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US10556701B2	Bird-strike energy absorbing net An energy absorbing arrangement may comprise an inner barrel comprising a centerline axis, an outer barrel, a webbing extending between the outer barrel and the inner barrel and configured to be offset from a nose lip by a distance, the webbing being folded together to form a plurality of folds, the plurality of folds being stitched together via a plurality of stitches, wherein the webbing is configured to absorb energy from an object in response to the object passing through the nose lip and applying a force to the webbing.
US10556695B2	Rotor ice protection system A rotor ice protection system (RIPS) apparatus for an aircraft to heat aircraft rotor blades is provided. The RIPS apparatus includes circuitry disposed to transmit electrical loads associated with RIPS operations, an indicator unit disposed to alert a pilot of the aircraft to a RIPS condition indicating an operating status of the RIPS operations, a controller configured to actuate the RIPS operations in accordance with current conditions and to issue a command to the indicator unit to alert the pilot to the RIPS operations according to the actuation and a sensor system disposed to sense whether the circuitry is transmitting the electrical loads and to provide a sensing result to the indicator unit. The indicator unit additionally alerts the pilot to the RIPS operations according to the sensing result.
US10556693B2	Method for ventilating a ram air channel and environmental control device and vehicle implementing this method Disclosed is a method for ventilating a ram air channel for a vehicle—in particular an aircraft—including at least one heat exchanger. The ram air channel is provided with a jet pump including a plurality of compressed air inlets connected to a plurality of separate compressed air sources of the vehicle, and a plurality of compressed air outlet nozzles. At least two nozzles are independently connected to at least two separate compressed air sources of the vehicle.
US10556679B2	Vertical takeoff and landing airframe Airframes configured for stable in-flight transition between forward flight and vertical takeoff and landing are described herein. In one embodiment, an aircraft can include a fuselage, opposed wings extending from opposed sides of the fuselage, and a plurality of engines. At least one engine can be mounted to each of the opposed wings and at least a portion of each opposed wing including at least one of the plurality of engines can rotate relative to the fuselage around a rotation axis that is non-perpendicular and transverse to a longitudinal axis of the fuselage. Rotating portions of the wings including at least one of the plurality of engines in the described manner can provide a stable and smooth transition between vertical and forward flight.
US10556678B2	System for controlling a rotorcraft rotor, a rotorcraft fitted with such a system, and an associated control method A control system for controlling at least one rotor of a rotorcraft, the control system comprising at least one piloting member suitable for operating at least one control for controlling movements of the at least one rotor. Such a control system comprises: at least one memory enabling information representative of a predetermined control margin threshold to be stored; calculation means for calculating a current control margin, which margin is defined as being the difference between a current position and a limit of the control for controlling movements of the rotor(s); comparator means for comparing the current control margin with the predetermined control margin threshold; and a control unit for modifying an operating relationship of the control for controlling movements of the rotor(s) when the current control margin is less than or equal to the predetermined control margin.
US10556671B2	Tile assembly A tile assembly (22) which, in use, is fitted to a base structure to form at least part of a fluid washed surface. The tile assembly comprises a housing (42) with at least one plenum (45) being provided within the housing (42). A wall (44) of the housing (42) is provided with a plurality of flow passages (46) which extend from the plenum side of the wall (44) to an outer surface (48) of the wall. Flow passage closures (50) are provided which are operable to open and close at least some of the flow passages (46).
US10556665B2	Apparatuses and methods for improved sealing A dry bay sealing assembly is provided that includes a first end plate and a second end plate that are configured to be disposed on respective opposite first and second sides of a structural member proximate to a joint defined between the structural member and a fitting. The first end plate and the second end plate are configured to define an interior volume therebetween containing at least a portion of a fastener joining the structural member and the fitting. The first end plate and the second end plate are configured to cooperate with the structural member to seal the interior volume from an exterior volume.
US10556663B2	Aircraft bay blankets that provide enhanced drainage features Systems and methods are provided for insulation and moisture drainage. One exemplary embodiment is an apparatus comprising a bay blanket configured to insulate an aircraft. The bay blanket includes insulation, and a first waterproof lip that protrudes from the insulation in an outboard direction towards a frame of the aircraft and extends along a length of a leftward side of the bay blanket. The bay blanket also includes a second waterproof lip that protrudes from the insulation in an outboard direction towards the frame of the aircraft along a length of a rightward side of the bay blanket.
US10556657B1	Marine outboard engine lubrication A marine outboard engine comprises an internal combustion engine, a gearcase defining a gearcase chamber, a plurality of gears disposed in the gearcase chamber, a driveshaft operatively connecting the crankshaft to the plurality of gears, an output shaft disposed at least in part in the gearcase chamber and being operatively connected to the plurality of gears, a rotor connected to the output shaft for propelling the marine outboard engine, a lubricant reservoir for holding lubricant, a first lubricant conduit fluidly connecting the lubricant reservoir to the crankcase chamber for supplying lubricant from the lubricant reservoir to the crankcase chamber, and a second lubricant conduit fluidly connecting the lubricant reservoir to the gearcase chamber for supplying lubricant from the lubricant reservoir to the gearcase chamber.
US10556655B2	Driving device for a watercraft Driving device for a watercraft, which device comprises a water flow channel (10) which is connected to the watercraft, preferably to the bottom thereof, and which has an inlet (11) and an outlet (12), a drive shaft (13, 14) which extends into said channel (10), a bearing shaft (15) coaxially arranged with the drive shaft part (14) in said channel, a first rotating impeller (21) connected to the drive shaft (13) for rotation in said channel (10) for the movement of water in either direction between the inlet (11) and the outlet (12), a second impeller (22) which is contra-rotating to the first impeller (21) and connected to the bearing shaft (15) for rotation in said channel (10) for the movement of water in said direction between the inlet (11) and the outlet (12), and that the drive shaft (13, 14) and the bearing shaft (15) are connected to each other via a planetary-like gearing (30), wherein one of said impellers (21, 22) is formed with an impeller casing (31) which is provided with an outer surface (322) and inside which, said gearing (30) is situated.
US10556652B2	Vessels comprising a composite envelope The invention relates to a hull of a vessel having characteristic surface properties, allowing an increase in surface runoff while benefiting from an inherent anti-fouling property and an original aesthetic appearance. Furthermore, the invention allows the incorporation of said outer composite envelope into the structure of the hull, thereby preventing delamination problems and inherently providing a vessel hull with the above-mentioned properties.
US10556650B2	Multi-link suspension for multi-hulled vessels A suspension system for a water craft, the water craft including a chassis which is at least partially suspended above or relative to at least a first hull and a second hull. The suspension system includes a first hull locating arrangement for at least partially constraining the first hull in a lateral, a yaw, a roll and a longitudinal direction relative to the chassis, the first hull locating arrangement comprising a first, a second, a third and a fourth link arranged to directly or indirectly connect between the hull and the chassis. The first, second and third links each extend in at least a lateral direction relative to the chassis and contribute to a lateral constraint on the first hull relative to the chassis. The second link is longitudinally spaced from the first link relative to the chassis to contribute to a hull yaw constraint on the first hull relative to the chassis. The third link is vertically spaced from the first and/or second link to contribute to a hull roll constraint on the first hull relative to the chassis. The fourth link extends in at least a longitudinal direction relative to the chassis to at least contribute to a longitudinal constraint on the first hull relative to the chassis and may be adjustable in length to vary the lateral spacing between the first and second hulls and thereby vary the overall width of the vessel.
US10556637B2	Bicycle operating device A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, an operating member, a hydraulic unit, an electrical switch, a wireless communicator, and a power supply. The base member includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a first pivot axis. At least part of the hydraulic unit is disposed closer to the second end than the first pivot axis when viewed from a first direction parallel to the first pivot axis. The power supply is electrically connected to the wireless communicator to supply electrical power to the wireless communicator. At least one of the wireless communicator and the power supply is at least partly disposed closer to the first end than the first pivot axis when viewed from the first direction.
US10556636B2	Self-balancing load bearing vehicle A self-balancing load-bearing device having a load platform or like structure that may move relative to the drive wheel or wheels under the force of gravity as the device operates. The load platform may be mounted with a pendulum based structure including curved support tracks or pendulum arms or a related structure. User input of control signals may be achieved with a joystick, foot pedal, remote control or other. Various embodiments and uses are disclosed.
US10556633B2	Motorized seat post and motorized stem fit devices A seat and motorized stem fit device is designed for fitting a cyclist on a bicycle having a seat post and a seat, with the seat post being an original seat post provided by a seat post manufacturer. The motorized seat post fit device comprises a drive assembly and an adjustable seat assembly coupled to the drive assembly and providing an interface between the seat post and the seat. The drive assembly controls the adjustable seat assembly to provide at least one of a vertical displacement and a horizontal displacement of the seat relative to the seat post.
US10556630B1	Friction drive system and methods for use An example implementation includes a robotic system including a first wheel and a second wheel configured to rotate about a first axis. Each wheel of the first wheel and the second wheel includes a contact surface and a motor coupled to a rotatable component. Each motor is configured to rotate the rotatable component about a respective second axis. The rotatable component is frictionally engaged with the contact surface such that a rotation of the rotatable component about the respective second axis is translated to a rotation of the wheel about the first axis. The robotic system further includes a controller configured to operate the motor of the first wheel and the motor of the second wheel in order to cause the robotic system to maintain its balance and navigate within an environment based on data received from one or more sensors.
US10556627B2	Integrated composite hybrid shock tower A shock tower assembly includes a shock tower body comprised of a polymer composite material, at least one reinforcement member integrated into the shock tower body, and a wheel cover comprised of the polymer composite material and integrated into the shock tower body to form a single-piece component.
US10556623B2	Metal cross member with composite fibre subframe Cross-member for a motor-vehicle front suspension, comprising a first structure of metal, a second structure of composite material joined to the first structure and a plurality of mounting members connected to each other by the first structure to allow mounting of one or more components of the front suspension onto the cross-member, wherein the second structure comprises a base body wholly made of a composite material with a polymer matrix and at least one reinforcement element securely connected to the base body in predetermined areas thereof to contribute to the mechanical strength and stiffness of the whole cross-member whereby the second structure includes a main portion extending in a transverse direction, a pair of longitudinal appendages projecting rearwards from the opposite ends of the main portion, and a pair of struts extending upwards each from a respective longitudinal appendage.
US10556613B2	Steering wheel cover A steering wheel cover has an inner core and an outer casing. The inner core has a series of alternating ribs and openings that together form a spring-like structure that more easily fits over a steering wheel while retaining its initial shape once installed. The inner core requires significantly less material than conventional steering wheel cover cores.
US10556605B2	Railway guide system including sensors fixed to a rail A guide system including a railway rail extending along an axis and including an upper element having a rolling face; a lower element having a bearing face; a connecting element between the lower and upper elements, at least one lateral recess being formed between the lower and upper elements; at least first and second attitude sensors fixed to the rail by glue at respective positions offset along the axis of the rail, the attitude sensors being housed at least partially in the lateral recess; a processing circuit configured to recover attitude measurements supplied by the first and second attitude sensors and configured to calculate a deformation of the railway rail relative to the axis as a function of the recovered attitude measurements.
US10556601B2	Actuating inductor placement assembly Aspects and embodiments of inductively heated tank cars are described. In one embodiment, an inductive heating system includes an inductive heating module with a radially-curved pancake coil. The heating module can be positioned by an actuator assembly to inductively heat the contents of a tank car. In one example, the actuator assembly includes an assembly base including at least one base pole, an extension channel, and an extension actuator. The actuator assembly also includes an extension arm to retract into and extend out from the extension channel based on the extension actuator, an inductive heating module pivotally secured about an end of the extension arm, and a heating module lift actuator to lift the inductive heating module about the pivot at the end of the extension arm. By lifting and/or pivoting the inductive heating module, it can be positioned proximate to the tank car for inductive heat transfer.
US10556600B2	Assessment of human driving performance using autonomous vehicles Human driving performance can be assessed using an autonomous vehicle. An autonomous vehicle can have a manual operational mode and one or more autonomous operational modes. While the vehicle is operating in the manual operational mode, driving data relating to a manual driving maneuver can be acquired. The acquired driving data can be evaluated relative to a driving scene model to determine whether the manual driving maneuver is acceptable or unacceptable based on the acquired driving data. Responsive to determining that the manual driving maneuver is unacceptable, feedback can be provided to a user. In some instances, the feedback can be active feedback or passive feedback. In some instance, the user can be the human driver of the vehicle, or some other person related to the driver in some manner.
US10556599B2	Conditional progressive degradation of electric vehicle power supply system Systems of an electric vehicle and the operations thereof are provided. Methods are provided that determine whether a vehicle power source is authorized to power a vehicle at a specific level, and if the power source is not authorized to power the vehicle, alter an ability of the power source.
US10556596B2	Driver scoring and safe driving notifications A method and apparatus may be used in a vehicle to generate a dynamic driver score. The method may include collecting data. The data may be collected at a predetermined interval. The data may include one or more frames. Each frame may correspond to the predetermined interval and may be divided into segments. Each frame may include a first acceleration data and a second acceleration data. The first acceleration data may be associated with an acceleration of a vehicle at a first segment of the frame, and the second acceleration data may be associated with an acceleration of the vehicle at a second segment of the frame. The frames may be grouped using machine learning methods to determine the driver score. The driver score may be used to modify driving behavior.
US10556591B2	Vehicle control device While a vehicle is coasting with an engine being automatically stopped and a power transmission path between the engine and wheels being disengaged, when a deceleration request is made and the engine is restarted with the power transmission path being engaged, a deceleration level increases relative to the deceleration level required by a driver or the vehicle, thereby lowering drivability. A vehicle control apparatus includes a deceleration level control unit that controls the deceleration level of the vehicle such that, during travelling of the vehicle continuing to travel with a power transmission mechanism between the engine and the wheels being disengaged, when the deceleration request is made and the engine is started by an engagement of the power transmission mechanism, the deceleration level becomes a target deceleration level calculated from a first target deceleration level generated after the engagement of the power transmission mechanism is complete and a second target deceleration level generated in response to the deceleration request.
US10556589B2	Vehicle control system, vehicle control method and vehicle control program One of objectives of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control system, a vehicle control method and a vehicle control program, which can properly perform control related to automatic driving based on the energy of the vehicle. The vehicle control system comprises: an automatic driving control part, executing automatic driving performing automatic driving of at least one of velocity control and steering control of an automatic vehicle, and a function limiting part, limiting functions related to automatic driving when the energy of the vehicle is insufficient due to automatic driving.
US10556586B2	Vehicle assistance system A vehicle assistance system for a vehicle is provided. A corresponding computer implemented method and computer program product are also provided.
US10556584B2	Vehicle vision A system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to detect water on a ground surface, actuate a vehicle exterior light to illuminate a grid pattern on the ground surface, detect a depression at a location of the detected water based on received reflections of the grid pattern, and move a vehicle based on the detected depression.
US10556580B2	Signal processing method, slip detection method, control method for vehicle, controller for vehicle, and vehicle Signals including noise at a constant interval are processed by receiving a signal as a result of detection by a sensor and sampling the received signal at an interval shorter than the interval of the noise; extracting a plurality of the sampled signals at an interval that is half of the interval of the noise; calculating an arithmetic mean value on a group of the extracted signals; and outputting a new signal being generated with the arithmetic mean value.
US10556579B2	Drive apparatus in a self-propelled construction machine A drive apparatus in a self-propelled construction machine comprises a milling rotor and a main drive which can be coupled to the milling rotor via an engaging and disengaging clutch, and an auxiliary drive which can be coupled to the milling rotor alternatively to the main drive. The clutch is provided with a fixed side and an axially displaceable output side, which is displaceable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The axially displaceable side is simultaneously also the engaging and disengaging part of a shiftable transmission, the fixed part of which is driven by the auxiliary drive, with the transmission and the clutch being engaged and disengaged in a selective fashion via the axially displaceable side of the clutch.
US10556577B2	Control device and method for operating a brake system of a vehicle A control device for a brake system of a vehicle includes an electronic device configured to perform a method including determining, taking into account a specified braking of a driver of the vehicle or of an automatic control system of the vehicle, a first item of information regarding a current usability of a hydraulic device of the brake system and a second item of information regarding a current usability of a brake booster of the brake system, which first target portion of a brake pressure increase is to be provided by the hydraulic device, and which second target portion of the brake pressure increase is to be provided by the brake booster, and controlling the hydraulic device and/or the brake booster so that the first target portion of the brake pressure increase is provided by the hydraulic device and the second target portion is provided by the brake booster.
US10556572B2	Apparatus and method for lowering and raising a trailer A device and method used to raise or lower the landing gear of a semi-trailer. The device is coupled to the landing gear of the semi-trailer and actuates the landing gear according to user selection. The user may select to actuate the landing gear through a motorized gear assembly within the device, by optionally attaching a handle to the landing gear via the device, or by engaging a separate motorized hand tool to the landing gear via the device. To use the handle or the motorized hand tool, the user actuates a shift lever disposed on the device which disengages the related mechanical means for actuating the landing gear. The flexibility for actuating the landing gear allows a user to raise or lower the landing gear according to the surrounding circumstances or in case one of the means for actuating breaks or fails.
US10556562B2	Occupant protection apparatus for vehicle An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes a seat, a three-point seatbelt device, and a belt airbag device. An occupant to board the vehicle is to sit on the seat. The three-point seatbelt device includes a seatbelt extendable across a front of an upper body of the occupant sitting on the seat. The belt airbag device includes a belt airbag that is provided at a shoulder belt section, which is extendable from a shoulder to a waist of the occupant, of the seatbelt, and that is configured to be deployed when a collision occurs. The belt airbag includes a belt-direction deployment section extendable and deployable along the shoulder belt section, and an intersecting-direction deployment section extendable and deployable in a direction intersecting the shoulder belt section. The sections are configured to form a single bag by being coupled to each other below a head of the occupant sitting on the seat.
US10556547B2	Roof rail In order, in the case of a roof rail, which is to be fastened to a roof structure of a motor vehicle and which has a load-absorbing rail profile which is fastened to the motor vehicle via fastening means acting on a fastening leg, to make it possible, with a simultaneously simple manufacturing capability, to securely and permanently mount a decoration of very high-grade appearance, provision is made to connect a decorative profile to the rail profile via the fastening leg.
US10556543B2	Geometrically shaped ellipsoid vehicular mirror Cross-view mirrors for buses and other vehicles which provide modified image sizes. The mirror assemblies have lens members created from the shape of a portion of an elliptical or circular toroid volumetric shape with an elliptical or circular cross-sectional shape. A first embodiment has an elliptical toroid volumetric shape with an elliptical cross-sectional shape. A second embodiment has an elliptical toroid volumetric shape with a circular cross-sectional shape. A third embodiment has a circular toroid volumetric shape with an elliptical cross-sectional shape.
US10556537B2	Vehicle messaging system A vehicle messaging system for efficiently messaging other vehicle drivers. The vehicle messaging system generally includes a transparent member attached to a surface of a window of a motorized vehicle, a message attached to the transparent member, a light unit attached to the motorized vehicle and a control unit in communication with the light unit and a turn signal controller of the motorized vehicle. The control unit is programmed to automatically activate the light unit after the turn signal controller transitions from having a turn signal activated to having a turn signal deactivated. The light unit illuminates the message when the light unit is activated so that the message is viewable by a person outside of the motorized vehicle.
US10556536B2	Illuminated vehicular assembly for day and night use A vehicle lighting system is provided primarily for use with emergency response vehicles. The vehicle lighting system includes at least one luminescent planar sheet affixed to a vehicle's mounting surface. The luminescent planar sheet includes a non-luminescent printed circuit board in the shape of a letter or number which has a top surface of a color which contrasts with the mounting surface's color. The luminescent planar sheet includes a plurality of light emitting LEDs which are surface mounted upon the printed circuit board so as to be arranged in the shape of the desired letter or number with the LEDs covering no more than 20% of the printed circuit board's top surface. Preferably, the LEDs cover no more than 7% the printed circuit board's top surface.
US10556532B2	Seating system having seat with individually controllable thermal units A seating system includes a seat, individually selectable and controllable thermal units individually positioned at respective locations within the seat corresponding to anatomical locations of a person sitting in the seat, and a controller. The thermal units to generate heat when activated. The controller to individually activate a subset of the thermal units to deliver heat to the anatomical locations of the person sitting in the seat corresponding to the respective locations within the seat of the activated thermal units.
US10556513B2	Systems, methods and apparatus for vehicle battery charging A system for charging a battery within an at least partially electric vehicle. The system includes a charging device wherein the charging device configured to electrically connect to the at least partially electric vehicle and charge at least one battery by a predetermined amount. The system also includes a network configured to determine the location of the charging device.
US10556505B2	Methods and systems for a fuel system Methods and systems are provided for a fuel system including a fuel filler pipe, an anti-siphoning device, and a fuel tank. In one example, a manufacturing method may include internally welding an anti-siphon device to a fuel filler pipe, applying a metal coating to the welded device and pipe including the internal welds, and externally welding the coated pipe including the device to a fuel tank. The metal coating to the filler pipe, the device and the internal welds may be applied by an electroless plating process but the electroless plating may not be applied to the external welds.
US10556501B2	Device for sealing the front-end air intake of a motor vehicle and method for manufacturing same The present invention relates to a sealing device (1) for the front-end air intake of a motor vehicle, including: a supporting frame (5) comprising two longitudinal crossmembers (5a), parallel to one another, and two side posts (5b), perpendicular to said longitudinal crossmembers (5a) and connecting said longitudinal crossmembers (5a); at least one flap (3), pivotably mounted about an axis (A) for pivoting between a sealing position and an open position, said at least one flap (3) being installed within the supporting frame (5); at least one electric control element (13) that controls the positioning of the flap(s) (3) and is capable of being connected to the electric system of the motor vehicle by at least one electricity supply cable (20), the supporting frame (5) comprising at least one device (15) for snap-fit attachment of the electricity supply cable(s) (20), said snap-fit device (15) being integral with said supporting frame (5).
US10556500B2	Work vehicle A hydraulic excavator includes an engine hood covering an engine from above and a vent member disposed inside the engine hood. The engine hood includes a third side plate. The third side plate is provided with a lower side vent hole group, and simultaneously, a region located laterally to the lower side vent hole group is imperforate. The vent member covers the lower side vent hole group with a first opening from inside. A second opening of the vent member communicates with an interior of the engine hood. The vent member upwardly tilts toward the engine hood.
US10556497B2	System and method for adjusting battery state of charge parameters A hybrid powertrain includes a traction battery and a controller. The controller is programmed to, responsive to a current vehicle speed exceeding a first threshold, reduce a parameter indicative of state of charge (SOC) of the battery by an offset amount that varies with an amount of predicted distance for which a predicted vehicle speed profile is less than a second threshold to prompt charging of the battery to increased SOC values.
US10556492B2	Operator cab with segmented door An operator cab mounted on a chassis of a mobile work vehicle. The cab comprised of a frame supporting a back panel, a pair of opposing side panels, and a roof panel, wherein the side panels and the roof panel each have a first edge proximate the back panel and a second edge opposite the first edge, the second edges defining a door opening. A door proximate the door opening, the door movable to a closed position or an open position and defining a front barrier when in the closed position. A roller assembly positioned proximate the roof panel and connected to the door, wherein the door is moved about the roller assembly to an open position from the closed position, allowing for an operator to ingress and egress through door opening.
US10556486B2	Axial retention means An air-handling system includes a housing having a passageway formed therethrough. A diverter is rotatably coupled to the housing, and includes a door disposed in the passageway for selectively opening and closing the passageway. A shaft of the door extends through a first opening of the housing, and extends outwardly therefrom, defining a first axis. A lever is coupled to the shaft of the diverter. A flexible tab is disposed axially outwardly of the lever and is positionable in a first position and a second position. In the first position, a distal end of the tab is positioned radially inwardly of an outer circumferential surface of the lever, and in the second position the distal end of the tab is positioned radially outwardly of the outer circumferential surface of the lever. The distal end is moveable about a second axis, parallel to the first axis.
US10556481B2	Systems and methods for providing heating and cooling to a vehicle cabin of autonomous vehicles Systems and methods for providing heating and cooling to a cabin of an autonomous or semiautonomous electric vehicle. A system includes one or more autonomous or semiautonomous electric vehicle components generating thermal energy as a byproduct of operation, a radiator fluidly coupled to the one or more vehicle components and positioned downstream from the one or more vehicle components such that the radiator receives at least a portion of the thermal energy, a thermoelectric cooler thermally coupled to and located downstream from the radiator, and one or more bypass valves that control fluid flow from the radiator such that fluid flows directly to a cabin of the vehicle or flows through the thermoelectric cooler before flowing into the cabin.
US10556480B2	Vehicle HVAC system A HVAC system that includes an air duct connected to an air handler and having a tubular housing with a first airflow path and a second airflow path therein separated from the first airflow path. One end of the tubular housing having a first air outlet in fluid communication with only the first airflow path and a second air outlet in fluid communication with only the second airflow path. The first air outlet and the second air outlet are adjacent to one another. A vent assembly having a housing surrounding first airflow directing members and second airflow directing members. The vent assembly is installed to the end of the tubular housing such that the first airflow directing members direct airflow from the first air outlet in a first direction. The second airflow directing members direct airflow from the second air outlet in a second direction.
US10556477B2	Suspension damper with by-pass valves A vehicle damper is described. The vehicle damper includes: a cylinder; a piston within the cylinder; a working fluid within the cylinder; a reservoir in fluid communication with the cylinder via the working fluid, the reservoir operable to receive the working fluid from the cylinder in a compression stroke; a valve in a flow path between the cylinder and the reservoir; and a remotely-operable valve having a position allowing the working fluid to significantly by-pass the valve.
US10556473B2	System and method for connecting or disconnecting a trailer to a vehicle A trailer (102) for connecting to a vehicle (101), comprising a trailer coupler (103), at least one means for support (104) of the trailer (102) when not connected to the vehicle (101), and at least one parking brake (105) further characterized in that a control center (106) is connected to a at least one motor (108) for automatically raising and lowering said at least one means for support (104), and the control center (106) automatically engages and disengages said at least one parking brake (105) via a control mechanism (107) when the trailer coupler (103) is connected to a tow bar (201).
US10556465B2	Constructive arrangement of a flexible wheel for wheelbarrow or manually tractioned industrial carts A constructive arrangement of a flexible wheel for wheelbarrow or manually tractioned industrial carts is constituted by a single block that comprehends three parts: the outer ring (1), the center wall (2), and the inner ring (3); and the outer ring (1) has on its extremity a tread surface (15), and as tangents on each side it has side tread surfaces (12); and each side tread surface (12) has a plurality of radial cavities (11) spaced along the wheel; and the radial cavities (11) of a side tread surface (12) are not aligned in relation to the radial cavities (11a) of the opposite side tread surface (12a); and the center wall (2) is a flat, solid, ring-shaped wall contained in the central plane which contains the body of the wheel, and on each side of the flat wall there are a plurality of flexible structures (14) radially aligned to the radial cavities (11) contained in the outer ring (1).
US10556464B2	Spoked human-powerable vehicle wheel with user-removable hub and plurality of conical hub-to-annulus attachment elements A wheel for a bicycle, or other human powerable vehicle, has a hub that includes: (a) an axle for attachment to a bicycle frame; (b) a set of bearings that connect the axle to a rotating sleeve; and (c) at least three connection points fixedly connected to the rotating sleeve. The connection points are used to detachably attach an annular module to the hub using attachment elements that each comprise conical frustum surfaces. The attachment elements are configured to axially press a portion of the hub to a portion of the annular module, as well as radially aligning the hub to the annular module. The annular module also has a set of spoke attachment points configured for tensioned spokes that connect the annular module to a wheel rim. The spoke attachment points are in a circular configuration on two parallel offset planes that are perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rim.
US10556460B2	Writing instrument with self-blocking assembly The writing instrument comprises a first barrel, a second barrel, and a self-blocking assembly system for assembling the first barrel with the second barrel. The self-blocking assembly system includes a blocking device for blocking the first barrel with respect to the second barrel in a longitudinal direction and a locking device for locking the blocking device. The locking device includes a slot formed in the first barrel and two ramps carried by the second barrel. The slot extends in the longitudinal direction and has two longitudinal edges. The two ramps are configured to part the two longitudinal edges of the slot progressively in a circumferential direction as the first and second barrels are assembled. A window extends in the longitudinal direction formed between the two ramps, and a lateral button is housed at least partially in the window that includes guide surfaces for guiding the lateral button.
US10556452B2	Printing apparatus and method of positioning support section There is provided a printing apparatus that includes a print section configured to perform printing onto a medium, a support section configured to support the medium, a base section to which the support section is attached, and a contact section configured to be attached to the base section so as to be movable to come into contact with the support section and being configured such that a position of the contact section with respect to the base section is not changed when the support section is detached from the base section.
US10556451B2	Recording apparatus A recording apparatus include a recording head that performs recording by ejecting ink onto paper from a plurality of nozzles, in which both a length of a first curved path in a first reverse path and a length of a second curved path in a second reverse path are longer than a distance of a head surface having a plurality of nozzles from a nip position in the pair of first feed rollers that transports paper toward the recording head to a position on the most downstream side in the medium transport direction. Further, a curvature of the second curved path is configured to be longer than a curvature of the first curved path.
US10556449B2	Liquid discharge apparatus and image forming method A liquid discharge apparatus includes a conveyor to repeat conveyance of a recording medium by a predetermined distance and stop of conveyance of the recording medium; a liquid discharge head to discharge a liquid onto the recording medium; an irradiation device disposed downstream from the liquid discharge head in a direction of conveyance of the recording medium, to irradiate, with an electromagnetic wave, the recording medium onto which the liquid has been discharged by the liquid discharge head; and circuitry configured to control the irradiation device to irradiate the recording medium. The circuitry is configured to set a first irradiation amount during the stop of conveyance to a larger value than a value of a second irradiation amount during the conveyance of the recording medium.
US10556445B2	Printhead assemblies Examples of a printhead assembly comprising an Erasable Programmable Read-only Memory (EPROM) having a predefined number of banks, with EPROM cells arranged in rows and columns in each of the banks are described. In one example, the printhead assembly comprises a shift register to generate, in consecutive shift register cycles, a row select signal, column select signal, and bank select signal to select a row, column, and bank, respectively, corresponding to an EPROM cell. A row select signal bus, column select signal bus and bank select signal bus is included in the printhead assembly to provide the row select signal, column select signal, and bank select signal, respectively, to the EPROM cell during the respective shift register cycles.
US10556441B2	Liquid discharge device The liquid discharge device performs a series of process including: controlling a head to discharge ink in response to receiving discharge instruction; calculating a waiting time Tw based on ink discharge amount Dh after completing the discharge of the ink; executes counting process based on a signal received from a liquid level sensor after elapse of the waiting time T2 from the completion of discharging the ink from the head.
US10556433B2	Liquid discharge apparatus and cleaning method for liquid discharge head A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head including a discharge port configured to discharge liquid and a discharge port surface provided with the discharge port. A head cleaning member including a contact portion contacts the discharge port surface, and is configured to cause the contact portion to contact the discharge port surface and to move relative to the discharge port surface in order to clean adherents attached to the discharge port surface. The discharge port includes a plurality of protrusion portions extending toward a discharge port inner side. The contact portion includes a fiber, and the fiber in the contact portion includes a portion having a size greater than a minimum protrusion distance among protrusion distances between the protrusion portions.
US10556431B2	Electromechanical transducer element, liquid discharge head, liquid discharge device, and liquid discharge apparatus An electromechanical transducer element including a lower electrode, an electromechanical transducer film and an upper electrode formed on the electromechanical transducer film.
US10556420B2	Measuring and correcting print-to-print register of a multicolour print formed on printed material There is described a process of measuring print-to-print register of a multicolour print (A-D) provided in an effective printed area (EPA) of the surface of printed material, which multicolour print (A-D) is formed on the printed material by means of one or more printing presses and includes at least a first pattern (A) and a second pattern (B) distinguishable from the first pattern (A), the effective printed area (EPA) being provided with a matrix arrangement of individual imprints (P) which are each provided with the multicolour print (A-D) and are repeated over the surface of the effective printed area (EPA) along a pattern of rows and columns. Measurement of an actual print-to-print register between the first and second patterns (A, B), as reflected on the printed material, is derived from processing and finding a correspondence between (i) at least one sample image (SIA, SIB) of the printed material covering at least a portion of the first and second patterns (A, B), and (ii) at least one corresponding reference image (RIA, RIB) generated using prepress design data of the first and second patterns (A, B). Furthermore, the process is repeated for multiple ones of the individual imprints (P) so as to derive a set of multiple measurements of the actual print-to-print register between the first and second patterns (A, B) at various imprint locations over the effective printed area (EPA), which set of multiple measurements is mapped into a corresponding print-to-print register map (MB-A, MC-A, MD-A, . . . ) that is representative of print-to-print register deviations at the various imprint locations. Also described is a measuring device for carrying out this process and a process of measuring and correcting print-to-print register of a multicolour print.
US10556413B2	Method for assembly of recessed panel doors Systems and methods for pressing a door assembly involve one or more die sections installed in a press, wherein the die sections each have a raised section that contacts and supports a recessed panel portion of a door skin of the assembly during the pressing operation to facilitate crushing of portions of a core of the door assembly that underlie the recessed panel portion of the door skin. The die sections may be made of plastic and readily changed out for different sizes or styles of doors.
US10556397B2	Exterior panel and manufacturing method of exterior panel An exterior panel includes: a metal sheet having a curved portion; a resin structure which includes a plurality of tubular bodies having the same length in a central axis direction, top surfaces covering respective one end portions of the tubular bodies, and base portions connecting respective the other end portions of the tubular bodies and is formed with the top surfaces being brought into close contact with and joined to the curved portion of the metal sheet; and a sheet member made of a resin or paper joined to the base portions of the resin structure, in which a relationship between a tensile elastic modulus E (N/mm2) and the thickness t (mm) of the sheet member satisfies Formula (1). 4.0 (N·mm)
US10556395B2	Steel wire deforming apparatus for bead cores A deforming apparatus (10) for a steel wire (W) for a bead core (X) includes a deforming roller (12), a guide device (20), and a deforming amount changing device (30). The deforming roller (12) is arranged upstream of a molding drum (50), which molds the bead core (X) by winding the steel wire (W). The steel wire (W) is mounted on the deforming roller (12) in a curved manner such that the deforming roller (12) deforms the steel wire (W). The guide device (20) is arranged upstream of the deforming roller (12) and guides the steel wire (W) to the deforming roller (12). The deforming amount changing device (30) changes the amount by which the steel wire (W) is mounted on the deforming roller (12) in a curved manner by moving the guide device (20) with respect to the deforming roller (12).
US10556388B2	Polyester-based tape composites for wood reinforcement The present invention is generally directed to prepreg composites, typically in the form of unidirectional tapes, which contain at least one reinforcing fiber and a thermoplastic polyester matrix. The prepreg composites can be thermally bonded to a wood-containing material in order to improve the structural performance of the material without requiring adhesives. The prepreg composite of the present invention can be applied to a wide range of wood substrates, including various hardwoods, softwoods, and engineered wood composites.
US10556387B2	Method of seaming carpet A method for joining two carpet segments, each carpet segment having an underside and at least one edge, comprises abutting one edge of one carpet segment with one edge of the other carpet segment, positioning a length of seam tape under the abutting edges, and activating the adhesive to secure the seam tape to the undersides of both carpet segments. The seam tape comprises an elongated base layer being resilient in a longitudinal direction, an intervening layer applied to the base layer, and an adhesive applied to the intervening layer.
US10556386B2	Controlled heating for 3D printing In one example, a method for printing a three-dimensional (3D) object is described. The method may include a processor depositing a layer of a sinterable material on a support member, and preheating the layer of the sinterable material using a moveable radiation source. The method may further include the processor depositing a fusing agent on an imaged area of the layer of the sinterable material and fusing the imaged area of the layer of the sinterable material using the moveable radiation source.
US10556382B2	Method and a system to optimize printing parameters in additive manufacturing process The present invention relates to a system and a method for optimizing printing parameters, such as slicing parameters and tool path instructions, for additive manufacturing. The present invention comprises a property analysis module that predicts and analyses properties of a filament object model, representing a constructed 3D object. The filament object model is generated based on the tool path instructions and user specified object properties. Analysis includes comparing the predicted filament object model properties with the user specified property requirements; and further modifying the printing parameters in order to meet the user specified property requirements.
US10556379B2	Method for processing PAEK and articles manufactured from the same A process for manufacturing a three-dimensional object from a powder by selective sintering the powder using electromagnetic radiation. The powder includes recycled PAEK. In one embodiment, the powder includes recycled PEKK. In one embodiment, the powder includes first recycle PEKK and second recycle PEKK. In one embodiment, the powder consists essentially of recycled PEKK. The process may include the step of maintaining a bed of a selective laser sintering machine at approximately 300 degrees Celsius and applying a layer of the powder to the bed. The average in-plane tensile strength of the three-dimensional object is greater than that of a three-dimension object manufactured by selective sintering using a powder including an unused PEKK powder.
US10556376B2	Method of making forming screens A process of constructing a forming screen through metal deposition in a nonconductive preform structure to achieve a desired aspect ratio of the forming screen thickness to open area.
US10556373B2	Container production method by liquid blow molding A container production method by liquid blow molding. The method includes a head space forming step of forming a head space in the upper portion of a container, in which, with the container disposed in a cavity, a bottom panel portion molded into an upward convex shape on a bottom of the container is inverted by pushing it down with a pushing rod and is plastically deformed into a downward convex shape.
US10556363B2	Electric stapler An electric stapler includes a base and a press portion articulated to the base. The press portion is provided with, from down to up, a staple channel assembly configured to receive a staple, a staple pressing plate assembly configured to press the staple and a drive assembly in sequence. The position of the drive assembly is fixed relative to the press portion. The staple channel assembly and the staple pressing plate assembly are rotatable relative to the press portion. The drive assembly includes a power unit and an execution component connected to the power unit to press or raise the staple pressing plate assembly. The above electric stapler addresses the technical issues that the staple channel cannot reset automatically after the staple is stuck and it is difficult to clear away a failed staple.
US10556361B2	Feed system for coating material A system for feeding a coating material from at least one movable modular unit to a coating device is provided, the at least one movable modular unit being provided for the storage and provision of roll-type or coil-type coating material units including edge strips for applying to a narrow side of panel-type workpieces. A feed section holds and transports the coating material. A cassette unit guides the coating material provided by the feed section. A coupling section couples the at least one movable modular unit to the feed section, the at least one movable modular unit holding coating material units.
US10556355B2	Food pushers and food holder systems and mandolines incorporating the same A mandoline has a food holder and a food pusher, the food holder being slidable along the body and the food pusher being rotatably mounted on the food holder, the food pusher having a first pusher wall and a second pusher wall, the second pusher wall being in the form of a substantially flat plate and the first pusher wall being arranged perpendicular to the second pusher wall and being jaw-shaped in nature.
US10556349B1	Multipurpose robotic system A robotic system is disclosed. The robotic system includes a robot with an arm. The arm is configured to be selectively extendable and retractable. An enclosure is coupled to a distal end of the arm. The enclosure includes a limited range network. The limited range network is configured to communicate with another computing device, when the arm is selectively extended.
US10556344B2	Method and system for determining a sequence of kinematic chains of a multiple robot Systems and a method for determining a sequence of kinematic chains of a multiple robot along a sequence of locations. Inputs on the locations to be reached by a robot tool are received. Each chain is considered separately by setting one chain in use and determining, for each chain in use, available configurations for each location. The available configurations are represented as nodes of a graph representing available robotic paths for reaching with a tool the locations, while allowing the switching among different chains within the same robotic path. Valid connectors are determined by simulating collision free robot trajectories while taking into account working modality constraints of the locations. Weight factors are assigned to connectors to represent robot efforts in moving between subsequent configurations. The shortest robotic path among valid paths is determined by taking into account the weight factors. The sequence of chains is determined from the shortest path.
US10556338B1	Compliant finger tip for item manipulation Apparatuses including compliant tips and methods of manipulating items using the compliant tips are described herein. An example apparatus may include a robotic manipulator and a pair of end effectors. One end effector may include a pair of actuator-driven fingers that each include a compliant tip. The compliant tips may be used to scoop underneath items as part of item manipulation.
US10556328B2	Inline screwdriver with hands-free activated dual-drive self-ratcheting mechanism The mechanical technology of converting oscillatory motion, into one direction of rotation, as described and claimed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,881,609, while being efficient, useful and having numerous applications, has its disadvantage of not being able to function unless user employs both hands; one hand to apply oscillatory motion to an input, while opposite hand immobilizes the axial rotation of the converting gear-train, in order for the conversion to be activated. Hence, the goal of this documentation, is to teach several different means, that maintain the immobility of axial rotation of the dual-drive gear train in order to activate the dual-drive feature, without the use of either of user's hands, thereby conveniently leaving one of user's hands available for holding a work piece.
US10556327B2	Hand tool assembly A hand tool assembly includes a body having a ratchet portion, a room and a window. A driving unit is rotatably received in the ratchet portion and the room of the body. The driving unit includes a driving head, a pawl, a spring and a rotary member. The rotary member is rotated via the window to control the operational directions of the driving unit. A seat is connected to the body, and the driving unit is connected between the body and the seat. The seat includes an insertion portion formed on one end thereof, and which is engaged with the room. The seat has an engaging portion formed on the other end thereof. The seat is replaceable to make the hand tool assembly have more functions.
US10556323B2	Nonwoven abrasive article and method of making the same A nonwoven abrasive article includes a lofty open nonwoven fiber web comprising entangled fibers; and abrasive platelets secured to the entangled fibers by at least one binder material. A majority of the abrasive platelets are respectively bonded in an edge-wise manner to at least one of the entangled fibers. Methods of making the nonwoven abrasive article and converted forms, including a convolute abrasive wheel, are also disclosed.
US10556322B2	Abrasive flap disc including wearable backing plate This invention relates to abrasive flap discs that include wearable backing plates and methods of making and using such abrasive flap discs and wearable backing plates. The claimed articles, processes, and systems related to the use and manufacturing of such abrasive articles are improved in performance and cost effectiveness.
US10556312B2	Indexer for operating workpieces A method and apparatus for changing pallets delivered to a machining center. Different workpieces are connected or attached to different pallets. A first workpiece corresponding to a first pallet is delivered to or near an indexer or indexer assembly and the indexer is moved into an engaged position and performs a work operation on the first workpiece. The indexer is then moved to a disengaged position and the first pallet and the first workpiece are exchanged or switched out with a second pallet having a second workpiece. The indexer is then moved to an engaged position and works the second workpiece and when completed, the indexer moves to the disengaged position and the second workpiece is exchanged or switched out with a third pallet having a third workpiece. The indexer system of this invention can quickly and cost-effectively cycle through different pallets and thus different workpieces.
US10556308B2	Work machine provided with parallel link mechanism A work apparatus includes a parallel link mechanism, a position control actuator, a linear motion mechanism, and a rotating mechanism. The parallel link mechanism includes three or more link mechanisms that couple a distal end side link hub to a proximal end side link hub such that a position of the distal end side link hub can be changed relative to the proximal end side link hub. The position control actuator operates the parallel link mechanism. The linear motion mechanism moves a working body in an axial direction orthogonal to a central axis of the proximal end side link hub. The rotating mechanism is mounted on the distal end side link hub and rotates a work object about a rotation center axis parallel to a movement direction of the linear motion mechanism when the central axis and a central axis are on the same line.
US10556304B2	Polymeric cover for robots The present invention involves a cover for a spraying device of a robot which is formed from a polymer with enhanced residue retention properties. The polymer may be processed to increase the surface energy of the polymer. For example, the polymer may be subjected to a corona treatment in order to increase its surface energy. The corona treatment process may be performed on the polymer as received, prior to cutting or otherwise manipulating the polymer. Also, the polymer may be embossed to provide the enhancement. To assemble the polymer into a robot cover, the polymer as received may be cut into individual sections for assembly. The sections may then be assembled to one another by heat sealing the sections together. The heat sealing provides a bond between the individual sections of polymer that secures the individual sections together to create the robot cover. The polymer may also be formed into tubular sections for securing to the spraying device.
US10556300B2	Automated plasma cutting apparatus and system A plasma cutting apparatus includes a housing, a workpiece support, a movable plasma nozzle, and a nozzle drive arrangement. The housing includes a base, an upright pedestal extending upward from the base, and a stationary head cantilevered from the upright pedestal. The workpiece support extends from the upright pedestal and is located below the stationary head. The nozzle extends downward from an underside of the stationary head and is oriented for delivering a cutting plasma generally along one direction and toward a workpiece on the workpiece support. The nozzle drive arrangement is mounted to the stationary head and is connected for moving the plasma nozzle during a cutting operation.
US10556295B2	Laser machining device that detects contamination of optical system before laser machining A laser machining device includes a contamination determining part that determines contamination of an external optical system before laser machining; the contamination determining part includes a lens contamination determining section that determines contamination of a lens in the external optical system on the basis of a comparison between a first measurement value, which is measured by an energy amount measuring part in a state where the external optical system is not heated, and a second measurement value, which is measured by the energy amount measuring part in a state where the external optical system is heated.
US10556288B2	Soldering iron tip The present invention provides a soldering iron with a tip having two separate halves that are electrically isolated from one another. When both halves of the tip are applied to an electrically conductive material, such as the material to be soldered, an electrical circuit between the tip halves and an electrical power source is completed. Therefore, the tip can reach operating temperatures quickly. When the tip is removed from the joint, the electrical circuit is broken and the tip material may quickly cool to a temperature safe for human contact. The tip material permits higher power outputs than other battery operated portable soldering irons and heat and cools faster the conventional soldering tips.
US10556287B2	Method for selectively pretinning a guidewire core A method of pretinning a guidewire core made of shape memory alloy and having an elongate axis, comprising: placing a ball of solder in a pocket in a soldering block; melting the ball of solder; holding a guidewire core over the ball of solder; lowering the guidewire core into the ball of solder; removing the guidewire from the ball of solder.
US10556285B2	Metal joined body and manufacturing method for metal joined body A metal joined body in which a joint is formed from a first metal member and a second metal member. Brazed joint portions provided intermittently with a brazing material and solder joints filling the spaces between the brazed joint portions with a solder having a fusion point lower than the brazing material, are formed at a seam of the joint. The resulting metal joint has excellent sealing properties and little thermal strain.
US10556284B2	Method of forming electrical connections with solder dispensing and reflow A method for interconnecting multiple components of a head-gimbal assembly with a solder joint, including the steps of positioning a first component adjacent to a second component to provide a connection area between the first and second components, dispensing a solder sphere to a capillary tube comprising tapered walls, wherein the capillary tube is positioned with an exit orifice above the connection area between the first and second components, pressurizing the capillary tube until a predetermined pressure is reached, applying a first laser pulse to the solder sphere to provide a level of thermal energy to liquefy the solder sphere, detecting the movement of the liquefied solder sphere after it has exited the exit orifice of the capillary tube, and applying a second laser pulse to reflow the solder sphere to create the solder joint between the first and second components.
US10556282B2	Portable micro-deburring component using micro-electrical discharge machining process A deburring subassembly has a controller to generate an electrical current and move a deburring tool bit from a non-deburring position to a range of deburring positions. The electrical current permits deburring of the workpiece without damaging it. A workpiece securement subassembly secures the workpiece for formation on a computer numerical controlled (CNC) machine tool and also holds the workpiece in place for deburring. The electrical current is provided to a deburring tool bit. The controller thereby controls movement of the deburring tool bit to the range of deburring positions and generates the electrical current to deburr the workpiece.
US10556278B2	Tool body for a shell end mill and cutting tool A tool body (12) for a shell end mill (10) is described with at least one helical chip guiding groove (24) arranged at the circumference of the tool body (12) for chip dissipation and at least two receptacles (28) for indexable cutting inserts (26) arranged at the chip guiding groove (24). In this case, the receptacles (28) each include a base surface having a bore for receiving an indexable cutting insert fastening screw (34) and at least one first abutment surface adjacent to the base surface. The transition between the base surface and the first contact surface is a groove. In addition, a cutting tool is described with such a tool body, wherein a two-sided indexable cutting insert (26) is attached in each receptacle (28).
US10556277B2	Double-sided cutting insert having high feed rate and cutting tool equipped therewith The technical objective of the present invention is to provide a double-sided cutting insert having a high feed rate, which can increase the edge strength and reduce the cutting load, and thus can be suitable for high feed rate processing. To this end, a double-sided cutting insert having a high feed rate according to the present invention comprises: two main surfaces that face in opposite directions; two shorter side surfaces, which connect between the two main surfaces, and which face in opposite directions; two longer side surfaces, which connect between the two main surfaces and between the two shorter side surfaces, which face in opposite directions, and the width of which is larger than that of the shorter side surfaces; and a fastening hole that extends through the two longer side surfaces such that a cutting tool fastening bolt is inserted therein, wherein the double-sided cutting insert having a high feed rate comprises a shorter cutting edge provided on a boundary portion between each of the main surfaces and each of the shorter side surfaces, a longer cutting edge provided on a boundary portion between each of the main surfaces and each of the longer side surfaces, and a corner cutting edge that connects between the shorter cutting edge and the longer cutting edge, and the shorter cutting edge has a curved shape that is outwardly convex, when the same is viewed from a direction of the main surfaces.
US10556271B2	Pipe end truing apparatus and method A jig and tool are provided for rotating the tool around a pipe or pipeline, for truing the pipe end. An operator can easily installation the jig into the pipe end, with or without the cutting tool installed thereto. The tool can be manually or motor driven for rotation about the jig and the pipe end. The attachment of the tool to the jig enables alignment of the tool's cutting face with the pipe end, with angular and axial adjustment available for obtaining a profile suitable for welding to like pipe ends. In an embodiment, the tool can track the pipe diameter to retain alignment despite out-of-round dimensional variation. The tool is operated and rotated about the pipe end to remove material and, as necessary, the tool is adjusted into the pipe end and the rotation about the pipe end is repeated for incremental removal of material therefrom.
US10556264B2	Device and method for transferring a component and tool system A device comprises a frame, a traversing unit with a first drive unit for moving the traversing unit with respect to the frame and a telescopic unit. The telescopic unit is equipped with a base movable along a first travel path with respect to the traversing unit, a support beam movable along a second travel path with respect to the base and a sliding carriage for transferring the component, the sliding carriage being movable along a third travel path with respect to the support beam, a second drive unit and a transmission. The transmission is at least formed to transmit a driving motion of the second drive unit to the base at a first transmission ratio, to support beam at a second transmission ratio and to the sliding carriage at a third transmission ratio.
US10556260B2	Environmental remediation systems, devices, and methods A liquid treatment system includes: a filter casing including a structural wall, a first screen formed though the structural wall, and a second screen formed though the structural wall; and a liquid treatment cartridge configured for placement in the filter casing between the first and second screens. The liquid treatment cartridge includes a cartridge casing having an upper end and a lower end, and an inflatable seal surrounding the cartridge casing at an intermediary position between the upper end and lower end. A method of servicing a groundwater treatment installation includes: vertically displacing a liquid treatment cartridge within a filter casing having a structural wall, a first screen formed though the structural wall, and a second screen formed though the structural wall.
US10556259B2	Devices and techniques relating to landfill gas extraction Devices and techniques related to landfill gas extraction are disclosed. A technique for controlling extraction of landfill gas from a landfill through a gas extraction system is described. The method may include measuring a plurality of values indicating conditions associated with the landfill; computing, based at least in part on the plurality of values and on a model of the landfill, a predicted future state of the landfill; determining, based at least in part on the predicted future state of the landfill, one or more control parameters for one or more respective control devices configured to control operation of the gas extraction system; applying the one or more control parameters to the one or more respective control, and with the one or more control devices, controlling extraction of the landfill gas from the landfill based, at least in part, on the one or more respective control parameters.
US10556254B1	Mail routing system utilizing printed indicia-containing mailing addresses In some embodiments, the present invention provides an exemplary system that includes a mechanism configured to create by a digital mailing services provider, DMSP, a recipient-specific handling information indicia and provide said recipient-specific handling information indicia to a recipient; a mechanism configured to allow the recipient to provide said handling information indicia in delivery address C/O line, on a mail item, thereby indicating to said service provider their desired handling route for the mail item so that a paper mail recipient to receive improved transmission of correspondence from said service provider via both paper and electronic channels solely via including said handling information indicia contained in the delivery address C/O line of the recipient's delivery address on the mail item.
US10556252B2	Electronic device having a tuned resonance haptic actuation system An electronic device includes an enclosure, a display positioned with the enclosure and defining a front face of the electronic device, and a haptic actuator positioned within the enclosure. The haptic actuator includes a housing comprising a wall and a movable mass positioned within the housing and configured to move within the housing to cause the haptic actuator to produce a vibrational response. The vibrational response includes a first component within a frequency range and a second component outside of the frequency range and providing a haptic output portion of the vibrational response. The haptic actuator also includes a tuning feature incorporated with the wall and configured to reduce the first component of the vibrational response while substantially maintaining the haptic output portion of the vibrational response.
US10556250B2	Water-repellent coating applying system An exemplary system for applying a water-repellent coating to the outside of a window of a vehicle includes at least one reservoir for a hydrophobic fluid, at least one wiper with a wiper blade, and a control device. A first line leads from the reservoir to the wiper. The first line extends at least over part of the length of the wiper and has, in the region of the wiper blade, at least one opening by way of which the hydrophobic fluid can be applied to the window. An exemplary method for applying a water-repellent coating to a window of a vehicle, includes, among other things, determining a status of the water-repellent properties of the window with reference to a threshold value of a quantity of water on the outer-facing surface of the window, transmitting a signal from the control device to initiate a communicating of a hydrophobic fluid from a reservoir to a wiper when the status indicates that the quantity of water on the window has reached the threshold value, communicating hydrophobic fluid from the reservoir to the wiper, distributing hydrophobic fluid on the window by means of a movement of the wiper.
US10556243B2	Sealing device and application system comprising such a device A sealing device for a system for applying a liquid coating product comprises an inner conduit suitable for sealably surrounding an actuating rod of the application system, a frame and a sealing gasket made from a synthetic material comprising an O-ring mounted around a lip of the gasket suitable for being pressed against the actuating rod, the frame and the gasket forming a single-piece assembly suitable for being mounted in a housing of the application system.
US10556242B2	Electric dust collector and method of manufacturing the same An electric dust collector is disclosed. The electric dust collector includes a film for collecting electrified dust particles and a case for receiving the film. A conductor-receiving part defining an insertion space, into which a portion of the film is inserted, is provided in the case. The electric dust collector further includes an electrode connection part filling the insertion space in the state of being in contact with the film. The electrode connection part is electrically connected to a voltage source to apply voltage in order to the film.
US10556240B2	Product verification for hard drive data destroying device A system and method for physically destroying the data storage portion of electronic media electronic storage devices such as hard disk drives, solid state drives and hybrid hard drives that comprises a rotatable milling cutter and a cradle for locating the media electronic storage device in a positioned to engage the milling cutter. An integrated computer is included containing a data base of various parameters of different types of hard drives available. A scanning system determines information about the type of media electronic storage device being introduced in the system to be destroyed and conveys the such information to the computer whereby the data base may be used to provide information to properly locate the cradle and milling cutter to destroy the data storage portion and for printing out a certificate of destruction specifically identifying the hard drive that has had it data destroyed. A slug cutter is provided to retrieve slugs containing the rare earth metal after the data storage portion is destroyed.
US10556237B2	Device and method for ore-crushing with recycling The invention regards to a device for comminuting ore and/or slag, which comprises an ore feed unit for feeding ore to be comminuted to a first comminuting means. The first comminuting means being composed of at least two comminuting elements that can be moved relative to each other, which elements form at least one comminuting space for the ore to be comminuted with each other such that, by a relative movement in the form of a rotation around the rotational axis of at least one of the two comminuting elements. The ore to be comminuted is pulverised in that one or more accelerating elements, in particular protrusions, are provided on at least one of the comminuting elements. The accelerating elements being arranged in particular on the end face of one of the two comminuting elements and accelerating and comminuting the ore to be comminuted by the rotation of one of the two comminuting elements. Between the two comminuting elements and/or in at least one of the two comminuting elements, an intermediate space is provided through which during the rotation the pulverised ore can be conveyed away outwards from the centre of the rotation and from the two comminuting elements. An outlet unit for outletting ore comminuted by the first comminuting means is provided which is connected to the intermediate space. The outlet unit is connected with a separating means, by means of which the comminuted ore is separated into two portions. A first portion of the comminuted ore comprises a particle size, which is essentially larger as a predefined particle size of a second portion of comminuted ore. The first portion of the comminuted ore is guided to the first comminuting means or to a second comminuting means and the second portion of the comminuted ore is guided to a floation means.
US10556231B2	Self-cleaning film system and method of forming same A self-cleaning film system includes a substrate and a film. The film includes a monolayer formed from fluorinated material and a first plurality of regions disposed within the monolayer and spaced apart from one another such that each of the first plurality of regions abuts, is surrounded by, and is not covered by the fluorinated material. Each of the first regions includes a photocatalytic material. A method of forming a self-cleaning film system includes depositing a monolayer formed from fluorinated material onto a substrate. After depositing, the method includes ablating the monolayer to define a first plurality of cavities therein, wherein each of the first cavities is spaced apart from an adjacent one of the first cavities along the monolayer. After ablating, the method includes embedding a photocatalytic material into each of the first plurality of cavities to form a film on the substrate and thereby form the film system.
US10556221B2	Co-agglomerated composite materials A composite filter aid may include diatomaceous earth, natural glass, and a precipitated silica binder, wherein the filter aid has a permeability ranging from 3 to 20 darcys. A composite filter aid may include diatomaceous earth, perlite, and a precipitated silica binder, wherein the filter aid has an alpha density less than 15 lbs/ft3. A method for making a composite material may include blending diatomaceous earth and perlite, adding alkali silicate to the blended diatomaceous earth and perlite, and precipitating the alkali silicate as a binder to make the composite material. A method for filtering a beverage may include using a composite filter aid and/or composite material.
US10556220B2	Media cartridge with adjustable bypass Provided are media cartridges that have adjustable bypasses, and systems and methods that use them. Aspects include an adjustable bypass filter cartridge where a treated stream and an adjusted non-treated stream combine prior to post-filtration and the percentage or ratio of treated the and the non-treated water is adjustable at the time of installation from the outside of the filter cartridge with a known or predictable level of bypass. Media cartridges comprise: an inlet in fluid communication with a feed chamber and an outlet in fluid communication with a mixing compartment; a media compartment containing a media; a bypass port in fluid communication with the feed chamber and the mixing compartment. Such cartridges can be adjusted to meet the needs of a wide variety of end uses.
US10556217B2	Cured biodegradable microparticles and scaffolds and methods of making and using the same A method of forming cured microparticles includes providing a poly(glycerol sebacate) resin in an uncured state. The method also includes forming the composition into a plurality of uncured microparticles and curing the uncured microparticles to form the plurality of cured microparticles. The uncured microparticles are free of a photo-induced crosslinker. A method of forming a scaffold includes providing microparticles including poly(glycerol sebacate) in a three-dimensional arrangement. The method also includes stimulating the microparticles in the three-dimensional arrangement to sinter the microparticles, thereby forming the scaffold having a plurality of pores. A scaffold is formed of a plurality of microparticles including a poly(glycerol sebacate) thermoset resin in a three-dimensional arrangement. The scaffold has a plurality of pores.
US10556214B2	Apparatuses for mixing of staged methanol injection This present disclosure relates to apparatuses for methylation of aromatics in an aromatics complex for producing a xylene isomer product. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to apparatuses for producing para-xylene by the selective methylation of toluene and/or benzene in an aromatics complex using processed toluene instead of crude toluene.
US10556209B2	Protein blender cup Present invention creatively makes convenient for any person using beverage to blend powder with liquid uniformly without use of shaking motion or battery and thereby preventing from spilling and running out batteries. Invention of unique reverse planetary gears system and side arm stirrer with window paddle has made possible convert torque of finger to multiple rotation of stirrer in order achieve efficient uniform blending. Moreover, this invention takes full advantage of removable snap mechanism to assemble and disassemble protein blender cup which is very necessary for washing every single parts to achieve highest sanitization. In short, this invention helps consumer to have protein blender cup which doesn't require shaking or battery and can be completely sanitized without any struggle.
US10556208B2	Vacuum blender A vacuum blender having the ability to reduce oxidation of ingredients for a more nutrient-rich product. The blender includes a container for holding ingredients to be blended, the container being open at a top end and having blender blades at a lower end, a lid for covering the open end of the container, and a base having a motor contained therein for driving the blender blades, an interface for coupling with the blender blades of the container, a vacuum system for effecting a vacuum to the container and electronic controls for operating the motor and vacuum system. The vacuum system is configured to couple with the lid to draw a vacuum from the top of the container when activated.
US10556207B2	Discharge device for liquid material containing solid particles, discharge method and coating device A device and a method for accurately discharging a fixed amount of a liquid, the liquid containing solid particles, in a state that the solid particles are dispersed in the liquid material. The device includes a first reservoir, a first air pressure supply pipe, a metering portion having a metering hole, a plunger moving back and forth in the metering hole, a nozzle, a switching valve having a first position and a second position, a plunger driver, and a switching valve driver. The discharge device further includes a second reservoir, a second air pressure supply pipe, a branch portion provided in an upper portion of the metering hole and having a branch flow path, and an opening/closing mechanism that establishes or cuts off communication between the second reservoir and the metering hole. A discharge method is carried out using the discharge device.
US10556204B2	Processes and methods using chlorine dioxide to remove NOx, SOx, organic compounds, and particulate matter from marine exhaust Integrated exhaust gas systems, methods, and processes are disclosed that includes pretreatment, treatment and post-treatment processes arranged in a variety of reaction environments to address varied application requirements and end product requirements is described in this disclosure. In addition, a contemplated ballast water treatment system—that can be used in combination with the integrated exhaust gas systems can treat seawater and return it to storage within the vessel or send treated water back to the sea. This system can be sized to treat the seawater as it is leaving the ship without prior treatment, while the seawater is aboard or treat the seawater that is within the ship and add any additional treatment to the water, as the seawater leaves the ship. This system is not involved with pumping the seawater into the ship or filtering the water prior to storage as ballast water.
US10556198B2	Filter systems with dirty air chamber spacer elements and methods of using the same Filter systems and methods described herein include one or more spacer elements positioned in the dirty air chamber along with the filter elements attached to the spacer elements. The dirty air inlet delivers a dirty air stream into the dirty air chamber along a dirty air flow axis.
US10556186B2	Single seat roller coaster car An apparatus and method for creating enhanced articulation in a roller coaster car. The apparatus and method involve a single seat roller coaster car that has only back track wheel assemblies secured to its chassis. The front end of the chassis has a coupling arm fixedly secured at one arm end. The other arm end includes a rod end that is received within the chassis of a lead car, or another roller coaster car. This lead car, or this other roller “secondary” coaster car, has a receiver to which the rod end from the coupling arm of the roller coaster car is attached. This coupling configuration, in combination with the omission of any front track wheel assemblies on the roller coaster car, allows the roller coaster car to articulate through a solid angle in 360° in an x-y plane. The rod end/receiver coupling is located underneath the seat of either the lead car or another secondary roller coaster car, thereby forming a “coupling compartment”. Removing the seat cushion provides access to this coupling compartment.
US10556177B2	Methodology for equalizing systemic latencies in television reception in connection with games of skill played in connection with live television programming A method of and system for handling latency issues encountered in producing real-time entertainment such as games of skill synchronized with live or taped televised events is described herein. There are multiple situations that are dealt with regarding latencies in receiving a television signal with respect to real-time entertainment based on the unfolding games played along with the telecasts. Systemic delays, arbitrarily imposed delays of a broadcast signal and variances in the precise broadcast times of taped television programs have to be equalized so as to provide fair entertainment.
US10556173B2	Providing rewards to players based on activity of associated players A computer-implemented method and system are described for providing rewards, awards, and other incentives to players based on the activities of associated players is described. In some examples, the technology determines an activity level for players associated with a distinguished player, such as friends and other players within a social or game network, and rewards the distinguished player based on their activity levels.
US10556170B2	Clamp for attaching accessories to a skateboard or longboard A clamp used to attach an accessory to a skateboard or longboard. The clamp, in its preferred embodiment, consists of a mounting plate, a clamp bottom, and a clamp top. The mounting plate is used to attach to the top deck of the skateboard or longboard using the existing truck hole mounting pattern. The clamp bottom will attach to the mounting plate and the clamp top will attach to the clamp bottom with an accessory secured between the clamp bottom and top. It is understood that the pieces of the clamp can be attached using various methods and construction methods can vary. The purpose of this clamp is to allow the rider of a skateboard or longboard ability to attach accessories to a board. With the attachment of an accessory, a rider has the flexibility to customize their board to meet their needs and create a hybrid modular board.
US10556163B2	Grip for golf club A grip for a golf club includes a concave part in which thumbs of the user are placed or inserted when the user grips the grip, at least one guide member provided on an inner surface of the concave part to guide positions and a gripping order of the thumbs of the user, and at least one anti-slip element provided on the inner surface of the concave part to prevent the thumbs from slipping.
US10556162B2	Golf club A club 2 includes a head 4, a shaft 6 and a grip 8. A club length L1 is 45 inches or greater and 48 inches or less. A ratio (Wh/Wc) of a head weight Wh to a club weight Wc is equal to or greater than 0.71. A moment of inertia Ix about an axis of a swing is equal to or less than 6.90×103 (kg·cm2). However, when the club weight is defined as Wc (kg); an axial-directional distance between a grip end and a center of gravity of the club is defined as Lc (cm); and a moment of inertia about the center of gravity of the club is defined as Ic (kg·cm2), the moment of inertia Ix (kg·cm2) is calculated by the following formula (1). Ix=Wc×(Lc+60)2+Ic (1)
US10556160B2	Golf club head having a stress reducing feature with aperture A golf club incorporating a stress reducing feature, including an aperture, located at least partially on the sole of the club head. The location and size of the stress reducing feature and aperture, and their relationship to one another, play a significant role in selectively improving the performance of the golf club.
US10556159B2	Club head having balanced impact and swing performance characteristics Described herein are embodiments of golf club heads having a balance of the following parameters: a low and back club head center of gravity position, a high moment of inertia, and low aerodynamic drag. Methods of manufacturing the embodiments of golf club heads having a balance of club head center of gravity position, moment of inertia, and aerodynamic drag are also described herein.
US10556157B2	Golf club head A golf club head is described having a club head portion, a shaft portion connected to the club head portion, and a grip portion connected to the shaft portion. The club head portion has a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a crown portion, a hosel portion, and a striking face. The striking face has a center face roll contour, a toe side roll contour, a heel side roll contour, a center face bulge contour, a crown side bulge contour, and a sole side bulge contour. The toe side roll contour is more lofted than the center face roll contour. The heel side roll contour is less lofted than the center face roll contour. The crown side bulge contour is more open than the center face bulge contour, and the sole side bulge contour is more closed than the center face bulge contour.
US10556155B2	Tennis ball pickup tube attachment bag Implementations of a tennis ball pickup tube attachment bag are provided. In some implementations, the tennis ball pickup tube attachment bag comprises one or more pieces of material attached together and forming an enclosed interior and a corresponding exterior. In some implementations, the tennis ball pickup tube attachment bag also comprises a first opening and a second opening into the enclosed interior. In some implementations, the tennis ball pickup tube attachment bag also comprises a first securing loop and a second securing loop. In some implementations, the tennis ball pickup tube attachment bag also comprises a first securing strap, a second securing strap, and a third securing strap.In some implementations, a method for using the tennis ball pickup tube attachment bag comprises coupling the tennis ball pickup tube to the tennis ball pickup tube attachment bag, attaching the first securing loop and the second securing loop respectively to the first retainer wing and the second retainer wing of the tennis ball pickup tube, attaching the first securing strap to the carry strap loop of the tennis ball pickup tube, and attaching the second securing strap and the third securing strap respectively across the length of the tennis ball pickup tube.
US10556153B2	Golf ball having non-planar parting line The present invention is directed to a golf ball having a non-planar parting line on its spherical surface. The plurality of dimples located adjacent to the parting line consists of a first portion of dimples, each dimple of the first portion having a wave relief distance of from 0.001 inches and 0.005 inches, and a second portion of dimples, each dimple of the second portion having a wave relief distance of greater than 0.008 inches, where wave relief distance is measured as the shortest distance from the average dimple diameter of the dimple to the parting line.
US10556150B2	Group performance monitoring system and method The present invention provides a group monitoring device for monitoring a plurality of individuals engaged in an athletic activity, the device including a display configured to display, during an athletic activity: a metric relating to each of a plurality of individuals engaged in the athletic activity, and a status of a system component used to monitor the athletic activity. The group monitoring device may also include an input configured to allow manipulation of the display.
US10556149B2	Methods, systems, and products for monitoring athletic performance Methods, systems, and products monitor athletic performance. Location information is acquired that indicates a device is in movement. A level of difficulty associated with the location information is retrieved and associated to a distance traversed during the movement. The distance traversed and the level of difficulty are stored in a database.
US10556147B2	Jump rope handles including systems and methods thereof A jump rope handle configured to hold an end portion of a jump rope is provided in accordance with some embodiments. The jump rope handle includes a spindle assembly, a chuck assembly, a lumen through the spindle and chuck assemblies, and a chuck driving mechanism between the spindle and chuck assemblies. The spindle assembly includes a shaft coupled to one or more bearings. The chuck assembly is rotatably coupled to a distal end portion of the spindle assembly. The chuck driving mechanism is configured to open and close a set of jaws of the chuck assembly such as close the set of jaws around the end portion of the jump rope disposed in the lumen up to a proximal end portion of the spindle assembly. A jump rope system including a jump rope and a pair of such jump rope handles is also provided in accordance with some embodiments.
US10556138B2	Sealed self-retracting lifeline A self-retracting lifeline assembly (10) includes a housing (12), a shaft (14) fixed to the housing (12) against rotation, a drum (18) mounted for rotation on the shaft (14) and including a compartment (20) within the drum (18), a lifeline (22) wound on the drum (18), a brake module (24) carried on the shaft (14) and mounted within the compartment (20), and a pawl mechanism (26) mounted on the drum (18) for rotation therewith. The pawl mechanism (26) is mounted within the compartment (20) and configured to selectively engage the brake module (24).
US10556133B2	Composition and method for strengthening hair fiber A hair fiber strengthening composition includes an aqueous vehicle containing as a hair strengthening additive a source of metal cations having a valence of 2 or 3 and anions derived from an oxidized carbohydrate, an inorganic acid and/or an organic acid, the composition having a pH of from about 6 to about 11.
US10556131B2	Particle beam therapy system and method for updating particle beam therapy system A system update method for a particle beam therapy system, includes: a step of providing a new beam transport system in such a manner as to be branched off from an existing beam transport system of the particle beam therapy system; and a step of providing new installation connected to the new beam transport system, in which the branch is provided in a linear section of the existing beam transport system.
US10556124B2	System and method for optimizing a treatment plan for irradiation therapy using multi-criteria optimization (MCO) A method and apparatus is presented for optimizing a treatment plan for irradiation therapy. The method includes defining a single objective function based on a plurality of objective functions that are each associated with a plurality of tissue types within a subject, upper and lower bounds for each objective function and a plurality of apertures. The method also includes determining a radiation dose delivered to voxels of each tissue type based on minimizing the single objective function based on the plurality of apertures with initial values at each angle. The method also includes delivering a beam of radiation with controlled intensity and beam cross-sectional shape at each angle based on the plurality of apertures.
US10556122B1	Aesthetic method of biological structure treatment by magnetic field Combined methods for treating a patient using time-varying magnetic field are described. The treatment methods combine various approaches for aesthetic treatment. The methods are focused on enhancing a visual appearance of the patient.
US10556119B2	Color coded header bore identification An implantable pulse generator includes a device housing containing pulse generator circuitry and a header connected to the device housing. The header includes a core assembly defining first and second lead bore cavities sized for receiving terminal pins of leads, first and second labels, and an outer layer. The first label is printed onto a surface of the core assembly proximate the first lead bore cavity and includes a first color. The second label is printed onto the surface of the core assembly proximate the second lead bore cavity and includes a second color different from the first color. The outer layer is overmolded over the core assembly so as to encapsulate the first and second labels and to allow access to the first and second lead bore cavities.
US10556117B2	Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) system including substernal pacing lead An implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) system includes an ICD implanted subcutaneously in a patient, a defibrillation lead having a proximal portion coupled to the ICD and a distal portion having a defibrillation electrode configured to deliver a defibrillation or cardioversion shock to a heart of the patient, and a pacing lead that includes a distal portion having one or more electrodes and a proximal portion coupled to the ICD. The distal portion of the pacing lead is implanted at least partially along a posterior side of a sternum of the patient within the anterior mediastinum. The ICD is configured to provide pacing pulses to the heart of the patient via the pacing lead and provide defibrillation shocks to the patient via the defibrillation lead. As such, the implantable cardiac system provides pacing from the substernal space for an extravascular ICD system.
US10556111B2	Implantable assembly An implantable assembly is described for acquisition of neuronal electrical signals at a selected location which propagate along at least one nerve fiber contained in a nerve fiber bundle, as well as for selective electrical stimulation of the at least one nerve fiber, having: an implantable electrode assembly (E) which is disposed on a biocompatible support substrate which can be positioned around the nerve fiber bundle in a cuff, which has a cylindrical support substrate surface (i) which in the implanted condition is orientated facing the nerve fiber bundle, on which a first electrode assembly for locationally selective acquisition of the neuronal electrical signals and selective electrical stimulation of the at least one nerve fiber, and on which a second electrode assembly is disposed to record an ECG signal, and an analysis and control unit (A/S) which can be electrically conductively connected or is connected to the implantable electrode assembly (E), in which the locationally selective acquired neuronal electrical signals as well as the ECG signal can be analyzed in a time-resolved manner such that a neuronal time signal correlated with a physiological parameter, such as blood pressure, can be derived.
US10556099B2	Lever lock male connector and male connector assembly A male luer (10) is surrounded by a hood (20). A lever (30) is connected to a base end portion (13) of the male luer via a base (15). The lever includes a locking portion (31) and an operating portion (35). A locking claw (32) protrudes from the locking portion toward the male luer. The locking portion is disposed in a cut-out (23) that is formed in the hood. The lever is elastically pivotable so that when an outer surface of the operating portion is pressed, the locking claw moves away from the male luer. When viewed along a central axis (3a), a connector main body (3) has a major axis (15a) in the direction in which the male luer opposes the lever.
US10556092B2	Active drives for robotic catheter manipulators An instrument driver comprises opposing rotatable gripping pads. Each of the gripping pads includes an outer circular rim and a center hub. The pads are configured for applying a gripping force to an elongated member. The instrument driver further comprises shafts affixed to the center hubs, and a driver assembly configured for rotating at least one of the shafts, thereby causing the pads to rotate in opposite directions to linearly translate the gripped member. Each of the pads further includes a framework for partially collapsing in response to the gripping force, such that portions of the rims flatten to contact each other. Each rim has a concave gripping surface in order to facilitate vertical centering of the member between the pads. Each of the pads further includes a pair of upper and lower sprockets for interlacing with each other to prevent the elongated member from slipping out between the pads.
US10556089B2	Flex circuit ribbon based elongated members and attachments A catheter or other elongated member can include an elongated inner portion, an elongated outer portion, a flex circuit ribbon comprising at least one conductor, and an electrical contact. The flex circuit ribbon can be situated between the inner portion and the outer portion. The inner portion and the outer portion can be (1) affixed together between portions of the flex circuit ribbon or (2) integrally formed such that masses of the inner and outer portions are joined together between portions of the flex circuit ribbon. The electrical contact can be configured to be exposed during use. The electrical contact can be situated at, or connected to, the at least one conductor of the flex circuit ribbon.
US10556085B2	Heat-moisture exchanger with aerosol bypass A heat-moisture exchanger device for use with a patient ventilator circuit is provided. A rotatable central element is positioned in a housing, and a filter is coupled to the rotatable central element. A first conduit can allow fluid to enter or exit a chamber of the housing and a second conduit on an opposed surface can allow fluid to enter or exit the chamber. A third conduit on the rotatable central element can selectively place the first conduit in sealed fluid communication with the second conduit when the rotatable central element is in a first position. Alternatively, the rotatable central element can be rotated to a second position in which the third conduit does not place the first conduit in sealed fluid communication with the second conduit, and any fluid flowing through the chamber must pass through the filter.
US10556079B2	Breathing assistance system A user interface has a non-sealing nasal cannula and a mask arranged about the nasal cannula, the mask including a seal configured with a user's face to allow the interface to be pressurized, the cannula configured to deliver breathing gases to the nares of a user at a flow rate exceeding the intended user's peak inspiratory flow requirements so that the mask and the user's pharynx are flushed continuously with fresh breathing gases to reduce dead space.
US10556075B2	Method and apparatus for the removal of anaesthetic agents from breathing gas A method for al of a volatile anesthetic agent from a breathing gas in a respirating apparatus includes the steps of leading at least a portion of the breathing gas through a portion of a line system in which the portion of the line system has a filter therein, cooling the breathing gas to a temperature below a temperature of the boiling point of the anesthetic agent when the breathing gas passes through the filter so as to condense the anesthetic agent out of the breathing gas, warming the breathing gas after the anesthetic agent is condensed, and leading the warmed breathing gas out of the portion of the line system back into the line system. The filter has activated carbon therein.
US10556051B2	Medical device with operator support A medical device includes: at least one input device; at least one output device; at least one operating component; and a control unit. The control unit has data access to at least one file pertaining to the medical device, wherein text passages or graphics of the at least one file pertaining to an operating component are selectable. The control unit is configured to, after selection of a text passage or a graphic, cause at least one operating parameter of the operating component and/or at least one output variable that is created by the operating component to be read out as output, and/or facilitate input of an adjustable operating parameter for the operating component.
US10556042B2	Drug delivery system and method of manufacturing thereof A method of modifying the surface of a medical device to release a drug in a controlled way by providing a barrier layer on the surface of one or more drug coatings. The barrier layer consists of modified drug material converted to a barrier layer by irradiation by an accelerated neutral beam derived from an accelerated gas cluster ion beam. Also medical devices formed thereby.
US10556041B2	Coating agent and medical instrument surface treated with coating agent A coating agent that has enhanced durability and a medical instrument (for example, a needle) that has been coated with the coating agent, are provided. The coating agent includes a hydroxyl-group-containing polyorganosiloxane represented by the following general formula (1), a polydiorganosiloxane represented by the following general formula (2), and an amino-group-containing polyorganosiloxane represented by the following general formula (3). The polydiorganosiloxane (2) is contained in a proportion of a mass ratio to the amino-group-containing polyorganosiloxane (3) of from 0.7:1 to 3.0:1. The hydroxyl-group-containing polyorganosiloxane (1) is contained in a proportion of 2.4 to 5.5 mass %, based on the total mass of the hydroxyl-group-containing polyorganosiloxane (1), the polydiorganosiloxane (2) and the amino-group-containing polyorganosiloxane (3).
US10556040B2	Surface-modified metal and method for modifying metal surface Provided are surface-modified metals and methods for modifying a metal surface, which involve a lubricating surface layer chemically fixed to the metal surface to provide excellent lubricity and excellent lubricant durability, and further which have good productivity and good economic efficiency. Included is a surface-modified metal whose surface is at least partially provided with a treatment layer having a thickness of 50 to 800 nm, the treatment layer being formed by treating a surface of a metal with a silane coupling agent, followed by adsorbing a hydrogen abstraction type photopolymerization initiator onto the surface and then polymerizing a monomer.
US10556020B2	RNA-modulating agents The instant disclosure provides RNA-modulating agents that function to recruit one or more small regulatory RNA molecules (e.g., miRNA molecules, Y RNAs, and siRNAs) to a target mRNA thereby modulating (e.g., inhibiting) the translation of the target mRNA or destabilizing the mRNA. Also provided are miRNA inhibitors and diagnostic agents that have improved binding affinity for their target miRNAs. Methods for using the RNA-modulating agents, miRNA inhibitors and diagnostic agents are also provided.
US10556018B2	Compositions and methods for delivery of agents This disclosure provides improved lipid-based compositions, including lipid nanoparticle compositions, and methods of use thereof for delivering agents in vivo including nucleic acids and proteins. These compositions are not subject to accelerated blood clearance and they have an improved toxicity profile in vivo.
US10556013B2	Compositions and methods for increasing efficiency of cardiac metabolism Compositions and methods for increasing efficiency of cardiac metabolism are provided.
US10556009B2	Anti-Blys antibody formulations and methods of treatment using them The present invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations of a pharmaceutically active antigen binding protein, for example a monoclonal antibody. Such formulations comprise, in addition to the antigen binding protein, a buffering agent and a tonicity agent.
US10556008B2	Methods of treatment of keloid using an anti-VEGF agent Methods for treating pterygium recurrence following pterygiectomy, and for treating keloid recurrence, following surgical removal of the keloid, are disclosed. The methods include administering an anti-VEGF agent (e.g., antibody (e.g., bevacizumab) or small molecule inhibitor of VEGF signaling), or a combination therapy that includes co-administering an anti-VEGF agent, with an anti-inflammatory steroid and/or a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) to a subject.
US10556007B2	Antibody which binds Lrg1 and methods of use The invention provides an antibody or fragment thereof that specifically binds to human Lrg1.
US10555999B2	Influenza vaccine The present invention relates to monovalent influenza vaccine formulations and vaccination regimes for immunising against influenza disease, their use in medicine, in particular their use in augmenting immune responses to various antigens, and to methods of preparation. In particular, the invention relates to monovalent influenza immunogenic compositions comprising an influenza antigen or antigenic preparation thereof from an influenza virus strain being associated with a pandemic outbreak or having the potential to be associated with a pandemic outbreak, in combination with an oil-in-water emulsion adjuvant comprising a metabolisable oil, a sterol and/or a tocopherol such as alpha tocopherol, and an emulsifying agent.
US10555994B2	PCV2 ORF2 carrier platform The present invention relates to an immunogen-carrier, wherein the immunogen-carrier is preferably a virus-like particle (VLP) composed of a plurality of a modified PCV2 ORF2 protein. In particular, the present invention belongs to the field of compliance markers and marker vaccines which allow for the differentiation between infected and vaccinated individuals. In particular, it relates to a compliance marker for vaccines including a subunit antigen, and a DIVA (Differentiating Infected from Vaccinated Animals) system which makes it possible to differentiate between animals infected with a pathogen and animals treated with a subunit antigen derived from said pathogen.
US10555987B2	GHRH agonists for the treatment of ischemic disorders Disclosed herein are compositions of GHRH agonists and peptides, and methods to treat disorders, such as ischemia and reperfusion injury. In one embodiment, a method of treating a reperfusion injury in a subject in need may involve administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one GHRH agonist peptide to the subject. In additional embodiment, a method of promoting vasculogenesis in a mammal may involve administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one GHRH agonist peptide to the subject. In a further embodiment, a method of promoting differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into endothelial cells may involve contacting mesenchymal stem cells with at least one GHRH agonist peptide.
US10555984B2	Method for increasing expression of PDPRD gene by using peanut skin extract A method for increasing the expression of PTPRD gene is provided, wherein the method comprises administering to a subject in need an effective amount of a peanut skin extract. The method is effective in preventing or treating diseases related to PTPRD gene.
US10555983B2	Composition for brain activation, comprising ginseng fruit extract Provided in the present specification is a composition for brain activation, comprising ginseng fruit extract as an active ingredient. The composition according to the present specification allows an increase in blood flow in the brain and thus has an effect of ameliorating chronic fatigue syndrome. In addition, the composition according to the present specification activates the brain, and as a result, strengthens connectivity strength between the frontal lobe and the occipital lobe and thus has an effect of improving problem-solving accuracy and reducing solving time in the area of cognitive ability. Therefore, the composition according to the present specification can be used as a pharmaceutical composition or a food composition for patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome.
US10555974B1	Methods for the treatment of erectile dysfunction by human birth tissue material composition A composition for treating erectile dysfunction is provided. The composition includes a human birth tissue material composition for topical application or introduction onto or into a penis affected by erectile dysfunction.
US10555972B2	Therapeutic effects of NURR1 and FOXA2 in inflammatory neurologic disorders by M1-to-M2 polarization of glial cells A therapeutic effect of Nurr1 and Foxa2 in inflammatory neurologic disorders by M1-to-M2 polarization of glial cells is provided. Specifically, a method of converting glial cells from an M1 phenotype to an M2 phenotype, wherein Nurr1 and Foxa2 are introduced into the glial cells to be overexpressed in the glial cells and a method of preventing or treating an inflammatory neurologic disorder, which includes glial cells into which Nurr1 and Foxa2 are introduced, or a viral vector loaded with Nurr1 and Foxa2, are provided.
US10555970B2	Colon lavage system The present invention provides compositions, systems, kits, and methods for preparation prior to a colonoscopy or other gastrointestinal procedure. In particular, the present invention provides a colon lavage system comprising an aqueous portion and a solid portion.
US10555966B2	Binding of galectin-3 by low molecular weight pectin Administration of low molecular weight (10,000-20,000 Daltons, or lower) pectins, particularly modified citrus pectins (MCP), like PectaSol-C reduces galectins-3 levels in vivo. Reduction of galectin-3 levels by MCP inhibits inflammation, inhibits fibrosis formation in organs and tissues, and inhibits cancer formation, progression, transformation and metastases. The reduction in circulating, serum and cellular galectin-3, inherently resulting from the administration of MCP, provides benefit over a spectrum of biological conditions, as evidenced by in vivo trials.
US10555957B2	Methods and compositions for enriching DHA levels in the brain Described herein are at least compounds and formulations that can be or contain a docosahexaenoic acid-lysophosphatidylcholine (DHA-LPC) and/or eicosapenteanoic acid-lysophosphatidylcholine (EPA-LPC). Also described herein are at least methods of making and using the compositions and formulations DHA-LPC and/or EPA-LPC.
US10555955B2	Trimegestone (TMG) for treatment of preterm birth As disclosed herein, novel compositions including steroid hormones, such as trimegestone (TMG) and progesterone (P4), provide treatments for term and preterm labor with significant effects on the delay of delivery. Delay and block of delivery occurs when both P4 and TMG are administered late in gestation in pregnant rat and guinea pig animal models. TMG exhibits remarkable drug efficacy, achieving the same inhibition as P4, but at much lower doses. These hereto unknown effects of TMG on the processes of cervical ripening and uterine contraction provide a novel approach for extending pregnancy term, including reducing a likelihood of preterm and/or term labor, along with improved methods of administration. Other diseases and/or conditions may be treated with TMG, such as dysmenorrhea or luteal insufficiency for sustaining pregnancy.
US10555940B2	Phosphodiesterase inhibitor treatment Methods and compositions are disclosed for the treatment of diseases or conditions produced by or associated with low cyclic nucleotide levels. The compositions comprise phosphodiesterase inhibitors and are formulated for intranasal and pulmonary administration.
US10555939B2	Formulations of 4-amino-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidine-3-yl)isoindoline-1,3-dione Pharmaceutical compositions and single unit dosage forms of 4-amino-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidine-3-yl)isoindoline-1,3-dione, or a pharmaceutically acceptable stereoisomer, prodrug, salt, solvate, hydrate, or clathrate, are provided herein. Also provided are methods of treating, managing, or preventing various disorders, such as cancer or an inflammatory disease.
US10555937B2	Pharmaceutical compositions The present invention relates to the field of methods for providing pharmaceutical compositions comprising poorly water-soluble drugs. In particular the present invention relates to compositions comprising stable, amorphous hybrid nanoparticles, comprising at least one protein kinase inhibitor and at least one polymeric stabilizing and matrix-forming component, useful in pharmaceutical compositions and in therapy.
US10555936B2	Chemotherapeutic compositions and methods for treating human gliomas Disclosed are compound for targeting chemotherapeutic agents to mammalian mitochondria. Also disclosed are monoamine oxidase-specific compositions, and methods of using them for the selective therapy of mammalian cancers, and in particular, in the treatment of human gliomas. Also disclosed are methods employing the novel targeted chemotherapeutics with one or more conventional anti-cancer therapies, including, for example, radiotherapy, or multi-drug regimens.
US10555934B2	Alpha-amino esters of hydroxypropylthiazolidine carboxamide derivative and salt form, crystal polymorph thereof The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) or (II) and an additional therapeutic agent Also provided is the HCI salt and crystalline form of the compound of formula (I). The compounds inhibit the prostaglandin F receptor (PGF2alpha) and thus useful in the treatment of disorders such as preterm labor at the early gestational stage.
US10555933B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising 4-[1-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)ethyl]-3H-imidazole derivatives for treating retinal diseases The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions, containing 4-[1-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)ethyl]-1H-imidazole, (S) 4-[1-(2,3-dimethylphenyl)ethyl]-1H-imidazole or (S) [3-(1-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)ethyl)-2-methylphenyl] methanol, their use as pharmaceuticals for the treatment of retinal diseases, for retinal neuroprotection and vision enhancement.
US10555929B2	Methods for the treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and/or lipodystrophy The present invention relates to methods for treating a disease associated with insulin resistance selected from a nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its sequelae, a lipodystrophic syndrome or a combination thereof with the selective PPARγ agonist, INT131 and optionally vitamin E or compositions thereof. NAFLDs that may be treated with methods and compositions of the present invention include, but are not limited to, simple nonalcoholic fatty liver and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Lipodystrophic syndromes that may be treated with the methods and compositions of the present invention include, but are not limited to, generalized lipodystrophy including congenital generalized lipodystrophy and acquired generalized lipodystrophy and/or partial lipodystrophy, including congenital partial lipodystrophy and acquired partial lipodystrophy, all of which may or may not include hyperlipidemia and/or hyperglycemia and may or may not include NAFLD.
US10555924B2	Methods of reducing the risk of a cardiovascular event in a subject at risk for cardiovascular disease In various embodiments, the present invention provides methods of reducing the risk of a cardiovascular event in a subject on statin therapy and, in particular, a method of reducing the risk of a cardiovascular event in a subject on statin therapy having a fasting baseline triglyceride level of about 135 mg/dL to about 500 mg/dL, and administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising about 1 g to about 4 g of eicosapentaenoic acid ethyl ester or a derivative thereof.
US10555921B1	Amino acid compositions A composition and a supplement formulation includes: at least one constituent selected from the group consisting of a nitrate salt; and at least one constituent amino acid selected from the group consisting of Arginine, Agmatine, Beta Alanine, Citrulline, Creatine, Glutamine, L-Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Norvaline, Ornithine, Valine, Aspartic Acid, Cysteine, Glycine, Lysine, Methionine, Proline, Tyrosine, and Phenylalanine.
US10555919B2	Melatonin in autoimmune disease Methods for treating, or reducing risk of developing, seasonal worsening of multiple sclerosis (MS) in a subject who has MS, comprising administering a melatonin agonist to a subject.
US10555910B2	Oligonucleotide lipid nanoparticle compositions, methods of making and methods of using the same Methods for inhibiting oligonucleotide activity in vitro or in vivo to a cell that are formulated with at least one oligonucleotide encapsulated in a lipid nanoparticle are disclosed.
US10555908B2	Dosage form articles for delayed release A comestible dosage form article for administration to a target subject, the dosage form comprising: an outer capsule comprising a first cap telescopically engageable with a first body; and an inner capsule, within the outer capsule, comprising a second cap telescopically engageable with a second body, wherein the inner capsule is inverted with respect to the outer capsule such that, in an assembled state, the second cap is proximal to the first body and distal to the first cap.
US10555904B2	Pouch-like structure with paracrine activity and method for its preparation The present invention relates to a pouch-like structure useful for mechanically preventing distension and/or resisting dilation of the heart and for supporting the hearts function by controllable and paracrine support of a failing heart in a mammal. The pouch-like structure is composed at least partly of engineered tissue comprising genetically engineered cells, such as genetically engineered cells other than cardiac myocytes whereby said genetically engineered cells contain a gene encoding a paracrine factor, said gene encoding the paracrine factor being under control of an inducible promoter system or a heterologous promoter system. Further, the present invention relates to a method for the preparation of the pouch-like structure for therapeutic, disease modelling, and drug development applications. In addition, the present invention relates to cells other than cardiac myocytes for use in the preparation of the pouch-like structure as described herein.
US10555890B2	Flexible solid cosmetic composition comprising anionic surfactants and solid particles, and cosmetic treatment process The present invention relates to an aqueous cosmetic composition which is in the form of a flexible solid, comprising: from 25% to 70% by weight of one or more anionic surfactants and one or more types of non-hollow solid particles, said composition comprising at least one anionic surfactant chosen from acylisethionates, preferably having an acyl group containing from 6 to 30 carbon atoms. Said composition is of preferential use as a composition for cleaning or washing keratin materials, in particular the hair.The invention also relates to a cosmetic treatment process, in particular for caring for, cleaning and/or conditioning keratin materials, using said composition.
US10555887B2	Sterile liquid composition for filling wrinkles The subject matter of the present invention is a sterile liquid composition dedicated to administration into or through the skin and/or the lips, wherein said composition comprises, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one photo-crosslinkable compound, wherein said compound comprises at least one activated photo-dimerizable group having at least one activated double bond and selected from photo-dimerizable groups carrying a stilbazolium function of formula (Ia) or (Ib) and wherein the photo-dimerizable groups carry a styrylazolium function of formula (II), the photo-dimerizable group(s) being carried by a partially or totally hydrolysed poly(vinyl acetate) polymer, a polysaccharide or a polyvinyl alcohol.
US10555883B2	Oral care compositions and methods of use This invention relates to oral care compositions comprising a basic amino acid in free or salt from (e.g., free form arginine); zinc oxide and zinc citrate; and a fluoride source comprising stannous fluoride.
US10555854B2	Systems and methods for directing fluid flow in a mattress A system for directing fluid flow in a mattress is disclosed. The mattress comprises a base support layer which is configured to spatially locate at least one insert support layer. The insert layer comprises a conduit to allow fluid flow.
US10555849B2	Omnidirectional electric healthcare bedchair Disclosed is an omni-directional electric medical care bed chair, including mecanum wheels, rollover prevention wheels, a bottom support, motors, a controller, a push rod device, a bed chair device, a cervical traction device, a shoulder joint rehabilitation device and ankle joint rehabilitation devices, wherein the push rod device drives the bed chair device to move, and therefore mutual switching among states of sitting, lying and turning over of the bed chair device can be realized. In conjunction with a bed chair technology enabling lying and turning over, a mecanum wheel technology and medical care rehabilitation equipment, the medical care bed chair has functions of sitting, lying and turning over, also has an omni-directional movement ability, and can assist a patient in body rehabilitation training.
US10555848B2	Portable cushion and method of use A seating system for a chair in the form of a deflatable cushion. The two-inch-thick cushion, divided into nine rectangular sections, will have an open-end casing comprised of viscoelastic foam. The air compressor, connected to the battery power source, shoots pressurized gas into a check valve and then into branched rubber tubings. The sequence of deflation is as follows: pressurized gas passes through the air compressor's plastic compartment, which encases antibacterial liquid that the gas can pass through before entering the check valve. Having exited the air compressor and entered the check valve, the valve will regulate the flow of air to the cushion based on synchronization with the compressor and electronic feedback from the application or manual control. Having entered the check valve, the pressurized, sanitary gas enters the rubber tubings and the porous rubber tubes' eight subsections. This will cause deflation of the cushion. In addition, a heat sensor will be on the top-layer of the cushion and it can be linked to a computer for the user to monitor which areas of contact are too high in heat.
US10555847B2	Multi-function chair attachment for disabled persons A multi-function attachment to assist a user to perform one or more tasks, the attachment including an arm member having forward and back ends, one or more coupling members provided to the arm member and configured to detachable secure the arm member to a chair, and a support member configured to be detachably coupled to the second end of the arm member; wherein at least a portion of the support member is configured to extend laterally from a point proximate the front end of the arm member to provide support for a device forward and above a seat portion of the chair.
US10555839B2	Wound dressing A method and apparatus are disclosed for dressing a wound. The apparatus comprises an absorbent layer for absorbing wound exudate, a liquid impermeable, gas permeable filter layer over the absorbent layer, a cover layer comprising at least one orifice and a first liquid and gas permeable transmission layer underlying the absorbent layer. The transmission layer is in fluid communication with the filter layer.
US10555838B2	Methods and devices for applying closed incision negative pressure wound therapy A treatment system including a tension relief layer having a central elastic region coupled between a pair of opposing wings; a porous region within the central elastic region that allows for the passage of material from an incision or wound to an upper surface of the tension relief layer; and a conformable sealing layer configured to be applied over the tension relief layer and adhered forming a sealed space around at least a portion of the wound. At least a portion of each of the opposing wings have adhesive lower surfaces. The opposing wings are configured to be stretched away from one another towards a first tensile configuration and while held in the first tensile configuration adhered to skin on opposing sides of the incision or wound. Related devices, systems and methods are also described.
US10555831B2	Hydrogel substances and methods of cryotherapy A method and system in accordance with particular embodiments includes applying a substance onto skin of a human subject. A method for treating a subject's skin includes applying a hydrogel to the skin which contains the substance. The hydrogel and the skin are cooled using a cooling applicator to treat tissue via the cooling treatment by either freezing or not freezing tissue.
US10555830B2	Fixture for arm during medical treatment A fixture for immobilizing an arm of a patient for insertion of a catheter for coronary investigation and intervention has a fixture board for insertion under a mattress carrying a patient. The fixture board further has a link for attaching an arm holder to the fixture board. The arm holder is arranged adjacent an elbow of the patient and has an arm support and a belt for attaching the arm to the arm support. In addition, a wrist holder is attached to the arm holder for supporting the wrist. The wrist holder may be sterilized and disposable. An instrument table is connected to said fixture board via a link. The distance between the arm holder and the fixture board may be adjustable.
US10555829B2	Orthosis joint An orthosis joint having a base body which comprises a receptacle for a proximal component, a bearing point for a distal component which is pivotally arranged on the base body, and for stops or spring elements which are acting on the distal component. The orthosis joint also includes at least one receiving element, releasably fastened to the base body and in or on which a functional element that interacts with the distal component is arranged.
US10555826B2	Hemostasis valve and delivery systems A hemostasis valve includes a longitudinal valve housing, a gasket, a grip assembly and an interference element. A x-valve includes a valve housing, at least one sealing component and a support layer. Stent graft delivery systems include a handle, an internal lead screw assembly, a lead screw nut, a support member fixed to the handle body, a sheath and a hemostasis valve.
US10555825B2	Rotation of a medical device during crimping A medical device includes a balloon expanded scaffold crimped to a balloon catheter. The scaffold has a network of rings formed by struts connected at crowns and links connecting adjacent rings. The scaffold has a polymer coating and is crimped to the balloon. The scaffold is rotated, or allowed to rotate during crimping to improve results from crimping, such as reduced damage to the coating.
US10555818B2	Spinal fusion implant for oblique insertion Intervertebral spinal fusion implants for interbody fusion of the anterior column of the spine are described. The implants have a substantially bi-convex or a substantially offset bi-convex shape. The implants are placed through a transforaminal or posterior approach at an oblique insertion angle. The implants have an outermost point on the superior convex surface and an outermost point on the inferior convex surface and four edges of differing heights. The outermost superior and inferior points of the implants are connected with the four edges with convex surfaces of different curvatures. The curvatures of the convex surfaces of the implants are designed to match the curvatures of concave vertebral surfaces when the implants are inserted at an oblique insertion angle.
US10555810B2	Prosthetic heart valve deployment systems A quick-connect heart valve prosthesis that can be quickly and easily implanted is provided. The heart valve includes a substantially non-expandable, non-compressible prosthetic valve and a plastically-expandable coupling stent, thereby enabling attachment to the annulus without sutures. A small number of guide sutures may be provided for aortic valve orientation. The prosthetic valve may be a commercially available valve with a sewing ring with the coupling stent attached thereto. The coupling stent may expand from a conical deployment shape to a conical expanded shape, and may include web-like struts connected between axially-extending posts. A system and method for deployment includes a hollow two-piece handle through which a balloon catheter passes. A valve holder is stored with the heart valve and the handle easily attaches thereto to improve valve preparation steps.
US10555802B1	Urologic stents and methods of use Urologic stents that are adapted for temporary use to provide relief following treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia and other disorders of the prostate, urethra and ureters.
US10555801B2	Gastrointestinal-tract constricting method A gastrointestinal-tract constricting method includes, while observing the gastrointestinal tract by inserting an endoscope into the gastrointestinal tract, forming a spreading block that blocks infiltration of a substance, which damages a mucosa basal layer of the gastrointestinal tract, into the muscular layer underlying the mucosa basal layer, the spreading block being formed along a circumferential direction of the gastrointestinal tract and between the mucosa basal layer and the muscular layer; and supplying the substance along the circumferential direction of the gastrointestinal tract and to a surface of the mucosa that lies within a region that overlaps an inner side of the gastrointestinal tract with respect to the spreading block out of the entire circumference of the gastrointestinal tract in a transverse section of the gastrointestinal tract.
US10555785B2	Surgical arm system with internally driven gear assemblies Example embodiments relate to robotic arm assemblies. The robotic arm assembly may include upper arm segment and shoulder coupling joint assembly. Upper arm segment includes a motor. Shoulder coupling joint assembly connects upper arm segment to shoulder segment. Shoulder coupling joint assembly includes distal and proximal shoulder joint subassemblies. Distal shoulder joint subassembly is connected to the upper arm segment. Distal shoulder joint subassembly includes gear train system having gear stages including first distal elbow gear stage and second distal elbow gear stage. First distal elbow gear stage includes bevel gears. Second distal elbow gear stage includes a planetary gear assembly. Proximal shoulder joint subassembly connects the shoulder segment to the distal shoulder joint subassembly.
US10555782B2	Systems and methods for performing minimally invasive spinal surgery with a robotic surgical system using a percutaneous technique Described herein are systems, apparatus, and methods for precise placement and guidance of tools during surgery, particularly spinal surgery, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. Several minimally invasive approaches to spinal surgeries were conceived, percutaneous technique being one of them. This procedures looks to establish a skin opening as small as possible by accessing inner organs via needle-puncture of the skin. The percutaneous technique is used in conjunction with a robotic surgical system to further enhance advantages of manual percutaneous techniques by improving precision, usability and/or shortening surgery time by removal of redundant steps.
US10555776B2	Magnetic resonance thermometry during ablation Thermography of an ablation site is carried out by navigating a probe into contact with target tissue in the heart, obtaining a first position of a position sensor in the probe and acquiring a first magnetic resonance thermometry image of the target tissue. The method is further carried out during ablation by iteratively reading the position sensor to obtain second positions, and acquiring a new magnetic resonance thermometry image of the target tissue when the distance between the first position and one of the second positions is less than a predetermined distance. The images are analyzed to determine the temperature of the target tissue.
US10555771B2	Laser beam control and delivery system The present invention relates generally to surgical lasers and more specifically to a laser beam control and delivery system that accurately and efficiently directs a laser beam into an optical fiber. The laser beam control and delivery system also provides additional functions, including a connection for a fiber tip temperature control system and a tissue temperature sensing system. The present invention also relates to a surgical laser system that has a high efficiency thermoelectric cooling system.
US10555770B2	Electrosurgical tubular shaft, surgical instrument grip and electrosurgical tubular shaft instrument An electrosurgical tubular shaft for use with a surgical instrument grip for formation of an electrosurgical tubular shaft instrument is provided. The tubular shaft comprises a tube, an electrosurgical tool arranged at the distal end on the tubular shaft, at least one electric connection line electrically connected to the tool and extending in the tube, and at least one coupling element arranged at the proximal end on the tubular shaft for interacting with at least one corresponding coupling element of the instrument grip for releasably coupling the instrument grip to the tubular shaft. The tube comprises an outlet opening which is arranged distally of the at least one coupling element and through which the at least one connection line issues from the tube. The tubular shaft comprises an electric connection element for an electric energy supply. A surgical instrument grip and an electrosurgical tubular shaft instrument are also provided.
US10555768B2	Method of confirming safe delivery pathway to patient prior to energy delivery Systems and methods to confirm safe delivery of treatment energy to a patient by identifying a presence of a fault in an energy delivery pathway and identifying a location of the fault within the device. The system includes a processing unit configured to calculate blood impedances external to the device based on known impedance characteristics of the device, and then to calculate impedances within the device during energy delivery based on the calculated blood impedances. The processing unit prevents the delivery of energy in an energy delivery pathway that is determined to be compromised. The processing unit is also configured to compare times for two different frequencies to travel a predetermined distance, the difference in the times corresponding to a location of a fault within the energy delivery pathway.
US10555767B2	Devices, systems, and methods for valve removal Devices, systems, and methods for valve removal. In an embodiment of an umbrella device for removing a valve of the present disclosure, the umbrella device comprises an elongated shaft having a distal end, a first umbrella comprising a first mesh, the first umbrella coupled to the shaft at or near the distal end of the shaft, a second umbrella comprising a second mesh, the second umbrella coupled to the shaft proximal to the first umbrella, and a mechanical drill rotatably coupled to the shaft and positioned between the first umbrella and the second umbrella.
US10555766B2	Active tension bone and joint stabilization devices Systems and methods of manufacture for bone and joint stabilization devices are described for such devices that are tensioned after anchoring during a medical procedure and remain active in maintaining axial tension for continued compression of the subject anatomy.
US10555764B2	Interbody spinal fusion implant having locking elements that outwardly displace for locking An interbody spinal fusion implant includes a body and a faceplate secured to the body. A recess is formed on a front face of the faceplate and is at least partially bounded by an interior surface. A first screw hole and a spaced apart first locking hole pass through the faceplate from interior surface of the recess. A first locking screw has a shaft threaded into the first locking hole. The first locking screw blocks removal of a bone screw from within the first screw hole when the locking screw is in a retracted position.
US10555754B2	Methods and apparatuses for skin treatment using non-thermal tissue ablation Disclosed herein are methods, apparatuses, and devices for treating skin, such as skin tightening or for treating diseases, disorders, and conditions that would benefit from tissue area or volume reduction, skin restoration, skin tightening, skin lifting, or skin repositioning. Such methods and devices include an ablative apparatus, a removal apparatus, and/or a positioning apparatus.
US10555749B2	Probe unit, treatment instrument, and treatment system A probe unit includes, a probe configured to treat a bone by ultrasonic vibration, a hollow sheath which surrounds the probe and which has a first portion at a small distance from a central axis, and a second portion at a greater distance from the central axis than the first portion, and a knob configured to rotate the sheath relative to the probe between a first position for insertion between the bone and a living tissue facing the bone so that the first portion is located between the bone and the living tissue and a second position for insertion between the bone and the living tissue so that the second portion is located between the bone and the living tissue.
US10555739B2	Snap link-type surgical clip A surgical clip includes a first clamping leg and a second clamping leg, the two clamping legs, when in use, being movable towards each other such that they squeeze a blood vessel shut and are linked to each other via a connecting piece which applies a closing force forcing the two clamping jaws towards each other, with two additional springs being provided in addition to the connecting piece which functions as the main spring and amplifying the closing force, the additional springs being arranged in parallel to the main spring and acting in opposite directions.
US10555735B2	Tissue compression assemblies with biodegradable interlinks Devices are used to modify a metabolic pathway of a digestive system by creating a pathway within the intestinal tract through an anastomosis between a proximal location within the intestinal tract and a distal location within the intestinal tract. A magnetic anastomosis compression device includes a first arm, a second arm, a resilient member, and a pair of magnets. The magnetic anastomosis compression device further includes a degradable retaining element. The retaining element temporarily holds the first arm and second arm in a wide configuration in opposition to the bias exerted by the resilient member. Upon the degradation of the retaining element, the resilient member causes the first arm and second arm to transition to a narrow configuration. The magnetic anastomosis compression device is configured to magnetically couple with another magnetic anastomosis compression device positioned within a different location within the intestinal tract.
US10555731B2	Expandable needle suture apparatus and associated handle assembly A surgical suturing device having an axis extending between a proximal end and a distal end is operable to move a suture through body tissue. An actuating rod extends between the handle assembly and the shaft. A needle assembly at the distal end of the actuating rod is movable with the actuating rod between an extended state and a retracted state. Bifurcated portions of the needle assembly define a suture slot, the bifurcated portions have a proximate relationship when the needle assembly is in the retracted state and having a separated relationship when the needle assembly is in the extended state. The needle assembly is biased to the retracted state and the bifurcated portions are biased to the separated relationship. A handle assembly is configured to releasably receive the needle assembly and is operable to move the needle assembly between a free suture state and a captured suture state.
US10555721B2	Ultrasound imaging by nonlinear localization Nonlinear ultrasound imaging systems and methods are disclose. In one aspect, a nonlinear ultrasound imaging system includes a first transducer configured to transmit a first ultrasound signal along a scan line, a second transducer configured to sweep a second ultrasound signal along the scan line such that the first and second ultrasound signals intersect at a plurality of voxels, and a third transducer configured to receive echoes associated with interactions of the first and second ultrasound signals at the plurality of voxels. The nonlinear ultrasound imaging system further includes a processor configured to generate an ultrasound image based on the echoes.
US10555718B2	Apparatus and methods for alignment and deployment of intracardiac devices Apparatus and methods are described herein for use in the alignment and deployment of a prosthetic heart valve, such as a mitral valve. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a tube assembly and a needle assembly configured to be received through a lumen of an outer tube member of the tube assembly. The needle assembly includes an elongate needle having a distal tip configured to be inserted through the epicardial surface of a heart. An imaging probe is coupled to a coupling member and includes an imaging element. The imaging probe is configured to provide image data associated with a location of a commissural-commissural (C-C) plane and a location of the anterior-posterior (A-P) plane of the mitral valve and the annular region of the heart such that a prosthetic mitral valve can be positioned within the heart based at least in part on the C-C plane and the A-P plane.
US10555702B1	Methods and systems for characterizing the quality of an electrocardiogram signal Described here are methods, devices and systems for characterizing a physiological signal such as an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal. Generally, the method includes receiving the ECG signal generated by an ECG device coupled to a patient. ECG signal quality for a plurality of consecutive beats may be determined based on a dispersion coefficient and a deviation from an average of each of a plurality of ECG parameters. Indexing information may be generated for set of sequences from the plurality of consecutive cardiac beats. Each of the sequences may comprise a first predetermined number of consecutive cardiac beats. The set of the sequences may be ordered based upon the ECG signal quality.
US10555700B2	Combined optical sensor for audio and pulse oximetry system and method A system includes at least one earpiece, wherein each earpiece comprises an earpiece housing, an optical source operatively connected to the earpiece housing, wherein the optical source is configured to emit light toward an ear surface, an optical sensor operatively connected to the earpiece housing, wherein the optical sensor is configured to receive reflected light from the ear surface, and at least one processor disposed within at least one earpiece and operatively connected to the optical source and the optical sensor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to separate the pulse oximetry signals from the audio signals in the reflected light detected by the optical sensor.
US10555696B2	Device for maintaining a user's vein in position and device for puncturing or injecting into a user's vein A device to maintain a user's vein in position includes at least two branches separated by a gap of width greater than the size of the vein. A positioner to position the branches around the vein. The device can additionally includes a heater to heat at least one branch and a controller to control the heater. The device can further include a cooler to cool at least one branch and the controller is configured to activate the cooler.
US10555684B2	Supraventricular tachyarrhythmia discrimination An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) performs a method that includes determining whether first criteria for detecting a ventricular tachyarrhythmia are met by a cardiac electrical signal. The ICD determines features from cardiac signal segment of a group of cardiac signal segments and determines whether a first portion of the features satisfy monomorphic waveform criteria and determines whether a second portion of the features satisfy supraventricular beat criteria. The ICD determines whether second criteria for detecting the ventricular tachyarrhythmia are met and withholds detecting of the ventricular tachyarrhythmia in response to the monomorphic waveform criteria and the supraventricular beat criteria being met.
US10555681B2	Muscle massaging device and operating method thereof A muscle massaging device and an operating method thereof are provided. The muscle massaging device, comprising includes: a detector, configured to detect a real-time myoelectric value and a real-time muscle tension value of a target muscle; a comparator, configured to compare the real-time myoelectric value and a prestored myoelectric value, and compare the real-time muscle tension value and a prestored muscle tension value; and a massager, configured to massage a first region corresponding to the target muscle.
US10555678B2	Blood pressure monitor with valve-chamber assembly A blood pressure measurement system is provided that includes an inflatable cuff, a valve assembly and chamber assembly. The chamber assembly can house a gas canister for providing gas to the inflatable cuff. The valve assembly can include a valve having a high pressure cavity, a low pressure cavity, and a channel providing a gas pathway between the high pressure cavity and the low pressure cavity. The valve assembly can further include a channel cover and spring in the high pressure cavity. The spring can exert a force on the channel cover to create a seal between the high pressure cavity and the channel. The valve assembly can further include a rod extending through the channel and exerting a force on the channel cover to create a gas pathway between the high pressure cavity and the channel.
US10555674B2	Confocal scanning microscope having optical and scanning systems which provide a handheld imaging head A confocal microscope having a scanning head in the form of a hand piece (102) which may be placed at selected locations on the body of a patient. A laser beam is scanned in orthogonal (horizontal and vertical) directions by scanners (128, 130) which drive scan mirrors (128a, 130a), which are closely adjacent to each other. The optics include an objective lens (138) and a single telescope lens (132, 134). The telescope provides sufficient magnification to overfill the entrance pupil of the objective lens (138) over the entire scan angle produced by the scan mirrors (128a, 130a). The telescope images the entrance pupil of the objective in the beam path between the mirrors of the scanners. Scanner (128) represents a pulse driven resonant scanner (7). The pulse duration is controlled to vary the scan angle and obtain dynamic, electronic image zooming without changing the positional relationship of the telescope lenses.
US10555669B2	Optical coherence tomography systems and methods with dispersion compensation An optical coherence tomography (OCT) interferometer includes at least a first optical fiber of a first type having a first length, in series with a second optical fiber of a second type which is different than the first type and having a second length, in at least one of the sample path and/or the reference path of the OCT interferometer. The dispersion characteristics of the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber are significantly different than each other. As a result, the total group delay dispersion of a first portion of the laser light passing through the sample path and the total group delay dispersion of the second portion of the laser light passing through the reference path may offset each other at the detector.
US10555666B2	Cannula with proximally mounted camera and transparent obturator A cannula system and method for accessing a blood mass in the brain. The system comprises a cannula with a camera mounted on the proximal end of the cannula with a view into the cannula lumen and the surgical field below the lumen. A prism, reflector or other suitable optical element is oriented between the camera and the lumen of the cannula to afford the camera a view into the cannula while minimizing obstruction of the lumen. The system may also include an obturator with a small diameter shaft and a large diameter tip which is optically transmissive, so that a surgeon inserting or manipulating the assembly can easily see that the obturator tip is near brain tissue (which is white) or blood (which is red).
US10555664B2	Endoscope An endoscope has an imaging unit at a distal end portion of an insert section, and a relay board including an imaging signal converter that converts imaging signals output from the imaging unit is provided inside the insert section. Here, a data transmission method of an imaging signal transmitted at least in a section from the imaging unit to the relay board is a low-amplitude differential transmission method.
US10555662B2	Image recording apparatus, method for configuring a camera head of an image recording apparatus and image recording apparatus set An arrangement of an image recording apparatus 1 with a storage device (9) on a side of an interface (8) with a camera control unit (2) that faces the camera head (3) and for implementing in the camera control unit (2) a configuration unit (10) with which camera-head-specific information is readable from the storage device (9) and transmittable to an image signal pre-processing unit (4) of the camera head (3) for configuration.
US10555659B2	Conveyor dishwasher having a sensor device for detecting the concentration of disinfectant The present invention relates to a conveyor dishwasher—with at least one final rinse zone with at least one final rinse nozzle for spraying final rinse liquid onto washware, and wherein a metering device associated with the final rinse zone is provided for adding a disinfectant to the final rinse liquid in a metered manner. A sensor device is configured to detect the concentration of disinfectant in the final rinse liquid which is sprayed in the final rinse zone. Furthermore, a control device is configured to compare the value of the concentration of disinfectant which is detected by the sensor device with predefinable concentration values and, in the event of excessively high deviations of the concentration of disinfectant from the predefinable concentration values, to interrupt the dishwashing process or to output a warning signal to an operator.
US10555657B2	Floor treatment apparatus The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for cleaning or otherwise treating a floored surface that includes a platform adapted to support the weight of an operator. In addition, one embodiment of the present invention is capable of generally performing 360 degree turns to facilitate the treatment of difficult to access portions of the floored surface.
US10555653B2	Domestic cyclonic vacuum cleaner A cyclonic vacuum cleaner including a suction inlet fluidly connected in series to a vac-motor for drawing a dirty airflow in through the suction inlet. The suction inlet is fluidly connected downstream to both a first cyclonic separator and to a flow device via a flow junction, the flow junction configured for dividing the dirty airflow into two separate airflows, a first airflow passing through the first cyclonic separator and a second airflow passing through the flow device, thus stepping down the dirty airflow through the first separator compared to the dirty airflow through the suction inlet. The flow device is either a second cyclonic separator, an air filter or an air turbine. A screening member is upstream of the flow device for screening out dirt particles from the second airflow so that the dirt particles are retained in the first airflow, thus “concentrating” dust loading in the first airflow.
US10555651B2	Apparatus for separating particles from an airflow An apparatus for separating particles from an airflow, the apparatus comprising a housing comprising an inner wall, and a body positioned within the housing and separated therefrom so as to define a substantially annular flow path between the body and the inner wall. The housing is rotationally stationary, and the body is rotatable relative to the housing about a rotational axis, the body comprising an impeller section having a first set of blades extending from the body into the annular flow path towards the inner wall of the housing, the impeller being rotatable for generating airflow through the apparatus and for generating swirl within the airflow, and a turbine section located downstream of the impeller section, the turbine section having a second set of blades for recapturing rotational energy from the airflow.
US10555644B2	Product, system, method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for shower liner stay A shower liner stay for holding a shower liner away from the showering area while a person is taking a shower. The shower liner stay includes one or more pensile wands to dangle on the dry ingress outside of a shower liner and adjacent the shower liner while dangling from existing hook(s) or curtain rod. Strategically affixed to a pensile wand are one or more graspers for grasping the delicate impermeable flexible surface of a shower liner for keeping the shower liner in place regardless of strong aerodynamic conditions during a shower. Customary and normal operation of the shower liner remains.
US10555639B2	Chafing dish and frame assembly A chafing dish and frame assembly including a lower frame section for supporting a disposable food tray for holding food, an upper frame section pivotally attached to the lower frame section; a disposable food cover supported by the upper frame section; and a pivot hinge that pivotally connects the upper frame section to the lower frame section. The pivot hinge allows the disposable food cover to be pivoted up to ninety degrees relative to the disposable food tray from a closed position, wherein the disposable food cover rests on top of the disposable food tray, to an open position wherein the disposable food cover is pivoted upwardly so that the food in the disposable food tray may be accessed.
US10555636B2	Beverage preparation system, a coded insert and methods of use thereof A beverage preparation system is provided comprising a beverage preparation machine, a cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients, and a coded insert. The beverage preparation machine comprises a brew head for receiving the cartridge. The cartridge comprises a primary code configured to provide operating instructions to the beverage preparation machine for delivering a beverage from the cartridge. The coded insert is separate from the cartridge and insertable along with the cartridge into the brew head. The coded insert comprises a secondary code configured to provide alternative operating instructions to the beverage preparation machine for delivering a modified beverage from the cartridge.
US10555632B1	House number illumination device A house number illumination device for lighting a house number on a mailbox includes a housing that defines an interior space. A power module is coupled to the housing and positioned in the interior space. Each of a plurality of fixtures is operationally coupled to the power module by a respective wire that extends from the housing. Each fixture is configured to couple to a surface proximate to a respective digit of a house number. Each fixture comprises a bulb so that the plurality of fixtures is configured to illuminate the house number.
US10555628B2	Multi-climate sleeping bag Multi-climate sleeping bags and methods of making the same are described. One sleeping bag may comprise a bottom panel comprising a head end and a foot end, wherein the bottom panel is formed from an inner shell, an outer shell, and an insulating material disposed between the inner shell and the outer shell, a first top panel comprising an inner shell, an outer shell, and an insulating material disposed between the inner shell and the outer shell, a first fastening mechanism configured to detachably couple an edge of the first top panel to an edge of the bottom panel, a second top panel comprising an inner shell, an outer shell, and an insulating material disposed between the inner shell and the outer shell, and a second fastening mechanism configured to detachably couple an edge of the second top panel to the edge of the bottom panel.
US10555627B1	Inflatable picture frame An inflatable picture frame shaped to have the appearance of a conventional picture frame. In an inflated position, the inflatable picture frame will have the contours of a conventional picture frame and a bottom member angled to a front position for front support, and legs that fasten in a rear position to form a linked rear support. A flat and rigid transparent central portion contains a sleeve in which to place a picture or card. A system for attaching an inflatable picture frame to a wall comprising an adhesive folding box attached to a recess in a back portion of the inflatable picture frame which may then be attached to a support structure.
US10555623B2	Compact display tray A tray for dispensing product containers, particularly yogurt containers, which vary widely in size and shape and frequently are stacked several high. The tray is of adjustable width and of extruded construction. The tray comprises two main components, one forming a bottom part and a high wall, the other forming a bottom part and a low wall. The high wall has a flanged track running lengthwise and the low wall has a T-shaped rail for reception in the flanged track of an adjacent tray. An array of trays are thus connected such that the high wall of one tray serves as a second high wall for an adjacent connected tray while allowing a tray to be pulled forward, supported by its neighbors, for restocking. A pusher and pull strip are provided in which an L-shaped pusher can be reversely oriented and thereby optimized for round or rectangular containers.
US10555617B2	Air pocket module and air mattress including same An air mattress includes an air pocket unit including an air pocket module, a body portion into which the air pocket unit is inserted and fixed, a controller mounted at the body portion and controlling the air pocket unit, and a pressure sensor unit measuring pressure of the air pocket unit. The air pocket module includes multiple air pockets each having a hollow portion formed therein and configured to inflate due to air inflow or to deflate due to air outflow, and a bottom plate coupled to lower sides of the air pockets and configured to block the hollow portion of each of the air pockets.
US10555611B2	Adjustable seating systems and associated structures Structures of seating systems for human users are disclosed. In one embodiment, the structure comprises: a frame; a seat structure supported by the frame; and a back rest structure supported by the frame. The seat structure comprises a thigh support region and a pelvic support region where the pelvic support region defines a pelvic well for receiving an ischial tuberosity of the user and also provides a fulcrum to assist in rotating the pelvis of the user. The back rest structure comprises a gluteal panel for supporting a gluteal mass of the user and a posterior superior iliac spine (PSIS) panel disposed above the gluteal panel. The PSIS panel is adjustable to cause movement of a PSIS of the user and cooperate with the pelvic well to cause rotation of the pelvis of the user about the fulcrum provided by the pelvic well.
US10555604B2	Cantilever shelving system A cantilever shelving system is disclosed and can include a frame structure, a cantilever shelf support structure, and a plurality of load-bearing shelves that can be supported by the cantilever shelf support structure and the frame structure. The shelves can be positioned laterally adjacent to cantilever support arms of the cantilever shelf support structure, and the shelf support surfaces can be coplanar with upper walls of the cantilever support arms. Ends of laterally adjacent shelves do not overlap with a front side of a vertical support member to which the cantilever support arm is mounted. The cantilever shelving system can include a low-profile base support and can accommodate various user requirements and can be operably integrated with standard commercial and/or industrial equipment or machinery.
US10555597B2	Phone ring holder A holder accessory for a portable electronic device including a base portion configured for attachment to the portable electronic device, and a gripping component coupled to the base portion. The gripping portion can define an opening configured to receive a finger of a user to hold the electronic device. The gripping portion is movably coupled to the base portion. The gripping portion is pivotally and/or rotationally movable relative to the base.
US10555594B2	Backpack configured to dissipate heat A backpack that includes a backpack body and an air moving device. The backpack body has at least one air duct formed therein. The air moving device provides an airflow to the at least one air duct. The at least one air duct is configured to deliver the airflow to a back of a wearer, which dissipates heat along the back of the wearer.
US10555591B2	Epilation device measuring contact force and comprising a feedback unit There is provided an epilation device for removing body hair with at least one epilation unit. In particular, an epilation barrel, having a plurality of pairs of tweezers for pinching and pulling out hairs from the skin. The epilation device further has a drive unit for driving the at least one epilation barrel and a control unit. The control unit is able to analyze the force with which the user presses the epilation unit to the skin resulting in contact pressure and compares the contact pressure applied to at least one threshold contact pressure. Optionally, the epilation device further has a feedback unit which signals to the user, whether the contact pressure applied is smaller than, equal to, or larger than the at least one threshold contact pressure.
US10555584B2	Button cover and method of use A button cover for use in covering a button to reduce or eliminate damaging of adjacent clothing such as pants, shorts, etc. Some embodiments provide a relatively thin disk shaped cover having a resilient wire button clip extending from the back side of the disk shaped cover. The button clip provides a button mounting channel formed by two opposed resilient arms in the clip, with the two opposed arms interconnected by an intermediate section of wire secured to, or formed within, the body of the disk-shaped cover. The cross-section of the button clip from its intermediate, interconnecting section through to its opposed resilient arms can be U-shaped or otherwise shaped to orient the coplanar opposed arms with the backside of the body of the disk-shaped cover.
US10555581B2	Braided upper with multiple materials An article of footwear is formed from multiple braided components. The braided components may be braided strands formed from different tensile elements. The tensile elements may have different cross-sections. The tensile elements may be from different materials. Different braided strands may then be over-braided over a last to form a braided upper for the article of footwear.
US10555572B2	Athletic garment with pockets An athletic garment comprising an envelope pocket positioned along an upper portion of the garment and configured to secure objects is disclosed. The envelope pocket may be comprised of a compression material that may secure stored objects in place. In one embodiment, an envelope pocket may be opened from the bottom and disposed along the rear, upper portion of the garment. The pocket opening may be positioned such that an athlete may reach around his or her back and quickly and ergonomically insert and retrieve balls from the pocket. The envelope pocket may be constructed such that the stored objects and balls do not impede an athlete's movement during athletic activity.
US10555570B2	Neckwear for displaying coins, medals or bars A neckwear includes a neckband and a neckband module and may further include one or more fastener members and one or more display segments for coins, medals or bars. The neckband is connected to said neckband module, and said one or more fastener members pivotably connects said neckband module and said one or more display segments. Also provided for a neckwear are a hermetically sealed neckband module or display segment, a display segment configured to be intra-changeable, display inserts for a neckband module or display segments, torso segments, and a neckband module with a member of a fastener to accommodate interchangeable display segments.
US10555565B2	Reflective articles of wear Reflective articles of wear are disclosed. The reflective articles of wear can include an elastomeric material and reflective components coupled to the elastomeric material. The elastomeric material forms a plurality of apertures.
US10555558B2	Aerosol delivery device providing flavor control The present disclosure relates to a cartridge for an aerosol delivery device, an aerosol delivery device that includes the cartridge, and an aerosol device operation method. In various implementations the cartridge comprises a reservoir tank configured to contain an aerosol precursor composition, a masking disc proximate the aerosol precursor composition, and a flavor disc proximate the masking disc. At least one of the masking disc or the flavor disc is configured to be rotated relative to the other to align an opening of the masking disc with a selected section of the flavor disc so as to allow the aerosol precursor composition to flow from the reservoir tank through the opening of the masking disc and the selected section of the flavor disc, such that, when the flavor section is selected, the flavorant is imparted to the aerosol precursor composition.
US10555556B2	Cartridge for an aerosol-generating system A cartridge for use in an aerosol-generating system is provided, including a liquid storage portion including a housing configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the liquid storage portion including at least two parts in fluid communication with each other; a first part of the liquid storage portion including a heater assembly, a first capillary material, provided in contact with the heater assembly, and a second capillary material in contact with the first capillary material and spaced apart from the heater assembly by the first capillary material; and a second part of the liquid storage portion including a container configured to hold the liquid aerosol-forming substrate in liquid form to supply the liquid to the second capillary material.
US10555552B2	Aerosol generating device with piercing assembly An electrically heated aerosol-generating device includes a main housing having a cavity, a closure body engageable with the main housing to enclose a cartridge in the cavity, and a heater assembly. The heater assembly includes an elongate piercing assembly configured to extend into the open-ended passage of the cartridge and one or more electric heaters. The piercing assembly has a first hollow shaft portion connected to the main housing and a second hollow shaft portion connected to the closure body. The first and second hollow shaft portions have first and second piercing surfaces configured to breakthrough first and second frangible seals when the cartridge is enclosed in the cavity.
US10555551B2	Tobacco articles and methods Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In some circumstances, the tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.
US10555550B2	Topical flavouring compositions comprising oleic acid and sodium oleate A method of applying to the surface of a comestible product a solid flavouring, comprising dispersion of the solid flavouring in a non-aqueous continuous medium in the presence of oleic acid and sodium oleate and its topical application to the product, the oleic acid and sodium oleate being present in the relative weight proportions of from 80:20-54:46. The method results in a very even flavouring distribution over the surface of the product.
US10555546B2	Blade for shaving ice The disclosure extends and relates to devices, systems and methods for shaving ice with an improved blade to produce a powdery snow-like textured confection.
US10555533B2	Selection and use of cold-tolerant bacillus strains as biological phytostimulators The invention relates to a biological product for increasing the yield of crop plants. The invention can be used in agriculture, horticulture and plant protection. The product for stimulating the growth of crop plants is characterized by containing a cold-tolerant Bacillus strain.
US10555532B2	Plant growth-promoting bacteria and methods of use The present invention generally relates to bacteriologically pure bacterial cultures of novel strains of plant growth-promoting bacteria, and inoculums comprising the same. The invention is also directed to plant seeds coated with the inoculums, kits comprising the inoculums and methods for stimulating plant growth by applying the biologically pure bacterial culture or the inoculum to a plant, plant seed, or plant growth medium.
US10555525B2	Method of improving turfgrass abiotic stress tolerance The present invention relates to a method of controlling abiotic stress on turfgrass using an effective non-phytotoxic amount of acibenzolar-s-methyl.
US10555523B2	Self indicating antimicrobial chemistry Self-indicating chemistries are provided for visual detection by a user of efficacious levels of peroxycarboxylic acid concentrations in a solution produced in situ. The self-indicating chemistries include a combination of dyes providing a visual color indication, such as a tri-color indicator system, such as a yellow, green, and red color system indicating in situ threshold levels of peroxycarboxylic acid concentrations in a solution employing the self-indicating chemistry. Systems, kits and compositions for a quantitative assessment of an in situ perhydrolysis reaction to generate peroxycarboxylic acids are provided. Methods of use are further provided.
US10555521B2	Disposable wipes for optional disinfection, deodorization, and/or sterilization and methods of use thereof A disposable, single-use wipe 100 that can be used deodorize, disinfect, and/or sterilize an object. The wipe typically creates and applies one or more treatment agent at the time and location of use on the object. A wipe 100 includes a flexible membrane or cloth-like element 106 that typically carries at least one element of a chemically reactive couple. A wipe 100 may be activated in various ways to produce a treatment agent, such as Hydroxyl radicals or alcohol, and subsequently used to physically spread the treatment agent onto the object. One or more additional treatment agent (e.g., Triclosan, Chlorine dioxide, Hydroxyl radicals, etc.), may be included in association with a wipe 100 to enhance biocidal activity. The wipe 100 may be used alone, or in combination with a holder 120. A holder 120 may operate to activate a wipe 100, and/or apply one or more treatment agent onto the object.
US10555519B2	Non-toxic larvicide An larvicide comprising an essential oil encapsulated within a non-viable yeast cell. The larvicide is particularly effective against mosquito larvae, non-toxic to humans and other non-target species, inexpensive to make, and non-toxic during manufacture, transport, and storage.
US10555518B2	Decoy tethering device A decoy tethering device for deploying and retrieving a decoy assembly includes a housing. A line is selectively extensible from and retractable into the housing. A fastener is selectively couplable to the line. A coupler that is coupled to the housing is configured to couple to a keel of a decoy. A connector that is coupled to a second end of the line is configured to couple to a weight. The fastener is positioned to decouple from the line to both extend and retract the line from the housing, and to couple to the line to retain the line in an extended configuration. The coupler is configured to couple the housing to the keel of the decoy. The connector is configured to couple to the weight to position the weight to retain the decoy in place on a surface of a body of water in which the weight is positioned.
US10555505B2	Beehive status sensor and method for tracking pesticide use in agriculture production Monitoring system, device and method for detecting chemicals in an insect environment, such as a beehive or colony. The method can include monitoring the insect environment for the presence of at least one chemical or environmental factor using at least one sensor located within the insect environment, the at least one sensor operative to generate data in response to the presence of at least one chemical or factor in the environment and communicate the data to an associated data processing device, monitoring a population of insects in the insect environment to detect a change in the population or health of insects that make up the population, and generating a correlation between a detected change in the population or health of insects in the insect environment with an increase or decrease of the at least one chemical outside the insect environment.
US10555499B2	Vehicle-mountable spreader Vehicle-mountable animal feed spreader device for spreading feed for livestock, game animals, or other animals. The device is configured to mount to a vehicle. The device is also configured so that it can be activated while driving to spread feed. The animal feed spreader includes a hopper that funnels animal feed towards a spinning plate that is driven by a motor to spin. Animal feed falling through the hopper strikes the spinning plate as it spins, which spreads the animal feed away from the spinning plate as the vehicle moves or is stationary. A protective cage surrounds the spinning plate and may also operate as a pedestal or other base. The motor and spinning plate are attached to a removable floor of the hopper.
US10555491B1	Soybean cultivar 83072718 A soybean cultivar designated 83072718 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 83072718, to the plants of soybean cultivar 83072718, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 83072718, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 83072718. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 83072718. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 83072718, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 83072718 with another soybean cultivar.
US10555488B1	Soybean variety 01067714 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067714. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067714. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067714 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067714 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10555486B1	Soybean variety 01068910 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068910. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068910. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068910 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068910 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10555485B1	Soybean variety 01073532 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073532. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073532. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073532 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073532 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10555484B1	Soybean variety 01068903 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068903. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068903. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068903 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068903 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10555481B1	Soybean variety 01068364 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068364. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068364. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068364 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068364 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10555466B2	Modular automated growing system A growth system for growing vegetation is provided, and includes a plurality of modular growing units defining a vegetative zone; a plurality of lighting units including a lighting node for selectively emitting first and/or second wavelengths of light in the vegetative zone; an unpressurized reservoir for housing a fluid containing one or more nutrients; a nutrient feeding system for fluidly connecting each of the modular units to the reservoir in parallel; and a pump in fluid communication between the reservoir and the modular units. When a modular unit is connected to the respective quick connect valve, the nutrient feeding system directs the fluid to the modular unit, and when the modular unit is disconnected from the valve, the valve is configured for preventing the fluid from flowing from the reservoir through the valve, and the other modular units connected to the nutrient feeding system remain fluidly connected to the reservoir.
US10555458B2	Leaf shredder trimmer attachment The modular leaf shredder includes a housing having a plurality of interlocking housing subsections. The modular leaf shredder further includes a trimmer connector adapted to form a physical connection with a cooperating member of a trimmer in order to physically join the housing to the trimmer. The head of the trimmer includes a rotating head having at least three sets of cutting wires, at least two sets of cutting wires being substantially perpendicular to each other. A modular leaf shredder is provided. The modular leaf shredder includes a housing having a plurality of interlocking housing subsections. The modular leaf shredder further includes a trimmer connector adapted to form a physical connection with a cooperating member of a trimmer in order to physically join the housing to the trimmer. The head of the trimmer includes a rotating head having at least three sets of cutting wires, at least two sets of cutting wires being substantially perpendicular to each other.
US10555456B2	Auto mowing system A robotic mowing system that includes a station and a robotic mower. The robotic mower has a controller and a memorizer, the memorizer stores a working procedure, and after receiving a start command input by a user, the controller executes the working procedure, so as to control the robotic mower to automatically and repeatedly mow and return to the station to be charged until the controller receives a stop command. In this way, the user does not need to input working parameters, and costs are relatively low.
US10555455B2	Work vehicle with commodity metering system and airflow system A work vehicle with a metering system, airflow system, and a covering structure moveable between various positions for user access includes features that facilitate assembly and/or disassembly of the metering system. The work vehicle has a venturi structure with a plurality of venturi tubes that are disposed in a compact arrangement.
US10561049B2	Interference filter for wireless power transfer systems An EMI shield for a wireless power transmitter is presented. The EMI shield includes a patterned metallic layer that when positioned over a transmitting coil of the wireless power transmitter capacitively couples to the transmitting coil to capture electromagnetic radiation while allowing magnetic power to pass. In some embodiments, the patterned metallic layer may be a comb filter.
US10561039B2	Frame for printed circuit board support in high vibration A frame for dampening vibrations in a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly is provided. The frame includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface and multiple ridges extending from at least one of the first and second surfaces. The ridges define recesses, and at least one of the recesses is configured to accommodate an electronic component of a PCB in the PCB assembly. Also provided is a PCB assembly including a PCB and the frame.
US10561038B2	Equipment rack having mounting brackets An equipment rack, mounting break thereof, and associated methods. The bracket is secured to a frame assembly of the equipment rack by a releasable snap-fit connection. The snap-fit connection can maintain engagement of the bracket with abutments of the frame assembly and/or maintain mated connections of the bracket with the frame assembly. The brackets can be used to mount electrical power distribution units, cable baskets, or other equipment.
US10561032B2	Printing circuit board accommodation casing having engagement protrusion with crushing margin A printed circuit board accommodation casing includes: a support surface that abuts on a first planar portion of a printed circuit board; a side wall portion located outside in a planar direction of the printed circuit board, the first planar portion of which is abutted by the support surface; and an engagement protrusion formed on the side wall portion, in which a crushing margin, which is crushed against the first planar portion of the printed circuit board, is set on the engagement protrusion at a location where the support surface does not abut on the first planar portion of the printed circuit board.
US10561029B1	Electronic device An electronic device includes a first electronic module, a second electronic module, and a shifting distance S. The first electronic module includes first electronic units arranged in rows, wherein the top row of first electronic units defines the first base line. The second electronic module is adjacent to the first electronic module. The second electronic module includes second electronic units arranged in rows, wherein the top row of second electronic units defines a second base line. There is a shifting distance S between the first base line and the second base line. The shifting distance S satisfies 0
US10561022B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel having a display region and a pad region on a side of the display region, a first printed circuit board spaced apart from the pad region and includes a first driving controller configured to generate a plurality of signals, a second printed circuit board adjacent to the first printed circuit board, a first driving film connected to the first printed circuit board, a second driving film connected to the second printed circuit board, a first signal transmission film connected to the first printed circuit board and including first signal transmission wirings, and a second signal transmission film connected to the second printed circuit board and the first signal transmission film and including second signal transmission wirings.
US10561020B2	Pin array including segmented pins for forming selectively plated through holes A process includes utilizing a pin array that includes multiple segmented pins for forming selectively plated through holes. The process includes forming a PCB laminate structure that includes multiple spinel-doped core layers and multiple through holes. Each spinel-doped core layer includes a heat-activated spinel material incorporated into a dielectric material. The process includes aligning individual segmented pins of a pin array with corresponding through holes of the PCB laminate structure, where each segmented pin includes heated segment(s) and insulating segment(s). The process includes inserting the segmented pins of the pin array into the corresponding through holes and generating heat within each heated pin segment that is sufficient to form metal nuclei sites in selected regions of the spinel-doped core layers adjacent to portions of the through holes that contain the heated pin segments. The metal nuclei sites function as seed layers to enable formation of selectively plated through holes.
US10561016B2	Flexible circuit board, COF module and electronic device comprising the same A flexible circuit board and an electronic device including a flexible circuit board are provided. The flexible circuit board may include a substrate having a bending area and a non-bending area, a wiring pattern layer provided on the bending area and the non-bending area, a plating layer provided on the wiring pattern layer and including an open area in an area corresponding to the bending area, and a protective layer that directly contacts one surface of the wiring pattern layer exposed at the open area and a side surface of the plating layer. The protective layer may have a larger thickness than a thickness of the plating layer.
US10561012B2	Methods related to implementing surface mount devices with ground paths Disclosed are apparatus and methods related to ground paths implemented with surface mount devices to facilitate shielding of radio-frequency (RF) modules. In some embodiments, a method for fabricating a radio-frequency module includes providing a packaging substrate, the packaging substrate configured to receive a plurality of components and the packaging substrate including a ground plane. In some embodiments, the method includes mounting a surface mount device on the packaging substrate, and forming or providing a conductive layer over the surface mount device such that the surface mount device electrically connects the conductive layer with the ground plane to thereby provide radio-frequency shielding between first and second regions about the surface mount device.
US10561010B2	Internally energized electrode of a plasma arc torch A coolant tube for a plasma arc torch is provided. The coolant tube includes an elongated coolant tube body including a distal portion configured to engage an electrode and a proximal portion configured to engage a body of the plasma arc torch. The coolant tube also includes a first electrically conductive element coupled to the distal portion of the elongated coolant tube body. The first electrically conductive element is configured to physically contact an electrode. The coolant tube further includes a second electrically conductive element coupled to the proximal portion of the elongated coolant tube body. The second electrically conductive element is configured to physically contact the body of the plasma arc torch. The elongated coolant tube body defines a current path and a fluid path between the body of the plasma arc torch and the electrode.
US10561006B2	Environment optimization for space based on presence and activities A method for facilitating space experiences for at least a first space user and for at least first and second different spaces, the method comprising the steps of storing first and second space experience specifications for the first and second different spaces, respectively, wherein the first and second space experience specifications indicate space affordance settings for the first and second spaces, respectively, sensing a trigger event associated with at least one of the first and second different spaces, where the sensed trigger event is associated with the first space, using the first space experience specification to control the first space affordances and where the sensed trigger event is associated with the second space, using the second space experience specification to control the second space affordances.
US10561005B1	Light emitting diode lamp string system with sequencing function and sequencing method A light emitting diode lamp string system with a sequencing function includes a light emitting diode driving apparatus and a light emitting diode lamp string. In a predetermined sequence testing mode, the light emitting diode driving apparatus sequentially sends a plurality of predetermined sequence testing signals to the light emitting diode lamp string to find out the damaged light emitting diode lamp. In an extended sequence testing mode, the light emitting diode driving apparatus respectively sends a plurality of extended sequence testing signals to the light emitting diode lamp string to find out the new light emitting diode lamp. A sequencing method performs a predetermined sequence testing mode to detect a failure address code, and performs an extended sequence testing mode to detect a replacement address code, and replaces the failure address code with the replacement address code in a testing sequence.
US10560997B2	Method for MR16 lamp to pass EMI test with CCG A lamp driver for an LED lamp includes a voltage input port which is adapted to connect the lamp driver to a power source. A boost converter circuit is connected to the voltage input port. A voltage output port is adapted for connecting an LED to the lamp driver. A shutdown circuit provides a shutdown signal, which is connected to the voltage input port for detecting an input voltage of the voltage input port and is connected to the boost converter circuit for controlling at least one active component of the boost converter. The shutdown circuit is arranged to shut down the boost converter circuit when a shutdown voltage at the voltage input port is detected. During the shutdown of the boost converter circuit, the voltage output port still provides an operation voltage for the LED.
US10560992B2	Light and light sensor An LED-based light includes one or more LEDs, a sensor arranged to detect a brightness level in an area resulting from the combination of light emitted by the LEDs with light from at least one ambient light source other than the LEDs, and operable to output a signal corresponding to the detected brightness level, a controller operable to regulate an amount of power provided to the LEDs in response to the signal, a light transmitting housing for the LEDs, the sensor and the controller and a connector shaped for connection with a light socket disposed at an end of the housing.
US10560980B2	Method for controlling wireless communication between a mobile device and an electronic device A method for controlling wireless communication between a mobile device and an electronic device includes enabling wireless connection between the mobile device and the electronic device via a first wireless communication link; maintaining the wireless connection for a period of time so as to enable communication of information between the mobile device and the electronic device using the first wireless communication link; and terminating the wireless connection between the mobile device and the electronic device in response to a timeout event.
US10560976B2	Mechanism for realizing LWA/LWIP aggregator function In one implementation, the method comprises, in response to obtaining a request to associate an electronic device with the one or more WLAN termination nodes: generating, between a base station and a networking device, a control link based on a first identifier associated with the base station; generating, between the networking device and a first WLAN termination node, a control link based on a second identifier that corresponds to a pseudonym for the base station; and associating the first and second identifiers in a control table. The method further comprises: instantiating, between the base station and the networking device, a first data tunnel associated with a first tunneling protocol; instantiating, between the networking device and the first WLAN termination node, a second data tunnel associated with a second tunneling protocol; and associating the first and second data tunnels.
US10560969B2	Communication apparatus, control method for communication apparatus, and program A communication apparatus that performs wireless communication using a first communication system and a second communication system includes a determining unit that determines an operation mode selected from a first operation mode and a second operation mode, the first operation mode being an operation which is used in the second communication system and in which the communication apparatus communicates with a different communication apparatus in a wireless network created by the communication apparatus, the second operation mode being an operation which is used in the second communication system and in which the communication apparatus communicates with the different communication apparatus in a wireless network created by an external apparatus, and a storing unit that stores information, based on the selected operation mode, used to establish a connection with one of the wireless networks.
US10560966B2	Wireless communications device and method Management of receiver sensitivity in a packet based wireless communication system is achieved by controlling a clear channel sensing process which determines if the channel is clear for use, governed by a sensitivity to use of the channel. The sensitivity of the clear channel sensing process is effected by monitoring transmission performance over a plurality of emissions, and making adjustments to the sensitivity based on comparison of that performance with a performance criterion.
US10560964B2	Method for channel access in wireless communication system and apparatus for performing same A method for performing channel access in an unlicensed band by a base station in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: sensing, in an unlicensed band, a carrier for transmitting a downlink signal; and transmitting the downlink signal when power detected by sensing the carrier is less than an energy detection threshold set by the base station, wherein the energy detection threshold is set to be equal to or less than a maximum energy detection threshold determined by the base station, and when another radio access technology (RAT) sharing the carrier exists, the maximum energy detection threshold is adaptively determined depending on the bandwidth size of the carrier, using the value, in decibels, of the ration between a reference bandwidth and the bandwidth of the carrier.
US10560960B2	Method and apparatus for data transmission Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method at a communications device of a first type that is operable on both a licensed carrier and an unlicensed carrier. The method comprises performing channel sensing on the unlicensed carrier, at different sensing slots within a time duration, for respective links directed to at least two communications devices of a second type that are operable on both the licensed carrier and the unlicensed carrier. The time duration is specified as a portion of a subframe in a frame structure used on the licensed carrier. The method also comprise scheduling transmission on a channel that is determined to be available based on corresponding channel sensing. Correspondingly, there is also provided an apparatus embodied at or as at least part of a communications device of a first type, e.g. a base station that is operable on both a licensed carrier and an unlicensed carrier.
US10560958B2	Interface device and method in wireless communication network A signal processing device of a base station being connected to one or more wireless devices of the base station is provided. The signal processing device includes a memory and a processor configured to transmit wireless device setting information to the one or more wireless devices via a front-haul interface during a predetermined time frame, transmit a downlink packet, which is obtained by packetizing downlink baseband data, to the one or more wireless devices via the front-haul interface, receive an uplink packet through the front-haul interface, obtain uplink baseband data and inherent control information by performing uplink packetization on the received uplink packet, and process the uplink baseband data based on analysis of the obtained inherent control information.
US10560947B2	Terminal device, network device, uplink reference signal sending method, and uplink reference signal receiving method The present disclosure relates to a terminal device, in which a sending module sends, in a first uplink subframe on a first carrier, an uplink reference signal to a network device, where the first carrier is a carrier on which the terminal device sends neither uplink data nor uplink control information in uplink; and a processing module determines a first power headroom PHR, where the first PHR is a PHR of a transmit power of the terminal device in the first uplink subframe or a PHR of a transmit power of the terminal device in the first uplink subframe on the first carrier. Special carriers are introduced, and uplink reference signals are sent on the special carriers, so that information, such as downlink channel characteristics, of these special carriers can be obtained by the network device.
US10560940B2	Intelligent traffic steering over optimal paths using multiple access technologies One or more processors in a communication system allocate a selected connectivity path from a plurality of connectivity paths supported by a plurality of access technologies. The selected connectivity path is allocated to a service flow between a communication device and a core network. One or more available access channels are assigned to the service flow for the selected connectivity path. Network conditions and performance of the service flow are monitored on the one or more available access channels. The selected connectivity path is modified based on the network conditions and the performance of the service flow seamlessly to the existing applications or service flows. In some cases, criteria for modifying the selected connectivity path are modified for a predetermined time interval in response to modifying the selected connectivity path, e.g., by modifying threshold values that are used to determine whether to modify the selected connectivity path based on a comparison of the threshold values to the network conditions or the performance of the service flow.
US10560937B2	Method and equipment for determining transmitting resources in V2X communication The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). A method for determining transmitting resources in vehicle to vehicle/pedestrian/infrastructure/network (V2X) communication is provided. The method includes determining, by a user equipment (UE), a set {ti} consisting of configurable V2X subframes within one system frame period, by the UE, determining information about a bitmap for configuring a resource pool, determining, in the set {ti}, subframes belonging to the resource pool, by the UE, selecting, after resource reselection, the position of a resource for initial transmission, determining, in the resource pool, the subframe position of the reserved resource according to a resource reservation subframe interval Prsv and the number of resource reservations, readjusting the position of the reserved resource when a certain condition is satisfied, and transmitting, by the UE, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) on the determined resource for initial transmission and the reserved resource.
US10560929B2	Resource request method and system, device, and network side node A resource request method and system, a device, and a network side node are provided. The method includes the following steps: A target device sends a first target device message to a relay device. When receiving the first target device message, the relay device sends a first relay device message to a network side node according to the first target device message. The network side node receives the first relay device message, and sends first grant information to the target device according to the first relay device message. The first grant information includes a data transmission resource allocated by the network side node to the target device. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, energy consumption of a sending device, that is, a target device, can be reduced while the sending device obtains a transmission resource.
US10560921B2	Method and apparatus for radio resources management Various examples provide a method for radio resources management. An MCE or a GCSE AS or a UE receives usage information of eMBMS radio resources, and adjusts radio resources in response to a determination that there is an overload state. The MCE may re-configure the eMBMS radio resources. Alternatively, the UE or the GCSE AS may establish a unicast channel for transporting a GCSE service which was transmitted on an overloaded eMBMS bearer, and release the eMBMS bearer. The technical mechanism can make effective use of radio interface resources and reduce data loss.
US10560916B2	Paired-timing connectivity event handling in a wireless communications network Approaches are described for providing paired-timing connectivity event handling in wireless communications networks. For example, received radio signals can be decoded into bit data streams, and raw connectivity events can be derived from the bit data stream, each raw connectivity event indicating a connectivity measurement corresponding to connectivity at an associated event time between invoked user and provider terminals of the network. The raw connectivity events can be used to compute paired-timing connectivity events (PTCEs), which can effectively correlate connectivity events invoking some or all of the same terminals within a particular time window. The PTCEs can be used to compute network connectivity mapping values, and a stored multidimensional network map can be updated in accordance with the network connectivity mapping values. In some cases, events (e.g., handoffs, terminal locating, etc.) can be directed, at least in part, according to the stored multidimensional network map.
US10560908B2	System and method for device-to-device synchronization A method and system for including a base station that configures a first user equipment (UE) that is in a radio resource control connected state with the base station. The UE is configured to be a synchronization source and transmit a first device-to-device synchronization signal (D2DSS) by using a synchronization resource that comprises a time resource, a frequency resource or a time and frequency resource. The base station instructs the first UE to transmit the first D2DSS using the synchronization resource. The base station signals the UE to configure the UE separately from the signal to transmit the D2DSS, and both of the signals are performed with radio resource control signaling from the base station to the UE.
US10560906B2	Integrated circuit for communication terminal and power allocation process Provided are a wireless communication terminal device and a power allocation method, wherein transmission channel quality information, regarding a Pcell having a high probability that UCI is multiplied therein, can be accurately estimated by an SRS having high priority in power allocation, and an eNB can instruct appropriate transmission power to an UL channel which transmits the subsequent UCI. A power scaling detection unit detects whether or not a total transmission power value of the UL channels transmitted by the plurality of CC exceeds the maximum transmission power specific to the UE. When a plurality of SRS are simultaneously transmitted using a Pcell and a Scell, and power scaling occurs, a power scaling control unit performs power allocation so that transmission power of the SRS of the Pcell has the higher priority than that of the SRS of the Scell.
US10560905B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting power headroom information in a communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. In addition, a method of a terminal in a wireless communication system, includes: receiving system information including first uplink waveform information for an initial access; transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message based on the first uplink waveform information; receiving an RRC connection response message including second uplink waveform information for uplink data transmission; and transmitting data based on the second uplink waveform.
US10560894B2	Mesh routing of sleepy sensor data HVAC components having improved efficiency are described. In one embodiment, excessive sleep current draw in a battery-powered device having a microcontroller is detected by measuring a voltage drop across a MOSFET device coupled in a for ward-conducting orientation in series between the battery and the microcontroller, causing a transistor to conduct when the voltage drop exceeds a predetermined threshold to generate a first trigger signal, integrating the first trigger signal to generate a second trigger signal, and generating an interrupt to the microcontroller. In another embodiment, a battery-saving method of operating an HVAC component includes maintaining the HVAC device in the sleep mode, receiving a user input to wake the device, transmitting a data request and returning the HVAC component to the sleep mode, waking up the HVAC device to poll an adjacent network node storing a cached response, displaying the response, and returning the HVAC device to sleep.
US10560892B2	Advanced graphics power state management Methods and apparatus relating to advanced graphics Power State management are described. In one embodiment, measurement logic detects information about idle transitions and active transitions of a power-well of a processor. In turn, determination logic determines performance loss and/or energy gain based at least in part on the detected information and power-on latency of the power-well of the processor. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US10560878B2	Communication system, terminal, and communication control method A communication system includes, of multiple terminals, a UE with a floor granted that transmits data to an MCPTT server, and a terminal other than the UE that receives the data from the MCPTT server. The UE uses either of a first service performing communication with the MCPTT server in radio connection with a base station, or a second service performing communication with the MCPTT server in radio connection with a relay terminal. The UE, when switching a radio connection destination from the base station to the relay terminal during use of the first service or when switching the radio connection destination from the relay terminal to the base station during use of the second service, buffers the data generated during the switching of the radio connection destination, and after completion of the switching of the radio connection destination, transmits the buffered data to the MCPTT server.
US10560872B2	Price offerings for bandwidth-sharing ad hoc networks Methods and systems to establish and execute price offerings among the lenders and borrowers in a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage. The method comprises establishing a price offering among a lender and borrower in a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage. The method further includes executing the price offering upon acceptance of a lender to the bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage.
US10560869B2	Method and device by which terminal performs frequency measurement A method by which a terminal performs frequency measurement in a wireless communication system, and a device supporting the same are provided. The terminal can receive a distribution parameter from a serving cell and performs, on the basis of the received distribution parameter, frequency measurement on a neighboring frequency having a lower or the same priority as that of a serving frequency regardless of a cell selection condition of the serving cell.
US10560868B2	Terminal-aided backhaul compression A delegate wireless terminal can receive and store messages sent to it by a receiving network node. The wireless terminal can identify a message label based on a mapping for the received message. A transmitting network node can transmit a message label to a receiving network node across a backhaul link. The receiving network node can transmit a message label to the wireless terminal. The wireless terminal can identify a stored message that corresponds to the received message label, and send the corresponding message to the receiving network node. The receiving network node can then transmit the message to its intended destination.
US10560856B2	Phase shifter, antenna, and base station A phase shifter, an antenna, and a base station are provided. The phase shifter in the present invention includes a feed unit, a tapping element, a conductor section, and a ground element, and the feed unit is electrically connected to the tapping element. The tapping element is electrically connected to the ground element when being shifted by a preset angle by using a port of the conductor section as a start position, so that a transmit signal is reflected to an input port of the feed unit, and whether a cable is correctly connected is determined according to the signal of the input port, thereby signal transmission accuracy of an antenna is ensured.
US10560853B2	Configuring captive portals with a cloud service Embodiments provision captive portals on network access points (NAPs). In response to a request from a NAP owner, a cloud service associates a NAP with the NAP owner and provides a control channel for configuring the NAP. The NAP owner inputs configuration settings describing the captive portal. The cloud service processes the configuration settings to generate configuration data. The cloud service transmits the configuration data to the NAP. The NAP applies the configuration data to configure the NAP. Some embodiments configure Wi-Fi hotspots with captive portals for gated access to the Internet.
US10560843B2	Method and system for supporting security and information for proximity based service in mobile communication system environment A method for acquiring security related information for Proximity based security (Prose) search and prose communication by User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication network is provided. A security communication method for UE for prose includes transmitting an attach request to an evolved Node B (eNB), receiving an attach response that includes security related information for the prose from the eNB, and performing device-to-device communication using the security related information.
US10560837B2	Method and apparatus for supporting standalone local gateway service for dual connectivity in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for transmitting a local home network identity (LHN ID) in a wireless communication system is provided. A first evolved NodeB (eNB) transmits an X2 Setup Request message including a LHN ID of the first eNB to a second eNB, and receives an X2 Setup Response message including a LHN ID of the second eNB from the second eNB. The first eNB may determine whether or not to trigger a secondary eNB (SeNB) addition procedure according to the LHN ID of the second eNB. When it is determined that the LHN ID of the second eNB is the same as the LHN ID of the first eNB, the first eNB may trigger the SeNB addition procedure.
US10560827B2	Methods for transmitting and receiving a broadcast signal comprising a pilot signal and an information signal A method for transmitting and receiving a broadcast signal by an access network to a plurality of terminals of a two-way wireless communication system. An information signal is formed from the broadcast information destined for the terminals. A pilot signal is formed and a broadcast signal including the information signal SI1 and the pilot signal is transmitted. The information signal and the pilot signal are transmitted on different respective central frequencies having a predefined frequency gap.
US10560825B2	Digital intercom system having multiple master stations A digital intercom system has first and second master stations. Each master station has hardware and software configured to allow duplex communication between a plurality of communication devices. The software is further configured to run a plurality of settings for directing communication between the communication devices of each master station. The master stations are configured to allow duplex communication between the devices of each master station. Inter-master channels define parameters for communication between the communication devices of each master station. The settings of the master stations can be modified based on input entered into a browser based program run on a first input/output device by a user.
US10560821B2	Associating external devices to vehicles and usage of said association Methods, apparatuses and products for associating external devices to vehicles and usage of said association. One method obtains information from one or more mobile devices that are connected to the external device. The information is used to determine that the external device is associated with a vehicle, whereby another mobile device is enabled to determine that it is being located on the vehicle based on the mobile device being connected to the external device. Another method obtains an indication that a mobile device is connected to an external device. A database is accessed to retrieve an associated of the external device with a vehicle, whereby it is deduced that the mobile device is located in or on the vehicle. In response to the deduction, a predetermined action may be performed.
US10560817B2	Variable volume data transmission in a mobile communication network A method for transmitting data between a network node of a mobile communication network and a mobile terminal, implemented by the network node after receiving a data packet intended for the mobile terminal. The method includes: sending an alert message to the mobile terminal after receiving the data packet; receiving in response a service request from the mobile terminal; determining in accordance with a parameter received during a phase of attaching the mobile terminal to the network, a channel among a data transport channel and a signaling channel of the mobile network; when the data-transport channel is to be used, establishing a data-transport channel between the mobile terminal and the network node and transmitting the data packet via the data-transport channel; and when the signaling channel is to be used, inserting the data to be transmitted into a signaling message and transmitting the signaling message towards the mobile terminal.
US10560815B2	Wireless PTT communication system with enhanced location reporting and related devices and methods A wireless PTT communication system may include mobile wireless PTT communications devices, each configured to send a PTT call request, a wireless network coupling the mobile wireless PTT communications devices, and a PTT server. The PTT server may be configured to when a number of the mobile wireless PTT communications devices in a given talkgroup is greater than or equal to a first threshold, then cause each mobile wireless PTT communications device of the given talkgroup to report a respective location. The PTT server may be configured to when a number of the mobile wireless PTT communications devices in the given talkgroup is less than the first threshold, then disable each mobile wireless PTT communications device of the given talkgroup from reporting the respective location.
US10560812B2	Method and apparatus for performing MBMS communications and method and apparatus for receiving MBMSs Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for performing MBMS service communications and a method and apparatus for receiving an MBMS service. Specifically, there is provided a method for performing MBMS service communications, comprising acquiring location area information of an MBMS service distribution; and notifying a UE of the location area information of the MBMS service distribution. Further, there is provided a method for receiving an MBMS service, comprising receiving location area information of an MBMS service distribution; comparing location information of a UE with the location area information of the MBMS service distribution; and determining whether to read an MCCH and MCCH information change notification based on a comparison result.
US10560810B2	Proactive actions on mobile device using uniquely-identifiable and unlabeled locations A method for identifying a suggested application on a mobile device is disclosed. The method includes detecting an event, determining a first location of the mobile device, identifying that the first location is within a first location region of a plurality of predetermined location regions, and then measuring one or more sensor values at one or more times. The measured sensor values may then be used to create a first-data point. In response to identifying the first location region, a plurality of clusters of data points may be retrieved. A first cluster of the plurality of clusters corresponding to the first data point may then be identified. The method may further include identifying a set of one or more applications, and then providing a message to the user based on the identified set of one or more applications.
US10560808B2	Computing distances of devices Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for ranking devices based on a distance from a merchant device. One of the methods includes displaying, in a point-of-sale system, a listing of buyers located proximate to the point-of-sale system, the buyers having indicated using their mobile devices a desire to pursue a financial transaction in association with the point-of-sale system. The point-of-sale system determines relative distances of the mobile devices of the buyers with respect to the point-of-sale system and arranges the displayed listing in the point-of-sale system based at least in part on the determined relative distances.
US10560799B1	Multi-channel geo-fencing system and method Systems and methods of adjusting computing device applications, such as smartphone applications, based on external beacon identifiers are described. Based on the identifier of the beacon detected by the smartphone, the smartphone application communicates with a backend server to receive location-specific information based on the identifier of the detected beacon. The location-specific information includes a location-specific user interface. In some arrangements, the location-specific user interface includes a designated user authentication level that varies from other location-specific user interfaces.
US10560795B1	Forming method for personalized acoustic space considering characteristics of speakers and forming system thereof Provided are a forming method for a personalized sound zone and a forming system thereof. Using The forming method for a personalized sound zone, by calculating a control filter reflecting the characteristics of individual speakers, a numerical error and resultant occurrence of noise may be reduced when the filter is calculated, and an effective personalized sound zone may be formed only with directivity without a control filter at a frequency band in which sound between seats are separable according to distances.
US10560791B2	Hybrid electrically- and mechanically-stimulating cochlear implant Wires and coils within an electrode assembly electromagnetically interact and cause mechanical motion of the assembly. This mechanical motion can be used to supplement or replace the electrical stimulation provided by a standard cochlear implant and provides targeted acoustic stimulation to the cochlea.
US10560790B2	Method and a hearing device for improved separability of target sounds A hearing device, a hearing system and a method for improving a hearing impaired person's ability to perceptually separate a target sound from competing sounds, the target sound and the competing sounds forming a composite sound signal having a given frequency range, where the method comprises the steps of: (i) subdividing the frequency range of the composite sound signal into a plurality of frequency sub-bands; (ii) grouping frequency sub-bands based on comparable characteristics of the plurality of frequency sub-bands; (iii) for each of the groups calculating a group envelope; and (iv) multiplying the signal in the frequency sub-bands of each individual group by a function or functions that enhance(s) peaks of the group envelope and/or attenuates energy in troughs in the group envelope. The comparable characteristics may be the correlation between the envelope of each of the bands in the specific group of frequency sub-bands and the corresponding group envelope.
US10560776B2	In-ear noise dosimeter An in-ear microphone allowing assessment of sound pressure level directly of an individual's ear canal without intervening conduits between the sound source (i.e., ear canal) and the microphone is provided. Sound from an in-ear communications device may also be isolated from ambient noise using an in-line noise detector for recording the noise from the in-ear communications device.
US10560771B2	Microelectromechanical microphone In accordance with an embodiment, microelectromechanical microphone includes a holder and a sound detection unit carried on the holder. The sound detection unit includes a planar first membrane, a planar second membrane arranged at a distance from the first membrane, a low-pressure chamber formed between the first membrane and the second membrane, a reduced gas pressure relative to normal pressure being present in the low-pressure chamber, a reference electrode arranged at least in sections in the low-pressure chamber, where the first and second membranes are displaceable relative to the reference electrode by sound waves to be detected, the reference electrode includes a planar base section and a stiffening structure provided on the base section, and the stiffening structure is provided on a side of the base section that faces the first membrane or/and on a side of the base section that faces the second membrane.
US10560768B2	Sound receptacle Articles of manufacture, systems and methods facilitating sound diode receptacles are provided herein. In one embodiment, an article of manufacture comprises: an inner wall; an outer wall, wherein the inner wall and the outer wall form a double walled receptacle; a speaker device located in an inner region of the receptacle; and a control device having circuitry disposed in an inner region of the receptacle and configured to generate an output of sound that is emitted from the speaker device.
US10560766B2	Wireless drop in a fiber-to-the-home network One embodiment is directed to a wireless drop terminal (WDT) for use in a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network. The wireless drop terminal comprises a fiber interface to optically couple the wireless drop terminal to an optical line terminal (OLT) of the FTTH network via at least one optical fiber and a wireless interface communicatively coupled to the fiber interface. The wireless interface is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless optical network terminal (W-ONT) over a directional wireless drop. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10560764B2	System, method, and apparatus for synchronizing sensors for signal detection Systems and methods for taking sensor measurements is provided. The system includes a sensor configured to detect sensor inputs from a signal source and generate a sensor output signal. The system further includes a synchronization adaptor configured to receive the sensor output signal, to transmit a timing synchronization signal on a communication channel, and to transmit the sensor output signal on the communication channel.
US10560763B2	Smart sensor technology Examples of the present disclosure describe smart sensor technology. In an example, a smart sensor module may connect to a sensor using two connectors. Similarly, an external device may connect to the smart sensor module using two connectors, such that, in a pass-through operating state, a signal from the sensor is passed through the smart sensor module to the external device, thereby causing the smart sensor module to appear as an ordinary sensor and enabling the external device to sense the signal from the sensor. In another example, the smart sensor module may have an alternate operating state, wherein additional functionality is enabled, including, but not limited to, communication with a controller, activation of a light emitting diode (LED) or other indicator, or the retrieval and/or storage of information. The operating state may be selected based on the manner in which the external device connects to the smart sensor module.
US10560760B2	Methods and systems for multimedia content Despite the massive advances in digital electronics, telecommunications networks, and electronic devices in the past 20 years our engagement with video content is essentially unchanged to that of the first video recorders as it is merely where we access it and upon what we access it that have changed. It is still a passive experience. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide multimedia content that facilitates user engagement and transactions directly through their viewing of the multimedia content in shareable multimedia content elements. Such engagement and transactions may be accessing additional informational content linked to specific elements within the multimedia content or triggering the purchase of an item contained within the multimedia content.Embodiments of the invention may support monetization, analytics, secondary multimedia content, website functionality and micro-websites.
US10560759B1	Active network support on adaptive virtual reality video transmission Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method comprising: obtaining media content, such as video; receiving a request from a user and/or user equipment (UE) to view the media content; identifying a predicted field of view of the user; sending the predicted field of view to the equipment of the user at a normal priority; monitoring a line of sight (or actual field of view) of the user; determining a field of view error as a difference between the line of sight and the predicted field of view; and sending the field of view error to the equipment of the user at a higher priority. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10560754B2	Display control system and method to generate a virtual environment in a vehicle A display control system to generate a virtual environment in a vehicle includes an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to receive an input that corresponds to a selection of a video to be displayed on one or more display mediums provided in the vehicle. A relevance factor is determined between a current travel route of the vehicle and a travel route associated with the selected video. The relevance factor is determined in an event the vehicle is in motion along the current travel route. One or more video parameters of the selected video are adjusted based on the determined relevance factor. Display of at least the selected video on the one or more display mediums is controlled in the vehicle in motion in accordance with the adjusted one or more video parameters of the selected video.
US10560746B2	Methods and systems for generating and providing program guides and content Systems and methods for identifying, assembling, and publishing content are described. A content item, such as a video, having a first time length, is identified by a system to be included in a program scheduled for a first time period. The video may be hosted on a third party system. A first span of time within the first program is allocated for the video, wherein the first span of time is longer than the first time length. The system determines, prior to or at the first time period, a time difference between a current length of the video and the first span of time. At least partly in response to determining that the video has a time length shorter than the first span of time, the system selects supplemental content based at least in part of the determined time difference to be streamed to user terminals over a data network within the first time period.
US10560740B2	Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to estimate local market audiences of media content Disclosed example audience measurement apparatus include first estimator means for determining a first audience metric based on set-top box return path tuning data obtained from a plurality of set-top boxes located in a first geographic area, second estimator means for determining a second audience metric from a portion of audience measurement data corresponding to a second geographic area different from the first geographic area, the portion of the audience measurement data associated with monitored sites in the second geographic area having second set-top box characteristics that correspond with first set-top box characteristics of the plurality of set-top boxes located in the first geographic area, and third estimator means for (i) determining a ratio of the first audience metric to the second audience metric, and (ii) processing the audience measurement data based on the ratio to determine an audience exposure metric estimating exposure to media in the first geographic area.
US10560734B2	Video segmentation and searching by segmentation dimensions In various embodiments, methods and systems for implementing video segmentation are provided. A video management system implements a video segment manager that supports generating enhanced segmented video. Enhanced segmented video is a time-based segment of video content. Enhanced segmented video is generated based on a video content cognitive index, segmentation dimensions, segmentation rules and segment reconstruction rules. The video content cognitive index is built for indexing video content. Segmentation rules are applied to the video content to break the video content into time-based segments, the time-based segments are associated with corresponding segmentation dimensions for the video content. Segment reconstruction rules are then applied to the time-based segments to reconstruct the time-based segments into enhanced segmented video. The enhanced segmented video and corresponding values of the segmentation dimensions can be leveraged as distinct portions of the video content for different types of functionality in the video management system.
US10560727B2	Server structure for supporting multiple sessions of virtualization A virtualization server is disclosed. The disclosed virtualization server comprises a plurality of CPUs, a plurality of GPUs, a plurality of graphic shared memories, a plurality of streaming CPUs, and a plurality of network cards, and allocates a CPU, a GPU, a graphic shared memory, a streaming CPU, and a network card to each terminal, in consideration of the number of terminals connecting to the virtualization server, the properties of applications executed by the terminals, bandwidths between the virtualization server and the terminals. Since the virtualization server can allocate a resource which matches with the performance required by each terminal, the virtualization server can be flexible to respond to an increase of the number of terminals and efficiently use resources.
US10560725B2	Aggregated region-based reduced bandwidth video streaming An indication is received, from a content viewing device used by a remote viewer, that specifies a video content sub-area of interest within streamed video content viewed by the remote viewer. Original video content outside of the video content sub-area of interest is designated as a region not of interest (RNOI) within the streamed video content. A transmission rate of image changes of the original video content within the RNOI is reduced within the streamed video content. Image disparity between the video content sub-area of interest and the RNOI is reduced by continuing to transmit the image changes of the original video content within the RNOI at the reduced transmission rate. Bandwidth consumed to transmit the streamed video content is reduced in relation to the reduced transmission rate of the image changes of the original video content within the RNOI.
US10560723B2	Context modeling for transform coefficient coding A device for coding video data is configured to determine a context for a first syntax element based on already coded information for a current block of video data, wherein a value for the first syntax element indicates whether there is at least one non-zero transform coefficient level associated with the current block of video data; and code the first syntax element based on the determined context.
US10560715B2	Method, device, and computer program for optimizing transmission of motion vector related information when transmitting a video stream from an encoder to a decoder The invention relates to the encoding or decoding of at least one portion of an image by predicting the at least one portion using at least one predictor, the at least one predictor being determined as a function of at least one reference image portion and as a function of values of a plurality of items of motion information. After having obtained a value of a first item of the plurality of items, a value of a second item is evaluated as a function of the obtained value of the first item, the second item being an item of the plurality of items and being distinct from the first item. Next, the at least one predictor is determined as a function of the at least one reference image portion and as a function of the first and second items.
US10560705B2	Image encoding apparatus and method of controlling the same This invention makes it possible to increase an encoding efficiency and reduce redundant processing. For this, an encoding apparatus includes a first encoder which encodes a run length in which identical pixels continue, a second encoder which prediction-encodes a pixel of an encoding target, a first determiner which determines whether a pixel of interest is located within a predetermined range on a line on which the pixel of interest is located, thereby determines whether to apply the second encoder to the pixel of interest, and a second determiner which, if the pixel of interest is located outside the predetermined range, determines, by referring to an already encoded pixel located around the pixel of interest, which one of the first encoder and the second encoder is to be applied to the pixel of interest.
US10560700B1	Adjusting encoding frame size based on available network bandwidth A method includes reducing, at an encoder, an encoding bit rate of video data in response to a first indication of available bandwidth for transmission of the encoded video data. The method includes reducing an encoding frame size of the video data in response to the encoding bit rate falling below a first threshold. The method also includes increasing the encoding bit rate in response to a second indication of the available bandwidth. The method further includes increasing the encoding frame size in response to the encoding bit rate rising above a second threshold. The second threshold is greater than the first threshold.
US10560696B2	Method for initial quantization parameter optimization in video coding A machine learning based initial quantization parameter (QP) prediction method, which can effectively optimize RC performance A machine learning framework for initial QP prediction is proposed, where learning labels are built with the criterion of maximizing rate-distortion (RC) performance, which is proved to be much more effective than the QP determination method with the only consideration on sum of the absolute transformed difference (SATD) complexity. Instead of target bits per pixel for intra frame, target bits per pixel for remaining frames is used as sample data to avoid empirically setting intra frame bit allocation, thus improve the prediction accuracy as the real-time updated remaining bits can better reflect the real-time requirements on the level of QPs. In addition, a clipping and decision approach based on the previous initial QP and the target bits per pixel for all remaining frames is proposed, which can help fast QP adaption and quality smoothness.
US10560691B2	System, having a processing device and a camera connected thereto. for the detection of a machine-readable security feature of a value document and method for exchanging a camera of such a system A system including a processing device and an exchangeable camera connected thereto for detecting a machine-readable security feature of a valuable document. The system is calibrated by means of processing device correction data, which relate to characteristics of the processing device, and camera calibration data, which relate to the characteristics of the processing device and of the camera connected thereto. The camera includes a memory configured to store the processing device correction data and the camera calibration data relating to the System in which the calibration is carried out, and the processing device includes a memory configured to store the processing device correction data and the camera calibration data relating to the system in which operation for detecting a machine-readable security feature of the valuable document is carried out.
US10560687B2	LED-based integral imaging display system as well as its control method and device A LED-based integral imaging display system as well as its control method and device, including: a parameter matching step: matching the parameters of the lenslet array and LED in the display part of said LED-based integral imaging display system to obtain the display parameters. The display parameters include the basic parameters of the display part, and the corresponding optical imaging models, which match with the basic parameters, in different stereoscopic display modes. A video source acquisition step: according to the display parameters, acquiring the integral imaging video sources required by LED-based integral imaging naked-eye stereoscopic display, which is used for the to-be-displayed 3D image.
US10560673B2	Method and apparatus for recovering image An image recovery apparatus and method are provided, where the image recovery apparatus calculates a reference color image based on a linear correlation between a color channel image and a luminance channel image, and corrects the luminance channel image based on residual information that indicates a difference between the reference color image and the color channel image, to recover an image.
US10560670B2	Imaging apparatus and imaging control method The present technology relates to an imaging apparatus, an imaging control method, and a program capable of obtaining a color image using infrared light without decreasing the frame rate. The imaging apparatus includes an imaging element including a first pixel and a second pixel, and a control unit that controls an exposure period of the imaging element and an emission period of the infrared light from the infrared light emission unit. The control unit controls to provide an exposure period of the first pixel and the second pixel in each of frame periods and provide a single exposure period being a period in which the first pixel alone is exposed, and controls so as to emit the infrared light within the single exposure period. The present technology is applicable to a surveillance camera, for example.
US10560665B1	Autonomous vehicle vision system In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of autonomously operating a vehicle. The method provides at least two cameras in operable communication with the vehicle for providing substantially similar views relative to the vehicle. The at least two cameras receive information relating to the views. The method also provides a laser in operable communication with the vehicle for selectively shining a single discrete mark on at least a portion of the views provided by the at least two cameras. Further, the method determines whether the information received by the at least two cameras is ambiguous regarding the views. The method activates the laser on at least a portion of the views based on whether the information received by the at least two cameras is ambiguous.
US10560651B2	Imaging element, imaging method, and electronic equipment The present technology relates to an imaging element, an imaging method, and a piece of electronic equipment that permit faster processing. A column AD signal processing section and a ramp signal generation section are provided. The column AD signal processing section has, for each pixel column, an AD conversion section. The plurality of pixels arranged in the same column are connected to the AD conversion section via a vertical signal line. In parallel with reset operation or signal transfer operation, the pixel signals output from the pixels connected via other vertical signal lines are converted from analog to digital form by the AD conversion section. The ramp signal is supplied to the AD conversion sections that perform AD conversion of the pixel signals and is not supplied to the AD conversion sections that do not perform AD conversion. The present technology is applicable, for example, to CMOS image sensors.
US10560648B2	Systems and methods for rolling shutter compensation using iterative process Image captured with an image capture device with a rolling shutter may be deformed due to changes in imaging sensor orientation during image capture. Image deformities may occur due to rolling shutter that exposes rows of pixels to light at slightly different times during image capture. Deformities such as wobble, for example, and/or other deformities may be corrected by constructing an output image. The output image may be constructed by determining corresponding pixels within the input image. The location of the input pixel may be determined by performing one or more fixed point iterations to identify one or more input pixels within the input image. A value of the output pixel within the output image may be determined based on a value of a corresponding pixel within the input image.
US10560647B2	Driver circuit, driving method, active pixel sensor, image sensor, and electronic device A driving circuit and a driving method, an active pixel sensor, an image sensor, and an electronic device. The driving circuit includes: a reset circuit, a photoelectric sensing circuit, a signal forming circuit, a signal conversion circuit, and a signal output circuit. The reset circuit resets the photoelectric sensing circuit and the signal forming circuit; the photoelectric sensing circuit performs photoelectric conversion on incident light irradiation to form a photoelectric voltage signal; the signal forming circuit transmits the photoelectric voltage signal to the signal conversion circuit, and transmits a compensated photoelectric voltage signal to the signal conversion circuit; the signal output circuit transmits a second voltage to the signal conversion circuit and the signal forming circuit and outputs a photoelectric current signal; the signal conversion circuit forms the compensated photoelectric voltage signal and outputs the photoelectric current signal to signal output circuit.
US10560644B2	Image processing method and apparatus An image processing method, including: obtaining image data of a photographed original image, and obtaining ambient infrared intensity I that is used when the original image is photographed; obtaining infrared image data corresponding to I according to a preset correspondence between tested infrared intensity and infrared image data; obtaining corrected image data according to the image data of the original image and the infrared image data corresponding to I; and obtaining a corresponding corrected image according to the corrected image data, and outputting the corrected image.
US10560630B1	Camera having far-near focus switching function The invention relates to the field of cameras, in particular to a camera which has a far-near focus switching function and includes a camera body, a display screen assembly and a lens assembly, wherein the camera body is connected with the display screen assembly through a rotating shaft, and the lens assembly is located in the camera body. The camera has the beneficial effect of realizing close-range shooting and long-range shooting without any assistance by means of random switching between a near-focus lens and a far-focus lens, and being easy to operate and lower in cost.
US10560619B2	Adapter for pivoting a lens An adapter (10) for pivoting a lens relative to an image sensor in a camera has lens-side and housing-side supporting rings (20, 30) that slide relative to one another by cylindrically curved sliding surfaces (22, 32) facing one another. A virtual cylinder axis (Z) of the sliding surfaces (22, 32) lies in a plane of the image sensor. A transmission lever (50) with first and second lever arms (51,52) is mounted on the lens-side supporting ring (20) and pivots about an axis (H) parallel to the virtual cylinder axis (Z). The first lever arm (51) extends in a circumferential direction on the lens side of the lever axis (H) and is coupled to an adjusting ring (42) mounted rotatably on the lens-side supporting ring (20). The second lever arm (52) extends axially of the housing side and is supported on an anchor (70) fixed to the housing-side supporting ring (30).
US10560617B2	Device comprising a multi-channel imaging device and method of producing same A device includes a housing having a first transparent area and a second transparent area and a multi-aperture imaging device arranged inside the housing and including a beam deflector. The device includes a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm, the portable device having a first operating state and a second operating state. In the first operating state, the beam deflector deflects an optical path of the imaging device such that it passes through the first transparent area and that the second diaphragm at least partly optically closes the second transparent area. In the second operating state, the beam deflector deflects the optical path of the imaging device such that it passes through the second transparent area. In the second operating state, the first diaphragm at least partly optically closes the first transparent area.
US10560616B2	Imaging apparatus, lens apparatus, and intermediate accessory A camera body includes a DCL terminal, a DLC terminal, and a LCLK terminal, that perform communication with a lens apparatus by a first voltage, or a second voltage that differs from the first voltage. The camera body also includes a DLC2 terminal that is only used when communication using the DCL terminal, DLC terminal, and LCLK terminal is performed by the first voltage. The DLC2 terminal is disposed adjacent to the LCLK terminal.
US10560604B2	Halftone screens An example system includes a color engine to separate an image into a plurality of color components. The system also includes a halftone engine to generate a plurality of halftone images based on the plurality of color components and a plurality of halftone screens. For each halftone screen, the halftone cell centers for that halftone screen occur at regular or semi-regular distances relative to a dot pitch. The plurality of halftone screens forms a high frequency moire pattern when the halftone screens are overlaid on each other. Each of the halftone screens have a granularity metric less than a threshold.
US10560601B2	Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and storage medium A technique for laying out images included in a plurality of image groups into which a plurality of images is divided in such a way that an image including an object of a type desired by a user is included in each of the image groups. A user instruction related to the object type is received, and a plurality of images is divided into image groups so that an image including an object corresponding to the object type is included in each of the plurality of image groups.
US10560591B2	Systems and methods for automatically transferring audiovisual content Systems and methods to automatically transfer audiovisual content include camera devices, client computing devices, and centralized servers. A camera device captures audiovisual content and notifies an external entity, e.g., a (client) computing device or a centralized server. The external entity may effectuate transfer of the content to other computing devices and/or destinations. Operations on the audiovisual content, including but not limited to tagging, transcoding, clipping, speed changes, and/or image cropping, are synchronized and propagated across different computing devices and the centralized server such that any user from any computing device can be presented with the latest version of any particular audiovisual content.
US10560590B2	Information processing apparatus equipped with communication functions, control method therefor, and storage medium An information processing apparatus which is capable of preventing communications with a desired external apparatus from becoming impossible due to settings on a proxy server. The proxy server is used to carry out communications on a main line with an external apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus via the Internet. On a sub line, communications are carried out with an external apparatus connected to the information processing apparatus via a local network. The main line or the sub line is selected as a line to be used. Communications with the external apparatus connected to the line to be used are carried out via the proxy server. When the line to be used is the sub line, communications are carried out directly with the external apparatus, which is connected to the line to be used, without using the proxy server.
US10560588B2	Cloud storage for image data, image product designs, and image projects A method for proactively creating a photobook includes identifying a group of images by a computer system and automatically creating a design for a photobook by the computer system without receiving a user's request for designing a photobook if the number of images in the group is determined to be within a predetermined range. Pages of the photobook incorporate a plurality of images in the group. The method further includes presenting the design of the photobook to a user for preview and receiving an order from the user for a physical manifestation of the photobook based on the design.
US10560579B1	Intelligent communication routing A system and method for communicating in a communication network, comprising presenting a communication comprising data over a communications network to a router, said router being adapted to route the communication to one of a plurality of available network destinations; automatically executing a communication targeting algorithm in the router, based at least in part on the data, wherein the communication targeting algorithm operates to contextually jointly analyze a plurality of parameters extracted from the data and a plurality of contextual parameters, to determine an optimum target for the communication, wherein the optimum target varies in dependence on both the data and the context of the communication; and routing the communication in dependence on the algorithm execution.
US10560573B2	Apparatus and method for managing communications An apparatus and a method for managing communications, wherein the apparatus includes an input component adapted to receive signaling information from a caller communication terminal that is trying to establish a connection with a called communication terminal which is unavailable, an output component adapted to send at least a non-availability message to the caller communication terminal, and a processor configured for determining attempting information on the basis of data generated by the caller communication terminal during a communication attempt, and generating, on the basis of the signaling information and the attempting information, the non-availability message or at least a configuration message allowing the communication between said caller and called communication terminals.
US10560570B2	Method, system and device for providing a setup of an enhanced call via a wireless local area network Devices that connect via a WLAN and Internet to communication network, e.g. a Public Switched telecommunication network (PSTN) can call e.g. an emergency centre. The method proposed, defines enables the device that initiates a call setup via a WLAN to provide the emergency centre with geographical location information by retrieving this information locally by e.g. a GPS module. The operator of the phone of the subscriber maintains a database wherein the identity of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) is recorded. The subscriber is enabled to add devices that generally have no SIMs (non-SIM devices), such as tablets to the database. In determining whether a WLAN based call setup to the emergency centre is allowed, it is checked with the database whether a record for the non-SIM device is present, and valid.
US10560565B2	Electronic device and operating method thereof Disclosed is an operating method of an electronic device. The operating method includes acquiring phase information of the electronic device while a first application is executed; determining whether the electronic device is rotated based on the phase information; and executing a second application when the electronic device is rotated.
US10560559B2	Light-emitting device having a bent substrate A light-emitting device or a display device that is less likely to be broken is provided. Provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate over the element layer. At least a part of the substrate is bent to the element layer side. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side. Alternatively, provided is a light-emitting device including an element layer and a substrate covering a top surface and at least one side surface of the element layer. The substrate has a light-transmitting property and a refractive index that is higher than that of the air. The element layer includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward the substrate side.
US10560557B2	Mobile terminal There is disclosed a mobile terminal including: a display; a middle frame including a supporting portion and a side portion provided around the supporting portion to define a lateral external appearance; a main board including a ground; a first wireless communication unit configured to transceive a first signal; a second wireless communication unit configured to transceive a second signal; and a rear case configured to cover a rear surface of the main board, wherein the side portion includes a plurality of conductive members of which ends are divided into slits, and the plurality of the conductive members includes a common antenna electrically connectable with the first wireless communication unit and the second wireless communication unit and configured to receive the first signal and the second signal; and an independent antenna electrically connectable with the first wireless communication unit and configured to receive the first signal.
US10560556B2	Mobile terminal The present invention relates to a mobile terminal comprising: a terminal body; a cover covering the terminal body and having a slit formed in one area thereof; and an elastic body provided on the slit and having both ends coupled to the cover adjacent to the slit. When an external force is applied to the cover, the elastic body is elastically deformed while being coupled to the cover.
US10560549B1	Configuration updates of distributed applications A configuration deployment system stores configuration settings for a plurality of applications disposed at one or more computing hosts. The configuration settings are stored in a versioned repository and are organized in a hierarchical namespace structure. To deploy the configuration settings, a deployment service monitors the configuration settings at the configuration repository and identifies when a new configuration setting or a new version of an existing configuration setting is available in the configuration repository. The new configuration setting is transmitted to a computing device for use in an application. The application applies the changed configuration setting upon verifying that the change is compatible with the application.
US10560548B2	Delivery system, delivery method, and delivery program Disclosed herein is a delivery system including a delivery apparatus. The delivery apparatus includes a setting information acquisition section configured to acquire setting information set to a terminal on which an application is executed on the basis of the setting information, a terminal section configured to have at least part of functions of the terminal and execute an application in accordance with an instruction from the terminal on the basis of the setting information acquired by the setting information acquisition section, and a delivery section configured to deliver image information based on the execution of the application to one of the terminal and a terminal related to the terminal.
US10560543B2	Rule based cache processing in application delivery controller for load balancing Methods and systems for improving performance of an HTTP cache are provided. According to one embodiment, an HTTP request is received by an ADC for a resource associated with a server on behalf of which the ADC is performing load balancing. The ADC determines based on a local HTTP cache whether it can service the request. The request is parsed to identify a header. The existence or non-existence of locally cached content matching the request is identified by comparing portions of the identified header with corresponding portions of header information of cached content based on a vary rule defining when two headers are meaningfully different. Therefore, the identified header need not exactly match an entirety of the cached information for a cache hit to be found. Responsive to a cache hit, the ADC responds to the request with an HTTP response containing the identified locally cached content.
US10560539B1	Automatic script code coverage measurements for software scripts In an example embodiment, a proxy server receives a request from a web browser operated on a client device, the request including a call for computer code written in a scripting language. The request is forwarded to a web server to obtain the computer code written in the scripting language. The computer code written in the scripting language is automatically instrumented by adding instrumentation code to the computer code written in the scripting language, the instrumentation code configured to, when executed, measure one or more metrics and report the resultant measurements. Then the instrumented computer code written in the scripting language is sent to the web browser for execution.
US10560510B2	Application classification and management In certain embodiments, a network edge device comprises a memory storage, a networking component configured to communicate with a mobile device and a database comprising application attributes, and a processor. The processor, in certain embodiments, is located within the network edge device and is operable to receive application traffic from the mobile device (the application traffic being associated with an application), classify the application traffic by associating the application traffic with an application ID, and send a query comprising the application ID to the database comprising application attributes. In addition, the processor, in certain embodiments, is operable to receive a response, from the database comprising application attributes, comprising one or more application attributes associated with the application, wherein the response is based in part on the application ID, and to enforce a policy based in part on the application attribute.
US10560500B2	Systems and methods for recording and storing media content In an example, a method for recording media content using a mobile device includes establishing a communication session between a control system and the mobile device over a communication network and receiving, by a mobile device, a trigger signal transmitted by a control system over a communication network. The method also includes, responsive to the trigger signal, recording media content using a camera of the mobile device. The method further includes storing the recorded media content in a memory of the mobile device, terminating the recording, and, after terminating the recording, uploading the stored multimedia from the mobile device to a server. After uploading the media content to the server, the method includes receiving a signal indicating that the multimedia was successfully uploaded. The method still further includes, responsive to the signal, deleting the media content from the memory.
US10560496B2	Automatic registration of devices Exemplary methods, computer systems, and computer program products for automatic registration of devices in a computer environment are provided. In one embodiment, the computer environment is configured for monitoring a fibre channel. In response to one of a fabric login (FLOGI) and a fixed disk (Fdisk) received from one of an initiator and a target disk, executing each of an automatic name server registration, a state change registration, and a management server registration to identify at least one of the plurality of devices, and signing up one of the initiator and the target disk for the automatic name server registration, the state change registration, and the management server registration, wherein port initialization is eliminated for the initiator.
US10560485B2	System and method for connecting a communication to a client A method and system for connecting a communication to a client including at a system bridge, establishing a client subscription connection with a client device; receiving an incoming communication request at the system bridge; publishing an incoming communication notification from the system bridge to the client device; receiving a client communication at the system bridge; and merging the incoming communication request into the client communication at the system bridge.
US10560483B2	Rating organization cybersecurity using active and passive external reconnaissance A system for cybersecurity rating using active and passive external reconnaissance, that uses a web crawler that sends message prompts to external hosts and receives responses from external hosts, a time-series data store that produces time-series data from the message responses, and a directed computational graph module that analyzes the time-series data to produce a weighted score representing the overall cybersecurity state of an organization.
US10560478B1	Using log event messages to identify a user and enforce policies Enforcing a policy is described. System log messages are received, via an interface, from a network device. At least a portion of the received system log messages are parsed to obtain an IP address and to obtain a user identifier. A policy to apply to a session associated with the IP address is determined, based at least in part on the user identifier. The policy is applied to the session.
US10560474B2	Entity IP mapping Systems and methods for mapping IP addresses to an entity include receiving at least one domain name associated with the entity. Embodiments may further include determining one or more variations of the at least one domain name based on analysis of domain name data collected from a plurality of domain name data sources that mention a variation of the at least one domain name. Some embodiments may also include identifying one or more IP addresses pointed to by the one or more variations of the entity's domain name based on analysis of IP address data collected from a plurality of IP address data sources. Additional embodiments include assigning weights to each of the identified one or more IP addresses and creating a mapping of IP addresses to associate with the entity based on analysis of the weighted one or more IP addresses.
US10560473B2	Method of network monitoring and device A method of network monitoring includes, acquiring a log including site information for identifying a web site that is previously accessed by an access source and content information for identifying a content that is requested by the access source, generating a first relationship information that includes site information for identifying the web site which provides the content, generating a second relationship information that includes content information for identifying another content that is requested by the access source requesting the content, generating a third relationship information that includes a second combination of the access source and the web site which provides both the content and the other content for the access source, and determining a group that includes the first combinations corresponding to the second combinations whose degree of similarity is no less than a threshold, based on the third relationship information.
US10560472B2	Server-supported malware detection and protection A method includes receiving a first file attribute from a computing device. The method also includes determining whether a classification for a file is available from a first cache of the server based on the first file attribute. The method includes sending the first file attribute from the server to a second server to determine whether the classification for the file is available at a base prediction cache of the second server. The method includes receiving a notification at the server from the second server that the classification for the file is unavailable at the base prediction cache. The method includes, in response to receiving the notification, determining the classification for the file by performing an analysis of a second file attribute based on a trained file classification model. The method includes sending the classification to the computing device and sending at least the classification to the base prediction cache.
US10560469B2	Identifying deviations in data In an example, metrics that cause a deviation in data may be identified by collecting the data for selected metrics stored in a plurality of tables. A metric vector is constructed based on the data for the selected metrics. A probability density may be calculated for the metric vector that indicates a deviation value for the metric vector relative to other metric vectors. Moreover, an outlier metric from the metric vector that causes the deviation value for the metric vector may be identified.
US10560466B2	Vertical threat analytics for DDoS attacks Embodiments are provided to allow institutions and individuals the ability to subscribe to notifications regarding DDoS attacks on certain types of institutions, e.g., institutions that fall into certain market verticals or categories. Subscriber data can be integrated with an attack monitoring platform (AMP), which can push out certain information to a system, which tabulates and analyzes the information regarding attacks. If an attack is detected based on predefined thresholds and conditions, a database lookup is performed and a notification that contains certain attack attributes can be sent out to the appropriate subscribers. Subscribers can also be provided with a mechanism to modify their level of DDoS attack notification threshold.
US10560458B2	Resource sharing in cloud computing In one respect, there is provided a system a data processor and a memory. The system can be configured to receive, from a first user associated with a first tenant, a request to access a resource associated with a second tenant. The first tenant and the second tenant can be tenants of a multi-tenant cloud-computing platform. The resource can be accessible via the multi-tenant cloud-computing platform. The first user can be authorized to access the resource associated with the second tenant based on a sharing relationship that allows the first user to access the resource. In response to determining that the first user is authorized to access the resource associated with the second tenant, access to the resource can be provided to the first user. Related methods and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
US10560453B2	Certificate based profile confirmation Disclosed are various embodiments for controlling access to resources in a network environment. Methods may include installing a profile on the device and installing a certificate included in or otherwise associated with the profile on the device. A request to execute an application, and/or access a resource using a particular application, is received and determination is made as to whether the certificate is installed on the device based on an identification of the certificate by the application. If the certificate is installed on the device, then execution of the application and/or access to the resource is allowed. If the certificate is not installed on the device, then the request for execution and/or access is refused.
US10560446B2	Increased communication security A method of increasing communication security may include receiving, from a first computer system at a second computer system, a Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) message, wherein the CoAP message may include authentication data. Message validation may be performed based on the authentication data, wherein the performing message validation may include determining that the CoAP message is invalid if at least one condition is not met. The method may also include performing, if the CoAP message is valid, at least one operation associated with the CoAP message.
US10560444B2	Methods, apparatuses and systems for providing user authentication The methods, apparatuses and systems described herein provide a system for authenticating users, authorization or information during secure transactions. The system may include a transaction device requiring user authentication, a personal communication device, and a wearable authentication device that communicates with both of the other devices. In one aspect, the wearable authentication device may be configured to communicate with the transaction device requiring authentication and the personal communication device through one or more wireless communication technologies, wherein the wearable authentication device may be configured to act as an intermediary between the transaction device and the personal communication device to facilitate the exchange of at least one authentication information or transaction completion information between the personal communication device and the transaction device.
US10560441B2	Data security operations with expectations A cryptography service allows for management of cryptographic keys and for the evaluation of security expectations when processing incoming requests. In some contexts, the cryptography service, upon receiving a request to perform a cryptographic operation, evaluates a set of security expectations to determine whether the cryptographic key or keys usable to perform the cryptographic operation should be trusted. A response to the request is dependent on evaluation of the security expectations.
US10560440B2	Server-client PKI for applied key management system and process Embodiments described herein relate to obtaining a public key for an application of a communication device, including, but not limited to, receiving a request from the communication device to obtain the public key, evaluating the request based on at least one policy, requesting the public key from a public key infrastructure (PKI) in response to determining that the request is authorized, receiving the public key from the PKI, and sending the public key to the communication device.
US10560439B2	System and method for device authorization and remediation A method is provided for authorizing a device for consuming content. In method includes the steps of generating an authorization request, the authorization request for authorization data including device diagnostic data (instructions) an device remedial data (instructions), transmitting the authorization request from the device to an authorizing service, and authorizing or remediating the device according to an authorization response to the authorization request received from an authorization server.
US10560434B2	Automated honeypot provisioning system Systems and methods for automatically provisioning honeynets are disclosed. The honeynets continuously gather and capture unauthorized network traffic and/or other information being transmitted, processed, accessed, and/or executed within the honeynet network that is indicative of a network threat or attack by unauthorized users.
US10560431B1	Virtual private gateway for encrypted communication over dedicated physical link A request to establish an encrypted VPN connection between a network external to a provider network connected to the provider network via a dedicated direct physical link and a set of resources of the provider network is received. A new isolated virtual network (IVN) is established to implement an encryption virtual private gateway to be used for the connection. One or more protocol processing engines (PPEs) are instantiated within the IVN, address information of the one or more PPEs is exchanged with the external network and a respective encrypted VPN tunnel is configured between each of the PPEs and the external network. Routing information pertaining to the set of resources is provided to the external network via at least one of the encrypted VPN tunnels, enabling routing of customer data to the set of resources within the provider network from the external network via an encrypted VPN tunnel implemented over a dedicated direct physical link between the external network and the provider network.
US10560424B2	Apparatus and method [Object] To provide an apparatus and a method capable of appropriately dealing with an IP address in MEC.[Solution] An apparatus including: a relay processing unit configured to perform relay processing of communication performed between a service provider device that provides a service to a terminal device and is provided in a radio access network and the terminal device; and a conversion processing unit configured to perform processing for converting an internal IP address assigned to the terminal device and an external IP address. In the relay processing, the relay processing unit communicates with the terminal device with use of the internal IP address and communicates with the service provider device with use of the external IP address.
US10560418B2	Techniques for managing discussion sharing on a mobile platform Techniques for managing discussion sharing on a mobile platform, comprising a mobile discussions application. The mobile discussions application may include, among other components, a discussions imaging component for recognizing a ticket associated with a resource in a social networking system and a discussions management component for enabling a user having an associated user profile information to access the resource based at least partially on the ticket associated with the resource.
US10560417B2	Task assistant A task assistant identifies a correspondence received by a source associated with a user and determines that the correspondence includes a request. The task assistant further determines a ranking associated with the request based on one or more characteristics of the request and of the correspondence. In response to the ranking of the request exceeding a threshold, the task assistant generates a notification associated with the request and provides the notification to a client device associated with the user.
US10560414B2	Dynamic e-mail chain participant manager An approach for new recipient inclusion to e-mail chains. E-mail chain manager receives include participants associated with an e-mail chain, current participants in the current e-mail chain distribution and authorization rules associated with the e-mail chain. The e-mail chain manager determines inclusion authorizations for the include participants based on comparing the include participants with the authorization rules and creates authorization results associated with the include participants. In response to determining the authorization results are passed, the e-mail chain manager creates authorized include participants. The e-mail chain manager creates the participant notifications where the participant notifications are based on the authorized include participants and outputs the participant notifications based on predetermined participant preferences of the current participants. The e-mail chain manager outputs the e-mail chain to the authorized include participants and creates a next e-mail chain distribution based on combining the authorized include participants and the current participants.
US10560413B2	Systems and methods associated with collective contact information Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for a collective address book system. One of the methods includes: receiving, at the system, a request from a user regarding a topic; selecting automatically, at the system, a potential referrer, the potential referrer selection being based on the likelihood that the potential referrer will respond to the user's request; and communicating automatically with the potential referrer regarding the user's request without the system indicating to the user that the potential referrer has been contacted.
US10560404B2	Real-time cloud-based messaging system Described embodiments may provide messages via websocket connections. A messaging system may maintain, on a first network, via the messaging system instances, a plurality of persistent websocket connections between each of a plurality of on-premise connectors and each messaging system instance. The messaging system may receive a message to be sent to an endpoint on a second network of an on-premise connector of the plurality of on-premise connectors. The messaging system may identify, via a registry associating on-premise connector endpoints to messaging instances, a messaging system instance of the plurality of messaging system instances via which to send the message to the endpoint. The messaging system instance may maintain the websocket connection to the on-premise connector in communication with the endpoint. The messaging system instance may transmit the message to the endpoint via the websocket connection to the on-premise connector.
US10560393B2	Controlling a jitter buffer Apparatus and methods for controlling a jitter buffer are described. In one embodiment, the apparatus for controlling a jitter buffer includes an inter-talkspurt delay jitter estimator for estimating an offset value of the delay of a first frame in the current talkspurt with respect to the delay of a latest anchor frame in a previous talkspurt, and a jitter buffer controller for adjusting a length of the jitter buffer based on a long term length of the jitter buffer for each frame and the offset value.
US10560392B2	Wireless communication arrangement with two devices communicating with each other via a radio link in which a common radio interface constitutes a communication protocol for data streams arranged to support a segmentation of data frames The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication arrangement (1) comprising a first device (2) and a second device (3) that are arranged to communicate with each other via a radio link (4). The first device (2) comprises a first device first part (5) and at least one first device second part (6, 7), and the second device (3) comprises a second device first part (8) and at least one second device second part (9, 10). Each second part (6, 7; 9, 10) comprises a corresponding antenna arrangement (11, 12; 13, 14), and a common radio interface (15a, 15b) (CRI) constitutes a communication protocol for data streams between said first part (5, 8) and each of said second part (6, 7; 9, 10) for each device (2, 3). The CRI (15a, 15b) is arranged to support a segmentation of data frames (20), where formed data segments (21) each comprises at least a part of a data frame (20).
US10560388B2	Multiple protocol network communication A method for data communication between a first node and a second node over a data paths coupling the first node and the second node includes transmitting messages between the first node and the second node over the data paths including transmitting at least some of the messages over a first data path using a first communication protocol, and transmitting at least some of the messages over a second data path using a second communication protocol and determining that the first data path is altering a flow of messages over the first data path due to the messages being transmitted using the first communication protocol, and in response to the determining, adjusting a number of messages sent over the data paths including decreasing a number of the messages transmitted over the first data path and increasing a number of messages transmitted over the second data path.
US10560381B1	Methods and apparatus for flow control associated with a switch fabric In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a switch fabric having at least a first switch stage and a second switch stage, an edge device operatively coupled to the switch fabric and a management module. The edge device is configured to send a first portion of a data stream to the switch fabric such that the first portion of the data stream is received at a queue of the second switch stage of the switch fabric via the first switch stage of the switch fabric. The management module is configured to send a flow control signal configured to trigger the edge device to suspend transmission of a second portion of the data stream when a congestion level of the queue of the second switch stage of the switch fabric satisfies a condition in response to the first portion of the data stream being received at the queue.
US10560371B2	Method, apparatus, terminal device, and system for adjusting working status of aggregated link The present disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for adjusting a working status of an aggregated link. The method includes: when determining to switch a modulation mode of a first sub-link of an aggregated link from a first modulation mode to a second modulation mode, determining a transmission delay of transmitting a data slice in the second modulation mode by using the first sub-link; comparing the transmission delay of transmitting a data slice in the second modulation mode by using the first sub-link with a transmission delay of transmitting a data slice by using another sub-link of the aggregated link, to obtain a difference; and if the difference meets a preset condition, sending information for controlling a working status of the first sub-link to a transmit end device, so that the transmit end device controls the working status of the first sub-link in the second modulation mode.
US10560366B2	Predictive analytics of device performance Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for determining recommendations for actions based on analysis of a device. The method includes retrieving information associated with a device from one or more databases. The method further includes determining information relevant to device performance as a function of an analysis of the retrieved information associated with the device, where the information relevant to device performance includes one or more factors related to an expected device performance. The method further includes determining a frequency of repair and replacement of one or more components of the device. The method further includes determining a recommendation of an action based on a comparison of an expected frequency of replacement and repair of the components of the device to the determined replacement and repair of the components of the device.
US10560365B1	Detection of multiple signal anomalies using zone-based value determination Techniques for detecting a predetermined waveform pattern in a signal received at a system are disclosed herein. A standard deviation and an average of the signal are calculated and used to determine a plurality of zones for the signal. A plurality of samples is obtained from the signal and one of the zones is associated with each of the samples. Transitions of the signal between the zones are identified based on the association of the zones with the samples. A predetermined waveform pattern may be detected in the signal based on the transitions between the zones. A notification may be generated indicating that the predetermined waveform pattern is detected based on a correspondence of the transitions of the signal matching a set of the predetermined transitions.
US10560364B1	Detecting network anomalies using node scoring Systems, methods, and computer program products for detecting network anomalies using node scoring. A network analysis system designates each server computer in a distributed computing network as a node in a graph. The network analysis system constructs a first graph of the distributed computing network for a training period. The system then determines a respective first node score of each node. The system constructs a second graph of the distributed computing network for a test time period. The system then reduces the second graph by removing those edges from the second graph that appear in both the first graph and the second graph. The system determines a respective second node score of each node in the reduced second graph. The system computes differences between the first node scores and the second node scores. The system designates nodes associated with the highest differences as anomalous nodes.
US10560357B2	Distributed checksum calculation for communication packets A packet generator includes a checksum calculator configured to distinguish, in a communication packet belonging to a sequence of packets, between (i) one or more constant values of a header of the packet, the one or more constant values remaining unchanged across the packets in the sequence, (ii) a payload of the packet, and (iii) one or more variable values of the header, the one or more variable values changing among the packets in the sequence, to determine a constant-values partial checksum calculated over the constant values of the header, to calculate a payload partial checksum over the payload, to calculate a final checksum value for the packet based on (i) the constant-values partial checksum, (ii) the payload partial checksum and (iii) the variable values of the header, and to insert the final checksum value into the packet. An egress interface transmits the packet over a network.
US10560355B2	Static endpoint validation Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for validating endpoint information for nodes in a network. A network assurance appliance is configured to retrieve a configured static endpoint information in a logical model of a network from a network controller and connected static endpoint information from one or more nodes in the network. The network assurance appliance determines that there is an inconsistency based on a comparison of the configured static endpoint information and the connected static endpoint information and generating an event specifying the inconsistency.
US10560351B1	Network monitoring tool for supercomputers Disclosed herein are embodiments of a network monitoring device for a supercomputer system having a plurality of supercomputer nodes. The network monitoring device may utilize plug-in software modules to provide network monitoring capabilities related to discovering the network topologies of the supercomputer system, determining network and computing resources that are available for new applications in the supercomputer system, collecting network and computing resources that are being used by running software applications in the supercomputer system, and monitoring running software applications on the supercomputer system.
US10560347B2	Compliance validation for services based on user selection Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for validation of services. The method includes one or more processors receiving a request of a service. The method further includes one or more processors parsing the received request of the service to identify information included in the received request of the service. The method further includes one or more processors generating a checklist that corresponds to the received request of the service based on the identified information, wherein the generated checklist includes configuration and security checks that are associated with the received request of the service. The method further includes one or more processors determining a validation result utilizing the generated checklist, wherein the validation result indicates whether the requested service is deployed on a corresponding endpoint according to the configuration and security checks in the generated checklist.
US10560339B2	DNS package in a partitioned network A Domain Name System (“DNS”) package and a method for providing domain name resolution services in a partitioned network are disclosed. The system may include one or more built-in root name servers; one or more built-in top level domain (“TLD”) name servers; and a recursive name server. The recursive name server may be configured to query the one or more built-in root name servers during domain name resolution. Moreover, the one or more built-in root name servers may be configured to provide a network address corresponding to one of the built-in TLD name servers in response to a domain name resolution query sent by the recursive name server.
US10560331B2	Self-driven and adaptable multi-vBNG management orchestration A broadband network gateway (BNG) controller is described that includes a network subscriber database (NSDB) and one or more core applications. The NSDB is configured to store vBNG instance information for one or more subscriber devices. The vBNG instance information specifies vBNG instances operable by one or more edge routers. The vBNG instances are configured to receive requests to access service provider services from the one or more subscriber devices and to selectively authenticate the one or more subscriber devices for network services based on authentication information included in the requests to access services provider services. The one or more core applications include a network instance and configuration manager (NICM). The NICM is configured to modify the vBNG instance information at the NSDB to include an additional vBNG instance and to output, to an edge router, an instruction to generate the additional vBNG instance at the edge router.
US10560330B2	Techniques for cloud control and management Techniques for cloud control and management are provided. The control, creation, and management of workloads in distributed infrastructures are coordinated via a master Configuration Management Database (CMDB). The master CMDB is also used to unify the multiple distributed infrastructures so that the workloads are rationalized. Moreover, data centers are coordinated with the distributed infrastructures so the configuration settings and policies included in the master CMDB are enforced and synchronized throughout the network.
US10560328B2	Static network policy analysis for networks Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for static network policy analysis for a network. In one example, a system obtains a logical model based on configuration data stored in a controller on a software-defined network, the logical model including a declarative representation of respective configurations of objects in the software-defined network, the objects including one or more endpoint groups, bridge domains, contexts, or tenants. The system defines rules representing respective conditions of the objects according to a specification corresponding to the software-defined network, and determines whether the respective configuration of each of the objects in the logical model violates one or more of the rules associated with that object. When the respective configuration of an object in the logical model violates one or more of the rules, the system detects an error in the respective configuration associated with that object.
US10560326B2	State-based entity behavior analysis Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for state-based entity behavior analysis. In an example, entities of a computing environment may be represented using a hierarchical entity web. In some examples, an entity may have a state associated with it, which may be modeled using a place/transition (PT) network. Events within the computing environment may be evaluated by transitions of a PT network to determine whether an entity should change state. If an entity transitions from one state to another, one or more actions may be performed, including, but not limited to, taking a remedial action, generating a recommendation, and updating the state of one or more associated entities. Thus, aspects disclosed herein may provide a high-level overview of the state of entities of a computing environment, but may also be used to view in-depth information of entities at lower levels of the hierarchical entity web.
US10560312B2	Multi-mode configurable network audio In one embodiment, an audio device includes a plurality of ports. The audio device receives, from a first network via a first port included in the plurality of ports, at least one of a first audio signal and a first control signal. The audio device transmits the at least one of the first audio signal and the first control signal to an audio output device. In case of a fault associated with the first port, the audio device transmits at least one of a second audio signal and a second control signal to the audio output device, where the at least one of the second audio signal and the second control signal is received from a second network via a second port included in the plurality of ports.
US10560304B2	Techniques and apparatuses for multiplexing schemes for millimeter wave downlink single carrier waveforms Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. More particularly, aspects of the present disclosure provide multiplexing schemes which may be suited for the single carrier waveform. For example, some techniques and apparatuses described herein permit multiplexing of multiple, different data streams without destroying the single-carrier properties of the waveform. Additionally, or alternatively, some techniques and apparatuses described herein may provide unequal error protection, unequal bandwidth allocation, and/or the like as part of the multiplexing schemes. Examples of multiplexing schemes described herein include in-phase/quadrature (I/Q) multiplexing, superposition quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) based at least in part on layered bit mapping, polarization division multiplexing of QAM with superposition coding, and frequency division multiplexing using UE-specific beams.
US10560297B1	Demodulation reference signaling in LTE/NR coexistence There is disclosed a method of operating a network node, the network node operating according to a first radio access technology, RAT. The method includes transmitting signaling having communication signaling and Demodulation Reference Signaling, DMRS, in a transmission resource pattern. The DMRS is arranged in the transmission resource pattern according to a DMRS pattern, in which the DMRS pattern is selected from a set of DMRS patterns based on a coexistence indication indicating the presence of cell-specific reference signals, CRS, associated to a second RAT.
US10560295B2	Slotted OFDMA based random access Access to a wireless medium is controlled based on contention arbitration. A certain number of wireless devices are allowed by an access point to contend for a transmission opportunity. A trigger frame is used to communicate access opportunities to multiple devices. A beacon transmission may additionally be used for communication of access opportunities.
US10560291B2	High-speed signaling systems and methods with adaptable, continuous-time equalization A receiver includes a continuous-time equalizer, a decision-feedback equalizer (DFE), data and error sampling logic, and an adaptation engine. The receiver corrects for inter-symbol interference (ISI) associated with the most recent data symbol (first post cursor ISI) by establishing appropriate equalization settings for the continuous-time equalizer based upon a measure of the first-post-cursor ISI.
US10560277B2	System and method to provide multicast group MLID dynamic discovery on received multicast messages for relevant MGID in a high performance computing environment Systems and methods for providing multicast group multicast local identifier (MLID) dynamic discovery on received multicast messages for a relevant multicast global identifier (MGID) in a high performance computing environment. By allowing InfiniBand (IB) clients to associate local queue pairs (QPs) with the MGID(s) of relevant multicast group(s) without requiring any join request to the subnet manager (SM)/subnet administration (SA), it is possible to receive relevant multicast (MC) messages without imposing the SM/SA overhead of a conventional multicast group join request. After receiving, at an end-node of the subnet, a multicast packet including a multicast global identifier and a multicast local identifier, the end-node can inspect the multicast packet to learn the multicast local identifier and include the learned multicast local identifier in the multicast group record at the end-node for the received multicast global identifier.
US10560275B2	Social media system and method A system and method of allowing guests of events to interact with other guests of the events. A user of an event system may log into the event system and create a user profile to be utilized in the event system. The user may create an event with the event system. The event may include a geo-fence surrounding a location of the event, which may be customized by the user of the event system. The event may be a public event or a private event. The user of the event system may create an event poster of the event, which may include details of the event, the location of the event, the ability to invite other users of the event system to the event, and the ability to bookmark the event. The user of the event system may invite the other users of the event system to be guests of the event. The geo-location of the guests of the event may also be determined. The guests of the event may be allowed to access features of the event, which may include direct messaging, guest profiles, and friend requests when the geo-location of the guests is within the geo-fence of the event. The features of the event may include direct messaging, guest profiles, and friend requests. The media content of the guests of the event being organized into galleries.
US10560274B2	Credential-based authorization Methods and systems are provided for demonstrating authorization to access a resource to a verifier computer controlling access to the resource. The method comprises, at a user computer, storing an attribute credential certifying a set of attributes; and communicating with a revocation authority computer to obtain an auxiliary credential, bound to the attribute credential, certifying a validity status for each attribute in the attribute credential. The method further comprises, at the user computer, communicating with the verifier computer to prove possession of the attribute credential and the auxiliary credential such that the verifier computer can determine whether at least one attribute in the attribute credential, certified as valid by the auxiliary credential, satisfies an access condition for the resource.
US10560271B2	Increased communication security An apparatus may include a communication interface configured to receive a first message including a first data portion and a second data portion, wherein the first data portion is associated with a security token, wherein the first data portion includes a first instance of a session key, and wherein the second data portion includes a second instance of the session key. The apparatus may also include a security component configured to perform message validation associated with the first message. The apparatus may further include a message generation component configured to generate, if the first message is valid, a second message including the first data portion. The communication interface may be configured to communicate, if the first message is valid, the second message.
US10560269B2	Methods and systems for improved authenticated encryption in counter-based cipher systems Methods and systems for improving authenticated encryption in counter-based cipher systems are presented. Embodiments of the present invention provide secure and efficient means to achieve both the authenticity and privacy goals of authenticated encryption, and are compatible with most block cipher modes of operation, e.g. CBC, CFB and CTR, and most symmetric-key cryptographic functions, e.g. AES, DES and RC5. In particular, using block cipher encryption with data-dependent initialization vectors achieve the privacy goal and enable over-the-air transmissions to remain uncompromised, especially in scenarios that may result in the counter being reset in counter-based cipher systems.
US10560263B2	Secure memory arrangements Various examples are directed to secure memory arrangements and methods of using the same. A gateway device of the secure computing system may receiving a first message from an external system. The first message may comprise a first message payload data and first asymmetric access data. The gateway device may determine that the first asymmetric access data matches the first message payload data based at least in part on an external system public key. The gateway device may access a first system controller symmetric key associated with a first system controller in communication with the gateway device and generate a first symmetric access data based at least in part on the first system controller symmetric key and the first message payload data. The gateway device may send the first message payload data and the first symmetric access data to the first system controller.
US10560262B2	Information-processing system, information-processing apparatus, management apparatus, and processing method An apparatus includes a first-processor, and a programmable integrated circuit coupled to the first-processor; a second-processor, and a memory coupled to the second-processor, the second-processor being configured to access the first-processor; and a third-processor to manage the first-processor, wherein the first-processor is configured to write, to the rewritable-integrated circuit, a computation circuit to perform computation according to information from the second-processor, and an encryption circuit to generate encrypted data by encrypting a computation result computed by the computation circuit, by using an encryption key for the computation circuit, the third-processor is configured to manage the encryption key in association with the computation circuit and notify the second-processor of the encryption key for the computation circuit, and the second-processor is configured to read out the encrypted data from the memory for storing the encrypted data, and decrypt the read encrypted data by using the encryption key notified from the third-processor.
US10560251B2	Method and system for power management in a network device based on multi-protocol detection A network device may comprise one or more circuits including a clock signal generator, an ADC, and a processor. The ADC may digitize a received signal across a range of frequencies that encompasses a first band of frequencies used for a first network and a second band of frequencies used for a second network. A sampling frequency of the ADC may be determined by a frequency of a clock signal output by the clock signal generator. The processor may determine whether the first network is active and whether the second network is active. The processor may configure the clock generator such that, when both of the first network and the second network are active, the clock signal is set to a first frequency, and when the first network is active and the second network is inactive, the clock signal is set to a second frequency.
US10560242B2	Method for transmitting data in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor A method for performing an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission performed by a station (STA) device in a Wireless LAN (WLAN) system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include receiving a Downlink (DL) MU Physical Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) including a physical preamble and a data field; and where the data field includes at least one Mac Protocol Data Unit (MPDU), where the at least one MPDU includes a trigger frame or a MAC header, where the trigger frame or the MAC header includes trigger information for a UL MU transmission of an ACK (Acknowledge) frame, and performing a UL MU transmission of the ACK frame in response to the DL MU PPDU based on the trigger information.
US10560241B2	Method and device for transmitting/receiving uplink control information in wireless communication system A method for transmitting Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information at a User Equipment (UE) configured to use a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) format 3 in a wireless communication system, the method includes transmitting ACK/NACK information for downlink transmission in a downlink frame set including M downlink subframes in one uplink subframe, where M≥1, wherein the ACK/NACK information is transmitted using a PUCCH format 1b when at least one of specific conditions is met, wherein more than one serving cell is configured for the UE and the more than one serving cell includes one Primary Cell (PCell) and at least one Secondary Cell (SCell), wherein the specific conditions comprise: a first condition in case both one Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), indicated by a detection of a corresponding Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), is present only on the PCell in the downlink subframe set, and a Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) value in the PDCCH is equal to 1, and a second condition in case one Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) release PDCCH with the DAI value being equal to 1 is present on the PCell in the downlink subframe set.
US10560240B2	Method for supporting flexible resource allocation in wireless communication system, and device therefor Disclosed is a method by which an operating station (STA) transmits a signal in a multiple user (MU) scheme in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. In the present method, the STA configures a wireless frame, which includes a data field for data transmission and a signaling (SIG) field including control information, wherein the SIG field includes a SIG A field, which includes bandwidth information indicating the whole bandwidth having a bandwidth of 2n times that of 20 MHz, and a SIG B field, which includes user specific information. Here, the bandwidth information of the SIG A field additionally indicates whether the whole bandwidth includes one or more 20 MHz bands (null channel), which are not used in the data transmission.
US10560235B2	Narrowband control channel decoding Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may establish a connection with another wireless node, such as a base station or another UE. The connection may include a narrowband control region of a wideband system. The UE may identify a set of resources, which may include a set of subframes that have the same precoding or a set of resource blocks that have the same precoding, during which to monitor a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) for decoding a control channel within the narrowband. The UE may then decode the control channel using the DM-RS or a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), or both DM-RS and CRS. The UE may exclude resources of the narrowband region that include a control region for broadband communications.
US10560220B2	Systems and methods for mitigating decoding errors due to puncturing of symbols Aspects of the disclosure relate to techniques for mitigating the decoding errors observed at the receiver as a result of puncturing symbols between consecutive subframes having the same transmission direction. To reduce the decoding errors, a plurality of transmission options, each including a number of resource blocks and a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), may be identified. In addition, each transmission option may be associated with one or more puncturing patterns that hinder decoding of a codeword at the receiver. The base station or user equipment (UE) may then select or modify at least one aspect of a scheduling decision involving the communication of the codeword in a given subframe of at least two consecutive subframes to minimize decoding errors. For example, a selected puncturing pattern or a transport block size associated with a selected transmission option may be modified.
US10560205B2	Detecting satellite radio reception interference A system and method of detecting satellite radio broadcast interference at a vehicle includes receiving a satellite radio broadcast at the vehicle, determining that the satellite radio broadcast has been interfered with by the existence of a cellular communications signal, and transmitting a data message identifying the location of the interference to a remote facility.
US10560198B2	RX delay line inteferometer tracking in closed-loop module control for communication The present invention is directed to a communication signal tracking system comprising an optical receiver including one or more delay line interferometers (DLIs) configured to demultiplex incoming optical signals and a transimpedance amplifier configured to convert the incoming optical signals to incoming electrical signals. The communication signal tracking system further includes a control module configured to calculate a bit-error-rate (BER) of the incoming electrical signals before forward-error correction decoding, and use the BER as a parameter for optimizing settings of the one or more DLIs in one or more iterations in a control loop and generating a back-channel data.
US10560197B2	Method and system for optoelectronic receivers utilizing waveguide heterojunction phototransistors integrated in a CMOS SOI wafer A method and system for optoelectronic receivers utilizing waveguide heterojunction phototransistors (HPTs) integrated in a wafer are disclosed and may include receiving optical signals via optical fibers operably coupled to a top surface of the chip. Electrical signals may be generated utilizing HPTs that detect the optical signals. The electrical signals may be amplified via voltage amplifiers, or transimpedance amplifiers, the outputs of which may be utilized to bias the HPTs by a feedback network. The optical signals may be coupled into opposite ends of the HPTs. A collector of the HPTs may comprise a silicon layer and a germanium layer, a base may comprise a silicon germanium alloy with germanium composition ranging from 70% to 100%, and an emitter including crystalline or poly Si or SiGe. The optical signals may be demodulated by communicating a mixer signal to a base terminal of the HPTs.
US10560196B2	Apparatus and method for adjusting modulation index of analog optical signal using interference phenomenon of coherent light A method and apparatus for adjusting a modulation index of an analog optical signal using an interference phenomenon of a coherent light, the method including dividing an analog optical signal for a first path and a second path, extracting an optical carrier from an analog optical signal divided for the first path, controlling an intensity and a phase of the optical carrier, and controlling a modulation index of the analog optical signal by combining an analog optical signal divided for the second path and the optical carrier of which the intensity and the phase are controlled.
US10560190B2	Adapting to differing optical line termination characteristics An optical network unit (ONU) of a gigabit-capable passive optical network (GPON) adapts to an optical line termination (OLT) to which it is coupled. The ONU determines a type of the OLT to which it is coupled, and based on the type, configures an optical transmitter of the ONU to be compatible with the OLT. The ONU can also determine which OMCI software stack to load based on the type of the OLT.
US10560188B2	Image sensor communication system and communication method using rolling shutter modulation The present invention relates to an image sensor communication (ISC) system and method for enabling communication between an LED and a rolling shutter camera using a rolling shutter modulation method. The image sensor communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a coding unit for coding transmission data to be transmitted; an LED which is turned on/off according to the transmission data coded in the coding unit; a rolling shutter camera for continuously photographing, at each of a plurality of rows in a rolling shutter manner, on/off images according to the on/off of the LED; an image processing unit for generating brightness signals according to brightness values of the on/off images of the LED photographed at each of the plurality of rows by the rolling shutter camera; and a data extraction unit for extracting the transmission data from the brightness signals of the on/off images of the LED generated by the image processing unit.
US10560187B2	Visible light communications network wavelength filter for security at transparent structures In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a filter operable to block visible light from passing through a transparent structure at a wavelength corresponding to the wavelength used by a visible light communications network operable in an area containing the transparent structure. The filter is operable to provide security in the visible light communications network while allowing at least some visible light to pass through the transparent structure.
US10560185B2	Optical line card with optical signal power monitor A transceiver card for a telecommunications box for transmitting data over a first optical fiber and receiving data over a second optical fiber. The card has transmitter for transmitting data over the first optical fiber, the transmitter having a laser and a modulator, a fiber output optically connected to the laser for connecting the first optical fiber to the card, a fiber input for connecting the second optical fiber to the card, a receiver optically connected to the fiber input for receiving data from the second optical fiber, and an OTDR optically connected between the transmitter and the fiber output or between the receiver and the fiber input. An energy level detector is also provided between the receiver and the fiber input.
US10560183B2	Data transport privacy and redundancy via small UAVs in cooperation A communication system includes (1) a first airborne linear array configured to project a first fan beam over a first ground coverage elongated in a first direction, the first fan beam delivering a first information data associated with a first data stream; and (2) a second airborne linear array configured to project a second fan beam over a second ground coverage elongated in a second direction, the second fan beam delivering a second information data associated with a second data stream. The first and second ground coverages are overlapped to form a common coverage area. The first and second data streams are complementary to each other and are linear combinations of a plurality of segmented substreams. The plurality of segmented substreams is formed from an information data stream. The first and second data streams are generated from a ground control facility.
US10560180B2	Ground radio station (GRS) apparatus and radio station apparatus included in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) A ground radio station (GRS) apparatus and a radio station apparatus included in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are provided. The GRS apparatus may include an antenna configured to transmit and receive a radio frequency (RF) signal, an RF and/or intermediate frequency (IF) (RF/IF) chain configured to perform a conversion between the RF signal and a baseband signal, a baseband transceiving processor configured to transmit and receive the baseband signal, and a BB-IF interface configured to map the baseband signal to the RF/IF chain or the baseband transceiving processor.
US10560174B2	Latency reduction for wireless data transmission Embodiments of latency reduction for wireless data transmission are generally described herein. A user equipment (UE) identifies a shortened transmission time interval (xTTI) length configuration for a time division duplexing (TDD) component carrier (CC), the xTTI length configuration comprising a length in time or a length in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. The UE identifies scheduling timing and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing of physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on the TDD CC based on the identified xTTI length configuration. The UE signals for transmission of a HARQ acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) based on the identified xTTI length configuration.
US10560166B2	Tunable passive time-delay structure for adjusting a direction of a beamforming pattern Apparatuses, methods, and systems for beamforming using tunable passive time-delay structures are disclosed. One apparatus includes a node, wherein the node includes a passive time-delay structure, wherein the passive time-delay structure is operative to generate a plurality of delayed signals, wherein each of the plurality of delayed signals is a delayed version of a communication signal, a tunable element, the tunable element operative to introduce a variable delay to the communication signal propagating through the passive time-delay structure, an antenna array, wherein the antenna array generates a beamforming pattern corresponding the passive time-delay structure, and a phase delay adjust control operative to adjust the tunable element of the passive time-delay structure, wherein a direction of the one or more beams of the beamforming pattern changes depending upon tuning of the tunable element.
US10560162B2	Transmit diversity method, device, and system A transmit diversity method, a device, and a system are described herein. The method includes: measuring, by a second network device, channel state information based on a pilot signal, and sending rank index information and precoding matrix index information to a first network device based on the channel state information; receiving, by the first network device, the rank index information and the precoding matrix index information that are sent by the second network device; determining a diversity coding scheme based on the rank index information; determining a precoding matrix based on the precoding matrix index information; and performing transmission processing on to-be-transmitted data based on the diversity coding scheme and the precoding matrix.
US10560156B2	Method and device for modulating an active load In a general aspect, a method can include producing, by an inductive antenna circuit, a first periodic signal that is based on an alternating external magnetic field; producing, by an oscillator circuit, a second periodic signal that is based on the first periodic signal; and transmitting, in correspondence with a data-carrying modulation signal, a sequence of data bits. The transmitting can include sequentially and repetitively: applying, with the oscillator circuit operating in a free oscillation mode, the second periodic signal to the inductive antenna circuit; and inhibiting, with the oscillator circuit operating in a synchronous oscillation mode, application of the second periodic signal to the inductive antenna circuit. The synchronous oscillation mode of the oscillator circuit can cause the second periodic signal to be synchronized to the first periodic signal.
US10560153B2	Guided wave transmission device with diversity and methods for use therewith Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission device that includes a first coupler that guides a first electromagnetic wave to a first junction to form a second electromagnetic wave that is guided to propagate along the outer surface of the transmission medium via one or more guided-wave modes. These mode(s) have an envelope that varies as a function of angular deviation and/or longitudinal displacement. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10560148B2	Transmission medium and methods for use therewith Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium having a core. A conductive layer forms an uninsulated outer surface of the transmission medium. The conductive layer is configured to impede accumulation of water to support propagation of first electromagnetic waves guided by the uninsulated outer surface. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10560144B2	Transmission medium and communication interfaces and methods for use therewith Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for receiving first electromagnetic waves via a transmission medium without utilizing an electrical return path, and inducing second electromagnetic waves at an interface of the transmission medium without the electrical return path. In an embodiment, the first and second electromagnetic waves have a non-optical frequency range. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10560127B2	Antenna structures and reflective chambers of a multi-radio, multi-channel (MRMC) mesh network device Network hardware devices organized in a Wireless mesh network (WMN) in which the network hardware devices cooperate in distribution of content files to client consumption devices in an environment of limited connectivity to broadband Internet infrastructure are described. One mesh network device includes a housing including reflective chambers within with multiple antennas are disposed. A first radio is operable to cause a first antenna to radiate electromagnetic energy in a first frequency range and a first reflector chamber is operable to reflect the electromagnetic energy in a first direction away from the housing. Second, third, and fourth radios are operable to cause the respective antennas within the respective reflective chambers to radiate electromagnetic energy and the respective reflective chamber is to reflect the electromagnetic energy in a respective direction away from the housing.
US10560124B2	Interleaver for turbo codes as a function of the puncturing pattern A method is provided for encoding an input digital message bearing K information symbols using a turbo-encoder forming a turbocode, the turbo-encoder including an interleaver and first and second encoders for encoding according to at least one elementary code and delivering the information symbols and redundancy symbols. With a puncturing of the symbols delivered by the turbo-encoder being done according to at least one periodic puncturing pattern of a length N, defining the puncturing period N, the interleaver distributes the information symbols of the input message into Q layers of the interleaved input message in complying with an interleaving function defined from the at least one puncturing pattern, according to the relationship: π(i)=Pi+S(i mod Q)mod K=Pi+(Tl+AlQ)mod K.
US10560122B2	Memory system and method of controlling nonvolatile memory According to one embodiment, a memory system comprises an encoder that encodes by a graph code and a data holding unit that holds data to be used in encoding. A check matrix of the graph code includes first to sixth submatrices, and the encoder produces a first vector obtained by multiplying an information word and the first submatrix, produces a second vector obtained by multiplying the information word and the third submatrix, produces a third vector obtained by multiplying the first vector and the fifth submatrix inverted in sign, produces a fourth vector obtained by adding the third vector and the second vector, produces a first parity obtained by multiplying the fourth vector and the data, produces a fifth vector obtained by multiplying the first parity and the second submatrix inverted in sign, and produces a second parity obtained by adding the fifth vector and the first vector.
US10560118B2	Multiple low density parity check (LDPC) base graph design Aspects of the present disclosure relate to low density parity check (LDPC) coding utilizing LDPC base graphs. Two or more LDPC base graphs may be maintained that are associated with different ranges of overlapping information block lengths. A particular LDPC base graph may be selected for an information block based on the information block length of the information block. Additional metrics that may be considered when selecting the LDPC base graph may include the code rate utilized to encode the information block and/or the lift size applied to each LDPC base graph to produce the information block length of the information block.
US10560109B2	Phased locked loop integrated circuit An integrated circuit includes phase locked loop (PLL) circuitry, voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) circuitry, and interface circuitry. The PLL circuitry includes a reference signal input terminal, a reference frequency divider circuit, a reference signal output terminal, a switch, a phase detector, a charge pump, and a control voltage output terminal. The reference frequency divider circuit is coupled to the reference signal input terminal. The switch is coupled to the reference frequency divider circuit and to the reference signal output terminal. The switch is configured to switchably connect the reference frequency divider circuit to the reference signal output terminal. The VCO circuitry includes a control voltage input terminal, a VCO, calibration circuitry, and a calibration input/output (I/O) terminal. The VCO is coupled to the control voltage input terminal. The calibration circuitry is coupled to the VCO. The calibration I/O terminal is coupled to the calibration circuitry.
US10560106B2	Clock recovery circuit, semiconductor integrated circuit device, and radio frequency tag A clock recovery circuit includes a delay line circuit configured to output a plurality of first clocks having different phases obtained by delaying an input data signal, a register circuit configured to determine and write received data in the input data signal based on the first clocks, and a control circuit configured to control the writing of the data in the register circuit based on transitions of the input data signal.
US10560102B1	Field programmable gate array including coupled lookup tables A field programmable gate array (FPGA) includes: a first logic block having a first lookup table; and a second logic block having a second lookup table, wherein the first logic block is coupled to the second logic block, in which the first logic block is configured to pass, upon a clock cycle of the FPGA, data about a lookup table configuration stored in the first lookup table to the second logic block.
US10560099B1	Semiconductor apparatus using swing level conversion circuit A semiconductor apparatus includes an input selection circuit that selects one of a first input signal and a second input signal in response to a control signal, and outputs the selected input signal as a selection signal, wherein swing levels of the first input signal and the second input signal are different one another. The semiconductor apparatus also includes a conversion circuit that generates an output signal, in response to the selection signal, which swings to a level substantially identical to a level of the second input signal.
US10560089B2	Electronic circuit with device for monitoring a power supply A power supply voltage is monitored by a monitoring circuit including a band gap voltage generator core including a first node and a second node. A control circuit connected to the first and second nodes is configured to deliver a control signal on a first output node having a first state when an increasing power supply voltage is below a first threshold and having a second state when increasing power supply voltage exceeds the first threshold. The first threshold is at least equal to the band gap voltage. An equalization circuit also connected to the first and second nodes with feedback to the band gap voltage generator core generates the bandgap voltage at a second output node. The control signal operates to control actuation of the equalization circuit.
US10560080B1	Duty cycle correction A duty cycle correction circuit is disclosed. The duty cycle correction circuit includes an input stage, an output stage and a feedback component including a feedback amplifier and a low pass filter. The feedback component compares and adjusts the duty cycle of a signal from an input stage to a target value via a control voltage. The input stage reduces the rise and fall times of received signal to increase the duty cycle sensitivity to a control voltage from the feedback component. The output of the output stage is coupled to the input of the feedback component and the output stage amplifiers the duty cycle adjusted signal processed by both input stage and feedback component.
US10560079B1	Capacitor ratio identification A system includes an oscillator comprising a first switch, a current source, a capacitor, and a comparator, the capacitor and the comparator coupled at a node. The system includes one or more delay buffers coupled to the comparator. The system includes a first inverter coupled to the one or more delay buffers. The system includes a first buffer coupled to the one or more delay buffers. The system includes a first coupling capacitor coupled to the first inverter and the first buffer via second and third switches, respectively. The system includes a second inverter coupled to the one or more delay buffers. The system includes a second buffer coupled to the one or more delay buffers. The system includes a second coupling capacitor coupled to the second inverter and the second buffer via fourth and fifth switches, respectively. The first and second coupling capacitors are coupled to the oscillator.
US10560076B1	Frequency generation in a quantum controller A quantum controller comprises quantum control pulse generation circuitry, signal generation circuitry, and phase parameter generation circuitry. The phase parameter generation circuitry is operable to determine, based on an output of the time-tracking circuitry, a first value of a phase parameter to be used for generation of an oscillating signal. The signal generation circuitry is operable to, at a first time instant, begin generation of the oscillating signal at a first frequency for modulation of a first of the two quantum control pulses, and, at a second time instant, generate the oscillating signal at a second frequency, wherein the phase of the oscillating signal at the second time instant is determined by the value of the phase parameter such that the phase of the oscillating signal is as it would have been if the oscillating signal had been oscillating at the second frequency continuously since a reference time.
US10560070B2	Filter Circuit with Programmable Gain and Frequency Response A filter circuit includes a filter and a current mode programmable gain amplifier, where the filter circuit is configured to filter an input signal to obtain an output signal. The filter is supplied with the input signal. The filter comprises at least one current extraction element configured to extract a first output current signal. The current mode programmable gain amplifier is configured to receive and amplify the first output current signal to obtain an amplified current signal. The output signal is derived from the amplified current signal.
US10560067B2	Broadband probes for impedance tuners A multi-section probe and a tapered probe for impedance tuners to broaden the band width of the probes and hence the band width of the tuners. Each section of the multi-section probe has a nominal length equal to one quarter wavelength at a midpoint of the operating band. The tapered probe has a length equivalent to a plurality of one quarter wavelengths of the frequency midpoint. The multi-section probe and the tapered probe are configured to transform the characteristic impedance of the tuner transmission line step-by-step or continuously to a target impedance value.
US10560066B2	Electronic component An electronic component capable of downsizing and narrowing of a mounting space. The electronic component includes: a laminated body made up of a plurality of laminated insulator layers and having an upper surface and a bottom surface; a plurality of inner conductors disposed in the laminated body; and a plurality of terminal electrodes electrically connected to the plurality of inner conductors and exposed from the laminated body. The electronic component has a plurality of recesses formed on a bottom surface of the laminated body. The plurality of terminal electrodes includes first conductive parts formed on wall surfaces of the plurality of recesses.
US10560064B2	Differential amplifier including cancellation capacitors In examples, a system comprises a differential amplifier coupled to a parasitic capacitor positioned between a first node and a first reference voltage source. The system comprises a buffer amplifier having an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal coupled to the first node and the output terminal coupled to a cancellation capacitor. The system includes a controlled current source coupled to the first node and the input terminal, the controlled current source coupled to a second reference voltage source. The system comprises a current sense circuit coupled to the cancellation capacitor and the second reference voltage source.
US10560062B2	Programmable biasing for pin diode drivers Driving circuitry is described that includes multiple programmable bias voltages useful for biasing radio-frequency components such as PIN diodes and gallium-nitride devices. Programmable voltages as high as 30 volts and as low as −20 volts are generated. The drive circuitry can operate from a single, low-voltage power source.
US10560061B2	Low capacitance switch for programmable gain amplifier or programable gain instrumentation amplifier A low capacitance n-channel analog switch circuit, a p-channel analog switch circuit, and a full CMOS transmission gate (T-gate) circuit are described. Resistive decoupling can be used to isolate the switch or T-gate from AC grounds. A semiconductor region that is separated from a body region of a pass field-effect transistor (FET), such as by an insulator, can be coupled to or driven to a voltage similar to the input voltage or other desired bias voltage (e.g., an operational amplifier output) to help reduce parasitic capacitance of the switch or T-gate. The switch or T-gate can help provide improved frequency bandwidth or frequency response. The switch can be useful in a programmable gain amplifier (PGA) or programmable gain instrumentation amplifier (PGIA) or other circuit in which excessive switch capacitance could degrade circuit performance.
US10560054B2	Circuit system A circuit system including an operational amplification circuit is disclosed. The operational amplification circuit includes N stages of operational amplification units that are cascaded, an input terminal of the 1st stage of operational amplification unit is an input terminal of the operational amplification circuit, and an output terminal of the Nth stage of operational amplification unit is an output terminal of the operational amplification circuit; an output terminal of the ith stage of operational amplification unit is connected to an input terminal of the (i+1)th stage of operational amplification unit, so as to provide an input signal for the (i+1)th stage of operational amplification unit; and there is a feedback channel from the output terminal of the Nth stage of operational amplification unit to an input terminal of each of the 1st stage of operational amplification unit to the Nth stage of operational amplification unit.
US10560046B2	Motor control device A first PWM count computation unit computes a first PWM count for each of three phases in a first system. A second PWM count computation unit computes a second PWM count for each of three phases in a second system. Upper and lower switching elements for each phase in the first system are controlled in accordance with a first pattern in which the upper and lower switching elements are varied in the order of an upper on state, a lower on state, and the upper on state from the time of start of PWM cycles. Upper and lower switching elements for each phase in the second system are controlled in accordance with a second pattern in which the upper and lower switching elements are varied in the order of a lower on state, an upper on state, and the lower on state from the time of start of PWM cycles.
US10560043B2	Floating device generator A floating power generator having a water wheel and electrical generator. The floating power generator can comprise a variable speed drive.
US10560040B2	Harvesting energy from fluid flow The bluff body attaches to an elastic mount and is capable of generate vortex shedding when the elastic mount orients the bluff body in a flow-line traverse to a fluid flow and vibrates in response to the vortex shedding. A harvester is located within the bluff body and is capable of generating power above a specified threshold in response to the vibration.
US10560038B2	High temperature downhole power generating device A high temperature downhole power generating device includes a power generator including a first material of one polarity and a second material that is fixed in position and is of opposite polarity of the first material, wherein the first material is propelled toward the second material based on motion of the high temperature downhole power generating device so that the two materials have a maximized point of contact to generate maximum power, at least one electrode that is connected to the first material or second material, a bridge rectifier connected to the at least one electrode to transform the power generated into direct current from alternating current, a storage unit for storing the power generated by the power generator, a sensor that gathers information concerning a downhole environment, and a microcontroller and transceiver unit to manage the power generated by the power generator and transmit information gathered by the sensor.
US10560036B2	Power conversion device for reliable control of circulating current while maintaining voltage of a cell Each of a plurality of specified chopper cells which are some of a plurality of chopper cells included in each leg circuit in a power conversion device is configured as a full bridge. A control device controls operations of first and second switching elements of each specified chopper cell based on a circulating current which circulates through each leg circuit. The control device controls operations of third and fourth switching elements of each specified chopper cell based on a voltage of a capacitor of the specified chopper cell.
US10560031B2	Bi-directional DC to DC signal conversion using observer based estimated current sensor In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a bi-directional DC to DC converter includes a DC to DC conversion circuit, and a controller operatively connected to the conversion circuit to control a current output of the conversion circuit, wherein the controller includes an observer based estimated current sensor module which is configured to simulate a physical current sensor and to input an estimated output current feedback inner state signal ∧ėo into a voltage output command feedback loop of the controller. The current sensor module can include an estimated sensor feedback loop.
US10560026B2	Power conversion efficiency using variable switching frequency Power conversion efficiency using variable switching frequency. At least some of the example embodiments are power circuit controllers including a voltage sense input and a control signal output. The power circuit controller varies an output frequency of the control signal output between a first frequency and a second frequency based on a source voltage supplied to the power controller. Both the first frequency and the second frequency are non-zero.
US10560018B2	Modulated power supply Devices and methods are provided related to modulated power supplies. The device includes an inductor. When a load is to be supplied with power, a terminal of the inductor is coupled to the load. When the load is not to be supplied with power, terminals of the inductor may be coupled with each other.
US10560006B2	Method to apply an insulation The present disclosure relates to a method to apply an insulation to a retaining ring for end windings of an electric machine and to a fillable bag to apply an insulation to a retaining ring. Disclosed is a method to apply an insulation to a retaining ring for end windings of an electric machine, with the steps of providing a retaining ring housing, attaching an insulation at the inside of the retaining ring housing, and inflating a bag inside the retaining ring housing to apply pressure to the insulation. Also disclosed is a fillable bag to apply a pressure to an electric insulation inside a retaining ring for end windings of an electric machine.
US10560005B2	Apparatus for manufacturing laminated iron core An apparatus for manufacturing a laminated iron core includes a conveyance jig on which a laminated iron core body is placed, a die unit including a lower die and an upper die upwardly and downwardly movable with respect to the lower die, which holds the laminated iron core body placed on the conveyance jig from both sides in a lamination direction of the laminated iron core body between the lower die and the upper die, an injector injecting a resin into a through hole formed through the laminated iron core body held by the die unit from the lower die through the conveyance jig or the upper die, and an upward and downward movement unit capable of upwardly and downwardly moving the conveyance jig with respect to the lower die, and being provided independently from the die unit.
US10560001B2	Cooling tower having thermally managed motor The present invention is directed to a cooling tower that has a cooling tower structure having fill material supported by the cooling tower structure and configured to receive heated process fluid and a motor mounted to the cooling tower structure. The motor has a casing and a rotatable shaft and is sealed to prevent fluids, moisture, foreign particles and contaminants from entering the casing. A fan is connected to the rotatable shaft of the motor. Rotation of the rotatable shaft rotates the fan thereby inducing an upward moving mass flow of cool air through the fill material. A basin is attached to the cooling tower structure for collecting cooled fluid. A fluid distribution system distributes the cooled fluid in the basin. The fluid distribution system has a pumping device to pump cooled fluid from the basin, fluid piping to receive the pumped cooled fluid and fluid spray devices fluidly connected to the fluid piping for spraying fluid on the casing of the motor so as to transfer heat of the casing to the fluid.
US10559989B2	Rotor carrier and locking diaphragm spring A hybrid drive module, comprising an annular diaphragm spring having an inner surface and one or more fingers protruding radially inward from the inner surface and a carrier hub concentric with the diaphragm spring and connected to a rotor of an electric motor and a cover of a torque converter, the carrier hub having an outer surface with one or more retention grooves configured to interlock with the one or more fingers of the diaphragm spring to inhibit axial movement of the diaphragm spring relative to the carrier hub.
US10559986B2	System, method, and apparatus for wireless charging Using inductive currents to wirelessly charge a device via a device connected to a power source. This inductive charging may result when a first mobile device recognizes a second mobile device via a wireless connection (e.g., Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Near-Field Communication (NFC), or the like). An application stored on the first mobile device may recognize a second mobile device by transmitting an advertising packet when the first mobile device is connected to a power source. An advertising packet may be received by the second mobile device and the second mobile device may transmit a response to the advertising packet in order to generate a connection between the first and second mobile devices. The response may include data such as, connection strength, response time, connection preferences, and the like. Upon detection and connection, the second mobile device may be wirelessly charged by the first device via inductive charging.
US10559978B2	System, apparatus and method for supplying electric power, apparatus and method for receiving electric power An electric power supply system includes an electric power reception apparatus and an electric power supply apparatus adapted to supply electric power to the electric power reception apparatus when the electric power reception apparatus is placed on the electric power supply apparatus. The electric power supply apparatus includes a plurality of electric power supply units adapted to supply electric power by electromagnetic induction to the electric power reception apparatus. A selection unit of the electric power supply apparatus selects, from the total plurality of electric power supply units, a plurality of electric power supply units whose location corresponds to a position where the electric power reception apparatus is placed, and a control unit controls the supply of electric power such that electric power is supplied to the electric power reception apparatus from the selected plurality of electric power supply units.
US10559977B2	Intra-microgrid communication architecture A microgrid according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a plurality of intelligent electronic devices configured to communicate directly with one another in a first language. Each of the intelligent electronic devices includes a controller and a gateway. The gateway is configured to convert incoming messages from the first language to a second language native to the controller. The first language is different than the second language. A method is also disclosed.
US10559975B2	System and method for distributed grid control with sub-cyclic local response capability Distributed static synchronous series compensators (DSSSCs) which may also be designated tower routers capable of injecting series inductive or capacitive impedances to enable distributed power-flow control. When a large number of these (a fleet of) DSSSCs are distributed over the grid for power-flow control, it is necessary to ensure that coordinated communication and control capabilities are also established, enabling fast reaction to changes that can exist across the grid. A system architecture and method for enabling localized high-speed low-latency intelligent control with communications between subsections (local network) of the grid along with communication to the central Grid operations center at the utility for supervisory control is disclosed herein. The architecture provides sub-cyclic (< 1/60 of a second) response capability, using the local DSSSCs with high-speed communication at the local network level to power-system disturbances, such as power-oscillation damping (POD), sub-synchronous resonance (SSR) etc.
US10559959B2	Multi-generator power plant arrangement, energy supply network having a multi-generator power plant arrangement and method for distributing reactive power generation in a multi-generator power plant arrangement A multi-generator power plant arrangement, energy supply network having a multi-generator power plant arrangement and method for distributing reactive power generation in a multi-generator power plant arrangement, is provided. A multi-generator power plant arrangement, and also a method for distributing reactive power generation in a multi-generator power plant arrangement, is provided. The control parameters for the controllers of the individual generators of a multi-generator power plant arrangement are thereby calculated individually on the basis of predetermined parameters and transmitted to the controllers of the individual generators. Consequently, the reactive power component to be generated in each case can be individually specified for each generator of a multi-generator power plant arrangement.
US10559952B2	Digital line protection A line protection device includes terminals to connect the line protection device in series with an electric line. A current sensor of the line protection device senses a value of electric current through the electric line. A digital filter circuit of the line protection device performs digital filtering of the value of electric current. Depending on the digitally filtered value of the electric current, a switch control circuit of the line protection device controls a switch to interrupt flow of the electric current through the line.
US10559951B1	Translating wire harness A translating wire harness includes a first portion, a second portion configured to translate relative to the first portion, a wire spool coupled to the first portion, and an electrical wire at least partially wound onto the wire spool, wherein the electrical wire at least partially unwinds from the wire spool in response to the second portion translating away from the first portion, and the electrical wire at least partially winds into the wire spool in response to the second portion translating towards the first portion, a portion of the electrical wire extending between the first portion and the second portion remains taught during translating of the second portion both (a) away from and (b) towards the first portion.
US10559947B2	Protective skirt for telecommunications lines A protective apparatus for telecommunication lines includes a mounting frame, a transition platform coupled to the mounting frame, and a protective skirt that is coupleable to the mounting frame. The mounting frame includes at least one sidewall having a sidewall opening to allow passage of a telecommunication line. The transition platform includes an opening to allow passage of the telecommunication line to an adjacent telecommunications terminal. The protective skirt includes a cutout corresponding in shape to the sidewall. The mounting frame, the transition platform and the protective skirt define an internal space when the protective skirt is coupled to the mounting frame. The telecommunications lines enter and exit the internal space by passing through the openings in the sidewalls, thus permitting removal of the protective skirt without the need to remove some or all of the telecommunications lines from the mounting frame or the telecommunications terminal.
US10559942B2	Laser device and internal combustion engine A laser device and an internal combustion engine. The laser device includes a light source configured to emit light, an optical system configured to concentrate the light emitted from the light source, a housing configured to accommodate the optical system, and a window disposed to the housing, to which the light passed through the optical system is incident. The window includes an optical window through which the light exited from the optical system passes, an optical window holding member configured to hold the optical window, a joint configured to join the optical window to the optical window holding member, and a protective layer disposed to a face of the joint. The internal combustion engine includes the laser device according to claim, and a combustion chamber configured to burn fuel to produce inflammable gas. In the internal combustion engine, the fuel is ignited by the laser device.
US10559940B1	Laser power control system for laser diode using dual close loops The present invention discloses a laser power control system includes a laser diode, a monitor photodiode, a bias control circuit, a modulation control circuit, a digital controller, and a laser diode driver. The laser power control system forms an automatic extinction ratio control loop that is configured to control the extinction ratio of the laser diode by comparing a monitor current with a first target current to keep the extinction ratio of the laser diode at the predetermined first target current. The laser power control system forms an automatic power control loop that is configured to control the average power of the laser diode by comparing the monitor current with the second target current to keep the average power of the laser diode at the predetermined second target current.
US10559939B1	Facet on a gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode Laser diode technology incorporating etched facet mirror formation and optical coating techniques for reflectivity modification to enable ultra-high catastrophic optical mirror damage thresholds for high power laser diodes.
US10559938B2	Laser system for tissue ablation A Laser system is disclosed which comprises a pump, wherein the laser system is adapted to be operated in pulsed operation so that at least one individual pulse of a temporally limited pulse duration (T0) is generated, wherein the pulse ablates a material such that a debris cloud forms above the ablated material. Further, the pump power of the pump is modulated in such a way that the following three conditions are fulfilled: (1) the intensity of the pulse oscillates between maximum values and minimum values during the pulse duration, wherein the laser pulse comprises a plurality of intensity maxima Imax which occur at times {Ti, i=1, . . . N}; and a plurality of intensity minima Imin which occur at times {tk, k=1, . . . (N−1)}, wherein the intensity does not vanish at the intensity minima; (2) the intensity oscillations of the laser pulse induce oscillations of the size of the debris cloud so that, during the pulse duration (T0), there are at least two maxima of the size of the debris cloud which occur at times {Tj, j=1, . . . M} and which are located in between two intensity maxima of the laser pulse; and (3) at least 70 percent of the maxima of the size of the debris cloud occur near an intensity minimum of the pulse such that, for at least 70 percent of the maxima of the size of the debris cloud, the intensity of the pulse I(Tj) at the time of the maximum of the size of the debris cloud is smaller than Imin(tk)+0.5×[Imax(Ti)−Imin(tk)], wherein Imin(tk) is the intensity minimum of the pulse which is closest to the maximum of the size of the debris cloud at time Tj and Imax(Ti) is the intensity maximum of the pulse which is closest to the maximum of the size of the debris cloud at time Tj.
US10559937B2	Pulsed light generation device, pulsed light generation method, exposure apparatus having pulsed light generation device and inspection apparatus having pulsed light generation device A pulsed light generation device, includes: a first optical fiber through which first pulsed light and second pulsed light, having an intensity that decreases while an intensity of the first pulsed light increases, and increases while the intensity of the first pulsed light decreases, having been multiplexed and entered therein, are propagated; and a second optical fiber at which the first pulsed light, having exited the first optical fiber and entered therein, is amplified while being propagated therein, wherein: at the first optical fiber, phase modulation occurs in the first pulsed light due to cross phase modulation caused by the second pulsed light; and self-phase modulation occurring in the first pulsed light at the second optical fiber is diminished by the phase modulation having occurred at the first optical fiber.
US10559936B2	Laser active medium and process of manufacturing the same A solid-state laser active medium comprising an optical gain material; a heat sink, wherein the heat sink is transparent, in particular over a wavelength range of 200 nm to 4000 nm, preferably with an absorption coefficient of <1 cm−1; the heat sink having a high thermal conductivity, in particular ≥149 W/(m*K); wherein the optical gain material and the heat sink exhibit a root-mean square, RMS, surface roughness of <1 nm; wherein the optical gain material is attached to the transparent heat sink by direct bonding.
US10559934B2	Multifunctional rotary data memory A multifunctional rotary data memory, comprising a housing, a master control module, a memory, a first connector, and a second connector. The housing has an upper housing and lower housing. The upper housing and lower housing are movably connected and can relatively and rotatably move around a pivot shaft. The first connector is mounted on the upper housing. The second connector is mounted on the lower housing. The first connector and the second connector are both communicatively connected to the master control module. This breaks through spatial and angular limitations on the connection between an Apple device and a periphery device, is a simple apparatus for an Apple device to possess both the functions of a data line and a mobile memory, and is compact in volume and easy to carry.
US10559933B1	Manual disconnect with connector position assurance assembly A manual disconnect for an electric circuit includes a base with primary terminals and an interlock connector. A plug assembly has fuse terminals and an interlock resistor assembly. The plug assembly is adapted to be moved relative to the base between a disconnected position, a primary circuit engaged position, and an interlock position. The plug assembly is moved linearly and rotationally relative to the base when moving between these positions. The manual disconnect also includes a connector position assurance assembly. The connector position assurance assembly includes a connector position assurance button that is movable relative to the plug assembly. The connector position assurance button can be moved between a pre-lock position and an assurance position. When located in the assurance position, the connector position assurance assembly prevents the plug assembly from rotating relative to the base.
US10559929B2	Electrical connector system having a PCB connector footprint A printed circuit board (PCB) includes a substrate and a PCB connector footprint defined along a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis being subdivided into PCB column grouping footprints in columns parallel to the longitudinal axis. The PCB includes signal vias arranged in pairs along a signal pair axis. The pairs of signal vias are aligned in the columns parallel to the longitudinal axis and in rows parallel to the lateral axis. The signal pair axis is non-parallel to the lateral and longitudinal axes. The PCB includes ground vias with at least one ground via arranged between adjacent pairs of signal vias within the PCB column grouping footprints and at least one ground via is arranged between adjacent pairs of signal vias in adjacent PCB column grouping footprints. This orientation is to allow more spacing between the signal vias and some ground vias to enhance signal integrity.
US10559925B2	Coaxial cable connector interface for preventing mating with incorrect connector A 4.3/10 coaxial connector configured to receive a mating 4.3/10 connector includes: an inner contact: a dielectric spacer; and an outer contact, the dielectric spacer separating the inner contact and the outer contact. The outer contact includes an outer wall and a plurality of spring fingers, the spring fingers configured to deflect radially inwardly when the mating 4.3/10 connector is mated. The connector further comprises blocking structure that prevents mating of a Mini-Din connector.
US10559920B1	Card edge connector having improved mating interface A card edge connector includes a contact assembly received in a cavity of a housing having a card slot in a shroud configured to receive a card edge of a module circuit board of a pluggable module. The contact assembly has upper and lower contacts having mating ends. The card edge connector includes upper biasing members at a top wall of the shroud associated with corresponding upper contacts each having an outer biasing surface engaging the pluggable module when mated with the card edge connector and having an inner biasing surface engaging the contact assembly proximate to the corresponding upper contact. The upper biasing member is movable from a released position to a compressed position. The upper biasing member moves the upper contact from an unmated position to a mated position as the upper biasing member is moved from the released position to the compressed position.
US10559909B1	Tamper resistant electrical receptacle A tamper resistant electrical receptacle is disclosed that includes a cover having two cover apertures, a platform, a slider positioned between the cover and the platform and coupled to the platform, and a coil spring. The platform includes two platform apertures aligned with the two cover apertures, a channel between the two platform apertures, and a pin trap channel separate from the two platform apertures for trapping a pin inserted into one of the two cover apertures. The slider includes a post that engages the channel, and shutters connected to the post. The coil spring is coupled to the slider and has a resting state in which the shutters are interposed between the cover and platform apertures, and a compressed state in which the shutters are not interposed. The slider glides along the channel of the platform as the coil spring moves between the resting and compressed states.
US10559908B2	Connector A terminal fitting (80) includes a projection (92) on an outer surface of a body (81). A housing (10) includes a cavity (11) into which the terminal fitting (80) is to be inserted, a guiding groove (23) into which the projection (92) enters, and an inverted insertion guiding groove (28) into which the projection (92) enters when the body (81) is in an inverted insertion posture. The housing (10) includes an inverted insertion guiding slope (32) formed on a groove surface of the inverted insertion guiding groove (28), inclined in a direction intersecting an inserting direction of the body portion (81) to face the projection (92) and configured such that the projection (92) slides on the inverted insertion guiding slope (32).
US10559905B2	Flexible press fit pins for semiconductor packages and related methods Implementations of pins for semiconductor packages may include: an upper contact portion having a contact surface configured to mechanically and electrically couple with a pin receiver; a lower portion having a vertical stop and at least two curved legs; a horizontal base coupled directly to the at least two curved legs and configured to be soldered to a substrate to mechanically and electrically couple the pin to the substrate, the horizontal base having an upper contact surface, and; a gap between a bottom contact surface of the vertical stop and the upper contact surface of the horizontal base; wherein the at least two curved legs are configured to flex to allow the bottom contact surface of the vertical stop to move toward the upper contact surface of the horizontal base in response to a pressure applied to the pin along a direction collinear with a longest length of the pin toward the upper contact surface, and; wherein the vertical stop is configured to stop movement of the pin when the bottom contact surface contacts the upper contact surface.
US10559895B2	Connection adapter for connecting an earthing line to a metal protective hose Connection adapter for connecting an earthing line to a metal protective hose comprising a line contact having at least one ring segment resting on the outer sheath of the earthing line and comprising a hose contact having a contact tab resting on the inner sheath of the protective hose.
US10559893B1	Pulse protection circuits to deter theft Disclosed are various embodiments for preventing theft of energy transmitted as a guided surface wave along the surface of a terrestrial medium, by pulsing the transmitted energy and protecting authorized devices from the pulse. In one embodiment, a guided surface wave receive structure is configured to obtain electrical energy from a guided surface wave. An electrical load coupled to the guided surface wave receive structure. The electrical load is experienced as a load at an excitation source coupled to a guided surface waveguide probe that is generating the guided surface wave with an electrical field strength that may be selectively increased. A pulse protection circuit is employed to selectively protect the electrical load from an increase in electrical energy received by the guided surface wave receive structure when the electrical field strength is selectively increased, while unprotected circuits may be damaged or disrupted by the pulse.

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