sheath that is positioned around the prosthetic heart valve and the valve connection portion of the shaft to maintain the prosthetic heart valve in a radially compressed state and maintain the posts within the recesses. The delivery apparatus can cause relative axial motion between the delivery sheath and the valve.
US10932900B2
A method of sutureless intrascleral haptic-hook lens implantation which improves the fixation process of the lens haptics, allowing the lens haptics to be bent and folded back into the vitreous cavity to generate a better stability, avoiding the complication of intrascleral fixation haptic slippage, meanwhile forming a sclera lamellar groove between two adjacent scleral incisions to bury the lens haptics. The method may be adapted to patients in need of intraocular lens implantation without sufficient capsular support, such as aphakia, intraocular lens, lens dislocation, etc. This method enhances the stability and centrality of the lens, the surgical procedures are simple and easy to master, which reduces the operation time.
US10932886B2
A thin-form mouthguard can be formed from a U-shape planar sheet. The sheet can be made of expanded-polytetrafluoroethylene and have a thickness between 0.02 inches and 0.25 inches. The sheet can also include instructions for modification of the mouthguard printed thereon. A method for preparing a mouthguard is also provided.
US10932882B2
A surgical camera system is provided which includes a plurality of imaging devices each having a tunable iris configured to change between at least two different sized numerical apertures. A video stream is produced at a frame rate greater than or equal to about 20 frames per second from first and second images produced by respective sensors and tunable irises of at least two of the imaging devices, the tunable irises controlled to different numerical apertures, the first images acquired at a respective first numerical aperture of a first imaging device and the second images acquired at a respective second numerical aperture of a second imaging device, different from the respective first numerical aperture. The video stream alternates between the first images and the second images so that the video stream results in a three-dimensional effect at a display device when the video stream is rendered thereon.
US10932880B2
An apparatus for fixing a device in a selected position comprises a base having a deformable adherent material disposed thereon, and at least one stability feature associated with the base that allows the apparatus to be maintained in a location and position. The deformable adherent material substantially conforms to at least a portion of a shape of the device and removably fixes the device in the selected position. Although not limited thereto, the apparatus is useful in surgical and interventional procedures for quickly and reliably fixing a medical device such as a catheter at a selected position and orientation while allowing easy removing and repositioning of the device.
US10932873B2
A teleoperational medical system for performing a medical procedure in a surgical field includes a teleoperational assembly having a plurality of motorized surgical arms configured to assist in a surgical procedure. It also includes an input device configured to receive an input to move all the arms of the plurality of motorized surgical arms to a pre-established position. A processing system is configured to receive the input form the input device and output control signals to each arm of the plurality of motorized surgical arms to move each arm to the pre-established position.
US10932872B2
A cloud-based analytics medical system comprises a processor, a memory, an input/output interface to access data from medical hub communication devices, each coupled to a surgical instrument, and a database to store the data. The processor aggregates patient outcome data from the medical hubs. Patient outcome data comprises data pertaining to steps performed and corresponding timings for each step in patient procedures, to an outcome of each patient procedure performed, and to medical resources used in the patient procedures. Patient outcome data comprises location data describing which medical facility the medical resource was allocated to and data indicating whether the outcome was a success or failure. The processor aggregates medical resource acquisition data from the medical hubs, determines correlation between positive outcomes and the resource acquisition data, generates medical recommendations based on the correlation, and causes display of medical recommendations to medical hubs located at different medical facilities.
US10932866B1
A method for removing an implant attached to a bone during revision joint replacement surgery includes a library of implant models. A series of surface points are collected on the implant with a digitizer. A best match is computed between the collected surface points and an implant model in the library of implant models to register the position of the implant model to the implant. A location is computed of a material-implant interface based on the geometry of the implant model and the registered position of the implant model. Material is removed at the material-implant interface to separate the implant from the bone. A computer-assisted surgical system is provided for performing the method.
US10932860B2
Systems, methods, and media for presenting medical imaging data in an interactive virtual environment reality are provided. In some embodiments, a system comprises a head mounted display (HMD) that: determines that a transparent 3D object overlaps a 3D model of a portion of anatomy based on a medical imaging scan; sets values for pixels corresponding to portions of the 3D model not occluded by the transparent object by performing a shading operation; sets values for pixels corresponding to portions of the 3D model at the boundary of the transparent object to intensity values taken from the medical imaging data; displays the 3D model with an exterior surface shaded to evoke a 3D object, and internal surfaces at the boundaries of the transparent object not shaded to preserve details embedded in the medical imaging data.
US10932854B2
Electrosurgical forceps in which one or more pairs of non-resonant unbalanced lossy transmission line structures are arranged on the inner surfaces of the jaws of the forceps provide both (i) active and return electrodes for a radiofrequency (RF) signal, and (ii) lossy structures for delivering a microwave signal into biological tissue in conjunction with a mechanical gripping arrangement for applying pressure to material held within the jaws. The location of the pairs of transmission lines on the jaws of the forceps and the selection of the material of the jaws is arranged to ensure that any biological tissue gripped by the jaws become the propagation medium for the RF signal and the medium into which the microwave signal is lost.
US10932852B2
An electrophysiology catheter (100) includes a catheter distal portion (110) on which a force sensor (200) is arranged. The force sensor (200) includes an elastic tube (210) and strain gauges (220). The elastic tube (210) has a hollow portion in its wall, and the strain gauges (220) are disposed external to the hollow portion. Compared to the design with the strain gauges (220) overlapping the hollow portion, arranging them over solid portions of the elastic tube (210) allows the strain gauges (220) to collect more accurate electrical signals while suffering from less interference. This can result in a significant improvement in contact force measurement accuracy of the catheter distal portion (110).
US10932851B2
Systems and methods for forming a lesion on an endocardial tissue of a patients heart involve placing an ablation assembly inside of the heart and adjacent to the endocardial tissue, and placing a guiding assembly outside of the heart. An ablation assembly includes an ablation element and a first attraction element, and a guiding assembly includes a second attraction element. First and second attraction elements can be attracted via magnetism. Techniques involve forming an ablation on the cardiac tissue of a patient's heart with an ablation element of the ablation assembly. Optionally, techniques may include moving the second attraction element of the guiding assembly relative to the patient's heart, so as to effect a corresponding movement of the ablation element of the ablation assembly.
US10932850B2
Ablation systems and methods of the present disclosure control lesion depth and width such that, for example, wide and shallow lesions can be formed in target tissue in an anatomic structure of a patient during a medical procedure. Such wide and shallow lesions can be useful for treating, for example, thin tissue such as atrial tissue in atria of the heart of the patient.
US10932841B2
A delivery system includes a first instrument having an outer sleeve defining a passageway. The first instrument includes an inner sleeve having a first end disposed in the passageway and a second end including a first mating element. The inner sleeve defines a channel. A second instrument includes a hollow shaft disposed in the channel and a handle coupled to the shaft. The handle includes a body and a second mating element extending from the body. The second mating element is configured to engage the first mating element to secure the second instrument to the first instrument. Methods are disclosed.
US10932837B2
A tracking device for a surgical navigational system. A tracking head includes tracking elements configured to communicate tracking information to the surgical navigation system. An extension arm is configured to be coupled to the tracking head, and a bone plate is configured to be coupled to the extension arm. The bone plate is further configured to be coupled to anatomic structure and includes openings each configured to receive a fastener. A central opening may be provided to receive an additional fastener for coupling the extension arm to the bone plate. A recess within the top surface may receive the base plate of the extension arm. Spikes of the bone plate are configured to penetrate the anatomic structure and, in conjunction with the fasteners, prevent movement of the tracking device. The bottom surface is concave between the spikes to define a space configured to accommodate portions of the anatomic structure.
US10932836B2
A modular bone fixation linkage includes a plurality of interconnected links that can angulate with respect to an adjacent one of the links about at least one axis, such as three axes. The links can further include fixation holes that are configured to receive bone anchors that secure the links to an underlying anatomical structure.
US10932835B2
A bone fixation device includes a plastically deformable bone fixation body having a screw receiving aperture extending therethrough. The shape of the aperture is defined by a side wall having a first threaded portion, a second smooth walled portion extending from the first threaded portion, and a third smooth walled portion extending from the second portion. The aperture has a step change in cross section between the second and third portions defining a lip. The second and third portions are connected by a lip face extending substantially normal to the aperture length with the edge of the lip face defining the lip. The device further includes at least one bone fixation screw having a shaft and a head. The shaft engages with the first threaded portion of the aperture and the head abuts the lip with an abutment force being directed substantially radially outwards so producing a tight fit.
US10932832B2
A bone fusion implant for fusing a first bone region to a second bone region of a mammalian bone includes a first fixing region having multiple securing means receiving holes for attaching to the first bone and a second fixing region which is connected to the first fixing region and has multiple securing means receiving holes for attaching to the second bone region, wherein a cutting tool guiding contour which specifies a severing line is formed between the first and the second fixing region. A method for the individualized production of such a bone fusion implant includes recording an actual 3D model of the mammalian bone implant in a first data set, drafting a target 3D model, and producing the bone fusion implant by way of the target 3D model.
US10932830B2
A device for bone fixation comprising: a bone plate (1) which has a plate hole (2) suitable for receiving a bone screw (20), the plate hole (2) having an inner wall (4) made of a material which has a hardness Hp; and a hollow cylinder- or hollow cone-shaped insert which is mounted in the plate hole (2), at least partially abuts the inner wall (4) and is suitable for accommodating the head (21) of a bone screw (20), the insert (10) being arranged in the plate hole (2) such that it is secured against rotation and consisting of a material that has a hardness HE
US10932828B2
A bone nail for stabilizing a fracture. The bone nail having a head portion and a stem portion. The stem portion offset from the longitudinal axis of the head portion. The nail including a continuous passageway extending from a rear edge of the nail to a front edge of the nail. The continuous passageway including a bore extending longitudinally through the head portion and both a groove and a bore in the stem portion.
US10932821B2
A fixation clamp for use in an external fixation system for holding bone fragments adjacent to each other with the help of fixation elements has at least one clamping assembly having a pair of jaws with at least two different size grooves to accommodate a bone fixation element such as a pin or rod. An alternate clamping assembly has at least three grooves wherein at least two of the grooves have a different size adapted to accommodate a correspondingly sized bone fixation element such as a bone pin. The longitudinal axes of the grooves define a polygon. The jaw pairs can be rotated about a central longitudinal axis to present different size reception cavities towards the pins or rocks depending on their diameter.
US10932819B2
A method of positioning a uterine manipulator within a patient includes applying a deforming force to a colpotomizer cup of the uterine manipulator to adjust the colpotomizer cup from a nominal width configuration to a reduced width configuration, inserting the colpotomizer cup into a vaginal canal of the patient while the colpotomizer cup is in the reduced width configuration, removing the deforming force from the colpotomizer cup to allow the colpotomizer cup to expand from the reduced width configuration to the nominal width configuration, and positioning the colpotomizer cup about a cervix of the patient while the colpotomizer cup is in the nominal width configuration.
US10932818B2
A removable seal assembly configured to engage an access device includes a body including a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a passageway extending longitudinally therethrough. The proximal portion defines an annular distally-oriented surface and the distal portion defines an annular proximally-oriented surface. The body is configured for positioning within an access device such that the annular distally-oriented surface and the annular proximally-oriented surface engage opposing surfaces of the access device therebetween. An O-ring disposed about the body between the annular distally-oriented surface and the annular proximally-oriented surface. The O-ring is configured to establish a fluid tight-seal between the body and the access device.
US10932814B2
A dermatome (10) comprising at least two oscillating blades (20a-d) arranged parallel to each other and configured to simultaneously cut separate skin grafts (2a-d) at different depths from a donor site (1).
US10932810B2
A thrombectomy catheter system is disclosed which includes a catheter having an exhaust lumen, an infusion lumen and a high pressure tube. The high pressure tube includes a nozzle orifice for forming a high pressure jet of fluid for cutting occlusive material from within a body lumen. The nozzle orifice is positioned to direct the high pressure jet of fluid into the distal end of the exhaust lumen which creates a suctioning effect. The infusion lumen replaces fluid that is removed from the body lumen through the exhaust lumen by a suctioning effect created by the fluid jet.
US10932809B2
A handle assembly for use in conjunction with a surgical cutting device is provided. The handle assembly can generally include two, detachable pieces or housings. The first housing can include electrical and mechanical components for driving a cutting assembly, such as a motor, while the second housing can include a fluid flow path that allows fluid to flow from the surgical site to a location outside of the cutting device. At least a portion of the fluid flow path can extend substantially adjacent to at least a portion of one or more components used to drive the cutting assembly to help manage the heat output of the components. The fluid flow path allows the fluid to exit the device without coming into contact with components like a motor, while also helping to cool the handle assembly. Systems and methods for cutting tissue are also provided.
US10932806B2
A modular surgical instrument is disclosed. The modular surgical instrument comprises a control interface, a shaft extending from the control interface, an end effector extending from said shaft, and a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to sense the electrical potential applied to the modular surgical instrument, determine if the sensed electrical potential is above a predetermined threshold, and adjust the operation of the modular surgical instrument when the sensed electrical potential exceeds the predetermined threshold.
US10932802B2
Methods and apparatus for retrieving a blood clot are disclosed. The apparatus comprises an expandable wire frame for deployment using a push wire within a microcatheter. When deployed in the vicinity of a blood clot, the wire frame is configured to expand and trap the blood clot allowing the blood clot to be removed. The expandable wire frame is connected to the push wire at distal and proximal ends. One or more expansion stops define a minimum distance between the distal and proximal ends of the expandable wire frame and a point of maximum extension of the expandable wire frame. This may help the user to control the configuration of the apparatus as it is being used within the vascular system.
US10932799B2
In some examples, an embolic protection system includes an elongated member, a first filter body mechanically connected to the elongated member and defining a first filter mouth and a first filter end, the first filter mouth being one of proximal or distal to the first filter end, and a second filter body mechanically connected to the elongated member and distal to the first filter body, the second filter body defining a second filter mouth and a second filter end, the second filter mouth being the one of proximal or distal to the second filter end. In some instances, at least a section of the elongated member between the first and second filter bodies may be flexible, and may be configured to conform to a shape of an arch between two vessels of a patient.
US10932781B2
A surgical stapler includes an anvil half and a cartridge half. The anvil half includes an anvil channel member and an anvil surface. The cartridge half releasably couples with the anvil half and includes a cartridge channel member having a distal portion that receives a staple cartridge, and a latching member coupled to the cartridge channel member and movable between open and closed positions. A resilient member is arranged at a proximal end of one of the anvil half or the cartridge half, and a projection is arranged at a proximal end of the other of the anvil half or the cartridge half. The resilient member is configured to contact and releasably couple with the projection to thereby couple the proximal end of the anvil half with the proximal end of the cartridge half while the latching member is in the open position.
US10932774B2
An end effector comprising an anvil, a staple cartridge jaw, and a firing member is disclosed. The an anvil comprises staple forming pockets. Each staple forming pocket comprises a pocket base. The staple cartridge jaw comprises a staple cartridge comprising a longitudinal slot, a first longitudinal row of staple cavities, a first staple, a first staple driver, a second longitudinal row of staple cavities, a second staple, and a second staple driver. The first staple comprises a first unformed height and the second staple comprises a second unformed height that is the same as the second unformed height. The firing member is configured to lift the first staple driver and the second staple driver toward the anvil during a staple firing stroke. The first staple is deformed to a first formed height. The second staple is deformed to a second formed height that is different than the first formed height.
US10932771B2
A suture device may include a suture translation assembly configured to be axially translatable within a lumen of a delivery system and a distal assembly configured to be securable to the distal end of the delivery system. The suture translation assembly and the distal assembly may cooperate to enable a user to pass a needle back and forth between the two in order to endoscopically suture a defect.
US10932768B2
An anchor arrangement is provided for surgical tissue repair, such as in particular for repair of a meniscus tear, having at least one first anchor and one second anchor, which are movable along a hollow needle for placement on a tissue to be repaired and connected to each other via a seam element. The first anchor and the second anchor each extend between a distal end and a proximal end and form a guide surface on the outside thereof for contacting an inside of a hollow needle at least in part. In addition, there are deflectors on the anchors, via which a torque can be applied at least in part to the anchors during or after setting. At least one of the anchors has at least two anchor sections, which are movable relative to each other and which can be pivoted relative to each other between a folded position, in which the guide surface spans a cross-section deviating from a circular profile, and an unfolded position.
US10932766B2
A surgical device includes one or more cameras integrated therein. The view of each of the one or more cameras can be integrated together and provided to a surgeon display and/or an assistant display. A surgical tool that includes an integrated camera may be used in conjunction with the surgical device. The image produced by the camera integrated with the surgical tool may be associated with the images generated by the one or more cameras integrated in the surgical device. The position and orientation of the cameras and/or the surgical tool can be tracked, and the surgical tool can be rendered as at least partially transparent. A surgical device may be powered by a hydraulic system, thereby reducing electromagnetic interference with tracking devices.
US10932763B2
A tissue collecting tool includes: a main body that is long; an operation part arranged on a proximal end side of the main body; a bag part including a bottom portion and an opening portion and having a part of the opening portion fixed to the main body such that the opening portion is positioned on a further proximal end side than the bottom portion; and a linear member connected to the opening portion and the operation part and raising the opening portion by being moved in a longitudinal direction of the main body.
US10932761B2
A sweat sensor device (200) includes one or more sweat sensors (220) and a seal (280) covering the one or more sweat sensors (220). The seal (280) is adapted to protect the sweat sensors (220) from outside contaminants when the device (200) is placed on the skin (12). The sweat sensor device (200) may include an absorbing medium (230) to absorb sweat from the skin (12) that is covered by the seal (280). The seal (280) can be permeable to gas, permeable to water and impermeable to at least one aqueous solute, or selectively permeable to at least one aqueous solute. The sweat sensor device (200) may include an artificial sweat stimulation mechanism (345) for stimulating sweat when the device (200) is placed on the skin (12).
US10932757B2
The present invention relates to an ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus and a power supply device. The ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus comprises: an ultrasonic host including a pluggable main battery pack; a backup power supply device including a plurality of pluggable backup battery packs, for powering the ultrasonic host; and a trolley for carrying the ultrasonic host and the backup power supply device; wherein a specification of each of the plurality of backup battery packs is identical to that of the main battery pack.
US10932755B2
Disclosed herein is a multi-row ultrasonic probe of which a manufacturing failure rate can be decreased. The ultrasonic probe includes a piezoelectric layer configured to generate ultrasonic waves, a sound layer provided on a rear side of the piezoelectric layer, a flexible printed circuit board provided on a rear side of the sound layer, and a sound absorption layer configured to absorb the ultrasonic waves generated by the piezoelectric layer and propagating toward a rear surface of the ultrasonic probe, the sound absorption layer being provided on a rear surface of the flexible printed circuit board. The piezoelectric layer includes a kerf configured to divide the piezoelectric layer in a direction of elevation. The sound layer includes a funnel extending in a direction extending from a front side of the sound layer to the rear side of the sound layer to divide the sound layer.
US10932750B2
According to one embodiment, a medical diagnostic apparatus includes processing circuitry and display circuitry. The processing circuitry estimates a position of a structure in a subject based on data obtained by scanning with respect to the subject and analyzes tissue characterization in the subject. The display circuitry displays an analysis result of the tissue characterization obtained by the processing circuitry with respect to a plurality of positions in the subject except for the estimated structure position.
US10932749B2
An ultrasound imaging system includes a processor programmed to generate an anatomy image and a number of needle frames at different transmit beam angles. The system analyzes the data in the needle frames and selects segments therein that are identified as likely representing an interventional instrument. Data from one or more needle frames are blended with the data for the anatomy image of the tissue to create a composite image of the tissue and the interventional instrument.
US10932739B2
The invention relates to x-ray imaging technology as well as image post-processing. Particularly, the present invention relates to post-processing of perfusion image data acquired by an x-ray imaging apparatus by absolutely or relatively normalizing perfusion image data to allow a preferred comparison of the image data, both with regard to different acquisitions as well as different patients. To allow normalization of perfusion image data, it may be desirable to know the amount of contrast agent injected, which remains in a coronary. Subsequently, image parameters may be adapted or normalized based on the known amount of contrast agent within the coronary for normalization of perfusion image data. To obtain a precise amount of injected contrast agent, the injected volume of contrast agent flowing through a defined region or section of a vessel may be estimated. Said injected volume of contrast agent may thus be deduced from the estimation of the total volume flow at this location. Accordingly, a method (10) is provided for dynamic normalization of data for perfusion comparison and quantification, comprising the steps of determining (20) a total volume flow or an amount of a contrast agent in a blood vessel and normalizing (34) perfusion data based on the determined total volume flow or amount of contrast agent.
US10932734B2
Disclosed is a portable X-ray generation device, which uses an electric field emission-type X-ray source, and is thus advantageous in reducing weight and volume and has excellent reliability in X-ray emission performance. The portable X-ray generation device according to the present invention comprises: an electric field emission X-ray source, which includes a cathode electrode having an electron emission source, an anode electrode having an X-ray target surface, and a gate electrode between the cathode electrode and the anode electrode; an X-ray emission cone, which has a cone shape having an increasing diameter toward the front thereof, is disposed in front of an X-ray emission point of the electric field emission X-ray source, and controls an emitted X-ray in the form of an X-ray beam having a predetermined angle range; and a driving signal generation unit for generating at least three driving signals applied to the cathode electrode, the anode electrode, and the gate electrode, respectively, by a direct current power source having a predetermined voltage, wherein the entire weight of the device is 0.8 kg to 3 kg, and the X-ray emission output thereof can be implemented to be 120 W to 300 W.
US10932732B2
Provided is a radiation shielding device according to various embodiments. The radiation shielding device includes: a body structure forming a receiving space receiving a user's body part, wherein a through passage penetrating an inside of the body structure is formed in the body structure; a shielding unit positioned to reciprocatively move along the through passage, wherein a shielding pad configured to shield the radiation is included in a portion of the shielding unit; and a driver configured to transfer a driving force to the shielding unit to cause the shielding unit to reciprocatively move.
US10932728B2
A method and system for identifying location of a touched body part. The method includes initializing a tracking system for monitoring travel of a pointer useful for indicating a touching operation, wherein the touching operation is performed on a body part. In addition, the method includes monitoring the travel of the pointer from a predetermined first location to a second location, wherein the second location coincides with a touch endpoint on a body part; and identifying the location of body part that was touched by the pointer.
US10932721B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for high-resolution patterning of various substrates with functional materials, including nanomaterials. A technique of preparing a patterned substrate in a high-resolution mold for stick and transfer process is disclosed with promotes integrity of the high-resolution pattern onto the substrate. One example of a substrate is an adhesive tape. The transferred pattern(s) are scalable and can be implemented in different fabrication processes. One example is a roll-to-roll processes. In one embodiment, the transferred pattern comprises nanomaterials and the substrate comprises a flexible substrate for use in flexible and conformal assemblies for a wide variety of applications including, but not limited to, electrical-based sensors on non-planar inanimate surfaces, plant body surface, or human or animal skin.
US10932717B2
Sunscreen formulations and systems for sun protection and related methods of use are described herein.
US10932716B1
Systems and methods are provided for quantitatively and objectively characterizing sleep architecture in normal individuals and persons with various health conditions. Embodiments of the invention facilitate characterizing temporal-pattern information of an individual's sleep, such as measured by electroencephalography (EEG), for identifying persons with abnormalities in the temporal-pattern information, sequences or durations of their stages of sleeping (“sleep architecture”), for facilitating selecting appropriate therapy or treatment, and for monitoring the effectiveness of such therapy or treatment. In one aspect, a set of time series are formed by electronically representing and storing information pertaining to brain activity, such as EEG hypnogram or sleep information, over a multi-night span. Information for the timeseries is analyzed, using one or more models, such as nonlinear, self-excited threshold autoregressive (SETAR) or neural network models, for determining a measure of chaotic properties of the timeseries. The largest Lyapunov exponent (LLE) is determined for the time series. Statistical departures of a particular patient's LLE values from one or more reference ranges are determined.
US10932709B2
Sensor devices including dissolvable tissue-piercing tips are provided. The sensor devices can be used in conjunction with dissolvable needles configured for inserting the sensor devices into a host. Hardening agents for strengthening membranes on sensor devices are also provided. Methods of using and fabricating sensor devices are also provided.
US10932705B2
A first medical device can acquire a physiological parameter value from a patient and communicate the physiological parameter value to a medical network interface. The medical network interface can link a patient ID associated with the physiological parameter and a device ID associated with the first medical device with the medical network interface's device ID. The medical network interface can pass the physiological parameter value to a second medical device for further processing or routing to another medical device.
US10932704B2
A device for measuring brain oxygen level of a subject, including a probe (210) and a detecting means (220), which are respectively coupled to a processor (230). According to the example, the probe (210) includes three light sources (215a, 215b, 215c) that simultaneously emit the first, second, and third NIR wavelengths across the brain of the subject. The first NIR wavelength is the isosbestic wavelength for oxy-hemoglobin (HbO2) and deoxy-hemoglobin (Hb), the second NIR wavelength is shorter than the first NIR wavelength, and the third NIR wavelength is longer than the first NIR wavelength. The detecting means (220) includes a first, second and third detectors (221, 222, 223) for respectively detecting the NIR intensities of the first, second and third NIR wavelengths traveled across the brain. The processor (230) is configured to determine blood oxygen level based on the measured NIR intensities of the first, second and third NIR wavelengths by use of build-in algorithm derived from Beer-Lambert Law. And method of detecting brain hematoma of a subject by use of the present device.
US10932699B2
Examples of invasive biosensor alignment and retention features and methods are described. One example biosensor includes a housing comprising: a first surface defining a first opening, and a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface defining a second opening, the first and second openings defining a substantially unobstructed pathway through the housing; a biosensor wire partially disposed within the housing and having an exterior portion extending through the first opening; a hollow insertion needle positioned within the pathway and extending through the first opening, the hollow insertion needle at least partially encircling the biosensor wire; and a biosensor retention feature collapsible against the first surface of the housing, the biosensor retention feature encircling and contacting the hollow insertion needle.
US10932690B2
A position detection system includes: a detection target; detection coils each outputting a detection signal of strength of the alternating magnetic field; a guidance magnetic field generator including a magnetic field generation source, and a driving mechanism, wherein at least a part of the guidance magnetic field generator is formed of a conductor that generates an interference magnetic field; and a processor configured to: control an operation of the driving mechanism; calculate a correction value by using at least one of a position and a posture of the conductor; correct the measured value by using the correction value; and calculate at least one of a position and a posture of the detection target based on the corrected measured value.
US10932686B2
A system includes an electrical interface and a processor configured to receive, via the electrical interface, a signal sensed by at least one electrode in contact with tissue of a subject's heart, the signal spanning successive time periods that are each of length T1 and including multiple signal points, to calculate respective thresholds for the time periods, to select a set of points that includes, for each of the time periods, a signal point of greatest magnitude in the time period, provided that the greatest magnitude is greater than the threshold for the time period, to remove, from the set, one of any pair of the selected points that are within an interval T2 of one another, T2 being less than T1, and to generate, subsequently to the removing, an output that is based on the points remaining in the set corresponding to respective electrical activations of the tissue.
US10932684B2
In some embodiments, a microelectronic sensor includes an open-gate pseudo-conductive high-electron mobility transistor and used for air quality monitoring. The transistor comprises a substrate, on which a multilayer hetero-junction structure is deposited. This hetero-junction structure comprises a buffer layer and a barrier layer, both grown from III-V single-crystalline or polycrystalline semiconductor materials. A two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) conducting channel is formed at the interface between the buffer and barrier layers and provides electron current in the system between source and drain electrodes. The source and drain contacts are non-ohmic (capacitively-coupled) and connected to the formed 2DEG channel and to the electrical metallizations, the latter are placed on top of the transistor and connect it to the sensor system. The metal gate electrode is placed between the source and drain areas on or above the barrier layer, which may be recessed or grown to a specific thickness. An optional dielectric layer is deposited on top of the barrier layer.
US10932682B2
A method and system for sensing respiration in the treatment of sleep apnea is disclosed.
US10932681B2
Provided is an optical unit that radiates a coherent light such that the coherent light is incident in a target region of speckle image capturing in accordance with a pattern that includes a bright region and a dark region located uniformly in at least one direction in the target region. Provided is a measurement system including: an optical unit that radiates a coherent light such that the coherent light is incident in a target region in accordance with a pattern that includes a bright region and a dark region located uniformly in at least one direction in the target region; a light reception unit that receives a reflected light of the coherent light in the target region; and an imaging unit that captures an image of a speckle included in the reflected light.
US10932663B2
In a perimetry to be conducted, designating an inspection region through a region designator, a perimeter is configured to set a required time of the perimetry (upper limit time) through an upper limit condition setter and to determine total number or positions of stimulus presentation spots based upon the upper limit time. In such a configuration, an examinee knows the time to finish the inspection, and is able to highly keep his (her) concentration in comparison with a case where the required time is not known, thereby improving precision of the inspection.
US10932651B2
An adapter for an endoscope, the adapter including: a cylindrical body having an internal portion formed on the cylindrical body, the internal portion configured to matingly engage with each of distal and proximal external portions provided on a tip of the endoscope, the distal and proximal external portions being separated in a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical body by a portion of the tip that does not engage the internal portion; and wherein the cylindrical body further having an anti-slip portion formed on an exterior of the cylindrical body, the anti-slip portion having a plurality of recesses arranged circumferentially on the exterior, a position of the anti-slip portion in the longitudinal direction being set such that a position of the proximal external portion in the longitudinal direction does not overlap with the longitudinal position of the anti slip portion where the proximal external portion is engaged with the internal portion.
US10932640B1
A robotic floor cleaning device that features a controlled liquid releasing mechanism. A rotatable cylinder with at least one aperture for storing a limited quantity of liquid is connected to a separate motor designated specifically for operation of the controlled liquid release mechanism. There is a passage below the cylinder and between the cylinder and a drainage mechanism. The cylinder is within or adjacent to a liquid reservoir. Each time an aperture is exposed to the liquid within the reservoir it fills with liquid. As the motor operates the connected cylinder is rotated until the aperture is adjacent to the passage. The liquid in the aperture will flow through the passage and enter the drainage mechanism which disperses the liquid to the working surface. The release of liquid is halted when the connected motor stops operating.
US10932637B2
Disclosed is a cleaner comprising a cleaner body, a handle provided in the cleaner body, a wheel provided in a lower portion of the cleaner body and rotatably supporting the cleaner body, a motor driving the wheel electrically, an encoder sensing the rotation number of the wheel or the motor, and a controller controlling the driving of the motor by varying the voltage applied to the motor based on the rotation number sensed by the encoder, wherein the controller electrically drives the wheel by applying voltage to the motor when the velocity of the cleaner body initially moving is a preset value or more, and a controlling method for the cleaner.
US10932636B2
An autonomous cleaning device is provided. The autonomous cleaning device includes: a device body; and a drive module, a cleaning module and a sensing module, wherein the drive module, the cleaning module and the sensing module are detachably assembled to the device body, respectively.
US10932634B2
A surface cleaning apparatus includes an air flow path, a filter housing, and a filter member in the filter housing. In some embodiments, the filter member includes a plurality of individual filter elements arranged in parallel, each including porous filter material having at least one upstream face and at least one portion defining a porous filter media air outlet. In other embodiments, the filter member has an outer upstream surface that abuts an axially extending air impermeable wall to inhibit bypass of the filter.
US10932631B2
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a rotatably mounted brush associated with a dirty air inlet. A plurality of bristles extend outwardly from a radial outer surface of the rotatably mounted brush. At least some of the bristles are encased in a sheath.
US10932627B2
A liquid dispenser filling hose for use in filling a liquid dispenser with liquid from a liquid reservoir via a pump, comprising: a distal coupler for coupling the filling hose to the liquid dispenser; and a controller arranged to control the pump. The liquid dispenser may be filled using a method comprising: providing a liquid reservoir, a pump and a controller arranged to control the pump, and a filling hose having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the filling hose being coupled to the liquid reservoir; coupling the distal end of the filling hose via a distal coupler to the liquid dispenser; and transferring liquid from the liquid reservoir via the filling hose to an airless liquid container forming part of the liquid dispenser. A system for filling a liquid dispenser, comprising: the liquid filling hose; and a liquid reservoir and/or liquid supply station is also described.
US10932616B2
A drinking/feeding container and method for delivering fluid to a user at a drinking/feeding temperature which is higher than a storage temperature of the fluid. The container includes a fluid storage compartment, a lid and a heating device. The heating device is positioned between the fluid storage compartment and the lid. The heating device has an inlet which accepts the fluid from the fluid storage compartment, an outlet which dispenses the fluid to the lid and a passageway which extends between the inlet and the outlet. A Peltier device is provided between the inlet and the outlet and cooperates with the passageway to heat the fluid as the fluid moves from the inlet to the outlet. A power source supplies power to the heating device. A pulsing member pulses the power to the heating device whereby the pulsing of the power prevents the heating element from overheating.
US10932611B2
A method for retrieving aroma from a quantity of coffee particles as present in a coffee chamber (20) for containing a quantity of coffee particles comprises steps of providing outside of the coffee chamber (20) a low pressure area (34) where underpressure with respect to the coffee chamber (20) is prevailing, and opening the coffee chamber (20) to the low pressure area (34). A device (1) for brewing coffee, which is adapted to carry out such method, comprises a low pressure chamber (30) besides the coffee chamber (20) as mentioned, an arrangement (40, 41, 42) for creating a significant difference between pressure prevailing in the low pressure chamber (30) and pressure prevailing at a quantity of coffee particles, and an arrangement (23) for setting one of a closed condition and an opened condition of a communication path (22) connecting the low pressure chamber (30) to the coffee chamber (20).
US10932608B2
An air compressed coffee or tea making machine includes an air tank storing high pressure air; the air tank being connected to an air compressor for compressing external air so as to drive the high pressure air within the air tank; at least one liquid storage tank for storing liquid therein; a filtering tank installed below the air tank and connected to the liquid storage tank; a receiving tank installed below the filtering tank; the receiving tank serving for receiving coffee powders or tea powders therein. The liquid of the liquid storage tank is filled into the filtering tank; by the high pressure air from the air tank, liquid within the filtering tank suffers from a uniform air pressure and then flows to the receiving tank; as a result, the liquid is uniformly mixed with the coffee or tea powders within the receiving tank.
US10932604B2
A masticating juicer (10), including a housing (20) with a mastication chamber (30) and a food chute (40), the food chute defining a feeding chamber (50) positioned above the mastication chamber. The food processing apparatus further includes a food pusher (60) configured to be insertable into, and removable from, the feeding chamber. The food chute includes a flexible sealing member (80) that extends from the food chute into the feeding chamber. The flexible sealing member configured to engage the outer circumference of the food pusher when the food pusher is inside the feeding chamber, thereby preventing the back flow of food and juice through the food chute.
US10932603B2
An electronic device, with a compartment for storing a religious script, activates playback of a stored audio file in response to a touch input. The electronic device includes power and timing components that can be isolated or disconnected so that the device will not operate during specified times, such as high holy days. Different audio files are available for selection on a server, and the desired audio file can be selected using an application that is running on a separate device, such as a cell phone or table. Provisions can also be made for storage and playback of video files in response to a touch input.
US10932591B2
A utensil dispenser comprises a housing, a utensil support assembly and a utensil dispensing actuator. The utensil support assembly comprises a skewer for retaining a stack of utensils to be dispensed. The actuator provides for sequential dispensing of the utensils. The utensils are held in alignment on the skewer until they are sequentially dispensed. Dispensing occurs as the utensils are individually removed by the actuator from the skewer where the utensil falls by gravity to an opening at the bottom of the housing for presentation to a user. A retainer member keeps the utensils stored on the skewer until the utensil support assembly is mounted in the housing and the utensils are ready for dispensing.
US10932578B1
A cup holding device for a foldable seat includes a connecting part and a cup holder. The connecting part is provided on an armrest frame or a front leg frame of a foldable seat, and is located below a seat portion of the foldable seat. The cup holder is mounted on the connecting part, and has a receiving cavity adapted to receive the placement of a container. By placing the connecting part and the cup holder below the seat portion of the foldable seat, the present invention can make use of the space at the bottom of the foldable seat and prevent a drinking container from being accidentally hit by a person's swinging arm causing its tipping over.
US10932576B2
This disclosure relates to improved massage chairs. The massage chairs can include arms that are configured to transition between a closed position and an open position to assist individuals with entering or exiting the massage chairs. The massage chairs can also be configured to transition between an upright position and a reclined position. A locking mechanism can secure the arms of the massage chairs in the closed position when the massage chairs are in the reclined position or when the massage chairs are transitioning from the upright position to the reclined position.
US10932575B2
An armrest (8, 208) and a chair (100, 200) according to the present invention are provided with: an armrest body (8b, 208b) which is a movable member including a placing surface for supporting a limb of a seated person, and which is supported by a support rod (8a, 208a) from below so as to be movable in a horizontal direction; and a through-space (S, 200S) which is a guide portion indicating the position to be touched by the seated person when moving the armrest body (8b, 208b).
US10932573B2
A backrest (7) includes: a tensile material (71) on which a load support surface (71f) configured to receive a load of a seated person is formed; a back front frame (80F) that supports an outer peripheral end portion (71e) of the tensile material (71); an attachment portion (87) which is formed in the back front frame (80F) and faces the tensile material (71) in a state where the attachment portion (87) is separated from the tensile material (71) in a direction intersecting the load support surface (71f); and a lumber support (200) that is attachable to and detachable from the attachment portion (87), in which the lumber support (200) includes an attaching portion (222) which extends in a direction along the load support surface (71f), is inserted into a gap (S) between the tensile material (71) and the attachment portion (87), and is fixed to the attachment portion (87).
US10932571B2
A rotatable chair back includes a lower section attachable to a chair seat, a flexible Y-shaped upper section for supporting a chair back frame, and two rigid supports extending substantially vertically into and between the upper section and the lower section. In use, the substantially vertical supports each serve as an axis of rotation about which the upper section may rotate relative to the lower section.
US10932570B2
A metal-to-the-floor linkage mechanism provides backrest recline and ottoman extension for a seating unit. The linkage mechanism has a base and a pair of seat mounting plates that are used to attach a seat to the mechanism. The linkage mechanism comprises a first and a second plurality of links that are each pivotally coupled between the base and a corresponding one of the pair of seat mounting plates. The first and second plurality of links moveably interconnect the base and the seat mounting plates to control movement of the seating unit between closed, TV, reclined and fully-reclined positions. In the fully-reclined position, the seat mounting plates are moved to a position by the first plurality of links and the second plurality of links to place the seat of the seating unit at an angle relative to horizontal of between eighteen and twenty-six degrees.
US10932562B2
An article of furniture includes a top member defining a planar work surface. A support structure supports the top member in spaced relationship relative to a floor, the support structure including a plurality of legs. At least one of the legs defines a socket having an opening at a top of at least one of the legs. A power connector is arranged within the socket of at least one of the legs. The power connector is configured to make electrical contact with an electrical connector of an electrical accessory when the electrical connector is received in the socket of at least one of the legs.
US10932559B2
A telescoping countertop support bracket assembly includes a channel member that defines a plurality of through holes through a lateral wall of the channel member. Each of the through holes is configured to receive a fastener; the channel member defines a support bar receiving portion and an accessory bar receiving portion. A support bar is received by the channel member, and it is telescopically adjustable within the channel member. A countertop contact surface is supported by the support bar, and the fasteners secure the support bar within the channel member at an adjustable support length.
US10932558B2
An apparatus for manufacturing round brushes includes motor-driven driven rollers (22, 26) which on twisting of the wire halves urge wire to a rotating gripper (60). The wire material slides along diverters (52, 54).
US10932557B2
A dental cleaning tool includes a body portion defining a longitudinal axis of the dental cleaning tool. The body portion extends from a first end to a second end along the longitudinal axis. The body portion includes a floss assembly formed at the first end of the body portion, a toothpick member formed at the second end of the body portion, and a handle portion extending between the floss assembly and the toothpick member. The handle portion includes a receptacle. The tool further includes at least one secondary cleaning tool coupled to the body portion. The at least one secondary cleaning tool is rotatable relative to the body portion for selectively positioning the at least one secondary cleaning tool between a stowed position, within the receptacle, and a deployed position.
US10932545B2
Golf bag strap systems and methods to manufacture the same are generally described herein. In one example a strap system may include a strap connector having a body portion and a first and second strap arm portion extending diagonally therefrom. A plurality of strap fitments may be pivotally coupled to the strap connector at or proximate longitudinal end portions of the first and second strap arm portions. Other examples may be described and claimed.
US10932544B2
A pencil for applying a coloring and/or cosmetic substance, having a pigment core composed of the substance that is to be applied and a one-piece injection-molded casing encompassing the pigment core that is composed of a thermoplastic material that consists of a mix of a first plastic and a second plastic, wherein the casing, respectively viewed in the radial direction, has an outer enrichment zone with a higher concentration of the first plastic than in the middle region and the casing, respectively viewed in the radial direction, has an inner enrichment zone with a higher concentration of the first plastic than in the middle region.
US10932540B2
A portable and wearable hair styling device includes a headband configured to conform to a head of a user, a hair wrap attached to the headband, wherein the hair wrap includes a flexible inside layer, an air distribution network, and a flexible outside layer attached to the flexible inside layer creating an interior volume between the flexible inside layer and the flexible outside layer, wherein the flexible outside layer includes a hair dryer attachment and a clip configured to close a lower portion of the hair wrap around hair of the user.
US10932539B2
When a user pushes an operating member to one side in a longitudinal direction of arms, holding of a holding member is released and the arms can be expanded and contracted, while when the user pushes the operating member to the other side in the longitudinal direction of the arms, locking of a locked body by an engaging and disengaging member is released, and a handle body can be pivoted around a pivoting center shaft with respect to a carry case body.
US10932537B2
The invention features a shade apparatus adapted to provide shade to an individual or individuals while they are outside and in need of shade from sunlight. Aspects of embodiments of the present invention contemplate a shade apparatus that is easily portable and easily adapted to the sun's changing positions, thereby providing the individual/user with shade from sunlight.
US10932535B2
An outdoor sunshade umbrella and a method for using the same are provided. The outdoor sunshade umbrella includes: a supporting portion; a sunshade umbrella main body pivotally connected with the supporting portion; and a control portion. The control portion is used to control the supporting portion to automatically adjust a position of the sunshade umbrella main body according to a direction of sunlight and position information of an obscured object.
US10932532B2
A clasp for a bracelet or wristband includes first and second blades, the first blade being articulated to the second blade by a first end, between a closed position, in which the second blade is folded onto the first blade, and an open position, in which the second blade is released from the first blade, the first blade being articulated at a second end to a member for attaching a first wristband portion. The clasp includes an adjustment mechanism arranged to adjust the position of the second blade with respect to the first blade in an open position, the adjustment mechanism including a groove machined in the second blade, an arbor integral with the first blade and passing through the groove, the arbor receiving a pusher for releasing and/or locking it in order to move the second blade.
US10932531B2
A fastening device has a first fastening member with a plurality of teeth and a second fastening member with a plurality of sockets which are sequentially engagable in tooth and socket pairs in an engagement direction by relative rotation of the tooth and socket. Each tooth has a first surface and a second surface fixed relative to the first surface. Each socket has a recess defined by a first wall and second wall fixed relative to the first wall. Upon engagement, the first and second surfaces of the tooth abut the respective first and second walls of the recess and prevent relative movement of the tooth in the engagement direction and a portion of the first wall of the socket closely abutting the first surface of the tooth is disposed between the tooth and a portion of the first fastening member and prevents relative separation of the tooth and socket.
US10932529B2
A buckle operable with a securement strap. In a most preferred form, the buckle is a belt buckle for a belt including a belt strap having a free end, a connection end and an inner surface having one or more belt strap abutment portions. The buckle includes a body having a first end, a second end and a surface disposed between the first and second ends. The body further includes at least one buckle abutment portion extending outwardly or inwardly from the surface. The first end of the body is configured to be connected to a connection end of a belt strap. The at least one buckle abutment portion is configured to engage (i.e., to contact directly or be positioned to act with) at least one belt strap abutment portion. A release can be movably connected to the body. The moveable release (if used) can slide, pivot or otherwise move relative to the at least one buckle abutment portion.
US10932527B2
Flexible cleats for flexible footwear (e.g., with natural motion sole structures) include a cleat structure that generally has the appearance of a cleat that has been separated into individual component parts by one or more flex grooves formed into the sole structure. Such structures provide additional flexibility at the areas of the cleats so as to avoid a “stiff” feeling in certain areas and/or during certain activities. The flexible cleats may be arranged around one or more intersections of flex grooves provided in a sole member, optionally in the form of an array of sole pods provided at least in a forefoot area of the sole member.
US10932526B2
An article of footwear includes a sole structure. The article of footwear further includes a first member that extends away from the sole structure. The first member at least partially defines a medial side and a lateral side of the article of footwear. Moreover, the second member has a body, a first support arm, and a second support arm. The body is attached to the first member such that the first member and the body cooperate to define a void that is configured to receive a foot. The body is also attached to the sole structure. The first support arm is attached to the first member on the medial side, and the second support arm is attached to the first member on the lateral side.
US10932521B2
A midsole for an article of footwear including a three dimensional mesh including interconnected unit cells and methods of making the same. The interconnected unit cells each include a plurality of struts defining a three dimensional shape. The interconnected unit cells are connected at nodes having a valence number defined by the number of struts connected at that node. The valence number of the nodes may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The plurality of interconnected unit cells may be organized in a warped cubic lattice structure. The warped cubic lattice structure and the size/shape of interconnected unit cells may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The three dimensional mesh may be customized based on a biometric data profile for an individual, or group of individuals. The midsole may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process.
US10932514B2
A football helmet includes a plastic shell with side regions having an ear flap with a face guard connector, an ear opening, a slot, and a snap connector. The helmet also includes an internal padding assembly removably connected to the plastic shell and including a jaw pad with a force attenuating layer. When the helmet is worn, a front edge of the jaw pad is positioned both in front of a coronal plane and below a basic plane of a head of the helmet wearer. A chin strap assembly releasably secures the helmet to the wearer and includes a lower flexible strap extending outwardly from each side of a central protective member. When the helmet is worn, an extent of the lower flexible strap is received by the slot when said strap is affixed to the snap connector. The shell also includes a raised central band integrally formed as part of the shell and extending across the crown region to the rear region. An arrangement of elongated vent openings flank the raised central band.
US10932511B2
A sun screen apparatus which includes apparatus for mounting on the visor of a so-called baseball cap that includes a planar translucent member carried on the apparatus for mounting that allows movement of the planar member between horizontal and vertical positions.
US10932503B2
A urine powered garment has a shirt and trousers. A collector positioned beneath the trousers is adapted to collect urine. A container is located below and coupled to the collector. A converter dis-associates the constituent elements of the urine within the container to create electrical energy. A pouch receives urine from the container. The pouch has a top opening above and a drain tube below. The drain tube couples the pouch and the converter. A source of potential is adapted to receive electrical potential and to store the received electrical potential until accessed. A super-capacitor couples the converter and the source of potential. The super-capacitor converts the output of the converter prior to feeding to the source of potential.
US10932499B2
An electronic cigarette battery assembly of an electronic cigarette includes a pressure sensor converting pressure information when a pressure is applied to the electronic cigarette battery assembly into sensed data, an information storage for storing preset values; and a controller for comparing the sensed data with the preset values and for controlling operating states of an atomizer based on comparison results of sensed data and preset values.
US10932480B2
The invention relates to an animal feed additive containing a protein kinase C inhibitor selected from diurnoside, cestrumoside and mixtures thereof.
US10932477B2
The invention relates to a peptide and saccharide hydrolysate of Theobroma cacao L. (cocoa) beans, to a method for preparing same, to cosmetic compositions containing same, and to cosmetic uses thereof particularly for protecting skin from blue light and/or for combatting the appearance of signs of aging and photoaging of the skin.
US10932475B2
A method of preparing a low calorie, Lactose-free and Phosphorus-reduced milk with multiple filtration, centrifugation, carbonation and phase separation steps to remove Lactose and Phosphorus from milk including skim milk. The method includes a filtration apparatus to employ ultrafiltration to remove Lactose and any component of Lactose. Ultra-Centrifugation is used additionally to increase and complete the removal of Lactose and to facilitate the reduction of Phosphorous in the final milk preparation. The process eliminates the conventional use of lactase enzyme to hydrolyze Lactose into its simple sugar components.
US10932471B2
Entomopathogenic fungal strains, compositions, and methods of using the strains for reducing overall insect damage.
US10932470B2
Disclosed herein are microbial consortia and compositions including microbes for use in agricultural or biodegradation applications. In some embodiments, soil, plants, and/or plant parts (such as seeds, seedlings, shoots, roots, leaves, fruit, stems, or branches) are contacted with a disclosed microbial consortia or composition including microbes. The microbial consortia or microbe-containing compositions may be applied to soil, plant, and/or plant parts alone or in combination with additional components (such as chitin, chitosan, glucosamine, amino acids, and/or liquid fertilizer). In additional embodiments, the disclosed microbial consortia or compositions including microbes are used in methods of degrading biological materials, such as chitin-containing biological materials.
US10932466B2
The present invention relates to novel fungicidal compositions for the treatment of phytopathogenic diseases of useful plants, especially phytopathogenic fungi, and to a method of controlling such phytopathogenic diseases on useful plants. In particular compositions suitable for control of diseases caused by phytopathogens comprise a mixture of a compound of formula (I) with a compound of formula (II) and a method of controlling diseases on useful plants using such compositions.
US10932462B2
Disclosed herein is a decoy apparatus comprising: a motor unit securely connected to a base, at least one wing member operatively connected to the motor so as to be rotated by the motor when the motor is engaged, a power source to operate the motor, and a shell that mimics the look of an avian animal that can be incorporated with the motor so as to cause the rotating wing members to appear as if they were the wings of the avian animal. In alternate embodiments, the motor is encased in a motor housing that defines a structure and the shell is a soft body in the shape of a bird with a cavity that is substantially to the size and shape of at least the top of the motor housing such that at least a portion of the motor housing is capable of being inserted into the decoy body, filling a portion of the cavity.
US10932457B2
A bait mover fishing bobber having a battery, control circuit board, memory, a processor, a communication device, and a motor. The motor connects to coupling that extends through the wall of the lower housing. An armature which is located outside of the bobber connects to the opposing end of the coupling and to an opening on the antipodal side of the lower housing from the motor. The control circuit board is programmed to cause variations to the movement and interval of moments of the armature. The control circuit board contains components that allow the armature to be controlled from programs stored in its memory or by using an application on a mobile device. The armature is caused to move such that it engages with fishing line such that any bait on the end of the fishing line will that will move both vertically and horizontally.
US10932436B2
A base carrying a left-side panel and a right-side panel. A top panel is disposed on and extends between said side panels, wherein said base, said side panels and top panel define a pet receiving area. A blower unit disposed at a rear side of said pet receiving area drawing air in a direction from a front side to said rear side of the housing across the pet receiving area. An airflow control covering disposed on at least one of said left-side panel and said right-side panel providing a reduced airflow entering said pet receiving area through the side panel relative to a front side of the housing, wherein a negative air pressure is established within the housing while providing a primary airflow direction from said front side to said rear side of the housing to container pet hair, dander and debris within said housing.
US10932434B2
The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVPB8973 and pepper line SBO-8T15-6368. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVPB8973 and pepper line SBO-8T15-6368 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVPB8973 and pepper line SBO-8T15-6368 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US10932431B1
A soybean cultivar designated 86072910 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 86072910, to the plants of soybean cultivar 86072910, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 86072910, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 86072910. 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 86072910. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 86072910, 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 86072910 with another soybean cultivar.
US10932427B2
A soybean cultivar designated 82051111 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 82051111, to the plants of soybean cultivar 82051111, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 82051111, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 82051111. 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 82051111. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 82051111, 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 82051111 with another soybean cultivar.
US10932419B2
A plant illumination optical device includes two LED lamp bodies. Each of the LED lamp bodies includes a reflector and an LED lamp located at an inner side of the reflector, and an angle between the central light rays of the two LED lamp bodies is adjustable. A plant cultivation device contains the plant illumination optical device. The plant illumination optical device and the plant cultivation device can reflect the light beyond the planting area to the planting area and can supplement the illumination on both sides of the illumination centerline, thereby avoiding light waste, improving energy efficiency, improving the illumination uniformity in the planting area, and improving planting quality of the planting area.
US10932418B2
A system for utilizing waves in an assembly line grow pod includes a plurality of carts, a wave generator and a master controller. The plurality of carts carries a plurality of plants including a first plant and a second plant. The wave generator generates sound waves having a different range of frequency. The master controller is communicatively coupled to the wave generator and comprising a processor and a memory storing a wave recipe and instructions. The wave recipe correlates the plurality of plants with different characteristics of sound waves including frequency. The wave generator generates a first sound wave having the characteristic correlated to the first plant and a second sound wave having the characteristic correlated to the second plant.
US10932417B2
A system for recompressing a round bale into a square bale includes a bottom platen to receive the round bale and a movable platen translatable relative to the bottom platen. The system includes an upper platen rotatable relative to the bottom platen. The upper platen is rotatable between a first position to receive the round bale between the bottom platen, the movable platen and the upper platen, and a second position in which the upper platen cooperates with the movable platen and the bottom platen to recompress the round bale into the square bale.
US10932414B2
A combine harvester including a frame and two axial-flow crop processing rotors mounted to the frame. An inner support structure is located between the two rotors and mounted to the frame by a first linkage. Two outer support structures are located outboard of the two rotors and mounted to the frame by respective second and third linkages. The inner support structure and two outer support structures carry first and second pluralities of concave grate segments at a radial distance from the respective rotors. A concave adjustment system includes a first actuator coupled to the first linkage which is configured to raise and lower the inner support structure. A second actuator is coupled to the second and third linkages and is configured to raise and lower the two outer support structures. The first linkage includes a first rockshaft mounted to the frame and aligned perpendicular to the rotation axis. The second and third linkages include and share a second rockshaft that is arranged coaxial to the first rockshaft.
US10932411B2
A drop pan system for collecting discharge samples from combine harvesters or other conveyed machines or implements features a support housing attachable to the machine, a drop pan receivable in a nested position within the housing, and a magnetic hold/release mechanism with electro-permanent magnets responsive to selective energization to switch from a holding state emitting an external magnetic field for holding the drop pan in the nested position, to a release state cancelling the external magnetic field to thereby release the drop pan from the housing. A power supply is positioned on the housing at an area that resides within a footprint of the drop pan's nested position. Differently sized drop pans may be included, and the housing may include alignment guides for self-aligning the drop pan during magnetically aided placement thereof. Electrical components of the housing may be contained in an enclosure that doubles as a support for the electro-permanent magnets.
US10932405B2
A trench closing sensor adapted to mount to an agricultural implement to detect whether a seed trench is sufficiently closed with soil to ensure good seed to soil contact. The trench closing sensor may also detect the amount of compaction of the soil over the seed within the seed trench. The trench closing sensor may be in the form of a seed firmer from which a drag wire extends. As the open seed trench and drag wire are covered with soil, instrumentation measures or detects whether the seed trench is being adequately closed with soil by measuring the amount of force required to pull the wire through the soil or by measuring the amount of strain, pulling force or tension in the wire or by measuring the amount of soil pressure acting on the wire. The trench closing sensor may include other sensors for detecting soil characteristics.
US10939598B2
To provide a control device and a control method of a component mounting machine which is capable of improving the accuracy of mounting control. In a case where the holding member is moved from a current position to a predetermined processing position within the component mounting machine, the control device of the component mounting machine moves a holding member to a preparation position which is set to a defined propelling direction and distance with respect to the processing position, and then moves the holding member from the preparation position to a mounting position.
US10939597B2
A component mounting device includes a conveyance unit that conveys a placement member on which a mounting target is placed, a head unit movable in a horizontal plane, and a controller. The controller transfers the mounting target from the conveyance unit to a transfer position by controlling movement of the head unit in the horizontal plane in a state in which the placement member is held by one or a plurality of heads of the head unit.
US10939584B1
The present invention relates to a heat dissipation module and an assembly method thereof. The heat dissipation module includes a heat conductive plate and a buffer member. The heat conductive plate includes a cover section and a first extension section. The cover section covers a heat zone. The buffer member is provided at the heat conductive plate to interferingly match with a housing, so as to conduct heat energy produced by the heat zone to the housing. Accordingly, by configuring the buffer member between the heat conductive plate and the housing, the heat conductive plate is allowed to be reliably thermally adhered to the housing, thereby achieving enhanced heat dissipation efficiency for the heat dissipation module.
US10939574B2
A server apparatus includes a casing having an opening and a fixing structure away from the opening, a tray mechanism and a server module. The tray mechanism includes a tray, a transmission member slidably disposed on the tray and having a slot, a link having an engaging structure and being slidably disposed through the slot, and a handle movably connected to the transmission member and pivoted to the tray. The server module is disposed on the tray. When the tray is disposed in the casing and the handle pivots to a mounting position, the transmission member slides relative to the tray to drive the link to pivot, so as to rotate the engaging structure to be engaged with the fixing structure.
US10939573B1
An electronic module (EM) carrier includes a sliding bracket coupled to the EM carrier and a handle coupled to the sliding bracket. The handle and sliding bracket are configured to engage with a stationary chassis to hold the EM carrier at a first position in a bay of the stationary chassis when the handle is open. The sliding bracket is further configured to translate the EM carrier to a second position in the stationary chassis when the handle is moved from an open position towards a closed position. In the second position, an EM carrier connector of the EM carrier is engaged with a sled connector of a sled and, in the first position, the EM carrier connector is disengaged from the sled connector.
US10939570B2
An electronic device including a waterproof structure is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate oriented in a first direction, a second plate oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, and a display panel disposed between the first plate and the second plate. The display panel includes a flat area including an active area configured to emit light toward the first plate, and a connection area extending from at least a partial area of one edge of the flat area and is disposed between the first plate and the second plate, a polarizing plate disposed on the flat area, and a filler member spaced apart from the connection area and disposed on the one edge of the flat area, wherein the one edge of the flat area includes a cut surface bent in a stepped shape in an area on which the filler member is disposed, and a part of the cut surface includes a shape in which a boundary of the display panel coincides with a boundary of the polarizing plate.
US10939557B2
An organic light emitting display apparatus is provided that includes a display panel, a first source printed circuit board connected to the display panel in a first direction, and including a first memory disposed in an area of first source printed circuit board, a second source printed circuit board connected to the display panel in the first direction, and a control printed circuit board disposed between the first source printed circuit board and the second source printed circuit board, and connected to each of the first source printed circuit board and the second source printed circuit board. Here, a direction in which the control printed circuit board and the first source printed circuit board are connected and a direction in which the control printed circuit board and the second source printed circuit board are connected are a second direction different from the first direction.
US10939555B2
A grid array connector system is provided that includes cables connected to pedestals that are mounted on a board. The cables include conductors that are connected to support vias positioned in openings in the board and the conductors are connected to the support vias. The board includes signal pads and ground pads that allow the grid array connector system to be connected to other pads provided on a mating surface in a compact manner.
US10939534B2
A load control device may be configured to control multiple characteristics of one or more electrical loads such as the intensity and color of a lighting load. The load control device may include concentric rotating portions for adjusting the multiple characteristics. A control circuit of the load control device may be configured to generate control data for controlling one or more of the characteristics of the electrical loads in response to rotations of the concentric rotating portions. The control circuit may be further configured to provide feedback regarding the control being applied on one or more visual indicators. The load control device may be a wall-mounted dimmer device or a battery-powered remote control device.
US10939515B2
A discharge lamp includes a discharge tube containing electrodes, and base sections. The base sections have terminals for connecting to external power lines, and internal power lines for connecting the terminals to the electrodes within the discharge tube. Information generation devices that generates information to be output to outside are provided within the base sections. Superimposition circuits that superpose the information, generated by the information generation devices, on the internal power lines within the base sections are also provided within the base sections. The information generation devices include sensors and generate information based on output of the sensors. A receiving circuit extracts and receives the information, superposed on the internal power lines, from the external power lines connected to the internal power lines. Thus, information generated on the discharge lamp side can be transmitted to outside with a simple construction.
US10939513B2
Disclosed herein are a structure for shielding electromagnetic waves, a door and a cooking appliance having the same. The structure for shielding electromagnetic waves includes a choke seal structure having a bottom face extended from a side wall portion formed at a periphery of a door in a plane direction defined by the door, an inner side face extended from the bottom face in a thickness direction of the door, and a top face extended from the inner side face toward side wall portion, the choke seal structure having a length extending along the periphery of the door, a plurality of slots arranged in a longitudinal direction of the choke seal structure at a predetermined spacing and partitioning the choke seal structure into a plurality of chokes, and a connecting face connecting between the top faces of some of the plurality of chokes, each of which has a latch hole formed in its inner side face.
US10939510B2
A microwave oven includes a cabinet that defines a cooking chamber and a steam generator within the cooking chamber. The steam generator includes a disk-shaped main body with a water storage volume internal to the main body. The steam generator also includes a connector in operative communication with a motor of the microwave oven. The motor is operable to rotate the disk-shaped main body during a cooking operation of the microwave oven. The steam generator also includes a plurality of vents positioned above the water storage volume. The vents direct steam from the water storage volume into the cooking chamber of the microwave oven appliance during the cooking operation of the microwave oven appliance.
US10939509B2
The present invention related to devices and methods that use returned power (RP) measurements during microwave energy delivery to perform one or more functions. For example, microwave devices and systems with one or more features to measure the returned microwave power. One or more measurements of the returned microwave power may be used to obtain information about one or more of: antenna shape, system status and system performance. One or more measurements of the returned microwave power shaping elements may also be used to obtain information about one or more properties of the target material. The invention also discloses devices and methods for delivering microwave energy to a variety of target materials to achieve a variety of desired microwave effects.
US10939503B2
A programmable signal generator and radio controller for providing dispatch paging tone out frequencies to first responders and other selected areas. The signal generator is capable of performing tone-outs to various first responders and being cross compatible with prior and future evolutionary systems. The signal generator uses plain-text console interface and plain-text tone-out parameter definitions allowing programming without special software, apps, or Internet connectivity. The signal generator is capable of controlling operational functions of connected radio transceiver equipment including initiating and terminating RF transmission, selecting radio channel or frequency, and monitoring operational status of the transceiver. The signal generator is also capable of interactive communication with external third-party digital radio dispatch console systems via Ethernet network and TCP/IP protocol via an isolated network interoperability interface that implements a simple Application Program Interface (API).
US10939495B2
Various solutions for handling packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) duplication with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may determine whether a PDCP entity is associated with two radio link control (RLC) entities. The apparatus may determine whether PDCP duplication is activated. The apparatus may select one of the two RLC entities to transmit a PDCP control protocol data unit (PDU) in an event that the PDCP entity is associated with the two RLC entities and the PDCP duplication is activated.
US10939492B2
A wireless communication device (10) controls changing of a connection of the wireless communication device (10) to an access node (100) of the wire-less communication network between: a relay based connection to the access node (100), and either a direct connection to the access node (100) or another relay based connection to the access node (100). The relay based connection extends via a device-to-device communication link (30) between the wireless communication device (10) and a first further wireless communication device (40). The other relay based connection extends via another device-to-device communication link (30′) between the wireless communication device (10) and a second further wireless communication device (40′). Further, the wireless communication (10) sends an indication to the access node (100). The indication enables the access node (100) to identify an existing Packet Data Convergence Protocolcontext, which was utilized before changing the connection, and to continue utilizing the existing PDCP context after the changing of the connection.
US10939485B2
In one implementation, the method comprises, in response to obtaining a request to associate an electronic device with the one or more WLAN termination nodes: generating, between a base station and a networking device, a control link based on a first identifier associated with the base station; generating, between the networking device and a first WLAN termination node, a control link based on a second identifier that corresponds to a pseudonym for the base station; and associating the first and second identifiers in a control table. The method further comprises: instantiating, between the base station and the networking device, a first data tunnel associated with a first tunneling protocol; instantiating, between the networking device and the first WLAN termination node, a second data tunnel associated with a second tunneling protocol; and associating the first and second data tunnels.
US10939480B2
A network-connected device service receives a request to establish a communications session with a network-connected device. In response to the request, the service transmits a set of electronic messages to the network-connected device through an access point of the network-connected device to establish the communications session. The network-connected device service receives a notification from the network-connected device indicating whether the communications session has been established. If so, the service provides an indication to a controlling device that the session has been established. This enables the controlling device to submit commands executable by the network-connected device to the service, which provides the commands to the network-connected device through the access point.
US10939474B2
Provided are a method for requesting, by a user equipment (UE), system information in a wireless communication system and a device supporting the same. The method may include: initiating a random access procedure; requesting system information from a base station (BS) in the initiated random access procedure; receiving, from the BS, a broadcast indication indicating that the requested system information is broadcast in the initiated random access procedure after requesting the system information from the BS; and stopping the initiated random access procedure.
US10939463B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine that a profile for vehicle-based sidelink communications supports packet duplication using a set of carrier frequencies. The UE may transmit a message to a base station that identifies the profile and the set of carrier frequencies. The UE may receive a configuration message from the base station that identifies a packet duplication configuration. The UE may transmit, based on the packet duplication configuration, a request to the base station for resources to perform the vehicle-based sidelink communications, the request comprising one or more buffer status report (BSRs), wherein each BSR identifies a carrier frequency for the BSR and a logical channel group identifier that identifies the BSR as being for packet duplication.
US10939459B2
Disclosed are a scheduling-free transmission method and apparatus. The method comprises: monitoring a service interaction state to obtain a service requirement evaluation result; determining whether the service requirement evaluation result represents a low service load, and if so, allocating dedicated resources to a terminal, otherwise, allocating shared resources to the terminal; acquiring a transmission result of data transmission carried out by the terminal based on the allocated resources; and based on the transmission result, sending response information to the terminal according to a pre-set dynamic response rule. In this way, a terminal can transmit data by means of dedicated resources when a service load is low, and the terminal transmits data using shared resources when the service load is high, thereby reducing time delays, preventing resource conflicts, and increasing the transmission rate and reliability.
US10939458B2
A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system includes receiving, from a base station, information on a rate matching configuration and an aggregation factor associated with a number of a plurality of slots; receiving, from the base station, downlink control information including scheduling information for data and a rate matching indicator; identifying resources based on the scheduling information, except for at least one rate matching resource associated with the rate matching indicator; and receiving, from the base station, the data on the identified resource, wherein the data is repeated in the plurality of slots associated with the aggregation factor, and wherein the rate matching indicator is applied to a slot where the rate matching configuration is present among the plurality of slots.
US10939453B2
A vehicle includes a telematics control unit configured to communicate with a telematics server via a base station, a communication interface for communication with a wireless communication terminal connected to a cellular network, a first obtainment circuit configured to obtain a communication quality of a first communication path for connecting to the telematics server via the telematics control unit and the base station, a second obtainment circuit configured to obtain a communication quality of a second communication path for connecting to the telematics server via the communication interface, the wireless communication terminal, and the cellular network, and a selection circuit configured to select a communication path with a superior communication quality from among the first communication path and the second communication path based on the communication quality of the first communication path and the communication quality of the second communication path.
US10939451B2
The present application relates to a data transmission method, a host unit, an extension unit, a base station system, and a readable storage medium. The method is applied to a base station system, the base station system includes: a host unit, a plurality of extension units, and a plurality of remote units; the host unit is communicatively connected to the extension units, and each of the extension units is communicatively connected to at least one of the remote units, which includes: the host unit determines a target extension unit corresponding to the user equipment from the extension units according to uplink signal respectively received from the extension units; the uplink signal sent by each extension unit is used to indicate a quality state of signaling between the remote unit connected to the extension unit and the user equipment; sends instruction information to the target extension unit; the instruction information is used to instruct the target extension unit to send uplink data of the user equipment received from the remote unit to the host unit; and receives the uplink data sent by the target extension unit. Using this method can reduce the requirement for the front-haul bandwidth.
US10939449B2
In one embodiment, a method is performed. A device may receive a registration request from a user equipment (UE) device associated with a category. The device may receive a registration response from an access and mobility function (AMF). The registration response may comprise a group identifier associated with the category. The device may select resources from a resource pool based on the group identifier. The resource pool may be dedicated for use for emergency communications. The device may allocate the selected resources to the UE device.
US10939445B2
Methods and apparatus to announce channel capabilities in wireless communication systems are discussed herein. An example first wireless communication device includes a channel support identifier to determine wireless communication channels supported by the wireless communication device, a channel capability field generator to generate a listing of the supported wireless communication channels, a channel capability field inserter to insert the listing into a Capabilities element transmitted to a second wireless communication device.
US10939444B1
A device may determine a coverage area associated with a base station. The device may determine a handover weight associated with one or more user equipments (UEs) connected to the base station in the coverage area, wherein the handover weight indicates a degree of mobility of the one or more UEs. The device may identify a geographic region associated with the coverage area and may determine information concerning the geographic region that includes information concerning one or more roads in the geographic region. The device may determine a mobility rating associated with the coverage area based on the handover weight or the information concerning the geographic region. The device may select a beam management profile based on the mobility rating and may send the beam management profile to a different device to allow the different device to control the base station according to the beam management profile.
US10939438B2
A method performed by a wireless device in a wireless communication system is discussed. The method includes receiving, by the wireless device, broadcast signaling from a network, wherein the broadcast signaling informs that the network supports a device-to-device (D2D) related information; after receiving the broadcast signaling, transmitting, by the wireless device, a message including the D2D related information based on a change of the D2D related information to the network; receiving, by the wireless device, D2D radio resources from the network via a dedicated signaling; and performing, by the wireless device, a D2D operation based on the D2D radio resources.
US10939433B2
In one embodiment, a method for adaptive transmission time intervals (TTIs) includes transmitting, by a communications controller to a user equipment (UE), a segment of a first TDD TTI configuration of a first TDD interval and a second TDD TTI configuration of the first TDD interval, where the first TDD TTI configuration has a first pattern, where the second TDD TTI configuration has a second pattern, where the first pattern is different than the second pattern, where the first TDD TTI configuration has a first uplink TTI segment and a first downlink TTI segment. The method also includes transmitting a first plurality of data on a first TTI in the first downlink TTI segment of the first TDD TTI configurations of the first TDD interval and receiving a second plurality of data on the first uplink segment of the first TDD TTI configuration of the first TDD interval.
US10939426B2
The present disclosure provides a communication method, base station and user equipment for configuring a parameter table in a wireless communication system including a base station and a user equipment, the communication method comprising: defining at both the base station and the user equipment a parameter table which includes whole entries of a legacy parameter table and extended entries; and transmitting from the base station to the user equipment a bitmap indication which indicates a sub-table selected from the parameter table, wherein the number of the entries in the sub-table is the same as in the legacy parameter table.
US10939422B2
Provided are a method for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) of a terminal in a wireless communication system and the UE using the method. The method includes determining a number of coded symbols for the UCI transmission and transmitting the UCI on a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) based on the number of coded symbols. The number of coded symbols is determined among a first value based on a payload size of the UCI and an offset value and a second value based on a radio resource control (RRC) signal.
US10939420B2
Disclosed is a method for transmitting data by a terminal in a wireless communication system, including transmitting, to a base station, a scheduling request for requesting resources for transmitting the data, monitoring a control channel to receive resource allocation information from the base station, in case that the resource allocation information is received on the control channel, starting a timer for monitoring the control channel, and transmitting, to the base station, the data based on the resource allocation information.
US10939419B2
Various additional and alternative aspects are described herein. In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a method for wireless communication. The method includes determining content to include in an uplink control information (UCI) based on a portion of a subframe that includes the UCI. The method further includes transmitting the UCI in the portion of the subframe.
US10939414B2
A method for a station (STA) not having an association identifier (AID) allocated thereto transmitting a signal in a wireless LAN system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: transmitting a first frame through at least one resource among resources indicated by a trigger frame; and receiving a multi-STA block Ack (M-BA) frame as a reply to the first frame, wherein, if in the M-BA frame a MAC address of the STA that is different from a first information is detected from at least a part of a first field reserved for the first information, an N-bit of a second field preceding the first field is set as a temporary AID of the STA.
US10939411B2
A base station transmits and a UE detects broadcast information when the UE operates in a Coverage Enhancement (CE) mode. The base station transmits repetitions of signaling conveying broadcast information in one or more subframes of each frame in a quadruple of frames. The transmission is intermittent in time. To detect the broadcast information, the UE blindly combines and decodes the repetitions of signaling assuming their existence. The base station informs the pattern for the intermittent transmissions of the signaling to UEs connected to the base station or to other base stations.
US10939404B2
A UE location area update method, an access network entity, a UE, and a core network entity are provided. The method includes: receiving, by an access network entity, a location-area updating request message transmitted by the UE; and transmitting a location-area updating message to the UE by the access network entity, wherein the location-area updating message at least includes target RNA information, the target RNA information is RNA information updated for the UE by the access network entity according to the location-area updating request message.
US10939403B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that provides a first message to a communication device that includes a temporary international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) to be provisioned onto the device. A first registration message is sent to a registration function server, wherein the server includes a registry, wherein the first registration message indicates to the server to add the temporary IMSI to the registry. A second registration message is sent to the server in response to detecting expiration of a limited time period, wherein the second registration message indicates to the server to remove the temporary IMSI from the registry. A second message is provided to the wireless communication device that indicates to the wireless communication device the expiration of the limited time period, and that the temporary IMSI is removed from the registry of the registration function server. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10939402B2
A high definition timing synchronization function is described. In an embodiment, a wireless station generates a time stamp at a higher resolution than can be broadcast within a standard time stamp field in a frame. The generated time stamp is divided into two parts: the first part being included within the time stamp field and the second part being included within a vendor specific field in the same frame. The frame is transmitted by the wireless station and received by other wireless stations in the wireless network. If the receiving wireless station has the capability, it decodes both the time stamp field and the vendor specific field and recreates the higher resolution time stamp. This higher resolution time stamp is then used to synchronize the receiving wireless station and the transmitting wireless station by resetting a clock or by storing time stamps and corresponding clock values.
US10939401B2
Systems and methods for determining round trip time (RTT) includes a second node, which receives a first signal from a first node at a first time, determines a timing advance based on a first estimated channel response for the first signal, and transmits at a second time, a second signal to the first node, wherein the second time occurs after the first time by an amount of a pre-specified delay for RTT estimation minus the timing advance. The first node transmits the first signal to the second node at an initial time, receives the second signal from the second node, and determines a timing statistic from a second estimated channel response for the second signal, the timing statistic estimated at a third time. The first node determines the RTT as the third time minus the initial time minus the pre-specified delay for RTT estimation.
US10939398B2
A method at a first device for synchronising a first clock of the first device to a second clock of a second device, includes receiving a first message comprising an identifier from a third device; generating a first timestamp in dependence on the time at which the first message is received at the first device according to the first clock; receiving a second message from the second device comprising the identifier and a second timestamp, the second timestamp having been generated in dependence on the time at which the second device received the first message from the third device according to the second clock; and adjusting the first clock in dependence on a time difference between a time indicated by the first timestamp and a time indicated by the second timestamp.
US10939395B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described that provide for synchronization signal (SS) blocks in which synchronization signals and broadcast channel transmissions may be transmitted. Broadcast channel transmissions may be demodulated using SS transmissions, reference signal transmissions, or combinations thereof. Broadcast channel transmissions may be transmitted in a subset of SS block time resources, and synchronization signals may be transmitted in another subset of SS block time resources. Reference signals may be transmitted using tones within the broadcast channel time resources, and may be transmitted at a higher density for portions of the broadcast channel transmission bandwidth that are outside of the SS transmission bandwidth. Waveforms for reference signal transmissions, and information provided by reference signal transmissions may be provided.
US10939393B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for handling time indexing in LTE-NR co-existence. In certain aspect, a method for use by a user equipment includes determining a first time index based on a first radio access technology (RAT) network, determining a second time index based on a second RAT network, and performing system acquisition based on the second RAT network the second time index.
US10939385B2
Provided are a method for controlling uplink transmission power and a device using the same. The device determines a maximum transmission power according to a coverage enhancement (CE) level, and transmits an uplink channel on the basis of the maximum transmission power.
US10939379B2
A wireless sensor node is described. The wireless sensor node may include a wake-up circuitry configured to awaken the sensor when a request is received. The sensor may be placed in a sleep mode, thus saving battery usage until a wake-up signal requesting use of the sensor is received. Powering of the wake-up circuitry may be supplied through energy captured using an energy harvester. In one example, the energy for powering the wake-up circuitry is extracted from the same signal used for awakening the sensor. The wireless sensor mode may operate in a passive mode, in which the energy for powering the wake-up circuitry is harvested, or in a power supply-assisted mode, in which some of the power is provided by a power supply. High quality factors filters may be used to increase the signal-to-noise ratio of the wake-up signals, thus improving the node's ability to recognize activation requests.
US10939366B2
A method performed by a User Equipment (UE) for handling multiple Secondary Cell Group (SCG) configurations in a wireless communications network is provided. The UE receives (1201) from a network node: a first SCG configuration of a first Secondary Node, SN, and an indication of whether or not the first SCG is to be configured as active or inactive, and a second SCG configuration of a second SN, and an indication of whether or not the second SCG is to be configured as active or inactive. The multiple SCG configurations comprises at least the first SCG configuration and the second SCG configuration. The UE then decides (1202) whether to handle each respective SCG configuration out of the multiple SCG configurations according to a first option or a second option based on its respective indication. The first option comprises when one or more out of the respective multiple SCG configurations are indicated to be configured as inactive, storing (1203) that particular SCG configuration. The second option comprises when one or more out of the respective multiple SCG configurations are indicated to be configured as active, activating (1204) that particular SCG configuration in the UE.
US10939358B2
A method for data migration includes: receiving by a SMF current location information of a terminal; the SMF is at a core data management center, a first service and a service message are added in the SMF; determining whether it is necessary to switch a path of a business service currently in use for the terminal on the basis of the current location information and original location information of the terminal; and when the determination result is yes, migrating path information of the business service from an original business application to a target business application, the original business application corresponds to the original location information, the target business application corresponds to the current location information; the original business application and the target business application are for providing the business service to the terminal, and have subscribed to the first service.
US10939356B2
During disclosed communication techniques, an electronic device may exchange information that specifies probe requests with one or more other electronic devices in the network. Then, the electronic device may aggregate information about the probe requests. Moreover, the electronic device may determine, based at least in part on the aggregated information, electronic device-to-electronic device connections in the network, such as connections among neighboring access points. Next, the electronic device may calculate, based at least in part on the aggregated information and the electronic device-to-electronic device connections, first transition thresholds between nearest-neighbor electronic devices in the network. Furthermore, the electronic device may select, based at least in part on the first transition thresholds, a response threshold. When the electronic device includes an access point, the electronic device may selectively respond to a probe request from a client based at least in part on the selected response threshold.
US10939353B2
In a wireless mesh network, a battery operated node can select a parent node via which messages are routed to further nodes. The parent node can initially be selected based on signal strength. The node receives acknowledgements for messages sent, if they arrive. The node calculates a reliability indicator of the parent node based on the number of messages for which an acknowledgement has been received. If the reliability indicator exceeds a predetermined threshold the node selects a new parent node, based on second selection criteria. For example, the node with the next greatest signal strength.
US10939336B2
Provided are a method of estimating mobility state of an UE and a device supporting the method. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method includes: entering a second cell from a first cell, wherein the first cell provides specific information; receiving neighbor cell list from the second cell; and counting a number of cell changes for mobility state, based on whether the neighbor cell list from the second cell includes at least one of neighbor cells providing the specific information.
US10939335B2
A method for restarting a prohibit timer in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) includes starting the prohibit timer related to a transmission of power preference information; receiving, from a network, a handover message including a timer value; performing a handover procedure based on the received handover message; restarting the prohibit timer based on applying the received timer value included in the handover message; and stopping the prohibit timer based on whether the UE initiates radio resource control (RRC) re-establishment procedure while the prohibit timer is running. Further, upon initiating the RRC re-establishment procedure, the UE disables the transmission of the power preference information and stops the prohibit timer.
US10939330B2
A method performed in an Interaction Gateway (IGW) located between a Packet Data Network (PDN) and a user plane gateway of a communication network used by a service client for service level communication with a service provider, in which communication network there is a first and a second communication bearer between a radio device, comprising the service client, and the user plane gateway via a Radio Access Network (RAN). The second communication bearer is associated with the service level communication. The method is for establishing an interaction session on the second communication bearer between the IGW and the service client for controlling the service level communication.
US10939327B2
A method includes determining, by a terminal device, a relation of size between an amount of data to be sent of a first split bearer of the terminal device and a preset threshold of the first split bearer, wherein the amount of the data to be sent includes a total amount of data volume in a PDCP layer of the first split bearer and an amount of data in a first RLC layer that is configured by a network side on the first split bearer and that is used to transmit data by default. The method also includes determining according to the relation of size in a plurality of cell groups corresponding to the first split bearer, a target cell group used to process the data to be sent according to the relation of size. The method facilitates load balance between cell groups and data transmission flexibility.
US10939319B2
A method of and an application server and user equipment for providing at least one of chat and Voice over Internet Protocol, chat/VoIP, services to the mobile user equipment in a mobile telecommunications network. The mobile user equipment comprises a chat/VoIP client for accessing a chat/VoIP service application interfacing the mobile telecommunications network. The chat/VoIP service application interfaces a plurality of proprietary chat/VoIP clients for accessing a plurality of proprietary chat/VoIP communication environments operated by a plurality of chat/VoIP service providers, for providing chat/VoIP services to the chat/VoIP client of the mobile user equipment. The chat/VoIP client and the chat/VoIP service application may be arranged such that privileged use of the mobile telecommunications network is enabled, providing a session between the user equipment and a communication environment with a predetermined or agreed Quality of Service.
US10939317B2
Embodiments of this application relate to the field of communications technologies and disclose a communication method and a device. The method includes: obtaining, by an apparatus, signal quality of at least one beam in a cell; and determining, by the apparatus, the highest signal quality of a beam in the at least one beam as signal quality of the cell in a case that the highest signal quality of the at least one beam below a preset threshold.
US10939316B2
Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to perform measurements for measurement objects (MOs) in a New Radio (NR) system is disclosed. The UE can identify an MO configured by an NR network in the NR system, wherein the MO is associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB) of a frequency. The UE can measure the MO associated with the SSB for the frequency. The UE can encode a measurement report for transmission to the NR network, wherein the measurement report includes one or more measurements associated with the MO.
US10939309B2
The present application discloses an intent-driven radio access networking method, including: determining an intent, and performing a slice setting for a slice according to a type of the intent and network performance requirements indicated by the intent; determining an instantiation priority for each slice setting; performing performance evaluation for each existing slice within a network range indicated by the intent, and determining global configuration of each existing slice; after a new slice is added to the current network, configuring a networking mode and network multimode resources for the new slice according to the instantiation priority of the slice setting corresponding to the new slice.
US10939300B2
Embodiments of an Evolved Node-B (eNB), Local Controller (LC) device, and methods for allocation of shared spectrum for secondary usage are generally described herein. In some cases, primary usage of the shared spectrum may be prioritized over the secondary usage of the shared spectrum. The eNB may receive, from the LC device, a spectrum availability message that indicates an availability of the shared spectrum for the secondary usage. The eNB may transmit, to the LC device, spectrum sensing information that is based at least partly on one or more signal strength measurements for UEs connected to the eNB. The eNB may further transmit, to the LC device, a spectrum engagement message that indicates an intention of the eNB to use at least a portion of the shared spectrum for communication with the UEs.
US10939299B2
A method (300) for enabling self-coexistence of devices in a flexible wireless system (200) that includes first and second wireless networks sharing a frequency band. The method includes discovering a second device operable in the second wireless network that overlaps with the first wireless network (S310); reporting the discovered second device to a first device operable in the first wireless network (S320); determining if an adjustment is needed between a first beacon period of the first device and a second beacon period of the second device (S330); and adjusting a first beacon period start time (BPST) of the first device with a second BPST of the second device (S370) if the adjustment is needed.
US10939298B2
Example implementations relate to application access based on a network. For example, a computing device may include a processor. The processor may detect that the computing device is connected to a particular network and may identify an identifier associated with the particular network. The processor may access settings indicating a subset of applications associated with the identifier of the particular network, where the subset of applications is part of a set of applications available on the computing device. The processor may restrict access to the subset of applications based on the settings.
US10939297B1
A mobile communication device. The mobile communication device comprises a cellular radio transceiver, a radio modem communicatively comprising a radio modem processor, a radio modem non-transitory memory, and a security client application stored in the radio modem non-transitory memory. When executed by the radio modem processor, the security client application builds a device unlock request comprising an encrypted word, transmits the device unlock request via the cellular radio transceiver, receives a device unlock command via the cellular radio transceiver comprising a second encrypted word, decrypts the second encrypted word wherein the decryption of the second encrypted word comprises a digital signature, determines that the digital signature is valid, stores a device unlock state value in the radio modem non-volatile memory, and, configures a device unlocked policy into the radio modem, whereby the mobile communication device is configured to an international unlocked operation mode or a domestic unlocked operation mode.
US10939295B1
Provided is a process for mobile-initiated authentications to web services. Credential values of the user are established within a trusted execution environment of the mobile device and representations are transmitted to a server. The user of the mobile device may authenticate with the mobile device to the server, which may convey access to a web-based service from a relying device. The server may pass credentials corresponding to the web-service received from the mobile device and verified to permit user access to the web-service to the relying device. The relying device presents credentials to the web-service to login, authenticate, or otherwise obtain user-level permission for the user on the relying device. The user of the mobile device may authenticate with the mobile device to the server, and may initiate the authentication process from the mobile device, without inputting credentials corresponding to the web-service on the relying device.
US10939291B1
A combination of target images and control images are presented to a user device for selection by the user. Based on a correct selection of images that the user either recognizes or does not recognize, the user may be authenticated. Target images have some connection to a legitimate user in a way that a legitimate user may recognize the target image. Control images have no known connection to the legitimate user, such that they would not typically be recognized by the legitimate user. The legitimacy of a user may be determined based on images selected and/or not selected, depending on accompanying instructions for selection.
US10939285B2
The present disclosure relates to a notification method. In one example method, a first base station configures a first cell identity for a first cell. The first cell identity comprises a first identifier field and a second identifier field. A reserved bit in the second identifier field and the first identifier field identify the first base station. A remaining bit in the second identifier field identifies the first cell. The first base station notifies a second base station or a core network device of a part of the first cell identity that identifies the first base station.
US10939274B2
A system for wireless communication is provided. In some implementations, the system performs operations including transmitting a first packet to a second device, the first packet comprising a first identifier of the first device. The operations further include receiving a second packet from the second device, the second packet comprising a second identifier of the second device. The operations further include assigning, in response to the second packet, a network identifier and a network channel to the second device based on the second identifier. The operations further include storing the network identifier, the second identifier, and the network channel, in a database accessible by the first device. The operations further include transmitting a third packet to the second device. The operations further include transmitting a fourth packet to the second device, the fourth packet triggering a communication from the second device to the first device.
US10939273B1
This disclosure relates to notification systems and methods for providing a notification of detected vaping, smoking, or potential bullying to a user device that is estimated to be nearest to a particular location. In aspects of the present disclosure, a notification system includes at least one sensor configured to sense measurements indicative of at least one of vaping, potential bullying, or smoking, a wireless device passive monitor, a processor, and a memory having stored thereon instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the notification system to detect an occurrence of vaping, potential bullying, or smoking based on the sensed measurements, estimate which user device from a predetermined list of user devices is a nearest user device to the wireless device passive monitor, and provide a notification to the estimated nearest user device regarding the detected occurrence of vaping, potential bullying, or smoking.
US10939270B2
Various embodiments provide a method for transceiving a signal by a terminal and a base station in a wireless communication system and a device supporting same.
US10939266B2
System, method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing mobile device support services
A method is provided for providing mobile device support services. The method may include monitoring a mobile device status. The method may additionally include performing device diagnostics based at least in part on captured device status data to identify potential faults that may affect mobile device functionality. A corresponding system, apparatus, and computer program product are also provided.
US10939262B2
According to various embodiments, a system for vehicular application development is disclosed. The system includes a programmable on-board diagnostics (OBD)-connected dongle for providing computational and storage resources to a vehicle and hosting one or more applications in the vehicle. The dongle is configured to utilize one or more external devices, cloud servers, and add-on modules to provide additional resources for the applications and enable control of the applications. The dongle is implemented with a middleware that enables intended operations of the dongle.
US10939260B1
An apparatus is described herein related to an environmental monitoring system configured to avoid spoilage of goods by alerting a supervisor to hazardous conditions. The sensors monitor a plurality of parameters, of which relative humidity is of particular importance. The system offers multiple alternative ways of detecting airing events including time series anomaly discovery. The system also offers different ways of processing data related to airing events and of allowing a user to monitor either the presence or the absence of airing events.
US10939257B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus can be used to provide handover of on-hold sessions in converged networks. In various example implementations, an on-hold session between a mobile communication device and a fixed packet network-connected peer CPE can be handed over from a fixed packet domain to a cellular domain, and vice versa. In various example implementations, an on-hold session between a mobile communication device and a PSTN-connected peer CPE can be handed over from a fixed packet domain to a cellular domain, and vice versa.
US10939253B2
A plurality of terminal stations that share the same access point are controlled to have communication opportunities on the basis of terminal station groups (e.g., operators). A radio communication system, in which the plurality of terminal stations 102 to 106 is connected to a network via an access point 101, includes an access manager 107 connected to the access point. The access manager includes a user/group manager that manages the plurality of terminal stations in groups, and a radio resource manager that determines the necessity of bandwidth limit on the basis of the communication status of each of the groups and transmit from the access point a control message that allows communication of a particular group among the groups and stops communication of other groups when it is determined that the bandwidth limit is necessary.
US10939247B2
Location services may be provided for user equipment (UE) devices in a radio access network (RAN) such as a Fifth Generation (5G) RAN. Location services may be supported by separate positioning domains that may include a Device to Device domain, a RAN domain and a core network (CN) domain. The RAN domain may include a location server function (LSF) that may support positioning services autonomously within the RAN or in collaboration with a D2D or CN domain. The CN domain may include a location server (LS) that may support control plane and/or user plane location. The RAN domain may enable high volume and low latency location service whereas the CN domain may enable high accuracy service and services for external clients.
US10939238B1
A system estimates the speed of a moving vehicle and hence the driving behavior of an individual driving the vehicle using accelerometer data. To do so, the system analyzes received accelerometer data to find idling points when the vehicle is not moving during a driving session. Based on the idling points, the system may divide the driving session into two or more segments. The system may then determine the speed of the vehicle at one or more boundary points of each segment. For each segment, the system may analyze the accelerometer data to determine the acceleration of the vehicle for points when the vehicle is moving. Subsequently, the system may calculate the speed of the vehicle for the points when the vehicle is moving based on the acceleration of the vehicle at the points when the vehicle is moving and the speed of the vehicle at the boundary points.
US10939232B2
An apparatus for use by a mobile edge control element or function, the apparatus comprising at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to receive and process an event report indicating that location information of a communication element communicating in a communication network are provided, to check location related application information for determining whether or not a relationship of at least one application to a location corresponding to the location information indicated in the event report is present, to prepare, in case the check is affirmative, an application identification indication for indicating at least one location area where location information of the communication element is of relevance for a processing conducted by at least one application, and to ensure that the communication element is informed about the application identification indication.
US10939231B2
Methods and systems for determining a geofence has been crossed are provided. Exemplary methods include: configuring a plurality of services of a mobile operating system using respective application programming interfaces; receiving a wake up from the mobile operating system; getting a notification from a service of the plurality of services; confirming the geofence has been crossed; and notifying a backend that the geofence has been crossed.
US10939224B2
An information processing apparatus includes a data acquisition unit to acquire pieces of acoustic data based on sound collection performed by sound collection units at different positions, a setting unit configured to set a virtual sound source position corresponding to a piece of acquired acoustic data for each acquired piece, based on a sound collection position and correlation information indicating a correlation between the piece of acoustic data and another piece of acoustic data, the virtual sound source position set so an imbalance between virtual sound source positions respectively corresponding to the pieces of acoustic data is smaller than an imbalance between sound collection positions, and a generation unit configured to generate audio playback data for reproducing a sound for a virtual listening position, by processing piece(s) of acquired acoustic data based on the virtual listening position and the virtual sound source positions set by the setting unit.
US10939212B2
An acoustic transducer includes a controller configured to receive an input audio signal and to generate a first reference signal indicative of an envelope of the input audio signal. The controller is further configured to provide a stationary coil signal to a stationary coil of an acoustic transducer based on the first reference signal and to measure a current through the stationary coil after providing the stationary coil signal to the stationary coil. The controller is further configured to generate a first output indicative of the current through the stationary coil and to determine a magnetic flux in an air gap of magnetic material based on the first output. The controller is further configured to generate a voltage output for a moving coil that is inversely proportional to the magnetic flux in the air gap. The voltage output provides an undistorted output that corresponds to the input audio signal.
US10939207B2
In an example, a computing device includes a microphone array, a first antenna, a second antenna, and a processor. The microphone array includes a first microphone and a second microphone that collectively produce a beam to collect an audio sample from an audio source. The first antenna and the second antenna are positioned in proximity to the microphone array and collectively produce a field of microwave radiation. The processor tracks a position of the audio source relative to the computing device using microwave image processing and steers a direction of the beam in response to the position of the audio source.
US10939201B2
A method for sound source localization in a digital system having at least two audio capture devices is provided that includes receiving audio signals from the two audio capture devices, computing a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for each frequency band of a plurality of frequency bands in a processing frame of the audio signals, determining a frequency band weight for each frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands based on the SNR computed for the frequency band, computing an estimated time delay of arrival (TDOA) of sound for the processing frame using the frequency band weights, and converting the estimated TDOA to an angle representing sound direction.
US10939200B2
An apparatus is provided to improve audio processing. The apparatus includes a processor configured to execute a process based on an operating system (OS), and an audio signal processing part to support inputs of a first audio signal which is associated with the OS and a second audio signal which is inputted via a second input unit that is different from the first input unit. The audio signal processing part has a first processing mode and a second processing mode in which the audio signal processing part outputs an audio signal based only on the second audio signal. The apparatus also includes a setting part configured to set the audio signal processing part to the first processing mode when the process based on the OS is executed by the processor and to the second processing mode when the process based on the OS is at least partially limited.
US10939199B2
The present invention is invented for reproducing the sound more faithfully by newly adding elements related to resistance and friction when calculating a power change signal for driving a speaker. In the signal generated by a signal generator, a rise of the signal is sharp when moving from the static state. Consequently, a diaphragm of the speaker can start to move in accordance with the original sound reproduction method.
US10939193B1
Disclosed are an in-ear detection method for a wireless earphone and a wireless earphone. This method includes acquiring a position parameter sent by a position detection module; determining that the wireless earphone has left a charging box based on the position parameter; controlling an audio playback module to emit a detection acoustic wave; acquiring a detection signal and identifying acoustic parameters of the detection signal, the detection signal being generated from a reflected wave of the detection acoustic wave collected by an acoustic wave sensor; and determining whether the wireless earphone is worn in a user's ear based on the acoustic parameters.
US10939191B2
A device for radiating sound energy into the surroundings and receiving sound energy from the surroundings, where the device comprises a housing having a top portion, a side portion and a bottom portion wherein a loudspeaker unit is provided in the top portion configured to generate sound energy in the surroundings of the device and where the housing is further provided with a microphone having an inlet portion, where the microphone is configured to receive sound energy from a sound reception region that is in acoustic communication with said surroundings of the device, wherein the sound reception region is provided adjacent the bottom portion of the housing, such that the inlet portion of the microphone faces away from the top portion of the device. In an embodiment the sound reception region is partially bounded by an inclined surface portion at the outer circumferential edge portion of the bottom portion, where the inclined surface portion preferably forms an angle α less than 45 degrees with the bottom portion.
US10939187B1
Disclosed are various examples that relate to providing an alternative viewing experience for video content. A semantic graph corresponding to the content is generated. The semantic graph is traversed and the video content segments corresponding to a selected attribute within the semantic graph are played back in an ordering that can vary from a linear representation of the content.
