US11124133B2
An iridescent vehicle badge (and methods for making it) that includes a translucent, polymeric badge having a non-planar shape and comprising an interior and an exterior surface. Further, at least one of the surfaces of the badge comprises a plurality of diffraction gratings that are integral with the badge, each having a thickness from 250 nm to 1000 nm and a varying period from 50 nm to 5 microns. In some cases, the thickness can range from 500 nm to 750 nm. The period, in some cases, can vary within a set of discrete values in one or more portions of the at least one of the surfaces of the badge, e.g., from 150 nm to 400 nm.
US11124131B2
A vertically foldable camera monitoring system includes a base fixedly mounted to a body of a vehicle, and a camera module coupled to the base, the camera module configured to provide a field of view at lateral and rear sides of the vehicle. The camera module includes a damper unit connected to the base and configured to be extended or retracted in length by a driving unit, a support member connected to the damper unit while supporting a camera, and a horizontal bar engaged at a first end with a guide slot provided at the support member while being disposed at a second end adjacent to the damper unit. The driving unit drives the camera module to be extended or to be rotated in an upward direction.
US11124116B2
There is disclosed a viewing system coupled to a motor vehicle having a frame having a roof, at least one support, and a body with the at least one support supporting the roof over the body. The system can comprise at least one camera, at least one screen coupled to the support. In addition each camera is coupled to the at least one support and wherein said at least one screen is in communication with the first set of cameras, wherein said at least one screen displays images presented by the first set of cameras. This device can provide additional view in the blind spot of the vehicle.
US11124103B1
A cup holder insert includes a console and cup holder cover having a pair of cup holder depressions, ridges about the periphery of the insert and raised edges about the periphery of each cup holder. Each device is designed to snap fit over and about a given motor vehicle's console and cup holders.
US11124102B2
A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion and a seat back. The seat cushion includes a storage member configured to store fine particles, shaped into a bag, and made of a flexible and gas-impermeable material, and a gas supply/suction member. The gas supply/suction member fluidizes the fine particles stored in the storage member by supplying the gas to the storage member to make it easy to change a shape of the storage member. The gas supply/suction member solidifies the fine particles stored in the storage member by sucking the gas from the storage member to make it hard to change the shape of the storage member. The storage member includes a rigid inclined member disposed on at least one end of a periphery of the storage member and configured to be inclined downward from an outer periphery of the seat cushion toward a center of the seat cushion.
US11124093B2
A method for manufacturing a recliner heart may include supporting a guide plate of the recliner heart with a first support member, positioning a first block onto the guide plate opposite the first support member, positioning a second block in a recess of the guide plate, and applying a force to the first block. The second block may be disposed in the recess such that a gap is formed between the guide plate and the second block. A force may be applied to the first block such that material of the guide plate moves into the gap formed between the guide plate and the second block.
US11124090B2
A seat assembly includes a seat, one or more sensor assemblies, and/or an electronic control unit that may be connected to the one or more sensor assemblies. The one or more sensor assemblies may provide information about a first position of the seat to the electronic control unit. The electronic control unit may be configured to receive a second position of the seat, and/or the electronic control unit may be configured to automatically move the seat to the second position without contacting other objects. The electronic control unit may include a second seat, and/or the electronic control unit may be configured to automatically move the second seat from a first second seat position to a second second seat position. The electronic control unit may be configured to determine a movement path of the seat according to information from the one or more sensor assemblies.
US11124089B2
Provided is a human body pressure switch, a vehicle seat, a vehicle, and a method for processing a human body pressure switch. The human body pressure switch includes: a pressure switch element, an elastic pressure-contact body provided at the upper side or the lower side of the pressure switch element, in which the elastic pressure-contact body includes a spacing support structure and a force support protrusion, the force support protrusion corresponds to a sensing contact of the pressure switch element, in a state with pressure from an external force, amount of deformation of the spacing support structure is greater than amount of deformation of the force support protrusion, and in a state without pressure from the external force, the spacing support structure plays a supporting role.
US11124087B2
The invention relates to a method for selecting candidate energy storage cells for balancing of an electrical energy storage pack (1) comprising a plurality of energy storage cells (3). The method comprises calculating (S212) a probability that a balancing action on the selected group of cells results in that at least one of the future state of charge is lower than a lower threshold present state of charge or higher than a higher threshold present state of charge, the probability being indicative of superfluous leakage or overcharging. The probability is based on the future state of charge for each of the cells and on the statistical inaccuracy. If the probability is indicative of that superfluous leakage or overcharging is unlikely to occur, selecting (S214, S214′) the group of cells as candidates for a balancing action. The invention further relates to a corresponding system and to a vehicle.
US11124086B2
Systems and methods for dynamic control of a configuration of electrical circuits are provided. An example system includes a plurality of electric power sources and a plurality of switches configured to connect and disconnect some of the electric power sources. The system may include a controller coupled to the switches. The controller may be configured to enable and disable the switches to cause a change in a configuration of the connections between the electric power sources. The electric power sources can include at least one generator and at least two batteries. The controller can be further configured to cause a change in the configuration to connect the two batteries in series to a load for discharging and connect the two batteries in parallel to the generator for recharging.
US11124085B2
A system and method for managing vehicle charging stations such that when at least two of a plurality of electric vehicle charging stations (also known as electric vehicle service equipment, or EVSE) occupied with vehicles awaiting a charge, the present system manages the charging of individual vehicles in cases where the aggregated demand for charging exceeds the capacity of the circuits supplying the plurality of EVSE. By cycling so that only a few of the vehicles are charging at a time, the demand on the circuits is kept below a predetermined limit. In cases where a load shedding event is in progress, the limit can be further reduced. In cases where the cost of electricity is varying dynamically, the system considers a driver's explicit charging requirements (if any) and preferences for opportunistic charging when the price of electricity is not too high.
US11124076B1
The present disclosure provides an electric vehicle comprising a chassis, a front axle and a rear axle spaced apart and coupled to the chassis, and a battery frame assembly coupled to the chassis between the front axle and the rear axle. The battery frame assembly comprises a plurality of transversely extending members and a plurality of longitudinally extending members, wherein the plurality of transversely extending members and the plurality of longitudinally extending members define a matrix of battery pack receptacles configured to receive at least one battery pack. The battery frame assembly is configured to deflect torsionally in response to torsional deflection of the front axle relative to the rear axle.
US11124072B2
Provided are a battery control device which can estimates an SOC of a battery with a high accuracy, and an electric motor vehicle system. The battery control device (190) includes a feature amount calculation unit (152) which calculates a feature amount indicating a charging/discharging pattern of the battery, a first charging state amount calculation unit (151-1) which calculates a first charging state amount (SOCi) of the battery on the basis of a first battery state amount, a second charging state amount calculation unit (151-2) which calculates a second charging state amount (SOCv) of the battery on the basis of a second battery state amount, and a third charging state amount calculation unit (151-3) which calculates a third charging state amount (SOC(t)) on the basis of the feature amount, the first charging stage amount, the second charging stage amount.
US11124071B2
A control panel for a vehicle includes a plurality of buttons disposed on the control panel, and at least one conductive rib disposed on the plurality of buttons. The control panel is made of a non-conductive material. The conductive rib is connected to an electrostatic protection circuit or a touch controller so that the electrostatic protection can be realized through the conductive rib or the conductive rib can serve as a touch button.
US11124069B2
The abnormality determination unit of a motorcycle determines the presence or absence of abnormalities in a clutch switch and/or a cruise cancel switch on the basis of the clutch operation signal output from the clutch switch and the cruise cancel signal output from the cruise cancel switch.
US11124068B2
An accelerator pedal for a vehicle is provided, which includes a member that is fixed to a bottom of the vehicle, a pedal part that is pivotally fastened to an upper surface of the member, and an arm assembly that is positioned on the member and configured to be rotated based on an input onto the pedal part. A spring is configured to come in contact with the arm assembly and a wheel assembly is disposed adjacent to a first end of the arm assembly to provide a foot effort to the arm assembly. A controller is configured to apply the foot effort to the arm assembly in a state where the wheel assembly is configured to selectively come in contact with the first end of the arm assembly.
US11124067B2
Method for controlling a car, in particular a sports car, provided with a relative power train, relative braking devices and relative steering means, the method being based on a joystick comprising a lever, arranged in the car to identify a forward tilt and a backward tilt parallel to a longitudinal development of the car for interacting with said power train and with said braking devices, and two side tilts to the left and to the right for interacting with said steering means so as to determine a trajectory of the car, wherein the method, according to a first operating condition, comprises a first step of respectively associating said forward tilt and said backward tilt with a proportional forward and backward acceleration of the car.
US11124048B2
An air vent knob assembly includes an air vent wing coupled to an assembly hole of a knob. A front stopper is formed on the front surface and a knob fitting groove is formed on the rear surface of the air vent wing. An assembly groove is formed inside the assembly hole of the knob and a piece of rubber is assembled into the assembly groove. A front slide groove is formed on the piece of rubber wherein the front stopper of the air vent wing is fitted and moved in the front slide groove. A rear stopper is formed on both ends of the rear portion of the knob. Wherein the front stopper contacts ends of the front slide groove and the rear stopper contacts sides of the knob fitting groove upon full movement of the knob relative to the air vent wing in both directions.
US11124045B2
A method for servicing a heater core installed in a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) assembly for a motor vehicle includes removing a sealing attachment from an interfacing connection interfacing with the heater core. The method includes sliding the heater core in a direction of insertion. The method includes disconnecting, from the heater core, the interfacing connection. The method includes removing the heater core in a direction of extraction, the direction of extraction being orthogonal to the direction of insertion.
US11124039B2
A coupled torsion beam axle apparatus of a vehicle includes: a left torsion bar and a right torsion bar arranged in an internal space of the torsion beam so to be separated from each other in a horizontal direction of a torsion beam. Torsion stiffness of the torsion beam is tuned by replacing the left torsion bar and the right torsion bar, and particularly, warping stiffness is tuned by changing a position where the left torsion bar is coupled to the torsion beam and a position where the right torsion bar is coupled to the torsion beam.
US11124036B2
A damping control system for a vehicle having a suspension located between a plurality of ground engaging members and a vehicle frame includes at least one adjustable shock absorber having an adjustable damping characteristic. The system also includes a controller coupled to each adjustable shock absorber to adjust the damping characteristic of each adjustable shock absorber, and a user interface coupled to the controller and accessible to a driver of the vehicle. The user interface includes at least one user input to permit manual adjustment of the damping characteristic of the at least one adjustable shock absorber during operation of the vehicle. Vehicle sensors are also be coupled to the controller to adjust the damping characteristic of the at least one adjustable shock absorber based vehicle conditions determined by sensor output signals.
US11124034B2
A height adjustment module includes a mounting part extending on a plane; a plurality of support arms disposed around the mounting part on the plane on which the mounting part has been extended, and coupled to the mounting part to be rotatable upward or downward; a plurality of travelling parts each being coupled to a first end portion of the support arm, respectively, and including a wheel contacting the ground, respectively; a lift extending over the plane, and connected to second end portions of the plurality of support arms so that vertical movement is interlocked with each other; and a support link coupled to the mounting part to be vertically slidable, and coupled to the lift to be vertically fixed to move the mounting part relative to the lift as the support link is slid in the mounting part.
US11124033B2
An assembly includes a vehicle component. The assembly includes a body embedded in the vehicle component, the body defining a chamber and having an outer surface defining an intrusion extending toward the chamber and engaged with the vehicle component. The assembly includes a plurality of dampening particles within the chamber.
US11124029B2
A two-wheeled vehicle tire includes a carcass extending between bead cores each disposed in a respective one of bead portions through a tread portion and sidewall portions, the carcass including at least one carcass ply having a ply main portion extending between the bead cores through the tread portion, and a bead apex rubber extending radially outwardly from each bead core. The bead apex rubber includes a first rubber portion arranged adjacent to the ply main portion, and a second rubber portion arranged axially outwardly of the first rubber portion, the first rubber portion has a first end positioning radially outermost thereof, the second rubber portion has a second end positioning radially outermost thereof, and the first end is located radially outwardly of the second end.
US11124022B2
A device for removing burrs from a back cavity of a wheel includes a lower lifting synchronous movement arrangement, an outer ring brush arrangement, an inner ring brush arrangement, a synchronous movement arrangement and an upper lifting drive arrangement. When the device is used, an upper cylinder drives four clamping blocks to clamp the wheel synchronously through an upper guide rail, an upper gear and upper racks; an upper cylinder drives the wheel to rise and separate from a roller bed through upper guide pillars and upper guide sleeves; an upper servo motor drives the clamped wheel to rotate through an upper rotating ring. The present invention can be used for not only polishing the burrs at the back cavity of the wheel, but also accurately adjusting the position of each brush according to the flange size and the back cavity diameter of the wheel.
US11124018B1
A system device and method for storing paint in which paint (2), either at a paint store or at home, is placed in a storage bag (1) that is sealed to create one or more packets (10). The packets may then be stored for use at a later date for touching up damaged or marked paint on walls and other surfaces.
US11124016B2
A decorator assembly includes a cup holder assembly, a cup transfer assembly, and a decorator mandrel turret assembly. The cup holder assembly is structured to hold a number of cups in a nested, bottom leading configuration. The cup transfer assembly is structured to move cups from said cup holder assembly to a decorator mandrel turret assembly. The decorator mandrel turret assembly is structured to rotatably support a number of cups.
US11124007B2
An ink jet recording method includes an ink attachment step, in which an aqueous ink composition is ejected from a recording head and attached to a recording medium, and a treatment liquid attachment step, in which a treatment liquid containing a flocculant is ejected from a recording head and attached to the recording medium. The recording head for ejecting the treatment liquid has a circulation channel in which the treatment liquid is circulated.
US11123994B2
In an example implementation, a print supply cartridge comprises a microcontroller to receive a timing challenge and enable authentication of the cartridge by providing a challenge response. The challenge response is provided in a challenge response time that falls within an expected time window.
US11123993B2
A liquid consuming device includes an installation case configured to receive a cartridge having a first liquid chamber storing a liquid, a tank having a second liquid chamber, a flow path communicated with the first and second liquid chambers, a head communicated with the second liquid chamber and a first controller configured to: determine a total amount Vt of a first liquid amount in the first liquid chamber that is installed in the installation case to communicate with the second liquid chamber through the flow path and a second liquid amount in the second liquid chamber that communicates with the first liquid chamber of the cartridge installed in the installation case through the flow path; and transmit, through a first communication interface that is connected to an external device, total amount information indicating the determined total amount Vt.
US11123985B2
A liquid ejection head includes a plurality of first individual channels arranged in a first direction, a first common channel extending in the first direction and communicating with the first individual channels, and a second common channel located below the first common channel and extending in the first direction. The second common channel communicates with the first individual channels. Each of the first individual channels includes one of first nozzles, and one of first pressure chambers that communicate with the respective first nozzles and are located above the first nozzles. The first common channel and the second common channel overlap, in the vertical direction, with each other at a position above the first pressure chambers. Each of the first common channel and the second common channel at least partially overlaps, in the vertical direction, with the first pressure chambers.
US11123977B2
According to some examples a substance displacement apparatus may comprise a gas ejection aperture and a deflector arm. The gas ejection aperture may be to direct gas towards a roller having a surface on which a substance is disposed. The deflector arm may be moveable between a first position in which gas is directed away from a target area on the surface of the roller, and a second position in which gas is directed towards the target area on the surface of the roller, thereby to displace at least some of the substance from the surface of the roller within the target area. A method and a print apparatus are also disclosed.
US11123970B2
A manufacturing apparatus of a display device includes a first jig configured to hold a first member; a second jig located under the first jig and coupled to or separated from the first jig such that the first member is locatable between the first jig and the second jig; fixing parts located at both ends of the second jig and configured to hold a second member between the first member and the second jig, the second jig including a pad; and a stage located under the pad and provided with a groove formed therethrough and having an area smaller than an area of the pad when viewed in a plan view, wherein one portion of the pad, which faces the stage, is configured to be within the groove.
US11123965B2
This disclosure relates to an article (e.g., a vapor-permeable, substantially water-impermeable multilayer article) that can include a nonwoven substrate and a film supported by the nonwoven substrate. The film can include a polyolefin grafted with an anhydride, an acid, or an acrylate.
US11123964B2
The present invention relates to a multilayer film comprising a skin layer comprising a anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer having a melting point in the range of from 50 to 89° C., wherein the anhydride and/or carboxylic acid is present in an amount of from 0.02 to 0.3 percent by weight of the polyethylene based resin. The multilayer film further comprises a substrate layer comprising a resin selected from the group consisting of polypropylene or polyethylene terephthalate.
US11123958B2
A laminate material comprising a paper web and a polymeric film adhered to the paper web, the polymeric film comprising a biodegradable polymeric material that includes an organic additive.
US11123948B2
Methods and systems are provided for fabricating a composite structure. In one example, the composite structure may include a honeycomb core sandwiched between face sheets. An edge of the honeycomb core may be abraded and a top face sheet may be perforated. As such, a likelihood of delamination of the composite structure during a curing step may be reduced.
US11123946B2
A pleated filter preparation system is provided for accurately counting pleats along a continuous sheet of pleated filter material and cutting the sheet into filter strips to be formed into filters. The pleated filter preparation system includes a pleat driver having multiple drive gears that engage with the pleats of the pleated filter material to move the pleated filter material through the system. A pleat counter counts peaks and valleys of each pleat comprising the pleated filter material so as to identify a target pleat to be cut. The pleat counter clamps and stretches the target pleat to distinguish the target pleat among the other pleats. A punch cut station cuts the target pleat to form a filter strip having a desired number of pleats. A pleat compressor compresses the filter strips to a predetermined size and then ejects the filter strips into a suitable container or bin.
US11123945B2
An inflatable packaging material includes two outer films, a plurality of valve films, and a non-sealable material positioned between the valve films. The films are sealed together by a plurality of seals, including a valve seal extending across the material. The seals define a plurality of air columns and an inflation passage in communication with the columns. The non-sealable material is arranged to form valve portions positioned along the valve seal and spaced passage portions positioned along the inflation passage. The valve portions provide valve passages through the valve seal, to allow airflow into each air column. The passage portions are arranged such that one side seal passes through a space between the passage portions to seal one end of the inflation passage, and the other side seal passes through one of the passage portions to create an open inflation port. The valve films allow air to pass through from the inflation passage to the columns, and prevent reverse flow of air from the columns into the inflation passage.
US11123942B2
A method is disclosed for forming a windowed packaging material. According to the method a web of packaging material is cut in substantially the machine direction along a non-linear path. The cutting action provides two subwebs, each having protruding edge portions and recessed edge portions. The two subwebs are displaced relative to one another so that the protruding edge portions face one another. In this configuration opposing recessed edge portions form windows. The two subwebs are adhered to one another at the opposing protruding edge portions. The resulting windows may be covered with a material that is transparent and/or breathable. A strip of handle material may be applied spanning the respective windows.
US11123940B2
A servo press machine includes a display unit that displays a strip-shaped region for setting a motion of a slide and an operation unit that receives an input operation. A range extending from an upper end of the strip-shaped region to a lower end thereof corresponds to a movement range of the slide in a linear movement, and the strip-shaped region is formed of a plurality of slide operation regions that are consecutive in a direction in which the strip-shaped region extends. Each of the slide operation regions can set a speed of the slide in response to the input operation received by the operation unit, and a boundary between adjacent two of slide operation regions can move along the direction in which the strip-shaped region extends in response to the input operation received by the operation unit.
US11123933B2
Methods and systems are provided for a housing for a fastener of a vehicle component. In one example, a housing for a fastener includes a central conduit adapted to receive the fastener, and a radial key extending outward from an outer surface of the housing. The radial key is first pressed against a vehicle component in an axial direction of the housing to form a first section of a channel within an interior of the vehicle component, and the key is then rotated against the interior to form an undercut, second section of the channel in a circumferential direction of the housing.
US11123930B2
The present invention relates to a system and a method for optimizing printing parameters, such as slicing parameters and tool path instructions, for additive manufacturing. The present invention comprises a property analysis module that predicts and analyses properties of a filament object model, representing a constructed 3D object. The filament object model is generated based on the tool path instructions and user specified object properties. Analysis includes comparing the predicted filament object model properties with the user specified property requirements; and further modifying the printing parameters in order to meet the user specified property requirements.
US11123928B2
Plant (1) comprising at least one apparatus (2-4) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects by means of successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material which can be consolidated by means of an energy source, which plant (1) comprises at least one module (5) separably connected or connectable with the apparatus (2-4), wherein the plant (1) comprises at least one tunnel structure (7) through which the at least one module (5) is moveable in a tunnel transport direction (10).
US11123927B2
Device and method for the layered manufacture of a three-dimensional product (1) with a recess (3), in which successive powder layers are applied to a building surface (15) above a building platform (4), wherein this building platform (4) extends in a space between a tube wall (6) of a building tube (5) and an insert provided therein (9), wherein a beam of rays (18) is made to impinge on each powder layer and this beam (18) is moved across the powder layer to form successive layers of said product (1) above the building platform (4), so that the insert (9) extends in said recess (3). According to the invention, a gas stream (24) is generated above the building surface (15), extending above said space, wherein it is made sure that this gas stream (24) crosses said beam of rays (18) wherein flue gases formed while the beam of rays (18) strikes said powder layer, are discharged through this gas stream (24).
US11123924B2
A powder bed fusion apparatus for building an object in a layer-by-layer manner includes a build platform movable within a build sleeve to define a build volume, a layer formation device for forming layers of powder across the build volume in a working plane and an irradiation device for irradiating powder in the working plane to selectively fuse the powder. The powder bed fusion apparatus further includes a mechanical manipulator arranged to engage with the object and/or a build substrate, to which the object is attached, to tilt the object in a raised position above the working plane such that powder is freed from the object and deposited at a location above the working plane and/or into the build volume.
US11123921B2
A method and system for in situ cross-linking of polymers, Bitumen, and other materials to produce arbitrary functional or ornamental three-dimensional features using electron beams provided by mobile accelerators comprises defining a desired pattern for imparting on a target area, mapping the target area, defining at least one discrete voxel in the target area according to the desired pattern to be imparted on the target area, assigning an irradiation value to each of the at least one discrete voxels, and delivering a dose of irradiation to each of the at least one discrete voxels according to the assigned irradiation value.
US11123916B2
A manufacturing process is provided during which a thrust reverser cascade is formed for an aircraft propulsion system. During the formation of the thrust reverser cascade, a first panel of material is stamped into a first corrugated body. A second panel of material is stamped into a second corrugated body. The first corrugated body is bonded to the second corrugated body.
US11123913B2
Disclosed is a machine for reshaping plastic preforms into plastic containers with at least one reshaping station, which has a blow moulding arrangement inside which plastic preforms can be reshaped into plastic containers by application of a flowable medium, and with an application device which is configured for applying a flowable medium to the plastic preforms, and with a valve arrangement with at least two valve devices which is configured for feeding the flowable medium under at least two different pressures to the plastic preform during the reshaping thereof. At least one valve device has at least one valve piston which is movable with respect to a valve housing between two valve positions, and a check piston which is movable between at least two positions is arranged on this valve piston.
US11123912B2
By coating an inner surface of a preform, in which at least an inner surface is made of polyester and which has transparency, with a coating layer, which has elongation capacity and water insolubility, the inner surface of the preform is protected against a pressurized liquid by the coating layer when the pressurized liquid is supplied to the preform, and occurrence of cloudiness on an inner surface of a container after molding is prevented even in a case where a liquid having properties of eroding polyester and causing cloudiness on a polyester surface is used as the pressurized liquid during liquid blow molding.
US11123904B2
A heating apparatus includes an emitter that emits light to a thermal expansion sheet that expands according to a heating amount absorbed, the light being converted into heat by the thermal expansion sheet; a relative mover that causes the thermal expansion sheet to move relative to the emitter in a predetermined direction or that causes the emitter to move relative to the thermal expansion sheet in the predetermined direction; and a controller that gradually changes an amount of the light emitted by the emitter according to a rise in temperature in the emitter, the rise in temperature being caused by the emission of light by the emitter, when the relative mover causes the thermal expansion sheet to move relative to the emitter in the predetermined direction or causes the emitter to move relative to the thermal expansion sheet in the predetermined direction while the light is being emitted by the emitter.
US11123903B2
A method for manufacturing a breast implant includes producing an elastic filler material including foam, by applying a source of gas bubbles to a silicone monomer to create a mixture. The mixture is inserted into a sealed chamber. After inserting the mixture, a pressure inside the sealed chamber is set to a first pressure, and a temperature of the mixture inside the sealed chamber is set to a first temperature. Then, following a preset time duration, the pressure is lowered to a second pressure that is lower than the first pressure, and after a given time, the temperature is lowered to a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature. A flexible shell, configured for implantation within a breast of a human subject, is filled with the elastic filler material.
US11123901B2
The object of the present invention consists of a device that allows for the easy creation of 2-dimantional and 3-dimensional plastic objects using a 3-D drawing pen. The device object of the present invention is comprised of a flexible, heat resistant, non-sticky, transparent silicon mat characterized by the presence of grooves cut in its surface, the path of which can be of any geometric or non-geometric shape. The groove works as a guide for the 3-D drawing pen user by allowing such user to stretch the melted plastic, extruded by the 3D pen, on its bed, and within its walls, so that once hard the plastic object is exactly of the shape of the groove and its path, and not an imprecise shape caused by the unstableness of the hand of the free-hand 3-D pen user.
US11123898B2
A male mould element includes a cooling circuit having first passage elements obtained in a first component of the male mould element and second passage elements obtained in a second component of the male mould element, the first passage elements and the second passage elements being distributed around a longitudinal axis of the male mould element so that there exist a plurality of angular positions of the first component relative to the second component in which the first passage elements are in fluid communication with the second passage elements.
US11123896B2
A method for mixing concrete constituents that generally has a step of rotating a drum having a probe mounted inside the drum and immerged in the concrete constituents being mixed inside the drum; a step of receiving a first set of pressure values indicative of pressure exerted on the probe by the concrete constituents, the pressure values of the first set being taken at different circumferential positions of the probe during a single rotation of the drum; a step of determining a deviation of the pressure values of the first set from reference data; and a step of reducing a rotation speed of the drum upon determining that the deviation is lower than a threshold value.
US11123890B2
Provided is a razor assembly including a cartridge including at least one blade and a handle assembly including an electric power source, a printed circuit board (PCB) electrically coupled to the electric power source, and at least one induction coil coupled to the PCB, wherein the at least one induction coil is configured to cause at least a portion of the cartridge to be heated in a non-contact manner, wherein the cartridge is detachably coupled to the handle assembly.
US11123879B2
A finger mechanism for a robot, an artificial hand, and the like, wherein a fourth bone member (14) of the bone members of the finger mechanism and corresponding to the distal phalanx comprises: a support portion (15) that is rotatably coupled to a third bone member corresponding to the middle phalanx by a rotational shaft (g5); and a nail portion (16). The nail portion (16) can freely rotate about a shaft (g7) at a right angle or a near right angle to the rotational shaft (g5), and a return mechanism (17) to return the rotated nail portion (16) to a reference position is provided between the support portion (15) and the nail portion (16). In this manner, in response to the amount of force applied to the fourth bone member (14), it is possible for only the nail portion (16) to rotate in a direction to easily grasp an object to be held.
US11123869B2
A method for negotiating stairs includes receiving image data about a robot maneuvering in an environment with stairs. Here, the robot includes two or more legs. Prior to the robot traversing the stairs, for each stair, the method further includes determining a corresponding step region based on the received image data. The step region identifies a safe placement area on a corresponding stair for a distal end of a corresponding swing leg of the robot. Also prior to the robot traversing the stairs, the method includes shifting a weight distribution of the robot towards a front portion of the robot. When the robot traverses the stairs, the method further includes, for each stair, moving the distal end of the corresponding swing leg of the robot to a target step location where the target step location is within the corresponding step region of the stair.
US11123867B2
An automated radar assembly system is disclosed, comprising: a first robotic device coupled to a cradle, the first robotic device having a first working envelope; a second robotic device coupled to the first robotic device via the cradle, the second robotic device having a second working envelope that is smaller than the first working envelope; a part stand coupled to the cradle, the part stand being arranged to carry: a part; and a controller operatively coupled to the first robotic device and the second robotic device, the controller being configured to: cause the first robotic device to position the second robotic device at a first location relative to a radar array chassis, and cause the second robotic device to pick up the part from the part stand and install the part at a second location in the radar array chassis.
US11123861B2
A robot system including a robot body and a control device. The robot body includes wrist elements at a distal end of an arm; a wired wire body connected to an end effector fixed to the third wrist element. The control-device includes an angle calculation unit that calculates, in a Cartesian coordinate system of which the origin is the wire-body outlet and which has one coordinate axis extending in a direction along the first axis, angles of straight lines connecting the wire-body outlet and specific points of the wire body, with the straight lines projected onto a plane perpendicular to the coordinate axis, about the coordinate axis, with reference to a position where a load acting on the wire body is the least; and a determination unit that determines whether the absolute values of the angles calculated by the angle calculation unit have exceeded predetermined angle thresholds.
US11123857B1
A collapsible extension pole comprised of extension pole members which are connected together in an end-to-end manner. The extension pole of this invention includes the use of spring clips to ensure that the extension pole members will not disconnect from one another during the use thereof.
US11123850B2
A removable contact trip can be received in an aperture of the barrel and can be slidable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to an end of the barrel. The removable contact trip can define a muzzle aperture aligned with the driver axis and through which a fastener is driven by the nail driver. The removable contact trip can include a latch pocket. A removable contact trip latch can be biased toward a latched position in which the removable contact trip latch extends through a window of the barrel and is receivable in the latch pocket to latch the removable contact trip to the barrel. The removable contact trip latch can also be movable to an unlatched position in which the removable contact trip latch is not receivable in the latch pocket to unlatch and permit removal of the contact trip from the barrel.
US11123849B2
In driving tools that perform driving actions on the condition that both the trigger and contact arm are activated, when the reference time t is reached after the trigger is activated, the power supply to the actuator is cut off, thereby allowing the contact arm stopper element to be moved to the lock position. The lock arm prohibits activation of the contact arm. The quicker motion of the actuator achieves a smoother transition to the locked state.
US11123845B2
There is disclosed a vacuum table 400 comprising a vacuum plate 402 separating a first vacuum chamber 406 from a substrate zone 60 for receiving a substrate 50. The vacuum plate has a plurality of suction holes 404 for conveying a gas flow from the substrate zone 60 to the first vacuum chamber 406. There is an evacuation port 422 in communication with a second vacuum chamber 420 to evacuate gas from the substrate zone 60 when a substrate 50 is received over the suction holes 404 of the vacuum plate 402, and a vacuum port 424 for discharging gas received in the second vacuum chamber 420 to a vacuum source 423. The first vacuum chamber 406 and the second vacuum chamber 420 are in fluid communication via a valve 430 so that gas flows from the first vacuum chamber 406 to the vacuum port 424 via the second vacuum chamber 420. The valve 430 is controllable to vary a gas flow rate through the vacuum plate 402 and thereby vary a retaining force on a substrate 50 received thereon.
US11123844B2
Provided is an electric clamping device including a main body; a drive motor for providing a driving force; a driving force transfer portion for converting and transferring a magnitude of a driving force of the drive motor; a sliding crank having one side connected to the driving force transfer portion and for converting a rotational motion of the driving force transfer portion to a reciprocating motion; a toggle link having one side connected to the other side of the sliding crank and including an elastically deformable link; and a clamp having one side connected to the toggle link and having the other side for clamping or unclamping an object. Various other embodiments are available.
US11123842B2
Disclosed is a process for making a grinding wheel for the squaring of ceramic, formed by a support body and an abrasive ring. The process does not involve costly workings on the body and on the ring and produces a light grinding wheel which, therefore, is more practical to be handled by the handling machine.
US11123838B1
A hand-held electric power tool for grinding sheetrock particularly adapted to making butt joints have a tapered or recessed juncture for filing with tape embedded with mud such that the joints are ready for painting or covering with wallpaper without being noticeable. The tool includes a grinding cylinder with barbs protruding therefrom which cut or grind the sheetrock edges without penetrating the full depth of the sheetrock or otherwise weakening or damaging the butt joint.
US11123837B2
Methods for manufacturing a diffuser plate for a PECVD chamber are provided. The methods provide for applying a compliant abrasive medium to round the sharp edges at corners of the output holes on a contoured downstream side of a gas diffuser plate. By rounding the edges of the output holes reduces the flaking of deposited materials on the downstream side of the gas diffuser plate and reduces the amount of undesirable particles generated during the PECVD deposition process.
US11123830B2
An accessory device for a hand-held power tool includes a dust collection box that has a housing and a filter unit configured to filter an airflow. The housing is configured to be connected to a housing of the accessory device via a first securing unit. The filter unit is configured to be connected to the housing of the dust collection box via a second securing unit. The filter unit has a first sealing element arranged on the dust collection box side and a second sealing element arranged on the accessory device side. The filter unit is sealed from the housing of the dust collection box and the housing of the accessory device via the first and second sealing elements. The hand-held power tool in one embodiment is configured with a percussive mechanism.
US11123824B2
A solder alloy has an alloy composition including, in mass %, 0.8% to 10% of Cu and Sn. The solder alloy includes an intermetallic compound. The intermetallic compound has a maximum grain size of 100 μm or less in a region at least 50 μm away from a surface of the solder alloy.
US11123810B2
A cutting insert includes a cutting edge portion, and the cutting edge portion includes a bottom cutting edge forming an arc shape that protrudes toward a front end side in a central axis direction, an outer peripheral cutting edge forming an arc shape that protrudes toward an outside in a radial direction, and a cutting edge of corner that connects an outer end of the bottom cutting edge in the radial direction and a front end of the outer peripheral cutting edge in the central axis direction and forms an arc shape that protrudes toward a front end outer circumferential side. The bottom cutting edge and the outer peripheral cutting edge are formed so as to form a linearly symmetric shape together with respect to an imaginary straight line that passes through an arc central point of the cutting edge of corner and intersects the central axis.
US11123809B2
A drill bit for drilling into masonry or rock includes a drilling head at its forward end, a clamping shank at its rearward end, and a helical conveying portion extending between the drilling head and the shank. The helical conveying portion includes at least two helically extending flutes separated by at least two helically extending webs. The helical conveying portion has a changeover portion, a pre-changeover portion between the drilling head and the changeover portion, and a post-changeover portion between the changeover portion and the shank. In the pre-changeover portion, the flutes have a pre-changeover pitch, the first web has a first pre-changeover web width α, and the second web has a second pre-changeover web width α′. In the post-changeover portion, the flutes have a post-changeover pitch, the first web has a first post-changeover web width β, and the second web has a second post-changeover web width β′. The post-changeover pitch is greater than the pre-changeover pitch, the first post-changeover web width β is less than the first pre-changeover web width α, and the second post-changeover web width β′ is greater than the second pre-changeover web width α′.
US11123806B2
A chuck is provided for use with a powered driver having a rotatable drive shaft. The chuck includes a plurality of jaws (22) movably disposed in passageways (40) of a cylindrical body (14), a nut (16) rotatably mounted about the body (14) and in communication with the jaws (22) such that rotation of the nut (16) in a closing direction moves the jaws (22) toward each other and rotation of the nut (16) in an opening direction moves the jaws (22) away from each other, and a sleeve rotatably mounted about the body (14). The sleeve is in communication with the nut (16) such that rotation of the sleeve rotationally drives the nut (16). The chuck also including a biasing element (208) disposed between the nut (16) an at least a portion of the sleeve configured to bias the sleeve toward a neutral position. The biasing element (208) limits an inertial force of the sleeve applied to the nut during operation of the powered driver.
US11123805B2
A tool holder includes a main body, a deformable receptacle for clamping a tool, and at least one blocking element which, in order to prevent axial migration of the tool out of the tool holder, is configured to engage in a corresponding counterpart element on the tool and is arranged at the receptacle. In order to allow particularly high concentricity of the tool holder and stable fastening of the clamped-in tool, and at the same time to ensure easy production, the receptacle has two spaced-apart clamping portions, between which the at least one blocking element is arranged.
US11123803B2
Disclosed is a PVD ceramic thin film-coated cutting insert properly usable for machining a hard-to-cut material such as inconel or titanium having low thermal conductivity. The cutting insert for hard-to-cut materials includes a cemented carbide base material having an SMS value of 50-80% obtained by [Formula 1] below, and a ceramic thin film formed on the cemented carbide base material and having a thickness of about 0.4-1.5 μm. [Formula 1]: SMS=Saturation magnetization value of sintered body×100/TMS, where TMS=2010×Mass ratio of Co.
US11123802B2
A surface-coated cutting tool includes a substrate and a coating formed on a surface of the substrate, the coating including one or two or more layers, at least one of the layers being an Al-rich layer including hard particles, the hard particle having a sodium chloride type crystal structure, and including a first unit phase in a form of a plurality of lumps and a second unit phase interposed between the lumps of the first unit phase, the first unit phase being composed of a nitride or carbonitride of AlxTi1-x, the first unit phase having an atomic ratio x of Al of 0.7 or more and 0.96 or less, the second unit phase being composed of a nitride or carbonitride of AlyTi1-y, the second unit phase having an atomic ratio y of Al exceeding 0.5 and less than 0.7.
US11123800B2
A tool for performing work on a workpiece, such as a pipe, includes a mandrel assembly configured to secure to an interior portion of the pipe. The mandrel assembly includes an arm assembly configured to retain a cutting apparatus so as to be positioned at an outside portion of the pipe and to allow the cutting apparatus to revolve around the circumference of the pipe to perform work on the pipe. The mandrel assembly includes a hub and a plurality of jaws that allow it to secure to the interior of the pipe while the arm assembly props the cutting apparatus in a position to facilitate performing work on the pipe around the entire circumference of a section of the pipe. The engagement between the mandrel assembly and the pipe supports the weight of the tool, providing ease of use and improved control for pipe cutting operations.
US11123798B2
A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional semi-finished product comprises the steps of applying a first raw material powder to a carrier, applying a second raw material powder to the carrier, selectively irradiating the first raw material powder applied to the carrier with electromagnetic radiation or particle radiation, in order to manufacture a workpiece produced from the first raw material powder on the carrier by a generative layer construction method, and selectively irradiating the second raw material powder applied to the carrier with electromagnetic radiation or particle radiation, in order to manufacture a support element produced from the second raw material powder on the carrier by a generative layer construction method, wherein the support element produced from the second raw material powder has a higher thermal conductivity than the workpiece produced from the first raw material powder and wherein the support element dissipates heat introduced during the irradiation of the first and the second raw material powder.
US11123797B2
Methods and alloy systems for non-Be BMG matrix composite materials that can be used to additively manufacturing parts with superior mechanical properties, especially high toughness and strength, are provided. Alloys are directed to BMGMC materials comprising a high strength BMG matrix reinforced with properly scaled, soft, crystalline metal dendrite inclusions dispersed throughout the matrix in a sufficient concentration to resist fracture.
US11123795B2
Particle (1) which comprises a core (2) made of copper, of a copper alloy, of aluminium or of an aluminium alloy, covered with an external layer (3), where the external layer (3) is formed from metal nanoparticles or carbon nanotubes.
US11123790B2
An apparatus for casting a part that includes a first housing, a second housing, a handling system and a cooling apparatus. The first housing defines a first chamber. The first chamber is configured to receive a melt heater and a mold heater. The second housing is configured to move between a first position and a second position such that when the second housing is in the first position, the first housing is open such that a mold can be inserted therein and when the second housing is in the second position, the second housing and the first housing define a second chamber. The cooling apparatus is configured to be positioned within the second chamber.
US11123785B2
In this part that includes a cut end surface consisting of a surface-treated steel sheet that has been cut, the shape of the cut end surface is such that the length of a first shear droop occurring in the sheet thickness direction is at least 0.10 times the sheet thickness of the surface-treated steel sheet, and the length of a second sheer droop occurring in the planar direction is at least 0.45 times the sheet thickness of the surface-treated steel sheet. Furthermore, in the cutting process a die is used for which the clearance between the punch and the die is 1-20% of the plate thickness of the surface-treated steel plate, and the shoulder portion of the die and/or the punch is provided with a radius of curvature of at least 0.12 times the plate thickness of the surface-treated steel plate.
US11123784B2
A coil unit is inserted into a tube member, an electromagnetic-forming coil part is arranged at a tube member forming position, a coil-side terminal is connected to a power-supply-side terminal of an end part of a high-voltage power supply cable, the electromagnetic-forming coil part is energized by a power supply part to electromagnetically form the tube member, the coil-side terminal and the power-supply-side terminal are separated, and the coil unit is removed from the tube member. Thus, the tube member can be separated from the high-voltage power supply cable during transport.
US11123783B2
Provided is a hot stamping die apparatus including sub-assemblies constructed by making a plurality of plates erect and sequentially overlapping the plurality of plates in a face-to-face manner. A first cooling channel extending along overlapping surfaces is provided by forming grooves corresponding to each other on overlapping surfaces of adjacent plates, A second cooling channel passing through the corresponding sub-assembly in the length direction is provided in at least one of the sub-assemblies.
US11123781B2
The invention relates to a roll stand (2) for rolling, in particular cold-rolling, metal products, comprising at least one actuator (16) which can be actuated for actively damping vibrations in the roll stand (2), and at least one supporting roll (10) which is non-adjustable or can be adjusted exclusively via a readjusting device for pass line adjustment (13) of the roll stand (2) for supporting a working roll (5) and/or intermediate roll of the roll stand (2), wherein the supporting roll (10) is guided at the ends via a respective bearing unit (11) on a rack (8) of the roll stand (2). In order to enable an optimal active damping of vibrations in a roll stand (2) of this type with low engineering effort, the invention proposes that the supporting roll (10) is supported on the actuator (16) via at least one bearing unit (11) and that the actuator (16) is supported on a section (17) of the rack (8) either directly or indirectly via at least one component (14) of the readjustment device (13).
US11123776B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for landfill systems, comprising waste, a geosynthetic product, and a layer of foam glass aggregates interposed between the waste and the geosynthetic product.
US11123775B2
A substrate-cleaning apparatus includes a transmission unit, a wet cleaning unit and a dry cleaning unit. The transmission unit includes a movable clamp for clamping a substrate that includes a face without covering the face of the substrate. The wet cleaning unit includes a wiper and a liquid pump. The wiper includes a strip of cleaning cloth and an abutting element for pressing the cleaning cloth against the face of the substrate. The liquid pump sends cleaning liquid to the abutting element that in turn sends the cleaning liquid to the cleaning cloth when the abutting element presses the cleaning cloth against the face of the substrate. The dry cleaning unit includes a wiper comprising a strip of cleaning cloth for wiping dry the face of the substrate without leaving any water mark on the face.
US11123772B2
Differences in x-ray absorption coefficients and ash content are used to process coal waste and concentrate rare earth elements (REE) found in coal seams. A method for processing the coal waste includes receiving, by a detector, at least one collimated x-ray beam from an x-ray source that has been passed through a sample of coal waste; determining measurements of at least one x-ray absorption characteristic of the sample based on the received at least one collimated x-ray beam; and identifying a first region in the sample having a concentration of rare earth elements based on the measured x-ray absorption characteristic.
US11123767B2
According to one embodiment, a tactile actuator can comprise: a housing having an accommodation space therein; a cap covering at least a portion of the accommodation space; a vibration unit disposed inside the accommodation space; an elastic member for connecting the housing and the vibration unit such that the vibration unit can vibrate with respect to the housing; a coil for forming a magnetic field to drive the vibration unit; and a control unit for determining any one driving mode on the basis of collected driving information from among a plurality of preset driving modes and determining, according to the driving mode, the characteristic of a current to be applied to the coil.
US11123757B2
An essential oil reflux-type atomizer comprising the following structures: chassis (10), housing (30), atomization chamber (310), gas pump (21), gas tube (22), gas nozzle (23), oil nozzle (24), filter atomization mechanism (40). The filter atomization mechanism (40) is installed in the housing (30) and has a plurality of filter housings (41). A lower end of each of the filter housings (40) has one or more through holes (411). When the gas nozzle (23) ejects an airflow, the airflow draws out the essential oil through the oil nozzle (24) to form a mixed airflow which passes through each of the filter housings (41) successively. Larger essential oil droplets in the airflow are filtered by each of the filter housings (41) to be recycled, while the atomized essential oil gas will pass through the through holes (411) of each of the filter housings to be dispensed. At the same time, the essential oil droplets in the through holes (411) are re-atomized by the airflow to improve the atomization performance. The atomization chamber (310) comprises a guide board guiding the airflow from the gas nozzle (23) upwards towards the filter atomization mechanism (40).
US11123754B2
Disclosed is a liquid-liquid-solid three-phase separator for waste oil, including an oil-bath heating tank, a plurality of cyclone units and solid removal units. The cyclone units are provided and fixed in the oil-bath heating tank. Each of the solid removal units is connected to an underflow pipe of each of the cyclone units and is configured to separate solid particles. A solid removal outer pipe is arranged at a tail end of the underflow pipe via the first connector; the second connector is arranged at a tail end of the solid removal outer pipe; the solid removal inner pipe is arranged at an underflow outlet of the underflow pipe via the second connector to form a solid removal gap. The invention provides the demulsification and dehydration treatment of waste oil emulsion and the separation of solid particles.
US11123752B1
An example of a species collection system includes a plurality of spaced-apart electrically conductive collectors and a plurality of emitter electrodes. In some embodiments, at least one emitter electrode is disposed between adjacent ones of the collectors. In some embodiments, the at least one emitter electrode extends beyond the collectors (e.g., in at least one dimension). Collectors may be aligned to a direction of gas flow from an outlet (e.g., of a cooling tower) to facilitate collection while minimizing interference with the gas flow. Different emitter electrodes may be maintained at different voltages. In some embodiments, collectors are attached to a collector frame and emitter electrodes are attached to emitter frame(s) that are electrically insulated from the collector frame. Collectors may span a gas outlet (e.g., of a cooling tower) and emitter frame(s) may be positioned outside of the collectors (e.g., and outside of a periphery of the gas outlet).
US11123751B2
An example of a panel for use in collecting fluid in a gas stream includes a fluid collection member comprising one or more collection electrodes. The panel may include an emitter electrode assembly member comprising an emitter electrode frame and one or more emitter electrodes attached to the emitter electrode frame (e.g., disposed in a one- or two-dimensional array). The one or more emitter electrodes may be physically separated from the one or more collection electrodes. The fluid collection member may be physically connected to the emitter electrode assembly member. The one or more collection electrodes may be electrically insulated from the one or more emitter electrodes.
US11123741B2
A discharge end wall system including a discharge wall assembly in which a number of pulp chambers are defined, and one or more plug elements at least partially occupying one or more of the pulp chambers.
US11123738B2
Apparatus for making a fluid flow connection includes a pair of complementary components having respective first and second flow passages, and respective formations engageable to join the components by press-fitting them together so that the passages are in fluid flow communication and the junction between them is sealed against leakage up to a pre-determined pressure of the fluid flow. The respective formations comprise, on one hand, a spike (30) including at least a portion (32) of the first flow passage opening at a tip (31) of the spike and a first guide surface (29) about the spike, and, on the other hand, a body (41) with a passageway (42) that, when the components are press-fitted together, sealingly receives the spike, and a second guide surface (47) about the passageway that slidingly engages the first guide surface.
US11123727B2
A method for producing a fluoride functionalized zeolite catalyst is described, having a F/Si molar ratio of 0.1:1-3:1. The method involves mixing a fluoride salt with zeolite components to form a gel, which is then hydrothermally treated and calcined. The fluoride functionalized zeolite catalyst may be used for cracking an olefin stream into ethylene, propylene, and butylene, with high selectivity towards propylene. The fluoride functionalized zeolite catalyst may be used for 50 or more hours with a stable conversion rate and low coke formation.
US11123726B2
Method of preparing a molecular catalyst from a mixture comprising a (C5-C7)alkane, a spray-dried alkylaluminoxane, and a molecular procatalyst. Molecular catalysts prepared by the method may be screened.
US11123720B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising a carrier substrate of the length L extending between substrate ends a and b and two washcoat zones A and B, wherein washcoat zone A comprises a zeolite having a smallest lower channel width of at least 0.4 nm and extends starting from substrate end a over a part of the length L, and washcoat zone B comprises the same components as washcoat A and palladium and extends from substrate end b over a part of the length L, wherein L=LA+LB, wherein LA is the length of washcoat zone A and LB is the length of substrate length B.
US11123719B2
A catalyst for the carbonylation of dimethyl ether to methyl acetate. The catalyst comprises a zeolite, such as a mordenite zeolite, at least one Group IB metal, such as copper, and/or at least one Group VIII metal, such as iron, and at least one Group IIB metal, such as zinc. Such a catalyst with combined metals provides enhanced catalytic activity, improved stability, and improved selectivity to methyl acetate, and does not require a halogen promoter, as compared to a metal-free or copper only zeolite.
US11123690B2
The present invention discloses a method and device for purifying CO from a flue gas and coupling-suppressing white fog, where the flue gas is introduced into a ceramic honeycomb carrier coated with a CO catalyst, sufficient O2 in the flue gas is utilized to generate CO2 from a low concentration of CO through catalytic oxidation, so as to achieve the purpose of purifying CO, and the flue gas is heated up by the heat released from the catalytic oxidation reaction to more than 110° C. and then discharged into the air, which meets the temperature requirement of coupling-suppressing white fog; the device includes a CO concentration sensor, a temperature sensor, a CO catalytic oxidation layer, an oxidation reaction tower, a desulfurized sintering flue gas, a packing layer I, a packing layer II, a chimney, and a solenoid valve II.
US11123671B2
Filter systems and methods described herein include one or more spacer elements positioned in the dirty air chamber along with the filter elements attached to the spacer elements. The dirty air inlet delivers a dirty air stream into the dirty air chamber along a dirty air flow axis.
US11123666B2
A filter device including a probe where a filter element probe first end selectively engages with a sensing unit located in a filter head and a filter element probe second end is located in a contaminant portion of a filter canister. The probe fixedly engages through the filter element utilizing a sealing component. The filter element is disposed in the filter canister that engages with the filter head.
US11123651B2
A building block assembly (50) comprises a first module (50A) and a second module (50B) which are in detachable engagement, wherein the first module (50A) and the second module (50B) are mechanically connected and relatively rotatable about a rotation axis. The first module (50A) is a building block module comprising a first building block and a second building block which are snap fastened or press fastened to form a building block stack. The second module (50B) is mechanically retained by the first module (50A) in a retention state upon snap fastening of the first building block and the second building block in a connection direction defined by a connection axis which is coaxial with the rotation axis to form the building block stack.
US11123649B1
A fidget toy includes a plurality of wedge-shaped segments having bosses which interconnect the segments. Bearings allow adjacent segments to rotate relative to each other. Exertion of pressure on the top and bottom surfaces with a wiggling between respective sets of fingers, induces a dancing movement of the fidget toy.
US11123643B2
Techniques for recommending and establishing connections between users within a gaming social network, designed for connecting users having common gaming interests or characteristics. Embodiments include methods for recommending connections from members of an out-of-game social network, the gaming social network, and gaming activity participants; evaluating user profile information and user characteristics in a gaming social network and gaming activity in a game networking system to determine an appropriate set of connections for a selected user; and presenting graphical user interface content and configurations to enable the suggestion, review, and accepting of recommended connections in the gaming social network.
US11123637B2
A computer implemented method for controlling a game play. The method includes rendering a game view on a display of a computing device, the game view including a first area and a second area; displaying one or more first objects in the first area, the one or more first objects configured to execute one or more actions in the first area, the one or more actions being executed at a first execution speed; detecting a selection of a second object in the second area of the display; and changing an execution speed of the one or more actions being executed by the one or more first objects in the first area to a second execution speed while it is detected that the second object is selected.
US11123631B2
New and unique puzzle mechanics, systems, and methods are described herein. A puzzle grid comprising linearly arranged intersecting words, with each individual letter placed on a separate puzzle tile, may be divided into a plurality of puzzle pieces, where each puzzle piece is formed of one or more contiguous puzzle tiles. Each puzzle piece shape conforms to one of a predefined set of shapes. To mix up the puzzle grid, identically shaped puzzle pieces may be randomly shuffled and rotated if required so that the puzzle layout remains unchanged whereas the letters are scrambled. Also puzzle pieces whose shape exhibit rotational symmetry may be optionally rotated within the puzzle layout. Letters may maintain upright legibility. A user may then attempt to solve the puzzle by swapping identically shaped puzzle pieces and optionally rotating puzzle pieces whose shape exhibit rotational symmetry.
US11123625B2
It is disclosed a method, and a system (30) capable of localizing ball hit events on a sports court. From on acoustics data acquired (22) of ball hit events by individual distributed sensors or microphones, ball hitting patterns are identified (24) in the data from each individual sensor. Based on the identified ball hitting patterns and geometric constraints of a sports court and the distribution of sensors, ball hit events are detected (26). The localization of the detected ball bit events is determined (28) based on the geometrical constraints of the sports court and the sensor distribution. The system has a number of advantages of which some are that it is cheap to install, it is non-invasive, and that it can easily be extended to provide higher precision of ball hit event localization.
US11123615B2
Embodiments of golf club heads with variable face geometry and material properties are described herein. Various embodiments include a golf club head comprising a body configured to receive a faceplate from a set of faceplates. The body comprises a heel region, a toe region opposite the heel region, a sole, and a crown. The faceplate is from the set of faceplates and coupled to the body. The set of faceplates comprises a heel region, a toe region, a top portion, and a bottom portion, and further comprises at least one of a varying hardness profile or a varying thickness profile. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US11123610B2
A golf ball resin composition includes (a) an olefin-α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer and/or a metal ion neutralization product thereof or an olefin-α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid-α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer and/or a metal ion neutralization product thereof, (b) a phenolic resin and (c) a compound having at least two oxazoline groups per molecule, wherein the content of component (C) is from 0.1 to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of components (a) and (b) combined. The resin composition has excellent tensile properties and, when used in a golf ball, provides the ball with an excellent durability without lowering the spin performance and distance performance of the ball. The resin is especially useful as a golf ball cover material for an outermost layer or an intermediate layer.
US11123608B2
An upper limb training system adapted to an upper limb of a user includes a main body and a control unit. The main body includes a training unit and a plurality of motors. The training unit is connected to the upper limb. The plurality of motors are coupled to the training unit. The control unit is electrically connected to the training unit and the plurality of motors and calculates a plurality of torque intervals respectively corresponding to the plurality of motors according to torques generated by each of the plurality of motors. Besides, a control method adapted to the upper limb training system is also provided.
US11123604B2
An apparatus for natural torso and limbs tracking and feedback for electronic interaction with fall safety support. The apparatus comprises a body harness worn on the body of a user, a support structure designed to bear the weight of the user in the event of a stumble, trip, or fall, and a plurality of tethers attached at one end to the harness and at the other end to the support structure. One or more sensors are integrated into the system to measure aspects of the user's movement and used as input to control a computer system. In the event of stumble, trip, or fall, all of, or a portion of, the user's body weight is borne by the tethers as a safety mechanism to prevent injury. The system is designed to be used with virtual reality systems wherein the user's vision is blocked or obscured by a virtual reality visor.
US11123595B2
A weightlifting rack assembly includes a first side mount bracket having a first base connected to a first mounting region of a wall mount bracket, a first support arm extending outward from the first base, and a first receiver connected to the first support arm, a second side mount bracket having a second base connected to a second mounting region of the wall mount bracket, a second support arm extending outward from the second base, and a second receiver connected to the second support arm, and a bar connected to the first side mount bracket and the second side mount bracket and extending between the side mount brackets in a direction along the lateral width of the wall mount bracket. The bar is received in the receivers to connect the bar to the side mount brackets, and the wall mount bracket suspends the rack assembly above a ground surface.
US11123594B2
A weightlifting system for hanging band technique is used to enable barbell-based strength training with a unique weight deployment that provides an advantageous muscular stimulus. The system is also configured to facilitate weight loading onto a barbell sleeve for workouts. The system includes a plurality of suspended weights. The plurality of suspended weights is a set of heavy plates that hang to connect to a barbell to enable performance of barbell exercises. Each of the plurality of suspended weights includes a length-adjustable elastic band, a roller, a U-shaped bracket, and a weight assembly. The length-adjustable elastic band enables the desirable oscillations and unbalance that provides the necessary muscular stimulation. The roller rotates relative to the U-shaped bracket. The U-shaped bracket supports both the roller and the weight of the weight assembly. The weight assembly provides the gravitational resistance necessary for assisting in exercises.
US11123586B2
A safety anchor for construction having a mounting plate for mounting to a vertical portion of a structure; a vertical support member coupled to the mounting plate and extending upwardly therefrom; and, a tethering component at a top end of the vertical support member. In one method of use, a first safety anchor is mounted to a first side of a structure, a second safety anchor is mounted to a second side of a structure, and a cable is interposed between the first and second safety anchors.
US11123583B2
An improved emergency aircraft oxygen respirator for passenger use in an aircraft providing a mask attached to a passenger by a head strap, the mask having a facial conforming inner liner forming an airtight seal to each various passenger, the mask further defining an oxygen line connection, a valve operated expired breathing opening, and at least one inlet filter to remove toxic fumes, chemical vapors and smoke during a fire or electrical malfunction in the airplane, the oxygen line connection engaging the plane's existing chemical oxygen generation system, replacing the oxygen mask for passengers in a plane, the replacement respirator deploying within the passenger compartment of the airplane in the same manner as the oxygen masks being replaced.
US11123582B2
An encapsulated protective suit having an external air flow hose and comprising a skin, a filter incorporated in the skin of the protective suit, and a seal, wherein when the seal is intact, air does not flow through the filter.
US11123579B2
The detergent product for cosmetic use, comprises: a base compound having a detergent action; spores of probiotic bacteria mixed with the base compound; bacteriophage elements mixed with the base compound and having bactericide activity on predetermined undesired bacterial species present, the bacteriophage elements, in cooperation with the spores of probiotic bacteria, being able to carry out a combined and synergic action against damaging micro-organisms. Use of the detergent product is also described, for cleansing of the skin, skin adnexa (hair, nails, body hair, beard), of the oral cavity, mucosa or the teeth.
US11123576B2
A device for treatment of a tissue (8) of a living being, including a transducer (4) for emitting a beam of ultrasound waves mounted on a movable treatment head (1), an ultrasonic imaging device (2, 3), optionally an inflatable balloon (5) surrounding the treatment head (1) and containing a coupling fluid, and a control unit for controlling movement of the treatment head (1) and operation of the transducer (4) and the imaging device (2, 3). In order to avoid displacement of tissues (7, 8) during displacement of the treatment head (1) and increase imaging quality, the treatment head (1) is adjustable to at least two of a treatment position (T), a monitoring position (M) and a travel position (S).
US11123572B2
The present disclosure relates to an eyewear phototherapy device for providing skin cosmetology to the skin surrounding the eyes. The device includes a main spectacle frame having a left supporting member and right supporting member, each including at least one housing assembly extending outward from the each supporting member and facing towards the inner portion of the supporting member. Each of the housing assemblies includes an LED light board, attached to the inner side of the respective housing assembly, which is adapted to emit light energy, a transparent silicone cover attached on the LED light board for protecting direct contact between the LED light board and human skin, a protective element which is adapted to spread the LED emissions around a human eye and provide protection to the human eye from the LED emissions.
US11123561B2
A treatment system for stimulating the vagus nerves is described, comprising the following elements: —a detection and control unit (20); —at least one detection probe (10d, 10g) connected to the detection and control unit and intended to be applied to at least one of the two vagus nerves of a patient; —means (24) provided in the detection and control unit for detecting a phenomenon of mass discharge of action potentials in at least one vagus nerve using the detection probe or detection probes; —stimulation probes (10d, 10g) for stimulating vagus nerves, and—means (24) provided in the detection and control unit that are capable, in response to the detection of a mass discharge, of applying predefined asymmetric stimulation signals to said stimulation probes capable of causing a depolarization and/or hyperpolarization of the vagus nerves and of blocking the conduction of the action potentials at least in the efferent direction. The system is intended for preventing the risk of sudden death in the event of an epileptic seizure in epilepsy patients.
US11123557B2
An electric stimulator that effectively improves the brain function of patients suffering from brain disorders by applying electric stimulation to the brain of the patient effectively. The electric stimulator can include main electrodes H to be stuck to particular sites of the patient's body extending from the neck part to the head tip part. The particular site may be the temple part, the forehead part above the eyes, the cheek part and the rear neck part. The electric signal to be applied to the main electrodes H is set so as for weak electric current of 100 μA or less to flow through the patient's body and stimulate the brain. In addition to the application of electric stimulation by the main electrodes H, auxiliary electrodes S may be stuck to the back of the patient.
US11123552B2
The embodiments described herein relate to a self-positioning, quick-deployment low profile transvenous electrode system for sequentially pacing both the atrium and ventricle of the heart in the “dual chamber” mode, and methods for deploying the same.
US11123547B2
New methods for implanting a cardiac therapy system include implanting a lead of the system substernally anterior of the heart without attaching to the myocardium or pericardium. An illustration includes placement of an anchor beneath the sternum in the vicinity of one of the sternal angle, a location superior of the ventricles, the area bounded by the 2nd or 3rd ribs, and level with the aortic arch. A tension element or tether is attached to the anchor and a lead is introduced over the tension element or tether and secured in a desired position relative to the anchor. Other examples also include implantation, substernally, of a lead without the use of a pre-tunneling tool or sheath over the lead itself, for example by using an advancing tool for pushing the lead into position.
US11123542B1
An apical cuff axial compression assembly including a ring member for coupling an apical cuff of a Ventricular Assist Device pump, to left ventricular apical tissue. Tissue anchors are employed to engage with the ring member and the apical cuff to exert direct or axial compression of the ring member to the apical cuff and to the left ventricular apical tissue. A first variant includes an axial compression ring and a plurality of openings to accommodate the tissue anchors. A second variant includes a segmented axial compression ring composed of a plurality of arcuate members, which may be contiguous or joined to each other or not. Each of the plurality of arcuate members has at least one tissue anchor opening passing therethrough.
US11123540B2
In a catheter (2) to assist the performance of a heart (1) with at least one pump (7), the pump is formed as a rotary pump at the distal end of the catheter (2), the rotor (6) lying distally on the outer side being coupled via a magneto coupling with a drive wheel (21), formed as a hydraulically or pneumatically operated paddle wheel, arranged inside the catheter (2). The driving fluid is supplied to the paddle wheel via a lumen (22) of the catheter (2) and is carried off via a further lumen (23) of the catheter.
US11123536B2
An antimicrobial cap and method for inhibiting the growth of microbes and disinfecting a port are disclosed. The antimicrobial cap comprises an assembly that includes an outer cap, an inner member and a pad disposed within the inner member and impregnated with an antimicrobial agent in order to disinfect the port. The antimicrobial cap includes attachment features and a lock out mechanism allowing the disinfection of different types of ports and connectors and their safe disengagement and thereafter enabling the lock out mechanism in order to prevent re-use of the antimicrobial cap.
US11123535B2
An antimicrobial cap and method for inhibiting the growth of microbes and disinfecting a port are disclosed. The antimicrobial cap comprises an assembly that includes an outer cap, an inner component and a pad disposed within the inner component and impregnated with an antimicrobial element in order to disinfect the port. The antimicrobial cap includes flexible attachment features configured to engage a port and a lockout mechanism configured to prevent and disable re-use of the cap, allowing the disinfection of different types of ports and connectors and safe disengagement of a single-use cap.
US11123533B2
A medical fluid connection device connects to a complementary connector unit in a fluid-conducting manner. The medical fluid connection device has a housing member having an inlet opening and at least one outlet opening. The inlet opening and at least one outlet opening are interconnected in a fluid-conducting manner by a fluid duct that extends substantially along an axial direction, and a soft elastic sealing member which in a circumferential direction at least in portions encompasses a wall of the fluid duct and along the axial direction is guided so as to be movable in relation to the wall of the fluid duct. A Luer external taper connects to a Luer internal taper of the complementary connector unit in a fluid-tight manner. The Luer external taper is configured by a wall portion of the soft elastic sealing member. The medical fluid connection device can be used in infusion therapy.
US11123523B2
The present invention relates to peripheral intravenous catheters, and in particular to an integrated peripheral intravenous catheter having a low profile securement platform, a needle hub having an interior compartment and further comprising a paddle grip, and an extension tube coupled to the catheter and stored within the interior compartment of the needle hub prior to catheterization.
US11123519B2
A catheter shaft is produced by forming a first polymeric layer onto a flexible inner core while maintaining the inner core in a solid state, and solidifying the first polymeric layer, wherein the solidified first polymeric layer fails to bond with the inner core and is slidable thereon upon flexion of the shaft. A second polymeric layer may be formed over the first polymeric layer, and is slidable thereon when the shaft bends.
US11123518B2
A dual tip dialysis catheter has a proximal portion with connected lumens and a distal portion with diverging lumens. The lumens may separate at a split junction and diverge in a scissors like manner to reduce or eliminate a crack or gap adjacent to the split junction, thereby reducing clotting. A dual tip dialysis catheter may have forward openings configured to direct flow in opposite directions.
US11123516B2
A catheter including a tubular catheter body defining a distal portion, a distal end and a lumen that extends to the distal end, a radiopaque marker carried within the lumen, and a non-metal tip that is bonded to distal end of the catheter body.
US11123504B2
Aspects of the instant disclosure relate to electronic cigarettes. More particularly, to electronic cigarettes including a circumferential light guide that distributes light transmitted by a light source, and controller circuitry that variably illuminates the circumferential light guide of the electronic cigarette based on a user's draw strength.
US11123498B2
The present invention relates to a treatment device and a method for controlling the same, and provides a treatment device comprising: an insertion unit formed to be insertable in tissue after penetrating through a surface of the tissue; a displacement measuring unit for measuring displacement of the surface of the tissue, caused by an insertion of the insertion unit; and a control unit for controlling an insertion motion of the insertion unit on the basis of the displacement measured by the displacement measuring unit. According to the present invention, the device allows medical treatment in a state in which the insertion unit has been inserted to reach a precise position of a target, so as to improve an effect of medical treatment.
US11123488B2
An injection device assembly including a housing, a syringe, a drive mechanism and one or more sensing systems are described. The drive mechanism advances the syringe from a storage position to an injection position, and a plunger advances the syringe piston from an initial position to a final position. The status sensing system may include one or more main PCB(s) disposed in an end portion of the injection device assembly's housing. The system may determine various parameters related to an operational status of the injection device, including the location of the devices components, an amount of medication remaining in the device, a temperature of the medication, and whether or not the device is properly contacting the users skin before injection. The system may communicate such determined parameters to an external device via a wireless communication link.
US11123485B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for switching an application executing on an ambulatory medical device to a new application without interrupting therapy provided by the ambulatory medical device to a subject. The ambulatory medical device may receive an indication that an update to an application executing on the ambulatory insulin pump is available, establish a communication connection to a host computing system, download and install the application update, while a prior version of the application continues to run. The disclosed systems and methods can confirm successful installation of the application update on the ambulatory medical device and switch control of the ambulatory medical device from the prior version to the new version of the application without interrupting therapy provided to the subject.
US11123476B2
Embodiments of negative pressure wound therapy systems and methods for operating the systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a negative pressure wound therapy apparatus can include a wound dressing, a negative pressure source, and a controller. The negative pressure source can provide negative pressure via a fluid flow path to the wound dressing. The controller can monitor a rate of fluid removal from the wound, wirelessly communicate the rate of fluid removal to a remote device, and output an indication when the rate of fluid removal meets a threshold.
US11123475B2
Example apparatuses and systems are disclosed for providing controlled delivery of electrolysis treatment and cellular permeabilization treatment to a site in tissue. A system disclosed may include an electrode, a power supply, and a controller. The controller may control a charge applied to the electrode to induce a direct current through the aqueous matrix to produce electrolysis products and a voltage to produce electroporation. The duration and magnitude of the charge applied may determine the dose of the products and the degree of the permeabilization of cells in the treatment site. The composition of the electrodes may be chosen in accordance with the desired products produced and electroporation effects. An apparatus is disclosed that may be in the form of electrodes for electrolysis and electrodes for electroporation applied to the tissue. An apparatus is disclosed that may be used for treating internal tissue.
US11123468B2
A filtering device receives a pressure signal (P) from a pressure sensor in a fluid containing system, the pressure signal (P) comprising first pulses originating from a first periodic pulse generator and second pulses. The device acquires a reference signal which is indicative of a current operating frequency of the first periodic pulse generator. The device identifies, based on the reference signal, a plurality of harmonics (v1-v8) associated with the current operating frequency, computes correlation values (λ1-λ8) between the harmonics and the pressure signal (P) within a time window in the pressure signal (P), and generates a filtered signal by subtracting, as a function of the correlation values (λ1-λ8), the harmonics from the pressure signal (P). The use of correlation values is a direct, fast, robust and computation-efficient approach for estimating the signal contribution (d) from first pulses in the pressure signal (P).
US11123466B2
The present invention is directed to a method for removing cytokines and/or pathogens from blood or blood serum (blood) by contacting the blood with a solid, essentially non microporous substrate which has been surface treated with heparin, heparan sulfate and/or other molecules or chemical groups (the adsorbent media or media) having a binding affinity for the cytokine or pathogen(s) to be removed (the adsorbates), and wherein the size of the interstitial channels within said media is balanced with the amount of media surface area and the surface concentration of binding sites on the media in order to provide adequate adsorptive capacity while also allowing relatively high flow rates of blood through the adsorbent media.
US11123464B2
The disclosure relates to a dialysis machine that comprises a dialyzer, a fluid source, a first line connected to the fluid source, and a container containing bicarbonate. The container connects to the first line and the fluid flows from the fluid source, through the first line, to the container. The dialysis machine further includes a second line connected to the container, a flow rate sensor connected to at least one of the lines, a pressure sensor configured for detecting fluid pressure of the container, a display, and a data processing apparatus. The data processing apparatus is configured to receive signals from the flow rate sensor and the pressure sensor. The data processing apparatus is configured to calculate a size of the container based on the received signals.
US11123461B2
A method and device for localized treatment of tissues or organs that were exposed to ischemia and reperfusion (IR) injury, in order to reduce their structural damage and loss of function. The method further includes intra-arterial treatment of transplanted tissues or organs, which are exposed to similar damage of IR and are at risk of impaired function. Leptin antagonist is administered as a bolus injection directly into a re-opened artery, which supplies blood to the tissue or organ involved, immediately after reperfusion. In some cases, after administering a bolus injection of leptin antagonist, the effect of leptin antagonist in the involved organ can be prolonged by deploying a double function drug eluting stent, which elutes leptin antagonist into the lumen, e.g., by sustained release, while eluting antiproliferative drug into the vessel wall to prevent local stenosis, which may appear due to stent deployment.
US11123454B2
Provided are novel biocompatible copolymers, compositions comprising the copolymers, and methods of using the copolymers. The copolymers are non-toxic and typically have an LCST below 37° C. Compositions comprising the copolymers can be used for wound treatment, as a cellular growth matrix or niche and for injection into cardiac tissue to repair and mechanically support damaged tissue. The copolymers comprise numerous ester linkages so that the copolymers are erodeable in situ. Degradation products of the copolymers are soluble and non-toxic. The copolymers can be amine-reactive so that they can conjugate with proteins, such as collagen. Active ingredients, such as drugs, can be incorporated into compositions comprising the copolymers.
US11123452B2
The present invention relates to an alkyl chitosan-graphene oxide composite sponge and preparation method and application thereof. The alkyl chitosan-graphene oxide composite sponge provided by the present invention includes alkyl chitosan and graphene oxide absorbed on the alkyl chitosan, and the adsorbing capacity of the graphene oxide is 3-28 wt. %. In the present invention, alkyl chitosan is used as a matrix to combine graphene oxide and alkyl chitosan; the obtained composite sponge has excellent hemostatic performance and blood absorption capacity. Results of embodiments indicate that the in-vitro whole blood coagulation time is less than 58 s, the hemostasis time of a rabbit femoral artery hemorrhage model is less than 155 s, the hemorrhage mass is less than 5.4 g, and the hemostatic effect is superior to a pure alkyl chitosan sponge or graphene oxide powder when the composite sponge provided by the present invention is used for hemostasis.
US11123450B2
An example luminaire includes a white light source (e.g. LEDs emitting white light in a region of the CIE color chart within three Macadam ellipses below the black body curve) and a violet light source emitting light in a wavelength range of approximately 380 nm to 450 nm (e.g. 405 nm LEDs) for deactivating bacteria, such as Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) on a surface exposed to illumination from the luminaire. A controller coupled to the sources pulses the violet light source at periodic intervals or at random times. When ON, the violet source emits light for deactivating bacteria at an intensity higher than the concurrent intensity of the white light.
US11123443B2
Disclosed herein are Htt repressors and methods and compositions for use of these Htt repressors.
US11123441B2
Compositions comprising a red blood cell (RBC) having non-toxically coupled thereto a nanoparticle having a low shear modulus or low Young's modulus of less than 10 MPa and containing a drug are provided. In one embodiment, the nanoparticles are optionally coated with protein. In another embodiment, the nanoparticle has no cell-specific targeting moiety or tissue-specific targeting moiety or organ-specific targeting moiety associated therewith. Methods of delivering selected drugs to target organs use these compositions both in vivo and ex vivo treatment of disease and for imaging.
US11123438B2
A linker peptide for constructing a fusion protein. The linker peptide comprises a flexible peptide and a rigid peptide. The flexible peptide consists of one or more flexible units. The rigid peptide consists of one or more rigid units. The flexible unit comprises two or more amino acid residues selected from Gly, Ser, Ala, and Thr. The rigid unit comprises a human chorionic gonadotropin β-subunit carboxy-terminal peptide (CTP) bearing a plurality of glycosylation sites. The linker peptide can more effectively eliminate mutual steric hindrance of two fusion molecules, decreasing a reduction/loss of polymerization or activity resulting from improper folding of an active protein or a conformational change. On the other hand, the negatively charged, highly sialylated CTP can resist renal clearance, further prolonging a half-life of a fused molecule and enhancing bioavailability of a fused protein. Furthermore, a protective effect of a glycosylated side chain CTP can lower the protease sensitivity of the linker peptide, making a linker region of the fusion protein less degradable.
US11123434B2
The invention relates to a drug delivery device adapted for carrying and delivering both hydrophilic and lipophilic drug molecules. The drug delivery device includes a porous body for adsorption of drug molecules, the body including a plurality of microspheres, and a hydrogel forming cross-links connecting the plurality of microspheres.
US11123433B2
A variety of hydrophobically modified polypeptoids are provided. The hydrophobically modified polypeptoids can include a polyamide backbone having a random copolymer of two or more different types of repeat units, where one or more of the repeat units have nitrogen atom having a hydrophobic substituent attached thereto. Methods of making the hydrophobically modified polypeptoids are also provided, as well as uses of the hydrophobically modified polypeptoids, for example in liposomal drug delivery.
US11123430B2
In certain aspects, the present disclosure provides compositions and methods for increasing red blood cell and/or hemoglobin levels in a subject in need thereof. Subjects in need include, for example, subjects having anemia and/or ineffective erythropoiesis as a result of having reduced GATA-1, heat shock factor and/or NFE2 levels as compared to the levels in a reference population.
US11123429B2
A method and system for administering pharmaceutical agents to a subject is provided. The system includes a course of treatment regimen, which includes a prescribed order of medicine amounts for periodic administration to the subject in the prescribed order. The amount of medicine includes a dose of at least one active pharmacological agent (APA) and an amount of at least one non-active pharmacological agent (NPA). The NPA provides at least one non-visual sensory cue. The dosage amounts of the APA contained within the amounts of medicine periodically administered in the prescribed order are varied within the course of treatment regimen, and the amount of the NPA contained within the amounts of medicine periodically administered in the prescribed order are held constant within the course of treatment regimen.
US11123425B2
The present invention relates to a recombinant avian herpes virus, which comprises at least two recombinant nucleotide sequences, each recombinant nucleotide sequence encoding a distinct antigenic peptide, wherein the at least two recombinant nucleotide sequences are inserted into distinct non-coding regions of the viral genome chosen among the region located between UL44 and UL45, the region located between UL45 and UL46, the region located between US10 and SORF3, and the region located between SORF3 and US2.
US11123420B2
The present invention relates to field of live attenuated recombinant tetravalent dengue vaccines and methods of producing stable compositions. Present invention specifically relates to a stable composition and methods of using such a stable composition comprising live attenuated recombinant dengue virus, stabilizer, bulking agent and optionally buffering agents, wherein the live attenuated dengue virus is generated from Δ 30 and or Δ 31 deleted or mutated dengue strains. More specifically, the present invention relates to stabilizers for freeze-dried live attenuated immunogenic and/or vaccine compositions that may comprise, inter alia, dengue virus(es). The invention further relates to stabilized, freeze-dried live attenuated immunogenic and/or vaccine compositions of, dengue virus(es), which may contain these stabilizers. Other aspects of the invention are described in or are evident from the following disclosure, and are within the ambit of the invention.
US11123411B2
Formulations and methods of treatment are disclosed for prevention and/or treatment of visual loss from age-related macular degeneration. The disclosed formulations include botulinum neurotoxin (e.g., botulinum neurotoxin or a fragment thereof, either in pure form or with one or more peptide fragments and/or neurotoxin associated proteins). In some embodiments, the disclosed formulations also include one or more anti-VEGF agents. The disclosed formulations may be applied to an intraocular or extraocular region of a patient. If applied to an extra ocular region of a patient, the botulinum-based pharmaceutical formulation may be transported to the intra-ocular region of the patient via axoplasmic transport, thereby allowing the active ingredient(s) to penetrate into the choroid, neuro-retina, and/or retinal pigment epithelium without direct injection into the eye, allowing for improved therapeutic safety by eliminating risk of retinal detachment, retinal break, retinal hemorrhage, and blindness associated with direct injection into the eye.
US11123401B2
The present invention relates to C5 binding polypeptides, comprising a C5 binding motif, BM, which motif consists of an amino acid sequence selected from i) EX2X3X4A X6 X7EID X11LPNL X16X17X18QW X21AFIX25X26LX28D, and ii) an amino acid sequence which has at least 86% identity to the sequence defined in i), wherein the polypeptide binds to C5. The present invention moreover relates to C5 binding polypeptides for use in therapy, such as for use in treatment of a C5 related condition, and to methods of treatment.
US11123394B2
Disclosed is a process for the preparation of powder compositions including a lipophilic extract of Echinacea spp., a lipophilic extract of Zingiber officinale and phospholipids. Also disclosed are powder compositions obtainable by the process and pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and cosmetic formulations including the compositions. Also described is a use of the powder compositions and formulations thereof in the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory and painful states.
US11123387B2
A method of treating viral infection, such as viral infection caused by a virus of the Filoviridae family, Flaviviridae family (Flavivirus genus), Deltaretrovirus genus, or Togaviriade family is provided. A composition having at least one cardiac glycoside is used to treat viral infection. The composition can further include at least one triterpene. Alternatively, the composition comprises at least one, at least two, or at least three triterpenes.
US11123384B2
Microencapsulated probiotic bacteria protected from degradation by acidic aqueous solutions, high bile salt concentrations, elevated temperatures, and prolonged storage and having an increased anti-bacterial activity as compared to their non-microencapsulated counterparts. The microencapsulated probiotic bacteria comprise probiotic bacteria encapsulated in microcapsules. The probiotic bacteria comprise live Lactobacillus plantarum cells. Each of the microcapsules comprises a matrix of a gelled alginate. The matrix wholly envelops the probiotic bacteria within the matrix. An outer surface of the matrix has a coating consisting essentially of one vegetable oil selected from the group consisting of olive oil and canola oil, or an outer surface of the matrix is treated with sodium chloride. The microencapsulated probiotic bacteria have an average particle size of less than 1000 microns (μm) in diameter.
US11123381B2
Novel nutritional compositions and methods for their manufacture, administration and use are disclosed. The nutritional compositions of the present invention are useful for the feeding of immature mammals, particularly those used for food, and/or performance animals, such as horses, and for companion animals, such as dogs and cats. The nutritional compositions and supplements of the present invention are effective in supporting the growth and health of the immature mammal, in supporting and stimulating its immune system, and in mitigating undesirable infections and other. Additionally, particular fractions of the unique peptides produced by the disclosed methods can be separated and utilized as therapeutic agents.
US11123367B2
Methods and compositions are provided for combined transplantation of a solid organ and hematopoietic cells to a recipient, where tolerance to the graft is established through development of a persistent mixed chimerism. An individual with persistent mixed chimerism, usually for a period of at least six months, is able to withdraw from the use of immunosuppressive drugs after a period of time sufficient to establish tolerance.
US11123363B2
The present invention generally relates to methods of treating hypertension (HTN) in patients in need thereof wherein the patient optionally further suffers from chronic kidney disease (CKD) or Type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The invention also relates to methods of treating hyperkalemia in a patient in need thereof, wherein the patient suffers from CKD, T2DM or HTN and are optionally being treated with an effective amount of a renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) agent. The invention also relates to methods of treating kidney disease in a patient in need thereof, wherein the patient is optionally being treated with an effective amount of a renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) agent. The methods can comprise administering an effective amount of a potassium-binding agent to the patient to lower the patient's blood pressure and/or increase or stabilize the patient's kidney function.
US11123358B2
The present invention relates to a compound for use as a medicament in the treatment or prevention of acute liver failure, which acute liver failure is induced by intoxication prior to or following administration of the compound. Accordingly, the invention relates to the compound for use in the treatment of an intoxication that without treatment is expected to result in acute liver failure or that without treatment is sufficient to induce acute liver failure. The invention also provides the compound for use in the treatment, and a corresponding method for the treatment of an intoxication sufficient to induce acute liver failure.
US11123357B2
Methods and pharmaceutical compositions including Bisphosphocins for treating oral mucositis in a patient are disclosed.
US11123345B2
Methods are provided for preventing, reducing, and/or treating contrast-induced acute kidney injury which include administering an inhibitor of fatty acid oxidation to a patient in need thereof. Also provided are methods involving use of trimetazidine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof for the prevention and/or treatment of contrast-induced acute kidney injury. Methods are also provided for preventing and/or treating contrast-induced acute kidney injury which include administration of one or more of trimetazidine, etomoxir, oxfenicine, perhexiline, mildronate, or ranolazine, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of any of the preceding.
US11123332B2
Methods and compositions are disclosed for rapidly reducing the risk of suicide in patients suffering from acute suicidality and rapidly relieving mood symptoms in major depression and treatment-resistant depression using a novel therapeutic regimen comprising a single or intermittent administration of a high dose of gaboxadol, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to the subject n need thereof.
US11123330B2
Methods of inhibiting mutant EGFR and methods of treating a subject afflicted with a lung cancer having a mutant EGFR, having for example a C797 mutation, are described. The methods comprise administering to a cell or a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from 3-(1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl)-7-(diethylamino)-2H-chromen-2-one and a structurally related analog thereof; midostaurin; and AZD7622 and a structurally related analog thereof; and mixtures thereof. Compositions and combinations comprising the compounds of the disclosure as well as uses are also provided.
US11123328B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for the chronic treatment of dyssynchronous cardiac dysfunction (including non-arrhythmia cardiac dysfunction such as heart failure, cardiomyopathy, viral myocarditis, ischemia induced cardiomyopathy, ischemia, chemotherapy, pacing induced cardiomyopathy or ion channel mutation related dysfunction) and for the prevention or treatment of diseases or conditions associated with dyssynchronous cardiac dysfunction. The method comprises chronically administering to a patient an effective amount of dantrolene, or derivative or analogs thereof (such as azumolene).
US11123314B2
The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a combination of anticancer agents, capable of creating a synergistic effect when co-administer in the treatment of cancer, and more specifically, the present invention suggests anticancer agents capable of creating a synergistic effect when co-administered with gossypol and phenformin. The anticancer agents selected as said anticancer agents in the present disclosure are sorafenib, vemurafenib, irinotecan, cisplatin, paclitaxel, and doxorubicin, and each of the aforementioned anticancer agent, when co-administered as a triple-drug combination with gossypol and phenformin can provide a significant synergistic effect in terms of the effect of suppressing the proliferation of cancer and killing cancer cell, compared to each mono-drug treatment group and a dual-drug treatment group of gossypol+phenformin.
US11123312B2
In various embodiments, methods are provided for applying transcutaneous and/or epidural spinal cord stimulation with and without selective pharmaceuticals to restore voluntary control of hand function in tetraplegic subjects.
US11123291B2
Provided is a method of encapsulation, the method including: providing a first mixture; applying heat to the first mixture until the first mixture reaches a first temperature; providing a second mixture; applying heat to the second mixture until the second mixture reaches a second temperature; mixing the first mixture with the second mixture to obtain a third mixture; providing a fourth mixture; applying heat to the fourth mixture until the fourth mixture reaches a third temperature; mixing the third mixture with the fourth mixture to obtain a fifth mixture.
US11123277B2
The present invention relates to an oral composition which contains a cationic bactericide and an anionic surfactant in combination and is capable of enhancing the adsorption of the cationic bactericide on the tooth surface and effectively securing the composition stability and solubility or dispersity in the oral cavity. The oral composition comprises the following components (A), (B), and (C): (A) an olefin sulfonic acid having 14 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms or a salt thereof, (B) a hydroxyalkanesulfonic acid having 14 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms or a salt thereof, and (C) a cationic bactericide, wherein the total content of the component (A) and the component (B) is 0.01 mass % or more and 4 mass % or less, and the content of the component (A) is 3 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less in the total content of the component (A) and the component (B).
US11123275B2
The split end-reducing effect of anteiso fatty acid quats can be further enhanced by alkyldimethylammonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed keratin so that hair treatment agents containing at least one anteiso fatty acid quat and alkyldimethylammonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed keratin are particularly effective in reducing split ends.
US11123272B2
Suggested is a cosmetic blend, comprising or consisting of (a) at least one TRPV1 and/or TRPV3 modulator and (b1) at least one 1,2-alkandiol having 5 to 12 carbon atoms and/or (b2) at least one polyol having 3 to 12 carbon atoms and 3 to 6 hydroxyl groups.
US11123270B2
An oral care composition with an aqueous phase, hydrophobic phase, active agent, and optionally emulsifier. A jammed emulsion with aqueous phase, hydrophobic phase, active agent, and optionally emulsifier. An oral care composition with aqueous phase, hydrophobic phase, active agent, and optionally emulsifier. Methods of using disclosed compositions for active agent delivery.
US11123260B1
To aid those with erectile disfunction, an anatomically erect penile prosthesis is disclosed that includes 1) an interior upper chamber that receives and houses the human penis, and 2) an interior lower chamber that receives and houses the human testicles. The prosthesis includes a flexible elongated member that provides a natural feeling substitute for the human penis that is contained within the interior upper chamber. The prosthesis includes an integral support mechanism that connects to the flexible elongated member to provide this natural feeling.
US11123252B2
The present disclosure provides a flexible suit and a flexible system for rehabilitation training of a human leg. The flexible suit includes a first hip joint motion assembly, a first knee joint motion assembly and a first ankle joint motion assembly, a first end of the first knee joint motion assembly is connected with the first hip joint motion assembly, a second end of the first knee joint motion assembly is connected with the first ankle joint motion assembly, the first hip joint motion assembly, the first knee joint motion assembly, and the first ankle joint motion assembly each includes a flexible mechanism, and at least one of a group consisting of the first hip joint motion assembly, the first knee joint motion assembly, and the first ankle joint motion assembly is configured to operate under gas drive.
US11123244B2
An electric wheelchair control system is adapted to control a wheelchair and comprises a sensing assembly, an inertial sensor, a controller, a motor driver, and a three-phase AC motor. The sensing assembly is configured to detect an external force applied to the wheelchair and generate a first sensed signal based thereon. The inertial sensor is configured to detect an inclination of the wheelchair and generate a second sensed signal based thereon. The controller selectively outputs a PWM braking signal to the motor driver according to the first sensed signal and the second sensed signal, and the PWM braking signal includes an upper arm braking signal and a lower arm braking signal, wherein the upper arm braking signal and the lower arm braking signal have the same duty cycle and when the upper arm braking signal is at a high level, the lower arm braking signal is at a low level.
US11123242B2
A motorized wheelchair chassis includes a frame assembly having a first frame element that supports first and second caster wheels at an end of the first frame element. The first frame element is designed to support a seat assembly, a battery support assembly secured to an underside of the frame assembly, at least one battery, first and second power drive assemblies disposed on lateral sides of the battery support assembly, and first and second drive wheels driven by the first and second power drive assemblies, respectively. The frame assembly further comprises a second frame element that is secured to the battery support assembly. The first frame element is supported onto the second frame element via a coupling structure comprising a ball-joint bearing permitting relative movement of the first frame element with respect to the second frame element in more than two degrees of freedom within a limited range of movement.
US11123241B2
A vehicle seat includes a seatback, a seat cushion, and a wheelchair fixing device. The seat cushion is switchable to a tip-up state where the seat cushion has been tipped up so as to extend along the seatback. The seat cushion includes a seating surface and a rear surface that is on the opposite side of the seat cushion from the seating surface. The wheelchair fixing device is provided on the rear surface-side. The wheelchair fixing device is configured to fix a wheelchair to the seat cushion.
US11123236B2
An absorbent article can include a bodyside liner, an outer cover, and an absorbent body disposed between the bodyside liner and the outer cover. The bodyside liner can be treated with a surfactant. A component of the absorbent article can be treated with a hydrophobically modified polymer. The hydrophobically modified polymer can be configured to interact with the surfactant upon wetting of the absorbent article when the surfactant and the hydrophobically modified polymer are in an aqueous solution to increase surface tension of the aqueous solution.
US11123231B2
A diaper includes a diaper body and a wet diaper monitoring device, which includes a disposable pouch and a monitoring device. The monitoring device includes a monitoring casing, a first sensor electrode, a second sensor electrode, a sensing circuitry and an indicator. The first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode are provided on an inner surface of and received in the monitoring casing, and form a single planar capacitor when the diaper body is dry. When the diaper body becomes wet, a capacitance between the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode increases substantially so as to transform the single planar capacitor of the first sensor electrode and the second sensor electrode into two much larger series connected capacitors.
US11123228B2
A flushable tampon applicator product includes an outer tube for housing a tampon; an inner tube, at least a portion of which extends into the outer tube, wherein the outer tube includes an outer, body-contacting surface, wherein the inner tube is moveable relative to the outer tube and configured to expel a tampon from the outer tube, and wherein at least one of the outer tube and the inner tube comprises a thermoplastic composition including partially-hydrolyzed polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH), polyethylene glycol (PEG), a plasticizer, and a hydrophobic polymeric component, wherein at least one of the outer tube and the inner tube is a molded part; and a wrapper material configured for storage under high and low moisture storage conditions, the wrapper material having a water vapor transmission rate of less than 0.05 g/100 in2/day.
US11123221B2
The present disclosure includes devices, systems and related methods useable for controlling a patient's body temperature by endovascular heat exchange as well as body surface heat exchange.
US11123220B1
An improved gas delivery system for a cryochamber that increases the efficiency, efficacy, and safety of cryotherapy treatments is disclosed. The system incorporates a high pressure cryogenic liquid source and a plurality of fluid discharge orifices for conveying fluid into the chamber. The orifices may further comprise atomizing nozzles, which eliminate the need for a heater in the system. The orifices are dispersed about the chamber and positioned to convey fluid either clockwise or counterclockwise about a central vertical axis of the chamber to promote cyclonic gas motion. The cryochamber may further comprise shielding that reduces the risks associated with inadvertent liquid discharge. The orifices may also be positioned at varying heights in the chamber and have varying diameters to facilitate targeted cryotherapy treatments. The improved gas delivery system enables the cryochamber to achieve the same or improved therapeutic benefits while consuming less cryogenic liquid per treatment and less energy.
US11123210B2
It is the object of the invention to provide a knee bracing system that bolsters the body's natural ligaments to reduce the knees proneness to injury or re-injury. The invention is a cable system that acts much like the body's natural way that resists the forces that cause excessive joint movement and injury to the ACL and or MCL. As the leg travels through the range of motion the cables provide external hyper extension, bending, and rotation support preventing the tibia bone from moving forward (hyper extending) or twisting (lateral rotation) and or laterally bending with respect to the femur.
US11123209B2
A stent delivery system includes a core member and a coupling assembly rotatably coupled to the core member distal segment. The coupling assembly includes first and second plates and first and second spacers. The first plate is rotatably coupled to the core member and includes an outer surface having three or more projections separated by recesses. The first spacer is coupled to the core member and disposed between the first plate and a proximal restraint. The second plate is rotatably coupled to the core member and includes an outer surface having three or more projections separated by recesses. The second spacer is coupled to the core member and disposed between the first plate and the second plate. A stent extends along the core member distal segment such that an inner surface of the stent is engaged by one or more projections of the first plate or the second plate.
US11123205B2
A tandem modular endograft includes a main elongate tubular graft body having at least one circumferential inflatable channel disposed towards a proximal portion of the graft body wall and a plurality of circumferential inflatable channels disposed towards a distal portion of the graft body wall. A proximal expansion anchor is disposed at or secured to a proximal neck portion of the graft body wall. First and second elongate tubular stent-graft extensions may be percutaneously disposed into a distal end of the tubular graft body. In combination, proximal portions of the first and second stent-graft extensions are conformable to a shape of the open lumen of the main graft body.
US11123204B2
An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member may include at least one flexible tie affixed to an end thereof. The tie may allow the stent to be attached to a lumen wall with a clip, such as a retention clip, to inhibit migration of the stent within the body lumen.
US11123200B2
A variable lordotic interbody spacer including a face plate, superior and inferior endplates coupled to the face plate via a hinge, an actuation frame between the endplates, and an actuation screw. The face plate includes actuation and stabilizer channels. Each of the endplates has endplate arms coupled by an endplate base, and includes actuation ramp recesses. The actuation frame includes frame arms coupled by a frame base in a generally U-shaped configuration, each actuation frame arm having a stabilizer feature passing through a corresponding stabilizer channel and having actuation ramp pins fitted to a corresponding ramp recesses. The actuation screw passes through the actuation channel, with a head retained at the front surface and a threaded end coupled to the actuation frame. When operated, the actuation screw moves the actuation frame between the superior endplate and the inferior endplate to adjust an angle therebetween.
US11123195B2
An implantable medical device for implantation in a hip joint is provided. The medical device comprises: at least one artificial hip joint surface adapted to replace at least the surface of at least one of the caput femur and acetabulum. At least one artificial hip joint surface comprises: a positioning hole with at least one opening in said at least one artificial hip joint surface. The hole is adapted to be placed and dimensioned such that the medical device is adapted to be fitted using a positioning shaft and at least partly surround the shaft, for positioning the at least one artificial hip joint surface in a desired position in the hip joint. The hole is adapted to be fitted using the positioning shaft, when the shaft is stabilized and placed in at least one of the femoral bone and the pelvic bone for positioning said medical device inside the hip joint.
US11123185B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a delivery apparatus for a prosthetic heart valve. Disclosed delivery apparatuses can include a housing, a steerable shaft, a slide nut, and a threaded shaft disposed over the slide nut. The slide nut can have an external threaded surface and an internal surface comprising a slot. The threaded shaft can have an internal threaded surface engaging the external threaded surface of the slide nut. The delivery apparatus can further include an elongated nut guide extending into the slot of the nut to restrain the slide nut against rotation relative to the housing, and a pull wire having a proximal end portion extending into the housing and coupled to the slide nut, and a distal end portion coupled to a distal end portion of the steerable shaft. The threaded shaft can be rotatable relative to the housing to produce axial movement of the slide nut within the threaded shaft.
US11123182B2
A system for replacing a deficient native aortic valve includes an implantable prosthetic valve having a self-expandable frame and a valve assembly formed with three valve leaflets. The self-expandable frame includes three angularly spaced longitudinal bars of fixed length defining respective slots and a plurality of web-like constructions extending between and connected to the longitudinal bars. The valve assembly includes commissures extending outwardly through the slots where they are supported on the outside of the frame. Each leaflet includes an inlet end portion secured to the inside of the frame with stitching extending through the leaflet and around adjacent frame portions. The system also includes a restriction tube adapted for insertion into a patient's body. The prosthetic valve is capable of being crimped for insertion into the restriction tube and capable of self-expansion upon release from the restriction tube for deployment in the deficient native aortic valve.
US11123179B2
A prosthetic device for a heart valve, comprising a valve portion with prosthetic leaflets capable of reproducing the function of the valve leaflets of a native heart valve, selectively expandable from a collapsed configuration for implantation to a working expanded configuration. The prosthetic device also comprises a containment portion which surrounds the valve portion to contain its expansion in the working expanded configuration. The prosthetic device also comprises a connecting portion which stably connects the valve portion to the containment portion by means of connecting elements. The invention allows for both the use of minimally invasive surgical implantation procedures and implantation procedures based completely on transcatheteral techniques.
US11123172B2
A fecal incontinence device for insertion into a vagina, comprising: a plurality of shell segments, which together form an enclosed cylinder with rounded ends in a collapsed state of the device, wherein one of the cylindrical shells is disposed in the device facing a posterior wall of the vagina when the device is inserted into the vagina; a pressure generating structure attached to and abutting the posterior-facing cylindrical shell; and, a state-changing mechanism configured to reversibly transition the device from the collapsed state to an expanded state.
US11123167B2
A method for providing a beneficial effect to an oral cavity of a mammal, the method including contacting a plurality of surfaces of the oral cavity with a liquid effective for providing the beneficial effect to the oral cavity and providing reciprocation of the liquid over the plurality of surfaces of the oral cavity under conditions effective to provide the beneficial effect.
US11123160B2
A set of components for dental prosthetic restoration includes a ceramic dental implant having an internal connecting receiving space. An internally threaded insert is added into the internal connecting receiving space of the dental implant, and rotatably indexed. It is held by a fixing part forming an axial abutment opposing an extraction of the internally threaded insert out of the inner connection receiving space.
US11123158B2
An oral appliance that attaches to molars or bicuspids and that has the capability for side-to-side expansion and contraction in one unit as a self-stopping mechanism. Further, one embodiment can be activated to compress or expand and be deactivated in two planes of side-to-side or front-to-back, along three different arms/bridges respectively. This is to say that one arm can compress front-to-back while the other arm expands, the jaw/teeth front-to-back, simultaneously. With proper arrangements and anchorage preparation the device shown and described can move front teeth forward or backward or back teeth forward or backward independently on either side of the mouth.
US11123156B2
The present disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods for monitoring use of an oral appliance in an oral cavity using extra-oral sensor(s). One method includes sensing one or more physical properties of an oral appliance using an extra-oral sensor, providing a compliance signal from the extra-oral sensor, the compliance signal including an electronic representation of the one or more physical properties of the oral appliance, identifying one or more patient compliance factors based on the compliance signal, the one or more patient compliance factors providing a basis to identify an extent of compliance of usage of the oral appliance with an orthodontic treatment plan, and providing one or more compliances indicators based on the one or more patient compliance factors, the one or more compliance indicators providing a basis to indicate the extent of compliance.
US11123155B2
A dental ultrasonic tool configured to connect to a magnetostrictive or piezoelectric transducer of a dental instrument operating in the frequency range between 18 kHz and 50 kHz. The tool includes a tip and a singular surface marking having a minimum width of 0.5 mm disposed on the tip. The tip includes a distal point as a datum. The singular surface marking is spaced-apart from the distal point of the tip and defines at least one edge. The at least one edge is not coincident with a first flexural node of the tip at an operating frequency of the tip. Dental ultrasonic tip wear measurement tools for measuring the wear on a tip are also provided.
US11123149B2
A method of visualizing a body cavity during a surgical procedure including positioning an elongated body of an angled endoscope in a first position within a body cavity of a patient, rotating the elongated body about a longitudinal axis in response to a command point, capturing a plurality of images with an image capture device positioned within the elongated body as the elongated body is rotated, and generating a panoramic view of the body cavity from the plurality of images. In the first position of the elongated body, a surgical site is within a field of view of the image capture device. The field of view of the image capture device capturing a first volume of the body cavity, including the surgical site, when the angled endoscope is in the first position.
US11123148B2
A tool system for the repair of joint articular cartilage defects is disclosed. The tool system may include a non-trephine cutting tool, having a handle coupled to a movable support and a cutter section, coupled to the handle. The cutter section has a closed geometric peripheral shape sized to surround a lesion in cartilage of an articular joint. The cutter section also has a cutting edge that is sufficiently sharp to cut, by the application of force normal to the cutting edge, through cartilage surrounding a joint articular cartilage lesion from a repair site while having insubstantial effect on subchondral bone underlying the cartilage surrounding the joint articular cartilage lesion cartilage being cut, and a cartilage repair patch.
US11123147B2
A multifunctional enclosure is described having an elongated sleeve configured with an enlarged opening for the insertion of an elongated member of a medical probe. The multifunctional enclosure is configured to prevent the elongated member of the medical probe from swinging and becoming damaged during transport. The multifunctional enclosure may further comprise an attachment component for securing the medical probe to the multifunctional enclosure. Furthermore, at least one vent may be configured onto the multifunctional enclosure, such as on a first end closure portion. The vent may allow for adequate flow for sterilization and/or drying.
US11123138B2
The invention relates to a medical device intended to be inserted into the lumen of a cavity of the human or animal body or in the lumen of a blood vessel. The invention is characterised in that said device comprises a probe (5) suitable for delivering a treatment by the endovenous route, and, at the terminal end thereof, a hooked flexible tip (1), wherein the angle α formed between the extension of the end portion of the probe (5) and the extension of the end portion of the tip (1) is strictly less than +90°, said tip comprising means (3) for delivering a treatment. The invention is particularly applicable to the treatment of varicose veins, reticular veins and spider veins.
US11123137B2
A method for operating a biomedical laser. The method includes providing the biomedical laser having a first range of operational parameters; providing a second range of operational parameters for the biomedical laser; activating the biomedical laser to operate within the second range of operational parameters; identifying a need for a change in operational parameters of the biomedical laser; and triggering an action based on the identified need. The action includes providing a third range of operational parameters for the biomedical laser and activating the biomedical laser to operate within the third range of operational parameters; and de-activating a range of operational parameters. The second and third range of operational parameters is within the first range of operational parameters.
US11123132B2
An inner guide assembly and surgical instrument including the same wherein the inner guide assembly includes a proximal tube guide defining first and second proximal channels extending longitudinally therealong, a distal tube guide defining first and second distal channels extending longitudinally therealong and disposed in alignment with the first and second proximal channels, respectively, and a wire clip disposed between the proximal and distal tube guides and defining a central channel having a first portion and a second portion. The first proximal channel, the first distal channel, and the first portion of the central channel are configured to cooperate to receive a first elongated component of a surgical instrument longitudinally therethrough. The second proximal channel, the second distal channel, and the second portion of the central channel are configured to cooperate to receive first and second lead wires of the surgical instrument longitudinally therethrough.
US11123130B2
RF tissue ablation devices are provided. Aspects of the RF tissue ablation devices include an elongated member having a proximal and distal end, first and second jaws at the distal end, wherein the first and second jaws are configured to apply intra and inter RF energy to tissue disposed between the jaws during use, and a connector at the proximal end for operatively connecting to a RF energy source. Also provided are systems that include an RF tissue ablation device operatively coupled to a RF energy source, as well as kits that include the devices and methods of using the devices in RF tissue ablation applications, including cardiac applications.
US11123128B2
A method of altering skin tissue includes creating an electrochemical reaction in the tissue, wherein the electrochemical reaction occurs while avoiding electro-thermal damage to the tissue.
US11123127B2
A thermal surgical instrument having a system to control the delivery of power from an energy source to an active element located on a tip. The system for controlling delivery to the tip may include a control algorithm which uses one or more measurements, such as tip current, SWR, and rapid changes in reflected power, to manage power without affecting cutting efficacy, and in a manner that may be imperceptible by a surgeon. The system may utilize a state machine to determine the current environment in which the tip may be in. Power delivered to the tip may be selectively managed according to a fixed power index or a repeatedly executed power profile.
US11123117B1
A surgical fixation system including a base plate, a plurality of anchors and a locking element. The base plate has at least a pair of fixation apertures configured to receive at least a portion of the anchors therethrough. The fixation apertures are located within the base plate such that upon proper placement of the base plate within a surgical target site, one of the fixation apertures is positioned over a first bone segment (e.g., a first vertebral body), and the other fixation aperture is positioned over a second bone segment (e.g., a second vertebral body).
US11123114B2
Provided is a percutaneous screw fixing rod inserting device for minimal invasive surgery, which includes: a leg unit including a plurality of support legs, each of which has a joint link provided at a lower end thereof; an aligning holder unit configured to align the plurality of support legs such that longitudinal central axes of the support legs of the leg unit are placed on one virtual plane, the aligning holder unit holding the support legs such that an angle between the longitudinal central axes of the support legs is maintained; and a rod inserting unit coupled to the aligning holder unit to rotate by a predetermined angle around a portion coupled to the aligning holder unit and configured to insert the rod into a rod insert hole provided to the joint link of the support leg, thereby eliminating the difficulty of inserting the rod caused by the misalignment of the pedicle screws and increasing the convenience or efficiency of the medical procedure.
US11123104B2
A trocar comprising an alignment channel and an instrument seal comprising a bending portion and a base portion. The bending and base portions of the instrument seal are spaced relative the alignment channel such that when a surgical instrument is retracted the bending portion inverts and the lip does not enter the alignment channel.
US11123095B2
A surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft assembly, and an end effector. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade and a clamp arm movably coupled with the shaft assembly. The shaft assembly extends between the body and the end effector and includes an acoustic waveguide, a rotational driver, and a driver wrench. The rotational driver is configured to be received within the rotational drive channel and rotate the shaft assembly relative to the body. The acoustic waveguide includes a notch and the driver wrench includes a key, wherein the first notch of the acoustic waveguide is configured to receive the key.
US11123090B2
A neurovascular catheter having an angled distal tip has an elongate flexible tubular body with a proximal end, a distal end and a side wall defining a central lumen. The side wall has a helical coil. A tubular jacket surrounds the helical coil, and extending distally beyond the helical coil distal end to terminate in a catheter distal face. A tubular radiopaque marker is embedded in the tubular jacket in between the distal end of the coil and the distal face. The distal face resides on a plane which crosses a longitudinal axis of the tubular body at an angle within the range of from about 35 degrees to about 55 degrees. The marker has a proximal face that is approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a distal face that resides on a plane which crosses the longitudinal axis at an angle within the range of from about 35 degrees to about 55 degrees.
US11123087B1
A ventricular guide for ventriculostomy which includes a curved base plate, an upstanding support member which extends upwardly from the base plate and an upper support member which extends transversely from the upper end of the upstanding member. A first tubular guide, having a bore extending therethrough, is secured to one end of the upper support member. A second tubular guide, having a bore extending therethrough is secured to the other end of the upper support member. The bores of the tubular guides may have a drill bit, needle or catheter extending downwardly therethrough.
US11123081B2
A method for manufacturing a surgical clip applicator comprises metal injection molding a pair of jaws. The method further comprises stamping a U-shaped body portion having a pair of laterally spaced arms and an integral bridge extending between the arms to define a gap. The method comprises welding a jaw to a corresponding arm by electron beam welding or other welding processes and removing the bridge to form the clip applicator. In some embodiments, the bridge is optional.
US11123076B2
A rectal injection device and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the device includes: (1) a body having a handle, (2) a suction system associated with the body, (3) a trigger associated with the handle, (4) a pod coupled to the body via a neck and (5) multiple suction ports associated with the pod, each of the multiple suction ports configured to receive a ligation band thereabout, the suction system configured to provide a suction to the multiple suction ports to draw tissue thereinto, the pod configured to deploy the ligation bands upon activation of the trigger.
US11123071B2
A staple cartridge for use with a surgical instrument is disclosed. The staple cartridge comprises a cartridge body comprising a proximal end, a distal end, a deck, staple cavities, and a longitudinal knife slot comprising a proximal stop and a distal stop. The staple cavities comprise a distal-most staple cavity. At least a portion of the distal-most staple cavity is distal to the distal stop. The staple cartridge further comprises staples, staple drivers, and a firing member movable between an unfired position and a fired position during a staple firing stroke. The proximal stop is configured to prevent the proximal movement of the firing member. The firing member comprises at least one ramp configured to sequentially engage the staple drivers during the staple firing stroke and a tissue cutting knife configured to extend above the deck and travel within the longitudinal knife slot during the staple firing stroke.
US11123066B2
A surgical fastener applying apparatus includes an elongate body portion having proximal and distal ends, an end effector including a first movably coupled to a second jaw that is positioned at the distal end of the elongate body portion, and an introducer member. The introducer member has proximal and distal portions, and is configured and dimensioned for releasable connection with the end effector. The introducer member is at least partially formed from a flexible material, and is configured and dimensioned to separate target tissue from collateral tissue prior to positioning of the target tissue between the first and second jaws of the end effector.
US11123063B2
A rack and an apparatus for suture management are disclosed. The apparatus for suture management includes one or more racks, each rack including a plurality of cassette locations, each cassette location having an inside suture holder, an outside suture holder, and a cassette receiver. The apparatus for suture management also includes a plurality of suture grooves. The apparatus for suture management further includes a plurality of rack connection points. The apparatus for suture management also includes an attachment feature which may accept another surgical tool or mounting adapter.
US11123060B2
Methods and systems are provided for securing tissue to bone. A surgical system can include an outer shaft, an elongate inner shaft, and an implantable suture anchor assembly including first and second anchor bodies. The second, more proximal, anchor body has one or more openings extending through a side wall or through opposed side walls thereof. The inner shaft is configured to be received within the outer shaft and through the first and second anchor bodies such that a distal end of the inner shaft protrudes beyond a distal end of the first anchor body. The inner shaft is configured to be removably coupled to the first anchor body such that the inner shaft is configured to be rotated to cause a proximal portion of the first anchor body to move proximally into a lumen extending through the second anchor body and to occlude the opening in the second anchor body.
US11123057B2
A device dimensioned to temporarily retract the foreskin of an uncircumcised penis to allow for the healing of an infection or disease affecting the skin of the glans of the penis, external urethral orifice and foreskin. The device may be configured to stretch and constrict as needed without creating too much pressure as to cut off circulation, and/or include non-elastic and/or elastic synthetic material. Device may be available at different sizes to the patient to ensure the best fit. Device may perform other foreskin manipulation procedures, such as pulling it forward as opposed to retracting the foreskin. The use of such device.
US11123051B2
A device with bendable distal end of its elongate body and a system actuating the distal portion of the device is disclosed. A rigid elongate member fixedly attached to a distal portion of a grip structure and forming a pathway for pull-wires, can be manipulated by a control organ, such that an angular displacement of the rigid elongate member within the hollow grip structure with respect to the distal portion of the grip generates bending of the distal portion of the elongate body. The device may further comprise a mechanism for immobilizing the rigid elongate member with respect to the grip in a selected position, such that the bent distal portion of the elongate body remains fixed in the selected position.
US11123047B2
A multi-modal catheter combining at least NIRF and IVUs imaging channels used to reveal integrated biological and structural features of a lumen intravascularly imaged through flowing blood in vivo and corrected for distance-related attenuation and/or scattering parameters of in vivo blood to compensate for discovered overestimation of the degree of in-vivo-blood attenuation of NIRF signal Enhancing the sensitivity of detection of vascular injury and/or plaque deposition beyond the capability of a standalone IVUS imaging as a result of the use of such corrected catheter.
US11123042B2
An embodiment of the invention provides a method to measure fluid within a body cavity where data is received with an interface (210), the data being received from an ultrasound transducer. A three-dimensional sonographic image is generated with an image generator (220) connected to the interface (210), the three-dimensional sonographic image being generated from the data from the ultrasound transducer. The body cavity is identified in the three-dimensional sonographic image with an image processor (230) connected to the image generator (220); and, an area of fluid in the body cavity in the three-dimensional sonographic image is identified with the image processor (230). The volume of the area of fluid is calculated using the three-dimensional sonographic image and a stacked crescents process, a spherical fill process, a convex hull process, and/or a triangulation process.
US11123038B2
According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes an imager, a mechanism, and processing circuitry. The imager is configured to image a subject. The mechanism is comprising a movable part. The processing circuitry is configured to generate an image of the subject based on an output of the imager, and perform processing for incident data based on at least one of a result of analyzing the image of the subject, or information for motion of the mechanism, wherein the incident data comprises at least one of operating sound data or shaking data of the mechanism.
US11123033B2
Disclosed is a molecular imaging method for evaluating liver regeneration ability after ALPPS. The method includes steps of: 1) preparing a VX2 rabbit liver cancer model; 2) performing ALPPS for the VX2 rabbit liver cancer model; 3) synthesizing 18F-Fluoromethylcholine (18F-Methylcholine, 18F-FCH); 4) PET/CT imaging and data processing for 18F-FCH. The disclosure is the first to propose the use of 18F-FCH PET/CT to monitor the proliferative capacity of residual liver, and further indirectly reflect the increased ability of cell membrane synthesis on the basis that 18F-FCH has higher choline metabolism in residual liver tissue, so that the liver regeneration ability after ALPPS is evaluated by the molecular imaging method, thereby providing important new ideas for the clinical selection of ALPPS to choose the best time for second-stage surgery.
US11123022B2
A blood pressure estimating apparatus includes a sensor configured to obtain a bio-signal of an object; and a processor configured to extract a first cardiovascular feature and a second cardiovascular feature based on the bio-signal, and estimate blood pressure based on a first changing tendency of the first cardiovascular feature from a first reference level and a second changing tendency of the second cardiovascular feature from a second reference level, the first changing tendency and the second changing tendency being independent from each other.
US11123020B2
The invention provides a neck-worn sensor that is a single, body-worn system that measures the following parameters from an ambulatory patient: heart rate, pulse rate, pulse oximetry, respiratory rate, temperature, thoracic fluid levels, stroke volume, cardiac output, and a parameter sensitive to blood pressure called pulse transit time. From stroke volume, a first algorithm employing a linear model can estimate the patient's pulse pressure. And from pulse pressure and pulse transit time, a second algorithm, also employing a linear algorithm, can estimate systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure. Thus, the sensor can measure all five vital signs along with hemodynamic parameters. It also includes a motion-detecting accelerometer, from which it can determine motion-related parameters such as posture, degree of motion, activity level, respiratory-induced heaving of the chest, and falls.
US11123018B2
A method for creating a mother wavelet function. The method includes preparing a plurality of vectors, extracting a kernel from the plurality of vectors, and extracting the mother wavelet function from the kernel. The kernel includes a mode value of a vector of the plurality of vectors.
US11123017B2
Attachments for isokinetic dynamometers and methods of use thereof are provided for use with subjects having limb impairments. An example dynamometer attachment for use with a subject having an impaired limb includes a frame that has fixed thereto a padded limb support, where the padded limb support is configured to secure an impaired limb of the subject. The padded limb support includes a securing mechanism for securing the impaired limb relative to the frame, and the frame is connected to the dynamometer lever arm via an intermediate connector assembly. The connector assembly permits translation of the padded limb support in at least two dimensions relative to the lever arm prior to securing the frame fixedly in place. The translation adjustability of the attachment facilitates the alignment of the dynamometer attachment to the limb or partial limb of the subject without requiring movement of the subject.
US11123014B2
A system for treating and/or monitoring a patient includes a patient physiological parameter monitoring patch and a companion device. The patient physiological parameter monitoring patch including an energy harvesting module, an energy storage module, a sensor module and a communication module. The energy harvesting module harvesting energy from one or more ambient sources, the energy being storable in the energy storage module and usable by one or more components of the patient physiological parameter monitoring patch. The sensor module senses one or more physiological parameters of the patient and the communication module can transmit the sensed data. The companion device can receive the sensed physiological parameters and can send the same to a remote device or store the same.
US11123011B1
Methods, systems, and devices are described herein for various embodiments of using a sample analysis system to analyze a sample of bodily fluid from a user to determine parameters associated with the user including states of hydration, dehydration, rehydration, electrolyte loss, wellness, recovery, and the like. In some embodiments, the methods disclosed can be implemented using a device worn by a user, and operatively coupled to a sample analysis system configured to collect a sample of bodily fluid, and measure and analyze the bodily fluid to determine a property of the bodily fluid and/or a physiological/wellness parameter (e.g., degree of hydration, electrolyte losses, perspiration rate, etc.) of the user.
US11122998B2
A computer-implemented cognitive assessment tool is provided for assessing cognitive ability of an individual while multi-tasking. In one embodiment, a computer processing system on which the tool is implemented may receive form the individual first responses to a first task and second responses to a second task, where the first task and the second task are presented to the individual simultaneously. The system may determine that the first task and the second task are performed by the individual based on the first responses and the second responses, and compute a cognitive measure using one or both of the first responses and the second responses. Further, computing the cognitive measure may be based on performance measures of one or both of the first responses and the second responses. Based on the cognitive measure, the system may output a cognitive assessment to the individual.
US11122995B2
Disclosed herein are various patient measurement devices having an extendable elongate body and a deployable arm rotatably coupled to the elongate body. The elongate body has a first body comprising a lumen defined along a length of the first body and a second body extendably disposed within the lumen of the first body. The deployable arm is rotatably coupled to an end of the second body and is rotatably movable between a retracted position and a deployed position. Also disclosed are various methods of using the device to take various range-of-motion measurements, other physical capability measurements, and anthropometric measurements.
US11122994B2
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a physical training system for injury prevention and rehabilitation. The training system can include a wearable device in communication with an external device, which can be used to train at least the athlete wearing the wearable device. The wearable device can reduce the number of sensors needed to capture motion data required for the training. For example, the wearable device can include an inertial measurement unit (IMU) device located at a position relative to a joint of an athlete to measure an inertial displacement of the joint and an optical sensor to measure an angle of the joint. The wearable device can include a wireless transceiver to communicate a characteristic of motion of the joint (determined based on data from the IMU and the optical sensor) to an external device.
US11122981B2
A method, including: obtaining, by a processor, imaging data from a vessel; detecting, using the processor, an inner wall of the vessel based on the imaging data; identifying, using the processor, a plurality of visible edge portions of an outer wall of the vessel based on the imaging data; fitting, using the processor, a continuous surface model to the plurality of identified visible edge portions of the outer wall; and detecting, using the processor, the outer wall of the vessel based on fitting the continuous surface model to the plurality of identified visible edge portions of the outer wall such that the imaging data has defined therein a wall area between the inner wall and the outer wall of the vessel.
US11122973B2
According to an ophthalmological apparatus of an embodiment example, a light beam projecting system includes an optical scanner and projects a light beam onto an eye fundus. A fixation system projects fixation light onto the eye fundus. A photographing device captures a moving image of the eye fundus onto which the fixation light is being projected, to acquire a front observation image. An analyzing circuitry analyzes the front observation image to specify the position of a predetermined site of the eye fundus. A controlling circuitry controls at least one of the fixation system and the optical scanner based on the positional relationship between the position of the predetermined site specified by the analyzing circuitry and a projection target area of the light beam from the light beam projecting system.
US11122972B2
Devices and method for determining a pupil size of a subject having closed eyelids.
US11122967B2
Driving an emitter to emit pulses of electromagnetic radiation according to a jitter specification in a fluorescence imaging system is described. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a driver for driving emissions by the emitter according to a jitter specification. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from about 795 nm to about 815 nm.
US11122966B2
An endoscope according to one aspect of the present invention includes: an operation lever portion that is provided in an operation portion, includes an operation shaft, and is capable of adjusting a bending angle of a bending portion in conjunction with a tilting operation; and an exterior cover that is water-tightly fixed to the operation portion so as to cover an outer periphery of the operation shaft, and is formed in a stair shape in cross section, including a hardly deformed region and an easily deformed region that is formed at a predetermined angle with respect to the hardly deformed region.
US11122963B2
Plug for endoscope includes a flexible tube-shaped sheath through which a plurality of wires are inserted. The plurality of wires is connected to an insertion tip portion having an image capturing portion. The plug includes a housing having a substrate accommodation portion and a sheath introduced portion. The substrate accommodation portion accommodates a substrate, a base end aperture portion of the sheath passed through an opening of the housing is arranged in the sheath introduced portion, and a part of the plurality of wires derived from the base end aperture portion is connected to the substrate. A liquid intrusion prevention wall is provided to stand on a bottom wall of the housing, and the bottom wall is arranged under the base end aperture portion of the sheath in a substantially vertical direction, and the substrate accommodation portion and the sheath introduced portion are spatially isolated from each other.
US11122961B2
An endoscope includes: an objective optical unit; an illumination optical system including an illumination lens; and a distal end portion body included in a distal end portion, and the objective lens barrel includes a first lens barrel and a second lens barrel, the first lens barrel includes a disposition hole, an inward projection portion and an outward projection portion, the second lens barrel includes a reception hole, a light input surface and a first distal end face are arranged in a same plane by a beveled surface of a beveled portion being in surface contact with a lens positioning surface of the inward projection portion, and the first distal end face and a second distal end face are arranged in a same plane by a first barrel positioning surface being in surface contact with an objective optical unit positioning surface.
US11122957B2
A warewash machine includes a chamber with a wash zone and front, left and right access openings. At least one spray arm is disposed to spray liquid toward the wash zone. A multi-sided hood assembly includes movable front, left, right and top wall sections, and is movable between a lowered and closed position for washing and a raised open position for inlet and outlet of wares. A stationary chamber rear wall includes an outlet opening fluidly connected with a vapor extraction unit at a back side of the rear wall. The vapor extraction unit includes an enclosure with a condenser therein, wherein incoming water to the machine from a cold water input passes through the condenser, wherein the enclosure includes an air outlet to surrounding ambient environment and at least one air mover.
US11122955B2
A cleaning kit. The cleaning kit includes a first liquid-tight container and a second liquid-tight container, the second liquid-tight container adapted to be ruptured by the application of pressure by a user to the second container. The second container includes a baffle extending at least partially across the second container adapted to reduce accidental rupture caused by handling during shipping and a frangible seal along at least a portion of the boundary between the first container and the second container. A cleaning liquid may be in the second container and there may be at least one absorbent applicator in the first container and adjacent to the second container whereby the release of cleaning liquid from the second container is applied to the applicators in the first container.
US11122954B2
A floor cleaning apparatus in the form of a motorized floor mop that can deliver liquid to a surface to be cleaned is provided with a handle, a base, a fluid delivery system, a motorized agitation system and a multi-axis swivel joint coupling the handle with the base for movement of the handle. A lock-out mechanism selectively locks out one of the axes of rotation of the multi-axis swivel joint.
US11122950B2
A cleaning robot includes a housing, a camera rotationally connected to the housing, and power component mounted on the housing. The power component includes a motor and a gear set, and is connected to the camera via the gear set, and the motor is configured to drive the camera to rotate around a rotation axis via the gear set. The present disclosure also provides a cleaning robot system.
US11122949B2
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a housing including an upright handle assembly and a base mounted to the upright handle assembly and adapted for movement across a surface to be cleaned. The surface cleaning apparatus is further provided with a fluid delivery system comprising a fluid dispenser configured to dispense fluid to a brushroll and at least one fluid delivery channel forming a portion of a fluid delivery pathway. The fluid delivery channel can extend adjacent to a portion of the suction nozzle assembly. An interference wiper interfaces with a portion of the brushroll to remove excess liquid from the brushroll.
US11122916B2
An assembly for storage, display, and serving includes accessories attached to a rotating column. The column is supported by a base, which has a turntable bearing. The stationary ring of the bearing rests on a surface, while the rotating ring is attached to the base and allows the assembly to rotate. The accessories can attach directly to the column, or they can slide onto a bracket which attaches to the column. The accessories may comprise platforms for serving, mug holders, coffee cup holders, storage containers, or various other kitchen accessories.
US11122913B2
A foldable bassinet apparatus includes a bassinet locking mechanism and a bassinet releasing mechanism. The bassinet releasing mechanism is used to actuate the bassinet locking mechanism. The bassinet locking mechanism includes a first hinge component, a second hinge component, an outer capping component and a locking hub component. The second hinge component is rotatably connected to the first hinge component. The outer capping component is rigidly connected to the second hinge component and configured to cap the first hinge component. The locking hub component is slidably located between the first hinge component and the outer capping component. The locking hub component is fully retracted into the first hinge component to allow relative rotation between the first hinge component and the second hinge component, and is further partially protruded from the first hinge component to constrain the relative rotation.
US11122903B2
A rockable folding chair comprises a chair frame, a reclining cushion, and two rocker assemblies, wherein the chair frame includes a left folding chair frame and a right folding chair frame which are symmetrically arranged and are connected through a middle foldable connection frame, and the two rocker assemblies are respectively symmetrically arranged on the rear sides of the left folding chair frame and the right folding chair frame; each rocker assembly includes an upper rocker, a torsional spring, a lower rocker, and a bottom tube, wherein the lower end of the upper rocker and the upper end of the lower rocker are respectively connected with two ends of the torsional spring, and the lower end of the lower rocker is rotationally connected with the rear end of the bottom tube which is arranged on the ground; the left folding chair frame and the right folding chair frame have bottoms respectively rotationally connected with the bottom tubes as well as rear upper ends respectively articulated to the upper rockers; pluggable back tubes are respectively arranged at rear top ends of the left folding chair frame and the right folding chair frame; and two sides of the upper part of the reclining cushion are respectively fixed to the two back tubes, and two sides of the lower part of the reclining cushion are respectively fixed to the left folding chair frame and the right folding chair frame. The rockable folding chair can be horizontally folded leftwards and rightwards and can rock forwards and backwards, thereby having reliable rocking performance and being convenient to carry.
US11122899B2
A seat is disclosed herein having a backrest, a base for receiving a posterior of a human user, and an incline adjuster having a shaft, a lever, a follower, and a rack the shaft being moveable to swing the lever to cause a follower into or out of locking engagement with the rack, an arrangement being such that when the follower is in an unlocked disposition the rack can move to adjust an incline of the backrest and the base.
US11122896B1
A screw-free drawer structure includes a front board, a rear board, two side boards, and a bottom board. The side boards are foldably connected to opposite sides of the bottom board. An upper end of a junction of each side board and the rear board is detachably connected through an elastic fastener that is in snap-fit with a fastener hole. A junction of each side board and the front board is detachably connected through an elastic expansion member that is elastically expanded to be in snap-fit with an engaging hole. Therefore, the screw-free assembly of the drawer structure is realized, and the assembly of the drawer structure is convenient and easy.
US11122894B1
Slides provided herein may be configured to support substantial loads while experiencing vibration and shock in the retracted position without degradation of the slide mechanism. An example slide may include: a fixed rail member; a second rail member, a third rail member, where the second rail member is disposed between the fixed rail member and the third rail member, where the second and third rail members translate between an extended position relative to the fixed rail member and a retracted position relative to the fixed rail member; and at least one bearing attached to one of the second rail member or the third rail member, where the at least one bearing is engaged when the second rail member is in the extended position, and disengaged in response to the third rail member being in the retracted position.
US11122890B2
Embodiments of a system for reducing injury from pinch zones in adjustable-height work surface assemblies are shown, the system including a desk surface; one or more adjustable-height legs, a controller for the adjustable-height legs; a Hall-effect sensor providing a signal to the system corresponding to a current draw of a motor in the adjustable height leg and wherein the system disables the motor if the current draw of the motor exceeds a fixed set point; and a proximity detection sensor being a strip of conducting material disposed adjacent to a perimeter of the desk surface and in electrical connection with an LC tank circuit, wherein the LC tank circuit is configured to exhibit a change in state when an object is in close proximity to the strip of conducting material and wherein the system disables the motor when the LC tank circuit exhibits the change in state.
US11122883B1
A cleaning tool with a reservoir comprises an elongated handle attached to one end of a cleaning-head hub and an open cell liquid absorptive material, referred to as a squeeze sponge located within the cleaning-head hub. The cleaning tool has a reservoir for holding fluid within the cleaning-head hub and handle removable interchangeable scrubbing components for cleaning grills and griddles. The sponge holds the fluid and dispenses the cleaning liquid drawn from the reservoir to the heat tolerant liquid permeable material used for scrubbing. A mounting plate liquid barrier layer is disposed at a bottom of the reservoir. A plunger plate is disposed above the squeeze sponge and comprises a perimeter seal fitted to mesh against interior sides of the reservoir. A knob is coupled plunger plate above it. A vertical stabilizer rod is disposed within the interior of the reservoir and fitted to the plunger plate.
US11122867B1
A push button slide mechanism, includes an outer member having a bottom wall and an upstanding side wall. The outer member defines at least one pair of holes through the upstanding side wall. The mechanism includes an inner member having a top plate and a bottom plate defining a single annular channel therebetween. The single annular channel receives an elongated member in all rotational positions of the inner member relative to the outer member. A spring member spring-biases the outer member relative to the inner member. Pressing the inner member toward the outer member against the spring forces of the spring causes the single annular channel to align with the holes through the upstanding side wall of the outer member.
US11122858B2
A shoe sole includes an outsole having a contact surface, and a midsole arranged over the outsole, contacting with the outsole. The midsole defines a tunnel-shaped or groove-shaped hollow extending in a front-rear direction of a shoe. At least a part of the hollow is formed in a tunnel shape.
US11122852B2
Presented are intelligent electronic footwear and apparel with controller-automated features, methods for making/operating such footwear and apparel, and control systems for executing automated features of such footwear and apparel. A method for operating an intelligent electronic shoe (IES) includes receiving, e.g., via a controller through a wireless communications device from a GPS satellite service, location data of a user. The controller also receives, e.g., from a backend server-class computer or other remote computing node, location data for a target object or site, such as a virtual shoe hidden at a virtual spot. The controller retrieves or predicts path plan data including a derived route for traversing from the user's location to the target's location within a geographic area. The controller then transmits command signals to a navigation alert system mounted to the IES's shoe structure to output visual, audio, and/or tactile cues that guide the user along the derived route.
US11122844B1
A method of donning a magnetically-fastened upper garment is disclosed. The method and garment are configured for being carried out and worn, respectively, by a post-operative physically challenged individual using one arm only. The upper garment is configured for easy donning and removal without requiring another person's assistance, thus promoting independence of the individual. The upper garment has a front which is vertically separated from the rear at one side of the garment. A plurality of front and rear magnets are embedded in corresponding locations in the free edges along the vertical separation to effect closure of the garment and retention of the garment on the user.
US11122843B2
Embodiments of the present invention may make wearing a surgical mask having ear loops more comfortable for a wearer. It may include a head band that may connect to the two ear loops of a mask. A head band may include a strap and a connector near each end of a strap which may be removably or even permanently attached to a surgical mask. A head band may go around the back of the head perhaps so that a pull from the mask may occur on the back of the head and not on the ears and may avoid the ear pull in a forward and downward direction.
US11122839B2
A sport undergarment for running or similar sports includes a main opening having a strap to be worn on the hips of a user and a main portion connected to said strap and provided with two side openings, each for the insertion of a respective leg and provided with a respective side edge to be fitted at the level of the groin and/or thigh of the user when the undergarment is worn, is described. The main portion of the undergarment is configured so that at least one intermediate back portion thereof can be inserted into the intergluteal groove between the buttocks of the user and has at least first anti-slip means for restraining the at least one intermediate back portion in-between the buttocks of the user.
US11122838B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic cigarette, including an atomizing device and a power device, the power device is connected to the atomizing device and supplies power to the atomizing device, such that the atomizing device atomizes e-liquid and generate smoke. The power device includes a stand and a liquid accumulating member provided at one end of the stand adjacent to the atomizing device, one side of the liquid accumulating member adjacent to the atomizing device forms a liquid accumulating cavity used to store the e-liquid exuded by the atomizing device.
US11122832B2
Methods and compositions to improve weight loss and cardiometabolic health beyond diet and excercise
A weight loss system is presented herein. In one embodiment, the weight loss system that accelerates weight loss in a subject eating a caloric restricted diet with a minimum daily protein intake of about 3 oz. and engaging in daily physical activity equivalent to about 5,000 steps per day is presented. The weight loss system can comprise an effective amount of: an antimicrobial component that includes berberine, cinnamon and curcumin; fish oil; a probiotic component that includes Lactobacillus spp., Bifidobacterium spp., and Streptococcus spp.; an antioxidant, phytochemical component that includes apple extract, grape extract, green tea extract, and olive extract; and a vitamin component that includes vitamins A, B, C, D, and E. The weight loss system can stimulate a weight loss of at least 3% more than if not administered to the subject. Further presented herein is a method of facilitating weight loss in a subject and a method of improving the health of a subject participating in a weight loss program.
US11122830B2
Bacterial strains are provided that can be isolated from the microflora of lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium), and that are capable of increasing the antioxidant content of their growth medium. The bacteria can be used, for example, to increase the antioxidant content of various foodstuffs, as probiotics or as additives to animal feed. Antioxidant-enriched compositions produced by fermentation processes utilising the bacteria are also provided. The antioxidant-enriched compositions can be used in the preparation of cosmetics and nutritional supplements. The antioxidant-enriched compositions also have therapeutic applications.
US11122814B2
The present invention discloses beverage compositions comprising probiotic Bacillus coagulans and water soluble prebiotic fibers that have been subjected to treatments under extreme stress, temperature and pressure conditions like brewing or aeration wherein the spore viability is maintained post said treatments.
US11122801B2
The use of a C6 to C24 mono- and polyunsaturated acids or their derivatives thereof enzyme inhibitors particularly as P450 and esterase inhibitors in pesticide formulations.
US11122784B2
This application provides a novel mouse model (PLA2g6 KOEx2) in which genetic deletion of the N terminus of PLA2g6 results in a loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in substantia nigra (SN), and development of PD-like motor deficits that can be significantly improved by L-DOPA. Based in part on experimental results demonstrated with this model, this disclosure provides genetically modified animals and genetically modified animal cells that comprise a mutant allele of PLA2g6 and in which store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) is impaired and ER Ca2+ stores are depleted. This disclosure also provides methods of screening a compound for an effect on the SOCE pathway and/or ER Ca2+ by administering the compound to such a genetically modified animal or genetically modified animal cell. This disclosure also provides methods of treating or preventing PD-related deficit(s) in an animal by characterizing a compound as a SOCE activator using the screening methods and then administering an effective amount of the compound to an animal. This disclosure also provides methods of restoring normal store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) pathway and ER Ca2+ in a cell, comprising introducing a caspase-3 cleavage-resistant PLA2g6 protein into the cell. This disclosure also provides methods of treating or preventing a PD-related deficit(s) in an animal, comprising administering a caspase-3 cleavage-resistant PLA2g6 protein to the animal.
US11122778B2
Disclosed herein is a method of automated noninvasive determining the sex of an embryo of a bird's egg (14) as well as a corresponding apparatus. The method comprises the following steps: conveying a plurality of bird eggs (14) sequentially or in parallel into an NMR apparatus (18), subjecting the bird eggs (14) to an NMR measurement, to thereby determine, for each of said eggs (14), one or more NMR parameters associated with the egg (14) selected from the group consisting of a Ti relaxation time, a T2 relaxation time and a diffusion coefficient, forwarding said one or more NMR parameters, or parameters derived therefrom, to a classification module (38), said classification module (38) configured for determining, based on said one or more NMR parameters or parameters derived therefrom, a prediction of the sex of the embryo of the associated egg (14), and conveying said plurality of bird eggs (14) out of said NMR apparatus (18) and sorting the eggs (14) according to the sex prediction provided by said classification module (38).
US11122760B2
A soybean cultivar designated 2564307 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 2564307, the plants of soybean 2564307, to plant parts of soybean 2564307, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 2564307 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 2564307, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 2564307, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 2564307 with another soybean cultivar.
US11122754B2
An implement adjusting system having an implement with a plurality of adjustable components, a plurality of input values, at least one controlled system configured to adjust at least one of the plurality of adjustable components, and a controller that receives the plurality of input values, the controller configured to reposition the plurality of adjustable components based on the plurality of input values. Wherein, the plurality of adjustable components are repositionable by the controller based on the input values.
US11122747B2
Laser light emanates from optical components that are mounted on a substrate, each optical component being coupled to an optical fiber that delivers laser radiation combined from multiple lasers. A linear or elliptical holographic diffuser is located to diffuse the light emanating from the optical components. The laser wavelengths excite plant photopigments for predetermined physiological responses, and the light source intensities may be temporally modulated to maximize photosynthesis and control photomorphogenesis responses. Each laser is independently controlled.
US11122732B2
A metering system and method of operating fertilizer distribution equipment, such as a spreader-sprayer, is described that includes monitoring revolution data for opposing left and right wheels with left and right sensors. A controller controls an actuator's operation to operably regulate the output of a liquid and/or solid fertilizer product. The fertilizer output is based at least in part on the revolution data and a fertilizer unit-per-area input.
US11129321B2
A movement error detection apparatus includes a plurality of marks including a fifth mark (movable region inside mark) arranged in a movable region of a movable conveyor and first to fourth marks (movable region outside marks) arranged outside the movable region of the movable conveyor; a substrate recognition camera (imaging device to move together with a mounting head to image the first to fifth marks; and a projection device (auxiliary device) to assist an imaging. The first to fourth marks are arranged on a horizontal reference plane including a substrate, and the fifth mark is arranged at a position which is lower than the horizontal reference plane and at which the movable conveyor is not interfered. The projection device absorbs a height difference between the fifth mark and the horizontal reference plane to assist the substrate recognition camera in picking up a focused image of the fifth mark.
US11129317B2
A reel holder includes: a plate-shaped rotating plate; multiple reel support portions evenly arranged in a circumferential direction about the center of the rotating plate, and supporting the tape reels such that each of the tape reels is rotatable about the center thereof; and a rotating plate support portion supporting the rotating plate such that the rotating plate is rotatable about the center of the rotating plate.
US11129316B2
A loose component supply device including component support member 150 configured to support components in a scattered state; and component supply apparatus 88 configured to store components and discharge components towards the component support member from discharge opening 98, wherein, in the component supply apparatus, conveyor belt 112 is arranged between storage section 100 that stores components and a discharge opening so as to extend diagonally upwards from the storage section on the side on which the discharge section is provided. Components housed in the housing section are discharged from the discharge opening towards the component support member by being conveyed by the conveyor belt. The component supply apparatus is removably mounted on the mounting section. Thus, because components are not discharged from the discharge opening unless the conveyor is operated, components do not fall from the discharge opening when the component supply apparatus is mounted on or removed from the mounting section.
US11129315B2
A component mounter of the present disclosure including a mounting head configured to pick up components and mount the components onto a substrate; a head moving device configured to move the mounting head in parallel to a horizontal plane; and a conveyance device configured to convey the substrate in a conveyance direction parallel to the horizontal plane. The mounting head includes multiple nozzles configured to pick up and hold the components by a negative pressure, multiple switching valves provided corresponding to each of the multiple nozzles and configured to switch whether the negative pressure is supplied to the corresponding nozzle, a nozzle moving device configured to change which nozzle is positioned at each of a first nozzle position and a second nozzle position for moving the multiple nozzles and performing at least one of picking up and mounting of the components, a first driving device, and a second driving device.
US11129313B2
The present disclosure pertains to an electromagnetic-wave shielding film and a preparation method thereof. The electromagnetic-wave shielding film includes a first metal layer, an insulating layer, and a second metal layer. The first metal layer has two opposite surfaces. The insulating layer is disposed on one of the surfaces of the first metal layer. The second metal layer is disposed on the other surface of the first metal layer and contains nano metal particles and an binder. The electromagnetic-wave shielding film can be used in a printed circuit board, and shows a satisfactory electromagnetic wave shielding effect.
US11129311B1
A chassis-mounted electronic device includes a chassis, an upper EMI gasket, and a lower EMI gasket is provided. The chassis, including an upper chassis and a lower chassis, is constructed from a conductive sheet with a first thickness. The upper chassis and the lower chassis are coupled to form an interior of the chassis housing an electronic device. The upper EMI gasket is attached to the upper chassis, and is thinner than the upper chassis. The lower EMI gasket is attached to the lower chassis, and is also thinner than the lower chassis. The upper and lower EMI gaskets include perforations to allow cooling air through the EMI gaskets and into the interior of the chassis. Both the upper EMI gasket and the lower EMI gasket are configured to resiliently contact a portion of the electronic device to provide EMI shielding for the electronic device.
US11129294B2
A frame structure for a cabinet enclosure has a front frame assembly having first and second front pillars, a rear frame assembly having first and second rear pillars, a first side brace member, and a second side brace member, each having a beam that has opposite ends, with the opposite ends of each side brace member connected to one of the front pillars and one of the rear pillars. The frame structure also includes cable management and air flow management features and functions.
US11129292B1
Embodiments are disclosed of a fluid connector including a connector body having at least a first exterior surface and a second exterior surface. A male interface projects longitudinally from the first exterior surface and includes a male internal chamber bounded in part by a pair of spaced-apart laterally-moving fluid gates coupled to each other by a first elastic member. A female interface longitudinally adjacent to the male interface is recessed into the first exterior surface. The female interface includes a female internal chamber bounded in part by a longitudinally-moving fluid gate, the longitudinally-moving fluid gate being biased into its closed position by a second elastic member. A plurality of fluid distribution ports are positioned on the second surface, each being fluidly coupled to the male interface, the female interface, or both.
US11129284B2
A rigid flex printed circuit board (PCB), method of manufacture, and display system incorporating the same are described. In an embodiment, a rigid flex PCB includes a flexible area extending from an adjacent routing area that is thicker than the flexible area. A flexible inner core spans the flexible area and the adjacent routing area. Outer stack-up layers are on the flexible inner core in the adjacent routing area. A cavity is formed in the outer stack-up layers in the routing area and exposes the flexible inner core. In an embodiment, a display system including such a circuit board may include an electronic component mounted on the flexible inner core within the cavity, and a distal end of the flexible area is bonded to a display panel.
US11129283B2
An electroplating method of a circuit board includes: providing a multi-layer board having a conductive layer embedded therein; penetratingly forming a thru-hole and at least one penetrating hole in the multi-layer board, and forming a conductive portion on an inner wall defining the thru-hole and connected to the conductive layer, wherein the at least one penetrating hole is located at one side of the thru-hole, and an annular portion of the conductive layer exposed from the at least one penetrating hole is defined as an electroplated region; and electroplating the electroplated region to be formed with a metal post by applying a current to the conductive portion, wherein the metal post is filled in the at least one penetrating hole and is connected to the electroplated region.
US11129280B2
An electronic component-embedded substrate includes an electronic component module having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and including a first support member having a first through-portion, a first electronic component disposed in the first through-portion, a first resin layer covering at least a portion of the first electronic component, a second support member disposed on one side of the first support member and having a second through-portion, a second electronic component disposed in the second through-portion and connected to the first electronic component, and a second resin layer covering at least a portion of the second electronic component, an insulating material covering at least a portion of each of a side surface of the electronic component module and the first surface, and a first wiring layer disposed on the insulating material and connected to the first electronic component.
US11129276B2
A socket assembly comprises a base frame formed of a thermally conductive material holding a light emitting diode (LED) package to a support structure, a contact element electrically contacting the LED package, and an isolator PCB. The LED package includes an LED PCB having an LED mounted on the LED PCB. The base frame includes a base mounted to the support structure and mechanically engaging the LED PCB so that the LED package is attached to the support structure with a predetermined holding force. The contact element electrically connects the isolator PCB to the LED PCB. The isolator PCB supplies electrical power to the LED. The isolator PCB has a first surface and a second surface; the second surface is in heat transmitting contact with the base frame and the electronic component is disposed on the first surface of the isolator PCB and electrically connected to the LED.
US11129275B2
A power supply comprises a main circuit board and a multilayer power transmission board electrically coupled to the main circuit board. The multilayer board includes a conductive neutral layer having an inner side, a conductive line layer having an inner side facing the inner side of the conductive neutral layer, and a dielectric medium positioned between the conductive neutral layer and the conductive line layer. The power supply also comprises a first conductive outer layer positioned adjacently to an outer side of the conductive neutral layer, a second conductive outer layer positioned adjacently to an outer side of the conductive line layer, and a conductive plating material positioned within a slot formed in the multilayer power transmission board and covering an interior portion of the multilayer power transmission board facing the slot. The conductive plating material electrically couples the first and second conductive outer layers.
US11129272B2
A relay arrangement includes at least two series-connected relays, which are mechanically and electrically connected to a main printed circuit board via first terminals and second terminals, and at least one flat conductor for conducting current between the at least two series connected relays. The flat conductor is mechanically connected to the main printed circuit board and electrically and thermally connected to the first terminals of the relays, and the at least one flat conductor is configured to dissipate heat produced during operation of the relays.
US11129270B2
A control device for an electric machine includes a circuit board and a cooling body, which are joined together, wherein a heat-conducting paste is introduced between the circuit board and the cooling body at least for thermally connecting the circuit board to the cooling body. The circuit board and/or the cooling body has at least one recess, wherein the recess is formed in the lateral direction between a region to be protected and the introduced heat-conducting paste in such a way that, when the circuit board and the cooling body are joined, an excess portion of the laterally spreading heat-conducting paste can be received by the recess.
US11129267B2
A gas passing groove, a high-voltage electrode groove, and a ground electrode groove provided to an electrode unit base are each helical in plan view. An electrode unit lid is placed on a front surface of the electrode unit base so that a high-voltage conduction hole and a high-voltage conduction point coincide with each other in plan view. An electrode cooling plate is placed on a front surface of the electrode unit lid so that a high-voltage opening includes the high-voltage conduction hole as a whole in plan view. The electrode unit lid and the electrode cooling plate are placed on the front surface of the electrode unit base so that a ground conduction groove, a ground conduction hole, and a ground conduction point coincide with one another in plan view.
US11129259B2
A method or apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for retrieving a plurality of sensory information from an environment of a device. A digital representation of the environment of the device is identified corresponding to the plurality of sensory information from the environment of the device. A media presentation element of the device associated with media content of the device is identified. A user interface of the media presentation element is adapted to modify a presentation of the media content by the media presentation element of the device according to the digital representation of the environment of the device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11129257B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of luminaire control systems and discloses a system (100) for dynamic switching control of a luminaire (116). The system (100) comprises an ambient light sensor (102), an infrared sensor (104), and a control unit (106). The ambient light sensor (102) senses ambient illumination level and generates a light detection signal representative of the sensed ambient illumination level. The infrared sensor (104) senses infrared radiation of ambient light in the vicinity of the luminaire (116) and generates an infrared radiation detection signal. The control unit (106) cooperates with the ambient light sensor (102) and the infrared sensor (104) to generate a control signal for controlling the operation of the luminaire (116). The control unit (106) also updates the pre-determined turn on and turn off threshold lux values based on level of contamination on the surface of the ambient light sensor (102).
US11129256B2
Systems and methods for providing network connectivity and remote monitoring, optimization, and control of pool/spa equipment are provided. “Internet-of-Things” (IoT) functionality is provided for pool and spa equipment in a flexible and cost-effective manner. Network connectivity and remote monitoring/control of pool and spa equipment is provided by various components such as a network communication and local control subsystem installed in pool/spa equipment, and other components. Also disclosed are various control processes (“pool logic”) which can be embodied as software code installed in any of the various embodiments of the present disclosure.
US11129253B2
Electric light sources typically exhibit temporal variations in luminous flux output, commonly referred to as “flicker.” Flicker, or temporal modulation, is known to influence the growth, health and behavior patterns of humans, and is also linked to growth, health and behavior patterns throughout the growth cycle of plants and animals. Control of peak radiant flux emitted by a light source to temporally modulate a light source will allow for the control of plants and animals for sustainable farming including but not limited to horticultural, agricultural, or aquacultural endeavors. The light source allows the transmission of daylight, which is combined with the flicker.
US11129252B2
Methods and systems for controlling compound ramps in LED luminaires and lighting circuits are disclosed. In a compound ramp, the light output of one set of LED light engines increases while the light output of another set of LED light engines decreases. During such a ramp, the methods and systems may control the total light output to keep it relatively constant. In some embodiments, the methods and systems may also control the color of the emitted light maintain ideal color characteristics.
US11129241B2
The utility model discloses a ceramic heating element with multiple temperature zones, which comprises a ceramic heating element. The ceramic heating element consists of a first ceramic substrate, a second ceramic substrate, a heating circuit, an electrode pad, a heating temperature zone, an independent electrode lead and a common electrode, the first ceramic substrate and the second ceramic substrate are stacked and rolled to form a cylindrical or elliptic structure with a center hole, the heating circuit is printed on a front face of the second ceramic substrate, a plurality of electrode pads are printed on a back face of the second ceramic substrate, and a plurality of through holes are machined on an upper surface of the second ceramic substrate. The utility model has the beneficial effects of a simple structure and strong practicability.
US11129239B2
The wireless communication device includes one or more wireless transceivers and a controller. The one or more wireless transceivers detect(s) one or more first frequency bands of one or more cellular networks, and detect(s) one or more second frequency bands of one or more non-cellular networks. The controller selects one of the first frequency bands and one of the second frequency bands, which do not overlap, and assigns the selected first frequency band to one of the wireless transceivers, thereby enabling one of the wireless transceivers to camp on a cell on the selected first frequency band. Also, the controller assigns the selected second frequency band to one of the wireless transceivers, thereby enabling one of the wireless transceivers to connect to one of the non-cellular networks on the selected second frequency band.
US11129216B2
Establishment of integrated links comprising integrated wireless backhaul communications links and access communications links is facilitated by transmitting multiplexed sync signals to enable synchronization between the relay transmission point devices, and using a random access channel procedure to complete the establishment. The integrated wireless backhaul communications links and access communications links can be maintained by measuring channel characteristics of the backhaul communications links using a measurement reference signal.
US11129213B2
Apparatus and methods for physical cell identification within one or more wireless networks. In one embodiment, conflicts in PCI values which may exist within two or more mobile networks (e.g., PLMNs) of respective different operators when unlicensed spectrum is utilized (e.g., according to 3GPP 5G NR-U technology) are resolved. In one implementation, this functionality is provided by specifying one or more mobility-related parameters associated with various UE, such that serving gNBs can determine whether a given UE requires a mobility context, and as such whether it should conduct subsequent RF measurement reporting to report back potential conflicts in PCI it may encounter to the gNB. In one variant, the measurement reporting is configured to comply with 5G NR-U required “listen-before-talk” or LBT protocols; i.e., to measure parameters consistent with the LBT protocols to detect any such PCI-based conflicts.
US11129195B2
A user equipment (UE) may determine that a channel, such as a downlink channel or an uplink channel, and a positioning reference signal (PRS) occasion are scheduled for a common set of resources, such as a common frequency, a common time, and/or the like. This may result in the UE being unable to receive the PRS and/or process the PRS as a result of receiving the channel. In some aspects, the UE may determine that a PRS collides with a channel, and may perform a collision response action, such as dropping at least a portion of the channel, based at least in part on determining that the PRS occasion collides with the channel.
US11129193B2
A data transmission method and apparatus using a clear channel assessment (CCA) detection threshold are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining, by a base station, at least one CCA detection threshold; determining a current CCA detection threshold from the at least one CCA detection threshold; determining transmit power of to-be-sent data based on the current CCA detection threshold; and sending the to-be-sent data to a target terminal based on the transmit power.
US11129191B2
Embodiments of this application provide a signal transmission method and a device. The method includes: performing, by a network device, idle carrier sense in a downlink beam direction when a predefined sending time of each synchronization frame in a synchronization frame set arrives, where the synchronization frame set includes N synchronization frames, and each synchronization frame includes at least one synchronization signal block; and sending a synchronization signal block to a terminal in the downlink beam direction in a synchronization frame in which idle carrier sense succeeds, where the synchronization signal block includes a synchronization signal. The network device performs idle carrier sense in the downlink beam direction when the predefined sending time of each synchronization frame arrives, and sends the synchronization signal block including the synchronization signal in the downlink beam direction in the synchronization frame in which idle carrier sense succeeds.
US11129187B2
Aspects directed towards a network-assisted sidelink scheduling operation are disclosed. In one example, a scheduled entity receives a grant of resources from a scheduling entity operating according to a legacy radio access technology (RAT), and translates the grant of resources from a legacy configuration of resources to a non-legacy configuration of resources. The scheduled entity then performs a sidelink communication via the non-legacy configuration of resources. In another example, a scheduling entity operating according to a legacy RAT transmits a system information block (SIB) to a scheduled entity indicating that the scheduling entity can allocate non-legacy resources. The scheduling entity then receives a request for resources from the scheduled entity that corresponds to a non-legacy sidelink communication, and provides a grant of resources to the scheduled entity that includes a non-legacy-specific frequency for transmitting the non-legacy sidelink communication.
US11129183B2
A method for transmitting control information by a base station in a communication system using a plurality of serving cells comprises transmitting is provided. The method includes a terminal, an identifier of a second serving cell identifying where control information regarding a first serving cell is transmitted, transmitting, to the terminal, a predetermined value of a carrier identifier used in the second serving cell, and transmitting the control information regarding the first serving cell including the carrier identifier having the predetermined value through the second serving cell.
US11129174B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may transmit, and a UE may receive, via a configuration message, a group identifier indicating a group of UEs with which the UE is associated, the group of UEs being one of multiple groups of UEs which are each allocated resources. The base station may transmit the group downlink control information message to the group of UEs, and the UE may receive the group downlink control information message. The UE may determine that the group downlink control information message pertains to the UE by associating the group identifier with the group downlink control information message. The base station and the UE may communicate in accordance with the group downlink control information message based at least in part on the UE being associated with the group to which the group downlink control information message pertains.
US11129153B2
A method for communicating data between a base station and a terminal device in a wireless telecommunications system, for example an LTE-based system. The wireless communication system uses plural frequency sub-carriers spanning a system frequency band. Physical-layer control information for the terminal device is transmitted from the base station using sub-carriers selected from across the system frequency band, for example to provide frequency diversity. However, higher-layer data for the terminal device is transmitted using only sub-carriers selected from within a restricted frequency band which is smaller than and within the system frequency band. The terminal device is aware of the restricted frequency band, and as such need only buffer and process data within this restricted frequency band during periods where higher-layer data is being transmitted. The terminal device buffers and processes the full system frequency band during periods when physical-layer control information is transmitted.
US11129149B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink control information performed by a user equipment in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a first parameter for indicating whether to simultaneously transmit a first combination of an acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and a channel quality indicator (CQI), and a second parameter for indicating whether to multiplex a second combination of an ACK/NACK and the CQI and transmitting same as a second physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format; and multiplexing the first combination of the ACK/NACK or the second combination of ACK/NACK with the CQI and transmitting same as a first PUCCH format or the second PUCCH format, based on the first parameter and the second parameter.
US11129144B2
To improve throughput by reducing the resource used for transmitting a parameter relating to retransmission control and decreasing the overhead of retransmission control signaling. In a case where a retransmission control method is employed in consideration of adaptive MCS control in which the encoding rate can be changed, the scheduling section sets the MCS in accordance with CQI notified from the communication counterpart apparatus. When transmission data is encoded, the RV parameter bit-number setting section sets the number of bits used for signaling the RV parameter to decrease as the encoding rate of the first transmission is decreased and sets the RV parameter based on the number of bits. For example, in a case where the encoding rate R is R>2/3, two bits are set. In a case where the encoding rate 1/3
US11129143B2
A wireless communication method, a network device, user equipment, and a system are provided. The method includes: generating, by a network device, control information, where the control information includes first indication information indicating a time domain resource for first transmission between user equipment and the network device, and duration of occupying a resource by one transmission of the first transmission is less than 1 millisecond; and sending, by the network device, the control information to the user equipment. The user equipment may obtain, according to the control information, the time domain resource for communicating with the network device by using the first transmission, and communicate with the network device on the obtained time domain resource. Therefore, a transmission time delay can be shortened, and user experience and radio network performance can be greatly improved.
US11129139B2
Provided are a resource indicating method, an apparatus, an access network device, a terminal and a system, which relate to the field of communications. The method includes: an access network device sends configuration information to a terminal, where the configuration information includes time domain resource grouping information for indicating a time domain distribution of at least one group of time domain resource units; and the access network device sends resource indication information to the terminal, and the terminal determines a time domain resource unit used by the terminal according to the resource indication information and the time domain resource grouping information. Resources that are discontinuous in the time domain can be flexibly indicated, thereby achieving the effect of indicating resources that are discontinuous in the time domain.
US11129130B2
According to an embodiment of the present specification, a method for measuring a position by a terminal in a wireless communication system can be provided. The method for measuring a position by a terminal may comprise the steps of: receiving MIB information from a base station by a terminal; setting a reference for time on the basis of the received MIB information; receiving a positioning-related signal from the base station by the terminal; measuring the positioning-related signal; and acquiring distance information and orientation information of the terminal on the basis of the measured positioning-related signal. The terminal is capable of communicating with at least one of another UE, a UE related to an autonomous driving vehicle, a base station or a network.
US11129125B1
Coordinated radio fine time measurement is provided via sending, from a client device, a ranging request to a first radio; receiving a first response sent at a first time from the first radio over a first channel; receiving a second response sent at the first time from a second radio over a second channel; and calculating, based on times of flight for the first response and the second response, a location of the client device relative to the first radio and to the second radio. Coordinated radio fine time measurement is also proved via in response to receiving, at an Access Point (AP), a ranging request from a client device and determining to respond using multiple channels: sending, both at a first time, a first response from a first radio over a first channel a second response from a second radio over a different channel.
US11129123B2
A first device that includes a processor configured to transmit/receive a trigger message to/from a second device based on wireless short-range communication. The trigger message initiates a registration process within a wireless local area network (WLAN).
US11129122B2
A method for providing IQ mismatch (IQMM) compensation includes: sending a single tone signal at an original frequency; determining a first response of an impaired signal at the original frequency and a second response of the impaired signal at a corresponding image frequency; determining an estimate of a frequency response of the compensation filter at the original frequency based on the first response and the second response; repeating the steps of sending the single tone signal, determining the first response and the second response, and determining the estimate of the frequency response of the compensation filter by sweeping the single tone signal at a plurality of steps to determine a snapshot of the frequency response of the compensation filter; converting the frequency response of the compensation filter to a plurality of time-domain filter taps of the compensation filter by performing a pseudo-inverse of a time-to-frequency conversion matrix; and determining a time delay that provides a minimal LSE for the corresponding time domain filter taps.
US11129120B2
The present invention discloses a method for a user equipment to receive system information in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method is characterized in detecting a first synchronization signal block configured with a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS) and a Physical Broadcasting Channel (PBCH) at a specific frequency position, determining a presence or non-presence of system information corresponding to the first synchronization signal block within a first synchronization raster corresponding to a specific frequency position based on a system information indicator included in the PBCH, and if the system information corresponding to the first synchronization signal block is determined as not existing, determining a second synchronization raster having system information exist therein based on the system information indicator.
US11129116B2
This disclosure generally relates to systems, devices, apparatuses, products, and methods for wireless communication. For example, a user equipment (UE) device within a wireless communication system may generate an uplink signal. The uplink signal comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), a physical random access channel (PRACH), or a sounding reference signal (SRS). The UE transmits the uplink signal from the UE, and receives a signal at the UE. The UE performs a correlation between the transmitted uplink signal and the received signal, and determines whether an object is present within a transmission path from the UE based on the correlation. The UE may set a transmission parameter at the UE based on the determination of whether the object is present within the transmission path.
US11129101B2
Disclosed herein are methods and mobile telecommunication devices configured to operate within a cellular telecommunication network using multiple wireless communication services or technologies. Methods may include obtaining, by a mobile telecommunication device, its current location. The mobile telecommunication device may then determine, such as from a stored record or from an internet or telecommunication network link, which particular wireless communication services are available in a local area of the cellular telecommunication network. The mobile telecommunication device may then modify operation of its transceiver equipment for the wireless communication services, such as by activating the transceiver equipment if the wireless communication service is available, or reducing power usage, such as beaconing, for a wireless communication service that is not available.
US11129095B2
Disclosed is a system and method for providing stable and reliable power to components on the top of a cell tower. The system performs a device discovery process to determine with Power Supply Units are connected to which Remote Radio Heads on the tower. It also provides several ways of characterizing the power cables and input capacitance to the Remote Radio Heads to provide optimal power to the Remote Radio Heads, including situations in which the power demand for the Remote Radio Heads increases, while obviating the need to replace the power cables with those of greater current capacity. Further, the system provides for stable power even in the presence of sensor instabilities and data dropouts.
US11129085B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for selecting a network for use by a communication device to process a data transmission. The method comprises: determining whether an amount of data sent by the communication device over a first network in communication with the communication device has reached a data limit; and if the amount of data has reached the data limit, selecting a second network for use by the communication device.
US11129080B2
A method operative in conjunction with a cellular communication network having a core element and comprising providing moving relays including base and mobile station functionality and a relay resource manager, all co-located, including providing an emergency moving relay from among the moving relays further including a simulated stationary network that includes a simulated IP connectivity gateway communicating with a simulated mobility management entity. The simulated stationary network simulates a stationary network's operation; the emergency moving relay being a root of a sub tree that includes moving relays and mobile stations, and is configured to utilize its mobile and base station functionalities and relay resource manager for operating in: (i) normal mode: emergency moving relay communicates with other relays in the network and with the stationary network; (ii) emergency mode, including, in response to an emergency event, finding new networks to connect to.
US11129073B2
A wireless communication network hands-over wireless User Equipment (UE) from a serving cell to a neighbor cell. The serving cell wirelessly exchanges data with the wireless UE and determines uplink interference for a radio band. The serving cell wirelessly transfers an uplink interference offset to the wireless UE that indicates the uplink interference at the serving cell for the radio band. The wireless UE uses the uplink interference offset to trigger a handover request to the serving cell. The handover request indicates downlink signal strength at the wireless UE for the serving cell. The serving cell initiates a handover to a neighbor cell responsive to a combination of the downlink signal strength at the wireless UE and the uplink interference for the serving cell falling below a handover threshold. After the handover, the neighbor cell wirelessly exchanges data with the wireless UE over a different radio band.
US11129072B2
Router advertisements may be used to configure multi-homed Protocol Data Unit (PDU) sessions. A first router advertisement message from a first PDU session anchor and a second router advertisement message from a second PDU session anchor may be decoded. A user equipment (UE) may identify, based on the first and second router advertisement messages, a first preference value associated with destination routes of the first network and a second preference value associated with destination routes of the second data network. The UE may determine a destination data network for a signal by comparing a destination route of the signal to destination routes associated with whichever data network has a greater preference value. The UE may prepare the signal with a prefix based on the destination data network.
US11129068B2
A handover method, a network device, and a terminal device are provided. The method includes: a first network device acquires measurement results of links, wherein the links include a link between the first network device and a first terminal device and a link between the first network device and a second terminal device; and the first network device determines a first handover scheme of the first terminal device and/or a second handover scheme of the second terminal device according to the measurement results.
US11129066B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for determining a candidate cell, corresponding user equipment, and a corresponding base station. The method comprises: receiving system information of a cell, wherein the system information comprises at least a first network type cell state indication and a second network type cell state indication; and determining, according to a network type cell state indication in the received system information, whether to use the cell as a candidate cell for cell selection/reselection.
US11129062B2
Methods and apparatus for storing, manipulating, retrieving, and forwarding state, e.g., context and other information, used to support communications sessions with one or more end nodes, e.g., mobile devices, are described. Various features are directed to a mobile node controlling the transfer of state from a first access node to a second access node during a handoff operation thereby eliminating any need for state transfer messages to be transmitted between the second access node and the first access node during handoff. Other features of the invention are directed to the use of a core network node to store state information. State information stored in the core node can be accessed and used by access nodes in cases where a mobile node does not send a state transfer message during a handoff, e.g., because communication with the first access node is lost or because such messages are not supported.
US11129060B2
A handover method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium are provided. The method comprises: a first access network element sending a first handover request message to a second access network element so as to trigger the handover of a terminal from a first access network to a second access network, and keeping a connection between the first access network and a first core network unchanged, wherein data of the terminal is forwarded by the second access network and is transmitted between the first access network and the first core network; and the first access network element sending a second handover request message to a first core network element to trigger the handover from the first core network to a second core network, wherein the data of the terminal is transmitted between the second access network and the second core network.
US11129052B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a radio network node (12) for handling communication of data to a wireless device (10) in a wireless communication network (1). The radio network node (12) determines to transmit data associated with a first radio access technology, RAT, using a second RAT when a criterion is fulfilled, and triggers a transmission of the data to the wireless device (10) using the second RAT.
US11129048B2
A present invention discloses a data transmission method, a base station, and a wireless communications device, which can ensure normal communication between a terminal and a base station in a multi-stream aggregation scenario. The method includes: receiving, by a primary base station, offloading information sent by a wireless communications device, where the wireless communications device is a secondary base station or a terminal; and adjusting, by the primary base station according to the offloading information, offloading data that is allocated to a multi-stream aggregation base station. The present invention is applicable to the communications field.
US11129042B2
Presented herein are systems and methods for detecting a boundary line crossing based on Round Trip Time (RTT) measured for wireless signals transmitted between and initiator wireless transceiver and a responder wireless transceiver deployed to form a straight boundary line. The initiator wireless transceiver transmits wireless probe signal(s) to the responder wireless transceiver, receives a wireless response signal transmitted by the responder wireless transceiver in response to the wireless probe signal(s), calculates an RTT combining a travel time of the wireless probe signal(s) and the travel time of the wireless response signal(s), compares the RTT to a reference RTT computed for a wireless probe signal and a corresponding wireless response signal transmitted in a clear straight transmission path while the boundary line is clear of obstacles and determines whether an object is blocking the straight transmission path based on a deviation of the RTT from the reference RTT.
US11129034B2
Various communication systems may benefit from improved wireless communications. For example, communication systems may benefit from a wireless broadband network that monitors and detects link latency. A method includes detecting latency information of data being transmitted on at least one link between a first base station and at least one second base station. In addition, the method includes forming at least one array comprising the latency information of the data. Further, the method includes modifying a system behavior relating to at least the first base station or the at least one second base station based on the at least one array.
US11129029B2
A road-side network node for operation in an adhoc radio communications network is provided. The road-side network node includes a processor, a memory, a radio module, and an antenna. The road-side network node is configured to: determine data to be transmitted via an adhoc radio channel; determine or provide an adhoc time slice reserved for transmissions via the adhoc radio channel; and start a transmission of the data via the adhoc radio channel during the adhoc time slice.
US11129026B1
The techniques provide a wireless communication carrier with the ability to efficiently add a device that is currently provisioned for a different carrier. Identification information is received for a mobile device to be switched from a first mobile network operator to a second mobile network operator. From a user interface executing on the mobile device, authorization is received to switch the mobile device. A token is generated that is usable to access unique identification data for an embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card (eUICC) installed on the mobile device. Based in part on the tokens, subscription credentials are generated for accessing a mobile communications network operated by the second mobile network operator. Using the subscription credentials, the mobile device is provisioned to communicate on the mobile communications network operated by the second mobile network operator without further user input.
US11129022B2
A wireless network environment includes a plurality of access points, a wireless local area network (WLAN) controller, and a plurality of client devices. The client devices attempt to authenticate with the WLAN controller to gain access to wireless services provided by the WLAN controller and/or the access points. To authenticate with the WLAN controller, the WLAN controller obtains a request to establish a wireless network connection from one or more of the client devices. The WLAN controller then provides a response to the request. The response indicates whether the WLAN controller supports performing password-mapped simultaneous authentication of equals (SAE). The WLAN controller then obtains a message including a password-mapped identifier from the client device. The WLAN controller then establishes a connection with the client device based on the password obtained with password-mapped identifier mapping at WLC.
US11129020B2
A method for establishing a connection to a wireless access point includes: sending, based on an operation of establishing a connection to a target wireless access point by a user in an application of a user equipment, a connection request to a wireless routing device corresponding to the target wireless access point by the user equipment, wherein the connection request includes connection authentication information generated by the user equipment; receiving connection success information sent by the wireless routing device by the user equipment after connection authentication on the connection request succeeds.
US11129018B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display and a processor. The processor transmits registration information relating to a user's payment means to an external electronic device, receives state information on the payment means, which is generated by the external electronic device using the registration information, from the external electronic device, and displays an indication corresponding to the state information in relation to an object for representing the payment means, through the display.
US11129012B2
The disclosure relates to technology for a sensor network, machine to machine communication (M2M), machine type communication (MTC), and the Internet of things (IoT). The disclosure may be used for an intelligent service (a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service, etc.) on the basis of the technology. A mobility management entity (MME) apparatus in a wireless communication system includes a transmission/reception unit and a control unit functionally connected to the transmission/reception unit, wherein the control unit is configured to: determine a timer value used to allow a terminal supporting a power saving mode (PSM) to perform transition from a PSM state to an idle mode state; and control the transmission/reception unit so as to transmit, to the terminal, a message including information related to the determined timer value, and the timer value is determined on the basis of one of a mobile terminated (MT) data occurrence expectation time point and a mobile terminated data reception target value, pre-configured in the MME.
US11129005B2
An example implementation involves a media playback system that includes one or more playback devices that are controllable by the mobile device while the mobile device is joined to the media playback system. The mobile device may join the media playback system over one or more communication paths via a cellular network from the mobile device to the media playback system. The example implementation may involve detecting that the mobile device is outside of a threshold proximity to the media playback system while the mobile device is joined to the media playback system. Based on detecting that the mobile device is outside of the threshold proximity to the media playback system, the mobile device may disconnect from the media playback system.
US11129001B2
A method for operating a network infrastructure-side network unit of a cell-based wireless communication network is provided. The method includes ascertaining a first scheduling grant message, the first scheduling grant message including an assignment of at least one sidelink resource of the first sidelink channel to the roadside network unit; sending the first scheduling grant message to the roadside network unit on a downlink channel; receiving from the roadside network unit on the uplink channel an indication that the assigned sidelink resource of the first sidelink channel is occupied; ascertaining a second scheduling grant message, the second scheduling grant message including an assignment of at least one sidelink resource of a second sidelink channel in a licensed frequency range to the roadside network unit; and sending the second scheduling grant message to the roadside network unit on the downlink channel.
US11128997B1
Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for improving establishment and broadcasting of communication, including providing an improved user experience using descriptive operator management. For example, a method comprises determining a first user accesses a mobile application on a first mobile device of the first user; determining a second user accesses the mobile application on a second mobile device of the second user; determining a descriptive operator associated with at least one of the first user, the second user, or the audio conversation; and initiating the audio conversation between the first user and the second user, wherein the audio conversation is broadcasted to a third user who accesses the mobile application on a third mobile device of the third user.
US11128993B2
A method of transmitting an electronic message may include identifying a first bit in a data message to be transmitted. The first bit may have a binary value. The method may also include transmitting, in response to the identifying, a first signal corresponding to the binary value over a second message channel. The method may also include transmitting, in response to the identifying, a second signal corresponding to the inverse of the binary value.
US11128989B2
A method, device and system are disclosed for geo-locating a device. In one embodiment, a first wireless transmitter/receiver pages a second wireless transmitter/receiver to establish a communication. A plurality of packets transmitted by the first wireless transmitter/receiver and transmitted by the second wireless transmitter/receiver are received by a wireless receiver. The reception time of packets transmitted by the first wireless transmitter/receiver and the second wireless transmitter/receiver is recorded. A time delay based at least in part on the recorded reception times of each packet is calculated, and a location of the second wireless device based on the calculated time delay is determined. A target location of the second wireless transmitter/receiver is determined based on a plurality of the determined locations of the second wireless transmitter/receiver.
US11128984B1
A method may include causing first content to be displayed on a display device; causing second content to be rendered irrespective of a location of a mobile device relative to the display device; and causing the second content to be displayed on the mobile device such that the second content is layered over the first content. When the second content has moved a predetermined distance from the screen, The method may also include causing the second content to be rendered based on the location of the mobile device relative to the display device; and causing the second content to be displayed on the mobile device such that the second content is layered over the first content.
US11128980B2
Techniques directed to utilizing networked devices to enhance user experience are described. In an example, sensor data received from sensor(s) associated with a facility can be used to determine a presence of a user equipment (UE) within or proximate to the facility. Based at least in part on the sensor data, an account associated with the UE can be accessed. Based at least in part on account data associated with the account, a distribution of network technology can be modified to temporarily enable the UE to access a service that is not otherwise available to at least one other UE within or proximate to the facility.
US11128979B2
The technology described herein manages communications received by a mobile computing device by ascertaining a user's availability to receive an incoming communication. The technology described herein can optimize the use of notification resources on a computing device to provide notifications only when a user is available to respond to a communication the notification announces. The user's availability to receive a communication can be inferred through the analysis of signal data that describes a present context of the mobile device and/or the mobile device's user. Upon determining a present level of availability, the technology described herein can take several different actions. The actions include generating an alternative notification for a newly received communication, generating no notification for a newly received communication, and communicating an automated “not available” message to the originator of a newly received communication.
US11128972B2
[Object] To provide an information processing device, control method, and program that are capable of showing presence of a virtual object in a real space. [Solution] The information processing device includes: a calculation unit configured to calculate a localization position of a sound source of a virtual object relative to a user on the basis of information on the virtual object and information on a state of the user, the virtual object causing the user to feel as if the virtual object exists in a real space through sound image localization; and a sound image localization unit configured to perform a sound signal process of the sound source such that a sound image is localized at the calculated localization position.
US11128969B2
An electronic device includes a first microphone, a second microphone, a digital signal processor, and a detector. The first microphone samples a sound from a sound source at a first location to generate a first signal. The second microphone samples the sound from the sound source at a second location spaced from the first location to generate a second signal. The digital signal processor compares the first signal and the second signal to obtain external environment information associated with a location of the sound source. The detector determines a call mode, based on the external environment information.
US11128968B2
A skin interface apparatus configured as an interface of a prosthesis with skin of a recipient, including a first portion configured for direct contact with skin of the recipient, and a second portion configured for direct contact with skin of the recipient, wherein the portions have different material properties. In an exemplary embodiment, the first portion is a part of a holding plate pad of a hearing prosthesis and the second portion is part of a driving plate pad of the hearing prosthesis.
US11128967B2
An implantable apparatus, including an implantable transducer fixation mechanism, the fixation mechanism being configured to receive an implantable transducer, wherein the fixation mechanism is configured to be fixed to a wall of the middle ear cavity of the recipient, and the fixation mechanism is configured to locate the transducer at least partially outside the middle ear cavity.
US11128959B2
A MEMS microphone including a carrier board and a MEMS chip mounted thereon over a sound opening. A filter chip includes a bulk material with an aperture covered and closed by a mesh. The mesh includes a layer of the filter chip with parallel through-going first holes structured in the layer. The filter chip is arranged in or on the carrier board such that the mesh covers the sound opening.
US11128958B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor die, comprising the steps of: providing a MEMS device having a structural body, provided with a cavity, and a membrane structure suspended over the cavity; coupling the structural body to a filtering module via direct bonding or fusion bonding so that a first portion of the filtering module extends over the cavity and a second portion of the filtering module extends seamlessly as a prolongation of the structural body; and etching selective portions of the filtering module in an area corresponding to the first portion, to form filtering openings fluidically coupled to the cavity. The semiconductor die is, for example, a microphone.
US11128957B2
A micro-speaker, the manufacturing method thereof, a speaker device and an electronic apparatus are described herein. The micro-speaker comprises a case, wherein the case has an opening; and a piezoelectric layer, wherein one or more electrodes are provided on the piezoelectric layer, and wherein the piezoelectric layer is pre-buckled in its rest position, wherein the piezoelectric layer covers the opening and is bonded onto the case, to form a speaker rear cavity together with the case. The micro-speaker of the present invention has a relatively low speaker profile.
US11128953B2
A system configured to improve spatial coverage of output audio and a corresponding user experience by performing upmixing and loudspeaker beamforming to stereo input signals. The system can perform upmixing to the stereo (e.g., two channel) input signal to extract a center channel and generate three-channel audio data. The system may then perform loudspeaker beamforming to the three-channel audio data to enable two loudspeakers to generate output audio having three distinct beams. The user may interpret the three distinct beams as originating from three separate locations, resulting in the user perceiving a wide virtual sound stage despite the loudspeakers being spaced close together on the device.
US11128952B2
An omnidirectional loudspeaker box comprises a plurality of loudspeaker modules uniformly disposed in an annular configuration. Each loudspeaker module comprises one or more active vibration units and one or more passive vibration units. The one or more active vibration units are uniformly disposed in an annular configuration. The one or more passive vibration units are uniformly disposed in an annular configuration. The one or more active vibration units can respond to the input of external signals and drive the one or more passive vibration units to vibrate together, thereby generating improved sound quality and effect.
US11128937B2
A method and apparatus for managing parameter ranges in a monitoring system includes storing a plurality of predetermined parameter ranges, receiving from a remote sensing device a measured parameter measured at the remote sensing device, determining a first parameter range based on the plurality of predetermined parameter ranges such that the measured parameter is within the first parameter range, transmitting a message to the remote sensing device that includes the first parameter range.
US11128931B2
When a viewer is determined to be interested in an advertisement, a media guidance application may identify a second related advertisement to display to the viewer. The second advertisement may be displayed following the first interesting advertisement. To avoid timing issues, media content following the advertisements may be buffered so that the viewer can catch up on the media content without missing anything.
US11128930B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing non-intrusive advertising content to users. The method includes receiving user input reflecting user content preferences for receiving desired content related to specific topics in lieu of standard advertising slots while watching playable media content via a set-top box. The method may further include receiving a request for playable media content and then retrieving desired content based on user content preferences. Thereafter, the method may include choosing non-intrusive advertising content and generating datagrams that include the desired content and the non-intrusive advertising content. The datagrams may be concatenated with the playable media content to generate displayable content. The display content may then be provided for displaying.
US11128928B2
A transmission method includes generating one or more frames for content transfer using IP (Internet Protocol) packets, and transmitting the one or more generated frames by broadcast. Each of the one or more frames contains a plurality of second transfer units, each of the plurality of second transfer units contains one or more first transfer units, and each of the one or more first transfer units contains at least one of the IP packets. An object IP packet of the IP packets which is stored in a first transfer unit positioned at a head in the one or more frames contains reference clock information that indicates time for reproduction of the content in data structure different from data structure of an MMT (MPEG Media Transport) packet, and header compression processing on the object IP packet is omitted.
US11128926B2
According to embodiments, a client device, a companion screen device, and an operation method thereof are disclosed. The disclosed client device includes: a communication interface; a display; a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to control the display to display at least a part of 360-degree video content, identify a companion screen device having a 360-degree control capability to perform 360-degree control on the 360-degree video content, control the communication interface to connect a communication channel with the identified companion screen device, and control the display to control the displaying of the 360-degree video content according to a control command received from the connected companion screen device.
US11128925B1
Automatic control of media presentation parameters is provided by using one or more of real-time audio playback measurement data from microphones and audience facial and body expression interpretation from video and infrared cameras, in conjunction with artificial intelligence for interpretation and evaluation of facial and body expression and predetermined perceptual audio models. Media presentation parameters can include, for example, speaker volume, audio equalization, feedback elimination, play/pause, and other audio content-related aspects of presentation. In some embodiments, additional environmental parameters can be modified to enhance audience experience, such as, for example, temperature, lighting, and the like, in response to audience facial and body expression.
US11128909B2
Provided is a device including: a controller configured to obtain illumination information about illumination around the device, determine, based on the illumination information, a thickness of an outline of an object included in content reproduced by the device, and perform image processing on the content such that the outline of the object is represented as having the determined thickness; and a display displaying the content on which the image processing is performed.
US11128907B2
Systems and methods for delivering multiple media assets for a plurality of users are disclosed herein. A plurality of users proximate to a display device may detected and split into groups based on preference for a specific media asset. Media assets may be generated on a display device in a layout based on the number of users in each group. When a new user enters the proximity of the display device the group membership may be recalculated and based on the new group memberships the display layout may be updated.
US11128906B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing streaming video from mobile computing nodes. A request for streaming video captured by a mobile computing node can be received at a computer including a processor that executes a controller. The request can include a parameter associated with the streaming video. The computer can initiate transmission of an inquiry message to two or more mobile computing nodes and receive inquiry message responses from the mobile computing nodes that include the mobile computing node. The inquiry message responses can indicate that the mobile computing nodes can satisfy the parameter. The computer can create a list of the mobile computing nodes that can satisfy the parameter and provide the list to the requestor. The computer can receive a selection of the mobile computing node, and initiate delivery of a video stream to the requestor.
US11128898B2
Generating a media file, by generating a first data structure assigning a subset of samples of a track to one or more sample groups, each sample of the subset comprising one or more network abstraction layer (NAL) units; generating a second data structure for describing each of the one or more sample groups, the first and second data structures comprising a first grouping type indicating a mapping between NAL units and the one or more sample groups, the second data structure associating a sample group identifier to a NAL unit; generating a third data structure for describing a tile region, the third data structure comprising a second grouping type indicating that the samples of the track comprise one or more tile regions; and, generating a media file including the samples and including a metadata part, the metadata part comprising the first, second and third data structures, and the metadata part comprising a reference grouping type for linking the second and third data structures.
US11128897B2
A method for initiating a transmission of a program stream for delivery from a local access point to a client device, said program stream being structured as a plurality of regular segments relating to a single event. This method comprises the steps of: (a) processing at least one of the regular segments into a set of particular segments, where the at least one regular segment carries a payload of a first playback duration and the payload of said set represents a second playback duration that is greater than that of the first playback duration, and where the second playback duration is sufficient to comply with a client device requirement for initiating a rendering of the event, and (b) transmitting, during an initial period, from the local access point said set of particular segments.
US11128895B2
A method, apparatus, and system of pause and replay of media content through bookmarks on a server device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a server device includes authenticating a user of a client device, communicating a media content to the client device through a network, processing a pause request of the client device to pause the media content, storing a bookmark location indicating a current playback location of the media content in the client device on the server device, processing a play request of the user to play the media content from the bookmark location (e.g., the play request may be received from a different client device of the user), and communicating the media content from the bookmark location to the user.
US11128893B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a live streaming method and system, a server, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: providing, by a first end for information interaction, a first audio/video live stream for a server, and providing, by a second end for information interaction, a second audio/video live stream for the server. The method further includes performing, by the server, coding and processing on the first audio/video live stream and the second audio/video live stream, to obtain a third audio/video live stream, and pushing the third audio/video stream to a third end for information interaction; and receiving, by the third end, audio/video content of the first end and the second end according to the third audio/video live stream.
US11128883B2
Provided is an encoder includes: circuitry; and memory, in which the circuitry: determines which mode is used to perform a prediction process, among modes including a first mode in which the prediction process is performed based on a motion vector of each block in a video and a second mode in which the prediction process is performed based on a motion vector of each sub-block obtained by splitting the block; when the prediction process is performed in the first mode, determines whether to perform a correction process on a prediction image using a spatial gradient of pixel values in the prediction image obtained by performing the prediction process, and performs the correction process when it is determined to perform the correction process; and when the prediction process is performed in the second mode, does not perform the correction process.
US11128882B2
Devices, systems and methods for digital video coding, which includes constructing separate motion candidate lists for video coding, are described. An exemplary method for video processing includes constructing, for a first video block of a video, a first motion candidate list using a first motion candidate list construction method that includes motion candidates that only relate to history-based motion vector prediction (HMVP) candidates, and performing a conversion between the first video block and a bitstream representation of the video including the first video block according to the constructed first motion candidate list.
US11128881B2
A sequence of picture slices is encoded as reference slices and non-reference slices, wherein the reference slices include B slices, by forming, for each B slice, at least one data packet containing data values derived from brightness and color information pertaining to the slice. The data packet for each B slice includes a header element indicating whether the B slice is a reference slice. The header element of each reference B slice has a value that depends on depth of the reference B slice in a hierarchy of discardability.
US11128878B2
Processing high dynamic range and or wide color gamut video data using a fixed-point implementation. A method of processing video data may include receiving one or more supplemental enhancement information (SEI) messages that contain information specifying how to determine parameters for performing an inverse dynamic range adjustment process, receiving decoded video data, and performing the inverse dynamic range adjustment process on the decoded video data using fixed-point computing in accordance with the information in the one or more SEI messages.
US11128875B2
A higher coding efficiency for coding a significance map indicating positions of significant transform coefficients within a transform coefficient block is achieved by the scan order by which the sequentially extracted syntax elements indicating, for associated positions within the transform coefficient block, as to whether at the respective position a significant or insignificant transform coefficient is situated, are sequentially associated to the positions of the transform coefficient block, among the positions of the transform coefficient block depends on the positions of the significant transform coefficients indicated by previously associated syntax elements. Alternatively, the first-type elements may be context-adaptively entropy decoded using contexts which are individually selected for each of the syntax elements dependent on a number of significant transform coefficients in a neighborhood of the respective syntax element, indicated as being significant by any of the preceding syntax elements.
US11128865B2
Wedgelet-based coding for coding blocks of varying size is rendered more efficient by the usage of a variable length coded syntax element having a prefix and a suffix, wherein the size of the suffix is dependent on the prefix and the size of the current coding block. By this measure, it is feasible to efficiently adapt the length of the variable-length coded syntax element which controls the bi-partitioning of the current coding block to the actual needs, namely the size, of the current coding block, and the variability of the bi-partitioning by varying the wedglet separation line, respectively. The greater the current coding block is, the longer the variable-length coded syntax element may be. This length dependency may even be sufficiently effective in terms of coding efficiency so that the variable length coded syntax element may be coded without context-adaptive entropy coding, but directly or using fixed-equal-probability binary entropy coding.
US11128864B2
A block of video data is split using one or more of several possible partition operations by using the partitioning choices obtained through use of a deep learning-based image partitioning. In at least one embodiment, the block is split in one or more splitting operations using a convolutional neural network. In another embodiment, inputs to the convolutional neural network come from motion vector fields and corresponding residuals. Methods, apparatus, and signal embodiments are provided for encoding.
US11128857B2
An image decoding method according to the present disclosure comprises deriving a first candidate intra prediction mode based on a first neighboring block of a current block; deriving a second candidate intra prediction mode based on a second neighboring block of the current block; constructing MPM (Most Probable Mode) list of the current block based on the first candidate intra prediction mode and the second candidate intra prediction mode; deriving an intra prediction mode for the current block based on the MPM list; and generating a prediction sample for the current block based on the intra prediction mode, wherein the first neighboring block is a left neighboring block located at the lowermost side among neighboring blocks adjacent to a left boundary of the current block, and wherein the second neighboring block is an upper neighboring block located at the rightmost side among neighboring blocks adjacent to an upper boundary of the current block.
US11128842B2
An image processing method is provided, wherein the image processing method includes the steps of: receiving raw image data from an image sensor, wherein the image sensor is a four-cell Bayer sensor, the raw image data includes color information of each pixel, and the color information of each pixel only corresponds to a single color; for a specific pixel to be processed, selecting a region including the specific pixel; referring to a position of the specific pixel to determine whether to flip color information within the region to generate a flipped region; and using color information of at least one portion of pixels within the region or the flipped region to perform an interpolation operation, to generate color information that the specific pixel lacks.
US11128838B2
Systems and methods for virtualized computing or cloud-computing network with distributed input devices and at least one remote server computer for automatically analyzing received video, audio and/or image inputs for providing social security and/or surveillance for a surveillance environment, surveillance event, and/or surveillance target.
US11128837B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer-readable storage medium in a media controller having computer instructions to execute a soft-phone client application on the media processor, receive an audio call or a video call originating from an IP Multimedia Subsystem network where the calls are directed to the media processor by a gateway having a switch that routes the audio call or video call in accordance with a destination address included in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) header message, and selectively answer one of the audio call or the video call. The computer instructions can be operable to present an audio portion of the audio call through a speaker of a presentation device when an audio call is answered. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11128834B2
Managing Internet Protocol (IP) flows to produce multi-connection communication is contemplated, such as but not necessarily limited to managing a single IP flow simultaneously through disparate physical layers (PHYs). A unification sublayer may be configured as a logical interface between a network layer and a data link layer and/or the disparate PHYs to facilitating partitioning of IP packets included in the IP flow.
US11128833B2
An audio/video stream recording, storage, and delivery system 10 utilizes an Internet-based browser connection. The system 10 includes recording software 20, storage memory 30, a code generator 40, and a user interface 50. Preferably, the recording software 20 is located on the host back end 60 where it processes and records audio and video material that originates from the user front end 70 and is streamed to the host back end. The storage memory 30, which is also located on the host back end 60, stores the recorded audio and video material. The user interface 50 to the system provides a user located at the user front end 70 with remote access to a virtual recording room. The user interface 50 further enables the user to record audio and video material streamed from the user front end 70 by activating the recording software 20 located on the host back end 60. This is accomplished without requiring recording functionality on the user front end 70. The code generator 30 produces code associated with the recorded audio and video material. This code can be easily copied and pasted to an additional location 80, such as an auction website. Activating the code pasted at the additional location 80 provides access to the recorded audio and video material from the additional location while allowing the recorded audio and video material to remain stored at the host back end 60.
US11128828B2
To improve accuracy of distance measurement using a Z pixel having the same size as size of a visible light pixel. In a solid-state imaging apparatus, a visible light converting block includes a plurality of visible light converting units in which light receiving faces for receiving visible light are disposed and configured to generate electric charges in accordance with a light receiving amount of the received visible light, and a visible light electric charge holding unit configured to exclusively hold the electric charges respectively generated by the plurality of visible light converting units in periods different from each other. An infrared light converting block includes a plurality of infrared light converting units in which light receiving faces which have substantially the same size as size of the light receiving faces of the visible light converting units and which receive infrared light are disposed and configured to generate electric charges in accordance with a light receiving amount of the received infrared light, and an infrared light electric charge holding unit configured to collectively and simultaneously hold the electric charges respectively generated by the plurality of infrared light converting units.
US11128822B2
An “Adaptive Exposure Corrector” performs automated real-time exposure correction of individual images or image sequences of arbitrary length. “Exposure correction” is defined herein as automated adjustments or corrections to any combination of shadows, highlights, high-frequency features, and color saturation of images. The Adaptive Exposure Corrector outputs perceptually improved images based on image ISO and camera ISO capabilities in combination with camera noise characteristics via exposure corrections by a variety of noise-aware image processing functions. An initial calibration process adapts these noise aware image processing functions to noise characteristics of particular camera models and types in combination with particular camera ISO settings. More specifically, this calibration process precomputes a Noise Aware Scaling Function (NASF) and a Color Scalar Function (CSF). The NASF and CSF are then applied to adapt various image processing functions that are subsequently applied to perform real-time noise-aware exposure corrections on images as those images are being captured.
US11128816B2
Disclosed is a radiographic imaging system including: radiation detecting elements that is two-dimensionally arrayed; and an image acquiring circuit that acquires an image by causing the radiation detecting elements to accumulate and release charges and reading the released charges, wherein the radiographic imaging system comprises a hardware processor that: controls the image acquiring circuit to successively acquire radiographs while changing at least a binning number; controls the image acquiring circuit to acquire offset images respectively for the radiographs in which a binning number in resetting the radiation detecting elements before acquiring the offset images and binning numbers in acquiring the offset images are equal respectively to a binning number in resetting the radiation detecting elements before acquiring the radiographs and binning numbers in acquiring the radiographs; and performs an offset correction on the radiographs by using the offset images respectively for the radiographs.
US11128812B2
The disclosure includes a system and method for generating virtual reality content. For example, the disclosure includes a method for generating virtual reality content that includes a stream of three-dimensional video data and a stream of three-dimensional audio data with a processor-based computing device programmed to perform the generating, providing the virtual reality content to a user, detecting a location of the user's gaze at the virtual reality content, and suggesting an advertisement based on the location of the user's gaze. Another example includes receiving virtual reality content that includes a stream of three-dimensional video data and a stream of three-dimensional audio data to a first user with a processor-based computing device programmed to perform the receiving, generating a social network for the first user, and generating a social graph that includes user interactions with the virtual reality content.
US11128807B2
Provided are a stop control device, a stop control method, a stop control program, an exposure control device, an exposure control method, an exposure control program, an interchangeable lens, a camera main body, and a camera capable of setting accurately a target opening diameter in a short time. In a case where a stop is set to the target opening diameter, a driving stop position of a stop motor at which an opening diameter reaches the target opening diameter in a case where the stop motor is driven at a first speed is A, and a variation width of the opening diameter caused in a case where the opening diameter reaches the target opening diameter by driving the stop motor (36) at a second speed faster than the first speed is X. The driving stop position of the stop motor is A, and the stop motor is driven at a first speed in a section from the start of driving to a position P is driven at the second speed, and the stop motor is driven at the first speed in a section after the position P. The position P is set to a position of (A−X/2).
US11128796B1
A high dynamic range image sensor may include a plurality of pixel groups. One or more pixel groups may include attenuated pixels in addition to unattenuated pixels. The unattenuated pixels may include a photosensitive area, a color filter element and a microlens of a first size. Each attenuated pixel may include a photosensitive area, a color filter element, a neutral density filter, and a microlens of a second size that is smaller than the first size. The color filter elements for each pixel in a given pixel group may be the same color. The neutral density filter may attenuate light for the attenuated pixels, increasing dynamic range of the image sensor. The microlenses of varying sizes may redirect light from attenuated pixels towards unattenuated pixels, further increasing the dynamic range.
US11128789B2
A system includes a lens mount defining an inner bore that includes inward facing threads for engaging a lens component, with a lens opening at one end of the lens mount. The lens mount includes outward facing threads for engaging a camera housing. A first seal ring is included inside the inner bore for sealing against the lens component. A second seal ring is included on an outside of the lens mount for sealing against the camera housing.
US11128788B2
An image sensor driving device includes a fixing portion, an image sensor assembly that is moved with respect to the fixing portion, a driving mechanism and a support mechanism. The image sensor assembly includes an image sensor of the rectangular form. The direction of the normal to the light receiving surface of the image sensor is a first axial direction and the directions perpendicular to the first axial direction and each other are a second axial direction and a third axial direction, respectively. The driving mechanism includes a coil portion for driving the image sensor assembly in the second axial direction or in the third axial direction with respect to the fixing portion and a magnet portion provided for facing opposite the coil portion, the coil portion being disposed on one and the magnet portion being disposed on the other of the image sensor assembly and the fixing portion.
US11128780B1
The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for managing one or more multi-function devices during an emergency in an organization. The method includes receiving one or more emergency signals from one or more sensors installed within the organization. Based on the one or more emergency signals, status of access to an organization gateway is checked to ascertain the occurrence of emergency. Based on the ascertainment, the one or more multi-function devices are automatically disabled.
US11128779B2
A data communication apparatus that is capable of improving operability when inputting authentication information. An authentication unit accepts authentication information inputted when a user logs in to the data communication apparatus and authenticates the user based on the accepted authentication information. A designation unit designates a file transmission destination that is inputted by the authenticated user. A transmission unit transmits a file to the transmission destination inputted. A registration unit registers the transmission destination of the file. A control unit prohibits registration of the authentication information at the time of registration of the transmission destination of the file when the accepted authentication information is used for file transmission, and permits registration of the authentication information at the time of registration of the transmission destination of the file when the inputted authentication information is not used for file transmission.
US11128766B2
An information providing device is capable of communicating with an image forming device, a data managing device, and a transmission terminal. The information providing device includes a storage unit; a communication unit that transmits a forming instruction to instruct the image forming device to perform image forming, and receives, from the image forming device, storage location information indicating the data managing device that stores data obtained by image forming by the image forming device and indicating a storage location in the data managing device; and a storage location managing unit that generates, in the storage unit, management information in which identification information of the image data is associated with the storage location information. The communication unit receives the data saved in the storage location indicated by the storage location information from the data managing device and transmits the received data to the transmission terminal.
US11128763B2
An image processing apparatus connected to an external user terminal includes a scanner unit that optically reads an original to acquire a scanned image, an information acquisition unit that acquires user information, an image storing unit that stores the scanned image in association with the user information, a type acquisition unit that acquires an image conversion type, which indicates a desired converted image type, from the external user terminal, and an image conversion unit that, in response to acquiring the image conversion type, reads out a scanned image from the image storing unit based on the user information and converts the read-out scanned image into an image of the acquired image conversion type.
US11128762B2
An information processing device includes an acquiring section, an encoding section, and a learning section. The acquiring section acquires log information indicating an operational condition of an electronic device. The encoding section assigns codes uniquely corresponding to the log information to the log information. The learning section applies the codes to a learning model that uses a recurrent neural network to presume an appearance probability of the log information corresponding to the codes.
US11128760B2
An image forming device includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a transfer medium; and a controller that controls multiple image readers capable of performing image reading for the same surface of the transfer medium, and acquires reading results from the image readers. The controller is capable of performing failure/no-failure determination for the image on the transfer medium based on the reading results, of switching image reading by the multiple image readers between reading by a first number of image readers and reading by a second number of image readers, the second number being smaller than the first number, and of enabling, while the second number of image readers perform reading, at least one of the other image readers to execute a maintenance operation for the at least one of the other image readers.
US11128745B1
Systems and methods are provided for text-to-speech and speech-to-text conversion in wireless devices such as wireless telephones, remote facilities, and land-based devices such as land-line telephones. A wireless telephone, such as a personal cellular telephone, is provided that converts audio data such as a voice message into text data such that a user can view the contents of the voice message as text on the user's wireless telephone.
US11128743B2
A slide structure and an electronic device can affect a relative sliding movement between a first structure and a second structure of the electronic device. The slide structure includes a first cover and a second cover; a fixed member fixed to the second cover on a surface facing the first cover, where first receiving spaces are formed between the fixed member and the surface of the second cover and extend along a relative sliding direction of the electronic device; a fitting member including cover portions extending along the relative sliding direction, one part of the cover portions extending into the first receiving spaces and the other part fixed to the first cover on a surface facing the second cover, so that the fixed member is slidable along the second receiving spaces formed between the cover portions and the surface of the first cover.
US11128739B2
An exemplary network-edge-deployed transcoding system (“transcoding system”) establishes a communication connection with a media player device that is distinct from the transcoding system. The transcoding system accesses media data representative of media content that is to be rendered by the media player device and is encoded in the media data using a first data format. As the media player device renders the media content, the transcoding system transcodes the media data in a just-in-time transcoding manner from representing the media content in the first data format to representing the media content in a second data format. As the transcoding of the media data is performed, the transcoding system provides the transcoded media data representing the media content in the second data format to the media player device by way of the communication connection. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US11128730B2
Predictive pre-fetching of streams for 360 degree video is described. User view orientation metadata is obtained for a 360 degree video stream that includes data for a plurality of viewports. Data corresponding to one or more high-resolution frames for a particular one of the viewports is pre-fetched based on the user view orientation metadata and those frames are displayed. The high resolution frames are characterized by a higher resolution than for remaining viewports.
US11128725B2
Systems and methods are described, and one method includes receiving, from a network, data indicative of an object person's current presence status and current responsiveness status, and based at least in part on the data, displaying an indicator image that includes a first region and a second region according to a mutual spatial structure, and concurrently displaying the first region with a first state appearance and the second region with a second state appearance, the first state appearance indicative of the current presence status, and the second state appearance indicative of the current responsiveness status.
US11128717B2
Systems, components, devices, and methods for privately editing shared files in a collaborative space are provided. A non-limiting example includes a server computing device for allowing a user to privately edited shared files in a collaborative space. The server computing device includes an interface engine configured to generate a user interface. The user interface includes a listing of a plurality of shared files accessible in the collaborative space and an edit privately control to privately edit an identified shared file of the plurality of shared files. When the edit privately control is actuated, the server computing device generates a personal copy of the identified shared file and updates metadata associated with the identified shared file to indicate that the personal copy has been generated.
US11128701B1
Techniques for cooperative preemption of resources in a distributed multi-tenant resource pool are described. A query execution service manages the allocation of computing resources in a provider network by identifying computing nodes in the provider network to preempt. The service causes the computing nodes to be removed from further executing tasks as part of processing their queries in a first group of nodes in the provider network while other computing nodes in the first group continue to execute tasks as part of processing the queries. The service then adds the first computing node into a second group of nodes in the provider network to execute tasks as part of processing other queries in the provider network.
US11128692B2
A ground based content server transfers content to an aircraft based content server via courier devices that are transported by aircraft passengers. Content files to be delivered to a target aircraft are identified. Courier devices associated with persons scheduled to become passengers on the target aircraft are identified. Each of the content files are divided into content fragments, where the content fragments collectively contain all data necessary for reassembling the content files. The content fragments are distributed from the ground based content server across the courier devices, so that each courier device is distributed one of the content fragments containing data that is at least partially redundant with data contained in one of the content fragments that is distributed to at least one other one of the courier devices and that is not redundant to data contained in other content fragments distributed to still other ones of the courier devices.
US11128683B2
The present invention relates to a device and method for transmitting or receiving media resource identification (MRI) information for managing traffic of a service in a communication system. A method for transmitting information associated with content provision in a communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: acquiring content configuration information and transmission scheme information for a content; generating media resource identification information including scheduling information and the transmission scheme information according to each content type on the basis of the content configuration information and the transmission scheme information; and transmitting the media resource identification information.
US11128676B2
A client computing device may include a memory and a processor cooperating with the memory to run a first Software as a Service (SaaS) application session from a server for a first SaaS application within an embedded browser and viewable within a user interface (UI). The processor may further pre-launch a second SaaS application from the server different than the first SaaS application within the embedded browser based upon browser commands within the first SaaS application session. The second SaaS application session may be hidden so that it is not viewable within the UI. Upon user selection of the second SaaS application, the processor may display the second SaaS application session so that it is viewable within the UI.
US11128673B2
A method at a mobile entity for enabling use of multiple Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Services (IMS), the method including reading data from a plurality of IMS Subscriber Identity Modules (ISIMs) associated with the mobile entity; storing the data at the mobile entity; and binding a function at the mobile entity to one of the plurality of ISIMs.
US11128672B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a inter-networked lawful intercept service is provided. The inter-networked lawful intercept service may include providing lawful intercept information from a proxy call session control function to a future generation core network device. The proxy call session control function may be resident in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem network. The proxy call session control function may use a Diameter message that includes the lawful intercept information. The future generation core network device may be a policy control function. The lawful intercept information may be further provided to other core network devices, such as a session management function and a use plane function.
US11128662B2
A method for preventing hijacking of a web page is provided. A HyperText Markup Language (HTML) source file is received from a web server in response to a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) access request, the HTML source file being embedded with a script tag corresponding to script code for preventing HTTP hijacking. The script code for preventing HTTP hijacking is pulled from an antihijacking server according to the script tag. It is detected, based on the script code for preventing HTTP hijacking, whether a document object model (DOM) node used for HTTP hijacking exists in a DOM tree. The DOM node used for HTTP hijacking is hidden from a web page of a browser in response to detecting that the DOM node used for HTTP hijacking.
US11128651B2
Search results are received from an initiated free text search of log data from one or more logs, where the free text is performed using search terms entered into a free text search graphical user interface. A set of at least one search result is selected from the search results containing an event desired to be identified in a completed enterprise threat detection (ETD) pattern. A forensic lab application is rendered to complete an ETD pattern. An event filter is added for an event type based on normalized log data to a path. A relative ETD pattern time range is set and an ETD pattern is completed based on the added event filter.
US11128639B2
A method, system, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for receiving a response, by a security management system, from a site external to an internal network comprising the security management system to an endpoint device of the internal network, and injecting a header into the response by the security management system, the header including security rules, such that when the response is communicated to the endpoint device, the endpoint device responds to the security management system with information regarding subsequent requests made by the endpoint device in connection with the response.
US11128633B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving a request to access a service catalog from a computing device associated with a tenant with authorization to access a custom microservice and the core microservices of the service catalog, and determining that the service catalog associated with the tenant comprises the custom microservice. The systems and methods further provide for determining routing information from the service catalog to make a request to the custom microservice, routing the request to the custom microservice based on the determined routing information, wherein the request is routed to a tenant computing system associated with the custom microservice, receiving a payload from the tenant computing system associated with the custom microservice, and generating a user interface comprising representations corresponding to the custom microservice and each of the core microservices, the representations corresponding to the custom microservice based on the received payload.
US11128624B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for implementing authentication of a user login to an external website from a community in a cloud based computing environment. An exemplary system having at least a processor and a memory therein includes means for identifying a first domain where a user is to be allowed to login to an external web page hosted thereon, and means for connecting the external web page with a community of a cloud computing environment hosted on a second domain different than the identified first domain, the connecting means handling how the connected community authenticates the user when the user logs into the external web page and providing one of a plurality of login experiences for the user based on conditions determined at run time.
US11128616B2
In accordance with this disclosure, a system and method for remotely enabling proximity-based authentication is provided. A computing device initiates a secure server based on proximity-based communication when the computing device is in a vicinity of the secure server. The computer device then prompts proximity-based authentication to establish a secure connection with the secure server. As a result of the proximity-based authentication, the computing device is authenticated and locally stores a secure token sent from the secure server in response to the proximity-based authentication. Once the authenticated computing device communicates with the secure server, remote authentication is initiated to the secure server and the authenticated computing device is remotely connected to the secure server if the stored secure token is properly accepted by the secure server for authentication.
US11128605B2
A mainframe network may store a plurality of records. The mainframe network may generate a file comprising the data elements in the records. The mainframe network may transmit the file to a distributed network. The distributed network may encrypt the data elements. The distributed network may transmit a file comprising the encrypted data elements to the mainframe network. The mainframe network may store the encrypted data elements.
US11128595B1
Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to customized communication monitoring and alerts using a high-level programming interface. According to a specific example, a data communication server provides a database with data communication features available to remotely-situated client entities. The data communication server is configured to provide to the client entities, a set of instructions written in a first programming language that defines a message exchange protocol. The data communication server is further configured to receive from each client entity, client-specific sets of control data written in a second programming language that is compatible with the first programming language. The data communication server may monitor an operating state of each of the virtual office features provided to the client entity based on received event data, and generate alerts to end-users of the client entity according to the event data satisfying a set of criteria.
US11128583B2
Systems and methods for managing privileged communications in a controlled-environment facility are disclosed. A privileged communication is received from a user via an online portal, wherein the user having been previously confirmed as having a privileged relationship with a resident of the controlled-environment facility, transmitting the privileged communication to the resident in a manner that prevents inspection by controlled-environment facility staff, and notifying the user when the privileged communication has been accessed by the resident. The privileged communication may be one or more of a document, an image, a text message, an email, a voicemail, or any other electronic or digital communication.
US11128579B2
Current chatbot systems cannot understand enough different topics to converse with students who have questions about college admissions, financial aid, courses, and other topics on the path to and through college. Current chatbots also have a hard time understanding misspellings, slang, and context-specific language, e.g., like the language used by students. “Learning” new topics is very time-consuming for current chatbots. And it is difficult for administrators to participate in student conversations carried out in part by current chatbots. To address these technical problems, an inventive chatbot uses a natural language processor (e.g., a neural network) to receive, classify, and respond to queries on thousands of different topics. An inventive chatbot can also request real-time assistance from an administrator when faced with a difficult query and learn on-the-fly from the administrator's response. This ability to learn on-the-fly gives inventive chatbots significant performance advantages over current chatbots.
US11128574B2
Method and apparatus for facilitating accessing home surveillance device data, preferably an IP camera video stream, by a remote user device at the remote user device's instigation, over the Internet through a home router, the facilitating including incorporating a smart gateway in local communication with the home router and in persistent or intermittent communication with a remote Internet server to facilitate communication of data over the Internet at the remote user device's request through direct communication between the remote user device and the smart gateway, the smart gateway in local communication with the home surveillance device such as an IP camera, the direct communication facilitated by a “hole punch” type of technique.
US11128571B2
A communication system in which a plurality of communication apparatuses in time synchronization with one another are connected over a network is provided. Each of the communication apparatuses includes management means for allowing transmission in accordance with a predetermined communication schedule, of cyclically transmitted first data to be used for control of a manufacturing apparatus or a production facility, second data which should be delivered to a destination within a designated time period, and third data different from the first and second data, selection means for selecting a data transfer scheme for each piece of data to be transmitted from among an on-the-fly scheme, a cut-through scheme, and a store-and-forward scheme based on the communication schedule, and a transmission and reception circuit which transfers each piece of data received from another communication apparatus to yet another communication apparatus in accordance with the data transfer scheme determined for that data.
US11128564B2
The system and methods discussed herein provide for filtering out noisy application signatures to improve the precision of first packet application classification. In some implementations, the system receive application signatures from devices along with their network identifiers. Based upon the frequency at which identical application signatures appear as originating from distinct network environments, the system determines the validity of application signatures and avoids storing irrelevant information for routing network traffic.
US11128561B1
Automatic load-balancing techniques in a network device are used to select, from a multipath group, a path to assign to a flow based on observed state attributes such as path state(s), device state(s), port state(s), or queue state(s) of the paths. A mapping of the path previously assigned to a flow or group of flows (e.g., on account of having then been optimal in view of the observed state attributes) is maintained, for example, in a table. So long as the flow(s) are active and the path is still valid, the mapped path is selected for subsequent data units belonging to the flow(s), which may, among other effects, avoid or reduce packet re-ordering. However, if the flow(s) go idle, or if the mapped path fails, a new optimal path may be assigned to the flow(s) from the multipath group.
US11128557B2
Example methods and network devices for tunnel-based routing calculation. One example method may comprise establishing a tunnel between a first tunnel interface and a second tunnel interface; establishing a first session for routing information exchange between a first tunnel endpoint and an underlay network device; establishing a second session for routing information exchange between the first tunnel interface and the second tunnel interface over the tunnel. In response to receiving first routing information over the first session, the underlay network device may be configured to be a next hop to reach the second tunnel endpoint by updating a routing table to include a first entry. Further, the underlay network device may be retained as the next hop by updating the routing table to include a second entry to override second routing information that advertises, over the second session, the second tunnel interface as the next hop.
US11128554B1
In one embodiment, a technique comprises monitoring data transfer over a radio frequency (RF) link between a first device and a second device in a mesh network where the second device is a descendent node and the first device is a parent node. The technique further transfers the data over a power link communication (PLC) when the RF link is inactive. The method also includes broadcasting, by the second device, RF link availability to at least a third device in the mesh network when the RF link with the first device is inactive where the third device has an active link with the second device and the third device is a descendent node of the second device. The method then includes communicating, between the second device and the third device, through the active RF link.
US11128552B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for determining a packet's round trip time (RTT) in a network. A system can receive information of a packet sent by a component of the network and further determine an expected acknowledgement (ACK) sequence number associated with the packet based upon received information of the packet. The system can receive information of a subsequent packet received by the component and determine an ACK sequence number and a receiving time of the subsequent packet. In response to determining that the ACK sequence number of the subsequent TCP packet matches the expected ACK sequence number, the system can determine a round trip time (RTT) of the packet based upon the received information of the packet and the received information of the subsequent packet.
US11128549B1
Methods and systems described herein describe a central server that continuously monitors network connectivity of remote computers operated by remote employees. When a customer establishes an electronic communication session with the server (e.g., call or chat session), the server identifies one or more applications to be executed to satisfy the customer's requests. The server then calculates a network traffic value threshold corresponding to a minimum network connectivity attributes needed to execute the identified applications. The server then route the customer's electronic communication session to an agent whose remote computer satisfies the network traffic value threshold.
US11128548B2
A network element health status detection method and device, where the method includes: determining sampled data of at least one key performance indicator (KPI) of a target network element in a first time window; obtaining a fluctuation score of any KPI in the at least one KPI according to sampled data of the any KPI in the first time window and a steady state value of the any KPI; and determining a health status of the target network element based on a fluctuation score of each KPI. Therefore, a network element health status is determined using single-point performance data of a network element and performance data in a network element time window.
US11128547B2
Systems, methods, and techniques to efficiently optimize values associated with subscription services. The method includes retrieving usage information relating to one or more cloud services subscribed to by a user and provided by a plurality of cloud service providers. The method further includes determining, by the at least one processor and in response to the retrieving, authorization information and value information associated with the user and the one or more cloud services. The method further includes optimizing, by the at least one processor and in response to the determining, a number of cloud services and/or a value associated with the number of cloud services based on the usage information, authorization information, and value information.
US11128545B2
A radio access network (RAN) node can receive, from a user equipment (UE), a request to establish a session associated with a low-latency service level agreement (SLA). The session can be mapped to a radio bearer associated with a network slice configured to support the low-latency SLA, wherein the network slice can include a RAN portion and a core network portion that are co-located at a RAN edge to support the low-latency SLA. The RAN node can provide information related to the radio bearer to a distributed unit (DU) associated with the RAN portion of the network slice and route traffic associated with the session through the network slice configured to support the low-latency SLA via the radio bearer mapped to the session. As such, the session can have a context maintained in the RAN portion and the core network portion of the network slice.
US11128541B2
In one embodiment, a device obtains temperature and utilization measurements for a set of network interface transceivers in a network. The device computes, for each of the transceivers, a correlation coefficient between its temperature and utilization measurements. The device applies a k-nearest neighbor classifier to the correlation coefficients, to predict a correlation coefficient. The device uses the predicted correlation coefficient to determine an impact of temperature on utilization of a particular network interface transceiver. The device initiates a mitigation action, when the determined impact of temperature on the utilization of the particular network interface transceiver exceeds a predefined threshold.
US11128539B1
Methods for evaluating a system to determine the status of the system are provided in the present disclosure. In one implementation, a method may be configured to include a step of obtaining one or more visual representations of one or more components of a network system. Responsive to training a Machine Learning (ML) model to evaluate the one or more components of the network system, the method may also include a step of analyzing the one or more visual representations using the ML model for evaluating a status of the one or more components of the network system.
US11128532B2
A call control entity communicates with Internet Protocol (IP) phones over a network. Responsive to a request from a new IP phone that is to replace an existing IP phone, the call control entity determines there is no existing IP phone record for the new IP phone. In response, the call control entity acquires from the new IP phone a directory number associated that is to be used when making calls with the new IP phone, and searches for an existing IP phone record for the existing IP phone based on the directory number. When the existing IP phone record is found, the call control entity creates for the new IP phone a new IP phone record associated with the directory number, copies existing configuration information from the existing IP phone record to the new IP phone record, and configures the new IP phone with the existing configuration information.
US11128529B1
Embodiments generally relate to a cloud computing infrastructure and method of operating the same including at least: receiving a configuration file from a configuration repository; receiving a request from a first device to configure an application rule set of one or more nodes based on the configuration file; transmitting the request to a receiver node selected from the one or more nodes; generating a notification alerting the one or more nodes that the request is stored on a database; distributing the configuration file to a subset of the one or more nodes based on receipt of an access request from the one or more nodes; and updating the application rule set of the subset of the one or more nodes based on the configuration file.
US11128527B2
Installation support device for supporting the installation process for an automation system, with a component interface designed for communication with an automation component of the automation system, with a processing unit connected to the component interface and designed to process input signals from the component interface, with a storage module assigned to the processing unit storing a connection layout for connection of multiple automation components of the automation system, and with a display connected to the processing unit and designed to output installation information, wherein the processing unit is designed to send at least one item of installation information to the display in the event of a match between component information from the input signal and component information from the connection layout.
US11128521B2
Upon detection of a failure of a communication link between a remote management system and a communication node, a bypass link is established. The remote management system evaluates whether additional communication nodes can act as a bypass for management communications between the remote management system and the communication node whose management communication link has failed. The remote management system instructs a selected bypass communication node to establish the bypass management communication link between the bypass node and the disconnected node whose management communication link has failed. Depending on the relationship between nodes, management communications sent using the bypass link may be secured. The bypass link in some implementations may include multiple bypass communication nodes linked together to provide a chain of bypass management communication links between the remote management system and the disconnected communication node.
US11128517B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for configuring a wireless device individually (i.e., separately) per uplink subframe set as to whether or not the wireless device can use uplink 256 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (256QAM). In some embodiments, a method of operation of a network node comprises configuring a wireless device for use of a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) table for uplink 256QAM separately per uplink subframe set for two or more uplink subframe sets. In some embodiments, the two or more uplink subframe sets are two or more uplink subframe sets for separate uplink power control. In this manner, 256QAM can be utilized in more subframes and, as a result, uplink data rate can be increased.
US11128499B2
A serial receiver combines continuous-time equalization, analog interleaving, and discrete-time gain for rapid, efficient data reception and quantization of a serial, continuous-time signal. A continuous-time equalizer equalizes a received signal. A number N of time-interleaved analog samplers sample the equalized continuous-time signal to provide N streams of analog samples transitioning at rate reduced by 1/N relative to the received signal. A set of N discrete-time variable-gain amplifiers amplify respective streams of analog samples. A quantizer then quantizes the amplified streams of analog samples to produce a digital signal.
US11128490B2
Systems and methods for enabling access to dedicated resources in a virtual network using top of rack switches are disclosed. A method includes a virtual filtering platform encapsulating at least one packet, received from a virtual machine, to generate at least one encapsulated packet comprising a virtual network identifier (VNI). The method further includes a TOR switch: (1) receiving the at least one encapsulated packet and decapsulating the at least one encapsulated packet to create at least one decapsulated packet, (2) using the VNI to identify a virtual routing and forwarding artifact to determine a virtual local area network interface associated with the dedicated hardware portion, and (3) transmitting the at least one decapsulated packet to the dedicated hardware portion based on at least one policy provided by a controller, where the at least one policy comprises information related to a customer of the service provider.
US11128480B2
An information distribution device configured to distribute an encrypted update program to a control device connected through a wide-area communication network includes: a physically unclonable function (PUF) information acquiring unit configured to acquire PUF information of the control device recorded in advance; an additional information acquiring unit configured to specify and acquire any of a plurality of pieces of additional information recorded in advance; an encryption processing unit configured to encrypt protection target information based on the PUF information and the additional information that are acquired; and a transmission processing unit configured to transmit the encrypted update program to the control device, wherein the additional information acquiring unit is configured to change the additional information to be specified in accordance with a time.
US11128476B2
A Domain Name System (DNS) provider that is not a registrar of a domain name may nonetheless request a registry (possibly via an API request from the registrar to the registry, or via a call directly to the registry) to alter a Delegation Signer (DS) record in a DNS parent zone or other data controlled by the registry. The registry preferably confirms that the DNS provider has control over a nameserver for the domain name. Using Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), the DNS provider may sign the request with a private key and store the public key in a location that confirms the DNS provider has control over the domain name or over the nameservers for the domain name. After successfully confirming the DNS provider, the registrar or registry may change the DS record so that the domain name supports Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) or update other data with the registry.
US11128474B2
The present disclosure includes secure device communication. An embodiment includes a processing resource, a memory, and a network management device communication component configured to, send public information to a network attached device communication component, and receive a network attached device public key and an encrypted random string value from the network attached device communication component. The network attached device public key and the random string value are received independent of a type of the network attached device communication component due to the public information. The network management communication component is further configured to decrypt the random string value from the network attached device communication component and send, to the network attached device communication component, a message and a signature to authenticate independent of the type of the network attached device communication component due to the public information.
US11128469B1
Implementations efficiently verify an identity claim for an entity. An example method includes receiving a query key and a property identifying an entity and identifying a possible match for the property from graph access records, the possible match being a node in an identity chain. The method also includes verifying a complete chain from the possible match to a genesis node in the chain. The query key is used to find a next node in the chain. Failure to identify the genesis node results in an unsuccessful verification. The method also includes generating a response that indicates a successful verification request responsive to locating the genesis node and generating a response that indicates an unsuccessful verification request otherwise.
US11128463B1
A cost-effective and reliable digital forensics framework is provided by exploiting multiple blockchain networks in two levels. The selected data collected from sensors on a boat is sent to a remote company database and calculated hash of the data is saved in two blockchain platforms in the first level. Hash of each block is retrieved and inserted onto a Merkle tree on a periodic basis to be stored on another blockchain in the second level which is used to detect any error in the first level blockchains. A secure platform is created with the combination of several blockchains.
US11128462B2
A matching apparatus generates a random number and transmits second encrypted data obtained by performing an operation of first encrypted data of each of first values related to a first binary vector encrypted and the random number to a matching request apparatus; transmits third encrypted data obtained by performing an operation of the second encrypted data and elements of a matching target second binary vector; based on a second value related to the first binary vector encrypted with the encryption key, the encrypted data and the random number, generates and transmits encrypted data and transmits the generated data to a verification apparatus as a query; and determines whether a count number of mismatched elements between the second binary vector and the first binary vector is less than or equal to a predetermined number based on values obtained by decrypting the encrypted data in the query.
US11128460B2
An apparatus in an illustrative embodiment comprises a client device configured for communication with a storage system, with the client device comprising a processor coupled to a memory. The client device is further configured to identify a data item to be stored in the storage system, and to generate a data encryption key for the data item as a function of a first secret key and the data item. For example, the function may comprise hashing at least the data item. The client device is further configured to encrypt the data item using the data encryption key for the data item, and to send the encrypted data item to the storage system for storage therein. The client device in some embodiments is further configured to encrypt the data encryption key using a second secret key, and to send the encrypted data encryption key to the storage system for storage therein as metadata of the data item.
US11128459B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and techniques for changing cryptographic keys in high-frequency transaction environments to mitigate service disruptions or loss of transactions associated with key maintenance. In various embodiments, a server device can employ a working key encrypted with a first master key to decrypt messages being communicated from a client device, whereby each message is encrypted with a first cryptogram that was generated based on the working key encrypted with the first master key. While the working key encrypted with the first master key is being employed, the server device can generate a notification including a second cryptogram generated based on the working key encrypted with a second master key for transmission to the client device. The transmitted notification can cause the client device to encrypt the messages being communicated with the second cryptogram. The server device can concurrently employ the working key encrypted with one of the first and second master keys to decrypt messages received from the client device, whether encrypted with the first cryptogram or the second cryptogram.
US11128457B2
Generation of a cryptographic key using one of multiple possible entropy generation components that may provide input entropy. A key generation component provides an interface that exposes one or more characteristics for input entropy to be used to generate a cryptographic key. For applications that are more sensitive to improper key discovery, higher degrees of input entropy may be used to guard against key discovery. During key generation, the key generation component connects with an appropriate entropy generation component via the interface. For instance, the entropy generation component may be selected or adjusted so that it does indeed provide the input entropy meeting the characteristics described by the interface. The key generation component receives the input entropy via the interface, and then uses the input entropy to generate the cryptographic key.
US11128447B2
A cryptographic service device includes: a processor; and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to operate as a registration module, a working key creation module, and a cryptographic operation calling module. The registration module is configured to call a primary security module to generate a master key for a newly added secondary security module. The working key creation module is configured to receive a working key creation request of a business system, call the primary security module to generate a working key for the business system, and acquire a working key ciphertext. The cryptographic operation calling module is configured to receive a cryptographic operation request of the business system; call a target security module, and obtain an operation result of the target security module.
US11128439B2
A method for processing data in a blockchain. It aims at securely storing data issued from devices and going through a service platform by ensuring integrity and authenticity of the data. To this end, a list of device identifiers may by associated with respective decryption means in a blockchain platform. Upon reception of a message comprising encrypted data and comprising a device identifier, the blockchain platform decrypts the first encrypted data using the decryption means that are associated with the device identifier. The decrypted data is then hashed and stored in the blockchain.
US11128438B1
Sharing IoT device (IoTd) profile data is provided, comprising: generating at least one access control rule to protect an IoTd; publishing first IoTd profile data in a first new block (FNB) of a blockchain of a blockchain network (BN), wherein the first IoTd profile data comprises the at least one access control rule; and committing the FNB to the blockchain based on a consensus algorithm by: a manufacturer of the IoTd committing the FNB to the blockchain; a security vendor (SV) participating in the BN committing the FNB to the blockchain when the SV is a sole SV participating in the BN; or the SV committing the FNB to the blockchain based on consensus among at least the SV and a plurality of security vendors when the SV and the plurality of security vendors are participating in the BN.
US11128423B2
Disclosed are a beam forming and transmission method and a network device, for resolving the defects of limited flexibility and performance in prior art methods for improving the quality of channel estimation. The method comprises: a network side determining the configuration information of physical resource block (PRB) bundling parameters, the time domain configuration information of the configuration information of said PRB bundling parameters being configurable; the network side sending the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameters to a terminal so that after having received the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameters, the terminal uses a precoding mode corresponding to the configuration information of the PRB bundling parameters to perform channel estimation and demodulation.
US11128420B2
This application discloses a reference signal sending method, a base station, and user equipment, to relieve a problem of low utilization of time-frequency resources. The method may include receiving, by a base station, a measurement result, sent by user equipment (UE), of a downlink reference signal from a serving cell of the UE, where the base station is a base station to which the serving cell belongs. The method may also include determining, by the base station based on the measurement result, whether a predetermined handover preparation condition is met. When the predetermined handover preparation condition is met, the method may include instructing, by the base station, a neighboring cell to send the downlink reference signal to the UE using a time-frequency resource configured by the base station, where the neighboring cell does not send the downlink reference signal to the UE before the neighboring cell is instructed. Furthermore, the method may include instructing, by the base station, the UE to receive the downlink reference signal using the time-frequency resource configured by the base station.
US11128419B2
A base station transmits low-density configuration information and high-density configuration information on a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) of a beam. A user equipment performs beam measurement, using a CSI-RS received on the basis of the low-density configuration information (hereinafter, a low-density CSI-RS), and performs time tracking, using a CSI-RS received on the basis of the high-density configuration information (hereinafter, a high-density CSI-RS). At least in a frequency domain, the high-density CSI-RS is configured to have a higher density than that of the low-density CSI-RS.
US11128415B2
A device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine may be configured to function as relay device, relaying an input data stream from a source device to at least one other device. The relaying may include configuring one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers to particular mode of relay operation and receiving the input data stream from the source device via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers. The relaying may also include transmitting at least one relay data stream corresponding to the input data stream to the at least one other device, via at least one of the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers.
US11128413B2
Currently, wideband channel simulation/emulation is carried out through channel realizations obtained from dispersion functions dictated by communication standards, in order to perform the tests and validation of the new data communication schemes. However, the channel models available in the state of the art only consider the simulation/emulation of stationary channels with separable dispersion characteristics, allowing only the treatment of unrealistic channels. The present invention describes and details a method and apparatus for performing the channel simulation/emulation in scenarios where the channel is doubly selective, i.e., selective in time and frequency, where the simulation/emulation is of an arbitrarily long duration, and for a channel that is locally non-stationary in time, not stationary in frequency and with a non-separable dispersion function. To solve this, the orthogonalization technique of the channel is used in conjunction with a windowing scheme in order to generate arbitrarily long realizations of doubly dispersive channels.
US11128397B2
A single piece gasket is disclosed having a skeletal member, typically metallic, and a pliable body. The pliable body includes a first portion having a first firmness and a second perimeter portion have a firmer consistency. When such a composite body is placed under compression, the perimeter will tend to limit the flow of the softer inner material past the firmer perimeter region or portion of the gasket. In this manner, creep or overrun of the less firm portion material will be reduced.
US11128385B2
A signal detection circuit includes: a first DC voltage remover that removes a DC voltage from an input differential signal; a limiting amplifier that adjusts an amplitude of the input differential signal; a reset signal generator that generates an internal reset signal on the basis of the input differential signal obtained after the amplitude is adjusted; a first bias voltage applying unit that generates a differential signal for detection by applying a bias voltage to the signal from which the DC voltage is removed; and a flip-flop circuit that generates a packet detection signal by holding a state indicating input of a packet signal on the basis of the differential signal for detection and releasing the holding on the basis of the internal reset signal. The reset signal generator includes: a differential single-phase conversion circuit; a voltage holding circuit; and a voltage comparison circuit.
US11128375B2
A millimeter-wave communication device includes a coupler, Radio-Frequency (RF) circuitry and a composite right/left-handed metamaterial assembly. The coupler is configured to connect to a waveguide, the waveguide being transmissive at millimeter-wave frequencies and having a given dispersion characteristic over a predefined band of the millimeter-wave frequencies. The RF circuitry is configured to transmit a millimeter-wave signal into the waveguide via the coupler, or to receive a millimeter-wave signal from the waveguide via the coupler, and to process the millimeter-wave signal. The composite right/left-handed metamaterial assembly is formed to apply to the millimeter-wave signal, or to an Intermediate-Frequency (IF) signal corresponding to the millimeter-wave signal, a dispersion compensation that compensates for at least part of the dispersion characteristic of the waveguide over the predefined band.
US11128371B2
A DECT system and a method for communicating between a DECT fixed point and multiple DECT portable points. The method may include step (a) of communicating between a master communication processor of the DECT fixed point and one or more DECT portable points during master communication slots. The method may also include step (b) of communicating between a slave communication processor of the DECT fixed point and at least one of the DECT portable points during slave communication slots. Step (a) and step (b) are executed according to an allocation of master communication slots and slave communication slots, wherein the allocation facilitates concurrent slave communication processor communications and master communication processor communications.
US11128354B2
A method for operating a user equipment (UE) for channel state information (CSI) feedback in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises receiving, from a base station (BS), CSI reference signals (CSI-RSs) and CSI feedback configuration information, estimating a channel based on the received CSI-RSs, determining, based on the estimated channel and the CSI feedback configuration information, a number of non-zero coefficients (KlNZ) for each layer (l) of a total number of υ layers, wherein υ≥1 is a rank value, and a sum of the KlNZ across each of the υ layers as a total number of non-zero coefficients (KNZ), where KNZ=ΣL=1υ KLNZ. The method further comprises transmitting, to the BS, the CSI feedback including the KNZ value over an uplink (UL) channel.
US11128346B2
An antenna module comprises a circuit substrate, a communication coupler disposed on the circuit substrate, and configured to wirelessly communicate data by electromagnetic coupling with another communication coupler, a power transmission coil disposed on the circuit substrate and configured to wirelessly transmit power by electromagnetic coupling to another power transmission coil, and a conductive plate disposed on the circuit substrate, and overlapping on at least a portion of the communication coupler as viewed from a direction orthogonal to the substrate.
US11128341B2
Coverage enhancements and coverage mode switching related optimizations are discussed for user equipments (UEs) that may switch between various coverage extension (CE) and non-CE modes of operation. In such enhancements, paging uncertainty and delays may be reduced by sending pages either simultaneously or using historical information over multiple coverage modes available to UEs. Random access procedures may be improved by providing CE mode random access procedures that are available when normal mode random access attempts fail and before declaring radio link failure. Additional aspects include improvements for more advanced UEs to improve coverage within normal mode operations by leveraging techniques used for narrowband CE mode operations, including transmission repetition and gapless transmission scheduling over hopped narrowband frequencies.
US11128340B2
A wireless communication unit may receive a composite signal that includes data, a code division multiplexing (CDM) pilot sequence that is spread with a first channelization code, and a time division multiplexing (TDM) pilot sequence including a cyclic prefix. The TDM pilot sequence may be spread with a second channelization code. The composite signal may have a pre-defined portion of a time slot where the CDM pilot sequence is non-cyclic. The TDM pilot sequence may have a cyclic structure within the pre-defined portion of the time slot.
US11128337B2
A case that may provide mobile devices with the ability to be propped up and held via an extendable member for viewing and using mobile devices. The present invention comprises a case that may have a proximate end, a distal end, a back surface, and a front surface. The case may also have a hinge that may be located on the proximate end of the case. The invention may have an extendable member with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end may be attached via the hinge. In some embodiments the case may have a back surface with a securing mechanism for attaching to an object. In some embodiments the case's extendable member may be configured to rotate about an axis defined by the hinge. Further, in some embodiments, the extendable member may be configured to stay in place at any single degree of rotation.
US11128331B2
Systems and methods are provided for utilizing ultra-efficiency low noise configurations for phased array antennas. Radio frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) may be used in phased array antennas to enable configuring large number of phase shifters in highly efficient manner, and to do so in optimal manner, such as with low noise.
US11128330B2
A method for providing nonlinear self-interference cancellation of a wireless communication device includes: receiving digital samples of an interfering signal having a first sampling rate and a corrupted victim signal having a second sampling rate; generating a kernel vector based on the interfering signal, wherein the kernel vector has terms of nonlinear self-interference; estimating the nonlinear self-interference of the corrupted victim signal using the terms of the nonlinear self-interference; and providing an estimation of a desired signal by cancelling the nonlinear self-interference from the corrupted victim signal.
US11128325B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a wearable device (200) suitable for wearing on a person's wrist and comprising a metallic housing (203) and a flexible band (202) for attachment of the device to a user's wrist. The metallic housing includes a printed circuit board (PCB) (702) on which is mounted electronic components (710) including a transmitter for transmitting radio signals at a frequency between 400 and 1000 MHz. A coin-cell battery (502) powers the device. The battery is disposed in an inner core (406,406′) of the flexible band. An antenna is connected to the PCB for radiating said signals. In one embodiment the antenna comprises a coil (504,506) of wire disposed in said section of the band. The wire is of substantially a quarter wavelength in length based on the transmission frequency of the radio signals, and comprises the electrical connections between the battery and PCB. In a second embodiment, the transmitter comprises a coaxial cable connector and a coaxial cable having a terminal for connection to said coaxial cable connector. The coaxial cable extends out of said housing into said section to an antenna disposed in said section.
US11128324B2
Proposed is a 5G common filter with excellent PIMD performance using a coupling method upon combining frequency bands and a filtering method therewith that are capable of combining outputs of multiple carriers into one and transmitting it to an antenna by improving PIMD performance and are capable of improving PIMD performance of common couplers by changing coupling methods depending on frequency band signals of multiple carriers including 5G. The 5G common filter with excellent PIMD performance using a coupling method upon combining frequency bands in accordance with the present invention comprises a first coupler for combining a first band signal and a second band signal; and a second coupler for combining output of the first coupler and a third band signal.
US11128321B2
A method of operating a decoder, which has variable nodes and check nodes, includes receiving variable-to-check (V2C) messages from the variable nodes using a first check node among the check nodes. The number of messages having a specific magnitude among the V2C messages is counted. The magnitude of a check-to-variable (C2V) message to be transmitted to a first variable node, among the variable nodes, is determined based on the count value and the magnitude of a V2C message of the first variable node.
US11128317B2
The invention discloses a method for transmitting additional information using linear block codes, which comprises the following steps: when encoding: a linear block code C with a code length of n and an information bit length of k is used as a payload code, to embed an additional information sequence v of length m by superposition coding and resulting into a codeword c of length n. When decoding, firstly decode the additional information according to the received sequence y: select an additional information sequence with the largest characteristic metric function value as the decode output. Then perform payload information sequence decoding: remove the interference of superposition sequence ŝ from the received sequence y, and then use the basic linear block code C decoder to decode. The present invention can transmit a small amount of additional information at a low frame error rate while causing a negligible effect on payload information decoding without additionally increasing transmission energy and bandwidth overhead.
US11128307B2
An analog to digital conversion (ADC) circuit includes a ramp circuit coupled to output a ramp signal, and the ramp signal is offset from a starting voltage by an offset voltage. The ramp signal ramps towards the starting voltage. A counter circuit is coupled to the ramp circuit to start counting after the ramp signal returns to the starting voltage, and a comparator is coupled to the counter circuit and a bitline to compare the ramp signal to a pixel signal voltage on the bitline. In response to the ramp signal equaling the pixel signal voltage, the comparator stops the counter.
US11128304B1
A clock and data recovery device and a jitter tolerance enhancement method thereof are provided. The clock and data recovery device includes a clock and data recovery circuit and a jitter tolerance enhancement circuit. A data input terminal of the clock and data recovery circuit is suitable for receiving a data signal. The clock and data recovery circuit recovers the data signal to a clock. The jitter tolerance enhancement circuit is coupled to the data input terminal of the clock and data recovery circuit to receive the data signal. The jitter tolerance enhancement circuit detects a correlation between the data signal and the clock and correspondingly adjusts a loop gain of the clock and data recovery circuit according to the correlation.
US11128297B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a semiconductor power switch element configured to drive an inductive load, a load current sensing circuit configured to sense a load current of the inductive load, a logic circuit configured to output a logic signal responsive to the load current sensing circuit sensing a drop in the load current while the semiconductor power switch element is turned on, a gate voltage pull-down circuit configured to pull down a gate voltage of the semiconductor power switch element upon receiving the logic signal, a clamp diode disposed between a gate of the semiconductor power switch element and a high-potential terminal connected to the inductive load, and a clamp withstand voltage drop circuit configured to switch a first withstand voltage of the clamp diode to a second withstand voltage, which is lower than the first withstand voltage, upon receiving the logic signal.
US11128283B1
A transmitter may include an emphasis circuit suitable for generating a first pull-down driving signal in response to first data and delayed second data, and generating a first pull-up driving signal in response to second data and delayed first data, wherein the first and second data are a differential pair; a phase skew compensation circuit suitable for compensating for a phase skew between the first pull-up driving signal and the first pull-down driving signal to generate a second pull-up driving signal and a second pull-down driving signal; a pull-up driver suitable for pull-up driving an output node in response to the second pull-up driving signal; and a pull-down driver suitable for pull-down driving the output node in response to the second pull-down driving signal.
US11128281B2
Described herein are reduced-power electronic circuits with wide-band energy recovery using non-interfering topologies. A resonant clock distribution network comprises a plurality of resonant clock drivers that receive at least one of a plurality of reference clock signals. An energy saving component is coupled with the plurality of resonant clock drivers. The energy saving component provides for lower energy consumption by resonating with unwanted parasitic capacitance of a load capacitance. The energy saving component and the load capacitance (LC) form a series resonant frequency that is significantly greater than a clock frequency of the plurality of resonant clock drivers, so that output clock signal paths are not interfered with and so that effects on skew are minimized.
US11128273B2
A variable-gain amplifier includes two amplification and attenuation branches, and first and a second resistive elements that are coupled between the two branches. Each branch includes a voltage follower stage and a configurable amplification stage. The voltage follower stages are intended to receive a differential signal and are configured to deliver, via the first resistive element, an intermediate differential current signal. The amplification stages are intended to receive the intermediate differential current signal and a digital control word, and are configured to deliver, via the second resistive element, an output differential voltage signal depending on the value of the digital control word.
US11128269B2
An amplifier includes a driver stage amplifier transistor and a final stage amplifier transistor, which are integrated in a semiconductor die. The driver stage amplifier transistor has a driver stage input, a driver stage output, and an output impedance, and the driver stage amplifier transistor is configured to operate using a first bias voltage at the driver stage output. The final stage amplifier transistor has a final stage input, a final stage output, and an input impedance. The final stage input is electrically coupled to the driver stage output. The final stage amplifier transistor is configured to operate using a second bias voltage at the final stage output, and the second bias voltage is at least twice as large as the first bias voltage.
US11128263B2
A temperature compensation circuit comprises a temperature coefficient circuit that generates a temperature coefficient that is temperature dependent and a compensation circuit that generates a compensation signal based on an indication of temperature of an amplifier and the temperature coefficient, and based on the compensation signal, a gain of the amplifier is adjusted to improve amplifier linearity during data bursts.
US11128250B2
An electric machine includes a motor assembly including a motor and a motor controller coupled to the motor and configured to control operation of the motor. The electric machine also includes a motor housing defining an interior space and enclosing the motor assembly within the interior space. The electric machine further includes an electric machine housing. The motor housing is enclosed within the electric machine housing. The electric machine also includes an NFC antenna communicatively coupled to the motor controller and mounted such that an antenna range of the NFC antenna extends on an exterior of the electric machine housing. The NFC antenna is configured to receive a signal relating to a user command from a handheld device and relay the signal to the motor controller. The motor controller is configured to adjust an operational parameter of the motor based at least partially on the user command.
US11128245B2
At least one of a plurality of generators is a first generator configured such that a relationship of a generator output voltage with respect to a generator active power output from the generator to a corresponding first AC wiring portion has a predetermined first drooping characteristic. The control device is configured to generate a drive signal for a power conversion device by deciding a target value of a first control element such that a relationship of an AC wiring portion voltage with respect to a power conversion device active power output from the power conversion device to a first AC wiring portion corresponding to a first generator has a predetermined second drooping characteristic and correcting the target value of the first control element according to a DC voltage at a DC wiring portion.
US11128244B2
A rotation direction detecting device has a current detector detecting the direction of current flowing through a motor, a voltage detector detecting voltages before and after the motor in a power supply line, and a rotation direction detector detecting the rotation direction of the motor based on the direction of the current and the voltages before and after the motor. The current detector is connected to points A, B before and after a shunt resistor, and detects the direction of the current flowing in the power supply line to form current direction information. The voltage detector is connected to points A, C before and after the motor, and detects the voltage at each position to form motor terminal voltage information. The rotation direction detector detects the rotation direction of the motor using a logical combination of the current direction information and the motor terminal voltage information.
US11128240B1
A motor starter includes a plurality of semiconductor switches configured to couple respective phases of an AC power source to respective phases of a motor and a control circuit configured to configured to selectively operate the semiconductor switches to gradually increase a voltage applied to the motor, to determine root mean square (RMS) current values of a current of the motor as the voltage increases, and to cause the semiconductor switches to apply a full voltage or a more steeply ramping voltage to the motor responsive to the RMS current values meeting a criterion.
US11128232B2
A driving device is provided with an output unit, an input unit, a rectifier circuit, a switching circuit and a controller. The input unit inputs an AC in put. The rectifier circuit has a smoothing capacitor and converts the AC input into a rectified output. The switching circuit switches between an ON-state in which input impedance is low and an OFF-state in which input impedance is higher than that in the ON-state. The controller sets a start timing such that, when controlling the switching circuit to switch between the ON-state and the OFF-state, at least a portion of a period, in which the start timing of a power supply period becomes a second timing, is included in a period from a time when an input current inputted to the smoothing capacitor is generated to a time when the voltage of the smoothing capacitor reaches a maximum value.
US11128230B2
A synchronous power converter system is provided. The system includes a processor circuit and a plurality of power converters. The processor circuit outputs a plurality of clock signals having the same frequency. The power converters respectively receive the clock signals. Each of the power converters includes an oscillator circuit, a frequency detector circuit, a compensator circuit, a controller circuit, and a switch circuit. The oscillator circuit outputs an oscillation signal. The frequency detector circuit receives the clock signal and the oscillation signal and detects a clock frequency of the clock signal and an oscillation frequency of the oscillation signal to output a frequency detected signal. The compensator circuit outputs a compensating signal according to the frequency detected signal. The controller circuit controls the switch circuit according to the compensating signal.
US11128227B2
A secondary controller applied to a secondary side of a power converter includes a control signal generation circuit. The control signal generation circuit is coupled to an output terminal of the secondary side of the power converter for detecting an output voltage of the secondary side and enabling a pulse signal to a signal source of the secondary side of the power converter, wherein the signal source enables a turning-on signal according to the pulse signal. The turning-on signal is coupled to a primary-side auxiliary winding of the power converter through a secondary-side auxiliary winding of the power converter to make the primary-side auxiliary winding generate a voltage, and a primary controller of a primary side of the power converter makes the primary side of the power converter be turned on according to the voltage.
US11128223B1
Variable delay time in power converters. At least some example embodiments are methods of operating a power converter, the methods comprising: inducing, by a converter controller, a positive voltage and a positive current on a secondary winding of a transformer of a power converter, the inducing by a bridge circuit coupled to a primary winding of the transformer; creating, by the converter controller, a first ramp signal proportional to the positive current; sensing a first inductor current through a first inductor, the first inductor coupled between the secondary winding and a load, and the sensing creates a signal indicative of the first inductor current; and changing conductive state of a first freewheeling switch from conductive to non-conductive when a magnitude of the first ramp signal crosses a magnitude of the signal indicative of the first inductor current.
US11128221B2
A DC-DC converter includes a transformer having primary and secondary windings, a power oscillator applying an oscillating signal to the primary winding to transmit a power signal to the secondary winding, a rectifier obtaining an output DC voltage by rectifying the power signal at the secondary winding, and comparison circuitry generating an error signal representing a difference between the output DC voltage and a reference voltage value. A transmitter connected to the secondary winding performs an amplitude modulation of the power signal at the secondary winding to transmit an amplitude modulated power signal to the primary winding, the amplitude modulation based upon the error signal and modulating a stream of data to the primary winding. A receiver coupled to the primary winding demodulates the amplitude modulated power signal to recover the error signal and the stream of data. An amplitude of the oscillating signal is controlled by the error signal.
US11128211B2
A method and a control circuit for driving an electronic switch coupled to an inductor in a power converter in successive drive cycles each including an on-time and an off-time are disclosed. Driving the electronic switch includes: measuring an inductor voltage during the on-time in a drive cycle in order to obtain a first measurement value; measuring the inductor voltage during the off-time in a drive cycle in order to obtain a second measurement value; obtaining a first voltage measurement signal that is dependent on a sum of the first measurement value and the second measurement value; and adjusting the on-time in a successive drive cycle dependent on a feedback signal and the first voltage measurement signal.
US11128203B2
The present invention provides a motor comprising: a rotary shaft; a rotor including a hole in which the rotary shaft is disposed; a stator disposed on the outer side of the rotor; and a housing for accommodating the rotor and the stator, and further comprising a rectifier having a hole in which the rotary shaft is disposed, wherein the housing includes a cover plate, the cover plate includes a brush coming into contact with the rectifier, and the front surface of the brush includes a curved part coming into contact with the rectifier, and a cutting part formed to be bent from the curved part such that the cutting part does not come into contact with the rectifier, thereby providing an advantageous effect of inhibiting the worn foreign material of the brush from being generated on a contact portion between the brush and the rectifier during the initial driving of the motor.
US11128201B2
A stator sleeve assembly for an electric machine includes a first cylindrical housing portion defining an inner radial cavity defined by at least one circumferential wall and an outer radial cavity, and a set of radial passages fluidly connecting the inner radial cavity with the outer radial cavity, and a second cylindrical housing portion defining a third cavity, the second housing portion axially spaced from the first housing portion.
US11128186B2
A motor or electromagnetic generator with a rotor (3) and at least one stator (1, 2), the rotor (3) having permanent magnets (12) rotating around a median shaft and the stator (1, 2) having windings (5). The rotor (3) comprises magnet structures forming magnet poles composed of a plurality of unit magnets (15), covering discs (17) being axially arranged on each of two opposite axial faces of the rotor (3), the covering discs (17) being made of a composite material, the covering discs (17) and the magnet structures (12) being coated in an outer coating layer of composite material defining the outer contour of said at least one rotor (3). The stator (1, 2) comprises concentric windings (5) comprising a series of blocks (4) with the windings (5) wound around each block (4), the blocks (4) being rigidly attached to each other.
US11128183B2
An electric power transmission device transmits electric power to an electric power reception device including an electric power reception coil in water. The electric power transmission device includes one or more transmission coils which include an electric power transmission coil configured to transmit electric power to the electric power reception coil via a magnetic field, an electric power transmitter, configured to transmit AC power to the electric power transmission coil, a capacitor which is connected to the transmission coil and forms a resonance circuit which resonates with the transmission coil, a first tubular member which is waterproof and seals a periphery of the transmission coil, a second tubular member which surrounds the first tubular member and includes a plurality of holes, and an adjuster, configured to adjust an amount of air in a gap between the first tubular member and the second tubular member.
US11128177B2
An electronic unit includes: a power receiving section configured to receive electric power fed from a feed unit by using a magnetic field; and a control section configured to perform, when a receiving current supplied from the power receiving section is less than a predetermined threshold current at a time of a light load, current increasing control to increase the receiving current to the threshold current or more.
US11128175B2
Provided is a wireless power transmission apparatus capable of efficiently supplying power. The wireless power transmission apparatus includes: a power transmission coil; an inverter driving the power transmission coil; a DC/DC conversion circuit driving the inverter; and a control circuit varying and determining an output voltage instruction value to the DC/DC conversion circuit, in order to decrease power output from the DC/DC conversion circuit.
US11128174B2
At least one component for a wireless power transmitter or a wireless power receiver. The at least one component includes a mechanical structure and/or circuitry configured to maintain and/or adjust a coupling coefficient K between the wireless power transmitter and the wireless power receiver, a loaded quality factor Q of the wireless power receiver, or both, such that K times Q is less than a constant.
US11128169B2
An electronic device including a wireless charging coils, and an operating method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a concave portion couplable to a protrusion of one or more external electronic devices, a first coil stored inside the housing, a second coil stored inside the housing, and disposed between the first coil and the concave portion, a power transmission circuit including a first connecting terminal electrically coupled to the first coil and a second connecting terminal electrically coupled to the second coil, and a control circuit. The control circuit configured to check a data packet received from the external electronic device which is in proximity to the electronic device, control to transmit first designated power to the external electronic device through the first coil wirelessly, and second designated power to the external electronic device through the second coil wirelessly by using the power transmission circuit.
US11128163B2
A solar power generation control device controls a solar power generation system storing electric power generated by a solar panel in a battery. The solar power generation control device includes a detection unit configured to detect a state of the battery, and a controller configured to control, based on the state of the battery, a sleep time for temporarily stopping the solar power generation system when a predetermined sleep condition is satisfied.
US11128162B2
The invention relates to a method and a system for allocating a power request PREQ to a plurality of batteries connected in parallel in an electrical energy storage system. According to the invention, the allocation system comprises a global control system that can determine a combination of batteries from said plurality of batteries, which is optimized to respond to the power request using the highest possible number of batteries, and allocate a power level to each of the batteries of said optimized combination.
US11128152B2
The present invention discloses systems and methods for adaptive fast-charging for mobile devices and devices having sporadic power-source connection. Methods include the steps of: firstly determining whether a supercapacitor of a device is charged; upon detecting the supercapacitor is charged, secondly determining whether a battery of the device is charged; and upon detecting the battery is not charged, firstly charging the battery from the supercapacitor. Preferably, the step of firstly determining includes whether the supercapacitor is partially charged, and the step of secondly determining includes whether the battery is partially charged. Preferably, the step of firstly charging is adaptively regulated to perform a task selected from the group consisting of: preserving a lifetime of the battery by controlling a current to the battery, and discharging the supercapacitor in order to charge the battery. Preferably, the discharging enables the supercapacitor to be subsequently recharged.
US11128149B2
A charging apparatus is provided. A detection circuit includes a voltage dividing path between an output terminal of a charging circuit and an output terminal of a reference voltage generating circuit. The detection circuit provides a detection signal according to a divided voltage on the voltage dividing path. A control circuit determines whether a load is connected to the charging apparatus according to the detection signal.
US11128148B2
A reverse charging device includes a processor, a standard downstream port (SDP) and a first link on which a charging downstream port (CDP) interface chip is arranged. When it is detected that an adapter is plugged into the SDP, the processor is connected with the SDP through the first link, and the processor, the CDP interface chip, and the SDP form a CDP to perform reverse charging through the CDP and the adapter, wherein the CDP has a current transmission capability higher than the SDP.
US11128139B2
A power generation system (100) including an inverter (140) structured to convert a direct current (DC) power output from an external source (110) to an alternating current (AC) power. The inverter includes at least one phase for converting the DC power to a corresponding phase of AC power. The system also includes an alternator (124) of a generator set (120). The alternator includes at least one phase, each comprising a first winding section and a second winding section coupled in series between a point of common coupling and an output terminal of the phase. A phase of the inverter is connected in parallel with the first winding section of the alternator. The inverter is configured to provide reactive power compensation, power factor correction or acts as an active filter to provide harmoincs damping and the system can be used to buffer and handle grids transients.
US11128134B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments detecting and correcting load imbalance on power supply phases within a managed scope using a software controlled power switch matrix that is resident in each power distribution unit supplying power in the managed scope. Managed scope could include a plurality of power distribution units supplying a plurality of circuit or equipment loads in a plurality of premises. On each PDU, the software controlled switch matrix maintains and changes physical coupling of power supply phases to circuit and equipment loads. Further embodiments include correcting power supply phase load imbalances through software commands to adjust the coupling of power supply phases to circuit or equipment loads. Embodiments are intended to help power administrators maintain power supply phase load balance effectively in a managed scope. Other embodiments are disclosed.
