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US10329615B2	Method for reducing dephasing during cluster DNA sequencing A method for nucleic acid sequencing, comprising: exposing a plurality of clusters of a plurality of template polynucleotide strands to a series of flows of a plurality of nucleotide or oligonucleotide solutions, wherein the nucleotide solutions or oligonucleotide solutions are flowed in an order of flow which is not a continuous repeat of an ordering of a single flow of each of the nucleotide solutions or oligonucleotide solutions; and obtaining a fluorescence signal indicative of which, if any, nucleotide species or oligonucleotide species incorporated to determine a predicted sequence of nucleotides corresponding to the template polynucleotide strands. This method enables dephased amplicons to return in-phase.
US10329614B2	DNA sequencing and epigenome analysis This disclosure describes, in one aspect, methods for DNA sequencing and performing epigenomic analyses. Generally, the methods include immobilizing a plurality of copies of a DNA molecule on a surface, stretching at least a portion of the immobilized DNA molecules, and sequencing at least a portion of the immobilized, stretched DNA molecules.
US10329600B2	Locus specific amplification using array probes Methods are provided for multiplexed amplification of selected targets and analysis of the amplified targets. In preferred aspects the amplification and analysis take place on the same solid support and preferably in a localized area such as a bead or a feature of an array. In preferred aspects the analysis is a determination of sequence at one or more locations in the amplified target. The methods may be used for genotyping, sequencing and analysis of copy number.
US10329578B2	Glyphosate-N-acetyltransferase (GLYAT) sequences and methods of use Compositions and methods comprising polynucleotides and polypeptides having glyphosate-N-acetyltransferase (GLYAT) activity are provided. In specific embodiments, the sequence has an improved property, such as, but not limited to, an improved specificity for glyphosate when compared to an appropriate control resulting in decreased off target acetylation of, e.g. an amino acid such as aspartate. Further provided are nucleic acid constructs, plants, plant cells, explants, seeds and grain having the GLYAT sequences. Various methods of employing the GLYAT sequences are provided. Such methods include methods for producing a glyphosate tolerant plant, plant cell, explant or seed and methods of controlling weeds in a field containing a crop employing the plants and/or seeds disclosed herein.
US10329562B2	Structurally designed shRNAs Provided is an improved design of shRNA based on structural mimics of miR-451 precursors. These miR-451 shRNA mimics are channeled through a novel small RNA biogenesis pathway, require AGO2 catalysis and are processed by Drosha but are independent of DICER processing. This miRNA pathway feeds active elements only into Agog because of its unique catalytic activity. These data demonstrate that this newly identified small RNA biogenesis pathway can be exploited in vivo to produce active molecules.
US10329558B2	Method for producing compound containing heterocycle An object of the present invention is to provide a method of stably introducing a heterocycle into a substrate peptide by using an azoline backbone introducing enzyme.The present invention provides a method of introducing a heterocycle into a leader-sequence-free substrate peptide by using an azoline backbone introducing enzyme to which a leader sequence of the substrate has been bound.
US10329556B2	Conditionally active biological proteins This disclosure relates to a method of generating conditionally active biologic proteins from wild type proteins, in particular therapeutic proteins, which are reversibly or irreversibly inactivated at some physiological conditions. For example, conditionally active biologic proteins are active in tumors, but virtually inactive at other body parts, or conditionally active antibodies cap able of crossing blood-brain-barrier.
US10329548B2	Fungal cellobiohydrolases Disclosed herein are chimeric Cel7A polypeptides useful for producing biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass.
US10329547B1	Engineered cascade components and cascade complexes The present disclosure provides engineered Class 1 Type I CRISPR-Cas (Cascade) systems that comprise multi-protein effector complexes, nucleoprotein complexes comprising Type I CRISPR-Cas subunit proteins and nucleic acid guides, polynucleotides encoding Type I CRISPR-Cas subunit proteins, and guide polynucleotides. Also, disclosed are methods for making and using the engineered Class 1 Type I CRISPR-Cas systems of the present invention.
US10329540B2	Ketoreductase polypeptides for the production of azetidinone The present disclosure provides engineered ketoreductase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type ketoreductase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered ketoreductase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered ketoreductase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
US10329535B2	System and method for cold atmospheric plasma treatment on cancer stem cells A method for treating cancer stem cells with cold atmospheric plasma using a cold atmospheric plasma system The method comprises the steps of placing an exit port of a cold plasma delivery device 5 cm or less from target cancer stem cells, flowing the inert gas from the source through the housing at a flow rate of 5-10 ml/minute, applying electrosurgical energy of 2-5 kV at a frequency of 20-35 kHz to at least one of the central electrode and the ring electrode to produce a cold plasma jet from the exit port, directing the cold plasma jet onto the target cancer stem cells, and applying the cold plasma jet onto the target cancer stem cells for at least 2 minutes. In a preferred embodiment the inert gas is helium.
US10329533B2	Regenerative cell and adipose-derived stem cell processing system and method An adipose-derived stem cell (ASC), regenerative cell and/or regenerative factor processing system including a tissue extraction device for extracting raw tissue, such as adipose tissue, from a patient, an ASC, regenerative cell and/or regenerative factor isolator, and an implantation device for re-introducing the isolated ASCs, regenerative cells and/or regenerative factors into the patient.
US10329528B2	Method of forming microparticles for use in cell seeding The present invention is directed to methods for forming microparticles useful for cell seeding and for conjugating protein to the surface of the microparticles. The method comprises co-injecting an organic solution of PLGA or other polymer with an aqueous solution into a flow focusing tube.
US10329527B2	Spheroid forming culture container using temperature-sensitive glycol chitosan derivative, and spheroid forming method using same Disclosed is a spheroid forming culture container using a temperature-sensitive glycol chitosan derivative and a spheroid forming method using the same. In the disclosed spheroid forming culture container, a surface of a culturing space is coated with a glycol chitosan derivative having reversible sol-gel transition characteristic depending on temperature.
US10329526B2	Method of freeze-drying encapsulated cells, freeze-dried encapsulated cells, compositions containing freeze-dried encapsulated cells and uses of such cells and compositions The disclosure provides a method of freeze-drying encapsulated cells, the method comprising at least two consecutive incubation steps, wherein the encapsulated cells are incubated in each incubation step in an incubation solution containing cryoprotectant over a suitable period of time, wherein the concentration of cryoprotectant in the incubation solution is increased with each subsequent incubation step. The disclosure also provides freeze dried cells that are obtained by this method as well as various uses of these cells as pharmaceutical, food additive or additive in cosmetics. The disclosure also provides a composition that contains skim milk, glycerol and a carbohydrate.
US10329525B2	Liquid feeding device and cell culture device There is the problem that a liquid culture medium fed by a pump has a high frequency of contact with a gas during movement in a tube, and the pH value of the liquid culture medium before and after feeding changes easily. In a liquid feeder and a cell culture apparatus provided therewith, a feed pipe 7 is connected with a gas bag 14, the liquid to be fed into the feed pipe 7 is fed so as to be sandwiched by a gas for suppressing the qualitative changes of the liquid. Furthermore, the gas bag is connected with a container 8 for holding a liquid, and holds the gas for suppressing qualitative changes of the liquid in a gas phase of the container.
US10329520B2	Compositions and methods for use in surface decontamination The disclosure provides compositions and methods for making a colorized solution of an aqueous disinfectant that is both stable in bulk solution and will fade to clear within a predetermined period of time after being applied to a surface, for example as a spray or film. The compositions and methods described here allow an end user to visualize both the extent of coverage and the duration of contact of the disinfectant with the surface, thereby providing more efficient disinfection of the surface.
US10329518B2	Anionic surfactants Monomeric and oligomeric compounds of Formula (I) comprising hydrophobic alkyl or alkenyl ester moieties and hydrophilic carboxylate moieties: wherein R1 is C1-C6 alkyl, R2 is Cl0-C30 alkyl or C8-C30 alkenyl, Y is a cation, Z is a sulfur-containing moiety, and n and k are integers as defined herein. The compounds of Formula (I) have surfactant properties. Also provided are compositions comprising the compounds of Formula (I), and methods of using the compounds or compositions for cleaning purposes.
US10329510B2	Self-healable coatings and methods of making the same A robust and self-healing coating has been developed by incorporating a thermally self-healing chemical coating on smooth and/or roughened solid. When the chemically coated solid is combined with a lubricating fluid, the material system is capable to repel a broad range of liquids and solids. The thermally self-healing chemical coating may be applied on various industrial metals, glass and plastics, and has shown exceptionally physical and chemical robustness as compared to state-of-the-art liquid-repellent coatings.
US10329506B2	Gas-solids separation system having a partitioned solids transfer conduit A solids discharge system (SDS) is configured to separate solids from product gas. The system includes a solids separation device and at least one solids transfer conduit configured to receive solids from the solids separation device. The solids transfer conduit is selectively partitioned into a plurality of compartments (or “sections”) along its length by isolation valves. A gas supply conduit and a gas discharge conduits are connected to one of the sections to facilitate removal of solids. A filter in fluid communication with that section is configured to prevent solids from passing through the gas discharge conduit so that the solids can be removed from one of the sections of the solids transfer conduit. A product gas generation system incorporates first and second reactors, the latter of which receives products created by the second reactor.
US10329504B1	Method and system for producing refined biomethane from a renewable natural gas source A system and method for producing refined biomethane gas from a renewable natural gas source. The method may include receiving, by a vessel, processed biogas, the processed biogas having been processed from a renewable natural gas source. The method may include receiving, by a nitrogen rejection vessel assembly comprising a nitrogen rejection vessel, gas from the vessel. The method may include separating, by the nitrogen rejection vessel assembly, at least some nitrogen-containing molecules from the received gas. The method may include outputting, by the nitrogen rejection vessel assembly, nitrogen-removed gas. The method may include compressing, by a compressor, the nitrogen-removed gas. The method may include removing, by a dehydration vessel, at least some moisture from the compressed nitrogen-removed gas. The method may include outputting, by the dehydration vessel, refined biomethane gas.
US10329500B2	System and method for reducing NOx emissions from gasification power plants An apparatus is provided that receives waste and generates electrical power or thermal energy with minimal NOx emissions. A gasifier is provided that receives the waste and air to produce fuel gas for delivery to a fluidly coupled reformer. The reformer receives the fuel gas, recycled flue gas, and air to auto-thermally produce a reformed fuel gas and destroy fuel gas pollutants at a first temperature without a catalyst. A burner is fluidly coupled to the reformer and receives recycled flue gas and air to oxidize the reformed fuel gas at a second temperature that prevents nitrogen oxide formation, the second temperature being lower than the first temperature. A quench chamber is fluidly coupled to the burner and receives flue gas from the burner for quenching with recycled flue gas. A heat recovery system is fluidly coupled to the reformer, burner, and quench chamber to extract usable energy.
US10329493B2	Reciprocating biomass conversion scheme A method for converting a biomass to a bio-oil includes providing a four-stroke internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder, at least one piston, and a crankshaft coupled to each of the at least one piston. The method also includes coupling a power source to the crankshaft in a manner such that the power source drives rotation of the crankshaft. The method also includes injecting a first mixture including a biomass and a non-oxidizing compression gas into one of the cylinders. The method also includes compressing and heating the first mixture during a compression stroke of the pistons. The compression and heating of the first mixture pyrolizes the biomass to produce a second mixture including a bio-oil and the compression gas. The method also includes decompressing and cooling the second mixture during an expansion stroke of the pistons. The decompression and cooling of the second mixture quenches secondary pyrolysis.
US10329489B2	Hybrid system and process for converting whole tires and other solid carbon materials into reclaimable and reusable components A system and method of converting tires or other solid carbon based material is disclosed, wherein the system and method includes providing a chamber, feeding tires or other solid carbon based material or both into the chamber, rotating the chamber and heating and reducing the material in the chamber, collecting solid residue from the chamber, collecting vapor from the chamber, and converting vapor collected from the chamber to a liquid. The chamber has an interior surface and can include one or more ribs on the interior surface for rotating and tumbling the material in the chamber while heating the material. In another embodiment, wherein the material includes tires, the system and method includes rotating and heating the tires in the chamber causing the tires to collapse and liquefy, exposing the metal in the tires which aids in grinding the carbon material in the tires as they tumble, collecting solid residue, for example, tire carbons, such as carbon black, and collecting vapor, for example, vaporized oil, and benzene and methane gas from the chamber and converting the oil to, for example, No. 2 to No. 6 fuel oil. In yet another embodiment, the method includes heating the chamber to a temperature from about 500° F. to about 1000° F. using one or more low temperature gases reclaimed from the material.
US10329486B2	Cyanostilbenes The present invention relates to novel compounds that are particularly useful for the alignment, especially photoalignment, of slave material, especially liquid crystals for optical or electro-optical applications, such as security applications, liquid crystal devices or optical or electro-optical films.
US10329485B2	Liquid crystal device A liquid crystal device, a precursor composition, a method of manufacturing a liquid crystal device, an apparatus of manufacturing a liquid crystal device, and use of the liquid crystal device are provided. A device capable of being driven at a low driving voltage can be provided. The device can be realized so that the device can be driven in a normally transparent mode or a normally black mode. Also, the device has other excellent characteristics such as a contrast ratio. Such a liquid crystal device can be applied to various light modulation devices such as smart windows, window-protecting films, flexible display devices, active retarders for displaying 3D images, or viewing angle-adjusting films.
US10329480B2	Sheet integrated rare earth complex and use thereof Provided are: a rare earth complex which has a novel structure, which exhibits compatibility with organic solvents and resins, and which exhibits excellent luminescent properties as a luminescent element; and a use thereof. This rare earth complex includes: a phosphine oxide compound represented by general formula (1); at least one rare earth ion selected from the group consisting of Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu; and a ligand compound. In the rare earth complex, the coordination numbers of the ligand compound and the phosphine oxide compound represented by general formula (1) to the rare earth ion are 8-10, and a plurality of the phosphine oxide compounds represented by general formula (1) and a plurality of the rare earth ions are provided with a crosslinked structure.
US10329478B2	Aldehydes as a catalyst for an oxidative breaker The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for using aldehydes as a catalyst for oxidative breakers. An embodiment of the present disclosure is a method comprising: providing a treatment fluid that comprises: an aqueous base fluid, a polymeric gelling agent, a breaker that comprises an oxidative salt, and a catalyst that comprises an aldehyde; allowing the breaker to interact with the polymeric gelling agent; and allowing the viscosity of the treatment fluid to reduce.
US10329471B2	Methods of designing an invert emulsion fluid having high associative stability Some embodiments described herein relate to methods comprising providing a proposed invert emulsion formulation, wherein the proposed invert emulsion formulation comprises an oil phase, an aqueous phase, and a particulates fraction comprising a first sub-fraction and a second sub-fraction, wherein the first sub-fraction comprises high-gravity particulates and the second sub-fraction comprises low-gravity particulates; calculating an initial associative stability value of the proposed invert emulsion based on the degree of association between the aqueous phase and the particulates fraction comprising both the first sub-fraction and the second sub-fraction; manipulating the proposed invert emulsion based on the initial associative stability value so as to produce an associatively stable invert emulsion having a final associative stability value in the range of between about 50% and about 100%; and introducing the associatively stable invert emulsion into a subterranean formation.
US10329464B2	Two-part adhesive including toughened curative A two-part adhesive is provided comprising: A) a curative part comprising: i) an epoxy curative; and ii) a reaction intermediate which is the reaction product of a suspension of core/shell rubber nanoparticles in a liquid epoxy resin and an excess of the epoxy curative; wherein the curative part comprises greater than 1.1 wt % core/shell rubber nanoparticles; and B) an epoxy part comprising: iii) a liquid epoxy resin; and iv) greater than 9.1 wt % core/shell rubber nanoparticles. In some embodiments, the epoxy part additionally comprises greater than 5.1 wt % solid epoxy resin, such as, e.g., triglycidyl ether of trisphenol-methane. In some embodiments, the sum of the wt % solid epoxy resin and the wt % core/shell rubber nanoparticles in the epoxy part is greater than 41.0%. In some embodiments, the sum of the wt % solid epoxy resin and the wt % core/shell rubber nanoparticles in the mixed adhesive is greater than 26.0%.
US10329462B2	Farnesene-based tackifying resins and adhesive compositions containing the same A tackifying resin includes a farnesene-based polymer having monomeric units derived from a farnesene monomer and one or more optional comonomers selected from the group consisting of dienes, branched mono-olefins, and vinyl aromatics and has a softening point greater than or equal to 80 degrees Celsius. A method of making the farnesene-based polymer includes combining a farnesene monomer and a solvent and optionally adding one or more comonomers selected from the group consisting of dienes, branched mono-olefins, and vinyl aromatics, to provide a monomer feed, and polymerizing the monomer feed by combining the monomer feed with a Friedel-Crafts catalyst in a vessel. The tackifying resin may be combined with an elastomer to form a hot melt adhesive composition.
US10329460B2	Fast curing optical adhesive An adhesive composition for joining optical components is described. The adhesive composition comprises at least one epoxy resin, a visible light photoinitiating system comprising at least one of a cationic photoinitiator and a sensitizer, a polyol and at least 50 wt. % of a nanoparticle filler. The visible light photoinitiating system includes at least one of a cationic photoinitiator and a sensitizer and the nanoparticle filler comprises a first nanoparticle having a first nominal size and a second nanoparticle having a second size. The adhesive composition has a refractive index between 1.44 and 1.47 and a dn/dT of less than −2E−4 when cured.
US10329453B2	Film-forming composition, method for producing surface-treated metal member, and method for producing metal-resin composite The coating film-forming composition is a solution of pH 6 to 9 and includes an aromatic compound having an amino group and an aromatic ring in one molecule, a polybasic acid having two or more carboxy groups, and a halide ion. The content of polybasic acid in the coating film-forming composition is 0.05 to 10 times the content of aromatic compound, and the halide ion concentration is 5 to 600 mM. A coating film with excellent adhesion to a resin can be formed on a surface of a metal member by bringing the coating film-forming composition into contact with the surface of the metal member.
US10329452B2	Materials and spin coating methods suitable for advanced planarization applications A composition is provided including a resin including one or more silicon-based materials, one or more organic-based materials, or a combination of silicon-based materials and organic-based materials. The composition further includes a first solvent having a boiling point from 140° C. to 250° C. and a second solvent having a boiling point from 50° C. to 110° C., wherein the a weight ratio of the first solvent to the second solvent is from 1:1 to 1:5. Methods for applying coatings to substrates are also provided.
US10329449B2	Solvent-free aqueous polyurethane dispersions and methods of producing solvent-free aqueous polyurethane dispersions A solvent-free aqueous curable polyurethane dispersion is derived from at least one isocyanate-terminated ethylenically unsaturated polyurethane pre-polymer in a reactive diluent. The polyurethane pre-polymer comprises at least one (meth)acrylate functional group and at least one isocyanate functional group. Methods for making a solvent-free aqueous polyurethane dispersion, curable compositions comprising the dispersion and resulting cured products are also disclosed.
US10329444B2	Nickel inks and oxidation resistant and conductive coatings A conductive ink may include a nickel component, a polycarboxylic acid component, and a polyol component, the polycarboxylic acid component and the polyol component being reactable to form a polyester component. The polyester component may be formed in situ in the conductive ink from a polyol component and a polycarboxylic acid component. The conductive ink may include a carbon component. The conductive ink may include an additive component. The conductive ink may include nickel flakes, graphene flakes, glutaric acid, and ethylene glycol. The conductive ink may be printed (e.g., screen printed) on a substrate and cured to form a conductive film. A conductive film may include a nickel component and a polyester component.
US10329437B2	Electrodepositable coating composition having improved crater control The present invention is directed towards an electrodepositable coating composition comprising a polybutylene oxide polymer, an ionic film-forming polymer having functional groups, and a curing agent that is reactive with functional groups on the film-forming polymer. Also disclosed are methods of making the electrodepositable coating composition. Also disclosed are substrates treated with the electrodepositable coating composition.
US10329410B2	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.
US10329405B2	Modified polymer composition and stabilizer mixture for making the same Disclosed herein is a stabilizer mixture for modifying an olefin-based polymer, which comprises at least one organic phosphorus-containing antioxidant represented by a formula selected from the group consisting of formulae (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8), as well as at least one sulfur-containing carboxylate salt represented by a formula selected from the group consisting of formulae (9), (10), (11), and (12). Also disclosed herein is a modified polymer composition prepared from an olefin-based polymer using the stabilizer mixture. The olefin-based polymer is selected from the group consisting of polyolefin, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and a combination thereof.
US10329400B2	Apparatus and method for thermally demanufacturing tires and other waste products An apparatus and process for thermally de-manufacturing tires and other materials. The apparatus is a retort chamber with various zones in which tires are combusted to provide energy for the thermal depolymerization reaction, depolymerization takes place, and products leave the retort chamber. In one embodiment, the process reacts water with iron present in steel-belted tires to produce hydrogen, which helps to break sulfur-sulfur bonds in vulcanized materials. The water also helps control the temperature of the reaction, which allows for control over the types and relative amounts of the various depolymerization products.
US10329397B2	Composite material including rigid foam with inorganic fillers A composite material includes, in an exemplary embodiment a polyurethane foam and a plurality of inorganic particles dispersed therein. The polyurethane foam is formed from a reaction mixture that includes a first polyether polyol having a first molecular weight and a functionality of about 3 or less, a second polyether polyol having a second molecular weight less than the first molecular weight and a functionality of greater than about 3, and at least one isocyanate. The ratio of an amount of the first polyol in the reaction mixture to an amount of the second polyol in the reaction mixture is between about 1:1 to about 5:1.
US10329393B2	Copolysters plasticized with polymeric plasticizer for shrink film applications Disclosed is a shrink film containing a copolyester having a minimum crystallization half-time of at least 8.6 minutes and a polyester plasticizer having a weight-average molecular weight of 900 to 12,000 g/mol. The polyester plasticizer includes (i) a polyol component comprising residues of a polyol having 2 to 8 carbon atoms, and (ii) a diacid component comprising residues of a dicarboxylic acid having 4 to 12 carbon atoms.
US10329388B2	Nonflammable solvent compositions for dissolving polymers and resulting solvent systems A solvent composition and method for making same is disclosed having a composition between 26 to 90 weight percent propionate, butyrate, or combination thereof and between 10 to 74 weight percent fluorinated solvent blend, wherein the fluorinated solvent blend includes t-DCE. A polymer solvent system is also disclosed incorporating the solvent composition and dissolved polymers, such as SEBS polymers. The solvent composition and polymer solvent system is minimally combustible or preferably nonflammable.
US10329387B2	Process for making an aminosiloxane polymer nanoemulsion Nanoemulsions are prepared by: a) solubilizing a silicone resin in an organic solvent system to yield a silicone resin solution concentration of about 80% or less, wherein the organic solvent system comprises a single solvent selected from the group consisting of monoalcohols, polyalcohols, ethers of monoalcohols, ethers of polyalcohols, fatty esters, Guerbet alcohols, isoparaffins, naphthols, glycol ethers, provided that the solvent is not diethyleneglycol monobutyl ether; b) mixing the silicone resin solution with an aminosiloxane polymer to obtain an aminosiloxane polymer:silicone resin mixture having ratio of about 20:1; c) allowing the resin mixture to age for at least about 6 hours at ambient temperature; d) adding the resin mixture to a vessel; e) optionally adding with agitation, an additional organic solvent to the resin mixture; f) mixing until homogenous; g) adding a protonating agent; h) additionally adding an aqueous carrier in an amount to produce the desired concentration of emulsion.
US10329386B2	Self-restoring macromolecular material and production method for same Provided is a self-restoring macromolecular material that not only has excellent stress relaxation but that can also be easily restored to its original state, even when damaged or severed. Also provided is a method for producing the self-restoring macromolecular material. The self-restoring macromolecular material contains a crosslinked structure that is formed by crosslinking a polymer containing at least a polyrotaxane molecule. The polyrotaxane molecule is formed so as to include a cyclic molecule 21 and a linear molecule that passes through an opening 21a of the cyclic molecule. The crosslinked structure 1 is crosslinked via a reversible bond between the cyclic molecule of the polyrotaxane molecule and a polymer molecule other than the polyrotaxane molecule.
US10329381B2	Degradable polycarbonate sport fishing materials Degradable polycarbonates network based bulk materials are provided. The bulk materials of the present disclosure may be produced having a wide range of tunable mechanical, physical, and thermal properties and are hydrolytically degradable. The bulk materials of the present disclosure may be suitable for the manufacture of a variety of sport fishing equipment or other equipment for water use or that may benefit from hydrolytic degradation in the environment.
US10329379B2	Polymeric biomaterials derived from monomers comprising hydroxyacids and phenol compounds and their medical uses The present invention provides new classes of phenolic compounds derived from hydroxyacids and tyrosol or tyrosol analogs, useful as monomers for preparation of biocompatible polymers, and the biocompatible polymers prepared from these monomeric hydroxyacid-phenolic compounds, including novel biodegradable and/or bioresorbable polymers. These biocompatible polymers or polymer compositions with enhanced bioresorbabilty and processability are useful in a variety of medical applications, such as in medical devices and controlled-release therapeutic formulations. The invention also provides methods for preparing these monomeric hydroxyacid-phenolic compounds and biocompatible polymers.
US10329375B2	Hydrophilic, alkoxysilane-containing isocyanurates A coating or plastics formulation contains a reaction product of at least one alkoxysilane-containing isocyanurate of the formula (I) with at least one hydrophilizing agent of the formula BOH which has at least one OH group, wherein R1, R2 and R3 in each case independently of one another are a linear or branched and/or cyclic C1-C8 alkylene radical, R′, R″ and R′″ in each case independently of one another are a linear or branched and/or cyclic C1-C8 alkyl radical, and B is a hydrophilic radical.
US10329374B2	Method for producing a thermoplastic copolymers from polycaprolactam and thermoplastic polyurethane The present invention relates to a process for preparing a thermoplastic copolymer from polycaprolactam and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), to thermoplastic copolymers thus obtained and to shaped articles formed from copolymers of this type.
US10329367B2	Polymeric yarns for use in communications cables and methods for producing the same In some aspects, polymeric yarns and communications cables incorporating the same are provided herein. Additionally, in some aspects, methods of producing polymeric yarns and communications cables incorporating the same are provided.
US10329366B2	Ethylene/α-olefin copolymers and lubricating oils The invention has an object of providing ethylene/α-olefin copolymers having high randomness and a small number of double bonds in the copolymers. The ethylene/α-olefin copolymers of the invention are obtained by copolymerizing ethylene and an α-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst which includes a bridged metallocene compound (A) represented by the formula [I], and at least one compound (B) selected from organometallic compounds (B-1), organoaluminum oxy compounds (B-2) and compounds (B-3) capable of reacting with the bridged metallocene compound (A) to form an ion pair, and have a specific weight average molecular weight, a specific molecular weight distribution, a specific glass transition point and a specific value B.
US10329365B2	Methods of monitoring and controlling the melt index of a polyolefin product during production Methods for producing polyolefin polymers may use a predictive melt index regression to estimate the melt index of the polyolefin during production based on the composition of the gas phase and, optionally, the concentration of catalyst in the reactor or reactor operating conditions. Such predictive melt index regression may include multiple terms to account for concentration of ICA in the reactor, optionally concentration of hydrogen in the reactor, optionally concentration of comonomer in the reactor, optionally the catalyst composition, and optionally reactor operating conditions. One or more terms may independently be represented by a smoothing function that incorporates a time constant.
US10329364B2	Catalyst composition, methods of preparation and use in a polymerization process Polymerization catalyst compositions are provided as are methods of their preparation. The compositions comprise fatty amines and find advantageous use in olefin polymerization processes. The catalyst composition comprises at least one supported polymerization catalyst wherein the catalyst composition is modified with at least one fatty amine wherein the fatty amine is substantially free of particulate inorganic material.
US10329358B2	Anti-human membrane-type ADAM28 antibody The present invention provides an antibody having an activity to specifically bind to human membrane-anchored form ADAM28 at an epitope in a region of the 524th-659th amino acids in the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2. In addition, the present invention provides a drug delivery vehicle for delivering a drug to a cell or tissue that expresses human membrane-anchored form ADAM28, which contains the antibody.
US10329357B2	Treatment of ocular disease Disclosed are methods for treating eye diseases or conditions characterized by vascular instability, vascular leakage and neovacularization such as diabetic macular edema, age-related macular edema, choroidal neovascularization, diabetic retinopathy, trauma, ocular ischemia, retinal angiomatous proliferation, macular telangiectasia and uveitis.
US10329353B2	Specific detection tool for mesenchymal and epithelial-mesenchymal transformed circulating tumor cells The present invention includes the discovery of cell-surface vimentin as a novel biomarker to detect and isolate mesenchymal and epithelial-mesenchymal transformed circulating tumor cells from blood of cancer patients. In addition, an antibody specific for the detection of cell-surface vimentin on circulating tumor cells and the use the antibody to detect, enumerate, and isolate CTC are provided.
US10329333B2	Controlled gene expression methods Methods and compositions for controlling gene expression are disclosed.
US10329323B2	Method for purifying antibodies using PBS Disclosed here includes a method for purifying a biologic composition, comprising diafiltering the biologic composition into a composition comprising phosphate buffered saline (PBS) to obtain a purified composition. The method disclosed here can be particularly useful for removing one or more impurities from the biologic composition, such as bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino-tris(hydroxymethyl)methane (Bis-tris).
US10329322B2	Methods for reducing aggregate content of protein preparations by treatment with aryl anions A method of reducing the aggregate content in a preparation having a target protein includes contacting the preparation with an aryl anion to form a mixture and contacting the mixture with at least one electropositive solid to remove excess aryl anion.
US10329320B2	Neuroactive steroids, compositions, and uses thereof Described herein are neuroactive steroids of the Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein R1, R2, Ra, G, X, Y, Z, and n are as defined herein. Such compounds are envisioned, in certain embodiments, to behave as GABA modulators. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound described herein and methods of use and treatment, e.g., such for inducing sedation and/or anesthesia.
US10329311B1	Process for the preparation of crisaborole The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of crisaborole of formula (I): by preparing intermediates of formulas (II) and (III):
US10329296B2	Indole derivatives The present invention relates to compounds of the general form (I). The present invention relates to new substituted diazepino-indole derivatives of the general formula (I), and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to new intermediate thereof, as well as to the use of such compounds in treatment or prevention of disorders associated with melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 1 activity.
US10329294B2	Pyrazolopyrimidine inhibitors of IRAK4 activity The present invention relates to pyrazolopyrimidine inhibitors of IRAK4 of formula (I) and provides compositions comprising such inhibitors, as well as methods therewith for treating IRAK4-mediated or -associated conditions or diseases.
US10329291B2	C5-C6-carbocyclic fused iminothiadiazine dioxides as BACE inhibitors, compositions, and their use In its many embodiments, the present invention provides certain C5-C6-carbocyclic fused iminothiazine dioxide compounds, including compounds Formula (I): and tautomers thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of said compounds and said tautomers, wherein R1, ring A, RA, m, -L1-, ring B, RB, n, q, ring C, RC, and p are as defined herein. The novel compounds of the invention are useful as BACE inhibitors and/or for the treatment and prevention of various pathologies related thereto. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more such compounds (alone and in combination with one or more other active agents), and methods for their preparation and use, including for the possible treatment of Alzheimer's disease, are also disclosed.
US10329290B2	Preparation methods for palbociclib free base crystal form A and crystal form B Disclosed is a preparation method for a Palbociclib free base crystal form A as shown in Formula I, comprising the following steps: treating a Palbociclib free base and/or a Palbociclib salt compound by using an inorganic base in a water solvent at the temperature of 35 to 100° C. to obtain a Palbociclib free base crystal form A, the water solvent being water or mixed solvent obtained by water and an organic solvent capable of being mixed and disclosed in the water. Also disclosed is a preparation method for a Palbociclib free base crystal form B, comprising the following steps: treating a Palbociclib salt compound by using an inorganic base in a water solvent at the temperature of 0 to 20° C. to obtain a Palbociclib free crystal form B, the water solvent being water or a mixed solvent obtained by water and an organic solvent capable of being mixed and dissolved in the water. The method is safe and convenient in operation and low in pollution, and facilitates industrial production.
US10329288B2	Process for preparing a compound The invention provides processes of preparation thereof useful in the preparation of compounds that can be used as CHK1 inhibitors.
US10329285B2	Salts of quinazoline derivative or crystals thereof, and the process for producing thereof Crystals of a quinazoline derivative are provided. The present invention relates to an acid addition salt of a compound represented by Formula (I): a pharmaceutical composition containing it, and the like.
US10329280B2	Urea derivatives and uses thereof The present invention provides novel compounds of any one of Formulae (I)-(III), and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also provided are particles (e.g., nanoparticles) comprising compounds of Formula (I)-(III) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that are mucus penetrating. The invention also provides methods and kits for using the inventive compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with abnormal or pathological angiogenesis and/or aberrant signaling of a growth factor (e.g., vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)), such as proliferative diseases (e.g., cancers, benign neoplasms, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases) and ocular diseases (e.g., macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, retinoblastoma, edema, uveitis, dry eye, blepharitis, and post-surgical inflammation) in a subject in need thereof.
US10329276B2	Salt and crystalline forms thereof of a drug A crystalline form of a drug, ways to make it, compositions containing it and methods of treatment of diseases and inhibition of adverse physiological events using it are disclosed.
US10329264B2	Process for the preparation of isocarboxazid This invention relates to a novel chemical process for the synthesis of N′-benzyl-5-methylisoxazole-3-carbohydrazide (Isocarboxazid) which comprises reacting 5-methyl-3-isoxazole carboxylic acid ester with benzylhydrazine or a salt thereof in an aprotic organic solvent and in the presence of an organic base.
US10329259B2	Pyrazole derivatives and their use as cannabinoid receptor mediators A compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, having a structure of: wherein X and Y are each independently selected from optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted heteroaryl, optionally-substituted cycloalkyl, optionally-substituted heterocycloalkyl, or optionally-substituted alkyl; Q is H, hydroxyl, or optionally-substituted alkoxy; R1, R2, and R3 are each independently selected from H, optionally-substituted alkyl, optionally-substituted cycloalkyl, halogen, cyano, nitro, hydroxy, optionally-substituted alkoxy, amino, aminocarbonyl, optionally-substituted sulfonyl, optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted heteroaryl, optionally-substituted carboxyl, acyl, optionally-substituted alkenyl, optionally-substituted alkynyl, optionally-substituted phosphonyl, optionally-substituted phosphinyl, aralkyl, optionally-substituted thiol, or R2 and R3 together with Z form an optionally-substituted cycloalkyl ring or an optionally-substituted heterocycloalkyl ring; Z is B, N, —CH—, or P; D is —S(O)2— or —C(O)—; and n is 0 to 5.
US10329255B2	Salts of an LSD1 inhibitor The present disclosure relates to tosylate salts 1-{[4-(methoxymethyl)-4-({[(1R,2S)-2-phenylcyclopropyl]amino}methyl)piperidin-1-yl]methyl}cyclobutanecarboxylic acid, methods of preparation thereof, and intermediates in the preparation thereof, which are useful in the treatment of the LSD1-associated or mediated diseases such as cancer.
US10329252B2	Stabilizer compound, liquid crystal composition, and display element The present invention provides a compound represented by General Formula (I). The compound according to the present invention prevents the liquid crystal composition from being deteriorated due to light, has high compatibility with the liquid crystal composition, and does not impair the storage stability of the liquid crystal composition, thus the compound is useful as a constituent member of a liquid crystal composition. Since the liquid crystal composition and the liquid crystal display element containing the compound of the present invention exhibit UV resistance and have a high VHR, it is possible to obtain a liquid crystal display element with excellent display quality in which display defects such as burn-in and display unevenness do not occur or are suppressed.
US10329251B2	Initiator for preparing alkanesulfonic acids from alkane and oleum A compound of the formula: CH3—SO2—O—O—SO2OH.
US10329247B2	Polymerizable compound, polymerizable composition, polymer, and optically anisotropic substance The present invention relates to: a polymerizable compound represented by a formula (I); a polymerizable composition comprising the polymerizable compound and an initiator; a polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable compound or the polymerizable composition; and an optically anisotropic article comprising the polymer [in the formula, Y1 to Y8 are a chemical single bond, —O—, —O—C(═O)—, —C(═O)—O—, or the like; G1 and G2 are a divalent aliphatic group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, or the like; Z1 and Z2 are an alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, or the like; A1 is a tetravalent aromatic group, or the like; A2 and A3 are a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms, or the like; A4 and A5 are a divalent aromatic group having 4 to 30 carbon atoms, or the like; Ax1 and Ax2 are an organic group having 2 to 30 carbon atoms that includes an aromatic ring, or the like; Ay1 and Ay2 are a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or the like; Q1 and Q2 are a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or the like; and m and n are 0 or 1]. According to the present invention, a polymerizable compound, a polymerizable composition, and a polymer that have a practical low melting point, exhibit excellent solubility in a general-purpose solvent, can be produced at low cost, and can produce an optical film that achieves uniform conversion of polarized light over a wide wavelength band, and also provide an optically anisotropic article.
US10329246B2	RUNX2 transcription factor inhibitors and uses thereof Provide herein are compounds with a general chemical structure of: Substituents R1 and R2 independently are H, Cl, F, Br, CH3, CF3, SH, —N(C1-3alkyl)2, —NHC(O)C1-3alkyl, or —NHC(O)C5-7cycloalkyl, substituent R3 is H or C1-3 alkyl and R4 is a bridged cycloalkene such as a bridged cyclohexene or a bridge-substituted cyclohexene. The compounds are therapeutics to treat a cancer, such as breast cancer, or metastatic cancers, to inhibit RUNX2 activity, such as protein expression, in a cancer cell and to increase survival of a subject with breast cancer.
US10329240B2	Process for the separation of long chain amino acids and dibasic acids There is disclosed a process for the separation of long chain amino acid and long chain dibasic acid, comprising: (1) recovering alkylamine from an aqueous solution of an alkali hydroxide hydrolysis of the mixed amide derivatives by distilling or by extracting with an extractant solvent; (2) cooling the aqueous solution of step (1) to precipitate a mixed alkali salts of long chain amino acid and dibasic acid; (3) recovering the mixed alkali salts of long chain amino acid and dibasic acid to provide a mother liquor; (4) separating long chain amino acid and dibasic acid by acidification-extraction of long chain dibasic acid with an extractant solvent or by selective dissolution of alkali salt of long chain amino acid in an aqueous solvent; and (4) adding an acid to the mother liquor of step (3) to obtain alkanoic acid.
US10329235B2	System and method for producing 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol and 1,4- cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid from terephthalic acid This invention relates to the continuous production of 1,4-cyclohexane dimethanol (CHDM) and optionally and additionally of 1,4-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid (CHDA) directly using terephthalic acid (TPA) as the raw material. More specifically, this invention relates to a method and system for continuous production of CHDM and CHDA that features direct use of TPA as feedstock, promotes efficient use of solvent and energy, and provides products with the desired high trans isomer content, by exploiting unexpected features of the thermodynamic phase behavior and the reaction mechanisms.
US10329233B2	Chemical reduction using a catalyst comprising frustrated lewis pairs The presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to the reduction of carbon dioxide by heterogeneous catalysis. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, the presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates to the reduction of carbon dioxide by heterogeneous catalysis with a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst comprising structurally frustrated Lewis pairs, wherein, for example but not by way of limitation, formic acid is produced and hydrocarbons are indirectly produced. In one non-limiting embodiment, the heterogeneous catalyst comprises hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) having structurally frustrated Lewis pairs therein.
US10329232B2	Materials coated with calixarenes A calixarene directly grafted onto the surface of a material, a related grafting process, and certain calixarene intermediates useful for carrying out the grafting process.
US10329231B2	Epoxy compound, method for producing the same, epoxy resin composition, and cured product thereof The present invention provides an epoxy compound which is 2,2′,7,7′-tetraglycidyloxy-1,1′-binaphthalene. Also, the present invention provides a method for producing [1,1′-binaphthalene]-2,2′,7,7′-tetraol, the method including a step of bringing a crude product produced by dimerization reaction of naphthalene-2,7-diol or a naphthalene-2,7-diol derivative into contact with an aromatic solvent; a step of separating [1,1′-binaphthalene]-2,2′,7,7′-tetraol dissolved in the aromatic solvent from insoluble substances; and a step of removing the solvent from a solution of [1,1′-binaphthalene]-2,2′,7,7′-tetraol. The present invention also provides a method for producing an epoxy compound, the method including reacting [1,1′-binaphthalene]-2,2′,7,7′-tetraol or [1,1′-binaphthalene]-2,2′,7,7′-tetraol monohydrate with epihalohydrin.
US10329226B2	Process for the production of chlorinated methanes The present invention provides processes for the production of chlorinated methanes via the direct chlorination of methane. The processes include a dehydrochlorination and/or chlorination step that converts up to 100% of the higher chlorinated alkanes in a process stream from the methane chlorination reaction into more highly chlorinated alkanes. These more highly chlorinated alkanes can be easily removed from the process stream. The use of a cost effective feedstream of crude methane is thus rendered possible, without additional capital expenditure for the sophisticated separation equipment required to separate ethane and other hydrocarbon components from the methane feed.
US10329218B2	Isomerization catalyst, method for producing straight-chain olefin, and method for producing compound An isomerization catalyst for isomerizing a first straight-chain olefin to a second straight-chain olefin different therefrom in a double bond position in the presence of 20 ppm by volume or more of molecular oxygen and/or water, comprising: Si; and Al.
US10329208B2	Liquid formulations of urease inhibitors for fertilizers An improved solvent system for the formulation and application of N-alkyl thiophosphoric triamide urease inhibitors. These formulations provide safety and performance benefits relative to existing alternatives and enable storage, transport and subsequent coating or blending with urea based or organic based fertilizers. These formulations are comprised primarily of environmentally friendly aprotic and protic solvents (particularly dimethyl sulfoxide and alcohols/polyols) to stabilize the urease inhibitor.
US10329206B2	Nutrient extraction and recovery device for isolation and separation of target products from animal produced waste streams The present invention provides for nutrient extraction and recovery devices that use the Donnan Membrane Principle (DMP) to cause spontaneous separation of dissolved ions along electrochemical potential gradients, wherein anions and cations such as H2PO4−, HPO42−, PO43−, Mg2+, Ca2+, NH4+, and K+ are moved from manure containing waste streams through cation and anion exchange membranes into a recovery stream thereby precipitating target compounds including but not limited to struvite, potassium struvite and hydroxyapatite.
US10329196B2	Method for the fabrication of optical waveguide devices in photonic crystal fibers and in waveguides with hollow structures There is provided a method to fabricate optical taps and waveguide devices in photonic crystal fibers and other fibers with hollow structures. The method involves a preparation step, where the hollow holes inside the fiber are collapsed or partially modified locally; and a waveguide fabrication step, where a femtosecond laser is focused inside the fiber and used to produce optical waveguides that interact in the region that was previously modified in the preparation step.
US10329185B2	Glass for laser processing and method for producing perforated glass using same The present invention provides a glass composition that allows holes with a circular contour and a smooth inner wall to be formed by a collective micro-hole-forming process using a combination of modified portion formation by ultraviolet laser irradiation and etching, the glass composition being adapted for practical continuous production. The present invention relates to a glass for laser processing, the glass having a glass composition including, in mol %: 45.0%≤SiO2≤70.0%; 2.0%≤B2O3≤20.0%; 3.0%≤Al2O3≤20.0%; 0.1%≤CuO≤2.0%; 0%≤TiO2≤15.0%; and 0%≤ZnO≤9.0%, wherein a relationship of 0≤Li2O+Na2O+K2O<2.0% is satisfied.
US10329179B2	Zero valent iron systems and methods for treatment of contaminated wastewater Hybrid zero-valent iron systems and methods for treating a fluid containing a contaminant that removes or reduces the concentration of contaminants, such as toxic metals, metalloids, oxyanions, and dissolved silica.
US10329169B2	Colloidal silica addition to promote the separation of oil from water The combination of colloidal silica in conjunction with a chemical, such as a cationically-modified water soluble polymer, e.g. aluminum brine dispersion polymer, clarifies combinations of oil and water, for instance wastewater comprising an oil-in-water emulsion. The colloidal silica may have an average silica particle size of about 0.5 to about 10 nanometers.
US10329168B2	Vessel and method for treating contaminated water A method for removing immiscible fluid from contaminated water includes at least one chamber; an injection line in fluid communication with an inlet of the one chamber; bubble generation means in fluid communication with the injection line for injecting gas bubbles into the injection line and allowing mixing in the injection line of the gas bubbles and the contaminated water to form an inlet fluid; an inlet weir within the chamber adjacent the inlet; an immiscible fluid weir within the chamber; a trough for collecting the immiscible fluid and allowing the immiscible fluid to flow out of the at least one chamber through an immiscible fluid outlet; and a cleaned water outlet generally at the bottom of the chamber.
US10329167B2	Compact high-efficiency solar distillation device A solar distillation apparatus configured to produce a distillate from a source liquid mixture, including a base member defining at least one flow path, a transparent cover panel spaced apart from the base member to define a volume therebetween; and an intermediate panel positioned between the base member and the transparent cover panel to divide the volume into an evaporation chamber and a condensation chamber, wherein the evaporation chamber communicates with the condensation chamber, the flow path of the base member is configured to carry the source liquid mixture in a first direction in the evaporation chamber to increase evaporation of a liquid from the source liquid mixture, and the evaporated liquid is configured to flow from the evaporation chamber in a second and opposite direction into the condensation chamber where the evaporated liquid condenses into the distillate.
US10329166B2	Evaporative treatment method for aqueous solution The present invention provides an aqueous solution evaporative treatment method that makes it possible to efficiently perform evaporative treatment of an aqueous solution containing calcium, magnesium, and silica. The aqueous solution evaporative treatment method comprises a seed crystal mixing step of adding to and mixing with an aqueous solution containing calcium, magnesium, and silica at least any one of magnesium salt and silicate together with calcium salt as seed crystals, and an evaporative concentration step of evaporatively concentrating the aqueous solution together with the seed crystals.
US10329159B2	Axial-radial flow converter In a cooled axial/radial flow converter, in which process gas passes from an outer annulus via a catalyst bed to an inner center tube, the catalyst bed is divided into identical modules stacked on top of each other. The process gas reaches the catalyst through openings facing the outer annulus, passes axially down the catalyst bed of each module, leaves the module through collectors in the bottom thereof, and flows to the center tube. The catalyst bed is cooled by cooling panels, in which the process gas is pre-heated to the reaction temperature, while at the same time the heat of reaction is partly removed from the catalyst bed. The converter is especially suitable as ammonia converter.
US10329157B2	Process for the preparation of SiOx having a nanoscale filament structure and use thereof as anode material in lithium-ion batteries A process for the preparation of nanofilament particles of SiOx in which x is between 0.8 and 1.2, the process comprising: a step consisting of a fusion reaction between silica (SiO2) and silicon (Si), at a temperature of at least about 1410° C., to produce gaseous silicon monoxide (SiO); and a step consisting of condensation of the gaseous SiO to produce the SiOx nanofilament particles. The process may also comprising using carbon.
US10329154B2	Method for preparing a particulate cathode material A method for preparing an electrode material, said material comprising complex oxide particles having a non-powdery conductive carbon deposit on at least part of their surface, said method comprising: grinding into nanometer size complex oxide particles or particles of complex oxide precursors, wherein the grinding is performed in a bead mill on particles dispersed in a carrier solvent, adding an organic carbon precursor to the oxide particles or oxide precursor particles before, during or after said grinding, and pyrolysing the mixture thus obtained, selecting the size of the particles to grind, the size of the beads used to grind, and the size of the resulting particles such that: 0.004
US10329152B2	Method of synthesizing soluble polyphosphides from red phosphorous A method of synthesizing soluble polyphosphides using shelf-stable reagents and common organic solvents is presented. A reaction between an alkali metal alkoxy compound or alkali metal alkyl thiolate compound and shelf stable red phosphorus generated soluble polyphosphides in a variety of organic solvents with the 31P NMR spectrum being used to detect the species of polyphosphides produced.
US10329151B2	Method of converting red phosphorous to soluble polyphosphides using alkali metal compounds in a combination of tetrahydrofuran and dimethoxyethane A method of generating soluble polyphosphides using solution chemistry is presented. A reaction between potassium ethoxide in THF/DME and shelf stable red phosphorus generated soluble polyphosphides in a variety of organic solvents with the 31P NMR spectrum being used to detect the species of polyphosphides produced.
US10329150B2	Fuel cell system and method for determining purity level of hydrogen gas provided to an anode side of the fuel cell A system and method for determining the purity level of hydrogen gas fuel provided to an anode side of a fuel cell stack, and then modifying models and algorithms used by the system based on the purity level. The method includes determining whether predetermined criteria have been met that are necessary to obtain an accurate hydrogen gas fuel purity level, and if so, comparing a measured voltage or current of the fuel cell stack to a modeled voltage or current of the fuel cell stack. If the comparison between the measured voltage or current and the modeled voltage or current is greater than a predetermined threshold, then the method adapts a hydrogen gas concentration value to a lower purity level to be used by downstream models.
US10329148B2	Performance balancing elastomeric hydrogen reactor A hydrogen producing reactor having a pellet core within a containment vessel. The vessel having an exit nozzle surrounding the pellet. Optionally, one or more elastomeric winding may be placed around the elastomeric or compressing material of the containment vessel; and, a water line to deliver fluid to the pellet. Whereby the containment compresses around the fuel pellet as it is used. Hydrogen and other products produced by the reactor within a cartridge is filtered with a clog-less filter and substantially pure hydrogen is output.
US10329144B2	Substrate treatment method, computer storage medium and substrate treatment system A substrate treatment method using a block copolymer containing a hydrophilic polymer and a hydrophobic polymer includes a polymer separating step, wherein a ratio of a molecular weight of the hydrophilic polymer in the block copolymer is adjusted to 20% to 40% so that the hydrophilic polymers align at positions corresponding to a hexagonal close-packed structure in a plan view after the polymer separating step, and at the polymer separating step, a columnar first hydrophilic polymer is phase-separated on each of circular patterns of hydrophobic coating films and a columnar second hydrophilic polymer is phase-separated between the first hydrophilic polymers, and a diameter of the circular pattern is set so that the first hydrophilic polymers and the second hydrophilic polymers align at positions corresponding to the hexagonal close-packed structure in a plan view.
US10329125B2	Systems and methods for handling cleaning A system for cleaning and conditioning handrails. A cleaning pad is curved to approximate the shape of a handrail, and is disposed on an arm. The arm may be mounted on a support structure, allowing it to be rolled up to an escalator handrail and left to do the cleaning while the escalator runs. When mounted, the arm may include a spring or piston to keep the arm in a particular position. A second cleaning pad may be included to dry or polish the handrail, the handrail going first through the cleaning pad and second through the drying pad. The arm may be hand-held, allowing a user to reach up or down steps or an incline. The cleaning pad may be mounted such that it rotates about the arm for storage, maintenance or better reach, such as around bends or corners.
US10329121B2	Fire-retardant belt A belt and a method for manufacturing a belt is provided. The belt includes a plurality of lengthwise-extending tension members and a jacket. The jacket substantially retains the plurality of tension members. The jacket has a first side region, a second side region, and a center region between the first and second side regions. The first and second side regions of the jacket are more fire retardant than the center region of the jacket.
US10329118B2	Passenger guidance system for multicar elevator Passenger guidance systems for a multicar elevator system and related methods are provided. The passenger guidance system includes a first landing door configured to provide access to at least one elevator car within a first lane, a second landing door configured to provide access to at least one elevator car within a second lane, a controller configured to receive information regarding the at least one elevator car within the first lane and the at least one elevator car within the second lane, and a first display controlled by the controller and configured to provide display information regarding a first elevator car in the first lane, the first elevator car of the first lane being one of (i) an elevator car currently located at the first landing door or (ii) an elevator car next to arrive at the first landing door.
US10329103B1	Vibrating floor for and method of unloading residual grain from a grain storage enclosure An apparatus, system, and method for unloading residual particulate matter such as grain from a storage enclosure such as a grain bin, silo, or building having at least one floor opening. In one embodiment, a corrugated metal overfloor is added spaced above the bin floor by a framework of generally horizontal beams and plural downwardly depending legs. The frame work supports the overflooring at a slight (e.g. 1 or 2 degrees) slope from the bin sidewall towards the floor opening. Vibration generators are distributed across the overflooring and can be operated to generate vibration in the overflooring to influence residual particulate towards the floor opening.
US10329096B2	Method for handling sorting items with monitored telescopic belt conveyors Sorting items are loaded into, or unloaded from, a transport volume. A transport volume-side end of a telescopic conveyor is telescoped into the transport volume to reach a suitable loading position. Then the sorting items are transported into the transport volume or unloaded and transported out of the transport volume. The position of the volume-side end of the conveyor is adjusted as a function of the ongoing loading or unloading state. The adjusted position is acquired by way of a control unit. The expected residual loading or unloading time remaining for the transport volume is determined on the basis of the acquired adjusted position and, optionally, the time profile of the process. The adjusted position may be determined from a rotational speed and/or an activation duration of the drive motor that adjusts the telescopic conveyor.
US10329087B2	Transport carrier with enhanced loading/unloading A transport container includes a frame structure, a housing, and an extendable and retractable platform that is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. Spaced apart shelves are disposed at opposite sides of the housing and are adjustable between a lowered position, where the support surfaces are at or near a level of the platform, and a raised position, where the support surfaces are raised above the platform. Articles are placed on the extended platform and then the platform is retracted so that the first articles are disposed partially over the support surfaces of the shelves. The shelves are raised to the raised position to raise the plurality of first articles above the platform, whereby the platform is extended to have a plurality of second articles placed thereon and retracted so that the second articles are disposed on the platform below the shelves and the first articles.
US10329085B2	Rotationally operable bin liner for use in a refuse receptacle A refuse bin includes a frame defining an interior cavity and a seating structure. A bin liner has a biasing surface that rotationally engages the seating structure to define a recessed first position characterized by the bin liner set within the interior cavity. An elevated second position is characterized by the bin liner being vertically offset from the frame. The first position is vertically and rotationally distal from the second position. A bag retaining mechanism is defined between the frame and the bin liner. The first position defines a secured state of the bag retaining mechanism and the second position defines a maintenance state of the bag retaining mechanism.
US10329081B2	Laundry treating apparatus A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet configured to define a receiving space for receiving laundry, the cabinet having an open surface, a door hingedly provided at the cabinet for opening and closing the open surface of the cabinet, a laundry support unit provided in the receiving space for supporting laundry, and a machinery compartment provided in the cabinet for defining a space that is separate from the receiving space, the machinery compartment being provided therein with an air supply unit for dehumidifying or heating air in the receiving space and supplying the dehumidified or heated air into the receiving space. The air supply unit dehumidifies air in a room that communicates with the receiving space in the state in which the door is open.
US10329078B1	Spray gun An aerosol can spray gun that accepts a top of an aerosol spray gun. The spray gun is connected to a pressurized gas source, such as air. When the trigger on the spray gun is depressed the aerosol spray can dispensing button is depressed and simultaneously so that the fluid dispensed from the aerosol can is carried by the pressurized gas out of the front of the spray gun. The pressurized gas is dispensed out of nozzles on the front of the spray gun through a rotating ring that can adjust the fan pattern between horizontal and vertical.
US10329077B2	Closure assembly and method for opening Presented is a closure assembly and a method for opening. The closure assembly includes a body, the body defining an opening and a body locking portion, and a lid, the lid moveably affixed to the body and comprising a lid locking portion, the lid locking portion configured to engage the body locking portion to releasably lock the lid in the closed position. The closure assembly also includes a hinge, the hinge being affixed to the lid and the body, the hinge configured to move the lid from a closed position occluding the opening of the body to an open position permitting passage through the opening, the hinge further configured to urge the lid into the open position, and at least one spring member.
US10329064B2	Tray with re-closeable lid A tray for displaying a product for sale, where the tray includes a re-closeable lid. The tray includes a base having a peripheral side wall with a rim bounding an opening to a cavity which retains the product. A portion of the lid is permanently engaged with a section of the base. The rest of the lid is selectively engageable with the rest of the base and is movable between open and closed positions. When closed, a part of the lid is positioned laterally adjacent the rim and is located in a common plane therewith. The edges of the rim and lid frictionally engage each other to secure the base and lid together. The movable part of the lid, which includes a frame member and flexible film, rotate about a living hinge in the frame member. A latching mechanism is engaged to keep the lid and base engaged.
US10329056B2	Lid lever for container A container (100) with a lid lever (132) to disengage a lid present on a rim portion (112) of the container (100) is disclosed. The lid lever (132) is integrated between two cuts and is attached to a primary skirt (114) of the container (100). The lid lever (132) is pulled laterally outward towards a free end to disengage the lid. A secondary skirt (138) in the form of a flange is present behind the lid lever (132). The secondary skirt (138) prevents deformation of the primary skirt (114) and the rim portion (112) of the container (100). The shape of the lid lever (132) extends past the primary skirt (114) thereby making the lid lever (132) more effective and further makes it distinguishable from the primary skirt (114).
US10329054B1	Stoppers, stopper and fluid tube assemblies, and container assemblies formed therewith A stopper has a head part and a stopper part. The stopper part extends from the head part to a lower end and has flanges, between the head part and the lower end, that have different diameters that increase from the head part to the lower end of the stopper part. A container has a mouth and neck and shoulder inner surfaces. The stopper part is inserted into the container through the mouth, the head part remains outside the mouth, at least one of the flanges proximate neck sealingly engages the neck inner surface, and at least one of the flanges proximate to the shoulder sealing engages the shoulder inner surface. A fluid tube is retained by the stopper. The fluid tube extends from an inlet within the container outwardly through the mouth to an outlet outside the container.
US10329051B2	Drip stopper and packaging therefor A drip stopper for preventing the undesired falling of drops during pouring includes a substantially cylindrical wall having an insertion part for inserting into a bottleneck, and a pouring-out part. The wall has an axially parallel set-back in the form of a recess which extends over the axial length of the wall and makes is possible to adapt the drip stopper to bottlenecks of different widths.
US10329038B2	Fluid dispensing system with rotatable port assembly A fluid dispensing system includes a manifold port assembly having a housing with an inlet port and a plurality of outlet ports formed thereon and a carousel bounding a plurality of spaced apart fluid paths that each extend therethrough from a corresponding first end to an opposing corresponding second end, at least a portion of at least one of the fluid paths being completely radially encircled by the carousel at a spaced apart location from the housing. A fluid source is fluid coupled with the inlet port of the manifold port assembly. Each of a plurality of containers are fluid coupled with a select one of the outlet ports of the manifold port assembly. A motor is coupled with the carousel for rotating the carousel relative to the housing.
US10329035B2	Fecal collection bag retention device for use in zero gravity A fecal canister for use in a space application has a canister body extending from an inlet end toward a remote end. Hooks are aligned along an inner surface of the canister from the inlet end towards the remote end. In embodiments, a compaction lid, or a storage bag catch on the hooks to maintain a compacted position.
US10329024B2	Non conducting material A heater of a piece of aeronautic equipment is intended to be arranged at the skin of an aircraft. The equipment includes a part intended to be arranged at the skin of the aircraft and elements for heating the part. The heating element include a thermodynamic loop including a closed circuit in which a heat transfer fluid circulates, the closed circuit including an evaporator and a zone in which a condensation of the heat transfer fluid can occur in the appendage to heat it. Outside the evaporator, the circuit in which the fluid circulates is formed by a tubular channel with an empty section. At least part of the equipment is made from a material with a low heat conductivity.
US10329022B2	Adjustable sensor or sensor network to selectively enhance identification of select chemical species An environmental control system (ECS) having contaminants in supply air that flows into an environment includes an outside air contaminant component that senses contaminants in outside air, wherein the outside air contaminant component is upstream of the environment, A recirculated air contaminant component is provided and that senses contaminants in recirculated air supplied by the environment, wherein the recirculated air contaminant component is downstream of the environment. A voltage supply provides a non-linear variable voltage to at least one of the components. A controller is in communication with the components and the voltage supply; wherein, upon a measured resistance, from at least one of the components, that exceeds a threshold, the controller varies at least one of an outside air flow and a recirculated air flow in the ECS.
US10329020B2	Integrated deployable leg rest for reclining passenger seats Described are reclining passenger seats having deployable leg rests coupled to the seat bottom. An actuator, which may be a gas cylinder, spring, or electric motor, moves the deployable leg rest between stowed and deployed positions. A locking mechanism may be used to stabilize the deployable leg rest in the stowed position, the deployed position, or any intermediate position. The coupling of the deployable leg rest to the seat bottom allows for a greater range of movement with a lighter, more compact mechanism.
US10329014B2	Aircraft having M-wings An aircraft has a vertical takeoff and landing fight mode and a forward flight mode. The aircraft includes an airframe with first and second M-wings each having a pair of leading apexes with swept forward and swept back portions extending therefrom at a swept angle. A propulsion system includes a plurality of propulsion assemblies each attached to the airframe proximate one of the leading apexes. Each of the propulsion assemblies includes a rotor assembly having a tilting degree of freedom. A flight control system is operable to control the propulsion assemblies including tilting the rotor assemblies to generate variable thrust vectors that have a maximum angle that is generally congruent with the swept angles of the M-wings.
US10329010B2	Aircraft wing comprising a controllable-attack wing tip An aircraft wing, including a main part and a wing tip mounted mobile in attack relative to the main part.
US10329009B2	Composite wing edge attachment and method A composite edge of an aircraft wing includes a composite wing box skin panel, attached to an outward wing spar in an attachment region, and a composite ramp, upon an outer surface of the composite wing box skin panel. The composite wing box skin panel has a proximal end and a distal end, with an overhanging edge, with substantially constant thickness and ply count in the attachment region, the overhanging edge being without any joggle. The composite ramp has a maximum ramp thickness at the distal end, the distal end being set back from the overhanging edge, defining a shoulder, having a relief radius, on the overhanging edge. A composite wing edge skin panel, having a thickness substantially equal to the maximum ramp thickness, is attached to the composite wing box skin panel at the shoulder and adjacent to the distal end of the ramp.
US10329006B2	Aircraft external viewing system, apparatus, and method An aircraft viewing platform system and method that enables passengers to view the exterior of the aircraft while in flight includes a canopy assembly, a platform assembly supporting at least one seat, and an elevating mechanism to facilitate raising the platform into a volume of the canopy assembly extending through a fuselage cutout beyond the fuselage periphery. The system and method may include an actuating mechanism such as a jack screw or a telescoping system. The platform can have integrated rollers slide configured to roll in guide rails. The system can include a control panel that regulates the elevating mechanism motion. The control panel allows the viewer to move the platform. The platform can include a rotating pedestal to allow passengers have a 360-degree view of the aircraft exterior.
US10329005B2	Aircraft compression relief rod A tension-only member for a truss structure and a method of operating a vehicle with tension-only members is provided. Tension-only members readily deform when a compressive load is applied. The tension-only members may be a leaf spring, a strap, a cable, or a rope between two connector ends. The tension-only members are placed diagonally in a truss such that the tension-only members support a load applied in one direction but deflect when a load is applied in an opposite direction. A truss structure with such tension-only members can be flexible to enable a vehicle frame to which it is attached to flex.
US10328999B2	System for launch and recovery of remotely operated vehicles The present embodiments relate to launch and recovery systems for a remotely operated vehicle. The embodiments eliminate or minimize the need for load lines, and provide virtually unlimited excursion distances for remotely operated vehicles, limited only by the amount of tether available at the launch point. Further, the embodiments allow for extended deployments of ROVs by allowing recharging of a tether climbing component while submerged. The system can include a launch and recovery assembly, a tether climbing component, and a remotely operated vehicle attached to a remotely operated vehicle tether. The launch and recovery assembly deploys the remotely operated vehicle and the tether climbing component overboard, and the remotely operated vehicle is configured for tethered operation while maintaining the tether climbing component at a desired depth.
US10328993B2	Bicycle steerer tube with variant stiffness A bicycle steerer tube is adapted to reside in a plane of travel of the bicycle. A thickness at a point on the wall of the steerer tube body in a lower section thereof varies as a function of the cross-sectional angle of the point to the plane of travel, with the wall thickness being at a maximum in the plane of travel. An inner wall of the lower section may be elliptical, with a minor axis aligned with the plane of travel and a major axis orthogonal to the plane of travel.
US10328983B2	Closure system for connecting a first assembly to a second assembly A closure system for connecting a first assembly to a second assembly includes a first closure device which includes a first closure part, which is to be arranged on the first assembly and includes a first magnetic element and a second closure part, which is to be fastened to the second assembly and includes a second magnetic element. The first closure part and the second closure part can be attached to each other along a closing direction and are mechanically latched with each other in a closed position. A second closure device serves for releasably fastening the second closure part to the second assembly. The second closure device includes a traction element arranged on the second closure part and a tensioning device connected to the traction element, wherein the tensioning device can be actuated to tension the traction element for fastening the second closure part to the second assembly.
US10328979B2	Connecting device for connecting an adjustable spoiler blade to a vehicle A connecting device for connecting an adjustable spoiler blade to a vehicle includes a basic body including: a fastening interface having a Z clearance in a Z direction for fastening to spoiler kinematics of the vehicle in at least two different Z relative positions with respect to the spoiler kinematics, wherein an alignment body is fastened to the basic body, and an alignment interface having an XY clearance in an X direction and a Y direction for fastening in at least two different XY relative positions with respect to the basic body. The basic body has a spoiler interface for fastening of the spoiler blade and furthermore at least one adjuster for setting a Z relative position.
US10328976B2	Axle support for a multi-track motor vehicle The invention relates to an axle support for a multi-track motor vehicle, having a first side member, a second side member, and at least one cross member connecting the first side member and the second side member to one another, wherein at least one control arm is articulated at bearing points of the first side member and of the second side member to connect a wheel carrier for a wheel of the motor vehicle. In doing so, a provision is that each of the bearing points is arranged in a bearing connection area of the corresponding side member, in which the side member has less stiffness perpendicular to its longitudinal extension than away from the bearing connection area.
US10328973B2	Assisting drivers with roadway lane changes The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for assisting drivers with roadway lane changes. In general, aspects of the invention are used in motorized vehicles to guide a driver to a more efficiently operating lane of a multi-lane roadway. A lane recommendation can be based on sensed and/or communicated aspects of surrounding vehicles (e.g., speed, acceleration, etc.). Lane recommendations can be communicated to a driver with audio and/or visual cues. In one aspect, images of surrounding roadway are augmented with additional data to highlight lanes, lane change locations, other vehicles, etc. Lane recommendations can be revised in (essentially) real-time in response to changing conditions in a roadway environment (e.g., a vehicle in a neighboring lane has changed speed).
US10328967B2	Column blind device A column blind device includes a blind which covers a gap between a lower instrument-panel support portion and a column cover, an instrument-panel support to which one end of the blind is fastened, and a cover support to which the another end of the blind is fastened. Furthermore, in a vehicle front-rear direction, the instrument-panel support is provided at a position which is an intermediate position of the cover support between a foremost position and a rearmost position of the cover support.
US10328964B1	Double stroller The double stroller is a stroller that is configured for use with a plurality of children. The double stroller comprises an anterior seat and a posterior seat. The occupant of the anterior seat faces the anterior direction of the stroller. The occupant of the posterior seat faces the posterior direction of the stroller. The double stroller comprises a seating assembly, a frame, and a storage bin. The seating assembly forms the anterior seat and the posterior seat. The frame supports the seating assembly above the supporting surface upon which the double stroller is placed. The storage bin is a space dedicated to the storage of miscellaneous items.
US10328955B2	Plug door opening-closing device and plug door device A plug door opening-closing apparatus, which is adapted for use with a vehicle having a vehicle front-rear direction and a vehicle width direction, includes a door hanger configured to be coupled to a door panel of the vehicle, a movable guide configured to guide movement of the door hanger in the front-rear direction and move in the width direction, a guide support member that guides movement of the movable guide in the width direction, and an interlock mechanism mechanically connected to the movable guide.
US10328954B2	Railcar end doors as bridge plates A railcar system that includes a first railcar comprising a first plurality of decks and a first plurality of end doors adjacent to a respective deck of the first plurality of decks. The railcar system further comprises a second railcar comprising a second plurality of decks and a second plurality of end doors adjacent to a respective deck of the second plurality of decks. Each of the first plurality of end doors and the second plurality of end doors is configurable between a vertical orientation and a horizontal orientation. The railcar system is further configured such that when a first end door of the first plurality of end doors of the first railcar is in its horizontal orientation it aligns with a second end door of the second plurality of end doors of the second railcar when the second end door is in its horizontal orientation.
US10328951B2	Vehicle control system, vehicle control method, and vehicle control program A vehicle control system includes an automated driving controller configured to execute automated driving of a vehicle by automatically performing at least one of speed control and steering control of the vehicle, an operation reception section configured to receive an operation to switch a shift position of the vehicle, and an operation controller configured to limit reception, by the operation reception section, of the operation to switch the shift position while the automated driving is being executed by the automated driving controller.
US10328943B2	Integrated control method for engine and transmission An integrated control method is provided for an engine and a transmission and the method is capable of integrally controlling the engine and the transmission, based on a control correlation between the engine and the transmission. This method determines a target engine operating point reflecting a driving state of a vehicle and a driver's intention to accelerate, in an integrated control map having an engine control area and a transmission control area. The method calculates a target shift ratio based on the target engine operating point, thus being capable of significantly saving a man-hour required to set a map as compared to a conventional control method in which an engine torque map and a shift pattern map are individually set, and improving fuel efficiency.
US10328941B2	Driving assistance device A driving assistance system includes a deactivation controller that controls deactivation of Automatic Lane Change (ALC) control and a second driving assistance control (such as lane keeping control). During the ALC control, the deactivation controller deactivates the ALC central when, for example, a control amount by a driver of a steering wheel or the like has exceeded a first deactivation threshold value. During the second driving assistance control, the deactivation controller deactivates the second driving assistance control when, for example, the control amount has exceeded a second deactivation threshold value. The first deactivation threshold value and the second deactivation threshold value are set to differ from each other.
US10328932B2	Parking assist system with annotated map generation A driver assistance system of a vehicle includes at least one vehicle environmental sensor having a field of sensing exterior of the vehicle. A sensor data processor is operable to process sensor data captured by the sensor. When the vehicle is operated, the sensor data processor receives captured sensor data that is representative of the vehicle surrounding scene. The sensor data processor fuses the sensor data with map data to generate an annotated master map of the scene captured by the sensor. A display device is operable to display information for viewing by a driver of the vehicle. The displayed information is derived at least in part from the annotated master map and is displayed for viewing by the driver of the vehicle who is executing a maneuver of the vehicle.
US10328931B2	Method for operating a hybrid vehicle and hybrid vehicle A hybrid vehicle has a drive comprising an internal combustion engine, has an energy converter comprising an electric machine that can be operated for recuperation purposes, and has a control unit that is operatively connected to an operating element, to the drive and to the energy converter. The hybrid vehicle glides when the drive is not in the propulsion mode of operation and with an electric motor operated in a recuperation intensity stage in a first drive state. Based on the control unit having made the determination that the operating element was actuated, the determination is made in the control unit as to whether a condition is present, whereby the duration of the actuation of the operating element is determined and it is determined in a comparison that the duration is below the time threshold value. If the condition is present, a changeover is made from the first drive state to a second drive state in which the hybrid vehicle is then operated.
US10328926B2	Method and control device for operating a hybrid vehicle A method for operating a hybrid vehicle, wherein the hybrid vehicle has an electric engine, an electric traction energy accumulator interacting with the electric engine, an internal combustion engine, and a fuel tank interacting with the internal combustion engine, includes starting from a purely electric driving mode in which the internal combustion engine is shut down and in which a shut-off valve of the fuel tank is closed, opening the shut-off valve of the fuel tank and starting up the internal combustion engine depending on defined operating conditions. The defined operating conditions include a current charging state of the traction energy accumulator and a current pressure in the fuel tank.
US10328924B2	Systems and methods for a split exhaust engine system Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation to an intake passage via a first exhaust manifold and exhaust gas to an exhaust passage via a second exhaust manifold. In one example, the engine system may be installed in a hybrid vehicle, and, in response to a request to restart the engine while the vehicle is being propelled via motor torque only, the engine may be rotated unfueled via the motor torque at less than cranking speed while at least partially opening a valve disposed in a passage coupled between the first exhaust manifold and the intake passage. In another example, in response to the request to restart the engine, all exhaust valves of a second set of exhaust valves coupled to the second exhaust manifold may be deactivated.
US10328897B1	Authorized remote control Some embodiments provide a vehicle navigation system which can navigate a vehicle through an environment based on driving commands received from a remote control system based on manual operator interaction with an interface of the remote control system. Remote driving control can be engaged based on determination, via processing vehicle sensor data, of a health emergency associated with one or more occupants of the vehicle, and the remote control system can generate remote driving commands which cause the vehicle to be navigated to a particular location without requiring the occupant associated with the health emergency to manually navigate the vehicle. The remote control system can monitor the occupant via communicated vehicle sensor data and can control remote control devices included in the vehicle to provide external indication that the vehicle is being navigated according to remote driving control.
US10328896B2	Vehicle theft avoidance systems and associated methods A vehicle theft avoidance system for improving vehicle security is disclosed. The system includes an awareness system configured to detect an unauthorized object near a vehicle, and a control system in communication with the awareness system and configured to automatically issue a warning if the awareness system detects the unauthorized object near the vehicle.
US10328895B2	Seatbelt pretensioning retractor assembly including a pretensioner rod A seatbelt pretensioning retractor assembly for use in a passenger vehicle is provided. The pretensioning assembly includes a tube in fluid communication with a gas generator and a driving element disposed therein that travels in a first direction in response to actuation of the gas generator. The driving element includes a polymer rod with a recessed portion. A stopper is coupled to an end portion of the polymer rod. The tube includes a projection extending within the tube adjacent to the exit to define a constriction portion. The constriction portion is sized to permit the recessed portion of the polymer rod to pass therethrough while preventing the stopper from passing therethrough. The polymer rod has a retention feature for releasably engaging the projection.
US10328894B2	Switchable retractor A switchable retractor system includes a retractor with a spool. The spool is rotatable in an extension direction for extending a web and in a retraction direction for retracting the web. A first clutch has an engaged state where the first clutch inhibits rotation of the spool in the extension direction and a disengaged state where the first clutch allows rotation of the spool in the extension direction. A release actuator actuates the first clutch into the disengaged state when actuated by a user to allow extension of the web. A second clutch has a locked state where the second clutch inhibits rotation of the spool in the retraction direction and an unlocked state where the second clutch allows rotation of the spool in the retraction direction. A tension actuator actuates the second clutch into the unlocked state when actuated to allow retraction of the web into the retractor.
US10328889B2	Vehicle occupant protection device A vehicle occupant protection device has an airbag main body that is formed as a single integrated bag body that covers a head portion of a vehicle occupant and includes a forward-inflating portion housed in a headrest or in a seat back of a vehicle seat, and which inflates and deploys when supplied with gas, and which inflates on a seat front side of the head portion, and a pair of left and right side-inflating portions which inflate on seat side portions of the head portion. This vehicle occupant protection device also has a sub-bag portion that is provided in at least one of the forward-inflating portion and the side-inflating portions, and that, when an internal pressure inside the airbag main body reaches a predetermined value or greater, inflates after receiving an inflow of gas from at least one of the forward-inflating portion and the side-inflating portions.
US10328886B2	Module cover, arrangement of a module cover between a vehicle roof and a vehicle ceiling, airbag module, and vehicle safety system The invention relates to a module cover (40) for an airbag (10) and/or an airbag module for being arranged beneath a vehicle roof (56), especially in the area of an upper windscreen rim, wherein the module cover (40) comprises a module cover panel (41) having a rear side (42) pointing to the vehicle roof (56) during use and a front side (43) pointing away from the vehicle roof (56) during use. In accordance with the invention, the module cover panel (41) comprises an elongate clearance portion (44) preferably formed over the entire width (B) of the module cover panel (41) in the form of an elongate indentation (49) configured in the front side (43) of the module cover panel (41).
US10328885B2	Vehicle seat with side airbag Disclosed is a vehicle seat with a side airbag, which includes an airbag module with an airbag cushion accommodated therein; a seat back frame with the airbag module mounted thereto; and a seat back pad provided with bolsters protruding forward at opposite sides thereof, with an accommodation space being formed in an outboard one of the bolsters by coupling the outboard bolster to the seat back frame, thereby allowing the airbag module to be accommodated therein, wherein the seat back pad includes a body part, and a guide part formed in an inboard portion of an inner surface of the outboard bolster to guide deployment of the airbag cushion, and the body part and the guide part are made of materials having different rigidity from each other.
US10328883B2	Roll over protection system rattle reduction A roll over protection system for a vehicle having a first upright portion with a first end and a second end defining a first aperture, a second upright portion having a first end and a second end defining a second aperture, a third upright portion having a first end defining a first borehole and connected to first upright portion and a second end having a second borehole and connected to the second portion, a first pin and a first bushing are positioned in the first aperture and the first borehole, a second pin and a second bushing are positioned in the second aperture and the second borehole, the first and second bushings having first inner diameters that are greater than second inner diameters, the first and second pins having diameters that are greater than the second inner diameters and less than or equal to the first inner diameters.
US10328882B2	Rollover protective body for a rollover protective device of a motor vehicle A rollover protective device for a motor vehicle has a rollover protective body (1) with a top side. A deformation cross bar (2) is attached to the top side of the rollover protective body (1) and has hollow profile body (3). The deformation cross bar (2) has at least one reinforcing body (4) inserted into the hollow profile body (3).
US10328881B2	Component for vehicle interior A component for a vehicle interior configured to deform under a load is disclosed. An armrest for a vehicle interior configured to deform under a load is disclosed. A method for forming the armrest is disclosed. The armrest may comprise a substrate and base formed on the substrate. The base may comprise a core and a surface (or skin). The core may comprise a material configured to deform under a load (e.g. impact). The method for forming the armrest may comprise the steps of: (a) placing the substrate in a mold and (b) forming the base on the substrate. A coating may be provided in the mold. The substrate may be formed from a plastic material such as a thermoplastic material to provide a structure. The base of the armrest may be formed from a plastic material such as a polyurethane foam material to form the core with integral surface/skin.
US10328878B2	Vehicle rollover sensing system using driving information for optimization A vehicle rollover sensing system using driving information for optimization includes a longitudinal-velocity estimator determining a longitudinal velocity of a vehicle using a wheel speed, a steering angle, and GPS vehicle velocity information; a lateral-velocity estimator determining a lateral velocity of the vehicle using the longitudinal velocity, a yaw rate, a steering angle, a lateral acceleration, and GPS vehicle heading direction information; a rollover type determinater deciding a rollover type of the vehicle using the longitudinal velocity and the lateral velocity of the vehicle; and a restraint device deployment determinater determining whether or not to deploy a vehicle restraint device according to the decision by the rollover type determinater.
US10328874B2	Method for handling case of detecting unauthorized frame transmitted over onboard network An anomaly handling method that suitably handles a case where the possibility of a vehicle being unauthorizedly controlled so as to suppress the effects thereof is provided. In an anomaly handling method used in one or a plurality of electronic control units installed in one vehicle, an inter-vehicle communication message transmitted from a device installed in the other vehicle is received as an anomaly detection notification, the anomaly detection notification being issued when an unauthorized frame is detected on an onboard network installed in another vehicle, and an anomaly handling processing is selected from a plurality of predetermined anomaly handling processing in accordance with the received content to transition to a safe state for example, and the selected anomaly handling processing is executed.
US10328862B2	Adjustable receiver structure The adjustable receiver structure has a tongue which is mountable into a standard receiver and can be clamped therein. The tongue carries a body and inner and outer arms successively pivoted on the body. The outer arm carries a lock bar and an auxiliary receiver. The lock bar is releasably attached to the body so that it is secured in place during locked condition. When unlocked, the lock bar and auxiliary receiver can swing to an out of the way position. Assembly positions can be selected to choose the assembled height.
US10328857B2	Door mirror device A door mirror includes a first attachment section in which an abutting portion is provided at a plating visor so as to extend along a vehicle up-down direction, and in which a restricting portion that abuts the abutting portion is provided at a visor cover; and a second attachment section in which an engagement portion is provided at the plating visor so as to extend along the vehicle up-down direction, and in which a catch portion that engages with the engagement portion is provided at the visor cover.
US10328853B2	Method and system for providing an escape route from a vehicle Methods and systems of an electrical vehicle are provided that detect a power system fault, determine a presence of at least one occupant in the vehicle, and determine an escape route from the vehicle for the at least one occupant. In determining the escape route, the vehicle determines an environment around the vehicle, a location of the power system fault in the vehicle, and a location of the at least one occupant in the vehicle. Based on this information, the vehicle provides an escape route from the vehicle to direct the at least one occupant to a safe area outside of the vehicle. The escape route is provided to the user via at least one display device associated with the vehicle.
US10328851B2	Vehicle and control method thereof Disclosed are a vehicle and a control method thereof, and more particularly, a technique for acquiring location information of a pedestrian near a vehicle, predicting a movement path of the pedestrian, and outputting warning sounds in a direction toward where the pedestrian is moving. The vehicle includes an imaging device configured to capture an image of a pedestrian near the vehicle, a detection sensor configured to acquire location information of the pedestrian, a controller configured to predict a movement route of the pedestrian based on the acquired location information of the pedestrian and generate a control signal for outputting warning sounds in a direction toward where the pedestrian is moving based on the predicted movement route of the pedestrian; and a speaker array configured to output the warning sounds in the direction toward where the pedestrian is moving based on the generated control signal.
US10328824B2	Vehicle operations based on biometric fingerprint analysis Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for enacting various driving profiles based on identifying the age and gender of the user. Initially, identifying information is acquired from a user of a vehicle. An identification program determines whether the driver is known, by comparing the identifying information to a set of stored identifying information. If the driver of the vehicle is known, as the identifying information from the user is similar to stored identifying information, then a specific driver profile associated with the specific driver is activated. If the driver is not known, as the identifying information from the user of the vehicle is not similar to the stored identifying information, then the age and gender of the user of the vehicle is determined. Based on the determined age and gender of the driver of the vehicle, various vehicle setting ranges are enacted.
US10328822B2	Adjustable seat and support system An improved system to raise and lower a seat by a simplified substantially parallelogram or non-parallelogram motion. By replacing two of the links of a parallelogram seat lift system with an arc, or a straight link as a mechanically defined path for a pivot to follow, space and material can be saved to fit an adjustable seat on an ATV or any type of support system. The system can be useful on many varieties of vehicles and other adjustable supports.
US10328812B2	Power supply system for vehicle control unit and method thereof A power supply system with automatic switchover voltage for vehicle control unit is proposed. The system comprises a supply communication module configured to communicate with a vehicle control unit, the supply communication module comprising a power supply module to provide power for a vehicle control unit; and a communication device coupled to the supply communication module for showing power supply status; wherein the supply communication module provides a first direct voltage and communicates with the vehicle control unit before supplying power, and if the supply communication module does not receive any message from the vehicle control unit within a first time interval, the supply communication module automatically switches to a second direct voltage from the first direct voltage or automatically increases the first direct voltage within a second time interval, and supplies power to the vehicle control unit; and wherein the second direct voltage is greater than the first direct voltage.
US10328810B2	Charging device A charging device for electric vehicles includes two power sources interacting with a primary inductive device. The charging device also includes an input circuit having a first input connectable to a first power source, a second input and at least one output connectable to a charger, a secondary inductive device capable of being coupled to the primary inductive device for energy transfer between the primary inductive device and the secondary inductive device, thereby generating an induced electric signal at the output of the secondary inductive device, and a converter from the induced electric signal to an electric signal towards the second power supply input of the input circuit, the converter being configured such that the electric signal is similar to the electric signal of the first power source.
US10328804B2	Vehicle and control method for vehicle An ECU executes a program including: a step of setting a threshold β as a shutdown threshold when, during a power supply operation, a duration of a power supply stoppage exceeds a first time; a step of stopping an operation of an engine or prohibiting the engine from operating; and a step of executing system shutdown processing when an SOC of a storage apparatus falls to or below the shutdown threshold or the duration of the power supply stoppage exceeds a second time.
US10328802B2	Systems and methods for adaptive braking using brake wear data System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to adapting a manner of braking according to brake wear of friction brakes of a vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying whether brake wear of at least one of the friction brakes satisfies a threshold for modifying a deceleration pattern of the vehicle. The deceleration pattern indicates how regenerative brakes and the friction brakes are engaged to decelerate the vehicle individually for each wheel of the vehicle. The method includes adjusting the deceleration pattern according to at least the brake wear of the at least one of the friction brakes to transition braking from the at least one of the friction brakes to the regenerative brakes. The method includes controlling the vehicle to decelerate according to the deceleration pattern upon receiving a control input.
US10328799B2	Automatic transmission A clutch assembly for a transmission having a gear radially supported relative to a shaft in which the clutch assembly includes a clutch plate rotationally coupled to the shaft. The clutch plate further includes an engaged state whereby a surface of the clutch plate abuts a surface of the gear to rotationally couple the gear to the shaft and a disengaged state whereby the clutch surface is spaced from the gear surface to rotationally uncouple the gear and the clutch plate. A transmission assembly includes a first shaft, a second shaft, and a plurality of gears interconnecting the first shaft and the second shaft such that each gear of the plurality of gears is radially supported by one of the first and second shafts. The transmission assembly can further include a plurality of the clutch assemblies.
US10328798B2	Work vehicle Work vehicle includes an operation lever pivoting forward and backward stepwise through a plurality of operation positions; and a detent type retention mechanism holding the operation lever in each of the operation positions. The retention mechanism includes a coupling member coupled to the operation lever; and a retention member holding the operation lever via the coupling member. The operation lever and the retention mechanism are provided separately from each other, aligned in a direction intersecting with a pivot support shaft of the operation lever. The operation lever and the coupling member are reciprocally connected via a linking mechanism.
US10328793B2	Methods and systems for compressed natural gas (CNG) Provided is a compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel system that can include a frame and at least one container. The frame can include a first side and a second side, with each side being configured to partly define a portion of an interior space. The at least one container can be configured to house or contain CNG and can be engaged to and partly encased by the frame. The at least one container can be partly located within the interior space of at least one of the first side or the second side. The frame assembly can be engaged to a chassis of a vehicle such that the at least one container is located either at least partially underneath a cab of the vehicle or at least partially behind a cab of the vehicle.
US10328788B2	Electric drive unit for a wheel of a motor vehicle and wheel suspension for the wheels of an axle of a motor vehicle An electric drive unit for a wheel of a motor vehicle, including an electric motor for driving a drive shaft joined to the wheel in a manner resistant to rotation. The drive shaft is disposed coaxial to the rotor of the electric motor and is joined thereto in a rotation-resistant manner. The drive shaft is joined to the rotor of the electric motor in a rotation-resistant and axially moveable manner via a bearing.
US10328787B2	Drive device for a hybrid-drive motor vehicle A drive device for a hybrid-drive motor vehicle, having an internal combustion engine as a primary drive, an electric engine as a secondary drive, and having planetary gear units that are coupled with one another that can be shifted into different gear steps through shift elements and brakes. The planetary gear units being connectable to a common output shaft by way of input elements and output elements. The reaction elements thereof can be coupled or firmly braked, wherein the drive device can be operated in an electromotor drive, a primary drive having gear steps (gears), or in a hybrid drive.
US10328785B2	Power transmission apparatus of hybrid electric vehicle A power transmission apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle includes an input unit including four input shafts disposed with several input gears, torque converting unit including a planetary gear set having rotational elements connected with the input shafts, and a shifting output unit for shifting torques received from the input shafts and outputting the shifted torque.
US10328776B2	Flexible substrate connectors Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed including6 a connector for a flexible substrate including a first connector piece including a first plurality of through holes and a second connector piece including a second plurality of through holes, the second connector piece disposable in opposition to the first connector piece to align the first plurality of through holes and the second plurality of through holes to define, via the first plurality of through holes and the second plurality of through holes, a grommet and a plurality of fastener receivers. The connector also includes a channel, defined at least in part by the first connector piece, extending across the first connector piece.
US10328773B2	Air vent for vehicle The present invention relates to an air vent for a vehicle, provided with a damper for opening or closing the air path of a duct housing with improved operation quality and convenience. The air vent for a vehicle comprises: a duct housing (20) having an air path inside, a vane member for adjusting air discharge direction, a damper (21) for opening or closing the air path and a cover fixing boss (22) formed in an outside surface; a dial knob (30) rotationally coupled to the duct housing (20) and having a knob coupling hole (31); a damper rotation member (40) coupled to a damper (21) rotation shaft and having a pinion gear (41); a knob connector (50) having protruded coupling members (51), of which one is fitted into the knob coupling hole (31); a damper connector (60) link-connected to the knob connector (50), provided with a rack gear (61) to be engaged with the pinion gear (41), and having a guide hole (62) placed by the cover fixing boss (22) of the duct housing (20); and a guide cover (70) having an insertion part (71) fitted with the cover fixing boss (22), and a finishing part (72) coupled to the cover fixing boss (22) by a coupling member (73).
US10328771B2	System and method of controlling an oil return cycle for a refrigerated container of a vehicle A compressor compresses a refrigerant. A eutectic plate cools a refrigerated space. An evaporator cools the refrigerated space. A mixture of the refrigerant and an oil flows through the evaporator and the eutectic plate. A control module controls the compressor, a first valve that permits or prevents flow of the mixture to the eutectic plate, and a second valve that permits or prevents flow of the mixture to the evaporator. In response to a temperature of the refrigerated space being greater than a predetermined temperature, the control module: increases a speed of the compressor; operates the compressor at the increased speed for a predetermined time period; after the predetermined period: opens the second valve; and closes the first valve, where the control module opens the second valve before closing the first valve, and decreases the speed of the compressor after closing the first valve.
US10328768B2	Temperature door for HVAC to facilitate blending A temperature door for an air handling system of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a first sealing surface and a second sealing surface spaced apart from the first sealing surface. A third surface extends between the first sealing surface and the second sealing surface. A plurality of cells is formed on the third surface.
US10328766B2	Rooftop-mounted air-conditioning installation A rooftop-mounted air-conditioning installation, in particular for the roof of a bus, has at least having a condenser unit and an evaporator unit. It has an air-flow duct with at least one air intake opening and one air discharge opening. A heat exchanger and a radial fan are arranged in the air-flow duct between the air intake opening and the air discharge opening. An axis of rotation of a fan wheel of the radial fan is oriented parallel to an air flow main direction that extends through the air-flow duct from the at least one air intake opening through the heat exchanger to the radial fan.
US10328760B2	Vehicle suspension and method for controlling same A vehicle suspension system having a twist beam axle including a crossbeam and two trailing arms connected thereto. The rear ends of each trailing arm, in the motor vehicle longitudinal direction, having with a wheel mount for fastening a motor vehicle wheel. The front ends of each trailing arm connected via a bearing to the motor vehicle body. Each bearing associated with a MEMS designed as an actuator wherein movements of the bearings and therefore the twist beam axle about the vertical motor vehicle axis can be caused or unfavorable movements of the twist beam axle can be counteracted.
US10328750B2	Tire comprising a layer of circumferential reinforcing elements Tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of at least two working crown layers of reinforcing elements, a first layer C of rubber compound being placed between at least the ends of the said at least two working crown layers, a second layer S of polymer compound being in contact with at least one working crown layer and in contact with the carcass reinforcement and the crown reinforcement comprising at least one layer of circumferential reinforcing elements. The elastic modulus under tension at 10% elongation of the first layer C is less than 8 MPa, the maximum tan(δ) value, denoted tan(δ)max, of the first layer C is less than 0.100, and the complex dynamic shear modulus G*, measured at 10% and 60° C. on the return cycle, of the said second layer S of polymer compound is greater than 1.35 MPa.
US10328748B1	Offset casters, computing device supports, systems for supporting a computing device, and methods of use An offset caster is described. The offset caster includes a wheel, an axle connected to the wheel, and an offset base connected to the axle. The offset base is offset by a distance. The offset base includes a connection to a computing device support. Computing device supports that include at least one offset caster are described. Systems for moving a computing device that include a computing device and a computing device support with at least one offset caster are described.
US10328740B2	Slide tray [Object] To provide a slide tray having excellent practicality, convenience, and the like.[Solving Means] A slide tray includes a slide tray body having a first surface on which one or more slides can be mounted, and one or more first convex portions that protrude from the first surface of the slide tray body and set an area in which paper sheets can be mounted on the first surface while being held from one side in a first axis direction of two axis directions orthogonal to each other on the first surface.
US10328738B2	Security element comprising a masking structure containing a mixture of nanometric fillers A security element, preferably a security wire, for a secure document, may include a masking structure for reducing the visibility of a surface of the element when the latter is located inside the document or on the surface thereof, the masking structure comprising a mixture of at least two nanometric fillers.
US10328736B2	Highly flexible foil composite material and its use in card bodies A foil composite material usable as a layer in a card body of a portable data carrier, that includes one outer plastic layer, one inner plastic layer and one second outer plastic layer. All the layers jointly form a coextruded composite, and the plastic of one outer layer is a thermoplastic polymer or a mixture thereof. The plastic of the one inner layer is a mixture of at least one thermoplastic elastomer and at least one thermoplastic polymer. The plastic of the second outer layer is a thermoplastic polymer or a mixture thereof.
US10328727B2	Printing apparatus, printing speed control method of printing apparatus, printed product of printing apparatus, and printed product generating method of printed product There is provided a printing apparatus of the present invention including: a printing portion which performs printing by a line type printing head; a transport portion which transports a printing medium along a transport path that faces the printing head; a region detection portion which analyzes printing data and detects a non-printing region which is a region that does not become a target of a printing operation; and a transport control portion which controls a transport speed when the non-printing region passes through the printing head to be higher than a transport speed when the other printing region passes through the printing head, in which the transport control portion performs an acceleration control at least at a part while the non-printing region passes through the printing head and performs a constant speed control while the other printing region passes through the printing head.
US10328724B2	Printing system with a printing fluid collector Certain examples described herein relate to printing systems and methods of operating the same. In an example of a printing system, a porosity determiner determines a porosity of a print medium and a signal generator generates a signal relating to a state of a printing fluid collector based on the porosity determined. In an example of a method of operating a printing system, a pressure measurement is obtained from a vacuum system of the printing system when a print medium is present on a media path of the printing system. This is compared to at least one predefined pressure range and, based on the comparison, an indication is provided setting out a state of a printing fluid collector.
US10328713B2	Image processing apparatus determining finalized band data which is capable of being printed by one scanning of print head An image processing apparatus extracts provisional band data from image data. The apparatus calculates near white number for a target line. The near white number is number of pairs of first and second pixels. The first pixel is located on the target line, the second pixel is in positionally adjacent relation to the first pixel. At least one of the first pixel and the second pixel is a near white pixel. In a case where a prescribed border condition is met for the target line, the apparatus determines finalized band data so that a finalized band image includes at least part of the provisional band image, and has the target line as a borderline. In a case where a specific condition is met, the apparatus changes the target line to one of a plurality of candidate lines which is not selected as the target line.
US10328712B2	Inkjet printing machine A controlling unit performs the following operations: (i) the controlling unit drives a pump with a direct valve closed and an air compression valve opened in initial filling of an inkjet head with ink; (ii) the controlling unit closes the air compression valve when a tip of ink introduced in an ink route reaches a prescribed position between a joining joint part and the air compression valve; (iii) the controlling unit stops the pump and opens the direct valve after closing the air compression valve; (iv) the controlling unit closes the direct valve and opens the air compression valve after the ink, which flows backward due to restoration of compressed air between the air compression valve and the ink, moves air in a direct route into the ink cartridge; and (v) the controlling unit drives the pump to fill the inkjet head with ink.
US10328710B2	Recording apparatus A recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink supply section, a carriage, and a detection unit. The ink supply section supplies ink to the recording head. The carriage reciprocates in predetermined directions and is provided with the recording head and includes a passage junction to be connected to or disconnected from an ink passage formed between the ink supply section and the recording head. The detection unit converts a result of detecting a detection target into an electrical signal. One of the detection target and the detection unit is mounted in the carriage. The carriage has an ink guiding mechanism that guides the ink from a region positioned below the passage junction in a vertical direction to the detection target or an installation part for the detection unit.
US10328709B2	Inkjet recording apparatus capable of initialize ink quantity information based on quantity of ink injected into ink chamber An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a tank; a recording head; a memory: a display; an operation interface; and a controller. The memory stores an ink quantity information including: a first threshold value; and a count value. The controller is configured to perform: an inference process to infer whether ink has been injected into the ink chamber through the inlet; an inquiry process to inquire whether ink has been injected into the ink chamber up to a maximum storage quantity thereof; a first initialization process to set the ink quantity information to a first initial value with which a first difference between the first threshold value and the count value becomes maximum within the prescribed range; and a second initialization process to set the ink quantity information to a second initial value with which the first difference is smaller than the first difference with the first initial value.
US10328708B2	Liquid consuming apparatus including liquid tank with rotatable cover There is provided a liquid consuming apparatus including: a tank having a liquid storing chamber, an erected wall through which the liquid inside the liquid storage chamber is visible from outside of the tank, and an inlet which is formed to penetrate through the erected wall and via which the liquid is poured into the liquid storage chamber; a liquid consuming section which consumes the liquid stored in the liquid storing chamber; and a cover. A transmitting section and a checking section are formed in an upper surface, of the cover, under a condition that the cover is in the exposure position, the transmitting section configured to transmit information optically to a user of the liquid consuming apparatus and the checking section configured to prevent the liquid moving on a particular surface of the cover from arriving at the transmitting section.
US10328707B2	Liquid container Provided is a technique that makes it possible to mitigate impact acting on a liquid container. The liquid container includes a liquid storage portion that is surrounded by a plurality of wall portions, and contains liquid therein, and a plurality of contact portions that are provided on a first wall portion among the plurality of wall portions, and are in contact with terminals on-the-apparatus-side provided in a liquid consumption apparatus. The contact portions are provided at a position close to a first edge side, at least some of the plurality of contact portions form at least one column arranged along the first edge side, the liquid container includes protruding portions outward of outer contact portions, and the protruding portions are provided between an end portion the first edge side of the outer contact portions and the first edge side in a direction from the first edge side toward the column.
US10328704B2	Inkjet printer with ink receptor for receiving ink as waste liquid An inkjet printer includes: at least one ink receptor having a tray shape with a bottom plate and an opening facing upward and being horizontally movable; and a suction unit. The at least one ink receptor is configured to receive ink ejected from at least one inkjet head as waste liquid. The suction unit includes at least one suction nozzle arranged above the bottom plate within a movable range of the at least one ink receptor and is configured to suction the ink in the at least one ink receptor through the opening with the at least one suction nozzle.
US10328702B2	Nozzle plate, liquid ejection head using same, and recording device A nozzle plate includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a plurality of through holes which penetrate through the plate from the first surface to the second surface and become nozzles. Each of the through holes includes, on at least the first surface side forming the side where the liquid is ejected, an inversely tapered part having a cross-sectional area becoming larger toward the first surface. The first surface includes a first region and a second region which is not superimposed on the first region. A first through hole of one the through holes is arranged in the first region, a second through hole of one the through holes is arranged in the second region. When viewed from the first surface the width of the inversely tapered part in the first through hole is larger than the inversely tapered part in the second through hole.
US10328698B2	Liquid discharge apparatus A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a channel substrate; a first substrate; a piezoelectric element; a spacer, which is provided on a surface of the first substrate on which the piezoelectric element is disposed; a second substrate; and a bump electrode, wherein the spacer is provided between the bump electrode and the piezoelectric element and attached to at least one of the first and second substrates by an adhesive, and wherein both a space on a side of the piezoelectric element with respect to the spacer and a space on a side of the bump electrode with respect to the spacer are opened by at least one of a portion other than a portion of the spacer positioned between the piezoelectric element and the bump electrode and an opening provided in at least one of the first and second substrates.
US10328697B2	Electronic device Provided is an electronic device in which penetrating wires can be formed easily. The electronic device includes a sealing plate 33 having a first surface 41 to which a pressure chamber-forming plate 29 is connected and a second surface 42 which is on a side opposite from the first surface 41 and on which a drive IC 34 is provided; bump electrodes 40 which are arranged in a nozzle row direction on the first surface 41 of the sealing plate 33 and which output signals to piezoelectric elements 32; individual connection terminals 54 which are arranged in the nozzle row direction on the second surface 42 of the sealing plate 33 and to which the signals are inputted, wherein wires each of which connects one of the bump electrodes 40 to one of the individual connection terminals 54 corresponding to the bump electrode 40 each include a penetrating wire 45 formed inside a through hole 45a penetrating the sealing plate 33 and made of a conductor, the penetrating wires 45 are formed at positions away from the bump electrodes 40 or the individual connection terminals 54 in a direction perpendicular to the nozzle row direction, and each two of the penetrating wires 45 adjacent in the nozzle row direction are arranged at different positions in the direction perpendicular to the nozzle row direction.
US10328695B2	Fluid manifold A fluid manifold may include a number of blades and a number of end pieces securing the blades in place wherein the fluid manifold interfaces between a printhead die and a number of fluid source slots. A method of manufacturing a fluid manifold may include arranging a number of metal blades to form a relatively larger pitch between blades on a bottom side of the arranged blades than on a top side the arranged blades and mounting the arranged blades to a mounting structure formed to receive each blade as arranged.
US10328681B2	Vacuum laminating device Disclosed is a vacuum laminating device and a method of using such a vacuum laminating device to laminate a first object and a second object together. The vacuum laminating device comprises a first platform, a second platform, and a lifting pushrod that are receivable in a vacuum chamber; a bottom surface of the first platform is provided with a first adsorbing surface suitable for adsorbing the first object; the second platform is disposed below the first platform and configured to be movable up and down below the first platform so as to make a laminating contact with the first platform, and an upper surface of the second platform is provided with a second adsorbing surface facing the first adsorbing surface and being suitable for adsorbing the second object; and the lifting pushrod is disposed within a region where a central region of the second adsorbing surface is located, configured to be movable up and down independently below the first platform so as to push up a central portion of the second object so that the central portion make a laminating contact with the first object firstly. With the vacuum laminating device, air bubbles are expelled out from center to both sides of the laminated object, so that air bubbles are efficiently expelled out during a vacuum laminating process, and thereby de-bubbling processes are omitted and a laminating yield rate is significantly improved.
US10328675B2	Multilayer film and wound body The present invention provides a long-length multilayer film including a long-length optical film and a long-length protective, film that is releasable from the long-length optical film, wherein a three-dimensional center-line average roughness R1 of a surface of the optical film opposite to a surface on a side of the protective film, a three-dimensional center-line average roughness R2 of a surface of the protective film opposite to a surface on a side of the optical film, a tensile elastic modulus M1 in a lengthwise direction of the optical film, and a tensile elastic modulus M2 in a lengthwise direction of the protective film satisfy predetermined relationships: and a wound body of the multilayer film.
US10328667B2	Method for manufacturing stretchable sheet The present invention provides a method for continuously manufacturing a stretchable sheet (3) with a thread-shaped elastic body (7) fixed between a pair of belt-shaped sheets (50, 60) in a stretched state, the method including a supply process of introducing the fed thread-shaped elastic body (7) to elastic body winding means (14) in a stretched state, a conveyance process of continuously winding the thread-shaped elastic body (7) to a thread-conveying longitudinal structure (12, 13) using the elastic body winding means (14) and conveying the wound thread-shaped elastic body in a longitudinal direction of the structure (12, 14), and an integration process of fixing the thread-shaped elastic body (7) as sandwiching between the sheets (50, 60). In the supply process, the thread-shaped elastic body (7) is introduced to the elastic body winding means (14) while adjusting a speed of the thread-shaped elastic body (7) to be equal to or higher than a winding speed against the pair of conveying belts (12, 13) with speed adjusting means (15B) which is arranged at the upstream side of the elastic body winding means (14).
US10328665B2	Nonwoven fabric, and dust collecting filter, medium of microorganism or biological tissue, and cosmetic article, each having the same A nonwoven fabric contains a plurality of fibers having average fiber diameter Dave in a range from 10 nm to 3 μm, inclusive. The nonwoven fabric has a plurality of fusion portions among the plurality of fibers. The nonwoven fabric has a first principal surface and a second principal surface on an opposite side to the first principal surface. Average number Nh of the fusion portions observed per 500 μm2 on the first principal surface is six or more.
US10328664B2	Display device and electronic device A display device is disclosed, which includes: a support layer including a first surface, a second surface and a first side wall, wherein the first surface and the second surface locate at two opposite sides of the support layer, the first side wall connects the first surface and the second surface, a first angle is included between the first surface and the first side wall, and a second angle is included between the second surface and the first side wall; an adhesion layer disposed on the support layer; a base layer disposed on the adhesion layer; and plural transistors disposed on the base layer, wherein the first angle and the second angle are greater than 0 degree and less than 180 degrees, and the first angle and the second angle are different. In addition, an electronic device including the aforesaid display device is also disclosed.
US10328663B2	Plant irrigation device An irrigation device for facilitating growth of a plant includes a mat that is air and water permeable and has an opening through which a plant extends. A slit extends from the opening to a peripheral edge to facilitate placement of the mat around the plant. A drip tube is disposed within the mat between upper and lower surfaces, and has an open end connectable to a water source, and a series of emitters along the length thereof permitting water to exit the drip tube and through the lower surface of the mat. Stakes may extend through the mat and direct water into the ground towards roots of the plant.
US10328657B2	Decorative sheet with different beads in different layers A durable decorative sheet high in the ability to follow a curved surface with small appearance change by heat or elongation. A decorative sheet comprising a transparent resin film having two main surfaces, a transparent resin layer formed on the first main surface of the transparent resin film, a pattern printed layer arranged on the transparent resin layer, and a colored base film arranged on the second main surface of the transparent resin film. The transparent resin layer includes first beads, the pattern printed layer include second beads. The first beads are different from the second beads in content, color and/or particle size. The first beads and the second beads are embedded in the transparent resin layer and the pattern printed layer.
US10328654B2	System and method for producing a multi-layered board having a medium with improved structure A system and method for producing a board product made from paper products that have embossed medium that features an improved structural profile. The improved structural profile may include a triangular flute pattern wherein each flute may exhibit a first linear leg support and a second linear leg support that each support a center apex structure. The apex may have a substantially flat portion that is configured to engage a facing. As such, the board product may further include one or more facings that are adhesively coupled to the embossed medium. Further, the apex of each “triangle” may also have a groove or channel for receiving an adhesive in a continuous and uniform manner.
US10328652B2	Strip-winding method and strip-winding apparatus The strip-winding method, includes: a first step of supplying a strip to a wound body including an inclined part; and a second step of moving a winding roller along an outer circumferential surface of the wound body within one plane, the winding roller being capable of pressing the strip on the wound body, and of winding the strip on the outer circumferential surface of the wound body. In the second step, the roller inclination angle of the rotational axis line of the winding roller with respect to the one plane is changed, and the roller inclination angle at the time the strip is wound around the inclined part is set to be greater than the roller inclination angle at the time the strip is wound around a maximum diameter position of the wound body.
US10328647B2	Expandable belt and tread drum having irregular segment profiles An improved belt and tread drum incorporating an improved segment is disclosed. Segments are mounted in side-by-side relationship about a central axis for radial movement inwardly and outwardly with respect to the central axis and include arcuate outer surfaces that collectively define an outer circumferential working surface of the drum. The segments each define opposite first and second longitudinal side margins, at least one of the first and second longitudinal side margins defining an irregular longitudinal profile.
US10328643B2	Apparatus for fabricating composite fasteners Composite fasteners have a high fraction of discontinuous, randomly oriented reinforcing fibers. A charge of thermoplastic fiber flakes are heated to melting temperature within a reservoir, flowed into multiple mold cavities and compression molded. The molded fasteners have high strength, exhibit quasi-isotropic properties and may be produced in high volume.
US10328638B2	Ultrasonically welded mat unit and system thereof A mat unit includes a plurality of gaps defined by a first layer that are in open communication with gaps defined by a second layer so as to permit debris to fall entirely through both gaps to pass completely through the mat unit. The mat unit is part of an omnidirectional mat cleaning system that includes a first direction of travel above the mat unit extending through a door opening defined by a building structure. A different second direction of travel is above the mat unit extending through the door opening or another door opening defined by the building structure. The mat unit is installed on a floor adjacent the door opening. The mat unit cleans shoes regardless of the direction of travel traveled above the mat unit.
US10328633B2	Solid object shaping apparatus, control method for solid object shaping apparatus, and control program for solid object shaping apparatus A solid object shaping apparatus can shape a solid object having a designated color, and includes a head unit that can eject a plurality of types of liquids including a first liquid used to represent the designated color and a curing unit that cures the plurality of liquids so as to form a plurality of blocks including a first block. The blocks include a first surface block whose upper face or lower face corresponds to a surface of the solid object and a second surface block whose side face corresponds to the surface of the solid object. When the solid object is shaped, the number of the first blocks used in a predetermined area formed by an upper face of the first surface block is different from the number of the first blocks used in a predetermined area formed by a side face of the second surface block.
US10328632B2	Modular system for detecting inoperative ejectors in three-dimensional object printers A printhead maintenance module is configured as a replaceable unit. The module includes a frame, at least two rollers detachably mounted within the frame, at least two electric motors, a platen, an optical sensor, and a controller. Each electric motor is operatively connected to one of the rollers in a one-to-one correspondence. The controller is configured to operate one of the electric motors to rotate one of the rollers to move media from a position opposite a printhead where a test pattern is printed on the media to a position opposite the optical sensor, receive image data of the printed test pattern generated by the optical sensor, and identify inoperative ejectors with reference to the image data of the test pattern.
US10328631B2	Apparatus and mandrel-assisted method for forming a plastic pipe socket containing a restrained gasket A method for manufacturing a plastic pipe including covering the teeth of a plurality of restraining segments circumferentially arranged and embedded within an annular gasket with a covering and placing the annular gasket on a mandrel with the covering arranged between the restraining segments and mandrel. The annular gasket and mandrel and are inserted into an end of a heated plastic pipe for forming a socket in the end of the plastic pipe, the socket including an annular cavity formed by the annular gasket. Upon removal of the mandrel from the socket, the covering functions to prevent acutely pointed teeth of the restraining segments from impinging upon the mandrel thereby allowing removal of the mandrel from the socket without removal of the annular gasket from the annular cavity.
US10328629B2	Apparatus for heating plastics material pre-forms An apparatus is provided for heating plastics material pre-forms, with a movable carrier on which a plurality of heating devices is arranged; wherein the heating devices are controllable independently of one another and have in each case a heating element as well as at least one regulating element for regulating the heating output; and wherein the heating devices have in each case one heating area inside which the plastics material pre-forms are capable of being heated, as well as a movement device which introduces the plastics material pre-forms into this heating area. Each heating device has associated with it in each case one control device for controlling a heating procedure.
US10328613B2	Film-stretching apparatus and method of producing film A film-stretching apparatus in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a stretching furnace which is divided into a plurality of air amount control zones. In a case where the number of the plurality of air amount control zones is seven, a total amount of air to be discharged from, out of the plurality of air amount control zones, three air amount control zones which are located on an entrance side of the stretching furnace is controlled so as to be larger than a total amount of air to be discharged from, out of the plurality of air amount control zones, three air amount control zones which are located on an exit side of the stretching furnace.
US10328605B2	Ceramic component casting Methods for improved ceramics component casting. One such method may include vacuuming a ceramic-based slurry mixture and/or vacuuming a component mold. The vacuuming of the ceramic-based slurry mixture and the component mold may be to remove air bubbles from the respective elements. More specifically, the vacuuming may remove air bubbles from the ceramic-based slurry mixture and from a cavity of the component mold, respectively. The method may also include disposing the ceramic-based slurry mixture into the cavity of the component mold, and continuously vacuuming the cavity of the component mold including the ceramic-based slurry mixture for a predetermined time to remove any additional air bubbles included in the ceramic-based slurry mixture. Finally, the method may include forming a ceramic component within the continuously vacuumed cavity of the component mold over the duration of the predetermined time. The ceramic component formed from the ceramic-based slurry mixture.
US10328603B2	Thiol-ene inks for 3D printing In one aspect, inks for use with a three-dimensional printing system are described herein. In some embodiments, an ink described herein comprises a thiol monomer component and an ene monomer component. Moreover, in some cases, an ink described herein further comprises an additional (meth)acrylate monomer component differing from the ene monomer component. In some such cases, the additional (meth)acrylate monomer component can be polymerized separately from the thiol and ene monomers of the ink.
US10328580B2	Reduced footprint substrate transport vacuum platform An apparatus has a vacuum transport chamber having first and second isolation valves coupled to first and second substrate processing locations, and third and fourth isolation valves coupled to a load lock. First and substrate transport vacuum robots are provided. The load lock is between the first and second substrate transport vacuum robots, and has an atmospheric isolation valve. The atmospheric isolation valve, the third and the fourth isolation valves are arranged in a spaced triangular relationship. The first substrate transport vacuum robot transports a processed substrate from the first processing location to the load lock and transports an unprocessed substrate from the load lock to the first processing location substantially simultaneously as the second substrate transport vacuum robot transports a different processed substrate from the second processing location to the load lock and transports a different unprocessed substrate from the load lock to the second processing location.
US10328560B2	Multi-mode drive mechanisms and tools incorporating the same The present invention provides a multi-mode drive mechanism. The multi-mode drive mechanism may be employed, for example, in a power tool, for driving a chuck supporting an end effector, such as a drill bit or spiral cut bit, for acting on a work surface. For example, when employed in a power tool, the mechanism can generate rotating, reciprocating, or simultaneous rotating and reciprocating motion. Cutting with simultaneous rotational and reciprocating motion lessens the potential for undesired walking or wandering of the cutting bit by actively removing debris from the cut. Additionally, multi-mode drive mechanisms provide increased functionality in a single tool to accommodate a variety of situations and materials. One aspect of the invention provides a multi-mode drive mechanism including: an input shaft, a reciprocating assembly, an output shaft, a reciprocating block, and a shift collar. The input shaft terminates in an input external spur gear.
US10328559B2	Drill A drill includes a housing and a motor having a drive spindle. An output spindle is capable of being rotationally driven by the drive spindle via a torque clutch. The drill further includes a tangential impact mechanism for superimposing tangential impacts onto the output spindle when activated. The tangential impact mechanism includes a sleeve rotatably mounted on the output spindle, and an anvil rotatably mounted onto the output spindle. The sleeve is rotationally driven by the drive spindle via a gear system at a first rotational rate when the torque clutch is not slipping and at a second rotational rate when the torque clutch is slipping.
US10328550B2	Superhard constructions and methods of making same A method of forming a super hard PCD construction comprises forming an aggregated mass comprising a catalyst/solvent material for diamond, and one or more of W, Mo, Cr, V, Ti, Zr, Nb, Hf, Ta, Sc, and/or Y, forming a pre-sinter assembly comprising the aggregated mass and a plurality of diamond grains and treating the pre-sinter assembly at UHPT to form a PCD construction. Residual catalyst/solvent and one or more of W, Mo, Cr, V, Ti, Zr, Nb, Hf, Ta, Sc, and/or Y, in non-carbide form at least partially fill a plurality of interstitial regions in the PCD. There is also disclosed a superhard PCD construction comprising a body of PCD material formed of a mass of diamond grains and a non-superhard phase at least partially filling a plurality of interstitial regions, wherein the non-superhard phase comprises one or more of W, Mo, Cr, V, Ti, Zr, Nb, Hf, Ta, Sc, and/or Y, in the non-carbide form.
US10328547B2	Grinding apparatus and wafer processing method A grinding apparatus includes a chuck table for holding a wafer having a modified layer near the front side or a groove on the front side, the groove having a depth not less than a finished thickness of the wafer, a grinding unit for grinding the back side of the wafer to divide the wafer into a plurality of chips, a die strength measuring unit for measuring the die strength of any one of the chips, and a control unit for controlling each component according to a measured value of die strength. The control unit determines that grinding is not to be performed on the remaining wafers stored in the cassette when the measured value is less than a threshold value, and determines that grinding is to be performed on the remaining wafers when the measured value is greater than or equal to the threshold value.
US10328545B2	Bell shaped rotary sander An attachment for a sanding tool includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has a generally tubular shape that defines a mounting end portion for mounting the attachment on the sanding tool. The second portion defines a distal end portion of the attachment and a plurality of slits. The slits extend along an axial direction of the attachment to divide the second portion into flaps configured to axially flex and define a contoured sanding surface along the axial direction.
US10328543B2	Machine tool A machine tool which removal-machines a workpiece by means of a tool includes a retaining device (a workpiece spindle and a tailstock) that retains the workpiece, a support device (an in-machine robot) that supports the workpiece, in order to suppress deflection of the workpiece retained by the retaining device, and a control device that controls driving of the support device by force control having a force as a control target. Specifically, a supporting force by the support device and a machining force by a tool are measured, and the driving of the support device is controlled so that the supporting force is equal to the machining force.
US10328541B2	Accessory for an electric power tool An accessory (100, 200, 600, 700) for an electric drill (112, 612) is disclosed as including a dust box (118, 218, 618, 702) for receiving abraded materials produced by an electric drill on a workpiece, the dust box including an internal cavity, a first longitudinal end (116, 216, 616) with a first opening (130a, 632a) communicating with the internal cavity, an opposite second longitudinal end with a second opening (120a, 618a) communicating with the internal cavity, and a brush (128) or a disc (628), and when a drill bit (114, 614) of the electric drill is received into the internal cavity of the dust box through the second opening, the brush or disc is releasably engageable with the drill bit for simultaneous rotational movement about a longitudinal axis of the drill bit.
US10328539B1	Assistive device for heavy tool operation An assistive device for heavy tool operation includes a rectangular frame and four legs extending from the corners of the frame. A tool base can extend through a slot in the frame. The tool base is configured to support a mechanical support arm and tool. A height and horizontal position of the tool base relative to the frame is adjustable. Each leg is connected to a wheel to allow the assistive device to travel with a user. The assistive device can support a majority, if not all, of the weight of an attached heavy tool and mechanical support arm, while allowing the user to operate the tool and adjust its position with minimal applied force.
US10328535B2	Self-heating solder flux material A self-heating solder flux material includes a solder flux material and a multi-compartment microcapsule. The solder flux material includes a solvent carrier, and the multi-compartment microcapsule includes a first compartment, a second compartment, and an isolating structure. The first compartment contains a first reactant, and the second compartment contains a second reactant. The isolating structure separates the first compartment from the second compartment. The isolating structure is adapted to rupture in response to a stimulus. Rupture of the isolating structure results in an exothermic reaction between the first reactant and the second reactant. The exothermic reaction generates heat to volatilize the solvent carrier.
US10328531B2	Rotary device A rotary device, comprises a central hub; and at least one blade extending from the hub; wherein the blade comprises a blade body and a blade cap, the blade body having a blade body tip, the blade cap being arranged to cover the blade body tip; and wherein the blade cap comprises a mesh.
US10328525B2	Coater apparatus and method for additive manufacturing An additive manufacturing apparatus includes: a coater including: at least one trough including a plurality of side-by-side deposition valves.
US10328506B2	Reciprocating tool A reciprocating saw serving as reciprocating tool is equipped with a motor, a drive transmission mechanism that converts rotation of the motor into reciprocating motion, a rod that is connected to the drive transmission mechanism and that engages in reciprocating motion, and an upper roller and a lower roller that are capable of rolling and that have depressed portions that are capable of coming in contact with the rod, wherein the cross-section of the rod has no corners, and the depressed portions of the upper roller and the lower roller have hourglass-like profiles.
US10328492B2	Metal powder production apparatus A metal powder production apparatus includes a molten metal supply section which supplies a molten metal, a cylindrical body which includes an upper part placed on a lower side of the molten metal supply section and a lower part provided on a lower side of the upper part, a fluid jet section which jets a gas (fluid) toward the molten metal, and a cooling liquid outflow section which allows a cooling liquid to flow out along the inner circumferential surface of the upper part. In the metal powder production apparatus, an angle formed by the axial line of the upper part of the cylindrical body and the vertical line is 0° or more and 20° or less, and an angle formed by the axial line of the lower part of the cylindrical body and the vertical line is 0° or more and 20° or less.
US10328489B1	Dynamic bonding of powder metallurgy materials A dynamic compaction process comprises forming first and second preforms. Forming each preform includes utilizing a container having an interior and an exterior. Filling the interior of the container with a powder material; sealing the container; subjecting the exterior of the container to an instantaneous dynamic compaction, forming a solid powder metallurgy preform encased by the container. The container gets removed from each preform. The process includes inserting the first and second preforms in another container in a predefined pattern; the predefined pattern aligns the first and second preforms creating an interface. The process includes inserting a backstop against the predefined pattern in this container; subjecting the exterior of this container to an instantaneous dynamic compaction. The process includes bonding the first preform and second preform along the interface to form a component precursor; and removing the container from the precursor. Another step includes processing the precursor into components.
US10328486B2	Automatically-returning mold ejection device and casting mold comprising the same An automatically-returning mold ejection device and a casting mold comprising the same. The mold ejection device includes a lower-portion part and an upper-portion part and is wherein the lower-portion part comprises returning rod ejection columns fixed to a mold rack base plate; the upper-portion part comprises returning rods corresponding to the returning rod ejection columns, the top ends of the returning rods are fixed to an ejection rod pushing plate and penetrate through an upper mold connecting plate through returning rod flanges, and a lower mold core of a mold is fixed to the mold rack base plate through a screw. An embodiment of the device has the advantages that the self-returning structure is simple, easy to install and convenient to replace and maintain, and has very good practicability.
US10328484B2	Foundry sand A foundry sand comprises a blend that includes a silica sand and a zircon aggregate. The zircon aggregate exhibiting a sharp rise in linear thermal expansion coefficient in a temperature band above 1200° C. A method of casting an article in molten metal at a temperature above 1200° C. includes forming a single or multi-part mold for the article from the above-described foundry sand, admitting molten metal to the mold at a temperature such that at least one or more regions of the foundry sand in contact with the admitted metal are heated to a temperature within the temperature band, and cooling the mold and metal to obtain a cast article.
US10328483B2	Method and apparatus for cold forming thread rolling dies A method is disclosed for roll forming the face pattern onto a pattern forming die having a pattern receiving face, using an initial, and subsequent, pattern forming tool, each with a generally cylindrical pattern defining surface, by relatively and sequentially reciprocating and rotating the pattern defining surfaces and the pattern receiving face while engaging them and urging them to impress the pattern of the pattern defining surfaces into the pattern receiving face of the forming die blank. An apparatus for performing the process is disclosed which includes a platen for the pattern forming die, initial and subsequent pattern forming tools each having a generally cylindrical pattern defining surface, a drive mechanism for relatively and sequentially reciprocating and rotating the pattern defining surfaces and the pattern receiving face of the forming die blank, and relative movement mechanism for engaging the surfaces to impress the pattern of the pattern defining surfaces of the pattern forming tools into the pattern receiving face of the forming die blank.
US10328474B2	Combined device for bending and cutting ribbon-shaped elements and method for bending and cutting ribbon-shaped elements through such device A combined device for bending and cutting ribbon-shaped elements is described, comprising first guiding and supporting means (1, 101) adapted to allow positioning a ribbon-shaped element (T, T1), second guiding and supporting means (3, 103) adapted to prevent the rotation of the ribbon-shaped element (T, T1) with respect to an axis belonging to a plane on which the ribbon-shaped element (T, T1) rests, first translating means (41, 1041) and rotation means (4, 104) adapted to move a tool (5, 105) with respect to the second guiding and supporting means (3, 103); the second guiding and supporting means (3, 103) comprise a portion of bending profile (8, 108) adapted to bend the ribbon-shaped element (T, T1) and a portion of cutting profile (9, 109) adapted to cut the ribbon-shaped element (T, T1). A method is further described for bending and cutting ribbon-shaped elements performed through such device.
US10328465B2	Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method A substrate processing apparatus removes foreign substances from a substrate at high removal efficiency. The substrate processing apparatus includes: a scrubber to perform surface processing of the substrate by bringing a scrubbing member into sliding contact with a first surface of the substrate, a hydrostatic support mechanism for supporting a second surface of the substrate via fluid pressure without contacting the substrate, the second surface being an opposite surface of the first surface, a cleaner to clean the processed substrate, and a dryer to dry the cleaned substrate. The scrubber brings the scrubbing member into sliding contact with the first surface while rotating the scrubbing member about a central axis of the scrubber.
US10328461B2	Vibration motor The present disclosure relates to a vibration motor, comprising a housing, a vibrator, an elastic member, a first block and a second block; the elastic member comprises first elastic member and second elastic member facing toward each other and each comprises a first fixing portion, two extending portions and two second fixing portions, the first fixing portion is fixed on the first surface, the two extending portion extend from the first fixing portion along two opposite directions and surrounds the second surface, the two second fixing portions are fixed on the side wall away from the first fixing portion; the first block is on a side of the first fixing portion corresponding to the side wall, the second block is on the side wall, faces towards the first block and is spaced from the first block. The second block is adjacent to the second fixing portion and is between the two second fixing portions.
US10328454B2	Method for producing optical film Provided is a method for producing an optical film using simultaneous multilayer coating application, the method being capable of reducing the incidence of coating failure in an optical film. The present invention relates to a method for producing an optical film having at least two or more optical functional layers formed on a base material, the method including: a loss modulus checking step of checking the loss moduli of coating liquids capable of forming the respective optical functional layers by measuring dynamic viscoelasticity; and a coating application step of performing simultaneous multilayer coating application of the coating liquids capable of forming the respective optical functional layers on the base material.
US10328452B2	Dispensing unit and methods for dispensing Embodiments of the present invention includes methods for dispensing and an apparatus for dispensing. In particular embodiments, the barrel design of an apparatus for dispensing and provided in a method for dispensing is formed to encase and/or engage a material container. By encasing and/or engaging the material container within the barrel, expansion, such as tube expansion, is reduced and/or eliminated.
US10328433B2	Gyratory crusher spider bushing assembly A gyratory crusher spider bushing assembly is positionable radially intermediate a topshell spider and a crusher main shaft. The assembly includes a main body to which is attached a radially inner annular wear collar. The collar is formed from a material having enhanced wear resistance than the material of main body.
US10328431B2	Storage devices for RFID-tracked biological and other samples A storage system for storing samples, such as frozen biological samples in RFID-tagged vials. The storage system has (i) a storage device having a device antenna and (ii) a plurality of storage components adapted to be stored within the storage device, each storage component having a component circuit. Each storage component is configured to store one or more samples. The storage device is configured to (i) transmit electrical power and downlink data signals wirelessly to each storage component via the device antenna and the corresponding component circuit and to (ii) receive uplink data signals from each storage component wirelessly via the corresponding component circuit and the device antenna such that a control system located outside of the dewar can identify any specified storage component stored within the storage device.
US10328424B2	Porous activated alumina based sorbent for lithium extraction This invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium activated alumina intercalate solid by contacting a three-dimensional activated alumina with a lithium salt under conditions sufficient to infuse lithium salts into activated alumina for the selective extraction and recovery of lithium from lithium containing solutions, including brines.
US10328421B2	Alumina silicate zeolite-type material having prolonged acid strength for use as a catalyst in selective catalytic reduction and process of making thereof The present disclosure generally provides novel STT-type zeolite materials called PIDC-120501, PIDC-120502, and PIDC-120805/120806 or PIDC-type zeolites and a method of making these zeolites. The present disclosure also provides for the use of these zeolite materials as a catalyst and a method of preparing said catalyst. The PIDC-type zeolites or STT-type zeolite materials may be used as a catalyst, such as in Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) applications.
US10328416B2	Fuel reforming catalyst A fuel reforming catalyst which contains an inorganic porous support, a catalytically active species, and catalyst particles including CeO2 and ZrO2 and in which the concentration of ZrO2 in the catalyst particles is higher in the vicinity of the particle surface than in the particle interior and the concentration of CeO2 in the catalyst particles is equal in the particle interior and in the vicinity of the particle surface is proposed for the purpose of providing a new fuel reforming catalyst which can effectively lower the concentration of the hydrocarbon of C2 or more in the gas which has passed through a steam reforming reaction.
US10328413B2	Adsorbent for carbon dioxide and manufacturing method for the same Provided is an adsorbent for carbon dioxide, including: a graphene oxide layer having an interconnected network structure; and carbon nitride formed on the graphene oxide layer.
US10328412B2	Hydrogen storage system by catalytic dehydrogenation of amines The current disclosure is directed to a hydrogen-storage system that employs catalytic dehydrogenation of low-molecular-weight amines in a hydrogen reactor. The hydrogen-storage system comprises aliphatic amines and di-amines as organic carriers that store hydrogen covalently, a hydrogen reactor that releases and separates hydrogen gas from the carrier, and metal or metal-oxide catalysts that promote a dehydrogenation reaction to release hydrogen. In certain implementations, a metal or metal-oxide catalyst may be carried on high-surface-area support materials, such as gamma-alumina and metal-organic-framework materials, to enhance catalytic properties. The hydrogen reactor may be a packed-bed reactor, a monolith reactor, or a flow-through hydrogen-membrane reactor. In one implementation, the flow-through hydrogen-membrane reactor comprises an inlet through which the organic hydrogen carrier flows into the reactor, a hydrogen-separation membrane selectively permeable to hydrogen, a recirulation outlet for removing unspent organic carrier, and a hydrogen outlet for releasing hydrogen and reaction byproducts. The spent organic carrier are collected and hydrogenated to regenerate the original fuel.
US10328408B2	Detecting and correcting fouling in heat exchangers A plant or refinery may include equipment such as reactors, heaters, heat exchangers, regenerators, separators, or the like. Types of heat exchangers include shell and tube, plate, plate and shell, plate fin, air cooled, wetted-surface air cooled, or the like. Operating methods may impact deterioration in equipment condition, prolong equipment life, extend production operating time, or provide other benefits. Mechanical or digital sensors may be used for monitoring equipment, and sensor data may be programmatically analyzed to identify developing problems. For example, sensors may be used in conjunction with one or more system components to detect and correct maldistribution, cross-leakage, strain, pre-leakage, thermal stresses, fouling, vibration, problems in liquid lifting, conditions that can affect air-cooled exchangers, conditions that can affect a wetted-surface air-cooled heat exchanger, or the like. An operating condition or mode may be adjusted to prolong equipment life or avoid equipment failure.
US10328406B2	System for continuous feeding and discharging of solid material to and from a vessel operating under high pressure A continuous feeding and discharging system for solid material under high pressure is provided. The system includes a feeding assembly, a high pressure vessel, and a discharging assembly. The feeding assembly includes a raw material hopper that feeds solid raw material, a CO2 feeder that feeds dry ice, and a mixer that mixes the solid raw material with the dry ice to form an impermeable mixture. The high pressure vessel performs an extraction process under a supercritical condition to extract soluble components from the solid raw material. The discharging assembly includes a discharging extruder that receives the solid residue discharged from the high pressure vessel, a binder liquid feeder that feeds binder liquid to mix with the solid residue to form a uniform mixture and compacts the mixture to form impermeable pellets of residue, and a discharging valve that discharges the impermeable pellets of residue from the discharging extruder.
US10328402B2	Wireless blending device and system A blending device includes a motor, a motor controller, and a wireless controller configured to receive a wireless signal. The motor controller may be configured to alter the operations of the motor based the wireless signal. The wireless signal may include a blending program to be carried out by the blending device. The blending device may include one or more sensors configured to sense parameters of the blending device. The wireless signal may include information related to the sensed parameters. A blending device network may be formed by providing a second blending device having a wireless controller in communication with the first blending device wireless controller. The first and second blending devices may share information over the network.
US10328389B2	Microporous articles with a three-dimensional porous network of acid-sintered interconnected silica nanoparticles and methods of making the same Articles are described including a first microfiltration membrane layer having a first major surface and a second major surface disposed opposite the first major surface, and a first silica layer directly attached to the first major surface of the first microfiltration membrane layer. The first silica layer includes a polymeric binder and acid-sintered interconnected silica nanoparticles arranged to form a continuous three-dimensional porous network. A method of making an article is also described, including providing a first microfiltration membrane layer having a first major surface and a second major surface disposed opposite the first major surface, and forming a first silica layer on the first major surface.
US10328381B2	Activated carbon and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed is an activated carbon including pores formed on a surface thereof, in particular, the pores include ultra-micropores having a diameter that is equal to or less than about 1.0 nm.
US10328379B2	Filtration liquid tank for dedusting device, and dedusting device with the same A filtration liquid tank (100) for a dedusting device and a dedusting device with the same are provided. The filtration liquid tank (100) includes a tank body (1) formed with an inlet and an outlet; a cyclone separator (3) disposed within the tank body (1) and in communication with the outlet, defining a cyclone separation chamber therein, and formed with a cyclone inlet (31) in communication with the cyclone separation chamber; and a water pressing assembly (2) disposed within the tank body (1) and in communication with the inlet, and configured to guide an airstream entering from the inlet towards a filtration medium and produce a circumferential motion, the airstream filtered by the filtration medium being exhausted from the outlet.
US10328377B2	Segmented bendable filter A filter includes a relatively rigid support frame having top and bottom frame members and side frame members. A filter element is disposed within and supported by the frame for filtering a medium passing through the filter element. Two opposing members of the frame are bendable into an arch to allow the filter to be progressively inserted along an arched path into a filter housing. In one embodiment, the filter is a cabin air filter for a vehicle and opposing sides of the frame are provided with V-shaped notches to facilitate bending the filter into an arch for insertion.
US10328365B2	Transverse flow self-cleaning strainer A system for filtering particles from a fluid includes a strainer. The strainer includes a housing having an inlet, a first outlet, a second outlet. A filter element is positioned in an internal volume of the housing. The filter element defines a bore formed axially-therethrough and openings that are substantially transverse to the bore. A first portion of the fluid that enters the housing through the inlet flows through the openings in the filter element and exits the housing through the first outlet, and a second portion of the fluid that the housing through the inlet bypasses the openings and exits the housing through the second outlet.
US10328361B2	Extracting substances from botanical matter A useful substance is extracted from botanical feedstock by mechanically compressing the feedstock and pumping a solvent through the compressed feedstock at high pressure while applying compressive mechanical force against the feedstock. Movement of pressurized solvent through the compressed feedstock may increase the volume of solvent in contact with the feedstock. Flow of solvent under pressure may also present a shearing force that facilitates dissociation of the useful substance from the feedstock.
US10328360B2	System and method to partially vaporize a process stream by mixing the stream with a heating medium A system and method to partially vaporize a process or feed water stream does so in a liquid pool zone of a vessel as the stream comes into contact with a heating medium that is less volatile than the process stream. To keep the pool hot, the heating medium can be recirculated through a heater of a pump-around loop or a heater can be placed in the liquid pool. As the process stream is partially vaporized, any solids present in the process stream together with the unvaporized process or feed water stream move into the heating medium. These solids and unvaporized liquids may be further removed from the heating medium in the pool or in the pump-around loop. The vaporized process stream can be further condensed. Any heat recovered can be used to pre-heat the process stream or in the pump-around loop's heater in case of mechanical vapor recovery.
US10328345B2	Vibration control system, vibration control method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with executable vibration control program stored thereon A vibration control system includes a first vibration command generation module that generates first vibration data defined by a combination of a first frequency and a first amplitude, a second vibration command generation module that generates second vibration data defined by a combination of a second frequency and a second amplitude, a vibration data synthesis module that outputs third vibration data defined by a combination of a third frequency and a third amplitude, and a vibration control module that causes a terminal to vibrate based on the third vibration data. The vibration data synthesis module includes a first amplitude determination module that determines the third amplitude by adding the first amplitude and the second amplitude to each other and a frequency determination module that determines a frequency within a range from the first frequency to the second frequency as the third frequency.
US10328344B2	Game controller systems and methods Various game controller hardware and user interface configurations are disclosed. Some configurations may comprise two circular trackpads, driven by the player's thumbs, which may be clickable, allowing the entire surface to act as a button. Haptic feedback may be based on dual linear resonant actuators (e.g., by means of strong, weighted electro-magnets attached to each of the dual trackpads), capable of delivering a wide range of force and vibration, allowing control over frequency, amplitude, and direction of movement. The haptics-related components in certain implementations may also play audio waveforms and thereby function as speakers. In the center of the controller according to certain configurations may be another touch-enabled surface, this one backed by a display screen. In some configurations this entire screen itself may also be clickable, like a large single button. A variety of other exemplary implementations and configurations are described.
US10328340B2	Method, apparatus, and recording medium for controlling a game The present invention relates to a game control technology. Particularly, the present invention relates to a game control method using a user input, a game control apparatus, and a recording medium thereof, which variously control the displaying of components of a game screen so as to provide a game that allows various types of game play schemes.
US10328335B1	Omnidirectional target for an amusement game device A target assembly includes a target post mounted to an underside of a playfield and sized to extend through an opening in the playfield. A centering device is mounted to the target post between a first end of the target post and a second end of the target post and a centering plate secures the target post to the underside of the playfield, wherein the centerplate and the centering device form a fulcrum for the target post to pivot as a lever. Impact of a ball with any portion of the target post, and in any direction, above the playfield causes the target post to pivot about the fulcrum, where a sensing switch senses the target post movement. A biasing element coupled to the centering device biases the target post into a rest position and returns the impacted target lever towards the rest position after impact by the ball.
US10328331B2	Mechanical traction for a cross-country ski A snow ski has a longitudinal body defining a sole for gliding on the snow. The ski includes: (a) a platform slidably coupled to the body for sliding longitudinally relative to the body; and (b) a gripping element slidably and rotatably coupled to the body and rotatably coupled to the platform. The gripping element extends downward to penetrate the snow in response to the platform being slid rearward relative to the body. The gripping element retracts upward above the sole when the platform is slid forward relative to the body. First and second gripping elements may be disposed on opposing sides of the body. A locking mechanism selectively locks the platform at a forward position, in which the gripping element is retracted, one or more intermediate positions, or a rearward position in which the gripping element extends to penetrate the snow.A ski-traction kit for retrofitting a ski is provided.
US10328323B2	Projectile and target game The present invention is a projectile and target lawn game that calls to mind the sport of bowling. The lawn game disclosed herein uses a number of pins that are magnetically attracted to a board as the target. The projectiles are preferably beanbags that a player tosses at the pins.
US10328317B2	Golf clubs with adjustable loft and lie and methods of manufacturing golf clubs with adjustable loft and lie Embodiments of golf clubs with adjustable loft and lie and methods of manufacturing golf clubs with adjustable loft and lie are generally described herein. The invention relates in particular to a golf club head with an adjustment portion that allows a user to change the loft and lie. The separate adjustment portions of the club head can couple the upper hosel to the body at a plurality of positions. An insert part of the adjustment portion has an upper section for receiving the upper hosel portion, a middle section, and a lower hosel portion. The sections of the adjustment portion can be coupled together by a fastener so that the sections are rotationally moveable.
US10328312B2	Golf balls having dual-layered cores with metal-containing centers Multi-piece golf balls containing a dual-layered core are provided. The ball further includes single or multi-layered covers. The core structure includes a small, heavy inner core (center) having a relatively high specific gravity, and a surrounding outer core layer. The core layers may have different hardness gradients. The center of the core comprises a metal material such as copper, steel, brass, tungsten, titanium, aluminum, and combinations and alloys thereof preferably dispersed in a thermoplastic polymeric matrix. The outer core layer is preferably formed from a thermoset composition such as polybutadiene. These multi-layered core constructions with metal-containing centers have selective specific gravity relationships between the different layers. This helps provide the ball with good flight distance and spin control. The resulting balls have good resiliency and other playing performance properties.
US10328300B2	Wearable muscular strength assisting apparatus A wearable muscular strength assisting apparatus includes a base part for supporting a rear surface of a wearer, a leg part rotatably coupled to the base part and connected to a lower part of a body of the wearer, a wire part coupled to each of the base part and the leg part and a driving part provided in at least one of the base part and the leg part, coupled to the wire part, and driven to pull or release the wire part depending on a control to provide assist force to waist muscular strength of the wearer.
US10328298B2	Chair-based workout apparatus and methods A workout system is provided that includes a piece of furniture having at least a backrest and a seat. A chair workout machine is provided coupled to the piece of furniture. The chair workout machine includes a support frame coupled to at least one structure of the piece of furniture. At least one rotatable arm is rotatably attached to the support frame. One or more resistance elements are coupled to the at least one rotatable arm, where the resistance elements arranged to provide resistance to movement by at least one body part of a user.
US10328295B2	Cellular phone casing A cellular phone case in combination with a flexible packet holding an admixture of water and super absorbent material to provide heat dissipation, heat indication, and fire extinguishment properties. The cellular phone case has a translucent rear surface and the packet fits inside the case between the bottom surface of the case and the underside of a cellular phone. The packet dissipates heat during a recharging condition, and provides a fire retardant agent to arrest a lithium battery meltdown.
US10328292B2	Multi-sensor based motion sensing in SCBA Embodiments relate generally to personal alert safety systems (PASS) as well as motion detection systems and methods for motion detection. Some embodiments may comprise methods for determining the alarm status for a PASS, wherein a plurality of motion sensing elements may be utilized by a motion detection system, thereby reducing false alarms. A motion detection system may comprise two motion sensing elements, with one motion sensing element located near the chest and shoulders of a user, and one motion sensing element located near the hips and back of a user.
US10328283B2	Method and apparatus for determining or predicting the position of a target A data processing method for determining the position of a target, comprising the steps performed by a computer: a) acquiring a target movement model specifying a movement cycle of the target; b) acquiring a target position signal representing a view of the target from a single direction and/or provided by a single imager; c) determining, based on the acquired target position signal and the target movement model, the position of the target.
US10328277B2	Device and method for skin laser treatment A system for treating a region of the epidermis, including: at least one laser energy source; a time control device to generate a laser beam; a laser energy focusing system arranged and produced to direct a laser beam on the region of the epidermis. The control device generates a laser beam including a plurality of composite pulses, emitted at a base frequency, each composite pulse including a sequence of sub-pulses at a higher frequency than the base frequency.
US10328261B2	Accommodation stimulation and recording device Embodiments described herein generally relate to devices and methods for stimulation or recording of accommodation of an eye. Accommodation of an eye naturally occurs through contraction of the ciliary muscle. Embodiments described herein can deliver electrostimulation to the ciliary muscle through a pair of electrodes which deliver power over an area of the sclera which is both positioned above and over an area which is substantially equivalent to the surface area of the ciliary muscle. In further embodiments, electrical impulses produced by the ciliary muscle can be received by one or more electrodes positioned proximate the ciliary muscle. Thus, by embodiments described herein, accommodation of the eye can be reproducibly achieved by external stimulation of the ciliary muscle or measured based on electrical impulses generated by or in conjunction with the ciliary muscle.
US10328260B2	Electrical stimulation device and method for therapeutic treatment and pain management A disposable electrical stimulation device and method for providing therapeutic treatment and pain management in a convenient, compact configuration. Electrode size and shape and relative configuration can be varied according to an intended application and use, or a universal configuration can be provided for use on almost any area of the body. The common structure of communicatively coupled dual electrodes including control circuitry and a power source accommodates a range of different sizes, configurations, stimulation treatment intensities, and other physical and electrical characteristics that can be pre-customized and packaged for specific, limited time use. The device can therefore be used in methods of providing therapy, managing pain, and achieving other treatment goals by electrical stimulation.
US10328259B2	Treatment of biological tissues using subnanosecond electric pulses A system for treatment of biological tissues is provided. The system can deliver electric pulses to a targeted region within a biological tissue. The system includes an antenna assembly and a lens. The antenna assembly is configured to generate and direct electromagnetic radiation. The lens is configured to be positioned between a surface of the biological tissue and the antenna assembly. The lens can have a plurality of lossy portions. The lens can be configured to be adjustable to create a patient-specific desired electric field distribution by selective positioning of the plurality of lossy portions within the lens.
US10328250B2	Medical device adapter An adapter constructed to have a proximal portion that interfaces with the internal lumen of a medical device and a distal portion that modifies, augments or extends the configuration or intended use of the medical device. The proximal portion of the adapter interfaces with the internal lumen of the medical device in a manner to secure the adapter to the medical device during use. The distal portion of the adapter is generally outside the lumen of the catheter or device.
US10328247B2	Post-processing of a medical device to control morphology and mechanical properties A method of forming a coated medical device is described in which a coating including a therapeutic agent dispersed in a polymer or oligomer matrix is applied to an outer surface of the medical device. The coating is then post-processed to selectively remove a substantial portion of the polymer or oligomer matrix from the coating. The post-processed coating is then sterilized.
US10328224B2	Mechanical user control of fluid input module A cleaning catheter includes an inflatable element expandable into contact with an inner surface of a ventilation tube. An input module includes a flow regulator, which is shaped so as to define a suction port coupleable in fluid communication with a suction source, and a fluid port coupled in fluid communication with a pressurized fluid source. A mechanical user control element is configured to mechanically and non-electrically set at least base and inflation/suction activation states of the flow regulator. When in the inflation/suction activation state, the flow regulator effects fluid communication between the suction port and a distal suction orifice, and effects inflation of the inflatable element by fluid communication between the fluid port and the inflatable element via a fluid-delivery lumen. The mechanical user control element includes one or more user-interface elements, a single one of which is arranged to set the flow regulator in the inflation/suction activation state.
US10328222B2	Vent device for use with a respiratory device A vent device for a respiratory device, comprising one or a plurality of vents configured with a variable aperture size for communicating a flow of breathable gas. Said vent device being configured so that the cross section profile exposed to the flow of breathable gas communicating through the vent does not change as the aperture size changes. A vent device may comprise of a plurality of the said vents, wherein the aperture size of each vent may be controlled independently or together, and may be controlled according to one or more input signals from one or more sensors. Examples of suitable input signals include flow, pressure, noise, accelerometer outputs, orientation of a patient or presence of any obstructions. A patient interface or a patient conduit may comprise the vent device, or the vent device may be configured to connect with a patient interface or a patient conduit.
US10328220B2	Bi-directional flow generation in an in-exsufflation system A bi-directional gas flow generation system (10), the system comprising: (a) a pressure generator (14) comprising an inlet (40) and an outlet (42), (b) a flow member (16) comprising an outlet port (50), an inlet port (52), a respiratory circuit port (54) and a flow path (60), (c) a first valve (18), (d) a second valve (20), and (e) a processor (24) configured to selectively control the first valve and the second valve to operate in (i) a first mode in which gas flows from the flow member inlet port (52) to the respiratory circuit port (54), thereby creating a positive pressure at the respiratory circuit port (54) to insufflate the subject; and (ii) a second mode in which gas flows from the respiratory circuit port (54) to the flow member outlet port (50), thereby facilitating gas flow out from the airway of the subject to exsufflate the subject.
US10328215B2	Patch-sized fluid delivery systems and methods A patch-sized fluid delivery device may include a reusable portion and a disposable portion. The disposable portion may include components that come into contact with the fluid, while the reusable portion may include only components that do not come into contact with the fluid. Redundant systems, such as redundant controllers, power sources, motor actuators, and alarms, may be provided. Alternatively or additionally, certain components can be multi-functional, such a microphones and loudspeakers that may be used for both acoustic volume sensing and for other functions and a coil that may be used as both an inductive coupler for a battery recharger and an antenna for a wireless transceiver. Various types of network interfaces may be provided in order to allow for remote control and monitoring of the device.
US10328214B2	Syringe guide and method for its use A syringe guide includes: a syringe receiver including a receptacle configured to retain a syringe therein; a depth guide defining a reference surface; and a depth adjustment mechanism interconnecting the syringe receiver and the depth guide, and operable to change a distance between the receptacle and the reference surface.
US10328198B2	Workpiece carrier for transporting and/or storing components of drug delivery devices The present invention relates to a workpiece carrier for transporting or storing components of a drug delivery device, comprising: an array of accommodating recesses extending in a first lateral plane (x, y) and being adapted to receive at least one component of the drug delivery device, at least one stack forming structure adapted to mate with a corresponding stack forming structure of another workpiece carrier for mutually aligning workpiece carriers when stacked on one another, wherein the center of the at least one stack forming structure is arranged laterally offset with respect to the center of the array of accommodating recesses in at least one lateral direction, and wherein the stack forming structure comprises a surrounding edge comprising at least in sections a corrugated or undulated structure.
US10328192B2	Relative pump calibration for ultrafiltration control in a dialysis apparatus A control unit (30) is arranged to control a dialysis fluid distribution system (12) comprising two volumetric pumps (P1, P2) and a dialyzer (13). The control unit (30) is operable in a calibration mode, to establish a bypass flow path that bypasses the dialyzer (13) and extends between the pumps (P1, P2) and to operate the pumps (P1, P2) at first and second calibration speeds so as to balance the flow rates generated by the pumps (P1, P2), e.g. based on a measured pressure or fluid level in dialysis fluid distribution system (12). The control unit (30) determines, based on the first and second calibration speeds, a relation between the stroke volumes of the pumps (P1, P2). The control unit (30) is further operable in a treatment mode, to establish a main flow path that extends between the first and second pumps (P1, P2) via the dialyzer (13) and to control the first and second pumps (P1, P2), based on the relation between their stroke volumes, to operate at a respective treatment frequency so as to generate a selected ultrafiltration rate in the dialyzer (13).
US10328183B2	Compositions and devices incorporating water-insoluble therapeutic agents and methods of the use thereof Various aspects of the present invention provide compositions and implantable devices including a water-insoluble therapeutic agent solubilized in a matrix of a gallate-containing compound. Other aspects provide methods of manufacturing and using such compositions and devices.
US10328182B2	Compositions and methods for reducing neointima formation Compositions, devices, grafts and methods for reducing or preventing anti-neointima following cardiovascular injuries and interventions are disclosed. The compositions, devices, and grafts typically include an effective amount of a CTP synthase 1 inhibitor to reduce proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells, without substantial reducing the proliferation of endothelial cells. Methods of reducing neointima formation, accelerating re-endothelialization, and reducing restenosis in a subject using the compositions, devices, and grafts are also disclosed.
US10328181B2	Ceramic bone substitute material and method for the production thereof A method for producing a ceramic osseoconductive bone substitute material, the bone substitute material, intervertebral disk implants containing the substitute bone material, and to methods of using the bone substitute material.
US10328179B2	Bone matrix compositions and methods An osteoinductive composition, corresponding osteoimplants, and methods for making the osteoinductive composition are disclosed. The osteoinductive composition comprises osteoinductive factors, such as may be extracted from demineralized bone, and a carrier. The osteoinductive composition is prepared by providing demineralized bone, extracting osteoinductive factors from the demineralized bone, and adding the extracted osteoinductive factors to a carrier. Further additives such as bioactive agents may be added to the osteoinductive composition. The carrier and osteoinductive factors may form an osteogenic osteoimplant. The osteoimplant, when implanted in a mammalian body, can induce at the locus of the implant the full developmental cascade of endochondral bone formation including vascularization, mineralization, and bone marrow differentiation. Also, in some embodiments, the osteoinductive composition can be used as a delivery device to administer bioactive agents.
US10328177B2	Intracorporal ultra high purity calcium sulfate cast mixed with antimicrobials for the treatment of penile implant infections The present invention includes a method for treating penile implant infections that uses a synthetic high-purity calcium sulfate mixed with antimicrobials, which is capable of providing prolonged exposure of antimicrobials to the infection site and capable of acting as an intracorporal filler preventing fibrosis and loss of phallic length. The technique is especially useful for high-risk patients, and provides another medium for which antimicrobial agents can be delivered to a surgical infection site while at the same time acting as a filler, preventing fibrosis, and loss of the space. The antimicrobial cast lasts 4-6 weeks, making timely re-implantation easier, and preventing intracorporal fibrosis and loss of phallic length.
US10328170B2	Dynamic disinfectant dosage with concentrate degradation compensation A method for dynamic dosing of disinfectant solution in a medical device reprocessing system includes calculating a volume of an initial dose of concentrated disinfectant solution for dilution to make a first in-use disinfectant solution. The initial dose of concentrated disinfectant solution is diluted with diluting fluid to make the first in-use disinfectant solution comprising a target concentration of disinfectant agent. The first in-use disinfectant solution is applied to a medical device. A concentration of the disinfectant agent in the first in-use disinfectant solution is then calculated. The actual concentration of the disinfectant agent in the concentrated disinfectant solution is then calculated based upon the concentration of disinfectant agent in the first in-use disinfectant solution. It is then determined whether a volume of a second dose of concentrated disinfectant solution is increased or about the same as the volume of the initial dose to make a second in-use disinfectant solution.
US10328166B2	Cleaning and disinfecting cradle for virtual reality visors Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a disinfecting/cleaning box for disinfecting and cleaning a virtual reality (VR) visor. The disinfecting/cleaning box may include a box body having an inner volume sufficient to accommodate the visor; a lid attached to the box body; a plurality of vents extending through walls of the box body; an air jet nozzle extending from at least one of the walls towards an interior of the box body; a pressurized air tube attached to the air jet nozzle, the pressurized air tube configured to provide pressurized air to be dispersed through the air jet nozzle toward the interior of the box body; and at least one ultraviolet (UV) light emitting diode (LED) attached to an inner surface of the wall, the UV LED configured to emit UV light toward the interior of the box body.
US10328165B2	Device and method for ultra-high temperature sterilization of an emulsion A method for high temperature sterilization of an emulsion, in particular a dermocosmetic preparation. The method includes the steps of gradually pre-heating, performing ultra-high temperature sterilization and gradually cooling the emulsion. The emulsion is heated up to a pre-heating temperature, which is the temperature of the emulsion at the stability limit. Ultra-high temperature sterilization is performed by infusion of the pre-heated emulsion by heating the emulsion up to a sterilization temperature, maintaining the emulsion at the sterilization temperature, and cooling the emulsion under a vacuum at an end-of-sterilization temperature. The emulsion is gradually cooled with agitation to a storage temperature.
US10328157B2	Acetylenedicarboxyl linkers and their uses in specific conjugation of a cell-binding molecule Cell binding agent-drug conjugates comprising bridge linkers, and methods of using such linkers and conjugates are provided.
US10328155B2	Compositions of jasmonate compounds and methods of use The disclosure describes nanocarried and/or microcarried jasmonate compounds and their pharmaceutical compositions, as well as use thereof for treating or preventing angiogenesis-related or NF-κB-related disorders. Also disclosed are methods of making the nanocarried and/or microcarried compounds and their compositions.
US10328152B2	Method for stabilization and delivery of therapeutic molecules A method of treatment is disclosed, comprising administering a composition of Cyclodextrin and reduced, nanonized L-Glutathione to a patient in need of treatment, wherein the L-Glutathione molecule is non-acetylated, non-Esterified, and non-fatty acid attached.
US10328148B2	Protein drug formulations and packages Compositions and methods that include stabilized protein drugs are described. In addition, protein drug formulations that are more stable under ambient conditions are described. The formulations include one or more poly amino acid ligands of the protein drug.
US10328146B2	Contructs for enhancing immune responses Chimeric protein constructs including a herpesvirus glycoprotein D (gD) and a heterologous polypeptide that interact with herpes virus entry mediator (HVEM) and enhance and enhance an immune response against the heterologous polypeptide and methods for their use are provided.
US10328142B2	Multiple variants of meningococcal protein NMB1870 Meningococcal protein NMB 1870 has been described in the prior art. The inventors have found that NMB 1870 is an effective antigen for eliciting anti-meningococcal antibody responses, and that it is expressed across all meningococcal serogroups. Forty-two different NMB 1870 sequences have been identified, and these group into three variants. Serum raised against a given variant is bactericidal within the same variant group, but is not active against strains which express one of the other two variants i.e. there is intra-variant cross-protection, but not inter-variant cross-protection. For maximum cross-strain efficacy, therefore, the invention uses mixture comprising different variants of NMB 1870.
US10328138B2	Vaccine for treatment or prevention of Burkholderia infection in a mammal An agent for use in a vaccine therapy to prevent or treat a Burkholderia infection in a mammal, wherein the agent is selected from a polypeptide of SEQUENCE ID NO:1, or a therapeutically effective variant thereof having at least 90% sequence identity with SEQUENCE ID NO: 1; a polypeptide of SEQUENCE ID NO:3, or a therapeutically effective variant thereof having at least 90% sequence identity with SEQUENCE ID NO: 3; and an immunogenic portion of the polypeptides of SEQUENCE ID NO:1 or SEQUENCE ID NO:3.
US10328134B2	Gastrin peptide immunogenic composition The invention provides for an immunogenic composition comprising a. a directed adjuvant comprising at least an anti-CD32 moiety linked to a TLR9 ligand and a first peptidic alpha-helix; and b. a gastrin-17 peptide immunogen linked to a second peptidic alpha-helix coiled to the first alpha-helix, which peptide immunogen is any of (i) human gastrin-17 comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID 1, or a fragment thereof comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID 2, or at least the 4 N-terminal amino acids of SEQ ID 2; (ii) an analog of (i), preferably of rhesus monkey or murine origin; and/or (iii) a functionally active variant of any of (i) or (ii), with one, two, three or four point mutations in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID 2. The invention further provides a kit for producing such immunogenic composition, a vaccine comprising such immunogenic composition and its medical use, such as for treating gastrin dependent diseases.
US10328132B2	Compositions for the inhibition of Giardia lamblia The present invention relates to a composition exhibiting a bile-salt hydrolase activity for its use for the treatment or the prevention of giardiasis, said composition comprising a bile-salt hydrolase (BSH) enzyme, a bacterium able to secrete a BSH, a recombinant host cell able to secrete a BSH, or a combination thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of a composition exhibiting a BSH activity for the treatment or the prevention of giardiasis, and to a pharmaceutical composition or a food composition comprising, as an active principle, a BSH, a lactic acid bacterium able to secrete a BSH, or a recombinant host cell able to secrete a BSH.
US10328131B2	Compositions and methods for regulating pancreatic beta cell function using adipsin The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating pancreatic beta cell function through modulation of adipsin activity and/or expression. Also provided are methods for preventing, treating, diagnosing, and prognosing metabolic disorders, such as diabetes, in a subject through modulation or detection of adipsin activity and/or expression.
US10328118B2	High purity oritavancin and method of producing same Drug substance preparations of oritavancin having high purity are disclosed, along with pharmaceutical compositions comprising such oritavancin drug substance preparations, and drug products or dosage forms comprising such pharmaceutical compositions.
US10328116B2	Combinations of proteasome inhibitors and cyclic peptides The present invention relates to a combination comprising a proteasome inhibitor and a cyclic peptide that comprises an exposed Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) moiety. In particular, the present invention relates to a combination comprising a proteasome inhibitor selected from the group consisting of: a boronate, an epoxyketone, a peptide aldehyde and a β-lactone protease inhibitor; and a cyclic peptide that comprises an exposed Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) moiety. More particularly, the present invention relates to a combination comprising a proteasome inhibitor selected from the group consisting of: bortezomib, delanzomib, ixazomib, carfilzomib, oprozomib, MG132 and marizomib; and a cyclic peptide that comprises an exposed Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) moiety.
US10328113B2	Method for preventing or treating an allergic disease using extract from illicium verum The present invention provides a method for preventing or treating an allergic disease, comprising administering to a subject a composition comprising an extract from Illicium verum as an active ingredient. The extract from Illicium verum of the present invention reduces the secretion amount of increased histamine by compound 48/80 and the production amount of the increased allergenic cytokines (TNF-α, IL-4 and IL-8) by PMA and A23187. The Illicium verum extract of the present invention reduces edema, dermatitis and IgE concentration of serum in atopic dermatitis mouse model. The Illicium verum extract of the present invention may be efficiently use for prevention, improvement or treatment of various allergic disease such as edema, hypersensitivity, contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, skin allergy, asthma or urticaria as pharmaceutical compositions, skin external applications, cosmetic compositions or food compositions.
US10328104B2	Methods for treating nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cell (NF-κB) dysregulation in a host in need thereof using eggshell membrane compositions The present invention relates to the use of eggshell membrane compositions to activate levels of nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (“NF-κB”) in the gut of a host in need thereof and methods of treating conditions related to NF-KB dysregulation. The herein invention provides a method for activating NF-κB in the gut of a host in need thereof. The method comprises orally administering an effective amount of a composition consisting essentially of eggshell membrane, and/or eggshell membrane isolates and/or eggshell membrane hydrolysates for activation of NF-κB to the host.
US10328103B2	Medical treatment composition comprising mammalian dental pulp stem cells A medical implant comprising in components from a tooth and stem cells harvested from at least one tooth. Pluripotent stem cells, other cells, and biologic constituents of the dental pulp may be harvested from the dental pulp of mammalian teeth, such as unerupted third molars in humans. After the stem cells are removed and isolated from the other teeth tissue, the hard tooth may be ground into a base material for the manufacture of a porous matrix into which the pluripotent stem cells, other cells, and biologic constituents of the dental pulp can be added. Additionally, soft tissue from the harvested tooth may be used as a carrier scaffold for soft tissue applications such as meniscal or cartilage repair.
US10328101B2	Inactivation of papillomavirus A method of treating early papillomavirus infection of an orifice of a human or animal body including any canal associated with an orifice, comprising applying a viral inactivation agent to the orifice and/or canal in an amount effective to inactivate a portion of the virus infecting the orifice or canal. Apparatus is also disclosed.
US10328099B2	Intradialytic use of sodium nitrite Provided herein are methods for maintaining physiological levels of nitrite in a subject undergoing hemodialysis. Also provided herein are methods of administering pharmaceutically acceptable sodium nitrite to a subject undergoing hemodialysis.
US10328083B1	Compositions and methods for treating stroke Provided herein is a method of treating a subject believed to have suffered a stroke. This method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising conivaptan or an active derivative, stereoisomer, pro-drug, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10328078B2	Pteridine dione monocarboxylate transporter inhibitors The invention provides compounds effective as inhibitors of monocarboxylate transporters such as MCT1 and MCT4, which can be used for treatment of medical conditions wherein treatment of the condition with a compound having an inhibitor effect on MCT1, MCT4, or both is medically indicated. Compounds of the invention can have antitumor, antidiabetes, anti-inflammatory, or immunosuppressive pharmacological effects, and can be effective for treatment of cancer and of type II diabetes.
US10328075B2	Method of treatment and compounds for use therein The present invention relates generally to a method of therapeutically or prophylactically treating ischaemia-induced myocardial tissue damage, in particular ischaemia-reperfusion-induced myocardial tissue damage. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of reducing the extent of ischaemia-induced myocardial tissue damage in a mammal by selectively upregulating FPR1-mediated ERK signalling. The method of the present invention is useful, inter alia, in reducing the extent and/or severity of myocardial tissue damage associated with conditions characterized by myocardial ischaemia or myocardial ischaemia and reperfusion, such as acute myocardial infarction caused by atherosclerotic artery occlusion or blood clot-induced artery occlusion.
US10328060B2	Certain protein kinase inhibitors Provided are certain PI3K inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of use therefor.
US10328057B2	Methods and compositions for treating hyperhidrosis Aspects of the disclosure include methods for treating hyperhidrosis in a subject with a composition including a muscarinic antagonist and a muscarinic agonist. In practicing methods according to certain embodiments, a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including a muscarinic antagonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a muscarinic agonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered to a subject and is sufficient to reduce hyperhidrosis in the subject and to reduce a dry mouth side effect of the muscarinic antagonist. Compositions for practicing the subject methods are also described as well as dose units containing one or more of the subject compositions.
US10328044B2	Pharmaceutical suspensions containing drug particles, devices for their administration, and methods of their use The invention features a pharmaceutical suspension containing drug particles, a drug delivery device anchored in the mouth for continuously administering the pharmaceutical suspension, and methods of their use.
US10328043B1	Composition and method for dual targeting in treatment of neuroendocrine tumors Chemical compositions and methods of synthesis thereof. The compositions disclosed and described herein are directed toward thyroid hormone αvβ3 integrin receptor antagonists conjugated to targets of the norepinephrine transporter (NET) or the catecholamine transporter. The compositions have a dual targeting effect and increased targeting efficiency in the treatment and diagnostic imaging of neuroendocrine tumors.
US10328038B2	Siderophore-polymer conjugates for increasing bacterial sensitivity to antibiotics The present technology provides siderophore-polymer conjugates that enhance the sensitivity of bacteria to antibiotics, e.g., Pseudomonas, P. aeruginosa, Acinetobacter, and A. baumannii.Methods of preparing and using such conjugates to treat bacterial infections are disclosed.
US10328029B2	Pharmaceutical composition The present invention relates to oral pharmaceutical compositions comprising nitisinone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, their use in the treatment of tyrosinemia, such as Hereditary Tyrosinemia type-1 (HT-1), or alkaptonuria. The compositions have improved stability characteristics. The invention also relates to processes for producing nitisinone.
US10328028B2	Pharmaceutical composition comprising amorphous lenalidomide and an antioxidant The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising amorphous lenalidomide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, with a synthetic antioxidant and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The invention further relates to the process to manufacture such a compositions and the use of said composition as a medicament, particularly in the treatment of in the treatment of multiple myeloma and myelodyplastic syndromes.
US10328023B2	Multicomponent gummy compositions with hard core The present disclosure provides oral, chewable dosage forms that are suitable for delivery of one or more active ingredients to a consumer, particularly a human individual. The dosage forms can be configured as multicomponent compositions formed of: a first component including a gummy composition; a second component that is a particulate material or is a pre-formed solid unit or plurality of pre-formed solid units; and an active ingredient. The second component can be, for example, in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable oral dosage unit, such as a tablet, a caplet, a soft shell capsule, a hard shell capsule, a microcapsule, or a pastille.
US10328016B2	Dye composition with special non-ionic linear silicone polymers A cosmetic agent for dyeing keratin fibers, in particular human hair, includes at least one special non-ionic linear silicone polymer and at least one oxidation dye pre product and/or a direct dye. The use of the at least one non-ionic linear silicone polymer leads to an improved colorfulness and/or depth of shades. A corresponding packaging unit (kit of parts) and a method for dyeing keratin fibers both include the cosmetic agent. The cosmetic agent and packaging unit including the same are used for increasing the colorfulness and/or depth of shades.
US10328015B2	Fragrance releasing compositions A composition having extended fragrance retention capability including an acrylic polymer, to be applied a human body surface is provided. The composition can be applied by using a kit which includes means for applying the fragrance releasing complex to the body surface.
US10328012B2	Methods for treating skin Provided are methods of treating skin with at least two alternating treatment modalities to improve the health and/or diminish signs of aging. Some methods according to the present invention may comprise topically applying at least two separate compositions, in a sequential, rotating, or alternating fashion to overcome adaptation, tolerance, or sensitization phenomena.
US10328008B2	Internal olefin sulfonate composition Provided are an internal olefin sulfonate composition which is capable of sufficiently enhancing foamability, foam dissipation property free from a slimy feeling during rinsing, and a feel after cleansing and subsequent drying, and a cleansing composition containing the same.The internal olefin sulfonate composition comprises (A) an internal olefin sulfonate having 16 carbon atoms and (B) an internal olefin sulfonate having 12 carbon atoms, in which a content mass ratio of the component (A) to the component (B), (A/B), is from 10/90 to 90/10.
US10328004B2	Sunscreen cosmetic A sunscreen cosmetic achieves high ultraviolet ray protection effect even when restricting a blended amount of the liquid ultraviolet ray absorbing agents ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate and octocrylene, that is stable and has excellent texture, and does not resulting in an unnatural whiteness on application. A sunscreen cosmetic comprises: (A) 0.5 to 10.0 mass % of t-butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane and/or diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate; (B) 0.5 to 5.0 mass % of bis-ethylhexyloxyphenol methoxyphenyl triazine; (C) 0.5 to 5.0 mass % of ethylhexyl triazone; (D) 5 to 50 mass % of an ester oil to which the ingredients (A), (B) and (C) have a solubility, at 25° C., of 10% or more; and (E) 1.5 to 12 mass % of an ultraviolet ray scattering agent; wherein the total blended amount of the ingredients (A), (B) and (C) is 1.5 to 15 mass % and the total blended amount of ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate and octocrylene is 3 mass % or less.
US10328002B2	Dentifice compositions containing stannous compatible silica particles A dentifrice composition containing an abrasive and a stannous ion source. The abrasive can contain precipitated silica particles where the extractable stannous ions after 30 days at 40° C. is greater than about 75% of the initial extractable stannous ion concentration.
US10328000B2	Apparatus and process for forming particles An apparatus and process for forming particles. The apparatus and process employs an intermediate mixer downstream of a batch mixer.
US10327997B2	Enteral feeding extension set connector A connector for coupling to a base of an indwelling device equipped with a circular hub having a radius, a top surface, a side surface, and a circumferential recess defined in the side surface. The connector has a resilient assembly including a plurality of release buttons extending from the resilient assembly and may include a conduit defining a fluid pathway through the connector. Each release button has a finger contact zone and a catch. The catch is configured to releasably engage the circumferential recess. The connector is coupled by positioning the connector on the circular hub and depressing the connector until the catches engage the circumferential recess such that the connector is configured to rotate completely about the circular hub. The connector is decoupled from the hub by pressing the release buttons to reversibly displace the respective catches radially to disengage from the circumferential recess.
US10327993B2	Vial access devices In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor for removing liquid contents from a vial comprises a piercing member and a bag. The bag can be contained within the piercing member such that the bag is introduced to the vial when the vial adaptor is coupled with the vial. In some embodiments, the bag expands within the vial as liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, thereby regulating pressure within the vial. In other embodiments, a vial comprises a bag for regulating pressure within the vial as liquid is removed therefrom. In some embodiments, a vial adaptor is coupled with the vial in order to remove the liquid. In some embodiments, as the liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, the bag expands within the vial, and in other embodiments, the bag contracts within the vial.
US10327992B2	Fluid transfer apparatus with pressure regulation In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor for removing liquid contents from a vial comprises a piercing member and a bag. The bag can be contained within the piercing member such that the bag is introduced to the vial when the vial adaptor is coupled with the vial. In some embodiments, the bag expands within the vial as liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, thereby regulating pressure within the vial. In other embodiments, a vial comprises a bag for regulating pressure within the vial as liquid is removed therefrom. In some embodiments, a vial adaptor is coupled with the vial in order to remove the liquid. In some embodiments, as the liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, the bag expands within the vial, and in other embodiments, the bag contracts within the vial.
US10327989B2	Devices and methods for transferring fluid to or from a vial In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor for removing liquid contents from a vial comprises a piercing member and a bag. The bag can be contained within the piercing member such that the bag is introduced to the vial when the vial adaptor is coupled with the vial. In some embodiments, the bag expands within the vial as liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, thereby regulating pressure within the vial. In other embodiments, a vial comprises a bag for regulating pressure within the vial as liquid is removed therefrom. In some embodiments, a vial adaptor is coupled with the vial in order to remove the liquid. In some embodiments, as the liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, the bag expands within the vial, and in other embodiments, the bag contracts within the vial.
US10327988B2	Automated drug preparation apparatus including automated drug reconstitution An automated medication preparation system for preparing a prescribed dosage of medication in a drug delivery device includes a plurality of stations for receiving, handling and processing the drug delivery device so that the prescribed dosage of medication is delivered to the drug delivery device and a transporting device that receives and holds more than one drug delivery device and moves the drug delivery devices in a controlled manner from one station to another station. The system is configured so that two or more separate drug delivery devices can be acted upon at the same time.
US10327983B2	Ganja vibe Triple area vibrator designed to stimulate three erogenous zones simultaneously or independently, providing stimulation to the vagina, clitoris, and anal/perianal regions. Also functions as a g spot rocker vibrator designed to stimulate both the g spot and the clitoris. Alternatively, the invention may also be used as a prostate massager. Among the unique aspects of the invention is that the multiple vibrating appendages resemble the shape of a cannabis leaf.
US10327978B2	Therapeutic undergarments for the treatment of functional gastrointestinal disorders including irritable bowel syndrome An apparatus, system, and method for treating symptoms of IBS. The apparatus includes a base material comprising a material that fits to the body of a user, an elastic portion capable of applying compression across the abdomen of a user, and a tension adjusting mechanism for adjusting the compression applied to the abdomen in order to treat the symptoms of IBS. A system for treating IBS may include a processor configured to receive a first set of data from biosensors configured to measure contractions in the bowel, receive a second set of data from a galvanic skin response sensor configured to measure electrical conductance of the skin; and, analyze patterns between the first and second sets of data.
US10327974B2	Haptic implants This disclosure relates to haptic devices for implantation in a human subject. Such haptic devices can include various actuators, including both active and passive haptic actuators, for providing feedback to a user.
US10327973B2	Device, use of the device and method for scattering cremation ashes A device and method for scattering cremation ashes including an elongated container body having a receiving space and a scattering element, the device configured as a walking stick and having an actuator for scattering cremation ashes present in the container body upon actuating the actuator.
US10327965B2	Absorbent article In an absorbent article a three-dimensional opening hole mesh sheet, having a face which faces skin of a wearer of the absorbent article and a reverse or opposite side face within the absorbent article, is combined with an absorber which includes an air-laid pulp non-woven fabric. The mesh sheet has an array of mechanically embossed concave portions forming protrusions on the skin-facing face of the mesh sheet and recesses on the reverse or opposite face, i.e., the unexposed face inside the absorbent article.
US10327964B2	Disposable diaper A front edge of a disposable diaper includes a curved recess recessed rearward in a region including the center of the disposable diaper in a width direction, and a front straight portion extending parallel to the width direction from the outer edge of the recess. A rear edge of the disposable diaper includes a curved projection protruding rearward in the region, and a rear straight portion extending parallel to the width direction from the outer edge of the projection. A pair of first cutout portions is recessed rearward from the outer edge of the front straight portion and recessed inward from the front edge of the outer edge of the disposable diaper. A pair of second cutout portions is recessed frontward from the outer edge of the rear straight portion and recessed inward from the rear edge of the outer edge of the disposable diaper.
US10327963B2	Absorbent article having a zoned attachment area for securing an absorbent assembly to a chassis An absorbent article includes a chassis and an absorbent assembly. The absorbent assembly is formed separately from the chassis, and attached to the chassis by an attachment area. The attachment area includes a front attachment zone, a rear attachment zone, and a central attachment zone extending between the front and rear attachment zones. The front and rear attachment zones have a first width and a second width, respectively, and the central attachment zone has a third width less than the first and second widths.
US10327950B2	Treatment apparatus for operatively correcting defective vision of an eye, method for generating control data therefor, and method for operatively correcting defective vision of an eye A treatment device for the surgical correction of hyperopia in the eye comprising a laser device controlled by a control device. The laser device separating corneal tissue by applying laser radiation. The control device controls the laser device for emitting the laser radiation into the cornea such that a lenticule-shaped volume is isolated. Removal thereof effects the desired correction. The control device predefines the volume such that a posterior surface and an anterior surface are connected via an edge surface that has a width in projection along the visual axis that is wider than the one which a straight line in the same projection, that is perpendicular at the edge of the posterior or the anterior surface would have relative to the associated surface and connects the anterior surface to the posterior surface or to the perceived extension thereof.
US10327947B2	Modified dual-blade cutting system The present invention relates to a microsurgical device and methods of its use for treatment of various conditions including eye diseases, such as glaucoma, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. The invention relates to a dual-blade device for cutting the trabecular meshwork (TM) in the eye. The device tip provides entry into the Schlemm's canal via its size (i.e., for example, 0.3-0.2 mm width) and configuration where the blade tip curves up providing a ramp-like action for cutting the TM. The dimensions and configuration of the blade is such that an entire strip of TM is removed without leaving TM leaflets behind and without causing collateral damage to adjacent tissues.
US10327946B2	Intraocular delivery of bioactive molecules using iontophoresis Iontophoresis, a minimally-invasive methodology that uses a weak electric current to enhance penetration of ionized molecules into tissues, was found to be an effective technique for the intraocular delivery of large bioactive molecules, specifically lutein.
US10327945B2	Magnetic eye shields and methods of treatment and diagnosis using the same In certain aspects, the invention is directed to magnetic eye shields that comprise a magnet. When worn by a patient, the magnetic eye shields are configured to generate an intraocular magnetic field of sufficient magnitude and direction to move a magnetic therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent positioned inside the eye to target tissue within the eye. Other aspects of the invention pertain to kits which comprise such magnetic eye shields as well as one or more additional components, for example, one or more containers of a magnetic diagnostic and/or or therapeutic agent. Further aspects of the invention pertain to methods of treatment, which comprise intraocularly introducing a magnetic therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent into an eye of a patient and fitting a magnetic eye shield to the head of the patient, wherein the magnetic therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent may be introduced to the patient before or after fitting the magnetic eye shield to the head of the patient.
US10327938B1	Intestinal sleeve A sleeve that is inserted into intestine has an extendable length, varying length. When no food is ingested the sleeve is short. The length of the sleeve could be thirty or less centimeter. When food is ingested the sleeve extends into the intestine the full length and reduces absorption of food by the intestine.
US10327929B2	Apparatus and method for stabilization of procedural catheter in tortuous vessels The use of bifurcated catheter is disclosed for stabilizing working catheters for carotid percutaneous intervention of vessels originating from a tortuous aortic arch, which uses guide wires that used to enable the catheters accessing the left or right carotid arteries (CA). Also disclosed is the use of two independent catheters or a catheter and snare wire within a single sheath, as well as the implementations, associated problems and corrective solutions to the identified problems. Further additional uses of the bifurcated catheter/dual catheter, for access to and treatment of other exemplary tortuous locations where stability of the procedural catheter would make a difference are also disclosed in the current application.
US10327927B2	Pull wire for vascular intervention device delivery system A vascular intervention device delivery system includes a catheter with a proximal end attached to a handle, and a distal carrier segment for mounting a vascular intervention device thereon. A retractable sheath is movable from a first position covering the distal carrier segment to a second position retracted proximally uncovering the distal carrier segment. A pull is attached to the retractable sheath and extends proximally from the retractable sheath toward the handle. A majority of the length of the pull has a cross sectional shape with a concave side that faces the longitudinal axis and is opposite to a convex side that faces away from the longitudinal axis. The cross sectional shape has a width that is greater than a thickness.
US10327926B2	Implantable and lumen-supporting stents and related methods of manufacture and use There is disclosed an implantable medical stent system, including: a radially expandable stent comprising a filamental structure in a pattern surrounding a bore to form a substantially tubular wall along a length relative to a longitudinal axis; in which the filamental structure includes at least one arcuate crown with a crown peak having a radius of curvature located along a reference axis, and first and second arcuate crown shoulders on first and second sides, respectively, of the reference axis; in which the filamental structure also includes at least one pair of first and second elongated struts extending from the first and second crown shoulders, respectively; the first and second elongated struts have a region of constant maximum width at an intermediate portion and tapering toward the first and second crown shoulders.
US10327911B2	Enhanced cage insertion assembly An inserter instrument for inserting an intervertebral fusion cage having curved sidewalls, comprising: a) a threaded securement rod that mates with the cage via screw threads; b) a cannulated cage holder to receive the rod and hold the cage in position as the sheath is retracted; and c) a bulleted cannulated sheath, wherein the sheath is curved and comprises a superelastic shape memory material having a curved configuration and a straight configuration.
US10327898B2	Valve replacement devices and methods An embolic material blocking catheter includes a handle assembly, an elongated element having a lumen, and a deployable embolic material blocking element. The embolic material blocking catheter is configured to accommodate insertion of a treatment catheter into the lumen to position a treatment device distal to the embolic material blocking element for administering a treatment at a treatment site and/or convey embolic material blocked by the embolic material blocking element for extraction from the patient.
US10327893B2	Transcatheter valve having reduced seam exposure A transcatheter valve having an expandable frame and a collapsible multi-portion skirt within the frame are provided with seams between the portions of the skirt that are located to cooperate with features of the frame and thereby reduce the exposure of the seams.
US10327886B2	Accomodative intraocular lens An accommodating intraocular lens implant includes (a) a posterior lens unit and (b) an anterior assembly, which includes first and second anterior components, each of which comprises exactly one polymeric piece. The first anterior component is shaped so as to define an anterior floating lens unit and levers. The second anterior component (a) is assembled with the first anterior component such that the first and the second anterior components are separable from each other without tearing the anterior components, and (b) is shaped so as to define (i) an anterior rim complex, and (ii) anterior rim links, which are connected to the anterior rim complex. The levers are in jointed connection with the anterior floating lens unit, the anterior rim links, and the posterior lens unit. The levers are arranged to move the anterior floating lens unit toward and away from the anterior rim complex.
US10327878B2	Method and system for providing feedback data useful in prosthodontic procedures associated with the intra oral cavity Feedback data useful in prosthodontic procedures associated with the intra oral cavity is provided. First, a 3D numerical model of the target zone in the intra oral cavity is provided, and this is manipulated so as to extract particular data that may be useful in a particular procedure, for example data relating to the finish line or to the shape and size of a preparation. The relationship between this data and the procedure is then determined, for example the clearance between the preparation and the intended crown. Feedback data, indicative of this relationship, is then generated, for example whether the preparation geometry is adequate for the particular type of prosthesis.
US10327856B2	Autonomous correction of alignment error in a master-slave robotic system In some embodiments, correcting an alignment error between an end effector of a tool associated with a slave and a master actuator associated with a master in a robotic system involves receiving at the master, master actuator orientation signals (RMCURR) representing the orientation of the master actuator relative to a master reference frame and generating end effector orientation signals (REENEW) representing the end effector orientation relative to a slave reference frame, producing control signals based on the end effector orientation signals, receiving an enablement signal for selectively enabling the control signals to be transmitted from the master to the slave, responsive to a transition of the enablement signal from not active state to active state, computing the master-slave misalignment signals (RΔ) as a difference between the master actuator orientation signals (RMCURR) and the end effector orientation signals (REENEW), and adjusting the master-slave misalignment signals (RΔ) to reduce the alignment difference.
US10327854B2	Robotic surgical system and methods for articulation calibration Systems and methods for articulation calibration of a surgical tool configured to be coupled to a robotic surgical system are provided. The tool including a tool shaft with an end effector has at least one linkage member extending along the shaft and operably coupled to the end effector such that force selectively applied to the linkage member is able to cause articulation of the end effector. The tool can also include a homing mechanism. To perform articulation calibration of the end effector, it can be constrained, force can be applied to the linkage member to attempt articulation of the end effector until a resistance against further articulation exceeds a threshold, and a home position of the end effector can be determined based on a force at which the resistance has exceeded the threshold.
US10327852B2	Method for implanting a hip prosthesis and related system A method of implanting a hip joint prosthesis into a patient can include obtaining image data of hip joint anatomy of the patient. Physical activities that the patient desires to participate in subsequent to implanting the hip prosthesis can be determined. A size and an initial placement of the hip joint prosthesis based on the image data can be determined. A desired range of motion of the hip joint prosthesis based on the determined physical activities can be determined. A plan can be created comprising a desired implanted location of the hip joint prosthesis and based on the desired range of motion. The plan can be incorporated onto a guide. The plan can be executed with the guide thereby implanting the hip joint prosthesis into the patient at the desired implanted position.
US10327850B2	Automated system and method for harvesting or implanting follicular units Automated systems and methods for creating a plan for performing a procedure (for example, hair transplantation) are provided. In some embodiments, the plan is generated automatically by a processor. A user interface may be configured to allow a user to input one or more of the parameters of the plan. In certain embodiments, the hair transplantation plan takes into consideration existing hair.
US10327849B2	Robotic system and method for backdriving the same A robotic surgical systems and methods of operating the same are provided. The system comprises a surgical tool, a manipulator having a plurality of joints and supporting the surgical tool, and a controller. A virtual simulation represents the surgical tool as a virtual rigid body having a virtual mass including an inertia about at least one of the joints. The controller determines an expected joint torque for the joint. The expected joint torque is compared to an actual joint torque of the joint to determine a joint torque difference. The inertia of the virtual mass about the joint is determined. An angular acceleration about the joint is computed using the joint torque difference and the inertia. The angular acceleration is projected to the virtual mass to determine an external force. The controller simulates dynamics of the surgical tool in the virtual simulation in response to the external force.
US10327841B2	System for use in treatment of vertebral fractures Methods and devices that displace bone or other hard tissue to create a cavity in the tissue. Where such methods and devices rely on a driving mechanism for providing moving of the device to form a profile that improves displacement of the tissue. These methods and devices also allow for creating a path or cavity in bone for insertion of bone cement or other filler to treat a fracture or other condition in the bone. The features relating to the methods and devices described herein can be applied in any region of bone or hard tissue where the tissue or bone is displaced to define a bore or cavity instead of being extracted from the body such as during a drilling or ablation procedure.
US10327840B2	Electrosurgical handpiece An electrosurgical tool includes an electrically powered handpiece with a detachable electrode at one end and a power connection at the other. A mechanism for connecting the detachable electrode to the handpiece includes a keyed electrical connection to power the electrode. The handpiece includes a feedback controller incorporated in the tool to adjust operational characteristics of the electrosurgical tool.
US10327836B2	Blade deployment mechanisms for surgical forceps A forceps includes first and second shafts, each having a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof. At least one jaw member is moveable from an open to a closed position for grasping tissue therebetween. At least one jaw member is configured for reciprocation of a blade therethrough. A trigger assembly includes a trigger and at least one linkage coupled to the trigger and to the blade such that rotation of the trigger translates the blade between the retracted and the extended position. An interference member moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position is also provided. The interference member is configured to engage the linkage(s) when in the locked position to inhibit translation of the blade from the retracted to the extended position.
US10327833B2	Electrosurgical switch assembly and related systems and methods Switches for electrosurgical devices comprising a plurality of electrode sets and related devices, systems, and methods. In some embodiments, a first electrode set may be configured to deliver CUT radiofrequency energy and a second electrode set configured to deliver COAG radiofrequency energy. A switch assembly may be configured to allow for selection between at least three modes, the at least three modes comprising a first, neutral mode, in which the electrosurgical device is configured such that no radiofrequency energy is delivered to either the first electrode set or the second electrode set, a second, CUT mode, in which the electrosurgical device is configured such that CUT radiofrequency energy may be delivered to the first electrode set through the switch assembly, and a third, COAG mode, in which the electrosurgical device is configured such that COAG radiofrequency energy may be delivered to the second electrode set through the switch assembly.
US10327826B2	Devices, systems, and methods for semi-rigid bone fixation Apparatus and methods are provided for the approximation of two bones, the apparatus including a first anchor that is rotationally driven into a first bone by a second bone anchor, which receives driving torque from a driver tool. After the first anchor is secured in the first bone, the second anchor is disengaged from the first anchor but remains connected to the first anchor by a flexible link of a designed length. The second bone anchor is secured in the second bone and has provisions to be lengthened or shortened to adjust the overall length of the implant, thereby adjusting the approximation between the two bones.
US10327823B2	Surgical implant for correction of hallux valgus or tailor's bunion Methods and devices for correcting hallux valgus and tailor's bunion are disclosed. An implant includes a bone engaging feature on each end connected by an intermediate portion. The implant is configured to be positioned on the dorsal side of the metatarsals and stabilizes two adjacent metatarsals toward one another, thereby decreasing the intermetatarsal angle. Depending on the severity of the deformity, a single or multiple implants may be used. In addition, the implant may be used as an adjunctive device in combination with other surgical procedures.
US10327814B2	Nail plate growth guide surgical implantation kit A surgical kit for the repair of a nail bed includes implantable nail plate guides adapted to guide the regrowth of a fingernail over a nail bed, drapes, a suture needle with absorbable suture, a suture needle with non-absorbable suture, wound dressings, and all instruments required to perform the procedure. The instruments preferably include an elevator, a needle driver, a clamp, a tweezers, and a scissors. The kit also includes anesthesia, a syringe, and needles for loading and then administering the anesthesia to the finger. The kit may include a tourniquet, antiseptic, and an antiinfective. Therefore, the kit assembles together several nail plate guides, the instruments for implanting a selected one of the nail plate guides onto the nail bed over a patient, the pre-implantation surgical preparation materials, and the post-implantation wound care materials.
US10327812B2	Pericardial access device A method is provided for accessing a pericardial space of a subject. The method includes advancing a guide member toward a heart, having (a) a transparent blunt distal end, and (b) a side-facing suction port. During advancing of the guide member, an imaging device disposed in the guide member generates an image of part of the heart. Subsequently to contacting the pericardium with the suction port, the imaging device is retracted proximally in the guide member. Subsequently, a portion of the pericardium is drawn into the guide member through the suction port. Following the drawing of the portion into the guide member, an image of the pericardium disposed within the suction port, is generated. Subsequently, a puncturing element is advanced in the guide member to puncture the portion of the pericardium that is in the guide member. Other applications are also described.
US10327807B2	Endoscopic surgical systems and methods An access system is provided for establishing an access path to a surgical site within a patient. The access system comprises an access portal defining a working channel with a central axis, and an adaptor with a mating section mountable to the access portal. The adaptor is selectively rotatable about the central axis. The access portal includes a plurality of openings and the adaptor includes a plurality of projections, each of the projections and openings being arranged so that, in a first orientation, the openings and projections align to allow mounting of the adaptor to the access portal and, in a second orientation, the openings and projections do not align to prevent disassociation between the adaptor and the access portal. The adaptor also includes a holder for a viewing device, the viewing device being movable with the adaptor about the access portal and vertically translatable relative to the access portal.
US10327801B2	Systems and methods for creating hair transplantation procedure sites Methods and systems are provided for determining the location of procedure sites, for example hair implantation sites, the method and systems enabling a natural looking randomness to be maintained to achieve a desired density while avoiding previously created procedure sites and existing features.
US10327800B2	Method and apparatus for skin resurfacing Exemplary embodiments of method and apparatus are provided for resurfacing of skin that includes formation of a plurality of small holes, e.g., having widths less than about 1 mm or 0.5 mm, using a mechanical apparatus, thus avoiding generation of thermal damage as occurs with conventional laser resurfacing procedures and devices. The holes formed can be well-tolerated by the skin, and can exhibit shorter healing times and less swelling than conventional resurfacing procedures. The apparatus includes one or more needles adapted to remove a small portion of tissue when inserted into and withdrawn from the skin. The fractional surface coverage of the holes can be between about 0.1 and 0.7, or between about 0.2 and 0.5. The exemplary method and apparatus can produce cosmetic effects such as increases in collagen content, epidermal thickness, and dermal/epidermal junction undulations in the skin.
US10327798B2	Surgical instrument with orientation sensing A surgical instrument comprises a body assembly and an end effector. The body assembly includes a control module, an orientation sensor communicatively coupled to the control module, and an energy component. The energy component is operable to activate the end effector at a plurality of energy settings. A storage device is communicatively coupled to the control module and includes a plurality of gesture profiles and corresponding energy settings. The control module is configured to set the energy setting of the energy component to a corresponding energy setting in response to a correlation between the output of the orientation sensor and a gesture profile. In some versions, the control module modifies the energy setting based upon output from a force sensor that measures the force on the end effector. The control module may also decrease the energy setting in response to an anomalous acceleration or deceleration detected by an accelerometer.
US10327796B2	Ultrasonic surgical instrument with dual modes A surgical apparatus comprises a body, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The end effector comprises a clamp arm and an ultrasonic blade in acoustic communication with an ultrasonic transducer via an acoustic waveguide that extends through the shaft assembly. The clamp arm is configured to pivot about a first pivot point toward and away from the ultrasonic blade along a first angular path from a first position to a second position to thereby provide a tissue sealing mode of operation. The clamp arm is further configured to pivot about a second pivot point toward and away from the ultrasonic blade along second angular path from the second position to a third position to thereby provide a tissue cutting and sealing mode of operation. The second pivot point is proximal to the first pivot point.
US10327790B2	Methods and systems for treatment of acute ischemic stroke Described are methods and systems for transcervical access of the cerebral arterial vasculature and treatment of cerebral occlusions, including ischemic stroke. The methods and devices may include methods and devices which may provide aspiration and passive flow reversal, those which protect the cerebral penumbra during the procedure to minimize injury to brain, as well as distal catheters and devices to remove an occlusion. The methods and devices that provide passive flow reversal may also offer to the user a degree of flow control. Devices and methods which provide a way to securely close the access site in the carotid artery to avoid the potentially devastating consequences of a transcervical hematoma are also described.
US10327789B2	Methods and systems for preparing bone for a surgical procedure Systems and methods for preparing a bone for a surgical procedure are provided. In general, the described techniques use a surgical guide device including a cannula having first and second parallel elongate channels adjacent to one another, and first and second elongate sleeves configured to be removably and replaceably received in the first and second channels, respectively. The first sleeve has a plurality of openings formed therein, each being in communication with a respective wire-receiving lumen extending through the first sleeve. Each of the openings defines a different offset distance between the wire-receiving lumen in communication with that opening and a wire-receiving lumen extending through the second sleeve. The surgical device can be manipulated so as to define positions of first and second openings in a bone, such as a glenoid or other bone, to receive bone screws or other elements for attaching a bone graft to the bone.
US10327788B2	Surgical jig, verification jig, and methods for producing these jigs There are provided a surgical jig (24) which is directly used during surgery to make it possible to accurately recognize a position where a recess (44, 46) is to be formed in the surface of a surgical target bone (14) of a patient; and a verification jig (34) which is directly used during surgery to make it possible to precisely verify whether or not the recess (44, 46) formed in the surface of the surgical targeted bone (14) of the patient is of a required shape.The surgical jig (24) has an inner surface (26) matching the surface shape of the surgical target bone (14) of the patient, and a penetrating opening (30, 32) formed in correspondence with a site where the recess (44, 46) is to be formed. The verification jig (34) has a protrusion (40, 42) protruding from an inner surface (36) thereof in correspondence with the recess (44, 46) to be formed.
US10327778B2	Stent with balloon for repair of anastomosis surgery leaks A stent for repairing post-anastomosis surgery leaks is described. The stent includes an elongated tube having a flared proximal end and a flared distal end, and an intermediate region disposed between those two ends. An inflatable balloon is disposed about the intermediate region. In addition, the elongated tube is coated with a coating.
US10327773B2	Clamping instrument Embodiments of a clamping instrument are disclosed. In some embodiments, a clamping device with calibrated parameters and a calibration process for the clamping device is presented. A method of calibrating a clamping instrument can include acquiring a data set of clamping torque as a function of tip deflection data for the clamping instrument; determining a torque limit from the data set; and storing the torque limit in the clamping instrument.
US10327767B2	Control of motor velocity of a surgical stapling and cutting instrument based on angle of articulation A motorized surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a control circuit configured to control the movement of an end effector. If the end effector moves outside a predetermined desired position, the control circuit may activate the energized condition of the motor to move the end effector back to the desired position. When the end effector is in the desired position, the control circuit may engage the de-energized condition of the motor and engage an electromagnetic lock.
US10327762B2	Suture locks A suture securing device includes a body connected to an arm by a hinge and is useable to secure a suture without requiring the tying of a knot. The body includes a bottom surface that contacts a patient's skin when in use, an eversion recess formed in the bottom surface, and a first gripping surface. The arm is connected to the body by the hinge and includes a second gripping surface that contacts at least a portion of the first gripping surface when the hinge is in the closed configuration. The device may also include an engagement structure configured to secure the arm to the body in the closed configuration.
US10327761B2	Suture delivery device for suturing tissue Systems are provided for delivering a suture to close a surgical opening. An elongated deployment member may have at its distal end a retracted counterforce member. The counterforce member may be inserted into the surgical opening and deployed to resist being withdrawn from the opening. A compression member may be slid down the elongated member to compress the tissue to be sutured against the counterforce member. Suture passers loaded with suture ends may be passed through needle tubes within the elongated member to emerge from the elongated member and pierce the tissue to be sutured, then deposit the suture ends with a suture catcher. The suture passers may be withdrawn, leaving the suture ends. The suture catcher may be retracted, retaining the suture ends and the device—elongated member, retracted suture catcher, and retained suture end—may be withdrawn from the surgical opening. The suture may then be completed.
US10327745B2	Surgical retrieval apparatus for thoracic procedures A surgical retrieval apparatus includes a handle including an elongated sleeve extending therefrom that, together cooperate to define a lumen therethrough. A shaft having an end effector assembly disposed at a distal end thereof and a plunger disposed at a proximal end thereof is selectively translatable between a first position and a second position, wherein the end effector assembly extends from the sleeve. An articulation mechanism is configured to articulate the end effector assembly relative to the shaft. A specimen retrieval bag is coupled to the end effector assembly and is deployable to an extended position upon movement of the end effector assembly to the second position.
US10327742B2	Cell sampling device A swallowable cell sampling device comprising an abrasive material capable of collecting cells from the surface of the oesophagus is described. The swallowable cell sampling device may include an apparatus for retrieval comprising a cord. Moreover, the cord may be attached to the abrasive material with a hitch knot. Additionally, kits and methods involving the same are described.
US10327734B2	Measurement of tissue thickness using ultrasound and force measurements Wall thickness of a cavity is determined by inserting a catheter into contact with a wall of a cavity in a body of a subject. The distal segment of the catheter is provided with a contact force sensor and an ultrasound transducer. The transducer is actuated to acquire ultrasound reflection data from the wall of the cavity, and while the transducer is actuated, the catheter is reciprocated against the wall of the cavity and the contact force measured between the catheter and the wall of the cavity. The reflection data is correlated with the contact force. A set of the correlated reflection data having the highest correlation with the contact force is identified. The tissue thickness between the inner surface and the identified set of the reflection data is calculated according to the time-of-flight therebetween.
US10327733B2	Ultrasound image apparatus and method of operating the same Provided is an ultrasound imaging apparatus including: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasound data for an object including a first region and a second region used to determine a shape of the first region; a controller configured to extract the second region of the object from the ultrasound data, set at least one guide line corresponding to the first region, and measure the at least one guide line corresponding to the first region; and a display configured to display measurement information regarding the at least one guide line.
US10327732B2	Method for characterising an ultrasound wound in organic tissues The method of characterizing an ultrasound lesion (T) in organic tissues, the lesion being made by applying high intensity focused ultrasound delivered by a probe having its emission surface presenting a shape that is toroidal, consists in: after a period of at least two days from the end of ultrasound application, acquiring at least one characterization image (Ic) of the organic tissues; detecting the presence of a contrast border (16) in the characterization image (Ic); and from the contrast border (16), determining the extent of the ultrasound lesion.
US10327728B2	X ray computed tomography apparatus and scan start timing determination method According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray detector, a projection data generation circuitry, a setting circuitry, and a scan start timing determination circuitry. The setting circuitry configured to set a region of interest on a slice image generated by a first scan for the object. The scan start timing determination circuitry configured to determine, based on a plurality of projection data values of interest corresponding to the region of interest out of the projection data values generated by a second scan at a dose lower than that in the first scan, a timing of terminating the second scan and starting a third scan at a dose higher than that in the second scan.
US10327724B2	Detection and characterization of aortic pathologies According to one or more embodiments, a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for detecting and characterizing aortic pathologies are provided. The method may include receiving, by a computer, one or more tomograph scan images corresponding to a patient's aorta. The one or more received tomograph scan images may be analyzed by the computer for one or more image features associated with one or more aortic pathologies, such as aortic dissection or an aortic aneurysm. One or more image features associated with the one or more aortic pathologies may be identified in the one or more analyzed tomograph scan images, which may allow the determination of an aortic pathology associated with the patient's aorta based on the identification of the image features. A portion of the aorta and one or more branch arteries corresponding to the determined aortic pathology may then be identified.
US10327717B2	X-ray reduction system A multiple frames imaging system is disclosed with capability of differential x-ray exposure of different input areas of an image intensifier or other x-ray detector. Collimators are provided to control the amount of radiation in various regions of the image and image processing is provided to provide the display of images of different qualities. Motion methods are provided to move the collimators to produce optimal image frames.
US10327714B2	Analyte concentration alert function for analyte sensor system Systems, methods, and apparatuses that provide alerts based on analyte data and acceleration data. An analyte sensor may generate the analyte data. An accelerometer may generate the acceleration data. A transceiver may convert the analyte data into analyte concentration values. The transceiver may convert the acceleration data into activity information. The transceiver may generate an alert based on the analyte concentration values and activity information. The alert may be communicated to a user by a mobile medical application executed on the transceiver and/or a display device (e.g., smartphone) in communication with the transceiver. The mobile medical application may display (e.g., on a display of the display device) a plot or graph of the analyte concentration values and activity information with respect to time.
US10327703B2	Vital sign monitoring device The present disclosure describes a vital sign monitoring device configured for monitoring one or more patient vital signs. The device includes a disposable patch assembly attachable to a reusable electronics package. The patch assembly includes an adhesive layer for adhering to a patient's skin. A vital sign sensor is embedded within the adhesive layer. A flexible circuit connects to the sensor on an upper side of the adhesive layer, and provides electrical contact between the sensor and the electronics package. The electronics package includes a battery and microcontroller for powering and controlling the sensor.
US10327692B2	Apparatus for assessing muscle quality An apparatus for assessing muscle quality includes a first acquisition unit that acquires bioelectric information including at least one of (i) a resistance component and a reactance component of bioelectrical impedance and (ii) first impedance measured by supplying alternating current at a predetermined low frequency to a living organism and second impedance measured by supplying alternating current at a predetermined high frequency to the living organism; a second acquisition unit that acquires a physical parameter related to physique of the living organism; and a calculation unit that calculates an index in accordance with a proportion, in muscle tissue, of muscle fiber to interstitial tissue based on the physical parameter and on at least one of a first parameter represented as a ratio between the resistance component and the reactance component and a second parameter represented as a ratio between the first impedance and the second impedance.
US10327685B2	System and method for using multiple sensor calibration methods The present invention relates to a system and method for improving glucose sensor accuracy by utilizing multiple calibration methods and selecting the most accurate method depending on a consensus glucose concentration estimate. Embodiments of the present invention comprise the steps of performing at least one in vivo update of surrounding glucose to acquire glucose values; calculating multiple updated calibration estimates using the updated glucose values; calculating an initial consensus glucose estimate from sensor output using each updated calibration estimate; applying a smooth crossover function to the multiple calibration estimates based on the value of the initial consensus glucose estimate; and adding weights to the multiple calibration estimates to acquire a consensus glucose estimate.
US10327684B2	Glucose sensor apparatus addressing interference of ascorbic acid and acetaminophen This disclosure relates to a nanoporous composition including a number of clusters of nanoparticles dispersed in a liquid, a nanoporous layer formed of the nanoporous composition, a glucose-oxidation electrode including the nanoporous layer, and a glucose-sensing device and system including the glucose-oxidation electrode. This disclosure also relates to a method of making the nanoporous composition, the nanoporous layer, the glucose-oxidation electrode and the glucose-sensing device and system. Further, this disclosure also relates to devices, systems and methods for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and blood glucose monitoring (BGM).
US10327670B2	Systems, methods and devices for exercise and activity metric computation Systems, methods and devices that facilitate determination of enhanced exercise or physical activity metrics by considering multiple types of data. Metrics are computable by pre-processing, and in some cases segmenting, a variety of input signals, such as acceleration signals, electromyography signals or other signals from a wearable device.
US10327665B2	Monitoring system Apparatus for performing impedance measurements on a subject. The apparatus includes a first processing system for determining an impedance measurement procedure and determining instructions corresponding to the measurement procedure. A second processing system is provided for receiving the instructions, using the instructions to generate control signals, with the control signals being used to apply one or more signals to the subject. The second processing system then receives first data indicative of the one or more signals applied to the subject, second data indicative of one or more signals measured across the subject and performs at least preliminary processing of the first and second data to thereby allow impedance values to be determined.
US10327660B2	Health monitoring An electrode assembly for making electrocardiogram measurements includes a substrate and at least two electrodes. The substrate includes at least one electronic item sealed therewithin and is laminated or otherwise constructed so as to facilitate removal of the electronic item from the substrate prior to disposal. The electronic item may therefore be re-used in the manufacture of new electrode assemblies.
US10327658B2	Catheter spine assembly with closely-spaced bipole microelectrodes An electrophysiologic catheter with a distal electrode assembly carrying very closely-spaced bipole microelectrodes on a plurality of divergent spines that can flexibly spread over tissue surface area minimized detection of undesirable noise, including far-field signals. Each spine has a flexible microelectrode panel having a substrate, at least one pair of microelectrodes, a trace for each microelectrode, and a soldering pad. Adjacent microelectrodes of a bipole pair are separated by a space gap distance ranging between about 50-300 microns. Each microelectrode may have a width of about 200 or 300 microns.
US10327654B2	Detecting neuronal action potentials using a sparse signal representation A system and method detect neuronal action potential signals from tissue responding to electrical stimulation signals. A sparse signal space model for a set of tissue response recordings has a signal space separable into a plurality of disjoint component manifolds including a neural action potential (NAP) component manifold corresponding to tissue response to electrical stimulation signals. A response measurement module is configured to: i. map a tissue response measurement signal into the sparse signal model space to obtain a corresponding sparse signal representation, ii. project the sparse signal representation onto the NAP component manifold to obtain a sparse NAP component representation, iii. when the sparse NAP component representation is greater than a minimum threshold value, report and recover a detected NAP signal in the tissue response measurement signal.
US10327647B2	System and method for producing parametric maps of optoacoustic data A method is disclosed for creating and outputting a masked parametric map (e.g., hemoglobin oxygenation) that reflects parameters in a first parametric map (e.g., relative oxygenation) and second parametric map (e.g., relative hemoglobin). In an illustrative embodiment, the method comprises steps of generating a first parametric map, generating a second parametric map, and then generating a masked parametric map that reflects parameters in the first and second parametric maps. The masked map may present information not readily apparent from the first parametric map and the second parametric map, and not obtainable from the first and second parametric maps independently. The first parametric map may be based upon portions of two optoacoustic images created using differing wavelengths of light. The first parametric map is reflective of areas within the volume of tissue that have a differing response to the longer wavelength light event compared to the shorter one. The second parametric map is reflective of areas within the volume of tissue that have a stronger response to the longer and shorter wavelength light events than the surrounding areas. A masked parametric map is output which is reflective of a combination of information in the first and second parametric maps. In an embodiment, the masked parametric map is generated by generating a mask reflective of a combination of information in the first and second parametric maps, and applying the mask to one of the first or second parametric maps to form the masked parametric map. In an embodiment, one or more of the parametric maps is coregistered with, and overlayed on an ultrasound image of the same volume of tissue before being output.
US10327637B2	Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for patient image analysis to identify new diseases Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for performing image processing in connection with phenotypic analysis. For example, at least one processor may be configured to receive electronic numerical information corresponding to pixels reflective of at least one external soft tissue image of an individual and access geographically dispersed genetic information stored in a database. The geographically dispersed genetic information may include numerical data that correlates anomalies in pixels in soft tissue images of a plurality of geographically dispersed individuals to specific genes or to specific genetic variants. The at least one processor may also be configured to compare the electronic numerical information for the individual with the numerical data of the geographically dispersed genetic information stored in a database, to determine at least a likelihood that the individual has a specific genetic variant, and prioritize, based on the comparison, one or more genetic variants according to likelihood of pathogenicity.
US10327634B2	Ophthalmic lens doublet for ophthalmoscopy Proposed is an ophthalmic lens doublet for indirect ophthalmoscopy. The doublet is cemented into an integral unit from two lens elements, of which is a convex-convex lens element and another is a convex-concave lens element. Both lens elements have external and internal surfaces and may be combined so that the ophthalmic lens doublet has asphericity either on one side or on both sides of the unit. The aspheric surface is characterized by asphericity Z of the following formula (1) Z=Y2/{R+[R2−(1+k)Y2]1/2} (1), where Z is in one of coordinates in a Cartesian coordinate system, Y is a second coordinate in the Cartesian coordinate system, R and k being variable parameters which are different for each selected values of d, where d is an outer diameter of the ophthalmic lens doublet.
US10327631B2	Post-processing reduction of fixed pattern artifacts and trigger jitter in swept-source optical coherence tomography Disclosed herein are methods and systems for aligning swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) spectral interferograms to a reference spectral interferogram based on signal information (e.g., amplitude or phase) at a fixed-pattern noise location to reduce residual fixed-pattern noise and improve the phase stability of SS-OCT systems.
US10327624B2	System and method for image processing to generate three-dimensional (3D) view of an anatomical portion Various aspects of a system and method to process an image for generation of a three-dimensional (3D) view of an anatomical portion are disclosed herein. The system includes an image-processing device configured to receive a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images associated of an anatomical portion, each with a first field-of-view (FOV) value. A first 3D view of the anatomical portion with a second FOV value, is generated from a 3D reconstruction of the anatomical portion. The 3D reconstruction is obtained by use of a set of 2D image frames selected from the received plurality of 2D images. The second FOV value is greater than the first FOV value of each of the plurality of 2D images of the anatomical portion. A second 3D view is generated, based on the alignment of the generated first 3D view with 3D data associated with a pre-operative state of the anatomical portion.
US10327612B2	Configuration of a cyclone assembly and surface cleaning apparatus having same A cyclone separator useable in a surface cleaning apparatus comprises a cyclone casing defining a cyclone chamber and having first and second opposed ends and a sidewall extending between the first and second ends. A separated material collection chamber surrounds at least a portion of the cyclone chamber and is communication therewith via a separated material outlet. The separated material collection chamber is spaced at least about 0.5 inches from the cyclone chamber. In addition, the separated material collection chamber is spaced from the bottom of the cyclone by at least about 0.5 inches.
US10327610B2	Hand carryable surface cleaning apparatus A hand vacuum cleaner has a suction motor and fan assembly having a suction motor axis of rotation, an air treatment member having an openable door and a central longitudinal axis extending between the front and rear ends of the air treatment member; and, a handle having a having a hand grip portion wherein the hand grip portion extends upwardly and forwardly when the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with the upper end of the hand vacuum cleaner above the lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner. The central longitudinal axis intersects the openable door and the hand grip portion.
US10327605B2	Air bar cleaning tool, system and method Cleaning air knife elements are assembled in a parallel orientation inside a housing enclosing the air knife assembly and in fluid communication with a compressed air source. In certain embodiments, the air knife elements are spaced apart a distance that orients the cleaning air knife discharge slots directly parallel and in line with the slots of the air nozzle or bar to be cleaned. Air discharging from the air knife discharge slots passes through the discharge slots of the air nozzle to be cleaned, dislodging dust and friable solid buildup from the air nozzle slots. Additionally, the cleaning air jet enters the air nozzle body, further dislodging dust and friable solids from the internal passages of the air nozzle inside the air nozzle body.
US10327602B2	Disinfecting wipes dispenser Wipes dispensers for dispensing interconnected wipes. An exemplary wipes dispenser may include a container body and a removable lid forming an interior region into which a plurality of interconnected wipes may be disposed. Pulling on a lead end of a lead wipe causes a following wipe to also be pulled and follow the lead wipe. The removable lid may cover at least a portion of the container aperture. A landing member in the lid covers at least a portion of the container aperture by extending from a top rim of the container body toward the middle of the interior region. A gripping channel may be provided through the landing member, through which the lead end of the lead wipe may be threaded. The landing member may include a concavely shaped portion. The landing member may include a thickened portion, e.g., surrounding the gripping channel.
US10327595B2	Food processor A versatile food processing system that can work with plurality of top-mounted food processing units of different types and sizes is disclosed. The motor base of the food processing system has a locking mechanism and safety actuators at different radial locations so that food processing units of different sizes can utilities the safety mechanism. One particular processing unit is especially useful for making noodles and vegetable strips. The processing unit comprises a stationary outer vessel and a rotating inner vessel. Blades are located on an inner lid of the inner vessel. The inner vessel spins in unison with the inner lid without a central shaft to avoid harm caused by the shaft to the quality of the resulting noodles.
US10327593B2	Method of operating a grinder A method of operating a grinder includes acts of: starting a first grinding cycle of a given duration; feeding the grinder with a given amount of material to be ground and grinding the material by rotating a rotary grinding member of the grinder for a period of active grinding; idly rotating the rotary grinding member for a period of idle rotation following the period of active grinding, for removing residual ground material from the grinder; estimating when the given amount of material has been ground, based on an operating parameter of the grinder; and adapting the given duration for a subsequent grinding cycle based on an estimated duration of the period of active grinding of the first grinding cycle.
US10327590B1	Charcoal starter The charcoal starter provides a housing with an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The housing is constructed from a combustible material that is sufficiently rigid to enable the housing to store and support an amount of charcoal within the upper chamber. A divider separates the upper chamber from the lower chamber. The divider supports the charcoal above the lower chamber. The lower chamber provides space for placement of paper or other combustible material, such as a combustible solid, within the lower chamber. A user lights the combustible material to start a fire and generate heat. The heat and fire from the lower chamber travels upward to the upper chamber to light the charcoal. The charcoal starter burns to ashes during use as the charcoal burns.
US10327584B2	Indoor/outdoor cooking system Examples are disclosed herein that relate to a cooking system. One example provides a cooking system including a body supporting a cooking surface, a grease trap receptacle positioned within the body, the grease trap receptacle including an opening to an outside of the body, a grease drain located adjacent to the cooking surface, the grease drain opening into the grease trap receptacle such that the grease drain and the grease trap receptacle define a watertight passage for water to flow from the cooking surface to the opening, and a grease trap movably positioned within the opening of the grease trap receptacle.
US10327569B2	Portable stand A portable stand (10) comprises a back wall (12), a base element (14), and two opposed end plates (16) between which the back wall and the base element extend, so to define an open-top box-like container. It also comprises legs (35) that can be folded up next to the base element (14); support arms (40) with a pivotal connection (42) so each support arm (40) can be moved between a closed position adjacent to the back wall (12), and a second position projecting upward from the back wall (12). In addition it comprises a front panel (20) hinged to the base element (14) so the front panel (20) can be swung between a position forming a front wall of the box-like container, and a position extending below the base element (14); and a top panel (22) hinged to the back wall (12) so it can be swung between a position forming a lid to the box-like container, and a position extending above the back wall (12). Swinging the front panel (20) and the top panel (22) in this way opens the box, and displays the exposed surfaces of the front panel (20) and of the top panel (22). There may be multiple display chambers (66) within the box-like container which are thereby displayed. The portable stand enables the display of information on the exposed surfaces, and the display of items within the display chambers (66), for example for the purpose of safety.
US10327567B2	Cutlery dispenser The present disclosure provides a cutlery dispenser for dispensing cutlery utensils. The cutlery dispenser may include a housing, a cover, a wedge protrusion, and a pair of sweeper arms. The housing may include an interior space and be configured to receive a number of cutlery utensils loaded therein. The cover may enclose a portion of the interior space and be configured to move between a closed position for dispensing the loaded cutlery utensils from the interior space and an open position for loading the cutlery utensils into the interior space. The wedge protrusion may be configured to engage a leading one of the loaded cutlery utensils when the cover is in the closed position and to disengage the leading one of the loaded cutlery utensils when the cover is in an open position. The sweeper arms may be configured to engage the leading one of the loaded cutlery utensils when the cover is in an open position and to disengage the leading one of the loaded cutlery utensils when the cover is in the closed position.
US10327565B2	High chair for children convertible into a booster seat The present invention relates to a high chair for children convertible into a booster seat comprising an upper part and a base, the upper part having a seating surface adapted for engagement with a corresponding bearing surface of the base, lateral armrest sides, a backrest whose perimeter boundary extends from one lateral side to the other, as well as a backrest extension extending in cantilever fashion from the perimeter boundary of the backrest.The backrest extension consists of a body separate from the backrest and comprises members for removable connection to the perimeter boundary of the backrest. When the backrest extension is removed, the upper part of the high chair is used as a booster seat.
US10327560B2	Convertible sofa with articulated arm rests A convertible sofa is convertible between a sofa configuration and a bed configuration. The convertible sofa includes articulated armrests. When the convertible sofa is in a sofa configuration, the arm rests are in an arm rest configuration. When the convertible sofa is in a bed configuration, the arm rests are in a generally flat or horizontal configuration.
US10327555B2	Stay for headrest A stay for headrest includes a hollow metallic stay body, and an end installation body. The stay body is formed as a letter-“U” shape including a base, and paired legs extending respectively from opposite ends of the base. The end installation body is formed of a polymeric material, and includes a solid portion arranged inside a hollow interior in a leading end portion of the paired legs, and a spherical portion protruding from the leading end portion of the paired legs.
US10327546B2	Rotatable and configurable storage tree A storage tree, including a rotatable base, a center post attached to a center portion of the base, a plurality of outer posts attached to the base at outer portions of the base, and a plurality of panels disposed between each of the plurality of outer posts and the center post.
US10327541B2	Bar section for a portable modular bar The present invention relates to a bar section for a portable modular bar comprising a frame portion having spaced upper and lower rails connected by opposing side rails, the upper rail comprising a slot extending into its upper surface, and a display panel portion comprising a hook configured to cooperate with the slot in the frame portion in order to mount the display panel portion on the frame portion. The present invention also relates to a modular bar comprising a front bar section, a side bar section hingedly connected to a side rails of the front bar section, and a cover section having a peripheral lip configured to fit around the upper part of the front and side bar sections.
US10327535B2	Hiking survival pack A hiking survival pack system that may be used for hiking, trail-running, backpacking, biking, hunting, fishing, or other indoor or outdoor activities is disclosed. The hiking survival pack has two chambers that are worn over the user's shoulders and secured to the user with a plurality of attachments. Each chamber has an access that allows the user to store and remove items. On the back of the hiking survival pack, there is a storage sack that may hold a fluid container. The fluid container has an opening that allows for a tube to be connected to it. The user may drink the contents of the fluid container via the tube.
US10327534B2	Display rack for shades of nail varnish The invention relates to a display rack for shades of nail varnish, comprising a support and colored tabs which are mounted on the support in a mobile manner, independently from each other.
US10327528B2	Hair styling appliance A heating plate for a hair styling appliance, the heating plate having a length, a depth and a width. The heating plate includes a first continuous hair facing surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The heating plate includes at least one groove which run across the width of the heating plate, each groove extends from the second surface towards the first surface and allows the heating plate to flex.
US10327522B2	Bag expanding assembly An assembly structured to maintain a bag in an expanded orientation when inserted therein and when the bag is not in use. A base is formed from a compressible, expandable, substantially cushioning material including inner and outer surfaces having connectors disposed thereon. The base includes at least one primary section and one or more secondary sections, respectively comprising a plurality of primary segments and secondary segments. Longitudinal and transverse fold lines extend between and interconnect adjacent ones of the primary and secondary segments and facilitate the selective disposition of the base into any one of a plurality of folded, operative orientations, which substantially correspond to the configuration of the bag in which the basis inserted. The removable attachment of correspondingly positionable connectors at least partially determine, which of the plurality of folded, operative orientations the base will assume.
US10327520B1	Attachment system for watchband Wearable electronic devices, such as watches, can be provided with an attachment system for connecting and releasing a removable module that interfaces with some portion of the electronic device. For example, a watch can include locking mechanisms that allow a user to connect a watchband to a watch housing by moving the watchband directly toward the watch housing. An attachment unit of a watchband can be moved in a direction along its own longitudinal axis to securely engage the watch housing. Once engaged, one or more locking mechanisms limit longitudinal movement of the attachment unit away from the watch housing. One or more locking mechanisms also limit lateral movement of the attachment unit with respect to the watch housing until a user releases the one or more locking mechanisms and enables the lateral movement.
US10327514B2	Eyelet for article of footwear An eyelet for an article of footwear includes an eyelet body configured to slidably couple a first string to a second string. The eyelet body defines a first arc-shaped aperture and an opposing, second arc-shaped aperture. The first arc-shaped aperture is configured to slidably receive the first string, and the second arc-shaped aperture is configured to slidably receive the second string. The eyelet may be disposed over (but not necessarily attached to) an upper of an article of footwear.
US10327509B2	Article of footwear with decoupled upper An article of footwear including a connecting member is disclosed. The connecting member provides partial decoupling between the upper and the sole structure. The connecting member can include an upper layer and a lower layer that are attached at a central attachment portion.
US10327508B2	Article of footwear with decoupled upper An article of footwear including a connecting member is disclosed. The connecting member provides partial decoupling between the upper and the sole structure. The connecting member can include an upper layer and a lower layer that are attached at a central attachment portion.
US10327490B2	Accessory attachment system An accessory attachment system that embodies devices and a method for converting clasp-style fasteners to push-pull detachable fasteners, thereby facilitating attachment of accessories having clasp-style fasteners or any accessory having opposing ends so that they are “ready-to-wear”.
US10327487B2	Body-enhancing garment and garment design Systems or methods for anatomy patterning a garment are provided. Anatomy patterning is any deliberate manipulation of a garment's pattern in order to change the perceived shape of a wearer of the garment toward a desired appearance. Additionally, the garments that result from use of these systems and methods for anatomy patterning are also provided.
US10327485B2	Flexible supported glove structures Glove structures may include front and back portions. A knuckle support assembly may be attached to the back portion. The knuckle support assembly may include a knuckle support member having at least one cutout coincident with at least one metacarpophalangeal joint and a flexible member extending across the at least one cutout. The knuckle support member may have a greater flexural stiffness than the back portion. The material of the knuckle support member may be more elastically stretchable than the material of the back portion. The material of the flexible member may be more elastically stretchable than the material of the back portion. The knuckle support member may be molded to the flexible member. Alternatively, the knuckle support member and the flexible member may be fuse bonded to one another. Methods for making such glove structures are also provided.
US10327475B2	Continuous mode heater assembly for aerosol-generating system A heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including a heater element; a reservoir including aerosol-generating liquid; and a condenser configured to condense excess vapors generated in the heater assembly, such that condensate is at least partially conveyed back into the reservoir. A method of manufacturing a heater assembly for an aerosol-generating system is also provided.
US10327474B2	Pod assembly, dispensing body, and E-vapor apparatus including the same At least one example embodiment discloses a pod for an electronic vapor (e-vapor) apparatus. The pod includes a pre-vapor formulation compartment configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation therein, a device compartment in fluidic communication with the pre-vapor formulation compartment, the device compartment including a processor configured to monitor the pre-vapor formulation compartment and identify the pre-vapor formulation and a vapor channel extending from the device compartment and through the pre-vapor formulation compartment.
US10327470B2	Apparatus and methods for vaporizing essential oils and waxes A vaporizer assembly is shaped and configured to fit partially into a downstem of a water pipe. The vaporizer assembly includes a housing including an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion has a smaller diameter, and fits in the downstem. The upper portion of the vaporizer assembly includes a bowl or dish, and a heat source is enclosed within the housing and positioned and configured to selectively heat the bowl or dish. A body of the vaporizer adjacent the bowl includes vapor passages. One or more passages are also formed in the lower portion. Thus, essential oils or waxes placed in the bowl can be vaporized by the heat. The generated vapor may flow from the bowl into and through the vapor passages and lower portion passage and into the waterpipe's downstem.
US10327469B2	Smoking article with flow restrictor adapted to promote filter degradation A smoking article comprises a tobacco rod and a filter component. The filter component comprises a first filter segment of filtration material having a diameter measured perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the filter, and a flow restrictor embedded in the filter segment. At least one cross sectional dimension of the flow restrictor, measured in a transverse direction of the filter segment, is at least about 50 percent of the diameter of the filter segment. The flow restrictor is made from an air-impermeable, non-compressible and water-soluble or water-dissolvable material. Further, the flow restrictor comprises a composition that promotes degradation of the filtration material.
US10327465B2	Sweetener particles, sweetener particle compositions, and related methods of preparation and use Described are coated food products having a sweet coating, such as a (e.g., sucrose, fructose, or the like) coating, the coating containing core-shell sweetener particles that include a sweetener layer at an exterior; also described are related methods of preparing the coated food product and the core-shell sweetener particles.
US10327464B2	Methods and compositions for affecting the flavor and aroma profile of consumables This document relates to food products containing highly conjugated heterocyclic rings complexed to an iron ion and one or more flavor precursors, and using such food products to modulate the flavor and/or aroma profile of other foods. The food products described herein can be prepared in various ways and can be formulated to be free of animal products.
US10327461B2	Food thickening agent, method for producing food thickening agent The disclosed invention provides a food and water thickener and a method for preparing the food and water thickener. The food thickener may comprise pretreated mineral water, xanthan, food preservative, and a chelating agent. The invention can be suitable for providing nutrition to patients with dysphagia.
US10327452B2	Preparation and composition of medium chain triglycerides containing substantial amount of lauric acid The present invention pertains to an efficient and large-scale process to produce a medium-chain triglyceride composition with >95% content for C8 (caprylic acid), C10 (capric acid) and C12 (lauric acid), with the content of lauric acid at about 5% or more. The process involves fractionation of fatty acid methyl esters, which are mainly derived from coconut or palm kernel, their esterification to glycerol to synthesize medium-chain triglycerides, and refining them to significantly increase purity and make them fit for human consumption. Such composition can have important uses in food and its preparation, health supplements, cosmetics, and medicine, among others.
US10327444B2	Systems, methods, apparatus, mechanisms, and devices for delivering odors, fragrances, and chemicals A dispensing device includes a body having an open end, a second end, and a stick disposed in the body, the stick including a semi-solid material. The device also includes a mechanism adapted to cause a portion of the stick to extend from the open end of the body in response to an action by a user. The semi-solid material may include a deodorizing material, antiperspirant material, sanitizing material, perfume, sterilizing material, air freshening material, or insect repellent material. The stick may be uniformly composed of the semi-solid material, or may include a plurality of detachable blocks, each block including a layer of aluminum foil, a layer of adhesive material, and a layer of semi-solid material.
US10327438B2	Magnetic game call and modular system The present invention provides a magnetic game caller. The magnetic game caller includes a mouthpiece and a resonance insert. The resonance insert is coupled the mouthpiece by a magnetic contact between a ring in the magnetic ring in the mouthpiece and a magnetic ring in the resonance insert. The present invention also provides a magnetic game caller modular system. The magnetic game caller modular system includes: a mouthpiece and two or more resonance inserts.
US10327432B2	Dual-bearing reel and level wind mechanism thereof A level wind mechanism for a dual-bearing reel including a first reel body and a second reel body includes a worm shaft, a guide member, and a first seal member. The worm shaft including a first end, a second end, a shaft body and a helical groove. The first end is on the same side as the first reel body. The second end is on the same side as the second reel body. The shaft body extends between the first end and the second end. The helical groove is on the shaft body. The guide member includes a tubular shape, is outside the worm shaft in a radial direction from a rotational axis of the worm shaft, and extends between the first reel body and the second reel body. The first seal member seals between the first end of the worm shaft and the guide member.
US10327425B2	Indexing system for an in ovo injection apparatus, and associated method An indexing system for an in ovo injection apparatus is provided. Such an indexing system provides a positioning scheme for an egg carrier carrying a plurality of avian eggs to an injection assembly for injection thereof. The indexing system includes an initial stop provided to abut the trailing end of the egg carrier to form a first egg carrier position such that a first subset of the plurality of avian eggs is injected. An intermediate stop is provided to abut the trailing end of the egg carrier to form a second egg carrier position such that a second subset of the plurality of avian eggs is injected. An associated method is also provided.
US10327420B2	Cat scratcher and amusement device A cat scratcher and activity center is in the form of a rectangular box having a top, bottom and four sidewalls creating an interior space, the top being detachable and completely removable from the rectangular box. A rectangular block of corrugated cardboard is sized to fit within and occupy the interior space, the cardboard block having an open fluted surface which is exposed upon removal of the top. A planar cardboard toy kit is sized to reside within the interior space atop the open fluted surface of the rectangular block of corrugated cardboard, the planar cardboard toy kit being convertible to a three-dimensional configuration appendable to one of the four sidewalls.
US10327414B2	System and method for controlling the position of a robot carriage based on the position of a milking stall of an adjacent rotary milking platform A system for controlling the position of a robot carriage includes a linear carriage track positioned adjacent to a rotary milking platform, a robot carriage positioned on the carriage track such that the robot carriage may move along the carriage track, and a controller. The controller determines a rotational movement of a milking stall of the rotary milking platform, and determines a linear movement of the robot carriage on the carriage track corresponding to the rotational movement of the milking stall of the rotary milking platform. The controller further communicates a signal to a carriage actuator coupled to the robot carriage and the carriage track. The signal causes the carriage actuator to move the robot carriage along the carriage track according to the determined linear movement as the rotary milking platform rotates.
US10327409B1	Soybean variety 5PPAN44 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PPAN44 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PPAN44, cells from soybean variety 5PPAN44, plants of soybean 5PPAN44, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PPAN44. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PPAN44 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PPAN44, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PPAN44, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PPAN44. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PPAN44 are further provided.
US10327407B1	Soybean variety 5PHZG03 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PHZG03 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PHZG03, cells from soybean variety 5PHZG03, plants of soybean 5PHZG03, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PHZG03. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PHZG03 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PHZG03, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PHZG03, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PHZG03. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PHZG03 are further provided.
US10327402B1	Maize hybrid X00M480 A novel maize variety designated X00M480 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 X00M480 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00M480 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00M480, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00M480 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00M480 and methods of using maize variety X00M480 are disclosed.
US10327401B1	Soybean variety AM13961456 Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated AM13961456, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-125665. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the AM13961456 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
US10327397B2	Irrigation control systems and methods Some embodiments provide irrigation systems comprising: a central irrigation controller; a radio module; a control module; and a radio adaptor in communication with the control module; where the control module comprises: a processor, a first communication interface, and one or more valve drivers, where the control module is configured to implement irrigation commands in implementing at least a portion of irrigation programming such that the one or more valve drivers are each configured to control a different irrigation valve in accordance with the irrigation programming; and the radio adapter comprises: a second communication interface communicationally coupled with the first communication interface, and a wireless radio frequency transceiver configured to provide wireless communication with the radio module where the radio adapter is configured to relay information between the radio module and the control module.
US10327396B2	Emitter, and drip irrigation tube This emitter (120) includes a channel which spans to a recessed section (252), from an intake path (221) for receiving an irrigation liquid inside a tube. The channel includes an aperture (243) which is closed by a lid (244) disposed so as to not be in contact with a film (300). A groove is formed at the periphery of the aperture (243). When the film (300) is pressed as a result of the pressure of the irrigation liquid inside the tube, and the lid (244) closes the aperture (243), the flow rate of the irrigation liquid inside the emitter (120) is controlled so as to be the amount capable of passing through the groove. This flow-rate control continues until the pressure difference in the channel between a side upstream with respect to the lid (244) and a side downstream with respect to the lid (244) has been sufficiently reduced.
US10327391B2	Pruning shears having both tree branch hanger and shock-absorbing functions The present invention relates to pruning shears, and is intended to cut off branches and stems of landscape trees, fruit trees, etc. while minimizing slips, etc. occurring during pruning when the branches or stems have large diameters or are stiff, to alleviate impacts applied to a hand of an operator particularly at the moment when thick branches or stems are cut off, and to be conveniently hung on a tree branch during work. Furthermore, the pruning shears have a rotating portable saw accommodation means configured to cut off a tree branch or stem outside the cutting range of the pruning shears.
US10327389B1	Hanging drying rack A hanging drying rack comprises a plurality of rectangular trays arrayed in a vertical column having a mesh bottom with a fastened section secured within each bottom. Lengths of cord secure the trays at each respective common corner. Each end of each cord is secured at a common point suprajacent the upper most tray. The drying rack is particularly suited for drying herbaceous material.
US10327386B2	Header for an agricultural harvester with independent sub-system drives A header which is couplable with a base unit of an agricultural harvester. The header includes a rotatably driven first sub-system, a rotatably driven second sub-system, a first input drive, and a second input drive. The first input drive is mechanically couplable with the base unit. The first input drive is configured for driving the first sub-system at a first operating speed. The second input drive is mechanically couplable with the base unit. The second input drive is configured for driving the second sub-system at a second operating speed which is independent of the first operating speed.
US10327384B2	Quick-coupling for mower blades A lawn care device may include a cutting deck housing at least one blade, a rotatable shaft, and a blade coupler operably coupled to the rotatable shaft. The blade coupler may define a blade channel configured to at least partially enclose four sides of a blade inserted therein. The blade coupler may include a support base and a sleeve that is movable relative to the support base based on a compression state of a biasing element. The blade may be insertable into the blade channel by orienting the blade to apply a force to sidewalls of the sleeve to shift the biasing element to a compressed state and rotating the blade proximate to the support base to enable the biasing element to shift to an extended state in which sidewalls of the sleeve define sidewalls of the blade channel.
US10327383B2	Mid-mount mower with power transmission coupling A mid-mount mower has a mower unit mounted under a vehicle body between front wheels and rear wheels. The mower includes a lift link mechanism having a front link and a rear link, an intermediate structure interconnecting one end of the front link and one end of the rear link via a pivot axis, a blade housing having an engaged portion engageable with an engaging potion of the intermediate structure and a guide face configured to guide the engaging portion ad the engaged portion to an engaging position so as to establish connection between the blade housing placed on a ground surface and the intermediate structure in association with a movement of the vehicle body in a front/rear direction.
US10327380B2	Root crop harvester A sugar beet puller wheel set includes a pair of generally upright, spaced apart, symmetrically non-parallel puller wheels, rotatably disposed on axles attached to a frame and having a gap therebetween. A gap adjuster is associated with at least one of the puller wheels, and is configured to move the at least one puller wheel axially along the respective axle with axial rotation of the gap adjuster, allowing selective adjustment of the gap.
US10334757B2	Cooling methods for electronic components A method and apparatus for conveying heat away from an electronic component. The apparatus may include, a conformable thermal interface sleeve adapted to embrace the electronic component. The apparatus may further include, a heat conducting wedge adapted to contact the conformable thermal interface sleeve and a thermal channel adapted to contact the heat conducting wedge. The apparatus may also include a manifold adapted to contact the thermal channel.
US10334752B2	Heat dissipation unit for wireless charging and wireless power charging module comprising same Provided are a heat dissipation unit for wireless charging and a wireless power charging module comprising the same. The heat dissipation unit for wireless charging, according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention, is formed of a plate-shaped substrate layer having a predetermined area to discharge to the outside heat occurring during wireless charging, and comprises at least one slot having a predetermined length. By having at least one slot, the present invention can satisfy all properties required in a wireless charging method, which are charging efficiency and a heat dissipation effect.
US10334751B2	Electronics rack post with integrated power and data supply An electronics rack for storing electronic components, the rack including a base frame, a top frame, and at least four vertical posts, each end of each vertical post attaching to the top frame and base frame and providing structural support for the rack. At least one of the vertical posts includes a post frame having two side walls and a back wall that are attached to one another to form a channel with an open front and an interior. At least one access panel is removably attached to the post frame so as to close off at least a portion of the open front of the channel, the access panel providing access to the interior of the channel. At least one of either a data connector assembly, an electrical outlet assembly, or a circuit breaker assembly is removably attached to the post frame.
US10334750B2	Flexible frame and flexible display unit having the same A flexible frame for an electronic device is disclosed, the frame including a flexible portion located between a first rigid portion and a second rigid portion and configured to permit the frame to be bent, wherein the flexible portion includes a first region including a first plurality of holes having a first size, and a second region including a second plurality of holes having a second size, wherein the first size is greater than the second size, the first region is positioned closer to a center axis of the flexible frame than the second region, and an area of the first plurality of holes within a portion of the first region having a particular area is greater than an area of the second plurality of holes within a portion of the second region having the same particular area.
US10334748B1	Top-mount cable management structure(s) for an electronics rack Top-mount cable management structures are provided to mount to an upper surface of an electronics rack, over a cable pass-through in the upper surface. The cable management structure includes a base structure to mount to the upper surface of the rack, and reside over the cable pass-through. The base structure includes a sidewall with at least one cable opening to allow one or more cables which pass-through the cable pass-through to also pass-through the sidewall of the base structure. A cover structure is provided mounted to the base structure. The base and cover structures together define a substantially enclosed housing disposed over the cable pass-through when the cable management structure is operatively positioned over the upper surface of the electronics rack and the one or more cables pass-through the at least one cable opening in the sidewall of the base structure.
US10334737B2	Flexible display device and manufacturing method thereof A flexible display device includes a flexible substrate that includes a first side; a display unit disposed in a first region of the first side and that includes a plurality of pixels; and a pad portion disposed in a second region of the first side and that includes a plurality of pad electrodes. The flexible substrate includes a stepwise recess portion disposed along an edge of the first side on which end portions of the pad electrodes are provided.
US10334726B1	Circuit board with a substrate made of silicon and the methods for forming the same A circuit board with a substrate made of silicon includes a silicon substrate made of silicon; an adhering layer which is a gluing layer and is adhered on the silicon substrate; and a metal layer formed as a metal plate layer or a metal circuit layer; the metal layer being adhered on the adhering layer. Furthermore, the method for forming the circuit board with silicon substrate is proposed, in that a method for forming a circuit board suitable for etching and a method for forming a circuit board for screen printing are proposed.
US10334723B2	Flexible displays having stiff layers for neutral plane adjustment At least some aspects of the present disclosure feature a flexible display including a plurality of functional layers, a plurality of bonding layers, and a stiff layer. Each of the plurality of bonding layers is disposed between two adjacent functional layers. The stiff layer having an elastic modulus greater than elastic modulus of the plurality of functional layers to adjust a position of a neutral plane of the flexible display within the display layer.
US10334722B2	Tamper-respondent assemblies Tamper-respondent assemblies and methods of fabrication are provided which include a tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure. The tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure includes a tamper-respondent sensor. The tamper-respondent sensor includes, for instance, at least one flexible layer having opposite first and second sides, and circuit lines forming at least one resistive network. The circuit lines are disposed on at least one of the first or second side of the at least one flexible layer, and have a line width Wl≤200 μm, as well as a line-to-line spacing width Ws≤200 μm. In certain enhanced embodiments, the tamper-respondent sensor includes multiple flexible layers, with a first flexible layer having first circuit lines, and a second flexible layer having second circuit lines, where the first and second circuit lines may have different line widths, different line-to-line spacings, and/or be formed of different materials.
US10334716B2	Multifunctional components for electronic devices and related methods of providing thermal management and board level shielding Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of multifunctional components for electronic devices. In an exemplary embodiment, a multifunctional component generally includes a base component, such as a smart phone case (e.g., a back cover, etc.), an inner plate (e.g., a screenplate, a mid-plate, etc.). A heat spreader may be disposed on the base component. Thermal interface material and electromagnetic interference shielding may be disposed on area(s) of the heat spreader. The area(s) may correspond in mirror image relation to component(s) of a circuit board with which the multifunctional component is configured to be joined. During operation of the electronic device, the multifunctional component may draw waste heat from one area and transfer/spread the waste heat to one or more other areas of the electronic device, which may increase a temperature of these one or more other areas. This, in turn, may make device temperature more uniform.
US10334712B2	Radiography apparatus Provided herein is a radiography apparatus including an X-ray source configured to irradiate a subject radiation, and a sensing module configured to sense the radiation having passed through the subject, wherein the X-ray source includes a cathode electrode comprising an electric field emitting source configured to emit electrons, an anode electrode disposed opposite to the cathode electrode and configured to use the electrons to generate the radiation, and a current control unit connected to the cathode electrode to control an amount of the electrons.
US10334706B1	Heuristic occupancy and non-occupancy detection in a lighting system Disclosed herein is a lighting system configured to obtain an indicator data of a RF spectrum signal generated by a number of receivers at a number of times in an area. At each respective one of the number of times, for each respective one of the receivers, apply one of a plurality of heurist algorithm coefficients to each indicator data for the respective time, based on results of the applications of the coefficients to indicator data, generate an indicator data metric value for each of the indicator data for the respective time, and process the indicator data metric values to compute an output value. The lighting system is further configured to compare the output value at each of the plurality of times with a threshold to detect one of an occupancy condition or a non-occupancy condition in the area and control the light source in response to the detected one of the occupancy condition or the non-occupancy condition in the area at each of the number of times.
US10334705B2	User determinable configuration of lighting devices for selecting a light scene A user can control a plurality of lighting devices by positioning them in a configuration (e.g. a circular configuration). Through receiving the positions of the lighting devices a shape of the configuration can be determined. From a set of light scenes, each light scene associated with a shape, a light scene can be selected matching the shape of the configuration. The plurality of lighting devices are then controlled based on the selected light scene. This allows a user to select, for example, a romantic light scene by placing the lighting devices in a heart shape symbol.
US10334704B2	System and method for reducing peak and off-peak electricity demand by monitoring, controlling and metering lighting in a facility A method of reducing electricity usage during peak demand periods includes the steps of establishing predetermined load reduction criteria representative of a desire by a power provider to reduce loading on an electricity supply grid, and coordinating with a facility having lighting equipment to permit the power provider to turn-off one or more of the lighting equipment by sending instructions to a master controller at the facility in response to the predetermined load reduction criteria, and establishing a list of lighting equipment to be turned-off in response to the instructions, and configuring the master controller to send an override control signal to the lighting equipment to implement the instructions, and configuring the lighting equipment to send a response signal to the master controller providing a status of the lighting equipment.
US10334695B2	Multivariate daylight harvesting A daylight harvesting system includes a daylight harvester device that distinguishes the natural and artificial contributions to the light in a workspace. Distinguishing the contributions allows the values of the contributions to be combined in ways other than linearly summing them to obtain the total light. For example, when the natural light increases, the artificial light may be reduced by less than the natural-light increase to mitigate glare and/or shadows and other artifacts that might otherwise be present and objectionable. The daylight harvesting system can include a human-based sensor located in a workspace, e.g., on or close to a user, so the measurements it takes are not adversely affected by spatial variations across a room in the natural and artificial lighting.
US10334693B2	Light source module A light source module including a light emitting element, a tunable-focal length lens and a controller is provided. The light emitting element is configured to emit a light beam. The tunable-focal length lens is disposed on a transmission path of the light beam. The controller is coupled to the tunable-focal length lens, and adjusts a characteristic of the tunable-focal length lens in a first status and a second status.
US10334682B1	Light-emitting diode lighting system with automatic bleeder current control An LED lighting system includes a luminescent unit driven by a rectified AC voltage, a dimmer switch configured to adjust a duty cycle of a system current, and a bleeder circuit. The bleeder circuit includes a first current source, a second current source, a third current source, a current-sensing element for providing a first feedback voltage associated with the system current, a capacitor, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to activate the first current source and deactivate the second current source for charging the capacitor when the system current exceeds a predetermined threshold, deactivate the first current source and activate the second current source for discharging the capacitor when the system current does not exceed the predetermined threshold, and deactivate the third current source to stop supplying the bleeder current according to a second feedback voltage established across the capacitor.
US10334675B2	Switch The invention comprises a switch suitable for forwarding at least two functions to a lighting system.
US10334673B2	Lighting system A lighting system includes: at least one lamp each including an LED unit; and a power converting device disposed outside of each lamp, and including a first EMI filter, a power converter and a second EMI filter. The first EMI filter is for receiving an AC input voltage from an AC power source, and filters the AC input voltage to generate a filtered voltage. The power converter is for receiving the filtered voltage from the first EMI filter, and performs AC to DC conversion on the filtered voltage to generate a converted voltage. The second EMI filter is for receiving the converted voltage from the power converter, and filters the converted voltage to generate a DC output voltage for receipt by the LED unit of each lamp.
US10334672B2	Stochastic signal density modulation for optical transducer control A controller for optical transducers uses stochastic signal density modulation to reduce electromagnetic interference.
US10334671B1	Backlight device and dimming control method thereof A backlight device and a dimming control method thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps: supplying power to a plurality of light strips and a plurality of first switch components; storing an initial pulse signal in a pulse storage circuit; determining whether or not a frequency of the initial pulse signal is smaller than a frequency threshold by a pulse modulation control circuit, and if yes, outputting a pulse width modulation control signal and a voltage adjusting control signal; adjusting a pulse width of the initial pulse signal according to the pulse width modulation control signal to output a pulse width modulation signal to each of the first switch components by a pulse generator circuit; and outputting a voltage adjusting signal to each of the first switch components according to an adjustment ratio of the initial pulse signal to the pulse width modulation signal.
US10334660B2	Signalling about on-going and starting broadcast-service sessions on other frequency carriers The exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method, apparatus, and executable computer program to perform operations including signaling MBMS change related information to, from, or between network devices in the same or different carrier frequencies. The MBMS related information regarding new, on-going, appearing, and/or disappearing multi-cast services offered in different frequency cells. Further, the exemplary embodiments of the invention provide for determining that multi-cast services in different carrier frequencies are new, on-going, appearing, and/or disappearing multi-cast services. In addition, the exemplary embodiments of the invention provide for operations at network devices to send and receive signaling regarding changes to multi-cast services offered in the same and/or a different carrier frequency. Further, the exemplary embodiments of the invention provide for operations to announce only changes to a set of MBMS services offered in a carrier frequency to network devices in the same or other carrier frequencies. The exemplary embodiments provide operations for signaling between different network devices in the same and/or different carrier frequencies to indicate that a network device is to be informed regarding changes to the multi-cast services provided in a carrier frequency.
US10334659B2	System and method for group device access to wireless networks Techniques described herein may allow for the granting and revoking of temporary access, for User Equipment (“UE”) devices, to a wireless network. Multiple UEs may be registered with a group, where only a limited quantity of UEs in the group may be active at a given time. Once granted access, a UE device may have limits on the access, such as a maximum duration and/or a data limit. When a particular UE device, in a group, requests access to the network, a Group Device Authentication Server (“GDAS”) may determine whether to grant the access, based on how many other UEs in the group (if any) currently have access. The GDAS may also revoke the access once granted (e.g., once the maximum duration has been reached).
US10334658B2	Obtaining information related to a shared frequency spectrum on behalf of a wireless network that lacks internet connectivity Disclosed herein is a system for providing information related to a shared frequency spectrum to a wireless network that lacks Internet connectivity. The system may include one or more processors and memory including instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to perform operations. The operations may include receiving registration of the wireless network when a vehicle is within a communication range of the wireless network, querying a database on behalf of the wireless network when an Internet connection is available, receiving query results including the information related to the shared frequency spectrum, and communicating the information related to the shared frequency spectrum to the wireless network when the vehicle or a proxy of the vehicle is again within the communication range of the wireless network.
US10334655B2	Electronic apparatus in wireless communication system and mobility measurement method that performs node transfer in response to radio link failure An electronic apparatus in a wireless communications system, and a mobility measurement method. The electronic apparatus includes a communications device and a mobility measurement device. The communication device is configured to separately perform dual-connection communication with two connection nodes by different carriers. The mobility measurement device is configured to perform mobility measurement, for determining a connection switching mode, on the connection nodes in the dual connections in a case in which connection service quality of at least one of the current dual connection nodes is lower than a preset level. The mobility measurement device is further configured to determine a reporting mode of a mobility measurement result according to the measurement condition of at least one of the current dual connection nodes.
US10334648B2	Method for device-to-device communication in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor The present specification relates to a method for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication. The method performed by a first terminal comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a resource pool for use in D2D communication, the resource pool including at least one of a scheduling assignment (SA) resource pool indicating a resource region where SA is transmitted, and a data resource pool indicating a resource region where D2D data are transmitted; transmitting SA including information relating to D2D data transmission, to a second terminal through the SA resource pool; and transmitting D2D data to the second terminal.
US10334647B2	Connection method, connection system, portable terminal, and program A connection method is a connection method for a case where a terminal inside home is connected to a router inside home connected to a first network. This connection method includes: an acquisition step of acquiring, by a portable terminal, connection information used for connection for the portable terminal to make direct communication with the terminal inside home from a support server connected to the first network; and a storage step of storing the connection information acquired in the acquisition step in the portable terminal. The connection information includes an IP address and port number which are set in the router inside home to correspond to the terminal inside home.
US10334645B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting signal from device-to-device terminal in wireless communication system One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for a second terminal receiving, from a first terminal, a device-to-device (D2D) signal in a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to a method for receiving a D2D signal comprising the steps of: setting a time window for receiving the D2D signal; and receiving the D2D signal, wherein the D2D signal is transmitted according to a D2D signal transmission timing of the first terminal, which is determined by the first terminal based on a signal transmitted from a one or more timing reference nodes.
US10334632B2	Random access method and device Disclosed is a random access method and device. A terminal generates a random number for a random access, and compares the random number and a setting value. When the random number is included in the setting value, the terminal transmits a preamble for a random access to a base station and attempts a random access.
US10334630B2	System and method for user-over-control plane messaging in a wireless network A method is provided for managing a wireless network traffic by comprising designating a first resource block of a first base station for access by a random access channel (RACH). The method additionally comprises designating a first plurality of random access subframes associated with the first resource block for access by a user-over-control plane message, and receiving a random access signal at the first base station over a subframe from an endpoint. The random access signal is received on the RACH using a wireless network and is attempting to access one of the first plurality of designated random access subframes. Further, the method comprises determining if the random access signal is a user-over-control plane message, and processing the random access signal on the one of the first plurality of designated random access subframes.
US10334618B2	Methods for efficient operation of LTE cells on unlicensed spectrum A method for efficient data transmission in a wireless communication system includes dynamically configuring at least one period cycle (P-CYCLE) pattern comprising a period-on (P-ON) duration and a period-off (P-OFF) duration that are adjusted in accordance with a number of transmissions from user equipments (UEs) operating in a shared band spectrum, wherein the number of transmissions comprises a number of successful transmissions or a number of unsuccessful transmissions received from the UEs. The method further includes transmitting the P-CYCLE pattern including the P-ON duration and the P-OFF duration to the UEs using a downlink channel over the shared spectrum band, wherein the downlink channel comprises a higher layer signal or a physical layer signal.
US10334610B2	Method, carried out by user equipment, for transmitting priority information in wireless communication system and user equipment utilizing the method Provided are a method, carried out by a user equipment (UE), for transmitting priority information in a wireless communication system and a UE utilizing the method. The method is characterized by selecting a priority for data to be transmitted by means of a device-to-device (D2D) action, associating the value for the selected priority with the data, and transmitting the data and value for the selected priority.
US10334603B2	Radio base station, user terminal, radio communication system, and radio communication method The present invention is designed to provide a radio base station, a user terminal, a radio communication system and a radio communication method of novel structures that can improve the efficiency of the use of radio resources sufficiently. A plurality of user terminals feed back channel state information to a radio base station, the radio base station selects, from a plurality of candidate user sets and a plurality of power ratio sets, each of the candidate user sets indicating candidates of user terminals to be subject to non-orthogonal-multiplexing over a given radio resource and each of the power ratio sets indicating a transmission power ratio of downlink signals for the user terminals indicated in each of the candidate user sets, a candidate user set and a power ratio set to use in downlink signal transmission, based on the channel state information that is fed back, and transmits downlink signals for a plurality of user terminals indicated in the selected candidate user set using the transmission power ratio indicated by the selected power ratio set, and the selected candidate user set receive the downlink signals.
US10334598B2	Determining a priority order based on uplink transmission parameters Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a priority order based on uplink transmission parameters. One apparatus includes a receiver that receives an uplink grant corresponding to uplink transmission parameters that include an indication of a numerology and a transmission time interval length. The apparatus includes a processor that determines a priority order of multiple logical channels based on the uplink transmission parameters and a logical channel priority of the multiple logical channels. The processor assigns resources to logical channels of the multiple logical channels based on the priority order.
US10334596B2	Network node, wireless device, respective method performed thereby for supporting wireless device operation in heterogeneous frequency bands A network node, a wireless device and a respective method performed by the same in a wireless communication network employing heterogeneous frequency band types, the network node being operative to serve wireless devices in a non-licensed frequency band and in a licensed frequency band, the network node serving a wireless device in a non-licensed frequency band are provided. The method in the network node comprises configuring (110) a fallback carrier in the licensed frequency band to the wireless device, wherein if the network node determines that the wireless device should switch to the licensed frequency hand, the method comprises handing over (130) the wireless device to the fallback carrier.
US10334595B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting data frame in WLAN system A method is provided for transmitting a signal by a station in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The station obtains a transmission opportunity (TXOP) indicating a time duration used for transmission of a plurality of data units. The station transmits, during the TXOP, an initial data unit of the plurality of data units. The initial data unit comprises a control field indicating a transmit bandwidth of the initial data unit. The station selects a transmit bandwidth of a non-initial data unit of the plurality of data units to be narrower than the transmit bandwidth of the initial data unit. The station transmits, during the TXOP, the non-initial data unit. The non-initial data unit comprises a control field indicating the transmit bandwidth of the non-initial data unit.
US10334594B2	Ultra-reliable low-latency communication mini-slot control A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may identify control signaling information for a mini-slot to be used for an ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) transmission within an enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) slot. The apparatus may transmit the control signaling information within the eMBB slot.
US10334580B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting control information in wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method for receiving a downlink control signal in a TDD-based wireless communication system, and to an apparatus therefor. The method comprises receiving a downlink signal via a downlink interval in a specific frame including the downlink interval, a guard interval and an uplink interval. A combination of the downlink interval, the guard interval and the uplink interval is given using configuration information on the specific subframe. When the configuration information is given such that the length of the downlink interval is larger than a specific value, detecting a first type of PDCCH is performed in the specific subframe. When the configuration information is given such that the length of the downlink interval is equal to or smaller than the specific value, detecting the first type of PDCCH is skipped in the specific subframe.
US10334579B2	Method and device for receiving control information in wireless communication system The present invention according to one embodiment relates to a method for enabling a terminal to receive control information in a wireless communication system, and the method for receiving the control information comprises the step of attempting to decode a set of enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) candidates according to each set level, wherein a minimum value among the values available as the set levels is set according to the amount of available resources for an EPDCCH within a physical resource block (PRB) pair that is attempting to decode.
US10334570B2	Device-to-device communication management in mobile communication networks A method of operating a mobile communication network including plural radio transceiver stations serving and managing communications between mobile communication devices. The method includes: a first radio transceiver station commanding, to a first mobile communication device, transmission of a probe signal; the first radio transceiver station providing to a second mobile communication device parameters useful to the second mobile communication device for receiving the probe signal; the first radio transceiver station performing a first measuring the probe signal; the first radio transceiver station receiving a second measure of the probe signal, performed by the second mobile communication device; the first radio transceiver station comparing the first and second measures; the first radio transceiver station commanding a switch of the communication of the first mobile communication device towards the second mobile communication device to a direct device-to-device communication based on a result of the comparing.
US10334559B2	PICH-HS timing and operation Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate employing a paging indicator channel in connection with high speed channels in a wireless communications network. A paging indicator transmission can be sent on the paging channel to one or more mobile devices. The paging indicator indicates that additional information such as a full paging messages, other control plane data or other user plane data is expected to be transmitted at a specific time instant (e.g., subframe) on the associated high speed channel. A set of parameters can be transmitted on common channels that specify a set of associated subframes in a high speed channel. Mobile devices can analyze the set of parameters to determine the associated subframes and receive the subframes in accordance with a schedule.
US10334557B2	Paging for local IP access packets Local IP access paging schemes facilitate paging of an access terminal when packets destined for the access terminal are received via local IP access. In some implementations, a local entity acquires information that enables local paging of the access terminal by sniffing messages passing through the local entity. In some implementations, a local entity sends a packet or message to cause the core network to page an access terminal when a local IP access packet destined for the access terminal arrives at the local entity.
US10334556B2	Radio operation switch based on GPS mobility data Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a radio operation switch based on mobility data. In one embodiment, a mobile base station is disclosed, comprising: a global positioning system (GPS) module for determining a current location of the mobile base station; a velocity module coupled to the output of the GPS module for determining a current velocity of the mobile base station; and a controller, the controller configured to perform steps comprising: determining the current velocity of the mobile base station using the velocity module; comparing the current velocity to a threshold; and switching, based on the comparison, from a first radio band to a second radio band.
US10334555B2	Height information obtaining method, user equipment, access node, and network side device A method for providing information about a height of a user equipment is disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes receiving, by user equipment, a first height requirement message sent by a network side device, wherein the first height requirement message is used to obtain a height information of a position in which the user equipment is located, listening, by the user equipment, to a broadcast message of an access node, wherein the broadcast message includes a node identifier of the access node and a receive power information of the access node received by the user equipment, and sending, by the user equipment, a response message to the network side device, wherein the response message includes the node identifier of the access node of the user equipment and the receive power information of the user equipment.
US10334552B2	Enabling device-to-device discovery Methods, systems, and devices are describe for signaling protocols for device-to-device discovery operations in a wireless communication system. A user equipment (UE) may be communicating with a serving base station using a first frequency in a first frequency band. The UE may transmit, to the serving base station, information associated with performing a discovery scan procedure on a second frequency in a second frequency band during a discovery scan interval. The first frequency may be different from the second frequency. The UE may identify a capability to skip one or more downlink transmissions from the serving base station during the discovery scan interval.
US10334548B2	Transmitter, receiver and method for generating synchronisation signals A transmitter and a method therein, configured for generating a synchronization signal for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication utilizing a Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) waveform. The method includes determining, by a transmitter, a synchronization sequence du[l] modulating a set of subcarriers, where \|du[l]\|=\|du[L−1−l]\|, l=0, 1, . . . , L−1, and \|du[l]\|=K, for a positive constant K, where u is a root index and L is a length of the synchronization sequence du[l]. The method further includes selecting the root index u from a set of root indices, and generating a synchronization signal for D2D communication utilizing an SC-FDMA waveform based on the determined synchronization sequence du[l] and the selected root index u.
US10334543B2	Method by which terminal transmits synchronization signal for device-to-device (D2D) operation in wireless communication system, and terminal using method Provided are a method by which a terminal transmits a synchronization signal for a device-to-device (D2D) operation in a wireless communication system, and the terminal using the method. The method comprises: forming a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a first cell of a first frequency; and transmitting a D2D synchronization signal (D2DSS) in a second cell of a second frequency, wherein when the second frequency is different from the first frequency, whether to transmit the D2DSS is determined on the basis of reference signal received power (RSRP) received from the second cell.
US10334538B2	Telecommunications apparatus and methods for access control in D2D communications A terminal device for use in a wireless telecommunications system including plural terminal devices operable to communicate with one another in a device-to-device manner. The terminal device includes a controller and a transceiver configured to operate together to cause the terminal device to determine a transmission power level to use for device-to-device transmissions from the terminal device to restrict a number of other terminal devices able to receive the device-to-device transmissions to a restricted subset of the other terminal devices, and to transmit device-to-device communications using the determined transmission power level. The terminal device may determine the transmission power itself or from control signalling reads received from network infrastructure equipment, such as a base station or roadside unit.
US10334533B2	Non-orthogonal design for channel state information reference signals for a 5G air interface or other next generation network interfaces Channel state information reference signal transmission can be used to estimate channel state information. Although resources needed for channel state information reference signals can be small, when multiple bandwidths are deployed within the same orthogonal frequency division multiplexing bandwidth, estimating the channel state information can comprise a channel state information reference signal resource grid for every bandwidth. Therefore, time-frequency resources for channel state information reference signals can be high and occupy a lot of bandwidth, thereby reducing the number of resources for data transmission. Therefore, a non-orthogonal design for channel state information reference signals for a 5G air interface can mitigate bandwidth loss in a 5G network.
US10334528B2	Short-range wireless controller filtering and reporting Methods and systems for filter data packets using an advertising data packet content filter are disclosed. An example method involves maintaining, by a Bluetooth device, an advertising data content filter. The advertising data content filter includes at least one content filter having at least one respective delivery mode that specifies when to deliver data packets matching the at least one content filter to a host Bluetooth stack. The method also involves receiving, by the Bluetooth device, a data packet from an advertising Bluetooth device. The method further involves determining, by the Bluetooth device, that content of the data packet matches a particular content filter of the advertising data content filter. And the method involves providing a portion of the data packet to the host Bluetooth stack in accordance with a particular delivery mode corresponding to the particular content filter.
US10334520B2	Small cell thermal control A method of controlling a temperature of a femtocell includes receiving, at data processing hardware of the femtocell, temperature measurements from a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of at least one of the data processing hardware or a power amplifier of the femtocell. The method further includes determining, by the data processing hardware, whether the femtocell is operating above a threshold temperature based on the temperature measurements. When the femtocell is operating above the threshold temperature, the method includes modifying, by the data processing hardware, a power consumption characteristic of the femtocell that results in a power consumption reduction of at least one of the data processing hardware or the power amplifier.
US10334514B2	Techniques for wireless network discovery and selection support Techniques for wireless network discovery and selection support are described. In one embodiment, for example, an evolved packet core (EPC) node may comprise a processor circuit to implement an access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) according to a management object that includes a branch comprising one or more policies to select a wireless local area network (WLAN), the processing circuitry to receive capabilities information and location information for a user equipment (UE) and determine access network information for the UE based on the capabilities information and the location information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10334512B2	Network access method and mobile terminal Provided is a network access method and the method includes the follows. Information of a user identification card pre-stored by a mobile terminal is acquired from a storage space and all network types supported by the mobile terminal are determined based on the pre-stored information of the user identification card. Network identities (IDs) of Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs) of all network types are determined based on the network types supported by the mobile terminal, and the network IDs of the PLMNs of all network types are added to an equivalent home public land mobile network (EHPLMN) list. When the mobile terminal arrives at a visited place from a designated location and starts a network search, when a target PLMN that matches at least one network identity in the EHPLMN list is found, a communication connection between the mobile terminal and the target PLMN is established.

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