US11046772B2
The present invention provides a method of cell culture comprising adding a cell-containing seed medium to an initial medium and starting to culture the cell in the initial medium, wherein the initial medium has an organism-derived culture medium additive added thereto and the amount of the C-terminal amidated species in the produced protein is controlled by the copper content of the initial medium at the start of cell culture.
US11046762B2
Charged or pro-charged cross-linking moieties and conjugates of cell binding agents and drugs comprising the charged or pro-charged cross-linking moieties and method of making the same.
US11046755B2
The invention relates to antibodies, antibody fragments and binding agents that specifically recognize oligomeric tau but do not bind to monomeric tau, fibrillar tau or non-disease associated forms of tau.
US11046750B2
This disclosure relates to recombinant or chimeric FVIII proteins, variants, and vectors encoding the proteins containing one or more ancestral mutations. In certain embodiments, one or more protein domains comprise amino acid sequences that are derived from ancestrally reconstructed amino acid sequences. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the proteins or vectors and related methods of inducing blood clotting.
US11046737B2
The present invention provides silk fibroin micro-particles having a high crystallinity index (1.3-1.5) and low sphericity index (≤0.01) and a process for the preparation thereof. The high crystallinity index confers longer degradation periods to the instant silk fibroin micro-particles, therefore facilitating their use in biomedical applications.
US11046724B2
This invention provides methods, processes, compounds and compositions for modulating the gene expression or secretion of adhesion proteins, angiopoietins or their receptors to cure diseases, for anti-angiogenesis and for treating parasites, wherein the adhesion proteins or receptors comprise fibronectin, integrins family, myosin, vitronectin, collagen, laminin, glycosylation cell surface proteins, polyglycans, cadherin, heparin, tenascin, CD 54, CAM, elastin and FAK; wherein the angiopoietins comprise angiopoietin 1, angiopoietin 2, angiopoietin 3, angiopoietin 4, angiopoietin 5, angiopoietin 6, angiopoietin 7, angiopoietin-like 1, angiopoietin-like 2, angiopoietin-like 3, angiopoietin-like 4, angiopoietin-like 5, angiopoietin-like 6, and angiopoietin-like 7; wherein the cancers comprise breast cancer, leukocyte cancer, liver cancer, ovarian cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer, bone cancer, brain cancer, leukemia cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, CNS cancer, melanoma cancer, renal cancer, cervical cancer, esophageal cancer, testicular cancer, spleenic cancer, kidney cancer, lymphatic cancer, pancreas cancer, stomach cancer and thyroid cancer.
US11046715B2
The present disclosure relates to boronic derivatives of hydroxamate compounds, methods for making the same, methods for use as a monotherapy or in combination with one or more other therapeutic agents, for treatment of proliferative diseases such as cancer. The present disclosure also teaches the utilization of said boronic derivatives of hydroxamates as epigenetic therapy medications with enhanced bioavailability, lower-toxicity, and longer-lasting efficacy.
US11046714B2
The present invention is directed to 2,2-difluorodioxolo compounds that are antagonists of A2A receptor. The present invention is also directed to uses of the 2,2-difluorodioxolo compounds described herein in the potential treatment or prevention of neurological disorders and diseases in which A2A receptor are involved. The present invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to uses of these pharmaceutical compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which A2A receptors are involved.
US11046704B2
The present invention concerns metallated porphyrin derivatives as ligands of G-quadruplex and their novel use as anti-viral agents.
US11046702B2
Imidazopyrimidine and imidazotriazine derivative, and pharmaceutical composition comprising the same
The present disclosure provides a compound of Chemical Formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same: wherein X, Z, R1 and R2 are as defined in the specification. The compound of Chemical Formula (1) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof acts as a positive allosteric modulator of metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5), thereby being useful in the prevention or treatment of disorder mediated by glutamate dysfunction and mGluR5.
US11046695B2
There is described herein use of a compound of formula (I) below to make cyclic peptides.
US11046690B2
Disclosed are compounds according to Formula (I), and related pharmaceutical compositions. Also disclosed are therapeutic methods, e.g., of treating kidney diseases, using the compounds of Formula (I).
US11046684B2
Provided are a compound of formula (I), a stereoisomer, a tautomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, use thereof as a selective inhibitor for FGFR4 kinase and use thereof in manufacturing a medicament or pharmaceutical composition for treating diseases due to FGFR4 or FGF19. The compound disclosed by the invention has selective and significant inhibitory activities against FGFR4, and has wide application prospect in the field of tumor treatment.
US11046682B2
The present invention relates to fused heterocyclic derivatives, processes for their preparation and their use in medicine. Specifically, the present invention relates to a novel derivative represented by the formula (I′), or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing the derivative or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and the method for preparing the derivative and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of the derivative and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutical composition containing the derivative and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the preparation of medicines, in particularly as IDO inhibitor medicines, for treating and/or preventing cancers. Wherein each substituent of the formula (I′) is the same as defined in the specification.
US11046680B1
Compounds of Formula (I) and Formula (II), pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, stereoisomers of any of the foregoing, or mixtures thereof are agonists of the APJ Receptor and may have use in treating cardiovascular and other conditions. Compounds of Formula I and Formula II have the following structures: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
US11046679B2
The present invention belongs to the field of medical technology. Particularly, the present invention relates to a compound shown in formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a stereoisomer of the same. X, Y, Z, R1, R2, R3, R1a, R2a, m, and n are as defined in the specification. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical preparations and pharmaceutical compositions of these compounds and a use thereof in preparing a drug for treating a related disease mediated by abnormal indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO).
US11046674B2
Crystalline forms of compound 6-(6,7-dimethoxyquinazolin-4-yloxy)-N,2-dimethylbenzofuran-3-carboxamide, pharmaceutical compositions and the methods of preparation and the use thereof.
US11046671B2
This invention relates to new benzazepine carboxamide compounds of the formula wherein X and R1 to R6 are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds are TLR8 agonists and may therefore be useful as medicaments for the treatment of diseases such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, inflammation, sepsis, allergy, asthma, graft rejection, graft-versus-host disease, immunodeficiencies, and infectious diseases.
US11046668B2
Compounds and compositions of matter are provided that are small molecule antimicrobials. The compounds are selected from JH-144, TH-04 or TH-08 or combinations thereof. Compositions of matter are provided which in an embodiment may comprise a carrier, and in further embodiments may comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, film, biofilm or edible film. Methods of use are provided in which the composition may be administered to a subject in need thereof, and in an embodiment where the subject has a bacterial infection. Other embodiments provide the composition may be contacted with surface to eliminate or reduce bacteria.
US11046655B2
A compound represented by the formula (1) is provided: wherein A1 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, —NR5— or —PR5—; at least one A1 is —NR5— or —PR5—; R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, a cycloalkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylsulfenyl group, a cycloalkylsulfenyl group, an arylsulfenyl group or a disubstituted amino group; R2 and R3 represent an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group, a cycloalkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylsulfenyl group, a cycloalkylsulfenyl group, an arylsulfenyl group, a monovalent heterocyclic group, a halogen atom or a disubstituted amino group; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, —C(R6)3, —OR7, —N(R7)2 or —Si(R7)3; m represents an integer of 0 to 3; and n represents an integer of 0 to 4.
US11046653B2
Disclosed in the present invention were a fluorosulfonyl-containing compound, an intermediate thereof, a preparation method therefor and use thereof. The fluorosulfonyl-containing compound disclosed in the present invention comprises a cation and an anion, the cation being as shown in Formula (1). The fluorosulfonyl-containing compound of the present invention can react with a substrate to efficiently synthesize a fluorosulfonylation product, has low toxicity, was simple to prepare, was convenient to use, and was in a solid stable state at normal temperature. Furthermore, the compound has a wide range of adaptable substrates, including phenolic compounds and amine compounds, and was the only solid form agent that can achieve such a chemical conversion, and therefore has important academic and application value.
US11046652B2
Compounds of Formula I are provided: R1 is —OR5, m is an integer from 0 to 5, n is an integer from 0 to 2, each R2 is independently selected from hydrogen, halogen, and alkyl, R3 is selected from hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, hydroxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, aralkyloxyalkyl, aralkyl, alkylaminoalkyl, dialkylaminoalkyl, aralkylaminoalkyl, and heterocycloalkyl, R5 is an alkyl, each R4 is independently hydrogen or alkyl, and each of R2, R3, R4, and R5 is independently optionally substituted. Compounds of Formula I are included in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of a subject exposed to a botulinum toxin.
US11046631B2
The invention relates to a novel solid form of diphenol compound. A process for the preparation of diphenol prills having a spherical shape is disclosed. Said process comprising providing a molten composition comprising from 50 to 100 wt. % of a diphenol compound or a mixture of at least two diphenol compounds, and less than 0.1 wt. % of water; forcing said molten composition through at least one droplet generator means to form droplets; and cooling said droplets to form solid diphenol prills. The diphenol prills obtainable by said process are also one subject-matter of the invention.
US11046624B1
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system and method for producing a linear alpha olefin. A disulfide, a hydrogen donating compound, and water are combined to produce a mixture. The mixture is introduced to a reactor operated at a pressure equal to or greater than 22.06 MPa and a temperature equal to or greater than 374 deg. C. to produce an effluent stream. The effluent stream is separated to produce a product stream including the linear alpha olefin. The disulfide can be a compound of formula R—S—S—R′ where R is a first alkyl group having carbon atoms ranging from 1 to 12 and R′ is a second alkyl group having carbon atoms ranging from 5 to 12. The hydrogen donating compound can include a partially hydrogenated multi-ring aromatic compound.
US11046621B2
The honeycomb structure is equipped with a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having a porous partition wall that defines a plurality of cells extending from an inflow end face to an outflow end face and serving as a through channel of a fluid and a circumferential wall placed to surround the circumference of the partition wall. The honeycomb structure body has, in a face orthogonal to an extending direction of the cells of the honeycomb structure body, a circumferential cell structure, a center cell structure, and a boundary wall placed at a boundary between the circumferential cell structure and the center cell structure and incomplete cells of 5% or more to 50% or less of the total number of the incomplete cells of the center cell structure is communicated with incomplete cells of the circumferential cell structure with each other.
US11046605B2
Random copolymers from itaconic acid and/or isomers and sodium alkenyl sulfonates are obtained by polymerization in an aqueous solution via free radicals at an acidic pH in the range from 1.0 to 3.5 and with a redox system as initiator were described. The copolymers can be used as calcium carbonate and calcium, strontium and barium sulfates mineral scale inhibitors and as dispersants of clays, iron oxides, calcium carbonate and strontium, barium and calcium sulfates. Random copolymers prevent and control damage in an oil reservoir, obstruction of water injection and crude oil production pipelines, and in production rigs due to mineral scale precipitation caused by high levels of salinity of the injection water and formation water. Random copolymers are tolerant to high concentrations of divalent ions, such as calcium, magnesium, strontium and barium, and can be added to the reservoir and to injection or production pipelines, treated water, sea water and water that is used as means of transportation. The copolymers can also be used to inhibit and disperse mineral scale occurring in cooling systems and boilers used in the oil and chemistry industry.
US11046604B2
Wastewater containing a significant level of dissolved readily biodegradable organic compounds matter, such as short-chain fatty acids, and ammonia can be efficiently treated to remove most or all of the organic compounds and the ammonia, with the production of microbial storage compounds such as polyhydroxylkanoates, by (i) subjecting the wastewater storage compound-accumulating microorganisms (SCAM) in the presence of oxygen, (ii) subjecting at least part of the resulting partly treated wastewater to ammonia-oxidising microorganisms (AOM) in the presence of oxygen and (iii) feeding a gas containing molecular carbon dioxide produced during step (ii) to step (i) so as to lower the pH in step (i).
US11046587B2
A continuous process for preparing a zeolitic material comprising (i) preparing a mixture comprising a source of YO2, optionally a source of X2O3, and a liquid solvent system; (ii) continuously feeding the mixture prepared in (i) into a continuous flow reactor at a liquid hourly space velocity in the range of from 0.3 to 20 h−1 for a duration of at least 1 h; and (iii) crystallizing the zeolitic material from the mixture in the continuous flow reactor, wherein the mixture is heated to a temperature in the range of from 100 to 300° C.; wherein the volume of the continuous flow reactor is in the range of from 150 cm3 to 75 m3, as well as to zeolitic materials which may be obtained according to the inventive process and to their use.
US11046586B2
Compositions and methods for preparing mesoporous and/or mesostructured materials from low SAR zeolites are provided herewith. In particular, methods are provided that involve: (a) providing a low SAR zeolite, (b) optionally subjecting the low SAR zeolite to an acid framework modification, and (c) subjecting the framework-modified zeolite to a mesopore formation treatment. The resulting mesoporous zeolites can have bi-modal mesoporosity and higher aluminum contents relative to existing mesoporous zeolites.
US11046585B2
A multi-atomic layered material and methods of making and using the same are described. The material can include a first 2D non-carbon mono-element atomic layer, a second 2D non-carbon mono-element atomic layer, and intercalants positioned between the first and second atomic layers.
US11046559B2
A lifting device includes a motor designed as a three-phase asynchronous motor via which the lifting device can be driven to lift and lower a load, and includes a brake resistor via which a power output resulting from a motor generator operation that is carried out when lowering the load at a lowering speed can be converted into heat. The brake resistor is designed for a rated power which is less than the power resulting with a nominal load and a nominal speed. A method for operating a lifting device includes lowering a load at a lowering speed while taking into consideration at least one load capacity characteristic value of the brake resistor for the lowering speed, a threshold is set such that while lowering the load at the lowering speed corresponding to the threshold, the resulting power output is limited to the at least one load capacity characteristic value.
US11046554B2
The invention describes a footrest for a stairlift chair in which the safety mechanisms included in the footrest are enveloped in a flexible cover that allows the safety mechanisms to function in the intended manner yet prevents the intrusion of dirt and objects that might interfere with the operation of the safety mechanisms. Various further features are described to enhance the aesthetics of the chair.
US11046553B2
An elevator automatic rescue and energy-saving control method, the method comprising: when the power grid supplies power normally, selecting a single current in a three-phase power grid (9) as an AC power supply for an elevator control system (10); controlling a DC-DC converter (2) to charge the super capacitor module (1) connected to the DC-DC converter to a specified standby electric energy level; and when the power grid is suddenly interrupted, selecting to use the electric energy stored in the super capacitor module (1) as a rescue electric energy for a traction motor (7) and the elevator control system (10). The described method uses a super capacitor module, so that a stable and reliable elevator rescue power supply is provided when the power grid is suddenly interrupted, and the regenerative electric energy dissipated during elevator braking operation is stored and utilized during elevator operation, thereby conserving energy.
US11046548B2
A cutting apparatus cuts a fabric using a rotary blade and a fixed blade that are built into a cutter head. The fixed blade is linked, to the other-end side of a swing arm of which one end is pivotally fitted on a blade frame by a swing shaft. The fixed blade is urged by a coil spring connected to the one-end side of the swing arm. When a prescribed resistance force is applied to the fixed blade, a position sensor detects movement of the swing arm, a fixed blade drive cylinder drives the swing arm in response to the detection, and the fixed blade is moved to an accommodation position that is above the position during cutting and that is on an opposite side in the advancing direction of the cutter head.
US11046544B2
An apparatus for controlling cross curl in corners of sheets between in-line transports includes a curved baffle placed between the two transports. A thin layer of high velocity air is applied to the curved baffle only at lead edge corner regions of the sheets. The high velocity air layer, which will have a tendency to follow the curved baffle (Coanda effect), will divert corners of the sheets (Bernoulli effect) towards the curved baffle. By positioning a curved baffle between the two transports and by applying a uniform air stream to it, a lower pressure area will be created. This will flatten the corners of the sheets and ensure passage between downstream baffles and acquisition by a downstream transport.
US11046535B2
A storage apparatus for bulk material, in particular wood chips, is provided, the storage apparatus including a bunker for receiving the bulk material and a conveyor apparatus for transporting the bulk material. The conveyor apparatus is arranged within the bunker. The conveyor apparatus is a belt conveyor for transporting the bulk material. A method of controlling uniform filling of a bunker of a storage apparatus is also provided.
US11046531B2
A transport bag for the hanging transportation of goods by a transport device extending in a transport direction, the transport bag having a rear wall oriented in a transverse direction to the transport direction and a front wall oriented in a transverse direction to the transport direction, which are moveably connected to one another at an upper bag end and a lower bag end in such a way that the front wall can move relative to the rear wall between a filling position in which same is at a first distance to the rear wall, and an empty position in which same is at a second distance to the rear wall, which second distance is smaller than the first distance, and which transport bag can be connected in a hanging manner to the transport device by a connection means attached at the top on the rear wall.
US11046527B2
Disclosed is a chain disk corner. In certain embodiments, the chain disk corner includes a bi-directional orientation independent chain disk corner wheel. In particular, the wheel is molded and devoid of moving parts. In certain embodiments, the chain disk corner includes a window portion. In particular, a bottom housing subassembly includes a bottom body of an opaque material and a hingedly attached window portion. In certain embodiments, the chain disk corner includes a reinforcing washer. In particular, a top washer is attached by injection molding to an interior of the top body, and/or a bottom washer is attached by injection molding to an interior of the bottom body. In certain embodiments, the chain disk corner includes a top surface devoid of pockets. In particular, a top body includes a plurality of ribs positioned at an interior surface of the top body.
US11046524B2
A transport system includes a guide rail having a loop-wound pathway with straight portions and curved portions linking the straight portions. A carriage is movable along the guide rail, a first and a second shaft being mounted on the carriage transversely to the carriage movement direction. A first pair of rollers are mounted rotatably on the first shaft so that a first roller contacts the internal wall of the guide rail and a second roller contacts the external wall of the guide rail. A second pair of rollers mounted rotatably on the second shaft include a first roller in contact with the internal wall of the guide rail and a second roller in contact with the external wall. The first and the second shaft are mounted on the carriage for pivoting about an axis perpendicular to the carriage.
US11046520B2
A log lifting device for raising a log into a cutting position includes a cylinder, a handle, and a wedge. The handle is coupled to and extends from the cylinder equally distant from opposing ends of the cylinder. The wedge is coupled to and extends from the cylinder proximate to the handle. The wedge is substantially perpendicular to the handle. The wedge is configured to be positioned beneath a felled log, positioning a user to grasp and pull on the handle to rotate the cylinder to apply a lifting force to the log so that the log is supported upon the handle above a surface. The log thus is positioned to be safely cut by the user using a chain saw, or other log cutting implement.
US11046519B2
A delivery system generates a pick sheet containing a plurality of SKUs based upon an order. A loaded pallet is imaged to identify the SKUs on the loaded pallet, which are compared to the order prior to the loaded pallet leaving the distribution center. The loaded pallet may be imaged while being wrapped with stretch wrap. At the point of delivery, the loaded pallet may be imaged again and analyzed to compare with the pick sheet.
US11046517B2
Provided is an automated vertical transfer system for a site that includes one or more mezzanines or other structures that create different operational vertical planes. The system may include a robot controller and one or more robots that operate exclusively on one of the different operational vertical planes. The robot controller may synchronize and/or coordinate the operations of the robots and/or other devices so that objects may be transferred across planes while each robot remains and continues operations on one plane.
US11046513B2
A pallet cart including a mechanism to help secure the cart to a forklift. The cart can move through a warehouse with racks of goods and receive signals and store information about the inventory on the racks. The unit can be moved to another location with a forklift. The security mechanism can comprise one or more magnets, retractable structures or other structures to secure the cart to the steel fork of a forklift during transport.
US11046510B2
A container for transporting flowable filling material includes a tank with a gas connection to which a protective gas line can be connected. A sensor device including an adapter element and a telemetry module is connected to the gas connection of the tank by the adapter device. The adapter element has a gas connection piece and a medium channel. A protective gas line can be connected to the gas connection piece of the adapter when the adapter is connected to the gas connection of the tank so that a protective gas can be guided through the gas connection piece and the medium channel of the adapter and into an interior of the tank. The telemetry module has a sensor that senses data relating to a state parameter of the container and/or filling material and a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the data.
US11046502B2
A beverage dispenser having replaceable dispensing components allows beverage-contacting elements to be removed and replaced. A needle or other conduit arrangement may be adapted for replacement, and the needle may be adapted to be inserted through a cork or other closure of a beverage container. A dispensing outlet may also be replaceable, allowing all beverage-contacting components to be replaced. The needle or other conduit may be engagable with a dispenser body by inserting a distal end of the needle into and through an opening in the body. A dispensing outlet may secure the needle to the body in an operation that fluidly connects the dispensing outlet to the needle.
US11046498B2
An M-type inflatable bag includes a bottom wall, two side walls, two protective walls and two connecting portions. The bottom wall includes a plurality of bottom gas columns. Each of the side walls includes a plurality of side gas columns. Each side wall is located on two opposite sides of the bottom wall. The side walls and the bottom wall are divided at a joint to form a receiving space and a limiting space. The protective walls include a plurality of protective gas columns, and the protective walls are separately located outside the side walls. The connecting portion includes a plurality of first heat sealing nodes adjacent to the side wall and a plurality of second heat sealing nodes adjacent to the bottom wall. When the side wall and the bottom wall are bent, a buffer bump is formed between a first virtual bending line and a second virtual bending line.
US11046487B2
A container has a base and a lid defining a first compartment therebetween for storing unused consumable product portions, wherein at least the lid or the base includes a separating element which is stretchable to enable a user to form or enlarge a second compartment for storing used consumable product portions on the other side of the separating element to the first compartment.
US11046486B2
Various embodiments of containers are described having child-resistant closures. The containers can include a body having at least one wall that at least partially defines a hollow interior portion into which goods or other products can be stored. A wall of at least one of the body and cap can include a set of apertures that collectively define a compression region, which acts a living spring to allow compression of the wall to permit seating of lugs or other projection within notches.
US11046485B2
A storage bag includes first and second side surfaces that form an interior of the bag with an opening to the interior. A first closure profile connected to the first side surface and positioned adjacent to the opening has a top edge and includes an interlocking member that extends between first and second sides of the first closure profile forms a lip between the interlocking member and the top edge. A second closure profile connected to the second side surface and positioned adjacent to the opening of the bag has a top edge and includes an interlocking member. A first portion of the lip of the second closure profile smoothly transitions into a third portion of the lip of the second closure profile, and the third portion of the lip of the second closure profile smoothly transitions into a second portion of the lip of the second closure profile.
US11046484B2
A novel flexible pouring spout guard that can be removably affixed to glasses, mugs, tumblers or other similar vessels used for holding beverages and other liquids and employed in pouring or drinking from such vessel, or in transferring liquids out of such vessel and into a bottle or other container, is described.
US11046483B2
A cup or food container has a coating formed of a styrene acrylic copolymer emulsion. There may be one or more coating layers on the inside surface of the cup or container. Importantly, the cup or container does not have any petroleum-based paraffin or polymer material or functionally similar hydrogenated triglyceride material coated on or incorporated in the cup or container. The paper substrate onto which the styrene acrylic copolymer emulsion is coated must have adequate sizing incorporated therein so that the coating forms a relatively smooth surface. Differently-sourced paper may require different amounts of sizing according to the particular paper being used. The cup or container may have a primer coating applied thereto before the styrene acrylic copolymer is coated on. Optionally, the uncoated paper stock that forms the cup or food container is calendared between rolls before coating.
US11046476B2
A latchable package comprises: a support (200) for supporting one or more items; a structure (300) for selectively blocking access to the one or more items; and a latchable insert (400). The latchable insert comprises a substantially planar tab member that is coupled to the support such that the insert and support are movable together in an opening direction from a first position in which the structure blocks access to the one or more items to a second position in which the one or more items are accessibly clear of the structure. The structure and the latchable insert comprise co-operating latch features (380) configured to engage when the insert and support are arranged in the first position.
US11046475B2
A meal packaging and presentation system includes a base, a front panel connected to the base at a low front edge seam, a first side panel connected to the base at a first low side edge seam, a second side panel connected to the base at a second low side edge seam, a rear panel connected to the base at a low rear edge seam, a first top flap connected to the first side panel at a first top side edge seam, a second top flap connected to the second side panel at a second top side edge seam, a front top flap connected to the front panel at a top front edge seam, and a rear top flap that connects to the rear panel at a top rear edge. An interior meal chamber is formed between the base, the front panel, the first side panel, the second side panel, the rear panel, the first top flap, and the second top flap when the system is in a closed state. The system is configured to transition between the closed state and an opened presentation state through manipulation of the front panel, the first side panel, the second panel, the rear panel, the first top flap, the second top flap, the front top flap, and the rear top flap.
US11046461B2
A method for repairing aircraft window laminates in which two plies have become separated to create a void, and wherein moisture may have entered through an edge of the window laminate and into the void. The method includes the steps of: placing the window laminate in a vacuum bag and inserting the vacuum bag containing the window laminate into an oven or autoclave for a minimum of ten minutes at a minimum temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit to remove the moisture between the plies; removing the vacuum bag and window laminate from the oven, and removing the window from the vacuum bag; forcing a needle on a syringe through the edge of the window laminate in the area of the void; and injecting an adhesive in the syringe into the void to fill the void with the adhesive.
US11046460B2
A holding fixture includes a first blade support assembly and a second blade support assembly. The second blade support assembly is spaced at a distance from the first blade support assembly and includes a base plate removably mounted to a milling machine, an adjustable conic support connectable to the base plate via a spacer block, and a blade adjustment assembly movable to control a pressure applied by the blade adjustment assembly.
US11046458B2
A light suitable for lighting take-off and landing runways and taxiways of airports that includes a housing cover provided with a light passage opening, an optical system including at least one light-emitting diode module with at least one LED-chain having a plurality of light-emitting diodes as light sources, a reflector, and a prism having a shape complementary to that of the light passage opening, an insert and a sealing ring, which is arranged between the housing cover and the insert. On an underside of the housing cover of the light, the at least one LED module and reflector are arranged in a first chamber, which is separated from a second chamber of the light by a seal including a flexible insulating and heat-conducting film arranged between the reflector and the underside of the housing cover.
US11046446B2
An aircraft including a nacelle disposed at a fixed location relative a wing member; a proprotor housing coupled to the nacelle, the proprotor housing configured to selectively rotate between a horizontal orientation and a non-horizontal orientation; a door pivotably coupled to the proprotor housing; and a linkage to connect the door and the nacelle, the linkage configured to move with the door from a closed position when the proprotor housing is in a horizontal orientation to an open position when the proprotor housing is in a non-horizontal orientation. In some embodiments, there can be a hinge member for hingedly coupling the door to the proprotor and/or nacelle. In other embodiments, the door includes a flexure portion. In some embodiments, the nacelle includes a plurality of doors. In other embodiments, proprotor includes a forward portion and a stationary aft portion; wherein the forward portion is configured to selectively pivot.
US11046441B2
An environmental control system includes a cross-flow heat exchanger, a first valve, and a second valve. The heat exchanger includes three cores each with their own respective inlet, outlet, and cold air passage. The first inlet is fluidly connected with a hot air source. The second outlet is fluidly connected to the first outlet. The third inlet is fluidly connected to the second inlet and to a hot air destination. The first valve is fluidly connected with the hot air source, the second inlet, and the third inlet. The first valve is positioned in-line between the hot air source and the second and third inlets. The second valve is fluidly connected to the hot air destination, to the first outlet, and to the second outlet. The second valve is positioned in-line between the hot air destination and the first and second outlets.
US11046438B2
An example seat pan for an aircraft includes a first portion having a first end and a second portion that is adjacent to the first portion and is adjustable to be in a first position in which the second portion forms a seating surface together with the first portion, the seating surface having a width that is wider than a width of the first end of the first portion. The second portion is adjustable to alternatively be in a second position in which the first end of the first portion extends beyond the second portion to be insertable into a footwell.
US11046435B2
A keep-out assembly for a stowage bin assembly positioned above at least a portion of one or more seats within a vehicle includes a keep-out lens and a keep-out bracket. The keep-out lens is pellucid and extends between an inner edge and an outer edge. The keep-out lens has a top surface and a bottom surface. The keep-out mounting bracket has a base configured to be mounted to the stowage bin assembly at a top of the stowage bin assembly. The keep-out mounting bracket has a support arm extending from the base. The support arm engages the keep-out lens and supports the bottom surface of the keep-out lens at an elevated position above the stowage bin assembly.
US11046432B1
Described is an unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) that includes a lifting propulsion mechanism that is circumferentially-driven and includes a propeller assembly and a propeller rim enclosure. The propeller assembly includes a plurality of propeller blades that extend radially and are coupled to an inner side of a substantially circular propeller rim that encompasses the propeller blades. Permanent magnets are coupled to an outer side of the propeller rim. The propeller rim and the magnets are positioned within a cavity of the propeller rim enclosure such that the propeller rim will rotate within the propeller rim enclosure. Also within the cavity of the propeller rim enclosure are electromagnets that are used to cause the propeller rim to rotate.
US11046416B2
A vehicle includes a fuselage having a longitudinal axis and a propulsion system that is coupled to the fuselage. The vehicle also includes a pair of articulated appendages that is coupled to the fuselage. Each one of the articulated appendages includes a plurality of airfoil segments and is moveable between a ground configuration, in which each one of the pair of articulated appendages supports the vehicle during takeoff or landing of the vehicle, and a flight configuration, in which each one of the pair of articulated appendages produces lift during flight of the vehicle.
US11046404B2
A drive system is provided for propelling a ship through water. The drive system has two propellers. The propellers are coaxial so that one propeller engages the incoming water first, and the other propeller engages the water after it passes through the first propeller. The drive system has a stator that causes a first rotor to rotate. The first rotor is connected to, the first propeller to cause the first propeller to rotate. The first rotor also causes a second rotor to rotate. The second rotor is connected to the second propeller to cause the second propeller to rotate.
US11046395B2
A vessel (1) with a transfer installation for cargo and persons towards an offshore construction (12) comprises means for stabilizing its position at sea relative to the offshore construction (12), a telescopically extendable beam assembly (2) that comprises telescopable beam elements (2a, 2b), which beam assembly (2) with its one outer end (15) is rotatably connected to the vessel (1) by means of an axle system (7a, 8a, 9a), and a driving device designed to bring the other outer end (16) of the telescopically extendable beam assembly (2) in contact with a landing provision (13) of the offshore construction (12). The telescopically extendable beam assembly (2) is provided with means for moving a transportation carriage (14) back and forth between both outer ends (15, 16) along the telescopically extendable beam assembly (2), wherein the transportation carriage (14) is provided with a support (20) for carrying the cargo and persons.
US11046388B2
A drive system includes an electric motor, first and second electrical contacts, and a microcontroller configured or programmed to control an operation of the electric motor based on first and second signals regarding states of the first and second electrical contacts. After determining that a first state in which the first signal and the second signal both indicate OFF is detected, if it is determined that a second state in which the first signal and the second signal both indicate ON is detected, the microcontroller performs a control that causes the electric motor to generate motive power. If it is determined that the first state is not detected, the microcontroller does not perform a control that causes the electric motor to generate motive power, even if both of the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact take an ON state.
US11046386B2
A control device is provided for controlling for a brake system of a human-powered vehicle that includes a rotary body and a brake device that brakes the rotary body. The control device of the brake system includes an acquisition portion acquiring information related to at least one of the rotary body and the brake device to appropriately brake the rotary body with the brake device.
US11046383B2
A motorcycle footrest mount is attachable to a motorcycle adjacent an engine of the motorcycle where a motorcycle frame includes a mount or attaching a crash bar to the motorcycle frame. The footrest mount includes a body that connects to the motorcycle frame mount and a clam shell clamp that connects to a portion of the crash bar. A mounting arm connected to the body carries an adjustable mounting member that is configured to mount a footrest assembly.
US11046382B2
A footrest mount adapter includes a planar body with an upper portion and a lower portion extending at an angle relative to the upper portion. A mounting flange extends from a rear surface of the upper portion of the body for connecting the adapter to a pivot bracket on a motorcycle. The lower portion includes a footrest mount on a front surface for mounting a footrest.
US11046373B2
Providing a movement control means for detecting a collision between a driving wheel and a step and a catch of a driven wheel by the step and temporarily changing a gravity center control region of a mobile device and moving the mobile device to pass over the step, and a mobile device including the same in order to prevent immovability under an environment having a step or an irregularity. Thus, a mobile device is configured to include: a lower body; an upper body provided in an upper portion of the lower body; a gravity center position adjustment means for changing an angle or a position of the upper body with respect to the lower body; and a driving wheel and a driven wheel provided in a lower portion of the lower body, and during movement in a direction in which the driving wheel is on a front side and the driven wheel is on a rear side, the gravity center position adjustment means inclines or moves the upper body to the front side when the driven wheel passes over the step, and moves the upper body toward an original angle or position after the driven wheel passes over the step.
US11046369B2
A lower vehicle-body structure of the present invention comprises a vehicle floor, a first floor cross member extending in a vehicle width direction, a second floor cross member extending in the vehicle width direction, the second floor cross member being spaced, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, apart from the first floor cross member, a side sill extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction and provided at an end portion, in the vehicle width direction, of the vehicle floor, a floor frame extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction and provided on an inward side, in the vehicle width direction, of the side sill, and attaching members for attaching a seat to a vehicle body. The attaching members are fixed to the side sill, the first floor cross member, and/or the second floor cross member.
US11046362B1
Mower castor swivel and steering control systems may include a pair of castor wheel engaging assemblies carried by the lawnmower frame of the riding lawnmower. The pair of castor wheel engaging assemblies may be configured for selective actuation to prevent swiveling of the pair of front castor wheels, respectively, on the riding lawnmower. At least one actuating device may operably engage the pair of castor wheel engaging assemblies. The at least one actuating device may be configured to actuate the pair of castor wheel engaging assemblies responsive to selective actuation by a mower operator of the riding lawnmower. A castor wheel steering assembly may operably engage the pair of castor wheel engaging assemblies. The castor wheel steering assembly may be configured to steer the pair of front castor wheels responsive to selective actuation by the mower operator simultaneous with actuation of the at least one actuating device.
US11046343B2
A device has a cuboidal basket portion defining a cavity. A front pair of legs is attached to the basket portion such that the front legs are pivotable about a first axis, and each front leg has a wheel. A rear pair of legs is attached to the basket portion such that the rear legs are pivotable about a second axis, and each rear leg has a wheel. A handle is attached to the basket portion and is pivotable around a third axis. The device has a basket configuration in which the handle is located across and above the basket portion and the legs are collapsed with the wheels located adjacent to a base of the basket portion. The device has a trolley configuration in which the handle is located rearward of the basket portion and the legs are extended for supporting the basket portion.
US11046339B2
An assembly that includes a housing with a chamber formed within a bore of the housing. The assembly further includes a tapered center shaft disposed at least partially within the bore of the housing. The chamber includes an angled contact surface, a sliding wedge, and a load spring. The sliding wedge is positioned to apply a force onto the angled contact surface of the chamber. The sliding wedge is also positioned to apply a frictional force to a rod portion of the tapered center shaft. The load spring is compressed between a contact surface of the chamber and a contact surface of the sliding wedge. The load spring is positioned to apply a compressive force onto the contact surface of sliding wedge toward the angled contact surface of the chamber.
US11046337B2
A double axle drive includes at least one driving motor arranged between two drive axles, wherein the axis of rotation thereof extends transversely, in particular perpendicularly to the drive axles, where a wheel set shaft is drivable via a drive shaft of the driving motor via each transmission, and where the entire double axel drive is arranged in a housing unit that includes two housing parts.
US11046322B2
An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about the outside of the vehicle, a memory storing road information, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor and the memory. The control circuit generates a route which is toward a shoulder included in a road where the vehicle is traveling, when a control authority transition demand of the vehicle is ignored, adjusts an operational condition of an automatic lane change based on at least a portion of a speed of the vehicle, a speed of a following vehicle in a target lane of the route, or a distance between the vehicle and the following vehicle, and performs the automatic lane change toward the shoulder along the route, when the adjusted operational condition is satisfied.
US11046318B2
An apparatus for controlling drive of a vehicle includes an input device, and a control circuit. The control circuit performs a lane keeping control on a driving lane of the vehicle for a first time duration, when receiving a first input for changing a lane from the driver through the input device, performs a line access control such that the vehicle moves toward a line positioned in a direction of a target lane for the changing of the lane, after completing the lane keeping control for the first time duration, when receiving a second input for changing the lane from the driver through the input device after receiving the first input, and performs a lane entrance control toward the target lane when the line access control is completed within a second time duration.
US11046316B2
A regenerative braking control method of a hybrid vehicle may include: a vehicle condition determination operation of determining, by a controller, whether a vehicle speed and a driving mode satisfy conditions suitable for regenerative braking control of the hybrid vehicle; an accumulated count increasing operation of increasing, by the controller, an accumulated count of a reduction direction signal when the reduction direction signal is input from a two-way input device while the conditions are satisfied; an accumulated count reducing operation of reducing, by the controller, the accumulated count of the reduction direction signal depending on a count of the increase direction signal when the increase direction signal is input from the two-way input device while the conditions are satisfied; and a phased braking operation of increasing, by the controller, regenerative braking torque of a motor in phases depending on the accumulated count of the reduction direction signal.
US11046311B2
A vehicle control method is provide for automatically controlling an acceleration-deceleration rate control of a vehicle including starting and stopping. The vehicle control method performs the starting of the vehicle at a starting time with a first drive force which exceeds a starting friction force, which is a friction force acting on the vehicle at the starting time. Then, the vehicle control method switches to a second drive force after performing the starting. The second drive force is greater than the first drive force. The second drive force is a drive force that is necessary to make a headway distance to a preceding vehicle equal to a pre-set headway distance when there is a preceding vehicle. The second drive force is a drive force that is necessary to accelerate to a pre-set vehicle speed when there is no the preceding vehicle.
US11046296B2
A caliper bracket of a vehicle disk brake includes an axle coupling part, an extension part, a caliper attaching part and a swing arm coupling part. The axle coupling part is disposed on an opposite side to a disk rotor and is attached to a rear wheel axle passing through a center of the disk rotor. The extension part is extending from the axle coupling part. The swing arm coupling part is provided on the other side part of the extension part in the longitudinal direction and is coupled to a swing arm. The extension part is formed to linearly extend from the axle coupling part, and the swing arm coupling part is formed to have a cuboid shape protruding toward the opposite side to the disk rotor and capable of fitting with a coupling groove member provided for the swing arm.
US11046293B2
Systems and methods for facilitating an automatic adjustment of a braking system is provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method can comprise generating, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, a braking curve model based on braking usage pattern data corresponding to one or more vehicles. The computer-implemented method can also comprise adjusting, by the system, a supplemental braking component of the first vehicle based on a simulation of one or more braking components corresponding to the one or more vehicles, wherein the one or more braking components is represented by the braking curve model.
US11046287B1
A controller is integrated into a vehicle with the controller coupled to a fob detector and also coupled to a vehicle disabler. Examples of vehicle disablers include a brake transmission shift interlock (BTSI), a transmission shift interlock (TSI) and an air brake or electric parking brake of the vehicle. The fob detector can be provided along with the controller and separate from a mechanical key ignition of the vehicle, or can be a fob detector associated with a keyless ignition of the vehicle. A mobile fob is used as part of the system, carried on the person of an authorized driver of the vehicle. This fob can be provided separately from the vehicle, along with the controller, or can be a fob associated with a keyless entry of the vehicle. The controller causes the vehicle disabler to not be disengaged unless presence of the fob is detected by the fob detector.
US11046282B2
An airbag for a vehicle includes a main chamber that deploys and inflates toward a passenger and has an empty space formed therein. A delay chamber is disposed in the empty space of the main chamber and is connected with the main chamber through a connecting portion. The delay chamber inflates in the empty space of the main chamber by receiving gas from the main chamber through the connecting portion when the main chamber is deployed.
US11046280B2
Lateral airbag cushions for preventing or inhibiting inboard occupant excursion. Some embodiments may comprise an inflatable cushion configured to deploy adjacent to a vehicle seat laterally of a vehicle occupant and a tether coupled with the inflatable cushion. The tether may be configured to be coupled to the vehicle seat at opposite ends and may be configured to, upon deployment, form the inflatable cushion into a pocket or other lateral engagement structure adjacent to the vehicle occupant to engage a shoulder and/or arm region of the vehicle occupant to prevent or at least inhibit inboard/lateral excursion during an impact event.
US11046279B2
In a vehicle having a display mounted forward of a passenger seat on a dashboard and angled toward a driver seat adjacent the passenger seat, the display is moveable from the angled position to a position flush with the dashboard, and an airbag system is configured to deploy an airbag cushion that displaces the display from the angled position to the position flush with the dashboard to ensure that the airbag cushion has an adequate backup or support surface.
US11046277B2
An airbag unit for a motor vehicle safety device includes an inflatable airbag and a cover. The inflatable airbag is formed of flexible material and provided in a rolled and/or folded package. The cover extends around at least part of the package. The cover includes a first cover portion and a second cover portion. The first cover portion is located on a first side of the package, and at least a region of the second cover portion being located on an opposite second side of the package. The second cover portion is substantially flexible and is connected to or formed integrally with the first cover portion, and the first cover portion has a predetermined stable shape and is relatively rigid in comparison to the second cover portion.
US11046273B2
A seat belt status determining system and method for a vehicle that evaluate a seat belt and determine if it is buckled and if it is properly routed on a passenger. In order to evaluate the seat belt status, the system and method use seat belt sensors and cameras inside the vehicle cabin to generate data that is then analyzed in conjunction with machine learning techniques (e.g., supervised machine learning techniques implemented through the use of neural networks) to classify the seat belt status into one or more categories, such as: passenger not present, passenger present/seat belt not being worn, passenger present/seat belt being worn improperly, passenger present/seat belt being worn properly, and blocked view.
US11046272B2
A method for enabling a driving assistance function after an accident of a vehicle. The method initially including a reading-in step, in which at least one crash signal, as well as sensor data of at least one vehicle sensor and/or actuator data of at least one vehicle actuator, are read in. The reading-in step is executed while the vehicle is driven with the driving assistance function switched off. The method further includes processing the read-in sensor data and/or actuator data to determine a deviation from expected sensor data and/or expected actuator data; the processing then being carried out, if the crash signal signals an accident that has occurred. The method includes enabling the driving assistance function and/or the vehicle actuator, if the sensor data and/or the actuator data fulfill an enabling criterion within a predetermined time window and/or within a predetermined travel route of the vehicle.
US11046269B2
A vehicle bumper assembly (12) that includes a first energy absorbing member (22), a second energy absorbing member (24) and a vehicle facia member (26). The first energy absorbing member (22) is made of non-expanded polypropylene and is configured to directly attach to a vehicle body structure (14). The second energy absorbing member (24) is made of expanded polypropylene and is directly attached to a portion of the first energy absorbing member (22) spaced apart from the vehicle body structure (14). The vehicle facia member (26) is shaped and contoured for a predetermined vehicle body style. Further, the vehicle facia member (26) is configured to attach to the vehicle body structure (14). The vehicle facia member (26) covers and at least partially conceals the first energy absorbing member (22) and the second energy absorbing member (24).
US11046253B2
A storage bin that is assembled at the rear of a motor vehicle includes a molded part made from polymer material defining, in the mounted position of the bin: an upper supporting rim, a bin bottom situated below the upper supporting rim, and one or more sidewall portions. The molded part further includes two oblique rims extending between the upper supporting rim and the bin bottom. The molded part is traversed by a lateral opening forming a notch from above, the notch being bordered by the two oblique or vertical rims. The lateral opening is closed by an attached wall assembled to the two oblique or vertical rims.
US11046250B2
There is provided an electronic mirror system including: a measuring section that a measures a brightness of a vehicle exterior; an imaging section that captures images of rear lateral sides of a vehicle; a display section; an operation section; and a display control section that, in a case in which the brightness measured by the measuring section is less than or equal to a set threshold value, and the vehicle is operated by the operation section so as to travel rearward, switches the imaging range of the imaging section to the second imaging range, and makes a luminous intensity of a dark portion, which is a portion within the display surface of an image displayed on the display surface and whose luminous intensity is lower than a set luminous intensity, be higher than a luminous intensity of the dark portion before the vehicle travels rearward.
US11046246B2
An alarm apparatus mounted on a vehicle is provided to output an alarm sound around the vehicle. The alarm apparatus generates a sound wave signal having a frequency that is hardly masked by an environmental sound, and outputs an alarm sound based on the sound wave signal.
US11046236B2
The light source of the present disclosure spot-irradiates a distant place in front of a vehicle. The turn on/off circuit supplies a driving current ILD to the light source 120 to turn on the light source. The swivel mechanism swivels the light source. The turn on/off circuit reduces a light quantity of the light source as a swivel angle θ of the swivel mechanism is large.
US11046229B1
A cup holder integrated with a passenger seat is disclosed. The cup holder comprises a pair of prongs and a back piece. The prongs and the back piece are configured to move between a stowed upright position and a service position relative to the back of the passenger seat. The back piece is configured to cover the prongs when the prongs and the back piece are in the stowed upright position. The prongs are configured to hold a container in the service position. The back piece is configured to support the container in the service position.
US11046218B2
A seat frame fastening assembly for laterally fastening a seat frame in a vehicle, wherein the seat frame fastening assembly comprises a holding rail arranged in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and a lateral element laterally fastened to a seat frame and coupled to the holding rail. The holding rail comprises a first power- and/or data-transfer interface and the lateral holding element comprises a second power- and/or data-transfer interface. The second power- and/or data-transfer interface is furthermore arranged in the lateral holding element such that a position of the second power- and/or data-transfer interface corresponds to a position of the first power- and/or data-transfer interface when the lateral holding element is coupled to the holding rail. Furthermore, a seat frame has such a seat frame fastening assembly, a vehicle portion has a corresponding seat frame and a vehicle has such a vehicle portion.
US11046210B2
A slide device includes a lower rail, an upper rail, a lock member, and a lock release member. The upper rail is coupled to the lower rail in a movable manner. The lock member is configured to restrict movement of the upper rail relative to the lower rail. The lock release member is configured to release a lock by the lock member. The lock release member includes a bracket fixed to the upper rail. A cover is attached to the bracket.
US11046206B2
A battery module, including a cell stack having a first battery cell and a second battery cell; a first bus bar connected to the cell stack and having a first polarity; a second bus bar connected to the cell stack and having a second polarity opposite to the first polarity; a short-circuit unit that moves toward the first bus bar and the second bus bar in response to receiving an expanding force caused by a volume increase of the first battery cell and the second battery cell, so that the first bus bar and the second bus bar are electrically connected to generate a short circuit; and a cartridge that at least partially accommodates each of the first bus bar, the second bus bar and the short-circuit unit.
US11046201B2
An electric vehicle charging station system having, at least: an EV charging station that includes a supply part configured to supply electric energy to at least one vehicle battery, a computing device configured to manage supplying of electric energy to electric vehicles, and a transactions module of a station application stored in and executable by the computing device of the EV charging station. The transactions module and other modules of or associated with the EV charging station or an electric vehicle can leverage asymmetric cryptography and peer-to-peer networks and systems to provide secure supplying of electric energy from the EV charging station to an electric vehicle and recording of information on the station supplying electric energy to the vehicles.
US11046199B2
An electric vehicle includes a main battery, a power converter, a relay, and a controller. The power converter is a device that converts power of the main battery to drive electric power for a motor. The power converter includes a voltage sensor that measures an input voltage. The relay is connected between the main battery and the power converter. The controller stores an output value of the voltage sensor as an offset value at time after a vehicle main switch is turned on and before the relay is closed. The controller controls the power converter based on a value acquired by subtracting the offset value from the output value of the voltage sensor after the relay is closed. The controller opens the relay when a value acquired by subtracting the offset value from the travel-time output value exceeds a first voltage threshold.
US11046191B2
A drive system including: a battery; a power generation device (PGD) including a power generator (PG) mounted to an engine shaft and an inverter converting AC-voltage of the PG into DC-voltage; a drive device (DD) including a motor driving a driven component and an inverter performing bi-directional conversion between AC-voltage of the motor and DC-voltage; a switching device (SD) including a plurality of switches switching a connection of the battery and the PGD at both ends of the DD between a series connection (S-connection) and a parallel connection (P-connection) for connection; a reactor arranged between the battery and SD or between the PGD and the DD; and a controller controlling each of the SD, PGD, and DD, wherein the controller uses, when a speed of the driven component is being changed, the SD to fix the connection of the battery and PGD to S-connection or P-connection after alternately switching the connection between the S-connection and the P-connection.
US11046190B2
A pressing member is used for pressing semiconductor modules and cooling pipes which are alternately disposed, and includes a plate and an elastic member. The plate includes a contact plate section that faces an end surface of the fixed unit in the fixed direction and contacts with the end surface of the fixed unit, and plate ribs standing in the fixed direction from an end portion of the contact plate section in a width direction of the contact plate section. The elastic member is disposed in a side of the plate opposite to a side of the plate where the fixed unit is disposed, the elastic member pressing the plate towards a fixed unit side in the fixed direction. The contact plate section has an inner plate surface including a concave surface formed at a portion apart from the plate ribs in a contact region.
US11046184B1
A cluster includes a segment liquid crystal display (LCD) panel including a plurality of segments, a liquid crystal region comprising liquid crystals, and at least one liquid crystal dam region configured such that the liquid crystals are not arranged therein, a substrate arranged under the segment LCD panel, at least one first light source, corresponding to a backlight of the segment LCD panel, arranged on the substrate, and at least one second light source, lighting of which is individually controlled, arranged on the substrate, wherein at least a portion of the at least one liquid crystal dam region overlaps each second light source in a vertical direction.
US11046171B2
An air guide seal arrangement adapted to be located between a bumper fascia and a cooler of a vehicle. The air guide seal arrangement includes a first member and a second member. The first member has a first irregularly shaped edge portion, shaped to seal against an inner surface of the bumper fascia, and a second regularly shaped edge portion being located opposite to the first edge portion. The second member has a first regularly shaped edge portion and a second edge portion, being located opposite to the first edge portion, shaped to seal against a forwards-facing surface of the cooler. At least one of the first member and the second member is resilient. The first member and the second member form two separate members adapted to be held together solely by being pressed together in use.
US11046170B2
There is provided herein a modular electric wheel assembly comprising integral/in-built acceleration and braking componentry and/or steering and suspension componentry allowing for the modular application thereof. Each modular wheel assembly may receive drive control data from various sensors (such as accelerator and brake pedal position sensors, steering column rotational offset sensors and the like), vehicle control systems or the like so as to be able to independently drive, brake, steer and/or provide active suspension for the vehicle. In embodiments, the wheel assemblies may communicate with each other across a wheel assembly vehicular network wherein a master wheel assembly may receive drive control data and control the slave wheel assemblies accordingly. In embodiments, the modular wheel assemblies may further communicate with each other to receive various sensor data, including rotational speed sensor data so as to be able to detect loss of traction events and the like so as to substantially autonomously take remedial traction control action.
US11046165B2
A method to use hydraulic pressure to power a vehicle includes providing a hydraulic fluid power system having a motor in communication with a hydraulic pump; a hose in communication with the hydraulic pump, the hose having a one way valve; a gear motor in fluid communication with the hose to receive hydraulic fluid therefrom; and an alternator to receive power from the gear motor and to transfer power to a battery for storage; operating the hydraulic pump via the motor such that hydraulic fluid is pumped through the hose to the gear motor; charging the battery with power generated by the gear motor and alternator; and using the battery for one or more components of the vehicle.
US11046164B2
A bed cover assembly for a pickup truck may include cover guides coupled to upper ends of both body sides of a pickup truck and having guide means such as a guide rail formed inward of the truck; a bed cover coupled between the cover guides to slide along the guide means; and rotary guide rail assemblies hinged to both body sides of the rear of the truck, wherein when the bed cover moves rearward, the rotary guide rail assemblies rotate upward about respective hinge axes thereof and the bed cover moves along guide means formed at the rotary guide rail assemblies.
US11046162B1
An automobile wind directing accessory device that is attachable to a sunroof or door window opening of an automobile and has a panel or windshield, support track secured to a rear surface of the windshield, a support bracket assembly rotatably connected to the windshield and at least one adjustable clamp having a first leg slidably connected to the support arm to enable the clamp to be adjusted inward or outward inside the sunroof opening to dictate the point where the windshield directs wind flow into the cabin of a vehicle and a second leg pivotally connected to the first leg by a spring device that maintains tips of the first leg and second leg in engagement with a vehicle in a normally closed position to secure the wind directing device in a vehicle opening and that are separated and opened when the first leg and second leg of the clamp are squeezed toward each other. The automobile wind directing accessory device is adapted for attached to a vehicle inside a window wherein the clamped is affixed to the support bracket in alignment with the rear surface of the wind shield.
US11046157B2
A drive system serves for reciprocating, between an extended position and a retracted position, a roll-up truck bed cover above a truck bed, said roll-up truck bed cover being composed of a rear profile, a plurality of elongate slats that are hinged together and has a foremost front slat, said drive system comprising at least one reciprocating means adapted for reciprocating the roll-up truck bed cover, and at least one reversible electric motor adapted for driving the reciprocating means. The at least one reciprocating means comprises at least one pulley system comprising at least one set of pulleys and at least one drive belt, which at least one set of pulleys includes a driven pulley and an idle pulley, and the drive belt is secured to the rear profile of the roll-up truck bed cover.
US11046153B1
An air purification system for use with rail car HVAC system to remove or destroy harmful pathogens in the air. The air purification system has a housing with an inlet, an outlet, and a passageway extending between the inlet and the outlet. An intense field generator and filter is used to charge any particles in the air and remove them from the air flow. An ultraviolet radiation source is positioned to direct ultraviolet illumination into the passageway. Finally, a dielectric barrier discharge unit having a high voltage electrode coupled to a dielectric barrier and a ground electrode spaced apart from the high voltage electrode is used to form a low temperature plasma chamber is in communication with the passageway so that the ions created in the plasma chamber will attach to and destroy any remaining particles in the air flow.
US11046152B2
A refrigeration system includes a startup mode control module that receives an off time of a compressor and an ambient temperature, determines whether the off time and the ambient temperature indicate that the compressor is in a flooded condition, and selects, based on the determination, between a normal startup mode and a flooded startup mode. A compressor control module operates the compressor in the normal startup mode in response to the startup mode control module selecting the normal startup mode, operates the compressor in the flooded startup mode in response to the startup mode control module selecting the flooded startup mode, and transitions from the flooded startup mode to the normal startup mode after a predetermined period associated with operating in the flooded startup mode.
US11046147B2
A cabin condenser for a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a battery electric vehicle (BEV). The cabin condenser includes a first cabin condenser portion and a second cabin condenser portion. A regulator is configured to control flow of refrigerant from the first cabin condenser portion to the second cabin condenser portion.
US11046144B2
A torsion bar for a stabiliser of a motor vehicle, on the axial ends of which a respective stabiliser limb can be rotationally fixed. In the region of the axial ends thereof, the torsion bar is coated with an adhesive coating and a protective layer covering the adhesive coating, wherein the adhesive coating is designed as a solid adhesive coating that can be activated after at least partial removal of the protective layer.
US11046141B2
A spring plate for supporting a vehicle suspension spring, with a surface facing toward the vehicle suspension spring and with at least one support point, wherein the spring plate has a region which extends from the surface in the direction of the vehicle suspension spring and forms the support point, and wherein a sheet-metal element acting as a corrosion protection element is fastened to the extended region and is in contact with the vehicle suspension spring in all operating states.
US11046136B2
The present invention relates to a forecarriage of a rolling motor vehicle with three or four wheels, comprising: a forecarriage frame (16); at least one pair of front wheels (10′, 10″) kinematically connected to each other and to the forecarriage frame (16) by a kinematic roll mechanism (20) which enables the same to roll in a synchronous and specular manner; a roll block system (100) comprising a rod (110) which directly connects to each other at the two ends thereof by means of ball joints or hinging means equivalent to ball joints (101, 102), two parts of the forecarriage both subject to rolling movements of said two front wheels or said forecarriage frame and a forecarriage part subject to said rolling movements. The roll block system comprises a blocking device (111a, 112a; 130) adapted to block the rotation angle of said rod at the two ends thereof with respect to a rolling plane of said forecarriage.
US11046125B2
The present invention describes a tire, which shows the insertion of a passive UHF RFID tag at its moment of manufacture, in which said tag is affixed on top of the metallic part of the referred tire, more specifically on the bead rim, with the purpose of reducing the mechanical stress of the tire in question and allowing its tracking in the manufacturing chain since its first manufacturing stages.
US11046124B2
The various embodiments relate to pneumatic tires including a changing radius of curvature along a body ply that defines a tapering point of a bead assembly. The tires further include a reinforcement band and a body ply with a turn-up end. Various embodiments further relate to a bead assembly that tapers to a width at about 20 mm to 30 mm from the bottom of the bead assembly, such that the ratio of the tapered width to the width of the bead assembly at the widest point of the bead bundle is from about 0.3 to about 0.5. The bead assembly includes a first and a second bead filler where the volume of the first bead filler is from about 32% to about 44% of the bead filler.
US11046121B2
A tire comprises a tread portion 2. The tread portion 2 comprises a plurality of blocks each comprising a first longitudinal edge 18 and a second longitudinal edge 19 extending in a tire circumferential direction, and a ground contacting surface defined therebetween. The blocks include a first block 20 having a first narrow groove 21 provided in the ground contacting surface thereof. The first narrow groove 21 extends from a first end 21a on the first longitudinal edge 18 toward a center 24 in a tire axial direction of the first block 20 and curves within the ground contacting surface and reaches a second end 21b on the first longitudinal edge 18 so as to extend in a laterally oriented V-shape.
US11046119B2
The disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a motorcycle tire for uneven terrain travel in which both a rigid feeling at the time of driving and a shock absorbing ability are able to be achieved. Provided is a method of manufacturing a motorcycle tire for uneven terrain travel including a process of molding a green tire including a tread portion, a pair of sidewall portions and a pair of bead portions, and a vulcanization process of vulcanizing the green tire using a mold. In the mold, a clip width, which is a distance in a tire axial direction between a pair of bead molding surfaces which form outer surfaces of the pair of bead portions, is 100% to 110% of a rim width of a normal rim to which a completed motorcycle tire is attached.
US11046117B2
A tire comprises a tread portion 2. The tread portion 2 comprises a plurality of oblique grooves 10 extending obliquely from a first tread edge Te1 positioned on one side in a tire axial direction toward a tire equator C, and a plurality of oblique land regions 13 each defined between a pair of the oblique grooves 10 adjacent to each other in a tire circumferential direction. Each of the oblique land regions 13 is provided with a plurality of joint grooves 15 each connecting between the pair of the oblique grooves 10.
US11046115B2
An aeroplane tire, and, in particular, the tread thereof. The tread (2), having an axial width L, comprises a middle part (3) having an axial width LC at least equal to 50% and at most equal to 80% of the axial width L of the tread and composed of a middle rubber composition, and two lateral parts (41, 42), positioned axially on either side of the middle part (3), each having an axial width (LS1, LS2) at least equal to 10% and at most equal to 25% of the axial width L of the tread and each composed of a lateral rubber composition. The middle rubber composition comprises at least 50 phr of a first diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler and a crosslinking system, which first diene elastomer is a terpolymer of ethylene, of an α-olefin and of a non-conjugated diene.
US11046114B2
Technique to increase the endurance of tires comprising two crossed working layers (41, 42), comprising mutually parallel reinforcing elements (411, 421) forming, with the circumferential direction (XX′) of the tire, an angle at least equal to 20° and at most equal to 50°, the reinforcing elements being made up of individual metal threads or monofilaments having a cross section at least equal to 0.20 mm and at most equal to 0.6 mm. The end of the monofilaments comprises flats such that they reduce the shear forces in the rubber compounds of the tire under compressive loading.
US11046113B2
Motorcycles tyre including a carcass structure, a zero-degree belt structure arranged in a radially outer position with respect to the carcass structure and a tread band arranged in a radially outer position with respect to the belt structure. The belt structure includes at least one hybrid reinforcing cord that has an elongation greater than 4% when subjected to a load equal to about 50 N and a tangent modulus with a monotonic progression as the elongation increases for elongations comprised between 4% and at least 9%.
US11046106B2
Disclosed is a digital pen that tracks the user's writing and provides useful feedback based on the user's writing. In one embodiment, the pen may provide feedback when the user has written a misspelled word, invalid mathematical expression, or any noncompliant expression. The pen may also provide feedback relating to the user's handwriting. The feedback may be visual, auditory, or tactile, and may be realtime or delayed. Statistics relating to the user's performance may be tracked, uploaded to external devices, and shared with others. This allows the user and interested parties to track the user's progress over time. The disclosed pen will be useful in educational settings.
US11046097B2
A media retraction system includes a loadstop shaft rotatable about an axis thereof, and a loadstop paddle rotatably coupled with and slidably mounted on the loadstop shaft such that the loadstop paddle is slidable about the axis of the loadstop shaft.
US11046094B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head configured to discharge a liquid onto a medium, a carriage mounting the liquid discharge head configured to move the liquid discharge head in a main scanning direction, a dummy-discharge receptacle to receive a dummy-discharge liquid discharged from the liquid discharge head in a dummy-discharge operation, a light irradiator to irradiate the dummy-discharge liquid in the dummy-discharge receptacle with a light, and circuitry. The circuitry sets a plurality of dummy-discharge areas virtually dividing an interior of the dummy-discharge receptacle, moves the carriage in the main scanning direction to a first dummy-discharge area among the plurality of dummy-discharge areas, drives the liquid discharge head to discharge the dummy-discharge liquid onto the first dummy-discharge area in the dummy-discharge receptacle, and irradiates the dummy-discharge liquid in the first dummy-discharge area in the dummy-discharge receptacle with the light.
US11046092B2
A method of creating an image film negative capable of masking non-image areas of one or more layers of liquid photopolymer during a step of imagewise exposing the one or more layers of liquid photopolymer to actinic radiation. The method includes the steps of (a) providing an image film negative comprising a negative of an image on the image film negative, wherein the negative of the image comprises a pattern of opaque areas; and (b) inkjet printing a filtering layer on portions of the image film negative not covered by the pattern of opaque areas, wherein the portions of the image film negative comprise portions where it is desirable to modulate intensity of actinic radiation in a subsequent exposure step.
US11046091B2
A data generation system includes circuitry configured to generate data of sub-images constructing an image. Each of the sub-images includes at least one of image elements of the image. The image elements are aligned in a direction perpendicular to a given direction in which an image forming apparatus moves to form the image. The circuitry is configured to, when, in an attempt to add another one of the image elements adjacent to the at least one of the image elements in one of the sub-images, the other one of the image elements does not fit within the one of the sub-images, generate data of the one of the sub-images without the other one of the image elements.
US11046082B2
Liquid discharge head, liquid discharge device, liquid supply member, and liquid discharge apparatus
A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles to discharge liquid, a plurality of individual liquid chambers communicating with the plurality of nozzles, respectively, a common liquid chamber to supply the liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers, and a liquid supply member including a liquid supply channel to supply the liquid to the common liquid chamber. The liquid supply member includes a first member including a part of the liquid supply channel, a second member including a gas chamber, and an elastic member disposed between the first member and the second member and forming a wall of the liquid supply channel of the first member and a wall of the gas chamber of the second member. The gas chamber of the second member is disposed opposite the liquid supply channel of the first member via the elastic member.
US11046077B2
A liquid ejection head includes a stack structure including plates stacked and bonded with an adhesive agent, individual channels formed in the stack structure, dummy channels formed in the stack structure separately from the individual channels, and a first relief groove formed in the stack structure separately from the individual channels and configured to trap therein an excessive adhesive agent. Each individual channel includes a pressure chamber to which pressure is applied for liquid ejection form a nozzle, a supply throttle channel connected to the pressure chamber, and a return throttle channel communicating with the pressure chamber. The supply throttle channel and the return throttle channel each have a smaller cross-sectional area than the pressure chamber. The dummy channels include dummy chambers arranged laterally to an array of the pressure chambers arranged in an array direction. The first relief groove is connected to the dummy channels.
US11046072B2
A circuit unit includes a circuit board, a cover being configured to house the circuit board inside, a first airflow inlet formed in a first surface of the cover, and a first duct formed in the first surface wherein the first duct is in communication with the first airflow inlet, and a sliding mechanism that supports the circuit unit such that the circuit unit is movable, the sliding mechanism includes a fixed frame, a second airflow inlet formed in the fixed frame, and a second duct that is formed in the fixed frame and in communication with the second airflow inlet, and, when the circuit unit is located at the first position, the first duct and the second duct are engaged with each other such that a third duct is formed to cause the first airflow inlet and the second airflow inlet communicate each other.
US11046065B2
Embodiments provide a lamination machine and lamination process for laminating a membrane to a three-dimensional (3D) target surface of an article, such as a footwear article, glove, clothing article, backpack, or other article. The lamination machine may include an inflatable former that is permeable to air. The inflatable former may have a shape that generally corresponds to a shape of the target surface. The membrane and target surface may be arranged on the former, with a heat-activated adhesive disposed between the membrane and the target surface. The lamination machine may further include a pump to pump heated compressed air into the former. The heated compressed air may inflate the former to press the membrane against the target surface and to activate the adhesive to bond the membrane to the target surface.
US11046063B2
A method of manufacturing a building panel with a decorative surface layer, a core and a balancing and/or protective layer, wherein the method includes applying a first layer of a first powder based mix, including wood fibres and a thermosetting binder, on a core; applying a liquid substance on the first powder based mix; drying the first powder based mix; turning the core with the dried first powder based mix such that the first powder based mix points downwards; applying a second layer on the upper part of the core; and curing the first and second layers by providing heat and pressure, wherein the first layer forms the balancing and/or protective layer and the second layer forms the decorative surface layer in the building panel.
US11046061B2
A laminate has better handling properties achieved when it is attached to an adherend and which allows the solubility irregularity of the water-soluble material layer to be suppressed. The laminate includes: a 10 to 500 nm thick biodegradable material layer containing an aliphatic polyester and a water-soluble material layer disposed on at least one side of the biodegradable material layer, in which the water-soluble material layer is constituted of a 1 to 20 μm thick first layer containing a water-soluble polymer (a), a 10 μm to 10 mm thick fabric structure containing a water-soluble polymer (b), and a 1 to 20 μm thick second layer containing a water-soluble polymer (c), which are layered in this order from the biodegradable material layer side.
US11046058B2
Examples of the present disclosure present a composite material. In an example, the composite material may comprise: a carbon fiber composite and a surface treatment layer. The carbon fiber composite may comprise a core layer having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side, and a first set of two carbon fiber layers disposed over at least a portion of the core layer respectively on the first side and the second side. Each of the first set of the two carbon fiber layers may comprise carbon fibers aligned in a first direction in a plane. The surface treatment layer may be disposed on the carbon fiber composite.
US11046044B2
The present invention discloses a marine vessel with a monohedral v-shaped hull bow portion blending into catamaran hull sponsons, a center tunnel and individual terminal tunnels on each of the sponsons. This new hull design is capable of high speeds to travel to a desired location, while still providing platform stability and shallow draft of the catamaran shaped aft portion. A removable hull transom diffuser gate and a removable side hull deflector plate may be retracted and/or lowered to reduce the signature of the vessel underway. A retractable cockpit may be included to permit stacking of the marine vessels in order to allow multiple vessels to simultaneously be shipped in a C-130 or C-17 cargo plane to a distant location. This retractable cockpit may include a multi-positional pilot house which can be elevated for rough sea conditions with hinged windshield and side plates for protection from waves for the operators.
US11046041B2
In a decorative sheet, a concavo-convex pattern is provided on a surface of a base material. The concavo-convex pattern includes a first concave, a convex and a second concave. The first concave is a bottomed concave. The convex is adjacent to the first concave. The second concave opens at the bottom surface of the first concave. The second concave is a bottomed concave. The second concave is provided in a first region of the bottom surface of the first concave which is a region spaced apart from a boundary between the first concave and the convex not less than a maximum dimension which is a dimension in an opening direction orthogonal to a thickness direction of an opening end of the second concave which is a side of the bottom surface of the first concave in the thickness direction of the base material.
US11046040B2
Improved containment mats and systems of containment mats may include multiple adjoining mats with a top surface and a bottom surface. The multiple mats may provide a modular structural mat system that may be installed at a drill site, with multiple mats placed adjacent to each other with a lap joint connecting adjacent mats. A geotextile may be used to cover the lap joints and a coating applied to the geotextile. Such a system may provide containment of potential spills, a reliable working surface for drilling operations, and relatively fast and less expensive installation.
US11046033B2
Described are methods and systems for identifying processing locations in composite layups. An optical magnetic marker is magnetically supported by a layup tool at a target position, such that a portion of the marker protrudes above the tool processing surface. When a composite layup is placed onto that surface, the protruding portion extends into the layup at a processing location. When the layup is cured, the marker is permanently embedded into the layup. Separating the cured layup from the tool removes the marker from the tool and allows an additional marker to advance into the target position for processing another layup. The embedded marker or, more specifically, marker's reflective surface is used during optical inspection of the layup surface to precisely determine the processing location. In some examples, the marker is consumed while the layup is processed at that location.
US11046028B2
A molding method is performed for molding a composite material in which resin is injected in a state in which a fiber base material is disposed in a cavity formed in a metal mold and the resin is cured to form the composite material. The molding method includes enhancing wettability of a portion of the fiber base material, and disposing the portion of the fiber base material in a narrow portion in which a gap constituting the cavity is smaller than other locations.
US11046022B2
A composite material body (10) includes a first material layer (20) and a second material layer (30) overlapping the first material layer (20). The first material layer (20) and the second material layer (30) are wound to form a flexible and circular rod. Impact absorption is effectively improved and impact resisting strength is enhanced because energy-absorber or damping material or its composition is attached into the composite material body (10). Technical characteristics, effects and objects of this invention are achieved thereby.
US11046021B2
Disclosed is a method for joining a metal member and a thermosetting resin member together with a thermoplastic resin interposed therebetween.
US11046019B2
A heat-shielding film structure comprises a first and a second heat-shielding film. The first heat-shielding film is a heat-shielding film formed on a surface of a component that is formed from an Al alloy with an Al purity of less than 99.0% as a base material. The second heat-shielding film is a heat-shielding film formed on the surface of the first heat-shielding film. The second heat-shielding film is obtained by anodizing treatment of Al foil with an Al purity equal to or larger than 99.0%. The first heat-shielding film has a porous structure. The second heat-shielding film has a porous alumina on its surface. The first heat-shielding film and the porous alumina have a lower heat conductivity and a lower heat capacity per unit volume than the base material.
US11046016B2
An ultrasonic welding device includes a support device configured to support a work piece along a predetermined conveyance surface; a welding machine including an oscillator for generating a high-frequency electric signal, a transducer for converting the high-frequency electric signal to a mechanical vibration, and a horn to which the mechanical vibration is transmitted, the horn being disposed to face a part to be welded of a work piece supported along the conveyance surface, and the mechanical vibration being imparted via the horn to the part to be welded, whereby the part to be welded is welded; a detector for detecting an abnormality in the part to be welded, the detector being disposed upstream in the conveyance direction of the work piece than the support device; and a protective device for prohibiting the welding machine from welding the part to be welded in which an abnormality is detected by the detector.
US11046008B2
A method for the additive manufacturing of a receptacle for storing and/or transporting a product includes three-dimensionally capturing the external form of the product, compiling a computer-readable data set with information about the captured external form of the product, and additively manufacturing the receptacle. In a computer-controlled manner on the basis of the compiled data set, a modelling material is deposited in layers, liquefied and cured. The receptacle is formed having an internal structure which surrounds a receiving chamber that is adapted to the external form of the product.
US11046003B2
A method for automatic printing of a three dimensional heterogeneous structure in accordance with a computer-aided design procedure, including the steps of: aspirating a first portion consisting of a first material (M1) in liquid form, from a first liquid container into a capillary (C); aspirating a second portion consisting of a second material (M2) in liquid form different than the first material (M1), from a second liquid container into said capillary (C), such that the first portion and the second portion constitute longitudinally different parts of a longitudinally heterogeneous filament (F) encompassed by the capillary (C); and extraction of the filament (F) from the capillary (C) thus laying it as a portion of a printed layer.
US11046001B2
The present disclosure relates to a print bed (1) for regulating a temperature of the print bed (1). The print bed (1) comprises at least one Peltier element (2), each Peltier element having opposite first and a second surfaces (3a, 3b). The print bed (1) further comprises at least one heatsink (4). The at least one Peltier element (2) is arranged to have each respective first surface (3a) facing a print surface (5) of the print bed (1). The at least one heatsink (4) is thermally connected to the Peltier element (2) and arranged to transfer heat generated by the at least one Peltier element (2) and dissipate the transferred heat away from the at least one Peltier element (2). The present disclosure further relates to corresponding 3D-printers, methods, computer programs and modules.
US11045991B2
A die includes an upper body member and an adjustment system. The upper body member has a upper surface, a gap surface, a gap edge positioned between the upper surface and the gap surface, and a gap flange. The adjustment system includes an adjustment body that defines a plurality of channels, and a plurality of adjusters. Each of the plurality of adjusters is slideably positioned within a respective one of the plurality of channels. Each of the plurality of adjusters is configured to couple to the gap flange of the upper body member. When the plurality of adjusters are coupled to the gap flange movement of the plurality of adjusters causes a change in a position of the gap edge.
US11045990B1
The present invention relates to a three-dimensional (3D) pen with a novel structure which enables filaments having various colors to be easily selected and used. According to the 3D pen according to the present invention, a user laterally rotates the adjustment lever (25) to allow the driving motor (24) to be connected to different transfer rollers (22), thereby selectively transferring and discharging a plurality of different filaments (1) forward. Therefore, the 3D pen has a very simple structure and has an advantage in that the filaments (1) having various colors can be easily selected to manufacture objects having various colors.
US11045989B2
An article comprising: a carrier (12), activatable material (14) disposed on the carrier, one or more carrier extensions (16) extending from the carrier; wherein the article is adapted to provide sealing, baffling, or reinforcement within a structure's cavity.
US11045984B2
A method for producing a shaped bar from fiber composite material uses a bonding tool which has a heating-up portion. The method includes the steps that a number of fiber tapes provided with a thermoplastic matrix are fed in parallel to the bonding tool, are brought together and heated and bonded in the heating-up portion to form a fiber cord. The fiber cord is subsequently placed by the bonding tool directly into a processing tool or a depositing device designed to place the fiber cord into the processing tool.
US11045981B2
Processes for the manufacturing of dip-molded articles can include the application of compression to remove molding materials from within the dip-molded articles. In some embodiments, inflatable implantable medical devices are dip-molded and can be manufactured using such compression processes.
US11045980B2
A molding method is provided for molding composite materials. The molding method molds a stack of composite materials formed by impregnating a base material with resin. The molding method includes providing a first resin with a photocuring property and providing a second resin with a thermosetting property. The first resin contained in a first composite material is cured by irradiating the first composite material with light, then the second resin is cured by heating the second resin contained in a second composite material. The curing of the first resin contained in the first composite material is completed before starting the curing of the second resin contained the second composite material that is adjacent to the first composite material of a surface layer.
US11045972B2
A flail chain link comprises a plurality of adjacent link sections including a pair of oppositely disposed end link sections. Each end link section has an internal surface, and a first axis passes through the center point of the link and the center of each end link section. A second axis, which is not coincident with the first axis, passes through the center point and the center of at least two link sections. The first axis and the second axis together define a central plane through the center of each link section. An orthogonal plane passing through each of the end link sections is perpendicular to the central plane. A radius of the internal surface of each end link section that is measured in the central plane is equal to a radius of the internal surface of such end link section that is measured in the orthogonal plane.
US11045964B2
A rotary electric shaver includes a main body in which a first transmission mechanism, and a connecting portion is disposed; a head unit in which a plurality of blade units each having an outer blade, an inner blade being in sliding contact with an inner surface of the outer blade, and a driven shaft rotating the inner blade are disposed, and a second transmission mechanism that transmits a power of the first transmission mechanism to rotate the driven shaft is built, and which is connected to the connecting portion. The head unit has a first magnet disposed at a position corresponding to each of the blade units. The main body has a second magnet disposed at a position facing and repelling the first magnet.
US11045960B2
Provided is a life evaluating device that evaluates the life of a lubricant in a machine including a motor and a transmission mechanism that is lubricated by the lubricant and transmits power of the motor to a movable unit. The life evaluating device includes a motor-heat-value calculating unit that calculates a motor heat value on the basis of a current value of the motor, a frictional-heat-value calculating unit that calculates a frictional heat value in the transmission mechanism on the basis of rotating speed of the motor and a coefficient of friction of the transmission mechanism, a lubricant-temperature estimating unit that estimates temperature of the lubricant on the basis of the calculated frictional heat value and the calculated motor heat value, and a life estimating unit that estimates the life of the lubricant on the basis of the estimated temperature of the lubricant and information concerning impurities in the lubricant.
US11045956B2
An example method includes receiving position data indicative of position of a demonstration tool. Based on the received position data, the method further includes determining a motion path of the demonstration tool, wherein the motion path comprises a sequence of positions of the demonstration tool. The method additionally includes determining a replication control path for a robotic device, where the replication control path includes one or more robot movements that cause the robotic device to move a robot tool through a motion path that corresponds to the motion path of the demonstration tool. The method also includes providing for display of a visual simulation of the one or more robot movements within the replication control path.
US11045953B2
The present disclosure provides a relocalization method including: obtaining submap boundary points; drawing a first submap based on the submap boundary points; extracting a second submap from the first submap; performing a template matching on a known map based on the second submap to obtain first matching results; obtaining second matching result each corresponding to each of the first matching results based on a positional relationship of the second submap in the first submap: matching boundary points in each of the second matching results with the submap boundary points to filter out third matching results from the second matching results; and selecting one of the third matching results as a relocalization result. The present disclosure further provides a robot. In the above-mentioned manner, it is capable of realizing a re localization with high accuracy, high preciseness, and low error rate while there are environmental changes.
US11045948B2
A control apparatus for controlling operation of a work robot for performing work inside a target region using a manipulator includes a trajectory information acquiring unit for acquiring N−1 or N pieces of trajectory information respectively indicating N−1 or N trajectories connecting N work regions where the work robot performs a series of work operations in order of a series of work operations; a classifying unit for classifying the N−1 or N trajectories as (i) trajectories that need correction or (ii) trajectories that do not need correction; and a trajectory planning unit for planning a trajectory of a tip of the manipulator between two work regions relating to the each of the one or more trajectories, for each of the one or more trajectories classified as a trajectory that needs correction by the classifying unit.
US11045935B2
A nosepiece assembly for use in a powered nailer includes an outer portion defining an outer side of a drive channel. The drive channel is operable to receive a first nail of a collated strip of nails and guide the first nail out of the nosepiece assembly when the first nail is driven into a workpiece. The nosepiece assembly also includes a magazine-coupling portion coupled to the outer portion. The magazine-coupling portion includes a magazine connector and a spring. The magazine connector is coupleable to a magazine assembly to feed the collated strip of nails along a nail guide toward the drive channel and the spring is positioned adjacent to, but outside, the drive channel to bias at least one nail of the collated strip of nails into a seated position against a surface of the nail guide.
US11045933B2
A device for inserting a tongue into an insertion groove in a panel including a first part including a supporting surface configured to cooperate with an upper surface of a panel. The device includes a second part, which is connected to the first part, including a guiding device for a displaceable puncher which is configured to displace a tongue into an insertion groove of a panel. The supporting surface is extending in a first direction and the guiding device is extending in second direction.
US11045919B2
A clamp arrangement for securing an accessory to an oscillating power tool can include a clamp assembly including a first clamp member that moves relative to the accessory between a closed position wherein the clamp assembly retains the accessory and an open position wherein the first clamp is offset from the accessory permitting removal of the first accessory from the clamp assembly. The clamp assembly can further comprise a second clamp member having a first portion that opposes the first clamp member and cooperates with the first clamp member to clamp the accessory between the first and second clamp members. An attachment plate can carry the clamp assembly. The attachment plate can have a first mating detail formed thereon that is configured to selectively and removably mate with a complementary second mating detail on the power tool in an assembled position.
US11045917B2
A production device having wear and/or manipulation identification is provided. The production device is produced at least for the most part by additive production methods and has a surface. The production device may be constructed as an assembly device, in particular workpiece coordination device, shaping tool or auxiliary technical production device. According to the present disclosure there is provided at least in a region of the surface at least one signal layer which, in an initial state of the production device, is arranged at a predetermined depth below a surface termination layer of the surface and is covered externally by the surface termination layer of the surface. In this instance, the signal layer differs in a visually perceptible manner from the surface termination layer.
US11045916B2
This machine tool comprises a machining chamber in which machining of a workpiece is performed, and a tool storage chamber in which a plurality of tools are stored. The machine tool is further provided with a partition which partitions the machining chamber and tool storage chamber from one another. The machine tool is positioned on the front side of the machining chamber, and is equipped with a first sliding door that moves in the width direction, and a second sliding door that is positioned on the front side of the tool storage chamber and that moves in the width direction. The first sliding door and second sliding door are positioned in such a manner that one of the sliding doors is positioned on the front side of the other sliding door, and when one of the sliding doors is opened, said door overlaps with the other sliding door.
US11045910B2
The invention relates to a metal paste, containing (A) 75 to 90% by weight of copper and/or silver particles that are provided with a coating containing at least one organic compound, (B) 5 to 20% by weight of an organic solvent, and (C) 2 to 20% by weight of at least one type of metal particles different from the particles of (A) and having an average particle size (d50) in the range of 0.2 to 10 μm. The metal particles of component (C) are selected from the group consisting of molybdenum particles and nickel core-silver shell particles with a silver content of 10 to 90% by weight.
US11045909B2
A method for limiting fitting distortion when welding a fitting to an in-service pipeline—where the fitting includes a thick, longitudinally extending, seam located between fitting halves—involves welding, on each side of the fitting, a middle third section of the seam in a pyramid-like fashion using an inward progression starting from an end of the middle third section along a profile of a seam bevel, and welding outer third sections of the seam using an outward progression from an end adjacent to the middle third section along a profile of the seam bevel. The welding of each of the three sections per side includes a temper bead welding technique of at least two layers to provide stress relief in lieu of traditional post weld heat treatment.
US11045906B2
A coaxial laser metal deposition head includes a wire guide and a plurality of laser optical units. The wire guide defines a wire guide axis. The laser optical units are distributed around the wire guide axis. Each of the laser optical units is connected to a separate laser and each defines a beam axis. The optical units are fixed relative to the wire guide and in a first condition are positioned to allow each of the beam axes to intersect the wire guide axis at a common point.
US11045905B2
A method of manufacturing an object is disclosed. In some aspects, the method includes selectively heating an initial layer of a composition, including elements of a granular material coated with a metallic material. The method further includes selectively heating an additional layer of the composition, disposed in contact with the initial layer, the selective heating of each respective layer to the threshold temperature actuating an exothermic reaction between the elements of the granular material and the metallic material coating associated therewith to form a molten portion of the respective layer, with turbulence in the molten portion of the respective layer disrupting oxidation of the molten granular material and promoting formation of an intermetallic compound in the molten portion of the respective layer upon cooling thereof below the threshold temperature, and with the portions of the respective layers combining to form the object.
US11045903B2
A device for distributing gas near a weld location includes a cap, a funnel, an inlet, and an aperture. The cap includes a sidewall and an annular lip, and defines a reservoir between the sidewall and the annular lip. The annular lip includes a proximal-most edge. The cap defines an opening, and defines a longitudinal axis. The funnel is disposed adjacent a distal end of the cap. The inlet is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the cap. The aperture is disposed through the sidewall of the cap and is in fluid communication with the inlet. The aperture is disposed distally of the proximal-most edge of the annular lip. Gas is configured to flow through the inlet, through the aperture and into the reservoir. The reservoir is configured to allow the gas to uniformly overflow the proximal-most edge of the annular lip and flow distally through the opening defined by the cap.
US11045902B2
A linear groove formation method of forming linear grooves in a steel sheet surface using etching can form linear grooves of a uniform shape while suppressing a decrease in magnetic property of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet caused by laser irradiation for resist removal. A linear groove formation method includes: coating a surface of a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with a resist; performing a laser scan cyclically in a rolling direction of the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, the laser scan being applying a laser while scanning the laser in a direction crossing the rolling direction to remove the resist in a portion irradiated with the laser; and etching the grain-oriented electrical steel sheet in each portion in which the resist is removed, to form a linear groove. A coating thickness of the resist is 0.5 μm to 10 μm, and a power of the laser is 1500 W or more.
US11045901B2
A laser beam directed is moved relative to a workpiece to weld along a weld seam and form a weld pool in the area surrounding the laser beam. The weld pool has a characteristic oscillation frequency fco, and a laser power is modulated with a modulation frequency f and a modulation amplitude Π=1−Pmin/Pmax, where Pmin is minimal and Pmax is maximal laser power during a modulation period. For a normalized characteristic oscillation frequency Λco and a normalized modulation frequency Λ, Λ≥2.2*Λco, with Λ=f·df/ν, where ν is the feed rate of the laser beam, and df is diameter of a beam focal spot. Also, Λco=f,cotest·df,cotest/vcotest, where fcotest is a measured characteristic oscillation frequency, df,cotest the diameter of the beam focal spot, and vcotest is the feed rate of laser beam, all during a test measurement without modulation of the laser power.
US11045899B2
A laser beam positioning system of a laser-based specimen processing system produces at beam positioner stage, from a fully fiber-coupled optics phased array laser beam steering system, a steered laser input beam. System directs beam through one or more other beam positioner stages to form a processing laser beam that processes target features of a workpiece mounted on a support.
US11045893B2
A power supply system includes multiple power supply devices including a first power supply device and a second power supply device that are connected in common to a load. The first power supply device calculates control information for controlling voltage or current to be output to the load and controls the output to the load based on the calculated control information while transmitting the control information to the second power supply device. The second power supply device receives the control information and controls the output to the load based on the received control information while detecting current to be output from its own device to the load and transmitting current information to the first power supply device. The first power supply device receives the current information transmitted from the second power supply device and calculates control information based on the received current information and the current and voltage detected by its own device.
US11045890B1
A device and system comprising a cutting torch system including a multi-fuel adapter specially adapted to convert a gasoline oxygen cutting system to a multi-fuel cutting system and methods of using the same. The invention also includes a portable system including a carrying case for use with the multi-fuel adapter.
US11045889B2
In order to form an internal thread having a concave surface having the same shape as that obtained by using a thread cutting blade having a convex surface without using such a thread cutting blade in formation of an internal thread hole in a mold component or the like using a thread milling cutter, a trimming blade has a leading-side flank surface extending from an axial tip side of a tool body to the rear side, a top surface formed continuously to the leading-side flank surface in the axial direction, and a trailing-side flank surface formed continuously to the top surface in the axial direction. Two or more chamfered surfaces are formed between the leading-side flank surface and the top surface and between the top surface and the trailing-side flank surface in the trimming blade.
US11045885B2
A face milling tool includes a tool body having an axial front end surface with several seats. Each seat has support surfaces for rotationally locking and supporting a tangential cutting insert in the seat. One of the support surfaces is a flat axial support surface for supporting the tangential cutting insert in an axial direction defined by the central rotation axis. The flat axial support surface extends perpendicular to the central rotation axis and is situated axially foremost in the seat. A side wall of each seat is formed out of round side support surfaces. Each tangential cutting insert includes an axial back side with a flat axial contact surface abutting the flat axial support surface and a projecting member extending axially from the flat axial contact surface and having a circumferential side surface forming out of round side contact surfaces abutting the out of round side support surfaces.
US11045877B2
The invention relates to a cutting machine with a receiving area for a tube section and with a tool head (1) which can be rotated relative to the receiving area about a longitudinal axis (L), has at least one cutting tool (6) for machining a tube section end (40) of the tube section located in the receiving area, and has a support component (2), wherein the support component faces the receiving area and has an annular component (3) which rotates relative to the support component (2) about the longitudinal axis (L) and is designed to be randomly supported on a tube wall (42, 42) of the tube section end (40). The invention further relates to a corresponding method for reducing vibrations.
US11045876B2
An additive manufacturing process includes applying a layer of a building material on a building support or an already applied and selectively solidified layer and selectively solidifying the applied layer by electromagnetic radiation or particle radiation. All positions in the layer that correspond to a cross-section of the object are scanned by electromagnetic radiation or particle radiation such that at these positions the powder is melted at least at its surface. At least one cross-section includes an inner region and a surface region. The step of applying a layer and the step of selectively solidifying the layer are repeated until all cross-sections of the object are solidified. At least a portion of the surface region is scanned at least twice before scanning of the inner region starts.
US11045874B2
Methods for forming samples of noble metal bipyramid nanocrystals having very low size and shape polydispersities from samples of mixed noble metal nanocrystals are provided. The samples include those comprising high purity, substantially monodisperse, plasmonic gold bipyramid nanocrystals. Also provided are methods of growing secondary twinned metal nanocrystals using the noble metal bipyramid nanocrystals as seed particles. Like the seed bipyramid nanocrystals from which they are grown, the secondary nanocrystals are twinned nanocrystals and may also be characterized by very low size and shape polydispersities. Secondary twinned nanocrystals grown by these methods include enlarged metal bipyramid nanocrystals and nanocrystals with anisotropic “dumbbell” shapes having a variety of tip geometries. Methods for using noble metal bipyramid nanocrystals as plasmonic heaters to heat reaction solutions via plasmonic-photothermal radiation-to-heat conversion are also provided.
US11045871B2
A casting mold (260) comprises a shell (262) extending from a lower end (264) to an upper end (266) and having: an interior space (280) for casting metal; and an opening (268) for receiving metal to be cast. A plurality of thermocouples (900) are vertically-spaced from each other on the shell.
US11045870B2
A composite material comprising a plurality of hard particles surrounded by a matrix material comprising a plurality of nanoparticles. Earth boring tools including the composite material and methods of forming the composite material are also disclosed. A polycrystalline material having a catalyst material including nanoparticles in interstitial spaces between inter-bonded crystals of the polycrystalline material and methods of forming the polycrystalline material are also disclosed.
US11045865B2
Provided is a production method, including a first preforming process, a second preforming process, and a finish forging process. In the first preforming process, while a plurality of flat parts are formed, a region to be a second pin is decentered. The second preforming process includes: a process of pressing each region to be a plurality of journals in a pressing direction corresponding to a width direction of the flat part by using a pair of second dies; and a process of, after starting the pressing by the second dies, decentering a region to be a first pin and to be disposed in a first position and a region to be a third pin and to be disposed in a third position from each other in opposite directions with a width direction of the flat part being as a decentering direction by using third dies.
US11045864B2
Disclosed is a method for producing a forged crankshaft. This production method includes: a pressing step of pressing a part in a longitudinal direction (first region) of a bar-like member with a pair of first dies, thereby decreasing a cross sectional area of the first region; and a decentering step of decentering a second region of the bar-like member with a second die with the first region being held. The second region is at least a part of the region of the bar-like member excepting the first region. The decentering direction by the second die is a direction perpendicular to each of the pressing direction by the first dies and the longitudinal direction of the bar-like member.
US11045862B2
A staking tool is provided that is coupled to an axle of a vehicle and that includes a collar and a striker. The collar includes a guide notch defined on an interior surface. The striker includes a shaft and a handle. The shaft includes an angled tip at a first end of the striker and the handle includes a striking surface at a second end of the striker. The shaft is configured to slide longitudinally within the guide notch. A method for staking a spindle nut is also provided that includes positioning a collar over the spindle nut fastened on an axle of a vehicle, aligning a guide notch on the collar with a staking notch on the axle, inserting a striker into the guide notch, and striking the striker with a hammer.
US11045854B2
An automated method and machine for fabricating metal fence pickets in a single operation includes forming material, typically metal strip into multiple pickets with various shapes. The machine includes automated programmable machine for inserting raw material to form the metal fence pickets, automated programmable machine for embossing the metal fence pickets, automated programmable conveyor machine for conveying the raw material, automated programmable machine for cutting, punching holes, and folding the raw material to form the metal fence pickets.
US11045851B2
A process for forming extruded products using a device having a scroll face configured to apply a rotational shearing force and an axial extrusion force to the same preselected location on material wherein a combination of the rotational shearing force and the axial extrusion force upon the same location cause a portion of the material to plasticize, flow and recombine in desired configurations. This process provides for a significant number of advantages and industrial applications, including but not limited to extruding tubes used for vehicle components with 50 to 100 percent greater ductility and energy absorption over conventional extrusion technologies, while dramatically reducing manufacturing costs.
US11045849B2
A composite cemented carbide roll comprising an inner layer made of steel, and intermediate and outer layers made of cemented carbide containing WC particles; the cemented carbide forming the outer layer comprising 55-90 parts by mass of WC particles, and 10-45 parts by mass of a binder phase having a particular composition comprising Fe as a main component; the cemented carbide forming the intermediate layer comprising 30-65 parts by mass of WC particles, and 35-70 parts by mass of a binder phase having a particular composition comprising Fe as a main component; and the amount c1 (parts by mass) of WC particles in the outer layer and the amount c2 (parts by mass) of WC particles in the intermediate layer meeting 0.45≤c2/c1≤0.85.
US11045842B2
A method and system for inspecting unidentified mixed parts to identify the parts are provided. The system includes an inspection station which includes a vision-based robotic subsystem including a robot configured to pick up a self-supporting part and place the part on a fixtureless rotary stage so that a part axis of the part is substantially centered and aligned with a measurement axis of the inspection station during part rotation. A second subsystem optically measures a profile and features of the self-supporting part during part rotation. A processor is operable to compare the profile and the features of the part to be identified with the profile and corresponding features of stored templates to identify a template which matches the profile and features of the part to be identified and to generate and transmit an identification signal representing a part identification code for the part associated with a matched template.
US11045837B2
Described herein is a method of using aromatic and/or araliphatic carboxylic acids in preparation of aqueous basecoat materials for the purpose of improving the adhesion of the aqueous basecoat materials to overbaked clearcoat materials. Also described herein is a method for producing a multicoat paint system, where a basecoat material is applied directly to an overbaked clearcoat film.
US11045830B2
A method for a system having a plurality of primary fluid sources and a fluid output with a common pump includes halting pumping of a first fluid, isolating the common pump from the fluid output and the primary fluid sources, connecting an inlet of the common pump to a solvent source and a compressed air source, and an outlet of the common pump to a waste fluid dump, filling the common pump with a first purge volume of solvent, cycling the common pump in a flush mode, operating the common pump in a timed flow mode, and connecting an inlet of the common pump to a second primary fluid source, and an outlet of the common pump to the output line, and starting pumping of a second fluid from the second primary fluid source through the output line.
US11045828B2
The disclosure relates to a device that saves water, energy, and money and may record the savings with a software analytics dashboard. The device allows cold water to flow out when the shower is first turned on and slows or shuts water flow once the water is heated and the shower is unoccupied. After the presence of the user is detected, the shower flow may resume.
US11045825B2
A new scanner fluidic oscillator is used in an economically manufactured fluidic showerhead or nozzle assembly 50, 198, 250, 400 which aims oscillating sprays from multiple scanner fluidics to spread water uniformly over a preselected coverage area. The scanner fluidics and showerhead of the present invention provide a pleasing spray pattern, droplet size, droplet velocity, and temperature uniformity at very low flow rates (i.e., 2 gpm or less) for showering. The scanner fluidics are provided in a plurality of distinct configurations for generating individually tailored scanning sprays having a selected scanning spray characteristics. The showerhead's front plate (e.g., 56, 200, 270, 454) is configured to support and aim the fluidic oscillators, optionally with indexing slots 802 configured to receive corresponding angular indexing tabs 800 on the fluidic oscillator inserts to orient and aim the spray from each fluidic oscillator (e.g., 172, 220,282, 530).
US11045817B2
A portable shredder unit includes a lightweight housing with an interior cavity divided into a battery storage cavity and a collection cavity, said housing includes a top opening, two opposite ends, two opposite side walls, and a floor; a removable lid attached to said top opening on said housing; a high capacity electric shredder component configured to shred paper, said shredder component includes at least one feeding slot opening, an electric shredding mechanism, and electric motor and an exit discharge opening said shredder component being oriented on said lid so that said feeding slot opening is exposed when the lid is placed over the top opening of said housing and said exit discharge opening is oriented above and over said collection cavity in said housing so that shredded material exiting the exit discharge opening is deposited into said collection cavity; at least one pair of wheels attached to said housing near one said end; a handle attached to said housing; a GFCI receptacle having a ground wire; a 110 VAC main cable with a male electrical plug attached to one end configured to manually plug into an external 110 VAC female plug, and an opposite end being connected to said GFCI receptacle; at least one 12 VDC rechargeable battery located inside said battery storage cavity; an inverter configured to convert 12 VDC into 110 VAC, said inverter connected to said rechargeable battery to convert 12 VDC current into 110 VAC, said inverter; a control panel or set of switches electrically connected to said shredder, to said inverter and to said GFCI receptacle, said control panel or set of switches are configured to allow an operator to select the source of electricity either from said GFCI receptacle when said main cable is connected to an external 110 VAC female plug or from said inverter when connected to said rechargeable battery; and a ground roller ball attached to the floor of the housing and configured to contact a surface under the housing when the portable shredding unit is placed onto the surface said ground roller ball electrically connected to the ground wire of said GFCI receptacle.
US11045816B2
In an axial jet mill, an internal structure having a cylindrical outer surface is positioned within a housing to establish a raceway for the circulating movement of gas and solid material while maintaining the gas and solid material in close proximity to the outlets of gas nozzles distributed around the perimeter of the raceway. Solid material enters the jet mill though a bottom wall of the housing and passes into the raceway though gaps between the bottom of the internal structure and a bottom wall of the housing. Particles and gas exit the jet mill though a central outlet in the housing located above the internal structure.
US11045812B1
An autogenous impact mill (10) is operative to size reduce friable material particles processed through operation of the mill. At least one impeller (58) rotatable within an interior area (44) of a housing (12) of the mill is operative to produce one or more air jets. The air jets are operative to suspend material particles using the Coanda Effect. Other particles moved by the air jets bounce off ricochet bars (74) and impact suspended particles so as to break and reduce the particles to a suitable size to pass through a screen (110) to an outlet opening (42).
US11045805B2
Microfluidic systems and methods for arranging a set of objects. In an exemplary method, the set of objects may be transported in carrier fluid along a microfluidic channel structure having a reformatting zone including an object-accessible region and at least one object-excluding region. A portion of the carrier fluid may be moved from the object-accessible region to the at least one object-excluding region in an upstream section of the reformatting zone, to reduce a spacing of objects of the set. The portion of the carrier fluid may be directed into the object-accessible region from the at least one object-excluding region in a downstream section of the reformatting zone, to increase a spacing of objects of the set. The steps of moving and directing in combination may increase the spacing between objects disproportionately for a subset of the objects that are closest to one another.
US11045804B2
A microfluidic flow cell, which has a storage space, which holds liquid reagent material and/or sample material and which is connected to an inlet channel for a fluid that transports the reagent material and/or sample material out of the storage space and to an outlet channel for the reagent material and/or sample material and the fluid. The inlet channel and the outlet channel are connected by a bypass that bypasses the storage space.
US11045803B2
Aiming to provide a method capable of reciprocatingly delivering various liquids without bringing air into a microchannel, a detection system and a detection apparatus for implementation of this method. In order to achieve at least one of the above aims, provided is a method of inserting a pipette tip into a liquid injection portion of a detection chip including: the microchannel; the liquid injection portion connected to one end of the microchannel; and a reservoir connected to the other end of the microchannel, injecting and aspirating the liquid by the pipette tip, and reciprocatingly delivering the liquid into the microchannel. At this time, the following steps are executed in this order, the steps including: inserting the pipette tip into the liquid injection portion up to a position at which an end of the pipette tip comes below a liquid level when the liquid is injected into the liquid injection portion; injecting the liquid from the pipette tip into the liquid injection portion; generating a negative pressure in the liquid injection portion to raise the level of the liquid in the liquid injection portion; and performing either aspiration of the liquid in the liquid injection portion by the pipette tip, or injection of the liquid into the liquid injection portion by the pipette tip and aspiration of the liquid inside the liquid injection portion.
US11045797B2
A filter includes a filter medium having an average pore size of 1 to 5 mm, and photocatalyst particles deposited on the filter medium. The photocatalyst particle contains a titanium compound particle and a metal compound bonded to the surface of the titanium compound particle with an oxygen atom. The metal compound contains a metal atom and a hydrocarbon group. The titanium compound particle has absorption at wavelengths of 450 nm and 750 nm in the visible absorption spectrum of the titanium compound particle.
US11045795B2
Processes produce catalytically highly effective noble metal carboxylate compounds or their solutions that comprise A) a noble metal carboxylate, wherein the noble metal is selected from the group consisting of ruthenium, platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold, and B) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of oxalic acid, a salt of oxalic acid, a derivative of oxalic acid and a salt of the derivative of oxalic acid. The process digests the noble metal with alkaline earth peroxide to produce a digestion mass and dissolves the digestion mass in a carboxylic acid or a carboxylic acid diluted with a protic solvent to produce a resulting solution, whereby alkaline earth ions are separated off as salt of an oxalic acid or salt of oxalic acid derivatives, and the processes do not include any BaSO4 precipitation and filtration of barium sulphate.
US11045787B2
Composite granules that contain a binder and a polymeric sorbent material for capturing aldehydes such as formaldehyde are provided. Additionally, methods of making the composite granules, methods of using the composite granules to capture aldehydes, and compositions formed by reacting the composite granules with aldehydes are provided. The polymeric sorbent material included in the composite granules is a reaction product of a divinylbenzene/maleic anhydride precursor polymeric material with a nitrogen-containing compound. This reaction results in the formation of nitrogen-containing groups that are covalently attached to the polymeric sorbent. Aldehydes can react with the nitrogen-containing groups.
US11045783B2
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for increasing reaction yield. In certain embodiments, the invention provides systems for increasing a yield of a chemical reaction that include a pneumatic sprayer configured to generate a liquid spray discharge from a solvent. The solvent includes a plurality of molecules, a portion of which react with each other within the liquid spray discharge to form a reaction product. The system also includes a collector positioned to receive the liquid spray discharge including the unreacted molecules and the reaction product. The system also includes a recirculation loop connected from the collector to the pneumatic sprayer in order to allow the unreacted molecules and the reaction product to be recycled through the pneumatic sprayer, thereby allowing a plurality of the unreacted molecules to react with each other as the unreacted molecules cycle again through the system.
US11045768B2
A method of operating an immersed microporous membrane module includes a step of monitoring membrane performance to sense the onset of sludging in the module. Differences in permeability between permeation in backwashes, or trends in permeability during backwashing and permeability during permeation, or both, are monitored. Solid deposits formed during the onset of sludging may be removed with an in situ de-sludging process. For example, the deposits may be removed by stopping permeation while aerating the module, optionally at an increased rate. At other times, the module is optionally aerated while permeate is withdrawn at an aeration rate correlated to flux. The method may be used in particular with a membrane module having parallel textured flat sheet membranes suspended between a pair of vertically oriented headers. An aerator may be made from an open bottomed channel having an array of holes rising and concentrated towards the center of the channel.
US11045767B2
A micro fluid filtration system (100) preferably for increasing the concentration of components contained in a fluid sample has a fluid circuitry (1). The fluid circuitry (1) comprises the following elements: A tangential flow filtration element (7) capable for separating the fluid sample into a retentate stream and a permeate stream upon passage of the fluid, an element for pumping (3) for creating and driving a fluid flow through the fluid circuitry (1) and at least one element for obtaining information about the properties of the fluid sample within the circuitry. The circuitry further comprises a plurality of conduits (24) connecting the elements of the fluid circuitry (1) through which a fluid stream of the fluid sample is conducted. The circuitry (1) has a minimal working volume of at most 5 ml, which is the minimal fluid volume retained in the elements and the conduits (24) of the circuitry (1) such that the fluid can be recirculated in the circuitry (1) without pumping air through the circuitry (1). An integrated microfluidic element (20) of the circuitry (1) contains the functionality of at least two elements of the group of elements of the circuitry (1).
US11045766B2
A reverse osmosis system includes a membrane unit, an energy recovery device, high and low pressure inlet lines, and a concentrate line. The membrane unit has a membrane, an inlet for receiving a feed fluid, a permeate outlet for discharging a permeate fluid and a concentrate outlet for discharging a concentrate fluid. The energy recovering device has a turbine portion, a turbine inlet and a turbine outlet, a pump portion, a pump inlet and a pump outlet, a motor, and a motor control unit for controlling the motor. The low pressure inlet line is connected to the pump inlet for supplying the feed fluid at a low pressure. The high pressure inlet line connects the pump outlet with the inlet for supplying the feed fluid at a high pressure. The concentrate line connects the concentrate outlet with the turbine inlet for supplying the concentrate fluid to the turbine portion.
US11045764B2
A sorbent composition that is useful for injection into a flue gas stream of a coal burning furnace to efficiently remove mercury from the flue gas stream. The sorbent composition may include a sorbent with an associated ancillary catalyst component that is a catalytic metal, a precursor to a catalytic metal, a catalytic metal compound or a precursor to a catalytic metal compound. Alternatively, a catalytic metal or metal compound, or their precursors, may be admixed with the coal feedstock prior to or during combustion in the furnace, or may be independently injected into a flue gas stream. A catalytic promoter may also be used to enhance the performance of the catalytic metal or metal compound.
US11045749B2
The present disclosure relates to settler plates for a plate settler. The settler plates generally include a hollow support with a hollow interior to receive clarified liquid from a flow channel between adjacent settler plates. An orifice is formed through the hollow support to direct clarified liquid from the flow channel into the hollow interior. The orifice can be positioned such that clarified liquid can flow upwardly out of the flow channel and downwardly through the orifice into the hollow interior. The hollow support can be integrally formed with the settler plate. For example, the hollow support can be formed by bending a tab extending from an end of the settler plate. The tab can be bent into a hollow support with a cross section that is generally polygonal.
US11045748B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparation of a composition comprising gas microbubbles. More particularly the invention relates to a process for filling of such composition into a container. The composition prepared is preferably an ultrasound contrast media composition made available in a container wherein the headspace of the container comprises the same gas as the gas of the microbubbles.
US11045745B2
Described herein are methods and compounds for extracting water from an aqueous solution. For example, some embodiments include method for extracting water from an aqueous solution, comprising contacting the aqueous solution with a compound comprising one or more carbonyl moieties having an equilibrium constant for a hydration of the carbonyl moiety of at least about 0.5; separating a composition comprising the hydrated compound from the aqueous solution; and reacting the hydrated compound to obtain water.
US11045744B2
A wash column apparatus for the use in a suspension crystallization process for separating crystals from a crystal suspension mixture includes a cylindrical vessel including a piston with a piston head including a filter and a piston rod, movable in the cylindrical vessel, an inlet for supplying a crystal suspension mixture into the cylindrical vessel, an outlet for discharging mother liquor from the cylindrical vessel, an outlet for discharging crystals or crystal melt from the cylindrical vessel, a circulation conduit for circulating melt arranged outside the vessel, in communication with the wash chamber, a static grid element arranged in the wash chamber for restricting movement of the crystal bed and for directing the wash liquid entering into the cylindrical vessel from the circulation conduit so as to homogeneously distribute it over the entire cross-section of the wash column.
US11045742B2
A purification module configured to separate and purify a liquid solution is provided. The purification module may include a vessel configured to receive a predetermined amount of a liquid solution. The purification module may also include a heating apparatus configured to apply heat to the vessel at a temperature of a first boiling point, and a column apparatus configured to separate the liquid solution into a first liquid and a second liquid and purify the first liquid and the second liquid to a determined purity level. The column apparatus may include a first heating chamber, a second heating chamber, and a distillation chamber. The distillation chamber may be located between the first heating chamber and the second heating chamber. The first heating chamber and second heating chamber may be configured to receive a heat transfer liquid to apply heat to the distillation chamber at the temperature of the first boiling point.
US11045734B2
There is an operation mode that is switchable between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, a screen is divided into two display areas, and a game image in which a first player character is included in one of the areas and a second player character is included in the other area is displayed. In the second mode, a game image in which the first player character and the second player character are included is displayed in a single screen. In addition, the first player character can be moved using the first controller, and the second player character can be moved using a second controller. The second player character can be freely moved in the first mode, and can be moved within a predetermined range based on the position of the first player character in the second mode.
US11045725B1
Controller visualization systems and methods for use in virtual/augmented reality environments such as walk-around virtual reality environments are described. The virtual representation of a physical control device may be altered based on the context of the virtual environment. Certain embodiments combine the virtual rendering of the tracked control device with a real-time video representation of part of the operating space. In certain embodiments, the display of additional information relating to the function of interactive elements may be displayed based on context, such as when a specific action is required from a user in the virtual space.
US11045719B2
A computer device has a touch screen which receive a series of inputs from a user. Each of the inputs comprise a single touch input of the user. A computer implemented game is displayed on the touch screen and has at least one game object controlled by the series of inputs. The game object performs a first action in response to at least one first touch in the series of inputs and a second different action in response to at least one second touch in the series of inputs. The first and second actions are performed by the game object one in conjunction with the other.
US11045712B1
Method and apparatus directed to cushioned concave pads, cushioned traction pads, and grip tape for self-balancing vehicles. The method and apparatus includes front cushioned pads and/or front cushioned traction pads having top surfaces and bottom surfaces; attaching the bottom surfaces of the front cushioned pads and/or the front cushioned traction pads to a first deck portion disposed at a first end of a frame; selecting rear cushioned pads and/or rear cushioned traction pads having top and bottom surfaces. The top surfaces of the rear cushioned pads and/or rear cushioned traction pads can have a rear kicktail extending integrally upwardly and rearwardly. The method and apparatus further include attaching the bottom surfaces of the rear cushioned pads and/or the rear cushioned traction pads to a second deck portion disposed at a second end of the frame.
US11045707B1
A putting trainer, as described herein, is used for practicing golfing with a golf club with a head. The putting trainer is for use on a generally smooth putting surface. The putting trainer has a body and at least one obstacle.
US11045704B2
An adjustable wall mount assembly for a basketball goal is provided. The adjustable wall mount assembly may include a frame, a pair of supports, an actuator, a pair of actuator brackets, and a support bracket. The pair of support brackets may each be rotatably coupled to a respective side member of the frame and adapted to be rotatably coupled to a backboard. The pair of actuator brackets may be rotatably coupled to the frame and the actuator. The support bracket may be adapted to be rotatably coupled to the backboard of the basketball goal, rotatably coupled to the frame, and rotatably coupled to the actuator.
US11045695B2
A golf club head includes a striking face, a sole portion, a top portion, a hosel, a rear surface, a loft no less than 40°, a virtual vertical plane, and a center of gravity. The striking face has a face center, a leading edge, and a virtual striking face plane. The hosel includes an internal bore configured to receive a golf shaft and includes a peripheral side wall and a shaft abutment surface configured to abut a tip end of the golf shaft. The rear surface is opposite the striking face and has an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion including a forward-extending recess. The insert covers the recess forming a hollow portion. The virtual vertical plane is perpendicular to the striking face plane and passes through the face center. The center of gravity is spaced a distance from the virtual vertical plane in the heel-to-toe direction.
US11045689B2
A device for multidimensional mobilization of lumbar, pelvic, and hip joints with a generally concave upper surface connected to a generally convex lower surface is disclosed, wherein the generally concave upper surface has a recess to cradle a sacrum.
US11045686B2
An exercise apparatus having a pulley, a pair of stabilizing assemblies each configured to couple a front portion of a respective pedal element to each side of the pulley, a looped belt configured to couple the pulley to a resistance assembly, a tension stabilizer configured to maintain a tension of the looped belt on the pulley, and the resistance assembly configured to assert an adjustable resistance to the pedal elements through the looped belt. The exercise apparatus also comprises a resistance band extension for performing additional exercise using resistance bands and a transport mechanism for transporting the exercise apparatus and securing the exercise apparatus to a chair wheel or other structure during exercise.
US11045683B2
A weight lifting apparatus including a generally rectangular beam and two handles arranged near its ends. Each apparatus is designed to provide a more equal distribution of heavier weight across the length of the apparatus. Apparatuses may be connected to one another through locking mechanisms. A weight lifting system includes a series of weight lifting apparatuses of varying lengths and weights and is designed to gradually increase a minimum-to-maximum amount of weight. The series of apparatus gives the user a compact, functional weight increment (a gradual increase in weight for muscular strengthening), with comfortable management during the increase in weight, which is useful for a range of bodyweight motions; standing, sitting, bending, and/or on the ground. The weight lifting system also includes a base with handles and a series of additional beams that can be secured to the base to add incremental weights.
US11045678B1
A cuboctahedron-based recreational structure may comprise a plurality of hubs and a plurality of tubes. A kit for assembling the same may comprise a plurality of hubs and optionally a plurality of tubes. The plurality of hubs may include tetrapod hubs, hexapod hubs, and/or octopod hubs, each being configured to receive tubes extending from different ones of the plurality of hubs to form one or more cuboctahedral frames. Each hub may comprise a plurality of tube receptacles. The plurality of hubs and the plurality of tubes may be arranged to form one or more cuboctahedral frames, each having twenty-four edges and twelve vertices. Edges of the one or more cuboctahedral frames may comprise tubes. Vertices of the one or more cuboctahedral frames may comprise hubs. Connections between the hubs and the tubes may be formed by an end portion of each tube disposed within a tube receptacle of a hub.
US11045675B2
A fire-protection system for delivering a fire-control fluid includes a valve having a body with an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid passageway connecting the inlet with the outlet. A seal member is supportable across the passageway to close the passageway. The seal member is supported across the passageway in a sealing position in a pre-activation condition of the valve. The seal member is movable from the sealing position to a fluid-flow position in an activated condition of the valve. The seal member includes a support body having a longitudinal axis, a seat, a leading surface facing in an upstream direction from the seat, and a trailing surface located in a downstream direction from the seat and contoured radially inwardly in the downstream direction. A Belleville washer is mounted on the seat of the support body.
US11045673B2
Systems and methods for filling and pressurizing a container with liquid suppressant and nitrogen gas. A pressurized receiving container of nitrogen gas is provided at a predetermined gas pressure and liquid suppressant is added to the pressurized receiving container. The predetermined gas pressure provides a sufficient amount of nitrogen to saturate the added liquid suppressant and provide an operative head space pressure within the receiving container without the need for mechanized mixing.
US11045669B2
The invention relates to a hydroalcoholic extract of the aerial parts of Schinus molle. The invention is characterised in that it comprises predominantly quercitrin and miquelianin among the extracted polyphenols, in a concentration, respectively, of at least 0.04% of quercitrin by weight of the total weight of the extract, and of at least 0.02% of miquelianin by weight of the total weight of the extract, the other extracted polyphenols, considered independently of one another, being present in trace form. The invention also relates to a method for preparing an extract of Schinus molle according to the invention and to cosmetic compositions comprising an effective amount of the extract according to the invention as protective active agent, and the cosmetic use of such compositions to improve the barrier function of the skin and to protect the skin against atmospheric pollutants.
US11045668B2
A volumetric radiation dose detector provides radiation sensors distributed along a closed surface presenting surface normals that vary over a range of azimuth and altitude angles to provide accurate dose modeling for radiation received at a comparable range of angles. Concentric layers of surfaces provide volumetric dose information that can be used to directly produce useful dose maps and assessments.
US11045665B2
An ophthalmic radiation device having a substantially light-transparent wand configured to emit light propagating through the wand light from a series of illumination ports at least partially circumscribing a radioactive source disposed in the holder, thereby providing a visual reference for identifying a position of the radioactive source. Embodiments are directed at effectively directing light from a light source through the body of the wand to illumination ports by using the wand body itself as the light guide. The illumination ports are used as reference points by a medical practitioner to facilitate placing the device into a correct treatment position.
US11045662B2
A wearable eyebrow-irradiating device includes a main irradiation body, a circumferential light-shielding lining and a fastening headband. The main irradiation body, worn on user's head, has at least one lighting component for projecting respective eyebrow-growth stimulating beams onto corresponding eyebrow-growing zones upon when the main irradiation body is fitted onto the head. The circumferential light-shielding lining, mounted fixedly at the main irradiation body by surrounding the lighting component, is to shield the eyebrow-growing zone, so that an eye can be isolated from the neighboring eyebrow-growing zone. The fastening headband, connecting the main irradiation body, is to wear the main irradiation body tightly onto the head, and to elastically deform the circumferential light-shielding lining so as to completely shield the eyebrow-growing zone and thus to prevent the eyebrow-growth stimulating beam from irradiating the eye.
US11045659B2
A method of lowering the blood lactate concentration of subject in the need thereof includes the step of applying to the subject a pulsating magnetic field to the thyroid area of the subject.
US11045655B2
A medical implant, such as an implantable component (22) of a tissue-stimulating prosthesis. One example of such a prosthesis being a cochlear implant. The component (22) is adapted to be implanted at or adjacent a tissue surface within the recipient, such as a bone surface. The component (22) has a housing and at least one flange (42) extending outwardly therefrom. The flange (42) can be secured to the tissue surface via a tissue fixation device, such as a bone screw (43).
US11045652B2
Techniques are described determining electrodes that are proximate or distal to location of an oscillatory signal source in a patient based on current source densities (CSDs). Processing circuitry may determine, for one or more electrodes of a plurality of electrodes, respective time-varying measurements of CSDs, aggregate, for the one or more electrodes of the plurality electrodes, the respective time-varying measurements of the CSDs to generate respective average level values for the one or more electrodes of the plurality of electrodes, determine, for one or more electrodes of the plurality of electrodes, respective phase-magnitude representations of the time-varying measurements of the CSDs. The respective phase-magnitude representations are indicative of respective magnitudes and phases of a particular frequency component of respective time-varying measurements of the CSDs. The particular frequency component is a frequency component having a largest transform coefficient in a time-varying measurement of a CSD having a largest average level value.
US11045646B2
A nerve cuff electrode device comprising a cuff body having a smart memory polymer layer with a rigid configuration at room temperature and a softened configuration at about 37 C. The smart memory polymer layer has a trained curved region with a radius of curvature of about 3000 microns or less. A plurality of thin film electrodes located on the smart memory polymer layer. The thin film electrodes include discrete titanium nitride electrode sites that are located in the trained curved region. An exposed surface of each of the discrete titanium nitride electrode sites has a charge injection capacity of about 0.1 mC/cm2 or greater. Methods or manufacturing and using the device are also disclosed.
US11045633B2
A cannula for connecting a medical device to a biological system is taught. The cannula includes a tissue engagement portion, preferably in the form of an annulus, to which a vacuum is applied through the cannula to attract and hold tissue of the biological system in an initial connection while an affixment device is applied to complete the connection. In addition to a working fluid conduit, comprising a main port, a working fluid passage and a working fluid port, and a port to apply the vacuum, the cannula can include a sensor port to allow sensing pressure or other characteristics of the working fluid at a point closely adjacent to the connection between the cannula and the biological system.
US11045628B2
A medical probe includes a shaft, an expandable membrane and a probe maneuvering assembly (PMA). The shaft is configured for insertion into a cavity of an organ of a patient. The PMA is located inside the expandable membrane and includes a first elastic element, which is fitted along a longitudinal axis of the PMA and is configured to expand the membrane by shortening the PMA, and to collapse the membrane by elongating the PMA. The PMA further includes a second elastic element, which surrounds at least a portion of the first elastic element and is configured to deflect the membrane relative to the longitudinal axis.
US11045620B2
Systems and methods for nitric oxide (NO) generation systems are provided. In some embodiments, an NO generation system comprises at least one pair of electrodes configured to generate a product gas containing NO from a flow of a reactant gas. The electrodes have elongated surfaces such that a plasma produced is carried by the flow of the reactant gas and glides along the elongated surfaces from a first end towards a second end of the electrode pair. A controller is configured to regulate the amount of NO in the product gas by the at least one pair of electrodes using one or more parameters as an input to the controller. The one or more parameters include information from a plurality of sensors configured to collect information relating to at least one of the reactant gas, the product gas, and a medical gas into which the product gas flows.
US11045612B2
The invention relates to an injection device which includes a handle and a guard which together enclose a movable cartridge which can contain liquid material to be injected, and further enclose a movable injector that includes a needle, the needle being attached to a housing where the housing is attached to the cartridge, the device also including a delivery mechanism whereby the needle is moved from a retracted to an extended position, and independently the volume of the chamber may be adjusted to expel the contents thereof through the needle and into a subject in need thereof. The injection device may be communicatively connected to a control unit so as to provide a dermal injection system.
US11045604B2
A medical device assembly is disclosed. The medical device assembly includes a therapeusis delivery portion and an algometer portion. The therapeusis delivery portion includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end. The algometer portion includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end. The body of the therapeusis delivery portion defines a therapeusis-delivering passage and an algometer-receiving passage. The algometer-receiving passage may be sized to receive a portion of the algometer portion for connecting the algometer portion to the therapeusis delivery portion. A portion of medical device assembly is also disclosed. A method is also disclosed.
US11045589B2
Provided herein are catheter lock solutions having anticoagulation and antimicrobial properties, the catheter lock solutions including citrate salts. The citrate salt can be trisodium citrate, and the catheter lock solution can further include a diluted acid for adjusting the pH of the catheter lock solution.
US11045586B2
A method of manufacturing a tubular graft may include the steps of: providing a textile including a tubular wall disposed between a first open end and an opposed second open end, an inner surface and an opposed outer surface defining an interior wall portion therein between, the tubular wall including a textile construction of one or more filaments or yarns, the textile construction by itself being permeable to liquid; applying a substantially water-soluble material to at least a portion of the tubular wall; and applying a substantially water-insoluble sealant to at least a part of the outer surface of the tubular wall, the substantially water-insoluble sealant being configured to mitigate movement of fluid through the wall of the conduit; where the water-soluble material is configured to mitigate penetration of the sealant to the inner surface of the conduit.
US11045569B2
Articles can be provided with odor resistance by applying a dispersion of a halogenated heterocyclic N-halamine in an inert liquid carrier onto the surface of the article and allowing the inert liquid carrier to penetrate into it. The N-halamine accordingly becomes deposited on the surface of the article after the inert liquid carrier penetrates into the article. This method can be used to provide odor resistance to a variety of substrates, including garbage bags. It can also be used to deposit other functional particulates onto the surface of substrates having sufficient porosity to take up the vehicle. For instance, such functional particles can be oxidants that display antimicrobial and/or enzyme inhibitory efficacy or particles having toxin interaction potentials through oxidative degradation or adsorption of toxic substances in air and/or water, such as fluoride uptake by metal oxide microparticles.
US11045560B2
The present invention relates to novel dendrimer conjugates, methods for their preparation and their use for treatment of diseases. The invention discloses a new method for the delivery of dendrimer conjugates with therapeutically active molecules into the cell by utilizing transmembrane solute carrier proteins enabling uptake of the inventive dendrimer conjugates. Particular subject-matter of the present invention is a conjugate of the formula E-[G-L-D(OSO3−M+)n]m, wherein E is a therapeutic or diagnostic effector molecule, wherein D(OSO3−M+)n is a dendrimer D carrying a number n of sulfate groups OSO3−M+, wherein the number n of sulfate groups is selected from 6 to 96, wherein M is a cationic inorganic or organic counter ion to the anionic sulfate group, wherein L is a linker or spacer between D and E, wherein G is a connecting functional group forming the attachment between L and E, and wherein m is an integer from 1 to 20.
US11045556B2
The present invention relates to novel therapeutic nanoparticles. In particular, the present invention is directed to nanoparticles associated (e.g., complexed, conjugated, encapsulated, absorbed, adsorbed, admixed) with angiogenesis-activating-agents, methods of synthesizing the same, devices or compositions comprising such nanoparticles, as well as systems and methods utilizing the nanoparticles (e.g., in therapeutic settings for enhancing and/or activating angiogenesis at targeted tissue region).
US11045538B2
The present invention provides a method for treatment of hyperglycemia, particularly type 2 diabetes with Staphylococcal enterotoxins (SE). Also provided are a composition for treatment of hyperglycemia, comprising Staphylococcal enterotoxins, and a use of Staphylococcal enterotoxins for treatment of hyperglycemia.
US11045537B2
A SD-1 strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae from mink and its application are disclosed, wherein the collection number of the Klebsiella pneumoniae is CGMCC NO: 17901. The Klebsiella pneumoniae SD-1 strain can be used for preparing a vaccine. The preferred form of the vaccine is an inactivated vaccine. The SD-1 strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae was screened from minks that died after vaccination. Compared with the current Klebsiella pneumoniae, the strain has mutated and is a new type of pathogenic strain. Vaccine prepared from the SD-1 strain provides better immune protection for minks.
US11045527B2
A therapeutic agent for the treatment of toxemia, preeclampsia and eclampsia and a method for preparing the therapeutic agent are disclosed. The therapeutic agent is a stable pharmaceutical preparation containing, but not limited to, digestive/pancreatic enzymes. The therapeutic agent may be manufactured by a variety of encapsulation technologies. Delivery of the therapeutic agent may be made orally, through injection, by adherence of a medicated patch or by other methods. Further, a method of using the presence of chymotrypsin in the maternal GI tract as a biomarker, to determine the likelihood of developing preeclampsia, a pregnancy induced hypertension, and eclampsia/toxemia is disclosed.
US11045517B2
The present invention discloses a composition comprising Nigella sativa extract standardized to contain not less than 0.1% w/w thymoquinone and not less than 0.01% w/w thymohydroquinone, Coleus forskolii extract standardized to contain not less than 90% w/w forskolin and Piper nigrum extract standardized to contain not less than 95% w/w piperine extract for use in enhancing melanogenesis in mammalian cells. The invention also discloses the use of above mentioned composition in the therapeutic management of hypomelanotic skin conditions and in reducing the progression of depigmentation of skin in vitiligo in mammalian skin.
US11045514B2
A method of modulating body weight using a composition of rosemary extract having a pre-determined amount of ursolic acid.
US11045504B2
Provided herein are compositions comprising substantially non-viable Gram-negative bacterial organisms that have a substantial reduction in endotoxin activity and/or pyrogenicity and methods for treating a cancer using the same. Also provided are methods for treating cancer provided herein, comprising administering to a mammal diagnosed with cancer, substantially non-viable Gram-negative bacteria having a substantial reduction in endotoxin activity and/or pyrogenicity, in an amount sufficient to inhibit growth or metastasis of the cancer. An additional method is provided comprising administering viable or non-viable Gram-negative bacterial organisms that have a genetic defect that results in a substantial loss of lipopolysaccharide within the outer membrane of the bacteria. Further provided are methods for reducing endotoxin activity and/or pyrogenicity in Gram-negative bacteria comprising treatment with polymyxin and glutaraldehyde.
US11045502B2
Disclosed are methods for isolating endothelial progenitor cells (EPC). More particularly, the present invention discloses methods for isolating endothelial progenitor cells that exhibit self-renewal and differentiation capacity. The isolated cellular population of the present invention is useful in a wide range of clinical and research setting including inter alia, the in vitro or in vivo generation of endothelial cells and the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of a range of conditions via the administration of these cells. Also facilitated is the isolation of endothelial progenitor cells for research purposes such as in vitro based screening systems for testing the therapeutic impact and/or toxicity of potential treatment or culture regimes to which these cells may be exposed to. The present invention also discloses methods for isolating mesenchymal stem cells, in particular mesenchymal stem cells of fetal and/or maternal origin. These cells are also useful in a range of in vitro and in vivo therapeutic, prophylactic and research applications.
US11045500B2
A three-dimensional fibrin engineered tissue construct is provided selected from: (i) a fibrin gel matrix comprising a combination of tissue-specific cells and at least one type of vascular cells; and (ii) a hybrid scaffold of fibrin gel and a polymeric synthetic scaffold comprising at least one type of vascular cells or a combination of tissue-specific cells and at least one type of vascular cells.
US11045499B2
A composition for the treatment of wounds includes demineralized bone fibers (DBF) derived from allogeneic or xenogenic cortical bone and/or polymeric fibers made from resorbable and/or non-resorbable polymer, and the composition may also include an oxygen-generating material and/or an oxygen carrier.
US11045496B2
The present invention describes a method for treating cancer comprising adoptive transfer of tumor antigen specific CD8+ T cells and an oncolytic virus vaccine targeting the same antigen.
US11045488B2
This invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for modulating the expression of human GST-π using RNA interference. The RNA interference molecules can be used in methods for preventing or treating diseases such as malignant tumor. Provided are a range of siRNA structures, having one or more of nucleotides being modified or chemically-modified. Advantageous structures include siRNAs with 2′-deoxy nucleotides located in the seed region, as well as other nucleotide modifications.
US11045485B2
Compounds, compositions, and methods for the diagnosis and/or treatment of medical conditions involving infections with and colonization by Pseudomonas bacteria including, for example, Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis are described.
US11045483B2
The subject-matter of the present invention is the use of a therapeutic composition comprising, in an applying carrier, at least one essential oil for relieving muscle and/or joint pain in an animal subject, wherein said composition topically treats an area of the skin of said subject, characterized in that said composition comprises methyl salicylate, which constitutes, with at least one essential oil of the composition containing same in only a small amount or not at all, an active agent within which the rate of transport of the methyl salicylate through the skin is increased by virtue of the oil, which is an essential oil.
US11045478B2
Provided are immediate or prolonged administration of certain salts of KATP channel openers such as diazoxide to a subject to achieve novel pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic, therapeutic, physiological, metabolic and compositional outcomes in the treatment of diseases or conditions involving KATP channels. Also provided are pharmaceutical formulations, methods of administration and dosing of the salts that achieve these outcomes and reduce the incidence of adverse effects in treated individuals. Further provided are method of co-administering the salts with other drugs to treat diseases of humans and animals.
US11045473B2
Provided are compositions and methods for treating prostate conditions. The methods involve administering to an individual in need thereof a composition that contains i) an inhibitor of methionine salvage pathway in prostate of the individual and ii) a polyamine analogue. The methods are for use in individuals who have been diagnosed with, or are suspected of having or at risk for developing androgen sensitive prostate cancer (AS-CaP), or Castration recurrent CaP (CR-CaP), or benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). The disclosure includes use of inhibitors of methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAP), and a polyamine analog that upregulates polyamine catabolism by increasing spermidine/spermine N1-acetyl transferase (SAT1) activity, such as methyl-thio-DADMe-Immucillin (MTDIA), and 1),N(11)-bisethylnorspermine (BENSpm), respectively. Pharmaceutical formulations that contain a combination of the inhibitor of the methionine salvage pathway and a polyamine analogue are included, as are kits that contain such agents.
US11045470B2
The present invention relates to the method of treating heavy menstrual bleeding in a subject with or without uterine fibroids and in need of treatment by administering an effective amount of 4-((R)-2-[5-(2-fluoro-3-methoxy-phenyl)-3-(2-fluoro-6-trifluoromethyl-benzyl)-4-methyl-2,6-dioxo-3,6-dihydro-2H-pyrimidin-1-yl]-1-phenyl-ethylamino)-butyric acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in combination with estrogens and progestogens.
US11045469B2
Provided herein are compositions, methods and kits for treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in a mammal in need thereof. The method include administering to a subject with IBD a combination therapy containing a therapeutically effective amount of a chemokine receptor 9 (CCR9) inhibitor compound and a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-α4β7 integrin antibody such as vedolizumab. Also provided herein is a kit containing the CCR9 inhibitor compound and anti-α4β7 integrin antibody.
US11045460B2
The present invention concerns a method for modulating the enzymatic activity of an enzyme, wherein said enzyme interacts with BMP, said method comprising the step of administering or inducing Hsp70, or a functional fragment or variant thereof, in a form suitable for allowing interaction between BMP and Hsp70, or said functional fragment or variant thereof, and thereby modulating the enzymatic activity of an enzyme interacting with BMP.
US11045455B2
The present invention relates to an azetidine derivative for use as a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, a drug composition comprising same, a preparation method therefor, and a use thereof in the treatment of JAK-related diseases comprising, for example, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, and cancers.
US11045451B2
Materials and methods for detecting and treating Coccidioidomycosis (Valley Fever) are provided herein. For example, materials and methods for enriching and detecting biomarker antigens (e.g., polypeptides and/or glycans) from Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii, the fungi that cause Valley Fever, are described herein, as are methods for treating an individual for Valley Fever based on the results of the described detection methods.
US11045439B2
Pentacyclic triterpene weight loss agents are provided herein. Also provided are pharmaceutical formulations containing a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the weight loss agents, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs thereof, in combination with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The pharmaceutical formulations can be administered to a pre-obese, obese, or morbidly obese patient to induce weight loss, reduce body fat, reduce food intake, improve glucose homeostasis, prevent obesity, or a combination thereof. The weight loss agents can also be co-administered with leptin or a leptin analog.
US11045423B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical antiretroviral compositions comprising a combination of antiretroviral agents (darunavir, dolutegravir and ritonavir), the manufacturing process thereof and use of the said compositions for the prevention, treatment or prophylaxis of HIV infection.
US11045418B2
The present invention relates to lipid particles comprising at least one cationic lipid, at least one water-soluble therapeutically effective compound and RNA. Further, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such particles. Said pharmaceutical composition is useful for inducing an immune response. It is also useful in a prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of a disease involving an antigen. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for producing the particles.
US11045410B2
A powder composition for forming a cosmetic nail coating comprises an acrylic polymer or copolymer, and about 0.01 wt % to about 1.0 wt % of tertiary phosphine. The tertiary phosphine comprises three aryl groups, alkyl groups, or combination thereof. An example of the tertiary phosphine is a triaryl phosphine that may be substituted with 1 to 3 alkyl groups. A method of forming a cosmetic nail coating comprises the steps of (i) applying to a nail a cyanoacrylate adhesive; and (ii) contacting the nail with the powder composition. No application of an activator is necessary. The advantages of such a method include that fewer steps are needed in order to obtain a nail coating, the increased speed that the system cures, and a safer toxicological profile of the ingredients.
US11045408B2
A deodorant stick having a substituted or unsubstituted 2-pyridinol-N-oxide material and at least one material selected from the group consisting of hexamidine, magnesium carbonate, zinc carbonate, thymol, magnesium hydroxide, dead sea salt, calcium carbonate, polyvinyl formate, salycilic acid, niacinamide, and combinations thereof.
US11045378B2
A method of making a fabric component includes arranging panels of fabric on a frame such that a first panel is in direct contact with the frame and a second panel is positioned on a side of the first panel opposite the frame. The method includes arranging the panels on the frame to cover an opening of the frame and a clamping surface of the frame that surrounds a perimeter of the opening. The method includes rotating a clamp about an axis from an open position to a closed position to hold the panels directly interposed between the clamp and the clamping surface. The method includes arranging the opening in an operating area of a programmable sewing machine, and operating the sewing machine to sew the panels together within the opening such that the panels form the fabric component. The method includes removing the fabric component from the frame.
US11045376B2
A robotic operating table according to one or more embodiments may include: a table on which to place a patient; a robotic arm including a plurality of joints, and including a first end supported on a base fixed to a floor, and a second end supporting the table; an operation device including: a move operation receiving unit that receives, from a user, a move operation to move the table, and a register operation receiving unit that receives, from a user, a register operation to register a position of a movement destination of the table and a movement-destination set operation; a memory; and a controller that causes the robotic arm to move the table based on the move operation received by the move operation receiving unit.
US11045375B2
A robotic operating table according to one or more embodiments may include: a patient placement table; a robotic arm comprising a plurality of joints, and having a first end supported on a base and a second end supporting the table; and an operation device comprising a preset position registration setting unit that registers an anesthetization position, a surgical operation position, and an imaging position and sets one of the registered anesthetization, surgical operation, and imaging positions as a movement destination of the table, and a move-operation receiving unit that receives, from a user, a move operation to move the table. When the move-operation receiving unit is operated while one of the registered anesthetization, surgical operation, and imaging positions is set as the movement destination of the table, the robotic arm may move the table to the set one of the registered anesthetization, surgical operation, and imaging positions.
US11045367B2
A swing arm assembly for a foldable wheelchair consisting of a camber tube and adapters is disclosed. The adapters mount to the frame of the wheelchair and receive the ends of the camber tube. One end of the camber tube is pinned into an adapter such that it pivots. The other end is pinned in an adapter using a quick release pin. The camber tube improves the stability of the foldable wheelchair. When desired to fold the wheelchair, the quick release pin is removed and the camber tube is rotated approximately 90 degrees, thereby allowing the wheelchair to fold. The adapters may be mounted to the wheelchair frame or to stub axles if used. The swing arm assembly adds substantial stiffness and stability to a folding wheelchair.
US11045365B2
A lift apparatus includes an anchor assembly fixable to a vehicle; a platform to support a wheelchair; a support assembly; and two arms, each connected to the support assembly to support the platform. The arms are rotatably connected to the anchor assembly. The platform includes two parts. Each part has a support surface for a wheelchair, a back, and a lateral edge along which the parts are hinged to rotate between a close configuration, in which the backs are facing, and an open configuration, in which the support surfaces are coplanar. An actuator rotates the parts from the close configuration to the open configuration. For each arm, a connecting element, is pivoted to the arm; a first connecting rod is pivoted to the connecting element and to a first of the parts, and a second connecting rod is pivoted to the connecting element and to the second of the parts.
US11045354B2
Various arrangements of fluidics systems are disclosed. In one arrangement, an aspiration circuit for a fluidics system is disclosed that selectively controls aspiration. The aspiration circuit comprises an aspiration line operatively connected to a surgical instrument, an aspiration exhaust line operatively connected to a waste receptacle; an aspiration vent line connected at a first end to the aspiration line; and a selectively variable vent valve operatively connected to the aspiration vent line. The variable vent valve may be selectively moved to vary aspiration pressure within the aspiration line. Other fluidics systems are disclosed that include a selectively positionable irrigation valve that may also be incorporated into a fluidics system that includes a variable vent valve.
US11045348B2
An apparatus for mandibular advancement of an oral appliance for use in the treatment of sleep apnea, snoring, and other conditions. The apparatus for mandibular advancement of an oral appliance generally includes a first appliance portion comprising a gear assembly having a drive gear, wherein rotation of the drive gear linearly displaces links. The appliance also has a second appliance portion with a link-engaging members, wherein the links exert a force on the link-engaging members when they are linearly displaced, and wherein the force causes the second appliance portion to be displaced relative to the first appliance portion.
US11045341B2
Apparatus for manipulating and securing tissue are described herein. In creating tissue folds within the body of a patient, a tissue manipulation assembly may generally have an elongate tubular member, an engagement member slidably disposed through the tubular member and a distal end adapted to engage tissue via a helical member, tissue stabilizing members positioned at the tubular member distal end which are adapted to stabilize tissue therebetween, and a delivery tube pivotable about the tissue stabilizer. The stabilizing members can be adapted to become angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongate tubular member. Moreover, one or all the articulation controls and functions can be integrated into a singular handle assembly connectable to the tissue manipulation assembly via a rigid or flexible tubular body.
US11045336B2
Methods for securing strand ends of devices configured for insertion into an anatomical structure, and the resulting devices.
US11045335B2
An endovascular heart valve assembly includes an inner frame comprising a graft covering housing a prosthetic heart valve, an outer frame formed from a metallic material and defining a gridded configuration. A sealing material includes a plurality of radially extending fibers that extend outwardly of the outer frame. The plurality of radially extending fibers include first fibers extending from a first position relative to the outer frame and second fibers extending from a second position relative to the outer frame that is distally spaced-apart from the first position. The gridded configuration includes an uncovered open cell between the first position and the second position. The first fibers and the second fibers are configured to cooperatively form a seal when compressed within the aortic annulus. A length of the first fibers is greater than a height of the uncovered open cell.
US11045328B2
Intervertebral spacer implants with dynamic load spreading features responsive to external loads and having attachment mechanisms. The dynamic load spreading features having a native state and a loaded state, which complements vertebral end plate geometry and disperses load to the epiphyseal rim.
US11045325B2
An expansible intervertebral implant is disclosed, various embodiments of which comprise an elongated body along a longitudinal axis comprised between a proximal end and a distal end, a flexible arm mounted in the vicinity of the distal end of the longitudinal body and movable between: a folded-back position with the arm substantially parallel to the axis, and a deployed position with the arm not parallel to the axis and away from the body to expand said implant along an axis, by assuming the general shape of a circular arc, a means for deployment of said flexible arm for deploying the latter from the folded-back position to the deployed position, by the sliding of a proximal portion of said flexible arm with respect to the body inducing an increase in the space occupied by the implant, greater than the space of the implant in the folded-back position.
US11045324B2
A method of replacing a nucleus pulposus material wherein curable nucleus pulposus material is injected into a balloon in an intervertebral space.
US11045323B2
An orthopaedic joint prosthesis assembly includes a head part of an orthopaedic joint prosthesis component and an alignment guide. The head part has a spherical hearing surface for articulation with a corresponding joint surface, and an assembly surface having a first bore formed in it for receiving a spigot on another part of the orthopaedic joint prosthesis. The bore has a first axis that extends perpendicular to the assembly surface. The alignment guide has an axial portion defining a second axis and an arm extending from the axial portion. The arm includes a distal portion which is configured to engage the assembly surface, with the axial portion being arranged to engage the bearing surface of the head part when the head part is mounted within the guide such that an impaction force applied along the second axis is directed along the first axis.
US11045322B2
A short-stem femoral implant suitable for use in hip arthroplasty configured to self-stabilise against sliding across the endo-cortex when implanted in a subject's femur. The femoral implant includes a distal end configured to engage in abutment with the lateral endo-cortex of the subject's femur at two distal locations such that when implanted, the femoral implant has a reduced tendency for sliding across the endo-cortex.
US11045320B2
A penile sleeve device (PSD) that is an implantable subcutaneous penile shaft silicone rubber apparatus which has several functions such as to elongate, thicken, harden, straighten and custom shape a penis. The PSD has an elongated main component of stretchable elastic silicone elastomer into which an inner component of a much higher durometer silicone rubber material is positioned to provide the PSD with some rigidity. The main component is the only portion in contact with the penile shaft since the inner component resides within a pocket of the main component that is formed by two layers therein. The outside surface of these layers may include folds to assist in enhancing penile girth and lengthening. A penile stocking insert is also provided for increasing the length of the penis it is flaccid or erect state using an elongated tubular body constructed from an elastic material which applies a compressive force around the penile shaft, thus elongating the length of the penis.
US11045311B2
A prosthetic heart valve, for example a tricuspid valve, may include a flexible membrane and a frame. The frame may be attached to the periphery of the tricuspid orifice. The diaphragm may be attached to the frame around a part of the perimeter of the orifice. Optionally the frame may be flexible. For example the frame may elastically flex between a substantially circular shape and/of an elliptical and/or crescent shape. Optionally there may not be a stiff cross piece crossing a central region of the orifice and connected on opposing sides of frame. In some embodiments, the diaphragm may take a dome shape during systole.
US11045309B2
Intraocular lenses (IOLs) that improve lens stability by, for example, increasing anterior-posterior stiffness of the IOL, increasing anterior-posterior dimensions of the IOL and/or increasing contact area with the equator of the bag to resist movement of the IOL as the bag collapses over time. These IOLs may be non-modular (single component) or modular (multiple component). In modular embodiments, the IOL system may include intraocular base and optic components, which, when combined, form a modular IOL.
US11045306B1
Method and apparatus for automated staging of hair grafts using a camera for capturing one or more images of a staging area constructed for holding the hair grafts, and a controllable robotic arm having an aspiration tip mounted at a tool end thereof. An image captured by the camera is processed to identify a position of a hair graft in the image, and subsequent to distinguishing between a base end and a hair end of the hair graft in the image, an aspiration point is defined based at least in part on position of either or both of the base end and the hair end. The robotic arm is controlled to move the aspiration tip to the aspiration point, for aspiration of the hair graft into the aspiration tip. The aspirated graft may then be dispensed to a holding cartridge, sorted by number of hair grafts, or may be aspirated directly from the aspiration tip to a loading position in a hair implantation device, or to a loading position in a helper device for subsequent loading of the hair graft to a hair implantation device.
US11045300B2
Systems, devices, and methods for organ Retroperfusion along with regional mild hypothermia. One such system includes a hypothermia system including a hypothermia system outlet and a hypothermia system inlet; and a connector comprising a coolant inlet, a coolant outlet, a coolant reservoir, and a blood lumen, whereby the coolant inlet is configured to couple to the hypothermia system outlet and whereby the coolant outlet is configured to couple to the hypothermia system inlet; whereby a cooling product, when the hypothermia system is connected to the connector, can flow from the hypothermia system, through the hypothermia system outlet, into the coolant inlet, through the coolant reservoir, into the coolant outlet, and into the hypothermia system inlet, so that the cooling product can cool blood flowing through the blood lumen.
US11045292B2
A zirconia sintered body is provided in which the strength between layers of powders is improved. A flexural strength of a test sample of the zirconia sintered body, measured pursuant to JISR1601, is not less than 1100 MPa. The test sample is formed by preparing a plurality of zirconia powders, each containing zirconia and a stabilizer that suppresses phase transition of zirconia, the zirconia powders differing in a composition, layering the zirconia powders to form a zirconia composition, and sintering the zirconia composition to form a zirconia sintered body. The flexural strength is measured such that a load point is positioned at a boundary of the zirconia powders, the boundary traversing the test sample of the sintered body along a direction of load application.
US11045287B2
A drill bit and method for normalizing bone is provided. The drill bit has a non-round drill bit core that is adapted to cut hard bone and to not cut soft bone. The drill bit has a cutting edge which may be positioned within a compression zone of the non-round drill bit core. The rotational speed of the drill bit and the profile of the drill bit core are tuned so that hard bone recovers into a cutting zone defined by the cutting edge while soft bone remains outside of the cutting zone. The insertion torque of the drill bit can be measured to determine when the normalization is adequate.
US11045286B2
A dental implant, including a generally cylindrical body having a proximal open end and a distal closed end and an externally threaded surface, a socket extending distally from the proximal end and terminating at a proximally facing shoulder and an internally threaded hole extending distally from the proximally facing shoulder and a curved portion formed between the proximally facing shoulder and the internally threaded wall.
US11045284B2
A dental brace is formed with a bracket main body portion, an opening/closing lid portion, 3a and a tooth abutting plate portion. The tooth abutting plate portion includes, on one surface side, a first surface portion which abuts on the surface of a tooth T on the side of a tongue and includes, on a side opposite to the first surface portion, a second surface portion to which the bracket main body portion is adhered, and a charge hole portion is formed which penetrates from the first surface portion to the second surface portion.
US11045282B2
Polymeric shell appliances are provided in which the polymeric shell appliances are configured to provide one or more activation forces to facilitate tooth movement. In many embodiments, the appliances comprise interproximal engagement structures to provide activation forces to interproximal tooth surfaces. In many embodiments, the activation forces are arranged to provide a plurality of forces, including a force in a direction opposite to an intended direction of tooth movement. The polymeric shell appliances may comprise one or more tooth receiving cavities, in which each of the plurality of tooth receiving cavities is shaped and arranged to provide a counter moment of each of the plurality of teeth.
US11045271B1
A system includes a camera; an AI visual processor to classify and recognize human anatomical features, and a processor to control robot movement to reach a selected anatomical target.
US11045264B2
The present invention provides a handheld robot for orthopedic surgery and a control method thereof. The handheld robot of the present invention includes a main body, a grip, a kinematic mechanism, a tool connector, a tool, a force sensor and a positioning unit. The handheld robot of the present invention combines the position/orientation information of the tool acquired by the positioning unit with the force/torque information acquired by the force sensor, and utilizes the combined information to adjust the position of the tool so as to keep the tool within the range/path of a predetermined operation plan. In this way, the precision of the orthopedic surgery can be enhanced, and the error occurred during the surgery can be minimized.
US11045262B2
A cut guide assembly (600) and a system for mounting assembly on a patient are described. The system includes an ankle clamp (525), an alignment guide (530) configured to be removably attached to the ankle clamp, and the cut guide assembly. The cut guide assembly includes a cut guide (535) and a position tracker (200). The cut guide includes a receiving feature (605) configured to removably attach to at least a portion of the alignment guide, a locking mechanism (610) configured to lock the receiving feature to the at least a portion of the alignment guide, and a plurality of pin receptacles (620), each of the plurality of pin receptacles configured to receive a bone pin (540) configured to affix the cut guide to a patient's bone. The position tracker configured to be affixed to the cut guide when the cut guide is affixed to the patient's bone.
US11045260B2
There is provided herein a system and a method for an insertion device positioning guidance system comprising: an electromagnetic field generator configured to generate an electromagnetic field covering a treatment area; a plate sensor configured to be positioned within the treatment area in a location defining an orientation of a subject; a reference sensor configured to be positioned, within the treatment area, on the subject's torso, the reference sensor is configured to define a reference coordinate system representing the position and orientation of the subject's torso relative to said field generator; a registration sensor configured to mark at least a first and a second anatomic locations relative to the reference coordinate system; and a processor configured to operate said field generator, read signals obtained from said the plate sensor, said reference sensor and said registration sensor, calculate a position and orientation thereof relative to said field generator, generate a 3D anatomic map representing the torso of the subject and the first and second anatomic locations, said processor is further configured to facilitate visualization on the 3D anatomic map of a position, orientation and/or path of a tip sensor, located in a distal tip section of the insertion device, with respect to the first and second anatomic locations, independent of the subject's movement and independent of deviations in the position and/or orientation of said field generator, thus determination of a successful medical procedure is facilitated.
US11045250B2
A surgical instrument includes a housing, an energizable member, a powered deployment assembly, and a cable assembly. The energizable member is configured to supply electrosurgical energy to tissue, and is movable between a storage position and a deployed position. The powered deployment assembly is configured to selectively move the energizable member between the storage position and the deployed position. The cable assembly having a cable coupled to the housing at a first end and having a plug coupled to the cable at a second, opposite end. The cable housing one or more first wires for selectively providing electrosurgical energy to the energizable member and one or more second wires for selectively providing power to the powered deployment assembly. The plug is configured to house a battery therein for powering the powered deployment assembly via the one or more second wires.
US11045243B2
The invention provides a screw pegging device. The screw pegging device comprises a holding handle, a handle rod, a sleeve and a screw part, wherein the sleeve is provided with a perforative cavity, and clamping grooves are arranged at two ends of the cavity; a groove opening running through the cavity is arranged in the side wall of the sleeve, a limiting clamping part is arranged in the groove opening, one end of the limiting clamping part is connected with the groove opening, and the other end of the limiting clamping part is provided with a convex clamping edge; the screw part is a long rod, one end of the long rod is provided with a screw head, a first clamping part is arranged at the joint of the long rod and the screw head, and an annular groove edge is arranged on the side wall of the long rod; and the holding handle sleeves one end of the handle rod, the other end of the handle rod is inserted and clamped in a third clamping groove of the sleeve, an axial insertion hole is formed in the handle rod, the long rod runs through the cavity and is inserted and embedded in the insertion hole, a fourth clamping groove is in clamping connection with the first clamping part, and the convex clamping edge is embedded and clamped in the annular groove edge. In the screw pegging device, the firm connecting is guaranteed by utilizing the clamping groove structure, the screw part long rod extends into the handle rod, then the strength of the joint of the handle rod and the screw part is enhanced, meanwhile, through the limiting clamping part, the axial limiting fixing is realized between the sleeve and screw part, and the disassembly is convenient.
US11045242B2
Intramedullary nails, aiming guide assemblies, and methods. The aiming guide assembly can include an aiming guide having a collet and a connection bolt configured to engage a connection bolt driver. The connection bolt may be self-retaining and engage with the connection bolt driver in a manner to prevent unintentional disengagement.
US11045239B2
The present disclosure describes a bone screw for use in orthopedic procedures. The bone screw includes a shank portion having a helical thread and a head portion also having a helical thread. The head portion has a reverse frustoconical shape, with the conical taper decreasing in the proximal direction.
US11045236B2
Methods of use for bone and joint stabilization devices are described in which the devices are tensioned after anchoring during a medical procedure and remain active in maintaining axial tension for continued compression of the subject anatomy.
US11045231B2
Procedures for the fusion of the sacroiliac joint advantageously make use of an implant selected to distract the joint upon insertion and to maintain or increase tension upon insertion. The implant can have a varying structure along its length. In some method described herein for fusing the sacroiliac joint using an implant, an implant is screwed into the sacroiliac joint between the sacrum bone and the iliac bone. The implant comprises a shaft, a tool engagement flange at top end of the shaft, a pointed tip comprising no more than about 20 percent of the length of the screw, and threads spiraling around the shaft. For screws of particular interest, the volume displacement perpendicular to the shaft increases at least about 5 percent from a point adjacent the tip to a point near the top of the shaft. Some of the desirable screw designs can be used in other orthopedic application, especially situations involving varying bone hardness. Useful filler material can be formed from a blend of bone powder and bioactive agents.
US11045218B2
Disclosed herein are devices and methods for accessing the interior of the heart through a wall thereof. The device includes a main body, a flange at an end thereof, and a passage therethrough to allow for access to the interior of the heart when the device is placed on an outer surface thereof. The device can be formed of any suitable biocompatible and/or biodegradable material, and can have a passage sized to allow for transmittance of tools/devices normally used for interventions in the interior of the heart therethrough.
US11045216B2
The disclosed technology is directed to a rotating mechanism for a treatment tool or grasping forceps which comprises a rotating member having respective first and second ends. The first end is supported on a distal end of an elongated member for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the elongated member. The grasping forceps is attached to the second end of the rotating member. An axial force transmitting member is configured to be disposed along the elongated member for transmitting axial forces. An actuating member is attached to a distal end of the axial force transmitting member. A converting mechanism is used for converting the linear movement to the rotary movement of the actuating member along the longitudinal axis. The linear movement of the actuating member is not transmitted to the rotating member and the rotary movement of the actuating member about the longitudinal axis is transmitted to the rotating member.
US11045212B2
An instrument for drilling a hole for a bone screw comprises a shaft having a primary drill fluted portion, a shank, and a middle portion there between. Part of an outer surface of the shaft's middle portion is non-curved. A sleeve surrounds the shaft. The sleeve has an inner surface that is complementary to the outer surface of the shaft's middle portion such that the sleeve slides with respect to the shaft. The sleeve's inner surface contacts the outer surface of the shaft's middle portion at the non-curved part such that the shaft can transmit torque to the sleeve. A countersink drill bit is provided at an end of the sleeve proximate the shaft's primary drill fluted portion. A locking mechanism selectively holds the sleeve in a fixed position with respect to the shaft, locating the countersink drill bit at a selected position with respect to the shaft's drilling end.
US11045211B2
An attainment with an osteotomy surgical instrument for the nasal osteotomy is described; it is set up of at least a couple of lever arms and a couple of sharp spouts that are mutually hinged at least in a rotation fulcrum, where said sharp spouts show an active portion with the cross sectional having a sharp angle, in which the sharp angles of the two sharp spouts are opposed and said active portion extends for a length greater than 30 mm and shorter than 45 mm.
US11045206B2
A surgical ligation clip capable of remote deployment through a cannula to engage an anatomical structure.
US11045200B2
An apparatus for forming an anastomosis between adjacent intestinal sections of tissue includes an anastomosis device having an anvil and a tubular body portion, wherein the anvil is selectively attachable to the tubular body portion by a shaft; and a support structure for deposition between the intestinal sections of tissue. The support structure includes a body defining an aperture therein for receiving the shaft. The body has an outer terminal edge. The support structure includes at least one layer of expandable material disposed at the outer terminal edge of the body.
US11045197B2
A surgical device for clipping tissue is disclosed. The surgical device comprises a housing, a shaft extending from the housing, an end effector extending from the shaft, a motor, a rotary input configured to rotate in response to the motor, and a clip magazine comprising a plurality of clips. The shaft defines a shaft axis. The clip magazine is operably connected to the rotary input. The clip magazine is movable in a first direction through a clip feed stroke in response to the rotation of the rotary input. The clip magazine is movable in a second direction in response to the rotation of the rotary input. The second direction is transverse to the first direction.
US11045195B2
Apparatus and related methods for sequentially positioning and retaining opposing sides of a tissue wound. The apparatus includes a device body having a head portion for positioning between first and second sides of the wound, with the head portion defining first and second retention zones on opposed side of the head portion. The device body further includes first and second approximation arms. The device body further includes a trigger assembly defining three stages of operation. A first stage of operation positions the first approximation arm proximate the first retention zone. A second stage of operation positions the second approximation arm proximate the second retention zone with the first approximation arm remaining in approximation to the first retention zone. A third stage of operation advances a fastener into the first and second retention zones. In this manner, the apparatus sequentially positions the first and second sides with respect to the head portion.
US11045192B2
Methods of manufacturing an anvil for a surgical stapler. In various arrangements, the methods include forming an anvil body by rolling, extruding, metal injection molding or electrochemical machining. Preliminary staple-forming pocket configurations are formed in the anvil body by machining or during the metal injection molding or electro-chemical machining processes. The staple-forming pockets are provided with a final configuration using another manufacturing step such as coining or forging.
US11045185B2
A suture retainer is provided for supplying a surgical needle and an associated length of relatively stiff suture material to a surgical suturing apparatus. The suture retainer generally includes a body portion defining a suture tray and a loading unit positioned on the body portion. The loading unit is provided to retain a surgical needle in a position to be grasped by a surgical suturing apparatus. The suture tray retains the length of relatively stiff suture in a manner which prevents the relatively stiff suture from bending or otherwise being deformed.
US11045184B2
A tissue anchor, tissue anchor assembly, and tissue anchor system is disclosed.
US11045181B2
Catheter system, devices and methods for diagnosing and treating lateral stenosis causing back pain and or leg pain. The devices comprise a tubular part for insertion into a working cannula to self-position itself safely within the foramen, and minimize the risk of displacement medially or laterally, to prevent nerve or dura injury. An expandable membrane is configured to maintain the catheter device within the foramen. Expansion of this membrane would decompress the nerve within the foramen by opening the foraminal canal as the membrane expands.
US11045178B2
An example closure device is disclosed. The closure device includes a framework including a first end region, a second end region and a medial region extending therebetween. The medical device also includes a biodegradable tissue ingrowth member extending over at least a portion of the framework, wherein the tissue ingrowth member is configured to promote tissue ingrowth thereupon, and wherein the tissue ingrowth is configured to seal an opening in the heart.
US11045166B2
This invention concerns an ultrasonic dental imaging probe (1), typically comprising several transducers (4) arranged to operate as a transmitter and a receiver, and in particular arranged to transmit ultrasonic waves at a frequency of at least 10 MHz, and optionally several transducers (4) arranged to operate as a transmitter and a receiver and arranged to transmit ultrasonic waves at a frequency of less than 4 MHz. The transducers are mounted on a flexible support (3), secured to a rigid frame (2) typically in a “U” shape. The invention also concerns a device comprising one such probe.
US11045165B2
Disclosed are ultrasound devices and methods for use in guiding a subdermal probe during a medical procedure. A device can be utilized to guide a probe through the probe guide to a subdermal site. In addition, a device can include a detector in communication with a processor. The detector can recognize the location of a target associated with the probe. The processor can utilize the data from the detector and create an image of a virtual probe that can accurately portray the location of the actual probe on a sonogram of a subdermal area. In addition, disclosed systems can include a set of correlation factors in the processor instructions. As such, the virtual probe image can be correlated with the location of the actual probe.
US11045163B2
A time-series array of noise data is generated from an inverse frequency transform of the product of the frequency spectrum of an auscultatory sound signal with an associated noise filter generated responsive to a cross-correlation of frequency spectra of auscultatory sound signals from adjacent auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensors on the torso of a test subject. Noise power within at least one range of frequencies of average of frequency spectra from a plurality of windows of the time-series array of noise data is compared with a threshold to determine whether or not the associated auscultatory sound-or-vibration sensor is excessively noisy. In one embodiment, the noise filter is generated by subtracting from unity, a unity-normalized cross-correlation of frequency spectra of the auscultatory sound signals, wherein the resulting values are clipped so as to be no less than an associated noise floor.
US11045160B2
A radiation imaging apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises: an imaging region in which a plurality of conversion elements are arranged, wherein the plurality of conversion elements includes a first conversion element configured to obtain a radiation image and a second conversion element configured to obtain irradiation information of incident radiation during radiation irradiation; a storage unit configured to store correction data for correcting a signal output from the first conversion element; and a control unit. The control unit determines a period to cause the first conversion element to perform an accumulation operation in accordance with the irradiation information, determines a correction amount corresponding to the period based on the correction data, and generates a radiation image signal by correcting a signal output from the first conversion element in accordance with the correction amount after the radiation irradiation.
US11045158B2
When a control unit 30 detects that the apparatus becomes a traveling mode, the control unit 30 stops the power supply from a power supply circuit 52 to an opening-degree sensor S2 of a collimator leaf and a distance sensor S3 for detecting the distance between an X-ray tube 11 and a subject. On the other hand, for an acceleration sensor S1 for measuring the acceleration of a collimator 12, power supply from the power supply circuit 52 is stopped. When the control unit 30 determines that the apparatus is not in the traveling mode, electric power is supplied to all of the acceleration sensor S1, the opening-degree sensor S2, and the distance sensor S3. As a result, power consumption can be reduced by constantly supplying electric power to the acceleration sensor S1 required to perform constant monitoring, and in the traveling mode, power supply to the opening-degree sensor S2 and the distance sensor S3 used when performing X-ray imaging is stopped, so that power consumption can be reduced.
US11045146B2
The present invention relates to a device, system and method for determining a vital sign of a subject. To reduce the effects of subject motion, in particular of ballistocardiographic motion, the device comprises an input interface (30) for obtaining at least two radiation signals, each radiation signal being acquired from different skin regions of the subject by detecting radiation reflected from or transmitted through the respective skin region in response to irradiation, an extraction unit (31) for extracting photoplethysmography (PPG) signals from the obtained radiation signals to obtain at least one PPG signal per skin region, an evaluation unit (32) for determining first weights for said skin regions depending on the relative and/or absolute strength of fundamental frequency and/or one or more harmonics in the spectrum of the PPG signal of the respective skin region, a combination unit (33) for combining two or more PPG signals of different skin regions based on their respective first weights to obtain a combined PPG signal, and a vital sign determination unit (34) for deriving a vital sign from the combined PPG signal.
US11045142B1
A skin-adorned physiological or biochemical sensing device is disclosed herein. The device preferably comprises a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate comprises an array of solid microneedles designed to penetrate a biological interface to access a physiological fluid or tissue. Each microneedle is capable of electrical interface with the physiological fluid or tissue. The second substrate comprises integrated circuitry designed to transduce at least one signal produced by an electrophysiological or electrochemical reaction. A sensing device is formed that is capable of interpreting the signal arising from the electrophysiological or electrochemical reaction to ascertain the level of some physiological or biochemical entity.
US11045141B2
A biosensor calibration structure is provided that includes at least two electrode structures in which at least one of the electrode structures has a non-random nanopattern on the sensing surface which provides a different sensing surface area than at least one other electrode structure. The at least one other electrode structure may be non-patterned (i.e., flat) or have another non-random nanopattern on the sensing surface. A biological functionalization material such as, for example, glucose oxidase or glucose dehydrogenase, can be located on at least the sensing surface of each electrode structure. The biosensor calibration structure can be used within a biosensor calibration method.
US11045136B2
Traditionally arousal classification has been broadly done in multiple classes but have been insufficient to provide information about how arousal level of user changes over time. Present disclosure propose a continuous and unsupervised approach of monitoring the arousal trend of individual from his/her heart rate by obtaining instantaneous HR for time windows from a resampled time series of RR intervals obtained from ECG signal. A measured average heart rate (a measured HR) is computed from instantaneous HR specific to user for each time window thereby estimating apriori state based on a last instance of an aposteriori state initialized and observation of a state space model of Kalman Filter is determined for computing error and normalizing thereof which gets compared with a threshold for continuous monitoring of arousal trend of the user. The aposterior state is further updated using Kalman gain computed based on measurement noise determined for state space model.
US11045131B1
A truncated icosahedral neural sensor net and modular elements therefor. The neural sensor net comprises a plurality of substantially pentagonally shaped elements connected to each other with elongate elastic tension lines at their respective vertices, the tension lines defining therebetween a plurality of substantially hexagonally shaped elements. The neural sensor net may be assembled from a plurality of modular elements.
US11045129B2
An implantable device for estimating neural recruitment arising from a stimulus, has a plurality of electrodes. A stimulus source provides stimuli to be delivered from the electrodes to neural tissue. Measurement circuitry obtains a measurement of a neural signal sensed at the electrodes. A control unit is configured to control application of a selected stimulus to neural tissue using the stimulus electrodes; and after the selected neural stimulus, apply a probe stimulus having a short pulse width. A remnant neural response evoked by the probe stimulus is measured; and the control unit estimates from the remnant neural response a neural recruitment caused by the selected neural stimulus.
US11045119B2
The present disclosure relates to a biosensor for measuring glucose in a biological sample, which contains a filter unit formed of a cytoplasmic membrane, which allows selective permeation of glucose in a biological sample. The biosensor of the present disclosure, which contains the cytoplasmic membrane filter unit allowing selective permeation of glucose in the biological sample, exhibits high glucose detection sensitivity as compared to the commercially available blood sugar measuring sensors and also exhibits high glucose detection specificity despite the addition of signal-interfering substances such as fructose, xylose, maltose, cysteine, ascorbic acid, uric acid, galactose, etc. In addition, because he cytoplasmic membrane filter unit contained in the biosensor for measuring glucose of the present disclosure is not significantly affected by the moisture in the air, it can be applied to various products such as a disposable blood sugar test strip or an attachable or implantable glucose measuring device.
US11045109B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a medical device, comprising an elongate shaft extending along a shaft longitudinal axis and comprising a shaft proximal portion and a shaft distal portion. A navigational assembly is connected to the shaft distal portion and extends along the shaft longitudinal axis. The navigational assembly includes a navigational electrode positioning feature and a magnetic position sensor positioning feature.
US11045106B2
A system and method for detecting disease comprising a device for detecting angiogenesis and an electronic device. The device comprises two microwave scanners, at least one multiple channel radiometer, a microwave switch network, a controller, a data transmission device, and a power source. Each microwave scanner comprises a cup; a flexible printed circuit board, each circuit board comprising: a plurality of antenna modules coupled thereto, each antenna module comprising: an antenna, a multi-throw microwave switch, and a temperature sensor. The antenna is configured to receive microwaves thermal radiation from patient tissue and the radiometer is configured to measure microwaves thermal radiation emitted from patient tissue. The data transmission device is configured to wirelessly transmit measurement data collected by the controller from the radiometer and the temperature sensors to an electronic device and the electronic device is configured to transmit the measurement data to a cloud data storage.
US11045101B2
A method and device for removal of artifacts in physiological measurements. The method comprising the steps of obtaining a physiological signal of a user; obtaining corresponding motion data representative of motion of the user; detecting two or more motion cycles in the motion data; constructing a noise reference based on segments of the physiological signal corresponding to the two or more motion cycles respectively, and filtering the physiological signal with the noise reference.
US11045092B2
Support structures for positioning sensors on a physiologic tunnel for measuring physical, chemical and biological parameters of the body and to produce an action according to the measured value of the parameters. The support structure includes a sensor fitted on the support structures using a special geometry for acquiring continuous and undisturbed data on the physiology of the body. Signals are transmitted to a remote station by wireless transmission such as by electromagnetic waves, radio waves, infrared, sound, and the like or by being reported locally by audio or visual transmission. The physical and chemical parameters include brain function, metabolic function, hydrodynamic function, hydration status, levels of chemical compounds in the blood, and the like. The support structure includes patches, clips, eyeglasses, head mounted gear and the like, containing passive or active sensors positioned at the end of the tunnel with sensing systems positioned on and accessing a physiologic tunnel.
US11045088B2
An apparatus for producing a non-mydriatic fundus image is disclosed. The apparatus can include a processor and memory, as well as an illumination component and a camera with a variable focus lens. The apparatus can be configured to adjust the focus of the lens to a plurality of different diopter ranges and capture at least one image at each of the plurality of different diopter ranges. A method for capturing a non-mydriatic image of a fundus is also disclosed. The method can include setting a depth of field, dividing the depth of field into a plurality of zones, adjusting a variable focus lens of a camera to focus on each of the plurality of zones, and capturing at least one image at each of the plurality of zones.
US11045085B2
An optometry device for testing an individual's eye includes: a casing; an imaging module located in the casing and adapted to produce a light beam directed to the individual's eye; and a refraction module adapted to provide a variable optical correction to the individual's eye looking there through into the casing. The optometry device includes an illumination system adapted to produce a variable ambient light level inside the casing.
US11045083B2
An apparatus for imaging an interior of an eye includes a light sensitive sensor, a plurality of light emitters (LEs) capable of outputting light, a plurality of nonvisible light emitters (NV-LEs) capable of outputting nonvisible light, and a controller. The controller is coupled to the plurality of LEs, the plurality of NV-LEs, and the light sensitive sensor, and the controller implements logic that when executed by the controller causes the apparatus to perform operations. The operations include illuminating the eye with the nonvisible light from the plurality of NV-LEs, and determining an amount of reflection of the nonvisible light from the eye for each of the NV-LEs in the plurality of NV-LEs. The operations also include illuminating the eye with selected one or more of the LEs in the plurality of LEs, and capturing, with the light sensitive sensor, a sequence of images of the interior of the eye while the eye is illuminated with the light from the LEs.
US11045081B2
An endoscope system according to the present invention includes: a second illumination unit that emits second illumination light; a first illumination unit that emits, simultaneously with the second illumination light, first illumination light that is light of a different wavelength band from the second illumination light and is for imaging two sets of image information about a subject different depths; an imaging unit that simultaneously images a first illumination image of the subject illuminated with the first illumination light and a second illumination image of the subject illuminated with the second illumination light; a separation processing unit that separates the two sets of image information from the first illumination image; and a separated-image creating unit that processes the second illumination image using the two sets of image information to create separated images.
US11045079B2
An endoscope device is disclosed which includes an image processing unit that generates a first image corresponding to light in a green wavelength band on the basis of an imaging signal generated by an imaging device when a light source unit emits first illumination light or second illumination light, and generates a second image corresponding to light in other one of wavelength bands. Resolution of the first image obtained when the light source unit emits the first illumination light is equal to or higher than resolution of the first image obtained when the light source unit emits the second illumination light, and resolution of the second image obtained when the light source unit emits the second illumination light is higher than resolution of the second image obtained when the light source unit emits the first illumination light.
US11045078B2
A treatment instrument insertion tool includes a main body section, an attachment portion configured to attach the main body section to an insertion section, a guide section that is connectable to a treatment instrument insertion port of an endoscope, and that is configured to guide a treatment instrument extending from the main body section into the insertion section through the treatment instrument insertion port, and an operation member that is provided on the main body section, that can fix the treatment instrument that is inserted in the main body section, by being at least partially elastically deformed, and that is configured to perform an operation of moving the treatment instrument forward or backward along a direction of an axis of the treatment instrument and an operation of rotating the treatment instrument around the axis in a fixed state in which the treatment instrument is fixed.
US11045077B2
Robotic, telerobotic, and/or telesurgical devices, systems, and methods take advantage of robotic structures and data to calculate changes in the focus of an image capture device in response to movement of the image capture device, a robotic end effector, or the like. As the size of an image of an object shown in the display device varies with changes in a separation distance between that object and the image capture device used to capture the image, a scale factor between a movement command input may be changed in response to moving an input device or a corresponding master/slave robotic movement command of the system. This may enhance the perceived correlation between the input commands and the robotic movements as they appear in the image presented to the system operator.
US11045073B2
A flexible tube insertion apparatus includes an insertion section, a stiffness variable unit that changes a bending stiffness of the insertion section and a detection unit that detects an advance that is a movement toward a distal end of the insertion section and a retreat that is a movement toward a proximal end of the insertion section. A controller controls the stiffness variable unit to change the bending stiffness of the insertion section to a first bending stiffness when the detection unit has detected the advance of the insertion section, and that controls the stiffness variable unit to change the bending stiffness of the insertion section to a second bending stiffness higher than the first bending when the detection unit has detected the retreat of the insertion section.
US11045072B2
An endoscope includes an image sensor and a first memory, which is a nonvolatile memory, storing first information disposed in a distal end portion, and includes a controller and a second memory configured to back up the first information disposed on a proximal end side relative to the distal end portion. The controller reads out the first information stored in the first memory and stores the read first information as a backup in the second memory when the controller is started when supplied with power, and reads out the first information stored in the second memory and transmits the read first information to a video processor when the controller receives a request from the video processor.
US11045067B2
A dishware supporting arrangement is provided that may include a mesh structure and a tilting mechanism. The mesh structure may include a structure main extension plane and may include a first plurality of ribs connected to a second plurality of ribs. The first plurality of ribs may extend along a first plane at a first angle and the second plurality of ribs may extend along a second plane at a second angle. The tilting mechanism may allow the mesh structure to be titled around at least one axis between a first position and a second position and may hold the mesh structure in the first position and in the second position. Each of the first plurality of ribs and each of the second plurality of ribs may be inclined in relation to the rack main extension plane at the first position and at the second position.
US11045064B2
A flat mop cover for mop-cover holder, where the flat mop cover comprises an elongate basic body. The basic body has a first elongate surface and a second elongate surface, which lie opposite one another. At least one foam-material layer is disposed between the elongate surfaces, and the two elongate surfaces are each configured to be cleaning surfaces. The two elongate surfaces are disposed such that a plate-shaped carrying element of a mop-cover holder is configured to be disposed in a sandwich-like manner between the two surfaces. The basic body is configured to absorb in a reversible manner at least four times, and at most twenty times, its dry weight in liquid, and wherein the foam-material layer has no fibers.
US11045060B2
A robot includes a controller configured to: detect a virtual wall signal; identify a virtual wall according to a signal threshold and the virtual wall signal; and when the virtual wall is identified, adjust the signal threshold, and control the robot to travel along an outer side of the virtual wall according to an adjusted signal threshold and the virtual wall signal, such that a driving wheel of the robot is located at the outer side of the virtual wall when the robot is traveling along the outer side of the virtual wall; wherein the outer side of the virtual wall is a side of the virtual wall within an active region of the robot.
US11045057B2
A separator assembly including a first cyclone, a second cyclone, and a sealing plate. The second cyclone assembly includes a plurality of second cyclone separators arranged fluidly in parallel. At least a portion of the plurality of second cyclone separators is arranged in a ring of cyclones spaced radially from an axis and connected by wall portions. The sealing plate surrounds a portion of each of the second cyclone separators, configured such that each of the second cyclone separators extends through a respective opening defined in the sealing plate. A flow path is defined between the first cyclone separator to the inlets of the second cyclone separators, at least a portion of the flow path being bounded by at least a portion of an upper surface of the sealing plate and the wall portions.
US11045044B2
Cooking machine of the type comprising an internal casing (2), within which a container (3) for food to be cooked is housed and a source of hot air that can be conveyed in the direction of the food, such casing being closed on the upper side by a lid (5). Means (7), associated with such lid are provided for generating a hot air flow in the direction of the food arranged in the container (3). Such generation means comprise an upper heating element (71), a fan (72) adapted to generate a flow of air heated by the heating element. Outside the heating element and fan an air conveying duct (74) is present, which is adapted to direct hot air flow in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane on which the food lies in the container (3).
US11045041B2
A multiple tank brewer having a rinsing system is disclosed which comprises a container having a first top and a first tank for receiving a first brewed beverage through the first top, the first tank having a first bottom outlet, and a second top and a second tank for receiving a second brewed beverage through the second top, the second tank having a second bottom outlet, a first tube connected between the first bottom outlet, a first pinch valve, and a first dispenser nozzle, a first drain tube connected between the first pinch valve and a drain line, a second tube connected between the second bottom outlet, a second pinch valve, and a second dispenser nozzle, a second drain tube connected between the second pinch valve and the drain line, a rinse tube, and a rinse spray head for delivering rinse water into the first tank through the first top, out through the first bottom outlet, through the first tube, the first pinch valve, the first drain tube, and the drain line. A base for the container provides for pivoting of the container.
US11045037B2
A brewing unit, machine and system for the preparation of a beverage using prepackaged capsules. The brewing unit (1) includes a piercing and liquid-supplying device (23, 34, 35) having points (35) for piercing the top wall (12) of a capsule (C) and a conduit (36) for supplying a flow of pressurized liquid to a brewing chamber above the top wall (12) of the capsule (C) and thereafter inside the capsule (C) through the pierces holes in the top wall. A drawer (3) holds a capsule (C) such that its top wall (12) lies in an inclined plane. A discharge channel (40) is provided in the drawer and in fluid communication with the region above the top wall (12) of the capsule (C) when, after the beverage has been prepared and dispensed, the piercing and liquid-supplying device moves from the extracted work position to the retracted rest position to allow the remaining liquid to be poured into the discharge channel (40).
US11045033B2
The present disclosure relates to a double cooking container having improved stability and improved heating efficiency. Particularly, the double cooking container has a double structure in which an inner cylinder is formed inside an outer cylinder, a heat retaining space formed by inserting the inner cylinder into the inside of the outer cylinder and thus maintaining a predetermined interval between the bottom of the outer cylinder and the bottom of the inner cylinder, and a side fluid channel formed between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder to communicate with the heat retaining space, wherein a plurality of discharge holes communicating with the side fluid channel are formed in the outer cylinder, and the entire sectional area of the discharge holes is controlled to be within a predetermined range in order to implement high heating efficiency as well as ensure stability.
US11045028B1
An elongated hollow tubular member for drinking the beverage, an agitator for mixing the beverage, and a linear to rotary mechanism combining the elongated hollow tubular member and the agitator for converting linear motion of the elongated hollow tubular member to rotary motion of the agitator for mixing the beverage.
US11045021B2
A surface collectible (10) includes a surface member (12) and a textile (316) secured to the surface member (12). The surface member (12) is detached from a venue surface (11). The surface member (12) can be event-used. In one embodiment, the surface member (12) can include flooring. The textile (316) can include at least a portion of an article of clothing. The article of clothing can also be event-used. The surface collectible (10) can also include an image (214) imprinted on the surface member (12). The image (214) can include a sporting logo. Alternatively, the image (214) can include at least one of a professional athlete, a non-professional athlete, an athletically-involved person, an entertainer, an actor, a historical figure and a public figure. The surface collectible (10) may further include an autograph (418) inscribed on the surface member (12) and/or on the textile (316).
US11045015B2
A self-service device for taking tableware is provided, comprising a housing body in which a magazine for accommodating a plurality of tableware is arranged, and a support assembly for supporting the plurality of tableware arranged under the magazine, wherein the plurality of tableware are sequentially stacked on the support assembly. A pushing member is arranged at a side of the support assembly for pushing the tableware in a bottommost layer to displace relative to the support assembly for falling, wherein the pushing member is further provided with a reset member for resetting itself after its pushing. Moreover, an inclined chute is arranged in the housing body for receiving the tableware falling from the support assembly and guiding the same to slide out. The self-service device for taking tableware has a neat appearance, can be operated and taken out in a hermetically sealed environment, so the tableware is clean and hygienic.
US11045012B2
The disclosed technology includes an internal support structure for providing structural stability to an inflated airbed. The internal support structure may include an internal support wall connected to side panels by one or more side support beams. The internal support structure may further include corner support walls and a plurality of internal support beams to provide additional support.
US11045005B2
An active seat includes a seat disposed at a first end of a body; a convex surface disposed at a second end of the body; and a stacking notch defined at an intermediate location along the body. The convex surface defines at least a first rocking path about which the active seat tilts. The stacking notch defines a flat surface recessed laterally inwardly from an outer periphery of the body taken at the first and second ends.
US11045004B2
A chair includes: a backrest having an opening or recess in a portion thereof; and a solar panel disposed on a face inside the opening or recess.
US11045000B1
A base seat for a bed, chair or sofa includes a fixation base, first and second rocking mounts, four arms pivotally connected between the fixation base and the first rocking mount such that a distance between top ends of each paired arms is smaller than a distance between bottom ends of the paired arms, and another four arms pivotally connected between the first and second rocking mounts such that a distance between top ends of each paired arms is smaller than a distance between bottom ends of the paired arms. First and second drive devices respectively drive the first and second rocking mounts to swing leftward and rightward relative to the fixation base and forward and backward relative to the first rocking mount along first and second arc paths with variable inclined angles, such that the base seat has a multidirectional swinging function with desired inclined angles during swinging.
US11044998B1
A foldable stadium seat and cooler apparatus for comfortable and convenient seating and beverage storage includes a cooler housing having a cooler drawer to store ice and beverages. A pair of leg receptacles is coupled to the cooler top side. Each of a pair of chair legs has a lower attachment portion, a riser portion, and a support portion. The lower attachment portion is selectively engageable with the pair of leg receptacles. The pair of chair legs receives a stadium bench or seat between the lower attachment portion and the support portion of each chair leg. A chair bottom is coupled to the support portion of each chair leg and a chair back is coupled to the pair of chair legs.
US11044995B2
The present disclosure relates to a flexible cover strip for a storage system including a carrier rail (1) having a U-shaped cross section with first and second parallel rows (3, 5) of elongated substantially identical slots (7) in a front portion to accommodate a suspension element such as e.g. a bracket. The cover strip has an abutment face (17) and an exterior face (31), and a plurality of projections (19), rising from the abutment surface of the strip in first and second parallel rows matching the slots of the carrier rail, such that the cover strip can be fitted on the front portion with the projections entering the slots, and wherein at least some of the projections are provided with a snap element (27) at their distal ends, which snap elements prevent the cover strip from falling off the rail.
US11044993B2
A storage solution uses a ladder mount to support a shelving slide or the shelving member itself. The ladder mount can be attached to and extend upward from a base of an enclosure, such as a cabinet. Two or more ladder mounts can be used to support the shelf and/or shelf slide. The ladder mount can permit a shelving system having a width smaller than an enclosure width, to be installed in the enclosure, where one side of the shelf and/or shelf slide can attach to a cabinet side wall, and the other side of the shelf and/or shelf slide can attach to a free-standing ladder mount system. Alternatively, both sides of the shelf slide and/or shelf can be supported by a free-standing ladder mount system.
US11044989B2
An item of furniture is provided, including lateral elements defining a carcass, at least one of a top element and a bottom element, and at least one securing mechanism having magnetic properties and adapted to secure the item of furniture to a floor element or a wall element.
US11044988B2
A folding table, including a table top, a table leg and a first hanged lock for locking the table leg and the table top after the table leg and the table top rotate relative to each other, wherein one end of the first hanged lock is connected with the table top, and the other end of the first hanged lock is connected with the table leg; and the table leg or the table top rotates relative to each other in an unlocked state, the first hinged lock locks the table leg and the table top after an included angle formed between the table leg and the table top is one of 0-90°.
US11044987B2
The cosmetic product applicator comprising; protuberances, and at least three supports for said protuberances, the supports being arranged in a non-uniform manner along a longitudinal axis of said applicator.
US11044982B2
Eyebrow templates are disclosed in this application. Eyebrow templates of the inventive subject matter can have a top portion, or both a top portion and a bottom portion. In embodiments with only a top portion, a bottom edge includes contours to facilitate makeup application to a user's eyebrows. Templates can be made from stretchy or flexible materials that include an adhesive to stick them to a user's skin. Guide lines can be included to facilitate application of makeup to the bottom edges of a user's eyebrows, and brush stroke guide lines can also be included to help guide a user's brush strokes when applying makeup.
US11044974B2
A protective case and mounting system for a handheld electronic device is provided. The protective case can include a removable mounting system comprised of an interlocking member and a plurality of mounting bases. The protective case may further include a non-slip member to prevent the device from slipping on a surface and a magnet for attaching the device to a magnetic surface.
US11044957B2
The present invention relates to a wrist guard and provides a wrist guard that does not pressurize the entire wrist portion but allows for pressurizing only the radius portion and the ulna portion, thereby not only performing a wrist protection function in a stable manner, but also not hindering blood circulation since other portions of the wrist are not pressurized, and thus may be conveniently used since side-effects such as hand numbness or hand swelling do not occur even when wearing same for a long period, and the position and thickness of a pressurizing pad for pressurizing the radius portion and the ulna portion of the wrist may be adjusted according to the needs of a user, and thus the wrist guard may be more conveniently used since same may be altered into an optimal state according to physical conditions of the user or environmental conditions.
US11044956B2
A temperature controllable textile illustrated by the present disclosure has a first conductive cloth and a second conductive cloth. The first conductive cloth has a first metal while the second conductive cloth has a second metal different from the first metal. The first conductive cloth and the second conductive cloth have a thickness. A side surface of the first conductive cloth is in contact with a side surface of the second conductive cloth, and the first conductive cloth electrically connects to the second conductive cloth, to form two junction portions. When a negative end and a positive end of a direct current power electrically connects respectively with a top surface and a bottom surface of the first conductive cloth, the two junction portions form a cooling end and a heating end, respectively.
US11044954B2
The present invention relates generally to brassieres, particularly to brassieres for fuller figured and plus size women, and more particularly to brassieres for fuller figured and plus size women to wear during sporting activities. According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a brassiere comprising a cradle, two straps and two cups each for receiving a breast, each of the cups having an around cup edge section, an underarm edge section, a neckline edge section, a center edge section and an apex, wherein the brassiere further comprises a Y-shaped control panel generally extending from the straps across the top of the neckline edge section of each of the cups and down the center edge section of each of the cups to the cradle.
US11044951B2
An infant sleep bag, comprising a main body including multiple fixing points and arm or wing portions arranged on either side of the main body, wherein respective arm or wing portions include fixing means to engage with respective ones of the multiple fixing points, whereby to enable the arm or wing portions of the bag to be placed into selected ones of multiple configurations.
US11044946B2
A shisha device (100) for use with a cartridge (20) containing an aerosol-generating substrate (302) includes a vessel, a receptacle, and an electrical heating element. The cartridge comprises a housing surrounding the aerosol-generating substrate. The vessel defines an interior configured to contain liquid (19) and defines an outlet in communication with the interior of the vessel. The receptacle is configured to receive the cartridge. The heating element is configured to heat the aerosol-generating substrate in the cartridge to generate an aerosol when the cartridge is received by the receptacle. The heating element is configured to heat the tobacco substrate to an extent sufficient to generate the aerosol without combusting the aerosol-generating substrate.
US11044931B2
The invention relates to new types of modulators of the cold menthol receptor TRPM8, to methods of modulating the TRPM8 receptor using these modulators; and in particular the use of the modulators for inducing a sensation of coldness; and also the articles and compositions produced using these modulators.
US11044921B2
Natural premium dairy based creamers for providing whitening and indulgent texture/mouthfeel of beverage and food products are provided. The creamers have good stability for 4 months at refrigeration, high whitening capacity and a pleasant mouthfeel when added to beverage or food, while being free from artificial additives. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a creamer free of any artificial additives and comprising added sugar, milk fat, optionally vegetable oil, milk proteins including sweet buttermilk powder, gellan gum and optionally guar gum, and optionally natural flavors.
US11044911B2
A compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof: wherein, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group and so on; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, or a C1-6 alkyl group, R3 and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, or a C1-6 alkyl group, R5 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-6 alkyl group and so on; Y represents a C1-6 haloalkyl group, X represents a halogeno group, a C1-6 alkyl group and so on; and n represents the number of chemically acceptable groups represented by X and is an integer of 0 to 4, and when n is 2 or more, the groups X is the same as or different from each other.
US11044910B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all geometric and stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein A, X, Y, Z, R1, R2a, R2b and Q are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling an invertebrate pest comprising contacting the invertebrate pest or its environment with a biologically effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
US11044901B2
A dome-covered rodent trap for capturing rodents. The trap has a base formed of walls and two openings through which rodents may enter. A snap mechanism for trapping rodents is secured to the base. A movable dome also is attached to the base. When the trap is set, the movable dome is maintained in a raised position. However, when the snap mechanism is triggered by a rodent, the movable dome moves downward to cover the base—thereby forming a sealed container around a captured rodent.
US11044897B2
A keel attached to a central body of trolling spreader bar is configurable with a plurality of fishing lures as an assembly to mimic a small school of fish. The keel is angled to urge the lure assembly continually to one side or the other from what would be the normal straight line of travel of a trolling vessel. By attaching an angled keel directly to the lure/spreader bar one is able to easily set lines behind the vessel at varying angles and distances which greatly increase the width of the full trolling lure spread.
US11044896B2
This invention relates to a transgenic non-human mammal whose genome comprises a polynucleotide sequence encoding a T cell receptor that is specific to a fluorescent protein, where the T cell of the non-human mammal comprises the T cell receptor. The present invention also relates to an isolated T cell from the transgenic non-human mammal of the present invention, an isolated T cell comprising an expression construct comprising a polynucleotide sequence that encodes a T cell receptor that is specific to a fluorescent protein, methods of making transgenic non-human mammals comprising T cell receptors that are specific to a fluorescent protein, a method of depleting cells in a non-human mammal using isolated T cells that encode a T cell receptor that is specific to a target protein, and a method of characterizing a T cell response to an agent.
US11044890B2
A height adjustability mechanism including a height adjustability mechanism including a spring-biased first lever including a first lever body comprising a first rod hole including a first hole perimeter face pivotally engaged with a guide rail extending through the first rod hole, a spring-biased second lever including a second lever body including a second rod hole including a second hole perimeter face pivotally engaged with the guide rail extending through the second rod hole, wherein the spring bias of the first lever frictionally engages the first hole perimeter face against the guide rail, and wherein the spring bias of the second lever frictionally engages the second hole perimeter face against the guide rail.
US11044887B2
Disclosed is a system for thermal comfort of animal in a livestock farming enclosure, which includes: at least one comfort mattress which includes at least one resilient layer including a plurality of sealed cavities which are parallel to one another; a heat-transfer fluid, intended for filling the sealed cavities; a unit for generating a circulation of the heat-transfer fluid inside the sealed cavities; and optionally a unit for regulating the temperature of the heat-transfer fluid.
US11044883B2
A soybean cultivar designated 1361091 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 1361091, the plants of soybean 1361091, to plant parts of soybean 1361091, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 1361091 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 1361091, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 1361091, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 1361091 with another soybean cultivar.
US11044882B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PFAS69 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PFAS69, cells from soybean variety 5PFAS69, plants of soybean 5PFAS69, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PFAS69. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PFAS69 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PFAS69, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PFAS69, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PFAS69. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PFAS69 are further provided.
US11044881B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PLVQ64 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PLVQ64, cells from soybean variety 5PLVQ64, plants of soybean 5PLVQ64, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PLVQ64. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PLVQ64 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PLVQ64, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PLVQ64, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PLVQ64. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PLVQ64 are further provided.
US11044877B2
A soybean cultivar designated 85262507 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 85262507, to the plants of soybean cultivar 85262507, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 85262507, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 85262507. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 85262507. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 85262507, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 85262507 with another soybean cultivar.
US11044869B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073270. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073270. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073270 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073270 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11044866B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073114. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073114. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073114 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073114 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US11044862B1
A novel maize variety designated X08N732 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 X08N732 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08N732 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X08N732, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08N732 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08N732 and methods of using maize variety X08N732 are disclosed.
US11044846B2
A lawn mower and a cutter housing assembly can include a cutter housing, a first and second rotation arms, and first and second plates pivotably attached to the cutter housing. The first plate and second plate can be selectively rotatable between: (a) a discharge mode in which the plates are positioned a first distance from the front wall of the cutter housing to provide a first gap, and (b) a mulch mode in which the plates are positioned a second distance greater than the first distance from the front wall to provide a decreased gap. A first actuator and second actuator can be connected to the first and second rotation arms to cause rotation of the first and second rotation arms when actuated. Actuation of the first actuator and second actuator can cause the first plate and second plate to move between the discharge mode and the mulch mode.
US11044844B2
A method, system and apparatus for a modular multipurpose machine or vehicle, including a modular scalable frame with battery incorporated into on the scalable frame; a modular electric drive system; and modular attachments or components for configuring the machine or vehicle for a plurality of maintenance or transportation functions. The modular electric drive system includes a power train with respective drive units for each of the front and rear wheels, each drive unit includes a planetary gear, and servo motor for each of the front and rear wheels. The power train includes steerable or non-steerable wheel power units, housing the respective drive units, and including respective servo controllers for each of the front and rear wheels. The wheel power units are configured for single, double or triple wheel configurations.
US11051439B2
A power supply control device for controlling a consumption current supplied from a power supply device to a tape feeder loaded on a component supply device, the component supply device being exchangeably loaded with multiple of the tape feeders, the power supply control device including: a consumption current acquiring section configured to acquire the consumption current corresponding to a state of the multiple tape feeders; a total consumption current calculating section configured to calculate a total consumption current that is a total of each of the consumption currents of the multiple tape feeders; and an operation controlling section configured to control the specified operation of the multiple tape feeders within a range in which the total consumption current does not exceed an output current capacity of the power supply device.
US11051436B2
Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to enable a modular printed circuit board separation tool. The separation tool can include a main body and a plurality of separation blades that extend from the main body. Each of the plurality of separation blades can be tapered and configured to fit between connections of a testing housing and a power and signal supply housing and when pressure is applied to the main body, the separation blades slide between the connections of the testing housing and the power and signal supply housing and separate the testing housing and the power and signal supply housing.
US11051432B2
Electronic module, in particular an electronic power module for hybrid vehicles or electric vehicles
The invention relates to an electronic module (1), in particular an electronic power module for hybrid vehicles or electric vehicles, comprising: a printed circuit board (10) with at least one contact point (11); an electronic unit (20), in particular a power electronic unit, with at least one connection point (21), the connection point (21) of the electronic unit (20) being electrically connected to the contact point (11) of the printed circuit board (10) by means of at least one electrically conductive contact element (30); and a heat sink (40) with a top (41), the electronic unit (20) bearing indirectly and/or directly against the top (41) of the heat sink (40). According to the invention, at least one heat-conducting element (50) is arranged between the contact element (30) and the heat sink (40) in such a manner that a thermally conductive connection is produced between the contact element (30) and the heat sink (40).
US11051429B2
A connector system with improved thermal management is provided. Various receptacles are provided that include features which may enhance air flow, and therefore cooling. Thermal channel features in the receptacle cage and/or housing allow air passing through the receptacle to directly remove thermal energy from components within and carry the thermal energy out of the cage.
US11051426B2
Immersion cooling enclosures with insulating liners and associated computing facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an immersion cooling enclosure includes a well formed in a substrate material, a lid in contact with and fastened to the well to enclose an internal space configured to contain a dielectric coolant submerging one or more computing devices in the internal space, and an insulating liner on the internal surfaces of the well. The insulating liner has a first side in contact with the dielectric coolant and a second side in contact with the substrate material of the well. The insulating liner is non-permeable to the dielectric coolant, thereby preventing the dielectric coolant from passing through the insulating liner to the substrate material.
US11051411B2
A display includes display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The display further includes a main circuit board, wherein an electroluminescent film layer is coated in the non-display region, and the electroluminescent film layer is electrically connected with the main circuit board. A periphery of the display region is illuminated by the electroluminescent film layer disposed at the non-display region of the display.
US11051404B2
A method for connecting stacked circuit boards provides an insulation base as a hollowed annular plate and which has a first surface, a second surface, and a lateral surface. The insulating base defines stepped first grooves on the first surface, stepped second grooves on the second surface, and third grooves on the lateral surface. Insulating base is plated to deposit first pads in the first grooves, second pads in the second grooves, and wiring portions in the third grooves to connect first and second pads. Conductive ink layer is coated on first and second pads, and protective ink layer is coated on wiring portions and insulating base except for first and second pads. First and second circuit boards are provided for attachment to first and second pads respectively. A connecting structure is also provided.
US11051402B2
A fluorine-containing substrate, a copper clad laminate, and a printed circuit board are provided. The fluorine-containing substrate includes a reinforcing material layer and a fluorine-containing resin layer. The reinforcing material layer includes a substrate and a first inorganic filler. The first inorganic filler is attached on the substrate and is dispersed in the reinforcing material layer. The particle size of the first inorganic filler ranges from 0.02 μm to 1 μm. The reinforcing material layer is covered by the fluorine-containing resin layer. The fluoride resin layer includes a second inorganic filler whose particle size ranges between a value larger than 1 μm and 100 μm.
US11051401B2
An electronic module assembly and method of assembling an electronic module to a conductive fabric are provided. An electronic module assembly comprises a non-conductive fabric and a conductive fabric covering at least part of a first side of the non-conductive fabric. An electronics module is disposed on the conductive fabric, and a portion of the electronics module includes a wall defining a through hole. A fastener passing through the through hole and passing through the conductive fabric is configured to electronically couple the electronics module to the conductive fabric.
US11051400B2
A camera module with compression-molded circuit board is manufactured by compression-molding that can obtain properties such as high flatness, ultra-thin, fine wiring width and high integration.
US11051394B1
An optical module with enhanced heat-dissipating properties and a method for manufacturing the optical module discloses an optical module which includes a substrate, a printed circuit, a component mounting block, an active device, and a lens. The printed circuit is formed on the substrate. The component mounting block is provided on the substrate, and the component mounting block has a recess. The active device, including a laser or a photodetector, is disposed in the recess. The lens is disposed on the active device.
US11051393B2
A mobile terminal includes a circuit board, a heat emitting element disposed on the circuit board, a shielding can, and a middle frame, where the shielding can is connected to the circuit board, and forms a shielding space together with the circuit board; the heat emitting element is accommodated in the shielding space; the circuit board is disposed on one side of the middle frame; the middle frame is provided with an accommodating space; and the shielding can includes a top and a bottom that are disposed opposite to each other, where the bottom is configured to be connected to the circuit board, and the top is located above the heat emitting element and extends to the accommodating space. The present disclosure further provides a heat dissipation and shielding structure. The present disclosure helps make a mobile terminal and a heat dissipation and shielding structure lighter and thinner.
US11051384B1
This disclosure is directed to circuits for controlling voltage from a voltage source to one or more light emitting diodes. The circuit includes a first transistor comprising a power switch that is configured to define a load current path from the voltage source to the one or more light emitting diodes. The circuit also includes a second transistor, which can be controlled based on the light emitting diodes, wherein the second transistor is configured to turn off when one or more of the lights emitting diodes exhibit an electoral short. The first transistor is configured to turn off in response to the second transistor turning off so as to provide short circuit protection for the circuit.
US11051383B2
A ground fault detection circuit includes an input portion, and a ground fault determination unit. The input portion inputs an anode voltage of a series connection unit constituted of a plurality of light emission elements. When an anode voltage of the series connection unit input by the input portion is lower than or equal to a predetermined value less than a product of an on-resistance of the short-circuit switch disposed in parallel to each of the light emission elements and current supplied to the series connection unit, the ground fault determination unit determines that a ground fault has occurred without the short-circuit switch in a ground fault path.
US11051372B2
A wireless lamp-driving device with an independent power source and a lamp system including the same are provided. The lamp system is composed at least of a light-emitting diode (LED) lamp, a stationary switching device, and a wireless controller, wherein the wireless lamp-driving device, the stationary switching device and the wireless controller have their respective power sources, the wireless lamp-driving device is connected to the stationary switching device and the wireless controller separately in a wireless manner, and is configured to receive wireless signals from the stationary switching device and the wireless controller in order to control the light emission states of the LED lamp according to the contents of each wireless signal received.
US11051364B2
An electronic cigarette has an atomizing assembly that includes a first detecting device, a heating member for heating cigarette liquid, a liquid absorbing member for adsorbing excess cigarette liquid, a controller, and a pump body, which delivers the cigarette liquid to the heating member. The first detecting device detects the degree of saturation of the liquid absorbing member, and feedbacks to the controller. The controller pre-determines the difference between the degree of saturation of the liquid absorbing member and the first threshold value. When the degree of saturation is greater than or equal to the first threshold value, the controller controls the liquid absorbing member to maintain the current degree of saturation or to control the degree of saturation of the liquid absorbing member to be reduced.
US11051361B2
In a user equipment of a wireless communication system, a method for signal transmission and reception may include: sending a request for a Circuit Switched voice network (CS) service to a Gateway Mobile Switching Center (GMSC) to send and receive data to and from a second user equipment; and receiving a call reject response corresponding to the service request from the GMSC, wherein the call reject response is sent by an entity in a core network of the second user equipment. According to an embodiment, it is possible to provide a suitable service to a sender terminal making a CS service request to a receiver terminal having subscribed only to a PS service without increasing network load.
US11051360B2
A radio communication equipment installed on a vehicle, comprises a radio communicator configured to perform radio communication with a network, and a controller configured to perform location registration and emergency call origination to a public safety answering point (PSAP) as an emergency call process via the network, in which the controller is configured to perform any one of termination of the emergency call process or continuation of the emergency call process, according to a failure cause value notified via the network, when at least one of the location registration and the emergency call origination is failed when the emergency call process is performed via the network in occurrence of an emergency situation.
US11051357B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. The examples described herein provide a procedure at a user equipment (UE) for determining whether to transmit radio resource control (RRC) configured uplink signals to a base station based on detected slot format indications (SFIs) and/or undetected SFIs in multiple control channels. In particular, a UE may identify multiple control channels configured to include SFIs from a base station, and, as described herein, the UE may determine whether to transmit RRC configured uplink signals in a set of symbols based on a configuration of the set of symbols (e.g., uplink, downlink, or flexible) determined based on detected SFIs and/or undetected SFIs in the multiple control channels. The UE may be able to determine whether to transmit RRC configured uplink signals in a set of symbols based on any combination of detected SFIs and undetected SFIs.
US11051356B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are related to achieving better tradeoffs between battery saving and latency to, e.g., support ultra-low latency applications by introducing soft Discontinuous Reception (DRX). In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device in a wireless communications network comprises monitoring, during a DRX awake period, two or more control channel subsets during two or more time periods within the DRX awake period, respectively. The two or more control channel subsets are different subsets of a plurality of candidate control channels. In some embodiments, the two or more time periods are two or more subframes. The candidate control channels are control channels that the wireless device is configured to monitor. The two or more control channel subsets can be selected to, e.g., reduce latency while not increasing energy consumption as compared to legacy DRX.
US11051345B2
A user terminal apparatus includes a receiver to receive a control information value belonging to a set of multiple control information values. Each control information value in the set of multiple control information values is associated with a subset of random access sequences from multiple subsets of random access sequences. Different ones of the multiple subsets of random access sequences are associated with different amounts of data. A data processor selects a random access sequence from one of the subset of random access sequences based on the control information value. A transmitter transmits the selected random access sequence.
US11051343B2
A communication system for supporting carrier aggregation and a method and apparatus for updating system information thereof are disclosed. A method for providing system information in the communication system supporting carrier aggregation includes: when system information of said communication system changes, generating first information including information for indicating the change of system information; determining a first cell of a terminal related to the change of system information, wherein said first cell is one of cells to which said terminal connects, and corresponds to a carrier unit currently used by said terminal for keeping connection with a base station of said communication system; and transmitting said first information to said terminal through said first cell.
US11051342B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a random access method and apparatus. The method includes: in a random access process, a terminal sends a first random access signal by means of a first resource first, and then sends a second random access signal by means of a second resource; and the terminal receives at least one of a first random access response signal and a second random access response signal, a start time of a transmission time period of the second random access signal being earlier than an end time of a detection time of the first random access response signal.
US11051341B2
Provided is a downlink control information transmitting and receiving method which can maximize the use of limited radio resources by effectively forming an uplink signaling message to be transmitted from a base station to a terminal and transmitting the formed uplink signaling message with a minimum amount of radio resources occupied. The method for transmitting downlink data generation indication information for a base station to inform a terminal of packet data transmission in a packet-based cellular system, includes the steps of: a) generating the downlink data generation indication information; b) recording radio resource allocation information in downlink scheduling information for transmitting the downlink data generation indication information, and allocating information for the downlink data generation indication information to downlink-shared radio resources; and c) transmitting the downlink scheduling information and the information for the downlink data generation indication information according to a transmission cycle.
US11051339B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A UE may identify a plurality of shortened transmission time intervals (TTIs) to be used for priority communications to or from a vehicle having a first traffic priority level, the plurality of shortened TTIs each having a duration that is less than that of other TTIs used in other communications to or from the vehicle having a second traffic priority level which is less than the first traffic priority level. The UE may perform a listen-before-talk procedure in order to reserve the plurality of shortened TTIs for the priority communications. The UE may further reserving at least one instance of the plurality of shortened TTIs for the priority communication. The further reserving may include transmitting a request to reserve the at least one instance of the plurality of shortened TTIs for the priority communication or performing a request-to-send/clear-to-send exchange.
US11051338B2
Disclosed herein includes a channel access method and apparatus for physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, and a program, which can improve system performance. The method may include determining, by a terminal device, a target channel access type, where the target channel access type is a channel access type used by the terminal device to transmit a PRACH on an unlicensed carrier, and determining, by the terminal device according to the target channel access type, whether a target time domain resource is available, where the target time domain resource is a time domain resource used by the terminal device to send the PRACH.
US11051331B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication device may receive a paired scheduling assignment including a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduling assignment for a PDSCH communication, wherein the paired scheduling assignment is based at least in part on a timing relationship between PDSCH communications, associated with the wireless communication device, and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communications associated with the wireless communication device; and determine, based at least in part on the paired scheduling assignment, a PUSCH scheduling assignment for a PUSCH communication. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11051327B2
Rate-matching and channel estimation are disclosed for new radio (NR) user equipments (UEs). An NR UE obtains coexistence information of neighboring legacy operations including common reference signal (CRS) ports, CRS frequency pattern, and a legacy subframe type corresponding to the NR transmission segments. The NR UE determines legacy CRS occasion(s) coinciding with shared downlink direction operations for the NR and legacy operations, and rate-matches reception of NR downlink transmissions around the CRS occasion(s). In other aspects, an NR UE detects overlap of a downlink signal with downlink control channel candidate of a configured control resource set (CORESET). The UE ends monitoring of the candidate within a search space of the CORESET in response to the detected overlap, detects a collision between a scheduled demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and the downlink signal occasion, and discards all or part of the CORESET.
US11051325B2
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. The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting uplink signals, a user equipment (UE), and a base station. The UE determines an LBT type and a starting position of signal transmission according to scheduling information and LBT type of a previous subframe, a current subframe, and a subsequent subframe and whether there is a gap between these subframes.
US11051317B2
The present disclosure relates to a single-cell multicast control channel (SC-MCCH) sending method and apparatus, and an SC-PTM receiving method and apparatus. An example SC-MCCH sending method includes: generating, by a base station, SC-MCCH information for indicating configuration information of a Single Cell Point-to-Multipoint (SC-PTM) service; sending, by the base station, frequency domain scheduling information of the SC-MCCH information on a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH); and sending, by the base station, the SC-MCCH information on a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH). The SC-MCCH information includes: a mapping relationship between a TMGI of the SC-PTM service and a G-RNTI of the SC-PTM service on the PDCCH, and information of a time domain location of the SC-PTM service.
US11051314B2
The present description provides a method for transmitting a scheduling request (SR) in a low-capability (LC) or low-cost (LC) device. The method can comprise a step for receiving an upper layer signal comprising an SR subframe offset and an SR transmission period. The upper layer signal can further comprise information about the number of repetitions. Also, the method can comprise the steps of: determining, on the basis of the SR transmission period and SR subframe offset, a subframe on which the SR is to be transmitted; determining the number of repeated transmissions of the SR on the basis of the information; and transmitting the SR on the determined subframe. The SR can repeatedly be transmitted on a plurality of subframes that begin from the determined subframe.
US11051301B2
Embodiments of the application provide a method for determining a resource location in a terminal device, a terminal device, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium. A terminal device determines a second downlink slot corresponding to the CSI reporting moment based on a first uplink slot where channel state information (CSI) reporting moment is located; the terminal device obtains a slot offset, where the slot offset is a slot offset of a location of a CSI reference resource on a time domain relative to the second uplink slot; the terminal device determines the location of the CSI reference resource on the time domain based on the second uplink slot and the slot offset.
US11051300B2
This application provides an information transmission method and apparatus. A first device sends control information to a second device, where the control information is carried on a control channel, a position of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing OFDM symbol, to which the control channel is mapped, in a time unit is at least one position in a position set, the time unit is a subframe, a slot, or a mini-slot, the control information is used to schedule at least one resource unit, and the resource unit includes at least one OFDM symbol. In the foregoing solution, complexity of detecting a control channel by a receive end may be reduced.
US11051298B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a message feedback method and apparatus for carrier aggregation. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal in a first downlink subframe on a carrier aggregation group, a data packet sent by a base station, where the carrier aggregation group includes a first carrier and a second carrier; determining a first timing, based on a subframe configuration for the carrier aggregation group and a mapping relationship between subframe configurations for carrier aggregation groups and timings; determining a first uplink subframe from subframes on the carrier aggregation group based on the first timing; and sending, to the base station, a feedback message in the first uplink subframe. In this way, the first uplink subframe is determined on the entire carrier group for sending the feedback message, and a selectable range is larger.
US11051297B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to providing a mechanism that may be used to flexibly and efficiently signal spatial reuse (SR) and/or transmit opportunity (TXOP) duration information.
US11051296B2
A wireless communication method and a system comprising a first audio source unit and at least a second audio source unit each comprising; a connection management interface for connecting to a network topology, a protocol management interface, a management link and a communication link, and during a configuration period the first audio source unit may be configured to listen for a notification packet via the management link, and, based on a first criteria, the first audio source unit may be configured to establish, via the protocol management interface, a communication group and a respective communication frame. Furthermore, where the first audio source unit may be a coordinator of the communication group, the coordinator may then be configured to establish notification packets in the communication frame, and the notification packets may then be transmitted via the management link assigned to a first time interval in the communication frame. During the configuration period, the second audio source unit may be configured to listen for a notification packet received? via the management link of the second audio source unit, the second audio source unit receives at least the notification packet and may be configured to extract, via a protocol management interface link, information of the management link of the coordinator from the received notification packet, and the second audio source unit may then be configured to transmit an ID information via the management link of the coordinator of the communication group, and where the coordinator may be configured to assign a second time interval for a communication link of the second audio source unit in the communication frame, the second audio source unit may then be configured to become an audio source member of that communication group. During a data communication period the second audio source member may be configured to communicate via the communication link of the audio source member at the second time interval in the communication frame to a sink unit.
US11051295B2
The present disclosure relates to beam configuration methods and apparatus. One example method include receiving, by a terminal, beam configuration information from a network device, where the beam configuration information is used to instruct the terminal to transmit a signal by using a first beam, and transmitting, by the terminal, the signal by using at least the first beam when a first preset duration starting from a time point expires, where the first time point is a time point at which the terminal sends an acknowledgement (ACK) message for the beam configuration information to the network device.
US11051294B2
Provided are a radio terminal device, a radio base station device, and a channel signal forming method which can prevent quality degradation of the downlink resource allocation information by reducing the frequency of the zero information addition process to the downlink resource allocation information when executing communication using an uplink unit band and multiple downlink unit bands correlated to the uplink unit band. A base station includes: a PDCCH generation unit which includes the uplink allocation information relating to the uplink unit band only in some of the channel signals formed for each of the downlink unit bands; and a padding unit which adds zero information to the downlink allocation information only in the selected some channel signals having the bandwidth of the corresponding downlink unit band smaller than that of the uplink unit band until the downlink allocation information size becomes equal to the uplink allocation information size.
US11051293B2
New radio download numerology allocation information may be obtained through master information block data, system information block data, radio resource control signals, or signals or a physical downlink numerology indication channel, and used along with a reference signal detected in a search space to obtain resource element positions in an antenna port reference signal in a resource block that belongs to a particular band slice according to a reference signal allocation scheme for a band slice numerology. A physical download control may then be decoded based upon one or more resource elements of the reference signal, allowing the connection of, e.g., an enhanced mobile broadband, massive machine type communication, or ultra-reliable/low-latency application to a communications network thereby. Alternatively, multiple physical downlink control channels may be blindly demodulated at each of a number calculated reference signal locations, and one channel selected based on passing a cyclic redundancy check.
US11051288B2
A small cell device may communicate with a user device (e.g., a smartphone, a tablet computer, etc.) via a range extender device that extends the effective range of the small cell device to the user device. The small cell device, the range extender device, and the user device may communicate with one another using channels of a licensed spectrum (e.g., traditional LTE channels). The range extender device may determine channel conditions corresponding to an unlicensed spectrum (e.g., 5 Gigahertz (GHz) Spectrum) and communicate the channel conditions to the small cell device. Based on the channel conditions, the small cell device and the range extender device may select downlink-only channels of the unlicensed spectrum and cause the downlink capabilities of the channels of the unlicensed spectrum to be augmented by the downlink capabilities of the downlink-only channels of the unlicensed spectrum.
US11051278B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a control information sending method, a control information detection method, a base station, and user equipment. The control information sending method includes: determining, by a base station, target control information and characteristic information corresponding to the target control information, where the target control information is information for scheduling target user equipment by the base station; determining, according to a preset rule and the characteristic information from a resource block set corresponding to a target coverage level, a target resource block subset corresponding to the target control information, and selecting, from the target resource block subset, an available resource block as a target resource block; and sending the target control information using the target resource block.
US11051273B2
A network node initiates a MBMS session providing a multimedia service through a RAN to UEs using a FEC operation providing an initial FEC level, where the multimedia service is concurrently provided through unicast sessions. Feedback reports received from the UEs identify UEs consuming the multimedia service through the MBMS session and identify UEs consuming the multimedia service through the unicast sessions. A ratio is determined of a number of the UEs identified as consuming the multimedia service through the MBMS session to a number of the UEs identified as consuming the multimedia service through the unicast sessions. Responsive to determining that the ratio is less than a target ratio, the FEC level provided by the FEC operation is increased. Responsive to determining that the ratio is greater than the target ratio by a defined margin value, the FEC level provided by the FEC operation is decreased.
US11051268B2
Disclosed in the disclosure are a method, a device and a computer storage medium for service activation and deactivation. The method includes a terminal sends indication information to a network entity in the process of initiating registration to the network entity, wherein the indication information is used to indicate to the network entity a service that needs to be activated and/or a service that needs to be deactivated.
US11051267B2
A channel latency determining method, a positioning method, and device, the method including obtaining, by a communications device, device location information of a calibration user equipment (UE), calculating a propagation delay according to the device location information and prestored location information of an antenna, where the propagation delay is a time between transmitting a radio signal by the calibration UE and receiving the radio signal by the antenna, calculating a time of arrival according to the radio signal transmitted by the calibration UE to the antenna, where the time of arrival is a time obtained through calculation according to a time of arrival (TOA) estimation algorithm, and determining a channel latency according to the propagation delay and the time of arrival, where the channel latency is positively correlated with the time of arrival and is negatively correlated with the propagation delay.
US11051263B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may identify a first synchronization sequence and generate a second synchronization sequence based at least in part on the first synchronization sequence. The base station may map the first synchronization sequence to a first resource block of a synchronization channel associated with a first frequency sub-band of a shared radio frequency spectrum band and the second synchronization sequence to a second resource block associated with a second frequency sub-band of the synchronization channel. The base station may then transmit the first synchronization sequence and the second synchronization sequence concurrently over the synchronization channel using the first resource block and the second resource block according to the mapping. In some cases, the second synchronization may be generated by applying a first phase shift to the first synchronization sequence.
US11051256B2
A wireless device initiates a random access procedure for parallel transmissions of random access preambles for beams of a cell. A determination is made that a first calculated transmit power exceeds a first power value. The first calculated transmit power comprises transmission powers corresponding to the parallel transmissions of the random access preambles. In response to the determination, a first transmission of at least one first random access preamble of the random access preambles is dropped based on at least one first pathloss value corresponding to the first transmission being greater than at least one second pathloss value corresponding to a second transmission of at least one second random access preamble of the random access preambles. The at least one second random access preamble of the random access preambles is transmitted by the wireless device.
US11051248B2
A system and method for monitoring components of a vehicle includes a manager and a wireless node. The manager is positioned on the vehicle and configured to wirelessly transmit a wake signal in response to an event. The wireless node positioned to monitor a component of the vehicle and includes an antenna, a wakeup circuit, and a node transceiver. The wakeup circuit is connected to the antenna and configured to monitor for the wake signal, and the node transceiver is configured to perform wireless communication with the manager. The wakeup circuit is configured to power on the node transceiver upon receipt of the wake signal.
US11051246B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. An access point (AP) may identify receiving wireless devices for which to send a wake-up radio (WUR) frame. The AP may obtain a basic service set identifier (BSSID) for the AP that is associated with (or intends to be associated with) the receiving wireless devices, the BSSID being known by the receiving wireless devices. The AP may perform a hashing function to the BSSID to obtain a hashed BSSID. The AP may use a first portion of the hashed BSSID as a first identifier. The AP may generate the WUR frame for transmission with an address identifier field that includes either the first identifier or a second identifier. The second identifier nay be based at least in part on the first identifier. The AP may transmit the WUR frame to the receiving wireless devices.
US11051238B2
The present application discloses communication methods and systems. The communication method includes: receiving a first uplink data frame from a terminal operating in a second mode, wherein the first uplink data frame comprises a first mode identifier and a terminal identifier, and the first mode identifier is used to indicate to a base station that the terminal is operating in a first mode; determining that the terminal operates in the second mode, according to a first information set and the terminal identifier; sending the first uplink data frame to the base station; receiving a first downlink data frame from the base station; and forwarding the first downlink data frame to the terminal.
US11051235B2
A method of transmitting system information in a mobile communications network, the network comprising a base station operable to provide a cell to communicate wirelessly with a plurality of mobile terminals and a mobile terminal of the plurality of mobile terminals, the mobile terminal being operable to communicate with the base station. The method comprises periodically transmitting essential system information “ESI” to the plurality of mobile terminals, the ESI comprising system information for using the cell provided by the base station; transmitting additional system information “ASI” to the mobile terminal, the ASI comprising system information for using one or more services provided by the cell. In the event that it is determined that the base station is overloaded, the method further comprises transmitting a service notification that the cell is currently unable to provide the one or more services.
US11051229B1
A physical access point manages a first wireless communication sub-network and one or more second wireless communication sub-networks. The physical access point transmits values of wireless network management parameters for the first wireless communication sub-network to inform one or more client stations of the values of the wireless network management parameters for the first wireless communication sub-network. The access point generates a list of wireless network management parameters for which values are not inherited from the first wireless communication sub-network by any of the one or more second wireless communication sub-networks, and transmits the list to inform the one or more client stations that values of the wireless network management in the list are not inherited from the first wireless communication sub-network by any of the one or more second wireless communication sub-networks.
US11051227B1
Embodiments for a method for enhancing communication for operating along with a plurality of cooperating communication enhancement modules are disclosed. The communication enhancement module receives a STANAG 4586 message from an upstream module and determine whether a point-to-point wireless connection is available to the destination. If a point-to-point wireless connection is available, the module sends a message over the point-to-point wireless connection to the destination. If a point-to-point wireless connection is not available, the module identifies a multi-hop path to the destination via at least one other communication enhancement module, modifies the STANAG 4586 message to create a modified message having a format corresponding to the communication enhancement modules, and send the modified message to a next hop communication enhancement module on the multi-hop path for directing toward the destination.
US11051215B2
The present application discloses a switching method, a terminal device and a network device. The method includes: a first terminal device acquires measurement results of links, where the links include a link between the first terminal device and a first network device and a link between the first network device and a second terminal device; and the first terminal device determines a first switching scheme for the first terminal device and/or a second switching scheme for the second terminal device according to the measurement results. Therefore, after cell switching is performed between a relay terminal and a remote terminal, an effective relay transmission continues between a relay terminal device and a remote terminal device.
US11051208B2
Resources used for downlink communication may be partitioned by the base station so that a portion of the resources is reserved for the downlink transmission of low latency data. However, low latency data may be bursty or sporadic in nature, and may be transmitted in short packets. Therefore, there may not always be low latency data at the base station that needs to be transmitted using all of the low latency resources. System and methods are therefore disclosed in which the base station opportunistically schedules, on the low latency resources, latency tolerant data for one or more latency tolerant UEs. When latency tolerant data is scheduled on the low latency resources, signaling is used to indicate if the latency tolerant transmission on the low latency resources is modified.
US11051202B2
Technology for a user equipment (UE) operable to determine a transport block size (TBS) is disclosed. The UE can determine a number of assigned resource elements (REs) in one or more symbols for a transport block. The UE can determine a reference number of REs per physical resource block (PRB) in the transport block based on a reference number of REs for the transport block corresponding to each PRB and an assigned number of PRBs for the transport block. The UE can determine a TBS for the transport block based at least on the reference number of REs per PRB in the transport block. The UE can encode information in a selected transport block for transmission via a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to a Next Generation NodeB (gNB) in accordance with the TBS determined at the UE.
US11051196B2
There are provided a wireless communication method of configuring a measurement resource and a wireless communication device therefor. The method comprises determining a measurement resource to be disregarded when the number of measurement resources configured in one subframe exceeds the maximum number of measurement resources that a user equipment is able to measure in one subframe, wherein the measurement resource with lower priority is determined to be disregarded, and the measurement resource is not disregarded A times within the duration of N subframes, where A is an integer larger than 1, N corresponds to one plus B*periodicity of the measurement resource, and B is an integer equal to or larger than 1.
US11051192B2
A network data analytics function, which may be implemented as a service, is disclosed which provides a new and improved network data analytics capability in 5G core networks.
US11051188B2
Systems and methods for correlating wireless communication performance with vehicle system configurations determine wireless message characteristics of wireless messages communicated with vehicles in vehicle systems and locations along a route where the wireless message characteristics were determined. The wireless message characteristics and the locations can be determined during movement of the vehicle systems along a route. Relative positions of the vehicles in the vehicle systems is obtained, and a signal propagation profile is determined based on the wireless message characteristics, the locations where the wireless message characteristics were determined, and the relative positions of the vehicles. The signal propagation profile can represent relationships between the wireless message characteristics, the relative positions of the vehicles, and the locations along the route. This profile can be used to control movement and/or communication of other rail vehicle systems, to generate trip plans for other vehicle systems, to diagnose communication faults, and the like.
US11051180B2
An electronic device receives installation information about an environment of the electronic device. For example, the installation information includes a type of installation of the electronic device, such as one of: installation on a wall, installation on a pole, installation in a stadium, or installation in street furniture. Based at least in part on the installation information, the electronic device selects a group of antenna patterns that includes a subset of potential antenna patterns. Then, the electronic device communicates, via an interface circuit in the electronic device, one or more packets or frames for another electronic device using an antenna pattern in the group of antenna patterns. Note that the electronic device determines the antenna pattern to use in subsequent communication. Moreover, the group of antenna patterns is selected based at least in part on an orientation, a location of the electronic device, or both.
US11051179B2
A device including an antenna and a control method thereof are provided. In the method, a base station receives, from at least one terminal, a reference signal transmitted through at least one beam based on beam sweeping. Also, the base station calculates an angle between the base station and the at least one terminal transmitting the reference signal by using the received reference signal for each beam, and computes an optimal antenna orientation of a base station antenna of the base station by using the calculated angle. Further, the base station adjusts an orientation of the base station antenna according to the optimal antenna orientation of the base station antenna.
US11051166B1
A method for controlling access to a computing device which involves detecting, at a key device, one or more wireless devices configured as wireless access points. A handshake operation involving the key device and the computing device is performed wherein the computing device is included among the one or more wireless devices. Wireless signals transmitted by the computing device are received, during a calibration phase, at the key device. During the calibration phase the key device determines an approximate signal strength corresponding to a desired distance between the key device and the computing device. Based upon a received signal strength of other wireless signals transmitted by the computing device, it may be detected that the key device and the computing device are separated by at least the desired distance. If so, the computing device may be electronically locked or user access to it otherwise inhibited.
US11051164B2
A method includes: in response to a request from a human user to access account information, authenticating the human user via a graphical user interface (GUI); storing a result of authenticating the human user in a storage system; in response to authenticating the human user, directing the human user to a voice-based communication session; accessing the result of authenticating the human user from the storage system by the voice-based communication session; and providing access by the human user to the account information in the voice-based communication session based on the result of authenticating the human user.
US11051159B2
Methods and apparatus for managing multiple user access control entities or clients. For example, in one embodiment, a “wallet” of electronic subscriber identity modules (eSIMs) may be stored and used at a user device and/or distributed to other devices for use thereon. In another embodiment, a networked server may store and distribute eSIM to a plurality of user devices in communication therewith. A database of available eSIM is maintained at the wallet entity and/or at the network which enables request for a particular eSIM to be processed and various rules for the distribution thereof to be implemented. Security precautions are implemented to protect both user and network carrier specific data as the data is transmitted between networked entities. Solutions for eSIM backup and restoration are also described.
US11051155B2
A communication system is provided that can improve the communication capability of a communication terminal device in the case where a large number of small cells in addition to a macro cell are installed and operated. A communication terminal device (UE) is connected with a macro cell configured by a MeNB and a small cell configured by a SeNB, so that dual connectivity is performed. When receiving information for small cells, for example, emergency information from a CBC via an MME, at least one cell of the macro cell and the small cell notifies the communication terminal device connected with the at least one cell of the information for small cells.
US11051150B2
Systems and methods for improving efficiency in a mobile communications network are described. In one embodiment, a method for conserving network resources comprises releasing network resources related to a User Equipment (“UE”) session at one or more network nodes without notifying the UE. A subset of the session information that can be used to connect with the UE is stored at a network node. If data is received for the UE, the stored subset of information can be used to 1) establish network resources related to the UE that were previously released and 2) deliver the data to the UE. In another embodiment, shared data resources are granted to one or more subscribers associated with a Designated User Group (“DUG”). An online charging session is assigned to the DUG that identifies policy data for granting shared data resources to the Designated User Group.
US11051148B2
A universal subscriber identity module (USIM) management device includes a communication interface, a storage configured to store an issue date indicating a date on which a USIM is installed into an industrial communication terminal, and an operation processor. The operation processor is configured to execute: (a) receiving the issue date from at least one among the industrial communication terminal and a subscriber management system in a mobile communication network to which the industrial communication terminal is connected, and storing the received issue date in the storage; (b) receiving USIM usage information from the industrial communication terminal through the communication interface; and (c) determining whether to replace the USIM based on the issue date and the USIM usage information.
US11051143B2
A method, device, and system for managing a fleet of vehicles is disclosed. The method includes providing a telematics device for an electric vehicle of the fleet of vehicles, the telematics device being capable of obtaining data from the electric vehicle; using the telematics device to identify the electric vehicle based on the data obtained from the electric vehicle; providing a data definition set for the electric vehicle to the telematics device; and using the telematics device and the data definition set to determine whether the electric vehicle is in a vehicle mode based on the data obtained from the electric vehicle and the data definition set. The vehicle mode of the electric vehicle can be at least one of a charging mode, a driving mode, and a parked mode.
US11051140B2
A method for managing Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) addresses in a wireless sensor network is provided that includes storing, on a wireless sensor device in the wireless sensor network, a prefix of an IPv6 address in association with a key, forming an address indicator for the IPv6 address, the address indicator consisting of the key and a node address of the IPv6 address, and storing the address indicator in at least one memory location on the wireless sensor device in lieu of the IPv6 address.
US11051139B2
A system that determines that devices are co-located in an acoustic region and selects a single device to which to send incoming notifications for the acoustic region. The system may group devices into separate acoustic regions based on selection data that selects between similar audio data received from multiple devices. The system may select the best device for each acoustic region based on a frequency that the device was selected previously, input/output capabilities of the device, a proximity to a user, or the like. The system may send a notification to a single device in each of the acoustic regions so that a user receives a single notification instead of multiple unsynchronized notifications. The system may also determine that acoustic regions are associated with different locations and select acoustic regions to which to send a notification based on location.
US11051127B2
A communications hub providing a repository of vehicle crash information communicated by a mobile communications device and of vehicle crash data records provided by crash event servicers, in a crash detection, response and reporting system that determines a possible crash event by periodically evaluating (a) changes in a motion signal and (b) crash sound indicators of one or more of (i) motor vehicle glass breakage, (ii) metal folding, (iii) contact thud, and (iv) tires screeching, and upon a failure to respond within a predetermined period to a notice of possible crash event, communicating an identifier and crash incident information to a dispatch center as first notice of loss for dispatching a response servicer and maintaining the repository to facilitate resolution of the claims arising from the vehicle crash event.
US11051126B2
This disclosure focuses on providing a technology framework for creating secure, location-based applications. The disclosure details a technology solution that can allow users to access secure information on commodity computation devices (e.g., tablets and smartphones) without a heavy infrastructure burden. The technology consists of a collection of software services that run on end-user devices, services on network accessible servers (e.g., cloud), and a specialized device that provides high-assurance location services atop a tamper resistant, trusted computation platform.
US11051123B1
A system and method for performing perceptually-transparent RTF estimation for a two-channel system with low estimation errors. The system includes two loudspeakers for the left and right channels positioned in a room and a single microphone, positioned in the vicinity of a listener in the room. The system performs spectral splitting using a filter bank and a complementary filter bank, to obtain separation in frequency between the two channels. Calibration signals being uncorrelated across the two channels are, generated using the original audio signals and the constructed filters. Then, the calibration signals are played back by the loudspeakers, instead of playback of the original audio signals. At the end, the system records the playback of the calibration signals by the microphone and simultaneously estimates the two-channel RTF using the recorded played back calibration signals.
US11051118B2
A sound pickup device according to this embodiment includes a microphone part placed at a sound pickup position in close proximity to an ear hole without blocking an ear canal, and positioned so as to face outside of the ear canal, and a wire having flexibility and extending to the sound pickup position. Further, in this embodiment, at least part of the wire is formed along an auricle.
US11051111B2
A dynamic loudspeaker driver comprising a magnet-system; a membrane; the membrane being movably mounted with respect to the magnet-system; at least one voice coil attached to the membrane and operatively coupled with the magnet-system, wherein the voice coil comprises an upper edge facing the membrane and a lower edge being arranged opposite the upper edge of the voice coil; at least one voice coil extension element comprising an upper surface facing the membrane and a lower surface facing the upper edge of the voice coil, wherein the lower surface of the voice coil extension element is attached the upper edge of the voice coil while the upper surface of the voice coil extension element is attached to the membrane.
US11051105B2
Systems, methods, devices and non-transitory, computer-readable storage mediums are disclosed for location-tracking wireless devices. In an embodiment, a method performed by an electronic device comprises: playing, or initiating the playing of, a sound through a loudspeaker of an accessory device via a communication link. The sound is played at a specified frequency that utilizes a frequency response of the loudspeaker (or loudspeaker plus speaker enclosure). The sound is received through two or more microphones of the electronic device and filtered by one or more filters. The one or more filters are configured to pass the sound at or around the specified frequency and to reduce masking of the sound by ambient noise. The filtered sound is associated with direction data generated from sensor data provided by one or more inertial sensors of the electronic device. In another embodiment, the specified frequency is higher than the maximum human hearing range.
US11051098B2
An electronic apparatus may include a loudspeaker that includes an enclosure; a first driver disposed in the enclosure and configured to output a sound based on an input audio signal; a unit accommodator having a hole in which the first driver is disposed, and extending toward an inside of the enclosure; a space forming portion extended from an outer edge of the unit accommodator, surrounding a back of the first driver to form a space with the unit accommodator, and spaced apart from an inner edge of the unit accommodator; a slot forming portion extending from the space forming portion, and having an inner surface spaced apart from an outer surface of the unit accommodator to form a first sound output passage; and a sound absorber disposed at at least one of the outer surface of the unit accommodator and the inner surface of the slot forming portion.
US11051097B2
An installation structure of a vibrator includes elastic members formed of an elastic material, the elastic members being arranged between a housing of a listening device, and the vibrator accommodating an electromechanical transducer for transducing an electric signal into mechanical vibration. The vibrator is installed on the listening device such that a lower surface of the vibrator is disposed at a position facing an ear cartilage in a state where the listening device is worn on an ear, and a first mechanical impedance of the elastic members between the vibrator and the housing is set smaller, at a frequency of 200 Hz to 1000 Hz, than twice a second mechanical impedance, with which the vibrator is loaded, of the ear cartilage.
US11051091B2
A cleanroom compatible elastomeric cover for an acoustic attachment, such as a diffuser or a director, to a Small Ceiling Speaker System. The present invention provides one elastomeric cover for the otherwise exposed axial acoustic port of a director or the exposed radial acoustic port of a diffuser. The cover further provides a cleanroom seal between the diffuser or the director and the ceiling tile. The diffuser and the director are each acoustic attachments to the enclosed speaker portion of the small ceiling speaker that is above the ceiling tile and supported on the ceiling tile support grid, rather than the tile itself. The portion of the small ceiling speaker that is below the ceiling tile includes a sectionally threaded acoustic channel shell and an acoustic attachment. The cover prevents contaminants from entering the cleanroom though the hole in the ceiling tile through which the acoustic channel shell extends.
US11051083B2
The present technology relates to an image processing apparatus and a file generation apparatus that make it possible to appropriately reproduce a BV content. An image processing apparatus includes a file processor that selects, from a plurality of streams included in a 3D object content, a plurality of the streams to be used for reproduction of the 3D object content on the basis of group information for selection of the stream appropriate for reproduction of the 3D object content, a file including the group information. The present technology is applicable to a client apparatus.
US11051082B2
A method of a reception apparatus for processing control information, reception apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. In the method, content is received from a content source. A display is controlled to display the received content. The control information is received during the display of the received content. The control information includes location information indicating a location of application information. The application information includes an application control document. The application information is retrieved using the location information based on a change in the control information. The application control document is loaded and the display is controlled in accordance with the application control document.
US11051081B2
Systems and methods are disclosed to receive a request for a virtual reality render project that includes information specifying virtual reality video data to be used to create a virtual reality render; determine a plurality of virtual reality jobs required to create the virtual reality render from the virtual reality video data; determine the availability of a plurality of virtual reality nodes across the network; create a virtual reality render map that specifies a processing sequence of the plurality of virtual reality jobs across the one or more virtual reality nodes to create the virtual reality render, the virtual reality render map being created based on at least the availability of the plurality of virtual reality nodes; and process the plurality of virtual reality jobs at the plurality of virtual reality nodes to create the virtual reality.
US11051079B2
Various embodiments of a system includes receiving a request to display a content and employing an antenna system to receive content data that is representative of the content. The antenna system includes a first antenna, a second antenna, and a third antenna. The system further utilizing at least three arrangements to collect the content, wherein a first arrangement includes receiving the content data broadcasted over the air to extract the content from the content data, a second arrangement includes establishing a wireless communication connection with a network node device operated by a first telecommunication service provider to collect the content data from a server, and a third arrangement includes connecting to a hot-spot having a connection to a second network node device operated by a second telecommunication service provider to collect the content data from the server. The system further transfers the content to the display component, which is collected utilizing the three arrangements.
US11051074B2
A live media content switching system receives a plurality of live input streams associated with a plurality of live input stream manifests. One or more events in a first live input stream manifest of the plurality of live input stream manifests are identified. The first live input stream manifest is associated with a first live input stream of the plurality of live input streams being viewed at a consumer device. Based on the identification, information related to a plurality of first media segments and the one or more events from the first live input stream indicated in the first live input stream manifest is inserted into a first disparate live media output stream manifest based on a programming schedule. The first disparate live media output stream of a plurality of disparate live media output streams is published for the consumer device based on the first live input stream manifest.
US11051072B2
A method, system, and computer program product evaluate and mitigate spoilers of entertainment media. A progress of a first user in consuming entertainment media may be tracked. A progress point at which the first user stops consuming the entertainment media may be identified. A second user consuming the entertainment media at a point that is beyond the progress point and within a vicinity of the first user may be detected. An upcoming spoiler for the first user of the entertainment media may be detected by evaluating data of the entertainment media. A mitigating action may be executed in response to detecting the upcoming spoiler.
US11051070B2
Example program clustering systems disclosed herein are to compare (i) ratios of program ratings to corresponding network ratings with (ii) a threshold to determine adjusted viewing data for respective sites during a monitoring interval, the program ratings and the corresponding network ratings determined for programs tuned on corresponding networks at the respective sites during the monitoring interval, the adjusted viewing data for a combination of a first program and a first site to represent an adjusted amount of time the first program was presented at the first site. Disclosed example program clustering systems are also to cluster the programs into program clusters based on distances between respective combinations of pairs of the programs, the distances based on the adjusted viewing data. Disclosed example program clustering systems are further to output information to identify the program clusters.
US11051069B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure propose an apparatus and method for supporting a service for one program through a channel change in a digital broadcasting system. To this end, a broadcast providing device may monitor whether a channel switching event occurs while providing a service for a first program on a first channel on the basis of a predetermined broadcast program schedule. When the channel switching event occurs, before the service for the first program on the first channel ends according to the predetermined broadcast program schedule, the broadcast providing device may transmit, to a broadcast consumer device, connection control information required to continue the service for the first program on a second channel. The broadcast consumer device may perform service switching on the basis of the connection control information.
US11051064B1
A system and process generate tailored movies based on user profile data. The system extracts a viewer's profile data and selects scenes for assembly into a rendered movie. Different viewers may thus see different movie storylines based on their individual profile data. Some embodiments may include an anti-piracy scheme which may watermark parts of the individualized movies. A blockchain may be used to determine whether a movie is generated for the user viewer or an unauthorized copy of someone's else's movie.
US11051061B2
A media content packaging and distribution system that generates a plurality of disparate live media output streams to be viewed on a plurality of consumer devices, receives a programming schedule for a channel from a network scheduler. The programming schedule corresponds to at least a first manifest associated with a first pre-encoded media asset. Information related to a plurality of first media segments and one or more events from the first pre-encoded media asset indicated in the first manifest is inserted into a live output stream manifest at defined intervals. A disparate live media output stream, to be viewed by a consumer device for a channel via a media player, is generated based on the insertion of the information related to the plurality of first media segments from the first pre-encoded media asset indicated in the first manifest into the live output stream manifest.
US11051053B2
In one embodiment, a method, system and apparatus are described for cloud digital video recorder optimization. A cloud based storage unit stores recorded content items in response to recording requests by users from among a plurality of users, each recorded content item belonging to at least one content item type category and each user belonging to at least one user type category. A processor receives log files tracking the recording requests, applies a data-driven procedure to the log files on a basis of at least one of: the at least one content item type category and the at least one user type category, and assigns each recorded content item to a group associated with a second plurality of users and a co-related group of content items of a given content item type category and determines times to delete each recorded content item from the cloud based storage unit. Related methods, systems, and apparatus are also described.
US11051050B2
A method comprises receiving from each of a plurality of commentator applications corresponding commentary information relating to video content from at least one video source, sending at least portions of the commentary information received from each of the commentator applications to one or more other ones of the commentator applications, and generating commented video content based at least in part on the commentary information received from the commentator applications. The commented video content is provided to one or more servers of a content delivery network for delivery to one or more viewer devices. The receiving and sending are illustratively implemented in a media server through interaction of the media server with web browsers of respective commentator devices that implement the commentator applications. Each of the web browsers may implement an instance of a commentary mixer configured to combine commentary information from its commentator application with additional commentary from other commentator applications.
US11051049B2
The disclosed embodiments include at least one method. The method includes communicatively coupling a first client device to a platform that distributes live streams over a network to client devices including the first client device. The live streams provide a live broadcast of a live event from viewpoints captured by source devices located at the live event including a second client device. The method further includes receiving an indication of a selection of a first viewpoint from the first client device and communicating a first live stream to the first client device. The first live stream is captured by a first source device and, when rendering by the first client device, causes display of the first viewpoint on the first client device.
US11051043B2
The present technology relates to an image processing device and an image processing method which allow a deblocking filtering process to apply filtering appropriately. A pixel (p0i) of which the value is 255 (solid line) before a deblocking process changes greatly to 159 (dot line) after a conventional deblocking process. Therefore, a clipping process having a clipping value of 10 is performed in strong filtering, whereby the pixel (p0i) of which the value is 255 (solid line) before the deblocking process becomes 245 (bold line). Thus, a change in the pixel value occurring in the conventional technique can be suppressed as much as possible. This disclosure can be applied to an image processing device, for example.
US11051042B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an image processing device and method for compressing and restoring an image. To this end, edged information and scaling information are obtained from an input signal, and block information employed for obtaining the edged information and the scaling information is generated. In addition, encoding information is transmitted according to a preset transmission format so as to include the edged information, the scaling information, and the block information.
US11051032B2
An electronic device for encoding a picture is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that are in electronic communication with the processor. The instructions are executable to encode a gradual temporal layer access (GTLA) picture. The instructions are further executable to send the GTLA picture.
US11051028B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for improving the accuracy of intra-prediction in order to improve encoding and decoding efficiency. The video decoding method may improve the prediction efficiency for the current pixel to be predicted by referring to the degree of variation in surrounding pixels, to thereby effectively decode the bit stream with improved encoding efficiency. In addition, an additional prediction candidate is used to achieve improved accuracy of intra-prediction, and the thus-improved accuracy of intra-prediction may reduce residual components and improve encoding efficiency. Further, an improved planar mode is utilized to achieve improved intra-prediction.
US11051027B2
An intra-frame and inter-frame combined prediction method for P frames or B frames. The method comprises: self-adaptively selecting by means of a rate-distortion optimization (RDO) decision whether to use the intra-frame and inter-frame combined prediction or not; using a method for weighting an intra prediction block and an inter prediction block in the intra-frame and inter-frame combined prediction to obtain a final prediction block; and obtaining the weighting coefficient of the intra prediction block and the inter prediction block according to prediction distortion statistics of the prediction method. Therefore, prediction precision can be improved, and coding and decoding efficiency of the prediction blocks are improved. The advantages of intra prediction and inter prediction are fully utilized in the present invention; and the optimal prediction parts of the two methods are selected to be combined, so that to a certain extent, areas with excessive distortion can be removed out of the intra prediction block and the inter prediction block, thus obtaining a better prediction effect and achieving excellent practicality and robustness.
US11051026B2
Techniques related to frame re-ordering for video coding are described herein.
US11051022B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for processing video content. The method can include: receiving data representing a first block and a second block in a picture, the data comprising a plurality of chroma samples associated with the first block and a plurality of luma samples associated with the second block; determining an average value of the plurality of luma samples associated with the second block; determining a chroma scaling factor for the first block based on the average value; and processing the plurality of chroma samples associated with the first block using the chroma scaling factor.
US11051013B2
A selection module for selecting an intra mode comprises a histogram of oriented gradient (HOG) module, for receiving a coding unit (CU), to select four angular modes from 33 angular modes of the CU, a DC mode of the CU and a planar mode of the CU; and a decision module, couple to the HOG module, for receiving the six modes from the HOG module, to compare the six modes according to a Split Sum of Absolute Transformed Difference (SSATD) algorithm, to select one of the six modes.
US11051011B2
The image decoding method according to the present invention comprises the steps of determining an intra prediction mode of a current block, dividing the current block into a plurality of subblocks, and for the plurality of subblocks, sequentially performing intra prediction.
US11051010B2
A video decoder receives to-be-decoded data from a bitstream for a block of pixels to be decoded as a current block of a current picture of the video. The video decoder generates a first prediction of the current block based on a first prediction mode that is selected from a first candidate list. The video decoder generates a second prediction of the current block based on a second prediction mode that is selected from a second candidate list. The video decoder generates a combined prediction for the current block based on the first prediction and the second prediction. The video decoder reconstructs the current block by using the combined prediction.
US11051008B2
An image processing apparatus includes: at least one processor and/or at least one circuit to perform operations of the following units: an acquisition unit configured to acquire luminance information that indicates characteristic value of luminance of inputted image data; and a conversion unit configured to convert colors of the image data into conversion colors which are respectively associated with sub-ranges determined by dividing a luminance range of the image data using thresholds, wherein a first threshold of the thresholds is the characteristic value.
US11051005B2
A virtual reality device and the operation method of virtual reality device, and the method includes: the virtual reality device displays an image content according to a corresponding viewing angle of a user; and when the time of virtual reality device detects that the viewing elevation angle is greater than a predetermined angle for a time period which exceeds a predetermined time period, the virtual reality device enters a locking mode; in the locking mode, the virtual reality device displays the image content with a fixed main field, and the virtual reality device constrains the viewing angle of the image content from the movement or rotation of the user. The present invention can determine whether to enter the locking mode according to a preset condition, and provide the main image content of the fixed field of view in the locking mode in order to achieve user convenience and save power.
US11051000B2
A method calibrates one or more cameras, wherein the one or more cameras acquire images of a scene for different viewpoints, and wherein the images are non-overlapping, by first constructing a 3D model of the scene using a calibration camera that is independent of the one or more cameras, and a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) procedure. 2D-to-3D correspondences between each of the images and the 3D model are determined. Then, calibration parameters of each of the one or more cameras are estimated using a 2D-to-3D registration procedure.
US11050997B2
A dynamic display system includes a display panel, a detection device, and a processor. The detection device is disposed at a same side of a housing of the dynamic display system as the display panel, and detects first three-dimensional coordinate information of a position of a user corresponding to the detection device. The processor is coupled to the display panel and the detection device. The processor converts the first 3D coordinate information to second 3D coordinate information of the position of the user corresponding to the display panel, and generates an image to be presented by the display panel according to the second 3D coordinate information.
US11050987B2
A method for determining a fisheye camera shadow correction parameter, comprising: capturing and acquiring a raw image using a fisheye camera that is not installed in an outer housing; obtaining the raw image from the fisheye camera; performing statistics on luminance information and chrominance information in each block of the raw image; and calculating a correction parameter for the fisheye camera based on the luminance information and the chrominance information of each block.
US11050986B2
A display device and a white balance adjusting method thereof are provided. The white balance adjusting method comprises: measuring a stimulus value of each of gray scales of each of pixels of a panel; defining a white point voltage and a white chromaticity; calculating a white chromaticity difference between a bright state white point voltage and a dark state white point voltage; defining a target white balance curve according to the white point voltage, the white chromaticity and the white chromaticity difference; and obtaining a white balance look-up table according to the white balance curve to complete a white balance adjustment of the display device.
US11050979B2
An agricultural monitoring system, the agricultural monitoring system comprising: an imaging sensor, configured and operable to acquire image data at submillimetric image resolution of parts of an agricultural area in which crops grow, when the imaging sensor is airborne; a communication module, configured and operable to transmit to an external system image data content which is based on the image data acquired by the airborne imaging sensor; and a connector operable to connect the imaging sensor and the communication module to an airborne platform1.
US11050974B2
A videoconferencing system includes a codec configured to generate one or more acknowledgement signals each time a predefined action or event occurs, and a remote control in communication with the codec for controlling the codec and for receiving the one or more acknowledgement signals generated by the codec. The remote control includes a user interface for displaying information to a user. The remote control is configured to update the information displayed to the user in response to receiving the one or more acknowledgement signals generated by the codec.
US11050966B2
In a solid-state imaging device 10, the first binning switch 81 is formed such that a MOS capacitance and a wire capacitance of a wire connected to the binning switch 81, each having a value in accordance with an ON or OFF state, are added to a capacitance of a floating diffusion FD of a pixel PXL to be read, so as to optimize the capacitance of the floating diffusion FD and optimally adjust a conversion gain in accordance with a mode. This operation increases an image quality.
US11050964B1
Devices and methods of minimizing the temporal error between pixels or groups of pixels on a focal plane array involving, on a focal plane array comprising at least two pixels or groups of pixels, at least one counter or ramp, and at least one trigger: determining the timing error associated with a time stamp associated with the at least two pixels or groups of pixels; storing the timing error associated with the at least two pixels or groups of pixels and the pixel or pixel group location; and using the stored timing error and pixel or pixel group location to correct subsequent time stamps associated with the at least two pixels or groups of pixels, wherein the timing error corresponds to a systematic error between the trigger and the counter or ramp value due to the location of a pixel or group of pixels on the focal plane array.
US11050958B2
A camera system includes an imager unit for recording image data and converting the image data into a digital image signal, and a video processing unit operatively connected to the imager unit for receiving the digital image signal from the imager unit and for generating a corrected video output signal. The video processing unit has a dead pixel correction unit and a subsequent non-uniform offset error correction unit. The dead pixel correction unit is configured for correcting the signal of confirmed dead pixels, which are referenced in a map of confirmed dead pixels associated to the dead pixel correction unit. The non-uniform offset error correction unit is configured for correcting readout amplifier non-uniformity and pixel level non-uniformity in the digital image signal. The non-uniform offset error correction unit is further configured for new dead pixel detection simultaneously to the pixel level non-uniformity correction.
US11050957B2
An image sensor including pixels, each pixel including a photodetector and a circuit for reading out the quantity of charges collected by the photodetector at the end of a phase of charge collection by the photodetector. The image sensor further includes, for at least one of the pixels, a detection circuit capable, at least at two different times during the phase, of detecting whether the quantity of charges collected at the time by the photodetector of the pixel exceeds a threshold and, in the case where the quantity of charges collected at the time exceeds the threshold, of storing a first signal representative of the time and of resetting the photodetector.
US11050956B2
An image sensor includes a transistor, at least one storage capacitor and a voltage provider. The at least one storage capacitor is connected to the transistor. The voltage provider is electrically connected to the transistor and configured to provide an extra voltage for the at least one storage capacitor. The extra voltage is variable in response to images with different brightness. The image sensor includes the voltage provider to provide extra voltage to increase the charging capacity of the storage capacitor. The Signal-Noise-Ratio of the image sensor won't be affected and the fill factor is able to be maintained at a certain level.
US11050953B2
The present invention relates to an infrared imager suitable for detecting an infrared flux in a first and a second spectral band, the imager comprising an enclosure and comprising: a separator separating an incident infrared flux into two fluxes, a single detector suitable for detecting a flux in the two spectral bands, the detector being cooled to a temperature lower than the temperature of the enclosure, a switching optic movable between a first position in which the first flux is sent to the detector and a second position in which the second flux is sent to the detector, and a reflector having a bottom positioned in order that the image of the bottom in the first spectral band by the switching optic in the second position is situated on detector.
US11050952B2
A reading circuit for an infrared detector, includes: pixel driving circuits arranged in a matrix; vertical selection lines provided for respective rows of the pixel driving circuits; horizontal selection lines provided for respective columns of the pixel driving circuits; a vertical selection circuit configured to output a row selection signal to the vertical selection lines; and a horizontal selection circuit configured to output a column selection signal to the horizontal selection lines to read, to a reading line, a signal from pixel driving circuits for one row selected by the row selection signal, wherein each pixel driving circuit includes a driving circuit of the infrared detector, and a switching circuit configured to switch whether or not to input a test signal to the driving circuit, based on the row selection signal output to a corresponding vertical selection line and the column selection signal output to a corresponding horizontal selection line.
