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US10029503B2	Thermal transfer sheet Provided is a thermal transfer sheet which has satisfactory printability and provides a printed matter having excellent boiling resistance.Disclosed is a thermal transfer sheet which is provided with a substrate, at least a transferable protective layer and a transferable color layer in this order on one side of the substrate, and is provided with a back face layer on the other side of the substrate, characterized in that the transferable protective layer contains a cyclic olefin-based polymer having a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or more as a main component and further contains an incompatible resin with the cyclic olefin-based polymer, and the transferable color layer contains a colorant and a phenolic resin having a softening point of 100° C. or more.
US10029502B2	Method of forming an image on a substrate A method of forming an image on a substrate by applying energy, involves a substrate in or on which there are at least two different colour-change agents, i.e. a first colour-change agent capable of giving rise to at least two different colours; and a second colour-change agent capable of giving rise to at least one different colour than achievable with the first colour change agent. A preferred embodiment of the invention is a multi-layer laminate comprising, in order, a layer comprising the first agent, a barrier layer, and a layer comprising the second agent.
US10029501B2	Identification method A method of identifying a component of a system, the component including an RFID tag, and the system including a reader to read a signal transmitted by the RFID tag, the method including: varying an angular position of the component relative to the reader, taking readings of the strength of the signal transmitted by the RFID tag at a plurality of angular positions of the component, storing signal strength values at the plurality of angular positions of the component, and comparing the stored signal strength values versus angular position of the component relative to the reader with expected signal strength values versus angular position of the component relative to the reader to identify whether the component is an expected component.
US10029499B2	Portable printer storage case A storage case 30 for a portable printer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a case body 31 configured to store a portable printer 1; a lower cover 32 configured to open and close so as to cover the lower part of the front surface in which the ejection port M, which a label is ejected after printed therefrom in the portable printer 1, is provided; an upper cover 33 configured to open and close the upper part of the front surface of the portable printer 1; and a printer holder 35 that holds the portable printer 1 in the storage case 30. The printer holder 35 includes a pair of protrusions that protrude partially to the front side of the portable printer 1.
US10029494B2	Printer The disclosure discloses a printer including an opening/closing lid, a first spring member, and a second spring member. The second spring member is separated from the opening/closing lid without applying an urging force in the closing direction to the time the opening/closing lid has pivoted from a closed state by a first predetermined angle and comes into contact with the opening/closing lid to apply the urging force when the opening/closing lid has pivoted from the closed state in the opening direction by the first predetermined angle. The opening/closing lid comprises a contacting part configured to be separated from a contacted part of the housing in the closed state, and to come into contact with the contacted part from the time the opening/closing lid has pivoted from the closed state by a second predetermined angle to the time the opening/closing lid has pivoted by a third predetermined angle.
US10029492B2	Printing device There is provided a printing device which can suppress a decrease in printing quality with respect to a following medium which is generated when performing a consecutive overlap-feeding operation of transporting a preceding medium and a following medium together to a printing start position of the following medium in a state where the preceding medium and the following medium partially overlap each other.
US10029489B2	Printing apparatus A printing apparatus includes a printing unit that prints an image on a sheet by using ink, a feed path along which the sheet is transported toward the printing unit, a switchback mechanism that, when two sides of the sheet are to be printed, switches back the sheet of which one of the two sides has been printed and sends the sheet to the feed path, and a correction roller pair capable of correcting skew of the sheet by having firm contact with the sheet transported along the feed path.
US10029486B2	Data generation method, computer-readable storage medium, and structure manufacturing method A first pattern P1 is formed with a first material for converting electromagnetic wave energy into heat energy, on a first surface BS of a print medium M including an expansion layer M2 that expands by heating. A second pattern P2 for expanding the expansion layer M2 to complement expansion of the expansion layer M2 by the first pattern P1 is formed with a second material for converting electromagnetic wave energy into heat energy, on a second surface FS which is an opposite surface of the print medium M to the first surface BS and is closer to the expansion layer M2 than the first surface BS. The first material forming the first pattern P1 is irradiated with electromagnetic waves from the first surface BS. The second material forming the second pattern P2 is irradiated with electromagnetic waves from the second surface FS.
US10029481B2	Porous body, method for producing the porous body, ink jet recording method, and ink jet recording apparatus A method for producing a porous body for use in an ink jet recording apparatus including an image forming unit configured to form a first image including a first liquid and a coloring material on an ink receiving medium, and a liquid absorbing member including the porous body that contacts with the first image to absorb part of the first liquid from the first image. The method includes laminating a first porous layer that contacts with the first image and includes a first resin, and a second and a third porous layer including a second and a third resin; and heating the laminated first to third porous layers, wherein the second porous layer has a void when viewed in a thickness direction, and softening temperatures T1 through T3 of the first to third resins and heating temperature T in heating the first to third porous layers satisfy T2
US10029460B2	Inkjet head and inkjet apparatus having the same An inkjet head includes a substrate having plural ink inlet holes arranged along a first direction and plural ink outlet holes arranged generally along the first direction such that adjacent ink outlet holes are offset along the first direction, a plurality of partitioning walls made of piezoelectric material that define pressure chambers therebetween, each of the partitioning walls disposed on the substrate and generally extending in a second direction that crosses the first direction between the ink inlet holes and the ink outlet holes, and a nozzle plate disposed on the partitioning walls and having a plurality of nozzles, each of the nozzles being arranged on one of the pressure chambers.
US10029449B2	Method for manufacturing one-sided thin polarizing plate The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a single-faced thin polarizing plate, including: supplying a process film to one surface of a polarizer having a thickness of 50 μm or less; supplying a protection film to the other surface of the polarizer; forming an adhesive layer by supplying an adhesive composition between the polarizer and the protection film; pressing a laminate of the process film/the polarizer/the protection film by disposing a pair of pressing units on a surface of each of the process film and the protection film; and stripping the process film, in which stripping force between the polarizer and the process film is 1.0 N or less.
US10029446B2	Flexible display device A flexible display device including a first flexible member including a bending part and a non-bending part, a window on a top surface or a bottom surface of the first flexible member, and a first adhesive member between the first flexible member and the window, and including a first adhesive part overlapping the bending part, a second adhesive part overlapping the non-bending part, a first adhesive material, and a plurality of first non-adhesive elastic materials dispersed in the first adhesive material, wherein at least one of the first non-adhesive elastic materials may be partially exposed on at least one of the top surface or the bottom surface of the first adhesive member.
US10029443B2	Glass fiber fabric-resin composition laminate Provided is a glass fiber fabric-resin composition laminate which is thinner than the conventional glass fiber fabric-resin composition laminates and has a strength equal to or higher than that of the conventional laminates. In the glass fiber fabric-resin composition laminate 1, one or more layers of first glass fiber fabrics 2 to 5 have a total thickness of 50 to 100% with respect to the overall thickness. The glass composition of the first glass fiber fabrics 2 to 5 is 57 to 70 mass % of SiO2, 18 to 30 mass % of Al2O3, 5 to 15 mass % of MgO, 0 to 12 mass % of CaO, 0 to 1 mass % of at least one of Li2O, Na2O, and K2O, 0 to 1 mass % of TiO2, and 0 to 1 mass % of B2O3.
US10029442B2	Systems and methods for formation and harvesting of nanofibrous materials A system that receives nanomaterials, forms nanofibrous materials therefrom, and collects these nanofibrous materials for subsequent applications. The system include a housing coupled to a synthesis chamber within which nanotubes are produced. A spindle may extend from within the housing, across the inlet, and into the chamber for collecting nanotubes and twisting them into a yarn. A body portion may be positioned at an intake end of the spindle. The body portion may include a pathway for imparting a twisting force onto the flow of nanotubes and guide them into the spindle for collection and twisting into the nanofibrous yarn. Methods and apparatuses for forming nanofibrous are also disclosed.
US10029440B2	Method and apparatus for fabricating three-dimensional object and recording medium A method is provided of fabricating a three-dimensional object by laminating layered fabrication objects. Each layered fabrication object includes bonded powder of a powder layer. The method includes forming a sacrificial fabrication object separable from the three-dimensional object via the powder below a fabrication area of a layered fabrication object having a lower surface in contact with the powder, in forming the lower surface in contact with the powder.
US10029435B2	Microwave press extraction apparatus A press apparatus comprising a microwave energy source, a resonator cavity to receive microwave energy from the microwave energy source and to resonate the microwave energy within the resonator cavity, the resonator cavity having a peripheral side, a top side and a bottom side, a food container for receiving food from which juice is extracted, the container adapted to be located within the resonator cavity for heating the food using the microwave energy, the food container having a peripheral side, a top side and a bottom side, a plunger to press the food inside the food container, a press mechanism located outside the resonator cavity and in force communication with the plunger for exerting mechanical pressure on the food inside the food container during the heating operation for extracting the juice; and a juice collector located outside the resonator cavity in fluid communication with the container for collecting the juice.
US10029432B2	Methods for making ophthalmic lenses with an axis positioning system Methods for making ophthalmic lenses are generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to plastic injection molded ophthalmic lens molds that are machined or lens buttons located on the injection molds that are machined. The machine process can include setting a lens axis of the ophthalmic lens and machining a ballast that is aligned to a major axis of a toric zone.
US10029426B2	Device for producing a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite component A device for the manufacture of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite module from a multiplicity of module components, which are continuously moved in the feed direction and are connected together section-by-section. The device includes a tool mold configured and arranged to be continuously traversed in the feed direction for purposes of positioning module components relative to one another. A pressure application head is configured and arranged to be traversed in the feed direction and in the counter-direction for purposes of connecting the module components. The pressure application head is configured and arranged to move at the same speed and in the same direction as the continuously moving tool mold, and then in an opposite direction, in order to connect to each section of the fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite during reciprocal movement.
US10029418B2	Living body tissue three-dimensional model and production method therefor An internal tissue including a lesion region in the human body is modeled as a three-dimensional model. By reconstructing thickness or flexibility of a lumen wall portion including the lesion region and making it possible to confirm a motion of the lumen wall or a flow of fluid in the inside of the lumen wall, a state of the lesion region in the lumen can be confirmed clearly by visual inspection or the like. As a result, the diagnosis in the lumen can be made easier.
US10029417B2	Articulating build platform for laser additive manufacturing An additive manufacturing apparatus (10) including: a container (12) configured to bound a bed of powdered metal material; a fluidization arrangement (18) configured to fluidize the bed of powered material; an articulation mechanism (40) disposed within the container and configured to support and to rotate a component (38) about at least one horizontal axis; and an energy beam (34) configured to selectively scan portions (36) of a surface of the bed of powdered metal material to melt or sinter the selectively scanned portions onto the component.
US10029412B2	Procedure for rivets, riveting tool, riveting machine and airbag component A method of riveting using a plastically deformable plastic rivet is provided. The method includes positioning the plastic rivet in front of the rivet on a component, of a motor vehicle, and deforming the rivet by a riveting die by applying a riveting force, such that a rivet holds the component wherein the rivet is with a rivet dynamometer and the riveting force is measured and a rivet is set with a predetermined breaking point.
US10029396B2	Seal carving apparatus and thermal carving machine Dot pattern perforations predetermined according to a type (kind and carving size) of a workpiece are formed in a part of a body of an attachment where the workpiece is to be set. A seal carving apparatus detects the dot pattern of the mounted attachment by means of photosensors to identify the type of the workpiece. This makes it possible to check consistency between type information on the workpiece input by a customer and type information identified from the dot pattern to prevent mismounting of the attachment or an erroneous carving operation.
US10029393B2	Screw elements with improved dispersing action and low energy input The present invention relates to new screw elements for multi-screw extruders with pairs of co-rotating and fully wiping screws.
US10029385B2	Workpiece holddown apparatus for a bandsaw A hold down mechanism for a bandsaw including an upstream wheel positioned upstream of the saw blade and a downstream wheel positioned downstream of the saw blade, each wheel being rotationally connected to a bogie which is in turn supported on a swing arm. The proximity of the upstream and downstream wheels to the saw blade as well as the degree of pivoting motion permitted by the bogie enable a hold down wheel to press the ends if sequential workpieces against a base as the ends pass the saw blade to assure a uniform thickness of the cut workpiece. An angled guide surface is provide upstream from the forward wheel to assist the forward wheel in elevating when a trailing workpiece is significantly thicker than the workpiece preceding.
US10029382B2	Cutting apparatus A cutting apparatus includes a platen receiving an object to be cut, a carriage with a cartridge holder to which a cutter cartridge is detachably attachable and a pressing unit located on the carriage or the cartridge holder and switchable between a fixing position and an open position. The cartridge holder is formed with an opening through which the cutter cartridge is inserted and has an abutted portion against which an abutment abuts and which is a receiving portion having a tapered surface contacting with at least a part of the abutment. The receiving portion includes a plurality of elastic portions and a blocking portion. The blocking portion controls a position of a casing of the cutter cartridge. The casing abuts against the blocking portion when the cutter cartridge is inserted through the opening and the cartridge holder and the pressing unit is switched to the fixing position.
US10029381B2	Device for controlling the sharpening state of a blade Device for controlling the sharpening state of a blade (2) having a cutting edge (20) delimited by two sides (21, 22) converging towards a plane (X) that contains the cutting edge itself. The device comprises two control surfaces each of which is in contact with a corresponding side (21, 22) of said cutting edge (20) and is connected with at least one transducer (R1, R2, R4), which produces an electrical displacement signal (S1, S2; S4) proportional to a displacement of the control surface with respect to said plane (X). Furthermore, the device comprises a processing unit (E) that receives said displacement signals (S1, S2, S4) and compares them, emitting an error signal if the comparison produces a value that exceeds a predetermined limit. The processing unit is connected to means (101, 102) for supporting and moving sharpening means (100).
US10029379B2	Pattern transformation Disclosed herein is a method for transforming cutting data for configuring a cutting machine for a cutting process. The method comprises a computing device: obtaining first cutting data that comprises patterns and an associated multiplicity of each pattern, wherein the multiplicity of a pattern is the number of times the pattern is repeatedly used in a cutting process; and transforming the first cutting data into second cutting data, wherein the number of patterns comprised by the second cutting data is less than the number of patterns comprised by the first cutting data; wherein each pattern comprises a plurality of items and the widths of the items in a pattern define knife positions of a cutting machine during a cutting process; and transforming the first cutting data into second cutting data comprises the steps of: determining a subset of patterns; searching for a new seed pattern, wherein the new seed pattern comprises items within the subset of patterns and the new seed pattern has a larger multiplicity than at least one of the patterns in the subset of patterns; searching, in response to finding a new seed pattern, for a plurality of further patterns comprising all of the items of the subset other than those used by the new seed pattern such that said new seed pattern and said further patterns consist of all of the items of the subset of patterns and the total number of patterns comprised by said new seed pattern and said further patterns is less than the total number of patterns in the subset of patterns; and generating second cutting data that comprises said new seed pattern and said further patterns as well as the patterns that were not included in the subset of patterns. Advantageously, applying the transformation according to embodiments reduces the number of patterns in the cutting data and thereby increases the efficiency of a cutting operation.
US10029376B2	Ergonomic cutting shears A pair of scissors has a first cutting blade with a thumb handle and a thumb ring and a second cutting blade with a finger ring. The second cutting blade is pivotally attached to the first cutting blade, and the first and second cutting blades pivot relative to one another within a first plane. The thumb ring is slidably attached to the first cutting blade by a shaft that moves freely but with a certain amount of friction along a longitudinal slot in the thumb handle of the first cutting blade when the scissors are in use. The longitudinal slot in the thumb handle is situated within a second plane that is perpendicular to the first plane.
US10029371B2	Robot A controller of a robot includes a storage that stores a main program, a point sequence containing statements arranged in sequence and containing kind information identifying control details to a work tool and coordinate information on a point on a work-piece, a point kind definition describing the control details identified by the kind information, and containing reference information to refer adjustment information for each work tool, and the adjustment information for each work tool prepared so as to correspond to the reference information, an executing unit executing the main program, and a referring unit referring the adjustment information based on the reference information when the point kind definition in the point sequence is inherited during the execution by the executing unit, and applying the adjustment information to the control details.
US10029365B2	Movable closed-chain linkage for robot arm of media element storage library Utilities (e.g., systems, apparatuses, methods) that reduce robotic assembly contention in media element storage libraries by rotating (e.g., flipping, swinging, etc.) a robot arm of a first robotic assembly mounted over a first of first and second spaced storage arrays in a storage library into a first position between the first storage array and a central reference plane disposed between and parallel to the first and second storage arrays to allow a robot arm of a second robotic assembly to slide or otherwise move past the robot arm of the first robotic assembly (e.g., in a direction along or parallel to an x-axis parallel to the first and second storage arrays), even when the robot arms of the first and second robotic assemblies are disposed at the same height (e.g., along a z-axis that is perpendicular to the x-axis) within the storage library.
US10029363B2	Dual arm robot A robot assembly for transporting a substrate is presented. The robot assembly having a first arm and a second arm supported by a column, the first arm further having a first limb, the first limb having a first set of revolute joint/line pairs configured to provide translation and rotation of the distal most link of the first limb in the horizontal plane. The assembly further having a second arm further having a second limb, the second limb comprising a second set of revolute joint/link pairs configured to provide translation and rotation of a distalmost link of the second limb in the horizontal plane. The first limb and second limb further having proximal revolute joints having a common vertical axis of rotation and a proximal inner joint housed in a common housing. The assembly further having an actuator assembly coupled to the first set of revolute joint/link pairs and to the second set of revolute joint/link pairs to effect rotation and translation of the distalmost links of the first limb and the second limb, each of the first limb and the second limb defining, in conjunction with the actuator assembly, at least three degrees of freedom per limb, whereby the distalmost links of the first limb and the second limb are independently horizontally translatable for extension and retraction.
US10029362B2	Welding wood creeper recliner The welding Wood Creeper Recliner is designed for the welding field, focusing on the overhead welding. This creeper comprise on the frame, the back-receiving and the sitting part which are made of wood allowing the use of the electric equipment without the risk of electrocution as would be with metal material. The frame it is the base of the creeper, the seating-part it is mounted on top of the frame which it is elevated to prevent the user to slide forward and the back-receiving has a reclining mechanic system designed to lounge to seven position depending on height of the project. Additionally this wood creeper has a four caster wheels allowing the user to move without stopping the welding procedure.
US10029358B2	Hydraulic hammer with clearance control system A clearance control system for a hydraulic hammer is disclosed. The hydraulic hammer includes a housing member, a power cell disposed within the housing member, a wear member disposed between the housing member and the power cell, and a clearance control system for controlling the predefined clearance between the wear member and the power cell. The clearance control system includes a mounting boss and a fastening member disposed on the mounting boss. A first end of the fastening member is configured to receive an input from an operator and the second end is configured to contact with the first surface of the wear member. The fastening member is configured to move along a central axis defined by a threaded hole of the mounting boss to move the wear member towards the power cell, to control the predefined clearance between the wear member and the power cell.
US10029357B2	Press tool with bistable tension mechanism The invention relates to a press tool for connection of a pipe and a fitting, in particular for inseparable connection, with two pivoting elements, with two actuating sections formed on the pivoting elements, with two pressing sections formed on the pivoting elements, with two carrier elements assigned to the pivoting elements, and with a bistable tension mechanism, wherein each of the pivoting elements is mounted so that it can pivot about an assigned axis of rotation, wherein the carrier elements hold the axes of rotation, wherein the inner contours of the opposing pressing sections form a receiving area and wherein the receiving area formed by the inner contours in a first closed position of the pivoting elements is narrower than in a second open position of the pivoting elements.
US10029355B2	Driver bits adapted for both wrenches and bit screwdrivers A driver bit for applying torque to a fastener with both wrenches and bit screwdrivers comprising: a) a drive portion comprising: i) a hexagonal shank portion, and ii) a holder portion comprising a collar or a groove that is capable of accommodating a C-clip; and b) a working head portion.
US10029351B2	Clamping tool A clamping tool of the type including a C-shaped body and a drive screw with a threaded portion in mechanical communication with a threaded receiver in one end of the C-shaped body and including at least two threaded receivers in one end of the C-shaped body, each adapted to separately and independently receive and support the threaded portion of the drive screw. A backstop may be included with a backstop pin extending from a surface of the backstop and at least two non-collinear backstop bushings in a second end of the C-shaped body. The at least two non-collinear backstop bushings may each be adapted to receive and support the backstop pin of the backstop, thereby providing more than one position of the backstop on the C-shaped body.
US10029350B2	Methods of forming polycrystalline compacts and earth-boring tools including polycrystalline compacts Methods of forming polycrystalline compacts include subjecting a plurality of grains of hard material interspersed with a catalyst material to high-temperature and high-pressure conditions to form a polycrystalline material having intergranular bonds and interstitial spaces between adjacent grains of the hard material. The catalyst material is disposed in at least some of the interstitial spaces in the polycrystalline material. The methods further comprise substantially removing the catalyst material from the interstitial spaces in at least a portion of the polycrystalline material to form an at least partially leached polycrystalline compact; and removing a portion of the polycrystalline material from which the catalyst material has been substantially removed from the at least partially leached polycrystalline compact. The polycrystalline cutting elements may be secured to a bit body of an earth-boring tool.
US10029349B2	Retaining body for flexible grinding means, grinding system and grinding tool A retaining body for a grinding structure, in particular a grinding wheel, includes a fixing layer with a fixing surface. The fixing surface has a fixing structure configured to fix a flexible grinding structure, and includes a support body with a support surface. The support surface supports a fixing layer retaining surface that lies opposite the fixing surface, and is connected to the retaining surface. The support body is air- and dust-permeable, and includes an air- and dust-permeable material. The fixing layer is configured such that the fixing surface is substantially air- and dust-permeable in a direction that runs substantially perpendicular to the fixing surface, and such that an air flow can pass from the fixing surface through the fixing layer in a substantially perpendicular manner relative to the fixing surface.
US10029342B2	Inner-supporting-type online roundness correcting device for semifinished wheel The present invention provides an improved inner-supporting-type online roundness correcting device for a semifinished wheel, which comprises a machine frame, hydraulic cylinders, guide rails, servo motors and correcting wheels. When a bulge of the wheel is met, angles of left correcting wheels II are adjusted through a left servo motor, the left correcting wheels II are kept to be in contact with an inner rim of the wheel all the time and remain stationary in the position, and then, a left hydraulic cylinder enables a left correcting wheel Ito press the bulge of the wheel, so as to recover the roundness of the bulge; and when a depression of the wheel is met, right correcting wheels I are kept to be in contact with an outer rim of the wheel all the time and remain stationary in the position through a right hydraulic cylinder, the angle of a right correcting wheel II is adjusted through a right servo motor, and compressing hydraulic cylinders enable the right correcting wheel II to press the depression of the wheel, so as to recover the roundness of the depression.
US10029341B2	Floor surfacing machine The present invention relates to a floor surfacing machine comprising a frame that is carried by a first wheel and a second wheel. The floor surfacing machine further comprises a first motor, a handle arrangement, at least one planetary head that is rotatably mounted to the frame and at least one satellite surfacing head that is rotatably mounted to the planetary head, where the first motor is arranged to propel the planetary head. The floor surfacing machine comprises a first control unit, and a remote control panel which in turn comprises a second control unit) that is arranged to communicate with the first control unit. The floor surfacing machine also comprises a second motor that is arranged to propel the satellite surfacing heads such that the planetary head and the satellite surfacing heads are independently operable.
US10029340B2	Machine tool In a machine tool in which a spindle head is driven by a spindle head drive motor via a ball screw/nut mechanism, tools of different weights are each installed in the spindle head beforehand, a load torque applied to the spindle head drive motor is obtained, and relational data between the tool weight and the load torque is stored. When each tool is installed in the spindle head, the weight of the tool is estimated from, the load torque detected by a load torque detection unit while the spindle head is stopped, and the relational data between the tool weight and load torque.
US10029338B2	Machine and cell for the assembly of valve seats and guides The machine comprises: a first station (4) for loading and unloading said cylinder head (9) and for loading said guides (13) and seats (12) in an upper mask (11) and a lower mask (10), respectively; a second pressing station (5) for the assembly and pressing of said guides (13) and seats (12) in the cylinder head (9); a rotating table (6) that comprises a first support tool (8) and a second support tool (8′), the first and second tools are configured to support a cylinder head (9) and the aforementioned table is configured to rotate so that the first tool (8) and the second tool (8′) are arranged alternatively and simultaneously at the first station (4) and at the second station (5); a first manipulator (7) configured to place said guides (13) and said seats (12) in the upper mask (11) and in the lower mask (10), respectively, at the first station (4); at least one pressing head (21) configured to snap the seats (12) and guides (13) on to the cylinder head (9) at the second station (5).
US10029332B2	Spot heater and device for cleaning wafer using the same A spot heater and a device for cleaning a wafer using the same are provided. The wafer cleaning device includes a heater chuck on which a wafer is mounted, the heater chuck configured to heat a bottom surface of the wafer; a chemical liquid nozzle configured to spray a chemical liquid on a top surface of the wafer for etching; and a spot heater configured to heat a spot of the top surface of the wafer.
US10029325B2	Methods and systems for electrochemical machining of an additively manufactured component A system of manufacturing a component comprises forming a component on a conductive build plate. The component defines at least one access port and includes an inner surface that defines at least one internal passage. The system further includes forming at least one electrode within the at least one internal passage, wherein the at least one electrode is electrically isolated from the component. An electromotive force is applied to the at least one electrode to facilitate smoothing the inner surface.
US10029323B2	Adjustable work table Adjustable work tables and their methods of use are described. A work table tilt-adjustment system includes a tool-free locking mechanism movable between a locking configuration and an unlocked configuration to selectively permit adjustment of the tilt angle of the work table.
US10029321B1	Repetitive rotary broaching A broaching tool is held during the conduct of repetitive duplicate rotary broaching operations on serially presented workpieces. The broaching tool is engaged serially with each workpiece for rotation with the engaged workpiece during a corresponding rotary broaching operation. Each workpiece has a given configuration and the broaching tool has a prescribed configuration placed at an initial orientation for establishing a broached configuration placed at a same predetermined orientation relative to the given configuration of each workpiece. Upon completion of a rotary broaching operation on a workpiece, the broaching tool is returned to the initial orientation of the prescribed configuration in preparation for a duplicate rotary broaching operation on a subsequent serially presented workpiece.
US10029312B2	Coupling for a cooling system in a cutting tool and a blade A coupling and a blade for a cooling system in a cutting tool includes a first member including a shank having a first end and a second end. The first end of the shank defines a first end of the first member, and a head of the first member disposed at the second end of the shank and a top of the head of the first member defines a second end of the first member. The head of the first member is frustoconical and the first member includes a longitudinal passage in the shank. A radial opening in the head of the first member is in fluid communication with the longitudinal passage.
US10029310B2	Power transfer device, orbital pipe cutting device and hydraulic chucking device Disclosed are a power transfer device for transferring external power to a rotary body, a pipe cutting device using the power transfer device and a hydraulic chucking device using the power transfer device. The power transfer device is configured to transfer external power to a rotary body coupled to one side of a main body. The power transfer device includes at least one double-action interlocking cylinder mounted to a rear surface of the rotary body and provided with a rod protruding toward the main body, a push unit installed in the main body and provided with at least one pusher protruding toward the rotary body, and a bearing disposed between the pusher of the push unit and the rod of the interlocking cylinder and configured to allow relative rotation of the pusher and the rod and to transfer power between the pusher and the rod.
US10029308B2	Three dimensional printer A lamination molding apparatus which can remove the non-sintered material powder after completion of lamination molding easily and with less time after completion of laminating/molding, is provided. According to embodiments of the present invention, a lamination molding apparatus to conduct lamination molding using a material powder, including: a chamber filled with an inert gas having a predetermined concentration; a molding table provided in the chamber, the molding table being capable of moving vertically; a powder retaining wall surrounding the molding table so as to retain the material powder supplied on the molding table; and a powder discharging section provided on or below the powder retaining wall, the powder discharging section being capable of discharging the material powder, is provided.
US10029304B2	Rapid discharge heating and forming of metallic glasses using separate heating and forming feedstock chambers The present disclosure is directed to a method of physically separating and electrically isolating the chamber where the ohmic heating of the feedstock occurs by delivering current through the electrodes (heating barrel), from the chamber where the feedstock deformation and flow through the runner takes place by the motion of the plungers (forming barrel). The method also includes transferring the feedstock from the heating barrel to the forming barrel between the heating and the forming processes at a high enough rate such that negligible cooling and no substantial crystallization of the feedstock occurs during the transfer.
US10029295B2	System and method for forming metal container with embossing A system for formation of embossed indicia on the end wall of a metal food can. The system include a first die portion and second die portion opposing the first die portion. The system includes a first fastener coupled to the first die portion. The first fastener including an outer surface and a raised profile extending from the outer surface corresponding to the embossed indicia to be formed on the wall of the metal food can. The system includes a second fastener coupled to the second die portion. The second fastener includes a head portion including an inner surface and a recess formed in the head portion defined by the inner surface of the head portion. The system includes a pad of polymeric material positioned within the recess and coupled to the inner surface of the head portion.
US10029288B1	Manually operated bearing cleaning apparatus A simple but effective manually operated bearing cleaning apparatus comprises a container adapted to receive a solvent. One or more brushes mounted on the inner sidewall of the container have bristles oriented generally toward a centerline of the container, while leaving a central opening enabling a bearing to pass therethrough. A telescoping sleeve including a lower sleeve with a lower end, and an upper sleeve with an upper end is configured to receive a bearing to be cleaned between upper and lower retainers on the upper sleeve. A coupling is provided between the lower end of the lower sleeve and the inner bottom surface of the container, whereby a user moves the upper sleeve in an up-and-down motion, forcing the bearing through the central opening of the bristles, thereby cleaning the bearing in the solvent.
US10029287B2	Cleaning device for microwave oven Provided are cleaning devices adapted for a microwave oven. A head cap of the cleaning device includes multiple through holes, and thus steam generated by heating a cleaning liquid can flow out of the through holes in a faster and more concentrated mode. Using the cleaning device of this disclosure, the cleaning operation for the microwave oven is more convenient, and safety hazard such as explosion or splashing is also prevented as well.
US10029266B2	Foam dispensing gun A foam spray gun is illustrated in which a third hose is attached to the gun for the application of either a liquid or a gas.
US10029265B2	Reversing mechanism for irrigation sprinkler with disengaging gears An irrigation sprinkler can include a reversing mechanism configured to transition the nozzle turret of the irrigation sprinkler between a forward direction of rotation and a reverse direction of rotation. The reversing mechanism can include shifting frame having an input gear and at least one output gear. The at least one output gear can be mounted on an axle of rotation which permits lateral movement of the at least one output gear between a power transmitting position, wherein rotational power from a gear reduction is transferred to the nozzle turret, and a disengaged position wherein rotational power from the gear reduction is not transferred to the nozzle turret.
US10029263B2	Method and apparatus for sorting particles A method and apparatus for sorting particles moving through a closed channel system of capillary size comprises a bubble valve for selectively generating a pressure pulse to separate a particle having a predetermined characteristic from a stream of particles. The particle sorting system may further include a buffer for absorbing the pressure pulse. The particle sorting system may include a plurality of closely coupled sorting modules which are combined to further increase the sorting rate. The particle sorting system may comprise a multi-stage sorting device for serially sorting streams of particles, in order to decrease the error rate.
US10029260B2	Centrifuge tube holding assembly A centrifuge tube holding assembly includes a body having a front side, a back side, a top edge, a bottom edge, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. The top edge has a plurality of apertures extending downwardly therein and each of the apertures may be used for removably receiving an ultracentrifuge tube. The front wall has an opening therein for viewing an open space positioned below the top edge. A panel is positioned over the opening. The panel is transparent to allow viewing through the panel.The panel has measurement indicia thereon configured to be positioned to be alignable with the ultracentrifuge tube.
US10029252B2	Test elements for detecting at least one analyte in a body fluid, as well as methods of manufacturing the same Test elements are disclosed for detecting at least one analyte in a body fluid, where the test elements include a housing having at least one base element and at least one cover element. The test elements also include at least one fluid channel formed within the housing, where the fluid channel includes a capillary region and a measurement region. The capillary region and the measurement region have differing aspect ratios. The cover element includes at least one test field having at least one test chemical, where the test chemical is adapted to change at least one optically measurable property in the presence of the analyte. In addition, the cover element is mounted to the base element via at least one adhesive that contacts the test field.
US10029250B2	Ejection mechanism for pipette tips The invention pertains to a handheld pipette (11) with a handle (13), an interconnecting part (15) to attach a pipette tip and an ejection mechanism to remove the pipette tip from the interconnecting part (15). The ejection mechanism has a movable slider (43) relative to the interconnecting part (15) in the area of the interconnecting part (15 that is designed to slide the pipette tip from the interconnection part (15) when operating the ejection mechanism. The pipette (11) furthermore possesses a first and a second operating element (45, 47) accessible from the outside to operate the ejection mechanism, whereby the first operating element (45) is arranged in the area of the handle (13) and is operable by hand, and where the second operating element (47) is intended to be operated by an external device (71).
US10029234B2	Compounded surface treated carboxyalkylated starch polycrylate composites A dual-surface treated composite superabsorbent particle comprising a polycarboxylate polymer (e.g., saponified polyacrylamide) and a carboxylated starch polymer is disclosed. The surface of the particle is cross linked through esterification with a C2-C4 polyol exemplified with glycerol. In addition, the surface region is crosslinked through ionic bonds with a trivalent metal ion exemplified with aluminum. In a critical method of making, the acidification of the surface with the polyol occurs prior to treatment with the trivalent metal ion, which results is a hybrid particle that can include up to about 40% of carboxymethyl starch yet exhibit a FSC of at least 47 g/g, a CRC of at least 27 g/g, an AUL of at least 18 g/g under a load of 0.7 psi, and a SFR of at least 180 ml/min. Also disclosed is a method of making that includes a surface esterification prior to aluminum treatment.
US10029232B2	Adsorbent composition, adsorbent-containing film and method for producing same The purpose of the present invention is to provide an adsorbent composition which can be easily formed into a film by inflation molding at relatively low temperatures even if zeolite is contained therein, and which is not susceptible to the formation of a pin hole. An adsorbent composition which is a resin composition containing a resin, zeolite and a metal soap, and wherein the metal soap contains a long-chain fatty acid calcium, which is a divalent salt of calcium and a long-chain fatty acid having 5-30 carbon atoms, and a long-chain fatty acid zinc, which is a divalent salt of zinc and a long-chain fatty acid having 5-30 carbon atoms.
US10029229B2	Adjustable chromophore compounds and materials incorporating such compounds The present invention is directed to adjustable chromophore compounds and materials (e.g., ophthalmic lens materials) incorporating those compounds. The adjustable chromophore compounds include a chemical moiety that structurally changes upon exposure to predetermined electromagnetic radiation (e.g., two photon radiation) as well as lens materials, particularly intraocular lens materials that incorporate those compounds.
US10029224B2	Process for reforming hydrocarbons The invention relates to the production of synthesis gas by means of particularly a series arrangement of heat exchange reforming and autothermal reforming stages, in which the heat required for the reforming reactions in the heat exchange reforming stage is provided by hot effluent synthesis gas from the autothermal reforming stage. More particularly, the invention relates to optimisation of the operation and control of an arrangement of heat exchange reforming and autothermal reforming stages and introduction of an additional waste heat boiler.
US10029220B2	Fluid path set with turbulent mixing chamber, back flow compensator A fluid path set includes a first fluid line having a proximal end fluidly connectable to a source of a first fluid and a second fluid line having a proximal end fluidly connectable to a source of a second fluid. A flow mixing device is in fluid communication with distal ends of the first and second fluid lines. The flow mixing device includes a housing, a first fluid port provided for receiving the first fluid, and a second fluid port for receiving the second fluid. A mixing chamber is disposed within the housing and is in fluid communication with the first and second fluid ports. A third fluid port in fluid communication with the mixing chamber for discharging a mixed solution of the first and second fluids. A turbulent flow inducing member is disposed within the mixing chamber for promoting turbulent mixing of the first and second fluids.
US10029214B2	Ceramic hollow fibre membranes with improved mechanical properties A method for the manufacture of ceramic hollow fiber membranes in a spinning process by using a spinning mass, comprising the steps: providing a spinning mass formulation; providing a secondary phase; adding the secondary phase to the spinning mass formulation; manufacturing the ceramic hollow fiber membranes in a spinning process.
US10029212B2	Hollow-fiber membrane element and membrane module for forward osmosis A hollow-fiber membrane element for forward osmosis which is a both open-ended hollow-fiber membrane element in which both ends of a wound hollow-fiber membrane body are opened, the wound hollow-fiber membrane body having hollow-fiber membranes arranged in an intersecting manner by winding the hollow-fiber membranes around a porous distribution pipe in a helical manner, wherein a) the number of winds per element length in a region from the outermost layer of the wound hollow-fiber membrane body to at least one eighth of the thickness of the wound hollow-fiber membrane body is 0.33 to 1.75, and b) the number of winds per element length in a region from the innermost layer of the wound hollow-fiber membrane body to at least one fourth of the thickness of the wound hollow-fiber membrane body is greater than 1.75.
US10029211B2	Method for the regeneration of a membrane wall in a distillation device A process for the regeneration of a membrane wall in a distillation apparatus, wherein a distillation apparatus having one or more evaporation and condensation stages is provided, each evaporation and condensation stage having at least one flow channel conducting a liquid, said flow channel being at least partially confined by a vapor-permeable and liquid-impermeable membrane wall, wherein vapor emerging from the liquid passes through the membrane wall. The liquid is removed from the at least one flow channel, wherein, after the removal of the liquid, the membrane wall is surrounded on both sides by a gas atmosphere, but is still wetted with liquid, and this liquid is removed by adjusting the gas atmosphere surrounding the membrane wall such that the partial pressure of the liquid in the gas atmosphere is lower than the vapor pressure of the liquid wetting the membrane wall.
US10029207B2	Composite gas separation membrane The present invention relates to a gas separation membrane for separating a target gas species from a mixture of gas species, the membrane comprising: (i) a porous substrate having a first and second surface region between which the mixture of gas species will flow; (ii) a sealing polymer layer of different composition to the porous substrate that (a) forms a continuous coating across the second surface region of the substrate, and (b) is permeable to the mixture of gas species; and (iii) a selective polymer layer in the form of a cross linked macromolecular film that (a) is located on and covalently coupled to the sealing polymer layer, and (b) has a higher permeability to the target gas species relative to other gas species present in the mixture of gas species that is to be subjected to separation.
US10029205B2	Two stage adsorbent and process cycle for fluid separations In various aspects, apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for performing two stage separation of CO2 from a gaseous stream. The first stage adsorbent can be comprised of a plurality of cylindrical or substantially cylindrical rings. The first stage adsorbent can be comprised of a metal organic framework. The second stage adsorbent can be subject to a displacement desorption process. The second stage adsorbent can be comprised of a support and a metal compound selected from the group consisting of alkali or alkaline earth. The first and second stage adsorbent can be arranged concentrically for space and efficiency considerations.
US10029203B2	Separation apparatus for a gas component from spent drilling mud A method of using a separation apparatus, the separation apparatus including a fluid chamber and an inlet to the fluid chamber for receiving a gas component of spent drilling mud. The separation apparatus can also include an outlet for directing a purified gas out of the fluid chamber and a splash plate disposed in the fluid chamber adjacent to the inlet to force the gas component of the spent drilling mud downward in the fluid chamber. Furthermore, the separation apparatus includes at least one separation plate having a plurality of holes disposed therein positioned between the splash plate and the outlet to separate the purified gas from the gas component of the spent drilling mud.
US10029200B2	Plugged honeycomb structure There is disclosed a plugged honeycomb structure. A plugged honeycomb structure includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having porous partition walls defining a plurality of cells which become through channels for a fluid and extend from a first end face to a second end face, and plugging portions disposed in open ends of predetermined cells in the first end face and open ends of residual cells in the second end face, and the partition walls are constituted of a porous body including α-Al2O3 as a main phase and further including cordierite and Y2Si2O7.
US10029192B2	Filter and methods of manufacturing the same A filter is configured to be used in a variety of different devices to filter particulate matter from a fluid (e.g., air or water), such as residential or commercial air filtration systems, automobile filtration systems, and water filtration systems. In one embodiment, the filter includes a filter medium and a support member. At least one inwardly deflected portion of the support member engages at least one portion of the filter medium to couple the support member to the filter medium. In one embodiment, the deflected portion of the support member may be deflected inward at an angle between approximately 90 degrees and approximately 180 degrees. The filter medium may be any suitable filtration material, such as fiberglass, paper, or vegetable fibers (e.g., cotton). The support member may be constructed of expanded metal, wire mesh, or a flat plate.
US10029174B2	Dice rolling system A dice rolling system includes an electronic gaming unit that may be manipulated to play electronic games. A pair of dice is provided and each of the pair of dice may be tossed during game play. A dice unit is provided and the dice unit may be positioned on a support surface. The dice unit is electrically coupled to the electronic gaming unit. Each of the dice is tossed onto the dice unit. The dice unit includes an optical reader and the optical reader reads indicia on the dice when the dice are tossed onto the dice unit. Thus, the optical reader may determine a number rolled with the pair of dice. The dice unit communicates the number to the electronic gaming unit. Thus, the number may be incorporated into a game played on the electronic gaming unit.
US10029173B2	Training system and training method A training system is equipped with a first detection unit that detects a motion of a mobile body that moves within a predetermined region, and a command unit that issues a motion command for the mobile body based on the motion of the mobile body. A user operates the mobile body in accordance with the motion command of the command unit. An accessible region and an inaccessible region are set in the predetermined region. Besides, the training system is equipped with a second detection unit that detects a distance between the mobile body and the inaccessible region, and a warning unit that issues a warning when the distance detected by the second detection unit is equal to or shorter than a first predetermined value.
US10029169B2	Billiard chalking assembly A billiard chalking assembly for applying billiard chalk to a billiard cue includes bracelet that is worn around a wrist. A ball is provided and a billiard chalk is positioned in the ball. The ball is removably coupled to the bracelet thereby facilitating the billiard chalk to be accessible to a wearer of the bracelet. The ball is manipulated to facilitating the billiard chalk to chalk a billiard cue.
US10029167B2	Line marking apparatus, system and method A line marking apparatus, for use in a system that includes a source of a narrow beam of radiation which extends substantially horizontally along or parallel to a line to be marked, includes a wheeled chassis and a line marking head for dispensing line marking material. The marking head is supported on the chassis for lateral movement relative thereto, which movement is controlled by a controller that includes a detector which is movable with the marking head and is positioned and directed to detect such a beam of radiation, the marking head being movable together with the detector in response to a detected beam. Lateral movement of the marking head is thereby controlled such that the head and the detector substantially follow the line to be marked irrespective of whether the chassis deviates from the line direction.
US10029165B2	Splitboard joining device Some embodiments disclosed herein provide an apparatus for joining two skis to form a splitboard. The apparatus can comprise a first attachment portion configured to attach to a first ski and a second attachment portion configured to attach to a second ski. The first attachment portion and the second attachment portion can be configured to engage to prevent splitboard skis from moving up and down relative to each other, from moving apart in a direction perpendicular to a seam of the splitboard, from sliding relative to each other in a direction parallel to the seam, and from rotating about the seam of the splitboard.
US10029160B2	Golf club heads Putters include a putter body having a ball striking face member made of a material having a first hardness characteristic. A cavity is defined in the putter body behind the ball striking face member, and plural openings are defined in the ball striking face member extending rearward with respect to the ball striking face member and into the cavity. A polymeric material at least partially fills the openings and the cavity, wherein the polymeric material has a second hardness characteristic that is softer than the first hardness characteristic. The ball striking face member and the polymeric material exposed in at least some of the openings provide a ball striking surface of the putter. The ball striking surface may include grooves or scorelines to affect the launch angle, spin, and/or roll of the ball during a putt. Methods for making such putter devices also are described.
US10029158B2	Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a face portion, a body portion with a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a back portion, and a front portion. The golf club head may include an interior cavity that is at least partially filled with a polymer material from at least one port connected to the interior cavity. The golf club head may include at least one weight portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10029145B2	Exercise device with a trampoline surface and a rigid surface A portable stepping device includes at least one spacer and an open platform defining an opening and connected to a first side of the at least one spacer. A trampoline mat is suspended in the opening, and a first foot connected to the open platform. The portable stepping device also includes a closed platform connected to a second side of the at least one spacer, and a second foot connected to the closed platform.
US10029124B2	Multiple beamline position isocenterless positively charged particle cancer therapy apparatus and method of use thereof The invention comprises a method and apparatus for treating a tumor with protons using multiple beamline positions not having an isocenter, including the steps of: (1) delivering the protons from a synchrotron along a redirectable beam transport path to yield a plurality of incident vectors, each of the plurality of incident vectors directed toward the treatment room and (2) redirecting the protons traveling along each of the plurality of incident vectors, with an output nozzle, to the tumor, where a first vector, of the plurality of incident vectors, comprises a first direction intersecting the tumor and where a second vector, of the plurality of incident vectors, comprises a second direction passing by the tumor without entering the tumor. The step of redirecting directs the protons traveling along the first and second incident vectors, respectively, to a first and second path intersecting a front and the back of the tumor.
US10029123B2	Radiotherapy apparatus A radiotherapy apparatus includes a rotatable drum on which is mounted a gantry arm carrying a radiation source. The arm extending from the drum to a location of the radiation source is offset from the axis of rotation of the drum and oriented towards the axis. The radiotherapy apparatus further includes a mechanism configured to apply a tilt to the arm at one or more rotational orientations of the drum. The rotatable drum is supported on wheels beneath the drum, and the mechanism is an eccentric mechanism within the wheels and is configured to apply the tilt to the arm via the wheels.
US10029117B2	Systems and methods for interior energy-activation from an exterior source A method and a system for producing a change in a medium. The method places in a vicinity of the medium at least one energy modulation agent. The method applies an initiation energy to the medium. The initiation energy interacts with the energy modulation agent to directly or indirectly produce the change in the medium. The system includes an initiation energy source configured to apply an initiation energy to the medium to activate the energy modulation agent.
US10029116B2	Method for the treatment of acne This application is directed to a method of treating a patient with acne by applying a photodynamic agent to skin having acne lesions, waiting at least 12 hours, and then exposing the skin to which the photodynamic agent has been applied to light that causes an activation reaction.
US10029110B2	Wearable defibrillator with audio input/output A wearable device and method of monitoring the condition of a patient. The wearable device includes at least one sensor and at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one sensor. The wearable device also includes an operator interface device operatively connected to the at least one processor. The at least one processor causes the device to allow for customization of at least one output message to be delivered via the operator interface device.
US10029109B2	Defibrillator Several defibrillators, defibrillator architectures, defibrillator components and methods of operating defibrillators are described. In one aspect, a defibrillator (as for example an automated external defibrillator) that can be powered by a mobile communication device such as a smart cellular phone or a tablet computer is described. Utilizing a phone (or other mobile communication device) as the power supply for an external defibrillator allows the external defibrillator to be smaller and, in some circumstance, removes the need for a battery that stores sufficient energy for shock delivery—which would need to be checked and/or replaced on a regular basis. Additionally, when desired, certain control functionality, computation, data processing, and user instructions can be handled/presented by the mobile communications device thereby further simplifying the defibrillator design and improving the user experience. This architecture takes advantage of the nearly ubiquitous availability of smart phones, tablet computers and other mobile communication devices.
US10029099B2	System and method for closed-loop neural stimulation Various aspects of the present subject matter provide a device. In various embodiments, the device comprises a port adapted to connect a lead, a pulse generator connected to the port and adapted to provide a neural stimulation signal to the lead, and a signal processing module connected to the port and adapted to receive and process a nerve traffic signal from the lead into a signal indicative of the nerve traffic. The device includes a controller connected to the pulse generator and the signal processing module. The controller is adapted to implement a stimulation protocol to provide the neural stimulation signal with desired neural stimulation parameters based on the signal indicative of the nerve traffic. Other aspects are provided herein.
US10029098B2	System and method for treating obstructive sleep apnea One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system for treating obstructive sleep apnea in a subject. The system can include a power source and a neuromuscular stimulator in electrical communications with the power source. The neuromuscular stimulator can include a controller and at least one electrode. The controller can be configured to receive certain power and stimulation parameters associated with a therapy signal from the power source. The at least one electrode can be configured to deliver the therapy signal to a target tissue associated with control of a posterior base of the tongue of the subject.
US10029097B2	Targeted channel selection systems and methods An exemplary targeted channel selection system may determine a target stimulation rate for a user of a cochlear implant system, determine a pulse width value that is representative of one or more pulse widths that are to be used for stimulation pulses applied by the cochlear implant system to the user during a stimulation session, and determine, based on the target stimulation rate and on the pulse width value, a value for N that is specific to the user. In this example, N represents a total number of analysis channels that are to be selected from M available analysis channels for presentation by the cochlear implant system to the user during a stimulation frame of the stimulation session.
US10029094B2	Methods and systems for therapy of multiple sclerosis A method for treating neural deficits resulting from multiple sclerosis, involving assessing a subject's motor, sensory, cognitive, or emotional deficits caused by multiple sclerosis; selecting a rehabilitative task based said deficits; determining the subject's acceptable performance threshold for the rehabilitative task; and providing a paired training therapy. The paired training therapy comprises having the subject to perform a trial of the rehabilitative task; classifying the subject's performance on the trial as either acceptable or unacceptable, wherein an acceptable performance is performance at or above the subject's acceptable performance threshold, and an unacceptable performance is performance below the subject's acceptable performance threshold; and reinforcing acceptable performance by selectively stimulating the subject's vagus nerve after completion of the acceptable performance.
US10029090B2	Multi-branch stimulation electrode for subcutaneous field stimulation A multi-branch stimulation electrode is disclosed herein. The multi-branch stimulation electrode can include a plurality of branches that extend from a hub. The branches can each include one or several stimulation contacts that can deliver an electrical current to tissue contacting the stimulation contacts. The stimulation contacts can be electrically connected with the lead. The lead can extend from the hub and can be connected with the pulse generator. The branches can include features to facilitate implantation including, for example, one or several removable stiffening elements.
US10029077B2	Apparatus and processes for applying substances within mammalian tissue An apparatus for applying a substance to internal mammalian tissue is provided. The apparatus includes a member having a flexible, absorbent, porous portion connected to a non-porous portion. The apparatus may be used to treat atrial fibrillation or other non-atrial fibrillation issues with internal mammalian tissue.
US10029074B2	Steerable catheter handle with slide lock An improved handle for a steerable catheter apparatus steerably manipulated by steering wires or rods, and including an elongated housing having one end thereof adapted for attachment to the proximal end of the steerable catheter; a steering actuator carried by the housing and including an elongated lever pivotally affixed to the housing and rotatable about an axis transverse to both the length of the housing and the length of the lever and further having an end thereof attached to the steering wires or rods of the catheter to cause deformation of at least a portion of the catheter; and a locking mechanism carried by the lever for selectively locking the steering actuator in place relative to the housing during at least a portion of the time of use of the catheter apparatus.
US10029073B2	Steerable assembly for surgical catheter A catheter configured for intraluminal delivery to a location in the body of a patient, the catheter comprising a steerable assembly comprising a first segment connected to a second segment; the first segment comprises first and second cylindrical elements connected to each other by a first revolute joint in a first single plane; the second segment comprises third and fourth cylindrical elements connected to each other by a second revolute joint in a second single plane, wherein the first single plane and the second single plane are offset by an angle from each other.
US10029069B2	Methods and devices for paranasal sinus delivery Described herein are methods and devices for delivering a drug to the frontal sinus system. An inflatable implant is positioned within the frontal sinus system using an anchoring means secured within the frontal sinus cavity. A drug-containing fluid is released directly into the frontal sinus drainage system.
US10029053B2	Nebulizer A nebulizer comprises a controller linked at its output to a nebulizer head, and at its input to a USB cable and USB plug for connection to a host system. The link between the USB plug and the controller is a USB cable with power and data channels. The controller comprises a boost circuit, a microcontroller 11, and a drive circuit. The latter provides power and control signals via a cable and proprietary plug to the nebulizer head. These signals provide power and control for a vibrating membrane receiving a liquid to be aerosolized. The controller has a housing with LED status lamps, and an ON/OFF button. The controller can be controlled via a host, either locally or remotely.
US10029039B2	Mobility-enhancing blood pump system A blood pump system includes a first implantable housing, an implantable blood pump independent from the first implantable housing, and a percutaneous extension. The first implantable housing includes a rechargeable power storage device. The implantable blood pump supplements the pumping function of a heart. The rechargeable power storage device supplies electrical power to the implantable blood pump. The percutaneous extension is coupled to the rechargeable power storage device and adapted to traverse the skin. The percutaneous extension is configured to releasably connect to an external power supply adapted to provide power for recharging or supplementing the rechargeable power storage device to power the implantable blood pump.
US10029038B2	Cantilevered rotor pump and methods for axial flow blood pumping Blood pump devices having improved rotor design are provided herein. Such blood pump devices include rotors having cantilevered support through a sealed mechanical bearing disposed outside a blood flow path of the device so as to avoid thrombus formation caused by blood contact with the bearing. The bearing means can be rotatably coupled with a proximal portion of the rotor shaft extending outside the fluid path, while a stator drives rotation of the rotor shaft so that one or more rotor blades on a distal portion of the rotor force blood flow through the device. The bearing means may include one or more radial bearings on a proximal portion of the rotor shaft that are isolated from the blood flow path by one or more rotary seals.
US10029036B2	Placement tools for body cavity drainage devices and related methods A body cavity drainage device placement tool for placing a body cavity drainage tube at least partially within a body cavity of a patient. The body cavity drainage device includes a shaft, a handle attached to or integral with a proximal end of the shaft, and a distal end of the shaft sized and configured for insertion through a lateral opening of the body cavity drainage tube and at least partially through a central lumen of the body cavity drainage tube to proximate a distal end of the body cavity drainage tube. Methods relate to using a body cavity drainage device placement tool.
US10029032B2	Drug-eluting medical device The present invention relates to a drug-eluting medical device, in particular a balloon for angioplasty catheters with drug elution to prevent the restenosis of the vessel subjected to angioplasty. More particularly, the present invention relates to a catheter balloon completely or partially coated with paclitaxel in hydrated crystalline form or in hydrated solvated crystalline form, having an immediate release and bioavailability of a therapeutically effective amount of paclitaxel at the site of intervention. The balloon can be made of a polyether-polyamide block copolymer, or a polyester amide, or polyamide-12.
US10029017B2	Pretargeted activatable cell penetrating peptide with intracellularly releasable prodrug Disclosed herein, the invention pertains to methods and compositions that find use in treatment, diagnosis, prognosis and characterization of disease and disease samples based on the ability of a disease sample to cleave a MTS molecule of the present invention. The MTS molecules of the present invention have a formula as disclosed herein and wherein A is a peptide with a sequence comprising 5 to 9 consecutive acidic amino acids, wherein the amino acids are selected from: aspartates and glutamates; B is a peptide with a sequence comprising 5 to 20 consecutive basic amino acids; X and Y are linkers; P is a pre-targeting moiety; M is a macromolecular carrier, C is a detectable moiety; and T is a compound for delivery to a target, including for example a therapeutic compound.
US10029016B2	Immunostimulatory compositions and methods of use thereof Lipid conjugates for enhanced delivery of cargo to the lymph nodes are disclosed. The lipid conjugates typically include three domains: a lipophilic domain that binds to albumin, a polar block domain, and a cargo such as a molecular adjuvant or immunostimulatory compound (such as an oligonucleotide) or antigenic peptide. Depending on the cargo, the length and compositions of the polar block can be tailored to push the equilibrium toward albumin binding, stable micelle formation, or cell insertion. The conjugates can be administered to a subject, for example, a subject with cancer or an infection, to induce or enhance a robust immune response in the subject.
US10029014B2	Synthesis of novel asymmetric bow-tie PAMAM dendrimer-based conjugates for tumor-targeting drug delivery The present disclosure relates to a dendrimer-based conjugate of the formula Vm-D-C-D′-(T-F)n, which is useful for tumor targeting drug delivery. The use of asymmetric dendrimers allow for specific targeting as well as synthetic reproducibility.
US10029009B1	Process for treating glaucoma A process for treating glaucoma whereby the treatment can be accomplished by the use of medication or by surgery, or both, in order to control or prevent the occurrence of glaucoma. The optic nerve is aligned within and between two distinct pressurized spaces and within the dural sheath, the intraocular space and the intracranial space having an intraocular pressure (IOP) and an intracranial pressure (ICP), respectively. Medicine can be administered to raise the intracranial pressure in order to reach a desirable lower translaminar pressure difference across these two pressurized spaces which are separated by the lamina cribrosa in order to treat glaucoma. An alternate closely related mode of the treatment process is the implanting of a shunt substantially between the intraocular space and the intracranial space in order to beneficially equalize pressure differentials across the intraocular space and the intracranial space.
US10029003B2	Methods and materials for treating cancer This document provides methods and materials for treating cancer. For example, methods and materials for identifying antigens and combinations of antigens that can be used to treat cancer as well as combinations of antigens having the ability to reduce established tumors within a mammal (e.g., a human) are provided.
US10029000B2	Uses of IL-12 in hematopoiesis Methods for enhancing or stimulating hematopoiesis including the step of administering Interleukin-12 (IL-12) to yield hematopoietic recovery in a mammal in need. Preferred methods include the step of administering IL-12 as an adjuvant therapy to alleviate the hematopoietic toxicities associated with one or more treatment regimens used to combat a disease state. Other methods include administering IL-12 to ameliorate various hematopoietic deficiencies. Still other methods are directed to uses of IL-12 for in-vivo proliferation of hematopoietic repopulating cells, hematopoietic progenitor cells and hematopoietic stem cells. Other disclosed methods are directed to uses of Il-12 for bone marrow preservation or recovery.
US10028996B2	Process for the synchronization of ovulation for timed breeding without heat detection A method for synchronizing ovulation in sows and gilts by a single injection of hormones is disclosed. A hormone, gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), analogs, derivatives, agonists or combinations thereof is administered to an open sow post weaning at a specific time to stimulate ovulation of mature responsive follicles. The sow is then bred, without heat detection, at a specific subsequent timed interval after injection with hormone, with one or two artificial or natural breedings. In gilts, the hormone is injected at a timed interval from onset of estrus or at a specific timed interval following Prostaglandin F2a for those gilts which have been held in a state of pseudopregnancy.
US10028995B2	Angiotensin II alone or in combination for the treatment of hypotension The present invention relates, inter alia, to a method comprising administering to a subject having high output shock and undergoing treatment with a catecholamine at a dose equivalent to at least about 0.2 mcg/kg/min of norepinephrine a dose of angiotensin II which is effective to raise the blood pressure of the subject to a mean arterial pressure (MAP) of about 65 mm or above, and which is effective to reduce the dose of the catecholamine required to maintain a MAP of about 65 mm to the equivalent of about 0.05-0.2 mcg/kg/min norepinephrine or less, or to the equivalent of about 0.05 mcg/kg/min norepinephrine or less.
US10028988B1	Synthesis of Nuxia oppositifolia nanoparticles Synthesis of Nuxia oppositifolia nanoparticles includes providing an extract of Nuxia oppositifolia, dissolving the extract in alcohol to provide a mixture, adding water to the mixture to provide an aqueous solution, adding an acidic solution to the aqueous solution to form a final solution including Nuxia oppositifolia nanoparticles; and centrifuging the final solution to isolate the Nuxia oppositifolia nanoparticles.
US10028985B2	Weight loss formulations, methods, and compositions based on traditional Chinese medicine The present invention relates to formulations made up from extracts from Ganoderma lucidum, rhizome of Coptis chinensis, Radix astragali, Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn, Chaenomeles speciosa, and Fructus Aurantii. Pursuant to the invention, the formulations are used to treat obesity and the biological sequelae of obesity including cholesterol levels and glucose levels. While not limited to any particular mechanism of action the formulations may assert their effects by altering gene expression, in particular, the expression of PPARγ, FABP4, CPT1, UCP2, and AMPK.
US10028972B2	Pharmaceutical compositions of anti-acne agents The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of acne. In particular, the present invention relates to stable pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of acne along with other pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. These compositions exhibit excellent stability, greater permeability, and enhanced therapeutic efficacy. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of such compositions.
US10028957B2	Depot formulations Disclosed are formulations and related methods that comprise a non-polymeric, non-water soluble high viscosity liquid carrier material having a viscosity of at least 5,000 cP at 37° C. that does not crystallize neat under ambient or physiological conditions; a specified linear polymer comprising lactide repeat units; and one or more solvents that have a solvent capacity.
US10028953B2	Pharmaceutical composition of rosuvastatin calcium The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing rosuvastatin calcium of formula (I) and processes for their manufacture.
US10028951B2	Composition for reducing nervous system injury and method of making and use thereof This application discloses a composition comprising an amiloride and/or an amiloride analog which can be used for reducing nerve injury or nervous system injury in a subject. The formulation of such composition is also disclosed. The application further directs to methods for treating nerve injury or nervous system injury by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising amiloride, an amiloride analog or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10028950B2	Lanthionine synthetase C-like 2-based therapeutics Provided are compounds that target the lanthionine synthetase C-like protein 2 pathway. The compounds can be used to treat a number of conditions, including infectious disease, autoimmune disease, diabetes, and a chronic inflammatory disease.
US10028945B2	Compositions comprising enzyme-cleavable ketone-modified opioid prodrugs and optional inhibitors thereof A method of providing a patient with controlled release of ketone-containing opioid using a prodrug capable, upon enzymatic activation and intramolecular cyclization, of releasing the ketone-containing opioid is disclosed. The disclosure also provides such prodrug compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. Such pharmaceutical compositions can optionally include an enzyme inhibitor that interacts with the enzyme(s) to mediate the enzymatically-controlled release of the ketone-containing opioid from the prodrug so as to modify enzymatic cleavage of the prodrug. Also included are methods to use such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions.
US10028941B2	Composition for the management of nausea and vomiting A pharmaceutical dosage system comprising (a) an effective amount of one or more of Doxylamine, an analog thereof, a derivative thereof, a prodrug thereof, a metabolite thereof and/or a salt thereof; (b) an effective amount of one or more of (i) Pyridoxine, (ii) an analog thereof, (iii) a derivative thereof, (iv) a prodrug thereof, (v) a metabolite thereof and (vi) a salt of any of (i)-(v); and (c) an effective amount of one or more compounds of formula (I) wherein R is H, PO3 or. The system exhibits an improved pharmacokinetic profile relative to the current Diclectin®/Diclegis® formulation and is useful for example for the alleviation of the symptoms of nausea and vomiting, for example in the case of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP).
US10028931B2	Synergistic compositions for treating microbial infections Synergistic pharmaceutical compositions including an RNase P inhibitor and a tRNA synthetase inhibitor are provided, as well as methods for their use in treating infections. Also provided herein are methods of using the compositions to inhibit a bacterial tRNA synthetase in a cell and to decolonize bacteria on a surface.
US10028930B2	Compositions capable of enhancing thermogenesis and uses thereof The present invention refers to novel compositions and to methods of using the compositions to treat and/or prevent obesity, obesity-related diseases or disorders (e.g., hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, elevated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), diabetes, or cardiovascular disease), and overweight. This invention also generally relates to compositions and to methods of using the compositions to increase basal metabolic rate.
US10028926B2	Methods of reducing risk of cardiovascular disease Methods of lowering the plasma LDL-C levels in a patient on a stable dose of statin where the patient has an LDL-C level above treatment goal. Methods of decreasing a patient's risk for developing coronary heart disease or having a recurrent cardiovascular event wherein the patient is on a stable dose of statin and the patient has an LDL-C level above treatment goal.
US10028923B2	Biguanide compositions and methods of treating metabolic disorders Provided herein are methods for treating certain conditions, including diabetes, obesity, and other metabolic diseases, disorders or conditions by administrating a composition comprising a biguanide or related heterocyclic compound, e.g., metformin. Also provided herein are biguanide or related heterocyclic compound compositions, and methods for the preparation thereof for use in the methods of the present invention. Also provided herein are compositions comprising metformin and salts thereof and methods of use.
US10028903B2	Active agent loaded uniform, rigid, spherical, nanoporous calcium phosphate particles and methods of making and using the same Uniform, rigid, spherical nanoporous calcium phosphate particles that define an internal space and an amount of active agent present in the internal space are provided. Also provided are topical delivery compositions that include the active agent loaded particles, as well as methods of making the particles and topical compositions. The particles and compositions thereof find use in a variety of different applications, including active agent delivery applications.
US10028897B2	Removable tattoo ink and the use thereof Provided is a removable tattoo ink that is composed of colored micro-particles that create permanent tissue markings, such as tattoos. The micro-particles include an inner core housing a bio-absorbable chromophore and an outer shell, which includes polystyrene sulfonate and polyallylamine hydrochloride and is designed for rupture with ultrasonic energy. The micro-particles can be implanted in the tissue of a subject, for example to create a tattoo and ruptured in situ by the application of ultrasonic energy to remove the tattoo. Also provided are methods of making the colored micro-particles.
US10028875B2	Electronic device mount for releasably attaching to equipment in a hospital room A device for attaching a digital device to a hospital bed side rail. The device includes a connector for attaching to the side rail, an arm connected to the connector, and an electronic device holder at an opposite end of the arm. The electronic device holder is configured to receive a digital device, such as a tablet, laptop computer, phone, or other electronic device. The arm is, in embodiments, articulating, flexible, rotatable, and/or otherwise configurable to allow positioning of the electronic device holder in a desired position relative to the patient. Thus, after the connector is attached to the side rail, the arm can be moved to position and support the electronic device holder relative to a patient.
US10028870B2	Powered wheelchair The invention relates to a powered wheelchair for transporting a person, comprising a seat frame for supporting the person, a pair of opposing main wheel assemblies, including a first main wheel assembly and a second main wheel assembly connected to the seat frame, and a third main wheel assembly arranged spaced apart from the pair of opposing main wheel assemblies and connected to said seat frame. The powered wheelchair further comprises a support wheel arrangement for supporting the powered wheelchair, said support wheel arrangement having a main beam and a front support wheel unit capable of being applied to a ground surface. The main beam is rotatably connected to said third main wheel assembly at a third connection point and connected via a guiding mechanism to the first main wheel assembly at a first connection point. The main beam has a first portion adapted to cooperate with said guiding mechanism when said first portion passes through a part of the guiding mechanism upon movement of the main beam relative to the guiding mechanism, to maintain said support wheel arrangement in a supporting position, in which the front support wheel unit is applied to the ground surface.
US10028859B2	User interface device providing for improved cooling of the skin A number of user interface device embodiments are disclosed that provide for increased cooling of the skin covered by the mask and/or increased flushing of gasses, including CO2, from the mask.
US10028853B2	Stent removal snare and dilator A tool for removing non-visually, urinary tract stents placed within the urinary tract of a patient, comprising a distal end, a longitudinally-extending stem, and a handle. The distal end has a conical head with a groove for hooking a stent, stent string or similar stent configuration. The snare head may have a channel for advancing the tool through a urethra over a guide wire. The snare head has a narrow conical front end for dilating urethral strictures. The stem connects the snare head to the snare handle and is made to be flexible or bend on encountering resistance.
US10028850B2	Endoprosthesis with filament repositioning of retrieval member and guard structure An endoprosthesis includes a stent structure having an elongate member longitudinal portions of which overlap to define the crossover structures. The stent structure may also include loop structures, which are contiguous with the crossover structures, through which a filament extends. A guard structure is secured to the stent structure and located adjacent to the crossover structures to obstruct displacement of the filament between the longitudinal portions of the elongate member of the crossover structures. A method for operating the endoprosthesis includes displacing the loop structures toward one another along the filament to displaced positions relative to the suture structure for reducing the respective profiles of the stent structure and patch structure.
US10028844B2	Hydraulic ankle joint The hydraulic ankle joint includes a main member having a fluid supply chamber storing a hydraulic fluid, a first pressure regulating chamber, a second pressure regulating chamber, and a space connecting the chambers. The space houses an axle element rotatably joined to the main member. The main member is rotatably mounted on a U-shaped hinge seat. An extension piece is extended radially from the circumference of the axle element. A fluid block penetrates through the main member and into the space. The extension piece and the fluid block jointly partition the space into a front chamber and a back chamber. The first and second pressure regulating chambers adjust the back and front chambers' pressure so that impact from walking may be effectively buffered. The fluid supply chamber automatically refills hydraulic fluid into the front and back chambers so as to reduce user maintenance overhead.
US10028823B2	Accommodating intraocular lens An intraocular lens includes a lens capsule expanding device and an optical portion. The lens capsule expanding device includes a front supporting portion to make contact with an inner surface of an anterior capsule. A rear supporting portion provided on a rear side of the front supporting portion makes contact with an inner surface of a posterior capsule while facing the front supporting portion. A connecting portion connects the front supporting portion and the rear supporting portion so as to have biasing force in a direction of separating the front supporting portion and the rear supporting portion from each other. Due to the biasing force, the front supporting portion presses the inner surface of the anterior capsule and the rear supporting portion presses the inner surface of the posterior capsule. The optical portion changes the curvature of a central portion according to movement of the connecting portion.
US10028817B2	Patterned implant and method A unitary or homogeneous patterned implant is provided. The implant is constructed of patterned cells formed by way of a molding, die casting, laser etching, laser cutting, extruding, and the like. Portions of the implant can be formed into sinusoid or other waveform strut members to control and promote elongation, expansion or contraction along single or multiple axes. As such, controlled and designated stress, tension and compression distribution is promoted across specific or localized areas of the implant.
US10028815B2	Prosthesis with zigzag seam The present invention relates to a prosthesis (1) intended to be implanted at an implantation site, comprising means of information (5) intended to guide the surgeon for performing the implantation of the prosthesis according to a defined arrangement, said prosthesis comprising at least one porous textile (2) having two faces (3,4) separated by a certain thickness, said means of information comprising at least one seam (5) provided in said textile, said seam traversing the thickness of said textile from one face to the other of said textile while preserving said thickness of said textile, said seam defining a zigzag pattern on at least one face of the textile.
US10028812B2	Girth device and method for controlling urinary incontinence An implantable girth control device for controlling urinary incontinence by placing the device around the urethra. The device comprising an adjustable resilient circumferential collar comprising a strap for embracing the urethra, the strap having two inflatable/deflatable expandable members, the first expandable member is a fluid filled expandable member that is affixed to an inner portion of the strap and in contact with the urethra, the second expandable member is affixed to an outer portion of the strap and is in fluid communication with the first expandable member over a valve. The valve is configured facilitate fluid transfer between the two members in response to changes in urethral pressure and to control a collar pressure applied by the device onto the urethra.
US10028811B2	Droplet jet system for cleansing The system includes a reservoir for fluid; a droplet generator for creating a stream of fluid droplets from the fluid wherein the velocity of the stream of droplets is within a range of 20 meters per second to 200 meters per second and the size of the droplets is within a range of 5 microns to 200 microns. A nozzle or nozzles direct the stream of droplets to safely clean a selected tooth or teeth surface area. The specific momentum of effective fluid droplets within the stream of fluid droplets is important in safe and effective cleaning.
US10028810B2	Method of capturing data from a patient's dentition and system for performing such method A method of capturing data from a patient's dentition with the steps of positioning a first optical sensor relative to patient's dentition, capturing the shape of a tooth in the patient's dentition, independent from capturing the shape, measuring a color at a location on the tooth, and providing a correlation between the location of the color and a coordinate in the captured shape. The invention helps providing a dental restoration at a relatively high optical, mechanical, and geometric quality.
US10028807B1	Dental appliance-holding bracket assembly The dental appliance-holding bracket assembly includes a plurality of housings attached to a corresponding tooth band, each of the tooth bands being cemented to the crown of an adjoining tooth. Each housing defines a socket of a ball-and-socket joint. The assembly further includes a plurality of bracket arms, each bracket arm having a shank including a proximal end and an opposing distal end. The proximal end of the shank has a ball pivotally captured within the housing socket to form a ball-and-socket joint, while the opposing distal end of the shank includes a ring adapted for supporting a dental appliance.
US10028797B2	Aseptic medical instrument packaging with supporting peelable flaps An aseptic medical instrument packaging has supporting peelable flaps by adding a material playing a supporting role which is harder than the rest of an extending part outside a sealing edge of a peeling side of the packaging, or adopting a material which is harder than the rest of an extending part outside a sealing edge of the peeling side of the packaging. A groove is carved in a junction between an outer edge of a sealing edge of a peeling side of the packaging. The material playing the supporting role comprises hard plastic, metal and paper. A soft cover of the packaging is prevented from being curled inwardly in the process of peeling open the packaging; and when one or two peeling sides exist, the degree of differentiation the peeling side will be increased, such that medical staff can conveniently find the peeling side.
US10028795B2	Surgical implement and manipulation system including the same A surgical implement and a manipulation system including the surgical implement may include at least one instrument including at least one joint portion. The joint portion may include a first part, a second part connected to the first part, and a force applying element for applying a force for bending (or rotating) the second part. A distance between a joint point and a force application point where a force is applied may be greater than a diameter of at least one of the first part and the second part. The instrument may further include a second joint portion spaced apart from the joint portion, and a surgical tool connected to an end portion of the second joint portion. The manipulation system may include a supporting structure, at least one instrument supported by the supporting structure, and an operating device for operating the instrument.
US10028793B2	Automatic push-out to avoid range of motion limits Robotic and/or surgical devices, systems, and methods include kinematic linkage structures and associated control systems configured to facilitate preparation of the system for use. In some embodiments, actively driven joints will move a platform structure that supports multiple manipulators in response to movement of one of the manipulators, facilitating and expediting the arrangement of the overall system by moving those multiple manipulators as a unit into alignment with the workspace. Systems and methods are also provided to keep one, some, or all joints of the kinematic chain off a hardstop or physical range of motion limit associated with the joint or to otherwise maintain a desired range of motion for one, some, or all joints of the kinematic chain when exiting a set-up mode.
US10028790B2	Wrong level surgery prevention The invention relates to a method of relating a position (pos(selected)) of an anatomical structure (3) and a position of an image feature representing the anatomical structure in a medical image (11), the method being constituted to be executed by a computer and comprising: a) acquiring information about the position of a medical imaging apparatus (1) at the beginning (pos(start)) and at the end (pos(end)) of acquiring medical image information describing a medical image (11) of at least a part of a patient's body (2) comprising the anatomical structure (3), wherein the medical imaging apparatus (1) is moved while it is used for acquiring the medical image information; b) acquiring imaging information about a relationship between the movement of the medical imaging apparatus and the acquisition of the medical image information; c) acquiring, based on the position of the medical imaging apparatus at the beginning (pos(start)) and at the end (pos(end)) of acquiring the medical image information, information about a predominant direction of movement (z) of the medical imaging apparatus (1); d) acquiring information about the position of a pointer means (12) in the predominant direction of movement (z); e) determining, based on the information about the position of the medical imaging apparatus (1) at the beginning (pos(start)) and at the end (pos(end)) of acquiring the medical image information and based on the information about the position of the pointer means (12) and based on the imaging information, information about a transformation between the position in the medical image (11) of an image feature representing the anatomical structure (3) and the position of the anatomical structure (3) in a navigation reference system (17).
US10028785B2	Apparatus and method for self-guided ablation An ablation catheter comprises an elongate catheter body and a branch electrode element. The elongate catheter body has a central axis, a distal end, and a proximal end. The elongate catheter body is configured to be steered within a heart chamber. The branch electrode element has a base end and a working end or tip. The base end is secured to the elongate catheter body at a location spaced proximally of the distal end and an effector on the working end. The branch electrode element is configured to evert when the distal end of the elongate catheter body is in a pulmonary vein ostium or os so that the effector can be selectively engaged against locations surrounding the pulmonary vein os which differ in radial direction and distance. One or more of linear or curved ablation patterns are generated on tissue adjacent the pulmonary vein os with the effector.
US10028776B2	Method and apparatus for treating bone fractures, and/or for fortifying and/or augmenting bone, including the provision and use of composite implants A composite implant comprising an injectable matrix material which is flowable and settable, and at least one reinforcing element for integration with the injectable matrix material, the at least one reinforcing element adding sufficient strength to the injectable matrix material such that when the composite implant is disposed in a cavity in a bone, the composite implant supports the bone.A method for treating a bone, the method comprising: selecting at least one reinforcing element to be combined with an injectable matrix material so as to together form a composite implant capable of supporting the bone; positioning the at least one reinforcing element in a cavity in the bone; flowing the injectable matrix material into the cavity in the bone so that the injectable matrix material interfaces with the at least one reinforcing element; and transforming the injectable matrix material from a flowable state to a non-flowable state so as to establish a static structure for the composite implant, such that the composite implant supports the adjacent bone.
US10028769B2	Gynocological cervical Os instrument A gynocological cervical Os instrument. The gynecological cervical Os instrument includes a cervical Os finder having a passage for another medical instrument at least partially along the Os finder's length. In some aspects, the passage is only partially along the Os finder's length. The passage may be a groove, and the gynecological cervical Os instrument may include one or more retainers across the groove for the medical instrument. The gynecological cervical Os instrument may include a ramp out of the passage at the end of the passage and one or more bumps on the other end of the gynecological cervical Os instrument opposite the ramp indicative of a size of the gynecological cervical Os instrument. The gynecological cervical Os instrument may be made of a thermoplastic polymer such as polytetrafluoroethylene.
US10028761B2	Feedback algorithms for manual bailout systems for surgical instruments The present disclosure provides a surgical instrument including an end effector, a drive member movable to effectuate a motion in said end effector, a motor operable to move the drive member to effectuate the motion in the end effector and a bailout assembly operable to perform a mechanical bailout of the surgical instrument in response to a bailout error. The bailout assembly includes a bailout door, a bailout handle accessible through the bailout door. The bailout handle is operable to move the drive member to effectuate a bailout motion in the end effector. A controller includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to detect the bailout error. The processor is programmed to stop the motor in response to the detection of the bailout error.
US10028759B2	Anti-jamming and macerating thrombectomy apparatuses and methods Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses that may be configured to prevent or reduce jamming (e.g., “anti-jamming” thrombectomy devices), grab clot, and/or macerate the thrombus, e.g., clot, being removed. These mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses may include a tractor comprising a flexible tube of material that inverts as it rolls over itself while being drawn into a catheter in a conveyor-like motion. In particular, described herein are mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses having tractors selectably extendable projections that may aid in grabbing and/or macerating a clot. Also described herein are seesawing tractors for mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses.
US10028756B2	Patient-specific accetabular guide A patient-specific acetabular guide comprises a cup body, a plurality of alignment arms extending from the cup body and engaging periacetabular areas of a pelvis, and a supporting leg protruding from the cup body and abutting against a portion of an acetabular fossa. Each alignment arm has a fixing hole extending inclinedly therethrough to allow a Kirschner pin to pass through and enter the periacetabluar area of the pelvis for positing and orienting the acetabular guide on a predetermined location of an acetabulum.
US10028755B2	Knee joint surgical treatment A surgical treatment of a ligament of a knee joint under an arthroscope, includes: forming concave holes from the region of the tibia to which the ligament adheres toward an inner side of a rough surface of the tibia and from the region of the femur to which the ligament adheres toward an outer surface of a lateral condyle of the femur by ultrasonically vibrating the treating portion; forming tunnels between the concave hole of the tibia and the medial side of the rough surface of the tibia using the concave hole of the tibia and between the concave hole of the femur and the lateral surface of the lateral condyle of the femur using the concave hole of the femur.
US10028733B2	Fistula treatment device A fistula treatment system comprises a guide such as a guide coil 1101 which is adapted to extend partially around a tissue tract and an implant element 1102. The implant element 1102 is activated to draw tissue surrounding the tract inwardly.
US10028728B2	Ultrasound waveform tomography with spatial and edge regularization Synthetic-aperture ultrasound tomography systems and methods using scanning arrays and algorithms configured to simultaneously acquire ultrasound transmission and reflection data, and process the data for improved ultrasound tomography imaging, wherein the tomography imaging comprises total-variation regularization, or a modified total variation regularization, particularly with edge-guided or spatially variant regularization.
US10028726B2	Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus Provided is an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that measures an elastic modulus of a vascular wall, the apparatus allowing selection of a heartbeat suitable for the measurement of the elastic modulus. The problem is solved by storing M-mode images at predetermined intervals in the azimuth direction in a B-mode image, selecting a position in the azimuth direction in the B-mode image, and displaying the M-mode image of the selected position together with the B-mode image.
US10028721B2	Biphasic defibrillator waveform with adjustable second phase tilt A defibrillator produces a biphasic defibrillation pulse waveform with adjustable tilt for the second phase. The tilt of the second phase of the biphasic waveform can be controllably adjusted by selectively switching a current path which bypasses the patient during delivery of the second phase of the pulse. The inventive biphasic waveform can be delivered by a defibrillator with a single capacitance.
US10028715B2	Creating a vessel image and fluoroscopically representing vessels A method for creating a selective vessel image within a volume section of an examination object using an imaging system is provided. The method includes creating a vessel image of the volume section. The creating of the vessel image includes acquiring imaging data of the volume section within a predetermined time interval using the imaging system, determining a maximum opacity within the time interval on account of a contrast agent administered to the examination object per pixel of the vessel image, and segmenting vessels. The segmenting includes deciding, depending on the maximum opacity of the pixel, whether the respective pixel belongs to the vessel. The method also includes determining a contrast agent arrival time per pixel of the vessel image, and segmenting whether the respective vessel of the vessel image belongs to a vessel of the selective vessel image.
US10028711B2	X-ray diagnosis apparatus and image processing apparatus A marker-coordinate detecting unit detects coordinates of a stent marker on a new image when the new image is stored in an image-data storage unit; and then a correction-image creating unit creates a correction image from the new image through, for example, image transformation processing, so as to match up the detected coordinates with reference coordinates that are coordinates of the stent marker already detected by the marker-coordinate detecting unit in a first frame. An image post-processing unit then creates an image for display by performing post-processing on the correction image created by the correction-image creating unit, the post-processing including high-frequency noise reduction filtering-processing, low-frequency component removal filtering-processing, and logarithmic-image creating processing; and then a system control unit performs control of displaying a moving image of an enlarged image of a set region that is set in the image for display, together with an original image.
US10028708B2	Method for recording a tomosynthesis data set with an X-ray device, and X-ray device A method records a tomosynthesis data set of a breast of a patient with an X-ray device. The device contains an X-ray detector for the support of the breast, a compression plate for the breast and being parallel to the X-ray detector, and an X-ray source, which is movable in a basic angle interval around a central position, in which the midperpendicular of the detector area corresponds to the central ray of the X-ray source. The tomosynthesis data set is reconstructed from projection images recorded at different projection angles over a recording interval. A recording angle interval that is asymmetrical relative to the central position is used in the case of an asymmetrically positioned breast, in particular for an MLO view.
US10028707B1	System, medical item including RFID chip, data collection engine, server and method for capturing medical data A system includes a plurality of RFID chips affixed to a medical item, a data collection engine device, and a server device. The data collection engine wirelessly transmits power to a first one of the RFID chips and receives first medical data from the first RFID chip while the first RFID chip is activated by the power receiver. The data collection engine generates a first message indicative of the first medical data to be sent to the server device. The server device can determine aspects of the medical item such as position and risk states based upon the first medical data.
US10028703B2	Wearable system for detecting and measuring biosignals A system for detecting bioelectrical signals of a user comprising: a set of sensors configured to detect bioelectrical signals from the user, each sensor in the set of sensors configured to provide non-polarizable contact at the body of the user; an electronics subsystem comprising a power module configured to distribute power to the system and a signal processing module configured to receive signals from the set of sensors; a set of sensor interfaces coupling the set of sensors to the electronics subsystem and configured to facilitate noise isolation within the system; and a housing coupled to the electronics subsystem, wherein the housing facilitates coupling of the system to a head region of the user.
US10028702B2	Body-mountable devices with two layers A body-mountable device may include a first layer, a second layer, and an electronic structure. The first layer may include a first topographical feature, while the second layer may include a second topographical feature. The first topographical feature and the second topographical feature may be reciprocally-shaped. The second layer may be mounted on the first layer such that the first topographical feature interfaces with the second topographical feature, thereby mechanically securing the second layer to the first layer. The electronic structure, which may include an antenna, a sensor, and an electronic device, may be embedded in the second layer. In an example in which the body-mountable device is an eye-mountable device, the first layer may be a posterior lens, and the second layer may be an anterior lens.
US10028698B1	Method and device for sleep analysis The various embodiments of the method of the present invention include a method to improving or expanding the capacity of a sleep analysis unit or laboratory, a method sleep analysis testing a patient admitted for diagnosis or treatment of another primary medical condition while being treated or diagnosed for that condition, a method of sleep analysis testing a patient that cannot be easily moved or treated in a sleep analysis unit or laboratory and other like methods.
US10028682B2	Oxidation measurement system and related method thereof A catheter system and related method for measuring the oxidation state of biological molecules in a region of a measurement site of a subject. The system may include a catheter device having one or more emitters in mechanical communication with the catheter and configured to make contact with a tissue wall of the subject. The catheter device also includes one or more detectors in mechanical communication with the catheter and configured to make contact with the tissue wall of the subject. The emitters and the detector are in electromagnetic radiation communication with one another, whereby the electromagnetic radiation communication allows visible radiation or near infrared radiation emitted by emitters to be detected by the detector to determine tissue oxidation state of the region of the measurement site of the subject.
US10028676B2	Hyperspectral technology for assessing and treating diabetic foot and tissue disease This invention relates generally to an index map comprising both pressure and perfusion information from a diabetic patient foot for the purpose of treatment. The index map may also be a map of perfusion and/or metabolism of the tissue (reflecting oxygen delivery and oxygen extraction, obtained by thermal imaging, hyperspectral imaging, or duplex ultrasound, MRA, CT or laser Doppler imaging. This information aids treatment in prevention of diabetic foot ulceration and amputation and in treatment of tissue compromise to prevent tissue loss in other body regions.
US10028670B1	Apparatus and methods for optimizing volume status and cardiac output Systems and methods are provided for optimizing hemodynamics within a patient. Specifically, the system incorporates invasive sensor data (e.g., pressure measurements) combined with mechanisms to dynamically change the loading conditions of the heart and/or heart rate, in order to understand hemodynamic parameters. Computational analyzes on dynamic sensor data are used to understand and guide heart rate, filling pressures, and/or volume resuscitation in critically ill patients. By pacing the heart or inducing tricuspid regurgitation, the system may cause dynamic changes in sensor data to understand optimal loading conditions and heart rates. While determining optimal hemodynamic parameters, the system may then automatically optimize the heart rate and/or filling pressures in critically ill patients.
US10028669B2	Methods and apparatus for physiological measurement using color band photoplethysmographic sensor In illustrative implementations of this invention, a photoplethysmographic device measures variations of light that is reflected from, or transmitted through, human skin. In some implementations, the device includes a camera that takes the measurements remotely. In others, the device touches the skin during the measurements. The device includes a camera or other light sensor, which includes at least orange, green and cyan color channels. In some cases, such as a contact device, the device includes three or more colors of active light sources, including at least orange, green and cyan light sources. A computer analyzes the sensor data, in order to estimate a cardiac blood volume pulse wave. For each cardiac pulse, a computer detects the systolic peak and diastolic inflection of the wave, by calculating a second derivative of the wave. From the estimated wave, a computer estimates heart rate, heart rate variability and respiration rate.
US10028658B2	Imager for medical device A system for transmitting a temperature of a patient to an electronic medical record associated with the patient includes a thermometer with a digital display that is configured to display a temperature value associated with the temperature signal and at least one error-checking value. The system also includes a handheld imaging device including a camera to capture an image of the digital display of the thermometer, a processor to extract the text in the image using optical character recognition, and perform an error-check on the temperature value using the at least one error-checking value in the image, and to transmit the patient's identification number and temperature to an electronic medical record system.
US10028656B2	Optical coherence tomographic apparatus An optical coherence tomographic apparatus which obtains a tomographic image of an object based on light obtained by combining return light from the object irradiated with measurement light through a first lens and reference light corresponding to the measurement light, the apparatus comprises a scanning unit provided on an optical path of the measurement light and configured to scan the measurement light on the object; a second lens disposed between the scanning unit and the object; an optical path branching unit disposed between the first lens and the second lens and configured to make the optical path of the measurement light branch off to an observation optical path for observation of the object; a dividing unit that splits light emitted from a light source into the measurement light and the reference light; and a focus lens disposed between the dividing and scanning units.
US10028654B2	System and method for eye orientation Systems and methods for locating the center of a lens in the eye are provided. These systems and methods can be used to improve the effectiveness of a wide variety of different ophthalmic procedures. In one embodiment, a system and method is provided for determining the center of eye lens by illuminating the eye with a set of light sources, and measuring the resulting first image of the light sources reflected from an anterior surface of the lens and the resulting second image of the light sources reflected from a posterior surface of the lens. The location of the center of the lens of the eye is then determined using the measurements. In one embodiment, the center of the lens is determined by interpolating between the measures of the images. Such a determination provides an accurate location of the geometric center of the lens.
US10028653B2	Assessment of low contrast visual sensitivity Devices, systems and methods are described that can facilitate automated administration of a low contrast visual acuity test to a user. The low contrast visual acuity test can be administered using a display device and a computing device. The computing device can score results of the low contrast visual acuity test and determine a visual status of the user based on the score.
US10028643B2	Endoscope apparatus There is provided an endoscope apparatus which can achieve the improvement of operability with a simple configuration related to the operation of a forceps elevator. The endoscope includes: a forceps elevator which is erectably provided at the distal end part of an operation part that is provided to the insertion part, in an erecting motion range from the minimum angular position to the maximum angular position, and which guides a treatment tool led out from the distal end part; and a locking mechanism which locks the movement of the forceps elevator. An amount of force for locking the movement of the forceps elevator may be varied depending on a direction of that movement and a position of the forceps elevator.
US10028642B2	Endoscope There is provided an endoscope which can clean a distal end portion promptly and easily. An elevator housed in an elevator housing space of a distal end portion body is coupled with an erecting lever of an erecting lever housing chamber through a rotating shaft. A rotating shaft receiving portion formed with an engagement hole engaged with the rotating shaft and an engagement hole loosely fitted thereto is provided in the elevator, the elevator is retreated from the elevator housing slit by loosely fitting the elevator to the rotating shaft in cleaning.
US10028636B2	Fluid flow structure and method of use for continuous motion washing machine A fluid flow structure for a washing machine is located within a wash tank of the washing machine, which includes a fluid flow guide surface, and a support for the guide surface. The guide surface includes at least one region contoured inconsistently from the contour of at least one corresponding wall of the washing machine wash tank. The contour of the guide surface is generally curved so as to aide in reducing and/or preventing the pinning of items that often occurs in rectangular wash tanks of the prior art. The support for the guide surface creates a gap between the guide surface and at least one wall of the washing machine wash tank.
US10028630B2	Cleaner A cleaner including a dust collection unit configured to separate dust from air through centrifugation is provided. The dust collection unit includes a dust collection case having an inlet through which air is introduced and an outlet through which the air is discharged, and a cyclone assembly located in the dust collection case to separate dust from the air introduced through the inlet. The cyclone assembly includes a dust separation housing having an inner space, configured to have a first introduction unit formed at a side surface thereof; and an air curtain generation member coupled to the dust separation housing at a lower part of the first introduction unit, configured to include an air curtain discharge unit arranged at one upper end thereof so that the air curtain discharge unit allows vertical airflow ascending along the first introduction unit to be discharged.
US10028625B2	Over a sink retractable and extendable towel hanging apparatus A towel bar/hanging apparatus includes a sleeve extending through a horizontal surface of a sink rim and/or countertop is located adjacent a sink. An elongate arm is slidingly received through the sleeve. The arm is slidable through the sleeve to an extended position over the sink and to a retracted position below the horizontal surface. In its extended position, towels can be draped over the arm for drying and water dripping therefrom falls into the sink. In its extended position, the arm is prevented from unintentionally falling into its retracted position. The arm can comprise a pair of elongate links hingedly secured together, whereby one link is pivotable relative to the other for extending over the sink. The sleeve is preferably secured to a base flange secured atop the horizontal surface. The base flange can include a sprayer head hose.
US10028619B2	Food processor with spiralizer feature A food processor for cutting a food ingredient includes: a motorized base for generating a rotational force; a processor bowl removably attached to the motorized base; a spindle within the processor bowl in which the spindle can be rotated by the rotational force from the motorized base; a spiralizer cutter attached to the spindle within the processor bowl, the spiralizer cutter having a blade along a radius of the spiralizer cutter; a lid for the processor bowl, the lid having a center position corresponding to the spindle and a radial position between the center position and an edge of the lid; and a feed tube for positioning at one of the center position and the radial position, wherein the feed tube can be repositioned between the center and radial positions.
US10028608B2	Oven with steam infusion An oven includes a cooking enclosure including one or more cooking heater elements, a steam source in the cooking enclosure, and a steam source heater for the steam source. A sensor is responsive to the temperature of the steam source. A fluid reservoir is exterior to the cooking enclosure and a conduit extends from the fluid reservoir to or proximate the steam source. A controller energizes the steam source heater if the temperature of the steam source is below a predetermined threshold and de-energizes the steam source heater if the temperature of the steam source is above the predetermined threshold.
US10028606B1	Protected unmanned vehicle delivery receptacle A system for the delivery and secure receipt of packages from unmanned vehicles to improve security and protection of the packages upon delivery. A UAV receptacle provides a water-protected interior to protect a package. The UAV receptacle includes a door in one side that allows a reception tray to extend out and back in, and which locks to protect the package so received. The UAV receptacle detects a drone in proximity. Upon confirming that delivery is for the UAV receptacle, the reception tray extends to a reception position. A sensor detects the package on the reception tray upon delivery from the drone. The reception tray is of a mesh material to reduce water retention. The UAV receptacle retracts the reception tray and closes a door to seal the package within the UAV receptacle. The UAV receptacle may notify user devices that the package has been received.
US10028599B2	High velocity checkout terminal A high velocity checkout terminal is provided. The high velocity checkout terminal includes first and second input terminals for selectively transporting products to a cashier station and first and second output conveyors for transporting products from the cashier station to first and second bagging stations. The high velocity checkout terminal also includes first and second payment terminals for accepting payment for a cost of the products.
US10028592B1	Carrier with a multi-purpose handle assembly Disclosed herein is a lightweight infant carrier that may act as an infant insert when placed in a car seat but can also be lifted out and utilized to transport an infant in the carrier, leaving the traditional car seat behind. The lightweight infant carrier may also stand on its own when placed elsewhere.
US10028591B2	Structure of inflatable cushion An improved structure of an inflatable cushion includes: a top layer constituting a surface of the inflatable cushion, a bottom layer constituting an undersurface of the inflatable cushion, and a side layer constituting a circumference of the inflatable cushion such that the inflatable cushion defines an interior space. Longitudinal stretch bands and lateral stretch bands are arranged in the interior space in such a way that portions of the longitudinal stretch bands are jointed to the top layer to form first connection sections and portions of the lateral stretch bands are jointed to the bottom layer to form second connection sections. The lateral stretch bands and the longitudinal stretch bands intersect each other and the first connection sections and the second connection sections oppose each other in a vertical direction.
US10028590B2	Couch cot cover A cover assembly internally supported by a removable irregular object provides a seating apparatus. A top cover and a bottom cover are separated allowing access to the object within. A cushion assembly conforms to the irregular upper surface of the object forming a generally uniform top surface for the cover assembly. Foam structural supports in the corners of the cover assembly provide additional structural support and padding. A back support provides support for a person sitting on the cover assembly.
US10028576B1	Retractable mechanism of desk A desk includes a desk top and a frame connected to underside of the desk top. Two storage boxes are respectively connected the left and right sides of the frame. Each storage box has a retractable column extending therefrom which is driven by a driving unit. Each storage box has a flexible cable manager located therein which is cooperated with multiple boxes to organize cables of computers and accessories, and the boxes are moved with movement of the desk top.
US10028565B2	Cosmetic container Provided is a cosmetic container that can be used in a process of grasping the cosmetic container, a process of taking out an applicator from the container, and a process of storing the applicator therein. The cosmetic container can be held by one hand of the user, and includes a first container that has an applicator provided therein and has a substantially circular cross-section in a direction perpendicular to a length direction, and a second container that removably engages with the first container, is longer than the first container, has a substantially circular cross-section in a direction perpendicular to a length direction, and has an application material stored therein, in which a profile of the cosmetic container formed when the first container and the second container engage with each other is substantially spindle shaped, and the a lengths and diameters of the first and second containers fall within predetermined values.
US10028550B2	Footwear with reflective outsole An article of footwear is provided and may include an upper and an outsole. The outsole may be formed from a rigid material and may include a heat-reflective coating opposing the ground during use.
US10028548B2	Toddler shoe with squeaker A toddler shoe has a squeaker or other air-powered noisemaker (collectively “squeaker”) that is selectively active in that the squeaker can be turned on or off. The squeaker can be turned on or off without removing the squeaker from the shoe, and because the squeaker remains in the shoe, the functional characteristics of the shoe are unaffected by the on or off state of the squeaker.
US10028547B2	Method for producing flip-flop shoe A method is provided for integrally forming a flip-flop shoe including a sole, a vamp having a toe slot, and a rib interconnected between the sole and the vamp. A sole cavity is defined between middle and lower molds. A vamp cavity is defined between upper and middle molds. An insertion block on the upper mold is received in a slot of the middle mold and corresponds to the toe slot. A rib cavity is defined between an end of the slot and the insertion block and intercommunicates with the sole cavity and the vamp cavity. Molten plastic material is filled into the sole cavity, the vamp cavity, and the rib cavity to form an integral flip-flop shoe including the sole, the vamp, the rib, and the toe slot. The upper and lower molds are then opened, and the integral flip-flop shoe is removed from the middle mold.
US10028546B2	Fo-Fa-Tu An apparatus and associated method contemplating an indicia marked on a package to identify a particular construction of color-mismatched footwear contained in the package. The indicia includes a brand identifying the footwear as being color-mismatched, a style identifying a characteristic construction of the footwear, and a generation level identifying an arrangement of the colors for the color-mismatched footwear.
US10028542B2	Method and system for tracking glove failure A system and method for identifying areas of a processing plant in which a glove is damaged. The system includes utilizing color-coded sets of gloves in different areas or processing steps within the plant. All the gloves used in a particular plant are provided with a unique identifier. If a piece of a glove is located in the product within the plant, the color of that piece indicates the area or process of the plant in which the glove was used. If a piece of a damaged glove is located in the product at a remote destination, the unique identifier in that piece is matched with a registry to determine the plant in which the glove was used. The color of the piece then helps the plant to identify where the damaged glove was used. The system and method are particularly helpful in the food processing industry, especially meat processing.
US10028541B2	Garment with front and back zipper This disclosure relates to a garment having zippers for separating the garment into two halves. The garment has a zipper on the front and a zipper on the back. The halves can be mixed and matched according to preference for color, surface ornamentation, or material. Each half has an inside pocket that can be used for storing an additional garment half. The garment may optionally include a hood. In embodiments where the garment has a hood, the back zipper may unzip as the slider is moved in the downward direction, thereby allowing the user to separate the hood and fold the hood into a collar.
US10028536B2	E-cigarette personal vaporizer A portable, personal storage and carrying case for an e-liquid e-cigarette PV in which the case includes an electrical power source for re-charging a rechargeable battery in the PV; a user-replaceable reservoir for holding e-liquid; and an electrical or electronic pump adapted to transfer e-liquid from the reservoir to a chamber in the PV, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the pump is a peristaltic pump.
US10028527B2	Portable multifunctional smoking utensil holder and kit A portable multifunctional smoking utensil holder and kit is disclosed that may include a holder for smoking utensils that includes a lower portion; and an upper portion that is pivotably attached to the lower portion, wherein the lower portion includes a first compartment that is configured to slidably and removably receive a pipe therein for storing the pipe; a second compartment that is configured to store a leafy substance therein; and a third compartment that is open to the second compartment, the third compartment including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion configured to slidably receive the pipe therein, the second portion including a grinding mechanism that is configured to transfer and grind substances from the second compartment into the third compartment when the grinding mechanism is actuated.
US10028521B2	Methods and machines for pouching smokeless tobacco and tobacco substitute products A melt-blown fabric for pouching smokeless tobacco or a smokeless tobacco substitute can include melt-blown polymer fibers. The fabric can have a basis weight of less than 30 gsm and a tensile strength of at least 4 mJ in at least one predetermined direction. Method of making the fabric can include melt-blowing a polymeric material against a support surface and bonding the fibers or arranging them in a predetermined orientation. Pouched smokeless tobacco or tobacco substitute products including the fabrics provided herein can provide desirable flavor and tactile experience.
US10028520B2	Apparatus for manufacturing a smokeless tobacco product incorporating an object, and associated method An apparatus and associated method are provided for manufacturing a smokeless tobacco product including tobacco material and at least one object. A forming unit is configured to form a continuous supply of a pouch material into a continuous tubular member defining a longitudinal axis. A tobacco insertion unit is configured to introduce tobacco material into a pouch member portion of the tubular member. An object insertion unit is configured to introduce objects into the tubular member, with at least one of the objects being introduced into the pouch member portion. A closing and dividing unit is configured to close and divide the tubular member at intervals along the longitudinal axis thereof, to form the tubular member into a plurality of discrete pouch member portions such that each discrete pouch member portion includes the tobacco material and the at least one of the objects.
US10028514B2	Robotic carcass processing method and system A robotic carcass processing system uses a pair of robotic arms having multiple axes of motion, a saw mounted thereon, and a controller. The controller moves the saw in Cartesian space via inverse kinematics with interpolation control over the multiple axes of the robotic arm to synchronously move the saw relative to a carcass on an assembly line. The controller also determines when one of the robotic arms has moved its saw out of a defined space to indicate that space is clear and to permit the other robotic arm to enter that space. A sensor on the assembly line identifies location of the absence of a supported carcass, a supported carcass that requires special handling, or weight or length of a carcass. The controller sends a signal to the robotic arms to either effect a standard cut or to modify the standard cut at the identified location or carcass.
US10028512B2	Apparatus for feeding pasta sheet into a pasta-making machine An apparatus for feeding pasta sheet into a pasta-making machine, includes a feed device for feeding a strip of pasta sheet along a predetermined path, and a punching device designed to operate on the strip in the stop condition so as to punch the strip and obtain from the strip cut pieces of pasta sheet intended to be wrapped around respective portions of filling, thereby producing respective pieces of filled pasta. The apparatus includes a speed variator device for the feed speed of the strip, interposed between the feed device and the punching device for causing, during each machine cycle of the apparatus, a variation in the speed of a branch of the strip positioned at the punching device which, in combination with the speed at which the strip is supplied by the feed device, stops the branch of the strip.
US10028510B2	DIG-17 insecticidal cry toxins DIG-17 insecticidal toxins, polynucleotides encoding such toxins, use of such toxins to control pests, and transgenic plants that produce such toxins are disclosed.
US10028509B2	Composition comprising a biological control agent and a fungicide selected from inhibitors of the mitosis and cell division or compounds having a multi-site action The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one biological control agent. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of this composition as well as a method for reducing overall damage of plants and plant parts.
US10028505B2	Micropropagation of alexandrian laurel (Danae racemosa L) Alexandrian laurel (Danae racemosa L.) is a highly demanded evergreen shrub. However, seed germination often takes up to 12 to 18 months with a germination rate of only about 20%. Also, due to its slow-growth rate, it typically takes up to six years to produce a saleable one-gallon size plant. Germinating seeds in the presence of cytokinins and/or auxins increased in vitro shoot multiplication and seedling quality enhancement. Benzyladenine was found to balance seedling development by simultaneously accelerating shoot growth and slowing down root growth, whereas thidiazuron significantly promoted shoot multiplication and proliferation by producing 5-30 shoots per seed.
US10028500B2	Trap for catching animals, in particular muridae A trap for catching animals, in particular muridae, is provided with a tank and a passageway, which extends above the tank from an entry and has, at the end, a container for a bait; the floor of the passageway is defined by a gangway, which opens to let an animal fall into the tank and is provided with two trapdoors hinged to one another; the first of said trapdoors is hinged about a horizontal axis, so as to tilt from a substantially horizontal position during the opening of the gangway, and has a counterweight to reclose the gangway; the gangway has an attach device which connects the second trapdoor to a fixed retaining device, so as to support the first trapdoor in its substantially horizontal position even when the first trapdoor is subject to a weight; the attach device is releasable when the weight rests on the second trapdoor.
US10028498B2	Machine controller allowing concurrent functions A machine controller may communicate with a joystick (or grip) and/or a touchscreen Human Machine Interface (HMI) (or other input module) on first data communication bus or path, and communicate with machine specific control modules and/or a field computer on a second data communication bus or path. The machine controller may receive operator commands from the joystick or other input module and instruct the corresponding machine specific control module accordingly. Concurrently, the field computer may be used by the operator to monitor and/or control a different function of the machine via a different machine specific control module. As a result, the operator may keep his hand on the joystick or other input module while monitoring a different function.
US10028490B2	Comprehensive poultry manure management method An integrated system of technology applications and methods to provide comprehensive management of poultry waste improves the productivity of poultry housing facilities while reducing the environmental and public health impacts of poultry production. The method utilizes a plurality of housing units, each including plenum flooring and ventilation to improve the health of birds as they grow from hatchlings to market size adults. After the birds are removed from the housing units, manure is immediately removed from the flooring system and preferably transported to a processing facility. The units are cleaned and fumigated with ozone so that they are ready to receive a new flock within approximately 48 hours from removal of the preceding flock.
US10028488B2	Interactive device for animals An interactive device for animals is provided, including a main body, a circuit module, a video/audio transceiver, a driving module, a first pusher, and a first communicating member, wherein the circuit module, the video/audio transceiver, and the driving module are disposed on the main body, and the video/audio transceiver and the driving module are electrically connected to the circuit module. The main body has a recess and an opening. The first pusher is movably disposed in the recess and connected to the driving module. The first communicating member communicates the recess with the opening. When the driving module drives the first pusher to protrude from an inner wall of the recess, the first pusher pushes an object in the recess into the first communicating member, and the object leaves the main body through the opening.
US10028484B2	Portable water travel bottle for use to provide water to dogs in automobiles and other locations remote from home A portable travel mug and water bowl combination which is used to retain water and dispense water for a dog to consume and thereafter enable the unconsumed water to be returned to the travel mug. The water bottle contains an upper section, a lower section and an interior recessed section which enables the bottle to be compressed to squeeze water out of the bottle through a straw into the dog bowl and at the same time provide a sufficient stiffness so that the shape of the bottle will not deform. The water bottle is designed to be fit into and retained in a standard car beverage container holder. The device is also designed to be aesthetically pleasing so that it can even be used in luxury vehicles.
US10028480B2	Ganoderma lucidum strain suitable for large-scale liquid fermentation culture, method of mutation breeding the same, and use of the strain Disclosed is a Ganoderma Lucidum strain suitable for large-scale liquid fermentation, named as Ganoderma Lucidum G2, deposited with China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center under the accession number CGMCC No. 3982 on Jul. 20, 2010, and a method of mutation breeding the same and use of the strain. The Ganoderma Lucidum strain which belongs to Ganodermataceae, genus Ganoderma, species red Ganoderma Lucidum is obtained by artificial mutagenizing and breeding. The production of mycelia using the Ganoderma Lucidum strain G2 is 80˜120 times higher as compared with the production of mycelia using wild-type naïve Ganoderma Lucidum strain. The mycelia produced using the Ganoderma Lucidum strain G2 have higher contents of main pharmaceutical ingredients. The Ganoderma Lucidum strain suitable for large-scale liquid fermentation can be used for manufacturing oral solution or beverage comprising Ganoderma mycelia or extracts of Ganoderma mycelia as main active ingredient.
US10028476B2	Wheat variety W060401B1 A wheat variety designated W060401B1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W060401B1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W060401B1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W060401B1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety W060401B1 are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W060401B1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US10028474B2	Wheat variety W060036K1 A wheat variety designated W060036K1, the plants and seeds of wheat variety W060036K1, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety W060036K1 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety W060036K1 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety W060036K1 are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety W060036K1 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US10028472B1	Soybean variety 5PNEJ50 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PNEJ50 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PNEJ50, cells from soybean variety 5PNEJ50, plants of soybean 5PNEJ50, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PNEJ50. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PNEJ50 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PNEJ50, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PNEJ50, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PNEJ50. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PNEJ50 are further provided.
US10028464B1	Maize hybrid X15K728 A novel maize variety designated X15K728 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X15K728 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X15K728 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X15K728, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X15K728. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X15K728.
US10028450B2	Control system for a canopy A control system for a canopy to treat plants is disclosed. In one implementation according to examples of the present disclosure, a method comprises receiving a treatment temperature from a user device. The method further comprises flowing a fluid from a hot fluid generating system to a canopy. The method further comprises selectively enabling and disabling a fluid flow from the hot fluid generating system to the canopy to maintain the treatment temperature within the canopy.
US10028449B2	Method for raising leaf-and-stem vegetables and light source device for raising leaf-and-stem vegetables A method for raising leaf-and-stem vegetables and a light source device used in the method, which can make production cost of leaf-and-stem vegetables reduced and commercial value thereof enhanced by irradiating parts of leaf-and-stem vegetable with a light optimum therefor. The method for raising leaf-and-stem vegetables by irradiating the vegetables with light, includes a stem growth-inhibiting light source irradiating tops of the stems with light having a blue component light at high ratio, which inhibits the growth of stems, at least during an initial growth period when the stems and leaves become distinguishable from each other.
US10028444B2	Grain elevator for an agricultural combine A combine harvester having a crop processing mechanism and an elevator assembly is provided. The elevator assembly conveys harvested crop to the crop processing mechanism. The elevator assembly includes an elevator housing, an endless conveyor mounted for rotation within the elevator housing about a shaft, and a sprocket stripper mounted adjacent the shaft. The sprocket stripper includes a beveled or tapered edge.
US10028442B1	Self-propelled, close-coupled, autonomous grain cart An autonomous self-propelled grain cart for short-coupled operation with a grain harvesting combine includes a frame and an operator's cab affixed to the frame. The operator's cab includes interactive controls for steering, regulating propulsion, and utility operation by an operator. A plurality of drive units propel the cart over the surface of an agricultural field. A grain hopper includes a grain bin and an unloading apparatus. A power system is electrically communicative with the drive units and the grain hopper unloading apparatus. The grain cart also includes a position sensing system, and a control system. The control system includes a central processing unit having an associated memory, a display, a user input device, and an instruction set resident in the memory. The instruction set, when executed and integrated with the position sensing system, functions to autonomously maintain a close-coupled position with respect to an operating combine.
US10028436B2	Adjustable gathering chain assembly for a header of an agricultural harvester An adjustable gathering chain assembly for a header of an agricultural harvester includes a drive unit, a driven unit spaced from and movable with respect to the drive unit and an endless gathering chain extending between the drive unit and the driven unit. An adjustment unit including an idler member in engagement with the gathering chain is operable to move the idler member with respect to the drive unit in order to move the driven unit between first and second positions relative to the drive unit whereby the header may effectively harvest both standing crop and downed or lodged crop depending on harvesting conditions.
US10028435B2	Sensor calibration using field information A topographical indication for a field is detected by an aerial sensor and, based on the topographical indication, an area of consistent elevation is calculated. An estimated yield indication for a field is also detected, and an area of consistent estimated yield is calculated. With a controller, a calibration candidate zone is generated, wherein the calibration candidate zone comprises an area of the field with a consistent topography and a consistent estimated yield along a width and a length of the area.
US10028431B2	Electrical system for riding lawn care vehicle A riding lawn mower is provided with an electrical system. The electrical system includes a control module, transceiver modules, and a wiring system. The control module allows for programmably controlling electrical operations of the riding lawn mower. The transceiver modules are operably connected with respective devices of the riding lawn mower so as to communicate data between the respective devices and the control module. The wiring system includes wires that electrically connect the transceiver modules with the control module. The wiring system includes a power wire that provides electrical power to the transceiver modules from the battery; and a data bus including a data wire that transmits data between the control module and the transceiver modules.
US10028426B2	Agronomic systems, methods and apparatuses In one aspect, an agricultural system is provided and includes an information gathering component, a first component and a second component. The information gathering component is configured to gather information pertaining to at least one agricultural characteristic and generate agricultural data associated with the gathered information. The agricultural data is transmitted over a network and used to generate an agricultural prescription, which is comprised of at least one agricultural characteristic and at least one agricultural action. The first component includes a network interface for receiving the agricultural prescription over the network and the second component is in communication with the first component. The second component is configured to receive the agricultural prescription from the first component and is configured to output the at least one agricultural action.
US10034419B2	Detaching apparatus for detaching component from circuit board A detaching apparatus includes a bench, a first supporting member attached to the bench, a convey system, a positioning member, a second supporting member, and a detaching member. The convey system is attached to the first supporting member for conveying a circuit board. The positioning member is attached to the first supporting member for positioning the circuit board. The second supporting member is attached to the bench and aligning with the first supporting member. The detaching member is attached to the second supporting member and includes a sliding bracket moving vertically relative to the bench, a moving block moving horizontally in the sliding bracket, a blade attached to the moving block, and a vacuum suction cup attached to the moving block and aligning with the blade.
US10034413B2	Air deflection plug-in box for forced air-cooled cabinet and forced air-cooled cabinet The disclosure discloses an air deflection plug-in box for a forced air-cooled cabinet. The air deflection plug-in box includes a front vertical plate with one or more vent holes, a rear vertical plate with one or more vent holes, two side vertical plates with hangers and an air deflection diaphragm arranged to isolate air areas, wherein the front vertical plate, the rear vertical plate, the two side vertical plates and the air deflection diaphragm are fixedly connected into a whole to distinctively guide cold airflow on one side of the air deflection diaphragm and guide hot airflow on the other side of the air deflection diaphragm. One or more thermal barriers are also arranged on at least one surface of the air deflection diaphragm, and each thermal barrier is made from thermal insulation material.
US10034409B2	Individual front hot-pluggable power suppy unit with cable routing Server rack assembly having a chassis and two or more power supply units configured to be received within the chassis. Each power supply unit configured to be coupled with a power distribution unit by a power cord and having an aperture formed on a front surface to receive the power cord. A chassis channel formed within the chassis to receive each power cord extending substantially the length of the chassis. Each of the two or more power supply units can be independently removable from the chassis.
US10034407B2	Storage sled for a data center Examples may include a sled for a rack of a data center including physical storage resources. The sled comprises mounting flanges to enable robotic insertion and removal from a rack and storage device mounting slots to enable robotic insertion and removal of storage devices into the sled. The storage devices are coupled to an optical fabric through storage resource controllers and a dual-mode optical network interface.
US10034402B2	Components of an electronic device and methods for their assembly Various components of an electronic device housing and methods for their assembly are disclosed. The housing can be formed by assembling and connecting two or more different sections together. The sections of the housing may be coupled together using one or more coupling members. The coupling members may be formed using a two-shot molding process in which the first shot forms a structural portion of the coupling members, and the second shot forms cosmetic portions of the coupling members.
US10034385B2	Method of preparing metal pattern having 3D structure The present application relates to a method of preparing a metal pattern having a 3D structure, a metal pattern laminate, and use of the metal pattern laminate. According to the method of preparing a metal pattern, the metal pattern having a 3D structure can be effectively formed on a receptor. Especially, the metal pattern having a 3D structure can also be effectively and rapidly transferred to a surface of the receptor, such as, a flexible substrate, to which the metal pattern is not easily transferred. The metal pattern laminate prepared using the method can, for example, be usefully used for metal layers of flexible electronic devices or metal interconnection lines.
US10034384B2	Structure containing conductor circuit, method for manufacturing same, and heat-curable resin composition A method for manufacturing a structure containing a conductor circuit according to the present invention can provide openings in various shapes by patterning a first photosensitive resin layer in a first patterning process according to shapes of openings formed in a heat-curable resin layer. Further, in the method for manufacturing a structure containing a conductor circuit, a plurality of openings can be formed at the same time and a residue of the resin around the opening can be reduced, unlike a case in which openings are formed with a laser. Therefore, it is possible to sufficiently efficiently manufacture the structure having excellent reliability even when the number of pins of a semiconductor element increases and it is necessary to provide a great number of fine openings.
US10034382B2	Method of manufacturing a flexible and/or stretchable electronic device A method of manufacturing a flexible electronic device is provided. The method includes a) filtering a mixture including an electrically conducting nanostructured material through a membrane such that the electrically conducting nanostructured material is deposited on the membrane; b) depositing an elastomeric polymerizable material on the electrically conducting nanostructured material and curing the elastomeric polymerizable material thereby embedding the electrically conducting nanostructured material in an elastomeric polymer thus formed; and c) separating the elastomeric polymer with the embedded electrically conducting nanostructured material from the membrane to obtain the flexible electronic device. Flexible electronic device manufactured by the method, and use of the flexible electronic device are also provided.
US10034379B2	Stacked electronic structure A stacked electronic structure is provided. The stacked electronic structure includes: a magnetic device, electronic devices, and a substrate. The substrate is disposed under the magnetic device. First and second electronic devices are disposed between a bottom surface of the magnetic device and a top surface of the substrate. The first and second electronic devices comprise first and third terminals, disposed on first and second surfaces thereof, respectively, electrically connected to the magnetic device without using the substrate. The first and second electronic devices also comprise second and fourth terminals, disposed on second and fourth surfaces thereof, respectively, electrically connected to the substrate.
US10034378B2	Curved display device A curved display device includes a semiconductor chip package including a base film, a plurality of driving chips on the base film, and an input wire unit and an output wire unit connected to the driving chips, a printed circuit board (PCB) connected to the input wire unit of the semiconductor chip package, and a display panel including a display unit and a pad unit connected to the output wire unit of the semiconductor chip package, wherein the display panel, the semiconductor chip package, and the PCB are bendable in a first direction, and the driving chips of the of the semiconductor chip package are separated from each other in the first direction.
US10034377B2	Display device A display device includes a flexible insulating substrate, an insulating layer on the insulating substrate, and a plurality of terminals made of a conductive material on the insulating layer. The insulating layer is disposed outside the area located between the terminals. The insulating substrate has a groove between the terminals.
US10034374B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a first basement and a first conductive layer, a second substrate including a second basement which includes a first surface and a second surface, and a second conductive layer which is located on the second surface, and including a first hole which penetrates between the first surface and the second surface, a first light-shielding layer located between the first basement and the second basement, and a connecting material electrically connecting the first and second conductive layer via the first hole, wherein the connecting material and the first light-shielding layer are spaced apart from each other.
US10034367B2	Printed circuit board and display apparatus including same A display apparatus may include a display substrate having a display region and a pad region adjacent to the display region; a first pad row in the pad region, the first pad row including a first pads and a second pads which are aligned along a first direction, center points of the first pads being at a first position in a second direction crossing the first direction, center points of the second pads being at a second position spaced apart from the first position in the second direction, the first and second types of pads being alternately arranged; and a second pad row in the pad region, the second pad row being adjacent to the first pad row in the second direction, the second pad row including a plurality of pads aligned along the first direction.
US10034359B2	Cloud-connected off-grid lighting and video system A cloud-connected off-grid lighting and video system may include one or more wireless lighting modules and a bridge device to transmit a video stream or images to external devices such as a remote device, a cellular phone, a home automation system, or a security system. The cloud-connected off-grid lighting and video system may operate over the cloud via an Internet connection allowing the bridge device to communicate with a server on the Internet that may implement software for the interface to capture data regarding activity detected by-the wireless lighting module.
US10034356B2	Smart lighting device, and smart lighting control system and method The present disclosure provides a smart lighting device, and a smart lighting control system and method. The smart lighting device includes a wireless communication module, a control module, an image acquisition module configured to collect images/videos near the smart lighting device in real-time and to send the images/videos to the control module for analysis, and a microphone module configured to have operation modes including a sleep mode and a monitor mode to receive a control signal from the control module to switch between the operation modes, and to collect audio signals in the surrounding area of the smart lighting device when operated at the monitor mode. The control module is configured to receive and analyze the images/videos from the image acquisition module. When a human appearance is identified in the images, the control module sends the control signal to the microphone module to switch to the monitor mode.
US10034354B2	Splittable light strings and methods of splitting light strings A lighting network (110) includes at least one lighting unit (120, 200, 300, 600, 700, 800, 900). The lighting unit includes: a serial data input (121) receiving serial input data including at least first lighting data; first and second demultiplexed serial data outputs (123, 125); one or more individually addressable light sources (222, 322); one or more lighting drivers (250, 460, 650) receiving the first lighting data and in response thereto driving the individually addressable light source(s) to emit light; and a demultiplexer (124, 224, 324, 624). The demultiplexer demultiplexes at least a portion of the serial input data into first and second serial output data, and supplies the first serial output data to the first demultiplexed serial data output to be output from the first lighting unit, and the second serial output data to the second demultiplexed serial data output to be output from the first lighting unit.
US10034347B2	Output circuit There is provided an output circuit for supplying an output current to a load coupled to an output terminal in response to an input signal. The output circuit includes an output transistor for supplying the output current to the output terminal, an output-drive circuit for driving the output transistor, a constant-current limiting circuit for generating a current control signal for limiting the output current to a predetermined current value, and a control circuit for implementing a control such that the output current is controlled on the basis of the current control signal if a voltage at the output terminal is at a predetermined voltage, or less after the input signal is supplied while the output transistor is driven by the output-drive circuit if the voltage at the output terminal is in excess of the predetermined voltage.
US10034335B1	Switching mode constant current LED driver A switching mode constant current led driver including an energy transmission unit, an LED module, a power transistor, a resistor and a control unit, the control unit including a driving unit for generating a driving voltage signal, and a duty cycle determining unit for determining a duty cycle of the driving voltage signal, wherein, the duty cycle determining unit determines a charging time for a reference current to charge an external capacitor according to a present time length, and determines a discharging time for a discharging current to discharge the external capacitor according to an inductor discharging time, the discharging current being proportional to an average value of an inductor charging status signal, and a comparing voltage is thereby generated on the external capacitor; and compares the comparing voltage with a saw-tooth voltage to generate a next time length of the duty cycle.
US10034334B2	Driver circuit with extended operation range A system comprising a driver circuit wherein the driver circuit comprises a converter. The system further comprises a controller operable to control a ratio between an input voltage supplied to the driver circuit and a target output voltage to be output from the driver circuit by varying a pulse width modulated signal, and by switching between operating modes of said converter. The controller is configured to determine that the driver circuit is operating in an undesired state caused by a combination of the duty cycle and the operating mode of the converter. The system further comprises a resistance adjustment circuit configured to adjust an equivalent output resistance of the driver circuit in response to the controller determining that the driver circuit is operating in an undesired state.
US10034333B2	Method for operating an arc furnace and smelting system having an arc furnace operated according to the method At least one measurement value of a measurement variable characterizing the operating state of each of a plurality of system components that influence the operating conditions of an arc furnace is detected and compared to a respective currently permissible threshold value for the measurement variable. A maximum power that can be supplied to the arc furnace within a time window while satisfying all currently permissible threshold values is determined based on the result of the comparison.
US10034326B2	Uplink data transfer A method including transmitting an uplink access request message by a user device (UD) for an access point (AP) in an access point cluster set of the UD; and monitoring a downlink control channel by the user device (UD) to determine, based at least partially upon the transmitted uplink access request message, if a subsequent uplink communication is to be transmitted by the user device (UD) to a serving access point and/or a stand-by access point of the access point cluster set.
US10034313B2	Emergency data transmission over unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes determining that a first node associated with a first operator in a deployment of operators has emergency data to transmit over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band and transmitting, by the first node, a signal over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band. The signal may indicate that the first node has emergency data to transmit. A second method includes receiving, at a first base station associated with a first operator in a deployment of operators, an uplink transmission from a user equipment (UE) indicating that the UE has emergency uplink data to transmit over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band and transmitting, by the first base station, an indication to a second base station that the UE has emergency uplink data to transmit over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band.
US10034308B2	Method for allocating temporary identifier to terminal in random access procedure in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor Provided are a method for allocating a temporary radio network temporary identifier to a terminal within a random access procedure in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method for allocating a temporary radio network temporary identifier (T-RNTI) to a user equipment (UE) within a random access procedure in a wireless communication system, includes transmitting, by the UE, a random access preamble to a base station (BS), transmitting, by the UE, a radio resource control (RRC) request message to the BS through a contention-based physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource block in which uplink data can be transmitted without uplink resource allocation scheduling, and receiving, by the UE, an RRC connection setup message identified by a T-RNTI allocated to the UE in response to the RRC request message, wherein the T-RNTI is allocated on the basis of the contention-based PUSCH resource block in which the RRC request message has been transmitted.
US10034301B2	Scheduling wireless device-to-device communications A radio access node (22) which communicates over a radio interface (24) with a first wireless terminal (261). The radio access node (22) generates a device-to-device (D2D) grant (54) which specifies radio resources that the first wireless terminal (261) is permitted to use for device-to-device (D2D) communication with a second wireless terminal (second wireless terminal 262). The radio access node (22) transmits the subframe (S) including the D2D grant (54) to the first wireless terminal (261). The first wireless terminal (261) transmits data (56) to the second wireless terminal using radio resources permitted by the D2D grant. In an example embodiment and mode the D2D grant is included in a downlink control channel such as PDCCH; in another example embodiment and mode the D2D grant is included in a downlink shared channel (PDSCH).
US10034295B2	Coordination of downlink channel assignments for communication with cluster of access points in wireless network An example technique may include determining, by a user device, downlink control channel timing information for each of a plurality of access points including for a serving access point that serves the user device and one or more standby access points; sending, by the user device to a cluster set manager via the serving access point, the downlink control channel timing information for each of the plurality of access points; receiving, by the user device from the cluster set manager via the serving access point, downlink control channel allocations including information identifying a downlink control channel allocated to the user device for each of a plurality of the access points; and receiving, by the user device, information from at least one of a plurality of the access points via a downlink control channel allocated to the user device for the at least one of the plurality of access points.
US10034292B1	Resource allocation in wireless networks Allocating resources in a wireless network includes monitoring usage of each of a control channel and a data channel, determining that at least the usage of the data channel exceeds a capacity of the data channel, determining a usage of each of the control channel and the data channel operating in MU-MIMO mode, determining that the usage of the control channel in the MU-MIMO mode exceeds a first capacity of the control channel, determining a usage of each of the control channel and the data channel operating in both the MU-MIMO mode and an enhanced control mode, and adjusting a size of the portion of resources of the data channel allocated for control information upon determining that the second usage of one of the control channel or the data channel exceeds a second capacity of one of the control channel or the data channel.
US10034291B2	Cluster-based derivation of antenna tilts in a wireless network Cluster-based optimization of antenna tilts in a wireless network and other related aspects are presented herein. A screening component can receive information indicating wireless conditions of respective wireless access points of a geographical region, select, based on a performance criterion, an access point of the respective wireless access points, and group the access point and an other access point of the respective wireless access points into a representation of a cluster of access points. Further, an optimization component can derive antenna tilt values for respective access points of the cluster of the access points in response to a simulation of an application of the antenna tilt values to the respective access points. Furthermore, an implementation component can direct the antenna tilt values to respective components of the respective access points.
US10034289B2	IEEE 802.11 communication utilizing carrier specific interference mitigation Wireless communication under IEEE 802.11 standards utilizing carrier specific interference mitigation where an AP or UE employs an ultra-wideband tuner to evaluate available spectrum between several communication bands. Rather than being constrained to communicate in a single communication band, the AP and UEs may utilize more than one communication band to communicate with one another. In doing so, the AP and UE search across several bands and measure interference on a carrier-by-carrier basis across those bands. Either of the AP and UE may select a cluster of carriers for communication, where the cluster of carriers may comprise 1) contiguous carriers in a single sub-channel, 2) contiguous carriers spanning across more than one sub-channel, 3) discontinuous carriers in a single sub-channel, or 4) discontinuous carriers spanning across more than one sub-channel. The mapping between a cluster and its carriers can be fixed or reconfigurable.
US10034286B2	Methods and systems for beam searching In one example embodiment, a method includes transmitting a plurality of first beacons over a first scanning period, the plurality of first beacons associated with different direct energy beams, the transmitting including, transmitting the plurality of first beacons over sub-periods of the first scanning period, respectively; obtaining an indication of a preferred first beacon, the preferred beacon being received by a network element during the transmitting of the plurality of beacons over the first scanning period; and communicating with the element during a scheduled portion of a first data communication period using the beam associated with the preferred first beacon, a length of the first scanning period and a length of the first data communication period forming a length of a time transmission interval.
US10034268B1	Techniques for using a device's magnetometer as a communication mechanism Described herein is a system and method for enabling communication with a user device using that user device's magnetometer. In some embodiments, a magnetic beacon may generate a sequence of input signals that correspond to activations and deactivations of a magnetic field. A magnetometer in a user device may detect sudden changes in magnetic field and may be used to determine that those changes include a message. In some embodiments, the user device may monitor for an initiation sequence. Upon detecting a sequence of magnetic field activations and deactivations (which may appear to the magnetometer as a sequence of sudden rotational position changes), the user device may interpret a message conveyed by the magnetic beacon. In some embodiments, the user device may communicate the message to a service provider computer, which may subsequently identify additional information related to the message and provide that additional information to the user device.
US10034267B2	Method and apparatus for localizing components and/or persons assigned to an image recording scanner in a spatial environment In a method and system for localizing optional and/or exchangeable components of at least one image recording scanner and/or for localizing persons assigned to the image recording scanner in a spatial environment around the location of the image recording scanner, the components and/or persons are each provided with a wireless transmit device and the environment is provided with wireless receive devices. For each transmit device, using at least one localization signal received by at least one receive device in which the transmitting transmit device is identified, an item of position information of the transmit device, and thus of the component or person assigned to the transmit device, is determined and is provided in a computer for recall purposes.
US10034260B2	Wireless local area network hotspot registration using near field communications A first device that includes a processor configured to transmit/receive a trigger message to/from a second device based on wireless short-range communication. The trigger message initiates a registration process within a wireless local area network (WLAN).
US10034255B2	Systems and methods for providing synchronization in a networked environment Described herein are systems and methods for synchronization in a networked environment. For example, some embodiments provide methods for synchronizing a client device having a client media time reference with a server device having a server media time reference. In some cases such methods are embodied in computer readable code that is executable on one or more processors. Furthermore, some embodiments provide hardware, such as networked media devices that are configured to perform such methods. In overview, in some embodiments a client obtains timing information from a server and, on the basis of this timing information, applies an adjustment to a client control time reference, thereby to synchronize the client media time reference with the server media time reference. Some embodiments are particularly directed to the situation where there is a desire to synchronize networked media devices across a combination of wired and wireless networks.
US10034254B2	Method, device and system for adjusting timing advance A method for adjusting a timing advance includes: sending an uplink message to an access point, AP, and receiving a downlink message returned by the AP; according to the moment when the uplink message is sent, the moment when the downlink message returned by the AP is received and the fixed time when the downlink message is returned by the AP, obtaining time alignment information; and according to the time alignment information, adjusting the amount of time by which a signal is sent in advance.
US10034245B2	Method, wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and base station for transferring small packets A method, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a base station for transferring small packets are described. The WTRU generates a packet that has one or more of a medium access control (MAC) or a physical layer convergence protocol (PLCP) header, the one or more of the MAC or the PLCP header including a field. On a condition that the WTRU has data buffered for transmission, the WTRU includes in the field information that indicates a time or a transmission opportunity (TXOP) needed to transmit at least one packet of data that the WTRU has buffered for transmission. The WTRU transmits the packet to another WTRU in the wireless network. The WTRU receives another packet from the other WTRU with a granted TXO) based on the time needed to transmit the at least one packet of the data that the WTRU has buffered for transmission.
US10034242B2	Method and apparatus for power save mode operation on basis of frame transmitted from another BSS in wireless LAN Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for power save mode operation on the basis of a frame transmitted from another BSS in a wireless LAN. A method for operating an STA in a wireless LAN in a power save mode comprises: a step in which the STA receives a beacon frame from an AP, the beacon frame comprising a TIM element indicating downlink data pending in the STA; a step in which the STA transmits a PS-poll frame to the AP in response to the beacon frame; a step in which the STA receives, from the AP, an ACK frame transmitted by the AP in response to the PS-poll frame; and a step in which the STA determines the operation of the another BSS in a TXOP power save mode on the basis of the ACK frame.
US10034241B2	Wireless communication device and system A wireless communication device according to an embodiment includes a transceiver and a timer. The transceiver transmits and receives data and transmits the data in a first direction and a second direction. The timer determines a timing for the transceiver to transmit data such that a transmission interval in the first direction is longer than a transmission interval in the second direction.
US10034216B2	Method and user equipment for processing frequency information The present disclosure discloses a method and a user equipment for processing frequency information. The method for processing frequency information includes: receiving a measurement control message from a network device, wherein the measurement control message includes frequency information for inter-frequency measurement without compressed mode; storing the frequency information for inter-frequency measurement without compressed mode; performing inter-frequency handover interaction with the network device; and clearing the stored frequency information for inter-frequency measurement without compressed mode according to a frequency used after the handover.
US10034204B2	Virtual overlay network for routing wireless communications Methods, systems and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the configuration of a foreign access point to route communications between a client device and network. In embodiments, when a client device communicating with a first access point within a local subscriber premise receives a radio signal from a second access point situated within a remote subscriber premise that is stronger than the radio signal received by the client device from the first access point, the client device can cause configuration information associated with the first access point to be delivered to the second access point. The second access point may serve as a proxy for the first access point by routing communications to and from the client device.
US10034201B2	Stateless load-balancing across multiple tunnels Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for load-balancing are disclosed. An access point receives a communication request and an identifier from a wireless device. The access point determines a plurality of potential endpoints and selects at least one preferred potential endpoint for the wireless device, based on the identifier and the plurality of potential endpoints. The access point establishes a tunnel between the access point and the preferred endpoint for routing traffic associated with the wireless device.
US10034190B2	Enhancing network operation with UE context awareness Enhanced network operation is described in which UE context awareness reports requested in network management. A set of conditions is provided to the UE by a serving base station that triggers the UE to transmit a status report to the serving base station. The set of conditions includes at least one non-cellular UE condition. The UE monitors for the conditions and then, when detected, obtains reporting information for the status report that includes one or both of non-cellular and cellular UE information. The UE transmits the status report with the reporting information to the serving base station which uses the information to make determinations regarding network operations management. The serving base station may manage such network operations by sending updated or modified configuration data to the UE or by sending instructions to other network entities to prepare resources for predicted future UE communications.
US10034183B2	Dynamic signal quality criteria for satellite terminal installations The described features generally relate to determining dynamic signal quality criteria for an installation of satellite terminals for communications in a satellite communications system. In particular, the signal quality criteria for an installation may be based on an identified position of the satellite terminal to be installed, and in some examples based on the positions and signal characteristics of neighboring satellite terminals that have already been installed. In some examples, a signal quality map may be generated for a service beam coverage area, based on predetermined transmission characteristics and/or measured transmissions from a number of satellite terminals served by a communications satellite. The generated signal quality map may then be used to determine a signal quality threshold for the installation of a satellite terminal being installed for communications in a satellite communications system.
US10034182B1	Mitigation of signal conflict in wireless communication networks Detection and mitigation of signal conflict, such as a primary synchronization signal conflict, between broadcast cells in a wireless communication network is provided. Multiple broadcast cells may be provided in the network to provide sectors of coverage. A mobile communication device may operate within the network and attempt to attach to one or more of the broadcast cells. A synchronization signal conflict between neighboring broadcast cells may be identified and mitigated using one or more adjustments to the broadcast cells or signals emitted therefrom, which may allow for improved network performance, among other benefits.
US10034178B2	Method and apparatus for multi-channel operation in wireless local area network system Disclosed are a method and apparatus for multi-channel operation, performed by an access point (AP), in a WLAN system, the method includes: transmitting channel assignment information to a plurality of stations (STAs), in which the channel assignment information is for assigning at least one of a first channel and a second channel to each of the plurality of STAs; transmitting channel activity information to the plurality of STAs, in which the channel activity information is for indicating an activity duration where the AP transmit or receive a frame through each of the first channel and the second channel; and transmitting or receiving a frame through the first channel or the second channel on the basis of the channel activity information.
US10034175B2	Interference coordination partnership establishment and termination Coordination of interference handling may be beneficial in a variety of communication systems. In particular, enhanced inter-cell interference coordination may benefit from proper configuration and setup, as well as termination, of partnerships amongst base stations. A method can include determining at a first base station of an interference coordination partnership pair a corresponding partner base station of the pair. The partner base station may not be configured regarding the partnership pair. The method can also include setting up the partnership pair with the partner base station.
US10034173B2	MTC service management using NFV A method and system for machine type communication (MTC) service management using network function virtualization (NFV) is disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for a machine type communication (MTC) service management using a virtual network function (VNF) includes receiving, by a virtual serving gateway (v-s-SGW), a request for an MTC service from a MTC device through a radio node associated with the MTC device; sending, by the v-s-SGW, an authentication request to an MTC server to authenticate the MTC device; receiving, by the v-s-SGW, an authentication response from the MTC server; and establishing, by the v-s-SGW, an MTC bearer between the v-s-SGW and the radio node if the authentication is successful; wherein the v-s-SGW comprises a virtual connection management (v-CM) and a serving gateway (s-SGW).
US10034166B1	Apparatus and method of local profile assistant eUICC logging A wireless companion device that supports an Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card receives a logging request from a wireless communication device. The wireless companion device applies to a remote provisioning server for logging information that corresponds to remote provisioning of the eUICC. The wireless companion device receives the logging information and routes at least a portion to the wireless communication device.
US10034165B2	Method of managing subscriptions of users in a mobile telecommunications network A method of managing access of users to services provided by a mobile telecommunications network, including: receiving from a user equipment of a user, which user equipment is capable of supporting communications with the mobile telecommunications network, a request of authentication in the mobile telecommunications network; authenticating the user equipment in the mobile telecommunications network; before the authenticating and in case it is assessed that the authentication request received from the user equipment is the first attempt of that user equipment to register in the mobile telecommunications network, creating, in a network subscribers profiles database, a default subscriber profile for that user equipment, wherein the default subscriber profile includes a predetermined subscriber charging value used by the network for charging the user of the user equipment, and a predetermined Access Point Name.
US10034152B2	Short message service management systems and methods Systems and methods for short message service message management are provided herein. A method includes initiating a short message service (SMS) message session on a short message service (SMS) center for a first user equipment (UE) using a telephone number of the first UE, and facilitating exchange of SMS message session messages between the first UE and a second UE using the SMS center. The first UE uses a browser client or an application executing on the first UE to receive and send the SMS message session messages.
US10034148B2	Configuring a multicast or broadcast wireless network A networking device may multicast a Multicast-Broadcast over a Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) message to a cluster of network elements and receive acknowledgement messages from the cluster of network elements. The MBSFN message may be multicasted to unacknowledged network elements in the cluster of network elements, subsequent to a time period to receive an acknowledgement message from a first and a second network element.
US10034147B2	Next generation broadcast system and method In a next generation broadcast architecture, a broadcast gateway may send segments of a data file to a broadcast transmission system and to a server. The broadcast transmission system wirelessly transmits the segments to a user equipment (UE) device. When the UE device fails to decode a segment, it sends a request for re-transmission of the segment to the server via an IP network. The server re-transmits the requested segment to the UE device via the IP network. Furthermore, the gateway may receive one or more IP data flows (e.g., video streams) having variable bit rate. The gateway may apply dynamically-variable coding to the IP data flows so that the resulting coded IP data flows have an aggregate bit rate that matches a constant physical transport rate of the broadcast transmission system.
US10034140B2	Methods, apparatuses, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media for sharing location information A method of sharing, with one or more external devices, a location of a first device, includes transmitting a first location information signal to at least one external device; receiving a second location information signal from the at least one external device in response to the first location information signal; generating a location share window, the location share window including visual display of location information of the first device and the at least one external device, based on the first and second location information signals; measuring a desired time lapse period from a reference time point; and deleting the location share window when the measured time lapse period is greater than or equal to a first period, wherein the reference time point is a point in time when the location share window is created.
US10034137B2	Systems and methods for automatic path management Methods and systems are provided for path management. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, path management system may be configured to perform a series of operations for real time path analysis. The embodiments may determine a user location based on received location data, and then determine a user path based on a sequence of user locations. The embodiments may calculate a path map based on user locations, and then determine one or more of a user density map and a user velocity map based on the path map. The embodiments may determine regions of the user density maps and user velocity maps, and provide instructions to one or more of an environment and a user device. The embodiments may provide guidance to a user of user of the path management system, and/or instructions to change a status of a service location; or modify a product layout or fixture arrangement.
US10034133B2	Waveform design for Wi-Fi time-of-flight estimation Some embodiments relate to a waveform design for time-of-flight estimation in a wireless communication system. The waveform may include a number N of signal tones, wherein the number N of signal tones is greater than a number M of signal tones that the receiving wireless device is configured to decode. Upon receipt of the waveform, the receiving wireless device may store a timestamp which indicates a time of receipt of the waveform. The receiving wireless device may decode M of the N signal tones. For example, the receiving wireless device may decode the middle M signal tones of the N signal tones. One or more of the transmitting or receiving wireless devices may then estimate a distance between them based at least in part on the timestamp.
US10034121B2	RAN overload control for M2M communications in LTE networks In a 3GPP LTE-A support for Mobile Type Communications, that is, M2M communications scheme, improvements of the random access are necessary to prevent random channel overload. Enhanced backoff in the presence of overload is such a mechanism, Counting the number of devices seeking RACH based on the number of received random access requests or else responses, and allocating Random Access resources on the basis of the number of requests, is another. Further, a channel aware resource allocation approach provides a way of determining, from the received requests, delay-tolerance of the M2M devices, based on which they are prioritized in accessing the random channel. Even within the prioritized devices, a smaller subset thereof may be prioritized further, according to radio conditions, to provide better access to those with higher SNR RBs.
US10034115B2	Manipulation of playback device response using signal processing An example playback device receives left and right channels of audio content and generates a center channel of the audio content by combining at least a portion of the left right channels. The playback device generates first and second side channels of the audio content by combining the center channel and a difference of the left channel and the right channel and combining the center channel and an inverse of the difference of the left channel and the right channel, respectively. The playback device plays back the center channel of the audio content according to a first radiation pattern having a maximum aligned with a first direction, the first side channel according to a second radiation pattern having a maximum aligned with a second direction, and the second side channel according to a third radiation pattern having a maximum aligned with a fourth direction.
US10034104B2	Antenna unit The present disclosure relates to a hearing instrument including a housing to be worn at an ear of a person. The hearing instrument including an antenna unit having a slot. Further, the antenna unit comprises a loading wing arranged so as to focus the nearfield of the inside the hearing instrument.
US10034099B2	Vowel and consonant discriminating microphones using carbon nanotubes A condenser microphone and a method for discriminates a first segment and a second segment in a spoken sound, is provided by using carbon nanotube bundles as capacitor materials. Such capacitor capacitance varies due to the quantum thermal mechanism of CNTs when a spoken sound containing vowel segments and consonant segments passes through the CNTs, so that the vowel segments and the consonant segments can be detected and separated.
US10034096B2	Headphone A headphone is disclosed that includes a headband and a pair of sound emitting units. The headband is a band-shaped body that is curved in an arch shape. The sound emitting units each have a flat shape and are disposed at both ends of the headband. The sound emitting units each include a piezoelectric actuator of a flat film shape disposed on a flat plane of a sound emission housing of a flat shape. The piezoelectric actuator includes a piezoelectric film made of an organic piezoelectric material such as PLLA, and first and second driving conductors disposed on opposing principal planes of the piezoelectric film.
US10034090B2	Audio control device A first fixed filter extracts high-frequency and low-frequency sound signals outside the audible band, and a level integrator integrates levels of the sound signals to obtain a first integrated value. With a second fixed filter, the level integrator integrates levels of sound signals in a low frequency band within the audible band to obtain a second integrated value. A control unit determines whether the high-frequency sound signals are dominant by comparing the first integrated value with the second integrated value. When the high-frequency sound signals are dominant, the control unit attenuates high-frequency speaker drive signals using a variable filter.
US10034083B2	Crowdsourcing sound captures to determine sound origins and to predict events One or more processors identify multiple mobile devices for crowdsourcing a sound capturing activity. The processor(s) receive sounds captured by the multiple mobile devices, and analyze the captured sounds to determine a location of a source of the sounds. The processor(s) identify a date and time that the source produced the sounds, and then identify a temporospatial sound pattern for the sounds based on the location of the source of the sounds and the date and time that the source produced the sounds. The processor(s) plot the temporospatial sound pattern on a digital map that depicts the location of the source of the sounds while the source produced the sounds. The processor(s) predict a recurrence of the sounds generated by the source based on the temporospatial sound pattern plotted on the map, and then modify a hardware system based on the predicted recurrence of the sounds generated by the source.
US10034077B2	Earphone control method, earphone control system and earphone An earphone control method, an earphone control system and an earphone. The earphone control method includes: selecting a motion state judgement parameter of a wearer for controlling an earphone and setting an alert condition according to the selected motion state judgement parameter; real-timely monitoring and acquiring behavior data of the earphone wearer; calculating the motion state judgement parameter by using the acquired behavior data to obtain a motion state judgement parameter value; and judging whether or not the motion state judgement parameter value satisfies the alert condition; if the motion state judgement parameter value satisfies the alert condition, determining to enter an earphone alert state and controlling to perform corresponding alert operation on the earphone.
US10034075B2	Wireless sound equipment A portable sound equipment including a main body including an upper case and a lower case; a speaker hole formed in a top surface of the upper case; a speaker module secured to an inner surface of the upper case and adjacent to the speaker hole; a wireless communication unit transceiving data wirelessly; and a main board mounted in an internal space of the lower case and separated from the speaker module and controlling the output of the speaker module based on a signal received by the wireless communication unit.
US10034073B2	Device having a composite acoustic membrane An electronic device having a composite acoustic membrane to inhibit water ingress and to allow sound transmission, is disclosed. Embodiments include an electroacoustic transducer within an encased space of a casing, and a composite acoustic membrane between the electroacoustic transducer and an acoustic port in the casing. The acoustic membrane may include a nonporous region at least partly covering the acoustic port, and a porous region to vent the electroacoustic transducer volume to the encased space and/or to an environment surrounding the casing. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10034062B1	Scheduling and presenting IPG ads in conjunction with programming ads in a television environment A method and system whereby conventional television advertisements (i.e., those delivered to viewers while they watch television programming) can be delivered in conjunction with and correlated with advertisements that are presented to viewers in the Interactive Program Guide (IPG). Moreover, the invention described herein provides for delivering highly targeted ads to viewers in both conventional programming avails and in the IPG, and for linking the targeted ads in these two media to provide for enhanced and highly effective advertising campaigns.
US10034060B2	Display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes: a display unit; a signal processor which is configured to process an image signal to be displayed as an image on the display unit; a communicator which is configured to communicate with an external network; and a controller which is configured to perform an initial setup service to provide a user with a plurality of setup stages for adjusting a plurality of functions of the display apparatus, deduce an installation region of the display apparatus based on network information when the network information for the communicator to communicate with the external network is setup in execution of the initial setup service, and automatically perform at least part of the setup stages based on information on the deduced installation region.
US10034053B1	Polls for media program moments A method at a computer system includes: receiving a request from a user device for presenting a poll based on a broadcast program being viewed by a user of the user device, the request corresponding to a triggering event detected by the user device, the triggering event being initiated by the user on the user device; receiving from electronic devices search queries related to the broadcast program; identifying automatically popular moments of the broadcast program based on at least a corresponding history of search queries related to the broadcast program including the received search queries related to the broadcast program; generating a poll including one or more questions related to the broadcast program, the questions being populated based on the popular moments; and sending the generated poll to the user device configured for display by the user device, wherein the poll is configured to be actionable by the user.
US10034050B2	Advertisement generation based on a user image A method includes receiving an image of a user, the image indicating a user response to an advertisement. The advertisement includes a background component and a first foreground component. The method also includes selecting a second foreground component based on the user response. The method further includes generating an updated advertisement by combining the background component and the second foreground component.
US10034044B2	Systems and methods for providing blackout recording and summary information Systems and methods for providing blackout support in video mosaic and television environments are disclosed. In response to receiving a request for a video mosaic page, screen data or application data, which may include blackout information, is received. The blacked out content may be automatically recorded to the user equipment or a network server for later playback after the blackout has expired. In addition, an overlay of options associated with the blacked out asset may be presented. The overlay may include options to substitute the blacked out asset with replacement content, search for similar content, retrieve more information about the blackout, or present summary information, such as a sports ticker, in place of the blacked out cell.
US10034035B2	Methods, devices and systems for audiovisual synchronization with multiple output devices Methods, devices and systems are provided for provisioning an output device for use with a media device to produce synchronized audio and video portions of media content. An exemplary method involves a media device identifying a device type associated with the output device, obtaining synchronization settings for the device type from a server via a network, and presenting audiovisual content in accordance with the synchronization settings obtained from the server.
US10034022B2	Method and system for constraining slice header processing overhead in video coding A method for encoding a picture of a video sequence in a bit stream that constrains slice header processing overhead is provided. The method includes computing a maximum slice rate for the video sequence, computing a maximum number of slices for the picture based on the maximum slice rate, and encoding the picture wherein a number of slices used to encode the picture is enforced to be no more than the maximum number of slices.
US10034018B2	Decoded picture buffer management Techniques are described related to output and removal of decoded pictures from a decoded picture buffer (DPB). The example techniques may remove a decoded picture from the DPB prior to coding a current picture. For instance, the example techniques may remove the decoded picture if that decoded picture is not identified in the reference picture set of the current picture.
US10034013B2	Recovering motion vectors from lost spatial scalability layers Methods and systems may provide for receiving a decoded enhancement layer of a video bitstream, wherein the decoded enhancement layer is associated with a previous layer of the video bitstream, and wherein the previous layer is undecoded due to a packet loss condition with respect to the video bitstream. Additionally, an intermediate motion vector of the previous layer may be estimated, and a target motion vector of the decoded enhancement layer may be estimated based on the intermediate motion vector. In one example, an upsample output gate is maintained in a closed state until the target motion vector has been estimated.
US10034009B2	High layer syntax for temporal scalability Disclosed are techniques for temporal scalable video coding. By including a temporal_switching_point_flag and/or a temporal_nesting_flag into a normative part of the scalable bitstream, reference picture management in decoder can be simplified, and media-aware network elements and decoder can easily identify those pictures from which onward a higher temporal layer can be added.
US10034002B2	Signaling and selection for the enhancement of layers in scalable video A method is provided for signaling individual layer parameters in a transport stream that includes: indicating, using a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message in the video stream, operation point information; inserting the operation point information in the transport stream using an operation point descriptor; and providing the operation point descriptor in a Program Map Table (PMT).
US10033997B2	Image decoding apparatus, image decoding method, integrated circuit, and program An image decoding device is provided that decodes, without an increase in the circuit size, a coded video sequence including a large-size block. The image decoding apparatus includes: a block division unit which divides a current block that is to be decoded and is included in a picture of the coded video sequence, into sub-blocks; an image obtainment unit which obtains, for each of the sub-blocks, image data corresponding to the sub-block from a recording medium; a prediction unit which generates, for each of the sub-blocks, a predicted image of the sub-block, based on the image data obtained by the image obtainment unit; and a reconstruction unit which reconstructs each of the sub-blocks, by adding the predicted image generated for the sub-block to the sub-block.
US10033993B2	System for delivering stereoscopic images A system 8 for delivering stereoscopic images for viewing without 3-D glasses being required comprises a video display element 1, an image direction element 4, a front holder element 5, a rear holder element 3, and a resolution enhancement element 2. The video display element 1 outputs a plurality of left-eye images and a plurality of right-eye images. The image direction element 4 directs each left-eye image at a desired left-eye angle and directs each right-eye image at a desired right-eye angle. The front holder element 5 is movable relative to the rear holder element 3 to move the image direction element 4 to adjust each left-eye angle at which each left-eye image is directed and to adjust each right-eye angle at which each right-eye image is directed to suit each viewer. The resolution enhancement element 2 is modulated simultaneously with the image direction element 4.
US10033983B2	Signaling warp maps using a high efficiency video coding (HEVC) extension for 3D video coding Techniques are disclosed for view generation based on a video coding scheme. A bitstream is received that is encoded based on the video coding scheme. The bitstream includes video, quantized warp map offsets, and a message of a message type specified by the video coding scheme. Depth samples decoded from the first bitstream are interpreted as quantized warp map offsets, based on a first syntax element contained in the message. Warp maps are generated based on the quantized warp map offsets and a second syntax element contained in the message. Views are generated using image-domain warping and based on the video and the warp maps.
US10033972B2	Electronic lock with remote monitoring An electronic lockset that allows for remote monitoring includes a locking mechanism, a motion sensor, a camera, and a wireless communication module. The locking mechanism is moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The motion sensor is configured to detect a person in proximity to the electronic locket. The camera is configured to capture media content of the person detected by the motion sensor. The wireless communication module is configured to wirelessly transmit the captured media content to an electronic device.
US10033968B2	Method and systems for providing video data streams to multiple users A method for substantially simultaneously remote monitoring including receiving, at a server, one or more video data streams, and providing, from the server, the one or more video data streams to multiple users, each one of the multiple users being able to view and manipulate the one or more video data streams. Systems that implement the method are also disclosed.
US10033967B2	System and method for interactive video conferencing A networked communication session is defined vis-à-vis parameter information received from a first device, and access to the networked communication session is provided to the first device. Access to the networked communication session is further provided to each of additional device(s) in accordance with information associated with each of the additional device(s). A composited interactive audio/video feed is generated and transmitted that comprises audio/video input received during the networked communication session from each of the devices. Each of the devices is configured via a gesture-based user interface to enable user-based selection and respective manipulation of at least a portion of the composited audio/video feed that results in a customized representation of the composited audio-video feed at a particular one device that is not represented at a particular other of the device(s).
US10033965B1	Overt and covert capture of images of controlled-environment facility residents using intelligent controlled-environment facility resident communications and/or media devices A controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device enables a controlled-environment facility resident to carry-out one task on the device, and provides a visual indication, to the resident, that an overt image and/or video is being captured during this task. Conversely, a covert image and/or video of a user is captured while the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device is in use for another task, without providing the user the same or other visual indication that the covert image is being captured.
US10033954B2	Reset transistor connection in imaging device An object of the present invention is to reduce capacitance of a charge accumulation part (floating diffusion) of each pixel unit. In an imaging device, in addition to a plurality of first switching transistors for coupling a plurality of coupling wires extending in the column direction, a second switching transistor is provided between each of the coupling wires and a floating diffusion in each pixel unit. Preferably, the gate of the first switching transistor and the gate of the second switching transistor are electrically coupled to each other.
US10033949B2	Imaging systems with high dynamic range and phase detection pixels A pixel may include an inner sub-pixel group and an outer sub-pixel group. The inner sub-pixel group may have a smaller light collecting area than the outer sub-pixel group and therefore be less sensitive to light than the outer sub-pixel group. This may enable the pixel to be used to generate high dynamic range images, even with the sub-pixel groups using the same length integration time. The inner sub-pixel group may be nested within the outer sub-pixel group. Additionally, one or both of the inner sub-pixel group and the outer sub-pixel group can be split into at least two sub-pixels so that the sub-pixel group can be used to gather phase detection data. Adjacent pixels may have sub-pixel groups split in different directions to enable detection of vertical and horizontal edges in a scene.
US10033947B2	Multi-port image pixels An imaging system may include multi-port pixels. A multi-port pixel may include a photodiode that generates electrical charge in response to received light and a plurality of access ports that couple the electrical charge onto one of a corresponding plurality of pixel output lines. The photodiode may generate electrical charge for one or more different integration times while a frame is being captured. Charge generated during the different integration times may be coupled onto different respective pixel output lines through different respective access ports. Multiple pixels in a given column of the pixel array may simultaneously couple charge generated during different integration times onto different pixel output lines through different access ports.
US10033944B2	Time spaced infrared image enhancement Techniques using small form factor infrared imaging modules are disclosed. An imaging system may include visible spectrum imaging modules, infrared imaging modules, and other modules to interface with a user and/or a monitoring system. Visible spectrum imaging modules and infrared imaging modules may be positioned in proximity to a scene that will be monitored while visible spectrum-only images of the scene are either not available or less desirable than infrared images of the scene. Imaging modules may be configured to capture images of the scene at different times. Image analytics and processing may be used to generate combined images with infrared imaging features and increased detail and contrast. Triple fusion processing, including selectable aspects of non-uniformity correction processing, true color processing, and high contrast processing, may be performed on the captured images. Control signals based on the combined images may be presented to a user and/or a monitoring system.
US10033941B2	Privacy filtering of area description file prior to upload A mobile device includes at least one imaging sensor to capture imagery of an environment of the mobile device, a privacy filter module, a spatial feature detection module, an assembly module, and a network interface. The privacy filter module is to perform at least one image-based privacy filtering process using the captured imagery to generate filtered imagery. The spatial feature detection module is to determine a set of spatial features in the filtered imagery. The assembly module is to generate an area description file representative of the set of spatial features. The network interface is to transmit the area description file to a remote computing system. The assembly module may select only a subset of the set of spatial features for inclusion in the area description file.
US10033930B2	Method of reducing a video file size for surveillance To generate a compressed video having a reduced video file size, an original video having a plurality of images are captured. Each of the plurality of images are compared. If images of the plurality of images are determined to be redundant images, the images are deleted. The original video having the redundant images removed is saved to form the compressed video.
US10033910B2	Synchronous sampling methods for infrared cameras The present approach relates to the synchronization of frame acquisition by a camera with an external event or trigger despite the camera lacking external control or synchronization capabilities. For example, inexpensive and/or consumer grade camera typically lack a control interface to explicitly synchronize with an external trigger event or external device. The present approach allows synchronization of such a camera lacking external synchronization capabilities with an external event or device.
US10033909B2	Print management apparatus, computer readable recording medium stored with print management program, print management system, and image forming apparatus capable of maintaining security without depending on only consciousness of an individual The print management apparatus includes a condition acquisition unit that acquires designated agent information and designated person number information, an authentication unit that inquires of the designated agent information about user identification information provided from a user intended to perform printing, and authenticates that the user is a designated agent designated by an inputter himself/herself, and a print control unit that allows an image forming apparatus to perform the printing based on the print job when designated agents corresponding to the number designated by the designated are authenticated by the authentication unit via same the image forming apparatus.
US10033903B2	Image forming apparatus supporting near field communication (NFC) function and method of setting an image job using NFC device An image forming apparatus supporting a near field communication (NFC) function and a method of performing setting an image job by using an NFC device. The method includes tagging an NFC device to receive setting information stored in the NFC device and performing an image job based on the received setting information.
US10033899B2	Lighting device including a board to mount the light source on a mount surface opposite a cover, image reading device, and image forming apparatus A lighting device includes a light source, a board, and a light guide. The light source emits light. The board mounts the light source on a mount surface perpendicular to a light emission surface of the light source. The light guide has an incident surface which the light emitted from the light source enters. The incident surface is opposed to the light emission surface. The light guide extends from the incident surface in a direction of the emitted light and is bent toward an irradiated surface of an irradiation target on a way of the light guide. The board is disposed such that an opposite surface of the board opposite the mount surface is opposed to the irradiated surface of the irradiation target.
US10033897B2	Image forming apparatus having energy saving mode learning function and controller therefor An energy saving setting unit controls an image forming apparatus that makes a transition to a power saving state if a transition time passes without any prescribed operation in a normal state, and it includes: a unit for storing specific day information distinguishing a normal operation day and a specific day; an auto pattern updating unit determining the transition time in a normal operation day based on past operational status of the normal operation day of the image forming apparatus; a specific day pattern registering unit receiving and storing setting of the transition time of the specific day; and a switching unit, switching the state of conduction of the image forming apparatus using the transition time determined by the auto pattern updating unit and the stored transition time, on the normal operation day and on the specific day, respectively, based on the specific day information.
US10033891B2	Hinge apparatus for cover of image forming apparatus A hinge apparatus for a cover of an image forming apparatus has a hinge body with supporting brackets, movably inserted into a coupling hole positioned in a main body of the image forming apparatus, a hinge cam connected to the cover and pivotably connected to the supporting brackets, and a pressure device disposed at the hinge body to press the hinge cam. Accordingly, the hinge apparatus can be implemented with a simple and easy assembly operation, since it is not a complicated structural connection among the component parts of the hinge apparatus.
US10033883B2	Image forming system An image forming system includes a multifunction peripheral in which a setting related to image forming is variable and a plurality of mobile terminal devices that are communicable with the multifunction peripheral. The multifunction peripheral includes an adjustment unit and an image forming setting control unit. The adjustment unit adjusts, based on a plurality of requests for adjustment of the setting related to image forming, which have been received by a multifunction peripheral communication unit, the setting related to image forming. The image forming setting control unit performs control such that the setting related to image forming, which has been adjusted by the adjustment unit, is reflected.
US10033882B2	System and method for time shifting cellular data transfers Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a deadline for completion of the transfer of the data content item to the mobile device. A set of locations of the mobile device is determined between the first time and the deadline, a candidate plurality of wireless base stations is identified, based on the forecasted plurality of locations, to wirelessly transfer a portion of the data content item to the mobile device during the time period. A utilization of a wireless base station of the candidate set of wireless base stations is forecasted during the time period, a transfer time is determined within the time period based on the forecasted utilization and the deadline, and the transfer time is provided to the mobile device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10033879B1	Mobile device usage optimization Systems and methods for mobile device usage optimization are described herein. These methods can include automated mobile device usage data collection, analysis, usage optimization through device level pooling, reallocation, and/or other device plan optimizations.
US10033869B2	Methods and systems for information streaming to user interface Embodiments of computer-implemented methods and systems for information streaming to a user interface include receiving, at a networked contact center, a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request to stream information to a user interface, establishing a persistent HTTP connection to the user interface, receiving the information, the information including one or more events associated with the networked contact center, and sending the one or more events via the persistent HTTP connection, the one or more events resulting in a change in the user interface without further HTTP requests from the user interface.
US10033860B2	System and method for providing contextual information about the caller to make the conversation meaningful The present invention relates to a system and method for providing contextual information about the individual to make the conversation meaningful. For this purpose, the system comprises a device for receiving call from the individual, an external system for collecting information from various third party Information Service Providers like Email servers, Social Networks, Enterprise Software Solutions, Content Websites, Search services, Directory services, etc., for which the user who is being called has given access to and provides to the user the collected relevant information in a form so as to have a meaningful conversation with the individual. The system also saves the conversation discussed over the call once the call is disconnected.
US10033853B2	Restricting the operation of an electronic device A method is provided including: detecting an activation of an electronic device; detecting a current location of the electronic device; detecting whether the activation is prohibited at the current location of the electronic device; and shutting down the electronic device when the activation is prohibited.
US10033847B2	Dropped call warning and prevention methods The disclosure provides methods and systems for warning users of mobile terminals during active phone calls or active data transfer that they approach certain geographical areas known as areas where active phone calls or active data transfer may be interrupted. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining, by a processor, location information associated with a mobile terminal, determining, by the processor, that the mobile terminal approaches a particular geographical area, the particular geographical area being associated with previous dropped calls based at least in part on historical data, and, based on the determination, sending, by the processor, a warning signal to the mobile terminal for informing a user of the mobile terminal that the mobile terminal is about to enter the particular geographical area.
US10033843B2	Network device and method for processing a session using a packet signature A method processes a session having a first session packet received by a current node in an IP network having a plurality of nodes. The plurality of nodes includes a next node, and the current node that communicates with the next node using a Layer 3 protocol. The method receives the first session packet, which has a digital signature, payload data, and meta-data, at the current node. The method uses the payload data and meta-data to produce validation information, and uses the digital signature to produce a comparator digital signature. Next, the method compares the validation information with the comparator digital signature. If the validation information does not match the comparator digital signature, then the method discards the first session packet. If there is a match, then the method digitally signs the first session packet, and routes the first session packet to the next node via the IP network.
US10033842B2	GRE message encapsulation method, decapsulation method, and corresponding devices Methods and devices for Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) message encapsulation and decapsulation are provided. The encapsulation method includes: performing attribute setting on predetermined bits of a GRE message header according to a preset encapsulation rule during GRE message encapsulation of an original message; and performing GRE message encapsulation on the attribute-set GRE message header and the original message. The decapsulation method includes: performing decapsulation analysis on predetermined bits of a header of a GRE message according to a preset decapsulation rule when the GRE message is received; and performing decapsulation on the received GRE message to obtain an original message in the received GRE message according to an analysis result. Correspondingly, the encapsulation device includes a setting module and an encapsulation module; and the decapsulation device includes an analysis module and a decapsulation module.
US10033840B2	System and devices facilitating dynamic network link acceleration A peer to peer dynamic network acceleration method and apparatus provide enhanced communications directly between two or more enhanced devices, such as enhanced clients. The enhanced clients may comprise a front-end, a back-end, or both. In general, the front-end and back-end of the enhanced clients work in concert to translate data into an enhanced protocol for communication between the enhanced clients. The enhanced protocol may provide acceleration, security, error correction, and other benefits. Data from various applications may be seamlessly translated between a first protocol and the enhanced protocol, such that the applications need not be modified to use the enhanced protocol. The enhanced clients may automatically detect one another to establish an enhanced communications channel automatically.
US10033838B2	Method and apparatus for conversion between logical and physical frames for a serial link application A method and apparatus for logical-physical frame conversion in a serial link application is disclosed. An integrated circuit (IC) includes a serializer-deserializer (SERDES) coupled to a communications link and configured to convert outgoing data transmissions from parallel to serial and convert incoming data transmissions from serial to parallel. A framing unit is coupled to the SERDES and configured to convert data between a logical frame format for parallel transfer and a physical frame format for serial transfer over the communications link. The logical frame has a first number of bytes and the physical frame has a second number of bytes less than or equal to the first number. The first number is variable and the second number is fixed. The framing unit is further configured to convert data between the logical frame format and the physical frame format when the first number is a non-integral power of two.
US10033836B2	Systems and methods of address book management A server comprising a processor circuit and a database may receive address book data comprising information associated with at least one contact from a communication device via a network. The processor circuit may identify information associated with the at least one contact in the database and/or from public data. The processor circuit may add the identified information to the address book data. The processor circuit may store the address book data with the added information in the database and send the added information with or without the address book data to the communication device via the network.
US10033831B2	Dynamic workflow generation Systems and methods which implement dynamic workflow generation and related processes are provided. The method is implemented in a computer system. The method includes providing a message panel, which provides linking functionality to link together a plurality of tasks to respective users assigned to complete each task; linking the message panel to a subject topic such that each of the tasks and respective users is linked to the subject topic; sending, in a single electronic communication action, the plurality of tasks assigned to the respective users within the message panel; receiving real-time status data of each of the tasks assigned to the respective users; mapping, within a database, the real-time status data of the plurality of tasks to the linked subject topic; and generating a summary for the tasks linked to the subject topic based on the mapping of the real-time status.
US10033827B2	Scalable management of composite data collected with varied identifiers Techniques and a system are provided for a profile manager system that stores multiple profiles. These profiles are used by a content selection system to match entities to content for which the entities would be best suitable. The profile manager system allows a content selection system to identify, in response to a request associated with an entity, different pieces of data from different data sources and match the different pieces of data when the difference pieces of data refer to the same entity. The profile manager system may also provide merging of the different pieces of data, when they are matched as referring to the same entity.
US10033826B2	Token based dynamic cache-busting A device may receive a request for a page. The page may include a content identifier that is associated with referencing first content for the page. The content identifier may be associated with cache-busting being performed. The device may determine modification information associated with the first content based on receiving the request for the page. The device may generate a token based on the content identifier and the modification information. The device may generate a tokenized content identifier based on the token and the content identifier. The device may provide the tokenized content identifier. The tokenized content identifier may be associated with referencing the first content for the page.
US10033817B2	Stateless technique for distributing data uploads The embodiments set forth a technique for providing a stateless technique for distributing uploads. According to some embodiments, a system can include various computing devices, authorization servers, and storage destinations. Within the system, an authorization server assigns weight properties to each storage destination, and generates a set of tokens for subsequent assignment to the different storage destinations in accordance with their weight properties. More specifically, the authorization server is configured to perform an initial token drafting process that involves assigning the tokens to different storage destinations. As the current health of each storage destination changes over time, the authorization server is also configured to periodically perform (e.g., at a set interval) a supplemental token drafting process that involves updating the weight properties of each storage destination and redistributing the tokens in view of the updated weight properties.
US10033811B2	Matching storage resource packs to storage services Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include receiving, by a first computer in communication with a storage system, multiple resource packs, each of the resource packs including a plurality of attributes for storage resources on the storage system. Upon the first computer receiving a request from a second computer for a storage service, one or more of the received resource packs are identified that have respective attributes matching the storage service, a given identified resource pack is selected and the given identified resource pack is conveyed to the second computer. In some embodiments, the given identified resource pack can be conveyed by conveying an allocation request to the storage system for a portion of the given identified resource pack, and in response to the request, the storage system can allocate the requested portion of the given identified resource pack to the second computer.
US10033805B1	Spanning tree approach for global load balancing A device may receive first data center information associated with first data centers in a first region. The device may receive second data center information associated with second data centers in a second region that is different from the first region. The device may generate a spanning tree based on the first data center information and the second data center information. The spanning tree may be associated with exchanging metrics associated with the first data centers and the second data centers, and may be used to exchange the metrics between the device and other devices included in the first data centers or the second data centers. The device may exchange the metrics with the other devices based on the spanning tree.
US10033801B2	Associative summing for high performance computing Apparatus, systems, and methods are described, including apparatus that includes one or more communication interfaces for communicating over a communication network, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, via the communication interfaces, a plurality of numbers, and calculate a sum of the numbers that is independent of an order in which the numbers are received, by (i) converting any of the numbers that are received in a floating-point representation to a derived floating-point representation that includes a plurality of signed integer multiplicands corresponding to different respective orders of magnitude, and (ii) summing the numbers in the derived floating-point representation, by separately summing integer multiplicands that correspond to the same order of magnitude. Other embodiments are also described.
US10033799B2	Semantically representing a target entity using a semantic object A data construct called a semcard is a semantic (meaning-based) software object including semantic meta-tags and meta-data that describes a target object or thing. A target object can be any type of digital or physical entity or identifier, or it can be tacit knowledge, such as ideas, concepts, processes or other data existing in a user's mind, provided that the user represents this knowledge in the semcard. A semcard embodies information about its own structure-rules, history, state, policies and goals regarding automation, display, access permissions, sharing and other operations of the semcard and any optional target object. It can also represent a semantic link between two semcards, or a semantically typed link or a standard Web hyperlink between a semcard and its referent target. A collection of semcards represents a knowledge network; single semcards, and knowledge networks, can be browsed, shared, searched, disseminated, manipulated, displayed, organized, and stored.
US10033796B2	SAAS network-based backup system A system fetches consistent datasets in batches for a given period of time and provides the ability to retrieve each batch. Batches of data may be fetched for an interval of time. The present system may fetch new or changed data from different cloud/on-premise applications. It will store this data in the cloud or on-premise to build data history. As the system fetches new data, existing batches of data will not be overwritten. New batches of data are created as new versions so that change history is preserved. Past batches of data for a past time period may be provided to one or more tenants.
US10033794B2	Network transfer of large files in unstable network environments A file with a unique filename is transferred from a client computer to a server computer in chunks, which can be packaged into packets including metadata. The server computer can record indices of received chunks in a local metadata file associated with the file. Upon receiving the filename in a subsequent client request after a connection loss, the server computer can use the associated metadata file to determine whether portions of the file are missing. If so, the server computer can send indices corresponding to missing ranges instead of the client computer resending the whole file.
US10033792B2	Mechanism for sharing information associated with application events Techniques are provided that allow users to collaborate in relationship to data views, application displays, applications or events. A user can type in a text view related to a specific view in an application display, and the information is shared with other users that take part in sharing that view. A user that expresses an interest in an event is notified about the event and has the capability to interact, in relation to the event, with other users (e.g. by text). The particular form of interaction (and sharing) can be selectively specified. This interaction is comparable to a dynamic bulletin board where the subject is event driven. In the case of an event interest(s), users specify their interest (e.g. in other user application events or system events) and the system automatically alerts them to the occurrence of the event.
US10033789B2	Connectionless wireless media broadcast A method for executing a connectionless wireless media content session includes receiving a MAC address by an electronic device. The MAC address may be received out-of-band. The address is monitored for received media content over a wireless channel from a transmitter. The broadcast wireless channel and media content codec information may also be received out of band. The received media content is received over a Wi-Fi MAC layer using RTP without an IP connection with the transmitter. The received media content may be rendered on the electronic device.
US10033773B2	Application execution method and apparatus A method and an apparatus for executing an application are provided. The application execution method of the present disclosure includes connecting a first external device, receiving, from the first external device, connection information for use in connecting to a second external device, connecting to the second external device using the connection information, and transmitting, when a transfer command is received, application execution state information to the second external device. The application execution method of the present disclosure is capable of allowing the user to execute the application conveniently.
US10033768B1	Preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activities Preserving privacy related to networked media consumption activity. Source privacy zones are defined and associated with privacy standards. Privacy standards include frequency criteria governing the storage of datasets including information associated with networked media consumption activity collected from the source privacy zone. Transaction requests including a networking protocol address are received over a network from a client device at a target location by a networked privacy system. The source privacy zone associated with the client device is identified. Using the networking protocol address to access characteristics having characteristic value(s), a dataset can be created including associating the networked media consumption activity with the characteristic and characteristic value(s). The dataset is pre-processed to comply with the privacy standards. The networking protocol address is discarded. The pre-processed dataset can be stored in a filtered database on a physical storage device at a storage location coupled to the networked privacy system.
US10033758B2	System and method for operating protection services A method and system for operating protection services to provide defense against cyber-attacks. The comprises generating a workflow scheme assigned to at least one protected entity, wherein the workflow scheme includes at least one operation regimen and triggering criteria associated with the at least one operation regimen; monitoring at least a plurality of protection resources to detect at least one trigger event; determining if the at least one detected trigger event satisfies the triggering criteria associated with the at least one operation regimen; and changing a state of the at least one operation regimen when the at least one detected trigger event satisfies the at least one triggering criterion, thereby causing provisioning and operating of at least one protection resource of the plurality of protection resources, wherein the provisioning is based on contents defined in the at least one operation regimen.
US10033757B2	Identifying malicious identifiers Methods and systems for identifying malicious URIs. The system accepts a list of URIs as input and extracts features related to a given URI and uses the features to discover patterns that indicate malicious content. Once trained, the classifier can then classify new inputs as either malicious or non-malicious.
US10033740B2	Inter-application management of user credential data A system and apparatus for enhancing the functionality and utility of an authentication process for web applications is disclosed.
US10033739B2	Clinical-path management server and clinical-path management system A request distribution unit, an SO acquisition request reception unit, a creation request issuance unit, and an authorization unit are added to the clinical-path management server. The request distribution unit distributes an SO acquisition request and an access request for access to a CP. The SO acquisition request reception unit receives an SO acquisition request from a patient terminal. The creation request issuance unit issues an SO creation request to an SO attending doctor responsible for an SO. When the creation request is issued, the authorization unit grants editing authority to edit the CP of the patient requesting the SO. The authorization unit grants editing authority by updating authority management information stored in an authority management information storage unit.
US10033732B1	Systems and methods for detecting cloning of security tokens The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting cloning of security tokens may include (i) logging, at an authentic security token, one-time-use security codes that are derived at the authentic security token from a shared secret that is stored at the authentic security token, (ii) logging, at a validation server, one-time-use security codes that are derived from the shared secret and received at the validation server, (iii) determining that the authentic security token has been cloned by determining that the one-time-use security codes logged at the validation server include at least one additional one-time-use security code that is not included in the one-time-use security codes logged at the authentic security token, and (iv) performing a security action in response to determining that the authentic security token has been cloned. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10033730B2	Cached credentials for offline domain join and login without local access to the domain controller Techniques are described for performing an offline domain join and login on behalf of a computing device in order to enable the device to access corporate resources without local access to the domain controller. A slave service is described that can start a virtual machine on a local network of the enterprise, perform an offline domain join of the virtual machine, perform a first login to the virtual machine using credentials of a remote user and then capture the changes made on the virtual machine and deliver those changes to the remote user's device. These changes can then be applied on the user's device to add the credentials and configuration changes necessary for the user to access the private enterprise resources remotely.
US10033727B1	Account sharing detection in online education An education application delivers educational content including videos and documents to any computing device of a user via a student account. Each video or document is associated with a course and a corresponding course code. A database lists those courses and course codes that are incompatible with one another. A University database lists courses that a student is currently enrolled in. Course codes for educational content delivered via a student account are compared to either database. Access by the student account is blocked if any course codes for delivered content are incompatible with either database. Another database records videos watched via a student account. If a threshold number of relatively long videos are watched in a short time period then access by the student account is blocked. If a student account begins a second video before the first is finished then access is blocked. Content is hidden if not relevant.
US10033718B2	Pairing of base and detachable device An apparatus and method for pairing a base and a detachable device. A query module queries a detachable device in response to the detachable device connecting to a base. The detachable device provides a display for the base if the detachable device and base are connected. A determination module determines if the detachable device is paired with the base. A credential module obtains a pairing credential for a pairing in response to the determination module determining that the detachable device is unpaired with the base.
US10033714B2	Contextual navigation facets panel A computer-implemented method for generating a contextual panel interface with a first interactive display portion for depicting a plurality of selectable datasets associated with the query context, a second interactive display portion for depicting a plurality of selectable measures associated with the query context and with at least one of the plurality of selectable datasets, a third interactive display portion for depicting a plurality of selectable dimensions associated with the query context and with at least one of the plurality of selectable datasets, and an interactive tool display portion configured to determine a query context in response to receiving a search query and to populate the first, second, and third interactive display portions.
US10033713B2	System and method for managing keys for use in encrypting and decrypting data in a technology stack In a technology stack including members provided in communication, a system and method are provided for managing keys for use in encrypting and decrypting data. The system comprises a key manager configured to define a group of members and to create at least one encryption key associated with the defined group, and a communications manager configured to transmit the at least one encryption key associated with the group to members in the group. Data encrypted by a member in the group using the at least one encryption key received by the member from the communications manager is transmitted to another member in the group for decryption using the at least one encryption key received by the another member from the communications manager.
US10033709B1	Method and apparatus for improving privacy of communications through channels having excess capacity A method and apparatus for enhancing privacy of a data packet stream between first and second network nodes over a channel having a total bandwidth receives data packets of the data packet stream at the first network node and determines a current bandwidth used by the received data packets. The first node generates multiple spoof packets and interleaves the spoof packets and the received packets to generate an interleaved packet stream having a bandwidth that is greater than the current bandwidth and less than the total bandwidth. The first node transmits the interleaved packet stream to the second network node.
US10033697B2	Distributed system and method for tracking and blocking malicious internet hosts Disclosed are systems and methods to perform coordinated blocking of source addresses, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, across a plurality of network appliances (e.g., gateways). In one disclosed embodiment the method and system temporarily alter a configuration of one or more network appliances (based on user defined configuration parameters) to allow communication from a “blocked” IP address for a period of time. A network appliance can then “receive” an email and perform analysis and provide results of the analysis to a reputation service. Thereby, the temporarily allowed communication can be used to learn information about a threat which would not have been available if all communication from that IP address had actually been blocked at the network appliance.
US10033693B2	Distributed identity-based firewalls Systems and techniques are described for monitoring network communications using a distributed firewall. One of the techniques includes receiving, at a driver executing in a guest operating system of a virtual machine, a request to open a network connection from a process associated with a user, wherein the driver performs operations comprising: obtaining identity information for the user; providing the identity information and data identifying the network connection to an identity module external to the driver; and receiving, by a distributed firewall, data associating the identity information with the data identifying the network connection from the identity module, wherein the distributed firewall performs operations comprising: receiving an outgoing packet from the virtual machine; determining that the identity information corresponds to the outgoing packet; and evaluating one or more routing rules based at least in part on the identity information.
US10033692B1	Managing domain name system (DNS) queries using a proxy DNS server A proxy server for an authoritative nameserver of a domain receives a query from a requesting device directed to the authoritative nameserver for a resource record associated with the domain. The proxy server receives the query from the requesting device instead of the authoritative nameserver for the domain. The proxy server determines that a cached record for the queried resource record is in cache available to the proxy server but is expired, and queries the authoritative nameserver of the domain for the resource record. In response to determining that the authoritative nameserver of the domain failed to respond with the queried resource record, the proxy server accesses, in the cache available to the proxy server, the cached record for the resource record that is expired, and transmits the expired cached record for the resource record to the requesting device.
US10033686B2	Computerized system and method for automatically creating and communicating media streams of digital content Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content generating, searching, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods automatically identify and communicate media content to users as the media content is uploaded to the internet. The disclosed systems and methods leverage an internet hosted data firehose in order to build and communicate streams of content that are relevant to users' determined interests. Real-time analysis of the continuous stream of content results in curated media streams being created and communicated to users thereby stimulating social interactivity between users and automating the discovery of other users on a network.
US10033676B2	System and method for annotating a transcript of an ongoing group chat session A method, computer program product, and system is provided for tracking ongoing chat sessions. In an implementation, a method may include receiving, by one or more computing devices, an annotation of an ongoing group chat session. The method may also include associating, by the one or more computing devices, the annotation with the ongoing group chat session. The method may further include displaying, by the one or more computing devices, the annotation in a user interface associated with the ongoing group chat session. The method may also include receiving, by the one or more computing devices, at least one comment associated with the annotation from one or more participants of the ongoing group chat session.
US10033675B2	Digest filtering system and method A method, computer program product, and computer system for sending, from a first computing device, an email digest in an email message to a second computing device at a first point in time, wherein the email digest includes one or more content items for display at the second computing device when the email digest in the email message is accessed. An action is determined to be performed on a content item of the one or more content items at a second point in time that is after the first point in time. The content item of the one or more content items in the email digest is filtered from the email message based upon, at least in part, determining that the action is performed on the content item of the one or more content items at the second point in time.
US10033670B2	Electronic messaging management Methods, devices, and systems for facilitation of electronic message management involve receiving a message generated from a user of one communication system, augmenting the message with data indicative of the user, communicating the augmented message to a second communication system, and presenting the message to a user of the second communication system such that the message is separate from other received messages not having data indicative of the first user.
US10033669B2	Managing electronic messages sent to reply telephone numbers A graphical user interface on a display device of a computer enables communications using a computer service. The graphical user interface includes a list of potential message recipients selected by a user as significant to the user. The graphical user interface also includes a mobile device identifier associated with one or more of the listed potential message recipients and a user account identifier associated with one or more of the listed potential message recipients. At least one of the listed potential recipients includes a mobile device identifier as the only available conduit for data delivery to the potential message recipient using the computer service.
US10033666B2	Techniques for virtual Ethernet switching of a multi-node fabric Examples include techniques for virtual Ethernet switching of a multi-node fabric. In some examples, first Ethernet links coupled with a group of Ethernet gateways are link aggregated. The group of Ethernet gateways couple with respective individual physical switch ports of a fabric switch of a multi-node fabric to form a default logical gateway to provide an uplink between a virtual Ethernet switch and an Ethernet network external to the multi-node fabric. Also, one or more individual Ethernet gateways coupled with respective individual physical switch ports of the fabric switch may be arranged to provide one or more respective downlinks between the virtual Ethernet switch and one or more Ethernet nodes external to the multi-node fabric via respective second Ethernet links coupled with the one or more individual Ethernet gateways.
US10033664B2	Ethernet switch and method for establishing forwarding patterns in an Ethernet switch An Ethernet switch includes at least two interconnected Ethernet switch modules, with each of the Ethernet switch modules having a number of ingress/egress ports configured to receive or output Ethernet packets from and to end systems and interconnected Ethernet switch modules, and a forwarding function configured to modify a packet header of received Ethernet packets by encoding the identity of the ingress port at which the respective Ethernet packet has been received in identification bits of the packet header.
US10033663B2	Event driven network system A network switch includes a plurality of internal ports, a plurality of external ports, an event handler, an action engine, and an event processor. The event handler detects an event and, in response, assembles a construct that includes event parameters. The action engine uses the construct to generate an event syntax. The event processor executes the event syntax to automatically configure the communication between the plurality of internal ports and the plurality of external ports. A first event may include the connection of a cable to a first external port and result in each of the plurality of internal ports communicating with the first external port. A second event may include the connection of a cable to a second external port and result in a first subset of internal ports communicating with the first external port and a second subset of internal ports communicating with the second external port.
US10033660B2	Software defined network (SDN) quality-of-service (QoS) A data communication system determines Software Defined Network (SDN) Quality-of-Service (QoS). SDN applications transfer SDN controller Application Programming Interface (API) calls and receive SDN controller API responses. The SDN applications measure Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and transfer SDN application KPI data. An SDN controller receives the controller API calls, transfers the controller API responses, transfers SDN data machine API calls, and receives SDN data machine API responses. The SDN controller measures KPIs and transfer SDN controller KPI data. SDN data machines receive the SDN data machine API calls, perform SDN actions on user data responsive to the data machine API calls, and transfer the data machine API responses. The SDN data machines measure KPIs and transfer SDN data machine KPI data. An SDN QoS server processes the SDN KPI data to generate an SDN QoS score.
US10033659B2	Reputation-based mediation of virtual control planes Control planes of virtual resource providers may be customized in a secure, stable and efficient manner with virtual control planes. Control planes may be modularized. Control plane modules may be supplied with data from standardized sensors, and required to generate standardized resource configuration requests responsive to solicitations with specified response latencies. Custom control plane modules may be selected to replace or complement default control plane modules. Financial and computational costs associated with control plane modules may be tracked. Competing resource configurations may be mediated by a control plane supervisor. Such mediation may be based on control plane module reputation scores. Reputation scores may be based on customer feedback ratings and/or measured performance with respect to module goals. Mediated configuration parameter values may be based on a combination of competing configuration parameter values weighted according to reputation. Contribution of individual modules to goal achievement may be tracked and rewarded accordingly.
US10033636B1	Ethernet segment aware MAC address learning A computer-implemented method for assisting Ethernet Segment (ES)-aware media access control (MAC) address learning is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a provider edge (PE) device, a data packet from a core network, the data packet identifying an ES from which the data packet originated and identifying a MAC address as a source MAC address; determining whether the PE device has an Ethernet connection in the ES identified by the data packet; and, upon positive determination, associating the MAC address identified as the source MAC address of the data packet to a bridge port, at the PE device, of the Ethernet connection in the ES identified by the data packet.
US10033628B2	Application controlled path selection over different transit providers Some embodiments move the task of selecting between different transit provider paths from the network level to the application level. Some embodiments perform network level configurations involving a destination network router advertising over a first transit provider path, a unique first address identifying a destination network server as reachable via the first path and advertising over a second transit provider path, a unique second address identifying the destination network server as reachable via the second path. Some embodiments further perform application level configurations involving a source network server passing a first packet to the destination network server over the first path by addressing the first packet to the first address and passing a second packet to the destination network server over the second path by addressing the second packet to the second address. The path selection may be based on policies accounting for congestion, performance, and other metrics.
US10033622B2	Controller-based dynamic routing in a software defined network environment Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for controller-based dynamic routing in a software defined network environment. A gateway module receives a routing protocol control packet at a virtual gateway of a software defined network (“SDN”). The SDN includes one or more virtual gateways that connect the SDN to one or more external networks. A routing control module forwards the received routing protocol control packet to a controller for the SDN. The SDN controller updates a routing information base for the SDN based on the received routing protocol control packet. An update module sends at least a portion of the routing information base to one or more external routers connected to the SDN.
US10033621B2	Method and apparatus for initiating internet connection speed testing on a residential gateway In one example, a method and apparatus for initiating Internet connection speed tests in residential gateways are disclosed. In one example, the method initiates, by a residential gateway of a subscriber premises, a test of an internet connection speed associated with the subscriber premises, such that the residential gateway and a test server are endpoints for an exchange of test data. A speed of the exchange of the test data is then measured.
US10033620B1	Partitioned performance adaptive policies and leases Implementations are provided herein for offering partitioned performance within a distributed file system; specifically, for providing adaptive policies and leases within the partitions. An amount of resources available to a cluster of nodes operating as a distributed file system can be determined and those resources can be apportioned to individual nodes based on hardware profiles of the nodes. A set of resource accounting tokens can be dynamically updated and used as a basis to generate a cluster resource accounting aggregate, a set of node resource accounting aggregates, and a set of protocol resource accounting aggregates. The dynamically updated resource accounting aggregates can then be used to dynamically throttle resource available to process work requests at the cluster, node, and protocol head layers based on policy.
US10033613B1	Historically large flows in network visibility monitoring Provided are systems and methods for managing historically large flows in network visibility monitoring. In some implementations, provided is an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may be operable to receive packet information describing a packet at the cycle of a clock input. The packet may be associated with a packet flow being transmitted across a network. The integrated circuit may further generate keys using information identifying a packet flow provided by the packet information. The integrated circuit may further read values for counters and state information associated with each counter from a memory, using the keys. The integrated circuit may further determine from the state information that the packet flow identified by the packet information is a historically large packet flow. Upon determining that the packet flow is a historically large packet flow, the integrated circuit may further update an entry in a flow memory using the packet information.
US10033609B1	Low impact passive monitoring of application performance Techniques are disclosed herein for monitoring a software application. The software application may run on servers in a cloud environment. Remote packet capture may be used to capture packets at the servers and forward them over a network to a manager node. However, the forwarding of the packets could potentially impact the software application itself by, for example, overloading the network. This may especially be the case during times of spikes in network traffic. Resource conditions, such as network conditions, may be monitored to minimize the impact by reducing the amount of data packets forwarded, which allows the monitored application to operate normally under traffic spikes. Also, a tunnel protocol having low overhead may be used to reduce the impact of monitoring.
US10033607B2	Packet loss debug system and method A mechanism is provided for debugging of system-wide packet loss issues in network devices by automatically identifying packet loss conditions at runtime of the network device and by logging and analyzing relevant data to help diagnose the issues resulting in lost packets. A network programmer defines a path through the communications processor that identified packets should follow, and then hardware mechanisms within the modules of the communications processor are used to determine whether the packets are indeed following the defined path. If not, then the hardware mechanisms halt processing and logging being performed by all or part of the communications processor and provide logged information and packet information to an analysis tool for display. In this manner, debugging information can be provided in real time, along with a history of the packet's progress through the communication processor stages.
US10033601B2	Method of reporting CQI and related communication device A method of reporting channel quality indicator (CQI) for a communication device comprises performing a channel measurement on a channel between the communication device and a network; determining a number of at least one reference resource needed for achieving a channel quality indicator (CQI) level according to the channel measurement; and transmitting an indicator indicating the number of the at least one reference resource to the network.
US10033600B2	Client application integration for workflows A method for providing client application integration for workflow management includes receiving a verification file, accessing a file through a client application, determining, based on the verification file, whether the accessed file includes a reference to a workflow component of a workflow stored on a server, retrieving the workflow component from the server, and displaying the workflow component referenced by the accessed file via an in-line user interface of the client application, further including displaying at least one selectable workflow management option for managing the workflow component using the client application.
US10033599B2	Intermediate process for integrating external social network incidents into an incident management pipeline A method of quantifying resolution times through external networks includes receiving, from an external network, a transmission indicating an incident. The transmission includes a first time at which an indication of the incident was posted to the external network. The method may also include generating an incident record associated with the incident, submitting the incident record to an incident management process to resolve the incident, and receiving an indication that the incident is resolved. The method may additionally include submitting a request to the external network to post the indication that the incident is resolved, and receiving, from the external network, a second time at which the indication that the incident is resolved was posted by the external network.
US10033591B2	Using timestamps to analyze network topologies A network of physically linked elements includes at least a first switch, a second switch, and a third element. The third element is caused to transmit a data unit. A first timestamp and a second timestamp are obtained from the first and second switches, respectively. The first timestamp is associated with receipt of the transmitted data unit by the first switch and the second timestamp associated with receipt of the transmitted data unit by the second switch. The first timestamp and the second timestamp are compared. Based on the comparison, a determination is made that the first switch is physically located between the third element and the second switch.
US10033588B2	Adaptive network of networks architecture In one embodiment, a composite Network of Networks is created out of a set otherwise separate constituent networks by a system that includes an operations station and one or more gateways. The operations station is configured to transmit a set of policies for processing data packets travelling through a composite network, where the composite network includes two or more independent constituent networks. The gateways are each communicatively connected between two or more attached constituent networks. A first gateway is configured to receive a data packet from a first constituent network attached to the first gateway; determine one or more real-time network situational awareness characteristics; process the data packet by applying the policies to the data packet based at least in part on the network situational awareness characteristics; and transmit the data packet to a second network attached to the first gateway and distinct from the first constituent network.
US10033587B2	Controlling network traffic using acceleration policies Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for controlling network traffic using acceleration policies. According to various embodiments of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, an acceleration application can be executed by a device for analyzing data requests, determining if the data communications requested by way of the request can be delayed, accelerated, or otherwise modified (“shifted”) based upon policies and/or network operating conditions. In some embodiments, the acceleration application can be configured to access acceleration policies that can define how certain traffic is to be shifted. The acceleration application also can be configured to obtain and analyze network data to determine network operating conditions and determine, based upon the determined conditions, if traffic is to be shifted based upon the network operating conditions.
US10033583B2	Accelerating device, connection and service discovery There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for managing one or more network devices. The one or more network devices are connected indirectly or directly to one or more networks and communicate each other by exchanging one or more messages. A classifier intercepts the one or more messages associated with one or more network devices. The classifier classifies each of the intercepted messages into a layer. A discovery system receives the each classified message and detecting, based on the each received classified message, a new network device added to the one or more networks and detecting one or more configuration changes made on the one or more network devices.
US10033578B2	Leveraging synchronization coordination of a mesh network for low-power devices Methods, apparatus, and systems for wireless communication are provided. A method for wireless communication includes configuring a first device for a first mode of communication, receiving wide area network (WAN) scheduling information from downlink signals received from a network entity when a radio air interface of the first device is configured for the first mode of communication, configuring the first device for a second mode of communication, determining a mesh network schedule based on the WAN scheduling information, and communicating wirelessly with a second device in accordance with the mesh network schedule when the radio air interface is configured for the second mode of communication. The first device and the second device may communicate at power levels below a power level threshold selected to cause the network entity to ignore transmissions between the first device and the second device.
US10033574B2	System and method for efficient network reconfiguration in fat-trees Systems and methods are provided for supporting efficient reconfiguration of an interconnection network having a pre-existing routing comprising. An exemplary method can provide, a plurality of switches, the plurality switches comprising at least one leaf switch, wherein each of the one or more switches comprise a plurality of ports, and a plurality of end nodes, wherein the plurality of end nodes are interconnected via the one or more switches. The method can detect, by a subnet manager, a reconfiguration triggering event. The method can compute, by the subnet manager, a new routing for the interconnection network, wherein the computing by the subnet manager of the new routing for the interconnection network takes into consideration the pre-existing routing and selects the new routing for the interconnection network that is closest to the pre-existing routing. The method can reconfigure the interconnection network according to the new routing.
US10033572B2	Resiliency in ethernet fabric architectures by event notification Methods, computer systems, and computer program products for improving resiliency in computing components functioning according to a multilayered Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model in a network architecture running Ethernet or Internet protocols by a processor device are provided. Upon detection of at least one of a certain event within a specified layer of a network architecture, a notification of the event is provided in an inter-layer basis, such that the responsible entity manages the event according to an OSI model-wide system.
US10033562B2	Apparatus for envelope delay control in an envelope-tracking power amplifier An envelope signal time delay adjustment apparatus includes a negative group delay unit for converting an envelope signal input from a signal generator into an envelope signal having a group delay of a negative value whose frequency increases from a predetermined frequency band; an envelope-tracking modulator for power-amplifying and outputting the envelope signal output from the negative group delay unit; and a frequency limiting unit for limiting a bandwidth of the envelope-tracking modulator to be lower than an original bandwidth of the envelope-tracking modulator.
US10033555B2	Equalizer circuit optimization using coarse frequency detection A system can be configured to control an equalizer circuit to equalize a data signal without requiring prior knowledge of the data signal's data rate. In an example, the system includes an equalizer circuit configured to equalize a data signal based on an equalizer control signal to produce an equalized signal, and a pattern detector configured to detect a specified data pattern in the equalized signal at each of multiple sampling rates. A control circuit can be configured to generate a preferred equalization control signal based on a sampling rate, selected from the multiple sampling rates, at which the pattern detector detects the specified data pattern in the equalized signal.
US10033552B2	Driving data of multiple protocols through a single set of pins Embodiments of the invention are generally directed driving data of multiple protocols through a single set of pins. An embodiment of an apparatus includes a transmitter connected to two pads on an IC the transmitter including a differential driver to transmit a differential signal, wherein the differential driver has a first branch and a second branch, each branch of the differential driver including a protection device connected to one of the pads; and a common mode driver to transmit a common mode signal, the common mode driver having a first branch and a second branch, each of the branches of the common mode driver including a protection device connected to one of the pads. The first and second switch devices are not turned on simultaneously, based on data to be transmitted, one of the switch devices being turned on and the other being turned off. The third and fourth switch devices are both turned on when the common mode signal is one of a logic HIGH or logic LOW and both turned off when the common mode signal is the other of a logic HIGH or logic LOW.
US10033548B2	Method, system, service selection entity, and service management entity for selecting service provision entity The present invention discloses a method, system, service selection entity, and service management entity for selecting a service provision entity in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network communication, so as to select heterogeneous service provision entities for heterogeneous service requesting entities. The method includes: receiving service capability information of service provision entities; obtaining service request information of a service requesting entity; and selecting a service provision entity of an appropriate service capability to provide a service for the service requesting entity according to the service capability information of service provision entities and the service request information of the service requesting entity. The present invention is applicable to P2P overlay networks, wherein the service selection entity, the service requesting entities, and the service provision entity each comprises a respective network enabled communication device selected from anyone of: a client device, a server, and a storage device for peer-to-peer (P2P) network communication.
US10033546B2	Method and system for reprogramming The system for reprogramming a plurality of control units includes a first control unit and a second control unit connected by one CAN bus, and a diagnosing unit. The diagnosing unit includes a first controller configured to reprogram the first control unit and a second controller configured to reprogram the second control unit. The diagnosing unit is configured to perform bidirectional reprogramming for the first control unit and the second control unit while sharing information between the first controller and the second controller.
US10033542B2	Scheduling mechanisms in full duplex cable network environments An example method for scheduling in full duplex cable network environments is provided and includes categorizing a plurality of cable modems in a cable network into interference groups, scheduling upstream transmissions and downstream receptions for cable modems in each interference group, such that no cable modem of any one interference group transmits upstream in a frequency range simultaneously as another cable modem in the same interference group receives downstream in the frequency range, generating scheduling information of the scheduling, and transmitting the scheduling information to the cable modems.
US10033539B1	Replicating multicast state information between multi-homed EVPN routing devices In one example, a first routing device of an Ethernet virtual private network (EVPN) is multihomed to a customer edge (CE) routing device with a second routing device. The first routing device includes one or more network interfaces configured to send and receive packets. The first routing device also includes one or more processors configured to receive, via the one or more network interfaces, a first packet from the CE routing device including multicast join information, update multicast state information of the first routing device using the multicast join information from the first packet, and send, via the one or more network interfaces, a second packet including data representative of the multicast join information to the second routing device to synchronize multicast state information of the second routing device with the multicast state information of the first routing device.
US10033536B2	Generation, management, and tracking of digital credentials Techniques described herein relate to generating and managing digital credentials using a digital credential platform in communication with various digital credential template owners and digital credential issuers. In some embodiments, a digital credential platform server may receive and coordinate requests and responses between the digital credential template owners and a set of digital credential issuers, to determine which digital credential issuers are authorized to issue digital credential based on which digital credential templates. The digital credential platform server may provide the authorized issuers with access to particular digital credential templates and the functionality to issue digital credentials to users based on any of the particular digital credential templates. Additional techniques described herein relate to tracking, analyzing, and reporting data metrics for issued digital credentials.
US10033535B2	Multifaceted assertion directory system A method of providing one or more assertions about a subject is provided. The method includes obtaining, at an assertion directory access server and over a network, a first assertion about a first attribute of the subject from a first assertion issuer; obtaining, at the assertion directory access server and over a network, a second assertion about a second attribute of the subject from a second assertion issuer; and providing, from the assertion directory access server, the first assertion and the second assertion to an assertion directory authority server over a network.
US10033524B1	Differential signal mismatch compensation A computing device includes a complementary signal generator configured to generate first and second complementary signals, delay circuitry configured to introduce a delay in a signal, and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to transmit the first and second complementary signals at least in part by determining a length mismatch between first and second signal transmission paths, determining a delay based at least in part on the length mismatch, introducing the delay in the first signal, and providing the delayed first signal and the second signal to the first and second signal paths, respectively.
US10033518B2	Data on clock lane of source synchronous links A source synchronous data transmission system includes a data transmitting device and a data receiving device. A dedicated data line carries a data signal from the data transmission device to the data receiving device. A dedicated clock line carries a modulated clock signal from the data transmission device to the data receiving device. The data transmission device includes a clock data driver configured to encode data into the modulated clock signal by modulating an amplitude of the modulated clock signal. Thus, the clock line of the source synchronous data transmission system carries the clock signal and additional data.
US10033517B2	Communication apparatus and network system A slave unit that is a communication apparatus according to the present invention includes: a frame relaying unit that receives, among communication frames received by a reception port, a communication frame to be relayed to the other apparatus and outputs the received communication frame to a transmission port; a frame transmitting unit that generates a communication frame and outputs the communication frame to the transmission port; and a transmission-frame arbitrating unit that regulates output of the communication frame to the transmission port performed by the frame transmitting unit in a guard time that is a period including a time period in which arrival of the communication frame transmitted in a network in a fixed cycle is expected.
US10033516B2	Multi-domain connection establishment in computer networking communications A method, computer program product and computer system achieves full-mesh connectivity between any two domains in a multi-domain computing environment such as an Infiniband or Converged Ethernet environment. A connection between two domains is established using a single connection management identifier, and private payloads in connection management datagrams, to drive full-duplex connectivity over a pair of half-duplex connections. The half-duplex connections are established using one connection request, and one connection ID object. A connection management object interfaces between the two connected domains. The connection management object handles communications across the half-duplex connections while the connected applications operate as if they are communicating over a full-duplex connection.
US10033513B2	Channel impulse response estimation for full-duplex communication networks A network-wide interference cancellation scheme estimates channel impulse responses related to Self Interference and the Mutual Interference, then reduces both the Self Interference and the Mutual Interference in the receiver of an Full Duplex device. Full Duplex gains may be capitalized upon and translated into system gain. The scheme is based on an extended Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) treatment of the whole Full Duplex network. The network-wide interference cancellation may be seen to be feasible when a unique pilot signal design and training structure are in place network-wide.
US10033507B2	Method for performing channel estimation, and apparatus therefor A method for reporting a channel state for a downlink channel to be transmitted via a two-dimensional array of antenna elements consisting of one or more horizontal antenna groups and vertical antenna groups in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the method being performed by a terminal, comprises the steps of: receiving a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) configuration for at least one vertical antenna group and a CSI-RS configuration for at least one horizontal antenna group; and calculating channel state information on the downlink channel using the received CSI-RS configurations and transmitting the channel information to a serving cell, wherein the channel state information comprises individual channel state information for a channel of the at least one vertical antenna group (hereinafter, ‘vertical channel’) and a channel of the at least one horizontal antenna group (hereinafter, ‘horizontal channel’), a combination of the individual channel state information, or joint channel state information of the vertical channel and the horizontal channel, each of which is assigned transmission priority, and the channel state information can be transmitted according to the transmission priority.
US10033506B2	Control channel signalling for triggering the independent transmission of a channel quality indicator A communication apparatus has a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver, in operation receives a control signal including a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) Index, a channel quality indicator (CQI) trigger and information indicating uplink resource blocks. The transmitter in operation, determines whether to multiplex an aperiodic CQI report with data in an uplink signal based on the MCS Index, the channel quality indicator trigger, the information indicating uplink resource blocks, and a threshold number of resource blocks, and transmits the uplink signal.
US10033495B2	Communication device to generate and process a clear to send announcement frame A communication device configured to generate a clear-to-send (CTS)-Announcement frame and to transmit the CTS-Announcement frame to one or more other communication devices. The CTS-Announcement frame can include an organizationally unique identifier (OUI) and a portion of network interface controller (NIC) identifier, and announcement information of the device's activities and/or state.
US10033491B2	Data transmission device for human body communication, preamble generation method thereof, and frame synchronization method thereof Provided is a method for generating a preamble of a transmission signal for human body communication, the method including using a frequency shift code (FSC) of which a length is adjusted according to an operating clock frequency or a transmission rate and a first pseudo random binary sequence (PRBS) code of p chips where p is a natural number to generate a first preamble unit block of n chips where n is a natural number, using the FSC and a second PRBS code of p′ chips to generate a second preamble unit block of n′ chips, and arraying the first preamble unit block consecutively and repeatedly and disposing the second preamble unit block at a next stage to form the preamble of the transmission signal.
US10033488B2	Dynamic scheduling for hybrid automatic repeat request transmission time interval bundling in a communication system The present invention relates to transmitting data on a shared communication channel in a communication system supporting multiple hybrid automatic repeat request processes and configurable to apply a bundling of transmission time intervals. The data transmitting including mapping of TTIs of the HARQ processes cyclically onto subframes. In order to efficiently support dynamic bundle scheduling, when a grant is received during a bundle transmission, this grant becomes a shifting grant, according to which the bundle is transmitted and according to the location of which the timing of the grant reception and the data transmission is adapted. The transmission of the shifted bundle is performed in accordance with the state of its retransmission process, i.e. the bundle is either initially transmitted or retransmitted.
US10033485B2	Managing acknowledgement messages from multiple destinations for multi user MIMO transmissions Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to apparatus and methods for managing acknowledgement messages from multiple destinations for multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) transmissions. According to certain aspects, a polled block acknowledgement (BA) mechanism can be considered mandatory to an acknowledgement protocol, and a sequential (or other type of scheduled/deterministic) mechanism can be considered optional.
US10033469B2	Injectable acoustic transmission devices and process for making and using same Injectable acoustic tags and a process of making are described for tracking host animals in up to three dimensions. The injectable acoustic tags reduce adverse biological effects and have a reduced cost of manufacture compared with conventional surgically implanted tags. The injectable tags are powered by a single power source with a lifetime of greater than 30 days. The injectable tags have an enhanced acoustic signal transmission range that enhances detection probability for tracking of host animals.
US10033467B2	Method and apparatus for generation of coherent and frequency-lock optical subcarriers A method and apparatus for generating sub-carriers is disclosed. Coherent optical sub-carriers with sub-carrier spacing are generated for carrying an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signal. Multiple peaks are generated by cascading multiple phase modulators driven by different radio frequency sources.
US10033463B2	Rapid deployment indexing terminal arrangement A fiber optic distribution terminal includes a cable spool rotatably disposed within an enclosure; an optical power splitter and a termination region carried by the cable spool; an optical cable deployable from the enclosure by rotating the cable spool by pulling on a connectorized end of the optical cable; and splitter pigtails extending between the optical power splitter and the termination region. One fiber of the optical cable extending between the connectorized end and the splitter input. The other fibers of the optical cable extend to a multi-fiber adapter.
US10033459B2	System, method and apparatus for a rogue optics network unit A device is provided that mitigates the effects of an optical network unit (ONU) that is in a rogue state. A main processor is arranged as part of a monolithic semiconductor chip, the main processor configured to process signals from an optical telecommunication connection. A laser driver controls a laser coupled to the laser driver. Hardware logic is arranged as part of the monolithic semiconductor chip and arranged physically separate from the main processor. The hardware logic independently effects the laser driver to turn the laser off or reduce power output of the laser significantly to mitigate the effects of the ONU in the rogue state.
US10033456B2	Devices and methods for a rotary joint with multiple wireless links A device is provided that includes a first platform having a first side, and a second platform having a second side positioned within a predetermined distance to the first side. The device also includes an actuator configured to cause a relative rotation between the first platform and the second platform such that the first side of the first platform remains within the predetermined distance to the second side of the second platform. The device also includes a probe mounted to the first platform, and a plurality of probes mounted to the second platform. The device also includes a signal conditioner coupled to the plurality of probes. The signal conditioner may select one of the plurality of probes based on an orientation of the first platform relative to the second platform. The signal conditioner may then to use the selected probe for wireless communication with the probe on the first platform.
US10033454B2	Communication path control device, communication path control system, communication path control method and communication path control program To perform communication with a communication path not unnecessarily going through a relay device such as a router. Under an environment in which a first network and a second network are connecting via a relay device, in a case of information used for establishing of a communication path between a call-origin terminal and a call-destination terminal sent by one among the call-origin terminal and the call-destination terminal to the other thereof, being forwarded from the relay device, contents of the information used for establishing of the communication path are overwritten so that the communication path between the call-source terminal and call-destination terminal is established with a path not going through the relay device, and the information thus overwritten is sent to the other one among the call-origin terminal and the call-destination terminal, if both of the network in which the call-origin terminal is installed and the network in which the call-destination terminal is installed are the first network.
US10033452B2	Transmission device, transmission method, receiving device and receiving method Provided is a frame configuration usable for both SISO transmission and MISO and/or MIMO transmission. A frame configurator of a transmission device configures a frame by gathering data for SISO and configures a frame by gathering data for MISO and/or MIMO data, thereby to improve the reception performance (detection performance) of a reception device.
US10033446B2	Transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus, control station, communication system, and transmission precoding method A transmitting apparatus includes transmission antennas capable of forming a plurality of beams respectively directed to a plurality of terminals and a precoder unit that performs precoding on signals transmitted from the transmission antennas such that received power in the terminals excluding a desired terminal serving as a transmission destination of a transmission signal and IUI terminals, which are the terminals other than the desired terminal, is equal to or smaller than a threshold.
US10033438B2	Power supply apparatus, control method, and recording medium A power supply apparatus includes a power supply unit that wirelessly supplies power to an electronic apparatus, a communication unit that performs wireless communication for acquiring status information from the electronic apparatus, a detection unit that detects an external apparatus different from the electronic apparatus, and a control unit that causes the communication unit to disconnect wireless communication with the electronic apparatus in response to a detection of the external apparatus by the detection unit if the power supply unit is wirelessly supplying power to the electronic apparatus based on the status information acquired from the electronic apparatus, and causes the communication unit to perform wireless communication with the external apparatus to determine whether the external apparatus is able to wirelessly receive power.
US10033424B2	Ambient backscatter transceivers, apparatuses, systems, and methods for communicating using backscatter of ambient RF signals Apparatuses, systems, ambient backscatter transceivers, and methods for modulating a backscatter of an ambient RF signal are described. An example system may include an ambient backscatter transceiver comprising an antenna that is configured to receive a backscattered ambient radio frequency (RF) signal. The ambient backscatter transceiver is configured to demodulate the backscattered ambient RF signal to retrieve first data. The backscattered ambient RF signal is generated by backscattering an ambient RF signal at a first frequency. The ambient RF signal is encoded with modulated to provide second data at a second frequency.
US10033421B2	Multi-standard, multi-channel expandable TV/satellite receiver In one example, a semiconductor die includes multi-standard, multi-channel expandable television/satellite receiver that can be flexibly implemented in a number of different configurations to enable incorporation into a plurality of different systems. The semiconductor die may include multiple tuners to receive and tune a terrestrial radio frequency (RF) signal and a satellite RF signal. These tuners may include different frequency synthesizers including voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs) to generate VCO signals at different frequencies, mixers to downconvert the RF signals to baseband signals using the VCO signals. In an implementation, the semiconductor die may further include shared circuitry coupled to the tuners to digitize, process and demodulate the baseband signals.
US10033417B2	Interference signal cancellation apparatus and method An interference signal cancellation apparatus, includes a first power divider configured to divide a cancellation reference signal link corresponding to a transmit antenna into a first reference link and a second reference link. The apparatus includes a second power divider configured to divide a signal receiving link connected to a receive antenna into a first receiving link and a second receiving link, and use the first receiving link as an output link. The apparatus includes a primary cancellation unit that is located at the first reference link and that is connected to the signal receiving link by using a coupler. The apparatus includes a secondary cancellation unit that is located at the second reference link and that is connected to the second receiving link by using a coupler. The apparatus includes a control module connected to the second receiving link, the primary cancellation unit, and the secondary cancellation unit.
US10033412B2	Impedance and swing control for voltage-mode driver A driver circuit includes a plurality of output circuits coupled in parallel between a differential input and a differential output and having a first common node and a second common node. Each of the plurality of output circuits includes a series combination of a pair of inverters and a pair of resistors, coupled between the differential input and the differential output; first source terminals of the pair of inverters coupled to the first common node; and second source terminals of the pair of inverters coupled to the second common node. The driver circuit further includes a first voltage regulator having an output coupled to the first common node of the plurality of output circuits; a second voltage regulator having an output coupled to the second common node of the plurality of circuits; and a current compensation circuit coupled between the outputs of the first voltage regulator and the second voltage regulator.
US10033411B2	Adjustable error protection for stored data An apparatus is described that includes a semiconductor chip having memory controller logic circuitry. The memory controller logic circuitry has compression circuitry to compress a cache line data structure to be written into a system memory. The memory controller logic circuitry has adjustable length ECC information generation circuitry to generate an amount of ECC information for the cache line data structure based on an amount of compression applied to the cache line data structure by the compression circuitry. The memory controller logic having circuitry to implement a write process sequence for the cache line data structure that is specific for the cache line data structure's amount of compression and/or amount of ECC information and to implement a different write process sequence that is specific for another cache line data structure having a different amount of compression and/or ECC information as the cache line data structure.
US10033402B2	Low power analog to digital converter Described is an analog to digital converter (ADC) which comprises: a sigma-delta modulator to receive an analog signal, the sigma-delta modulator operable to perform chopping to cancel common-mode noise; and one or more counters coupled to the sigma-delta modulator to generate a digital code representative of the analog signal.
US10033400B1	Analog-to-digital converter verification using quantization noise properties Disclosed are systems and methods for identifying and reporting failures of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). Specifically, the systems and methods described herein evaluate quantization noise properties of ADCs, including delta-sigma ADCs and successive approximation register (SAR) ADCs, to verify functionality and/or identify failures. Quantization noise properties can be evaluated in the frequency domain by, for example, comparing RMS values, magnitudes, frequency spectrums, and the like, in various frequency bands to threshold values and/or to verify an expected noise shape. Quantization noise properties can additionally or alternatively be evaluated in the time domain by, for example, comparing counts of pulse widths, average pulse widths, and/or number of transitions within a sequence of pulses to threshold values and/or to similar identifiable characteristics in other pulse width bands.
US10033399B1	Digital to analog converter A digital to analog converter (DAC) circuit includes pulse generator circuit for generating voltage pulses having a predetermined length and shape. The voltage pulses are used to control the generation of current pulses generated by a voltage to current converter. The voltage to current converter includes a set of switchable resistors where the resistance value provided by the set is dependent upon a digital value of a digital signal. In some embodiments, the current amplitude of the current pulses is dependent upon the resistance value and is indicative of the digital value.
US10033398B1	Multi-zone digital-to-analog converter (DAC) A multi-zone digital-to-analog device is provided with a digital-to-analog (D/A) stage having an input to accept a digital input signal with a data bandwidth of M Hertz (Hz), a clock input to accept a clock signal with a clock frequency of P Hz, and an output to supply an analog value having a bandwidth of M Hz. An upsampling stage has an input to accept the analog value and a clock input to accept the clock signal. The upsampling stage has a device bandwidth of L Hz to supply an analog output signal with a full power bandwidth of K Hz, where (P/2)=M and M
US10033389B2	Clock signal stop detection circuit A semiconductor device detects an edge of input data input into a data retention circuit to which a clock signal is supplied, resets a first count value obtained by counting an edge detection frequency with a clock signal, resets a second count value obtained by counting the edge detection frequency with an inverted clock signal, and thereby detects an abnormality of the clock signal in accordance with a situation that either of the first count value and the second count value has reached a value indicative of an overflow state.
US10033358B2	Buffer circuit and voltage generator using the same A buffer circuit includes a transistor cascode circuit, a latch circuit, a first transistor, a second transistor, and a voltage generator. The transistor cascode circuit is biasing at a first voltage. The latch circuit is biasing at a second voltage, whose voltage level is negative. The first transistor and the second transistor are coupling between the transistor cascode circuit and the latch circuit, and a gate of the first transistor is coupled to a gate of the second transistor. The voltage generator provides a biasing voltage to the gate of the first transistor and adjusts a voltage level of the biasing voltage dynamically according to a voltage level of the second voltage. The biasing voltage is at a first level when the buffer circuit is initially turned on, and the biasing voltage is at a second level when the buffer circuit enters the steady state.
US10033349B2	Low loss multi-state phase shifter A multi-state phase shifter circuit having both low insertion loss (IL) and good return loss. Two or more phase shift elements are combined into a single cell architecture to reduce the number of series-connected FET switches and reduce the total IL. One embodiment has two ports connected by parallel signal paths each comprising a pair of switches and a phase shift element comprising, for example, an inductor, a capacitor, a transmission line, or a conductor. Another embodiment has two ports connected by parallel signal paths each comprising a switch and at least one associated phase shift element. The switches in each parallel signal path allow the associated phase shift element to be placed in-circuit under the control of an applied signal. The sets of switches may be independently controlled, so that multiple parallel signal paths may be switched into circuit between the phase shifter circuit ports at the same time.
US10033348B2	Variable RF filter and wireless apparatus There is provided a variable RF filter receiving an input differential radio frequency signal from a differential input terminals and allowing a radio frequency signal around a desired frequency to pass therethrough, wherein first passive mixers driven by a rectangular wave clock signal having an arbitrarily determined frequency are connected in parallel to a signal line across the differential input terminals and differential output terminals, and wherein a load of each of the first passive mixers is configured by inductors. Further, as a clock signal driving each of the first passive mixers, an odd-multiple-wave Lo signal (for example, a triple-wave Lo signal) is used, the signal having a frequency odd-multiple times (for example, three times) as high as that of the Lo signal which is the fundamental wave of the passing radio frequency signal.
US10033339B2	Semiconductor device, semiconductor system, and control method of semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a differential amplification circuit that outputs differential output signals Vo1 and Vo2, external output terminals PD1 and PD2 to which one of the differential output signals Vo1 and Vo2 and single end signals Vo3 and Vo4 is selectively supplied, switch units SW1 and SW2 that control a conduction state between the external output terminal PD1 and the feedback line and a conduction state between the external output terminal PD2 and the feedback line, respectively, resistance elements R1 and R2 respectively provided in series with the switch units SW1 and SW2, a CMFB circuit that controls a common mode voltage of the differential amplification circuit according to a difference between an intermediate voltage Vcm of the external output terminals PD1 and PD2 in the feedback line and a reference voltage Vref, and a switch unit SW3 that controls to supply a clamp voltage to the feedback line.
US10033325B2	Heat pump device, and air conditioner, heat pump water heater, refrigerator, and freezing machine that includes heat pump device A heat pump device includes a compressor compressing refrigerant; a motor driving the compressor; an inverter applying alternating-current voltage to the motor; and an inverter control unit generating a control signal for controlling the inverter. The inverter control unit executes control by using a first switching pattern in which all of three switching elements on a positive or negative voltage side of the inverter are changed to an ON state, then executes control by using a second switching pattern in which two switching elements to which electric current flows in the same direction when controlled by using the first switching pattern are changed to an OFF state, and then executes control by using a third switching pattern in which two switching elements on a reverse voltage side of the two switching elements changed to an OFF state by using the second switching pattern are changed to an ON state.
US10033322B2	Closed-transition variable-frequency drive apparatus and methods A system includes a variable frequency drive (VFD) comprising an inverter having an output configured to be coupled to a motor and a switch configured to couple a power source to the motor to bypass the VFD. The system further includes a control circuit configured to synchronize the VFD to the power source, to operate the switch to couple the power source and the VFD in parallel and to subsequently disable the inverter responsive to a current of the inverter. In some embodiments, a PWM frequency of the VFD may be temporarily increased when transferring the motor from the power source to the VFD.
US10033316B2	System and method for model based turbine shaft power predictor In an embodiment, a control system includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive signals from one or more sensors disposed in a gas turbine system, wherein the gas turbine system comprises a shaft mechanically coupled to an electric generator. The processor is further configured to predict a derived mechanical power for the shaft based on the signals. The processor is additionally configured to derive a power adjustment by executing at least one model. The processor is also configured to derive a corrected mechanical power by applying the power adjustment to the derived mechanical power; and to control the gas turbine system based on the corrected mechanical power.
US10033311B2	Actuator with a brushless two-phase DC motor The present disclosure relates to actuators. The teachings thereof may be embodied in an actuator drive for a flap or for a valve for setting a gaseous or liquid volume flow, for example in the heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning of a building, for a DC motor with a reduction gear connected downstream and a gearbox-side output. The actuator may include: a motor control unit and a voltage supply unit. The motor may be a brushless two-phase DC motor with a stator comprising a quadruple T armature, each armature comprising an armature coil and a radially outward-lying rotor mounted to rotate relative to the stator. Each armature may have precisely four alternating permanent magnetic poles uniformly distributed. The rotor is connected to a spring applying a restoring force to the rotor if the rotor is deflected from a rest position. The motor control unit includes switches for the DC motor and connects the armature coils to the voltage supply unit as a function of a rotational position of the rotor and the armature coils are interconnected in such a way that, when subjected to current excitation, two adjacent armature coils never form magnetic poles having the same polarity.
US10033309B2	Control apparatus for dynamically adjusting phase switching of the DC motor and method thereof Disclosed are a control apparatus for dynamically adjusting a phase switching of a DC motor and a method thereof. A rotor in the DC motor is divided into 2 M pole areas, wherein M is a positive integer not less than 1. The control apparatus comprises a phase detector, a current detector, a control circuit and a driving circuit. The phase detector detects the phase switching state of the pole areas to generate a standard phase signal. The current detector detects a current flowing through the DC motor in one of switching points of the standard phase signal to generate a current detection value. The control circuit periodically outputs 2 M drive signals, and determines to perform dynamically adjusting operation on the timing sequence of the drive signals according to the current detection value. The driving circuit receives the drive signals to perform the phase switching for driving the DC motor.
US10033306B2	Ocean wave energy converter utilizing temporary immobilization of a float A float operated lever device for wave energy conversion comprising at least one force amplifying lever, a pivot secured on a secured platform, a buoyant float attached to said lever and a latch means secured in position for obstructing the motion of said force amplifying lever for a fraction of half wave's period, when said float is nearly at its highest and lowest positions whereby said force amplifying lever travels downward or upward respectively, at a greater velocity and for a greater distance than in the case of free floating thus producing an amplified output force, pivoting speed and angular displacement.A method for thermal energy storage and retrieval of electricity in phase change material.
US10033296B1	Rectifier and regulator circuit Systems and methods for rectifying and regulating an input voltage are disclosed. A biasing circuit is configured to generate a biasing voltage greater than the maximum value of the input voltage minus a forward bias voltage of a p-n junction diode and apply the biasing voltage to the body terminal of a MOSFET. The biasing circuit may generate the biasing voltage by rectifying the input voltage. A control circuit is configured to generate a gate voltage based on the rectified and regulated output voltage and apply the gate voltage to the gate terminal of the MOSFET.
US10033293B2	Control method for self-commutated converter for controlling power exchange A self-commutated converter is connected to further self-commutated converters by its AC voltage connection via an inductive component using a coupling point, which is common to all the converters, in an AC voltage network. An active power P and a frequency fN are determined from a network voltage at the coupling point and a converter current flowing via the inductive component. An active power difference value ΔP is supplied to an orthogonal controller and to a parallel controller. The output value from the parallel controller is used to minimize the reactive power exchanged between converter and coupling point. The frequency difference value Δf is supplied to a frequency controller and the output value from the frequency controller is logically combined with the output value from the orthogonal controller and the output value from the parallel controller, the frequency difference value Δf being simultaneously minimized.
US10033292B2	Power conditioning unit with voltage converters A power conditioning unit for delivering power from a power source to a mains utility supply, the power conditioning unit comprising a plurality of input terminals for connecting to the power source, a plurality of output terminals for connecting to the mains utility supply, a voltage increasing converter connected to the input terminals, a voltage reducing converter connected to the voltage increasing converter and a dc-to-ac converter connected to the voltage reducing converter and to the output terminals.
US10033291B2	Power transmission device This power transmission device is connected between an AC wiring system connected to an AC power supply, and a DC power supply, and transmits power from the DC power supply to the AC wiring system. The power transmission device includes an AC power supply voltage signal generator, a power converter, a DC voltage conversion unit, a switching element, and a switch open/close signal generator. The switch open/close signal generator includes: a control signal generation unit to generate a control signal formed from a pulse signal; and a pulse width determination unit to receive the control signal and generate a delayed signal obtained by delaying rising of the control signal, and when the delayed signal becomes a value corresponding to a magnitude of voltage of the AC power supply voltage signal, cause the control signal to fall, thereby making the control signal into the switch open/close signal.
US10033281B2	Integrated circuit with configurable control and power switches Disclosed examples include integrated circuits configurable according to sensed circuit conditions to provide configurable power converter topologies with externally connected circuitry to implement buck, boost, buck-boost, low dropout and/or hot-swap power converters. The ICs include one or more sets of series connected high and low side transistors connected with corresponding IC pads to allow connection to external circuitry to form a particular power converter configuration. The IC includes a control circuit and a configuration circuit to sense a circuit condition of the IC and to configure the control circuit to provide switching control signals to the transistors to implement one of a plurality of power converter topologies.
US10033279B2	DC-DC voltage converter and associated control method capable of dynamically adjusting upper boundary of inductor current A DC-DC voltage converter and associated control method capable of dynamically adjusting upper boundary of the inductor current are provided. The DC-DC voltage converter is electrically connected to an input terminal having an input voltage and an output terminal having an output voltage. The DC-DC voltage converter converts the input voltage to the output voltage, and the DC-DC voltage converter operates in a pulse frequency modulation mode. The DC-DC voltage converter includes an inductor and a converting circuit, which are electrically connected to each other. An inductor current flows through the inductor. The converting circuit adjusts the inductor current according to a setting signal so that the inductor current is less than or equivalent to an upper boundary of the inductor current.
US10033274B2	Chopper circuit control device for controlling a duty cycle of a chopper circuit in accordance with limits of an operation value range A range calculator (12) calculates an operation value range, which is range of an operation value tor controlling a duty cycle of a chopper circuit (4) based on an input voltage and output voltage command value of the chopper circuit (4). A chopper circuit control device (1) controls the duty cycle of the chopper circuit (4) by using an upper limit value of the operation value range when an operation value is greater than or equal to the upper limit value of the operation value range, by using the operation value when the operation value is within the operation value range, and by using a lower limit value of the operation value range when the operation value is less than or equal to the lower limit value of the operation value range.
US10033272B2	Switching loss correction circuitry and method A circuit that stores characterized loss information for a buck converter and uses the characterized loss information instead of measurements involving output power dependent losses. The characterized loss information may include the characterized switching loss, the characterized ripple loss, etc. The circuit may then calculate the output power, efficiency, power dissipation, etc. without needing to measure the output current.
US10033267B2	Digital stress sharing control loops for point of load converters The present application relates to power converters, particularly switch mode power converters sharing a load in which the converters are operated to share stresses between them. The application provides a controller (108) in which a stress share control loop (108a, 108b) is provided to ensure the associated converter is operating at an average stress. The stress share control loop has a proportional and an integral term in its feedback path. The integral term may be enabled or disabled. In use, the integral term is enabled in all but one controller.
US10033266B2	Power conversion device and control device A power conversion device includes: a bridge circuit; a filter provided on an alternating current side of the bridge circuit, and connected to a neutral point; a reactor between the bridge circuit and the filter; a smoothing circuit provided on a direct current side of the bridge circuit; a snubber circuit between the bridge circuit and the smoothing circuit; and a switch circuit provided between the smoothing circuit and the snubber circuit. The smoothing circuit includes two smoothing capacitors connected in series between a positive line and a negative line. The neutral point is connected between the two smoothing capacitors. The snubber circuit includes two snubber capacitors connected in series between the positive line and the negative line. The neutral point is connected between the two snubber capacitors. The switch circuit includes a first switch provided on the positive line and a second switch provided on the negative line.
US10033259B2	Vibration motor A vibration motor includes a fixed member, a vibration unit, and an elastic member. The vibration unit includes a first weight, a second weight, and a magnet sandwiched by the first and second weights. The motor further includes a first positioning guiding member including a first weight guiding rail, a first base guiding rail, a first movement rail formed by the first weight guiding rail and the first base guiding rail, and a plurality of magnetic bodies disposed at one side of the first movement rail; a second positioning guiding member including a second weight guiding rail, a second base guiding rail, a pair of second movement rails formed by the second weight guiding rail and the second base guiding rail, and a magnetic body disposed between the second movement rails.
US10033258B2	Linear actuator, electric brush, electric cutting machine and electric air pump A linear actuator that can achieve downsizing with a simple configuration, and can provide stable linear reciprocation while achieving improvement in assemblability and cost reduction. In the actuator, movable member 50 faces coil 21 in the winding axis CL direction of coil 21, and in addition, includes magnet 30 magnetized in the coil-winding axis CL direction in a unipolar fashion and output shaft 60 extending in the CL direction. Elastic body 70 is disposed along the coil-winding axis CL direction and configured to deform in that direction to supports movable member 50 such that movable member 50 can reciprocate along the coil-winding axis CL direction. Elastic body 70 is fixed to fixing body 40 and movable member 50 at both ends 71 and 72 in the coil-winding axis CL direction such that central air gap CG is formed between electromagnet 20 and magnet 30.
US10033256B2	Adjusting device for an electric motor A device for reversing the direction of rotation and/or for adjusting the carbon brushes for a reversible electric motor, in particular for an electric hand tool, with a base and with a mount, which is mounted pivotably on the base and on which brushholders for the carbon brushes wiping over the collector of the electric motor are arranged. The electric motor can be driven by means of power electronics, such as a pulse width controller, a phase gating controller, a phase chopping controller or the like. The power electronics are arranged on the base and/or on the mount. The device furthermore has fixed contacts and switching contacts, which interact with alternate contact-making for reversing the direction of rotation of the electric motor as the mount is pivoted.
US10033243B2	Rotating electrical machine for a vehicle A rotating electrical machine for a vehicle includes a rectifier fixed to a fixing portion of a casing. The rectifier includes a heat sink to which a rectifier element is mounted, and a circuit board configured to electrically connect a stator lead routed out of a stator to the rectifier element. The heat sink includes an element mounting portion, and an axial fin protruding radially outward from the element mounting portion. A supporting portion configured to support the axial fin along an axial direction is formed on one of the casing and the axial fin. The supporting portion is arranged at a position away from the fixing portion so as to be adjacent to the stator lead guide when the rectifier is viewed along the axial direction.
US10033237B2	Neutral ring for use in rotating electrical machine and method for manufacturing the same A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor core, a rotor shaft, a coil, a bind, a lead-out wire of which one end is connected to the coil and the other end is connected to a neutral ring. A filling is filled between the coil and the neutral ring. The neutral ring is formed with a plurality of members that are connected with one another to have flexibility.
US10033232B2	Laminate and method for manufacturing the same and method for manufacturing laminated core This disclosure relates to a method for manufacturing a laminate used for manufacturing a laminated core including a circumferential yoke part and a plurality of magnetic pole parts radially extending from the yoke part. This method includes: feeding a metal sheet drawn from a roll thereof to a progressive die; stamping out a plurality of workpieces from the metal sheet in the progressive die, wherein each of the workpiece comprises a temporarily-interlocking portion between adjacent magnetic pole portions; and stacking the workpieces to integrate these workpieces together by the temporarily-interlocking portion to obtain the laminate.
US10033229B2	Power transmission apparatus, power transmission device and power reception device for power transmission apparatus In a power transmission apparatus which transmits power from a power transmission device to a power reception device in a noncontact manner, the power transmission device includes a first main body supporting the power reception device on adjacent first and second surfaces, and a power transmission coil formed by planar coils which are respectively symmetrically disposed on the first and second surfaces with respect to an intersection between the first and second surfaces inside the first main body, and includes an extension region in which an occupation area of the coils gradually increases while becoming distant from a part close to the intersection. The power reception device includes a second main body that includes third and fourth surfaces which respectively face the first and second surfaces, and a power reception coil disposed in the second main body so as to correspond to the third and fourth surfaces.
US10033224B2	Wireless power transmitter and power transmission method thereof Disclosed are a wireless power transmitter and a power transmission method thereof. The wireless power transmitter includes a plurality of transmission resonance units, a detection power applying unit applying detection power to the transmission resonance units to detect a location of the wireless power receiver, and a current measuring unit measuring current generating from a transmission coil unit of the wireless power transmitter based on the applied detection power. The wireless power transmitter transmits the power through at least one transmitting resonance unit corresponding to the location of the wireless power receiver based on the measured current.
US10033215B2	Storage battery system, method of updating storage battery system, and storage medium Provided is a method of updating a control program for controlling a storage battery system, the method capable of suppressing inconveniences that may occur due to the forcible stop of charging or discharging being performed by the storage battery system. In order to solve the problem, there is provided a storage battery system (10) including a storage battery unit (11) that performs power charging and discharging, the storage battery system (10) determining whether the storage battery unit (11) is in a discharging state and determining a timing at which an update program for updating a control program for controlling the storage battery system (10) is executed, on the basis of the determination.
US10033206B2	Overcharge protection circuit and method of controlling the same An overcharge protection circuit may include a battery, a battery management system (BMS) having an overcharge sensing unit for detecting cell voltage of the battery, comparing the cell voltage with a preset overcharge voltage, and then generating either a signal indicative of normal connection of the battery or an overcharge signal depending on a result of the comparison and a switch control unit for generating a control signal depending on a result of comparing a hold-up time of the overcharge signal with a preset hold-up time of the overcharge signal, and a switch for connecting or blocking a power source for supplying charging power to the battery in response to the control signal.
US10033195B2	Power control current sharing circuit A load balancing circuit comprising a first power source, a first field effect transistor (FET) device having a drain terminal connected to the first power source and a source terminal connected to a first node, a first resistor connected to the first node and a second node, a load connected to the second node, a second FET device having a drain terminal connected to the first node and a source terminal connected to the second node, a third FET device having a collector terminal connected to a gate terminal of the first FET device and an emitter terminal connected to the second node, and a second resistor connected to a base terminal of the third FET device and the first node.
US10033192B2	Genset with integrated resistive loadbank system to provide short pulse duration power An integrated resistive load bank management system (500) uses a load bank (510) to control a flow of electrical energy to an electrically operated system (520). The load bank management system uses a resistive load bank to dissipate power from a generator set (505). The load bank management system can rapidly switch an electrical connection between a load bank and the generator set and the electrically operated system and the generator set. The load bank management system can provide an instantaneous increase in power to the electrically operated system and provide a short recovery time between power pulses provided to the electrically operated system.
US10033190B2	Inverter with at least two DC inputs, photovoltaic system comprising such an inverter and method for controlling an inverter The disclosure relates to an inverter with at least two DC inputs, which are coupled to a common DC link, which is connected to an inverter bridge. At least one of the DC inputs is coupled to an additional DC link. The disclosure also relates to a PV system comprising such an inverter and to a method for controlling such an inverter of a PV system, wherein a power flow from at least one of the DC inputs is directed into the common DC link and/or into the additional DC link on the basis of suitably coordinated control of the DC-DC converter and of an additional DC-DC converter allocated to the additional DC link.
US10033188B2	Method and apparatus for controlling power production in distribution grids A method and apparatus for controlling power production in a distribution grid, wherein a technical result consists in increasing the efficiency of responding to an incoming grid state by using a database storing previous grid states and solutions for the previous grid states when solving an optimization problem, where a set of grid parameters is initially obtained to determine the incoming grid state, the incoming grid state is then compared to the previous grid states stored in the database, and if at least one previous grid state similar to the incoming grid state exists in the database, its solution is selected as a solution for the incoming grid state, and the indication of the amount of power to be produced, which is represented by the selected solution for the incoming grid state, is sent to power producers to provide a desired power level for power consumers.
US10033179B2	Method of and apparatus for protecting a switch, such as a MEMS switch, and to a MEMS switch including such a protection apparatus A method of and apparatus for protecting a MEMS switch is provided. The method and apparatus improve the integrity of MEMS switches by reducing their vulnerability to current flow through them during switching of the MEMS switch between on and off or vice versa. The protection circuit provides for a parallel path, known as a shunt, around the MEMS component. However, components within the shunt circuit can themselves be removed from the shunt when they are not required. This improves the electrical performance of the shunt when the switch is supposed to be in an off state.
US10033178B2	Linear electromagnetic device A linear electromagnetic device, such as an inductor, transformer or the similar device, may include a core in which a magnetic flux is generable. The device may also include an opening through the core. The device may additionally include a primary conductor received in the opening and extending through the core. The primary conductor may include a substantially square or rectangular cross-section. An electrical current flowing through the primary conductor generates a magnetic field about the primary conductor, wherein substantially the entire magnetic field is absorbed by the core to generate the magnetic flux in the core.
US10033176B2	Fault interrupting devices and control methods therefor Fault interrupting devices and methods for controlling the same are disclosed. The fault interrupting devices may include a switch on an electrical power line and a controller configured to operate the switch. The methods for controlling fault interrupting devices may include gathering data, determining from the data that a fault has occurred, opening the fault interrupting device to interrupt the fault, analyzing the data, and determining whether the fault interrupting device can be reclosed based at least partially on the analysis of the data.
US10033175B1	Apparatus and methods for cable clamping techniques An apparatus comprising a clamp. The clamp can include a plate. The plate can include a mounting opening to accommodate a shaft of a bolt module there-through and to stop an end of the bolt module from passing through, and cable tie openings. The clamp can also include a tube projecting from the plate, where an opening in the tube is coaxial with the mounting opening. The clamp can also include a non-metal curled coupling member sized to wrap around a portion of a cable and a non-metal coupling spacer member having a base portion and spacing arms projecting from the base portion. Ends of the spacing arms can be configured to contact the curled coupling member and the base portion has an opening coaxial with the mounting opening and the opening in the tube. A clamp and cable assembly and methods of manufacturing the clamp and assembling the clamp and the cable are also disclosed.
US10033173B2	Masonry box positioning support An electrical box support is provided for coupling to the side wall of an electrical box to support the electrical box in an opening formed in a hollow core building block. The support has a flange at the front edge and tab at a front edge that clips onto the side wall of the electrical box. A spring member extends from a rear side edge and curls toward the front edge. The spring member has an end that is directed toward the front edge and spaced from the flange a distance to contact the inner surface of the block while the flange contacts the outer surface of the block. The tab at the front edge of the support has a hook for engaging an inner edge of the electrical box to couple the support to the electrical box and to prevent sliding of the support on the electrical box.
US10033163B1	Spark plug A spark plug having a tip formed of an alloy containing Pt. The tip contains not less than 6 mass % of Rh, at least one element selected from an R group consisting of Rh, Re, Ir, Ru, W, Mo, and Nb, not less than 5 mass % of Ni, and at least one element selected from an N group consisting of Ni, Co, Fe, and Cu. The tip contains Rh most among the elements of the R group, and contains Ni most among the elements of the N group. The total of contents of Pt, Rh, and Ni is not less than 91 mass %, and the total of contents of Pt, the R group, and the N group is not less than 95 mass %. A value obtained by dividing the content of the R group by the content of the N group is not less than 0.7 and not greater than 8.
US10033149B2	Opto-electronic device and pulse processing method An opto-electronic device (100) for processing optical and electric pulses includes a photoconductor device (10) with a sensor section (11) which is made of a band gap material and which has electrical sensor contacts (12, 13), and a signal processing device (20) which is connected with the sensor contacts (12, 13), wherein the photoconductor device (10) is adapted to create a photocurrent between the sensor contacts (12, 13) in response to an irradiation with ultra-short driving laser pulses (1) having a photon energy smaller than the energy band gap of the band gap material, having a non-zero electric field component (3) oriented parallel with a line (4) between the electrical sensor contacts (12, 13), and causing a charge carrier displacement in the band gap material, and wherein the signal processing device (20) is configured for an output of an electric signal being characteristic for at least one of carrier-envelope phase (CE phase), intensity, temporal properties, spectral intensity and spectral phase of the driving laser pulses (1). Furthermore, a laser source device including the opto-electronic device and pulse processing method for processing optical and electric pulses are described.
US10033147B2	Chalcogenide optical fiber links for quantum communication systems and methods of storing and releasing photons using the same A quantum memory system includes a chalcogenide optical fiber link, a magnetic field generation unit and a pump laser. The chalcogenide optical fiber link includes a photon receiving end opposite a photon output end and is positioned within a magnetic field of the magnetic field generation unit when the magnetic field generation unit generates the magnetic field. The pump laser is optically coupled to the photon receiving end of the chalcogenide optical fiber link. The chalcogenide optical fiber link includes a core doped with a rare-earth element dopant. The rare-earth element dopant is configured to absorb a storage photon traversing the chalcogenide optical fiber link upon receipt of a first pump pulse output by the pump laser. Further, the rare-earth element dopant is configured to release the storage photon upon receipt of a second pump pulse output by the pump laser.
US10033143B1	Mirror tap power cord kit A kit for powering an aftermarket device from a wiring harness made available to the interior of a vehicle, the wiring harness connector comprising a 12 V port and a ground port, both accessible to a user. The kit includes a power cord having a first end and a second end, the first end having a pair of first end connectors and the second end terminating in a plug for powering the user-selected aftermarket device. The power cord further includes a length of two power cord wires, a first power cord wire for carrying current from a 12 V source from the wiring harness and a second power cord wire establishing a ground connection between the wiring harness and aftermarket device. The kit includes at least first and second jumper pairs, the jumper pairs having first jumper pair ends and second jumper pair ends, the first jumper pair ends being configured to interface with the pair of first end connectors for establishing contact with the two power cord wires and the second jumper ends being male connectors wherein the male connectors of the first jumper pair differ in size from the male connectors of the second jumper pair.
US10033141B2	Lighting device connector comprising a heat sink According to an aspect, a connector plug (11) for a lighting device (12) is provided. The connector plug comprises a fastening arrangement (13) for mechanically coupling the lighting device to the connector plug, and an electronic contact (15) arranged to transfer power to, and communicate data with the lighting device coupled to the connector plug. Further, the connector plug comprises a heat sink (17) having a heat reception interface (18) arranged to receive heat from the lighting device coupled to the connector plug and a heat dissipation interface arranged to dissipate at least some of the heat received via the heat reception interface. The present aspect is based on a concept of utilizing the connector plug for dissipating heat from the lighting device, whereby the overall heat dissipation from the lighting device increases, which promotes a longer life time of the lighting device.
US10033132B2	Connector terminal and method of assembling the same A connector terminal with a unit-mountable connector of that includes a connector body having an adapter engagement end and a unit engagement end, and a mounting member therebetween for mounting the connector body to a unit. An insert extends through the connector body and has an inner bore extending between a cable interface end and a unit interface end, and a connector body interface portion between the ends. One or more double-sided contacts are received in the insert. The double-sided contact is one-piece with one end that is a cable termination end configured to terminate to a conductor of a cable and an opposite end that is a unit termination end configured to terminate to a conductor of the unit. The unit-mountable connector is adapted to mate with a cable sealing adapter. The cable sealing adapter is devoid of contact.
US10033131B2	Seal member and waterproof connector A seal (30) to be mounted into a rear part of a housing 20 and is formed with seal holes (32) configured to allow wires (26) connected to rear parts of terminal fittings (24) to pass therethrough in a liquid-tight manner. The seal (30) includes a body (31) constituting rear areas (32R) of the seal holes (32) and having an outer peripheral lip (37) formed on an outer periphery. An area between inner peripheries of the seal holes (32) and the outer peripheral lip (37) defines a solid resilient portion (39). Following portions (40) project forwardly of the outer peripheral lip (37) from a front surface of the body (31). The following portions (40) constitute front areas (32F) of the seal holes (32) and are resiliently deformable in directions intersecting a penetrating direction of the seal holes (32).
US10033129B2	Connector It is aimed to make connectors accommodating wires conductive to each other without using terminals. Connectors each including wires (2) formed with core exposed portions (2B) by removing parts of coatings (2A) and a connector housing (1) for accommodating the wires (2) while exposing the core exposed portions (2B) in an opening (4) are stacked with the openings (4) facing each other. An operation hole (5) is formed on a side opposite to the opening (4) in the both connector housings (1). Electrodes (9) of a welding machine are inserted through the both operation holes (5) and the core exposed portions (2B) corresponding in a stacking direction are welded to each other. In this way, the wires (2) can be directly connected between the both connectors without using terminals.
US10033124B2	Electrical contact pair and connector terminal pair An electrical contact pair and a connector terminal pair that can reduce the amount of sliding wear in a contact portion. The electrical contact pair includes a first electrical contact, a second electrical contact, and a contact portion. The first electrical contact includes, above a first conductive base material, an Ag—Sn alloy layer, and a first AG layer that is laminated on a surface of the Ag—Sn alloy layer, and the first AG layer is exposed as the outermost surface. The second electrical contact includes a second AG layer above a second conductive base material, and the second AG layer is exposed as the outermost surface. The contact portion is obtained as a result of a surface of the first AG layer of the first electrical contact and a surface of the second AG layer of the second electrical contact being in contact with each other.
US10033122B2	Cable or conduit connector with jacket retention feature Connectors and methods for attaching connectors to one or more cables and/or conduits are disclosed. The disclosed connectors and methods may secure an outer surface of the cable (e.g., an outer jacket of a cable) or conduit. A front coupler sleeve engages a sub-assembly comprising a back coupler sleeve and an actuator sleeve disposed around the cable or conduit. During engagement of an inner surface of the front coupler sleeve and an outer surface of the back coupler sleeve, an at least partially annular protrusion of the back coupler sleeve is displaced radially inwardly to secure the outer surface of the cable or conduit.
US10033118B2	Arrangement for an electrical connector An arrangement for an electrical connector is disclosed. The arrangement has a first connector portion and a second connector portion which can be folded relative to each other, the first connector portion having an insulation displacement contact and the second connector portion having a cable pressing face facing the insulation displacement contact, and a fitting sleeve having inner faces fitting over the first and second connector portions in a fitting direction, the inner faces extending towards each other counter to the fitting direction.
US10033113B2	Antenna device and electronic apparatus A square bracket-shaped radiation element is in a non-ground region of a board. A first reactance element that equivalently enters a short-circuited state in a second frequency band is connected between a second end of the radiation element and a ground conductor. A second reactance element that equivalently enters a short-circuited state in a first frequency band s connected between a first end of the radiation element and the ground conductor. In the UHF band, the radiation element and the ground conductor function as an inverted F antenna that contributes to field emission. In the HF band, a loop including the radiation element and the ground conductor functions as a loop antenna that contributes to magnetic field emission.
US10033112B2	Antenna pattern matching and mounting A technique for improving wireless communication characteristics involving matching transmitter antenna patterns to receiver antenna patterns. In a specific implementation, the transmitter antenna pattern adapts to changing parameters, such as when a smartphone is initially held in a first orientation and is later held in a second orientation. Because the transmitter antenna patterns match the receiver antenna patterns, signal quality between stations improves. In some implementations, antennas are organized and mounted to maximize spatial diversity to cause peak gains in different directions.
US10033104B2	Antenna device and wireless communication device An antenna device includes a feed coil and a sheet conductor. The feed coil includes a magnetic core and a coil-shaped conductor, which is provided around the magnetic core. An RFIC is connected to the feed coil. The sheet conductor has a larger area than the feed coil. A slit that extends from a portion of the edge of the sheet conductor toward the inner side of the sheet conductor is provided in the sheet conductor. The feed coil is arranged such that the direction of the axis around which the feed coil is disposed is parallel or substantially parallel to the directions in which the sheet conductor extends. The feed coil is arranged such that the feed coil is close to the slit and one of coil openings at the ends of the feed coil faces the slit.
US10033101B2	Near field communication antenna, near field communication device and mobile system having the same A near field communication (NFC) antenna includes a first antenna electrode and a second antenna electrode, and a loop coil. The first and second antenna electrodes are formed on a first surface of a substrate. The loop coil is formed on the first surface of the substrate, is directly coupled between the first antenna electrode and the second antenna electrode, and includes a first plurality of turns. The first antenna electrode is located inside each of the plurality of turns of the loop coil, and the second antenna electrode is located outside each of the plurality of turns of the loop coil. An imaginary line passing through the first antenna electrode and the second antenna electrode is parallel to one of edges of the substrate. Each of the first plurality of turns of the loop coil does not overlap each other.
US10033097B2	Integrated antenna beam steering system The disclosure concerns a beam steering antenna system that can be integrated into a portion of a mobile device, such as a ring conductor that encompasses the device or traverses a portion of the periphery of the mobile device. The single port antenna is capable of generating multiple radiation modes which possess different radiation pattern characteristics. An offset parasitic is implemented to couple to the main radiating element and alter the current distribution to affect a change in radiation mode. The coupling typically occurs at a coupling region designed into the conductive ring used as the antenna in a wireless device.
US10033092B2	Apparatus and method for utilizing a component with a helical antenna for communicating RF signals An apparatus and method are provided for utilizing a component with a helical antenna for communicating radio frequency (RF) signals. Included is a housing and a component coupled to the housing. Further provided is a helical antenna coupled to the component. In use, the helical antenna serves to communicate RF signals.
US10033091B2	Impedance matching circuit A circuit (4) for establishing a desired impedance value for a radio antenna (5) comprising a transistor (3) having an input (8) and an output terminal (6), and a printed radio frequency transformer comprising a first (1) and a second inductor (2), both inductors (1, 2) having a coupling factor value, and having a first and a second terminal (11, 12; 21, 22). The first terminal (11) of the first inductor (1) is adapted for connecting a radio antenna (5). The input terminal (8) of the transistor (3) is connected to the second terminal (12) of the first inductor (1), and the output terminal (6) of the transistor (3) is connected to the first terminal (21) of the second inductor (2), so that the desired impedance value (Z2) at the second terminal (22) of the second inductor (2) is determined by the inductance value of the second inductor (2).
US10033087B2	Articulating information handling system housing wireless network antennae supporting beamforming First and second antenna disposed in an information handling system selectively support communication through a wireless frequency using beamforming. The first or second antenna is selected for initiating communication based upon alignment with a beamforming axis for establishing beamforming with a distal wireless device. For example, the first antenna is selected if the information handling system articulates to a tablet configuration and the second antenna is selected if the information handling system articulates to a clamshell open configuration.
US10033080B2	Electrochromic cell for radio-frequency applications A disclosed electrical cell enables experimental measurements of dielectric properties of an electrochromic material in the radio-frequency range of the electromagnetic spectrum. In an example embodiment, the electrical cell includes a layer of the electrochromic material under test that is sandwiched between a conducting base plane and a microstrip line. The conducting base plane and the microstrip line are electrically connected to a co-planar waveguide configured for application of superimposed DC-bias and RF-probe signals using a conventional probe station and a vector network analyzer. The S-parameters of the electrical cell measured in this manner can then be used, e.g., to obtain the complex dielectric constant of the electrochromic material under test as a function of frequency.
US10033079B2	Non-reciprocal circuit element In a non-reciprocal circuit element, electric power handling capability is improved, and leakage power between adjacent channels is reduced. In addition, balance is taken between reduction of noise between adjacent ports and an increase in insertion loss. A non-reciprocal circuit element includes a YIG ferrite (10) and a plurality of conductors (15) disposed on the YIG ferrite (10) and intersecting each other in an insulated state. A part of Y of the YIG ferrite (10) is substituted with at least any one element of Ho, Dy, and Gd, or a part of Fe of the YIG ferrite (10) is substituted with Co.
US10033070B2	Highly porous separator film having partial coating The invention relates to a biaxially oriented, single or multilayer porous film comprising at least one porous layer, said layer containing at least one propylene polymer, wherein (i) the porosity of the porous film is 30% to 80%, and (ii) the permeability of the porous film is <1000 s (Gurley value). The invention is characterized in that (iii) the porous film is provided with a partially inorganic, preferably ceramic lamination, and (iv) in that the laminated porous film has a Gurley value of <1200 s. The invention further relates to a method for producing such a film, and to the use thereof in high-energy or high-performance systems, in particular in lithium batteries, lithium ion batteries, lithium polymer batteries, and alkaline earth batteries.
US10033062B2	Fuel cell stack and mount structure therefor A second end plate constituting a fuel cell stack is provided with a cooling medium supply manifold member and a cooling medium discharge manifold member. The second end plate is also provided with a mount member that affixes the fuel cell stack to an automobile body frame and covers the cooling medium discharge manifold member.
US10033044B2	Conducting material composition, and slurry composition for forming electrode of lithium rechargeable battery and lithium rechargeable battery using the same The present invention relates to a conducting material composition capable of forming an electrode in which at least two kinds of carbon based materials are contained in a uniformly dispersed state to enable a battery such as a lithium rechargeable battery having more improved electrical and lifetime characteristics to be provided, and a slurry composition for forming an electrode of a lithium rechargeable battery and a lithium rechargeable battery using the same. The conducting material composition contains: at least two kinds of conductive carbon-based materials selected from the group consisting of carbon nano tube, graphene, and carbon black; and a dispersant containing a plurality kinds of poly aromatic hydrocarbon oxides, wherein the dispersant contains poly aromatic hydrocarbon oxides having a molecular weight of 300 to 1000 at a content of 60 wt.% or more.
US10033040B2	Stable cycling of lithium sulfide cathodes through strong affinity with multifunctional binders A manufacturing method of a battery electrode includes: (1) mixing Li2S particles with a binder to form a slurry, the binder including at least one of: (a) an ester moiety, (b) an amide moiety, (c) a ketone moiety, (d) an imine moiety, (e) an ether moiety, and (f) a nitrile moiety; and (2) disposing the slurry on a current collector.
US10033022B2	Battery module retention structure A battery module mounting system includes a housing of the battery module configured to receive a plurality of electrochemical cells, a lid coupled to a side of the housing, and a cage configured to secure the housing to a vehicle. Additionally, the cage includes a coupling mechanism configured to engage with the lid in a tongue and groove configuration to block movement of the housing in at least three directions when engaged.
US10033019B2	Organic light-emitting composition, device and method A light-emitting composition comprising a mixture of a fluorescent light-emitting material a triplet-accepting copolymer comprising a triplet-accepting repeat unit and a repeat unit of formula (I): wherein A is a divalent group; R1 independently in each occurrence is a substituent; R2 in each occurrence is H or a substituent; and x independently in each occurrence is 0, 1, 2 or 3.
US10033017B2	Organic light emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same An organic light emitting display device has a display region and a first peripheral region surrounding at least one side of the display region. The organic light emitting display device includes a first substrate a first substrate, a plurality of pixels on the first substrate, the plurality of pixels being included in the display region, at least one of the plurality of pixels including an organic light emitting element, and a driving circuit on the first substrate and in the first peripheral region. At least one of the pixels includes a first transmission portion and at least one light emitting portion, and the first peripheral region includes at least one second transmission portion.
US10033001B2	Organic electroluminescent compound and organic electroluminescent device comprising the same The present disclosure relates to an organic electroluminescent compound and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. The organic electroluminescent compound of the present disclosure can provide an organic electroluminescent device showing excellence in color purity, solubility, heat stability, driving voltage, current efficiency, and power efficiency, as well as remarkably improved lifespan.
US10032992B2	Compounds for organic electroluminescent devices The present invention relates to boron compounds for use in electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, and to a process for preparing these compounds and to electronic devices, especially organic electroluminescent devices, comprising these compounds.
US10032990B2	Organic composition, and organic optoelectronic element and display device Disclosed are an organic compound represented by a combination of a moiety represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a moiety represented by Chemical Formula 2, an organic optoelectronic device and a display device including the organic compound.
US10032985B2	Condensed cyclic compound and organic light-emitting device including the same A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1: wherein in Formula 1, Groups X1 to X3, L11, L12, R11, and R12, and variables a11, a12, b11, b12, c11, and c12 are described in the specification.
US10032984B2	Polymer and organic light emitting device A polymer comprising a repeat unit of formula (I): wherein R1 in each occurrence is independently H or a substituent; R2 in each occurrence is independently a substituent; and x is 0, 1, 2 or 3. The polymer may be used as a light-emitting polymer in an organic light-emitting device.
US10032976B2	Microelectromechanical gyroscopes and related apparatus and methods In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a resonant structure having a plate, a drive electrode and a sense electrode. The resonant structure defines an axis substantially orthogonal to a plane defined by the plate when the resonant structure is not excited. The plate is formed from a piezoelectric material. The drive electrode is configured to excite the resonant structure, and the sense electrode is configured to sense a signal in response to rotation of the resonant structure about the axis.
US10032972B2	Lead frame, package, light emitting device, and method for producing the same A lead frame includes a first electrode, a second electrode, two hanger leads, and an outer frame, and partially forms a box-shaped package which has a first recess for mounting a light emitting element as combined with a support member that supports the first electrode and the second electrode. At least a portion of lower faces of the electrodes, at least a portion of lower faces of the hanger leads, and at least a portion of a lower face of the planned formation area for the support member are coplanarly formed. Lower face corners of the first electrode and the second electrode are rounded while upper face corners of the first electrode and the second electrode are not rounded, and upper face corners of the hanger leads are rounded while lower face corners of the hanger leads are not rounded.
US10032961B2	Semiconductor light emitting device A semiconductor light emitting device includes a conductive substrate and a first metal layer disposed on the substrate. The first metal layer is formed so as to be electrically connected with the substrate, and the first metal layer includes an Au based material. A joining layer is formed on the first metal layer. The joining layer includes a second metal layer including Au and a third metal layer including Au. A metallic contact layer and an insulating layer are formed on the joining layer. A semiconductor layer is formed on the metallic contact layer and the insulating layer and includes a red-based light emitting layer. An electrode is formed on the semiconductor layer and is made of metal. The insulating layer includes a patterned aperture, and at least a part of the metallic contact layer is formed in the aperture.
US10032959B2	Diode having vertical structure A light emitting device can include a GaN layer having a multilayer structure that can include an n-type layer, an active layer, and a p-type layer, the GaN layer having a first surface and a second surface; a conductive structure on the first surface of the GaN layer, the conductive structure includes a first electrode in contact with the first surface of the GaN layer, the first electrode is configured to reflect light from the active layer back through the second surface of the GaN layer; and a metal layer including Au, in which the metal layer serves as a first pad; a second electrode on the second surface of the GaN layer; and a second pad on the second electrode, in which a thickness of the second pad is about 0.5 μm or higher.
US10032955B2	Quantum dot having core-shell structure A quantum dot having core-shell structure, including a core formed of ZnOzS1-z of wurtzite crystal structure of hexagonal crystal system; a first shell covering the core, and formed of AlxGayIn1-x-yN of wurtzite crystal structure of hexagonal crystal system; and a second shell covering the first shell, and formed of ZnOvS1-v of wurtzite crystal structure of hexagonal crystal system. At least one of v, x, y, and z is not zero and is not one; differences between the lattice constants along a-axis of the core, the first shell and the second shell are not greater than 1%; and the core, the first shell and the second shell form band offset structure of type II.
US10032950B2	AllnAsSb avalanche photodiode and related method thereof An avalanche photodiode, and related method of manufacture and method of use thereof, that includes a first contact layer; a multiplication layer, wherein the multiplication layer includes AlInAsSb; a charge, wherein the charge layer includes AlInAsSb; an absorption, wherein the absorption layer includes AlInAsSb; a blocking layer; and a second contact layer.
US10032944B2	Transparent cover for solar cells and modules A solar cell device and a method of fabricating the same are described. The method of fabricating a solar cell includes forming a photovoltaic substructure including a substrate, back contact, absorber and buffer, forming a transparent cover separate from the photovoltaic substructure including a transparent layer and a plasmonic nanostructured layer in contact with the transparent layer, and adhering the transparent cover on top of the photovoltaic substructure. The plasmonic nanostructured layer can include metal nanoparticles.
US10032934B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same To provide a semiconductor device which has transistor characteristics with little variation and includes an oxide semiconductor. The semiconductor device includes an insulating film over a conductive film and an oxide semiconductor film over the insulating film. The oxide semiconductor film includes a first oxide semiconductor layer, a second oxide semiconductor layer over the first oxide semiconductor layer, and a third oxide semiconductor layer over the second oxide semiconductor layer. The energy level of a bottom of a conduction band of the second oxide semiconductor layer is lower than those of the first and third oxide semiconductor layers. An end portion of the second oxide semiconductor layer is positioned on an inner side than an end portion of the first oxide semiconductor layer.
US10032930B2	Amorphous oxide and thin film transistor The present invention relates to an amorphous oxide and a thin film transistor using the amorphous oxide. In particular, the present invention provides an amorphous oxide having an electron carrier concentration less than 1018/cm3, and a thin film transistor using such an amorphous oxide. In a thin film transistor having a source electrode 6, a drain electrode 5, a gate electrode 4, a gate insulating film 3, and a channel layer 2, an amorphous oxide having an electron carrier concentration less than 1018/cm3 is used in the channel layer 2.
US10032927B2	Oxide sputtering target, and thin film transistor using the same An oxide sputtering target includes at least one of indium (In), zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), and gallium (Ga), and tungsten (W) in an amount from 0.005 mol % to 1 mol %.
US10032924B2	Metal oxide thin film transistor with channel, source and drain regions respectively capped with covers of different gas permeability An apparatus is provided that includes a substrate and source and drain regions within an annealed active layer having resulted from an annealing of an active layer comprising metal-oxide and formed on the substrate, and an impermeable layer over the source and drain regions of the annealed active layer, wherein the annealing resulting in the annealed active layer was performed with the impermeable layer over portions of the active layer corresponding to the source and drain regions, thereby resulting in a reduction of a resistivity of the source and drain regions of the annealed active layer relative to the active layer. In another aspect, a junctionless transistor is provided wherein the entire active area has a low resistivity based on annealing of an active layer including metal oxide while uncovered or at least partially covered with layers of various gas permeability under oxidizing or non-oxidizing conditions.
US10032919B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device The invention relates to a method for forming a uniform silicide film using a crystalline semiconductor film in which orientation of crystal planes is controlled, and a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor with less variation in electric characteristics, which is formed over an insulating substrate using the silicide film. A semiconductor film over which a cap film is formed is irradiated with a laser to be crystallized under the predetermined condition, so that a crystalline semiconductor film including large grain crystals in which orientation of crystal planes is controlled in one direction is formed. The crystalline semiconductor film is used for silicide, whereby a uniform silicide film can be formed.
US10032909B2	Vertical transistor having uniform bottom spacers A method of forming a spacer for a vertical transistor is provided. The method includes forming a fin structure that includes a fin on a semiconductor substrate, forming a source junction or a drain junction at an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate and at a base of the fin and epitaxially growing a rare earth oxide (REO) spacer to have a substantially uniform thickness along respective upper surfaces of the source or drain junction and on opposite sides of the fin structure.
US10032906B2	Vertical field effect transistor and method of fabricating the same The present invention concept relates to vertical field effect transistor and method of fabricating the same. A method of fabricating a vertical field effect transistor is provided as follows. A fin structure having a sidewall is formed on a substrate. A lower spacer, a gate pattern and an upper spacer surround a lower sidewall region, a center sidewall region and an upper sidewall region, respectively. The lower spacer, the gate pattern and the upper spacer are vertically stacked on each other along the sidewall of the fin structure. To form the lower spacer, a preliminary spacer layer is formed to surround the lower sidewall region of the fin structure; a doped region and an undoped region are formed in the preliminary spacer layer by doping partially impurities in the preliminary spacer using a directional doping process; and the undoped region of the preliminary spacer layer is removed so that the doped region of the preliminary spacer layer remains to form the lower spacer.

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