US11046208B2
A pre-crash seat actuator system for moving a vehicle seat includes an occupant protection control system that determines a collision is imminent and provides a trigger signal and an enable signal. A vehicle seat controller receives the trigger signal and determines a moving the vehicle seat to a desired position to mitigate severity of a collision. In response to the trigger signal, the vehicle seat controller provides a fast mode voltage for moving the vehicle seat in a fast mode. A smart control adapter determines whether the fast mode voltage and the enable signal are both received, to provide the fast mode voltage to a vehicle seat electric drive. In another embodiment, the vehicle seat controller receives the trigger signal and a collision signal to provide fast mode voltage, and the seat is returned to an original position when a crash does not occur.
US11046207B2
An assembly called an adapter base allows for replacement of an original equipment seat with a non-original equipment seat in a vehicle by reuse of original equipment seat legs with horizontally oriented fasteners to a non-original equipment seat configured for vertical oriented fasteners. The method involves removing the original seat to make the original equipment seat legs then available for attachment to an adapter base which allows for secure installation of non-original seats in various configurations.
US11046204B2
A charging service system for a vehicle, a method, and a vehicle using the same provide a charging service. The charging service system includes: a charging service server configured to generate and provide a charging service solution list corresponding to a vehicle that requires charging; an audio/video/navigation/telematics (AVNT) system connected to the charging service server; and a charging-service-providing server connected to the charging service server to provide a charging service. The charging service server generates a charging service solution list; transmits the charging service solution list to the AVNT system; receives one solution item selected from the charging service solution list from the AVNT system; transmits a charging service request corresponding to the selected solution item to the charging-service-providing server; and transmits charging service progress information of the charging-service-providing server to the AVNT system.
US11046198B2
A method and apparatus for magnetically latching a charging port to an electric vehicle by first positioning a power receiver connector installed on the electric vehicle near a power source connector. The power source connector that is allowed to move around in three dimensional space, facilitating the alignment of the power source connector with the power receiver connector using a magnetic force. The magnetic forces also use to latch the power source connector to the power receiver connector. At this point, contacts included in the two connectors are engaged in order to provide a temporary conductive charging path.
US11046197B2
An electric vehicle includes a power storage device, a front compartment, a power supplying port, and an external power supplying device. The power storage device is configured to feed electric power to a motor for traveling. The front compartment is provided in front of a cabin of the electric vehicle in the electric vehicle. The power supplying port is provided in the front compartment and is configured to be connected with a power supplying cable. The external power supplying device is configured to feed electric power of the power storage device to an outside of the electric vehicle from the power supplying port.
US11046194B2
The invention relates to a component of an inductive energy transmission apparatus, wherein the component includes an object recognition apparatus having at least a first and a second electrical inductance, wherein the first electrical inductance is formed by an energy transmission coil of the component, which can be acted upon by a predetermined measurement current, and the component comprises a measurement apparatus, an energy transmission unit and an evaluation apparatus.
US11046192B2
An energy store tank assembly includes a tank adapted for mounting to a frame of a tractor-trailer vehicle by a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket is coupled to the frame, and the mounting bracket extends around, and in contact with, a circumference of the tank to secure the tank to the frame. The energy store tank assembly further includes an energy store disposed within the tank, the energy store configured to supply electrical power to the tractor-trailer vehicle in a first mode of operation and further configured to receive energy from the tractor-trailer vehicle in a second mode of operation. In some embodiments, the tank includes an electrical interface through which the energy store supplies the electrical power to the tractor-trailer vehicle in the first mode of operation and through which the energy store receives energy from the tractor-trailer vehicle in the second mode of operation.
US11046188B2
A system for determining an indicator of an internal leakage current of a battery entity includes a voltage meter configured to be coupled to the battery entity and to measure a plurality of voltage values corresponding to the battery entity at a plurality of time instants. Further, the system includes an isolator configured to be coupled to each of a battery charger and an electricity consuming entity, as well as to electrically isolate the battery entity from each of the battery charger and the electricity consuming entity based on a control signal. Yet further, the system includes a controller electrically coupled to each of the voltage meter and the isolator the controller being configured to determine the indicator of an internal leakage current based on each of the plurality of voltage values.
US11046182B2
The disclosure describes methods and systems for controlling a rotary dial input device. A dial of the rotary dial input device has a specific mass that, in conjunction with a low-friction rotational bearing system, provides a momentum scrolling effect when physically spun and released. Upon spinning the dial freely, without subsequent user contact, the mass and velocity of the rotating dial provides momentum that causes the dial to continue to rotate for one or more revolutions. During this rotation a corresponding effect is provided, or dynamically rendered, to a user interface display device. Such an effect scrolls a list of objects displayed at the same, or a substantially similar, rate of speed to that of the dial rotating under momentum.
US11046181B2
An apparatus for controlling a transmission of a vehicle includes: a determination device that decides whether to perform a forward vehicle-based deceleration tracking control, based on information of the vehicle and a forward vehicle, when the vehicle starts to coast; a calculation device that calculates a target velocity and a target distance based on a position and a velocity of the forward vehicle, when the forward vehicle-based deceleration tracking control is decided to be performed; a gear position decision device that constructs deceleration profiles for respective gears and decides a final gear based on the target velocity and the target distance calculated; and a controller that controls the transmission based on the final gear.
US11046169B2
A four-wheel drive hybrid vehicle, in which all wheels are driven by an engine, and in which a spatial restriction to arrange a front motor is reduced. The hybrid vehicle comprises: an engine disposed on a side of front wheels; a first motor; an exhaust pipe for discharging exhaust gas from a rear side of the vehicle; a first propeller shaft that delivers output power of the engine to rear wheels; a transfer that distributes the output power of the engine to the front wheels; a second propeller shaft that delivers a drive force from the transfer to the front wheels; and a second motor that applies torque to the front wheels. The second propeller shaft is arranged on the other side of the exhaust pipe across the first propeller shaft while being connected to the second propeller shaft.
US11046160B2
The present invention is directed to a rigid cover for a dump trailer tank having a storage region with an open top used to transport bulk material. The rigid cover includes cover side walls having a top wall perimeter and a bottom wall perimeter and is configured along the bottom wall perimeter to correspond in shape with the open top of the trailer tank. The rigid cover includes a cover top connected to the cover side walls along the top wall perimeter and includes one or more ports in the top. The rigid cover includes cover fasteners mounted along the bottom wall perimeter configured to secure the plurality of cover side walls to the trailer tank so the traditional storage region of the trailer tank is transformed into an expanded storage region that allows storage of more bulk material than could otherwise be stored in the trailer tank alone.
US11046151B2
The present invention relates to a heating device (10), in particular to an electric heating device for a motor vehicle, having a heat exchanger housing (12), heat exchanger core (14) which absorbs heat at a heat input face, and a printed circuit board (20) having electronic components (16, 18) for controlling the heating device (10), wherein the printed circuit board (20) is arranged on an outer side (22) of the heat exchanger housing (12), wherein a temperature sensor (24) is arranged on a side (26) of the printed circuit board (20) which faces the outer side (22) of the heat exchanger housing (12), wherein connecting means (28) are provided which connect the temperature sensor (24) in a heat conducting fashion to the outer side (22) of the heat exchanger housing (12), and wherein the heat input face of the heat exchanger core (14) is connected in a heat-conducting fashion to the heat exchanger housing (12), with the result that a continuous short heat bridge, running through the interior of the heat exchanger housing (12), to the connecting means (28) is generated.
US11046150B2
A vehicle heater housing (46) has an inlet area (49), an outlet area (51) and an air flow space (47) for air to be heated with a burner chamber assembly unit (30), to be fed with combustion air and fuel. A heat exchanger area (11), including a heat exchanger housing (12), is elongated in the direction of a housing longitudinal axis (L) with an outer side (24) around which air flowing in the air flow space flows. Heat transfer ribs are on a side of the heat exchanger housing. The heater housing has a housing circumferential wall (56) and an outlet front wall area (58). The heat transfer ribs have a longitudinal edge (64) extending along the housing circumferential wall and a radial edge extending along the outlet front wall area. A distance of the radial edge from the outlet front wall area changes from radially outwards to radially inwards.
US11046145B2
An air conditioning damper includes a damper main body provided in a casing and closing a flow path formed in the casing by a distal end portion abutting against the inner surface of the casing. The air conditioning damper closes or opens the flow path by pivoting. The air conditioning damper has a cover portion provided on front surface sides or back surface sides of a plurality of protruding portions and extending in the width direction of the damper main body beyond a side surface of the protruding portion.
US11046142B2
A vehicle includes a chassis, a first tractive assembly coupled to the chassis, a second tractive assembly coupled to the chassis, and a controller. The first tractive assembly includes a first tractive element and a first actuator coupled to the first tractive element and configured to move the first tractive element relative to the chassis. The second tractive assembly includes a second tractive element and a second actuator coupled to the second tractive element and configured to move the second tractive element relative to the chassis. The controller is operatively coupled to the first actuator and the second actuator and configured to control at least one of the first actuator and the second actuator to raise the second tractive element with respect to the first tractive element in response to an indication that the second tractive element is disabled.
US11046135B2
The present invention provides reinforcing braces that may be attached to the factory-supplied chassis mounts for the lower control arms of the steering knuckles of vehicles to reinforce and shield the mounts from objects below the vehicle that may be encountered when traveling through rugged terrain. The braces of the present invention are designed for the front and rear control arm mounts, each brace including a pair of parallel sturdy metal flanges that are generally perpendicularly attached to a sturdy metal lower base plate. Each flange is designed to be attached to one of the parallel flanges of the factory-supplied chassis mounts, and has a generally U-shaped opening therein for receiving mounting hardware and strengthening of the camber adjustment tabs. The sturdy metal lower base plates may extend out and away from the flanges of the brackets to provide a lower shield to protect the chassis and mounting hardware from damage that may occur from contact with large objects that may be encountered below the vehicle. The front base plate may include an elongated section that extends toward the front of the vehicle to provide a shield for deflecting large objects as the vehicle moves forward.
US11046129B2
An anti-spray joint structure for a connection of an air nozzle of a tire and a connection hose of an air compressor, the air compressor contains: a box, a sealant supply can, and a connection hose. The box includes a body of the air compressor. The sealant supply can includes an open segment and a supply tube. The connection hose includes a first segment and a second segment. The second segment has an anti-spray connector which includes a fitting sleeve, and the fitting sleeve has a threaded orifice, a through orifice, and a projected shoulder. The cylindrical base includes a cylindrical room, a stepped coupling segment, a conduit, and a first stepped portion. The valve bolt includes a post, a connecting disc, multiple spaced slots, and a first seal ring. A lock element includes at least one tangent plane, a stem, and a hollow cavity.
US11046123B2
A mark indicating portion arranged on a sidewall portion is provided with a reference surface provided on a surface of the sidewall portion and a mark formed on the reference surface. A surface of the mark is inclined in a tyre circumferential direction. Further, the mark is provided with a concave portion in which the surface is lower than the reference surface and a convex portion in which the surface is higher than the reference surface. The concave portion is arranged on one side in the tyre circumferential direction and the convex portion is arranged on the other side in the tyre circumferential direction.
US11046122B2
A tire includes a tread portion provided with a plurality of blocks. At least one of the plurality of blocks is provided with a sipe. The sipe extends in a sipe longitudinal direction to form a zigzag opening configuration on a ground contact surface of the at least one of the plurality of blocks. The sipe extends inwardly in a tire radial direction such that the zigzag opening configuration oscillates in the sipe longitudinal direction repeatedly with a total amplitude and a wavelength while maintaining the zigzag opening configuration. A half of the wavelength of the sipe is in a range of from 0.10 to 0.24 times a maximum depth of the sipe, and a slope of the half of the wavelength with respect to the total amplitude has an angle in a range of from 45 to 65 degrees.
US11046118B2
A tire for two-wheel vehicle includes a tread portion having a designated rotation direction and being provided with a plurality of blocks and grooves. The plurality of blocks includes at least one V-shaped block having an axial center portion located rearwardly in the rotation direction with respect to its axial both end portions and a first sidewall located rearwardly in the rotation direction. The grooves include a groove bottom surface connected to the first sidewall, wherein the groove bottom surface is provided with ribs extending in a tire circumferential direction.
US11046108B2
A paint roller cleaning system including an elongated cylindrical member configured to receive a paint roller, a first-end-cap, and a second-end-cap. The first-end-cap for attachment at a first-end of the elongated cylindrical member and the second-end-cap for attachment at a second-end of the elongated cylindrical member. The first-end-cap includes a threaded-member and may couple to a water supply and direct water through a receiving-aperture. The second-end-cap includes an exit-aperture and a positioning-member for positioning the paint roller above the exit-aperture allowing for water to drain therethrough. The paint roller cleaning system may be used for cleaning a paint roller when inserted into the elongated cylindrical member and the water supply is activated.
US11046095B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a printer comprises a housing section configured to accommodate a roll body obtained by winding an elongated image receiving medium in a roll shape; a conveyance section configured to pull out the image receiving medium from the roll body to convey it; a printing section configured to perform printing on the image receiving medium pulled out of the roll body by the conveyance section; and a buffer device arranged at the bottom of the housing section on an upstream side of the conveyance section along a direction in which the image receiving medium is pulled out by the conveyance direction so as to apply a pressing force in a direction towards the roll body to the image receiving medium pulled out of the roll body.
US11046083B2
A bottle for ink supply is shipped with a two-dimensional code attached to the bottle, individual information being embedded in the two-dimensional code. A user reads the two-dimensional code with a portable information terminal and thereby transmits the individual information to a management server. If there is no fraud or problem, the management server transmits a passcode to the portable information terminal. When the bottle is placed in a bottle storing unit, the two-dimensional code is read by a two-dimensional code reader, and a passcode is created based on the individual information embedded in the two-dimensional code. Only when the passcode matches the passcode registered by the user, ink in the bottle becomes ready to use.
US11046081B2
Provided is a printer including an ink tank, a print head performing printing by using ink in the ink tank, a light source irradiating the ink tank with light, a photoelectric conversion device detecting light incident from the ink tank in a period during which the light source emits light, and a processing unit determining ink characteristics based on characteristics of a light amount detected by the photoelectric conversion device.
US11046073B2
A fluid ejection device may include a fluid ejection die embedded in a moldable material, a number of fluid recirculation pumps within the fluid ejection die to recirculate fluid within a number of firing chambers of the fluid ejection die, and a number of heat exchangers thermally coupled to a fluid channel side of the fluid ejection die.
US11046070B2
A processing machine includes a dryer device. In particular, the processing machine is a printable material- or sheet-processing or a substrate-processing machine, in particular a printing machine. A method for operating a drying device in such a processing machine is also provided. The processing machine addresses the problem of creating an alternative processing machine comprising a drying device or an alternative method for operating a drying device in a processing machine. In particular, the cooling in preferably high-performs dryers in processing machines, such as substrate, or printable material-processing machines, should be improved. Especially preferably the cooling of the underside of the underside of a UV emitter should also be further improved. The problem is solved by pairing a blast air system with the drying device, by the use of which blast air system, the ambient air flowing into the air inlet opening can be or is actively influenced at a distance from the radiation source.
US11046068B2
The present invention provides a system and process for direct-to-transfer printing, including heat presses and corresponding heat press stations through which the heat presses are indexed, and at which garments are (1) dressed upon the heat presses; (2) the garments are pre-pressed; (3) thereafter components are sequentially placed on top of and fused with their corresponding garments by applying heat and pressure; and (4) the finished garments are unloaded from the heat presses. The present invention also provides a component on a carrier sheet for use in such a direct-to-transfer printing system and process, which includes identification and registration symbols (such as barcodes, QR codes or other suitable markings) in addition to a design or embellishment. The present invention further provides an ASR system for use with a direct-to-transfer printing system.
US11046067B2
Plate cylinder driving devices of a printing machine are provided with a drive shaft driving the plate cylinder, a drive helical gear fixed to the drive shaft, and an anti-backlash helical gear rotatably connected to the drive shaft and is biased by at least a spring towards a direction for preventing backlash. Both the drive helical gear and the anti-backlash helical gear are engaged with the main gear, and a plate provided with plural holes accommodating rollers is provided between the drive helical gear and the anti-backlash helical gear. Friction between the anti-backlash gear and the drive gear is reduced by a simple mechanism in the plate cylinder driving devices in a printing machine.
US11046062B2
A method of making a pre-stretched plastic packaging film comprising co-extruding a top layer, a bottom layer, and a core layer into a multilayer film intermediate product, wherein the top layer and bottom layer comprise at least about 95 wt % polyethylene resin, and the core layer comprises polyethylene resin and filler particles; stretching the multilayer film intermediate product to impart cavitation in the core layer in the area of the filler particles to form a pre-stretched polyethylene-based film; and rolling the pre-stretched polyethylene-based film onto a roller to form a roll of pre-stretched polyethylene-based film. A multilayer pre-stretched plastic packaging film comprising: a core layer sandwiched between a top layer and a bottom layer wherein the top layer and bottom layer comprise at least about 95 wt % polyethylene, and the core layer comprises filler particles having a particle size of 0.1 to 20 μm in a polyethylene-based matrix comprising at least about 95 wt % polyethylene.
US11046059B2
Barrier films comprising a PECVD barrier coating from diamond-like carbon are disclosed, along with methods of manufacturing such films, and laminated packaging materials comprising such films, in particular for liquid food packaging, are disclosed. Packaging containers comprising the laminated packaging material or being made from the laminated packaging material, in particular a packaging container for liquid food packaging, are also disclosed.
US11046057B2
The invention relates to systems and techniques for manufacturing articles containing cellulosic material, a tackifier, and a binder, and related processes of making and using the cellulosic articles. In particularly exemplary embodiments, the manufactured articles are door skins, sometimes known as door facings, and doors made from the door skins. The article contains a lipophilic cellulosic material, a tackifier, and a binder.
US11046051B2
A metal-on-ceramic substrate comprises a ceramic layer, a first metal layer, and a bonding layer joining the ceramic layer to the first metal layer. The bonding layer includes thermoplastic polyimide adhesive that contains thermally conductive particles. This permits the substrate to withstand most common die attach operations, reduces residual stress in the substrate, and simplifies manufacturing processes.
US11046042B2
Light weight composites with high flexural strength comprise epoxy foam sandwiched between two layers of facing material have high strength and low weight and can be used to replace steel structures. The facing layer may be fibrous material especially glass or carbon fibres, the facing material is preferably embedded into the epoxy matrix. Alternatively they may be matching box structures or concentric metal tubes. The sandwich structures may be prepared by laying up the fibre; coating and/or impregnating the layer with epoxy resin, laying a layer of heat activatable foamable epoxy material, providing a further layer of the fibrous material optionally coated and/or impregnated with epoxy resin on the foamable material ad heating to foam and cure the epoxy materials. Alternatively they may be formed by extrusion of the foamable material between the surface layers.
US11046038B2
Several aspects of this disclosure relate to a reusable kit and it method of use for repairing a leak in a gas-filled inflatable object. In one form, the kit may include: a hollow housing with a leading end region and a trailing end region; a plunger with a front end region and a back end region, the front end region having a tubular nose, the front end region being adapted to be received in the leading end region of the hollow housing; a plug having a head portion and a shaft portion extending therefrom, the shaft portion of the plug being adapted to be mounted at least partially in a tubular nose of the front end region of the plunger; a sealing ring that surrounds the plunger proximate the front end region thereof, the sealing ring serving to interface with an inner wall of the hollow housing; and an adhesive provided below an underside of the head portion of the plug.
US11046035B2
An article of manufacture is disclosed that comprises an infill made from linear segments of filament, such as but not limited to continuous carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic filament. Feathering approaches are addressed to generate segments of filament in various geometries that distribute where cuts or ends of segments occur or points where two ends of segments are fused or the like to avoid overlap. Aspects of one approach include identifying long edges and eliminating short edges which present acute angles.
US11046031B2
A method of manufacturing a composite part where a layup is covered with a vacuum bag to which a reduced pressure is applied, the method including providing a uncompressible breather element between the layup and the bag to assist with airflow over a surface of the layup.
US11046029B2
A composite material component manufacturing method including a first thermoforming step for creating a first three-dimensional prepreg sheet by thermoforming a thermoplastic first prepreg sheet into a three dimensional shape, a laminate body creating step for creating a prepreg sheet laminate body by layering the first three-dimensional prepreg sheet and a second prepreg sheet; and a laminate body molding step for molding the prepreg sheet laminate body by applying heat and a pressing force to the prepreg sheet laminate body with a pressing device.
US11046025B2
A method of producing a resin-impregnated fiber bundle roll body includes unwinding a fiber bundle from a bobbin; winding the fiber bundle on a winding core rotating around a fixed axis through a movable winding head to prepare a product; and leading the fiber bundle taken off in the unwinding to the winding between the unwinding and winding, wherein the leading or winding includes a resin impregnating the fiber bundle, and the winding includes a fiber content calculation of a fiber content in a layer of the fiber bundle on the winding core of an intermediate product to control one according to the fiber content: a resin adhesion amount in the resin adhesion operation; a winding tension of the fiber bundle applied to the intermediate product; a removal amount of a surplus resin layer on an outer surface of the intermediate product; and a resin viscosity in the intermediate product.
US11046020B2
A system for producing at least one structural thermoplastic part, said structural thermoplastic part being formed from a rough part comprising reinforcing fibres immersed in a thermoplastic matrix, the structural thermoplastic part to be produced comprising an outer face and an inner face, opposite the outer face, the production system comprising at least one inflatable pressure member made of a material having a thermal resistance greater than the heating temperature, the inflatable pressure member being mounted between the first counter-mould and the second mould, the inflatable pressure member being configured to develop between the deflated idle state and an inflated state to flatten the rough part between the imprint of the first mould and the imprint of the first counter-mould so as to consolidate the rough part and to form the structural thermoplastic part.
US11046011B2
A device may obtain measurement data concerning a three-dimensional (3D) printed object, where the 3D printed object has a plurality of physical elements that comprise a plurality of different physical attributes, and where the plurality of physical elements and the plurality of different physical attributes are designed to exhibit one or more printing capabilities of a 3D printer that printed the 3D printed object. The device may process the measurement data to determine one or more printing anomalies relating to one or more physical elements, of the plurality of physical elements, and one or more physical attributes of the plurality of different physical attributes. The device may generate a set of instructions to permit the 3D printer to be adjusted to address the one or more printing anomalies, and may cause an action to be performed based on generating the set of instructions.
US11046005B2
Additive manufacturing or 3D printing produces considerable quantities of waste ink or resin during the course of additive manufacture. The waste ink is a hazardous substance and must be collected and disposed of accordingly. The present embodiments provide a waste ink collection device that collects the waste ink from the printing process, or from head cleaning and other incidental operations, stores the waste and cures it. The waste ink is thus rendered safe for conventional disposal. A waste ink disposal cartridge collects the waste ink and carries out curing.
US11046002B2
According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided process and apparatus to use additives with the clear wetting agent to aid in detection of defective substrates or missing jets. For light colored substrates, dye can be used for darkening of the wetting agent to provide sufficient contrast for defect detection. For dark colored substrates, the dye could be a specific color that a sensor is tuned for. An additive that glows only in the presence of a specific wave length of light could be utilized for any color substrate. By comparing the detected pattern to the desired pattern, end product voids can be greatly reduced or eliminated.
US11045998B2
A method for producing an electrical power device having an insulator. The method includes, by means of additive manufacturing, applying a polymeric insulating material forming part of the device. The method also includes, in a subsequent consolidation step, subjecting the insulator to elevated temperature and pressure during a predetermined time period to consolidate the insulator.
US11045988B1
An apparatus for detaching printed objects from 3D printer enables continuous use of a 3D printer by automatically removing a completed 3D printed object from the printer bed, leaving an empty print bed that is ready for the next print job. Some embodiments of the apparatus include a moveable 3D print bed, a specially shaped raft at the base of the printed object and a stationary ejection bar with a blade that cuts and ejects the printed object from the print bed.
US11045987B2
A core side of a plastic injection molding tooling set for use in conjunction with a cavity side of the tooling set is disclosed. The core side may have the following composition in percent by weight: 0.25-0.55% carbon, 0.70-1.50% manganese, a maximum of 0.80% silicon, 1.40-2.00% chromium, 0.10-0.55% molybdenum, a maximum of 0.040% aluminum, a maximum of 0.025% phosphorous, a maximum of 0.20% sulfur, a balance of iron, and incidental impurities.
US11045985B2
A seal molding system includes a mold body having a mold body inner geometry configured complementary to a fitting outer geometry of a fitting, and a mold collar having one or more mold collar engagement elements configured to engage with one or more fitting engagement elements. The mold collar is couplable to the mold body at a body-collar interface allowing free rotation of the mold collar relative to the mold body. The body-collar interface is configured such that axial motion in a first axial direction and/or rotational motion in a first rotational direction of the mold collar relative to the fitting causes the mold collar to urge the mold body against a panel surface, and axial motion in a second axial direction and/or rotational motion in a second rotational direction of the mold collar relative to the fitting causes the mold collar to draw the mold body away from the panel.
US11045976B2
An apparatus for producing three-dimensional objects is provided including a bonding liquid applier and a controller. The bonding liquid applier applies a bonding liquid to a powder layer to form a bonded layer. The controller controls the bonding liquid applier to repeatedly form an (n)th bonded layer by applying a predetermined amount of the bonding liquid per unit area, in multiple times, to a new bonding region in an (n)th powder layer, below which an (n−1)th bonded layer does not exist, and applying the predetermined amount of the bonding liquid per unit area, in a smaller number of times than the multiple times, to an existing bonding region in the (n)th powder layer, below which the (n−1)th bonded layer exists, while increasing a numeral (n) representing an integer of 1 and above in increment of 1, to laminate multiple bonded layers into a three-dimensional object.
US11045974B2
A process for manufacturing a composite part includes arranging a fibrous preform in a mold including an impregnation chamber which includes in its lower part a filter by making a first face of the preform rest on the filter, the impregnation chamber being closed by a flexible membrane placed opposite a second face of the preform, the membrane separating the impregnation chamber from a compaction chamber. The process further includes injecting a compression fluid into the compaction chamber so as to apply a first pressure on the membrane and injecting a slurry including ceramic particles into the impregnation chamber with a second pressure while maintaining the injection of the compression fluid, the second injection pressure of the slurry being lower than the first pressure on the membrane.
US11045962B2
The present invention provides a blade-replaceable cutting tool, which includes: a first handheld portion and a second handheld portion; the second handheld portion is rotatably connected to the first handheld portion; and further includes a blade mounting plate and a blade, the blade mounting plate is rotatably mounted to the first handheld portion; the blade is detachably mounted to the blade mounting plate. Wherein, the blade mounting plate and the blade may be replaced with a ratchet blade which is detachably and rotatably mounted to the first handheld portion.
US11045958B2
A system and method of operating the same are disclosed. The system includes a surgical instrument including an energy applicator and a manipulator including a plurality of links and a plurality of actuators operatively coupled to the plurality of links for moving the energy applicator in one or more degrees of freedom. At least one controller is configured to establish an initial position of the energy applicator. The at least one controller evaluates a plurality of possible final positions for the energy applicator with respect to one or more boundaries within which the energy applicator is allowed to move and beyond which the energy applicator is restricted from moving. Based on the evaluation of the plurality of possible final positions for the energy applicator, a commanded position to which the energy applicator is able to be moved by the manipulator without crossing the one or more boundaries is established.
US11045955B2
A robot control device includes: a measuring unit to measure a robot control state indicative of a position and a posture of the robot; a work area setting unit to store, for each of work processes, a work area that is defined by work movement of the worker between a start and an end of each of the work processes and includes a space a body of the worker occupies and to set the work area corresponding to the work process currently carried out by the worker based on a signal specifying the work process currently carried out by the worker; and a robot command generator to generate a motion command for the robot based on the work area and the robot control state. The generator varies the command for the robot based on whether the robot is present in the work area.
US11045950B2
A driving device includes a driving unit disposed on a fixed member, a supporting member, an output member, an elastic member configured to couple the supporting member and the output member, a first scale, a first sensor configured to detect the rotation angle of the output shaft of the driving unit with the first scale, a second scale, and a second sensor configured to detect the relative displacement between the supporting member and the output member with the second scale. One of the first scale and the first sensor is disposed on the fixed member. The other of the first scale and the first sensor and one of the second scale and the second sensor are disposed on the supporting member. The other of the second scale and the second sensor is disposed on the output member.
US11045949B2
Deep machine learning methods and apparatus related to manipulation of an object by an end effector of a robot. Some implementations relate to training a semantic grasping model to predict a measure that indicates whether motion data for an end effector of a robot will result in a successful grasp of an object; and to predict an additional measure that indicates whether the object has desired semantic feature(s). Some implementations are directed to utilization of the trained semantic grasping model to servo a grasping end effector of a robot to achieve a successful grasp of an object having desired semantic feature(s).
US11045943B2
A layout and measurement tool for measuring and marking the edge of a piece of stock may have a first arm extending from a central portion in a horizontal plane and a second arm extending from the central portion in a vertical plane allowing for simultaneous measurement and marking of the top face of the stock piece and the side of the stock piece without the need to move or reposition the tool.
US11045942B2
An apparatus, method, and system for hardware mapping and management is disclosed. The apparatus may comprise a substrate housing hardware units associated with an object; one or more holes within the substrate for housing at least one hardware unit of the object are positioned based on a layout corresponding to the hardware units' assembly within the object.
US11045940B2
A positionable tool support device is mounted near a work surface for supporting a tool for a user. The tool support device includes a surface mount to secure the tool support device to a support surface. A gravity-balancing articulated arm assembly is coupled to and extends from the surface mount. The gravity-balancing articulated arm assembly is selectively adjustable about both vertical and horizontal axes. A rigid support extension is coupled to the gravity-balancing articulated arm assembly for selective rotation relative to the gravity-balancing articulated arm assembly. A flexible tensile member is coupled to and extends, in a relaxed state, vertically downward from the rigid support extension. The tensile member is coupled to the tool.
US11045938B2
Several means 71, 72, 73, 74, and 75 are provided for restricting a relative displacement in a separating direction of half-split housings 50L, 50R. At one or more of several screw-connection parts 60 of the left and right half-split housings 50L, 50R, a press-fitting protrusion 71a is provided in an insertion hole 62a of a boss-receiving part 62 into which a screw-boss part 61 is inserted. By press-fitting the screw-boss part 61 to the boss-receiving part 62, a separation resistance may be introduced between the left and right half-split housings 50L, 50R.
US11045936B2
A staple removing device has a pair of levers pivotally coupled at one end on an axis such that their other ends are capable of movement toward one another. A bias spring acts on the pair of levers for biasing the pair of levers into an open position. A pair of extraction jaws on the other end of the pair of levers have engaging ends extending toward the other of the pair of levers for engaging the underside of a staple embedded in a material to lift the staple away from the material. A capture slot is formed one of the pair of levers that captures a staple when removed.
US11045931B2
When coupling tubular parts by fitting, the seal interposed between them may roll on itself, be pinched or damaged. Now, a twisted or damaged seal no longer correctly ensures the seal-tightness and it is very difficult to detect this. The present application discloses a tool for installing a seal between two tubular parts, one male and one female, including a compression ring to encircle the male part and exert a compression on the seal before producing the join. The tool also includes a tongue that can be positioned at a chamfered surface of the female tubular part. The tongue makes it possible to offer the pre-compressed seal with the dimensions of the female part a continuous travel making it possible to prevent any twisting or other effect compromising the seal-tightness.
US11045927B2
Adjustable fastener tools are provided for engaging socket heads. The tool includes a support member, multiple engagement fingers, and an adjustment mechanism. The support member has multiple radially-extending tracks, and a central opening, and the fingers are associated with, and slidable along, the radially-extending tracks. The fingers include at radially inner ends jaws with respective contact surfaces for engaging the socket head. The adjustment mechanism resides, at least in part, within the central opening in the support member, and couples to the fingers. The adjustment mechanism includes an actuating member and multiple hinged trusses. A hinged truss of the trusses is hingedly coupled at one end to the actuating member and hingedly coupled at an other end to a respective finger of the engagement fingers. Movement of the actuating member results, via the hinged truss, in slidable movement of the respective finger along its associated radially-extending track.
US11045920B2
A machining apparatus machines an end face of a tapered roller with a grinding wheel. The machining apparatus includes a support mechanism configured to support the tapered roller, a wheel unit on which the grinding wheel is mounted, and a base configured to support the wheel unit so that the wheel unit is swivelable about a center line in a vertical direction. A machining point where the grinding wheel is brought into contact with the end face of the tapered roller supported by the support mechanism is located on an extension of the center line serving as a swivel center of the wheel unit.
US11045915B2
The present disclosure includes a part hold-down assembly for retaining an oversized part. The part hold-down assembly is aligned along a central force axis and applies a downward force onto the part. The part-hold down assembly includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and a compression assembly extending between the top and bottom plates. The compression assembly includes two, parallel biasing assemblies that extend along compression axes that are parallel to but offset from the central force axis. Each biasing assembly including an upper collar, a lower collar and a resilient biasing member, in one embodiment in the form of a coil spring, retained between the upper and lower collar. The parallel biasing assemblies are positioned on opposite sides from each other about the central force axis, and may be spaced away from the central force axis an equal distance.
US11045912B2
A method of fabricating an oscillating heat pipe includes building the oscillating heat pipe with a layer-by-layer additive manufacturing process such that the oscillating heat pipe includes a body of solid material, an array of channels, an evaporator portion, and a condenser portion. The array of channels are disposed in the body and define a continuous loop through which a fluid flows. The array of channels is formed by cavities in the body as the body is formed with layer-by-layer additive manufacturing. An inner surface of a channel includes a flow directing feature that is configured to promote a first direction of flow and that is configured to provide resistance against a second direction of flow that is opposite the first direction of flow.
US11045911B2
A sacrificial material on one surface of a core material, a Al brazing material containing Si: 6.0% to 14.0%, Mg: 0.05% to 1.5%, Bi: 0.05% to 0.25%, Sr: 0.0001% to 0.1%, and Al balance and satisfying (Bi+Mg)×Sr≤0.1 is disposed on the other surface, Mg—Bi-based compounds of the brazing material with a diameter of 0.1-5.0 μm are more than 20 per 10,000-μm2 and the Mg—Bi-based compounds with a diameter of 5.0 μm or more are less than 2 before brazing, the core material contains Mn: 1.0% to 1.7%, Si: 0.2% to 1.0%, Fe: 0.1% to 0.5%, Cu: 0.08% to 1.0%, Mg: 0.1% to 0.7%, and Al balance, the sacrificial material contains Zn: 0.5% to 6.0% and Mg of which a content is limited to 0.1% or less, and a Mg concentration on a surface of the sacrificial material after brazing is 0.15% or less.
US11045908B2
This disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for piercing workpieces at a piercing point using a laser beam, which exits from a laser processing nozzle with a process gas, whereby a bulge is formed on the workpiece surface around the piercing point during the piercing. A distance between the laser processing nozzle and the bulge is determined during the piercing and at least one piercing parameter is changed in dependence on the distance determined.
US11045900B2
A laser-based coating removal apparatus to remove a coating from a surface without damaging the surface. The apparatus comprises a laser source to provide a laser light, a routing element coupled to the laser source and configured to direct the laser light onto a target region of the surface thereby removing the coating from the target region, and a detection element to detect the coating as the coating separates from the target region of the surface. The detection element is able to prevent the surface from being damaged by limiting or eliminating the laser light directed onto the target region after all the coating has been removed. The detection element is able to detect the separation of the coating from the target region by detecting incandescence, acoustic signature, motion, fluorescence and/or chemical properties produced by the separation of the coating from the surface.
US11045892B2
A welding system including an arc monitoring, training, and control system is disclosed. The welding system includes a power supply, controller, and associated memory. When a weld is performed, the weld command and weld feedback parameters can be stored in the memory, along with associated alarm limit values. During subsequent welds, the input weld commands and actual feedback values can be compared to the established limits, and a fault signal provided to an operator or supervisor when the value exceeds the established limits. The fault signals can be used for training operators, as well as providing monitoring signals, and can be stored with weld data in a database for later analysis. In addition, collected weld data can be used to determine when to clean, repair, or replace consumables, including, for example, contact tips, wire drive liners, and drive rolls, and to monitor usage of wire and gas.
US11045891B2
A method of operating a welding system includes supplying a weld current and a weld voltage to an electrode via a plurality of pulse periods, where each pulse period of the plurality of pulse periods includes a background phase and a peak phase. The method also includes detecting the occurrence of an anomalous cathode event during the background phase of a first pulse period of the plurality of pulse periods based at least in part on when a voltage value of the weld voltage is greater than a detect voltage. The method also includes controlling the weld current to a desired current during a portion of the anomalous cathode event. The portion includes an interval of the background phase of the first pulse period, and the weld current is controlled independent of the weld voltage during the portion of the anomalous cathode event.
US11045887B2
A miter saw includes a base, a table pivotally coupled to the base about a miter axis, and a saw unit coupled to the table for movement about the miter axis. A workpiece support is pivotable relative to the base between a first position, in which the table is permitted to pivot about the miter axis within a first range of miter angles, and a second position, in which the table is permitted to pivot about the miter axis within a second range of miter angles different than the first range. The miter saw further includes a locking mechanism for maintaining the workpiece support in at least one of the first position or the second position, wherein the locking mechanism includes an actuator supported by and moveable with the workpiece support between the first position and the second position.
US11045883B2
A collet assembly of improved stability has a collet, an axial limiting assembly, a cutter, a pin, and multiple damping elements. The collet has a containing space, a pin-receiving groove, a connecting groove, and multiple receiving grooves. The containing space is formed through the collet. The pin-receiving groove is formed through the collet. The connecting groove is recessed on the collet. The multiple receiving grooves are recessed in the collet. The axial limiting assembly is mounted to the collet. The cutter has a limiting groove and a mounting end. The limiting groove is recessed on the cutter. The mounting end abuts against the limiting assembly. The pin extends into the pin-receiving groove and abuts against the limiting groove of the cutter. Each one of the multiple damping elements is received in a respective one of the multiple receiving grooves of the collet. A collet of improved stability is also provided.
US11045881B2
A quick change tool includes a tool element, an elongate body having a drive shaft and attaching means for attaching the tool element to the body, and a receiving element for attaching to the tool element. The receiving element includes a through-hole for receiving the body by sliding through the receiving element in the longitudinal direction of the body. The receiving element is configured to co-act with the attaching means to lock the tool element relative to the body at least in an axial direction of the drive shaft. The attaching means includes a resiliently movable locking pin arranged spring-mounted in the body. The receiving element comprises a locking hole configured to receive the locking pin therein in a snapping manner. A pin guiding groove extends between a receiving opening of the through-hole and the locking hole for guiding the locking pin from the receiving opening to the locking hole.
US11045878B2
A manufacturing method for a vehicle wheel includes an overlap cutting step in which lathe machining is performed on a design portion of the vehicle wheel at feed speed that allows cutting marks to be connected with each other in a radial direction with a first cutting depth from a given reference position, and a non-overlap cutting step in which, after the overlap cutting step, lathe machining is performed on the design portion at feed speed that allows cutting marks to be separated from each other in the radial direction with a second cutting depth from the reference position, the second cutting depth being deeper than the first cutting depth.
US11045868B2
A method of controlling a continuous casting system for producing slabs from a material, the continuous casting system having a number of molds for forming corresponding strands, the method including receiving a plurality of casting orders, determining for each of the casting orders a set of slabs to be cast, sorting the slabs to be cast of the sets of the casting orders to obtain a sorted base sequence, uniformly partitioning the sorted base sequence into a number of subsequences, adjusting slab widths of the slabs to be cast of the subsequence, wherein, due to the adjustment, the width changes between two slabs to be cast immediately one after the other in the subsequence do not exceed a step value, wherein adjusted subsequences are obtained from the adjusted slab widths, transmitting control data to the continuous casting system for producing the slabs to be cast determined in the adjusted subsequences.
US11045863B2
Apparatus is disclosed for attaching to a lockbolt via a swaged-mounted collar. The apparatus includes an element which permits relative movement between a cutting blade and an opposing surface so that the collar is held centrally within the apparatus during cutting.
US11045861B2
A fastening tool includes a bolt-gripping part, an anvil, a motor, and a control part. When the bolt-gripping part grips an end region of a shaft part and moves relative to the anvil in a first direction of a longitudinal-axis direction, the anvil presses a collar fitted onto the shaft part in a second direction opposite to the first direction of the longitudinal-axis direction and inward in a radial direction of the collar, so that a hollow part of the collar is crimped to a groove while the workpiece is clamped between the collar and a head part, whereby swaging of a fastener is completed while the end region remains integrated with the shaft part. The control part completes swaging of the fastener by terminating a movement of the bolt-gripping part in the first direction relative to the anvil based on driving current of the motor.
US11045859B2
A tool cartridge for accommodating tool parts of a multi-part processing tool having a stamp and a die for processing of plate-shaped workpieces is provided. The tool cartridge includes a cartridge base body, a stamp holder for detachably holding a tool part configured as a processing stamp and a die holder for detachably holding a tool part configured as a processing die. The stamp holder includes two cartridge arms pivotable to one another which respectively include a pin for supporting the respective cartridge arm in a pivotable manner. The cartridge base body includes two orifices related to the pins for accommodating the pins in a rotatable manner.
US11045858B2
A method of forming a plurality of shaped piece parts from a sheet of material involves arranging a plurality of aligned workpieces into an optimized workpiece pattern, and arranging one or more series of joints that maintains the workpieces in rigid connection and alignment. The joints include one or more particular joints that have an axis of rotation, which permits a first section of the workpieces to be rotated about the axis of rotation with respect to a second set of workpieces to weaken and break the one or more particular joints. The method also involves applying one or more folds across the sheet of material to form one or more pluralities of aligned bends in at least some of the plurality of workpieces. The method further involves breaking the joints to rigidly decouple each of the plurality of shaped workpieces into individual piece parts.
US11045852B2
A container for use in a metal extrusion press has a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis being oriented generally horizontally and dividing the container into an upper portion and a lower portion when the container is in the use position. The container comprises: a mantle comprising an elongate body having an outer surface and an axial bore therein; an elongate liner accommodated within the axial bore, the liner comprising a longitudinally extending passage therein through which a billet is advanced; a first fluid channel adjacent an outer surface of the mantle, the first fluid channel being configured to direct a first fluid therethrough for cooling a first end of the container; and a second fluid channel adjacent an outer surface of the mantle, the second fluid channel being configured to direct a second fluid therethrough for cooling a second end of the container.
US11045847B2
A geocomposite covering for placement atop the ground including a lower carrier layer and an intermediate layer of particulate material positioned above the lower carrier layer. A synthetic turf is positioned over the particulate material and is affixed to the lower carrier layer to contain the particulate material between the lower carrier layer and the synthetic turf. The synthetic turf is affixed to the lower carrier layer by one or more of stitches, needle-punched staple fibers, linking fibers, heat bonded fibers, or mechanical fasteners. The particulate material can include clays, cementitious materials, granular material, powder-like material, and the like.
US11045843B2
A fiber catcher is provided for removing fibers, microfibers, hair and similar items from fluids, such as may be found in effluent pipes, streams, washing machines and clothes dryers that includes a plurality of arms with a plurality of teeth for collecting fibers that are suspended in fluids.
US11045835B1
Example methods include depositing a precursor layer onto a substrate where the precursor layer includes droplets comprising a polymerizable material, inducing a phase inversion in the precursor layer to obtain a modified precursor layer including droplets of a non-polymerizable liquid within a polymerizable liquid mixture, and polymerizing the polymerizable liquid mixture to obtain a nanovoided polymer element. Examples include devices fabricated using nanovoided polymer elements fabricated using such methods, including electroactive devices such as actuators and sensors.
US11045834B2
A method for producing a film comprises preserving a composition including a pigment, a resin, and a solvent under a condition of a viscosity ranging from 30 mPa·s to 150 mPa·s, and heating the composition to 40° C. to 70° C. so as to be applied during the application of the composition.
US11045820B2
A smoke generator for anti-burglar purposes comprising canister holding means for holding a canister for chemicals to be used to generate smoke wherein the smoke generator further comprises a smoke deflector arranged below the position of the canister for even distribution of generated smoke, and wherein the smoke deflector have a smoke deflector cavity of sector shape. The smoke generator is provided with a cartridge for the canister to ease replacement of used or expired canister. The smoke deflector is provided with a residual collector to prevent residuals and debris from littering the room where the smoke generator is used.
US11045818B2
A hydrocyclone separator and a system that includes a plurality of such hydrocyclone separators are presented. The hydrocyclone separator includes a head portion having an inlet conduit and an overflow discharge tube arranged in the head portion. The hydrocyclone separator further has an apex discharge port and a tapered separation portion arranged between the head portion and the apex discharge port. The tapered separation portion is tapering distally away from the head portion. Moreover, the head portion further includes an emptying port arranged in the head portion separately from the overflow discharge tube. Hereby, a hydrocyclone separator capable of achieving improved operational efficiency with reduced risk of coarse fraction being misplaced and left in the head portion is presented. This effectively reduces maintenance needs and prolongs the lifespan of the hydrocyclone.
US11045815B2
A powder pulverization device is provided. The device includes a hermetically sealed pulverization container, a powder introduction mechanism having an introduction inlet opened inwardly to the pulverization container, and introducing powder to be pulverized to the introduction inlet, a powder pulverization mechanism disposed at a portion below the introduction inlet in the pulverization container, and a classification device disposed at a portion above the introduction inlet in the pulverization container for screening pulverized powder and leading the screened powder out from the pulverization container. An inner wall of the pulverization container is covered with a porous lining material and each hole of the lining material communicates with an air supply via a gap between the inner wall and the lining material.
US11045798B2
A coated wood product, comprising a barrier layer and a photocatalytic layer and a method for producing such a coated wood product.
US11045789B1
The present invention discloses a biomass intelligent fiber-based amphoteric multifunctional adsorptive material and a preparation method and use thereof. The material is obtained by using a stepwise dual-temperature stimuli-responsive biomass intelligent fiber as a matrix, a crown ether-modified amphoteric hyperbranched polyamine as a functional reagent, and by using a crosslinking agent to directly crosslink and combine the stepwise dual-temperature stimuli-responsive biomass intelligent fiber with the crown ether-modified amphoteric hyperbranched polyamine in one step. The material has a stepwise dual-temperature stimuli-response, high densities of amino group (more than 12 mmol/g) and carboxyl group (5 mmol/g), and nano cavities.
US11045784B2
A particulate composition said composition comprises a metal carbonate and/or a metal bicarbonate and a compound of aluminium, characterised in that the weight ratio of metal carbonate plus metal bicarbonate compounds to said compound of aluminium is at least 3:1. The composition is useful for removing halogenated compounds from a hydrocarbon-containing process stream.
US11045780B2
A method of encapsulating particulate materials. The method of encapsulating particulate materials may be used to multi coat a coated thermoplastic particle. The method includes providing an amount of acidified water in an amount to hydrolyze a pre-determined amount of alkoxysilane. A particulate thermoplastic material is dispersed within the acidified water. Once dispersed, an amount of alkoxysilane having a pre-determined formula is added and an amount of time is allowed to pass thereby allowing the alkoxysilane to hydrolyze and build a particle having a pre-determined particle size. Once the particle with pre-determined particle size has been obtained, the particles may be combined with alkoxysilane having a pre-determined formula and an amount of time is allowed to pass thereby allowing the alkoxysilane to hydrolyze and build a particle having a pre-determined particle size. This provides an encapsulated particulate material having one or more coatings thereon.
US11045779B2
A shell-and-tube equipment has a cylindrical geometry and is arranged along a vertical axis. The shell-and-tube equipment comprises an upper chamber and a lower chamber connected to a common tube bundle on opposite sides. The upper chamber is provided with at least an inlet nozzle for inletting a first fluid. The tube bundle is surrounded by a shell provided with nozzles for inletting and outletting a second fluid which exchanges heat with the first fluid through the tube bundle. The upper chamber encloses at least a distribution device configured for uniformly delivering the first fluid towards the tube bundle. The distribution device comprises an annular channel which is arranged around the vertical axis and is in fluid communication with the inlet nozzle. The distribution device comprises a plurality of channel modules of circular trapezoid shape, tightly joined together at their respective vertical edges for forming the annular channel.
US11045776B2
Methods and systems are provided for a fuel injector. In one example, a system may include an injection nozzle having a venturi shape with an upstream twisted fin arranged in a venturi inlet. The system may further include a downstream twisted fin arranged in a venturi outlet.
US11045759B2
A premixture for producing an absorbent for removing acid gases from a fluid stream containing a) at least a tertiary amine and/or a sterically hindered secondary amine; b) a dicarboxylic acid in an amount, calculated as neutralization equivalent based on the protonatable nitrogen atoms in a), of at least 30%, wherein the dicarboxylic acid has a solubility in water at a temperature of 20° C. of not more than 15 g of dicarboxylic acid per 100 g of water; and c) 20 to 80 wt % of water. Also described is a process for producing an absorbent from the premixture. The premixture is a transportable and readily handleable solution of a dicarboxylic acid having poor solubility in water for producing an absorbent for removing acid gases from a fluid stream.
US11045757B2
A reclaiming apparatus includes: a container; an absorption-liquid supply line for supplying the container with an absorption liquid containing an absorption agent; a water supply line for supplying the container with a water; a steam discharge line for discharging steam from the container; a heating device for heating a liquid containing at least one of the water or the absorption liquid; and a control device configured to determine, on the basis of a temperature of the liquid stored in the container, an ending timing of an absorption-agent recovery process of recovering steam containing the absorption agent via the steam discharge line by heating of the liquid with the heating device.
US11045756B2
A multi-mechanism wet dust removal apparatus that circulates water and removes ambient dust, and a dust removal method. The multi-mechanism wet dust removal apparatus includes a dust collecting device, a dust settling and air-water separation device, a water circulating device, and a dust discharging device. The dust removal is achieved by dust collecting, dust settling, air-water separation and dust discharging. Water can be recycled and the dust removal method integrates multiple dust removal mechanisms.
US11045755B2
An in situ system of filter rejuvenation can be applied to a mechanical filter passing fluid contaminated by chemical and particulate materials such that the filter removes the contaminants from the flow by trapping the contaminants in a filter medium. A non-combustive infrared heating system gasifies the trapped contaminants without combustion and without emissions to the atmosphere, restoring the efficacy of the filtration medium.
US11045753B2
A filter assembly for fluid filtration having a push-activated lock and release mechanism. A push filter design activates a floating key lock upon insertion and extraction, where the filter key may be used simultaneously as a lock and as an identifier for particular filter attributes. The filter base may be situated inline, and in fluid communication, with influent and effluent piping, such as within a refrigerator. The filter housing assembly may be attached to, and removed from, the filter base by a push-actuated release. Upon insertion, the filter key shifts the filter lock longitudinally to receive interlocking segments. Upon extraction, the same axial push shifts the filter lock further to align the interlocking fingers within gaps that allow for easy extraction. The specific key lock design allows a user to identify and match certain filter configurations received by the mechanical support, and reject other filter configurations.
US11045741B2
A hurdle structure includes a transverse bar, two upright poles, two support rods, and a plurality of hinge mechanisms. Each of the hinge mechanisms is mounted between the transverse bar and each of the two upright poles, and between each of the two upright poles and each of the two support rods. Each of the hinge mechanisms includes a first pivot member, and a second pivot member pivotally connected with the first pivot member. Each of the hinge mechanisms further includes an adjusting unit mounted between the first pivot member and the second pivot member. The adjusting unit includes a locking member and a positioning member. The locking member is provided with a plurality of grooves. The positioning member is provided with a projection positioned in one of the grooves of the locking member.
US11045740B2
A magnetic block track provided as a set has track blocks provided as a set of track blocks selected from at least one of the following of the group of: basic blocks; straight road section blocks; and curved section blocks. The track blocks are generally planar with a top side, a bottom side, and a sidewall with a sidewall height that is less than a length of the track blocks. A pair of permanent magnets is mounted within sidewalls of the track blocks. The pair of permanent magnets are aligned to attract to each other. A first slot is formed on the track blocks starting at slot funnel formed on the sidewall. The first slot is formed between the pair of permanent magnets. A toy vehicle has a pair of protruding vehicle guides configured to engage the first slot.
US11045737B2
A method for gaming. The method including receiving location based information of game play of a user playing a gaming application as displayed on a first computing device, wherein the location based information is made with reference to a location of a character in the game play of the user in a gaming world associated with the gaming application. The method including aggregating location based information of a plurality of game plays of a plurality of users playing the gaming application. The method including generating contextually relevant information for the location of the character based on the location based information of the plurality of game plays. The method including generating a companion interface including the contextually relevant information. The method including sending the companion interface to a second computing device associated with the user for display concurrent with the game play of the user.
US11045736B2
In an example system, in the first game scene, a first game object is given to a user in exchange for a reduction in in-game currency possessed by the user, and based on a type of the first game object, a player object disposed in a virtual space is controlled. Based on the player object's reaching a specific position in the virtual space, a second game object is given to the user, and based on the user's instruction, the second game object is given to the user in exchange for a reduction in the in-game currency. The first game object is allowed to be continually used in a plurality of the second game scenes, and the second game object is not allowed to be continually used in a plurality of the second game scene.
US11045731B1
A system and method for providing a combined computer game including providing a computer non-story game and a computer story game, wherein the computer story game is represented as a directed graph wherein nodes of the directed graph represent pages, and edges of the directed graph represent choices, wherein progressing in the computer story game includes: presenting a subset of choices originating from a single page to a user, wherein at least one choice of the subset of choices is associated with a challenge achievable at the computer non-story game; receiving a selection of a choice from the user; progressing to a next page according to the selection of the user, wherein selecting the at least one choice associated with challenge includes stalling the computer story game until the user completes the challenge at the computer non-story game; and presenting the selected page to the user.
US11045728B2
A game system includes: a controller; a vibration actuator configured to vibrate with a specified intensity; a player character control unit configured to move a player character within a virtual space on the basis of operation onto the controller; and a vibration control unit configured to determine a contact between the player character and an uninvadable obstacle object, and configured to cause the vibration actuator to vibrate with an intensity corresponding to a traveling direction of the player character with respect to the obstacle object in a case where the operation onto the controller is operation of directing the player character toward the obstacle object. The vibration control unit includes a vibration intensity calculation unit configured to calculate the intensity of vibration and a vibration data generator configured to generate vibration data on the basis of the calculated intensity of vibration.
US11045726B2
A system includes a display device including a display surface configured to display a graphic and including an opening. The system also includes a peripheral device mounted within the opening of the display surface, and a processor configured to execute instructions stored in a memory device, which when executed, cause the processor to at least: display the graphic on the display surface of the display device adjacent to the peripheral device, whereby the graphic is displayed at least partially in association with the peripheral device.
US11045723B1
According to various embodiments, a gaming controller for a mobile device includes a first hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's left thumb and/or fingers to generate a left controller input; and a second hardware gaming controller configured to be manipulated by a user's right thumb and/or fingers to generate a right controller input. The first hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to a side portion of a housing, and the second hardware gaming controller is mechanically securable to an opposing side portion of the housing. One of the first hardware gaming controller and the second hardware gaming controller is a primary game controller configured to combine the left controller input and the right controller input into a single controller input representation for providing to the mobile device.
US11045722B2
Systems and methods for establishing direct communication between a server system and a video game controller are described. The systems and methods include the video game controller and a computing device. An application is executed by the server system when a session is established by the computing device with the server system. Once the application is executed, the video game controller is used to send an identifier to the server system. The server system verifies the identifier to pair the session with the video game controller. When the video game controller is paired with the session, the video game controller can be used to change a state of a virtual scene that is displayed on the computing device or on a display screen.
US11045720B2
Disclosed is an apparatus including a touch sensitive user interface and a processor. The processor is configured to detect a first contact at a first position on the user interface, determine a movement of the first contact from the first position and if the movement is less than a predetermined movement threshold, when a release of the first contact is detected, move a first object on the user interface from an initial position on the user interface to an area at or near the first position. If the movement is greater than the predetermined movement threshold to identify a second position corresponding to an area near an end point of the movement and when the release of the first contact is detected, execute an action on the second position from the first object.
US11045715B2
Examples are disclosed for a method and apparatus for administering a blackjack game. In some instances, administering the blackjack game comprises receiving at least one wager in a designated player wager area on a gaming surface associated with the blackjack game. In some instances, the at least one wager is associated with at least one tangible gaming chip. Furthermore, in some instances, the blackjack game is associated with a physical gaming table with a play surface and at least one deck of physical card. In some instances, administering the blackjack game comprises dealing, after receiving the at least one wager, at least one hand from the at least one deck for the blackjack game; determining that an outcome of the hand necessitates a dice roll of a set of specialized physical dice associated with a secondary game; determining a payout value on the at least one wager based on an outcome of the dice roll; and resolving the at least one wager according to the payout value.
US11045710B2
An improved design for an athletic helmet incorporating non-Newtonian fluid shock absorbing structures.
US11045709B2
A smart mirror can show live or recorded streaming video of an instructor performing a workout in a package that is attractive and unobtrusive enough to hang in a living room. The smart mirror includes a mirror surface with a fully reflecting section and a partially reflecting section. A display behind the partially reflecting section shows the video when the smart mirror is on and is almost invisible when the smart mirror is off. The smart mirror also has a speaker, a microphone, and a camera to enable a user to view the video content and interact with the instructor. The smart mirror may connect to the user's smart phone, a peripheral device (e.g., a Bluetooth speaker) to augment user experience, a biometric sensor to provide biometric data to assess user performance, and/or a network router to connect the smart mirror to a content provider, an instructor, and/or other users.
US11045705B2
Methods and systems for 3D ball trajectory reconstruction are disclosed. The methods and systems perform steps of receiving a 2D ball trajectory, a shooter's on-ground foot location, and a camera projection matrix; generating on-ground trajectory line assumptions based on the shooter's on-ground foot location and the 2D trajectory; reconstructing a candidate 3D trajectory for each on-ground trajectory line assumption, by determining a ball height for each on-ground projection point in the on-ground trajectory line and by curve fitting; evaluating each candidate 3D trajectory and selecting one with a best score as the reconstructed 3D ball trajectory. Embodiments of the present invention enable a resource-limited mobile device such as a smartphone to conduct the aforementioned steps. Also disclosed are benefits of the new methods, and alternative embodiments of implementation.
US11045702B1
The present invention is directed to an integrated golf club support installed at the top of a golf club grip, distal from the club head. When the club is laid on the ground in the prone position, the support elevates the shaft of the club to prevent undesirable contact between the playing surface or ground and the golf club grip.
US11045700B2
A multi-material golf shaft having a butt portion joined to a tip portion and possessing unique relationships, including rigidity relationships, which provide beneficial performance characteristics.
US11045699B2
A golf club head, preferably a putter head, comprising a replaceable face insert is disclosed herein. The golf club head comprises a body with face cavity and a secondary cavity in communication with, and disposed behind, the face cavity, and at least one opening extending through a top or sole portion into the secondary cavity. The replaceable face insert comprises a striking portion and a support structure extending from a rear surface of the striking portion. The support structure is received within the secondary cavity and the striking portion is received within the face cavity, and then a rod or bolt is inserted through the opening and through the support structure to reversibly secure the face insert to the body. A linear bearing may be disposed within the support structure to receive the rod or bolt.
US11045696B2
An iron-type golf club incorporating a stress reducing feature, which may include an aperture. The location and size of the stress reducing feature and aperture selectively increase deflection of the face.
US11045694B2
An aerodynamic golf club head with a low center of gravity and producing reduced aerodynamic drag forces. The club head has crown section attributes and material attributes that impart beneficial aerodynamic properties and performance.
US11045693B1
A golf club head with a high spring rate face assembly, particularly one designed for driver-type heads, including a body with a ball striking face and rearwardly extending depending sole and crown walls and a hosel, with a high spring rate annular spring seated against the rear surface of the face with a short spring height, where the spring has a high face force to deflection ratio, and is preloaded against the face.
US11045691B2
Provided is a spherical polyhedron division structure of a golf ball where dimples are arranged to have a well-defined symmetry and a dimple pattern. In the spherical polyhedron division structure, wherein an arbitrary point on a surface of a spherical body constituting a golf ball is defined as a pole, a great circle dividing the spherical body into a northern hemisphere and a southern hemisphere with respect to the pole as a reference point is defined as an equator, the surface of the spherical body is divided into six areas formed by segments connecting the pole and points obtained by dividing the equator in units of 60°, each area is divided into spherical polygons formed by four spherical rectangles and two spherical triangles having sides with different lengths, and the spherical polygons arranged in different adjacent areas are symmetric with each other.
US11045687B1
An adaptable exercise system enables the portable and adaptable placement of exercise equipment that can be adjusted to suit the intended exercises to be performed. The system provides a cross bar and legs that can be used in water, sand, gravel, sod or any location. The legs are height adjustable and allow for a variety of configuration and thus exercises.
US11045682B1
A weighted exercise belt apparatus for improved fitness and health training includes a belt body extending from a left end to a right end. The left end and the right end have a first and second mating member, respectively. The first and second mating members are selectively engageable to secure the belt body around a user's waist with a medial portion covering the user's lower back. A plurality of primary weight bars is coupled to the belt body. A plurality of magnets is coupled to the medial portion of the belt body. Each of a plurality of pouches has a plurality of first engagement members. The first engagement members are selectively engageable with a plurality of second engagement members of the belt body.
US11045680B2
An exercise apparatus including two straps where each strap includes a first end and a length. The first end being configured to be received by a supporting structure. Each strap including a plurality of loops along its length where each loop is sized and configured to removably support a free weight. The straps and placement of the free weight allowing a user to perform various exercises in a horizontal direction.
US11045671B2
An SCBA frame for mounting self-contained breathing apparatus bottles horizontally such that the frame can articulate with the back of a user, comprising an upper plate, intermediate plate and a lower plate each connected by attachment mechanisms. Each of the plates may comprise a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of sides. A first attachment mechanism coupled to the bottom edge of the upper plate and a top edge of the intermediate plate and a second attachment mechanism coupled to the bottom edge of the intermediate plate and the top edge of the lower plate. The first and second attachment mechanisms allow the upper plate, intermediate plate, and lower plate to move about the horizontal axis and torsionally in line with the user's movement. The first and second attachment mechanism comprises a pair of attachment mechanisms located proximate the sides of the upper plate and intermediate plate.
US11045660B2
A far infrared film structure and a method of manufacturing the same are provided in this disclosure. The far infrared film structure includes a substrate, an oxide thin film, and an electrothermal film. The substrate has a metallic foil sheet and a plastic film overlappingly combined with each other. The oxide thin film is combined onto the metallic foil sheet and consists of an oxide gel formed by mixing an oxide powder and a sol. The electrothermal film is combined onto the plastic film, and the electrothermal film, the oxide thin film, and the substrate together constitute a flexible thin plate. Thus, the far infrared film structure is bendable to conform closely to the contours of a human body and also has a high content of the oxide powder. Therefore, the far infrared film structure is convenient to use and has a good far infrared emission rate.
US11045658B2
Systems, devices and methods allow inductive recharging of a power source located within or coupled to an implantable medical device while the device is implanted in a patient. The implantable medical device in some examples include a receive antenna configuration that may include at least one infinity shaped receive coil. One or more of the receive coils may be formed having a curved shape that conforms to a curvature on an inner surface of a portion of a housing of the implantable medical device so that the receive coil or coils may be positioned adjacent to, and in some examples in direct contact with, some portion of the curved inner surface.
US11045650B2
In general, techniques, methods, systems, and devices for delivering high frequency neurostimulation to control one or more pelvic disorders are described. In one example, a method includes identifying, by a medical device configured to be at least partially implanted in a patient, an indication to inhibit bladder activity. The medical device generates, in response to identifying the indication, electrical stimulation therapy comprising first electrical stimulation pulses comprising a first frequency greater than or equal to about 500 Hertz and less than or equal to about 5,000 Hertz. Further, the medical device delivers the electrical stimulation therapy to a target nerve selected from a group consisting of: a sacral nerve, a pelvic nerve, a tibial nerve, and a pudendal nerve of the patient.
US11045643B2
Methods and devices include making an incision at a single site of a patient. The single site located at an anterior of a chest or abdomen. The method also includes inserting a tunneling tool through the incision at the single site and preparing a first tunnel to a subcutaneous posterior location. A path of the first tunnel at least one of i) extends over a plurality of Intercostal gaps of the chest or ii) extends along and within one of the intercostal gaps. The method also includes positioning a first lead having an electrode within the first tunnel and preparing a second tunnel to a subcutaneous parasternal location along the chest. The method also includes positioning a second lead having an electrode within the second tunnel and positioning a pulse generator within a subcutaneous pocket and operatively coupling the first and second leads to the pulse generator.
US11045642B2
A transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) apparatus includes a stimulation unit, a control unit, and an input/output (I/O) unit. The stimulation unit includes a power-supply unit to supply power for electrical stimulation corresponding to a control signal received from the control unit, and a plurality of stimulation electrodes, each of which has a hydrogel patch, to provide electrical stimulation to a living body upon receiving the power from the power-supply unit. The control unit is configured to control an on/off function of the power-supply unit such that the power-supply unit is turned on or off according to the amount of power applied to the stimulation electrodes and a time period during which the power is supplied or not supplied.
US11045624B2
Provided is an improved medical elongated body which can be inserted into a biological lumen and can be restrained from unintentionally moving at a target site inside the biological lumen. The medical elongated body includes a main body portion that extends in an axial direction, and a projection portion that protrudes radially outward on an outer circumference of the main body portion and extends in the axial direction. One surface of the projection portion in a circumferential direction has higher sliding properties than an other surface of the projection portion in the circumferential direction.
US11045616B2
A fluid dispenser device having a reservoir; a valve; a cocking member movable between rest and primed positions and between primed and dispensing positions, the cocking member includes a set of teeth; a blocking device blocking the cocking member in the primed position; a trigger system controlled by inhaling to release the blocking device; a reservoir support element including a cam opening; and a meshing wheel having a toothed projection co-operating with the set of teeth and a cam projection co-operating with the cam opening. The toothed projection is centered relative to the wheel rotation axis, and the cam projection is offset relative to the axis. The meshing wheel completes a turn when the cocking member moves from its primed towards its dispensing position, such that the cam projection causes the reservoir support element to perform reciprocating axial movement for actuating and returning the valve into its rest position.
US11045611B2
A drug delivering apparatus includes a drug container, a pre-filled syringe including a cylindrical container having a nozzle portion and an injection needle attachment portion, and a connecting tool configured to allow communication between the inside of the cylindrical container and the inside of the drug container. The connecting tool further includes a nozzle insertion portion. The pre-filled syringe further includes a cap member configured to be detachably fitted on the injection needle attachment portion, the cap member having an opening into which the nozzle insertion portion can be inserted. The injection needle attachment portion has a guiding groove in the inner periphery thereof. In the state where the cap member is fitted on the injection attachment portion, at least a part of the edge of the opening is located on the inner side relative to the bottom portion of the guiding groove.
US11045609B2
The present invention relates to a needle shield assembly for a syringe (10), comprising an inner needle shield (16) which is flexible and designed to enclose a major part of a hollow injection needle (18) of said syringe; an outer needle shield (20) which is rigid and designed to enclose a major part of said inner needle shield (16), which outer needle shield (20) is arranged with a number of passages (22) for allowing sterilizing agents to reach said injection needle (18) during a sterilization process. The invention is characterised in that said needle shield assembly further comprises a cover element (24; 36; 46) arranged adjacent said passages (22) such as to prevent the interior of said injection needle (18) from being exposed to oxygen via said passages (22) of said outer needle shield (20) after said sterilization process.
US11045606B2
A syringe includes a gasket, a barrel, and a plunger. The plunger includes a helical rib provided at a head portion, and the gasket includes a threaded engagement portion configured to threadedly engaged with the helical rib, a plunger-retaining annular rib, and an accommodation portion for accommodating a part of the plunger at which the helical rib is formed. The annular rib includes a rib absent portion for guiding, to the accommodation portion, the helical rib reaching the annular rib. The gasket further includes an intermediate annular rib provided at a part on a proximal side of the retaining annular rib and a part defined on a side of the distal end of the helical projection, between a distal side annular rib and a proximal side annular rib.
US11045599B2
A self-compensating chucking device may be provided. The chucking device may form a portion of a latching door handle of a door of an infusion pump. The door and a housing of the infusion pump may form a clam-shell clamp that secures infusion tubing to pumping mechanisms of the infusion pump. The latching door handle may include a latching door mechanism that includes a tapered pin. The tapered pin may extend through an outer portion of a door housing, an opening in a handle of the door, and into an opening in an inner portion of the door housing. The opening in the handle of the door may have a tapered inner surface that corresponds to the taper of the tapered pin to form the chucking device. The pin may include a groove configured to accept an E-clip that retains the tapered pin within the door housing.
US11045593B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for detecting leaks in systems for treating a patient with reduced pressure. In one instance, a system includes a distribution manifold for disposing proximate to the tissue site and a sealing member for disposing over the distribution manifold and at least a portion of intact epidermis of the patient. The sealing member has at least a portion that is substantially transparent. The system further includes a reduced-pressure source associated with the distribution manifold for providing reduced pressure to the distribution manifold and a leak-detection member sized and configured to substantially surround the distribution manifold. The leak-detection member includes a detection material that develops a color contrast when a portion is exposed to air and a portion is not exposed to air. The leak detection member works with even low flow systems. Other systems, methods, and apparatus are presented.
US11045588B2
Provided is an antimicrobial composition comprised of at least one degradation product of oxidized cellulose (OC), such as oxidized regenerate cellulose (ORC), and minocycline, methods of preparation thereof and uses thereof.
US11045584B2
A process for producing a bone construct, including the steps of providing a perfusion bioreactor having an inlet and an outlet; providing the perfusion bioreactor with a seeded scaffold comprising a porous scaffold seeded with mesenchymal stem cells; continuously perfusing the seeded scaffold with an osteogenic induction (differentiation) media; measuring dissolved oxygen content of the osteogenic induction media at the inlet and at the outlet to determine an oxygen uptake rate (OUR) for the seeded scaffold; measuring glucose content of the osteogenic induction media to determine a glucose consumption rate (GCR) for the seeded scaffold; and removing the seeded scaffold from the perfusion reactor as a bone construct after the ratio of the OUR to the GCR (OUR/GCR) has been determined to exceed a predetermined threshold OUR/GCR value.
US11045583B2
The present application relates to a method and device for processing tissue. The method and device allow for machining of soft tissue samples to produce uniform shapes (e.g., uniform thicknesses) or reliably produce alterations such as openings or holes in soft tissue products. The method and device can alternatively or additionally be used to process tissue to produce particulates with desired properties.
US11045574B2
Disclosed is a device including a substrate and a gel layer made of a hydrophilic polymer having a hydroxyl group. The gel layer is fixed to at least a part on a surface of the substrate in a thickness of 1 nm to 3,000 nm and an elastic modulus of a device surface is 6.00×103 Pa or less.
US11045571B1
A reduced noise air decontaminator includes an enclosure with a removably coupled lid that includes a vent. One or more ozone generators are disposed within the enclosure and configured output gaseous ozone. One or more ozone output tubes are fluidically coupled to the one or more ozone generators. The one or more ozone output tubes are configured to release the gaseous ozone within the enclosure. A fan is also disposed within the enclosure. The fan is configured to blow the gaseous ozone through the vent in the lid. The fan is coupled to a support frame configured to suspend the fan over the one or more ozone output tubes and at a distance from the lid in order to prevent or reduce lid vibrations cause by fan movement when the fan blows the gaseous ozone through the vent in the lid.
US11045570B2
A scent diffuser device electrically charged in a wireless manner contains: an aromatic element, a wireless charger configured to convert first electric currents into electromagnetic signals, and a heater configured to receive and to convert the electromagnetic signals into second electric currents, by which the heater operates. The heater includes a case, a container, a heat insulator, a wireless charging receiver, and a heating unit. The case has an accommodation chamber, and the container has a holding space, a bottom fence, and a thermal conductor. The heat insulator includes two open segments so as to accommodate the container, the heating unit, and the thermal conductor. The holding space is configured to accommodate the aromatic element, and the wireless charger is electrically connected with a power supply so as to produce a magnetic field to send the electromagnetic signals and energy.
US11045567B2
A mobile body is configured to travel an area optionally over a surface inside an aircraft cabin. Components comprise at least one of a UVC protective shield, the shield selectively providing a multisided enclosure that selectively envelopes and/or separates the operator from the UVC in the surrounding environment. A source of UV radiation is mounted to the mobile body and configured to direct UV radiation to the surface at a predetermined dosage. At least two articulated arms are mounted to the mobile body, and UV lamps mounted respectively on the arms. The mobile body is a trolley or cart for negotiating an area optionally an aircraft aisle.
US11045562B2
The present invention relates to novel, radiolabeled mGluR2/3 ligands, selective versus other mGlu receptors which are useful for imaging and quantifying the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGlu2 and 3 in tissues, using positron-emission tomography (PET). The invention is also directed to compositions comprising such compounds, to processes for preparing such compounds and compositions, to the use of such compounds and compositions for imaging a tissue, cells or a mammal, in vitro or in vivo and to precursors of said compounds.
US11045559B2
The present invention relates to a nanocomposite for detecting hydrogen sulfide; a method for preparing the same; a novel reactive fluorogenic compound to be used in the method; a kit for detecting hydrogen sulfide comprising the nanocomposite; and a method for providing information for the diagnosis of a disease, which causes abnormal secretion of hydrogen sulfide, by using the nanocomposite.
US11045555B2
In various embodiments nanoparticle drug delivery vehicles are provided that specifically deliver a cargo to a target pathogenic organism. In certain embodiments the drug delivery vehicle comprises a mesoporous silica nanoparticle comprising a plurality of pores and an outer surface through which the pores are disposed; a cargo disposed in the pores; one or more antigens attached to the surface of the nanoparticle; an antibody that specifically binds the antigens and are bound to the antigens, wherein the antibody inhibits diffusion of the cargo out of the pores and permit release of the cargo when the drug delivery vehicle is in the presence of the antigen or a pathogen displaying the antigen.
US11045554B1
The present invention relates to lipid-coated particles for treating viral infections, including viral encephalitis infections. In particular, an antiviral compound can be disposed within the lipid-coated particle, thereby providing an antiviral carrier. Methods of making and using such carriers are described herein.
US11045551B2
Polymer-based antiseptic compositions are provided for treating wounds and/or for use in surgical operations, which form a film on the wound surface and have antiseptic, anesthetic and antitoxic effects. The compositions include polyvinylpyrrolidone with a weight average molecular weight in a range of 1,000,000 to 3,000,000 Da, one or more antiseptics, unithiol, dimethylsulfoxide, and one or more anesthetics. In addition, use of the compositions in a wound treatment, as well as methods for treating wounds using the compositions including the step of applying the composition to a wound surface are provided.
US11045550B2
The present invention relates to the use of an amino sugar as plasticizer in formulations comprising a polymer as carrier for active ingredients, in particular for compositions which are intensively mixed by treatment in a melt extrusion and then formulated by suitable post-treatment.
US11045548B2
A method of inhibiting migration of a cancer cell of a tumor in a subject comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the tumor with a gold nanomaterial; and (b) irradiating the tumor with an irradiation source.
US11045546B1
Provided herein are methods of preventing and treating viral infections (e.g., coronavirus infection) using a CCR5 binding agent.
US11045545B2
A novel approach to discover new drugs against MS and other autoimmune diseases is disclosed. The p40 family of cytokines has four members which include interleukin-12 (IL-12), the p40 monomer (p40), the p40 homodimer (p402), and the IL-23. To facilitate the studies on p402 and p40, neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (mAb) against mouse p402 and p40 were generated for the first time. MS and other autoimmune disease drug therapies including recombinant p40 and/or monoclonal antibody against p402 (mAb-p402 a3-1d) are disclosed.
US11045539B2
The present disclosure is related to a live-attenuated strain of Pseudomonas for its use as a vaccine, and for use in a method for preventive immunizing and for treating Pseudomonas infection, in particular in patients suffering from cystic fibrosis. Preferably, the live-attenuated strain of Pseudomonas is furthermore treated to become ‘killed but metabolically active’.
US11045536B2
Vaccines and methods are for immunization against Coxiella burnetii infections and Q fever. The vaccine can be for protection against a Coxiella burnetii infection, or treating or preventing at least one symptom of Q fever. The vaccine includes a delipidated C. burnetii polysaccharide derived from a cell wall lipopolysaccharide of C. burnetii. The vaccine can also be a conjugate vaccine for protection against a Coxiella burnetii infection, or treating or preventing at least one symptom of Q fever. The conjugate vaccine includes a delipidated C. burnetii polysaccharide derived from a cell wall lipopolysaccharide of C. burnetii linked to an immunogenic carrier.
US11045534B2
The present application relates to a novel immunity-inducing agent for treatment and/or prevention of cancer. Specifically, the present application provides an immunity-inducing agent comprising, as an active ingredient, at least one polypeptide having immunity-inducing activity and selected from polypeptides derived from MCEMP1 and modified forms thereof, or a recombinant vector comprising a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide and capable of expressing the polypeptide in vivo, and a method for inducing immunity, comprising administering the immunity-inducing agent to a subject.
US11045533B2
The invention relates to humanized antibodies that bind to an epitope at the N-terminus of pyroglutamated amyloid beta (Aβ N3pE) peptide and to preventive and therapeutic treatment of diseases and conditions that are related to accumulation and deposition of amyloid peptides, such as amyloidosis, a group of disorders and abnormalities associated with pyroglutamated amyloid peptide, like Alzheimer's disease, Down's syndrome, cerebral amyloid angiopathy and other related aspects. More specifically, it pertains to the use of humanized monoclonal antibodies to bind pyroglutamated amyloid beta peptide in plasma, brain, and cerebrospinal fluid to prevent accumulation or to reverse deposition of Aγ N3pE within the brain and in various tissues in the periphery, and to alleviate amyloidosis. The present invention further pertains to diagnostic assays for the diagnosis of amyloidosis using the humanized antibodies of the invention.
US11045531B2
The invention is directed to T cell epitopes wherein said epitopes comprises a peptide or polypeptide chain comprising at least a portion of an immunoglobulin constant or variable region. The invention also relates to methods of using and methods of making the epitopes of the invention.
US11045524B2
A protein composition derived from silk fibroin, which composition possesses enhanced solubility and stability in aqueous solutions. The primary amino acid sequence of native fibroin is modified in the SDP such that cysteine disulfide bonds between the fibroin heavy and fibroin light protein chains are reduced or eliminated. Additionally, the composition can have a serine content that is reduced by greater than 40% compared to native fibroin protein, and the average molecular weight of the SDP is less than about 100 kDa.
US11045512B2
Herbal composition for treatment and management of Thyroid dysfunction and method of preparation are disclosed herein. The disclosed composition including herbs and bhasmas may be used to treat Thyroid dysfunction and associated complications such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, Goiter, Thyrotoxicosis, Graves' disease, autoimmune thyroiditis etc. The method disclosed herein may be used as the main line of treatment or as supportive medication.
US11045510B2
The present invention relates to a novel combination comprising an extract of watercress, an extract of Indian cress, and ATP, and to the use of said combination in the field of hair science, more particularly in the treatment or prevention of alopecia.
US11045501B2
The present disclosure relates to the use of autologous fecal samples obtained from a subject for use in prevention and/or treatment of microbial dysbiosis in the gastrointestinal tract in said subject and to related pharmaceutical compositions for oral administration. The disclosed autologous fecal samples are useful for treatment of microbial dysbiosis in the gastrointestinal tract associated with medical treatment and/or various indications, including chronic disease and infectious disease, for example Clostridium difficile infection.
US11045498B2
The present invention relates to a non-viral minicircle vector expressing a SOX gene, a stem cell into which the vector is introduced, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a cartilage disease, including the stem cell, and a method for constructing the vector. The transformation of mesenchymal stem cells with MC/SOX-Trio or MC/SOX-Duo, which is a non-viral minicircle vector according to the present invention, can completely exclude the necessity of expensive growth factors that have been indispensably used in inducing the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into chondrocytes. Accordingly, the mesenchymal stem cells transformed therewith, when implanted in vivo, can differentiate into chondrocytes by themselves, and thus have an advantage capable of simplifying the existing complicated steps of culturing cells to induce differentiation and then transplanting the cells. Further, unlike existing vector systems in which antibiotic-resistant genes and other bacteria-derived exogenous genes are simultaneously transferred to cells even after transformation, the vector of the present invention minimizes transfer of unnecessary genes into target cells by allowing two or three SOX genes necessary only for differentiation into chondrocytes to be regulated under one promoter, and thus can be utilized as a non-viral vector system in the most advantageous form for use in clinical application of stem cell-gene therapeutic agents.
US11045494B2
An agent in the form of potassium hydroxide (KOH) in a pharmaceutically acceptable composition is used in the dermal treatment of actinic keratosis. The composition may be an aqueous alkaline solution of potassium hydroxide and topically applied to the skin or on the scalp, within the face, the neck, the nose, as well as on the bosom.
US11045491B2
A method of treatment of viral infection in a subject comprising administering to the subject a copolymer comprising an acrolein derived segment or a polyacrolein oligomer segment and a polyalkylene glycol oligomer segment, the copolymer having a molecular weight of no more than 1500 Daltons.
US11045481B2
The present invention provides for an oral liquid suspension that includes quetiapine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided is a method for orally delivering quetiapine fumarate to a subject (e.g., for treating a mental disorder in a subject, such as schizophrenia, bipolar mania, and/or bipolar depression). The method includes orally administering to the subject an oral liquid suspension described herein.
US11045475B2
Provided in the present invention is a use of methyl 4-[9-(6-aminopuryl)]-2(s)-hydroxybutyrate in the preparation of a medicament for treating psoriasis and vitiligo. More specifically, the present invention uses mice whose psoriasis is induced by an imiquimod cream to observe a changing condition in skin lesions on the psoriasis-like mice, according to a psoriasis skin lesion area of the mice and grading standards for disease severity; the present invention also observes a proportion of lymphocytes in the spleens and cytokines in skin lesion tissues of the mice. A good therapeutic effect may be obtained by treating typical cases of vitiligo with an ointment of methyl 4-[9-(6-aminopuryl)]-2(s)-hydroxybutyrate. Results show that methyl 4-[9-(6-aminopuryl)]-2(s)-hydroxybutyrate used in the present invention has a good therapeutic effect on psoriasis and vitiligo, as well as a favorable prospect in clinical application.
US11045472B2
Compounds of Formula I that inhibit at least one of the A2A and A2B adenosine receptors, and compositions containing compounds of Formula I and methods for synthesizing compounds of Formula I, are described herein. Also described are the use of such compounds and compositions for the treatment of a diverse array of diseases, disorders, and conditions, including cancer- and immune-related disorders that are mediated, at least in part, by the adenosine A2A receptor and/or the adenosine A2B receptor.
US11045462B2
Described are methods of treating or reducing the toxic effects of exposure to a nerve agent, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof (i) an AMPA/GluR5(GluK1) kainate receptor antagonist (such as LY293558) and (ii) an NMD A receptor antagonist (such as an antimuscarinic compound, such as caramiphen), as well as methods of treating, reducing the risks of, or preventing a neurological condition such as epilepsy, seizures, post-traumatic stress disorder, status epilepticus, depression, or anxiety, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof (i) an AMPA/GluR5(GluK1) kainate receptor antagonist (such as LY293558) and (ii) an NMDA receptor antagonist (such as an antimuscarinic compound, such as caramiphen). The methods may further comprise administering a positive allosteric modulator of synaptic GABAA receptors, such as a benzodiazepine, such as midazolam, to the subject. The methods are suitable for use in children and adults. Related compositions and uses also are described.
US11045461B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods of use for treating, preventing, or ameliorating a disease, disorder, or condition associated with a chemokine receptor such as CXCR4.
US11045458B2
Histone deacetylase (“HDAC”)-selective inhibitors covalently bonded to a linker covalently bonded to an E3 ubiquitin ligase ligand, and salts thereof; pharmaceutical compositions containing them; methods of using the composition to inhibit neoplastic cell growth in mammals, including humans.
US11045448B2
The present disclosure provides compounds represented by Formula (I): and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein A, R1a, R1b, R1c, R1d, R2, R3, R8a, R8b, R10, X, Z2, m, and n are as defined as set forth in the specification. The present disclosure also provides compounds of Formula (I) for use to treat a condition or disorder responsive to menin inhibition such as cancer.
US11045443B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating a tumor or cancer in a subject whose tumor or cancer cells express low levels of asparagine synthetase (ASNS), and compounds and compositions useful in such treatment. Also disclosed herein are methods of evaluating whether to administer a compound that inhibits glutathione production or a glutaminase inhibitor to a subject with a tumor or cancer.
US11045437B2
Compositions comprising (A) tyrosine, serine, alanine, aspartic acid and glutamic acid as active ingredients are useful for improving brain function and recovering from or suppressing fatigue and are highly safe and permit continuous ingestion or administration.
US11045428B2
Metastatic triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) still carries a dismal prognosis with the current treatment paradigms. The effectiveness of drug treatment for many solid tumors such as TNBC is limited by tumor heterogeneity, lack of tumor specificity, off-target toxicities, and transient therapeutic action(s). Strategies that provide tumor-specific, sustained concentrations of drugs to the tumors and tumor receptor-specific binding, while reducing off-target effects are needed to ensure sufficient tumor cell uptake within the primary and metastatic tumor microenvironment. The decreased non-specific adhesivity, receptor-targeted nanoparticle formulations (“DART” nanoparticles) of the invention were assessed for clinical potential in directing biological agents to the cell surface receptor Fn14, which is expressed in many solid cancer types, including TNBC primary tumors and metastatic lesions. They are contemplated for use against solid tumors, particularly brain tumors such as glioblastoma and breast cancer, including metastatic breast cancer.
US11045422B2
An abuse resistant oral pharmaceutical composition, comprising: a barrier layer, comprising a first polymer; a diffusion layer, comprising a second polymer, substantially covering the barrier layer, wherein the diffusion layer is bonded to the barrier layer and comprises a drug that is substantially homogeneously distributed within the second polymer and diffuses from the diffusion layer within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract; and optionally an expansion layer comprising an expandable polymer, wherein the expansion layer is substantially covered by the barrier layer. Methods of making the same and methods of using the same are also provided.
US11045421B2
This invention relates to sustained release dosage forms comprising {1-{1-[3-fluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)isonicotinoyl]piperidin-4-yl}-3-[4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]azetidin-3-yl}acetonitrile, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and doses and methods related thereto.
US11045419B2
The disclosure provides methods for preparation of carbohydrate replacement therapies (CRT) that include nanocarriers of carbohydrates and glycolipids for pharmaceutical delivery to cell interior, endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi for treating CDG type I and CDG type II diseases as well as other metabolic disorders.
US11045409B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one water-insoluble solid organic UV-screening agent (A) at least one compound (B) that may be obtained by reaction between: an oil bearing at least one nucleophilic and/or electrophilic reactive function, and a junction group capable of establishing hydrogen bonds with one or more partner junction groups, each junction group pairing involving at least 3 hydrogen bonds, the said junction group bearing at least one reactive function capable of reacting with the reactive function borne by the oil, the said junction group also comprising at least one unit of formula (I) or (II): in which: R1 and R3, which may be identical or different, represent a divalent carbon-based radical; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a linear, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, optionally aromatic, C1-C32 carbon-based and especially hydrocarbon-based radical, which may comprise one or more heteroatoms chosen from O, N, S, F, Si and P.
US11045406B2
A cosmetic composition and a method of preparing the cosmetic composition are provided. The method includes mixing at least one sulfate-free surfactant, at least one thickener, at least one hydrophilic emollient to form a mixture; and adding solvent to the mixture. The cosmetic composition is a clear, flowable semi-solid, and converts to a non-flowable semi-solid upon rubbing.
US11045386B2
A steam heating mask having a mask body portion covering a nose and a mouth of a wearer when wearing the mask, a pair of ear hook portions provided at both left and right ends of the mask body portion, and a steam generator on the mask body portion, in which a proportion of an area occupied by the steam generator ranges from 30% to 80% with respect to an area of an entire surface of the mask body portion on a side of the wearer. The steam generator includes a first sheet on a surface of a steam generating portion on the side of the wearer with degree of air permeability being equal to or less than 7,000 sec/100 ml and a second sheet on a surface opposite to the surface of the steam generating portion with a degree of air permeability being greater than 8,000 sec/100 ml.
US11045377B2
Examples of a module for housing unrelated electronic and electromechanical equipment for use during surgery. The module can include a lower section and a tower-like upper section. The lower section can house unrelated electronic and electromechanical equipment. The tower-like upper section can be located on top of the lower section. A water-resistant cowling can enclose at least a portion of the lower section and the tower-like upper section. A cartridge containing one or more ultraviolet-C producing lights can be protectively housed within the tower-like upper section. The cartridge containing one or more ultraviolet-C producing lights can be configured to emerge upward from a top of the tower-like upper section to substantially seat itself on the top of the tower-like upper section when activated allowing the ultraviolet-C light to disinfect the patient and staff-contacting upper surfaces of the equipment in the operating room.
US11045374B2
An incubator includes an incubator main body, a baby accommodation chamber disposed in the incubator main body and capable of being shielded from external air, and a humidifier disposed in the incubator main body so as to generate steam for supplying humidified air into the baby accommodation chamber. The humidifier has a connection portion to which a water supply hose is connectable so as to supply water for generating the steam from a water supply container located outside the incubator main body. In addition, the humidifier includes a humidifying tank which stores the water for generating the steam, a water supply port portion which supplies the water into the humidifying tank in communication with the connection portion, and a float valve which opens and closes the water supply port portion by moving upward and downward in response to a water level of the water stored inside the humidifying tank.
US11045363B2
A disposable sanitary napkin includes a main body and a pair of bridged flaps. The main body includes an absorbent system, a topsheet, and a backsheet, and it has a pair of side edges extending along the length thereof. The bridged flaps include a first straight edge, a second, shape-cut edge defining a projecting portion, and a bridging segment of a release liner having at least one zone of adhesive configured for attachment to the projecting portion of each bridged flap. Each bridged flap is attached to the main body with the first, substantially straight edge of each shaped strip aligned with a corresponding side edge of the main body, the bridged flaps are disposed over the topsheet, and each side flap is releasable from the bridging segment of the release liner.
US11045358B2
Methods and apparatuses are disclosed relating to the creation and use of bespoke wound fillers and other wound treatment apparatuses. Some embodiments provide for the creation of bespoke wound fillers based on characteristics of a wound. Certain embodiments also include the use of bespoke wound fillers in combination with negative pressure to treat a wound.
US11045353B2
In some embodiments, an ophthalmic cassette valve may be configured to control flow of an infusion fluid and an ophthalmic substance (e.g., ophthalmic drug, a retina patch material, or an ophthalmic dye) to an infusion cannula. The valve may be configured to provide an alternating or mixed flow of the infusion fluid and the ophthalmic substance to the infusion cannula. In some embodiments, the cassette may include multiple substance chambers with different substances. The cassette may also include a one or more valves to control the flow to the infusion fluid (e.g., on/off for each of the substances and infusion fluid and/or a ratio of the substances and infusion fluid).
US11045351B2
A light-guided, ophthalmic-treatment-system for administering therapeutic agents to, into or through the scleral wall of the eye globe using any one of a variety of therapeutic applicators in conjunction with either transcorneal or transpupillary viewing methods or both.
US11045332B2
An exemplary trial component is configured to be attached to a resected bone having a resection surface, and includes a body portion and a sliding fastening mechanism movably coupled to the body portion. The body portion has an articular surface, a bone-facing surface, and at least one drill guide extending through the articular surface and the bone-facing surface. The sliding fastening mechanism includes at least one post extending beyond the bone-facing surface, and the post is operable to engage the resection surface to retain the position of the sliding fastening mechanism relative to the bone. When attached to the bone, the trial component is structured to selectively retain the position of the body portion relative to the bone, and to selectively permit adjustment of the position of the body portion relative to the bone.
US11045326B2
Embodiments herein are generally directed to spinal implants, systems, apparatuses, and components thereof that can be used in spinal fusion and/or stabilization procedures, as well as methods of installation. The spinal implants may include an intervertebral spacer and a plate member.
US11045319B2
An annuloplasty repair segment for heart valve annulus repair and a method for forming. A multi-stranded cable replaces solid core wire for both the tricuspid and mitral valves which allows for greater deployment flexibility for minimally-invasive surgical (MIS) implant, while still maintaining the required strength and similar tensile properties of solid-core wire. The particular shape of the annuloplasty ring is fixed using a heat setting process including heating the flexible core member to a temperature higher than 500° C. and holding it in a desired heat-set saddle shape for a period of time. The core is then rapidly cooled to impart physical properties such that the flexible core member can be straightened, during implantation, to fit through a tubular access device and regain the heat-set saddle shape after exiting the access device and, when attached to the native heart valve, the flexible core member is strong enough to remodel the native heart valve.
US11045313B2
A prosthesis for placement within a native mitral valve includes an expandable frame having locking tabs disposed along a proximal end. A plurality of distal anchors are disposed along a distal end of the frame. Each distal anchor is provided with a cushion cover. An outer fabric member surrounds the frame and may extend outwardly from the frame in an expanded condition for providing an improved seal in the region of a mitral annulus. A valve body is positioned within an interior of the expandable from for allowing blood flow in only one direction. In preferred embodiments, the cushions are positioned over enlarged head portions of the distal anchors for further reducing trauma on surrounding tissue.
US11045312B2
Various embodiments of a seal for a stent-valve, and methods of production, are described. In some embodiments, the seal or a skirt comprises a fabric wall portion and a polymeric material fused to the fabric wall portion, the polymeric material having a melting temperature that is lower than that of the fabric wall portion. The fibres of the fabric may remain unmelted at the interface with the polymeric material, the polymeric material being attached to material to the fibres of the fabric wall portion by fusion. The polymeric material may provide a welded joint to another fabric wall portion and/or may reinforce the fabric and/or may occlude pores of the fabric.
US11045305B2
Soft tissue retention devices, instrumentation and related methods are disclosed. The devices include a first member comprising a first head portion and a first threaded shaft portion extending from the first head portion that define a cannulated opening extending therethrough, and a second member comprising a second head portion and a second threaded shaft portion extending from the second head portion that define a cannulated opening that extends therethrough. The inner sides of the first and second head portions includes a row of teeth extending about the periphery thereof. The first head portion also includes a plurality of through holes positioned between the first threaded shaft portion and the row of teeth. The outer sides of the first and second head portions include non-circular drive openings. The instrumentation comprise a handle portion with a through aperture that allows for a user's finger to extend therethrough during an implantation procedure.
US11045301B2
An implantable medical device, such as an aortic aneurism repair stent graft, includes a framework of struts that includes a plurality of vertices. A fabric is in contact with the framework, and attached to the fabric at each of the vertices with a respective compound stitching connection. The compound stitching connection includes a plurality of short span fixation stitches and a fan spread of long span tear resistance stitches.
US11045298B2
A vascular filter comprises includes a proximal support hoop, a plurality of support struts, and a plurality of capture arms. The proximal support hoop extends around the internal wall of the inferior vena cava in a wave pattern having six distal peaks and six proximal peaks. The proximal support hoop includes an enlarged end element at each peak. The support struts extend longitudinally along the internal wall of the inferior vena cava in a curve. Two capture arms are connected to the proximal support hoop at each distal peak. Each capture arm extends from the distal peak to an apex in a curve. The concave portion of the first curve faces inwardly towards the concave portion of the second curve.
US11045296B1
A device operable to reduce the effects of erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence in males which includes at least two inflatable chambers which encircle a portion of the penis. The two inflatable chambers are operable to constrict at least one vein of the penis in order to limit the flow of blood out of the penis via the at least one vein. The at least two inflatable chambers are also operable to maintain positioning of the device on the penis and to constrict the urethra in order to limit the flow of urine out of the penis.
US11045295B2
A three-dimensional printing system including a feed source of uncured filled resin material, a print head configured to apply discrete layers of a composition including upconversion phosphors, and a radiation source configured to irradiate layers of uncured filled resin material and deposited layers of the composition is provided. A method of three dimensionally printing a dental article is also provided.
US11045290B2
A method for generating a dental arch map for a patient acquires a 3D surface image of patient dentition and automatically segments the 3D surface image to identify individual teeth. A mapping of outlines is formed for the identified teeth. The mapping is labeled according to a tooth numbering scheme and the labeled mapping is displayed.
US11045274B2
An instrument carriage provides control of a surgical instrument coupled to the instrument carriage. The instrument carriage includes a control surface that is coupled to the surgical instrument to provide the control. A detection pin having a first distal end that extends from the control surface is coupled to the instrument carriage. A sensor fixed relative to the instrument carriage detects a position of the detection pin. A carriage controller coupled to the sensor, provides a signal that indicates at least a first state and a second state responsive to a distance between the distal end of the detection pin and the control surface. The signal may indicate if an instrument sterile adapter is coupled to the control surface of the instrument carriage. A third state of the signal may indicate if a surgical instrument is coupled to the instrument sterile adapter.
US11045261B2
A method, system and apparatus for surface rendering using medical imaging data is provided. A display device is controlled to render a first model of imaging data showing depth positions corresponding to a given surface threshold value, and further controlled to replace the first model with a second model of the imaging data showing respective depth positions corresponding to the given surface threshold value, the second model being faster to compute than the first model. The given surface threshold value is changed to an updated surface threshold value, for example using a slider input. The display device updates rendering of the second model to show updated respective depth positions corresponding to the updated surface threshold value. When an acceptance is received, the display device is controlled to replace the second model with the first model showing updated depth positions corresponding to the updated surface threshold value.
US11045258B2
An apparatus for guiding an elongated flexible instrument comprises a variable-length support assembly including a first end, a second end, a plurality of support member pairs, and a plurality of eyelets movably coupled to at least one support member pair and configured to receive the elongated flexible instrument. The variable-length support assembly is configured to selectively transition from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration along a longitudinal central axis, and the plurality of eyelets are adapted to support the elongated flexible instrument as the elongated flexible instrument is advanced along the longitudinal central axis. Each of the plurality of eyelets includes a tapered alignment member configured to contact a tapered alignment member of an adjacent eyelet to move the plurality of eyelets into alignment along the longitudinal axis as the variable length assembly transitions from the expanded configuration to the compressed configuration.
US11045256B2
A method and system for predicting a measure of hemodynamic compromise as a result of transcatheter cardiac treatment. The method includes providing a patient-specific anatomical model representing cardiac region and an implant model representing a three-dimensional representation of a cardiac implant. The method includes virtually deploying said implant model into said patient-specific anatomical model. A deformation of the patient-specific anatomical model is calculated as a result of implant model deployment A measure of hemodynamic compromise is determined from the virtually deployed implant model and the deformed patient-specific anatomical model.
US11045253B2
An electrosurgical energy channel splitter apparatus includes a channel input a plurality of channel outputs, and a controller. The channel input is configured to receive electrosurgical energy from an electrosurgical energy source. Each channel output is configured to couple to a respective electrosurgical device. The controller is coupled to the channel input and the plurality of channel outputs. The controller is configured to selectively direct the electrosurgical energy from the channel input to one of the plurality of channel outputs.
US11045247B2
The present disclosure relates to electrosurgical systems and methods for controlling electrical treatment energy in connection with electrical arcs. A method in accordance with the present disclosure includes providing electrical treatment energy to an instrument based on an indicated electrical energy level, accessing voltage signal values over time relating to voltage of the electrical treatment energy and/or current signal values over time relating to current of the electrical treatment energy, determining whether an arc generated by the instrument is an arc to be maintained or an arc to be extinguished based on a threshold value and at least one of the voltage signal values or the current signal values, and controlling the electrical treatment energy based on determining that the arc is an arc to be extinguished.
US11045244B2
Described here are methods and systems for the manipulation of ovarian tissues. The methods and systems may be used in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The systems and methods may also be useful in the treatment of infertility associated with PCOS.
US11045241B2
Devices for use in performing external fixation orthopedic surgery are provided. More particularly, a specialized transosseous wire having a rectangular cross-section is provided. The specialized wire is installed using a reciprocating motion. Thereafter, the specialized transosseous wires are affixed to a frame. Methods of using the transosseous wire are also disclosed.
US11045235B2
Embodiments relate to devices, systems, kits and methods for achieving maxillo-mandibular fixation (MMF). In an embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of dental occlusion ties and/or tension band ties (referred to herein as “DO ties” and “TB ties,” respectively). In another embodiment, a system or kit can comprise a plurality of one or both of DO ties and/or TB ties as well as a trimming tool, comfort caps or material, a lip/cheek retractor, and/or an instruction sheet. DO ties and TB ties can simplify the management of mandible fractures and maxilla fractures by helping re-establish precise dental occlusion for MMF.
US11045233B2
A bolster system having a first bolster device, a second bolster device, and an adjustable tether that includes a one-way pre-tied slideable adjustment knot. The adjustment knot is at a first position prior to insertion of the first bolster device into a passageway in one or more bones. The second bolster device includes a body portion having an outer portion that is sized to be received in the passageway and/or in an aperture of a bone plate. The body portion also includes a channel that is sized to accommodate recessed and/or embedded placement of the pre-tied slideable adjustment knot. The second bolster device can also include an oversized plate portion that abuts against a cortex of a bone or a wall of a bone plate. The second bolster device can also include a threaded member or retention tab that lockingly secures the second bolster device to a bone plate.
US11045227B2
A computer-implemented method of preoperatively planning a surgical procedure on a knee of a patient including determining femoral condyle vectors and tibial plateau vectors based on image data of the knee, the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors corresponding to motion vectors of the femoral condyles and the tibial plateau as they move relative to each other. The method may also include modifying a bone model representative of at least one of the femur and the tibia into a modified bone model based on the femoral condyle vectors and the tibial plateau vectors. And the method may further include determining coordinate locations for a resection of the modified bone model.
US11045220B1
Disclosed herein are sealing devices configured for improving sealing functionality with an engaged extension member of an apparatus. More specifically, disclosed herein are trocar sealing devices configured for improving insufflation gas containment in relation to trocars (and/or other related type of devices) that are used for enabling a surgical instrument such, for example, a laparoscope, to gain access to an abdominal cavity (or other body cavity). By providing for such improved insufflation gas containment, sealing devices as disclosed herein are particularly advantageous, desirable and useful in view of long-standing reasons for limiting insufflation gas leakage and in view of newly recognized reasons stemming from outbreak of COVID-19 disease for limiting insufflation gas leakage.
US11045214B2
A sheathed tubular semi-rigid balloon catheter for performing probing, irrigation, dilation, suction and potential intubation of the nasolacrimal system or paranasal sinus system to treat for stenosis or obstruction. The catheter includes a sheathed tubular probe portion through which a tracer fluid can be injected and through which suctioning of blood or other material can be conducted. The sheath portion of the device can have a distal segment that is inflated in order to dilate parts the nasolacrimal or paranasal sinus system. The high axial load accommodating catheter tool includes a more secure and inexpensively manufactured bond between the metallic semi-rigid tube of the probe portion and the plastic hand-manipulable, multi-connector hub using an enlarged bonding collar.
US11045213B2
Embodiments of the invention include devices and methods for implanting arthroplasty devices. Some embodiments include designs that allow for use of x-ray images as the only images used to fully and accurately preoperatively and intraoperatively size and align arthroplasty device components and prepare all necessary tissue.
US11045198B2
An apparatus comprises a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector, a cartridge, and a staple driver actuator. The end effector is operable to manipulate tissue. The end effector comprises a lower jaw, a pivotable anvil, and a translating cutter. The translating cutter is operable to translate relative to the lower jaw and the anvil when the anvil is pivoted toward the lower jaw to manipulate tissue. The cartridge is insertable into the lower jaw and includes a plurality of staples. The staple driver actuator is disposed within the cartridge. The staple driver actuator comprises a secondary cutting element. The translating cutter of the end effector is operable to drive the staple driver actuator distally to staple and cut tissue substantially simultaneously.
US11045173B2
A full core biopsy device includes an outer cannula carried at a proximal end by a outer cannula hub and defining a tissue cutting edge at an opposite distal end, an elongated inner cannula carried at a proximal end by an inner cannula hub and concentrically slidably disposed within the outer cannula. A housing defines a first cavity, a second cavity, and a spring hub between the first and second cavities with a bore in communication between the cavities. An outer cannula spring is disposed within the first cavity between the spring hub and the outer cannula hub. The outer cannula spring is configured to produce a force directed distally against the outer cannula hub. An inner cannula spring is disposed within the second cavity between the spring hub and the inner cannula hub and is configured to produce a force directed proximally against the inner cannula hub. A latch, stop and trigger arrangement is provided to charge the device to compress the two springs and to fire the device to obtain a tissue sample.
US11045171B2
A specimen collection cassette for a medical fluid collection system. A housing defines a first void space and a second void space, and an outlet opening in fluid communication with the first and second void spaces. An aperture may be within a wall separating the first and second void spaces with the aperture providing fluid communication between the first and second void spaces. First and second fittings receive a suction line for drawing fluid into the first and second void spaces, respectively. A fluid communication path is established from the first fitting to the outlet opening through the first void space, aperture, and the second void space, and a bypass fluid communication path is established from the second bore to the outlet opening through the second void space. The cassette is operable in one or both of a tissue sample collection mode and a bypass mode.
US11045168B2
An ultrasonic imaging device according to the present invention includes: a container provided with an opening for inserting a target region of a subject; and a transmission/reception unit that transmits ultrasound to the target region inserted into the container filled with a liquid and receives the ultrasound that penetrates the target region or is reflected from the target region. The container has a pressure reducing unit that holds the target region in the container by reducing a pressure in the container of which the opening is covered with the target region. According to the present invention, since it is possible to maintain a shape close to a predetermined shape when the target region of a breast or the like is inserted into a container filled with the liquid, it is possible to measure the target region with high accuracy by transmitting and receiving ultrasound.
US11045164B2
Systems and methods for the assessment of fluid content and electrolyte balance in patients are provided. The systems generally include two or more ultrasound transducers and may include impedance-sensing electrodes as well. These elements are positioned about a soft tissue of a patient by means of a retention element.
US11045162B2
An imaging system includes an x-ray assembly having one or more x-ray sources configured to be energized at multiple positions. A control program energizes the one or more x-ray sources in a programmed sequence and controls the timing of the sequence.
US11045157B2
A patient positioning apparatus for an extra-oral imaging system that includes a support base adjustable in at least one dimension and a cephalometric module coupled to the support base and configured to position a cephalometric imaging sensor about an imaging area formed with an x-ray source, where x-rays from the x-ray source impinge the cephalometric sensor after radiating the imaging area. A patient positioning unit is positioned operatively near the imaging area, and a retractable Frankfort plane positioning indicator and methods for using the same are provided.
US11045156B2
The method for periodontal disease measurement of the present invention includes: using a plurality of cross-sectional images provided by x-ray CT images of teeth and periodontal tissues to detect a contour of each tooth in each cross-sectional image, detect a dentition, and provide a dental formula; detecting the positions of the root apex, the alveolar crest, and the crown of each tooth from the detected tooth contour data; calculating at least one of a distance indicator, a volume indicator, a surface area indicator, a first moment indicator, a center-of-gravity indicator, and an alveolar bone indicator from the detected tooth contour data, and the position data of the root apex, the alveolar crest, and the crown of the tooth; and measuring the progression of periodontal disease based on at least one calculated indicator.
US11045151B2
Cone-beam computer tomography systems, devices, and methods for image acquisition of large target volumes using partial scans.
US11045140B2
Methods of evaluating homeostatic capacity of a subject are provided. Aspects of the methods include obtaining dynamic biometric data from the subject and evaluating the homoeostatic capacity of the subject from the obtained dynamic biometric data. Also provided are devices configured for use in practicing the methods. The methods and devices described herein find use in a variety of applications, e.g., health monitoring applications, treatment applications, dynamic diagnostic applications, etc.
US11045135B2
A method and apparatus for the quantitative determination of an individual's risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD) is described. Risk stratification is accomplished (and may have a sensitivity and specificity of greater than about 90%) by determining the presence in any individual being tested for SCD risk of sequences identified herein to correlate quantitatively with SCD risk. Both the number of such sequences present and their alignment scores (similarity) with the SCD risk sequence ensemble are used to calculate quantitative SCD risk.
US11045133B2
Systems, methods, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for filtering noise from an input signal. An embodiment accesses the input signal having a first harmonic frequency and having the noise. The embodiment determines a quiet period in the input signal. The embodiment stores samples of the noise of the input signal in a buffer during the quiet period. The embodiment subtracts the samples from a single cycle of the noise in the buffer from the input signal to create a filtered signal. The embodiment then repeats the determining, storing, and subtracting to refine the filtered signal.
US11045127B2
A method for predicting an arousal level used by a computer of an arousal level prediction apparatus that predicts an arousal level of a user is provided. The method includes obtaining current biological information regarding the user detected by a sensor, and calculating a current arousal level of the user based on the current biological information. The method further includes obtaining current environment information indicating a current environment around the user, and predicting a future arousal level, which is an arousal level a certain period of time later, based on the current arousal level and the current environment information. Based on the predicted future arousal level, the method further issues a notification to the user, or controls an operation of a device.
US11045125B2
An arrangement for producing a sample of body fluid from a wound opening created in a skin surface at a sampling site includes: a housing, the housing comprising a first opening; a skin interface member disposed in the first opening, the skin interface member comprising an inner member having a second opening, and an outer member at least partially surrounding the inner member and attached to the first opening; and at least one skin-penetration member configured and arranged to project within the second opening. Arrangements having alternatively constructed skin interface members are also described.
US11045122B2
A near infrared spectrometer and method for wavelength and path length correction are disclosed. The spectrometer includes a number of photodiodes that transmit broadband near infrared measurement light into the tissue and at least one broadband detector which measures the light signal transmitted through the tissue. A processor estimates chromophore concentrations through a comparison of measured light attenuation and modeled light attenuation. The light attenuation model utilizes a light path length distribution derived from a Monte Carlo model and accounts for the spectral shape of the light source as a function of temperature.
US11045112B2
A respiratory therapy device that is adapted to matingly connect with two standardized respiratory devices simultaneously to allow for combination, enhanced, single device, respiratory treatments. It monitors the number of PEP treatment events utilizing a motion sensor, and presents a resettable, visual stimulus for each event as well as providing a record of the events in each therapy cycle.
US11045105B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for determination of cardiac output or EPBF of a mechanically ventilated subject. The method comprises the steps of introducing a change in the effective ventilation of the subject, measuring expiratory flow and CO2 during a sequence of analyzed breaths during which the effective ventilation of the subject varies, and determining the cardiac output or EPBF of the subject using the flow and CO2 measurements. The method further comprises the steps of measuring also a relative variation in cardiac output or EPBF during the sequence of analyzed breaths, and using the relative variation in the determination of cardiac output or EPBF.
US11045099B2
The present disclosure relates to a device and method for controlling a solenoid valve of a portable medical device. The portable medical device comprises a power source; an electrically actuated valve, a control unit for regulating at least one of a control voltage and a control current for actuation of the valve, and at least one inertial sensor for detecting and transmitting motion signals representative of external motions applied to the portable medical device. The control unit is configured to regulate the at least one of the control voltage and the control current of the valve as a function of the motion signals of the at least one inertial sensor.
US11045084B2
A system and method of detecting and treating autism spectrum disorders and other neurological conditions uses associations of stimuli in one mode, such as images, with stimuli in another mode, such as sounds.
US11045074B2
In an insertion equipment, a cover film forming part of an outer periphery surface of an insertion section has flexibility and is formed of a resilient material. In the insertion section, a protrusion protruding to an outer periphery side is covered by the cover film from the outer periphery side, and the protrusion moves around a longitudinal axis with respect to the cover film due to a transmission of a drive force for rotating an attachment tool. A ring member of the attachment tool is attached to the outer periphery side of the cover film in a state that the protrusion is pressed to an inner periphery side by the ring member via the cover film, and is rotatable around the longitudinal axis with respect to the cover film.
US11045071B2
An image processing apparatus for an endoscope includes an image acquisition circuit configured to acquire an image captured by using the endoscope, an interference area setting circuit configured to set, on the image, an interference area having a different characteristic from an observation target in the image, and an interference area corrector configured to perform correction on the image, the correction including a reduction in luminance of the interference area. The interference area setting circuit includes an interference candidate area extractor configured to extract at least one interference candidate area based on the different characteristic from the observation target, and an interference area selector configured to select the interference area from the at least one interference candidate area based on luminance distribution in the at least one interference candidate area.
US11045066B2
A dishwasher and method for operating the same utilize a rack-mounted rotatable conduit incorporating a keyed connector disposed at an end thereof and configured to mate with a rotatable docking port disposed on a wall of a wash tub at a predetermined angular relationship when the rack is in the washing position such that rotation of the rotatable docking port causes rotation of the rotatable conduit.
US11045063B2
A multi-layer pad mop having an unsealed edge, such that an absorbing and dispensing pathway extends from the interior of the mop to its perimeter edge.
US11045062B2
Methods and apparatuses for steam cleaning comprise a steam cleaning device/system employed for steam cleaning or treating operations. In an embodiment, a steam cleaning device may comprise agitation features employed for steam cleaning or treating. In another embodiment, the steam cleaning device may be a steam accessory employed for steam cleaning or treating. In yet another embodiment, the steam cleaning device may comprise various features employed for multi-purpose steam cleaning or treating.
US11045059B2
A self-propelled robot autonomously travels on a structure having a target plane and performs work on the plane of the structure. The robot includes a robot main body provided with a moving means for autonomous traveling, a control unit that controls movement of the robot main body, and a working unit that performs work on the target plane. The control unit includes an edge detection unit that detects an edge of the target plane, and the edge detection unit includes an outer detection unit located outward from the working unit in the traveling direction of the robot main body and an inner detection unit located closer to the robot main body than the outer detection unit in the traveling direction of the robot main body.
US11045054B2
A cover device that mounts to a body of a toilet is provided. The cover device includes a cover rotatably mounted to the toilet, a spring coupled to a sleeve of the cover, and a damper coupled to the sleeve of the cover and having a bearing coupled to the spring. The cover is designed to rotate upward relative to the body of the toilet to a generally vertical position to place the spring in a relaxed position. The cover is designed to rotate downward relative to the body of the toilet to a generally horizontal position to place the spring in a compressed position, thereby allowing a maximum elastic force in the spring in the compressed position to rotatably adjust the cover upward relative to the toilet.
US11045047B2
A cooking enclosure is configured to hold food being cooked. The enclosure includes a surrounding, generally vertical, sidewall, projecting upward from a base. The base includes a floor bridging a bottom of enclosure, and the enclosure is capped by a vertically moving ceiling. The vertical moving ceiling secures a cooking heat source which is in thermal communication with the enclosure interior. The moving ceiling is configured to move up and down within the sidewall to vary, up and down, a volume of the cooking enclosure. The cooking enclosure is configured to have both a smaller cooking enclosure volume, suitable for quickly cooking small foods, and larger cooking enclosure volume necessary to cook larger foods.
US11045038B2
The coffee machine (1) with a system for emulsifying and heating milk comprises a body (2) having a coffee dispenser (3) and a device (4) for emulsifying and/or heating milk having a carafe (6) for containing the milk and a lid (7) for closing the carafe (6), means (8) for conveying the steam generated inside the coffee machine, to a Venturi tube (9) present in the lid (7) so as to emulsify and/or heat the milk inside said lid, the device (4) being provided with detection means (12) for detecting the presence of milk in the carafe (6) so as to interrupt the dispensing of milk when said carafe (6) is completely empty.
US11045035B2
The invention relates to an adapter comprising an interior which accommodates a single serve capsule and which has an opening at a first end for introducing the capsule into the interior and a receptacle for a pricking spike at the opposite end.
US11045031B2
A system for the delivery and secure receipt of packages from unmanned vehicles to improve security and protection of the packages upon delivery. A UAV receptacle provides a water-protected interior to protect a package. The UAV receptacle includes a door in one side that allows a reception tray to extend out and back in, and which locks to protect the package so received. The UAV receptacle detects a drone in proximity. Upon confirming that delivery is for the UAV receptacle, the reception tray extends to a reception position. A sensor detects the package on the reception tray upon delivery from the drone. The reception tray is of a mesh material to reduce water retention. The UAV receptacle retracts the reception tray and closes a door to seal the package within the UAV receptacle. The UAV receptacle may notify user devices that the package has been received.
US11045029B2
A fitted coaster for a beverage container. The coaster may include a base and a first sidewall extending substantially perpendicularly from the base, the first sidewall, comprising: a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge opposite the first lateral edge; and a first top edge and a first bottom edge opposite the first top edge. The coaster may also include a second sidewall extending substantially perpendicularly from the base, the second sidewall, comprising: a third lateral edge and a fourth lateral edge opposite the third lateral edge; and a second top edge and a second bottom edge opposite the second top edge, wherein the first lateral edge is attached to the third lateral edge and wherein the second lateral edge is attached to the fourth lateral edge. The coaster may further include a first notch disposed along the first bottom edge.
US11045025B2
A cup having an integrated straw is provided. The cup has a mold release surface at a liquid outlet portion, in the injection molding process, a male mold of an accommodating room can be directly removed from the mold release surface to form the liquid outlet portion. A cup body is integrally formed with a straw body, which can easily achieve injection molding release. When the cup body is filled with a solid or liquid beverage, the user can suck the beverage through a top opening portion of the straw body.
US11045024B2
A lid for use with a beverage container. The lid has a body with a drink opening, a drink opening stopper operable to transition between a closed position and an opened position, and a lock actuator manually rotatable between a locking position preventing the drink opening stopper from transitioning from the closed position to the opened position when the lock actuator is in the locking position and an unlocking position permitting the drink opening stopper to transition from the closed position to the opened position when the lock actuator is in the unlocking position.
US11045023B2
Devices include a base, and first and second pairs of arms extending from the base in opposite directions along a longitudinal axis of the device. Each of the first and second pairs of arms is spaced apart in a lateral direction of the device. The device further includes a first recess defined by and between the first pair of arms and a second recess defined by and between the second pair of arms to define first and second receptacles, respectively. Each recess has a perimeter exceeding one-half of a circumference of a circle. Accesses to the recesses are disposed on the longitudinal axis of the device and defined between opposing distal ends of the first and second pairs of arms. The first and second pairs of arms define, respectively, first and second sets of handles of the device.
US11045020B2
A frame assembly for displaying an object is described. In an embodiment, the frame assembly comprises a printable, rigid material forming a rectangular shaped outer frame that defines an area in which the object, such as a photograph, is displayed. The outer frame is made of a rigid, multilayer substrate that has been machined with grooves that allows it to be manipulated to form front and side walls, such that an image can be printed or wrapped around the entire surface. A method of making the frame assembly is also described. The method comprises printing an image on the frame, such as by direct digital or screen printing prior to assembling the parts of the frame.
US11045018B2
A display unit 1 for storing and displaying heated goods comprises walls 2, 4, 6, 8, shelves 10, 12, 14, 16, an air duct 18, a fan 20, 22, and an air heater 24. The walls delimit a main chamber 26 including a first open front side 28 and a second open front side 30 opposite of the first open front side. The shelves each comprise an upper placing side 32, and define an individual storage spaces 34, 36, 38, 40. The air duct 18 extends from an inlet 42, 44 to multiple outlets 46 which are in communication with the storage spaces. The display unit further comprises a transparent wall 48, 50, which is positioned in the main chamber 26 between the first open front side and the second open front side, and divides the main chamber in a first chamber 52 and a second chamber 54.
US11045017B2
A product display comprising a rail having a channel and a tray. The tray comprises a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a product support surface. The tray further comprises an engagement portion having at least one protrusion configured to engage the channel.
US11045007B2
A foothold including a thermoelectric module includes a body having an air channel in which a suction fan is provided and a dissipation channel in which a dissipation fan is provided, and a cover including an air discharge portion disposed on the body. Further, the thermoelectric element is disposed between the dissipation heat sink and the cover.
US11045003B2
The present invention relates to a chair for supporting a person feeding a baby. The chair includes a seat. The chair includes an armrest operatively connected to the seat. The armrest is selectively rotatable about a vertical axis, and moveable forward/rearward, laterally inward/outward and vertically relative to the seat. The armrest is shaped to receive a baby thereon.
US11045002B1
A footrest device for supporting feet apart from a cylinder includes a central hub, an outer ring spaced apart from the central hub, and spars, each extending radially from a proximal end, on the first jaw of the hub, to a distal end on the ring. The hub is a clamp with an open condition and a closed condition for clamping onto the cylinder, and it includes first and second jaws pivoted to each other to open and close the hub about a space configured to receive the cylinder. A latch assembly opens and closes the first and second jaws with respect to each other.
US11044999B2
A swing chair includes a base, a seat, and a driving frame. The seat is disposed above the base. The driving frame is disposed between the base and the seat. The driving frame includes a first fixing base, a first shaft, a second fixing base, a second shaft, a first driving assembly, and a second driving assembly. The first fixing base is fixed to the base. The first shaft is rotatably connected to the first fixing base. The second fixing base is fixed to the seat. The second shaft is connected to the first shaft and the second fixing base is rotatably connected to the second shaft. The first driving assembly is configured to drive the first shaft to rotate with respect to the first fixing base. The second driving assembly is configured to drive the second fixing base to rotate with respect to the second shaft.
US11044986B2
A tethered chest pouch assembly for carrying a personal electronic device comprises a pouch having a closable opening configured to receive a personal electronic device. The assembly additionally comprises a base panel configured to be worn by a user in or around the user's chest area. The pouch is postionable with respect to the panel in at least: a closed position in which the pouch is releasably fastened substantially flat against the panel; an open position in which a top of the pouch is rotated outwardly from the panel while the pouch remains attached to the panel near a lower edge of the pouch; and a tethered position in which the pouch is tethered to the panel. The pouch may additionally be completely decoupled from the base panel.
US11044983B1
A hair grooming device includes a receptacle including a first half hingedly coupled to the second half, a base plate statically seated within the receptacle and including a plurality of bristles attached thereto, a top plate removably stacked on the base plate and seated in the receptacle, the top plate including a plurality of apertures, and a plurality of suction cups coupled to the first half of the receptacle. Advantageously, the bristles are aligned and positioned through the apertures when the top plate is positioned on the base plate. In this manner, the bristles terminate away from the top plate such that the top plate shields the base plate from the hair. Notably, the top plate is freely disengaged from the base plate and capable of both collecting and removing the hair from the receptacle.
US11044980B1
A nail polish removal device, especially an efficient toenail polish removal device from a user's feet, is disclosed. The device includes a housing with foot placement assembly having a first area and a second area adapted for receiving the toenails of both feet simultaneously. The device includes a reciprocating sponge assembly, coupled to the foot placement assembly such that the toenails are positioned in contact with the sponge assembly. The device further comprises a filler to receive nail polish removal fluid, which is in fluid communication with the reciprocating and rotating sponge assembly, via one or more tubes, to aid in the removal of nail polish from the toenails of the user's foot. The device further comprises a switch and other electronic components to actuate and reciprocate the sponge assembly, thereby enabling the user to remove the nail polish conveniently without scrubbing the nail polish manually.
US11044975B2
An organizable lunchbox system is disclosed herein. The organizable lunchbox system includes an organizable lunchbox comprising three stacked compartments and, a carrying case for the organizable lunchbox. The three stacked compartments of the organizable lunchbox include an upper compartment, a middle compartment and a lower compartment. The middle compartment is in thermal communication with the upper and lower compartments. In a preferred embodiment, the middle compartment is configured to retain an ice-pack to keep the contents of upper and lower compartments at a low temperature. The organizable lunchbox system further features a plurality of compartment dividers configured to partition the upper compartment and the lower compartment. Finally, the organizable lunchbox system includes an organizable lunchbox carrying case that is configured to retain the organizable lunchbox.
US11044973B1
A portable combined bed and storage apparatus and methods of assembling thereof. The combined bed and storage apparatus provides for an efficient and convenient way to transport one's personal items, linens, and sleeping surface such as a mattress. The combined bed and storage apparatus configuration prevents items from getting lost and allows for quick assembly, disassembly, and stowage.
US11044972B2
An umbrella includes a shaft, a canopy, and an opening and closing mechanism that moves the canopy between an open state and a closed state. An inner stretcher frame has an inner hub and a plurality of inner stretchers. Each of the plurality of inner stretchers has a proximal end rotatably connected to the inner hub, and a distal end. An outer stretcher frame has an outer hub and a plurality of outer stretchers. Each of the plurality of outer stretchers has a proximal end that is rotatably connected to the outer hub, and a distal end. A plurality of connector assemblies rotatably connect the distal end of each of the plurality of inner stretchers to the distal end of a corresponding one of the plurality of outer stretchers, and retain the outer edge of the canopy.
US11044959B2
In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a surgical cap is provided that includes a cover having a head-receiving cavity and a resilient member connected to the cover and extending about less than the entire head-receiving cavity. The cover includes a plurality of layers comprising at least one layer inward from the resilient member adapted to separate the resilient member from a head received in the head-receiving cavity and at least two outer layers outward from the resilient member to which the resilient member is secured. In accordance with another aspect, a method of fabricating a surgical cap is provided.
US11044952B1
A protective overlay for protecting a wearer is formed from a flexible sheet having a front surface, a back surface, a periphery, and a bottom; a pressure sensitive adhesive applied to substantially all of the periphery of the back surface for adhering the flexible sheet to the wearer; a release liner covering the pressure sensitive adhesive and being scored upwardly from the bottom of the flexible sheet; a crumb catcher formed by a bottom section of the flexible sheet being folded upwardly on the flexible sheet front surface and the sides being pushed inwardly to form a gusset. The release liner opposite the crumb catcher remains in place when the remaining release liner is removed for use.
US11044941B2
Provided is a heater assembly for a cigarette-shaped electronic cigarette. A heater assembly for a cigarette-shaped electronic cigarette includes a smoking vapor generation part including a first heater configured to generate smoking vapor by heating a portion of a cigarette inserted thereinto, and a smoky vapor generation part including a second heater configured to generate a smoky vapor by heating a liquid material when the cigarette is puffed on, wherein the smoky vapor passes through the cigarette by a suction force generated when the cigarette is puffed on and then is inhaled concurrently with the smoking vapor.
US11044932B1
A composition containing (D)-β-hydroxybutyric acid (D-BHB), (D)-β-hydroxyvaleric acid (D-BHV), and (D)-1,3 butanediol (D-1,3BD) is disclosed. Examples include a composition of between 85% and 25% D-BHB, with 15% to 75% D-1,3BD where the proportion of D-BHB to D-BHV acid may be between 1.0 to 0 and 0.7 to 0.3. Exemplary compositions may be incorporated into food, supplement, and beverage products.
US11044930B2
The invention concerns a composition for lowering the glycemic index comprising, or consisting of an alcoholic extract of cinnamon in an amount of at least 10% by weight compared to the total weight of the composition, and optionally a carrier, a food composition comprising a composition for lowering the glycemic index in an amount ranging from 0.1% to 5% by weight compared to the total weight of the food composition, the use of a composition for lowering the glycemic index or of a food composition as a glycemic index lowering agent.
US11044926B2
The present invention relates to a flavour composition for animal feed comprising a mixture of esters, ketones and aldehydes. The invention also relates to liquid and solid flavouring compositions containing this flavouring mixture, to an animal feed containing this flavouring mixture and to its use as an additive for creep feed diets, especially for suckling swine and cattle.
US11044917B1
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming a stuffed crust pizza on a continuous high speed basis. The invention can form and deposit a cheese rope in either an ellipse or circular shape, onto a moving sheet of dough with multiple lanes using a waterwheel flow divider. An encoder is mounted to the conveyor feeding the dough to the apparatus. This provides both position information and speed of the dough to a motion controller to guide the movement of the nozzles. A stamping device initially presses an indentation of the cheese shape into the dough sheet and provides a natural resting location for the cheese to be deposited. A set of two nozzles per lane is utilized to form the cross sectional shape of the cheese. Each nozzle forms one half of the total shape of the cheese and the flow to each nozzle is controlled by a waterwheel flow divider.
US11044915B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a) recombinant exosporium-producing Bacillus cells that express a fusion protein comprising: (i) at least one plant growth stimulating protein or peptide and (ii) a targeting sequence that localizes the fusion protein to the exosporium of the Bacillus cells; and b) at least one particular fungicide disclosed herein in a synergistically effective amount. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of this composition as well as a method for enhancing plant growth, promoting plant health, and/or reducing overall damage of plants and plant parts.
US11044914B2
The present invention relates to antimicrobial sanitizing compositions for use as skin sanitizers, especially sanitizers for the hands and feet, and air sanitizers and deodorisers. The sanitizing compositions comprise a combination of three ammonium compounds (ie. an alkoxy silyl ammonium compound, a benzalknonium chloride or benzethonium chloride and a polymeric biguanide) in a non-ionic surfactant carrier. The non-ionic surfactant system comprises an alcohol ethoxylate and an alkylglucoside or alkylpolyglycoside. Methods of use of the compositions are also described.
US11044913B2
The present disclosure provides silylated polyalcohols, compositions thereof and their use as medical, insecticidal, prophylactic or therapeutic substances for the treatment or prevention of infection or infestation by arthropods. More specifically, the disclosure relates to the methods of treatment of infections or infestation by lice in a human comprising administration of an effective amount of silylated polyalcohols and compositions thereof.
US11044912B2
Biocidal branched polymeric biguanide compounds are made by polycondensation of sodium dicyanamide and a Afunctional primary amine and/or a tetrafunctional primary amine and optionally with a difunctional primary amine. The branched polymeric biguanide compounds have 2-dimensional conformation that provides better coverage over the surfaces of microorganisms and enhances efficacy as biocides as compared to most commercially available linear (one-dimensional) polymeric biguanide compounds. The bulkier 2-dimensional conformation of this invention limits the uptake, accumulation and release of these branched polymers to and from contact lenses. Therefore, these branched biguanide polymers can reduce the cytotoxicity, enhance compatibility and suitable for ophthalmic use. The highly branched polymers can be prepared with minimum or no difunctional primary amines. The lightly branched polymers can be prepared with of a minimum ratio of trifunctional plus multifunctional primary amines to difunctional primary amines.
US11044902B2
The invention concerns an apparatus and a method for deterring birds, comprising a frame fixedly disposed on a structure; a laser light generator connected with the frame, including a laser light source for generating a laser light beam; a supply circuit for supplying the laser light source; driving means connected with the laser light generator, for having at least a part of the laser light generator move; and a control element for controlling the laser light source and the drivable part of the laser light generator, wherein the driving means are arranged for causing a movement to be executed of at least a drivable part of the laser light generator. Thus, an apparatus and a method are obtained having a greater effect in deterring birds.
US11044894B2
A terrarium including a base, a support column, a top, and one or more panels with a closure is provided. The base can include a base channel, and the top can include a top channel. The top can be supported by the support column above the base. A panel can extend between the top and the base, being disposed in the top channel and the base channel, and forming an opening. Another panel can form a closure over the opening, with that panel optionally slidable to selectively access an internal compartment of the terrarium. A floater projection can be included on the closure panel and can engage a support rim on the base channel so as to support the panel and reduce friction of the panel moving relative to the base channel, for example, by supporting the panel above a channel bottom wall. Related methods of use are provided.
US11044893B2
A baffle assembly for a pole includes a clamping structure adapted to be positioned about a pole. The clamping structure includes a plurality of laterally spaced mounting hooks removably joined along the longitudinal axis. The plurality of laterally spaced mounting hooks extends from a proximal end to a distal end defining a length of the clamping structure. A mounting strap includes a first end attached to the proximal end of the plurality of laterally spaced mounting hooks. The mounting strap extends to a second end and includes a fastener formed thereon. Bell housing includes opposing open ends. The bell housing is positioned about the pole and about the clamping structure wherein the bell housing is supported by the mounting hooks. The length of the clamping structure is adjusted by removal of selected mounting hooks of the plurality of laterally spaced mounting hooks from the distal end.
US11044888B2
It is disclosed a device for controlling and/or euthanizing vermin or pests for preventing such vermin or pests from entering into a geographical area or into a building, wherein the device comprises at least one completely or partially uninsulated electrically conducting wire or conductor connected to an electrical current source, providing controlled electrical pulses to said conductor or wire in the form of pulses or pulse trains. The device may be used in a method for controlling the access of pests/vermin to a geographical location, building or property wherein the electrically conducting wire(s) lead(s) an electrical current with an amperage of not less than 0.0001 A. The device and method is particularly suited for removing/controlling pests/vermin on land.
US11044885B2
In one embodiment, a portable animal litter system is disclosed. The system includes a base container having a perimeter wall protruding substantially upward from a perimeter of a bottom panel. A plurality of looped inner walls is positioned concentrically so that the looped inner walls are in a telescoping arrangement. In a fully collapsed state, the looped inner walls are configured within the base container such that an upper end of each of the looped inner walls are proximate to each other. In an expanded configuration the upper ends of each looped inner wall are distal from each other. A lid is configured to attach to the base container when the system is in a collapsed configuration.
US11044863B1
A novel maize variety designated X05N281 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X05N281 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05N281 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X05N281, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05N281 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05N281 and methods of using maize variety X05N281 are disclosed.
US11044859B2
A novel canola variety designated NS7210 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a canola plant that comprise crossing canola variety NS7210 with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into NS7210 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid canola seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the canola variety NS7210 or a locus conversion of NS7210 with another canola variety.
US11044855B2
Embodiments include method, systems, and computer program products for felling a tree. The method includes scanning, using a processor, a tree and an environment within a predetermined radius around the tree. The processor calculates an approximate center of gravity (CoG) for the tree in response to the scanning of the tree. The processor further receives a desired tree fall direction. The processor further provides attachment locations on the tree for attaching one or more tree felling assistance devices. The processor further instructs each of the one or more tree felling assistance devices to apply a first force to the tree in which the first force applied by each of the one or more tree felling assistance devices in conjunction with one or more cuts applied to the tree, fells the tree.
US11044854B2
A controlled agricultural environment includes a vertically-stacked multiple-level growing area and a fluid-cooled LED-based lighting system including multiple fluid-cooled LED-based lighting fixtures disposed in the vertically-stacked multiple-level growing area. The environment also includes a hydronics system having a coolant circuit fluidically coupled to the fluid-cooled LED-based lighting system and multiple secondary heating loops to separately heat each level of the vertically-stacked multiple-level growing area. Each lighting fixture comprises a frame having one or more channels, one or more LED modules thermally coupled to the frame, control circuitry coupled to the frame and electrically coupled to the LED module(s) to receive AC power and to supply regulated electrical power to the LED module(s), and one or more pipes thermally coupled to the channel(s) and fluidically coupled to the coolant circuit to carry a fluid coolant that extracts heat generated by the LED module(s).
US11044853B2
A hedge trimmer may include a housing provided with a handle configured to be gripped by a user, a pair of shear blades extending forward from the housing; a motor housed in the housing and configured to drive at least one of the pair of shear blades; and an electric circuit unit housed in the housing and configured to control power supplied to the motor. The handle may be provided at an upper portion of the housing in rear of the motor, and the electric circuit unit may be located under the handle in the rear of the motor.
US11044848B2
A bearing coupler assembly that has a bearing housing sized to at least partially receive a bearing assembly, the bearing housing defining a bearing axis therethrough, a shaft positioned at least partially through the bearing housing along the bearing axis, the shaft defining a shaft lip and a fastener end, the bearing assembly coupling the shaft to the bearing housing so the shaft can rotate about the bearing axis relative to the bearing housing, a fastener configured to be coupled to the fastener end of the shaft, a tone wheel positioned axially along the bearing axis between the fastener and the bearing assembly, the tone wheel having at least one indicator, a sensor coupled to the bearing housing and configured to identify when the indicator passes thereby.
US11044847B2
A cutter head for a harvester, with a cutterbar for cutting crop from a field, a reel with reel fingers which is disposed above the cutterbar, and a cross conveyor for transporting the cut crop to a rear discharge opening. The reel includes reel arms that can be driven about a rotating axis, reel finger carriers supported on the reel arms so they can rotate about the lengthwise axes of the arms, with reel fingers mounted thereon, and an externally powered actuator connected to an electronic control unit for adjusting the rotary angle of the reel finger carrier relative to the reel arms.
US11051441B1
According to some embodiments, a method for processing an electronic component associated with a portable electronic device by a conveyor system subsequent to removing the electronic component from a housing of the portable electronic device, where the conveyor system includes a container that is capable of carrying the electronic component, is described. The method can include depositing, at a receiving station of the conveyor system, the electronic component within a cavity of the container. The method can further include while moving the container that carries the electronic component from the receiving station in a direction towards a removal station of the conveyor system: monitoring a temperature of the electronic component, and in response to determining that the temperature of the electronic component exceeds a temperature threshold range associated with a thermal event: cooling the electronic component by dissipating thermal energy associated with the thermal event.
US11051437B2
A loose component supply device includes a loose component support section that supports multiple components in a loose state, an imaging device that images the components supported on the loose component support section, a component holding head provided with at least one component holding tool capable of picking up and holding each of the components supported on the loose component support section, a holding head moving device that moves the component holding head at least to and from the loose component support section and a component transfer section at which transfer to a next process is possible, and a holding tool changing device that changes at least one of the one component holding tools based on image data obtained by the imaging of the imaging device.
US11051435B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the disclosure may include a housing including a front plate and a rear plate facing the front plate, a display exposed through at least part of the front plate, an intermediate plate interposed between the display and the rear plate, and including a first face facing the display and a second face facing the rear plate, a first printed circuit board interposed between the display and the intermediate plate, a first electronic component attached to a first portion of the second face, a second electronic component attached to a second portion, away from the first portion, of the second face, and a first heat-dissipating structure extended between the first portion and the second portion along the second face.
US11051434B2
A method of forming a power-module assembly includes arranging power stages in a cavity of a container such that the power stages are spaced apart from walls of the container. The method further includes inserting a core between each of the power stages, and installing a manifold on top of the power stages. The method also includes putting resin into the cavity to form a housing of the power-module assembly, and removing the core to reveal coolant chambers between each of the power stages.
US11051431B2
Photonic and electronic integrated circuits can be cooled using variable conductance heat pipes containing a non-condensable gas in addition to a phase-changing working fluid. To package the heat pipe with a subassembly including the integrated circuits in a standard housing providing a heat sink contact area, the heat pipe is oriented, in some embodiments, with its axis between evaporator and condenser ends substantially perpendicular to the direction along which the integrated circuit subassembly is separated from the heat sink contact area, and a portion of the exterior surface of the heat pipe is thermally insulated, with a suitable thermal insulation structure, from the heat sink contact area.
US11051430B2
An electronic control unit includes a substrate, a plurality of electronic components, and a heat sink. The plurality of electronic components are mounted on the substrate, and include an integrated circuit and a plurality of tall components. The plurality of tall components are taller than the integrated circuit. The heat sink includes a recess collectively accommodating the plurality of tall components, and is provided on a side on which the plurality of tall components are mounted on the substrate.
US11051425B2
A communication system includes a receptacle assembly and a pluggable module. The receptacle assembly has a receptacle housing includes walls forming a module cavity with a communication connector at a back end thereof. The receptacle assembly has a liquid cooling assembly having a liquid cooling channel coupled to the receptacle housing and a fitting in flow communication with the liquid cooling channel. The pluggable module is receivable in the module cavity and has a pluggable body holding a module circuit board and a liquid cooling assembly coupled to the pluggable body. The liquid cooling assembly includes a liquid cooling channel in thermal communication with the pluggable body and a module fitting mated with the fitting of the receptacle assembly to couple the liquid cooling channel of the pluggable module in flow communication with the liquid cooling channel of the receptacle assembly.
US11051419B2
Example implementations relate a chassis for a circuit assembly. The chassis includes a chassis body defining an access opening and a volume to house the circuit assembly including a circuit module and an input-output (IO) unit. The chassis body houses the circuit assembly such that the circuit module is enclosed within the volume defined by the chassis body and the IO unit remains accessible for cabling at the access opening. The chassis further includes an IO enclosure attached to the chassis body to seal the access opening from surrounding environment, where the IO enclosure includes a cabling port to allow the cabling to the IO unit.
US11051416B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing comprising a first surface opened while facing a first direction, a second surface facing a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and one or more side parts disposed in different directions between the first surface and the second surface, a nonconductive structure disposed along at least a portion of the at least one side wall within the housing, and one or more stop recesses including at least one recess formed on one surface of the one or more side parts and a portion of the nonconductive structure surrounding a peripheral portion of the at least one recess.
US11051412B2
An electronic device includes a middle frame, a display assembly, a rear member, and a protective member. The middle frame includes a sidewall disposed in an encircled manner; the display assembly is located at a front side of the middle frame; the rear member is located at a back side of the middle frame; the protective member is movably disposed on the sidewall of the middle frame. In an initial state, a front end and a rear end of the protective member are respectively lower than or flush with a surface of the display assembly or the rear member. The protective member can move toward the back side of the middle frame from the initial state to enable the rear end of the protective member to go beyond the rear member so as to protect the rear member when the electronic device falls off.
US11051399B2
A flexible printed circuit board according to one aspect of the present invention includes a base film having an insulating property and a conductive pattern laminated on one surface of the base film, and has a terminal connecting area toward one end edge of the conductive pattern, the flexible printed circuit board including a reinforcement member laminated on another surface of the base film and situated opposite at least the terminal connecting area, wherein a thickness of the reinforcement member increases toward the one end edge in a stepwise or gradual manner.
US11051398B2
A ceramic electronic component according to the present disclosure includes a ceramic insulator and conductor portions including inner conductors disposed inside the ceramic insulator and outer conductors disposed outside the ceramic insulator, wherein each conductor portion has a surface and a back surface opposite to the surface, and at least one of the conductor portions includes a flat portion in which the conductor thickness is constant, surface corner portions having a round-chamfered shape in the direction from the surface toward the back surface of the inner conductor or the outer conductor, and back surface corner portions having a round-chamfered shape in the direction from the back surface toward the surface of the inner conductor or the outer conductor.
US11051392B2
The present invention relates to a heat dissipating device disposed on a circuit board. The heat dissipating device is provided with a first glue layer, a first graphene composite heat dissipating layer, a second glue layer, a second graphene composite heat dissipating layer, and a resin layer in this order from bottom to top. Furthermore, the first graphene composite heat dissipating layer and the second graphene composite heat dissipating layer are doped with a plurality of metal particles, and the first graphene composite heat dissipating layer and the second graphene composite heat dissipating layer are respectively covered by a metal layer. The above structure is simple, space-saving, and has good thermal conductivity.
US11051388B2
Some embodiments include a system, comprising: an enclosure configured to enclose a vacuum; a cathode disposed within the enclosure; an anode disposed within the enclosure configured to receive a beam of electrons from the cathode; a motor disposed within the enclosure and configured to rotate the anode in response to a drive input; and a circuit electrically connected to the drive input, and configured to generate a phase signal based on a voltage of the drive input and a current of the drive input, the phase signal indicating a phase difference between the voltage of the drive input and the current of the drive input.
US11051387B1
An apparatus includes an electromechanical x-ray generator (MEXRAY) configured to charged capacitors using a small, high-voltage direct current. The apparatus also includes an ultraviolet (UV) light emitting diode (LED) driven photocathode device configured to control/modulate an electron dose rate of the MEXRAY or other vacuum DC, source.
US11051378B2
An electronic driver for transforming an electronic ballast input voltage into an operating voltage for an LED lighting module. The driver includes a flicker eliminating circuit, which is adapted to operate in a saturation mode when the input voltage is below a threshold voltage. It operates in a switch mode when the input voltage is above a threshold voltage. A voltage drop in the flicker eliminating circuit in the saturation mode is higher than in the switch mode.
US11051369B2
A radio frequency inductive heating apparatus includes a control device, a plurality of radio frequency devices, a plurality of transformers, a resonant tank circuit, a heating element, and a first power supply. The radio frequency devices are selectively activated by the control device, and each of the plurality of radio frequency devices is operatively coupled to of the plurality of transformers. At least one of the plurality of radio frequency devices are selectively activated by the control device based on a power set signal and a feedback signal, the power set signal representing a desired output current associated with the resonant tank circuit, the feedback signal representing an electrical control parameter associated with the resonant tank circuit. A corresponding method is also disclosed.
US11051368B2
A heating blanket is disclosed. The heating blanket may include a conductor yarn configured to receive electrical current and generate a magnetic field in response to the electrical current, and a plurality of susceptor yarns composed of a magnetic material including a Curie point. The conductor yarn and the plurality of susceptor yarns may be interlaced to form a layer of fabric.
US11051366B2
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a liquid storage portion including a housing containing a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the housing having an open end; and a fluid-permeable heater assembly including: an electrical heating element configured to heat the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, the electrical heating element including a planar filament arrangement having one or more electrically conductive filaments, an electrically insulating substrate including a ceramic material and having a planar attachment face, the filament arrangement disposed in contact with the planar attachment face, and connectors arranged at opposite ends of the electrical heating element and forming two separate electrical contacts configured to apply power to the filament arrangement, the fluid-permeable heater assembly being arranged over the open end of the housing.
US11051351B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose a method for accessing a local network, and a related device, so that a user equipment can simultaneously access an operator network and a local network. The method in the embodiments of the present application includes: receiving, by an MME, an access request of user equipment UE that is sent by an base station eNB, where the access request carries access information of the UE; determining, according to the access information of the UE, a first local gateway corresponding to the UE; and establishing, for the UE, a user plane bearer that is from the eNB to a gateway C-GW of a core network and that includes the first local gateway used as an intermediate node.
US11051346B2
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for random access. The method includes: a communication node obtaining random access information, wherein, the random access information comprises the subframe sequence number of the preamble transmission and the radio frame sequence number of the preamble transmission, or the random access information comprises a time domain position index and a frequency domain position index for sending the preamble; the communication node determining the random access radio network temporary identity (RA-RNTI) according to the random access information.
US11051340B2
Provided is a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver configured to transmit/receive a wireless signal and a processor configured to control an operation of the wireless communication terminal. The transceiver receives a MAC frame including information on a plurality of wireless communication terminals that are to receive data from a base wireless communication terminal. The plurality of wireless communication terminals include the wireless communication terminal and receive data from the base wireless communication terminal based on the MAC frame.
US11051337B2
A communication method using a plurality of channels in a wireless communication system supporting an unlicensed band. The communication method includes: performing listen-before-talk (LBT) for transmitting a random access preamble on each of a plurality of control channels supported by a user equipment (UE), from among a plurality of control channels supported by a base station; transmitting a random access preamble through a control channel where the LBT succeeded from among the plurality of control channels where the LBT for transmitting the random access preamble is performed; and receiving a random access response (RAR) through a control channel determined according to a result of the LBT performed by the base station, from among the plurality of control channels supported by the UE, wherein a control channel is a channel through which a control signal and a data signal are transmitted and received.
US11051334B2
Embodiments of this application include at least one method or device for a wireless communication on an unlicensed spectrum, which can improve communication flexibility on the unlicensed spectrum. A network device can receive first indication information sent by a first terminal device in a first transmission burst. The first indication information indicates a channel occupancy time (COT) initiated by the first terminal. The network device can perform a downlink transmission within a second transmission burst in accordance with the first indication information. The first indication information is transmitted within the first transmission burst, where the first transmission burst and the second transmission burst are transmitted within the COT and channel(s) transmitted in the second transmission burst do not comprise a unicast physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and a duration of the second transmission burst is less than or equal to a preset duration.
US11051307B2
A resource allocation notification method, in which a wireless access point receives capability information of a terminal device; and after receiving the capability information of the terminal device, the wireless access point determines, according to the capability information, to use one or more channel extension types to allocate a channel to the terminal device, and sends channel allocation information and/or channel extension type information to the terminal device, where the channel allocation information indicates that the terminal device sends and receives data on one or more channels, and the channel extension type information indicates the one or more channel extension types that the wireless access point determines to use.
US11051290B2
Provided is a terminal apparatus configured to communicate with a base station apparatus. The terminal apparatus includes: a higher layer processing unit configured to receive first information including a setting for semi-persistent channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) for measuring channel state information; a medium access control (MAC) layer configured to receive second information including information for activating the semi-persistent CSI-RS; and a receiver configured to receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). In the terminal apparatus, in a case where the semi-persistent CSI-RS is activated, a resource element to be used for the activated reference signal is not to be used as a resource element for the physical downlink shared channel.
US11051281B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for transmitting uplink control information by a terminal in a wireless communication system. System information associated with an uplink transmission of a reference signal is received from a base station. Uplink control information to which a length-3 orthogonal sequence or a length-4 orthogonal sequence is applied is transmitted in a slot of a sub-frame. The reference signal is transmitted based on the received system information.
US11051276B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a carrier aggregation (CA) configuration for communications on a set of cells. The UE may determine that signals transmitted on the set of cells may be spatially quasi co-located based on the CA configuration and a predetermined relationship rule. For example, the UE may determine that the signals are spatially co-located based on receiving multiple synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) that have a same SSB index, receiving a common SSB, assuming that an SSB and reference signals sourced by the SSB are spatially quasi co-located, receiving a signal from a particular cell of the set of cells, or receiving a common spatial QCL relationship during a configured period of time. Once the spatial QCL relationship is determined, the UE may receive the signals transmitted on the set of cells based on the spatial QCL relationship.
US11051272B2
A method for arranging a broadcast message in an operating system and an electronic device are provided. The method includes determining a broadcast receiver of the broadcast message when the broadcast message is sent from the broadcast sender; determining a priority of the broadcast message according to the broadcast receiver; determining an insertion location of the broadcast message in a broadcast message queue according to the priority of the broadcast message; and arranging the broadcast message at the insertion location such that the broadcast message is inserted into the broadcast message queue.
US11051262B2
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. Disclosed are a base station and a random access preamble sequence detection method thereof, and a terminal and a random access channel configuration method thereof.
US11051260B2
An electronic device, method, and computer program product provide an asynchronous quick connection or reconnection between wireless connecting devices for low-latency transitions in presentation of content to a user. A first device transmits an out-of-band frame sync signal to a second device to prompt the second device to synchronize clocks with the first device and to one of: (i) connect; and (ii) reconnect an over-the-air (OTA) communication session with the first device. First and second devices establish the OTA communication session. The establishment is expedited by the out-of-band frame sync signal. First device transmits output data, via the in-band OTA session, by the first device to the second device to present the output data on a second user output device of the second device.
US11051259B2
An access node may provide synchronization information to a UE. The access node may further provide one or more information blocks, which may include basic network configuration information. Based on the synchronization information and/or the information block(s), the UE may transmit a message to the access node that includes a random access preamble, an identifier of the UE, and/or a buffer status report. Based on the message from the UE, the access node may determine that the UE should remain active and, therefore, may transmit a response to the first message to the UE indicating that the UE should remain active. Thereafter, the UE may receive a connection setup or connection reconfiguration message. The connection setup or reconfiguration message may be received from the same or different access node from which the UE received the synchronization information and/or the one or more information blocks.
US11051253B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and device for narrowband mobile communication in wireless communication. The base station transmits first information, wherein the first information comprises a first power value and a first coefficient. The product of the first power value and the first coefficient is used to determine the transmission power of the first wireless signal. The transmitter of the first wireless signal is a first node. The present disclosure enables the transmitting UE to have a lower transmission power to ensure the receiving performance of the relay UE. In addition, the present disclosure can simultaneously reduce interference of data reception for the conventional UE on the base station side, thereby improving overall system performance.
US11051247B2
A transmission/reception device with wake-up radio for a node with limited resources such as an IoT network node. The device includes a permanently powered auxiliary circuit, capable of detecting a wake-up token, and a main circuit, normally in the idle state and activated by the auxiliary circuit when a wake-up token is detected. The next wake-up token is calculated by the main circuit by applying a one-way function to at least part of a message exchanged on the main radio through a secure communication.
US11051244B2
Embodiments of a method and a device are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for operating an ultra-wideband (UWB) device is disclosed. The method involves powering down a first receive path of a multipath UWB device while leaving a second receive path of the multipath UWB device powered up, powering down channel estimation, tracking, and demodulation functions of the second receive path, and performing an acquisition function using the second receive path while the first receive path is powered down and while the channel estimation, tracking, and demodulation functions of the second receive path are powered down.
US11051242B2
Spectrum resource sharing management is described, e.g., a user equipment can determine a metric representative of a quality of a communication signal received by the user equipment, wherein the communication signal is received via a first mobile network operated by a first mobile network operator entity. In response to the metric being determined to be below a threshold, the user equipment can scan a group of frequency bands. The user equipment can receive a broadcast signal from a network node device via a frequency band of the group of frequencies, wherein the broadcast signal comprises a performance parameter and cost information, and wherein the network node device is associated with a second mobile network operated by a second mobile network operator entity. In response to an evaluation of the performance parameter and the cost information, the user equipment can determine whether to select the network node device to engage in cellular transmissions between the user equipment and the network node device.
US11051240B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments, an access point includes a first communication interface that receives, first guided electromagnetic waves from a first waveguide system wherein the first guided electromagnetic waves convey a first plurality of resource blocks containing first data. A data switch selects first selected portions of the first data corresponding to a first subset of the first plurality of resource blocks for transmission to at least one communication device in proximity to the access point and select second selected portions of the first data corresponding to a second subset of the first plurality of resource blocks by omitting the first subset from the first plurality of resource blocks. A second communication interface generates second guided electromagnetic waves conveying the second selected portions of the first data to facilitate reuse of the first subset of the first plurality of resource blocks by a second waveguide system.
US11051239B2
At a network element, a first TEID is determined that is associated with a default bearer between a UE and a first APN. A determination is made whether a tunnel discovery procedure should be performed to discover a second TEID associated with a dummy bearer. The dummy bearer is associated with the UE and a second APN. The tunnel discovery procedure is performed to discover the second TEID, and the dummy bearer is set up between the network element and the UE. Data arriving at the network element from the core network and toward the UE is routed over one of the default bearer, using the first TEID, or the dummy bearer, using the second TEID. Data arriving at the network element from the UE and toward the core network is routed over only over the default bearer. Apparatus, methods, and computer programs and products are disclosed.
US11051237B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for reducing overhead in a probe request and probe response message exchange used in wireless networks. An access point (AP) may receive a first signal from a station (STA). The first signal may include a probe request message that includes an identification of the STA. The AP may determine that the STA is not currently associated with the AP and has not been associated with the AP within a predetermined time using a stored STA information table. The AP may generate a probe response message upon determining that a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of the first signal is above a predetermined threshold. The AP may then transmit a second signal to the STA. The second signal may include the probe response message.
US11051234B2
A user equipment (UE) may receiving, from a base station, a synchronization signal block (SSB) of a set of quasi-collocated (QCL) SSBs, the SSB comprising an indication of a parameter indicating information associated with a plurality of downlink control channel locations corresponding to the set of QCL SSBs. The UE may determine, based at least in part on the parameter, the plurality of downlink control channel locations corresponding to the set of QCL SSBs. The UE may receive a downlink grant for a system information based at least in part on monitoring one or more downlink control channel locations of the plurality of downlink control channel locations. The UE may receive the system information based at least in part on the downlink grant. The UE may establish a connection with the base station based at least in part on the SSB and the received system information.
US11051233B2
A base station (1) controls state transitions of a radio terminal (2) among first to third RRC states. In addition, the base station (1) explicitly or implicitly informs the radio terminal (2) about whether a network slice configured in the radio terminal (2) for data communication at least in the first RRC state is available in each cell included in a RAN notification area configured by a RAN (3). It is thus, for example, possible to allow a radio terminal in a first state (e.g., RRC_INACTIVE state) to be easily aware of the availability of network slices in a cell to be reselected or a reselected cell.
US11051231B2
A system comprising: a wireless device, the wireless device comprising a processor and a lower level system; and a wireless device subsystem electrically adapted to the wireless device, the wireless device subsystem configured to provide a control signal to the lower level system in response to a detected condition, the control signal modifying an operational performance of the lower level system.
US11051226B1
Facilitating enablement of intelligent service aware access utilizing multiaccess edge computing advanced networks (e.g., 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a method can comprise determining a network service being utilized by a first user equipment device has not been instantiated at a distributed network device and based on the first user equipment device approaching a service range of the distributed network device. The method also can comprise deploying the network service, as a microservice, at the distributed network device prior to the first user equipment device entering the service range of the distributed network device. Further, the method can comprise removing the network service from being deployed at the distributed network device based on a determination that the first user equipment device is no longer within the service range of the distributed network device and a second user equipment device is not utilizing the network service.
US11051221B2
Embodiments provide a network access method and a device. In accordance with the method, a preamble sequence may be received by a second network device from a terminal device on a time-frequency resource occupied by the preamble sequence. A transmit beam may be determined for sending an access response message to the terminal device. The access response message can be sent to the terminal device using the transmit beam. The second access device can send the access response message to the terminal device through beamforming, so that a coverage area of the second access device can be enlarged, directivity of data sent to the terminal device can be improved, and a probability that the terminal device receives the access response message is improved. Therefore, a rate that the terminal device succeeds in accessing the second access device is improved.
US11051220B1
Selecting a first BWP for a first carrier deployed by an access node based on requirements of wireless devices attached to the first carrier, selecting a second BWP for a second carrier deployed by the access node based on requirements of wireless devices attached to the second carrier, monitoring a MU-MIMO performance for each carrier, and performing handovers of wireless devices between the first and second carriers based on the MU-MIMO performance.
US11051219B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling mobility for a cell having a small cell service area in a mobile communication system. A method for controlling mobility of a terminal in a mobile communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise the steps of: performing, by the terminal, a measurement operation; transmitting a measurement result to a base station; determining whether or not a target cell for handover is a cell for which handover is allowed; and skipping the handover if the target cell for handover is the cell for which handover is not allowed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, when the small cells are arranged sparsely or in the form of a cluster within a service area of a macro cell, the possibility of a handover failure can be reduced, and if a radio link failure occurs when handover is omitted, re-connection can be performed quickly by the terminal.
US11051218B2
A data communication system delivers voice-conferencing and video-conferencing to User Equipment (UE). A wireless communication network establishes a signaling bearer between the UE and an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). The IMS initiates a video-conference bearer for the UE over the wireless communication network. The wireless communication network exchanges video data over the video-conference bearer using Carrier Aggregation (CA). In response to a UE handover to a target wireless access node, the wireless communication network signals the IMS to convert the video-conference bearer into a voice-conference bearer based on Carrier Aggregation (CA) technology at the target wireless access node. The IMS initiates a voice-conference bearer for the UE over the wireless communication network. The wireless communication network exchanges voice data over the voice-conference bearer. After another handover, the wireless communication network and the IMS may convert the voice-conference bearer back into a video-conference bearer.
US11051216B2
Provided are a method of reporting measurement result and a device supporting the method. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for reporting measurement result in a wireless communication system includes: receiving a measurement configuration including information on a first cell and a second cell which is related to the first cell; performing measurement on the first cell and the second cell; and transmitting a result of the measurement on the first cell and the second cell, when a reporting of measurement on the first cell is triggered.
US11051211B2
Accordingly, embodiments disclosed herein provide a method for managing inter network switching by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes determining that the UE is in data communication with a first network, determining that a signaling packet data network (PDN) is established for transmitting a Link Switch Message (LSM) for the inter network switching during the data communication with the first network, ignoring to perform a search for a second network until the signaling PDN is established for the first network and establishing the signaling PDN for the first network. Further it provides the method for detecting the condition of retransmission of LSM and provides method to avoid data loss and signaling overhead during inter-network switching.
US11051210B2
A method of allocating network slices of a network infrastructure includes receiving a network slice request for network resources of the network infrastructure in a form of a network slice. The network slice request includes a service level agreement (SLA) and an associated payoff. It is determined whether to accept the network slice based on whether it is expected that a utility function will be better served by accepting the network slice request or waiting for a further network slice request. It is determined whether the SLA would be fulfilled prior to allocating the network slice. The network slice is allocated and installed in the network infrastructure. Whether the utility function is better served can be determined using a value iteration algorithm or an adaptive algorithm.
US11051207B2
A computer implemented method of balancing load in a cellular network including first cells with a first priority and second cells with a second priority. The method including: detecting a high load condition in a first cell; using a network model including signal level information on different geographical locations for different cells to find a second cell having at least partially overlapping service area with the first cell; using said network model and population data including information about number of users on different geographical locations to determine a value to a network parameter that has an effect on whether a user connects to the first cell or to the second cell; and conditionally taking the determined value of the network parameter in use in the cellular network to balance load between the first and the second cell in the overlapping service area.
US11051205B2
A base station apparatus (3) includes a receiver (30) configured to receive an initial transmission of a transport block and a transmitter (30) configured to transmit a PDCCH for retransmission of the transport block. An uplink grant for the initial transmission of the transport block is included in a random access response corresponding to a non-contention based random access procedure. A type of a search space in which the PDCCH for retransmission of the transport block is transmitted is determined, based at least on whether an RRC layer parameter shortProcessingTime is configured for the terminal apparatus.
US11051204B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for performing a beam search and transmitting a signal in which a first terminal using an mmWave band performs a beam search and transmits a signal in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: receiving error information relating to the location of a second terminal; determining at least one of beam direction, beam search performing range, and beam search performing order using the error information for the second terminal; performing a beam search according to the determination that is made; and transmitting a signal to the second terminal through beamforming in accordance with the result of the beam search.
US11051199B2
A cell measurement method, applied to a base station, includes: configuring, for an unmanned aerial vehicle, a reporting parameter for a measurement report for cell measurement, the reporting parameter for the measurement report at least including a specified measurement cell number and a specified measurement time value; and sending the reporting parameter for the measurement report to the unmanned aerial vehicle, to enable the unmanned aerial vehicle to send the measurement report to the base station when it is detected according to the reporting parameter for the measurement report that a candidate cell queue meets a reporting rule for the measurement report.
US11051187B2
Transmitters incorporating non-uniform constellations with overlapping constellation point locations
Communication systems are described that use unequally spaced constellations that have increased capacity compared to conventional constellations operating within a similar SNR band. One embodiment is a digital communications system including a transmitter transmitting signals via a communication channel, the transmitter including a coder capable of receiving user bits and outputting encoded bits at a rate, a mapper capable of mapping encoded bits to symbols in a constellation, and a modulator capable of generating a modulated signal for transmission via the communication channel using symbols generated by the mapper, wherein the constellation is unequally spaced and characterizable by assignment of locations and labels of constellation points to maximize parallel decode capacity of the constellation at a given signal-to-noise ratio so that the constellation provides a given capacity at a reduced signal-to-noise ratio compared to a uniform constellation that maximizes the minimum distance between constellation points of the uniform constellation.
US11051183B2
A system for managing a network comprising an Operator Domain. The system comprises a hierarchical system of management functions; and a respective service catalogue associated with each management function. The service catalogue storing information of services that can be provided by the management function to at least one higher level management function.
US11051176B2
The present disclosure provides apparatuses, systems, methods, and machine readable storage medium for communications in a Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) system in a sub-1 GHz band. In an embodiment, an apparatus for a user equipment (UE) includes a memory interface and a processor. The memory interface is operable to receive a configuration of a frame from a memory, the frame is to be used for communications in a Narrow Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) system in a sub-1 GHz band, wherein the frame includes one or more anchor channels and one or more data channels. The processor is operable to encode uplink (UL) communication data for a base station or decode downlink (DL) communication data from the base station based on the configuration of the frame.
US11051174B2
Grouping of access points (AP) into multi-AP groups to enable coordination of downlink transmissions
Embodiments of an access point (AP), station (STA) and method of communication are generally described herein. The AP may be configurable to operate as a controlling AP of a multi-AP group. The controlling AP may establish the multi-AP group by: transmitting one or more messages to advertise the multi-AP group; and exchanging signaling with one or more of the other APs of the multi-AP group. The signaling may include at least one message related to one of the other APs joining the multi-AP group. The controlling AP may establish the multi-AP group to enable usage of AP Trigger Frames (AP TFs) for coordination of resources to be used for downlink transmissions of the APs of the multi-AP group.
US11051173B2
A communication system, comprising: a radio access network (RAN) node and a core network (CN) node, where the CN node is configure to send a first network slice management request message to the RAN node, wherein the first network slice management request message comprises a network slice identifier corresponding to a network slice allowed to be accessed by a terminal device; and where the RAN node is configured to send a first network slice management request reply message to the CN node.
US11051172B2
In one example, a wireless Access Point (AP) is configured to provide network connectivity between a User Equipment (UE) and a private wireless network. The wireless AP obtains, from the private wireless network, an indication that the UE is unregistered with the private wireless network. In response to the indication that the UE is unregistered with the private wireless network, the wireless AP provides, to the private wireless network, an indication to initiate an emergency attach procedure with respect to the UE. In response to the indication to initiate the emergency attach procedure, the wireless AP obtains, from the private wireless network, an indication that the UE is authorized to access the private wireless network. In response to the indication that the UE is authorized to access the private wireless network, the wireless AP provides guest access to the private wireless network on behalf of the UE.
US11051170B2
An unlocking method and an unlocking apparatus are provided. According to an example, the unlocking method comprises: determining whether a mobile terminal to be unlocked exists; and sending a preset instruction to the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal to be unlocked exists, where the preset instruction is configured to control the mobile terminal to unlock a display screen.
US11051162B2
A method for anonymously identifying a security module by a server. The method includes: receiving, from the module, a request for the address of a server managing subscription data of an operator, the request including a current identification value of the module, which depends on an identifier of the module and a current date; searching for the current identification value in at least one set of identification values, the set being associated with an operator and including, for a given module, a plurality of identification values, which are calculated depending on the identifier of the module and a date, the date varying for the plurality of identification values of the set between a start date and an end date; and sending, to the security module, the address of the server managing subscription data associated with the operator when the current identification value appears in the set of identification values.
US11051158B2
Processes and systems for locking a NB-IoT device to a NB-IoT SIM before connecting the NB-IoT device to a cellular network are discussed herein. The NB-IoT device may include a status flag that determines whether the NB-IoT device requires a NB-IoT SIM to access NB-IoT-specific functions provided by a cellular network. In one example, a Group Identifier Level 1 (GID1) of the IoT SIM may be queried and compared against a reference value to determine whether the IoT SIM is an NB-IoT SIM, and if confirmed, the NB-IoT device may connect to a cellular network and access the NB-IoT-specific functions. In an example, an NB-IoT device associated with a status flag indicating that the device does not require an NB-IoT SIM may connect to a cellular network, but may not access NB-IoT-specific functions.
US11051157B2
The present disclosure provides a user plane gateway updating method and apparatus, so as to resolve a prior-art technical problem that GW-U updating cannot be implemented when neither an MME nor a GW-C changes. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide four different solutions, for purposes of being compatible with an existing implementation mechanism and improving system efficiency, when a UE performs TAU, an EPS system of a distributed gateway can select, according to a current location of the UE, a best GW-U and re-establish a PDN connection, thereby optimizing a data transmission path and ensuring communication performance.
US11051147B2
Provided are an electronic apparatus and a method of outputting content. The method includes establishing a wireless communication connection with a second electronic apparatus, receiving apparatus information of the external apparatus from the second electronic apparatus, requesting the second electronic apparatus to establish a wireless communication connection between the first electronic apparatus and the external apparatus, receiving a response to the requesting from the second electronic apparatus, establishing a wireless communication connection between the first electronic apparatus and the external apparatus based on the response; and outputting content by using an executed second application of the first electronic apparatus via the wireless communication connection between the first electronic apparatus and the external apparatus.
US11051145B2
An information providing system includes a server, a plurality of power-supplying vehicles, and a plurality of power-receiving vehicles. Each power-supplying vehicle is configured to transmit power-supplying permission information to the server, the power-supplying permission information indicating current location and possible power-supplying amount of the power-supplying vehicle. Each power-receiving vehicle is configured to transmit power-receiving request information to the server, the power-receiving request information indicating current location and requested power-receiving amount of the power-receiving vehicle. The server is configured to: determine vehicles to be matched and a gathering location of the vehicles using the power-supplying permission information (current location and possible power-supplying amount) of the power-supplying vehicle and the power-receiving request information (current location and requested power-receiving amount) of the power-receiving vehicle; and transmit the determined gathering location to the matched vehicles.
US11051144B2
The present invention provides a short transmission time interval (S-TTI)-based vehicle-to-X (V2X) communication method performed by a V2X terminal in a wireless communication system, in which the S-TTI is relatively shorter than a legacy transmission time interval (L-TTI), the method comprising: determining information used for generation of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) sequence and information used for channel scrambling; and performing the S-TTI-based V2X communication on the basis of the determination, wherein the L-TTI corresponds to a plurality of S-TTIs.
US11051141B2
A computer implemented method includes monitoring at a server electronic communications over a network between a first matched individual at a first client device and a second matched individual at a second client device. The monitoring includes observing initiator electronic communication contributions originating at the first client device and recipient electronic communication contributions originating at the second client device, maintaining a total electronic communications count between the first client device and the second client device, and measuring an electronic communications duration period from an initial initiator electronic communication and a last electronic communication. Based on the monitored electronic communications, it is determined that one or both of the first matched individual and the second matched individual are ready for an in-person meeting. A prompt is supplied to the first client device to initiate the in-person meeting.
US11051135B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to communications technologies, and provide a data transmission method and an apparatus. The method includes: sending, by a base station, a grouping instruction to a target terminal, where the grouping instruction is used to group, in a preset grouping manner, terminals in a cell in which the target terminal is located into N groups, totally or partially different resources are allocated to terminals in different groups of the N groups, and a resource corresponding to an ith group of the N groups is used by a terminal in the ith group in uplink non-scheduled transmission; and receiving data that is sent by the target terminal using a target resource. In the solutions, terminals in a cell are grouped, and terminals in a same group contend for a resource allocated to the group. This mitigates resource collision when an uplink non-scheduled transmission solution is used.
US11051134B2
The invention relates to a method for information transmission in a machine-to-machine telecommunications network and a machine-to-machine telecommunications network. The telecommunications network supports information transmission between a server and a plurality of communication terminals. A common group identifier is assigned to a group containing at least some of the plurality of communication terminals. An information message is transmitted to the plurality of communication terminals to which the common group identifier has been assigned. The in-formation message contains the common group identifier.
US11051130B2
A method for communicating location information to a device includes receiving, at a computer system that implements a social networking service, location information that represents a geographic location of a device associated with a first user; associating, by the computer system, the received location information with a profile associated with the first user; and sending, from the computer system to a device associated with a second user, a message that is generated based at least in part on the location information.
US11051125B2
Systems and methods for causing messages to be presented to users involve updating and using geofencing data to determine whether and when to present a message to a user via a user computing device. Geofencing data that defines the closest relevant geofences to the current position of a user computing device can be provided to a software application on the user computing device on a periodic basis, or when the software application is loaded and run. The software application can then register the geofences with an operating system of the user computing device. When the user computing device determines that the user computing device has entered a geofence, this information can be used to determine whether to present the user with a message.
US11051122B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and a processing method in association with the system for customizing audio experience. Customization of audio experience can be based on derivation of at least one customized audio response characteristic which can be applied to an audio device used by a person. The customized audio response characteristic(s) can be unique to the person.
US11051117B2
A method of determining whether a sound has been generated by a loudspeaker comprises receiving an audio signal representing at least a part of the sound. The audio signal is separated into different frequency bands. The signal content of different frequency bands are compared. Based on said comparison, frequency-based variations in signal content indicative of use of a loudspeaker are identified.
US11051115B2
A method and system for improving the quality of audio communications as perceived by humans include audio signal spectrum frequency shift for enhancement of speech recognition by human customers, including mitigation of common age-related hearing loss on high audio frequencies.
US11051108B1
A sound producing device is disclosed. The sound producing device includes a first air pulse generating element, driven by a first driving signal comprising a first electrical pulse, the first electrical pulse comprises a first transition edge with a first transition polarity; and a second air pulse generating element, disposed adjacent to the first air pulse generating element, driven by a second driving signal comprising a second electrical pulse, the second electrical pulse comprises a second transition edge with a second transition polarity; wherein the first transition polarity is opposite to the second transition polarity; wherein the first transition edge generally coincides with the second transition edge; wherein air pulses generated by the first or the second air pulse generating element produce non-zero offset in terms of sound pressure level.
US11051107B2
A miniature receiver including a first moveable diaphragm being acoustically connected to an intermediate volume, and a second moveable diaphragm being acoustically connected to the intermediate volume and a rear volume. The acoustic compliance of the intermediate volume is smaller than the acoustic compliances of the respective first and second moveable diaphragms. An associated method is also disclosed.
US11051100B1
A fully integrated, smart, under/over water speaker system has two dedicated transducers which deliver sound directly to underwater and above water environments. A transducer which is optimized to couple sound to the air is positioned on top of a speaker and another transducer optimized to couple sound below the water is located on the bottom of the speaker. The speaker is watertight and waterproof and is completely sealed and self-righting when thrown into the water. It is wireless, has built-in integrated amplification, communication sensors and signal data processing, and is battery powered. Music streaming can be provided via wireless methods such as Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, along with solid state storage. Integrated RGV lighting which beats to the music can be optional both above and under the water.
US11051096B1
A switchable headphone assembly for facilitating a user to clearly hear ambient sounds while wearing a pair of headphones includes a pair of headphones that is wearable on a user to emit audible sound into each of the user's ears. Each of the headphones is pivotable between an on position or an off position. A respective one the headphones emits audible sound when the respective headphone is in the on position. Moreover, a respective one of the headphones ceases emitting audible sound when the respective headphone is in the off position. In this way the pair of headphones facilitate the user to clearly hear ambient sounds.
US11051092B2
Described herein is a modular speaker cover that is removably attachable to a speaker. This device can comprise a modular grille and a grille insert, wherein the grille insert is removably attached to the modular grille. The grille insert can be replaced with other grille inserts of various colors, shapes, textures, and materials. In some embodiment, the grille insert is permanently fixed to the modular grille.
US11051076B2
Methods, systems, and devices for viewing video content are provided. Video content is displayed in a video region of a display, while application content is displayed in an application region of the display. Based on the application content, candidate video content relevant to the application content is determined and, in response to user input, selected video content is displayed in the video region of the display.
US11051066B2
In a general aspect, a system for media playback can include a first media playback device configured to receive a media stream from a media casting device over a data network, the first media playback device being a member of the media playback group and a second media playback device configured to receive the media stream, the second media playback device being a member of the media playback group. The first media playback device and the second media playback device can be collectively configured to designate one of the first media playback device and the second media playback device as a leader playback device of the media playback group. The playback device not designated as the leader playback device can be designated as a follower playback device of the media playback group. The first media playback device and the second media playback device can be further collectively configured to determine a clock offset between the leader playback device and the follower playback device. The leader playback device can be configured to receive a broadcast of the media stream over the data network; play the media stream; and provide the media stream to the follower playback device. The follower playback device can be configured to play the media stream in synchronization with the leader playback device based on the clock offset.
US11051060B2
A processing device receives set-top box data, sales data, and advertising data. The processing device associates set-top boxes from the set-top box data with viewers and calculates advertising exposure events for advertisements. The processing device further calculates, for each viewer, an advertising weight as a function of number of exposures of the advertisement as applied to the viewer based on the advertising exposure events. The processing device further calculates, for each viewer, a score representing a degree-of-targetedness between an advertisement campaign and the viewer. The processing device manages the advertisement campaign based on the advertising weight and the degree-of-targetedness.
US11051054B2
The disclosure provides a method for employing automatic content recognition to allow resumption of watching interrupted media program from television broadcast. The method includes detecting a viewing cessation of a media program on a channel of a media device. A television broadcaster provides media content including the channel. The channel includes the media program. The method also includes, in response to detecting the viewing cessation of the media program, identifying the channel, the media program, the television broadcaster, and a location of the viewing cessation within the media program. The method further includes detecting a viewing recommencement of the channel of the media device. In response to detecting the viewing recommencement, the method includes overlaying a selectable indicator on the channel. The selectable indicator is configured to receive a selection input to resume viewing of the media program starting at the location of the viewing cessation of the media program.
US11051047B2
A better compromise between encoding complexity and achievable rate distortion ratio, and/or to achieve a better rate distortion ratio is achieved by using multitree sub-divisioning not only in order to subdivide a continuous area, namely the sample array, into leaf regions, but using the intermediate regions also to share coding parameters among the corresponding collocated leaf blocks. By this measure, coding procedures performed in tiles—leaf regions—locally, may be associated with coding parameters individually without having to, however, explicitly transmit the whole coding parameters for each leaf region separately. Rather, similarities may effectively exploited by using the multitree subdivision.
US11051045B2
A method and a circuit for adaptive loop filtering in a video coding system are described. The method can include receiving a block of samples generated from a previous-stage filter circuit in a filter pipeline, the block of samples being one of multiple blocks included in a current picture, performing, in parallel, adaptive loop filter (ALF) processing for multiple target samples in the block of samples, while the previous-stage filter circuit is simultaneously processing another block in the current picture, storing, in a buffer, first samples each having a filter input area defined by a filter shape that includes at least one sample which has not been received, and storing, in the buffer, second samples included in the filter input areas of the first samples.
US11051039B2
Methods and systems for image encoding and decoding are disclosed. According to some embodiments, scene metadata and input images associated with a scene are received. A first encoding operation is performed on the scene metadata and input images to generate reference images and reference disparity information. A second encoding operation is performed on the reference images and reference disparity information to output encoded data. The encoded data includes encoded reference images and encoded reference disparity information. The encoded data is transmitted.
US11051035B2
An example method for coding video data includes determining, for a current block of a current picture of video data, the current block coded using an intra block copy (IBC) mode, whether a motion vector (MV) for identifying a prediction block for the current block is a legal MV. The example method further includes, responsive to determining that the MV is not a legal MV, reconstructing samples of the current block using an alternative processing method.
US11051031B2
Devices, systems and methods for applying intra-block copy (IBC) in video coding are described. In general, methods for integrating IBC with existing motion compensation algorithms for video encoding and decoding are described. In a representative aspect, a method for video encoding using IBC includes determining whether a current block of the current picture is to be encoded using a motion compensation algorithm, and encoding, based on the determining, the current block by selectively applying an intra-block copy to the current block. In a representative aspect, another method for video encoding using IBC includes determining whether a current block of the current picture is to be encoded using an intra-block copy, and encoding, based on the determining, the current block by selectively applying a motion compensation algorithm to the current block.
US11051030B2
A system and method for implementing a distributed source coding quantization scheme is provided. In one example, two independent but statistically correlated data sources can be asymmetrically compressed so that one source is compressed at a higher ratio than the other. The resulting signals are transmitted and decoded by a receiver. The highly compressed source can utilize the non-highly compressed source as side information so as to minimize the compression loss associated with the higher compression ratio. A conditional codebook can be created that not only depends on the highly compressed quantizer, but also depends on the quantized symbol received from the non-highly compressed data source.
US11051024B1
Methods and devices for encoding a point cloud. A bit sequence signaling an occupancy pattern for sub-volumes of a volume is coded. Predictive coding is used to find a set of predicted points, from which a corresponding predicted occupancy pattern may be determined. The search for and selection of a coding mode for generating the set of predicted points may include a geometric distortion metric for evaluating how closely the geometry of the predicted set of points aligns with the geometry of the set of points to be coded. The geometric distortion metric may include a sum of absolute value distance between each point and its nearest predicted point. The metric may sum a logarithm of the distances to match more closely with coding rate cost.
US11051021B2
The coding efficiency and the amount of processing can be further improved in methods that use the correlation between spatial and temporal directions to estimate parameters that are required for predictions. In LM prediction that predicts pixel values of chrominance, based on pixel values of luminance, an index for a filter that downsamples a luminance image is adaptively signalled.
US11051016B2
An image processing device and method capable of improving image quality of a decoded image and of an image to be referenced from now on with motion compensation. A mosquito noise filter is provided within a motion compensation loop including at least a computing unit, an orthogonal transform unit, a quantization unit, an inverse quantization unit, an inverse orthogonal transform unit, a computing unit, a frame memory, a switch, a motion prediction/compensation unit, and a prediction image selecting unit. The mosquito noise filter uses information from the orthogonal transform unit, quantization unit, and a lossless encoding unit to determine whether to perform filter processing for removing mosquito noise. The device and method may be applied to an image encoding device for performing encoding with H.264/AVC format, for example.
US11051004B2
An image processing apparatus is connected to a camera head capable of imaging a left eye image and a right eye image having parallax on one screen based on light at a target site incident on an optical instrument. The image processing apparatus includes: a deriver that derives parameters of signal processing for the left eye image and the right eye image which are imaged by the camera head in accordance with switching from a 2D mode to a 3D mode; an image processor that performs the signal processing of the left eye image and the right eye image which are imaged by the camera head, based on the derived parameters; and an output controller that outputs the left eye image and the right eye image to which the signal processing is performed to a monitor.
US11050995B2
A method for generating encoded depth data includes receiving digital fringe projection (DFP) data corresponding to a three-dimensional structure of a physical object, and generating first and second fringe encodings for a first predetermined wavelength based on the DFP data at a first coordinate. The method further includes generating third and fourth fringe encodings for a second predetermined wavelength based on the DFP data at the first coordinate, the second wavelength being longer than the first wavelength, and generating a combined fringe encoding based on the third fringe encoding and the fourth fringe encoding. The method further includes storing the first, second, and combined fringe encoding data in a pixel of two-dimensional image data at a pixel coordinate in the two-dimensional image data corresponding to the first coordinate.
US11050994B2
Virtual reality parallax correction techniques and systems are described that are configured to correct parallax for VR digital content captured from a single point of origin. In one example, a parallax correction module is employed to correct artifacts caused in a change from a point of origin that corresponds to the VR digital content to a new viewpoint with respect to an output of the VR digital content. A variety of techniques may be employed by the parallax correction module to correct parallax. Examples of these techniques include depth filtering, boundary identification, smear detection, mesh cutting, confidence estimation, blurring, and error diffusion as further described in the following sections.
US11050990B2
Embodiments disclose a real-time surgery method and apparatus for displaying a stereoscopic augmented view of a patient from a static or dynamic viewpoint of the surgeon, which employs real-time three-dimensional surface reconstruction for preoperative and intraoperative image registration. Stereoscopic cameras provide real-time images of the scene including the patient. A stereoscopic video display is used by the surgeon, who sees a graphical representation of the preoperative or intraoperative images blended with the video images in a stereoscopic manner through a see-through display.
US11050989B2
A first image is generated by imaging a first three-dimensional virtual space including a predetermined object by a first virtual camera. In addition, a map object formed by a three-dimensional model corresponding to the first three-dimensional virtual space is generated, and an indicator object indicating the position of a predetermined object is placed on the map object. Then, a second image is generated by imaging the map object by a second virtual camera. At this time, the second image is generated such that, regarding the indicator object placed on the map object, the display manners of a part hidden by the map object and a part not hidden by the map object as seen from the second virtual camera are different from each other.
US11050982B2
In an array of multi-color vertical detector color pixel sensors, a readout wiring architecture includes a transfer transistor for each individual color detector. In first and second rows in a first column, the first, second, and third color transfer transistor gates are coupled, respectively, to the first, second, and third row-select lines. In a first row in a second column, the first color transfer transistor gate is coupled to the second row-select line, the second color transfer transistor gate is coupled to the first row-select line, and the third color transfer transistor gate is coupled to the third row-select line. In a second row in the second column, the first color transfer transistor gate is coupled to the first row-select line, the second color transfer transistor gate is coupled to the third row-select line, and t the third color transfer transistor gate is coupled to the second row-select line.
US11050980B2
A recording device according to an embodiment includes an imaging data acquisition unit configured to acquire imaging data including video data and audio data, an event detection unit configured to detect occurrence of an event; and a recording control unit configured to record first imaging data including the video data and the audio data in a recording unit when recording of the imaging data in the recording unit is caused by the event detected by the event detection unit, and record second imaging data including the video data and not including the audio data in the recording unit when recording of the imaging data in the recording unit is not caused by the event.
US11050977B2
Systems and methods are described for immersive remote participation in live events hosted by interactive environments and experienced by users in immersive realities. Accordingly, a system for immersive remote participation in live events includes a plurality of interactive environments hosting live events and including recording equipment; transmitters coupled to interactive environments; a cloud server having at least a processing unit, memory and at least one renderer, the processing unit being configured to process the respective recordings, to generate interactive volumes on one or more interactive elements, to generate immersive experiences for viewers utilizing the processed data and interactive volumes, and to process viewer feedback to one or more of the plurality of interactive environments, and the renderer being configured to render image data from the immersive experiences to generate media streams that are sent to the one or more viewers; and one or more interaction devices configured to receive the processed and rendered media streams having the immersive experiences and to input feedback to the live interactive environments sent by the cloud server.
US11050975B1
Methods and computer program product for signaling objects of participant gaze in a video conference in which a plurality of participants are displayed on respective screens. A first object of gaze is associated with one of the video participants based on a detected locus of gaze of the first participant relative to that participant's screen. The object of gaze is associated with a participation node of a second video participant on the basis of a display position of the second video participant on the screen of the first video participant. A participant-related gaze indicator links the first video participant to the second participant and is displayed at a display position of the first video participant's screen. Thus, each participant is apprised of other participants' attention. Additionally, a reciprocal gaze between a pair of participants may be indicated, where present.
US11050973B1
The disclosed techniques improve user engagement and promote efficient use of computing resources by providing dynamically controlled aspect ratios for communication session renderings based on a physical orientation of a device. In some configurations, a system can select a first aspect ratio for individual video streams of a communication session when a device is in a first orientation, e.g., a portrait orientation. In addition, the system can select a second aspect ratio for the individual video streams when the device is in a second orientation, e.g., a landscape orientation. In some configurations, the first aspect ratio can be greater than the second aspect ratio, or the aspect ratios can be selected based on a target aspect ratio, which can be adjusted over time. By dynamically selecting an aspect ratio for individual stream renderings, screen space of a device can be optimized while the device is held in various physical orientations.
US11050972B1
Positions of an image capture device may be used to estimate a time-lapse video frame rate with which time-lapse video frames are generated. The time-lapse video frame rate may be adjusted based on apparent motion between pairs of generated time-lapse video frames. The adjusted time-lapse video frame rate may be used to generate additional time-lapse video frames.
US11050955B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, a method for driving the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus, the solid-state imaging device being capable of expanding the dynamic range without deteriorating the image quality. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array section having a plurality of unit pixels and a drive section. Each of the unit pixels includes a first photoelectric conversion section, a second photoelectric conversion section which is less sensitive than the first photoelectric conversion section, a charge storage section configured to store charges generated by the second photoelectric conversion section, a charge-voltage conversion section, a first transfer gate section configured to transfer charges from the first photoelectric conversion section, and a second transfer gate section configured to combine the potential of the charge-voltage conversion section with the potential of the charge storage section. The present technology is applicable to solid-state imaging devices, for example.
US11050951B2
A guidance system for a near-infrared fluorescein angiography operation with a 785 nm continuous wavelength light source is provided. The guidance system includes a near infrared continuous laser emitting source, a visible light illumination source, a light collector, a light splitter connected to the light collector, a visible light filter, a near infrared filter, a color camera connected to the light splitter via the visible light filter, a near infrared camera connected to the light splitter via the near infrared filter, a terminal display, and a shell configured to contact with the body tissue of the patient. The near infrared to continuous laser emitting source and the visible light illumination source are provided on a light source support in the shell. The shell is provided therein with a viewing channel which is connected to the light collector. Both the color camera and the near infrared camera are connected to the terminal display.
US11050943B2
An electronic apparatus includes: a connecting unit (connector) that connects with an external apparatus; a setting unit sets a connection mode to any of a plurality of connection modes, including a first connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is not higher than a first gradation resolution is outputted, and a second connection mode in which an image having a gradation resolution which is higher than the first gradation resolution is outputted; and a control unit controls so that in a case where the connection is in the second connection mode and an instruction to switch a first screen including a captured image to a second screen not including a captured image is received, the set connection mode is switched from the second connection mode to the first connection mode, and the second screen is outputted from the connecting unit.
US11050939B2
An image blur correction device capable of reducing its size in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis. A holding frame holding an image capture device is held movable in an X-axis direction, a Y-axis direction, and a rotational direction about an axis extending in a Z-axis direction. A first guide member, a second guide member, and a third guide member guide the holding frame in the X-axis direction, Y direction-axis, and in the rotational direction, respectively. A first vibration actuator drives the first guide member, a second vibration actuator drives the second guide member, and a third vibration actuator drives the third guide member. The third vibration actuator is arranged at a location more remote from the rotation center of the third guide member than at least one of the first and second vibration actuators, as viewed from the Z-axis direction.
US11050937B2
An image stabilizing apparatus includes at least one processor or circuit configured to execute a plurality of tasks including a first calculation task configured to make a calculation using an output signal from a shake detector configured to detect a shake, a second calculation task configured to estimate an estimated value corresponding to an offset variation value included in the output signal from the shake detector by using a signal processed by a low-pass filter having a high-frequency attenuation characteristic steeper than a high-frequency attenuation characteristic of the first calculation task, and a correction task configured to drive a corrector configured to correct an image blur caused by the shake using a calculation result of the first calculation task and the estimated value.
US11050934B2
A method for displaying video images includes providing a plurality of cameras and an ECU at the vehicle. The cameras are in communication with one another via a vehicle network and the ECU is in communication with the cameras via respective data lines. During a driving maneuver of the vehicle, one of the cameras is designated as and functions as a master camera and other cameras are designated as and function as slave cameras. During the driving maneuver, automatic control of exposure, gain and white balance parameters of the designated master camera is enabled, and the exposure, gain and white balance parameters of the designated master camera are communicated to the designated slave cameras via the vehicle network. A composite image is displayed that provides bird's eye view video images derived from video image data captured by at least the designated master camera and the designated slave cameras.
US11050929B2
A drive recorder includes: an image acquisition interface that acquires image data captured by a camera mounted to a vehicle; an imaging controller that causes the camera to capture a first image, in which a first imaging condition is used, and a second image, in which a second imaging condition is used, in temporally different frames; an image recorder that records moving image data based on the first image; a passenger detector that detects a passenger in the vehicle; an image processor that generates, based on the second image including the passenger detected by the passenger detector, a passenger image in which visibility of an image portion including the passenger is higher than in the second image; and a display controller that causes the display device to display moving images based on the passenger image.
US11050926B1
Systems and methods for analyzing image data to automatically ensure image capture consistency are described. According to certain aspects, a server may access aerial and other image data and identify a set of parameters associated with the capture of the image data. The server may access a corresponding set of acceptable image capture parameters, and may compare the set of parameters to the set of acceptable parameters to determine whether image data is consistent with the set of acceptable parameters. In some embodiments, if the image data is not consistent, the server may generate a notification or instruction to cause an image capture component to recapture additional image data.
US11050914B1
A camera module includes a first driver integrated circuit (IC) generating a driving signal to move a first lens barrel in one or more directions perpendicular to an optical axis direction, a second driver IC generating a driving signal to move a second lens barrel in one or more directions perpendicular to the optical axis direction, and a gyro sensor generating gyro data corresponding to a first address transmitted from the first driver IC, and transmitting the gyro data to the first driver IC and the second driver IC.
US11050906B2
A chassis for use in a panoramic camera is disclosed. The chassis comprises a base, a heat sink which comprises a metal boss formed on a first portion of the base to dissipate heat generated by a main processor of the panoramic camera; and an isothermal mounting structure formed on a second portion of the base including a plurality of slots and apertures, wherein a plurality of imaging sensors are mounted on the isothermal mounting structure using the plurality of slots and apertures.
US11050903B2
A set of spatial motion information predictors to be encoded is generated from among spatial motion information predictors respectively associated with predetermined image portions adjacent to an image portion to be decoded, one of which is situated above left of the image portion to be decoded. At least one condition is used to determine that a spatial motion information predictor is not includable in the set. At least one condition is a condition to exclude from the generated set of spatial motion information predictors a spatial motion information predictor that is a duplicate of another spatial motion information predictor. A temporal motion information predictor is not subjected to the duplicate exclusion condition used for the spatial motion information predictors and may be a duplicate of a spatial motion information predictor in the generated set. A motion information predictor is selected from among (i) the generated set of motion information predictors, (ii) the temporal motion information predictor, and (iii) a zero motion information predictor as a replacement for a non-includable spatial motion information predictor.
US11050899B2
In a case where a driver for a system authentication application preinstalled in an image formation apparatus is active, a display unit displays a screen such that issuance of an instruction to perform authentication based on an authentication method using an IC card is performable. In a case where a driver for a general authentication application installed in the image formation apparatus in accordance with an instruction from a user is active, the display unit displays the screen such that issuance of an instruction to perform authentication based on the authentication method using the IC card is not performable.
US11050883B1
Implementations are directed to using an assistant to initiate automated telephone calls with entities. Some implementations identify an item of interest, identify a group of entities associated with the item, and initiate the calls with the entities. During a given call with a given entity, the assistant can request a status update regarding the item, and determine a temporal delay before initiating another call with the given entity to request a further status update regarding the item based on information received responsive to the request. Other implementations receive a request to perform an action on behalf of a user, identify a group of entities that can perform the action, and initiate a given call with a given entity. During the given call, the assistant can initiate an additional call with an additional entity, and generate notification(s), for the user, based on result(s) of the given call and/or the additional call.
US11050878B1
Methods for detecting anomalies in a telecommunications network are provided. The methods include calculating a call duration for each of a plurality of calls associated with a corresponding call detail record (CDR). Each CDR provides details associated with a single call in a plurality of fields. Each of the plurality of calls are categorized based on the calculated call duration for each call such that each of the plurality of calls is assigned to a duration bin, each duration bin including calls having similar calculated call durations. The CDRs are grouped using the duration bins and at least one carrier and/or a telecommunications provider. A plurality of summary statistics are calculated for each of the plurality of CDR groups. The calculated plurality of summary statistics are analyzed to determine whether an anomaly is present. Among other remedial measures, an external ticket may be generated informing affected carriers when an anomaly is present.
US11050877B2
An aspect of the present disclosure includes methods, systems, and computer-readable media for receiving a beam failure detection reference signal configuration, detecting an absence of a configured and quasi-co-located beam failure detection reference signal in a monitored control resource set (CORESET), and utilizing reference signals indicated in the CORESET transmission configuration indicator state for beam failure detection.
US11050875B1
One example method of operation may include identifying a call scheduled for a scheduled time having a calling party profile and a called party profile, identifying one or more calling party flags associated with the calling party profile and one or more called party flags associated with the called party profile, establishing a call connection between a calling party device and a called party device at the scheduled time to conduct the call, recording call content identified during the call, processing the call content of the recorded call to identify call content compliance based on the calling party flags and the called party flags, scoring the call based on the identified call content compliance, and updating one or more of the called party profile and the calling party profile to identify the scored call.
US11050874B2
A method for arranging a meeting includes associating a first system with a first user and a second system with a second user, the systems each having a mobile communications device having a positioning system, and calendar software having stored calendar data or having access to calendar data stored elsewhere, defining in the first system, by the first user, a request for a meeting with the second user, sending the request to the second system, tracking the positions of the mobile communications devices of the first and the second systems, determining if a meeting is suitable by determining if the mobile communications devices are within a predetermined distance from each other, and if the first and second users are accessible for the meeting, notifying at least one of the first and second user that it has been determined that a meeting is suitable.
US11050866B1
Disclosed is a mobile terminal having a flexible display. The mobile terminal includes a first frame, a second frame coupled to the first frame to move in a first or second direction, a third frame coupled to the second frame to move in the first or second direction. The mobile terminal further includes a flexible display having a first region on a front side of the mobile terminal, a second region on a backside of the mobile terminal, and a third region between the first and second regions, and the third region is disposed on the front side or backside of the mobile terminal selectively. The mobile terminal further includes a drive unit configured to move the second and third frames in the first or second direction, and the drive unit is further configured to be manually operable.
US11050862B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a method and a device for transmitting data, which are capable of achieving timely data transmission. The method includes: starting, by a receiving end, a timer of a first delivery mode when determining that data delivered and data to be delivered are not continuous, where the first delivery mode is used to indicate that the receiving end directly delivers data to an upper layer upon the receipt of the data; and delivering, the receiving end, the data to be delivered to the high level using the first delivery mode in a case where the timer of the first delivery mode does not expire.
US11050855B1
In one embodiment, an apparatus and method are provided to: receive, by the apparatus from a node, a set up packet during a setup of a connection, the set up packet for use in a protocol that is not transmission control protocol (TCP); identify first metadata in a time period parameter field in the set up packet, for a time period, where, as a result of a detection of the time period, the connection is at least partial deactivated; and determine, based on the first metadata, a timeout attribute associated with the connection.
US11050846B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for program code allocation based on processor features are disclosed. Analysis of program code is performed using static analysis and/or runtime analysis. The analysis determines one or more processor features invoked by the program code. One or more program execution servers are selected from a plurality of program execution servers based at least in part on the one or more processor features invoked by the program code. One or more selected program execution servers comprise the one or more processor features invoked by the program code, and an additional one or more of the program execution servers lack the one or more processor features invoked by the program code. The program code is executed using the one or more selected program execution servers.
US11050832B2
A technique for maintaining user sessions across multiple web applications includes receiving, by a first web application running on a first server, a cross-application request from a client application. The cross-application request indicates a user action to access a second web application, which runs on a second server. In response to receiving the cross-application request, the first web application sends a single-use password to the client application, which may send the single-use password to the second web application. The first web application receives a session request, which includes the single-use password, from the second web application. In response to receiving the session request, the first web application sends session data to the second web application, enabling the second web application to participate in a session with the client application.
US11050822B2
An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a lead peer, a new block from an orderer node over a blockchain network that includes a plurality of peers, acquiring, by the lead peer, a shared memory handler for a channel of the blockchain network from an anchor peer, appending, by the lead peer, the new block to a shared memory buffer based on the handler, and notifying the plurality of the peers that the new block is available on the shared memory buffer.
US11050821B2
The computer implemented invention provides a method, corresponding systems and arrangement within a network for detecting changes in the topology, ordering those changes by occurrence and constructing a new topology reflecting the changes. The invention addresses problems with keeping the knowledge of the network topology at each network node current, particularly when the network topology is dynamic, i.e. when links fail and recover at arbitrary times. The topology updating is event driven, as it is activated when some change in the network, particularly with nodes and links occurs. Events cause topology changes to be reported to other nodes in the network. Timestamping of messages allows the messages to be correctly applied as the most recent update or discarded. An algorithm is provided that allows each merchant node to maintain a correct view of the network topology despite link and node failures.
US11050811B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for streaming content, and specifically browser content, across devices in a mesh network. This occurs by receiving, at a first mobile device in mesh network, instructions from a second mobile device in the mesh network, the instructions directing the first mobile device to load content from a website, where the instructions are sent based on the second mobile device loading the content from the website. The first mobile device receives the content from the website, loads/processes the website content, and displays the content. When the first mobile device receives a patch directed to modifications to a Document Object Model (DOM) in the content which occurred on the second mobile device, the first mobile device modifies the content on the first mobile device based on the patch.
US11050810B2
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving image data for virtual-reality streaming service
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging IoT technology with a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology (e.g. smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, etc.). A method for receiving image data for a virtual-reality streaming service by an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a step in which the electronic device determines whether to execute an adaptive virtual-reality streaming service on the basis of a bandwidth state; and a step in which, if it is determined to execute the adaptive virtual-reality streaming service, the electronic device requests and receives, from a server, the image data for the adaptive virtual-reality streaming service on the basis of head-tracking information and bandwidth information collected in advance.
US11050806B2
A user device receives a first media item that is associated with a second media item. The device determines that a playback state for the device indicates that the device is paired with an alternative playback device. The device sends the playback state in a request for the second media item, receives the second media item in a first format for playback on the user device and in a second format for playback on the alternative playback device. The device determines whether the playback state of the device is the same. The device displays a first graphical representation of the second media item in the first format on the user device if the user device is no longer paired with the alternative playback device and displays a second graphical representation of the second media item in the second format on the user device if the user device is still paired with the alternative playback device.
US11050805B2
A method for controlling a stream buffer in a media playback device includes: receiving a data stream from a download buffer of the media playback device at a processing rate; buffering the data stream in the stream buffer at a buffering rate; performing a pre-parsing operation on the data stream buffered in the stream buffer to obtain a pre-parsed result; and selectively adjusting at least one of the processing rate and the buffering rate according to the pre-parsed result.
US11050794B2
Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for generating security policies for end-user devices using group rankings and partial policy determinations are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes ranking end-user device groups within an enterprise, wherein each of the groups is associated with one or more security-related policy settings; assigning a given end-user device to two or more of the groups based on device parameters attributed to the given end-user device; generating a policy for the given end-user device by performing partial policy determinations across the two or more groups to which the given end-user device is assigned, wherein performing the partial policy determinations comprises defining, in an order based at least in part on the ranking of the groups, security-related settings from the two or more groups, until all security-related settings required by the policy are defined; and outputting the policy to the given end-user device.
US11050781B2
Example of secure monitoring of modular applications and associated edge devices are described herein. In an example, an accreditation request is initiated to accredit at least one of a modular application and an edge device hosting the modular application. The edge device may a device coupling an IoT device to a cloud server. Based on initiating, accreditation information corresponding to at least one of the modular application and the edge device may be received. The accreditation information are generated by a hardware encryption device associated with the edge device. Further, an accreditation status of the modular application may be monitored during execution of the modular application to ascertain whether the modular application and the edge device have been tampered. In case tampering is detected, a remedial action to address the tampering may be performed.
US11050775B2
Methods apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture for IoT and PoS anti-malware are disclosed. An example method includes detecting a combination of function calls. Whether the combination of function calls is a forbidden combination of function calls for the device is detected based on a limited intended functionality of the device. The forbidden combination of function calls includes a first function call and a second function call. The first function call is allowed in isolation from the second function call. The second function call is allowed in isolation from the first function call. In response to determining that the combination of function calls is forbidden for the device, a responsive action is performed.
US11050764B2
Cardinality-based activity pattern detection is described herein. Events on a computing system are monitored to detect patterns matching defined activity patterns. A cardinality-based activity pattern query is executed over data representing detected activity patterns to identify multiple, distinct defined activity patterns that have occurred during a particular time period.
US11050746B2
Media access control (MAC) address anonymization based on allocations by network controller elements
A method is provided to anonymize the media access control (MAC) address of a client device. The method involves generating a plurality of media access control (MAC) addresses for use by a client device in a network. Policies are defined that determine which one of the plurality of MAC addresses is to be used by the client device. The plurality of MAC addresses allocated for use by the client device are registered with a management entity in the network.
US11050737B2
The embodiments set forth a technique for enabling a computing device to securely configure a peripheral computing device. According to some embodiments, the method can include the steps of (1) approving a request received from the peripheral computing device to engage in a setup procedure for the peripheral computing device, (2) receiving, from the peripheral computing device: (i) an audio signal that encodes a password and timing information, and (ii) a light signal. Additionally, the method can involve, in response to identifying that the timing information correlates with the light signal: (3) extracting the password from the audio signal, and (4) establishing a communication link with the peripheral computing device based on the password. In turn, the method can involve (5) providing configuration information to the peripheral computing device over the communication link.
US11050729B2
A permissions management system is disclosed for enabling a user to securely authorize a third-party system to access user account data and initiate transactions related to a user account, without disclosing to the third-party system account credentials. The system enables the user to also securely de-authorize the third-party system. For example, records may be automatically generated that securely store account information, including one or more permissions related to the account and/or the third-party. A token associated with a record may be shared with the third-party system, but neither the record itself, nor the user account credentials, may be shared with the third-party. Accordingly, the third-party may request user account data and/or initiate transactions by providing the token, but does not itself know, e.g., the user account credentials. Further, the user may set various permissions related to the token, and may also revoke the token (e.g., de-authorize the third-party), thus providing increased security to the user's account.
US11050706B2
Network performance data, such as routing trip time between autonomous systems and data centers, is gathered and aggregated to determine optimal mappings of autonomous systems and data centers. Autonomous system based DNS steering may be automated by repeating a life cycle of determining the optimal mappings. Data delivery strategies are applied to a portion of a network to deliver content using the optimal mappings.
US11050705B2
One or more protocols between a control plane entity (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME)) and its peer nodes (e.g., mobile switching center (MSC) and/or short message service center (SMSC)) are enhanced to improve short messaging services for Internet of things (IoT) devices. Oftentimes, IoT devices enter an extended sleep mode during which they cannot be reached by the control plane entity. In one aspect, the control plane entity can determine a wait period based on information, such as, but not limited to, device context data, mapping tables, policy data, commercial traffic data, latency data, device delay tolerance, sleep mode timer values, etc. The wait period can be provided to the peer nodes, which can utilize the wait period to control one or more message retry mechanisms based on IoT device behaviors resulting in an improvement of overall IoT service behaviors and a delivery of superior IoT customer experience.
US11050698B1
In an embodiment, the disclosed technologies monitor electronic message traffic between a network and a recipient computer system. An embodiment includes extracting, from an electronic message received from the network, a sending domain and message data, computing a lookalike score based on the sending domain, and assigning a message type to the electronic message based on the message data. The lookalike score and the message type may be used to determine whether the electronic message is a spoofing attack such as a business email compromise (BEC) attack. In response to determining that the electronic message is malicious, an embodiment may cause the network to at least one of modify, delay, re-route, or block transmission of the electronic message to the recipient computer system.
US11050686B2
A user care system accuses a chatbot. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, not only a current state of a user can be quickly determined on the basis of a content of a conversation between a chatbot and the user, but also the user can quickly receive help from the outside when it is determined that the user is in a dangerous situation. Further, not only the chatbot can quickly determine a current state of the user on the basis of a change in biometric information of the user, but also the user can quickly receive help from the outside when it is determined that the user is in a dangerous situation.
US11050680B2
A crossbar switch is disclosed having a first port, a second port, a third port, and a fourth port, the crossbar switch comprising: a first switching element coupled between the first port and the third port; a second switching element coupled between the first port and the fourth port; a third switching element coupled between the second port and the third port; and a fourth switching element coupled between the second port and the fourth port, wherein the first switching element, the second switching element, the third switching element, and the fourth switching element are configured to couple only one of the first port and the second port to the third port, at any given time.
US11050677B2
This document describes modeling and simulation techniques to select a cloud architecture profile based on correlations between application workloads and resource utilization. In some aspects, a method includes obtaining infrastructure data specifying utilization of computing resources of an existing computing system. Application workload data specifying tasks performed by one or more applications running on the existing computing system is obtained. One or more models are generated based on the infrastructure data and the application workload data. The model(s) define an impact on utilization of each computing resource in response to changes in workloads of the application(s). A workload is simulated, using the model(s), on a candidate cloud architecture profile that specifies a set of computing resources. A simulated utilization of each computing resource of the candidate cloud architecture profile is determined based on the simulation. An updated cloud architecture profile is generated based on the simulated utilization.
US11050669B2
A method and system for optimizing internet traffic from a Local Area Network (LAN) to an internet based server utilizes a specific gamer private network (GPN) for the classified latency sensitive internet data. The method includes the steps of creating a gateway computer or a master-slaver computer (device) system within a local area network (LAN), and making this gateway computer control the internet data from any device within the LAN to an outside internet based server. The gateway computer sorts the internet data into various categories, including latency sensitive, bandwidth sensitive and exclusion that is neither latency sensitive nor bandwidth sensitive. Based on these classification results, the internet data within various categories are sent out via the respective routes, so as to achieve a smooth and efficient internet data transmission.
US11050655B2
A provider edge device and a cloud controller are provided. The provider edge device receives route information associated with a virtual private cloud, and sends the route information to the cloud controller. In response to receiving the route information from the provider edge device, the cloud controller distributes the route information to one or more other provider edge devices of the cloud network of the service provider that includes the provider edge device.
US11050653B2
A method of operating a telemetry capture system within a data storage system comprising storage devices is provided. The method includes generating a telemetry packet, and providing the telemetry packet to one or more taps via a telemetry path independent of data and control paths within the storage devices. The method also includes capturing the telemetry packet in one or more of the taps, and generating real-time telemetry data based at least on the telemetry packet.
US11050647B1
Example methods and systems are provided for simulation-based cross-cloud connectivity checks. One example method may include injecting a connectivity check packet in a first cloud environment, and obtaining first report information associated with a first stage of forwarding the connectivity check packet from one or more first observation points in the first cloud environment. The method may also comprise: based on configuration information associated with one or more second observation points in the second cloud environment, simulating a second stage of forwarding the connectivity check packet towards a second virtualized computing instance via the one or more second observation points. The method may further comprise: generating second report information associated with the simulated second stage to identify a connectivity status between a first virtualized computing instance and the second virtualized computing instance based on the first report information and the second report information.
US11050639B2
Described herein are a system and techniques for increasing efficiency of communications and quality of a user's experience by implementing dynamic time-out intervals. When a service slows due to demand, malfunction on the server side, or local constraints near the client such as local wireless network connectivity, a client-side time-out interval can be dynamically increased so that clients are less likely to depart before receiving requested services. A server that cannot provide requested services can indicate that a client-side time-out interval should be zero so that clients do not wait on a request that will not be fulfilled. A server seeing service requests but few completions or satisfied service requests can indicate different time-out intervals to different clients, observe which intervals have higher completion success rates and then indicate revised time-out intervals accordingly.
US11050636B2
An information handling system includes service layer processing circuitry and server component processing circuitry. The service layer processing circuitry receives an electronic mail message. The server component processing circuitry may communicate with the service layer processing circuitry. The server component processing circuitry assigns an escalation card to the electronic mail message by a processor storing the escalation card and the electronic mail message in a computer memory, and determines whether a service level agreement (SLA) of the escalation card has been met. In response to the SLA not being met, the server component processing circuitry escalates the electronic mail message based on the escalation card. In response to the escalation of the electronic mail message, the server component processing circuitry notifies a sender of the electronic mail message that the electronic mail message has been escalated.
US11050627B2
A method and network device for enabling in-place policy updates. Specifically, the method and network device disclosed herein entail effecting the removal and/or insertion of policies on the network device while minimizing a window in which active policies may be disrupted by the policy updates. Further, in-place policy updates call upon the ordered-shifting of content stored across data structure elements. Through ordered-shifting, policy updates can utilize limited memory resources, on the network device, more efficiently over existing methodologies. Additionally, policy updates can also be committed faster, thereby allowing more policy updates to be processed with a fixed time window.
US11050621B2
Provided are a client, a server and a differential upgrade method. The client includes: an identification module, which is configured to acquire, from a server, upgrade configuration information corresponding to preset requirement information; and a loading module, which is configured to load an upgrade process corresponding to the acquired upgrade configuration information from the server.
US11050608B1
A system including a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: generate a dynamic object having rich content, interactive code and multiple platform operability logic that allows the interactive code to operate on a plurality of platforms; send the dynamic object to one of the plurality of platforms; process the dynamic object on the one of the plurality of platforms; and provide one or more interfaces for user engagement to perform an interaction specified by the dynamic object.
US11050605B2
A secure programming system and method for provisioning and programming a target payload into a programmable device mounted in a programmer. The programmable device can be authenticated before programming to verify the device is a valid device produced by a silicon vendor. The authentication process can include a challenge-response validation. The target payload can be programmed into the programmable device and linked with an authorized manufacturer. The programmable device can be verified after programming the target payload by verifying the silicon vendor and the authorized manufacturer. The secure programming system can provision different content into different programmable devices simultaneously to create multiple final device types in a single pass.
US11050601B2
The present disclosure relates to adaptive modulation and coding scheme selection and signaling in a communication system. In particular, a modulation and coding scheme to be used for transmission of a data is selected from a set of predetermined modulation and coding schemes. The predetermination of the set is performed by selecting the set from a plurality of predefined sets. The sets have the same size, so that a modulation and coding selection indicator signaled to select the modulation and coding scheme may be advantageously applied to any of the selected sets. Moreover, a second set includes schemes with a modulation not covered by the schemes of a first set, and which is of a higher order than any modulation in the first set.
US11050590B2
A data receiver configured to receive a signal having at least two partial data packets, the data receiver being configured to estimate a state of a transmission channel, to obtain first channel state information, to demodulate a first set of received symbols from different data packets, to obtain a first set of received encoded bits, wherein the data receiver is configured to decode the first set of received encoded bits to determine, a first set of estimated encoded bits which corresponds more likely to a first set of transmitted encoded bits than the received encoded bits, and to map the first set of estimated bits to estimated transmission symbols using a mapping rule matching a transmitter-side mapping rule to obtain a first set of estimated transmission symbols, and to determine second channel state information using the first set of estimated transmission symbols.
US11050587B1
A method for improving VPN service transmission quality is disclosed where end-to-end TCP connections, occurring over a VPN tunnel, are terminated at the VPN concentrator and converted into multi-part TCP connections with MSS parameter set independently for each part of the connectivity. To facilitate the termination and multi-part connection management a packet processing software may be implemented as part of the VPN concentrator functionality or as an independent component.
US11050586B2
An inter-cloud communication method, used to implement communication between two clouds, where virtual machines belonging to a same virtual network are created in the two clouds. A receive end cloud uses a gateway node as an entrance to external communication, and all data packets to be sent to a virtual machine in the receive end cloud are sent to the gateway node, thereby preventing a location change of the virtual machine from affecting a transmit end cloud. In addition, the data packet only needs to pass through the gateway node in the receive end cloud and a computing node on which the virtual machine that receives the data packet is located, that is, the data packet only needs two hops to reach a destination, thereby shortening a communication path, and improving inter-cloud communication efficiency.
US11050585B2
A communications network having a master subscriber M and at least one slave subscriber. At least one distribution node CU1, CU2, CU3, CU4 is provided which has a plurality of input/output interfaces, each of which is connected to a network segment, the master subscriber M arranged in a first network segment M1 and the slave subscriber arranged in a second network segment S1, S2, S3, S4, S5. Data is exchanged between the master subscriber M and the slave subscriber in the form of telegrams initiated by the master subscriber. The telegrams to be sent from the slave subscriber to the master subscriber are each assigned control data containing a forwarding time information when the corresponding telegram is to be output from the distribution node via the input/output interface in the direction of the first network segment comprising the master subscriber, the forwarding time information determined by the master subscriber M.
US11050581B1
Systems and techniques are described for dynamically configuring and/or adjusting intervals for exchanging supervision signals between a control panel and an associated server system of a monitoring system located in a property. In some implementations, sensor data generated by one or more sensors of a monitoring system is obtained. A status of the property is determined based on the sensor data. A pinging frequency of the monitoring system is adjusted based on the status of the property. The pinging frequency specifies a frequency of communications between the server system and the control unit. The control unit is then configured to communicate with the server system according to the adjusted pinging frequency.
US11050579B2
A distribution destination specifying device includes: a related information obtaining portion that obtains related information that indicates a relationship of a plurality of host devices that distribute content to be input, to a client device; a selection receiving portion that receives a selection of one host device among the plurality of host devices; a related host device identifying portion that identifies a related host device related to a selected host device to be selected by the selection receiving portion, based on the related information; and a distribution destination specifying screen display portion that displays a distribution destination specifying screen for specifying a client device as a distribution destination of content of each of the selected host device and the related host device.
US11050563B2
This invention relates to a Diffie-Hellmann type method of exchanging keys between peers, authenticated by means of a blockchain and capable of storing smart contracts in the distributed ledger. The key exchange is then made by means of such a contract in which the peers are declared. Each of the peers calls the contract and the contract saves their wallet addresses. When called by the addressee peer, and after verifying the address of the addressee peer, the contract delivers the public key generated by the sending peer to the addressee peer.
US11050561B2
Embodiments of a secure multi-party computation method applicable to any computing node deployed in a distributed network are provided. A plurality of computing nodes are deployed in the distributed network. The plurality of computing nodes jointly participate in a secure multi-party computation based on private data respectively held by the computing nodes. The method includes: generating a computing parameter related to private data held by one computing node based on a secure multi-party computation algorithm; transmitting the computing parameter to other computing nodes participating in the secure multi-party computation for the other computing nodes to perform the secure multi-party computation based on collected computing parameters transmitted by the computing nodes participating in the secure multi-party computation; and creating an audit log corresponding to the computing parameter, the audit log recording description information related to the computing parameter.
US11050559B2
A quantum communications system may include a transmitter node, a receiver node, and a quantum communications channel coupling the transmitter node and receiver node. The transmitter node may cooperate with the quantum communications channel defining at least one Talbot effect image position along the quantum communications channel. The receiver node may use located along the quantum communications channel at the at least one Talbot effect image position.
US11050554B2
Technologies for managing exact match hash table growth include a network computing device which includes a compute engine and a network interface controller (NIC). The NIC is configured to allocate a plurality of physical bucket addresses in non-contiguous chunks of memory of the compute engine, configure a bucket threshold value as a function of a hash size of the hash table, generate a plurality of virtual bucket addresses as a function of the bucket threshold value, and map each generated virtual bucket address to an allocated physical bucket address. Other embodiments are described herein.
US11050547B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a reception apparatus including a preamplifier and a clock recovery circuit. The preamplifier is configured to receive data through a wired transmission path. The clock recovery circuit is configured to sample a value during an edge period and a value during a data period, which are in data received from the preamplifier, by using a reference clock, to execute a phase adjustment to the reference clock with respect to a transition timing of a signal level of the data in a case sampling results is satisfied a particular condition concerning a transition of the signal level of the data, and to execute no phase adjustment to the reference clock with respect to the transition timing of the signal level of the data in a case the sampling results is not satisfied the particular condition.
US11050545B2
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, more specifically, to a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising the steps of: merging a first cell having a first TTI and a second cell having a second TTI, the length of the second TTI being N (N>1) times the length of the first TTI; receiving data scheduling information for the second cell in the first TTI of the first cell; and establishing data communication on the basis of the data scheduling information in the second TTI of the second cell corresponding to the first TTI of the first cell, wherein the first TTI for the first cell is any one TTI from among the N number of TTIs of the first cell corresponding to the second TTI of the second cell.
US11050544B2
A method and a user equipment (UE) for modulation symbol mapping are provided. The method comprises mapping the CQI modulation symbols onto resource units of the second slot of the allocated subframe, wherein the CQI modulation symbols are mapped from the first resource unit of the second slot in a time-first mapping; and mapping the PUSCH modulation symbols onto resource units of both the first and second slot of the allocated subframe, wherein the PUSCH modulation symbols are mapped from the first resource unit of the first slot in a time-first mapping.
US11050542B2
Provided is a method of performing HARQ by a UE in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation (CA). The method includes: receiving, from an evolved nodeB (eNB), a downlink grant on a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), the downlink grant including an accumulated downlink assignment indicator (A-DAI) field and a total DAI (T-DAI) field; receiving a first PDSCH indicated by the first PDCCH, the first PDSCH being transmitted from the eNB; receiving, from the eNB, an uplink grant on a second PDCCH, the uplink grant indicating a transmission of a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH); determining a size of a HARQ-ACK codebook to which a HARQ-ACK with respect to the first PDSCH is to be mapped, based on the A-DAI and the T-DAI; and transmitting, to the eNB, the HARQ-ACK with respect to the first PDSCH on the PUSCH.
US11050527B1
According to one method for obtaining information from a hardened forward error correction (FEC) implementation, the method occurs at a test device implemented using at least one processor and at least one memory. The method includes copying data from a data stream that is to be processed by a hardened FEC engine; delaying the copied data while the hardened FEC engine generates corresponding error corrected output using the data; comparing the copied data and the corresponding error corrected output for differences; and generating FEC related metrics based on the comparison.
US11050524B2
A data sending method, a terminal device, and a network device are described. The method may include receiving, by a terminal device, first scheduling information. The first scheduling information indicates first resources that are resources used to send first transport blocks. Furthermore, the first scheduling information indicates a probability value, and the probability value is a block error rate for the first transport blocks that are received by the network device on the first resources or a probability that the network device successfully receives the first transport blocks on the first resources. The method may also include sending, by the terminal device, the first transport blocks on the first resources based on the first scheduling information. In the embodiments, the terminal device may determine, based on the probability value, whether a preparation operation is to be performed for retransmitting all or some of the first transport blocks, so that a time period for the retransmitting can be shortened, thereby reducing a transmission delay.
US11050507B2
A coding and modulation apparatus and method are presented, particularly for use in a system according to IEEE 802.11. The apparatus comprises an encoder configured to encode input data into cell words according to an LDPC code and a modulator configured to modulate said cell words into constellation values of a non-uniform constellation and to assign bit combinations to constellation values of the used non-uniform constellation. The modulator is configured to use a non-uniform constellation and bit labeling from one of the several groups of constellations, which constellation show quadrant and octant symmetry.
US11050504B2
A base station can obtain channel quality conditions for mobile devices in a scheduling interval and identify a channel quality, a target transmission scheme, and a transmission power level for each of the mobile devices. The base station can assign a unique orthogonal CDMA code and can force the mobile devices to transmit K repeated bursts of uplink data such that each of the mobile devices has a rotated phase shift based on the unique orthogonal CDMA code assigned to each of the mobile devices with each of the mobile devices multiplexed on a same physical channel using an overlaid CDMA operation. The base station can process K repeated bursts that are multiplexed on the same physical channel using the overlaid CDMA operation. The base station can separate the mobile devices according to the unique orthogonal CDMA code and use IQ accumulation according to combine the K repeated bursts.
US11050503B2
Different numerologies may be used to communicate orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based signals over different frequency sub-bands of a given carrier. This may allow the OFDM-based signals to efficiently support diverse traffic types. In some embodiments, the numerology of OFDM-based signal depends on a bandwidth of the frequency sub-band over which the OFDM-based signals are transmitted. In some embodiments, the OFDM-based signals are filtered OFDM (f-OFDM) signals, and the pulse shaping digital filter used to generate the f-OFDM signals allows the receiver to mitigate interference between adjacent f-OFDM signals upon reception, thereby allowing f-OFDM signals to be communicated over consecutive carriers without relying on a guard band.
US11050496B2
Testing devices such as integrated circuits (IC) with integrated antennas configured for millimeter wave (mmW) transmission and/or reception. A DUT may be mounted to an interface in a measurement fixture (e.g., a socket, anechoic chamber, etc.). Power and data connections of the DUT may be tested over the interface, which may also provide connections (e.g., wired) for input/output signals, power, and control and may also provide positioning. Radio frequency (RF) characteristics of the DUT may be tested over-the-air using an array of antennas or probes in the radiating Fresnel zone of the DUT's antennas. Each of the antennas or probes of the array may incorporate a power detector (e.g., a diode) so that the RF radiating pattern may be measured using DC voltage measurements. Measured voltage measurements may be compared to an ideal signature, e.g., voltage measurements expected from an ideal or model DUT.
US11050492B1
The disclosure provides a subspace-based blind identification algorithm of an ocean underwater acoustic channel for multi-channel fir filter, which adopts a technical solution that a channel impulse response coefficient is calculated by quadratic minimization. The disclosure has beneficial effects that estimation precision can be met when using a proper number of samples, and especially when a few noise vectors are used for estimating channel parameters, so that calculation amount is greatly reduced.
US11050490B2
Methods and systems capable of launching signal-carrying transverse electromagnetic waves onto a transmission line in the higher voltage region of the transmission distribution network. Such methods and systems may include a surface wave launcher located in the higher voltage region, a network unit located in a lower voltage region, and an arrester separating the surface wave launcher and the network unit, the arrester preventing voltage from arcing over from the higher voltage region to the lower voltage region where the arrester provides the signal to the surface wave launcher.
US11050484B2
An optical transmission apparatus, includes, a light source configured to output a plurality of light beams having different wavelengths to an optical fiber, a receiver configured to receive, from the optical fiber, a reflected light beam corresponding to each of the wavelengths of the plurality of light beams, and a signal processing circuit configured to estimate a polarization fluctuation portion based on a polarization state of the received reflected light beam corresponding to each of the plurality of wavelengths.
US11050480B2
A method for transmitting, by a terminal, an SRS in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, control information including SRS resource pool information for tracking a transmission beam of the terminal; and transmitting the SRS to the base station on the basis of the control information, wherein the SRS is an SRS used for tracking the transmission beam of the terminal.
US11050478B2
A method of a user equipment (UE) for multi-beam operation in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), configuration information for a search space in which to receive a response to a beam failure recovery request, monitoring at least a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) included in a first set of reference signals to detect a beam failure event based on a threshold, measuring at least one of a reference signal received power (RSRP) of the CSI-RS or an RSRP of synchronization signal/physical broadcasting channel (SS/PBCH) blocks in a second set of reference signals when the beam failure event is detected, identifying a new candidate beam based on the measured RSRPs, and transmitting, to the BS, the beam failure recovery request over a physical random access channel (PRACH) based on detection of the beam failure event.
US11050473B2
At least one of an autonomous vehicle, a user terminal, and a server may be connected or converged with an artificial intelligence (AI) module, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device associated with a 5G service, and the like. Provided is a communication method of a mobile communication terminal, the method including identifying at least one target platoon for signal transmission, acquiring information related to driving of the at least one target platoon, identifying antenna heading corresponding to the information related to driving, and transmitting a signal to the at least one target platoon based on the antenna heading.
US11050472B2
Apparatus, computer readable media, and methods for enhanced beamforming training in a wireless local area network are disclosed. An apparatus of a access point or station is disclosed. The apparatus including processing circuitry where the processing circuitry is configured to encode an EBRP packet comprising a first portion comprising an indication of a first number of transmit antenna training settings (N-TX), and an indication of a second number of receive training subfields per N-TX settings (N-RX), and a second portion comprising a third number of training subfields. The third number may be less than or equal to N-TX times N-RX. The processing circuitry may be configured to cause the first portion of the EBRP packet to be transmitted and cause the second portion to be transmitted, where two or more of the third number of training subfields are to be transmitted simultaneously using different antennas and orthogonal sequences.
US11050455B2
Radio-frequency signal sending/receiving circuit and radio-frequency signal sending/receiving device
A radio-frequency signal sending/receiving circuit includes a low-noise amplifier electrically connected to a first terminal, a first switch electrically connected to the input terminal of the low-noise amplifier, a band pass filter electrically connected at one end to the other end of the first switch and at the other end to a first antenna via a fourth terminal, a power amplifier electrically connected to a second terminal, a second switch electrically connected at one end to the output terminal of the power amplifier and at the other end to the band pass filter, a third switch electrically connected at one end to the output terminal of the power amplifier and at the other end to a fifth terminal, and a fourth switch electrically connected at one end to a third terminal and at the other end to the fifth terminal.
US11050445B1
A mobile terminal and an implementation method for bandwidth extension to the LTE band B42 is provided. The mobile terminal includes: an RF circuit configured to incorporate LTE downlink three-carrier technology in a 1.7 to 2.7 GHz band, a 4*4 multi-mode multi-band antenna, and a 256 QAM encoding scheme; a B42 transmitting path and a receiving path is located on the RF circuit. The B42 transmitting path comprises a B42 RF power amplifier and a B42 power coupler, which are connected to a transmission terminal of a primary antenna on the RF circuit. The receiving path comprises a B42 transceiving filter and a diplexer that are connected to four antennas of the RF circuit.
US11050443B1
A system may include a node. The node may include a first software-defined radio (SDR) configured to support transmit and receive communications using a beyond line of sight (BLOS) waveform. The node may include a second SDR to support transmit and receive communications using a line of sight waveform while simultaneously being configured to support receive communications using a narrowband (NB) ultra high frequency (UHF) satellite communication (SATCOM) waveform. The node may include a SATCOM antenna configured to transmit and receive the communications using the BLOS waveform and to receive the communications using the NB UHF SATCOM waveform. The node may include a low noise amplifier (LNA) and triplexer assembly. The first and second SDRs may share the SATCOM antenna and the LNA and triplexer assembly.
US11050440B2
An encoding method includes: receiving, by an encoder, an information for encoding; generating, by the encoder, a first portion codeword according to a first encoding rule and the information for encoding, wherein the first encoding rule is an encoding rule configured to generate LDPC code; generating, by the encoder, a second portion codeword according to a second encoding rule different from the first encoding rule and a double check region of the first portion codeword; and concatenating, by the encoder, the first portion codeword and the second portion codeword to generate a codeword. A plurality of trapping sets corresponding to the first encoding rule include at least one error bit within the double check region.
US11050439B2
A new unequal-error-protection method that is based on using a particular parity-check-matrix structure for LDPC codes.
US11050435B1
Systems and methods for low power sample rate conversion are based on a noise shaping technique. A sample rate conversion circuit includes a clock synchronization circuit configured to receive an input sample sequence at a first sample rate and generate a valid sample sequence that is sampled at a second sample rate different from the first sample rate. The valid sample sequence may include valid samples from a registered sequence sampled at an oversampled rate greater than the first sample rate with invalid samples in the registered sequence being excluded from the valid sample sequence. The sample rate conversion circuit also includes a noise shaping circuit coupled to the clock synchronization circuit and configured to encode the valid sample sequence into a noise-shaped output sequence at the second sample rate by suppressing quantization noise from the valid sample sequence.
US11050429B2
An atomic oscillator includes an atom cell that includes a first portion and a second portion at a position different from the first portion, and contains alkali metal atoms, a light emitting element that emits light for exciting the alkali metal atoms toward the atom cell, a first temperature measurement element that measures the temperature of the first portion, a first temperature control element that controls a temperature of the first portion based on the measurement result of the first temperature measurement element, a second temperature measurement element that is disposed in a portion having thermal resistance equal to or higher than thermal resistance between the first portion and the second portion, and measures a temperature of the portion, a second temperature control element that controls the temperature of the second portion to be higher than the temperature of the first portion based on the measurement result of the second temperature measurement element or information on temperature control performed by the first temperature control element, and a light receiving element that receives light transmitted through the atom cell.
US11050428B2
A synchronized I/Q detection circuit is provided. A first subset of input signals and, subsequently, a second subset of input signals are provided by a first multiplexer and received by a first phase detector. Outputs of the first phase detector are receiving, by a first reset and sampling circuit. A second set of input signals are provided by a second multiplexer and received by a second phase detector, from a second multiplexer, while the first multiplexer receives the first and second subsets of input signals. The first subset of input signals has a same phase order as the second set of input signals, and the second subset of input signals has a different phase order than the second set of input signals. Outputs of the second phase detector are received by a second reset and sampling circuit. A comparator outputs a detected phase difference based on the outputs of the first and second reset and sampling circuits.
US11050425B2
An example apparatus includes a memory device comprising a plurality of banks of memory cells. A particular bank of memory cells among the plurality of banks includes a system processor resident on a particular bank of the plurality of banks.
US11050421B2
An electrical assembly comprises a device. The device includes an inductive coil and an armature. The armature is arranged to be moveable between first and second positions when the inductive coil is energized. The electrical assembly further includes a detection unit which is configured to detect an inductance of the inductive coil or a characteristic that corresponds to the inductance of the inductive coil. The detection unit is further configured to determine the position of the armature based on the detected inductance or the detected characteristic.
US11050408B2
An acoustic wave device includes: a first substrate that has a first surface and a second surface, the second surface being an opposite surface of the first substrate from the first surface; an acoustic wave element that is located on the first surface; a wiring portion that electrically connects the acoustic wave element and a metal portion through a through hole, the metal portion being located on the second surface, the through hole penetrating through the first substrate; and a sealing portion that is located on the first surface so as to surround the acoustic wave element, overlaps with at least a part of the through hole in plan view, and seals the acoustic wave element in an air gap.
US11050407B2
An electronic device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. A side wall joins the first substrate to the second substrate. The side wall includes a first alloy layer of a first metal and a second metal bonded directly to an upper surface of the first substrate and a second alloy layer of the first metal and a third metal disposed on top of the first alloy layer and bonded directly to a lower surface of the second substrate, the second metal and the third metal being different from each other and from the first metal. An electronic circuit is disposed on the lower surface of the second substrate within a cavity defined by the lower surface of the first substrate, the upper surface of the second substrate, and the side wall.
US11050405B2
A micromechanical vibrasolator isolates vibration of a micromechanical resonator and includes: phononic bandgap mirrors, monophones connected serially; phonophore arms in an alternating sequence of phonophore arm-monophone-phonophore arm; abutments in acoustic communication with the phononic bandgap mirrors; wherein the micromechanical resonator is interposed between the phononic bandgap mirrors with phononic bandgap mirror arranged in parallel on opposing sides of the micromechanical resonator arranged perpendicular to a direction of vibration of an in-plane vibrational mode of the micromechanical resonator.
US11050402B2
Circuits and methods for electronically adjusting an effective inductance of one or more primary inductors in a circuit. The circuit may include a plurality of sub-circuits connected in parallel between an input and an output of the circuit. Each sub-circuit may include a primary inductor and an auxiliary inductor inductively coupled to the primary inductor. The circuit may further include first circuitry coupled to the primary inductor, wherein the first circuitry configured to introduce an oscillating first voltage across the primary inductor; and second circuitry coupled to the auxiliary inductor, wherein the second circuitry is configured to introduce an oscillating second voltage across the auxiliary inductor. The amplitudes of the second voltages may be selected to reduce a difference between effective inductances of the primary inductors.
US11050401B2
Technology includes a current sensor that detects electric current flowing through an object. The current sensor includes a magnetic core through which the object is inserted, a coil wound around the magnetic core, a transmission line that transmits electric current supplied from the coil, a terminating resistor that converts electric current from a terminating end of the transmission line into voltage and outputs the voltage, and an impedance matching unit that implements impedance matching between the coil and the terminating resistor. The impedance matching unit raises, to a characteristic impedance of the transmission line, at least one of an impedance viewed from the terminating end of the transmission line toward the terminating resistor and an impedance viewed from a starting end of the transmission line toward the coil, in a band of frequency components involving amplitude attenuation among frequency components of the voltage output from the terminating resistor.
US11050398B2
A clamp circuit can control a clamp transistor such that a change in a photodiode current detection voltage signal in an optical receiver circuit can control the clamp transistor to change state when a difference of a clamp voltage and the photodiode current detection voltage signal exceeds a threshold voltage of the clamp transistor. Using a feedback loop, the clamp circuit can accurately clamp a current when the photodiode current is larger than a detect current threshold.
US11050392B2
A bias device includes a transistor, a bias circuit, and an impedance unit. The transistor has a first terminal, a second terminal for providing a first bias voltage to an input terminal of an amplifier, and a control terminal. The bias circuit has a first terminal, a second terminal coupled to a first system voltage terminal for receiving a first system voltage, and a third terminal coupled to the control terminal of the first transistor for providing a second bias voltage to the control terminal of the first transistor. The impedance unit has a first terminal for receiving a first reference voltage, a second terminal coupled to the first terminal of the bias circuit. The first impedance unit adjusts the input impedance looking into the second terminal of the first transistor according to a frequency of a radio frequency signal received from the input terminal of the amplifier.
US11050385B2
An oscillator operable in Class-C comprises at least one set of cross-coupled transistors. A threshold voltage of the transistors is controllable by having a bias voltage applied at back-gates of the transistors. The bias voltage thereby controls a conduction angle of the transistors to enable operation of the oscillator in Class-C. There is further provided a radio transceiver comprising such an oscillator, a method of operating such an oscillator, and a controller configured to operate such an oscillator.
US11050377B2
Systems and methods for operating a motor according to parameters provided by an autotuning component if available are described. A controller can be coupled to a drive which operates a motor for executing a task that can be related to a drilling operation for oil and gas. The controller stores initial parameters and checks for new parameters provided by the autotuning component which are stored on the drive after the autotuning component autotunes the motor. If there are new parameters, they are given priority over the initial parameters.
US11050375B2
A method is provided for determining a parameter of a field-oriented control (FOC) model for an electric power unit, the electric power unit comprising a three-phase electric motor and an inverter drive for driving the electric motor. The method comprises sending a control signal to the inverter drive; applying a predefined electric voltage to at least two of the phases of the electric motor by the inverter drive in response to the control signal; measuring an electric current that flows in the at least two phases of the electric motor in response to the applied electric voltage; and determining the parameter of the control model for the electric power unit using a value of the applied predefined electric voltage and a value of the measured electric current. An apparatus for determining a parameter of a control model for an electric power unit is provided.
US11050372B2
A position-sensorless control method and device for long-cable drive permanent magnet motors, including: adding a coupling circuit after boost transformers in the long-cable drive circuit of a permanent magnet motor; coupling three high frequency detection signals with different frequencies into a power supply cable and windings of the motor through three coupling transformers in the coupling circuit respectively; obtaining high frequency voltage components on primary windings of the coupling transformers by bandpass filters; obtaining the position signals according to relations among effective values of the high frequency voltage components; and finally realizing the position-sensorless control of the motor by a controller according to the obtained position signals.
US11050371B2
A brushless direct-current (BLDC) motor has a connector, a stator, a rotor and a positioning module. The connector has three input ends for receiving three voltage signals, and a feedback end for receiving a feedback signal. The three voltage signals are transmitted to three windings of the stator. Rotation of the rotor is induced by interaction of magnetic fields of the three windings and a plurality of magnets of the rotor. The positioning module is fixed to the stator and has three Hall sensors for sensing positions of the magnets. The positioning module generates the feedback signal according to the positions of the plurality of magnets sensed by the three Hall sensors. The first voltage signal, the second voltage signal and the third voltage signal are adjusted according to the feedback signal.
US11050370B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a method for detecting a magnetic field location in an electric motor, said method making it possible to lower costs using simple hardware and software, and instantaneously detect permanent-magnet field location. As a means for solving said problem, an MPU (51) sequentially selects one from six conduction patterns using a phase at which one-phase conduction occurs without branching at a neutral point among three-phase coils as a phase to be measured, applies a sensing current to the three-phase coils, and uses a timer (56) to measure a pulse-width time until the coil current detected by a current sensor (53) reaches a current threshold, and stores the same as measurement data. Following the forward-direction conduction pattern, a reverse-direction conduction pattern is selected and a current is applied to the phase to be measured, after which the same conduction pattern is repeated for the remaining two phases, whereby a current is applied for all six conduction patterns. Conduction times are stored as measurement data, and the permanent-magnet field location are identified from the field location information corresponding to the conduction pattern having the shortest conduction time among the measurement data of the conduction times corresponding to the six conduction patterns.
US11050367B2
A long-life motor driving device is realized. A motor driving device (11) includes: a motor driving circuit (3) configured to supply an alternating electric current to a motor (2); and a dynamic braking circuit (4). The dynamic braking circuit includes: a mechanical switch (SW2) configured to cause a short circuit between windings corresponding to respective two phases; a semiconductor switch (SW1) connected to the mechanical switch in parallel and configured to cause a short circuit between the windings corresponding to the respective two phases; and a first impedance circuit (Z1) connected to the semiconductor switch in series.
US11050365B2
A first member, a second member, a bearing that rotatably supports the second member about a rotation axis relative to the first member, a driven member placed on the first member, and a plurality of piezoelectric actuators that transmit driving forces for rotating the second member about the rotation axis relative to the first member to the driven member are provided, and the piezoelectric actuators are supported by the second member while being pressed against the first member or the member fixed thereto, and, as seen from a direction along the rotation axis, a center of pressing forces from the plurality of piezoelectric actuators to the driven member is located inside of an outer circumferential part of the bearing.
US11050360B2
Disclosed is a power conversion device having an AC conversion unit and a control unit that controls the AC conversion unit. The power conversion device also has: a temperature detection unit that outputs temperature data of the power conversion device; a current detection unit that outputs current data of an output of the AC conversion unit; a storage unit that stores specification data indicating a relationship between a rated current and a temperature specification and temperature data output by the detection unit; an overload protection unit that outputs a shutdown command to the control unit on the basis of the rated current and the current data output by the current detection unit; and a rating determination unit that acquires specification data and temperature data from the storage unit, determines a rated current corresponding to the acquired temperature data on the basis of the acquired specification data, and outputs the determined rated current to the overload protection unit.
US11050359B2
A circuit structure of a voltage type single-stage multi-input low-frequency link inverter with an external parallel-timesharing select switch is formed by connecting a plurality of input filters connected to ground and a common output low-frequency isolation voltage-transformation filter circuit through a multi-input single-output high-frequency inverter circuit. Each input end of the multi-input single-output high-frequency inverter circuit is connected to an output end of each of the input filters in a manner of one-to-one correspondence. An output end of the multi-output single-input high-frequency inverter circuit and the output low-frequency isolation voltage-transformation filter circuit are connected. The multi-input single-output high-frequency inverter circuit includes an external multi-path parallel-timesharing select four-quadrant power switch circuit and a bidirectional power flow single-input single-output high-frequency inverter circuit successively connected in cascade.
US11050358B2
A power module including a half bridge circuit having first and second switching elements respectively included in an upper arm and a lower arm thereof, and upper and lower arm drive circuits which respectively drive the first and second switching elements. The power module includes a first ground terminal on a ground side of the second switching element, a second ground terminal connected, via a first ground wiring, to the first ground terminal, a third ground terminal connected, via a second ground wiring including a dumping resistor, to the first ground terminal, a current detection circuit detecting a current flowing through the second switching element, and a control ground switching circuit which performs switching according to a value of the current detected by the current detection circuit, so as to connect a ground terminal of the lower arm drive circuit to the second or third ground terminal.
US11050341B2
A power converter with over temperature protection compensation includes a main conversion unit, a primary-side control unit, a primary detection circuit, and an over temperature adjustment circuit. The primary-side control unit obtains a primary voltage change value through the primary detection circuit, and the primary-side control unit correspondingly provides a current change value to the over temperature adjustment circuit according to the primary voltage change value. The over temperature adjustment circuit provides a temperature control voltage according to the current change value so that the primary-side control unit determines whether an over temperature protection is activated according to the temperature control voltage.
US11050336B2
Described herein are braking mechanisms and related methods of using eddy current interactions to resist relative movement between members, the magnetic flux about an eddy current region being modified beyond an inherent drag effect resulting from a simple magnetic pole arrangement.
US11050335B2
A transverse flux type linear motor and a linear compressor having the same include: a stator core in which a plurality of stator sheets are laminated along an axial direction; a winding coil provided in the stator core to form an alternating magnetic flux in a transverse direction perpendicular to the axial direction in the stator core; a plurality of magnets fixedly coupled to a radial side surface of the stator core to have different magnetic poles alternately arranged along the axial and circumferential directions; and an integral mover provided with a radial air gap with respect to the plurality of magnets to reciprocate in an axial direction with respect to the stator core by a magnetic force formed on the magnet.
US11050333B2
A torque motor assembly comprising two or more pole piece pairs, each pair comprising two opposing pole pieces each having an end facing an end of the opposite pole piece, the ends separated by a gap; and a magnetic plate extending between the pole piece pairs and located in the gap, the magnetic plate having surface portions facing the respective pole piece ends; wherein the surface portions of the magnetic plate and the respective pole piece ends are non-parallel with respect to each other.
US11050326B2
An SR motor includes a rotor including N rotor salient poles where N is an integer of 2 or more, a stator including M stator salient poles where M is an integer of 3 or more, a shaft rotatably connected to the rotor, a sensor magnet that is fixed to an outer circumference of the shaft and includes an S pole and an N pole alternately arranged in the circumferential direction of the shaft, and three magnetic sensors opposed to the sensor magnet. The number of poles of the sensor magnet is N.
US11050316B2
There is provided an axial gap rotary electric machine which includes a stator in which a plurality of core units, the core units having a core, a winding disposed in an outer periphery of the core, and a bobbin disposed between the core and the winding, are arranged in an annular shape about a rotation shaft, at least one rotor which faces an end surface of the core in an axial direction through a gap, a rotation shaft which rotates together with the rotor, and a housing in which the stator and the rotor are stored. A wiring fixing member is provided in an end surface and on an outer side of the stator in the axial direction, and includes an outer wall and an inner wall extending in a circumferential direction along a circumferential outer shape of the stator. The stator includes a crossover wire which leads the winding from the core unit. The crossover wire is disposed between the outer wall and the inner wall of the wiring fixing member. At least a part of the end surface of the inner wall on a side near the stator in the axial direction abuts on the bobbin.
US11050313B2
A stator and a motor including the motor are disclosed. The stator includes a number of windings and a number of guiding portions. The windings are formed by winding a single conductive wire under the guide of the guiding portions. The windings are divided into multiple groups, and the windings in each group are short-circuit connected with each other.
US11050312B2
A stator includes an iron core cylindrical part, multiple teeth, and a coil. The iron core cylindrical part has multiple circular arc-shaped core back parts. The teeth radially inwardly protrude from an inner circumferential wall surface of the iron core cylindrical part. The coil is wound around each of the teeth. A first coil and a second coil are disposed so as to hold a temperature measuring element therebetween. The first coil has an outer surface provided with a gap made of a recess or a space, which is formed by skipping winding a coil wire. The temperature measuring element for measuring temperature of the coil is inserted in the gap and is assembled.
US11050306B2
A measuring apparatus enables accurate evaluation of a noncontact power supply. The measuring apparatus includes a mover that moves at least one of supplier and receiver electrodes of the noncontact power supply to measurement positions decided in advance, a meter that measures a measurement of the noncontact power supply at each measurement position, and a processor that calculates the power supplying efficiency of the noncontact power supply at each measurement position based on a measured value of the measurement. The processor specifies a region area of a region on the plane on which the electrodes move where the power supplying efficiency is within a designated range that has been designated in advance and generates area data indicating the region area.
US11050305B2
Embodiments herein provide a device for calibrating a voltage driven by a PWM signal for a circuit board. The device includes a controller configured to generate the PWM signal according to a PWM duty cycle value, and a voltage regulator configured to generate an output voltage according to the PWM signal. The controller is further configured to calibrate a relationship between the PWM duty cycle value and the output voltage based on a plurality of configured PWM duty cycle values and a plurality of corresponding voltages measured from the voltage regulator, and drive the circuit board by configuring the PWM duty cycle value based on the calibrated relationship.
