US11091417B2
The present invention is directed to a process for synthesizing an internal ketone K1 by decarboxylative ketonization reaction of a fatty acid, a fatty acid derivative or a mixture thereof in a liquid phase with a metal compound as catalyst in a reaction medium, said process being characterized in that a ketone K2 at liquid state, which is identical or similar to the ketone K1, is introduced into the reaction medium. The so-synthesized internal ketone K1 can be used for the preparation of a variety of end compounds, including surfactants having a twin-tail structure or a Gemini structure.
US11091415B2
The disclosure is directed to a method for recovering products from a fermentation broth. The disclosure relates to the use of extractive distillation and/or dehydration to recover products which have close boiling points, such as ethanol and isopropanol, from a fermentation broth. In an embodiment, the recovery of product is completed in a manner that minimizes stress on the microbial biomass, such that it remains viable, at least in part, and may be recycled and reused in the fermentation process, which may result in increased efficiency in the fermentation process. The extractive distillation vessel and/or dehydration reactor may be used downstream of a distillation vessel. To minimize stress on the microbial biomass the distillation vessel may be under vacuum. The extractive distillation vessel may be used alongside a separation vessel such that the separation vessel is capable of recycling extractive distillation agent.
US11091413B2
Method of making BTX compounds including benzene, toluene, and xylene, including feeding heavy reformate to a reactor containing a composite zeolite catalyst. The composite zeolite catalyst includes a mixture of layered mordenite (MOR-L) comprising a layered or rod-type morphology with a layer thickness less than 30 nm and ZSM-5. The MOR-L, the ZSM-5, or both include one or more impregnated metals. The method further includes producing the BTX compounds by simultaneously performing transalkylation and dealkylation of the heavy reformate in the reactor. The composite zeolite catalyst is able to simultaneously catalyze both the transalkylation and dealkylation reactions.
US11091410B2
A mixed oxide catalyst for the oxidative coupling of methane can include a catalyst with the formula AaBbCcDdOx, wherein: element A is selected from alkaline earth metals; elements B and C are selected from rare earth metals, and wherein elements B and C are different rare earth metals; the oxide of at least one of A, B, C, and D has basic properties; the oxide of at least one of A, B, C, and D has redox properties; and elements A, B, C, and D are selected to create a synergistic effect whereby the catalytic material provides a methane conversion of greater than or equal to 15% and a C2+ selectivity of greater than or equal to 70%. Systems and methods can include contacting the catalyst with methane and oxygen and purifying or collecting C2+ products.
US11091409B2
A method for reducing the mutagenicity of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PAC's) having one or more bay regions which involves alkylating the PAC's with an alkylating agent in the presence of a catalyst to lower the mutagenicity down to as much as about 0.1. The resulting alkylated polycyclic aromatic compounds retain their physical and chemical properties for safe industrial use including as rubber processing oils, inks, etc.
US11091408B2
A method and system are provided to recover water and carbon dioxide from combustion emissions. The recovery includes, among other things, electrolysis and carbon dioxide capture in a suitable solvent. The recovered water and carbon dioxide are subject to reaction, such as a catalytic methanation reaction, to generate at least methane.
US11091405B2
A glutathione-containing granular fertilizer includes glutathione, a mineral substance, and starch. The starch may be in an amount of 12% by mass or more with respect to the total amount of the granular fertilizer. The starch may have a water content of 5 to 30% by weight, and may be pregelatinized starch.
US11091399B2
A pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body of a honeycomb structure includes a circumferential cell structure, a central cell structure and a boundary wall therebetween. On a surface orthogonal to the cells there are a circumferential reinforcing region having the partition wall thicker than a basic partition wall thickness in the circumferential cell structure and existing outside a range of a distance from a centroid of the surface; and at least one of a first boundary reinforcing region having the partition wall thicker than the basic partition wall thickness and existing in a range of a distance from the centroid within a range of the circumferential cell structure and a second boundary reinforcing region having the partition wall thicker than a basic partition wall thickness in the central cell structure and existing outside of a range of a distance from the centroid within a range of the central cell structure.
US11091392B2
A strengthened glass container or vessel such as, but not limited to, vials for holding pharmaceutical products or vaccines in a hermetic and/or sterile state. The strengthened glass container undergoes a strengthening process that produces compression at the surface and tension within the container wall. The strengthening process is designed such that the tension within the wall is great enough to ensure catastrophic failure of the container, thus rendering the product unusable, should sterility be compromised by a through-wall crack. The tension is greater than a threshold central tension, above which catastrophic failure of the container is guaranteed, thus eliminating any potential for violation of pharmaceutical integrity.
US11091386B2
A glass frit includes Bi2O3 and has a glass transition temperature (Tg) in a range of 280° C. to 320° C. A display device includes the glass frit including Bi2O3 and the glass transition temperature (Tg) in the range of 280° C. to 320° C. The display device shows excellent internal reliability and drop strength.
US11091378B2
A method of reducing selenium contamination in a waste water stream is described herein. The method includes channeling a flue gas stream through an absorber, contacting the flue gas stream with an aqueous alkaline-based slurry, such that any selenium byproduct in the flue gas stream forms a selenium compound within the aqueous alkaline-based slurry, controlling oxidation of the selenium compound in the aqueous alkaline-based slurry, and adding a precipitation agent to the aqueous alkaline-based slurry to cause the selenium compound within the aqueous alkaline-based slurry to precipitate.
US11091371B2
A boron structure body includes boron having each concentration of Ti, Al, Fe, Cr, Ni, Co, Cu, W, Ta, Mo and Nb being 0.1 ppmw or less and having a thickness of 0.8 to 5 mm. The boron structure body may have a tubular shape, and when used as a doping agent, a ratio of 11B that is an isotope may be 95 mass % or more. The boron structure body can be easily crushed, and a high-purity boron powder having an average particle diameter of 0.5 to 3 mm and having each metal impurity concentration of 0.3 ppmw or less can be obtained.
US11091370B2
Organosilicon chemistry, polymer derived ceramic materials, and methods. Such materials and methods for making polysilocarb (SiOC) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) materials having 3-nines, 4-nines, 6-nines and greater purity. Processes and articles utilizing such high purity SiOC and SiC.
US11091367B2
A vanadium silicon carbonitride film includes vanadium, silicon, carbon, and nitrogen, wherein when vanadium element concentration/(vanadium element concentration+silicon element concentration+carbon element concentration+nitrogen element concentration) in the film is defined as a, and silicon element concentration/(vanadium element concentration+silicon element concentration+carbon element concentration+nitrogen element concentration) in the film is defined as b, 0.30≤a/b≤1.3 and 0.30≤a+b≤0.70 are satisfied, and a total of the vanadium element concentration, the silicon element concentration, the carbon element concentration, and the nitrogen element concentration in the film is 90 [at %] or more.
US11091353B2
In an elevator system, a belt-type carrier is guided over a pulley. In this case, longitudinal elevations of the belt-type carrier engage into longitudinal recesses on a roller contact surface. The roller has at least one retaining element, which is arranged laterally to the contact surface. In this case, a distance between an outermost longitudinal recess and the retaining element is less than half a longitudinal recess width of the roller contact surface.
US11091347B2
According to examples, a printing apparatus may include an output bin that is laterally translatable between a retracted position and an extended position. The printing apparatus may also include a sensor to detect a height of a stack of media on the output bin while the output bin is in the retracted position and a controller. The controller may determine whether the detected height of the stack of media on the output bin exceeds a certain level and in response to a determination that the detected height of the stack of media exceeds the certain level, laterally translate the output bin from the retracted position to the extended position.
US11091341B2
The apparatus (10) for processing a continuous band of wrapping material (40) comprises a roller pair (20, 30) defining a roller gap (12) there between, wherein the rollers (20, 30) have matching convex and concave shapes, respectively. The invention is also directed to a corresponding method for treatment of wrapping material (40).
US11091333B2
The invention relates to a device for providing a three-dimensional cushioning material for cushioning an void volume in a transport container, comprising a converting apparatus for converting a flat web-like starting material into the three-dimensional cushioning material and a receiving means for receiving at least regions of a stack of the web-like starting material folded in a zigzagging manner. The receiving means has a first lateral contact means for a first stack type, which has a first width (B1), and a second lateral contact means for a second stack type, which has a second width (B2), such that either a stack of the first stack type or a stack of the second stack type can be arranged in the receiving means in a centered manner relative to the same central axis.
US11091331B2
In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, systems and methods for sequencing portable containers of bulk material to provide continuous bulk material usage at an outlet are provided. The disclosed sequencing techniques may involve identifying a sequence for opening different portable containers of bulk material (or identifying the “next” portable container to open) and automatically actuating the discharge gates of the portable containers in the desired sequence to provide a continuous flow of bulk material to the outlet (e.g., blender unit). The identified sequence may be executed through a control system communicatively coupled to actuators used to open/close the discharge gates of the portable bulk material containers. A GUI may be communicatively coupled to the control system to allow an operator to select the desired sequence for execution by the control system and to display information regarding the portable bulk material containers.
US11091324B1
A device (1) for twisting containers (2) while moving said containers along a moving path (3) comprising an at least partly curved path portion (3A) comprising a series of guiding elements provided each with lubricating means adapted for ensuring a dry lubrication of at least a portion of the guiding elements by supplying a fluid lubricant selected from the group consisting of liquid lubricant, gazeous lubricant and mixtures thereof in at least two distinct locations of the said guiding elements.
US11091307B2
In one general embodiment, an apparatus includes a base having a face and back, a center section, and a foldable section extending from the center section. The apparatus further includes a perforated sheet extending along the face of the base, members extending from the foldable section for engaging perforations of the perforated sheet, and the foldable section being positioned to apply tension to the perforated sheet upon folding of the foldable section toward the back of the base.
US11091305B2
An apparatus includes a body, the body including an attachment mechanism for mounting the body; and a twist tie, the twist tie integrated with the body.
US11091304B2
A package that includes a container and a container closure having a vacuum-indicating pull tab. The container includes a longitudinal axis extending therethrough, a mouth, and a sealing surface. The container closure includes a seal membrane sealingly and removably coupled to the container sealing surface to seal the container, and a pull tab configured to extend from the seal membrane. Manipulation of the pull tab provides an indication of the presence or absence of a vacuum in the package.
US11091302B2
A container system, including a base with a rim having a pair of protrusions on opposite sides of the base extending into the base; and a lid having a peripheral outer rim. The lid includes a pair of partial peripheral troughs positioned radially inward of the outer rim, ends of the partial peripheral troughs being spaced apart to form a pair of peripheral gaps on opposite sides of the lid to receive the pair of protrusions of the base to attach the lid to the base. The lid has a hinge about which the lid folds as a first part of the lid is lifted to provide access to the interior volume of the base while a second part of the lid on an opposite side of the hinge remains attached to the base.
US11091301B2
A container is described comprising: a base comprising a mouth, a first edge obtained around the mouth and a second edge connected to the first edge by a lower wall; a cover capable of being closed again on the base, the cover comprising a base wall and an edge connected to the base wall and adapted to be assembled with interference on the first edge of the base; the lower wall further comprising a breaking line along which the separation of the second edge from the first edge and from the base is adapted to occur to allow opening the container providing evidence of the occurred opening, the first upper wall of the first edge having sizes greater than those of the opening of the edge, to assemble with interference the first edge of the base inside the edge of the cover when the cover is closed on the base.
US11091281B2
A product and method for reducing tensile strength loss associated with sterilization of the product by ionizing radiation sterilization methods is provided. The method includes providing a package that includes a layer having an oxygen transmission rate equal to or less than about 10 cubic centimeters of oxygen per 100 inches squared per 24 hours; providing a product in the package's interior; applying a vacuum to the exterior of the package in a controlled atmosphere until a vacuum pressure equal to or less than about 250 millibars is achieved; flushing the interior of the package with an inert gas until an inert gas flush pressure equal to or less than about 750 millibars is achieved; sealing the package; releasing the vacuum applied in the controlled atmosphere; and sterilizing the package/product with radiation. The resulting product has a reduction in its tensile strength of less than about 18.5% after sterilization.
US11091279B1
In an embodiment, a system for generating a motor wear metric includes a process configured to obtain a signal associated with a motor of an aircraft, determine a motor wear metric based at least in part on the obtained signal, and output information about motor wear based at least in part on the determined motor wear metric. The system includes a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions and store the determined motor wear metric.
US11091273B2
A noncombustible gas distribution method includes distributing noncombustible gas to a center wing tank throughout a continuous, first flight period and, as a result, reducing flammability exposure time during the first flight period or during a subsequent flight period. The method includes not distributing noncombustible gas to left and right main wing tanks while the noncombustible gas is distributed to the center wing tank throughout the first flight period and while the left and right main wing tanks are non-flammable. A noncombustible gas distribution system includes a noncombustible gas source and distribution tubing from the gas source to left and right main wing tanks and a center wing tank. A distribution mechanism yields a greater proportion of gas flow per tank unit volume distributed to an outboard section of the left and right main wing tanks compared to an inboard section during a climb phase of the aircraft's flight.
US11091271B2
A secondary power unit for an aircraft comprises a gas turbine engine having at least one drive shaft, a twin-load compressor including first and second load compressors both coupled with the drive shaft, a first ram-air intake in fluid communication with the twin-load compressor, and a flow regulating arrangement coupled with the first and second compressors outputs to individually regulate the generated flow of compressed air. The flow regulating arrangement is also adapted to be fluidly communicated with an Air Cycle Machine of an aircraft, and a control system is adapted to feed the flow of compressed air as bleed air to the Air Cycle Machine of an aircraft, both when the aircraft is on ground and in flight. The secondary power unit is capable of avoiding bleed air extraction from the main engines with the aim of reducing fuel consumption.
US11091260B2
An aerial vehicle includes an airframe; vertical propulsion units, and a controller. The vertical propulsion units are mounted to the airframe and include propellers oriented to provide vertical propulsion to the aerial vehicle. The vertical propulsion units are physically organized in quadrants on the airframe with each of the quadrants including two or more of the vertical propulsion units. The controller is coupled to the vertical propulsion units to control operation of the vertical propulsion units. At least two of the vertical propulsion units in each of the quadrants are adapted to counter-rotate from each other during flight of the aerial vehicle.
US11091259B2
A ground effect craft having a ground effect wing, a plurality of sponsons, and a control system is disclosed. The ground effect wing may include a fore ground effect wing and an aft ground effect wing. The ground effect wing may generate a stabilizing moment on at least one sponson to stabilize the ground effect craft. The plurality of sponsons may be dynamically coupled to the body. The plurality of sponsons may be dynamically coupled to each other. The dynamic coupling may permit the sponsons to move relatively independent of the body and each other, thereby stabilizing the ground effect craft. The ground effect craft may include a stabilizing wing.
US11091255B2
Dampers (100), assemblies, and methods are provided for lead-lag damping for an articulated rotor and includes a lead-lag damper (100) having a first end connector (102) configured to be coupled to a rotor hub (H), a second end connector (104) configured to be coupled to one of a plurality of rotor blades (B), and a body portion (110) coupled to the first end connector (102) and to the second end connector (104). The body portion (110) includes one or more elastomeric material layers (120) arranged in a lengthwise direction between the first end connector (102) and the second end connector (104), with each of the elastomeric material layers (120) having a substantially chevron-shaped profile in a crosswise direction.
US11091253B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a system for reducing vibrations or stresses in a rotor blade system. The system may include at least three rotor blades configured to be rotated about a main rotor axis, where each of the three rotor blades may be adjusted by at least one electrically-adjustable control rod of a plurality of control rods. The plurality of control rods may include a first number of control rods forming a first group, and the plurality of control rods may include a second number of control rods forming a second group. A first circuit for may activate or deactivate the first group of control rods, and a second circuit may activate or deactivate the second group of control rods.
US11091251B2
A shock strut includes a first piston having a first hollow interior and a second piston having a second hollow interior. The first piston is movably mounted to the second piston. The shock strut additionally includes a housing having a third hollow interior, and the second piston is movably mounted to the housing. In response to application of a force to the shock strut, the first piston is receivable within the second piston during a first stage of compression and together, the first piston and the second piston are receivable within the housing during a second stage of compression.
US11091248B2
An actuator mechanism for a flap includes a first link having a rotary-driven end and a free end, and a second link having a forward end, a mid-portion, and an aft end. The rotary-driven end is pivotally connected to a base structure, the forward end is pivotally connected to the free end, and the aft end is connected to the flap. The actuator mechanism also includes a third link that includes a fixed end, an intermediate connector, and an end connector. The fixed end is pivotally connected to the base structure, and the intermediate connector is pivotally connected to the mid-portion of the second link. The actuator mechanism further includes a flap link including a first end pivotally connected to the end connector, and a second end pivotally connected to the flap. Rotation of the first link causes the flap to transition from a stowed to a fully deployed position.
US11091238B2
A leg-arm-paddle underwater robot is provided in the present invention, which includes: a frame, an operating mechanism, a traveling mechanism, and a propulsion mechanism. The traveling mechanism is adapted to enable the leg-arm-paddle composite underwater robot to travel. The propulsion mechanism is adapted to enable the leg-arm-paddle composite underwater robot to float in water. The operating mechanism includes a first robot arm, a second robot arm, and a first mounting base, wherein the first mounting base is detachably connected to the frame. Both the first robot arm and the second robot arm are rotatably connected to the first mounting base, and rotation centers of the first robot arm and the second robot arm are the same. The operating mechanism of the leg-arm-paddle composite underwater robot has a compact structure and a large working range. The leg-arm-paddle composite underwater robot has reduced volume, enhanced operation capability, wide applicability, and strong practicability.
US11091233B2
Fin arrangement for a water sports device, having a base body (1) and a fin (3) which is detachably connected or connectable to the base body (1) via a spring element (2), whereby the base body (1) has a mounting surface (21) for resting against the sliding surface (5) of the main body (4) of the water sports device, and whereby the fin (3) has a recess (24) for receiving at least part of the base body (1). The fin arrangement may be arranged on the sliding surface (5) of the main body (4) of a water sports device.
US11091227B2
A load-bearing frame structure for a maritime vehicle includes two support plates, a deck plate structure, a front bulkhead structure, and a back bulkhead structure. Each of the support plates has a front edge, a back edge, a top edge, and a bottom edge. The support plates can be angled relative to each other and connected to each other at the top edges thereof forming an inverted V-shape. The support plates can alternately be parallel to each other in a vertical orientation. The support plates each have one or more cut-out sections. The deck plate structure connects the two support plates proximate the bottom edges of the support plates. The front bulkhead structure connects the front edges of the support plates, and the back bulkhead structure connects the back edges of the support plates.
US11091220B2
The invention relates to a pad for a bicycle disc brake. The pad comprises a support frame made of a first material having a first coefficient of thermal conductivity and a first coefficient of thermal expansion, an element made of friction-wearing material associated with a first portion of said support frame and a heat-dissipating element associated with a second portion of said support frame which is distinct from said first portion. The heat-dissipating element is made of a second material different from said first material and having a second coefficient of thermal conductivity greater than said first coefficient of thermal conductivity and a second coefficient of thermal expansion greater than said first coefficient of thermal expansion.
US11091217B2
A joint structure of a composite bicycle frame includes a base layer and at least one reinforcing layer. The base layer is made of a first polymeric matrix material doped with a plurality of first fibers. The first fibers have random fiber orientation, and the base layer has a first thickness. The reinforcing layer is adhesively connected to the base layer. The reinforcing layer is made of a second polymeric matrix material doped with a plurality of second fibers. The second fibers have a single fiber orientation. The reinforcing layer has a second thickness which is smaller than the first thickness of the base layer.
US11091213B2
The present invention discloses a bike storage system that allows bicycles to be stored in a stacked manner that takes up the least space possible, while still allowing access to any bicycle in a rack without removing another bicycle. The bike storage system can also be used for transportation of the bicycles from one location to another location. When attached to a hitch mount, this rack would allow space efficient transportation of the bicycles with a vehicle. The bike storage system facilitates dual axes of rotation that allow for dense storage of bicycles while enabling ready access to any given storage slot.
US11091211B1
Included is a method for collaboration between a first robotic chassis and a second robotic chassis, including: executing, with the processor of the first robotic chassis, a first part of a task; transmitting, with the processor of the first robotic chassis, a signal to a processor of the second robotic chassis upon completion of the first part of the task; and executing, with the processor of the second robotic chassis, a second part of the task upon receiving the signal transmitted from the processor of the first robotic chassis; wherein the first robotic chassis and the second robotic chassis provide differing services.
US11091206B2
The invention relates to a supporting structure (10) for a front-end module of a motor vehicle, said supporting structure (10) comprising a lower crossmember (12), a first side post (14), a second side post (16) and an upper crossmember (18) so as to define a frame, said upper crossmember (18) being made of a hybrid material comprising a plastic material and a metal material. The invention also relates to a front-end module comprising one such supporting structure (10).
US11091203B2
A vehicle body structure includes a vehicle structure, and an off-center impact structure. The vehicle structure has a front side member with a front end and a front-section extending rearward from the front end. The front side member extends in a vehicle longitudinal direction. The off-center impact structure includes a leaf-spring assembly with a plurality of leaf-springs attached to one another. The off-center impact structure is attached to the front side member at the front-section such that the leaf-spring assembly extends in a lateral outboard direction from the front side member.
US11091197B2
A detection ECU detects left and right lane lines that define a driving lane from an image captured by an in-vehicle camera, by detecting a roadside as a side of a road where the own vehicle travels, from information of reflected waves received from a radar device. The detection ECU determines whether an estimated width indicating the width of a detected roadside and a detected lane line on a roadside side is narrower than the predetermined width. When the detection ECU determines that the estimated width is narrower than the predetermined width, it sets the predetermined position to be a position distant from the lane line on a roadside side in the estimated driving lane, than when the estimated width is determined not to be narrower than the predetermined width.
US11091194B2
A motor vehicle has an electrically assisted steering system. A steering angle velocity of the motor vehicle, and a driver manual torque change applied by a driver of the motor vehicle are determined. At least the steering angle velocity and the driver manual torque change are analyzed to determine whether the driver manual torque change and the steering angle velocity are not correlated. An error signal is output if the driver manual torque change and the steering angle velocity are not correlated.
US11091189B2
A steering shaft for a vehicle includes a hollow outer shaft arranged telescopically and coaxially about an inner shaft and connected in a torque-transmitting manner via at least one rolling body. The rolling body bears against the inner shaft and the outer shaft in a positively locking manner in the circumferential direction with regard to a rotation about the longitudinal axis. The steering shaft includes a securing element fixed on the outer shaft and a torque-transmitting coupling section via which the inner shaft and the outer shaft are connected. For an improved redundant transmission of torque in the case of the failure of rolling bodies, the coupling section has at least one transmission body which engages in a loose positively locking connection with regard to a rotation about the longitudinal axis between the rolling body raceways of the inner shaft and the outer shaft.
US11091184B2
Systems for inspecting and servicing a tire assembly are provided. In one embodiment, a tire assembly service cart is provided that includes a tire assembly support structure. The tire assembly support structure may include a side support member that is positioned to support a side of the tire assembly. The tire assembly support structure may also include a first bottom support member positioned to support a bottom portion of the tire assembly. The side support member may include a first roller and the first bottom support member may include a second roller. Further, the first and second rollers may be positioned to allow the tire assembly to rotate around a rotation axis while supported by the tire assembly support structure.
US11091169B2
An object sensor test system includes a sensor and a test bench. The sensor includes a test interface configured to receive test data and at least one control signal, selectively inject the test data into a selected input of a processing chain based on the at least one control signal, and selectively extract processed test data at a selected output of the processing chain based on the at least one control signal. The test bench is configured to transmit the test data and the at least one control signal to the test interface, receive the processed test data from the sensor, compare the received processed test data with expected data to generate a comparison result, and determine that a segment of the processing chain is operating normally or abnormally based on the comparison result.
US11091168B2
A driver support system of a vehicle that includes a neuroimaging sensor and a positioning sensor, the neuroimaging sensor detects neurological signals of an occupant and the positioning sensor detects a position of the occupant. The neuroimaging sensor is configured to be positioned within the vehicle distally from the occupant. The system further includes a processor and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions executed by the processor to generate a brainwave map based on the neurological signals, calibrate the brainwave map based on the position of the occupant, and determine a mental state of the occupant based on the calibrated-brainwave map. The processor further actuates vehicle support control in response to determining the mental state of the occupant.
US11091156B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can determine a road segment. A set of features associated with the road segment can be determined based at least in part on data captured by one or more sensors of a vehicle. A level of similarity between the road segment and each of a set of road segment types can be determined by comparing the set of features to features associated with each of the set of road segment types. The road segment can be classified as a road segment type based on the level of similarity. Scenario information associated with the road segment can be determined based on the classified road segment type.
US11091153B2
An ECU performs collision avoidance control for an avoiding collision with an object based on at least one of first information, which is a detection result of the object based on a reflected wave corresponding to a transmission wave, and second information, which is a detection result of the object based on a captured image of an area in front of a vehicle captured by an image capturing means. When the state changes from a state where the object is detected by the first information and the second information to a state where the object is detected only by the first information, the ECU determines whether or not the object is located in a near area predetermined as an area in front of the vehicle in which the second information is not be able be acquired. When it is determined that the object is located in the near area, the ECU maintains an activation condition of the collision avoidance control to that in the state where the object is detected by the first information and the second information.
US11091149B2
A vehicle control system includes a powertrain electronic control unit and an electronic stability control unit that is connected to the powertrain electronic control unit via a vehicle communication bus. The vehicle powertrain includes a wheel, a wheel speed sensor that is configured to detect a speed of the wheel, an electric motor that is configured to drive the wheel, and an electric motor speed sensor that is configured to detect the speed of the electric motor. If the vehicle is not traveling at low speeds (for example, less than 2 kilometers per hour), the electronic stability control unit controls the vehicle based on an output of the wheel speed sensor. However, if the vehicle is traveling at low speeds, the electronic stability control unit controls the vehicle based on an output of the electric motor speed sensor.
US11091145B2
Methods and systems are provided for enabling vehicle speed control without overfilling a system battery. In one example, braking energy is applied (or recuperated) by applying a negative torque from BISG until a system battery has been sufficiently charged. Thereafter, the electrical power generated by the BISG is used to operate an electric boost assist motor, and the energy is recuperated in the form of stored compressed air.
US11091140B2
A holding assembly for securing a flange part which is provided on a braking device on an bulkhead of a motor vehicle, which bulkhead divides an engine compartment from a vehicle interior, wherein a holding plate is fastened on the side of the bulkhead facing the engine compartment and is provided with a form-locking connection that engages with the flange part.
US11091134B2
A method for brake control of a vehicle combination (1) having a tractor vehicle (2) and a trailer vehicle (3) with an electrically controllable trailer control valve (9) changes an assigned trailer control valve characteristic curve (p_normal) stored in an electronic controller (6) for normal operation of the vehicle combination (1) or replaces it with a trailer control valve characteristic curve for special operation (p_special) in the event that a special operation of the vehicle combination (1) is detected or predicted, which special operation, under consideration of relevant parameters, differs from the normal operation or is evaluated as being potentially impermissible.
US11091129B2
A vehicle cleaning system includes a vehicle having a substantially flat cabin floor from which a plurality of seats of the vehicle extend, and a robotic cleaning device. The robotic cleaning device includes wheels configured to propel the cleaning device along the cabin floor and selectively clean the cabin floor.
US11091120B2
The present disclosure relates to a seatbelt arrangement for a vehicle which comprises a seatbelt and a plurality of connection points, wherein a fourth connecting point is placed at a first lateral side of a vehicle seat and at an upper portion of a backrest. The disclosure also relates to a vehicle comprising a seatbelt arrangement and also to corresponding methods.
US11091117B2
An airbag inflator is provided, including an inflator module, an exhaust hood, a filter element, exhaust holes, and a flow-guiding loop. The exhaust hood corresponds to one end of the inflator module to form an accommodating space in a concave shape, and the exhaust hood is set on the inflator module by the accommodating space. The filter element is disposed on the sidewall of the exhaust hood and covers the exhaust holes. The exhaust holes are disposed on the sidewall of the exhaust hood and are adjacent to the exhaust hood opposite to one end of the inflator module. One side of the flow-guiding loop is attached to the exhaust hood corresponding to one side of the inflator module, and the other side of the flow-guiding loop extending to the inflator module to form an annular convex rib.
US11091108B2
A bumper reinforcement mounting structure includes a plurality of vehicle body skeleton members disposed at an interval in a vehicle width direction and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction, a bumper reinforcement that extends in the vehicle width direction and is mounted on the vehicle body skeleton members, and a first mounting member that is used to mount a mounting portion of the bumper reinforcement on one of the vehicle body skeleton members. The first mounting member has shear strength that is lower than shear strength of the mounting portion of the bumper reinforcement.
US11091101B2
A vehicle capable of drive assist or automatic driving, comprises: a first sensor disposed intermediately in a vehicle width direction on at least one of front and rear surfaces of the vehicle and detecting an object therearound; bulging parts disposed on both sides of the at least one surface in the vehicle width direction and made up of a body bulging at least outward in a vehicle longitudinal direction; a connection surface that connects an outside surface in the vehicle width direction and an outside surface in the vehicle longitudinal direction of each of the bulging parts and that is an inclined surface or a round surface; and a second sensor arranged on the connection surface and detecting an object therearound.
US11091100B2
A multi-camera vision system utilized onboard a work vehicle includes, among other components, vehicle cameras and a display device utilized within an operator station of the work vehicle. The vehicle cameras provide vehicle camera feeds of the work vehicle's surrounding environment, as captured from different vantage points. A controller, which is coupled to the vehicle cameras and to the display device, is configured to: (i) generate, on the display device, a multi-camera display including framing icons, gallery display areas within the framing icons, and a main display area; (ii) identify a currently-selected vehicle camera feed and one or more non-selected vehicle camera feeds from the multiple vehicle camera feeds; and (iii) present the currently-selected vehicle camera feed in the main display area of the multi-camera display, while concurrently presenting the one or more non-selected vehicle camera feeds in a corresponding number of the gallery display areas.
US11091098B2
There is provided a storage apparatus for documents capable of preventing the storage apparatus from being an obstacle to getting-on/off motions and securing front visibility in good condition. A storage apparatus includes a frame having an opening and wall portions and a lid portion attached to the frame, in which an entrance of the canopy is provided on a left side or a front side of a vehicle body, the frame is fixed to a right side of the vehicle body, the lid portion has a structure in which a right end is attached to the right wall portion of the frame, a left end turns between a position of the left wall portion and a position in a lower direction of the right wall portion, and a holding portion holding the documents is provided in an inner surface.
US11091094B2
A capacitive sensing car-door pre-opening warning device based on a flexible printed circuit in the present application comprises an inside door handle trim panel, an inside door handle subassembly, a flexible printed circuit, a capacitive sensing element, a capacitive-sensing processing circuit, a warning unit and a control unit wherein: the inside door handle trim panel is designed to have a through hole as well as an accommodating space; the inside door handle subassembly has a portion penetrating the through hole and linking the car door linkage and another portion covered in the accommodating space which is sensed by the capacitive sensing element; the capacitive-sensing processing circuit generates a sensing capacitance after processing for development of a warning instruction from the control unit and activation of a warning mode configured in the control unit according to the warning instruction.
US11091092B2
Systems and methods implemented in algorithms, software, firmware, logic, or circuitry may be configured to process data to determine whether an object external to an autonomous vehicle is a person (e.g., such as a pedestrian) or other classification (e.g., such as a vehicle), and may be further configured to determine a position of the person relative to the autonomous vehicle. Logic may be configured to direct acoustic energy (e.g., via vehicular acoustic beam-forming) to an object external to the autonomous vehicle as an audible acoustic alert. The vehicle-related acoustic beam may be directed to a driver in another vehicle. Logic may be configured to track the motion of external objects, such as a pedestrian crossing from one side of the street to the other, and may correspondingly steer the direction of the vehicle-related acoustic beam(s) to track the person's movement.
US11091091B2
A lighting device for a vehicle includes a light source and a linear light emission element for emitting light, which is supplied by the light source via a coupling surface of the light emission element in the light emission element. A light conductor element is provided for distributing and/or directing light, which is supplied by the light emission element in the light conductor element. The lighting device is characterized in that the light source is linear and is arranged so as to extend parallel to the light emission element so that light from the light source can be coupled to a longitudinal side of the light-emitting element in an in-coupling surface in the light emission element.
US11091085B2
A safety tensioning device for automobile has a main body, a winding mechanism and a first strap; wherein, the winding mechanism has a frame, a winding shaft and a winding wheel; the winding shaft runs through the two opposite walls of the frame, an inner end of the first strap is connected to the winding shaft; when the winding wheel rotates outward causes the winding shaft to rotate synchronously so that the first strap is wound inside the frame, and, when the winding wheel rotates inward causes the winding shaft to be locked to the frame, preventing the first strap from unwinding. The present invention has the following advantages, the winding wheel can be rotated inward or outward. In addition, the first strap passes through the device body and is limited on the band slot, so the strap can be prevented from being pulled out accidently.
US11091083B1
The invention uses a multiplicity of stacked storage racks at least one of which is inclined wherein each rack is equipped with a powered mechanism for deploying and retracting a large diameter drain hose or vent hose. The at least one storage rack that is inclined is used to store a large diameter drain hose such that a flex is formed in the stored hose which is at a lowered elevation than the uncoupled end of the stored hose. By this means a stored large diameter drain hose can transport, and not spill, fluid from a previous use.
US11091080B1
A cargo bed conveyor assembly for loading and unloading cargo from a truck includes a first conveyor unit that is positioned in a bed of a truck. The first conveyor unit is actuatable to rotate in a first direction to transport the cargo to a rear of the bed for removal. A second conveyor unit is slidably positioned beneath the first conveyor unit. The second conveyor unit is actuatable to rotate in a primary direction to transport the cargo from first conveyor belt to an end of a tailgate on the bed. A control is coupled to the bed of the truck and the control is in communication with each of the first conveyor unit and the second conveyor unit. The control actuates each of the first conveyor unit and the second conveyor unit to rotate in the first direction or the second direction.
US11091067B2
A vehicle seating assembly has a seat, a seatback and a bracket extending between the seat and the seatback with a first pivotable coupling between the bracket and the seat, a second pivotable coupling between the bracket and the seatback, and a sector gear portion with a gear assembly including a spur gear. The sector gear portion is disposed along an edge of the bracket, wherein the spur gear is rotatable to engage the sector gear portion of the bracket to move the bracket from a first position to a second position to move the second pivotable coupling from a primary position to a secondary position.
US11091064B2
There is provided a vehicle seat including: a left and right pair of cushion frames that structure a framework of a seat cushion, the seat cushion including a pad main body portion that supports a buttock area and thigh area of a seat occupant; a left and right pair of seat back frames; and at least one of: a seat cushion push-up mechanism that is provided inside the seat cushion uniformly across a whole of the pad main body portion in the seat width direction, or a seat back push-out mechanism that is provided inside the seat back uniformly across a whole of the back pad main body portion in the seat width direction.
US11091060B2
A shape memory alloy (SMA) controlled hinge assembly is provided, including assemblies and combinations for adjusting a shape or position of an occupant support component, such as a vehicle seat support component or other seating component. The assembly includes an occupant support component and a hinge assembly configured to adjust a shape or position of at least a portion of the occupant support component. The hinge assembly includes a stationary plate and a movable plate rotatable relative to the base plate about a fixed axis of rotation. The hinge assembly includes a shape memory alloy wire coupling the stationary plate with the movable plate. An actuator is provided and configured to transform the phase of the shape memory alloy wire. In various aspects, the occupant support component is selected from one of a seat bottom; a seatback; a seat bolster; a seat head rest, and the like.
US11091056B2
Provided is a control device for controlling a flight vehicle including a battery; and an antenna for forming a communication area on the ground to provide wireless communication service for a user terminal in the communication area by using electric power of the battery. The control device comprises a control unit for performing control so as to reduce the number of cells included in the communication area when a predetermined condition is satisfied while the flight vehicle forms the communication area including a plurality of cells to provide wireless communication service for the user terminal.
US11091055B2
Presented are vehicle charging systems and control logic for provisioning vehicle grid integration (VGI) activities, methods for making/using such charging systems, and electric-drive vehicles with intelligent vehicle charging and VGI capabilities. A method of controlling charging operations of electric-drive vehicles includes a vehicle controller detecting if a vehicle is coupled to an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), and determining if the vehicle's current mileage exceeds a calibrated mileage threshold. Responsive to the vehicle being connected to the EVSE and the vehicle's current mileage exceeding the calibrated mileage threshold, the controller determines the current remaining life of the vehicle's traction battery pack and the current time in service of the vehicle. The vehicle controller determines if the current remaining battery life exceeds a predicted remaining battery life corresponding to the current time in service. If so, the vehicle controller enables the traction battery pack to transmit electrical power to the EVSE.
US11091052B2
A charging station facility is provided having one or more charging stations for wirelessly transmitting electric energy to a vehicle. Each charging station includes a base unit which is designed to generate an electromagnetic charging field during a charging process in order to transmit electric energy to the vehicle and a transmitting and/or receiving unit which is designed to receive a request signal from a transmission unit of a vehicle or to transmit the request signal to a receiving unit of the vehicle. The request signal lies in any range of a plurality of different frequency ranges. The receiving unit is additionally designed to ascertain a signal strength of the received request signal. The charging station facility additionally includes a control and communication unit which is designed to transmit a message to a control unit of the vehicle and to a control unit of the receiving unit of the charging station selected for the charging process, wherein the message includes information on which selected frequency range the request signal is to be transmitted.
US11091051B2
A cooling control system and method for an on-board charger of a plug-in vehicle drive an electric water pump using a cooling control map when the temperature of the on-board charger equipped in a plug-in vehicle is equal to or above an overheat prevention temperature. The cooling control system and the method determine an entry of an optimal cooling control mode to cool the on-board charger to a temperature at which charging operational efficiency is maximized when the temperature of the on-board charger is below the overheat prevention temperature. Thereby, the on-board charger is cooled and the standard charging efficiency and the charge depletion fuel economy of the plug-in vehicle is maximized.
US11091048B2
An electric vehicle may include a voltage converter, a charging inlet and a controller. The voltage converter is connected between the main and sub batteries. The charging inlet is connected with the main battery and connectable to power supplying equipment. The controller drives the voltage converter by a carrier signal having a first frequency while the power supplying equipment is not connected. While the charging inlet is connected to the power supplying equipment, the controller may execute one of: (1) a first control in which the controller intermittently drives the voltage converter; (2) a second control in which the controller continuously drives the voltage converter while varying a frequency of the carrier signal; and (3) a third control in which the controller changes a frequency of the carrier signal from the first frequency to a second frequency which is lower than the first frequency.
US11091044B2
A method for preparing a vehicle for at least one future drive. The vehicle has at least one electric energy storage unit, with which at least one electric machine is supplied with electric energy. The vehicle is assigned to a system, which has at least one electric charging station and at least one station for provided services. The vehicle is further assigned to the at least one station for provided services, with which at least one provided service is made available. The at least one electric energy storage unit is connected to the at least one electric charging station when the at least one provided service is made available, and, through the at least one electric charging station, is supplied with electric energy.
US11091040B2
A method and an apparatus for triggering an emergency shutdown of the inductive charging of a secondary-side component in the form of a motor vehicle by a primary-side component in the form of a charging station, includes a plurality of charging system parts of the secondary-side component. The charging system parts are each configured to interrupt at least one switchable communication channel that connects the charging system parts in order to trigger an emergency shutdown of the inductive charging.
US11091034B2
An arrangement for control of the drive speed of a harvester comprises an internal control loop for control of the drive speed of the harvester, to which can be sent a set value and an actual value of a throughput-dependent parameter, and also an external control loop to make available the set value of the throughput-dependent parameter for the internal control loop, to which set and actual values regarding the power output of a drive of the harvester can be sent as input parameters.
US11091032B2
In order to provide a pedal for a motor vehicle in which restoration of the pedal arm to its rest position is improved, it is proposed that a friction system has a rocker and the first return spring is disposed between the separate friction element and the rocker such that when the pedal arm moves in the direction of its maximum actuation position, the rocker is pressed against a friction surface of the separate friction elements in a friction force-generating manner, wherein the separate friction element is connected to the pedal arm in a compressive force-transmitting manner by means of the at least one first return spring, a bearing part for a second return spring, and a connecting element, and wherein the second return spring is disposed between the bearing part and the base part or the bearing part and the rocker.
US11091031B2
A drive force control system for a vehicle configured to allow a driver to find out a steering angle at which a wheel grips a road surface. In the vehicle, a torque distribution ratio to a pair of wheels turned by a steering wheel and another pair of wheels is changeable. A controller restricts a control to change the torque distribution ratio in the event of a slip of the pair of wheels, if a steering angle of the pair of wheels is changed to allow the pair of wheels to grip a road surface.
US11091025B2
A valve for a cooling assembly of a vehicle is capable of improving air-blowing efficiency through rotation of a fan at the time of stopping the vehicle and improving heat-exchange efficiency of a heat exchanger provided in an engine room of the vehicle through an increase in an amount of introduced driving wind at the time of driving the vehicle by including a valve assembly controlling introduction and discharge of the driving wind. The valve assembly is capable of preventing deterioration of wind-amount performance due to leakage of air by blocking a gap generated between the shroud and the valve assembly to minimize air leaked through the gap.
US11091014B2
A housing assembly for electrical storage means for a drive of an electrically powered motor vehicle comprises a tray arrangement, into which electrical storage means can be inserted, and a cover arrangement, which can be placed on the tray arrangement and can be releasably connected thereto, wherein the tray arrangement and/or the cover arrangement has a first formed part and a second formed part, each having a base and side walls; said first formed part and said second formed part being arranged adjacent to each other and joined together in a longitudinally extending joining region; said first formed part and said second formed part each being made of flexibly rolled steel sheet so as to have a variable sheet thickness in the longitudinal direction of the respective formed part.
US11091013B2
A retractable cover system includes laterally spaced apart guide rails that each provide a track. A drive assembly includes a motor operatively connected to a gear. A cover has multiple slats configured to interlock with one another in a deployed configuration. The slats cooperate with the gear and are slidable in the tracks between first and second positions within the opening in response to actuation of the drive system. The slats are stacked onto one another in a stowed configuration. A method of servicing a retractable cover system includes the step of removing an access cover from a magazine to expose a cavity housing stacked rigid slats. A method of retracting a tonneau cover includes the steps of actuating a handle and decoupling the tonneau cover from a drive mechanism.
US11091010B2
A mirror unit includes a frame provided separately from or integrally with the one half body, a mirror and slide cover attached to the frame, a slide mechanism that allows slide cover to slide between an open position at which a mirror surface of the mirror is exposed and a closed position at which the slide covers the mirror surface of mirror, relative to the frame, and a position holding mechanism capable of holding slide cover via the slide mechanism at the closed and open position. W1, a distance between pair of resin springs in a natural state>W3, a distance between pair of main guide rails 41>W5, respective distances between the protrusion portions facing each other at the pair of main guide rails, and W3, the distance between pair of main guide rails 41>W4, a distance between the pair of auxiliary guide rails.
US11091008B2
The present disclosure provides a vehicle control device including: a fluid circuit, mutually connecting an engine, a vehicle cabin interior heat exchanger for discharging heat into a vehicle cabin interior, and a heat discharging heat exchanger included in a refrigerant cycle in which a refrigerant is compressed and expanded by a compressor, and in which a fluid circulates; and a control unit for controlling the compressor and the engine such that, in a case in which engine warm-up operation ending conditions have not been established and in a case in which predetermined stopping conditions, other than the warm-up operation ending conditions, for stopping engine idling have been established, the compressor is operated while the engine is idling so as to release heat from the refrigerant from the heat discharging heat exchanger and to heat the fluid.
US11091005B2
A method of controlling a ventilation bed having an airflow control apparatus to selectively deliver a required amount of air supplied from an air conditioning system into a region of a pad divided into a plurality of regions, a switch to select at least a portion among the regions of the pad, an airflow control portion to be rotatable and that regulates a total amount of the air discharged therefrom, includes detecting, by pressure detecting sensors, whether a pressure is applied on the regions of the pad or not, when an automatic mode is selected by a switch, determining a relative pressure ratio value of the regions of the pad, by a control portion, when the pressure is applied on the pad, and regulating the amount of the air delivered into the regions by controlling operation of the airflow control portion in accordance with the pressure ratio of the regions.
US11091002B2
A stabilizer includes a stabilizer bar and a rubber bush. The stabilizer bar includes a bar body made of a steel and a coating film covering the bar body. The coating film is formed on the surface of the bar body by using a resin having a water contact angle of more than 65°. By performing surface treatment for reducing the contact angle of the coating film present on an attachment part, the contact angle of the attachment part is changed to 65° or less. A pre-cured liquid adhesive agent is applied to an inner surface (adhesion surface) of the rubber bush. After a region including the attachment part of the stabilizer bar is heated, the rubber bush is overlaid on the attachment part. The adhesive agent is cured in a state where the rubber bush is pressed.
US11090998B2
A vehicle includes a platform, a first axle beam attached to a front end of the platform at a first pivot, and a second axle beam attached to a rear end of the platform at a second pivot. The first axle beam is rotatable independently of the platform. The second axle beam is rotatable independently of the platform. The vehicle includes a plurality of first wheels fixed to the first axle beam and configured to move the platform. The vehicle includes a plurality of second wheels fixed to the second axle beam and configured to move the platform. The vehicle includes a link attached to one side of the platform at a third pivot. The link is movable about the third pivot independently of the beams to constrain movement of the platform in response to articulation of the first axle beam and/or the second axle beam.
US11090982B2
Tread of a tire (1) for a heavy-duty vehicle of civil engineering type. The tread (2), having an axial width WT and having a radial thickness HT at least equal to 70 mm, comprises at least two circumferential grooves (3) positioned axially on each side of an equatorial plane (XZ). Each circumferential groove (3) has an axial width W and a radial depth H, such that the ratio W/H is at least equal to 0.06, the axial distance C between two consecutive circumferential grooves (3) is at least equal to 12% and at most equal to 21% of the axial width WT of the tread and each of the axially outermost circumferential grooves (3) is positioned axially, with respect to the equatorial plane XZ, at an axial distance LE at least equal to 35% of the axial width WT of the tread.
US11090980B2
Airplane tire 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 L 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) between 10% and 25% of L 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 comprises ethylene units and diene units comprising a carbon-carbon double bond, which units are distributed randomly within the first diene elastomer, the ethylene units representing at least 50 mol % of all the monomer units of the first diene elastomer.
US11090978B2
A tungsten wire according one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a metal wire containing one of tungsten and a tungsten alloy; and a plating layer which covers a surface of the metal wire. The plating layer contains copper.
US11090967B2
A direct thermal and thermal transfer label combination is provided. The label includes a substrate, and the substrate includes a thermal print coating applied to a front side of the substrate. The label also includes a liner attached to a backside of the substrate along a first side of the liner. Further, an aqueous resin-based thermal transfer coating is applied to a second side of the liner. The front side of the label is capable of being imaged through direct thermal printing while the second side of the liner represents an opposite side of the label that is capable of being imaged through thermal transfer printing.
US11090963B2
A printing module configured to print a label on a curved surface of an article includes an expandable printing mechanism configured to be expanded to an open configuration for receiving the article or contracted to a closed configuration placing the curved surface in an operative position with respect to a print head and an article moving assembly configured to grasp and hold the article and effect relative movement between the curved surface and the print head. The printing mechanism includes contact elements, such as rollers, that contact or otherwise engage the article when the printing mechanism is in the closed configuration and maintain the curved surface in the operative position with respect to the print head during relative movement between the curved surface and the print head.
US11090958B2
A control device includes a processor and a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control a print execution device to perform printing on a first sheet and a second sheet, when at least one specific condition is not satisfied with respect to the first sheet being printed, after final partial printing on the first sheet, start final conveyance of the first sheet in a state where a plurality of nozzles are located within a sheet range in which the first sheet is placed in a main scanning direction, and when the at least one specific condition is satisfied, after the final partial printing on the first sheet, move a print head to such a position that the plurality of nozzles are located outside the sheet range in the main scanning direction, before starting the final conveyance of the first sheet.
US11090957B2
A transport device includes a transport roller configured to transport a roll paper, a winding unit configured to wind the roll paper transported, a tension applying unit configured to apply tension to the medium between the transport roller and the winding unit, and a control unit configured to control the tension applying unit. The control unit is configured to control the tension applying unit to maintain a state where the tension is released, at least during an acceleration period of rotation of the transport roller within a period in which the transport roller applies a transporting force to the roll paper.
US11090955B2
A portable printer according to the present invention includes: a main body part having a paper feeding port and a paper discharge port; a cover part coupled to the main body part to be opened and closed; a cutting part disposed to be adjacent to the paper discharge port and cutting paper discharged from the paper discharge port; and an operating part sliding in at least two directions by an external force so as to operate the cover part or the cutting part.
US11090951B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head, a stimulation imparting unit, and a control unit. The liquid discharge head discharges stimulation hardening resin. The stimulation imparting unit imparts hardening stimulation to the discharged stimulation hardening resin. The control unit: controls the liquid discharge head based on lamination print data; forms a plurality of print layers each having a contour part; and changes a distance from the contour part in each of the print layers, based on data representing a correction amount with respect to a distance from the contour part in each of the print layers and a number of the print layers.
US11090947B2
An inkjet printing machine on slabs that includes a support for supporting a slab; a locking and centring group configured to contact the slab temporarily locking and centring it on the support; and a printing device provided with at least one inkjet printing head that is mobile with respect to the support along a sliding direction and spaced from it, wherein the printing head is configured to release a decoration on a surface of the slab resting on the support.
US11090942B2
A fluid ejection system includes a fluid ejection die, a service station assembly, and a controller. The fluid ejection die includes at least one strain gauge sensor to sense strain. The service station assembly is to service the fluid ejection die. The controller is to receive the sensed strain from the at least one strain gauge sensor during servicing of the fluid ejection die and adjust or stop servicing of the fluid ejection die in response to the sensed strain exceeding a servicing threshold.
US11090939B2
A method of printing redundantly in four colors using a pagewide printhead having first and second rows of printhead chips mounted on a common ink manifold and receiving four colors of ink. The method includes the steps of: supplying first and second ink colors from the manifold to the first row of printhead chips; supplying third and fourth ink colors from the manifold to the second row of printhead chips; and printing the inks redundantly from the printhead chips.
US11090933B2
A liquid discharge head that can prevent occurrence of cracks generated by a connection between an electrode pad and a wiring while reducing a manufacturing cost is provided. A bonding portion and a non-bonding portion are disposed at positions where the bonding portion and the non-bonding portion overlap an electrode and a coating film but do not overlap a through hole in a planar view of a liquid discharge head substrate.
US11090932B2
An object of the present disclosure is to reduce density unevenness and streaks of an image that is printed in a case where it is not possible to implement sufficient correction only by the correction for a defective nozzle. One embodiment of the present invention is an image processing apparatus that performs processing for an input image for an image forming apparatus performing printing on a printing medium by using a print head in which a plurality of printing elements is arrayed, the image processing apparatus including: a storage unit configured to store density characteristic information indicating an output density for each tone for each of the printing elements; a target value acquisition unit configured to acquire a target characteristic indicating a target value for each tone; and a first correction unit configured to correct the input image based on the density characteristic information and the target value.
US11090925B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a nozzle plate with nozzles and actuators and a drive controller. First and second nozzles are directly adjacent to each other in a first direction. First and third nozzles are directly adjacent to each other in a second direction. The drive controller is configured to apply a drive signal to first, second, and third actuators corresponding to the first, second, and third nozzles, respectively, during a drive cycle. A difference between a first timing at which the drive signal is applied to the first actuator and a second timing at which the drive signal is applied to the second actuator and a difference between the first timing and a third timing at which the drive signal is applied to the third actuator is an odd number multiple of a half of an inherent vibration cycle of the liquid discharge apparatus.
US11090922B2
A thermal transfer foil and also a process for producing a true color image, and a true color image, wherein the thermal transfer foil includes at least one effect pigment layer and a carrier foil which has first effect pigments in one or more first regions.
US11090920B2
A continuous strip method for producing an electric strip laminate which is wound into a coil is proposed in which at least two electric strips are pressed against each other on their flat sides and are integrally bonded to form an electric strip laminate and in a further step, this electric strip laminate is wound into a coil. More particularly, a first electric strip is coated on at least one of its flat sides with a first thermally activatable hot melt adhesive lacquer, the first hot melt adhesive lacquer on the first electric strip is thermally activated, and then the electric strips are pressed against each other on their flat sides with the activated first hot melt adhesive lacquer layer between these flat sides and a second electric strip is supplied to this pressing process at a temperature below the activation temperature of the first hot melt adhesive lacquer layer on the first electric strip.
US11090911B2
Method for producing a HUD compatible windshield comprising a HUD viewing field (13), said windshield comprising a wedge layer (15) made from a universal wedge layer (14), said universal wedge layer (14) comprising a portion (12) with a thickness profile having a monotonously changing wedge angle wherein said profile comprises a range of wedge angles encompassing wedge angle values adapted to different windshield models, said universal wedge layer (14) having dimensions different from the dimensions of said windshield, said method comprising the following step of: Adapting the dimensions of the universal wedge layer (14) to size said wedge layer (15), wherein said adapting is such that said wedge layer (15) the dimensions of said windshield and such that the wedge angle (W1, W2) at the centre (X1, X2) of the HUD viewing field is appropriate for compensating the double images occurring in reflection at outside and inside surfaces (8, 9) of the windshield at the centre (X1, X2) of said HUD viewing field (13).
US11090892B2
A process and a drum for looping annular anchoring structures in a process for building tyres for vehicle wheels includes: depositing a loop on a drum including a radially expandable/contractible intermediate annular portion and, in a position axially adjacent to the opposite axial ends of the intermediate annular portion, a pair of radially expandable/contractible lateral annular portions; associating an annular anchoring structure with a radially outer annular surface portion of the loop defined at the intermediate annular portion; and turning up each of opposite end edges of the loop on the annular anchoring structure through the lateral annular portions as a result of a thrusting stress imparted by a respective lateral annular portion of the pair of lateral annular portions because of a synchronous radial movement and a synchronous axial displacement of a respective plurality of circumferentially adjacent first angular sectors.
US11090891B2
A toroidal forming drum and a process for building tyres. The toroidal forming drum (23) is expanded within a shaped carcass sleeve (12), for supporting the carcass sleeve (12) against an abutment surface (“S”) externally provided by the forming drum (23). An elementary semi-finished product (54a, 54b) is applied around the shaped carcass sleeve (12), by pressing the elementary semi-finished product (54a, 54b) towards the abutment surface (“S”). The abutment surface (“S”) has circumferential rows of solid portions (40) alternated with hollow portions (41). The solid portions (40), arranged along axially opposite circumferential edges of the abutment surface (“S”), have a transverse size comprised between 10% and 60% of a transverse size presented by the solid portions (40) arranged in proximity to an axial centreline plane of the abutment surface (“S”).
US11090888B2
A set (1) of moulding elements intended to be added to a mould comprise a main moulding element (10) and a secondary moulding element (20) comprising an edge (21), said main moulding element (10) comprising a contact zone (11) adapted to be in contact with all or part of the edge (21) of the secondary element, said contact zone (11) not being flat, and the edge (21) of said secondary moulding element (20) comprising at least one recessed portion (22) complementary to the non-flat contact zone (11) of the main element.
US11090882B2
In one version there is provided a test system including a layup tool having a layup surface, and two fairing bars attached to the layup surface. The test system includes the composite laminate having a plurality of stacked plies, and positioned between the two fairing bars. The test system includes fiber distortion initiator(s) positioned at one or more locations under, and adjacent to, one or more plies of the plurality of stacked plies. The test system includes two caul plates with a gap in between, and positioned over the composite laminate. When the test system undergoes a pressurized cure process with a vacuum compaction, a restricted outward expansion of the plurality of stacked plies by the fairing bars, and a pressure differential region formed by the one or more fiber distortion initiators at the one or more locations, create the controlled and repeatable out-of-plane fiber distortion in the composite laminate.
US11090881B2
A method of molding a component includes the steps of providing a plurality of fibers, applying the fibers with a low temperature sizing to form a plurality of sized fibers, forming a preform from the plurality of sized fibers, placing the preform in a mold, and de-sizing the preform by heating the mold to an initial temperature that is sufficient to break down the low temperature sizing to a gaseous phase. A molding apparatus is also disclosed.
US11090861B2
An additive manufacturing system includes a build platform, a plurality of particles positioned on the build platform defining a build layer, a first and second region within the build layer, and at least one consolidation device. The first region and the second region each including a portion of the plurality of particles. The at least one consolidation device is configured to consolidate the plurality of particles within the build layer into a solid, consolidated portion of said build layer. The consolidation device is further configured to consolidate at least one of the plurality of particles within the build layer and the solid, consolidated portion of the build layer into a molten volume of transfer material. The consolidation device is further configured to transfer a portion of the molten volume of transfer material within the first region from the first region to the second region.
US11090855B2
A machine for expanding plastic parisons into plastic containers by a liquid medium with at least two transforming stations. These transforming stations fill and expand the plastic parisons with the liquid medium, with at least one pressure generating device. This pressure generating device is suitable and intended to deliver the liquid medium to at least one filling device which fills the plastic parisons with the liquid medium, wherein at least one shut-off device is installed in at least one connection channel between the pressure generating device and the filling device, inside which the liquid medium is conveyed. This shut-off device is configured and provided in order that a fluid path inside the connection conduit can be at least partially interrupted.
US11090854B2
A method of producing a container (2) from a blank (3) made of plastics material within a mould (4) which is provided with a wall (5) defining a cavity (6) bearing the impression of the container (2), and with a mould base (8) which can move relative to the wall (5) between a retracted position in which it extends in set-back manner relative to the cavity (6) and a deployed position in which it closes the cavity (6). The method includes a boxing stage in which the mould base (8) moves from its retracted position to its deployed position, the travel (C) of the mould base (8) between its retracted position and its deployed position being greater than 20 mm.
US11090850B2
A method for producing a continuous filament from electrospun fibers includes providing a conducting collection surface that is an elongate three-dimensional surface. An attractive electric field gradient is formed between the collection surface and a source of electrically charged fibers. The collection surface is moved in a longitudinal direction relative to the source of electrically charged fibers. The fibers are collected on the collection surface so as to form a continuous filament.
US11090841B2
The present invention relates in general to recycling of polymer matrix composite. In particular, the invention relates to a process for separating reinforcement material from polymer matrix composite comprising the reinforcement material within a thermoset polymer matrix.
US11090836B2
A sampling apparatus is provided, which includes a pressing-up unit configured to press up a sheet piece that is being conveyed by a conveying unit, from a lower side of a conveyance course of the sheet piece to above the conveyance course; and a holding unit configured to hold the sheet piece pressed up by the pressing-up unit.
US11090813B2
A system includes a robot, a ROS base station, and a holocontrol client, the robot communicatively linked to the ROS base station and the ROS base station communicatively linked to the holocontrol client.
US11090808B2
Automatic calculation of a trajectory by taking the interference with an obstacle into account may be performed by calculating trajectory information representing a trajectory on which (i) the picking hand picks, on the first position, the work with a posture associated with the first position included in the first combination; and (ii) the picking hand arranges, on the second position, the work with a posture associated with the second position included in the first combination, and determining whether an interference is present or absent on the trajectory represented by the trajectory information calculated in the calculating a trajectory.
US11090799B2
A socket holder is provided, including: a seat, a sleeving member and a locking mechanism. The sleeving member includes a neck portion which is configured to be assembled with a socket. The sleeving member is movably assembled with the seat. The locking mechanism includes at least one first locking portion, at least one second locking portion which is releasably engagable with the at least one first locking portion, and an operational portion which is movable together with the at least one first locking portion. One of the at least one first locking portion and the at least one second locking portion is disposed on the seat and the other is disposed on the sleeving member. The operational portion includes an operational member which is located out of the neck portion and operable from outside of the socket holder.
US11090797B2
A fast rotation structure of wrench and wrench thereof are provided. The rotation structure includes a seat connected with the ratchet head of the wrench. The seat has a first pivot connection portion which is pivotally connected with a second pivot connection portion of a rocker arm, such that the rocker arm sways between a folding position and a driving position. At the folding position, the rocker arm is combined with the seat. At the driving position, the rocker arm protrudes from one side of the seat, so as to drive the seat to rotate from an outer side of the seat. Therefore, the ratchet head is able to efficiently rotate.
US11090795B2
A hand-held electric power tool includes a housing, a connecting seat, and an elastic member. The connecting seat is configured to couple a battery pack to the hand-held electric power tool along a first straight line whereby the battery pack and the hand-held electric power tool are electrically connected via the connecting seat. The connecting seat is operative to move along the first straight line and along a second straight line perpendicular to the first straight line. The elastic member is configured to movably connect the connecting seat to the housing, and is configured to generate a force at least along a third straight line inclined from the first straight line enabling the connecting seat and the battery pack to contact each other.
US11090782B2
A socket is provided, including a first member, a second member and a third member. The second member is movably inserted within the first member. The third member is movably sleeved with the first member.
US11090773B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a server room cooling apparatus, the method including: providing a housing; providing at least one frame in the housing; providing, on the at least one frame, a barrier wall configured to divide a space inside the housing into at least two spaces; forming a mist ejection unit configured to eject mist to an outer air supplied from outside the server room cooling apparatus, at a side of a supply unit that is formed by the barrier wall and supplies outer air to a server room; forming a filter unit configured to filter outer air supplied from outside the server room cooling apparatus, at a side of the mist ejection unit; and forming an outer air inflow unit into which outer air flows, at one side of the filter unit.
US11090771B2
An assembly for a dual-walled component of a gas turbine engine and methods of forming and repairing a dual-walled component. The assembly includes a cold section part having an outer surface that defines a plurality of impingement apertures, a hot section part including a pre-sintered preform, the hot section part positioned over the outer surface of the cold section part, and a plurality of support structures including the pre-sintered preform, the plurality of support structures positioned between the hot section part and the cold section part, the plurality of support structures separating the hot section part from the cold section part to define at least one cooling channel therebetween.
US11090763B2
Build material application device (6) for an apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional components by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam (4), the build material application device (6) being configured to apply a layer of build material (3) in a build plane (7) of a respective apparatus (1), the build material application (6) device comprising at least one build material application member (10, 11), wherein the at least one build material application member (10, 11) is at least partially additively manufactured by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam (4).
US11090762B2
A laser processing apparatus includes a liquid supply mechanism at an upper portion of a holding unit. The liquid supply mechanism includes: a liquid chamber provided with a transparent plate located with a gap formed between the transparent plate and an upper surface of a workpiece held by the holding table; a liquid supply nozzle adapted to supply a liquid to the gap from one side of the liquid chamber; and a liquid discharge nozzle adapted to recover the liquid from the other side of the liquid chamber, to produce a flow of the liquid. A laser beam applying unit includes a condenser adapted to focus a laser beam emitted by a laser oscillator, to apply the laser beam to the workpiece held by the holding table through the transparent plate and the liquid supplied to the gap.
US11090757B2
An electromagnetic pulse welding coil includes a first conductive region and a second conductive region. The second conductive region is assigned to a remainder of the coil and has a low current density. The first conductive region is configured for generating a higher current density than the second conductive region. The first conductive region is detachably connected to the remainder of the coil using a detachable connection. The electromagnetic pulse welding coils is planar in design and is cut out of a metal plate.
US11090756B2
An aluminum plate (103) is overlaid on a steel plate (102). A distal end (113) of a button component (101) is pushed in from the obverse surface side of the aluminum plate (103), and the distal end (113) is abutted against the steel plate (102) by applying a first pressure to the button component (101) made of steel without heating. The distal end (113) of the button component (101) and the steel plate (102) are welded by resistance spot welding while applying a second pressure lower than the first pressure to the button component (101).
US11090751B2
A reflow device configured to perform reflow soldering on a substrate having a first component and a second component having a heat capacity larger than a heat capacity of the first component. The reflow device includes a plurality of heating sections applying gas to the substrate, a booth accommodating the heating sections, and a controller configured to perform, at least twice or more times, a heating control of controlling the heating sections to increase both of a temperature of the first component and a temperature of the second component, and then reduce the temperature of the first component while increasing the temperature of the second component.
US11090750B2
A method for producing a cooling device for cooling a power electronics may include an application step, a preparatory step, and a joining step. The application step may include applying a thin copper layer at least area by area onto a joining side of at least one ceramic plate. The preparatory step may include arranging the at least one ceramic plate with the thin copper layer on at least one of a first upper side of a substantially flat aluminum body and a second upper side of the aluminum body disposed opposite the first upper side. The joining step may include forming a substance-to-substance bond between the joining side of the at least one ceramic plate and the aluminum body via supplying heat.
US11090749B2
An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing in an inert gas atmosphere without using flux includes a core material of aluminum or aluminum alloy, and a brazing material of aluminum alloy including Si of 4.0 mass % to 13.0 mass % and cladding one side surface or both side surfaces of the core material. One or both of the core material and the brazing material includes any one or two or more types of X atoms (X is Mg, Li, Be, Ca, Ce, La, Y, and Zr). The aluminum alloy brazing sheet is a brazing sheet in which oxide particles including the X atoms and having a volume change ratio of 0.99 or lower with respect to an oxide film before brazing heating are formed on a surface thereof, by brazing heating.
US11090748B2
A device for applying fluid having a pasty consistency is provided. The present invention relates to a device for applying brazing paste manually or by means of a robotic arm, having an elastically deformable conduit and a drive spindle.
US11090745B2
A torque-adjustable tapping apparatus includes a tap, a wrench and a torque-adjusting mechanism including a shell, a primary adjuster and a clutch. The shell is connected to the wrench. The shell includes an internally threaded section. The primary adjuster includes an externally threaded section engaged with the internally threaded section. The clutch includes an upper gear and a lower gear. The upper gear includes teeth extending from a lower face and at least one restraining cutout in a periphery. The lower gear includes teeth extending from an upper face and a connective rod extending from a lower face. The teeth of the lower gear are engaged with the teeth of the upper gear. The connective rod is connected to the tap. At least one screw is inserted in the restraining cutout through the screw hole. A spring is compressed between the primary adjuster and the upper gear.
US11090741B2
A high efficiency saw chain for a saw including a cutting link and a drive link, the cutting link and a drive link selected to provide a high efficiency saw chain for a specified power range, based on ratios of components of the chain, such as the ratio of the height of the cutter to the pitch of the chain.
US11090724B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus has a platform, one or more supports positioned above the platform, an actuator coupled to at least one of the platform and the one or more supports and configured to create relative motion therebetween such that the one or more supports scan across the platform, a first dispenser system configured dispense a plurality of successive layers of powder onto a build area supported by the platform, a second dispenser system configured to dispense a binder material onto the build area, and an energy source configured to emit radiation toward the platform so as to solidify the binder material. The first dispenser system includes a first powder dispenser that is attached to and moves with a first support from the one or more supports and is configured to selectively dispense a first powder onto the build area.
US11090716B2
Provided is an ε-iron oxide type ferromagnetic powder with a ratio Hc173K/Hc296K between a coercive force Hc173K measured at a temperature of 173 K and a coercive force Hc296K measured at a temperature of 296 K is higher than 1.00 and less than 2.00, and a magnetic recording medium containing the ε-iron oxide type ferromagnetic powder in a magnetic layer.
US11090709B1
Techniques for implementing and/or operating a system that includes a swage machine and a pipe fitting to be secured to a pipe segment. The pipe fitting includes a fitting jacket to be conformally deformed around tubing of the pipe segment. The swage machine includes a grab plate that interlocks with the pipe fitting; a die seat implemented in a die plate of the swage machine; a die set loaded in the die seat, in which the die set is to be passed over the fitting jacket of the pipe fitting to facilitate conformally deforming the fitting jacket; another die seat implemented farther from the grab plate than the die seat; and another die set loaded in the other die seat, in which the other die set is to be passed over the fitting jacket of the pipe fitting to facilitate conformally deforming the fitting jacket.
US11090707B2
A female die for a joining tool having an anvil and a shoulder which coaxially surrounds the anvil and which is configured on a main body of the anvil or by an end of a bush, and a sleeve which surrounds the main body or the bush, respectively, and which across the circumference thereof has radial slots penetrating the wall of said sleeve, in each case one sliding piece being guided in said slots so as to be movable in the radial direction (R), said sliding piece in the axial direction (A) being supported at least on the shoulder, is distinguished in that the wall of the sleeve on that end that surrounds the shoulder in the region between the slots has regions which widen in a radially inward manner and which extend in each case between two neighboring sliding pieces and in the radial direction (R) at least in part protrude beyond the shoulder.
US11090705B2
A lower die has a first lower-die edge extending along the outline shape of a sheet material, and a plurality of second lower-die edges disposed vertically below the first lower-die edge and each extending in a direction traversing an offcut of a sheet base material that is left behind after the sheet material is punched out. An upper die has a first upper-die edge which extends along the first lower-die edge and between which and the first lower-die edge the sheet base material is shorn to punch out the sheet material, and a plurality of second upper-die edges which is provided so as to be protrusible to vertically below the second lower-die edges and between which and the second lower-die edges the offcut is shorn and divided.
US11090699B2
Drain cleaning and inspection machines, systems and methods are described. The systems and methods utilize a GPS-enabled drain cleaner to collect information during drain cleaning or inspection, forward that information to a host server at which various processing and imagery generation occurs, and providing a detailed map and/or report.
US11090695B2
In the method for cleaning optical components by UV ashing according to the present embodiment, while supplying humidity-controlled humidified gas, ultraviolet rays are radiated to the surface of the protective glass to remove organic matters on the surface of the protective glass. Further, in the cleaning method of the present embodiment, the humidified gas is supplied so that the humidity in the laser head during cleaning becomes 30% to 90%.
US11090694B2
A testing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a chamber, a probe card including probes exposed in the chamber, a stage supporting a test target object in the chamber, a moving mechanism to move the stage between a testing position where the test target object is in contact with the probes and a cleaning position where the test target object is arranged away from the probes in a horizontal direction, and an air tube introducing first dry air into the chamber through the probe card when the stage is placed at the cleaning position.
US11090692B2
According to one embodiment, provided is a cleaning liquid supplying system including: a circulation line in which cleaning liquid flows, first end of the circulation line being connected to a supply port of a cleaning liquid supplying apparatus, second end of the circulation line being connected to a collection port of the cleaning liquid supplying apparatus; a branch pipe branched from the circulation line and connected to a substrate cleaning unit; a valve provided on the branch pipe and configured to control supply of cleaning liquid from the circulation line to the substrate cleaning unit; and a flow rate adjuster configured to adjust a flow rate of the cleaning liquid flowing in the circulation line.
US11090691B2
A cleaning method for cleaning a frame unit including an affixed object, a tape affixed to an undersurface of the affixed object, and an annular frame to which an outer peripheral portion of the tape is affixed, the cleaning method including: an affixed object cleaning step of cleaning the affixed object by jetting a cleaning liquid from a cleaning nozzle while moving the cleaning nozzle in a reciprocating manner along a path extending from above one end of an outer peripheral edge of the affixed object to above another end of the outer peripheral edge of the affixed object; and a frame cleaning step of cleaning the frame by jetting the cleaning liquid from the cleaning nozzle to the frame.
US11090682B2
A process for applying a coating material onto a substrate as a non-uniform discontinuous pattern of coating material, the method including the present disclosure describes a method of applying a coating material onto a substrate, including providing a first distribution manifold having a cavity and a multiplicity of first dispensing outlets in fluid communication with the cavity, creating relative motion between a substrate and the dispensing outlets in a first direction; dispensing a first coating material from the dispensing outlets while maintaining the relative motion and translating the multiplicity of dispensing outlets in a second direction non-parallel to the first direction, and varying a rate of dispensing of the first coating material in a predetermined fashion to form a discontinuous pattern of the first coating material on a major surface of the substrate. Useful non-uniformly patterned coated articles can be prepared using the process.
US11090678B2
An exhaust/drainage mechanism includes an exhaust channel guiding contaminated air discharged from a coating booth with non-attached paint; a drainage channel guiding contaminated water discharged from the booth; a scum receiving inlet included in the drainage channel and into which the floating coating scum floating on the contaminated water flows; and a dual-purpose flow channel used as both the exhaust and drainage channel. The contaminated air flows through an upper part of the dual-purpose flow channel, and the contaminated water flows through a lower part. A wind pressure of the contaminated air generates, in an upper part of the contaminated water, an upper-layer flow flows in a direction or at a velocity different from a direction or a velocity of a flow in a lower part of the contaminated water. A dynamic pressure of the upper-layer flow pushes and moves the floating coating scum to the scum receiving inlet.
US11090675B2
A sprinkler height adjustment mechanism is described that can be used to increase the height of a top cover and a top of the riser relative to the sprinkler body. The height adjustment mechanism is particularly useful for sprinklers with compartments having removable tops, however, a similar design can also be adapted for sprinklers without compartments (e.g., components that connect to a sprinkler flange or the sprinkler riser).
US11090666B1
This disclosure discloses various dispensation devices for dispensation of various volumes of content. For example, some of such content can include cream.
US11090662B2
A new and improved hydrocyclone roping and wear management system and method for its use are provided. The system includes one or more wireless electronic roping sensors and/or one or more wireless electronic wear sensors disposed in communication with one or more hydrocyclones, along with a wireless electronic controller. The system is capable of wirelessly detecting roping and/or wear conditions within one or more hydrocyclone separators during their operation, communicating electronic data corresponding to the roping and/or wear conditions to an associated hydrocyclone control system, and causing adjustments in controlling operational parameters for the hydrocyclones. The associated method includes steps for wirelessly acquiring roping and/or wear condition data using the wireless electronic controller and delivering the data to the hydrocyclone control system. The system and method provide for improved roping detection and wear maintenance scheduling, and improved adjustment of undesirable roping and wear conditions.
US11090654B2
Described herein are multi-well separation devices configured to allow a composition comprising a target agent to be separated into multiple wells, subdivided, recombined into a single well, and/or re-separated into the same or a different configuration of wells. Also described herein are reagent loading devices configured to simultaneously deliver one or more test agents to a plurality of volumes without having to individually deliver the test agents. Together, these devices allow high throughput parallel processes without repetitive pipetting or liquid handling robotics, though they may also be used separately. Also described herein are kits and systems for chemical or biological assays, as well as methods for using the multi-well separation devices and reagent loading devices described herein.
US11090648B2
In an embodiment, the claimed invention includes an oral-fluid collection and testing device that is simple to operate. The device includes a body assembly and a cap assembly that are easy to handle by a user. A collection sponge projects from an end of the body assembly for absorbing the oral fluid of a donor, A cap assembly is easily aligned with the body assembly by way of visual alignment indicators on both the body and the cap. Once the cap is aligned with the body, a user simply pushes the cap onto the ‘body, which causes a first stage fluid, flow. More specifically, a buffer fluid is released from the cap and mixes with the oral fluid collected on the sponge—After waiting a short time* the cap is rotated, then pushed again, causing a second-stage fluid flow in which the sponge is compressed such that the buffer fluid/oral fluid exits the sponge and flows toward a. pair of test strips. A user can then easily view the test results by observing a visual indication, such as a color change of the test strips through a viewing window.
US11090642B2
A pillar-shaped honeycomb structure for supporting catalyst, including partition walls partitioning a plurality of cells extending from a first end face provided with a fluid inlet to a second end face provided with a fluid outlet, wherein the partition walls include a first region with a high initial water absorption speed and a second region with a lower initial water absorption speed than the first region, and the initial water absorption speed of the second region is 15% or more lower than the initial water absorption speed of the first region.
US11090636B2
A hydroprocessing catalyst has been developed. The catalyst is a crystalline transition metal tungstate material or metal sulfides derived therefrom, or both. The hydroprocessing using the crystalline transition metal tungstate material may include hydrodenitrification, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodemetallation, hydrodesilication, hydrodearomatization, hydroisomerization, hydrotreating, hydrofining, and hydrocracking. A data system comprising at least one processor; at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions; and at least one receiver configured to receive data of a conversion process comprising at least one reaction catalyzed by the catalyst or a metal sulfide decomposition product of the catalyst has been developed.
US11090635B2
Provided is a method for preparing a supported catalyst that enables the production of carbon nanotubes having a large specific surface area in high yield. Carbon nanotubes produced using the supported catalyst are also provided. The carbon nanotubes are suitable for use in various applications due to their large specific surface area and high yield.
US11090631B2
The present invention provides a method for hydrophobization of a hydrophilic material, the method including introducing a hydrophobic group into a hydroxyl group (—OH group) on a surface of the hydrophilic material. A method for hydrophobization of a hydrophilic material, the method comprising reacting a hydrophilic material to be hydrophobized with a hydrophobic group-containing silylating agent in presence of an amino acid as a reaction accelerator, to introduce a hydrophobic group-containing silyl group to a surface of the hydrophilic material. A hydrophobized silica gel column filler is produced by using the method. Further, a hydrophobized silica gel column is produced by filling a column with the hydrophobized silica gel column filler.
US11090628B2
A catalytic membrane reactor and methods of operating and producing the same are provided that efficiently produces highly pure hydrogen (H2) from ammonia (NH3) as well as operates according to other chemical conversion processes. In one embodiment, a tubular ceramic support made from porous yttria-stabilized zirconia has an outer surface that is impregnated with a metal catalyst such as ruthenium and then plated with a hydrogen permeable membrane such as palladium. An inner surface of the ceramic support is impregnated with cesium to promote conversion of ammonia to hydrogen and nitrogen (N2). The resulting catalytic membrane reactor produces highly pure hydrogen at low temperatures and with less catalytic loading. Therefore, ammonia can be used to effectively transport hydrogen for use in, for example, fuel cells in a vehicle.
US11090618B1
Provided is a method of efficiently treating a fluid to be treated containing a compound that destroys a zeolite membrane to prevent the fluid from destroying the zeolite membrane. A fluid to be treated 10 formed of a liquid mixture or a gas mixture and containing a compound that destroys a zeolite membrane 2 is brought into contact with particles (3, 5) made of the same type of zeolites as the zeolite membrane 2 and filling a pretreatment device 4 installed upstream of a membrane module 1 including the zeolite membrane 2 or a portion upstream of the zeolite membrane 2 in the membrane module 1 to destroy the zeolite forming the particles (3, 5) and the fluid to be treated 10 is made to contain a component generated by the destruction.
US11090617B2
A porous support-zeolite membrane composite comprising an inorganic porous support and a zeolite membrane provided on, wherein the zeolite membrane contains a zeolite having a microporous structure of 8-membered oxygen ring or less, and a molar ratio of SiO2/Al2O3 in the zeolite membrane surface is larger by at least 20 than a molar ratio of SiO2/Al2O3 in the zeolite membrane itself, or a water adsorption of the porous support-zeolite membrane composite at a relative pressure of 0.8, as determined from a water vapor adsorption isotherm of the porous support-zeolite membrane composite, is at least 82% of a water adsorption of the porous support-zeolite membrane composite under the same condition as above after one-week immersion of the porous support-zeolite membrane composite in an aqueous 90 mass % acetic acid solution at room temperature.
US11090615B2
A method of making a polymer membrane, the method including providing a first monomer solution having a first solvent, a second monomer solution having a second solvent, and a substrate having a surface, and including electrospraying the first monomer solution onto the substrate surface and electrospraying the second monomer solution onto the substrate surface to form the polymer membrane on at least a portion of the substrate surface.
US11090596B2
A filter element configured to be mounted to tube sheet openings of different diameters is provided. The filter element includes a seal member that can accommodate tube sheet openings of different diameters. Methods of mounting a plurality of identical filter elements to tube sheets having different tube sheet opening diameters is provided.
US11090587B2
A system (10) for moving a fluid (12) includes a flow-circuit element (30) and a control system (32) that monitors an operational condition of the flow-circuit element (30). The control system (32) includes a first sensor (82) that monitors a first sensed condition, and a second sensor (84) that monitors a second sensed condition that is different from the first sensed condition. Further, the control system (32) includes a processor (76) that analyzes the first sensed condition and the second sensed condition to monitor the operational condition of the flow-circuit element (30).
US11090583B2
This disclosure relates to a bottom section for being connected to an assembly for separating a solid component from a fluid. The assembly includes an inclined plate settler with at least one sedimentation channel for letting a solid component to be separated settle, said plate settler comprising a lower portion and an upper portion, wherein said at least one sedimentation channel extends from the lower portion to the upper portion. The bottom section is configured to be connected to the lower portion of the inclined plate settler. The bottom section comprises at least one inlet channel for feeding a fluid comprising the solid component to be separated to the plate settler, and at least one collection channel for collecting a settled solid component descending from the at least one sedimentation channel. Said at least one inlet channel and said at least one collection channel are fluidly separated from each other, said inlet channel and said collection channel being connectable to said at least one sedimentation channel, to form fluid connections between said at least one inlet channel and said at least one sedimentation channel and between said at least one collection channel and said at least one sedimentation channel, respectively.
US11090573B2
A water or other amusement attraction that includes an inflatable portion or material. A cavity of the attraction is located underneath an upper surface, the upper surface configured to support a flow of water and at least one rider thereon. A volume of water is configured to be disposed within the cavity, the upper surface floating upon the volume of water while connected to at least one side wall, floor, and/or nozzle structure. A pump and nozzle assembly, positioned outside of the cavity, communicates with the water within the cavity for flowing a portion of the water over the upper surface. A drainage portion, adjacent to the upper surface, drains the flowing water back into the cavity for recirculation. Support components, such as a plurality of beams or an inflatable grid structure help maintain stability for the attraction.
US11090560B2
A physical device interface for a virtual reality system is provided, comprising: a microprocessor board including a microprocessor, a plurality of control outputs, a first communication port and a second communication port; a plurality of receptacles configured to provide power to a corresponding plurality of physical devices; and a power board coupled to the plurality of control outputs and the plurality of receptacles, the power board including a plurality of channels controlled by the plurality of control outputs to provide power to the plurality of receptacles. The first communication port is configured to communicate with a computer for configuration of the interface and the second communication port is configured to communicate with another interface.
US11090559B2
In certain embodiments, a gaming pedal assembly comprises a base platform and a pedal arm rotatably coupled to the base platform at a first mounting location that provides a first axis of rotation for the pedal arm relative to the base platform. The gaming pedal assembly further includes a piston assembly having a resistance profile, the piston assembly coupled to the pedal arm at a coupling location that provides a second axis of rotation for the piston assembly relative to the pedal arm. The piston assembly is rotatably coupled to the base platform at a second mounting location that provides a third axis of rotation for the piston assembly relative to the base platform. The piston assembly compresses according to the resistance profile of the piston assembly in response to a user interface region of the pedal arm receiving a pressing force.
US11090553B2
A roulette table allows players to make customized betting selections and customize the layout of the betting options that appear on the player station of the roulette table. In particularly contemplated embodiments, players may add, delete, or modify the appearance of betting options through a user interface so that the players may more readily indicate desired wagers. This functionality may not only speed up game play, but also make the betting layout more intuitive for each user resulting in increased attendance of roulette games.
US11090552B2
A gaming machine that includes a game controller to select symbols from the memory, cause the display to display the selected symbols at the display positions, determine if the displayed symbols include a predetermined symbol, and if the predetermined symbol lands on the pay line, in response to the predetermined symbol landing on the pay line, 1) cause the display to animate the first plurality of anticipation states on the pay line, and 2) randomly determine whether to transition the predetermined symbol to the second plurality of free spin states, in response to determining the predetermined symbol transitioning to the second plurality of free spin states, cause the display to animate the second plurality of free spin states on the pay line.
US11090549B2
A snowboard binding using for a snowboard is provided. The snowboard binding includes a baseplate, a boot supporter surrounding the baseplate, an interlocking assembly, and a stopper disposed on the interlocking assembly. The boot supporter includes a first side, a second side, and a rear side. The interlocking assembly is disposed at the first side of the boot supporter. A mutual positional relationship between the interlocking assembly and the snowboard presents an initial state. As snowboard boot touches the interlocking assembly to change the initial state while the snowboard boot is put in and fixed to the snowboard binding. Concurrently the interlocking assembly drives the stopper to rotate so that the stopper leaves or inserts into snowfield.
US11090548B2
A ski binding moving mechanism (1) comprising:—a ski binding (2a) configured to be fastened in the vertical and lateral direction on a ski, and further configured to be movable in the longitudinal direction relative to the ski; —a rod (5) with two or more pushing elements (51a, 51b, . . . ), the rod (5) being fastened to the ski binding (2a); and—a rotatable element (32), configured to be fastened fixedly relative to the ski in the longitudinal direction of the ski, the rotatable element (32) being rotatable relative to the ski (6), wherein the rotatable element (32) comprises:—a first and a second rotating pin (321, 322) configured to rotate with the rotatable element (32), and cooperate with the pushing elements (51a, 51b, . . . ), wherein—the rotatable element (32) is configured to be rotated at least one revolution and move the rod (5) and the binding (2a) in the same longitudinal direction throughout the revolution.
US11090538B2
Lacrosse heads are provided that include a polymer and graphene. The graphene increases the durability of the lacrosse heads, while having limited impact on the stiffness and flexibility of the lacrosse heads. Also provided is equipment for other contact sports that include graphene to increase durability.
US11090531B2
A golf club head having an adjustable hosel assembly and a plug assembly that can reversibly secure the hosel assembly in a chosen configuration within the club head is disclosed herein. In particular, the hosel assembly includes a shaft sleeve that is trapped within a hosel opening with a screw that extends through an interior flange. The plug assembly includes a wedge-shaped flange that is inserted into an opening in the body and fits between the interior flange and the head of the screw to temporarily immobilize the shaft sleeve. The plug assembly preferably completely fills the opening in the body so as to preserve a smooth outer mold line of the club head and allow graphics or decorations to extend across the exterior surface without disruption.
US11090524B2
An article of apparel including an integrated fabric system, with or without strategically-placed weighting and/or elastic resistant materials, which optimizes conditioning, strengthening, endurance, enhancement, training, performance, functional longevity, benefits of daily activity, movement therapy, and/or other diverse medical and/or therapeutic uses, and, all while reducing the possibility of injury. The article enables the user to receive medical and/or therapeutic benefits and to increase production of kinetic energy, through weighted and/or elastic resistance, as required by the user's particularized needs. The user may benefit from the medical/therapeutic properties during periods of activity or inactivity. Benefits are achieved through the integration of fabrics and strategically-placed weighting and/or elastic resistance materials into the article based upon the kinetic energy created, necessitated, and/or dissipated by a specific movement(s) and/or medical or therapeutic requirements.
US11090522B2
An eddy current resistance generating device includes a magnet base, a plurality of magnets, a conductive member and a friction set. The magnet base has two inner walls. The magnets are disposed on the two inner walls of the magnet base, wherein the magnets on the two inner walls are face to each other. The conductive member is located between the magnets on the two inner walls for generating an eddy current resistance while the magnets are moved relative to the conductive member. The friction set is disposed between each of the magnets and the conductive member, wherein the friction set includes at least one friction matrix.
US11090521B2
An exercise management device using a hula hoop having a device for measuring spinning direction and exercise amount includes: an annular body part; a sensor unit including a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, and a gravity sensor; a hula hoop including a control unit including a MICOM for receiving and analyzing a data value detected by the sensor unit to calculate and obtain exercise information, a communication unit having a Bluetooth chip for transmitting the exercise information or the data value, and a power unit for switching on/off the control unit; and a wireless communication device having a dedicated program for receiving the exercise information or the data value transmitted from the communication unit and displaying the exercise information.
US11090519B2
An assembly for a fire extinguisher system includes a fire extinguisher fitting that extends into a fire extinguisher container and a fill adapter. The fitting defines a fitting bore through which a connection portion of a pressure monitoring device at least partially extends and a fitting flange that is disposed about the fitting and is disposed parallel to a flange of the pressure monitoring device. The fill adapter includes an adapter housing and an adapter shaft. The adapter housing is arranged to be disposed about the pressure monitoring device. The adapter shaft that at least partially extends through the adapter housing. The adapter shaft is arranged to engage a monitoring housing of the pressure monitoring device.
US11090516B2
A personal protection system including a helmet worn on the head of a user and a hood removably coupled to the helmet. The helmet may comprise a ventilation assembly, a chin bar and a control circuit. The chin bar may comprise a mounting device and a hall effect sensor mounted adjacent the mounting device. The hall effect sensor may be in communication with the control circuit. The hood may comprise a transparent face shield and a mounting element configured to removably couple with the mounting device of the helmet. The control circuit may be configured to receive a signal from said hall effect sensor indicating the coupling of said mounting element of said hood with said mounting device of said helmet.
US11090513B2
A method, a kit and a first composition for treating hair are provided. The method for treating hair comprises applying to the hair a first composition comprising in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, one or more at least bi-functional carboxylic acids, or cosmetically acceptable salts thereof, or mixtures thereof, and applying to the hair a second composition comprising in a cosmetically acceptable carrier, one or more at least bi-functional carboxylic acids, or cosmetically acceptable salts thereof, or mixtures thereof, wherein the first composition has a pH from 7 to 13 and the second composition has a pH from 3 to 7.
US11090512B2
A radiation dose received by a patient from a radiation therapy system can be verified by acquiring a cine stream of image frames from an electronic portal imaging device (EPID) that is arranged to detect radiation exiting the patient during irradiation. The cine stream of EPID image frames can be processed in real-time to form exit images providing absolute dose measurements at the EPID (dose-to-water values), which is representative of the characteristics of the radiation received by the patient. Compliance with predetermined characteristics for the field can be determined during treatment by periodically comparing the absolute dose measurements with the predetermined characteristics, which can include a predicted total dose in the field after full treatment and/or a complete irradiation area outline (CIAO). The system operator can be alerted or the irradiation automatically stopped when non-compliance is detected.
US11090508B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an integrated solution to radiotherapy treatment planning that enables accurate recording and accumulation of physical parameters as input (e.g., dose, dose rate, irradiation time per voxel, etc.). User-defined functions are evaluated to correlate the input parameters with 4D biological outcomes. The resulting biological parameters can be visualized as a biological outcome map to evaluate decisions, support decisions, and optimize decisions regarding the parameters of the radiotherapy treatment plan, for example, for supporting clinical trials and related clinical research.
US11090505B2
An oral treatment device that emits electromagnetic radiation onto surfaces of a user's teeth. The oral treatment device may include an intraoral mouthpiece and a handle extending therefrom, the handle containing the control circuitry required for operation of the device. The mouthpiece may include a lamp support structure, a lamp, a lens plate, and a guard component. The lamp may include an electromagnetic radiation source that includes a flexible sheet and a plurality of illumination elements located thereon. The illumination elements may be light emitting diodes printed with an electrically conductive. Additional electronic components such as a processor and a power source may also be included in the device.
US11090495B2
An alert system detects when an auditory prosthesis recipient is wearing her sound processor. When the processor is not worn, the alert system signals a secondary device, such as an accessory, to provide some other form of tactile stimulation to allow the recipient to be made aware of certain auditory stimuli she is not receiving via the auditory prosthesis. Thus, the alert system can effectively “hear” for the recipient. Since many auditory prosthesis recipients are, for all practical purposes, completely deaf without their external sound processors attached and operational, such an alert system increases the recipient's safety, convenience, and quality of life.
US11090494B2
The disclosure describes a method and system that allows a user to configure electrical stimulation therapy by defining a three-dimensional (3D) stimulation field. After a stimulation lead is implanted in a patient, a clinician manipulates the 3D stimulation field in a 3D environment to encompass desired anatomical regions of the patient. In this manner, the clinician determines which anatomical regions to stimulate, and the system generates the necessary stimulation parameters. In some cases, a lead icon representing the implanted lead is displayed to show the clinician where the lead is relative to the 3D anatomical regions of the patient.
US11090488B2
The device (1) for the treatment of joint instability and dyskinesia comprises: an inertial sensor (11, 12) for detecting the movements of a limb (2) of a person, adapted to produce movement signals; an electrostimulation element (14) that can be positioned at a predetermined point of the patient's body so as to electrically stimulate muscles involved in the movement of the limb (2); a waveform generator (15) for supplying the electrostimulation element (14); and a processing means (4) connected to the inertial sensor (11, 12) and to the generator (15), comprising: a position module (41) configured to determine positions of the limb (2) on the basis of the movement signals; and a stimulation module (42) configured to produce stimulation signals adapted to control the operation of the generator (15), on the basis of one or more positions of the limb (2) determined by the position module (41).
US11090486B2
A device for disinfecting and/or sterilization of a dental cavity includes: an electrode pair that extends into the cavity to provide current along a portion of the cavity; and a controller that sends controlled electrical energy to the cavity via current flowing between the electrodes when located in the cavity, thereby to provide electrical energy for disinfection and/or sterilization.
US11090483B2
A proto microelectrode from which a micro electrode is formed in situ upon insertion into soft tissue comprises a flexible oblong electrode body of electrically conducting material having a front end and a rear end. The electrode body having a metal or a metal alloy or an electrically conducting form of carbon or an electrically conducting polymer or a combination thereof. A first coat of a water soluble and/or swellable and/or degradable material is disposed on the electrode body and extends along is at least over a distal portion thereof. A second coat of electrically insulating, water insoluble flexible polymer material is disposed on the first coat. The second coat comprises one or more through openings at or near its front end. Also disclosed is a corresponding micro electrode and a method of manufacture.
US11090478B2
A sterile tube connector for a fluid circuit system comprising a housing. A first opening is configured to receive a first length of tubing in communication with a first chamber. A second opening is configured for communicating with the first chamber when the tube connector is in an open configuration but not in a closed configuration. The second opening is configured to reversibly engage a third opening to form a second chamber. The third opening is configured for communicating with a second length of tubing. A first portion of the housing forming the first opening comprises a material at least partially permeable to a sterilization energy source for sterilizing contents of the second chamber.
US11090477B2
A cap is configured to provide antimicrobial protection to a female luer port of an intravenous device. The cap distributes an antimicrobial solution within the intraluminal surfaces of the port when the cap is connected to the port. A cap may also be designed to distribute an antimicrobial solution around the exterior surfaces of the port. Once connected to a port, the cap can form a seal that minimizes the evaporation of the antimicrobial solution from within the lumen of a port. The cap can therefore provide antimicrobial protection against another device that is connected to the port once the cap is removed.
US11090473B2
A new minimally invasive surgical approach is proposed that contemplates a method and apparatus for tightening lax skin without visible scarring via a device in various surgical procedures such as plastic surgery procedures. In some embodiments, the device is a single use disposable instrument. This approach circumvents surgically related scarring and the clinical variability of electromagnetic heating of the skin and performs small multiple pixilated resections of skin as a minimally invasive alternative to large Plastic surgical resections of skin. This approach can also be employed in areas of the body that are currently off limits to plastic surgery due to the visibility of the surgical scar. In addition, the approach can perform a skin grafting operation by harvesting the transected incisions of skin from a tissue site of a donor onto a skin defect site of a recipient with reduced scarring of the patient's donor site.
US11090465B2
The invention provides design, material, manufacturing method, and use alternatives for medical devices. An example medical device includes an elongate shaft having a distal region and a coil disposed along the distal region. The coil is formed from a winding member having a first filar region and a second filar region. The winding member has a first cross-sectional diameter along the first filar region, a second cross-sectional diameter different from the first cross-sectional diameter along the second filar region, a first centroid at a first position along the first filar region and a second centroid at a second position along the second filar region. The first centroid and the second centroid are axially-aligned.
US11090451B2
Aspects of the instant disclosure relate to electronic cigarettes; more particularly, to electronic cigarettes including a power supply portion. In various embodiments, the eCig power supply portion includes a sub-assembly housing substantially containing a battery, an airflow sensor, and controller circuitry. Aspects of the disclosure are further directed to an eCig power supply portion further including a hemicylindrical port and/or electrical contacts aligned along a longitudinal axis of the power supply portion.
US11090448B2
A device for accessing dry powder within a sealed chamber is described. The device includes a hollow housing having a proximal end opening, a primary distal end opening and a secondary distal end opening, at least one wing structure extending from the outer surface of the housing that is positioned distally from the primary distal opening. Also described is a dry powder inhaler having a housing, a penetrating component for accessing dry powder within a sealed chamber, and a mouthpiece, where the mouthpiece is connected to the proximal end opening of the penetrating component, and wherein the at least a portion of the distal end of the penetrating component is positioned within the inhaler housing.
US11090442B2
A syringe cap is configured to be removably attached to a barrel to seal a needle hole in a puncture needle held by a barrel tip portion of the barrel, and comprises a first member that is configured to be pierced with the puncture needle and that comprises an elastic material having a Young's modulus in the range of 1 to 10 MPa; and a second member that comprises an elastic hollow body having a Young's modulus in the range of 1 to 10 MPa and that is configured form a closed space between the first member and the barrel. A vapor permeability of a material from which the first member is formed is lower than a vapor permeability of a material from which the second member is formed.
US11090441B2
A syringe includes a barrel having an internal surface defining an internal bore therein; a plunger having a distal end disposed within the internal bore of the barrel, and a proximal end disposed outside the internal bore of the barrel; and a dose divider configured to bear on the barrel in response to translation of the plunger relative to the barrel along the longitudinal direction. The dose divider includes a base including a flange that extends at least partly in a radial direction; and at least one column extending away from the base along the longitudinal direction. The at least one column includes a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, the proximal end of the at least one column being coupled to the base. The at least one column includes a sacrificial portion coupled to a frangible link.
US11090432B2
Embodiments relate to systems, methods and devices for delivering a drug or other therapy to a patient with an ambulatory infusion pump configured to provide a series of tolerance-building steps leading up to a plateau delivery rate. The plateau delivery rate is maintained until the prescribed amount of drug or therapy fluid is delivered to the patient. Embodiments of the invention include providing the patient or other user with a mechanism to decrease, or step down, the therapy delivery rate if a tolerance was not achieved at a lower rate, and providing notifications prior to a step up in a dosage delivery rate.
US11090430B2
Disclosed is a fluid dispensing device that includes at least one reservoir to hold the therapeutic fluid, at least one other unit requiring communication with ambient air, at least partly, to operate, and at least one housing defining an interior to retain the at least one reservoir and the at least one other unit. The at least one housing has at least one vent port formed on one or more of its walls. The at least one vent port is adapted to direct or communicate air to maintain pressure equilibrium between the air pressure in the interior of the at least one housing and the ambient air pressure outside the at least one housing, and provide communication with the ambient air to the at least one other unit requiring air to enable operation of the at least one other unit.
US11090422B2
An extracorporeal heart-lung support machine apparatus includes a platform capable of supporting one or more pieces of equipment and at least one coupler mounted to the platform so as to provide a docking interface for a piece of equipment, wherein the coupler includes: an electrical interface configured to matingly engage with a complementary configured electrical interface of the at least one piece of equipment; and a locking mechanism configured to selectively transition between a locked configuration in which a latch member of the locking mechanism is positioned to secure the at least one piece of equipment to the coupler and an unlocked configuration in which the latch member of the locking mechanism is positioned to permit both engagement or disengagement of the electrical interface of the coupler with the electrical interface of the at least one piece of equipment.
US11090407B2
A permeable nonwoven web having a plurality of fibers and/or filaments of a first polymer matrix forming an outer surface of each of the plurality of fibers and/or filaments is described herein. The first polymer matrix includes a hydrophilic melt additive and/or a tactile modifying melt additive blended therein. Energy application across the entirety of the web, or parts thereof, promotes the blooming of the melt additive from the first polymer matrix such that bloom areas are disposed on at least a portion of each of the outer surfaces of the fibers and/or filaments.
US11090385B2
A method of therapy for a tumor or other pathology by administering a combination of thermotherapy and immunotherapy optionally combined with gene delivery. The combination therapy beneficially treats the tumor and prevents tumor recurrence, either locally or at a different site, by boosting the patient's immune response both at the time of original therapy and/or for later therapy. With respect to gene delivery, the inventive method may be used in cancer therapy, but is not limited to such use; it will be appreciated that the inventive method may be used for gene delivery in general. The controlled and precise application of thermal energy enhances gene transfer to any cell, whether the cell is a neoplastic cell, a pre-neoplastic cell, or a normal cell.
US11090383B2
The present invention is directed to anti-podocalyxin antibodies, compositions comprising the same, and methods of using such antibodies and compositions for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
US11090380B2
Methods of vaccination of animals are provided. In an embodiment, a paired administration of a primer vaccine provides for non-oral administration of a vaccine and an oral administration of the vaccine and can be followed by a paired administration of a booster vaccine of a non-oral administration and an oral administration. Embodiments provide the non-oral and oral administration are within three days of each other. The methods provide for improved protective response in an animal compared to administration of a primer non-oral administered vaccine followed by three booster non-oral administered vaccines. An adjuvant is provided that is a microcrystalline polysaccharide-based adjuvant derived from delta inulin.
US11090379B2
The present invention relates generally to immunization and immunotherapy for the treatment or prevention of HIV. In particular, the methods include in vivo and/or ex vivo enrichment of HIV-specific CD4+ T cells.
US11090378B2
The present disclosure provides the complete nucleotide sequence for porcine parainfluenza virus 1. Immunogenic compositions comprising portions of the nucleotide sequence and proteins expressed therefrom are also provided.
US11090375B2
The present invention relates to new immunogenic compositions comprising conjughated Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular saccharide antigens (glycoconjugates) and uses thereof. Immunogenic compositions of the present invention will typically comprise at least one glycoconjugate from a S. pneumoniae serotype not found in PREVNAR®, SYNFLORIX® and/or PREVNAR 13®. The invention also relates to vaccination of human subjects, in particular infants and elderly, against pneumococcal infections using said novel immunogenic compositions.
US11090374B2
The present invention provides immunogenic compositions having one or more polysaccharide-protein conjugates in which one or more polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae bacterial capsules are conjugated to a carrier protein in an aprotic solvent such as dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). The present invention also provides methods for providing an enhanced immune response to a pneumococcal polysaccharide protein conjugate vaccine comprising administering to a human subject an immunogenic composition comprising polysaccharide-protein conjugates prepared in DMSO conditions.
US11090367B2
Compositions and methods for treating cancer that include administering a therapeutically effective amount of a tumor suppressor mRNA complexed with a delivery vehicle as described herein, e.g., a nanoparticle.
US11090365B2
The method includes treating bone and joint diseases with a composition which includes collagen, essential minerals, and mineral lactate which were derived from the bones of crocodilos reptilia (crocodile). Crocodile collagen is made of a different ratio of amino acids than mammalian collagen which may be at least partly responsible for its therapeutic properties. The composition further includes a mixture of herbs. The mixture of herbs may include Clinacanthus nutans, Eclipta prostrata, Drynaria rhizome, and Auricularia polytricha. The herbs in the mixture of herbs each has one or more of the following properties: anti-inflammatory, analgesic, bone formation enhancement, and increases the number of osteoblast proliferation without impacting the number or activity of osteoclasts. The composition may also include essential minerals which are important for bone formation. This composition may be useful to treat or prevent several common bone or joint diseases including osteoporosis, arthritis, and osteogenesis imperfecta.
US11090361B2
The invention features polypeptides that include an extracellular ActRlla variant. In some embodiments, a polypeptide of the invention includes an extracellular ActRlla variant fused to an Fc domain monomer or moiety. The invention also features pharmaceutical compositions and methods of using the polypeptides to treat diseases and conditions involving bone damage, e.g., primary osteoporosis, secondary osteoporosis, osteopenia, osteopetrosis, facture, bone cancer or cancer metastasis-related bone loss, Paget's disease, renal osteodystrophy, treatment-related bone loss, diet-related bone loss, bone loss associated with the treatment of obesity, low gravity-related bone loss, or immobility-related bone loss.
US11090360B2
Disclosed are applications of a mussel adhesive protein or preparations thereof in treatment and prevention of diseases related to melanin. Specifically disclosed are applications of a mussel adhesive protein or preparations thereof in treatment and prevention of pigmentations such as chloasma, freckles, melanosis, applications in skin cancers represented by melanoma, and applications in treatment of pigmentation possibly caused by skin diseases or drugs.
US11090359B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating diseases or disorders associated with pathological calcification or pathological ossification. In certain embodiments, the diseases or disorders are selected from the group consisting of Generalized Arterial Calcification of Infancy (GACI), Idiopathic Infantile Arterial Calcification (IIAC), Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament (OPLL), hypophosphatemic rickets, osteoarthritis, calcification of atherosclerotic plaques, PXE, hereditary and non-hereditary forms of osteoarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, hardening of the arteries occurring with aging, calciphylaxis resulting from end stage renal disease and progeria.
US11090354B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treatment of metabolic syndromes. Namely, the presently disclosed compositions and methods are provided for affecting the function of the gastrointestinal endocrine system in key regions of the gut, thereby, producing therapeutic effects on obesity, diabetes and other metabolic disorders. The compositions include components for forming luminal barriers within the gastrointestinal tract of a subject where the barrier is created in-situ via interaction of resident mucin with the mucin-interacting agent.
US11090351B2
Provision of a material, which has tyrosinase-inhibiting activity and is effective for skin whitening. A tyrosinase inhibitor comprising Syzygium polyanthum or an extract therefrom as an active ingredient is provided. Also, a compound represented by any one of the following formulae (I) to (III) and a tyrosinase inhibitor comprising the compound as an active ingredient are provided.
US11090347B2
A plant-based composition containing an alcohol extract of Tecoma species (e.g. Tecoma stans) and an exogenous carrier and/or excipient. Also provided is a composition including a mixture of three acids, namely corosolic acid, oleanolic acid, and ursolic acid, which can be found in the Tecoma species. Methods of treating skin lesions (e.g. warts, corns, calluses, and umbilical granulomas) and reducing symptoms associated with the skin lesions using such compositions are specified.
US11090333B2
Embodiments of the disclosure concern methods and compositions related to cancer therapy using myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC) as a solo therapy or an adjunct therapy. The MDSCs are prepared by exposing bone marrow cells or blood cells to one or more compositions that induce their differentiation to MDSCs and also to TGF-β1, and in specific embodiments the exposure to TGF-β1 results in the MDSCs having anti-tumor activity and/or immune stimulatory activity.
US11090327B2
Polymer conjugates are provided that are capable of mimicking functions of natural proteoglycans found in the extracellular matrix of connective tissues. The polymer conjugates of the invention have utility in treating a subject suffering soft tissue conditions. Also provided are simple and scalable chemical processes for the preparation of the polymer conjugates of the invention.
US11090323B2
The present invention relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors for treating and/or preventing metabolic disorders, such as type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus or pre-diabetes, in patients with renal impairment or chronic kidney disease (CKD).
US11090319B2
Disclosed herein are antimicrobial compounds compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, the use and preparation thereof. Some embodiments relate to cyclic boronic acid ester derivatives and their use as therapeutic agents.
US11090318B2
A pharmaceutical preparation efficaciously promotes tissue wound repair. The wound repair promoter according to the present invention includes at least one active ingredient selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by Formula (1), salts of the compounds, and hydrates of the compounds or the salts. In the formula, R1 and R2 are each, identically or differently, selected from hydrogen and a hydrocarbon group optionally having one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of halogens, —COOR3, —CONR32, —COR3, —CN, —NO2, —NHCOR3, —OR3, —SR3, —OCOR3, —SO3R3, and —SO2NR32, where R3 is, identically or differently in each occurrence, selected from hydrogen and an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group; and n represents an integer of 1 or more.
US11090312B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating hypogonadism in a male subject through administering intranasally to the male subject an intranasal testosterone bio-adhesive gel formulation to deliver a therapeutically effective amount of testosterone. In particular, the testosterone therapy of the invention remains effective if an allergic rhinitis event occurs in the male during the treatment or when the male subject uses a topical nasal vasoconstrictor or a topical intranasal decongestant during the hypogonadism treatment. Further, the present invention relates to a method of preventing the occurrence of an allergic rhinitis event in a male, who is undergoing a hypogonadism treatment with an intranasal testosterone bio-adhesive gel. In certain embodiments, the intranasal testosterone bio-adhesive gel formulation according to the invention comprises 4.0% and 4.5% testosterone.
US11090309B2
The present invention is related to compositions and methods for treating platelet-related diseases.
US11090300B2
Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
US11090298B2
The present invention relates to a method of treatment of movement disorders, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of befiradol, wherein the administering step provides an average patient's maximum plasma concentration of befiradol below 15 ng/mL which occurs more than 4 hours post administration, said method minimizing side effects of dizziness and nausea. Sustained release pharmaceutical compositions that can be used according to this method are also described.
US11090297B2
A method of treating a human patient afflicted with Huntington's disease, comprising periodically orally administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising pridopidine, its analog or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US11090281B2
The present invention provides a simple and improved dose form that is capable of providing a controlled release of GABAB receptor agonist contained in the core thereof. The invention also provides methods of administering the dosage form and of treating conditions that are therapeutically responsive to GABAB receptor agonist.
US11090275B2
The invention provides synergistic combinations of cannabidiol (CBD) and a second therapeutic agent, such as one or more ChEH/AEBS inhibitors, a naphthoquinone or a derivative thereof, or any combination thereof, effective for the treatment cancer. Compositions containing same and methods of use of same are described.
US11090269B1
Controlled release dosage forms are described herein. The controlled release formulations described herein provide prolonged delivery of high dose drugs that are highly water soluble and highly hygroscopic. In specific embodiments, controlled release dosage forms for delivery of a drug selected from GHB and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, tautomers, solvates and complexes of GHB. The controlled release dosage forms described herein may incorporate both controlled release and immediate release formulations in a single unit dosage form.
US11090267B2
In accordance with one aspect, embolic particles are provided which comprise sub-particles that comprise a therapeutic agent of low solubility dispersed in a matrix that comprises a biodegradable polymer. Other aspects pertain to injectable compositions that comprise such particles and to methods of treatment that employ such injectable compositions. Still other aspects pertain to methods of making such particles.
US11090257B2
The present invention discloses a human body cleaner and manufacturing method thereof. The human body cleaner comprises 1% wt˜60% wt of garlic extract, and 40% wt˜99% wt of cleaning agent. The method for manufacturing the human body cleaner comprises the following steps: preparing a plurality of garlics, adding water in a predetermined ratio to a plurality of garlics to obtain a garlic mixture, adding yeast in a predetermined ratio to the garlic mixture and leaving it to stand for a period of time for fermentation to obtain a garlic fermentation broth, performing cryogenic distillation on the garlic fermentation broth to obtain a garlic extract, and adding a cleaning agent in a predetermined ratio to the garlic extract for mixture to obtain the human body cleaner. The present invention uses the herbal human body cleaner made from garlic to clean human body and reduce symptoms of dandruff. Moreover, long-term use of the present invention will not cause either antibiotic resistance or environmental degradation.
US11090253B2
Cosmetic compositions comprising silicone based materials cured via a condensation cure chemistry are disclosed. In particular, the present disclosure relates to cosmetic compositions comprising a silicone based gel cured via a condensation cure chemistry; and at least one cosmetic ingredient, optionally in a cosmetically acceptable medium. Preparation methods and uses of the cosmetic compositions are also disclosed.
US11090252B2
The invention relates to a cosmetic composition comprising: (a) at least 2% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition, of one or more compounds chosen from urea and/or urea derivatives, (b) one or more polymeric thickeners chosen from nonionic, cationic, amphoteric polymeric associative thickeners or anionic polymeric associative thickeners comprising one or more acrylic and/or methacrylic units. The invention also relates to the use of this composition for straightening keratin fibres. Finally the invention relates to a process for straightening keratin fibres.
US11090247B2
The present invention provides a composition for protecting the skin from heavy metals and formaldehyde, comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of trientine or trientine derivative of Formula (1), cyclen or cyclen derivative of Formula (2), cyclam or cyclam derivative of Formula (3), and a salt thereof.
US11090246B2
A powder hair dye composition, containing the following components (A) to (C): (A) one or more azo dyes selected from the group consisting of the following (A-1), (A-2) and (A-3), (B) an alkaline agent other than alkanolamines, and (C) 1.5 mass % or more and 40 mass % or less of solvent.
US11090242B2
Described herein is a wet wipe including a substrate and a lotion. The substrate includes from about 55% to about 85% polyester. The lotion includes (a) from about 98.5% to about 99.5% water; (b) from about 0.055% to about 0.1% of an organic acid; and (c) a pH buffering system. The lotion has a pH from about 3.6 to about 4.8.
US11090237B2
The present disclosure relates to deodorant cosmetic compositions including calcium silicate and baking soda. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a cosmetic product containing such compositions and the use of the compositions or products for reduction of the body odor released by perspiration.
US11090234B2
Provided is a product exhibiting good bubbles even from a screen foamer composition using a non-ionic surfactant. This foam contains a non-ionic surfactant and is composed of an air layer and a bubble shell encapsulating the air layer. The bubble shell has a high light transmission region which is optically transparent and a low light transmission region which is less optically transparent than the highlight transmission region, both regions being disposed so as to spread across a surface of the bubble shell in such a manner as to form an identifiable boundary therebetween; and when the foam is allowed to stand at 25° C., an area of the low light transmission region occupying the surface area of the bubble shell expands over time, and thus the entire surface of the bubble shell becomes occupied by the low light transmission region.
US11090231B2
A compressible device for use on a drinking container includes a base and at least one spill-proof unit. The base includes a base wall defining a liquid flow passage, and a separation wall connected to the base wall and dividing the liquid flow passage into a liquid inlet zone and a liquid outlet zone. The at least one spill-proof unit includes a through slot formed in the separation wall and communicating with the liquid outlet zone, and a spill-proof seat including a plate body opposite to the through slot and formed with a first slit. When the plate body is compressed and deformed, the first slit is opened to communicate the liquid inlet zone with the liquid outlet zone through the through slot.
US11090230B2
A beverage formula container for use with a beverage receptacle, the beverage formula container including a container body extending from a first open end configured for dispensing a beverage to a second open end configured for attachment to a beverage receptacle body of the beverage receptacle, the container body including a flared section and an at least partially deformable section in proximity of the flared section and a sealing member configured to be inserted into the second end so as to sealingly engage an inner surface of the container body proximate the flared section so as to form a chamber between the sealing member and the first end, the chamber being configured to receive beverage formula therein, and wherein deformation of the deformable section allows the sealing member to disengage the inner surface of the container body and pass through the flared section and the second end, thereby releasing beverage formula through the second end into an attached beverage receptacle body.
US11090226B2
The present invention relates to a sealing device to seal a container, the sealing device including: a tip that defines an internal passage leading to an opening and is designed to allow connection to a collection member such as an enteral syringe, a non-return valve that is associated with the tip and is designed to open during collection of the contents of the container using the collection member, at least one air-return port, and an antibacterial filter associated with said at least one port.
US11090225B2
A portable fluid transportation enclosure can include a specimen carrier within a portable container that can be transported portably by a user. The carrier can define one or more specimen bores therein, where each specimen bore can be configured to receive a specimen therein. Such a gyroid shaped carrier within a container can improve heat transfer between specimen supported by the carrier and can help to limit shock transferred to the specimen within the carrier, such as from an impact to the container in which the gyroid carrier is located.
US11090223B2
A resuscitation device for assisting a rescuer in resuscitating a patient. A handheld computing/communication device may be configured for performing a non-resuscitation function during time periods when resuscitation is not required, the handheld device may be further configured to provide CPR prompts during time periods when used by a rescuer to assist in resuscitation, and a sensor may be provided to measure a parameter (e.g., chest acceleration) relevant to resuscitation. A CPR-assistance element may be configured to be applied to the patient and to communicate with the handheld computing/communication device.
US11090215B2
A walker comprising a handle base and a frame. The handle base is configured to be gripped by a user of the walker. The frame is coupled with the handle base and configured to support the handle base above ground underlying the walker. The handle base and the frame cooperate to define a user space sized to allow the user of the walker to stand in the user space.
US11090213B2
An apparatus that controls the rotation of an operative limb during shoulder surgery is composed of three parts: 1) a mechanism that is part of the durable apparatus, and which allows the limb to be suspended from the system and traction weights applied, but is configured in such a manner that the cable or other connecting member does not rotate about its axis; 2) a sterile connector that acts as the interface between the non-sterile durable apparatus and a sterile patient-contacting disposable drape; and 3) the disposable drape which is secured to the patient's operative arm. One of the sterile connector and the disposable drape contains a feature that allows the physician to rotate and hold the limb in any desired position, without requiring that it be manually held in place.
US11090212B2
A neonatal incubator system includes a platform configured to support a neonate and an enclosure supported above the platform and configured to create a chamber around the neonate. The enclosure includes a movable side panel on a side of the enclosure openable to place the neonate on the platform enclosable to secure the neonate within the chamber. The enclosure also includes a latch engageable when the movable side panel is in a closed position and configured to maintain the movable side panel in the closed position, and also includes a biasing device configured to force the movable side panel away from the closed position when the latch is not engaged.
US11090203B2
An absorbent core composite is disclosed for incorporation into a disposable absorbent article. The composite includes a first material layer and a second material layer (preferably nonwoven) partially secured to the first material layer to define at least one pocket therebetween. Preferably, multiple pockets are defined, except in the case of where a generally uniform layer or bed of absorbent is preferred or better suited for the application. The pocket is said have a fixed initial volume. Further, an aggregate of absorbent particles is provided in the pocket(s) to occupy a portion of the fixed initial volume. The absorbent particles are preferably SAP particles and is characterized by a dry volume associated with a dry state and a swell volume associated with a liquid saturation state. In respect to or for the pocket, the aggregate is characterized by a collective dry volume and a collective swell volume, wherein the pocket has an initial configuration that retains the aggregate therein.
US11090200B2
A disposable nursing device with a urine and feces back-leakage prevention collection function includes a nursing pants body, a urine and feces collection bag and a catch tray. The nursing pants body is provided with a connecting port. The urine and feces collection bag is provided with an outer layer and an inner layer. The outer layer is a soft non-woven fabric, and the inner layer is a polymer absorption layer. A bottom portion of the urine and feces collection bag is closed, and a top portion of the urine and feces collection bag is provided with a bag opening. A urine and feces collection opening is arranged at a middle of the catch tray, and one side of the catch tray is connected with the bag opening of the urine and feces collection bag, and is connected with the connecting port on the nursing pants body.
US11090199B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for making an absorbent structure for an absorbent article, comprising a supporting sheet and thereon an absorbent layer, the absorbent layer comprising an absorbent material. According to the present invention a first moving endless surface is provided which has one or more substantially longitudinally extending first mating strips, and at least one further auxiliary moving endless surface is provided which acts against the first mating strips. Pressure is applied between the first moving endless surface and the auxiliary moving endless surface to the first and second supporting sheets at least within a part of the area of the channels, so as to adhere together the first and second supporting sheets.
US11090184B1
An improved surgical drainage reservoir support to securely support surgical drainage reservoirs with an easily located and grasped handles on the surface attachment elements containing multiple hooks.
US11090183B2
A container for collecting liquid for transport, comprising: a web of flexible porous material defining at least a portion of a chamber in which liquid can be collected for transport. The chamber is configured to receive a tube in a position within the chamber that enables the tube to transport liquid from the chamber while the liquid collects within the chamber upon being drawn through the web when a partial vacuum is applied within the chamber via the tube. The porous material comprises a web of spun plastic fibers, such as spun polyester fibers. In one embodiment, the web of spun plastic fibers is configured to define an elongated portion of the chamber. In another embodiment, a backing of non-permeable material covers a portion of the web and is so combined with the web as to further define the chamber.
US11090179B2
The present invention relates to a reflux disease treatment apparatus, comprising an implantable movement restriction device with an elongated shape that maintains cardia in the correct position and an implantable stimulation device adapted to engage with the cardia sphincter of a patient. The movement has proximal and a distal end, wherein the distal end is adapted to stabilize and hold the distal end. The invention further comprises a control device for controlling the stimulation device to stimulate the cardia sphincter. The distal end can be further adapted to treat obesity, for example by stretching the wall of the stomach or filling out a volume of the stomach.
US11090176B2
A medical device comprising a compressed, inflatable, detachable single-lobed metal balloon attached to a catheter and methods of use for occluding blood vessels or treating vascular aneurysms are disclosed. The balloon can be made with ductile metals such as gold, platinum, or silver so that the balloon will conform to the shape of the void space during inflation and so that the balloon can be subsequently shaped by the application of an external force. The balloon can be configured such that it can be detached from the catheter by physical means or by electrolysis. The surface of the balloon can be configured to promote the growth of tissue into the wall of the balloon and to release drugs or pharmacologically active molecules, so that vessel occlusion or the sealing of an aneurysm will be maintained over time.
US11090164B2
A knee joint implant is capable of resolving issues of conventional cementless or uncemented implants. The knee joint implant improves fixing force of the implant in a vertical direction and provides improved initial fixation for the implant.
US11090161B2
This surgical instrumentation assembly is for positioning a shoulder prosthesis, the shoulder prosthesis comprising a patient-specific shoulder implant adapted to fit onto a glenoid cavity of the scapula of a patient. The assembly comprises a patient-specific impacting device having an underside surface congruent with the glenoid cavity of the scapula of the patient, said underside surface being provided with protrusions adapted to perforate the cortical bone of the scapula upon impact of the impacting device against the scapula by a one-sided translation movement.
US11090157B2
Apparatus and methods are described herein for various embodiments of a prosthetic heart valve, delivery apparatus and delivery methods for delivering a prosthetic heart valve to a heart of a patient via a transapical or transvascular delivery approach. In some embodiments, a prosthetic heart valve includes an outer frame coupled to an inner frame and the outer frame is movable between a first configuration relative to the inner frame and a second inverted configuration relative to the inner frame. The valve can be delivered to a heart using an apparatus that includes a delivery sheath that defines a lumen that can receive the prosthetic heart valve therein when the outer frame is in the inverted configuration. Actuation wires are releasably coupled to the outer frame and can be used to help revert the outer frame after the valve is deployed outside of the delivery sheath and within the heart.
US11090154B2
A holding device for a suture ring is provided. The holding device may include a retainer in which a suture ring can be releasably fixed, in particular clamped, and a handle which is connected to the retainer and which has an actuating mechanism for fixing and/or releasing a connection between the retainer and the suture ring. By means of the holding device, a suture ring can be fixed in the retainer such that a tubular part and/or object can be pushed into the suture ring without exerting forces on the tissue to which the suture ring is connected.
US11090144B2
An oral care implement having an arrangement of tooth cleaning elements thereon. The oral care implement may include a head extending from a proximal end to a distal end and comprising first and second peripheral sides. A plurality of tooth cleaning elements extend from the head and are arranged in groups including a first peripheral grouping of tooth cleaning elements positioned adjacent the first peripheral side of the head and having first and second types of tooth cleaning elements, a distal grouping of tooth cleaning elements positioned adjacent the distal end of the head and having a third type of tooth cleaning element, and a proximal grouping of tooth cleaning elements positioned adjacent the proximal end of the head and having the third type of tooth cleaning element. The first, second, and third types of tooth cleaning elements are different in at least one more structural characteristics.
US11090143B2
An apparatus and method for purging a dental air/water syringe comprises at least one of a button hold-down device for holding down at least one button of the syringe for discharging fluid therefrom and a collection container for collecting the discharged fluid. The button hold-down device includes axially spaced contact surfaces for contacting a syringe body and the button so that the device is supported mounted on the syringe body in a working position. The collection container features an interior perforated false bottom wall under which is formed a collection space where the discharged fluid collects, and a drain is communicated with the collection space for removing the collected fluid therefrom. The drain can be connected to a saliva ejector for removal of the fluid by suction.
US11090140B2
The present invention discloses a cavity preparation assembly and a guiding sleeve for immediate implantation in an oral molar region, wherein the guiding sleeve comprises a lower sleeve and an upper sleeve disposed on a top of the lower sleeve, center portions of the upper sleeve and the lower sleeve each has a guiding hole and the guiding holes of the upper sleeve and the lower sleeve are connected, and an axis direction of the guiding hole is a vertical direction; sidewalls of the upper sleeve and the lower sleeve are each provided with a slit passing through the sidewalls, and the slit of the upper sleeve and the slit of the lower sleeve are located on a same side of the cavity preparation guiding sleeve; the upper sleeve is further provided with an installation plate on both sides of the slit, the installation plate is connected to the sidewalls on both sides of the slit of the upper sleeve. The cavity preparation assembly comprises a depth calibration drilling tool and a plurality of guiding sleeves. The present invention not only facilitates observation of the position of the drilling tool, prevent the drilling tool from sliding, but also provides the cooling water channels to cool the drilling tool, avoiding osteonecrosis. The depth calibration drilling tool performs precise cavity preparation according to the preparation depth.
US11090138B2
An implant fixture is disclosed. The implant fixture contains an elongated shaft section, a head section, wherein the head section comprises at least one concave area for bone growth therein, and a protrusion extending from the head section.
US11090137B2
An orthodontic correction device is provided, including a shell having a number of teeth receiving cavities configured to receive teeth of a dental arch of a patient. A first elastic member holding feature is formed on one side of the shell and corresponds to an undercut region of a tooth of the dental arch. A first orthodontic elastic member is coupled to the first elastic member holding feature and extends to the interior of the shell to engage with the undercut region of the tooth, thereby enhancing the retention of the orthodontic correction device on the dental arch.
US11090134B2
Disclosed is an assembly and method for fabricating a dental prosthesis, such as composite veneer directly in a mouth. The assembly includes a base that can be worn in a mouth, the base configured to fit around a base line. The base forms an enclosed body around teeth to be treated. The assembly further comprises a handle configured to secure to the base. The handle comprises an orienting arm that carrier a shell attach to its tip. The base and the handle are configured such as when the handle is secured to the base, the shell is placed over the tooth in a predetermined position.
US11090127B2
The present disclosure provides advantageous post and partition assembly that is configured and adapted to promote modularity and withstand the harsh environment of central sterile processing processes. Modular post assembly may be removed and relocated on tray without additional fasteners or components. Tray and bracket assembly may further provide identification features to correctly associate cataloged reusable medical devices to identified trays.
US11090119B2
Surgical tools having a two degree-of-freedom wrist, wrist articulation by linked tension members, mechanisms for transmitting torque through an angle, and minimally invasive surgical tools incorporating these features are disclosed. An elongate intermediate wrist member is pivotally coupled with a distal end of an instrument shaft so as to rotate about a first axis transverse to the shaft, and an end effector body is pivotally coupled with the intermediate member so as to rotate about a second axis that is transverse to the first axis. Linked tension members interact with attachment features to articulate the wrist. A torque-transmitting mechanism includes a coupling member, coupling pins, a drive shaft, and a driven shaft. The drive shaft is coupled with the driven shaft so as to control the relative orientations of the drive shaft, the coupling member, and the driven shaft.
US11090112B2
A surgical instrument includes a housing, a shaft extending distally from the housing, an end effector disposed at a distal end of the shaft, an actuator operably coupled to the housing, an actuation assembly, and a sensor module. The actuation assembly extends through the housing and the shaft and includes a distal end operably coupled to the end effector or a component associated therewith, a proximal end operably coupled to the actuator, and a spring. Actuation of the actuator manipulates the end effector or deploys the component relative thereto. The sensor module is disposed within the housing and configured to sense a property of the spring indicative of an amount the spring has been compressed. The sensor module is further configured, based upon the sensed property, to determine a condition of the end effector or the relative position of the component.
US11090106B2
A controller for an electrosurgical generator includes an RF inverter, a signal processor, a software compensator, a hardware compensator, and an RF inverter controller. The RF inverter generates an electrosurgical waveform and the signal processor outputs a measured value of at least one of a voltage, a current, or power of the electrosurgical waveform. The software compensator generates a desired value for at least one of the voltage, the current, or the power of the electrosurgical waveform, and the hardware compensator generates a phase shift based on the measured value and the desired value. The RF inverter controller generates a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal based on the phase shift to control the RF inverter.
US11090096B2
An instrument for bending a surgical rod includes first and second arm assemblies. The first arm assembly includes first and second arms having respective first and second receiving portions configured to receive the surgical rod therein. The second arm assembly includes third and fourth arms having respective third and fourth receiving portions configured to receive the surgical rod therein. The instrument is reconfigurable from an initial configuration in which the first and third receiving portions of the respective first and third arms engage the surgical rod such that transitioning the first and third arms towards each other bends the surgical rod in a first orientation and transitioning the first and third arms away from each other bends the surgical rod in a second orientation opposite to the first orientation.
US11090088B2
A polyaxial bone anchoring device includes a receiving part with an upper member having a first end, a second end, and a recess at the first end for receiving a rod, and a lower member connectable around the second end of the upper member, and a pressure member positionable in the upper member to exert pressure on a head of a bone anchoring element. The lower member is movable from a first position where the head is pivotable, to a second position closer to the first end of the upper member where an angular position of the head is locked while the recess remains vacant or unobstructed. When the lower member is at the second position, at least part of the lower member is aligned axially with at least part of an end face at the second end of the upper member.
US11090082B2
A colpotomy system includes a colpotomy cup that extends to a distal surface and defines a longitudinal axis. The colpotomy system further includes a cutter operably coupled to the colpotomy cup and configured to travel along an arcuate path defined about the distal surface of the colpotomy cup. The cutter actuatable to separate a uterus from a vagina as the cutter rotates about the longitudinal axis of the colpotomy cup.
US11090074B2
The invention provides a pair of dual-purpose forceps, comprising a first forceps body and a second forceps body. When the first forceps body is connected with the second forceps body by means of a first pressurizing connecting member and a second pressurizing connecting member, a first handheld member and a second handheld member move towards each other, and a first pressurizing functional member and a second pressurizing functional member also move towards each other to complete pressurizing; when the first forceps body is connected with the second forceps body by means of a first opening connecting member and a second opening connecting member, the first handheld member and the second handheld member move towards each other, and a first opening function member and a second opening function portion face away from each other to complete opening. The dual-purpose forceps is simple in structure and is operated conveniently so that the double-purpose forceps can switch freely between opening and pressurizing functions conveniently and quickly.
US11090073B2
A catheter including a mesh member having a tubular shape and being radially expandable and contractable, a first hollow shaft connected to a proximal end of the mesh member, a distal end tip, and a core wire. The first hollow shaft includes a distal end side shaft having a distal end connected to the proximal end of the mesh member and a proximal end side shaft having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the distal end side shaft. An opening is provided at the proximal end of the distal end side shaft in a connection portion between the distal end side shaft and the proximal end side shaft. A sealing member covering an outer periphery of the core wire and allowing the core wire to be slidable thereinside is arranged at the distal end of the proximal end side shaft in the connection portion.
US11090071B2
Retrieval of material from vessel lumens can be improved by electrically enhancing attachment of the material to the thrombectomy system. The system can include a catheter having a distal portion configured to be positioned adjacent to a thrombus in a blood vessel, an electrode disposed at the distal portion of the catheter, and an interventional element configured to be delivered through a lumen of the catheter. The electrode and the interventional element are each configured to be electrically coupled to an extracorporeal power supply.
US11090068B2
Disclosed are improved orthopedic tools and methods for use during orthopedic surgical procedures, including joint arthroplasty and joint replacement procedures. More specifically, disclosed herein are improved apparatus for preparing bone and/or soft tissue of the spine and/or other regions for implantation of intervertebral implants.
US11090063B2
A cutting assembly (200) is configured for use with an electromagnetic tracking system (1). The cutting assembly comprises a bur assembly (10) and a sheath assembly (100). The sheath assembly comprises a sensor (135) configured to measure an electrical field around the cutting assembly, a wire (130) configured to operably connect the sensor and an external computing device (6), and a sensor mount (110) affixed to at least a portion of the sheath assembly, the sensor mount configured to house the sensor and at least a portion of the wire. The sheath assembly is configured to receive at least a portion of the bur assembly such that any impact from magnetic interference caused by, for example, a cutting device (40) within the bur assembly on the sensor is minimized when the cutting device is cutting a patient's bone.
US11090054B2
A surgical stapling device includes an anvil assembly having a center rod and an anvil head that is pivotally coupled to the center rod. The anvil head supports a cut ring assembly that is movable between a pre-fired or retracted position in which the cut ring is positioned to retain the anvil head in an operative position and an advanced position in which the cut ring assembly is positioned to allow movement of the anvil head to a tilted position. The anvil assembly also includes at least one support member that is movable from a pre-fired position extending into the anvil head to an advanced position extending from the distal end of the anvil head to allow the cut ring assembly to move from the first position to the second position. The at least one support member can be returned to the pre-fired position after the stapling device is fired and the anvil head has tilted to reset the anvil head to the operative position.
US11090048B2
Methods for resetting a fuse in a surgical instrument are disclosed.
US11090047B2
A surgical instrument system comprising an adaptive control system is disclosed.
US11090028B2
Provided are an ultrasonic device and a device for generating mechanical vibration. The ultrasonic device includes an ultrasonic probe and the device for generating mechanical vibration, where the device for generating mechanical vibration includes a vibration generator (1), a damping component (2), and a pressure component (3); the damping component (2) is fixed between the vibration generator (1) and the pressure component (3); the ultrasonic probe is connected to the pressure component (3); and the vibration generator (1) is configured to generate a vibration when a pressure value detected by the pressure component (3) falls into a preset range.
US11090026B2
According to various embodiments, there is provided a method for determining a neurological condition of a subject using a robotic system. The robotic system includes a transducer. The method includes determining, by a computing system, a first location with respect to a vessel of the subject, the robotic system configured to position the transducer at the first location. The method further includes receiving, by the computing system, a first signal from the vessel in response to the transducer transmitting acoustic energy towards the vessel. The method further includes analyzing, by the computing system, the received first signal to determine a first parameter of blood flow in the vessel. The method further includes determining, by the computing system, the neurological condition of the subject based on the first parameter of the blood flow in the vessel.
US11090018B2
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.
US11090011B2
Systems and methods of reducing false alarms associated with a vital-sign monitor are disclosed. One or more data samples of a vital sign of a patient are generated at a first sampling rate in a normal mode of operation. Whether the one or more data samples satisfy an alert condition is determined. An alert mode of operation is entered into if the alert condition is satisfied. One or more additional data samples of the vital sign are generated at a second sampling rate higher than the first sampling rate in the alert mode.
US11090010B2
A method comprising: acquiring via a network biogas information representing a concentration of furfural of the user acquired by a sensor that detects the furfural discharged from a skin surface of the user; obtaining the reference information representing a lower limit of a normal range of the concentration of furfural per unit period of time, using a memory storing the reference information; and outputting information related to stress of the user an information terminal of the user, after it is determined that a frequency that concentration of the furfural of the user per the unit period of time is less than the lower limit of the normal range tends to increase, based on the biogas information acquired in a pregnancy period of the user.
US11090003B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for periodically and simultaneously scanning for a plurality of vital signs of a user is disclosed. The system includes a personal portable wireless vital signs scanner having a pair of electrodes to form a circuit with a user's body; and a personal wireless multifunction device wirelessly in communication with the personal portable wireless vital signs scanner. The personal portable wireless vital signs scanner includes a processor to concurrently scan for a plurality of vital signs. Some methods include squeezing a personal wireless vital signs scanner between first and second fingers to connect to a first electrode; and pressing the wireless vital signs scanner against a forehead to form a circuit through the body of the user with the personal wireless vital signs scanner. The wireless vital signs scanner may also be pressed against a chest to form a second circuit through the body of the user.
US11089996B2
Various methods and machines have been used in the past to measure electrical characteristics of living tissue for purpose of locating an area of abnormal nervous system activity. However, whereas prior art methodologies merely allow for the detection of pain, the apparatus, system and method of the present invention allow for the objective assessment pain severity that finds utility not only the initial diagnosis but also the on-going treatment of any disease, disorder or injury associated therewith. To that end, the apparatus, system and method of the present invention allows medical practitioners to non-invasively and quantitatively distinguish organic pain from psychosomatic pain and legitimate pain patients from drug seekers and opiod addicts, as well as to directly and objectively compare the efficacy of different drug regimens and therapy protocols.
US11089993B2
[Problem] To provide means by which sleep states can be measured, observed, or evaluated easily. [Solution] A sleep state measurement device that includes a phase coherence calculating means for calculating phase coherence on the basis of the instantaneous phase difference between the instantaneous phase of heart rate variability acquired from a sleeping animal and the instantaneous phase of the breathing pattern of the animal for the same time series as the heart rate variability.
US11089985B2
Behavioral and mental health therapy systems in accordance with several embodiments of the invention include a wearable camera and/or a variety of sensors (accelerometer, microphone, among various other) connected to a computing system including a display, audio output, holographic output, and/or vibrotactile output to automatically recognize social cues from images captured by at least one camera and provide this information to the wearer via one or more outputs such as (but not limited to) displaying an image, displaying a holographic overlay, generating an audible signal, and/or generating a vibration.
US11089979B2
A glycated hemoglobin measurement device and method is disclosed. The device provides for measurement of glycated hemoglobin (A1c) without the need for blood sampling and the associated discomfort. The device uses a 400-540 nanometer light source and associated detection circuitry to convert light returned by the source into a waveform that is then processed into a patient specific value. The determined patient specific value is then multiplied by a calibration constant to yield a glycated hemoglobin (A1c) value which is then displayed or otherwise provided to the patient or a medical practitioner.
US11089972B2
A system and method for non-invasively monitoring intracranial pressure are provided. In some aspects, the method comprises acquiring diffuse correlation spectroscopy data at a temporal resolution greater than a pulsatile frequency of cerebral blood flow of a subject using one or more optical sensors placed about a subject, and determining a pulsatile cerebral blood flow using the acquired data, The method also includes correlating the determined pulsatile cerebral blood flow with physiological data acquired from the subject, and estimating an intracranial pressure based on the correlation. The method further includes generating a report indicative of the estimated intracranial pressure.
US11089968B2
A system can include a wearable device that obtains real-time physiological data and activity data from a user and transmits that data to another device. A computing device can receive the data and calculate a first HRV score for the user based on physiological data from first time period and a second HRV score for the user based physiological data from a second time period. The device can present the user with at least one of the first and second HRV scores. In one example, a graphical display is provided on a GUI that includes indicators for each day of the week. In response to a user selecting an indicator for a day of the week, the GUI can display an HRV score for the selected day, among other information.
US11089967B2
A fluid controller includes a piezoelectric pump, a valve, and a cuff. The valve includes a first valve housing, a diaphragm, and a second valve housing. The second valve housing has a second air hole, a third air hole, and a first valve seat. The second air hole connects to the internal space of the cuff. The third air hole connects to the outside of the fluid controller. The first valve seat is formed around the third air hole. Together, the second valve housing and the diaphragm form a first flow passage. The first flow passage connects the second air hole and the third air hole to each other. The second valve housing has a protruded portion protruding toward the diaphragm and providing a portion of the first flow passage. The shortest distance between the protruded portion and the diaphragm is less than the diameter of the third air hole.
US11089963B2
A patient monitoring system to help manage a patient that is at risk of falling is disclosed. The system includes a patient-worn wireless sensor that senses the patient's motion and wirelessly transmits information indicative of the sensed motion to a patient monitor. The patient monitor receives, stores, and processes the transmitted information to determine whether the patient has fallen or is about to fall. Upon such detection, the system can notify the patient's caretakers that the patient has fallen or is about to fall and therefore, is in need of immediate attention.
US11089962B2
A patient monitoring device includes a microphone, a speaker, a display, a processor, and a volume assessment module executable on the processor to operate the microphone to generate an audio environment recording of the audio environment surrounding the patient, determine an ambient noise level based on the audio environment recording, and control the speaker and/or display of the patient monitoring device based on the ambient noise level.
US11089960B2
A method for converting spectral CT datasets into electron density datasets with applications in the fields of medical image formation or radiation treatment planning. The method comprises a preparation method that fits free parameters of a generalized electron density prediction model based on obtained electron density values such as data on tissue substitutes, and a conversion method using the fitted parameter prediction model and spectrally decomposed CT data as first and second inputs, respectively. The method is particularly useful in dual-energy CT and more specifically in dual layer detector CT systems.
US11089956B2
An ophthalmologic apparatus is configured to control an optical scanner so as to perform a scan by measurement light in an intersecting direction which intersects a traveling direction of the measurement light, to specify a scan length based on a detection result of interference light corresponding to the scan, the detection result being acquired by an interference optical system, the scan length being a length of a scan range in the intersecting direction within a characteristic region in an anterior segment of the subject's eye, and to specify a movement amount of the subject's eye based on a reference value of the characteristic region and the scan length.
US11089943B2
In a mono-light emission mode, specific illumination light is emitted and a specific observation image obtained from the image pickup of an object to be observed illuminated with the specific illumination light is displayed on a monitor 18. In a multi-light emission mode, first illumination light and second illumination light are emitted while being switched according to a specific light emission pattern and a first observation image and a second observation image are displayed on the monitor 18 while being switched according to a specific display pattern. In a case where a designated condition set in advance by a user is satisfied, a mode is automatically switched to the mono-light emission mode from the multi-light emission mode.
US11089942B2
A portable endoscope includes: an operation portion; a video display device provided with a display portion and a device body; and a suction valve or a gas feeding adapter including a tube connecting portion provided on a fluid pipe sleeve. The body attaching portion of the device body is provided at a predetermined position positionally displaced from a central part of the device body; and the tube connecting portion is arranged along a back face of the device body and arranged in a display portion projection range projecting outward from the operation portion left side face viewed from the video display screen side.
US11089938B2
Disclosed is a dishwasher ejecting wash water containing microbubbles. The dishwasher according to an embodiment includes a tub accommodating dishes therein, a plurality of wash arms spraying wash water into the tub, a bubble nozzle ejecting wash water containing microbubbles to the bottom of the tub, a sump disposed below the bottom of the tub and collecting wash water therein, a wash pump pumping wash water collected in the sump, a channel-switching unit supplying wash water pumped by the wash pump to at least one of the plurality of wash arms, and a bubble module generating microbubbles in wash water pumped by the wash pump and supplying the wash water containing microbubbles to the bubble nozzle, and a controller operates the wash pump and controls the channel-switching unit and the bubble module to spray wash water through at least one of the plurality of wash arms and simultaneously to eject wash water through the bubble nozzle.
US11089931B2
A fan unit in which a structure of a fan and a driving source thereof is improved to realize stable and high-efficient fan driving, thereby obtaining a high suction force in a stick type electric cleaner. The fan unit installed in a stick type electric cleaner includes a first fan and a second fan disposed in a line on the same rotation axis and a driving motor configured to drive the first fan and the second fan. The second fan is configured to be rotated in a direction opposite of a direction in which the first fan is rotated.
US11089929B2
A dust collection box and a robot vacuum cleaner are disclosed. The dust collection box is used in the robot vacuum cleaner. The dust collection box includes a box body, a filter holder arranged in the box body, a dust separation structure configured to block dust, and a filter. The box body defines an air inlet and an air outlet. The filter holder defines an opening in a side surface thereof. The dust separation structure is arranged in the box body and located at an air inlet side of the opening. The filter is arranged to the filter holder and located at an air outlet side of the opening.
US11089917B2
A toiletry wiping device. The toiletry wiping device includes an elongated handle connected to a head having a pair of opposing jaws for clamping on objects positioned between the jaws. A sliding sleeve is mounted around the jaws that is configured to slide from one end of the jaws to the other end, causing the jaws to move towards and away from each other, respectfully. The head is pivotally connected to the elongated handle via hinge that allows a user to selectively adjust the relative angle of the head. In one embodiment, the handle includes a telescopic arrangement having one or more elongated sections that adjust the length of the handle. Further, one end of the jaws includes a high friction dry to prevent objects from accidentally slipping from between the jaws.
US11089911B1
Shower curtain liner assemblies include a shower curtain liner with a plurality of openings for hanging the shower curtain liner from a shower rod. A plurality of rigid members are included in the assembly. In implementations a plurality of couplers coupled with the shower curtain liner are configured to couple the rigid members to the liner in a vertical configuration so that a longest length of each rigid member is perpendicular to the shower rod when the shower curtain liner is hanging from the shower rod. In implementations the rigid members are permanently integrally formed in the shower curtain liner itself. In implementations each rigid member includes a first angled portion and a vertical portion below the first angled portion. In implementations a lowermost extremity of each rigid member abuts an outside surface of a tub. In implementations each rigid member includes an opening for hanging on a shower rod.
US11089908B2
An apparatus for obtaining personalized coffee blends includes a plurality of supply units each configured to supply a specific type of coffee bean to a collection container and each provided with at least a containing device in which the coffee beans of the specific type of coffee are contained. Each supply unit includes a first volumetric feed device and a second volumetric feed device.
US11089903B2
Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the cooking system being functional in a plurality of cooking modes. The cooking system includes a housing having a hollow chamber, and a cooking lid movable between an open position and a closed position relative to the housing. At least one heating element is associated with said lid. The cooking system is operable in a plurality of modes including a convective cooking mode and a pressure cooking mode. The cooking lid is configurable in the closed position when the cooking system is in both the convective cooking mode and the pressure cooking mode.
US11089902B2
Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the system including a housing defining a hollow chamber configured to receive a food container. The housing has an upper portion defining an opening in said hollow chamber. A first lid is connectable to the housing. When the first lid is connected to the housing, the first lid has a first position where the lid is in contact with said upper portion of the housing. A second lid is connectable to the housing. When the second lid is connected to the housing, the second lid is in contact with the upper portion of the housing. The first lid and the second lid are simultaneously contactable with the upper portion of the housing so that each of the first lid and the second lid are in contact with the upper portion of the housing.
US11089899B2
A drape has a longitudinal pocket on two or both sides of the drape, A stabilizer is placed within the pocket and extends the length of the pocket. The stabilizer is supported by a drapery support such as a rod or track in a manner which enables the panel to move along the drapery support from a closed, drawn position to an open, slacked position. The stabilizer is supported by the drapery support and is free to move within the pocket. The stabilizer prevents the drape from flaring at the bottom. A wand may be attached to the stabilizer or to a carrier or other assembly to which the stabilizer is attached.
US11089895B2
In the state of the art, numerous trays are known, so as to protect clothing from crumbs or droplets that fall down when eating a meal during a car ride or train ride. It is true that these trays catch everything, as desired, but for the remainder they are quite impractical, since the open tray with the droplets or crumbs stands in the car or train and must be cleaned before being stowed away or is actually only available as a disposable solution. Other solutions are too large to be conveniently stowed away after use. For this reason, a foldable tray is proposed, which can be folded up in sealed manner after use, into a compact unit, without the crumbs or droplets being able to exit from the unit. This is possible by means of division of a base plate having a connected apron, wherein the base plate consists of two parts that can be folded up, between which the apron can be laid.
US11089892B2
A cylindrical container comprising: a main body, to store a beverage or a solid material, having a top end and a bottom end; a plurality of side panels, attached to each other, to form an insulated cover around the main body; a bottom lid, having an exterior wall and an interior wall, wherein an outer surface of the interior wall comprises a bottom lid thread to be screwed onto the bottom end of the main body or a top end of the main body to fully enclose the cylindrical container; a standard lid, having an exterior wall and an interior wall, wherein an outer surface of the interior wall comprises an interior lid thread to be screwed onto an interior thread provided at the top end of the main body; and a vacuum seal lid, having a flat top portion and a ring portion, wherein the ring portion comprises an O-ring hole along a circumference of the ring portion for accepting an O-ring to create a vacuum seal.
US11089872B1
An interlocking slide rail set combined with a front cabinet lock includes the cabinet lock and plural interlocking slide rails. The cabinet lock is installed to a cabinet having plural drawers, and a rear end of the cabinet lock is connected to a driving portion. Each interlocking slide rail has an inner rail, a middle rail, an outer rail, plural slide assisting elements, a stopper, a pair of interlocking sliders and an interlocking rod, and the stopper is installed at a front end of the outer rail, and the two interlocking sliders are installed to the outer rails respectively, and two adjacent interlocking slide rail mechanisms are connected by the interlocking rod. During operation of using the cabinet lock or pulling any drawers, the interlocking sliders and the interlocking rods are linked to achieve an interlocking effect, thus simplifying or reducing components, facilitating installation, and lowering manufacturing costs.
US11089870B2
A storage assembly, such as a drawer assembly, for a storage system having an upright rail includes a frame having a first side edge disposed along a vertical axis. An accessory bracket is mounted to the first side edge at a first location, the accessory bracket including a mounting plate with plurality of hooks extending therefrom and arranged to engage the upright rail. A footer bracket is mounted to the first side edge at a second location spaced below the first location, the footer bracket including a base plate with a pin extending therefrom, the pin arranged to engage the upright rail to support the frame prior to engagement of the hooks with the upright rail during installation.
US11089868B1
A work table improvement for supporting and fabricating a solid surface is disclosed. The work table has a plurality of table rails, wherein each table rail has a rail top surface and a rail channel running along at least a portion of the rail length on the rail top surface. The table also includes a plurality of channel pucks comprised of a compressible material. Each channel puck has a puck top and a puck tongue, and the puck tongue further includes a necked region, a flared region, and a tapered region. The pucks are constructed to be installed into the rail channel in a direction that is substantially orthogonal to the rail top surface.
US11089865B2
A monitor mount includes an adjustable frame assembly and a height adjustment system, which has a drive assembly, a controller, and a sensor. The drive assembly is operatively connected to the frame assembly to control a viewing height of the monitor mount and the controller is communicatively coupled to the drive assembly to control the drive assembly. The sensor is in communication with the controller, which controls the drive assembly to adjust the viewing height of the monitor mount based on a signal received from the sensor.
US11089854B2
This invention is directed to a multi-functional replaceable panel assembly for a bag allowing a user to add a functionality to the bag and/or to vary its appearance. The multifunctional replaceable panel assembly comprising: (a) at least two rail profiles, each rail profile is attached to a bag and comprises at least one elongated strip that is made of at least one flexible material, wherein upon attachment of the elongated strip to the bag, a protruding rim is created at the interface between each one of the elongated strips and the bag, said protruding rims are positioned one toward the other to functionally allow inserting and holding of a replaceable panel below them; and (b) at least one replaceable panel having dimensions suitable to be inserted into the space created between said two protruding rims of the at least two rail profiles and the bag, wherein said replaceable panel is stably being held by the two protruding rims and provides the bag with additional functionality and/or a different appearance; wherein, the same or different panel are replaced by the user according to his need upon usage. This invention is further directed to a modular bag comprising a multifunctional replaceable panel assembly.
US11089853B2
To provide a technology capable of easily constructing a headphone stand in a coffee shop or the like. A bag includes a bag body including a front part and a rear part that face each other, an opening provided on an upper edge of the bag body, and a shape keeping part that prevents closing of the opening and keeps the bag body expanded.
US11089847B2
A device for attaching a bracelet or strap to a watch case includes a bar secured to the watch case by at least one horn and an insert integral with the end of the bracelet. The bar and the insert are complementary in order to cooperate by fitting one inside the other to form a removable assembly to make the bracelet interchangeable. The bar is formed by a cylindrical arbor having at least one flat portion. The flat portion cooperates by fitting with a housing made in the insert. The housing has a substantially rectangular opening for receiving the flat portion. The bar includes a control member for pivoting the bar from a first position A, in which the insert is positioned on the arbor, to a second position B, in which the insert is locked onto the bar.
US11089844B2
A buckle-type closing device including a first component and a second component that are associable with one another in a releasable manner, the first component including a chamber in which a magnet is housed and a support element, and the second component including a ferromagnetic locking element that is adapted to interact, in operation, with the magnet, the locking element being movable between a first released position and a second locking position in which the locking element is attracted by the magnet against the support element.
US11089842B2
An example buckle assembly includes a body and a latch. The body includes an integral whistle portion. The latch is configured to snapably mate with the body.
US11089841B2
A hand fixation band includes a fastening band, a sliding arm and a damping element. The fastening band has a main portion, and a connecting portion protruded outward from one end of the main portion. The connecting portion protrudes downward to form a first protruding rib. An inside of the first protruding rib has an accommodating space. The sliding arm is connected with the fastening band. A top surface of one end of the sliding arm has a buckling slot. The buckling slot is corresponding to and buckled with the first protruding rib. One end of the sliding arm opens a locating hole. A top surface of a peripheral wall of the locating hole surrounded by the buckling slot is defined as an accommodating surface. The damping element is disposed on the accommodating surface and is accommodated in the accommodating space.
US11089833B2
A helmet for protecting a head of a wearer, such as a hockey, lacrosse, football or other sports player. The helmet may have various features to protect the wearer's head against impacts, such as linear impacts and rotational impacts. For example, pads of the helmet may be movable relative to one another in response to an impact on the helmet. The helmet may comprise a frame comprising a plurality of frame members carrying respective ones of the pads and configured to move relative to one another in response to the impact to allow relative movement of the pads.
US11089822B2
A pairing device for securing to articles of clothing together includes a first fastener assembly, having a male buckle having a rigid protrusion extending from the male buckle; and a first band attached to the male buckle and to secure to a first of the articles of clothing; a second fastener assembly, having a female buckle with a flexible opening to receive the rigid male protrusion; and a second band attached to the female buckle and to secure to a second of the articles of clothing; the male buckle and female buckle are to secure together, thereby securing the first article of clothing to the second article of clothing.
US11089815B2
The present invention relates to a method for portion-packing of an oral pouched snuff product (1′, 1″). The method comprises a) supplying and advancing a tubular web (19, 19′, 19″) of packaging material enveloping a continuous feed (23, 23′, 23a″, 23b″) of filling material in a direction of travel (L), b) forming transverse seals (39) in the tubular web across the continuous feed of filling material by means of ultrasonic welding, the transverse seals extending in a transverse direction (T) being perpendicular to the direction of travel. The present invention further relates to an arrangement (17, 17′, 17″) for portion-packing of an oral pouched snuff product.
US11089806B2
The present invention provides a method of improving the taste of yeast cells including a step of reacting the yeast cells with protease or cellulase, and a quality improving material for food containing yeast cells as an active ingredient in which the taste is improved by the method of improving the taste.
US11089801B2
Countertop vacuum system, including a vacuum pump, suction device, the suction device including a pop-up arrangement, adapted for being mounted in an opening of the countertop, including a movable part and a stationary part, the stationary part having connecting means for mounting in the countertop opening and below a countertop working surface, the movable part being arranged for moving relative to the stationary part and for at least partially extending through the countertop opening, a suction hose, wherein the suction hose is connected to the vacuum pump. The suction hose is arranged extendable and retractable from an inner space of the movable part to the outside of the movable part. The system further has a suction adapter connected to the suction hose, wherein the suction adapter is provided with an interface for applying suction to a container.
US11089798B2
An ice cream manufacturing apparatus, an ice cream manufacturing method, and an ice cream drawing method. An apparatus for manufacturing ice cream includes: a dasher positioned in a cylinder and agitating a liquefied original ice cream liquid and air input into the sealed cylinder; a dasher motor rotating the dasher; a motor RPM control means controlling a frequency of the dasher motor; a dasher motor load measuring means measuring a load of the dasher motor; and a controller determining a rotational speed change time of the dasher motor based on the load measured by the dasher motor load measuring means and controlling the motor RPM control means so as to change the frequency of the dasher motor to a predetermined frequency when the change of the rotational speed of the dasher motor is determined.
US11089787B2
Described is a unit for forming short pasta comprising at least one pin rotatable in a first direction of rotation about a first axis of rotation and at least one roller rotatable in a second direction of rotation opposite the first direction of rotation about a second axis of rotation parallel to the first axis of rotation; the roller is movable along a first operating direction at right angles to the first and the second axes of rotation between a non-operating position and an operating position alongside the pin; the forming unit comprises a punch movable in another operating direction at right angles to the first operating direction, to the first axis of rotation and to the second axis of rotation between a retracted position and an extracted position for feeding a piece of sheet to the pin and to the roller.
US11089784B2
A composition for destroying microorganisms is used for destroying microflora (bacteria, protozoan fungi, etc.) in a sessile state (hereinafter, a biofilm). The composition can find its application in medicine, industry, agriculture and various technical fields for destroying biological films comprised of complex bacterial communities in an extracellular polymeric substance (an exopolymeric matrix), which form on different types of surfaces: biological, industrial, etc. The composition is pre-prepared by dissolving an oxidant and a buffer compound in a solvent. Once the composition has been prepared, it is applied to a biofilm on the surface of an object.
US11089782B2
A wiping composition and a wiping product containing the composition are disclosed. The wiping composition contains a combination of an antimicrobial agent with a preservative enhancing agent that not only provides antiseptic properties when applied to an adjacent surface, but also is well suited to preserving the substrate that is used to apply the composition. In particular, the composition has been unexpectedly found to inhibit or destroy bacteria, particularly Burkholderia cepacia, even when the active ingredients are used at extremely low levels.
US11089781B2
The present proposals relate to an insecticide or miticide composition which demonstrates low phytotoxicity even at relatively high concentrations combined with highly effective insecticidal and miticidal activity. The composition comprises: a fatty acid/amino acid salt, the fatty acid component comprising: one or more unsaturated fatty acids having from 14 to 22 carbon atoms; and one or more saturated fatty acids having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms; wherein the one or more saturated fatty acids having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms forms at least 15 wt. % of the fatty acid component, and wherein the weight ratio of (unsaturated fatty acids having from 14 to 22 carbon atoms) to (saturated fatty acids having from 8 to 18 carbon atoms) is at least 1. Uses of the compositions and methods of killing insects or mites using the compositions also form part of the proposals.
US11089773B2
A controller is operatively connected to a dispensing system and configured to change the dispensement of an agricultural input from the dispensing system in different predetermined locations within at least one predefined test plot in a management zone of an agricultural field. The predetermined locations have been randomized and replicated for quantifying the agronomic response in a statistically valid manner.
US11089757B1
A soybean cultivar designated 91450974 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 91450974, to the plants of soybean cultivar 91450974, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 91450974, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 91450974. 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 91450974. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 91450974, 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 91450974 with another soybean cultivar.
US11089754B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PEBH29 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PEBH29, cells from soybean variety 5PEBH29, plants of soybean 5PEBH29, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PEBH29. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PEBH29 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PEBH29, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PEBH29, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PEBH29. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PEBH29 are further provided.
US11089752B2
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated IAX3374, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line IAX3374 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line IAX3374, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line IAX3374, and plants produced according to these methods.
US11089740B2
A green wall system includes a plurality of potted plants positioned within respective pots to form a wall of vegetation. The pots can be mounted to a support element and plumbing and electrical utilities of the green wall system can be positioned within a utility column adjacent to the wall of vegetation. The utility column can span from a bottom of the green wall system to a top of the green wall system. A fluid reservoir and a pump to pump fluid from the reservoir to the potted plants can be positioned within the utility column.
US11089739B2
An air-root-pruning container for growing a plant and a unitary flat including a plurality of the containers. The air-root-pruning container includes a base and a sidewall upwardly extending from the base. The sidewall includes inwardly projecting ribs, each rib extending in an upward direction along the sidewall, and each rib having a first side and a second side. The sidewall further includes ledges extending from the first side of each rib, ledges extending from the second side of each rib, and holes through the sidewall, each hole being positioned adjacent a location where one of the ledges extends from one of the ribs. For each rib, each of the ledges extending from the first side of the rib extend from the rib at a location that is vertically offset from a location where each of the ledges extending from the second side of the rib extend from the rib.
US11089738B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining a growth status of a plant comprising chlorophyll, the method comprising the steps of: illuminating the plant (102) with input light including a light intensity modulation component (205, 206, 207, 208); detecting light emitted from the plant; determining (S702) an offset light intensity (204) surrounding the plant, the offset light intensity being a static component of the input light; determining (S718) a phase and a gain between the input light and the detected light, determining (S720) a growth status of the plant based on a predetermined relationship between input light and detected light, and on the phase and the gain. The invention also relates to a corresponding system and to a computer program product.
US11089737B2
A lighting fixture for facilitating plant growth and a light emitting component. The fixture includes a single light emission source LED device which provides at least two emission peaks in the wavelength range of 300-800 nm and at least one of the emission peaks has Full Width of Half Maximum (FWHM) at least 50 nm or higher. The emission peaks of the LED match well with a plant photosynthesis response spectrum and is therefore particularly suitable for high efficiency artificial lighting.
US11089734B2
A rectangular baler including a bale chamber having a plurality of walls including a movable wall section, an actuator for exerting a pressure on the movable wall section, a plunger for compressing crop material, and a control system configured to control the plunger to perform cyclic plunger strokes such that in each stroke the plunger force (F) exerted by the plunger on the crop material increases to reach a maximum plunger force (Fmax) to compress a newly inserted slice of crop material. The control system includes a first module to measure, at consecutive moments during a plunger stroke, a plurality of first values for the plunger force exerted by the plunger and/or for the pressure (Pd) in the actuator; and a control module to control at least one baling setting influencing the compressing of the crop material in the bale chamber as a function of the plurality of first values.
US11089729B2
A combine feeder assembly having conveyors and slats pivotally connected to the conveyors to rotate about respective slat pivot axes. Each slat has a paddle that is movable between a first position in which the paddle extends outside the travel path of the conveyor by a first distance, and a second position in which the paddle does not extend outside the travel path or extends outside the travel path by a second distance that is less than the first distance. A cam surface moves the slats to the first slat position along a delivery path of the conveyors. A first housing wall extends over the delivery path and is spaced from the travel path by at least the first distance. A second housing wall extends over a return path. The second housing wall is spaced from the travel path by less than the first distance.
US11089725B2
A grass trimmer includes a grass cutting head and a driving mechanism. The grass cutting head includes a head housing, a spool, and a clutch mechanism. The clutch mechanism is configured to implement power transmission between the head housing and the spool. The clutch mechanism includes an elastic member which is elastically deformable.
US11096318B2
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a noise suppression sheet that is capable of absorbing noise at a wide frequency range of from 10 MHz to 1 GHz. The present invention relates to a ferrite laminate formed by laminating a conductive layer comprising a conductive filler and a resin and a magnetic layer comprising ferrite; the conductive layer has a surface electrical resistance of of 100 to 5000 Ω/□; the ferrite is partitioned into small parts; and a real part of a magnetic permeability of the ferrite as measured at 10 MHz is 130 to 480, and an imaginary part of of the magnetic permeability of the ferrite as measured at 10 MHz is 30 to 440.
US11096316B1
Methods and systems for adjusting airflow to a set of datacenter electronic components can include receiving cooling requirement data for subsets of the components and temperature data associated with an air supply, determining local air supply set points for each subset of components based on the temperature data and parameters of the respective subsets of components, and adjusting local flow rates of air from the air supply to the subsets of components based on the local set points.
US11096315B2
A cooling system is provided which includes, for instance, a coolant supply manifold, a multifunction coolant manifold structure, and multiple cooling structures. The multifunction coolant manifold structure includes a coolant-commoning manifold and an auxiliary coolant reservoir above and in fluid communication with the coolant-commoning manifold. The multiple cooling structures are coupled in parallel fluid communication between the coolant supply and coolant-commoning manifolds to receive coolant from the supply, and exhaust coolant to the coolant-commoning manifold. The coolant-commoning manifold is sized to slow therein a flow rate of coolant exhausting from the multiple cooling structures to allow gas within the exhausting coolant to escape the coolant within the coolant-commoning manifold. The escaping gas rises to the auxiliary coolant reservoir and is replaced within the coolant-commoning manifold by coolant from the auxiliary coolant reservoir.
US11096310B2
A support rail fastener for detachably fastening a component to a support rail includes: a mounting plate, the mounting plate having at least one attachment element and a guide; a first spring element; and a slider, the slider being displaceable on the guide, the first spring element being brought into a preloaded position by moving the slider on the guide. On the guide and on the slide latching elements are respectively provided which, when the first spring element is preloaded the latching elements are brought into engagement with each other such that the slider engages in a latching position. The support rail fastener in an initial position in which the slider is in the latching position and in which the mounting plate is placed on the support rail by the attachment element is movable along the support rail.
US11096306B1
The disclosure provides including a casing, a mother board, a hard disk drive module, a fan module, and an expansion module. The casing has a hard disk drive accommodation area, a fan accommodation area, and a motherboard accommodation area located between the hard disk drive accommodation area and the fan accommodation area. The motherboard is disposed in the motherboard accommodation area. The hard disk drive module includes hard disk drives. The fan module includes fans. The expansion module is selectively disposed in the hard disk drive accommodation area with the hard disk drives, or disposed in the fan accommodation area with the fans.
US11096303B2
An alternating current/direct current input device includes an appliance input socket and an information and communications technology (ICT) device. The ICT device is powered by the appliance input socket. The appliance input socket includes a ground contact, a positive electrode contact, a negative electrode contact, and a signal switch. A contact depth of the signal switch in the appliance input socket is less than a contact depth of the positive electrode contact or the negative electrode contact in the appliance input socket. The signal switch is configured to generate a control signal when a direct current connector is separated from the appliance input socket. The control signal can be used to enable the ICT device to disconnect the appliance input socket from a conductive electrode of the direct current connector after the ICT device enters a no load state.
US11096297B2
A housing for electronic components within a vehicle, the housing comprising: a main compartment adapted to house one or more electronic components; and a venting arrangement to allow a gas flow path between an interior of the main compartment and the exterior of the main compartment, wherein the venting arrangement comprises: a shield portion positioned on the exterior of the main compartment and defining a flow pathway having first and second apertures at respective first and second ends thereof, at which the flow pathway is in communication with the atmosphere; and a communication passage extending between the interior of the main compartment and the flow pathway, and joining the flow pathway at a position between the first and second ends thereof, wherein the communication passage meets the flow pathway at a point which is nearer to the first end than the second end.
US11096290B2
The present invention is notably directed to a printed circuit board, or PCB. This PCB has two main surfaces, each delimited by lateral edges, as well as lateral surfaces, each meeting each of the two main surfaces at one lateral edge. The present PCB further comprises a row of solder pads, which extends along a lateral edge of the PCB. Each solder pad is formed directly at the lateral edge and/or directly on a lateral surface (meeting one of the two main surfaces at said lateral edge). I.e., each pad interrupts a lateral edge and/or an adjoining lateral surface. One or more chips, e.g., memory chips, can be mounted on such a PCB to form an IC package. The above solder pad arrangement allows particularly dense arrangements of IC packages to be obtained. The present invention is further directed to related devices and methods of fabrication thereof.
US11096278B2
A ceramic circuit board includes a ceramic substrate and metal layers provided to both surfaces of the ceramic substrate and containing Al and/or Cu, wherein a measurement value α1 of a linear thermal expansion coefficient at 25° C. to 150° C. is 5×10−6 to 9×10−6/K, a ratio α1/α2 of the α1 to a theoretical value α2 of the linear thermal expansion coefficient at 25° C. to 150° C. is 0.7 to 0.95, and at least one of the metal layers forms a metal circuit.
US11096268B2
A motor electronics unit includes a printed circuit board having a first side and a second side with electronic components connected to the printed circuit board. An electrical conductor is connected to the printed circuit board. A heat sink is connected to the printed circuit board. A pre-molded electrical connector shroud has a portion of the electrical conductor positioned within the electrical connector shroud. A housing has an endcap, both co-molded in a low pressure injection molding process of a thermally conductive polymeric material. The endcap encapsulates the printed circuit board including the electronic components connected to the printed circuit board and covers a first portion of the heat sink, with a second portion of the heat sink uncovered by the polymeric material of the endcap to permit heat transfer away from the printed circuit board. The endcap also encapsulates a portion of the electrical connector shroud.
US11096260B2
The disclosed technology relates to a lighting system that utilizes an ambient light sensor to detect at least one of a color temperature and intensity of ambient light to set or adjust at least one of an intensity and color temperature of light to be emitted by a plurality of LEDs. The plurality of LEDs include RGB+WW LEDs.
US11096244B2
Techniques, apparatus and methods are disclosed that enable non-adaptive Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) retransmission using SPS resources. Non-adaptive HARQ retransmission can be enabled in a configured Uplink (UL) resource (such as SPS resources). As it may not be beneficial to allow non-adaptive HARQ retransmission on SPS resources for all kinds of traffic, options for proper configuration can be provided either by network signaling or by predefined configurations. For example, embodiments are described to enable non-adaptive retransmission using SPS resources: Always allow non-adaptive retransmission on configured UL grants; Allow non-adaptive retransmission on configured UL grants only for certain predefined conditions; Allow non-adaptive HARQ retransmissions when there is no data in the UL buffer for new transmission; Enable non-adaptive retransmissions using a configurable boolean parameter; Enable non-adaptive retransmissions using a configurable threshold parameter; and Enable non-adaptive retransmissions using a configuration sent using a system information broadcast.
US11096241B2
The layer processing includes at least processing on a first, a second and a third layer. At the transmitter side, the third layer receives a packet, adds its header and forwards the packet to the second layer. The second layer performs segmentation and provides segmented data to the first layer, which maps the segmented data onto physical resources. The segmentation is based on the allocated resources. Retransmissions may take place on the third layer and thus, the third layer may re-segment the packet according to the received feedback for particular segments and provide the re-segmented data to the lower layers. Alternatively, the feedback information is provided to the second layer which then performs the segmentation by taking it into account. Correspondingly, the receiver performs re-ordering and re-assembly at the third layer for which it receives also control information from the second layer.
US11096236B2
A base station causes a radio terminal to transition to a specific state. The specific state is a state in which signaling for the radio terminal is suppressed compare to an RRC connected state while a connection for the radio terminal is maintained between the base station and a core network. The base station transmits to an entity of the core network, an identifier identifying the radio terminal and a first RRC transition notification indicting that the radio terminal transitions from the RRC connected state to the specific state. The base station causes the radio terminal to transition from the specific state to the RRC connected state. The base station transmits to the entity, a second RRC transition notification indicting that the radio terminal transitions from the specific state to the RRC connected state.
US11096231B1
A method and system to help control connectivity of a UE served with dual connectivity by a master node and a plurality of secondary nodes. An intermediary that is disposed between a core-network gateway system and the secondary nodes tracks data flow between the gateway system and the secondary nodes and provides the master node with a data-flow report, which the master node could use as a basis to trigger release of the UE's RRC connection, and/or to control addition or removal of one or more secondary nodes for the UE's dual-connectivity service.
US11096226B2
Internet of Things (IoT) system and method of interfacing arbitrary non-network connected devices to wireless computer networks. The invention provides a configurable wireless communications module, in either fixed or removable formats, with wireless (e.g. WiFi) network connectivity. The invention uses at least one internal processor, which is configured to operate as a sandbox or virtual machine manner to isolate the code used to operate the arbitrary non-network connected device from the code used to operate the communications module.
US11096221B2
According to certain embodiments, a method is disclosed for use in a network node. The method comprises receiving a random access preamble from a wireless device, scheduling a grant of a first uplink transmission opportunity and a second uplink transmission opportunity, and sending a random access response to the wireless device. The random access response indicates information associated with the grant of the first uplink transmission opportunity and the second uplink transmission opportunity. The method further comprises receiving data from the wireless device via the first uplink transmission opportunity or the second uplink transmission opportunity.
US11096216B2
A UE in a wireless communication system is provided. The UE comprises at least one processor configured to identify a DTTC including at least one of a first periodicity, a duration of a first transmission window, or a first timing offset of the first transmission window, wherein the DTTC is identified for the DSCH or RLM in a serving cell, and identify a DMTC including at least one of a second periodicity, a duration of a second transmission window, or a second timing offset of the second transmission window, wherein the DMTC is identified for RRM measurement based on the DSCH. The UE further comprises a transceiver operably connected to the processor, the transceiver configured to receive, from a BS, at least one DSCH from a set of DSCH over unlicensed downlink channels based on the identified DTTC, wherein the received at least one DSCH includes a SS/PBCH block.
US11096194B2
Embodiments of the present application relate to a method for allocating a resource to a logical channel, a terminal device and a network device. The method includes: receiving a first signaling sent by network device; determining a target PBR according to the first signaling; and determining a solution for allocating a granted resource to the logical channel according to the target PBR. According to the method for allocating the resource to the logical channel, the terminal device, and the network device in the embodiments of the present application, the terminal device determines the target PBR of the logical channel according to the signaling sent by the network device, so that the terminal device may allocate the granted resource to the logical channel according to the target PBR.
US11096188B1
The disclosure herein describes transmitting data from a satellite using a primary ground station and a set of secondary ground stations. An orbit of the satellite is determined over a schedule period and a subset of secondary ground stations is identified based on the determined orbit of the satellite, wherein secondary ground stations are configured to receive from the satellite and not transmit to the satellite. A transmission schedule associated with the satellite is then generated. For each secondary ground station of the subset, a time interval during which the satellite is within communication range is determined, an expected transmission rate is estimated, and the time interval and the expected transmission rate are included in the transmission schedule. The transmission schedule is provided to the satellite via the primary ground station, whereby the satellite is configured to transmit data to the subset of ground stations based on the transmission schedule.
US11096187B2
A wireless communication method and system, and a device: A first network device determines m first signals, a first spatial resource corresponding to each first signal, and a resource set to which each first spatial resource belongs, and sends a first signal on each corresponding first spatial resource; a second network device determines a response signal according to at least one received first signal, a first spatial resource corresponding to a first signal, and a resource set to which each first spatial resource belongs, and sends the response signal to the first network device; and the first network device sends a second signal to the second network device on k second spatial resources according to the received response signal. The embodiments of the present invention are used for wireless communication.
US11096186B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to determine a priority indicator for an upcoming transmission between the UE and a base station and transmit the priority indicator to the base station. The base station may receive the priority indicator, determine a network condition, and may transmit control information for a downlink transmission. The control information may include an indication of a set of modulation and coding schemes to select from a plurality of sets of modulation and coding schemes and an index value for an entry in the selected set of modulation and coding scheme, where the indication is based on the priority indicator and a network condition. The UE may identify a combination of a modulation order and a code rate for the downlink transmission based on the indication of modulation and coding scheme table and the index value.
US11096180B2
According to certain embodiments, a user equipment, UE, is operable for multiple sub-carrier spacing values. The UE comprises memory operable to store instructions and processing circuitry operable to execute the instructions, whereby the UE is operable to determine one of a plurality of time-domain resource allocation tables based on first information received from a network node. The first information comprises a Radio Network Temporary Identifier, RNTI. The UE is operable to determine a time-domain resource allocated to the UE for transmission or reception of a wireless signal based on the determined one of the plurality of time-domain resource allocation tables and second information received from the network node. The second information comprises a time-domain resource allocation field value received in downlink control information, DCI. The UE is further operable to transmit or receive the wireless signal using the determined time-domain resource.
US11096178B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may identify a capability of the UE to support concurrent transmissions on a maximum number of channels, and may report the capability to a base station. The UE may identify that the UE 115 is scheduled to concurrently transmit on a scheduled number of channels. In some cases, the scheduled number of channels may exceed the maximum number of channels supported for concurrent transmissions by the UE. In some cases, the UE may then transmit one or more concurrent transmissions to the base station, the one or more concurrent transmissions being less than or equal to the maximum number of channels supported for concurrent transmission by the UE.
US11096165B2
There is provided a signaling method for use in an advanced wireless communication network (100) that supports a first duplex mode, a second duplex mode different to the first duplex mode, and carrier aggregation of the first second duplex modes. This method includes configuring a UE (104-106) for data communication with the network (100) through a first access node (101) as a PCell, on the first duplex mode and with a first transmission mode (TM) including one or more transport blocks (TBs). This method also includes configuring the UE (104-106) for data communication with the network (100) through a second access node (103) as a SCell, on the second duplex mode and with a second TM including one or more TBs. The second TM associated with the second access node (103) is configured independently of the first TM associated with the first access node (101).
US11096163B2
A method by which a terminal receives a downlink control channel in a wireless communication system is disclosed. Particularly, the method monitors candidate physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) composed of control channel elements (CCEs), the number of which corresponds to an aggregation level, so as to receive a PDCCH, wherein CCEs for candidate PDCCHs of a higher aggregation level include all of the CCEs for candidate PDCCHs of a lower aggregation level, and the CCEs for candidate PDCCHs of the lower aggregation level included in each of the candidate PDCCHs of the higher aggregation level can be determined using a matrix on the basis of the magnitude of the higher aggregation level and the number of the candidate PDCCHs of the higher aggregation level.
US11096156B2
A uplink information sending method is provided, including: sending, by a base station, at least one of first transmission indication information of first uplink information and second transmission indication information to user equipment UE, where the first transmission indication information includes a subframe and/or a carrier on which the base station instructs the UE to send the first uplink information; and the first transmission indication information and/or the second transmission indication information are/is used to indicate UE behavior when a collision occurs. The uplink information sending method provided in the present invention is used to mitigate impact of a carrier collision on processing efficiency of the UE.
US11096145B2
Disclosed in the present application are a paging method and a base station. In the technical solution of the present application, the base station receives a paging message sent by a MME, the paging message carrying auxiliary information, the auxiliary information being used for indicating a paging range and/or paging times, and the paging range comprising a cell and/or base station recommended to a target terminal of the paging message; and the base station sends the paging message according to the auxiliary information.
US11096138B2
Method for handling synchronization of a wireless device (130). The first network node (111) and the wireless device (130) operate in a wireless communications network (100). The first network node (111) determines (202) whether or not the wireless device (130) requires synchronization, during a first time period, with a second network node (112) serving the wireless device (130). The determining (202) is based on a prediction of at least one of: a) data communication between the wireless device (130) and the second network node (112) during the first time period, and b) the wireless device (130) lacking synchronization during the first time period. The first network node (111) initiates (203), based on a result of the determination, a synchronization procedure of the wireless device (130) during a second time period. The second time period precedes the first time period, so that the synchronization procedure is completed prior to the first time period.
US11096135B2
A method of timeslot-wise detection of at least one radio signal in a cellular radio network. A radio signal is received via at least one first radio antenna and at least one second radio antenna. The radio signal received by the respective radio antennas is forwarded to at least one first radio receiver assigned to the first radio antenna and to at least one second radio receiver assigned to the second radio antenna. The radio signal forwarded is evaluated. The radio receivers are synchronized with a preconfigured frame structure. At least one identical time slot is selected out of the frame structure Timing information of the selected time slot is provided from the first radio receiver to the second radio receiver, from the second radio receiver to the first radio receiver and/or from the respective radio receiver to a central unit for calculating a time difference of arrival. Further, a device for timeslot-wise detection is described.
US11096134B2
A method for calculating a channel busy level (CBL) by a user equipment in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises monitoring a plurality of synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) blocks within a predetermined window; calculating the CBL by counting dropped SS/PBCH blocks among the plurality of SSBs; configuring parameters for a specific procedure based on the calculated CBL; and performing the specific procedure by using the configured parameters.
US11096118B2
The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). A method of a base station is provided. The method includes transmitting configuration information on a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second BWP to a terminal, generating first downlink control information (DCI) for the second BWP such that a size of first DCI for the second BWP corresponds to a size of second DCI for the first BWP, and transmitting the first DCI for the second BWP on a control region of the first BWP.
US11096112B2
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device for setting up a network of an external device by using a voice input and a method for operating the same. An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a network interface; a wireless communication circuit configured to provide at least one wireless network; a processor operatively connected to the network interface and to the wireless communication circuit; and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory is configured to store a selected SSID and at least one piece of user account information. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive the selected SSID from a first external device comprising a speaker and a microphone through the wireless communication circuit; to receive first device information of the first external device from the first external device through the wireless communication circuit; to connect the first external device to the wireless network at least temporarily; to transmit the first device information and the user account information to an external server through the network interface; to receive first data including information regarding a setup utterance related to the user account information from the external server through the network interface; and to transmit at least a part of the first data to the first external device through the wireless communication circuit. Various other embodiments are also possible.
US11096107B2
A method is disclosed for a network node of a cellular communication network adapted for application of an uplink triggered cell handover functionality. The uplink triggered cell handover functionality may comprise initiating a handover when it is determined that an uplink channel performance metric relating to a serving cell falls on a first side of (e.g. is lower than) an uplink handover threshold. The method comprises dynamically restricting application of the uplink triggered cell handover functionality based on whether a restriction criterion is met or not. The restriction criterion is based on at least one of a resource cost of the uplink triggered cell handover functionality and a performance gain of the uplink triggered cell handover functionality. For example, the method may comprise, when the UL triggered cell handover functionality is enabled, disabling the UL triggered cell handover functionality if a disabling criterion is met and, when the UL triggered cell handover functionality is disabled, enabling the UL triggered cell handover functionality if an enabling criterion is met. In some embodiments, restricting application of the uplink triggered cell handover functionality may comprise restricting the application for all wireless communication devices served by the network node. In some embodiments, restricting application of the uplink triggered cell handover functionality may comprise restricting the application for at least one specific wireless communication device served by the network node. Corresponding arrangement, network node and computer program product are also disclosed.
US11096094B1
A mechanism to help control connectivity of a user equipment device (UE). When the UE is served by a master node (MN) that does not support VOP service, the MN will cause the UE to not have a secondary connection with a secondary node (SN) that would engage in control-plane signaling with the UE via the UE's master connection with the MN. For instance, in that situation, the MN could avoid setting up the secondary connection for the UE in the first place. Or if the secondary connection exists already, the MN could tear down that secondary connection. By causing the secondary connection to not exist, the mechanism may help to avoid problems with operation of the secondary connection as a result of the UE tuning away to facilitate voice service.
US11096090B2
A system for network load balancing includes multiple access points (AP), multiple entertainment devices and a DHCP server. Each AP is connected to one entertainment devices and the DHCP server, each entertainment device includes a DNS server and a web server, and all DNS servers store and parse the same domain names. When the AP receives an access request of a wireless terminal, the DHCP server designates a DNS server in an entertainment device connected to the AP as a DNS server for the wireless terminal. When the AP receives a domain name parsing request of the wireless terminal, the designated DNS server parses the domain name into an IP address of a web server in the entertainment device including the DNS server. When the AP receives a web access request of the wireless terminal, the designated web server responds to the web access request via the AP.
US11096084B2
The present disclosure mainly relates to improvements for the buffer status reporting and the logical channel prioritization procedures performed in the UE, in scenarios where the UE is in dual connectivity and the PDCP layer of the UE is shared in the uplink for MeNB and SeNB. According to the present disclosure, a ratio is introduced according to which the buffer values for the PDCP are split in the UE between the SeNB and the MeNB according to said ratio.
US11096083B2
A method for performing, by a relay user equipment (UE), a buffer status reporting (BSR) procedure in a wireless communication system is discussed. The method includes receiving data to be relayed from a remote UE via sidelink; trigger a BSR or a sidelink BSR for the data to be relayed; and transmit the BSR or the sidelink BSR to a network.
US11096079B2
This disclosure relates to performing cell measurements using configured reference signals while in an inactive state in a cellular communication system. A wireless device may receive an indication of reference signal resources configured for use by the wireless device in the inactive state from a cellular base station that provides a serving cell to the wireless device. The reference signal resources may include channel state information reference signal resources that are aligned in time and/or frequency with a control resource set provided for a wakeup occasion of the wireless device while in the inactive state. The wireless device may perform cell measurements using the indicated reference signal resources while in the inactive state.
US11096074B2
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) are provided, which 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. An uplink transmission method is provided, which can increase an uplink coverage through improvement of reception reliability of uplink control information and data information.
US11096070B2
A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to select a base station; obtain one or more metric values for user equipment (UE) devices attached to the selected base station; and determine usage categories for at least some of the UE devices attached to the selected base station, wherein a usage category identifies a combination of a data type, a movement type, and a user type associated with a particular UE device. The processor may be further configured to execute the instructions to classify the obtained one or more metric values based on the determined usage categories; select one or more optimization actions for the selected base station based on the classified one or more metric values; and instruct the selected base station to perform the selected one or more optimization actions.
US11096065B2
Embodiments of the invention describe a novel solution to enhance network service to devices with limited or no connectivity. Embodiments include network-aware nodes deployed by an end-user or operator which are configured by a network to achieve enhanced coverage, enhanced throughput, enhanced battery life, and mitigation of cell boundary experiences, etc. Embodiments provide these benefits to a specified or non-specified set of user equipment (e.g., neighboring user equipment). The service expansion terminal can be an available user equipment that is idle and that has been volunteered, assigned, or is a dedicated node with limited user interface and designed for carrying out enhanced coverage, enhanced throughput, enhanced battery life, and the mitigation of cell boundary experiences, etc. Embodiments may therefore provide low-cost, flexible deployment, and mobility thereby enabling boundaryless service.
US11096057B2
A communication control device for a host vehicle including a plurality of host vehicle communication devices each including a different communication object, the communication control device including: an unauthorized state detector to detect an unauthorized state occurring from communication using an unauthorized host vehicle communication device out of the plurality of host vehicle communication devices; and a communication controller to execute control for transmitting host vehicle unauthorized state information related to the unauthorized state by using at least one normal host vehicle communication device out of the plurality of host vehicle communication devices excluding the unauthorized host vehicle communication device when the unauthorized state is detected.
US11096055B2
Various embodiments are disclosed for a services policy communication system and method. In some embodiments, a communications device stores a set of device credentials for activating the communications device for a service on a network; and sends an access request to the network, the access request including the set of device credentials.
US11096049B2
The present invention provides a method for enabling a wearable device connected to a user equipment device to be identified and authenticated within a mobile communications network, the method comprising attaching both the user equipment device and the wearable device to the mobile communications network by means of a single registration request communicated by the user equipment device to the mobile communications network.
US11096046B2
Methods by which User Plane (UP) management information is exchanged between an Application Function (AF) supporting one or more applications and a Slice Management Function (SMF) configured to manage traffic flows in a given slice of the network. The exchange of UP management information may be initiated from either the AF or the SMF. In the case of AF-initiated information exchange, the UP management information provided by the AF may comprise traffic requirements of applications supported by the AF. In the case of SMF-initiated information exchange, the UP management information provided by the SM may comprise operator policy information or events, and the AF may respond with information of traffic requirements of applications supported by the AF.
US11096045B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for flexible, security context management during AMF changes. One aspect of the disclosure is a mechanism for achieving backward security during AMF changes in idle mode. Instead of passing the current NAS key to the target AMF, the source AMF derives a new NAS key, provides the new NAS key to the target AMF, along with a key change indication indicating that the NAS key has changed. The target AMF sends the key change indication to the user equipment.
US11096032B2
A method is disclosed, comprising: sending position information reflecting a current position of a base station to a coordinating server; receiving a warning request message from an operator core network containing an emergency area; calculating a geographic area corresponding to an emergency tracking area by translating the emergency area from a set of base stations to the geographic area; determining whether the base station may be outside of a threshold distance from the geographic boundary of the emergency tracking area; and sending the warning request message when the base station may be within the threshold distance from the geographic boundary of the emergency tracking area.
US11096028B2
Methods and systems for a frame structure for machine-type communications (MTC) with adjustable pulse bandwidth are described. In an embodiment, the frame structure is an uplink frame structure that illustrates a representation of a plurality of coverage levels. The coverage levels are associated with a coverage range of a base station. Each coverage level is associated with corresponding sub-frames, and each sub-frame within a coverage level has the same sub-frame length and bandwidth.
US11096024B2
Systems and methods of (remotely) controlling aspects of pools and spas and of modifying water contained therein are detailed. Internet-enabled access to pool and spa controllers may happen without any need for users to create firewall ports or utilize static internet protocol addresses. Certain networking devices may be configured using a USB connection or SD card, avoiding any requirement for an Ethernet cable or supplying separate power to the devices during configuration. Other devices may be configured wirelessly, without need of any USB connection or SD card. Time-varying data may be obtained in respect of one or more installations and analyzed for various information.
US11096019B2
Methods and systems are described wherein an initiating device sends a communication requesting a voice call session with a recipient device. In response, the initiating device receives a communication indicating that the initiating device can provide a text message instead of establishing the voice call session. In some cases, the communication may refuse the request voice call session, while in other cases the communication may simply indicate that the recipient device supports text messaging as an alternative to voice mail. As a result of the received communication, the initiating device outputs a text input prompt. After receiving text input in response to the prompt, the initiating device sends a text message containing the received text input.
US11096016B2
Method and apparatus for a user equipment (UE) operating in a serving cell is disclosed. The serving cell does not broadcast system information for broadcast or multicast. The UE transmits an interest indication for broadcast or multicast to the serving cell. The interest indication for broadcast or multicast includes at least some information associated with a broadcast or multicast service of interest. The UE receives the system information for broadcast or multicast from the serving cell after transmitting the interest indication for broadcast or multicast.
US11096011B1
A floor device generates output data indicative of the presence of objects, such as feet of users, on the floor device. The output data from the floor device is processed to determine an object representation at a given time. The object representation may then be associated with a user identifier based on characteristics or features of the object representation. If a location of a user associated with the user identifier is determined to be near a fixture that stores one or more items, changes in quantity of items at the fixture may be associated with the user. For example, sensors on the fixture may generate fixture data indicative of a pick or place of items on the fixture. Based on the location of the user being near the fixture and the fixture data, interaction data may be generated indicating the user interacting with the items at the fixture.
US11096010B2
An electronic device includes a communication interface configured to receive a call from another electronic device, a sensor to sense a motion speed of the electronic device, and a processor configured to provide, to a server, a status of the electronic device based on the motion speed for notifying the another electronic device of the status, determine a type of the call according to an input received from the another electronic device after providing the status, and control to provide a notification related to the call in the electronic device based on the type of the call.
US11096003B2
A determining method that makes it possible to determine a phase filter for a system that generates vibrations and that includes a first transducer for converting a first electrical signal and a second transducer for converting a second electrical signal. The method includes: performing, for at least one perception position, of a plurality of spectral measurements of a characteristic parameter of the vibrations generated in this perception position as a function of the frequency, each spectral measurement being done for a respective phase shift value between the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal; and determining a phase filter from spectral measurements done, by selecting, for each frequency, a phase shift value from among the phase shift values used to perform the spectral measurements.
US11096000B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing a signal, which are used for effectively reproducing a multimedia signal, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for processing a signal, which are used for implementing filtering for multimedia signal having a plurality of subbands with a low calculation amount. To this end, provided are a method for processing a multimedia signal including: receiving a multimedia signal having a plurality of subbands; receiving at least one proto-type filter coefficients for filtering each subband signal of the multimedia signal; converting the proto-type filter coefficients into a plurality of subband filter coefficients; truncating each subband filter coefficients based on filter order information obtained by at least partially using characteristic information extracted from the corresponding subband filter coefficients, the length of at least one truncated subband filter coefficients being different from the length of truncated subband filter coefficients of another subband; and filtering the multimedia signal by using the truncated subband filter coefficients corresponding to each subband signal and an apparatus for processing a multimedia signal using the same.
US11095998B2
An acoustic apparatus includes an anchored diaphragm that is actuated by mechanical energy and a transduction material that is disposed in the anchored diaphragm that generates the mechanical energy that actuates the anchored diaphragm. The acoustic apparatus further includes an extendable diaphragm that is actuated when the anchored diaphragm is actuated and a plurality of damping holes that are disposed about the extendable diaphragm and that allow the extendable diaphragm to actuate in a vertical direction.
US11095991B2
A method for evaluating hearing of a user comprising: generating a baseline hearing profile for the user comprising a set of gain values based on a volume setting, each gain value in the set of gain values corresponding to a frequency band in a set of frequency bands; accessing a soundbite comprising a phrase characterized by a frequency spectrum predominantly within one frequency band; playing the soundbite amplified by a first gain in the frequency band; playing the soundbite amplified by a second gain in the frequency band; receiving a preference input representing a preference of the user from amongst the soundbite amplified by the first gain and the soundbite amplified by the second; and modifying a gain value, corresponding to the frequency band, in the baseline hearing profile based on the preference input to generate a refined hearing profile compensating for hearing deficiency of the user.
US11095985B2
An example apparatus includes: a first earpiece to be positioned proximate a first ear of a user and including: a first microphone to transduce ambient sound external to the first earpiece into a first ambient audio signal, the ambient sound including sound indicative of a potential danger; and a first speaker to transduce a first input audio signal into music and the first ambient audio signal into the sound indicative of the potential danger; and a second earpiece to be positioned proximate a second ear of the user and including: a second microphone to transduce the ambient sound external to the second earpiece into a second ambient audio signal, the ambient sound including the sound indicative of the potential danger; and a second speaker to transduce a second input audio signal into the music and the second ambient audio signal into the sound indicative of the potential danger.
US11095984B2
A display device includes a display panel including a substrate and a pixel array layer disposed on a first surface of the substrate; a first sound generator disposed on a second surface of the substrate, which is opposite to the first surface of the substrate, the first sound generator being configured to vibrate the display panel in accordance with a first sound signal to output first sound; and a second sound generator disposed on the second surface of the substrate, the second sound generator configured to vibrate the display panel in accordance with a second sound signal to output second sound, wherein the first sound includes both sound in a low-frequency range and sound in a high-frequency range, which is higher than the low-frequency range, and the second sound includes sound in the high-frequency range.
US11095982B2
A speaker apparatus includes a first wireless communicator connected with a first source apparatus to receive a first audio signal from the first source apparatus or connected with an external speaker apparatus to transmit the first audio signal to the external speaker apparatus; a second wireless communicator configured to be connected with a second source apparatus to receive a second audio signal from the second source apparatus; and a controller configured to control the first wireless communicator and the second wireless communicator. The controller controls the first wireless communicator to switch from a reception mode to a transmission mode to transmit the second audio signal to the external speaker apparatus in response to the second wireless communicator being connected with the second source apparatus.
US11095969B2
Disclosed is an earphone including an internal duct. The earphone includes a housing, a cover coupled to the housing and including a nozzle, and a speaker unit disposed in the cover. Here, the housing and the cover include, in common, a first space portion disposed in front of the speaker unit and a second space portion disposed in the rear of the speaker unit and partitioned from the first space portion. The speaker unit includes a yoke, a magnet fixed to the yoke, a plate disposed on a top surface of the magnet, a voice coil, a diaphragm disposed above the plate and to which the voice coil is fixed, a frame disposed outside the magnet, a first grill coupled to the frame and disposed above the diaphragm, and a second grill coupled to the frame and disposed on a front surface of the diaphragm and outside the frame.
US11095957B2
Method and apparatus for publishing information, and method and apparatus for processing information
Embodiments of a method and apparatus for publishing information and a method and apparatus for processing information are provided. An embodiment of the method for publishing information can comprise: receiving a request for publishing a video playing application, the request for publishing including configuration information of the video playing application; applying a preset video interactive template to the video playing application, the video interactive template including a processing logic relating to a video; and publishing, based on the configuration information, the video playing application applied with the video interactive template. According to some embodiments, by applying the preset video interactive template, a developer may complete the development and the publishing of the video playing application without paying attention to the processing logic of the video, thereby effectively reducing the development costs.
US11095944B2
In one aspect, a method includes (i) accessing, by a computing system, broadcast-schedule data associated with a channel; (ii) using, by the computing system, the accessed broadcast-schedule data to identify an upcoming content-modification opportunity on the channel; (iii) determining, by the computing system, that a content-presentation device is receiving content on the channel; (iv) determining, by the computing system, a content-transmission delay associated with the content-presentation device and the channel; and (v) causing, by the computing system, the content-presentation device to perform an action to facilitate the content-presentation device performing, during a time-period that accounts for the determined content-transmission delay, a content-modification operation related to the identified upcoming content-modification opportunity on the channel.
US11095937B2
A method is described for secure video processing. The method comprises storing an encrypted video stream (1) in a public stream buffer (2) in public memory accessible by a central processing unit (4) and allocating a private stream buffer (6) at a buffer location in private memory which is accessible by a decryption unit (10), wherein the private memory is not accessible for the central processing unit (4). The method then comprises decrypting the encrypted video stream (1) in the public stream buffer (2) to the private stream buffer (6) at the allocated buffer location (8) in private memory as an associated decrypted video stream (5); appending the allocated buffer location (8) to the public stream buffer (2); and configuring a video decoder unit (12) to read the decrypted video stream (5) from the private stream buffer (6) at the buffer location (8) for further processing.
US11095934B2
A receiving device of the present disclosure includes: a first processor that (i) receives a broadcast signal obtained by modulating multiplexed data including at least first multiplexed data in a first multiplexing format, out of the first multiplexed data and second multiplexed data in a second multiplexing format different from the first multiplexing format, (ii) demodulates the broadcast signal received, and (iii) outputs the multiplexed data obtained as a result of the demodulation; and a converter that (i) converts, into the second multiplexing format, a multiplexing format of the first multiplexed data included in the multiplexed data that has been output, and (ii) outputs converted data obtained as a result of the conversion.
US11095931B2
A control device is provided. The control device includes a first communication interface unit which transmits a control command in a first communication mode which uses a bi-directional wireless communication, a second communication interface unit which transmits a control command in a second communication mode which uses a unidirectional wireless communication, a state determination unit which determines a communication mode of the control device, a user interface unit which displays a user interface window which corresponds to a determined communication mode and receives the control command with respect to a broadcast receiver and a control unit which transmits the received control command according to the determined communication mode.
US11095930B2
Methods, systems, and media for indicating viewership of a video are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: identifying a video; identifying a first group of users; determining an affinity score for each user with the identified video; receiving a request to present a page that includes a representation of the video; identifying a second group of users connected to the first user associated with the user device; determining a viewership status of each user in the second group of users corresponding to the video; identifying a subset of users in the second group of users based at least in part on the viewership status; and causing groups of indicators to be presented on the user device, wherein each indicator in the groups of indicators represents the viewership status of the user, and wherein the indicators are presented on the requested page in connection with the representation of the video.
US11095925B2
A resolution improvement system includes a server, for performing, in response to a user device side request, a service for transmitting requested video data to a user device. A universal neural network file required for operation of an artificial neural network algorithm for improving the resolution of image information on the basis of the retained video data is generated, and the low-quality video data in which the generated universal neural network file and the resolution are changed to less than or equal to a preset level is transmitted to the user device. A user device performs a calculation operation on the basis of an artificial neural network algorithm that applies the received universal neural network file to the low quality video data received from the server, improving the resolution of the low quality video data according to the calculation operation, and playing back the video data with improved resolution.
US11095915B2
An example video coding system may determine a first coding mode for a first block of video data of a plurality of blocks of video data in a processing area. The video coding system may compare a characteristic of the processing area to a threshold. The video coding system may determine whether to enable or disable use of a second coding mode for the remainder of the plurality of blocks of video data in the processing area based on the comparison. The video coding system may code the first block based on the first coding mode and code at least one block of the remainder of the plurality of blocks of video data based on the comparison.
US11095914B2
Provided are methods and devices for encoding and decoding using parameter sets, and electronic equipment. In the method for encoding, an encoder determines parameter sets and/or virtual parameter sets for a slice, wherein the virtual parameter set is a data structure which is generated by loading information acquired from a bitstream into a syntax structure of an existing parameter set and/or a preset syntax structure and includes tool parameters and/or control parameters; and the encoder writes identification number (ID) (s) of the parameter sets and/or virtual parameter sets into a bitstream. Using the method, encoding and decoding efficiency is improved.
US11095902B2
A method for image coding, an electronic device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: an object region is acquired from a reference image; a pixel block forming the reference image is acquired, and multiple sets of coded data for the pixel are obtained by coding the pixel block in multiple coding modes respectively, each set corresponding to a respective one of the multiple coding modes; a cost parameter of the pixel block is determined based on a relative position relationship between the pixel block and the object region; a coding cost in each of the multiple coding modes for the pixel block, is obtained according to the cost parameter of the pixel block and the coded data in the coding mode; and a set of coded data corresponding to the coding mode with a lowest coding cost is determined as target coded data for the pixel block.
US11095887B2
Disclosed are an encoding device and a decoding device, which include a CNN-based in-loop filter. The encoding device according to one embodiment comprises: a filtering unit for generating filtering information by filtering a residual image corresponding to a difference between an original image and a prediction image; an inverse filtering unit for generating inverse filtering information by inversely filtering the filtering information; a prediction unit for generating the prediction image on the basis of the original image and reconstruction information; a CNN-based in-loop filter for receiving the inverse filtering information and the prediction image so as to output the reconstruction information; and an encoding unit for performing encoding on the basis of the filtering information and information of the prediction image.
US11095876B2
Provided is an image processing device configured to compress first image data. The image processing device includes an encoding circuit configured to compress the first image data into second image data including prediction data and residual data, compress the second image data into third image data by performing entropy encoding on the second image data, generate a header representing a compression ratio of the third image data, and store the third image data along with the header in a memory device as compressed first image data.
US11095875B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for testing communication with a device. A multimedia receiver may be communicatively coupled to a media device, such as a source media device. The multimedia receiver may transmit a test command to control the source media device using a communication protocol. A video frame output by the source media device may be obtained. Based at least on the video frame, it may be determined whether the source media device received the test command. In response to a determination that the source media device received the test command, an indication may be stored that the source media device may be controlled using the communication protocol.
US11095868B1
Vision systems and methods for acquiring an image of an image scene and/or measuring a three-dimensional location of an object are disclosed. The vision systems can include a single image sensor, a first optical path, and a second optical path. The first optical path can be selectively transmissive of a first light, the second optical path can be selectively transmissive of a second light, and the first and second light can have a different distinguishing characteristic.
US11095867B1
Systems and methods are provided that involve processing video to identify a plurality of people in the video; obtaining a plurality of gaze part affinity fields (PAFs) and torso PAFs from the identified plurality of people; determining orthogonal vectors from first vectors derived from the torso PAFs; determining an intersection between second vectors derived from the gaze PAFs and the orthogonal vectors; and changing a viewpoint of the video based on the intersection.
US11095855B2
Examples are disclosed that relate to computing devices, head-mounted display devices and methods for remote collaborations. In one example a computing device receives a first spatial mapping of a first environment and a second spatial mapping of a second environment. The computing device determines that a first volumetric space in the first environment and a second volumetric space in the second environment each satisfy at least one collaboration criterion. Based on this determination, an indication of the first volumetric space is displayed by a first display device in the first environment, and an indication of the second volumetric space is displayed by a second display device in the second environment.
US11095851B2
An electronic device and an operation method of the electronic device according to various embodiments may include; a communication module comprising communication circuitry configured to transmit and/or receive data using a call channel established via a call connection to an external electronic device; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to control the electronic device to: transmit a call connection request message to establish a call channel between an external electronic device and the electronic device; receive a response message from the external electronic device; based on capability information of the external electronic device related to the call connection and included in the response message, determine whether to pre-process a content transmitted via the call connection using a transmission filter configured to change a quality of the content; transmit, to the external electronic device, a call connection confirmation message indicating whether to pre-process the content; and control the communication module to complete establishing of the call channel, wherein the connection request message includes capability information of the electronic device related to the filter.
US11095845B2
A system control unit consecutively images a subject by driving based on a global shutter method, divides captured image data obtained by the imaging into a plurality of areas, and each time each area is generated, compares the generated area with the same area as the area in the captured image data generated by the imaging performed before the imaging, and detects a moving object from the area based on a result of the comparison. Based on a change in position of the detected moving object, the system control unit predicts a timing at which a trigger range TR set in the captured image overlaps with the moving object, and performs automatic imaging in a frame period that includes the timing.
US11095838B2
An electronic device includes an image capturing device and a processor electrically connected with the image capturing device, wherein the processor is configured to obtain a first portion of a video at a first capturing speed during a first period using the image capturing device, control a first notification to indicate obtaining a second portion of the video at a set second capturing speed when the second capturing speed is set as a speed of capturing the video based on a result of analyzing the first obtained portion, and obtain the second portion at the second capturing speed during a second period following the first period using the image capturing device.
US11095836B2
An image sensor includes a pixel array with rows and columns of pixels. Each row of the pixel array has a first end that is opposite a second end of each row of the pixel array. Control circuitry is coupled to the first end of each row of the pixel array to provide control signals to each row of the pixel array from the first end of each row of the pixel array. Far end driver circuitry coupled to the second end of each row of the pixel array to selectively further drive from the second end of each row of the pixel array the control signals provided by the control circuitry from the first end of each row of the pixel array. The control circuitry is further coupled to provide far end control signals to the far end driver circuitry.
US11095830B2
An image-capturing device includes: an image sensor that includes an imagecapturing area where an image of a subject is captured; a setting unit that sets imagecapturing conditions to be applied to the image-capturing area; a selection unit that selects pixels to be used for interpolation from pixels present in the image-capturing area; and a generation unit that generates an image of the subject captured in the image-capturing area with signals generated through interpolation executed by using signals output from the pixels selected by the selection unit, wherein: the selection unit makes a change in selection of at least some of the pixels to be selected depending upon the image-capturing conditions set by the setting unit.
US11095828B2
A video signal conversion device includes a front end interface, a rear end interface, a video detector and a video processor. The front end interface is coupled to a video source to receive an input signal. The rear end interface is coupled to a video receiver. The video detector determines whether the input signal corresponds to HDR imaging format. The video detector generates a conversion command in response to the input signal corresponding to HDR imaging format. The video processor is coupled to the front end interface, the rear end interface and the video detector. When the video processor receives the conversion command, the video processor converts the input signal into an output signal with SDR imaging format. The video processor sends the output signal to the video receiver via the rear end interface.
US11095827B2
An in-vehicle camera system including a far camera and a near camera, both of which capture an image ahead of a vehicle, includes a determining unit configured to, during travel of the vehicle, determine whether an illumination of an image captured by the far camera is abnormal as a result of an illumination change ahead of the vehicle, and an aperture control unit configured to, when the determining unit determines that the illumination of the image captured by the far camera is abnormal, execute aperture control over the near camera.
US11095816B2
The present disclosure relates to an image pickup element, an image pickup method, and an electronic device that achieve a better image stabilization effect. A pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in an array outputs a plurality of frames by EIS imaging that continuously performs short-time exposure imaging at high speed. Then, the exposure control unit determines whether or not a blur of the pixel array unit exceeds a prescribed value on the basis of blur information indicating a physical blur in a case where the pixel array unit is shaken, and causes the pixel array unit to perform EIS imaging until it is determined that the blur of the pixel array unit exceeds the prescribed value. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor having an electronic image stabilization function.
US11095806B2
A display control apparatus, comprises: a focus detection unit configured to detect, based on an image signal obtainable from an image sensor, a focus state and reliability of the image signal; and a display control unit configured to display in a display unit, when focus adjustment is performed by a manual operation, an index that indicates the focus state that was detected by the focus detection unit, wherein the display control unit changes a display format of the index according to the reliability.
US11095805B2
When a first or a second operation is performed on an operation unit included in a lens apparatus, a memory stores a first or a second state of a focus lens unit detected by an operation detection unit when the first or the second operation is performed. When the first or the second operation is performed on the operation unit after the memory stores the first or the second state, a focus driving unit puts a state of the focus lens unit into the first or the second state.
US11095803B2
A surveillance method using a POS apparatus includes receiving, by a point-of-sale (POS) apparatus, transaction information from a user, transmitting, by the POS apparatus, the transaction information to a camera management apparatus, transmitting, by the camera management apparatus, the transaction information to a camera, capturing, by the camera, an image of a surveillance region corresponding to the transaction information based on receiving the transaction information from the camera management apparatus, transmitting, by the camera, the captured image to the camera management apparatus, and storing, by the camera management apparatus, the image transmitted by the camera and the transaction information, respectively, in a storage.
US11095799B2
There is provided an optical engine for a navigation device including a first light source, a second light source, a lens, a barrier structure and an image sensor. The barrier structure has a first space for containing the first light source, a second space for containing the lens and a third space for containing the second light source and the image sensor. The reflected light associated with the first light source propagates to the image sensor via the lens in the second space. The reflected light associated with the second light source propagates to the image sensor via the third space without passing through the lens in the second space.
US11095795B2
A printing apparatus of the present invention has a printer unit, a display unit for displaying a screen, and a setting unit for setting either of a first setting for displaying the screen by standard color information and a second setting for displaying the screen by color information different to the standard color information. If the second setting is set, the color information of the screen displayed by the display unit is changed, and if a code image to be read by an external apparatus is included in the screen displayed by the display unit, the code image is made to not be displayed in a state in which color information of the code image is changed even if the second setting is set.
US11095788B2
A document size detection device includes: a light source that irradiates a document placed on placing means with scanning light via the placing means; a reading unit that receives reflection light from the document via the placing means to acquire image data of the document; and circuitry to set an illumination depth of the scanning light at a size detection time when the size is detected, shallower than an illumination depth of the scanning light at an image reading time when an image of the document is read, and detects, at the size detection time, the size based on a difference between first image data acquired in a state in which the scanning light is switched off and second image data acquired in a state in which the scanning light is switched on.
US11095778B2
An image forming apparatus which is capable of analyzing a failure of an IC that has a high degree of independence and in which no recording area can be added to an internal memory. The image forming apparatus has a controller equipped with a storage device. Execution results of a plurality of event processes for events relating to the controller are recorded in the storage device. What is recorded in the storage device is output from the controller. A scope of what is recorded in the storage device is specified.
US11095747B2
Provided is a procedure for receiving response information in response to a request message in an M2M system. Such a procedure may include transmitting a request message; determining a response type parameter corresponding to the request message; and receiving response information according to the response type parameter, wherein one of blocking, synchronous non-blocking (nonBlockingRequestSynch) and asynchronous non-blocking (nonBlockingRequestAsynch) is set as the response type parameter.
US11095740B2
Aspects described herein relate a computer system detecting an unusual activity event from activity data and sending a two-way notification message to a wireless device when a user has opt-in for a mobile application. The two-way push notification message is received at a wireless device and notification information is displayed at the wireless device outside the mobile application. The user selects one of the displayed action buttons to indicate whether the unusual activity event is valid or invalid. When a response to the computer system indicates that the unusual activity is valid, the computer system clears the inquiry and sends a subsequent push notification message to the wireless device informing the user. When the response indicates that the unusual activity is invalid, the computer system and the wireless device may establish an interaction through the mobile application in order to resolve the unusual activity event.
US11095737B2
An apparatus is capable of sharing information through a presence service in a communication network and capable of providing presence information of a Mobile Station (MS). The apparatus extracts at least one of application information and contents indication information from an application in execution. Presence information is generated that includes at least one of the application information and the contents indication information, and transmitting the presence information to a presence server.
US11095734B2
A set of learner data associated with a learner is received. The set of learner data includes at least a real-time data stream, e.g., derived from instrumentation, in a social network enabled digital learning environment. Based on the set of learner data, at least one learning improvement strategy is determined for improving the learner's learning capability. Atomic level mentorship activities are generated. Each atomic level mentorship activity is targeted with a specific skill and knowledge item and having an estimated duration period. At least one mentorship is identified from at least one social network platform. An initial incentive structure comprising at least an amount of payment and payment modality is created. The atomic level mentorship activities with the initial incentive structure are presented.
US11095733B2
Provided is a process to detect a web-browser address bar in a UI layout based on communications with an accessibility application program interface (API) of an operating system and detect navigation events in the same via the accessibility API.
US11095722B2
A system for modifying electronic records for tracking use is provided. The system comprises a controller configured for transforming an electronic record, the controller comprising a memory device with computer-readable program code stored thereon, a communication device connected to a network, and a processing device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the computer-readable program code to: receive a request from a user device to access an electronic record during an interaction session; extract a session identifier signature for the interaction session; generate, with a transformation function, one or more modifications for the electronic record based on the session identifier signature; transform the electronic record to a modified record by applying the one or more modifications to the electronic record; and provide the modified record to the user device.
US11095713B2
An edge computing system comprises: a cloud computing system; an edge processing function; a connection between the edge processing function and the cloud computing system; a backend server within the cloud computing system. An assessment module is configured to receive information about processing goals, and processing capabilities of the backend server and the edge processing function. The assessment module derives a set of possible interfaces and corresponding functionality splits defining a division of processing activity between the backend server and the edge processing function. Based on a received measurement of bandwidth and/or of latency on the connection, the assessment module selects an interface and corresponding functionality split, and downloads them to the edge processing function and the backend server.
US11095701B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for providing an adaptive streaming service and, more particularly, to a method for providing an adaptive streaming service, and a device therefor, the method being capable of adaptively changing the quality of a streaming service and providing the same by considering a service quality processing state in a terminal using the streaming service.
US11095696B2
A social network is provided. The social network of the present invention may prompt a user to create a “moment”. The moment of the present invention may include at least a time and a location of a place that the user is currently located, was located in the past, or will be located in the future. The moment may be stored on a database. Multiple users may create accounts and create a plurality of moments. All of the moments of the users may be stored on the database. The present invention may include a search box so that third party users may search for other third party user's moments. A user may enter in search criteria and may be presented with a plurality of moments based on the inputted search criteria.
US11095695B2
A transmission of a representation of an endpoint is disclosed. A performance of a source media is detected in a transmission of the representation of the endpoint. The detected performance of the source media is replaced with the source media in the image during transmission.
US11095681B2
An emergency answering center and a method of handling a distributed denial of service attack on an emergency answering center are provided. The emergency answering center receives an emergency call from a current caller. The emergency answering center determines websites visited by the current caller prior to calling the emergency answering center. If the number of calls received at the emergency answering center within a predetermined time period exceeds a predetermined threshold, the emergency answering center compares the websites visited by the current caller prior to calling the emergency answering center to a list of websites visited by other callers within the predetermined time period. If the websites visited by the current caller match at least a subset of the list of websites visited by other callers within the predetermined time period, the emergency answering center processes the emergency call in an alternate manner that is different from the regular manner of processing emergency calls.
US11095674B2
This application discloses a distributed denial of service attack detection method. The method includes: obtaining a data stream sent to a protection object device in each detection period, obtaining total duration of each data stream; dividing each data stream into a long data stream or a short data stream based on the total duration of each data stream; adding, based on a detection period through which the long data stream goes, total data traffic of the long data stream to statistical traffic; adding data traffic of a short data stream in each detection period to the data traffic, of the long data stream, that is added to a corresponding detection period, to determine statistical traffic in each detection period; and if there is a detection period in which the statistical traffic exceeds a preset traffic threshold, determining that the protection object device undergoes a DDoS attack in the detection period.
US11095669B2
A data recorder stores endpoint activity on an ongoing basis as sequences of events that causally relate computer objects such as processes and files. When a security event is detected, an event graph may be generated based on these causal relationships among the computing objects. For a root cause analysis, the event graph may be traversed in a reverse order from the point of an identified security event (e.g., a malware detection event) to preceding computing objects, while applying one or more cause identification rules to identify a root cause of the security event. Once a root cause is identified, the event graph may be traversed forward from the root cause to identify other computing objects that are potentially compromised by the root cause.
US11095661B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for enforcing data sovereignty policies in a cloud environment are provided. An example method can include sending, by a cloud provider, to a government entity associated with a geographic area, a request for device certificates for nodes located within the geographic area; receiving device certificates for the nodes; creating a data sovereignty policy specifying that data associated with the government entity must be stored on nodes located within the geographic area; based on the device certificates, verifying those of the nodes that comply with the data sovereignty policy; and storing the data associated with the government entity on those of the nodes verified to comply with the data sovereignty policy.
US11095660B2
Methods, systems, and devices of an encryption key distribution system. The encryption key distribution system includes a first computing device, a second computing device and a third computing device. The first computing device includes a memory configured to store a first distributed ledger. The first computing device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to provide the first distributed ledger to the second computing device when the distance is less than a threshold distance. The electronic control unit is configured to receive a second distributed ledger from the second computing device. The electronic control unit is configured to verify the second computing device using the second distributed ledger. The electronic control unit is configured to receive an encryption key from the third computing device after the second computing device has been verified.
US11095654B2
An approach is provided that enhances computer system security. In the approach, a set of users is authorized to be notified when any of a selected set of activities occurs on the user's account. When the system detects that one of the activities has occurred on the account, a notification is sent to the set of authorized users. The set of users may individually send a responsive security response to protect the user's account. Responsive to receiving the security response from one of the set of users, a security action is performed that is anticipated to protect the user's account.
US11095651B2
A communication apparatus that transfers received data stores a whitelist to manage an allowed object that is allowed to perform communications via the communication apparatus, comprises: a transfer unit that performs transfer control on the received data based on the whitelist; and a control unit that analyzes behavior related to communications performed by the allowed object. The control unit being configured to calculate a monitoring parameter that indicates the behavior related to the communications performed by the allowed object, and detect the allowed object where an abnormality occurred based on the monitoring parameter.
US11095649B2
A system for enabling secure bidirectional communications on a network is provided, wherein a first server having a first security rating is connected to a second server having a second security rating by a first data channel configured to establish one-way communication from the first server to the second server. A second data channel incorporating a third server is configured to establish one-way communication from the second server back to the first server. The third server has a power switch that controls third server on and off states. The second data channel is enabled when the power switch is turned on. The third server arbitrates the flow of message traffic from the second server back to the first server by applying an on-board security module's encoded set of rules to determine whether the message is permitted to proceed to the first server.
US11095648B2
Various techniques for implementing computer dashboards as cloud-based services are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a dashboard file at a server via a computer network, the dashboard file identifying a dashboard having one or more graphical user interface elements individually configured to display and dynamically update data associated with a cloud-based service. The dashboard file further contains metadata indicating a cloud-based subscription. The method also includes associating the received dashboard file with the cloud-based subscription, identifying one or more entities allowed to access the dashboard based on the cloud-based subscription, and displaying, via the computer network, the dashboard identified by the dashboard file to the one or more entities upon verification of the cloud-based subscription.
US11095644B2
A cloud-based service monitoring device includes a criteria database and an exceptions database. The criteria database includes predefined configuration criteria corresponding to approved operating parameters of each cloud-based service being monitored. The exceptions database includes predefined configuration exceptions such that, for a given instance, each configuration exception corresponds to a different instance-specific criteria than the associated configuration criteria for the cloud-based service. The monitoring device extracts configuration settings from instances of the cloud-based service and compares the settings to the configuration criteria of the cloud-based service. If a suspect setting is identified that does not satisfy the configuration criteria at the service level, the monitoring device compares the suspect setting to instance-specific criteria. If the setting does not satisfy both the configuration criteria and the instance-specific criteria, an alert message may be transmitted to an administrator's device.
US11095640B1
A system and method provide automatic access to applications or data. A portable physical device, referred to herein as a Personal Digital Key or “PDK”, stores one or more profiles in memory, including a biometric profile acquired in a secure trusted process and uniquely associated with a user that is authorized to use and associated with the PDK. The PDK wirelessly transmits identification information including a unique PDK identification number, the biometric profile and a profile over a secure wireless channel to a reader. A computing device is coupled to the reader. An auto login server is coupled to the reader and the computing device and launches one or more applications associated with a user name identified by the received profile.
US11095639B2
Methods, systems, and media for authenticating users using biometric signatures are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving, from a user device, an indication that the user device is to be connected to a communication network; in response to receiving the indication, causing a user interface to be presented on the user device that receives a username corresponding to a user of the user device; receiving, from the user device, a biometric sample corresponding to the user of the user device; determining whether the biometric sample matches a stored biometric sample associated with the username; and in response to determining that the biometric sample matches the stored biometric sample associated with the user name, causing the user device to be connected to the communication network.
US11095631B1
Systems and methods for account access/identity verification based on access to a third party account. In various embodiments, the disclosed system facilitates access to a particular account via verification of the identity of the accessing user through control of a third party account. That is, in one embodiment, the system allows a user to access an account if the user can prove that he/she also has access to another account (e.g., via providing a code to the system that was transmitted to the other account).
US11095629B2
Retrieving access data for blockchain networks using highly available trusted execution environments
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for retrieving data from external data sources for processing within a blockchain network. One of the methods includes receiving a request for data that includes encrypted data, the encrypted data including access data that is encrypted using a service public key of a key management node; selecting a relay system node from a plurality of relay system nodes that share a service private key of the key management node; transmitting the request to the relay system node; receiving a response provided from the relay system node, the response including result data and a digital signature, wherein the digital signature is generated based on the result data and the service private key of the key management node; and transmitting the response to a client.
US11095623B2
Systems and methods for secure messaging and automation are disclosed herein. An example method includes providing, by an application server layer, a user-facing application that accesses a data retention system and a predictive analytics system through a web services layer, the user-facing application being secured through use of a security token cached on a web browser that provides the user-facing application, establishing a security protocol or security token utilized between the application server layer and the web services layer that is different from the security token cached on the web browser; and performing asynchronous processing based on user interaction with a goal-based planning application that processes data from a plurality of user accounts.
US11095616B2
Improved virtualized application performance is provided through disabling of unnecessary functions, such as unnecessary encryption and decryption operations. An example method performed by a hypervisor includes the steps of obtaining a request from a first virtual machine to perform one or more of encrypting and decrypting of a communication between the first virtual machine and a second virtual machine; determining when the first and second virtual machines execute on a same host as the hypervisor; and in response to the first and second virtual machines executing on the same host: processing the communication without performing the one or more of encrypting and decrypting of the communication, wherein the hypervisor initiates an encryption of further communications between the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine in response to at least one of the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine being moved from the same host.
US11095615B2
Decoding a partially encrypted data stream may include receiving and scanning the partially encrypted data stream. Scanning the partially encrypted data stream may include identifying an encrypted portion sentinel in the partially encrypted data stream subsequent to a first portion, identifying an encrypted portion in the partially encrypted data stream subsequent to the encrypted portion sentinel, and generating a decrypted data portion by decrypting the encrypted portion. Decrypting the encrypted portion may include identifying an encrypted data portion in the encrypted portion, the encrypted data portion omitting an end encrypted portion sentinel, decrypting the encrypted data portion, and identifying an end encrypted portion sentinel in the encrypted portion subsequent to the encrypted data portion. Decoding the partially encrypted data stream may include including the decrypted data portion in the decrypted output data stream, and outputting the decrypted output data stream to a client device in the second network domain.
US11095613B2
A system of smart edge sensors, wherein security and encryption is pushed to the edge of the network. In one example, an electronic device includes several sensors. The device is operated by a microprocessor. A plurality of smart edge devices are each interposed between a respective sensor and the microprocessor and intercepts communication between the sensor and the microprocessor. The smart edge device encrypt any data output by the sensor, and decrypt any data received from the microprocessor. In one example the smart edge device is implemented as a system on a chip (SoC).
US11095604B1
A computer-implemented method, computer-readable medium, and an apparatus operable to perform the method is provided for managing multiple provisioned domain name system (“DNS”) registry objects. The method can include receiving, at a DNS registry, a multiple domain extensible provisioning protocol (“EPP”) command from a registrar on behalf of a registrant to perform an action for each provisioned DNS registry object of the multiple provisioned DNS registry objects; comparing the action with one or more allowable actions in a policy maintained by the registry; determining, by a processor, that the action is allowable based on the comparing; and performing, based on the determining, the action on each of the provisioned DNS registry objects in one transaction.
US11095602B2
A method of streaming media content over a network from a media cache node is described. The method includes receiving a request for a media content item from a client device, the request comprising an address identifying a media content item to be streamed. In response to the request, a streaming engine process is allocated to the media content item for fulfilling the request. Based on the address identifying the media content item, a location comprising a media cache node able to provide the media content item is determined and the media content item is streamed to the client device using the streaming engine process allocated to the media content item. Further methods of streaming a media content item and providing access to media content are also described.
US11095597B2
This document describes techniques for predicting spread of content across social networks. In various embodiments, user interactions with content posted to a social network are accessed during a first stage. The accessed user interactions are applied to a prediction model to predict future user interactions with the content during one or more subsequent stages.
US11095592B2
An apparatus and a method for providing a messenger service in an electronic device are provided. In the method, the messenger service with at least one counterpart electronic device is provided. First application setting information is determined during the messenger service. The first application setting information is transmitted to the at least one counterpart electronic device through the messenger service.
US11095587B2
Various embodiments may be generally directed to techniques for handling messages in laboratory informatics, such as managing and viewing messages associated with a project that utilizes multiple laboratory data devices and/or applications, for instance. In many embodiments, managing the messages may include storage and retrieval of messages, creating and maintaining audit trails, as well as providing alerts based on the messages. In several embodiments, viewing the messages may include filtering and searching messages. Some embodiments may be particularly directed to managing and viewing messages associated with data devices used in conjunction with liquid chromatography and/or mass spectrometry.
US11095585B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage medium, to facilitate interception of messages that include offensive content. In one aspect, a method includes actions of receiving input on a user device that includes message content, determining, on the user device, whether the message content includes offensive content, and in response to determining, on the user device, that the message content includes offensive content, generating an alert message for display on the user device that provides an indication that the message includes offensive content.
US11095584B2
Techniques are described for generating content to be shared between users. For example, user interfaces are described that include features and/or mode controls for generating content to be shared between users. Additionally, the described techniques include determining content shared between users (e.g., previously distributed content) based on a selection of a second user account, and generating customized content which may be specific to an event that includes the shared content.
US11095581B2
According to an aspect, a system includes a messaging platform configured to facilitate an exchange of messages between user accounts of the messaging platform, and a client application configured to communicate with the messaging platform. The messaging platform is configured to store a UI process flow relating to the on-boarding process, where the UI process flow defines a flow logic for a plurality of nodes representing tasks to be executed by the client application, and each node is defined by one or more generic UI components and configuration data that configures the generic UI components to render UI objects on a user interface of the client application. The messaging platform is configured to modify one or more of the tasks or the flow logic to change at least one aspect of the on-boarding process without requiring the client application to implement a software update.
US11095578B2
For a chat bot, first intent data is provided, including a first instance of sample utterances in a first natural language and intents corresponding to the respective sample utterances. The sample utterances are translated by a computer system to a second natural language as a second instance of the sample utterances. The sample utterances of the second instance are translated by a computer system back to the first natural language as a third instance of the sample utterances. Second intent data is provided including the third instance of the sample utterances and the corresponding intents. An intent classifier of the chat bot is trained to identify respective intents of real time utterances, wherein the identifying is responsive to the intent classifier receiving the real time utterances from a user when the chat bot is in an operating mode and the training includes training the intent classifier on the first and second intent data.
US11095576B2
A secure document creation and distribution system, method and computer product for generating customized documents to be delivered to third parties either in printed or electronic format. The system provides the separation of a document presentation and its contents for reuse, variable data publishing and multiple presentations embedded within the same document for delivery over different channels. The system provides multiple templates, content management, business rules, dynamic merge and process control to permit information to be collected from the generating entity or Client-user and merged into multiple documents, campaigns and communications to third parties in multiple formats, according to the Client-user's specification and directions.
US11095575B2
Described herein are systems, devices, and methods for front end configurations that support bi-directional communication for cellular and wireless local area network signals. The configurations include an antenna triplexer, a first multiplexer, and a second multiplexer. A first filter of the triplexer is coupled to a signal port of the first multiplexer, a second filter of the triplexer is coupled to a first signal port of the second multiplexer, and a third filter of the triplexer is coupled to a second signal port of the second multiplexer. The first multiplexer processes cellular frequency bands and the second multiplexer processes cellular frequency bands and wireless local area network signals. Each frequency band includes a duplexer to enable bi-directional communication.
US11095572B1
Systems and methods for providing cloud-based applications access to resources local to user devices
Systems and methods which facilitate access to computing resources by cloud-based applications are described. Embodiments enable cloud-based applications to provide output to and/or obtain input from computing resources, such as printers, scales, scanners, and storage devices, for performing various functions. In operation according to embodiments, a user agent client application is executed by computing equipment in communication with a computing resource to which access is to be provided to one or more cloud-based applications. Although embodiments implement a user interface client application which is separate from a user agent client application, tight integration between a user interface client application and user agent client application may be provided. Embodiments not only facilitate operation whereby a cloud-based application is enabled to provide output to and/or obtain input from computing resources, but also facilitate remote and/or shared client interaction with such computing resources.
US11095570B2
The described technology is generally directed towards automatically scaling segments of a stream of data. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components, and a processor that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a predictor that can predict a future communication load of a stream of data provided by a stream provider device, the stream comprising segments of a size. The computer executable components can further comprise a size changer that can receive an indication that a present communication load of the stream of data has transitioned a threshold, and change the size of a segment of the segments based on the indication and the future communication load of the stream of data.
US11095559B1
A user plane function (UPF) for use in a mobile network may receive an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) data packet which includes a segment routing header and a payload containing user plane (UP) traffic data associated with a user equipment (UE). The segment routing header may indicate a list of segment identifiers comprising IPv6 addresses. Each first address portion of an IPv6 address may indicate a location of a corresponding UPF in a set of UPFs which define a forwarding path of the IPv6 data packet in the mobile network. Each second address portion of an IPv6 address may indicate one or more rules, actions, or parameters (e.g. forwarding action rules, buffering action rules, etc.) to be applied to the IPv6 data packet at the corresponding UPF in the set of UPFs indicated by the first address portion that is associated with the second address portion.
US11095553B2
A method, an apparatus and a system for controlling routing information advertising are provided, which relate to the field of communications and are used for reducing the configuration complexity and reinforcing the operability. The method includes: receiving, by a control device, first routing information sent by a first forwarding device; wherein the first routing information includes an identifier of the first forwarding device; determining a first routing path according to the identifier of the first forwarding device, an identifier of a second forwarding device and a routing path group; and determining an advertising range of second routing information for the second forwarding device according to the first routing path; for enabling the second forwarding device to advertise the second routing information according to the advertising range of the second routing information.
US11095549B2
Networks comprising multiple non-overlapping communication topologies are presented. The networks can include a fabric of interconnected network nodes capable of providing multiple communication paths among edge devices. A topology manager constructs communication topologies according to restriction criteria based on required security levels (e.g., top secret, secret, unclassified, etc.). Established topologies do not have overlapping networking infrastructure to within the bounds of the restriction criteria as allowed by the security levels.
US11095546B2
This application provides a network device service quality detection method and apparatus. A service function feature of a network device is built into a service template as a fixed part. An operation and maintenance engineer does not need to learn of a service function feature of each network device, and only needs to provide information such as a flow identifier and deployment information that are of a to-be-detected service flow. A controller dynamically deploys a detection point according to the flow identifier and the deployment information of the service flow that are provided by the operation and maintenance engineer and the fixed part of the service template, so as to automatically detect service quality of a network device, and reduce operation and maintenance complexity and difficulties.
US11095545B2
Some embodiments provide a method for managing control packet usage within a physical network that implements a plurality of logical networks. The method receives a tunnel monitoring configuration for a logical network. The configuration specifies control packet usage for logical datapaths between logical ports of the logical network. The method maps the logical datapaths to tunnels between host computers that host data compute nodes (DCNs) corresponding to the logical ports. Based on the mappings, the method configures control packet modules executing on the host computers to generate control packets for monitoring the tunnels based on the specified control packet usage.
US11095544B1
The present disclosure describes systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for determining latent components of a metrics time series and identifying anomalous data within the metrics time series based on one or both of spikes/dips and level changes from the latent components satisfying significance thresholds. To identify such latent components, in some cases, the disclosed systems account for a range of value types by intelligently subjecting real values to a latent-component constraint for decomposing the time series and intelligently excluding non-real values from the latent-component constraint. The disclosed systems can further identify significant anomalous data values from latent components of the metrics time series by jointly determining whether one or both of a subseries of a spike-component series and a level change from a level-component series satisfy significance thresholds.
US11095534B1
Techniques for API-based endpoint discovery involving provider substrate extension resources are described. A discovery coordinator service located within the provider network can identify one or more endpoints from a set of potentially distributed endpoints for a client to utilize, where endpoints may be located within provider substrate extensions of the provider network. The discovery coordinator service can utilize location values of the client provided via an API request, such as its network address or geographic coordinates, to identify a nearby resource that may be most optimal for the client to use via providing minimal latency of access.
US11095529B2
A software defined networking (SDN) controller for a communication network is provided. The SDN controller includes a northbound interface, a southbound interface, and a database as a service (DBaaS) layer. The northbound interface includes an application layer having one or more independent SDN applications. The southbound interface includes an adapter layer having one or more independent device adapters. The DBaaS layer includes a persistent DBaaS unit and a state DBaaS unit.
US11095525B2
A method, a system, and a computer program product for generating a representation of a distributed data processing system. A computer system instruments a set of elements in the distributed data processing system with a set of recorders. Encryption information is sent by the computer system to the set of recorders in the distributed data processing system, wherein the set of recorders uses the encryption information to decrypt traffic in the distributed data processing system. The computer system then sends a set of test cases into the distributed data processing system. The representation of the distributed data processing system is generated by the computer system using results from sending the set of test cases into the distributed data processing system, reducing a time for the computer system to generate the representation of the distributed data processing system.
US11095524B2
Correlation of component information provided by diverse detection and data collection methods is used to discover additional components and identify and record relationships between these and still other components. Each detection and data collection method can be individually useful to discover components, and to provide at least some information about one or more discovered components to identify at least one relationship between the discovered components. When the information and component discoveries of a first detection and data collection method are properly combined with those of a second detection and data collection method, there can be a synergistic effect that greatly improves the utility and efficiency of a relationship-based network management system by enabling automated discovery of additional components and identification of additional component relationships, by automatically merging diverse views of a single component into a coherent picture of that component, and by automated prediction of component state changes based on state changes in related components.
US11095510B2
An aggregated networking device maintenance system includes a first aggregated networking device and a second aggregated networking device that are coupled together, and each coupled to a third networking device. The first aggregated networking device receives a maintenance instruction and, in response, transmits a first maintenance notification message to the second aggregated networking device, and a second maintenance notification message to the third networking device that prevents the third networking device from transmitting data traffic to the first aggregated networking device. Maintenance operations on the first aggregated networking device may then be performed, and when the first aggregated networking device determines that the maintenance operations have completed, it transmits a first maintenance completed notification message to the second aggregated networking device, and a second maintenance completed notification message to the third networking device that causes the third networking device to resume transmitting data traffic to the first aggregated networking device.
US11095503B2
A system, apparatus, and method for automatically provisioning a new IoT device. For example, one embodiment of a system comprises: an Internet of Things (IoT) service comprising: an IoT database to store user account data and IoT devices associated with each user account; an application programming interface (API) exposed to one or more online retail services to allow the online retail services to submit data related to IoT device purchases to the IoT service; a first IoT device purchased from the online retail service by a first user associated with a first user account on the IoT service, wherein in response to the first user purchasing the first IoT device, the online retail service is to transmit first identification data to identify the first IoT device and second identification data to identify the first user account; and device provisioning circuitry and/or logic to automatically add the first IoT device to the first user account on the IoT database in response to receipt of the first and second identification data.
US11095502B2
A device commissioning system includes a terminal device, a data communication network, and a network controller. The terminal devices selects a device type of a component configured to operate in a control system, and outputs a device activation signal that requests a configuration file for commissioning the component according to a selected device type. The communication network is remotely located from the component and stores configuration files for commissioning different types of components. The network controller receives the device activation signal indicating a request to commission the component according to the selected device type and establishes a secure data link to deliver the configuration file in response to the device activation signal. The component receives the configuration file corresponding to the selected device type, and installs the configuration file to commission operation as the selected device type.
US11095499B2
A method includes determining that data out of a peripheral device has been interrupted. In response, control signals are transmitted that cause power to not be supplied to the peripheral device and then cause power to be supplied to the peripheral device. If the peripheral device is determined to not be outputting data, whether data into the peripheral device has been restored is determined. If it is not, control signals are transmitted that cause power to not be supplied to a router and then cause power to be supplied to the router. If the router is determined to be outputting data, control signals are transmitted that cause power to not be supplied to a wireless access point that is coupled to the modem and then cause power to be supplied to the wireless access point. Whether the wireless access point is outputting data is determined.
US11095498B2
Systems and methods are provided for supporting efficient reconfiguration of an interconnection network having a pre-existing routing comprising. An exemplary method can provide, a plurality of switches, the plurality switches comprising at least one leaf switch, wherein each of the one or more switches comprise a plurality of ports, and a plurality of end nodes, wherein the plurality of end nodes are interconnected via the one or more switches. The method can detect, by a subnet manager, a reconfiguration triggering event. The method can compute, by the subnet manager, a new routing for the interconnection network, wherein the computing by the subnet manager of the new routing for the interconnection network takes into consideration the pre-existing routing and selects the new routing for the interconnection network that is closest to the pre-existing routing. The method can reconfigure the interconnection network according to the new routing.
US11095496B2
A network failure detection method and a network failure detection device are provided. The network failure detection method includes capturing a plurality of packets, analyzing contents of the plurality of packets and determining whether a network failure occurs to generate a determination result according to the contents of the plurality of packets, and outputting an alarm signal to implement an alarm function according to the determination result.
US11095485B2
An electrical system includes a transceiver with an IQ estimator and an IQ mismatch corrector. The electrical system also includes an antenna coupled to the transceiver. The IQ estimator is configured to perform frequency-domain IQ mismatch analysis to determine an IQ mismatch estimate at available frequency bins of a baseband data signal. The IQ mismatch corrector is configured to correct the baseband data signal based on the IQ mismatch estimate.
US11095477B2
A method includes receiving, by an access gateway device, a fixed network packet included in a first fixed network session. The fixed network packet includes fixed network session characteristic information useable to identify the fixed network packet. The method further includes sending, by the access gateway device, the fixed network packet to a user plane function network element based on information of a first interface corresponding to the fixed network session characteristic information. The first interface is an interface between the access gateway device and the user plane function network element. The method further includes receiving, by the user plane function network element, the fixed network packet.
US11095463B2
A portable information handling system selectively accepts power transferred from an external device through a port, such as USB Type C port, with one of a first or second power configuration. The first power configuration accepts power regulated by a charger of an external device and routed directly to a system bus and battery of the portable information handling system. The second power configuration accepts power regulated by an internal charger of the portable information handling system, such as a narrow voltage direct current charger.
US11095462B2
A computer system that interfaces with a blockchain is provided. The computer system receives match data for a match between a first data transaction request that is associated with a first identifier and a second data transaction request that is associated with a second identifier. A first blockchain transaction is generated based on the match data and stored to a blockchain. At least one further blockchain transaction is generates that splits the match into two different transactions—one between the first identifier and an intermediary and the second between the intermediary. These are recorded to the blockchain via the further blockchain transactions.
US11095460B2
Implementations of this disclosure provide for certificate application operations. An example method includes sending, from a terminal device, a subscription topic name to a gateway to establish a data transmission channel between the terminal device and the gateway; receiving by the terminal device, via the data transmission channel, a certificate installation instruction from a certificate server; generating, by the terminal device, a user certificate request based on the certificate installation instruction; sending the user certificate request to the certificate server; and receiving, via the data transmission channel, a user certificate from the certificate server.
US11095448B2
Techniques and structures to facilitate identification, authentication, authorization and accounting of a computing device is disclosed. A set of supported algorithms for transmission during a secure shell (SSH) clear packet exchange is received and a cryptographic hash is performed on the set of algorithms to generate a unique fingerprint.
US11095445B2
A system includes a management system, a managed system that is coupled to the management system through a network. The managed system comprises a managed device, a key identifier storage, a first managed device locking system coupled to the managed device and the key identifier storage, and a second managed device locking system coupled to the managed device, the key identifier storage, and the first managed device locking system. The first managed device locking system is configured to store a key identifier of the managed device in the key identifier storage and to provide access to a locking key of the managed device based upon the key identifier of the managed device, stored in a management system. The second managed device locking system is configured to monitor the managed device for an event that triggers unlocking the managed device, monitor operating status of the first managed device locking system. In some embodiments, where the first managed device locking system is unavailable, the second managed device locking system is configured to provide access to the locking key of the managed device based upon the key identifier of the managed device, stored in the management system.
US11095443B1
Techniques are provided for proof-of-work based on runtime compilation. Key generation code is partitioned into a set of code blocks. The key generation code generates an expected key value when compiled and executed. A shuffled set of code blocks is generated by reordering the set of code blocks. A client computing device is provided the shuffled set of code blocks and problem-solving code that, when executed at the client computing device, reconstructs the key generation code to generate a submission value by performing one or more compiling iterations. Each compiling iteration comprising reordering the shuffled set of code blocks to generate test code, and attempting to compile and execute the test code to generate the submission value. It is determined that the client computing device fully executed the problem-solving code based on the verifying the submission value.
US11095442B1
A system and method for encryption key generation by receiving a plaintext message having a fixed character length and receiving, from a source, a plurality of random number. A matrix is created from the plurality random numbers and has at least one of the number of rows or columns equal to or greater than the character length. An array that can be used as an encryption key or a seed for an encryption key is generated by selecting an initial element within the matrix, selecting subsequent elements using a selection technique until a number of elements in the array is equal to the character length and rejecting any previously selected elements from the array.
US11095441B2
Provided is a PUF by which an identification key is generated according to a random event caused by a semiconductor process variation. The PUF can provide the identification key as a result of electrical differences among elements. According to one embodiment, the PUF can accumulate the electrical differences and/or instantaneous values without generating the identification key by using the instantaneous values caused by the electrical differences. The accumulation may be the accumulation of a discrete iteration and the result thereof. However, according to another embodiment, the accumulation may be a continuation of the accumulation result during time intervals.
US11095440B2
A device may receive, from a client device, a request with a single packet authorization (SPA) packet that includes data identifying a universal client device identifier (UID), a counter, a first one-time password generated based on a first shared key, the UID, and the counter. The device may generate a second shared key associated with the UID, and may compare the SPA packet to a comparison message authentication code (MAC) generated based on the second shared key, the UID, and the counter. The device may determine whether the SPA packet matches the comparison MAC, and may validate the client device when the SPA packet matches the comparison MAC. The device may provide a MAC associated with the SPA packet to the client device to enable the client device to validate the device for a secure communication based on establishing a pre-master key with the client device.
US11095438B1
Methods and systems are described for enhanced-security database encryption via cryptographic software, where key management is carried out, without exporting or exposing cleartext keys, using an independent key manager coupled to a cryptographic hardware security module (HSM).
